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[Jackson31]

I just saw Flight and I want to warn you not to see it. Turns out it's a movie about alcoholism. It had a message and the actors did a great job but the movie lacked substance. It's confusing how they sometimes glamourise the drug use with 60's rock music and then just after that it becomes extremely preachy. The movie was so dragging it made actually want to drink in the theater. Zemeckis could easily have cut 30 minutes out where the movie accomplishes nothing.

Yeah, I also had the misfortune of sitting through this.
I didn't so much have a problem with the movie turning around and being about alcoholism, but the movie could have simply been the first half hour followed by the last 10 minutes and it would have lost nothing.
For an hour the plot goes nowhere and only illustrates the fact that Denzel Washington's character is an alcoholic, which was already firmly established.
The movie gives a double standard glamorizing drugs while condemning alcohol and is filled with blatant product placements.

Drive however was very cool, I recommend Drive.

[Jackson31]

Watched Django, very good fun and a few memorable scenes but suffers from similar pacing problems to Inglorious Basterds imo. The beginning is very rushed, but not short enough to feel like just an intro, the middle part feels slow in comparison and you expect it to speed up any moment, but then you realise that this is the actual movie.
The double climax after that also felt weird.

I just watched Django, as usual Tarantino's pacing is really odd, but just accepting/expecting that I really enjoyed the movie. Couldn't get enough of Christoph Waltz's character.

There was some weird stuff in Django, but when Tarantino started speaking in an Australian accent I completely lost it. He'll never understand how much he butchered it, but that makes it even funnier since he's a honey badger

[Squid Party]

Watched Training day, great movie possible all time favourite. Really displays Denzel's acting talent.

[hishamsupian]

Love Supernatural Any die hard fan of Supernatural series here ...

[poe]

Love Supernatural Any die hard fan of Supernatural series here ...

That isn't a movie

[Mono]

Has anyone seen the Pirate Bay documentary? I really enjoyed it, I love those guys. The documentary builds well and brings up good discussions. You can download it for free (ofc) on their website.

[Mono]

Night of the Hunter is visually stunning. Here are some of my favorite shots.

[C.A. Sinner]

yeah, night of the hunter rules. outstanding cinematography and great score too. also charles laughton's first and only film as a director. talk about quitting while you're ahead.

[Mono]

yeah, night of the hunter rules. outstanding cinematography and great score too. also charles laughton's first and only film as a director. talk about quitting while you're ahead.

I really enjoyed it. The dramatic shift in tone after the children escape by the river makes it even more interesting. The movie becomes very fairytale-like and the imagery becomes more vivid and dreamy where as the first half of the is much darker. The child acting isn't the best but I would say it adds to the tone of it.

Some other shots I love.

[Trystin]

I really like those frames, the black and white aesthetic looks fantastic

[WonderlandGames]

I haven't seen any movies at all since October. :O

[C.A. Sinner]

finally saw the hobbit and django unchained.

i went into the hobbit with the lowest expectations but the movie is actually ok, its just that half the scenes and so is the 3d most of the time haha.

django was very entertaining, some good zingy dialog (waltz gets all the funniest lines tho) and tons of spaghetti western refs. last act kinda didn't need to be there but i guess its understandable that tarantino would want to let foxx kick some ass on his own after waltz steals the show for most of the movie. also understand how some ppl might take issue w/ the combination of slapstick humor, normal western shooouts and "transgressive" violence. the scene where the slave is torn apart by the dogs was def disturbing and memorable.

[caiys]

I haven't seen The Hobbit and am unsure whether to bother, how does it compare with LotR?

[C.A. Sinner]

the same but worse and with even more cgi.

[caiys]

Yeah figured as much. I like the scale in LotR with the epicnesess of the battles and fate of humanity at stake, Hobbit just seems like a few random dudes going on a jolly day out.