What Movies Have You Seen Lately?

Nefret · Post by **Nefret** » Mon March 9th, 2009, 3:43 am

The Aladdin cartoon. (Many years since I have seen it last.)

MLE (Emily Cotton) · Post by **MLE (Emily Cotton)** » Mon March 9th, 2009, 4:31 am

I watched half of the Lost Legion. But they started to lose me at the opening, when they had Tiberius be the last of Caesar's line --- Things like that always make me wonder if the screenwriters couldn't at least have googled once for a Caesar somewhere near the correct time? Especially when the legends of Macsen (Caesar Maxentius, I think) are so varied and pervasive in Britain.

Anyway, the mishmash of symbols, legends and so forth went downhill from there, and a serious hot flash finished the thing off.

Richard · Post by **Richard** » Mon March 9th, 2009, 1:06 pm

[quote=""SonjaMarie""]"Giant blue glowing junk" huh? Must be Dr. Manhatten? They really show that? Oh my! [/quote]

Yes, incessantly.

Richard · Post by **Richard** » Mon March 9th, 2009, 1:11 pm

[quote=""Divia""]Richard,
I heard that comicbook fans would love it but it doesnt have the general appeal of X men or Spider man etc etc.[/quote]

I'd concur with that. The whole point of Watchmen is that it's a through examination of what a real world would be like with superheroes in it. As a hyper-real art piece that deconstructs the genre, you'd have to be very conversant in the genre to fully appreciate it. A non-comic book fan watching Watchmen is like someone who's never seen art looking at a Picasso: "Why'd he put both eyes on one side of her head? That doesn't even look like a person. My six-year-old could draw better." But Spider-Man and X-Men are human stories that just happen to have costumed heroes in them.

Leo62 · Post by **Leo62** » Mon March 9th, 2009, 3:27 pm

The old man went to see Watchmen yesterday. I found out it was nearly 3 hours long and couldn't face it. He seemed to like it tho...

I've been watching lots of groovy 60's movies as research for a novel I'm writing set in that era. Last week it was Performance and Stoned, yesterday I rewatched Fahrenheit 451 for the first time in years. It had dated quite badly.

Divia · Post by **Divia** » Mon March 9th, 2009, 3:52 pm

[quote=""Richard""]I'd concur with that. The whole point of Watchmen is that it's a through examination of what a real world would be like with superheroes in it. As a hyper-real art piece that deconstructs the genre, you'd have to be very conversant in the genre to fully appreciate it. A non-comic book fan watching Watchmen is like someone who's never seen art looking at a Picasso: "Why'd he put both eyes on one side of her head? That doesn't even look like a person. My six-year-old could draw better." But Spider-Man and X-Men are human stories that just happen to have costumed heroes in them.[/quote]

Yeah, I like comics, but when I heard the plot I thought nah, I'm passing.

cw gortner · Post by **cw gortner** » Mon March 9th, 2009, 10:22 pm

Just saw "I've Loved You for So Long" with Kristen Scott Thomas. Very French, very sad, very moving; her performance is uber-extraordinary.

Ash · Post by **Ash** » Tue March 10th, 2009, 12:11 am

David is a big comic fan so he did appreciate Watchman on some level, but was pretty disappointed with it. Also said it was way too long/

Madeleine · Post by **Madeleine** » Tue March 10th, 2009, 12:10 pm

Finally got to see Revolutionary Road last night, it was OK, well-acted melodrama. Best thing was that tickets were half-price!

LoveHistory · Post by **LoveHistory** » Wed March 11th, 2009, 9:32 pm

Evan Almighty

Better than I expected. Have to say I like Morgan Freeman as God. And the special features were good. Can't believe they actually built that ark.