Another one suffering from the hype a bit maybe? Clearly all very well made and acted, but (although I haven't read it) I think the book is all about the mothers -- probably rather warped -- perception of events, and very much from her point of view. A movie inevitably tells things from the camera's point of view to some extent, and so feels more objective -- and thus bits of the film didn't really ring true to me. 

on the plane, namely An Idiot Abroad and Parks and recreation. Both seem like they are worth watching in their entirety. Anyone seen them here? 

Parks is good if you like the American version of The Office. Very similar (made by the same people, so no doubt.)

An Idiot Abroad I was able to see a few episodes of today. It's very entertaining. Not always funny, but still very cool to see other cultures. Like if Ricky Gervais did Globe Trekker or something similar. I am convinced Karl Pilkington is not nearly as stupid as Ricky and Steve say he is, but is in fact a comic genius. But he does such a good job you're not really sure he is a comic genius but is in fact an idiot. Abroad. I like it. 

the US Office but Parks seems a bit more likeable.

As for Pilkington, I agree, but he is very funny. 

Nope! young adult was about a cunt being a cunt which I could not stand. I watched about one third, then forwarded to the end (stopping briefly at some awkward fake boobs). gave it 2/10. seemed like a movie for bitter women. :(

Forgetting Sarah Marshall on the other hand was great fun. nice humor, good story, feel good conclusion. I expected some mindless teenage college movie, heh. 

but I've liked all 3 of Jason Reitman's last 3.

FSM was ok, there were three pretty funny scenes but the rest was pretty average. 

couldn't even watch the first half of it, I get the point that it was trying to be awkward and rank. The fact that I can't stand to look at John C Reilly's ugly face and wonder why in hell he's an actor in the first place might have something to do with it.

On the other hand, Young Adult was awkward in a good way, I thought. Instead of giving you a happy ending or romantic plot, it's just constantly awkward, plus Theron's acting is awesome, her freaking out the party 3/4 of the way through I found impressive and amusing. While it's definitely not a great movie it's certainly a good commentary on the whole "113 is the new 13" thing where each generation takes longer to stop acting like they're 13 than the one before. 

FSM, I couldn't really get past the fact that in real life there's no way that tall dorky loser would even get close to a honey like Kirsten Bell. Or Mila Kunis for that matter. Too unrealistic. 

heh, you should check out the boyfriends/husbands of trophy wives more often then. thankfully looks ain't everything. and people have different taste in things and people. 

Good fun film. 

Watched City of Men as well. Interesting movie, the Rio slums are an amazing place to film. I just watched Fast 5 as well, and they looked even more fascinating in that movie.

Anyway it said on the cover it's from the same makers as City of God. But different actors, location, story, direction, writers... it has nothing in common with City of God other than being in Rio.

I definitely enjoyed City of God a lot more than City of Men. There was more of a storyline going on with drug gangs and the different characters. City of Men was really just about 2 boys with the gangs a bit of a backstory. Would have been more interesting if Midnight and Fasto (the gang leaders) were the story focus; they were both scary. 

Meirelles only attached his name as producer but didnt have any hands on involvement with the content.

Other interesting Brazil filmed movies are Boca (Sao Paulo)and Elite Squad. Both are worth watching but neither are at the City of God level. 

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1828194/ 

http://i2.lulzimg.com/23064c1837.jpg 

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079944/

And it's really good, if you like slow, thoughtful, Tarkovsky-paced movies. 

the imagery is unbelievable. And all real. 

Not quite worth the mega-rating it gets on Rotten Tomatoes, but a good fun sort of sci-fi thriller with escalating excitement and plenty of LOL moments. The main thing worth knowing is that despite the ominious poster, the catch/hook of this initially-horror-orientated film is nothing weird, freaky, or downright surreal - it's a straight up different rationale for the horror scenario that pans out to be a jolly good romp (albeit with an abrupt ending and an underdeveloped backstory which is a pity as the premise has lots of potential), rather than a horror headfuck. Favourite moments: the entrance of Marty (proper lol if you've seen Dollhouse), and the lift doors moment :). 

halfway through, absolutely loving it. David Simon is a special man. 

based on the trailer i'd completely written cabin in the woods off as the most generic looking horror movie ever made, so quite pleasantly surprised to see such high scores on IMDB/RT. can't imagine i'll catch it before the dvd comes out though 

avengers:
shit 

The Punisher (2004 or 2005)
Could have done with less gory details at times but overall it was very cool. A gazillion times better than Drive which for some reason I feel like comparing it to. Hlarious, brutal, manly and clichee. I liked the style.


The Guard (2011)
Really good. I highly recommended it. Calm and thrilling in a feel good mood. Great soundtrack. Expected some silly comedy but this was quite deep and symbolic. 

I really did not like this at all, In Bruges was much better IMHO. 

Suspiria - this movie is fucked. "Secret Flowers" indeed. The visual style is so unusual, bright colours and odd camera angles, and really eccentric set designs, unless there are actual buildings in Italy that look like this. The soundtrack is creepy as hell. Even at the end you aren't exactly sure what's going on, but I think you could call this a horror classic; it has a ton of atmosphere in any case, and it was made before The Shining (possibly influenced it?).

Heathers - Really mean-spirited comedy that has gained some disturbing implications post-Columbine; some people might be disturbed or offended (and were at the time, the late 80's), but I found it really funny despite being totally ridiculous; the scene where the priest says "Eskimo" was so out there. Apparently the ending was going to be even more ridiculous and dark but the studio forced a somewhat reconciliatory ending onto this otherwise increasingly bizarre and cynical script.

Ginger Snaps - Amusing cheesy b-horror movie about a girl who turns into a werewolf. 

To be honest I found some of Dario Argento's horrors to be a bit overated. Maybe I need to watch them a second time. And I think i've only seen 2 or 3 (Suspiria included). But I got a bit of a Euro trash kind of feeling with them, they were a little bit weird but not it an interesting way. Suspiria reminded me a bit of Santa Sangre I think it was.

Any of you guys watched Alejandro Jodorowsky's movies? El Topo is a 10/10. Extremely weird but brilliant. 

Black Death (2010)
I heard this was one of the best horrors of 2010. Had a good cast, led by Sean Bean and some weird monk dude, but both were pretty good. It was set during the times of the plague, and interesting set during daytime all through the movie. You don't get that often in horror!

Anyway I felt it dragged on a bit in the second half and didn't really go anywhere - perhaps they ran out of money. The killing of certain characters was a surprise. The ending was completely unnecessary though.

Definitely a horror director to keep an eye on. His first horror (Creep) was fucking terrible, but Triangle was really good and so is Black Death, so onwards and upwards :D