Movies Seen in 2012 - Page 78

Agent Richard07 · November 4 2012, 06:03 PM

303. How to Train Your Dragon (✩✩✩✩) - Live TV - A viking village called Berk has been attacked by fearsome dragons for generations and the people have always fought back. Their entire culture has been built around killing these monsters as trophies. Then one day after an attack, a cowardly boy finds an injured dragon and instead of killing it, he ends up taming it through understanding rather than bringing it down through brute force. I found this to be an insightful morality tale with substance and fun characters. It's good for all ages. And for a kids movie it takes you places you don't expect.

After the movie was done, I saw the first two episodes of Dragons: Riders of Berk. It picks up with the same characters and much of the all-star voice cast. Given that it's a series, the animation isn't as sharp, but it's good. Story-wise, I look forward to seeing how it goes since it promises to expand on the world and mythology. It's like The Matrix though, in that the story has already been told, so there doesn't appear to be too much else they can do beyond just showing us more stuff with dragons.

304. Flight (✩✩✩✩) - Theatre - The trailer made it seem like this was a movie full of humorous absurdity. That was a good hook because the event surrounding the plane got people into seats. What we got instead was a story about something else. It was a solid and occasionally humorous drama that dealt with a man and his personal troubles.

The ending was heartfelt, but...

I also had one gripe… Looked like the plane didn't skid far enough after it hit the ground.

Theatre: 19
DVD/Blu-ray: 113
Live TV: 120
Recorded TV: 5
On Demand: 43
Internet: 4

nvek86 · November 4 2012, 10:26 PM

126. Cop Out

While by no means a great comedy, it was funnier than I expected, so I'd consider it two hours well spent.

Unicron · November 5 2012, 12:49 AM

Just got back from Flight. I thought DW was great in it, but I'm kind of mixed on the story. I like that he's not a perfect character without flaws, but I'm a little skeptical at how quickly he goes into a downward spiral in dealing with the pressures of the investigation. That's not to belittle the effects that addiction can have on a person, cause I know sometimes it's very much like that. But I think one accurate criticism I've read is that the movie doesn't spend a lot of time on the media's perception that, known flaws or not, Whitaker is a hero for landing the plane under the circumstances he did, and keeping most of the passengers and crew alive. It focuses instead on his problems and his inability to keep his head straight long enough to avoid going to jail, even though presumably he's successfully lied about his addictions on many flights.

CaptainCanada · November 5 2012, 01:09 AM

Undead wrote:

It focuses instead on his problems and his inability to keep his head straight long enough to avoid going to jail, even though presumably he's successfully lied about his addictions on many flights.

He wasn't under investigation for drug and alcohol abuse before.

Unicron · November 5 2012, 01:18 AM

Right, but he's smart enough to know how bad such investigations could be for him under the most ideal circumstances, and the film's setup seems to be based on the assumption that, despite those problems, Whitaker is still an exceptionally skilled pilot. That's presumably why he's able to land the plane in relatively one piece with few casualties. So if he knows that his skill could have accomplished that, at least partially, and he knows not to let his addictions become obvious enough to get him reprimanded or fired, why does the movie so quickly abandon that premise and just show Whitaker getting drunk out of his gourd at every opportunity?

I just feel like the good premise gets a bit drowned in the addiction aspect (no pun intended

), and it's unfortunate because it denies Whitaker the chance to have some heroic tendencies. He's not perfect, but he's clearly not a completely bad person either.

od0_ital · November 5 2012, 06:07 AM

He's an alcoholic & drug addict, gettin' drunk at every opportunity is what people with those problems do. Since he was out of work while the investigation was underway, he had a lot of free time, and spent that time gettin' drunk and/or high.

What else could he do?

od0_ital · November 5 2012, 06:12 AM

Cloud Atlas - free admission
The Man with the Iron Fists - free admission
Wreck-It Ralph 3D - free admission
Flight - free admission
Jesse Stone: Thin Ice - DVD
Jesse Stone: No Remorse - DVD

Stopped off at Blockbuster last night after work, rented their copy of Thin Ice, the fifth movie in the Tom Selleck series. It was on par with the others in the series, I think...

Stopped off at Blockbuster again tonight after after work, returned Thin Ice and rented their copies No Remose and Innocents Lost, the sixth & seventh movies in the series.

Watchin' No Remorse now, makin' it the 300th "new to me" movie of the year!

AliciaD496 · November 5 2012, 07:02 AM

Undead wrote:

Right, but he's smart enough to know how bad such investigations could be for him under the most ideal circumstances, and the film's setup seems to be based on the assumption that, despite those problems, Whitaker is still an exceptionally skilled pilot. That's presumably why he's able to land the plane in relatively one piece with few casualties. So if he knows that his skill could have accomplished that, at least partially, and he knows not to let his addictions become obvious enough to get him reprimanded or fired, why does the movie so quickly abandon that premise and just show Whitaker getting drunk out of his gourd at every opportunity?

I just feel like the good premise gets a bit drowned in the addiction aspect (no pun intended

), and it's unfortunate because it denies Whitaker the chance to have some heroic tendencies. He's not perfect, but he's clearly not a completely bad person either.

cup of g00 wrote:

He's an alcoholic & drug addict, gettin' drunk at every opportunity is what people with those problems do. Since he was out of work while the investigation was underway, he had a lot of free time, and spent that time gettin' drunk and/or high.

What else could he do?

I think in the end he didn't want to drag the flight attendant's name through the mud and let someone who he saw as being heroic not be recognized as such just because he wanted to continue lying about his drinking. He wanted her recognized for helping to save that boy without it being tainted by her being seen as an alcoholic. Then again without his piloting her being able to get the kid strapped in again would have been moot.

Maybe it's just like he said...he'd reached his limits on lies, and had finally found a reason to sober up (his new girl Nicole). He was very adept at covering his addiction generally...like not getting caught driving while drinking those beers, chugging vodka outside the liquor store and not being seen, etc...if he wanted to continue to lie he could have, he sure did during the first part of the hearing about the crash.

Anyway...it was a very good movie and if Denzel doesn't at least get a nod for best actor I'll be very disappointed. It was HIS movie all the way and he ran away with it.

Agent Richard07 · November 5 2012, 07:17 AM

CaptainCanada wrote:

Kelly Reilly has the other really substantive role in the movie apart from Washington, and delivers a terrific performance.

I just read that Olivia Wilde was up for the part.

Captain Craig · November 5 2012, 05:07 PM

cup of g00 wrote:

Stopped off at Blockbuster last night after work, rented their copy of Thin Ice, the fifth movie in the Tom Selleck series. It was on par with the others in the series, I think...

Stopped off at Blockbuster again tonight after after work, returned Thin Ice and rented their copies No Remose and Innocents Lost, the sixth & seventh movies in the series.

I thought these were being phased out at the brick/mortar level? There isn't one that I know of even in the Nashville area, their site confirms it for me.

I even noticed over summer that the Blockbuster kiosk had been removed at a local Mapco Gas Station and replaced with Redbox.

od0_ital · November 5 2012, 06:30 PM

^

A lot of stores have closed, but there's still one open on my way to & from work.

I'm actually kind of bummed...since movin' to Austin over ten years ago, I lived in four apartments (before this most recent return almost a year ago). Out of those four, three of 'em have had the Blockbusters within a few blocks close after I moved out, includin' the first one I started to use.

I don't do kiosks or redbox, and I don't have Netflix, so its either Blockbuster, Hasting's, if there is one (which Austin/Round Rock doesn't, though there is still one in San Marcos, twenty-five miles south), or buyin' the DVD outright & then sellin' it it to Buy Backs.

Captain Craig · November 5 2012, 08:21 PM

^^^
What's your issue with Netflix or Redbox? If you're Blockbuster loyal they do have online service as well. I'd never blind buy a DVD even at discounted initial release prices knowing your likely to sell it back and only get about 20-30% of your money back. Netflix and Redbox make blind viewing affordable without taking a big loss vs the way you're describing unless I'm missing something or Hastings has an incredible buy back plan(we don't have those here).

Harvey · November 6 2012, 12:56 AM

169. Where the Wild Things Are (B)
170. Apollo 13 (A)
171. Silver Linings Playbook (B)
172. Sunset Blvd. (A)
173. Something in the Air (A-)

I said I wasn't going to see any new films this year, but AFI Fest and a screening at the UCLA Film/TV archive have allowed me to break that promise for free...

Where the Wild Things Are: It's always going to be hard to turn a short children's book (ten sentences, I think) into a satisfying feature film. Director and co-screenwriter Spike Jones (writing with Dave Eggers) does a reasonable job confronting this obstacle, but there are still times when the lush visual design doesn't have a lot of story material to complement. Apparently the studio didn't market this as a children's film, which was probably a wise move; it's not an inappropriate movie for kids, but it's certainly darker than most.

Apollo 13: I think this is still Ron Howard's best-directed movie. Aside from some computer-generated effects that don't hold up fifteen years later, it remains a good historical piece that keeps tightening the tension -- even when you know how it will end.

Silver Linings Playbook: This is getting Oscar attention, but I think that has more to do with the principals (David O. Russel directing; Robert deNiro acting in a good movie!) than with the film itself. Not that it's bad or anything, but for a movie that's ostensibly about the realities of mental illness, it veers into fantasy territory an awful lot. One one hand, Jennifer Lawrence commands the screen; on the other, I never got the sense that her character was a real person.

Sunset Blvd.: For a film made in 1950, this is as deeply unsettling as ever. The cast is terrific, the script is tight as can be, and the direction never falters. Great to see on the big screen, too.

Something in the Air: Olivier Assayas' follow-up to Carlos is a more personal film that that epic, but still a movie deeply invested in exploring the universe of European politics in the late 60s and early 70s. Once again, it's a film that could never be made in the US; it never romanticizes it's subject nor turns these people into villains. They're just young people, with all the corresponding flaws and virtues you might find among any group of teenagers (they just happen to be involved in leftist politics). For a cast of mostly first-time performers, the acting is quite exceptional, too.

Theatres: 57+4
Home Video: 105+1
Computer: 10

od0_ital · November 6 2012, 09:45 PM

Captain Craig wrote:

^^^
What's your issue with Netflix or Redbox?

I'll use Netflix if I'm at a friend's place that has it, that instant stream is kind of awesome. But I'm not a customer, so I don't really have an issue with 'em.

But Redbox...I don't like just standin' there at a vendin' machine tryin' to figure out what to watch. So, I've never even tried to use 'em.

If you're Blockbuster loyal they do have online service as well.

I used that service for awhile, a couple of years ago. Got it at a discount, free trial offer sort of thing when one of their stores in Burleson was shuttin' down.

Didn't care for it much, except how easily I was able to watch some classic Doctor Who stories.

I just like goin' into a store, lookin' the selection over and then decidin' what to watch. Some times, I go in knowin' what I want to see, but most of the time, its a matter of findin' something to fit my mood.

Anyway, finally got around to watchin' Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid on DVD...bought it for five bucks at Wal-Mart awhile back, popped it in to watch, but haven't finished, since I've paused it to type this response.

tomalak301 · November 6 2012, 10:33 PM

30) Boogie Nights - A- (1997)
31) Argo (2012) - A
32) Cloud Atlas (2012) - C
33) Flight (2012) - B+

There's only one other movie that surprised me more than Flight did this year, based purely on watching the trailer and coming out of the movie with an entirely different experience. That movie was "The Descendants". Based on the trailer, I went in expecting a comedy and came out thinking I saw one of the most depressing movies ever.

Well, here we have Flight, which is a movie I've been looking forward to because of Zemickis and because the trailer made it look really good and I like Washington. I thought this was going to be a story about someone who has to deal with the media pressure after being a hero and how does one go about with the "hero-worship" stigma.

That's not what this movie was about, and I walked out of the theater thinking it was a great movie for an entirely different movie. I really don't want to spoil the plot of the movie because I think the experience is a lot better if you go in having seeing the trailer and thinking only based on what you've seen from there. I'll just say this was a great character study movie and will say:

Theater: 14 (+1)
BluRay: 9
On Demand/TV: 4
Itunes: 6

November 4 2012, 06:03 PM	#1156
Agent Richard07 The Tim Burton Version Location: Defying Logic	Re: Movies Seen in 2012 January 1. Daddy Day Care (✩✩✩½) - Live TV 2. Wild Child (✩✩) - Live TV 3. Fling (✩✩✩½) - DVD 4. Arthur 2: On the Rocks (✩✩✩✩) - DVD 5. Havoc (✩✩✩✩) - DVD 6. Contagion (✩✩✩✩½) - On Demand 7. The Blind Side (✩✩✩½) - Live TV 8. Batman: Under the Red Hood (✩✩✩✩½) - Live TV 9. The Andromeda Strain (✩✩✩½) - Live TV 10. The Last Man on Earth (✩✩✩✩) - Live TV 11. Network (✩✩½) - Live TV 12. Normal Adolescent Behavior: Havoc 2 (✩) - DVD 13. Starsky & Hutch (✩✩½) - Live TV 14. The Rundown (✩✩✩½) - Live TV 15. Mallrats (✩✩✩✩) - DVD 16. My Sister's Keeper (✩✩✩✩½) - Live TV 17. Valkyrie (✩✩✩½) - Live TV 18. The Anderson Tapes (✩✩✩) - Live TV 19. Jack Goes Boating (✩✩✩½) - DVD 20. Margin Call (✩✩✩½) - On Demand 21. Away We Go (✩✩✩½) - Live TV 22. Girl Fight (✩✩✩½) - Live TV 23. Superman & Batman: Apocalypse (✩✩✩✩) - Recorded TV 24. Pandorum (✩✩½) - Live TV 25. Paper Man (✩✩✩✩½) - DVD 26. In Like Flint (✩✩½) - Live TV 27. Blood Diamond (✩✩✩✩) - DVD 28. The Invisible Man (✩✩✩✩) - Live TV 29. Frankenstein (✩✩✩½) - Live TV 30. The Dilemma (✩✩✩½) - DVD February 31. That One Night (✩✩✩½) - Internet 32. Sex Drive (✩✩½) - DVD 33. Chronicle (✩✩✩½) - Theatre 34. Couples Retreat (✩✩✩) - DVD 35. RV (✩✩✩) - Live TV 36. Chaos Theory (✩✩✩✩) - Live TV 37. Black Swan (✩✩✩✩✩) - DVD 38. One Missed Call (✩) - DVD 39. Kramer vs. Kramer (✩✩✩✩½) - Live TV 40. When in Rome (✩✩½) - Live TV 41. Love to Kill (✩✩✩) - Live TV 42. Possession (✩✩) - Recorded TV 43. Sex and the City 2 (✩✩✩½) - DVD 44. Little Fockers (✩✩✩½) - DVD 45. Breach: (✩✩✩½) - On Demand 46. Broken Flowers (✩✩✩✩½) - DVD 47. Bronson (✩✩✩✩) - DVD 48. Edge of Darkness (✩✩✩½) - Live TV 49. In & Out (✩✩✩) - Live TV 50. Secrets of Eden (✩✩½) - Live TV 51. Shooter (✩✩✩½) - Live TV 52. Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (✩✩✩½) - Live TV March 53. 10 Items or Less (✩✩✩½) - DVD 54. The Old Man and the Sea (✩✩✩✩) - Live TV 55. The Reader (✩✩✩✩✩) - Live TV 56. The Stunt Man (✩✩) - Recorded TV 57. Nine (✩✩✩✩) - Live TV 58. Untraceable (✩✩½) - DVD 59. The Quiet (✩✩✩½) - DVD 60. My Mother's Secret (✩✩½) - Live TV 61. The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (✩✩✩½) - DVD 62. Sex and Death 101 (✩✩✩✩) - DVD 63. The Human Contract (✩✩✩✩) - DVD 64. The Craigslist Killer (✩✩✩) - Live TV 65. Life As We Know It (✩✩✩½) - DVD 66. She's the Man (✩✩✩) - Live TV 67. Witchslayer Gretl (✩½) - Live TV 68. The Adjustment Bureau (✩✩✩✩) - DVD 69. Young Adult (✩✩✩½) - On Demand 70. My Silent Partner (✩✩) - Live TV 71. Middle Men (✩✩✩✩) - DVD 72. The Rebound (✩✩) - On Demand 73. The Descendants (✩✩✩✩) - On Demand 74. Melancholia (✩✩✩✩) - On Demand 75. Walking the Halls (✩✩✩) - Live TV 76. Hoodwinked! (✩✩✩½) - Live TV 77. 21 Jump Street (✩✩✩½) - Theatre 78. Clerks II (✩✩✩½) - Live TV 79. Henry's Crime (✩✩✩½) - DVD 80. Hannah Montana: The Movie (✩✩✩½) - DVD 81. Chasing Amy (✩✩✩✩) - DVD 82. The Hunger Games (✩✩✩✩) - Theatre 83. Like Crazy (✩✩✩✩) - On Demand 84. Newlyweds (✩✩✩½) - On Demand 85. Dear John (✩✩✩) - Live TV 86. Carriers (✩✩½) - Live TV 87. The Karate Kid (✩✩✩✩) - DVD 88. Vertical Limit (✩✩✩) - DVD 89. Killers (✩✩½) - DVD 90. Cyberbully (✩✩½) - On Demand 91. The Change-Up (✩✩✩) - On Demand 92. 50/50 (✩✩✩✩½) - On Demand 93. The Seven Year Itch (✩✩✩) - Live TV 94. Confined (✩✩✩½) - On Demand 95. Love Happens (✩✩✩) - Live TV April 96. La Jetée (✩✩✩✩) - Live TV 97. Some Like It Hot (✩✩✩) - Live TV 98. Starman (✩✩✩) - DVD 99. Adam (✩✩✩✩½) - DVD 100. The Other Woman (✩✩½) - DVD 101. The Good Night (✩✩✩) - DVD 102. The Spy Next Door (✩✩) - Live TV 103. Paranormal Activity (✩✩✩½) - Live TV 104. Breakaway (✩✩½) - Live TV 105. Moneyball (✩✩✩½) - On Demand 106. The Iron Lady (✩✩✩½) - On Demand 107. Crazy, Stupid, Love. (✩✩✩✩) - On Demand 108. American Reunion (✩✩✩½) - Theatre 109. Bedazzled (✩✩✩✩) - Live TV 110. Picture This (✩✩½) - Live TV 111. Hall Pass (✩✩✩) - DVD 112. Field of Dreams (✩✩✩½) - Live TV 113. Thirst (✩✩½) - Live TV 114. Saint John of Las Vegas (✩✩✩) - DVD 115. Shame (✩✩✩½) - On Demand 116. The Men Who Stare at Goats (✩✩½) - DVD 117. Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (✩✩✩½) - On Demand 118. The Company Men (✩✩✩½) - DVD 119. This Movie is Broken (✩✩) - DVD 120. Finding a Family (✩✩✩) - Live TV 121. Cop Out (✩✩✩) - Live TV 122. The Fantastic Four (✩✩✩) - Internet 123. The Illustrated Man (✩✩✩) - Recorded TV 124. Winter's Bone (✩✩½) - DVD 125. Never Cry Werewolf (✩✩½) - Live TV 126. The Astronaut Farmer (✩✩✩✩) - DVD May 127. The Road (✩✩✩½) - DVD 128. Unstoppable (✩✩✩½) - DVD 129. The Avengers (✩✩✩½) - Theatre 130. The Runaways (✩✩✩) - Live TV 131. Anonymous (✩✩✩) - On Demand 132. The Hangover (✩✩✩) - Live TV 133. The Hangover Part II (✩✩✩) - On Demand 134. Duplicity (✩✩½) - Live TV 135. Leap Year (✩✩✩) - Live TV 136. Puncture (✩✩✩½) - On Demand 137. Amelia (✩✩½) - DVD 138. Lymelife (✩✩½) - DVD 139. Raising Helen (✩✩½) - Live TV 140. Waiting... (✩✩) - DVD 141. Still Waiting... (✩✩½) - DVD 142. Lemonade Mouth (✩✩✩) - Live TV 143. Justice League: Doom (✩✩✩) - On Demand 144. One for the Money (✩✩) - On Demand 145. One Day (✩✩✩½) - DVD 146. Red Riding Hood (✩✩✩) - DVD 147. Hollywoodland (✩✩✩½) - DVD 148. Whip It (✩✩✩) - Live TV 149. The Young Victoria (✩✩✩½) - Live TV 150. Trapped (✩✩✩½) - Live TV 151. DOA: Dead or Alive (✩✩✩✩) - DVD 152. Chernobyl Diaries (✩✩✩½) - Theatre 153. Harry and the Hendersons (✩✩½) - Live TV 154. The Last Song (✩✩✩) - Live TV 155. Women in Trouble (✩✩✩½) - DVD 156. Elektra Luxx (✩✩✩) - DVD 157. The China Syndrome (✩✩✩½) - Recorded TV 158. Men in Black 3 (✩✩✩½) - Theatre 159. The Way Back (✩✩✩✩) - DVD 160. It's Complicated (✩✩✩✩) - DVD 161. The Note (✩✩) - Internet June 162. The Note II: Taking a Chance on Love (✩✩) - DVD 163. The Vow (✩✩✩✩) - On Demand 164. Helen (✩✩✩) - Live TV 165. Snow White and the Huntsman (✩✩✩✩) - Theatre 166. Living with the Enemy (✩✩✩) - Live TV 167. Insidious (✩✩✩) - DVD 168. How Do You Know (✩✩✩) - DVD 169. She Drives Me Crazy (✩✩½) - Live TV 170. Flirting With Disaster (✩✩✩) - Live TV 171. Earthquake (✩✩✩) - Live TV 172. 17 Again (✩✩✩½) - DVD 173. Prometheus (✩✩✩✩) - Theatre 174. How to Make Love to a Woman (✩✩✩✩) - Internet 175. Good Dick (✩✩✩✩) - DVD 176. Gojira (✩✩✩✩) - Live TV 177. Rodan (✩✩½) - Live TV 178. Mothra (✩✩✩) - Live TV 179. Adoration (✩½) - Live TV 180. Love, Wedding, Marriage (✩✩✩) - Live TV 181. The Ghost Writer (✩✩✩) - Live TV 182. 3000 Miles to Graceland (✩✩✩½) - DVD 183. Spartacus (✩✩✩✩) - Live TV 184. Last Night (✩✩✩) - DVD 185. Shutter Island (✩✩✩) - DVD 186. Hereafter (✩✩✩) - DVD 187. Waitress (✩✩✩) - Live TV 188. Bridesmaids (✩✩✩✩) - DVD 189. The Back-Up Plan (✩✩✩) - Live TV 190. Triage (✩✩✩) - DVD 191. Easy A (✩✩✩) - DVD 192. The Switch (✩✩✩) - DVD 193. Horrible Bosses (✩✩✩✩) - DVD 194. Hot Tub Time Machine (✩✩½) - Live TV 195. Eat Pray Love (✩✩✩½) - DVD July 196. Columbus Circle (✩✩✩½) - On Demand 197. The Next Three Days (✩✩✩✩½) - DVD 198. The Amazing Spider-Man (✩✩✩) - Theatre 199. Date Night (✩✩✩) - DVD 200. 7 Faces of Dr. Lao (✩✩✩✩) - Live TV 201. It Came from Beneath the Sea (✩✩✩½) - Live TV 202. Fugitive at 17 (✩✩½) - Live TV 203. The Adventures of Robin Hood (✩✩✩) - Live TV 204. The Three Musketeers (✩✩½) - Live TV 205. Ninja Assassin (✩✩✩) - Live TV 206. The Rival (✩✩½) - Live TV 207. Brokeback Mountain (✩✩✩✩) - DVD 208. Due Date (✩✩✩) - DVD 209. Something Borrowed (✩✩✩) - DVD 210. Something New (✩✩✩) - DVD 211. The Dark Knight Rises (✩✩✩✩½) - Theatre 212. Faster (✩✩✩) - DVD 213. This Means War (✩✩✩½) - On Demand 214. Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (✩✩✩½) - Live TV 215. Heavenly Creatures (✩✩✩½) - DVD 216. Knight and Day (✩✩✩) - DVD 217. Gettin' It (✩✩½) - DVD August 218. The Hoax (✩✩✩✩) - DVD 219. The Invention of Lying (✩✩✩✩½) - DVD 220. Total Recall (✩✩✩) - Theatre 221. Hanna (✩✩½) - DVD 222. Tower Heist (✩✩✩) - DVD 223. Friends with Kids (✩✩✩) - On Demand 224. Gone (✩✩✩) - On Demand 225. Wanderlust (✩✩✩✩) - On Demand 226. Brick (✩✩✩½) - On Demand 227. The Bourne Legacy (✩✩✩) -Theatre 228. Defendor (✩✩✩) - Live TV 229. The Lookout (✩✩✩½) - On Demand 230. I Could Never Be Your Woman (✩✩✩) - On Demand 231. Fast Food Nation (✩✩✩) - On Demand 232. 88 Minutes (✩✩✩) - On Demand 233. The Terrorist Next Door (✩✩✩) - Live TV 234. The Expendables 2 (✩✩✩) - Theatre 235. The Losers (✩✩✩½) - DVD 236. Bangkok Dangerous (✩✩✩½) - DVD 237. The Pleasure Drivers (✩✩½) - DVD 238. The Butterfly Effect 2 (✩✩✩) - DVD 239. D.E.B.S. (✩✩✩) - DVD 240. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (✩✩✩) - Live TV 241. Prozac Nation (✩✩✩) - DVD September 242. Thunderbirds Are Go (✩✩✩½) - Live TV 243. Fail-Safe (✩✩✩½) - Live TV 244. Robin Hood (✩✩✩½) - Live TV 245. The Other Guys (✩✩✩½) - Live TV 246. The Pregnancy Project (✩✩½) - Live TV 247. The Butterfly Effect 3: Revelations (✩✩✩) - DVD 248. The Goods: Live Hard. Sell Hard. (✩✩✩½) - DVD 249. Unknown (✩✩✩½) - DVD 250. Thunderbird 6 (✩✩✩) - Live TV 251. Resident Evil: Afterlife (✩✩✩½) - Live TV 252. Extraordinary Measures (✩✩✩) - Live TV 253. The Five-Year Engagement (✩✩✩½) - On Demand 254. Deception (✩✩✩½) - On Demand 255. Fail Safe (✩✩✩½) - DVD 256. Answers to Nothing (✩✩✩½) - On Demand 257. Capitalism: A Love Story (✩✩✩✩½) - Live TV 258. The Notorious Bettie Page (✩✩✩½) - Live TV 259. Resident Evil: Retribution (✩✩½) - Theatre 260. Grown Ups (✩✩✩) - Live TV 261. Extract (✩✩✩✩) - Live TV 262. Niagara (✩✩✩) - Live TV 263. New York, I Love You (✩✩✩✩✩) - Live TV 264. Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li (✩✩✩) - DVD 265. Katy Perry: Part of Me (✩✩✩) - On Demand 266. Take This Waltz (✩✩✩✩✩) - On Demand 267. Management (✩✩✩) - DVD 268. Too Big to Fail (✩½) - Live TV 269. Dredd (✩✩✩½) - Theatre 270. talhotblond: (✩✩½) - Live TV 271. The Cabin in the Woods (✩✩✩✩½) - On Demand 272. The A-Team (✩✩✩) - DVD 273. Easy Virtue (✩✩✩) - DVD 274. The Bounty Hunter (✩✩½) - DVD 275. Say Anything... (✩✩✩) - Live TV 276. Looper (✩✩✩½) - Theatre 277. Salt (✩✩✩) - Live TV October 278. Whiteout (✩½) - DVD 279. The Game (✩✩✩) - DVD 280. Law Abiding Citizen (✩✩✩) - DVD 281. Taken 2 (✩✩✩) - Theatre 282. The Fourth Kind (✩✩✩) - Live TV 283. All About Steve (✩✩✩) - Live TV 284. Going the Distance (✩✩✩½) - DVD 285. House of Wax (2005) (✩✩) - DVD 286. The Ides of March (✩✩✩✩½) - Blu-ray 287. The Last Unicorn (✩✩✩✩) - Blu-ray 288. Daybreakers (✩✩✩✩) - Live TV 289. From Dusk Till Dawn (✩✩✩✩½) - Live TV 290. Post Grad (✩✩✩½) - Live TV 291. Surrogates (✩✩✩✩) - Live TV 292. Cabin Fever (✩) - Live TV 293. Cabin Fever 2: Spring Fever (✩✩) - Live TV 294. The Groomsmen (✩✩✩½) - DVD 295. Exotica (✩✩✩✩) - DVD 296. Seeking a Friend for the End of the World (✩✩✩½) - On Demand 297. That's My Boy (✩✩✩½) - On Demand 298. The Illusionist (✩✩✩✩½) - DVD 299. Fright Night (✩✩✩½) - DVD 300. House of Wax (1953) (✩✩✩) - Live TV 301. Dinner for Schmucks (✩✩✩✩) - DVD 302. Safety Not Guaranteed (✩✩✩✩½) - On Demand 303. How to Train Your Dragon (✩✩✩✩) - Live TV - A viking village called Berk has been attacked by fearsome dragons for generations and the people have always fought back. Their entire culture has been built around killing these monsters as trophies. Then one day after an attack, a cowardly boy finds an injured dragon and instead of killing it, he ends up taming it through understanding rather than bringing it down through brute force. I found this to be an insightful morality tale with substance and fun characters. It's good for all ages. And for a kids movie it takes you places you don't expect. After the movie was done, I saw the first two episodes of Dragons: Riders of Berk. It picks up with the same characters and much of the all-star voice cast. Given that it's a series, the animation isn't as sharp, but it's good. Story-wise, I look forward to seeing how it goes since it promises to expand on the world and mythology. It's like The Matrix though, in that the story has already been told, so there doesn't appear to be too much else they can do beyond just showing us more stuff with dragons. 304. Flight (✩✩✩✩) - Theatre - The trailer made it seem like this was a movie full of humorous absurdity. That was a good hook because the event surrounding the plane got people into seats. What we got instead was a story about something else. It was a solid and occasionally humorous drama that dealt with a man and his personal troubles. The ending was heartfelt, but... In a way, it's too bad he blew it all. I also had one gripe… Looked like the plane didn't skid far enough after it hit the ground. Theatre: 19 DVD/Blu-ray: 113 Live TV: 120 Recorded TV: 5 On Demand: 43 Internet: 4

November 4 2012, 10:26 PM	#1157
nvek86 Commander	Re: Movies Seen in 2012 126. Cop Out While by no means a great comedy, it was funnier than I expected, so I'd consider it two hours well spent. __________________ The Life of Alexander T. - A Blog Novel http://thelifeofalexandert.blogspot.com

November 5 2012, 12:49 AM	#1158
Unicron Continuity Spackle Location: Seeking harmony	Re: Movies Seen in 2012 Just got back from Flight. I thought DW was great in it, but I'm kind of mixed on the story. I like that he's not a perfect character without flaws, but I'm a little skeptical at how quickly he goes into a downward spiral in dealing with the pressures of the investigation. That's not to belittle the effects that addiction can have on a person, cause I know sometimes it's very much like that. But I think one accurate criticism I've read is that the movie doesn't spend a lot of time on the media's perception that, known flaws or not, Whitaker is a hero for landing the plane under the circumstances he did, and keeping most of the passengers and crew alive. It focuses instead on his problems and his inability to keep his head straight long enough to avoid going to jail, even though presumably he's successfully lied about his addictions on many flights. __________________ "My dream is to eat candy and poop emeralds. I'm halfway successful." Catbert, Evil Director of Human Resources

November 5 2012, 01:18 AM	#1160
Unicron Continuity Spackle Location: Seeking harmony	Re: Movies Seen in 2012 Right, but he's smart enough to know how bad such investigations could be for him under the most ideal circumstances, and the film's setup seems to be based on the assumption that, despite those problems, Whitaker is still an exceptionally skilled pilot. That's presumably why he's able to land the plane in relatively one piece with few casualties. So if he knows that his skill could have accomplished that, at least partially, and he knows not to let his addictions become obvious enough to get him reprimanded or fired, why does the movie so quickly abandon that premise and just show Whitaker getting drunk out of his gourd at every opportunity? I just feel like the good premise gets a bit drowned in the addiction aspect (no pun intended ), and it's unfortunate because it denies Whitaker the chance to have some heroic tendencies. He's not perfect, but he's clearly not a completely bad person either. __________________ "My dream is to eat candy and poop emeralds. I'm halfway successful." Catbert, Evil Director of Human Resources

November 5 2012, 06:07 AM	#1161
od0_ital Admiral Location: Austin, Texas	Re: Movies Seen in 2012 He's an alcoholic & drug addict, gettin' drunk at every opportunity is what people with those problems do. Since he was out of work while the investigation was underway, he had a lot of free time, and spent that time gettin' drunk and/or high. What else could he do? __________________ od0's bucket od0's facebook

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November 5 2012, 06:12 AM	#1162
od0_ital Admiral Location: Austin, Texas	Re: Movies Seen in 2012 Cowboys & Aliens- DVD Rise of the Planet of the Apes - DVD Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close - free screenin' Limitless - Netflix Instant The Next Three Days - Netflix Instant Man on a Ledge - free screenin' Red State - Netflix Instant Mars Needs Moms - Netflix Instant S.W.A.T.: Firefight - Netflix Instant Red Tails - free screenin' Resident Evil: Degeneration - Netflix Instant The Last Exorcism - Netflix Instant Frozen - Netflix Instant The Perfect Host - Netflix Instant Tucker & Dale vs Evil - Netflix Instant Brooklyn's Finest - Netflix Instant Stone - Netflix Instant The Woman in Black - free screenin' Salmon Fishing in the Yemen - free screenin' Haywire - free admission The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011) - free admission The Artist - free admission Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy - free admission Ted & Eric's Billion Dollar Movie - tech screenin' Hugo - free admission Safe House - free screenin' The Captains - Netflix Instant Troll Hunter - Netflix Instant The Evil Dead (1981) - Netflix Instant Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace 3D - tech screenin' Underworld Awakening 3D - free admission We Need to Talk About Kevin - free admission The Innkeepers - free admission Big Miracle - free admission Chronicle - free admission Underworld: Unrated Extended Cut - DVD The Grey - free admission Contraband - free admission Journey 2: The Mysterious Island 3D - free admission One for the Money - free admission The Ouija Experiment - free admission Ghost Rider - Extended Cut - DVD The Secret World of Arrietty - free admission Bullhead - free admission Underworld Evolution - DVD Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance 3D- free admission Castle in the Sky - free admission Oscar-Nominated Short Films, Live Action: Pentacost, Raju, The Shore, Time Freak & Tuba Atlantic - free admission This Means War - free admission Alien Trespass - Netflix Instant My Neighbor Totoro - free admission Rampart - free admission Dr Suess' The Lorax 3D - free screenin' Comin' At Ya! 3D - free admission Wanderlust - free admission Act of Valor - free admission Oscar-Nominated Short Films, Animated: A Morning Stroll, Dimanche/Sunday, La Luna, The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore & Wild Life - free admission Dune (1984) - free admission Doctor Strange - DVD Project X (2012) - free admission Martha Marcy May Marlene - free admission Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind - free admission Friends with Kids - free admission The Lincoln Lawyer - Netflix Instant Gabriel Iglesias: Hot and Fluffy - Netflix Instant John Carter 2D/3D - free admission/free admission Silent House - free admission 21 Jump Street - free screenin' Casa de Mi Padre - free admission Support Your Local Gunfighter - Netflix Instant The Grudge: Unrated Extended Director's Cut - DVD Jeff, Who Lives at Home - free admission My Bloody Valentine (2009) - DVD Battle Royale (2000) - Alamo Drafthouse Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocal - discount theater The Butterfly Effect - DVD The Butterfly Effect 2 - DVD Sound of Noise - free admission The FP - free admission Harold & Maude - free admission The Double - Netflix Instant No Strings Attached - Netflix Instant Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey - Netflix Instant Louis C.K. 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It was on par with the others in the series, I think... Stopped off at Blockbuster again tonight after after work, returned Thin Ice and rented their copies No Remose and Innocents Lost, the sixth & seventh movies in the series. Watchin' No Remorse now, makin' it the 300th "new to me" movie of the year! __________________ od0's bucket od0's facebook

November 5 2012, 06:30 PM	#1166
od0_ital Admiral Location: Austin, Texas	Re: Movies Seen in 2012 ^ A lot of stores have closed, but there's still one open on my way to & from work. I'm actually kind of bummed...since movin' to Austin over ten years ago, I lived in four apartments (before this most recent return almost a year ago). Out of those four, three of 'em have had the Blockbusters within a few blocks close after I moved out, includin' the first one I started to use. I don't do kiosks or redbox, and I don't have Netflix, so its either Blockbuster, Hasting's, if there is one (which Austin/Round Rock doesn't, though there is still one in San Marcos, twenty-five miles south), or buyin' the DVD outright & then sellin' it it to Buy Backs. __________________ od0's bucket od0's facebook

November 5 2012, 08:21 PM	#1167
Captain Craig Vice Admiral Location: Nashville,TN	Re: Movies Seen in 2012 ^^^ What's your issue with Netflix or Redbox? If you're Blockbuster loyal they do have online service as well. I'd never blind buy a DVD even at discounted initial release prices knowing your likely to sell it back and only get about 20-30% of your money back. Netflix and Redbox make blind viewing affordable without taking a big loss vs the way you're describing unless I'm missing something or Hastings has an incredible buy back plan(we don't have those here). __________________ "Picard never hit me." Q-Less(DS9) "Freedom is the Right of All Sentient Beings" Optimus Prime Twitter:http://twitter.com/#!/CaptainCraig1

November 6 2012, 12:56 AM	#1168
Harvey Admiral	Re: Movies Seen in 2012 1. Holy Rollers (B-) 2. The Kids Are All Right (B) 3. History of the World, Part 1 (C-) 4. Blazing Saddles (A+) 5. Scarface [1932] (B-) 6. The Purple Rose of Cairo (A) 7. Rampart (B+) 8. We Need To Talk About Kevin (A+) 9. Tucker and Dale vs Evil (B+) 10. They Live (B-) 11. Darling Companion (D) 12. A Dangerous Method (B-) 13. Haywire (C+) 14. Mission: Impossible (B+) 15. Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie (B+) 16. Twixt (C+) 17. Burn After Reading (B+) 18. Tinker, Tailor, Solider, Spy (B-) 19. Drive (A) 20. Crazy Stupid Love (A) 21. The Omega Man (D) 22. The Adjustment Bureau (B+) 23. The Artist (A-) 24. Lady and the Tramp (B) 25. Hugo (A-) 26. The Secret World of Arrietty (B) 27. Twelve Angry Men (A) 28. Act of Valor (F) 29. Walker (A) 30. Lonely Are The Brave (A-) 31. Executive Action (C) 32. Three Colors: Blue (A) 33. Bright Leaves (A) 34. Photographic Memory (A) 35. The People Vs. George Lucas (C-) 36. Avatar (B-) 37. The Life of Reilly (A-) 38. Limitless (B-) 39. Star Wars (A) 40. The Empire Strikes Back (A) 41. Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story (A) 42. Machete (C+) 43. Unmasking The Idol (D-) 44. Alien (A+) 45. The Raid: Redemption (B-) 46. Attenberg (B) 47. 21 Jump Street (C+) 48. Piranha 3D (C+) 49. The Hunger Games (C-) 50. This Filthy World (B) 51. Bad Fever (C-) 52. The Conspirator (C) 53. We The Party (C-) 54. My Darling Clementine (C+) 55. Freakonomics (C+) 56. Sound of My Voice (A-) 57. Tales from the Script (C-) 58. Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol (B+) 59. Me and Orson Welles (B) 60. Everything Must Go (B+) 61. The Avengers (C) 62. The Pirates! Band of Misfits (B) 63. One Day in the Life of Andrei Arsenevich (B) 64. Starship Troopers (A) 65. Alien (A+) 66. Aliens (A) 67. Into the Abyss (B) 68. The Expendables (D) 69. Dumbo (B+) 70. Bullet in the Head (B-) 71. City Streets (D) 72. Hard Boiled (A) 73. Burn After Reading (B+) 74. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (B+) 75. A Few Good Men (B) 76. Jiro Dreams of Sushi (A) 77. RoboCop (A-) 78. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (A-) 79. Star Trek: The Motion Picture (C-) 80. Your Sister's Sister (A) 81. The Gunfighter (B+) 82. The Sting (A-) 83. The Thin Blue Line (A) 84. Rango (A) 85. The Killing (B+) 86. The Order of the Black Eagle (F) 87. Jaws (A) 88. Marley & Me (B-) 89. Dominick Dunne: After The Party (B) 90. Prometheus (B-) 91. Collaborator (B-) 92. The Island of Lost Souls (B) 93. The Taking of Pelham 123 [1974] (B+) 94. High Anxiety (C+) 95. Carlos (A-) 96. Stargate (B) 97. Ben-Hur (B+) 98. Bringing up Baby (A) 99. The Trip (B+) 100. Observe and Report (D-) 101. The Conversation (A) 102. TRON (C) 103. Cat Ballou (B) 104. Monsters, Inc. (B) 105. Torn Curtain (C) 106. Marnie (A-) 107. Three Colors: White (A-) 108. Logan's Run (C+) 109. Horrible Bosses (B+) 110. Hotel for Dogs (C) 111. Election (B) 112. Independence Day (A) 113. Batman Begins (A-) 114. The Dark Knight Rises (B+) 115. Winnie the Pooh (A) 116. Sleeper (B) 117. Total Recall [1990] (B+) 118. Topaz (C-) 119. Stealth (F) 120. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (A) 121. Frenzy (B) 122. Robin Hood: Men in Tights (C+) 123. Primary (B-) 124. Kick-Ass (C-) 125. The Puffy Chair (C+) 126. Hopscotch (B) 127. Visioneers (C-) 128. Vertigo (A) 129. Che (B) 130. Spin (B-) 131. My Dinner with Andre (B) 132. District 9 (B+) 133. The Rescuers (B-) 134. Anatomy of a Murder (A) 135. The Tigger Movie (B-) 136. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (A) 137. Three Colors: Red (A) 138. The Tourist (D) 139. Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (C+) 140. Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (B) 141. Spies Like Us (D) 142. Mr. Mom (F) 143. Inside Man (B+) 144. 12 Monkeys (B+) 145. North by Northwest (A) 146. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (B+) 147. Bottle Rocket (B) 148. From Dusk Till Dawn (C-) 149. Some Like It Hot (A) 150. The Joneses (C+) 151. The House I Live In (B+) 152. Troll 2 (F) 153. The Right Stuff (A-) 154. Shadows and Fog (B-) 155. A Complete History of My Sexual Failures (C+) 156. The Front Page (B-) 157. Argo (B+) 158. 3:10 to Yuma [1957] (A-) 159. Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (A) 160. The Man From Planet X (C-) 161. The Creature from the Black Lagoon (A-) 162. The Invisible Man (B) 163. Chinatown (A+) 164. I Love You, Man (B+) 165. Hollywoodland (B-) 166. The Thin Red Line (B+) 167. Return of the Jedi (B) 168. The Facts of Life (C) 169. Where the Wild Things Are (B) 170. Apollo 13 (A) 171. Silver Linings Playbook (B) 172. Sunset Blvd. (A) 173. Something in the Air (A-) I said I wasn't going to see any new films this year, but AFI Fest and a screening at the UCLA Film/TV archive have allowed me to break that promise for free... Where the Wild Things Are: It's always going to be hard to turn a short children's book (ten sentences, I think) into a satisfying feature film. Director and co-screenwriter Spike Jones (writing with Dave Eggers) does a reasonable job confronting this obstacle, but there are still times when the lush visual design doesn't have a lot of story material to complement. Apparently the studio didn't market this as a children's film, which was probably a wise move; it's not an inappropriate movie for kids, but it's certainly darker than most. Apollo 13: I think this is still Ron Howard's best-directed movie. Aside from some computer-generated effects that don't hold up fifteen years later, it remains a good historical piece that keeps tightening the tension -- even when you know how it will end. Silver Linings Playbook: This is getting Oscar attention, but I think that has more to do with the principals (David O. Russel directing; Robert deNiro acting in a good movie!) than with the film itself. Not that it's bad or anything, but for a movie that's ostensibly about the realities of mental illness, it veers into fantasy territory an awful lot. One one hand, Jennifer Lawrence commands the screen; on the other, I never got the sense that her character was a real person. Sunset Blvd.: For a film made in 1950, this is as deeply unsettling as ever. The cast is terrific, the script is tight as can be, and the direction never falters. Great to see on the big screen, too. Something in the Air: Olivier Assayas' follow-up to Carlos is a more personal film that that epic, but still a movie deeply invested in exploring the universe of European politics in the late 60s and early 70s. Once again, it's a film that could never be made in the US; it never romanticizes it's subject nor turns these people into villains. They're just young people, with all the corresponding flaws and virtues you might find among any group of teenagers (they just happen to be involved in leftist politics). For a cast of mostly first-time performers, the acting is quite exceptional, too. Theatres: 57+4 Home Video: 105+1 Computer: 10 __________________ "What do you hear, Starbuck?" "Nothing but the rain, sir." "Then grab your gun and bring in the cat."

November 6 2012, 10:33 PM	#1170
tomalak301 Admiral Location: Bay Area, CA	Re: Movies Seen in 2012 1) The Artist (2011) - A+ 2) Midnight in Paris (2011) - B 3) Tree of Life (2011) - F 4) The Descendants (2011) - B 5) Drive (2011) - B 6) Hanna (2011) - C 7) Take Shelter (2011) - A- 8) 50/50 (2011) - B 9) Baby Mama (2008) - B- 10) United 93 (2006) 11) Rango (2011) - B 12) The Hunger Games (2012) - B+ 13) 21 Jump Street (2012) - B+ 14) Goon (2012) - A- 15) The Avengers (2012) - B 16) Cars 2 (2011) - C+ 17) Men in Black 3 (2012) - B+ 18) Prometheus (2012) - D+ 19) The Iron Lady (2011) - C- 20) Crazy, Stupid, Love (2011) - B+ 21) Moonrise Kingdom - (2012) - A 22) Fantastic Mr. Fox - (2009) - B+ 23) The Dark Knight Rises - (2012) - B+ 24) Contagion - (2011) - B 25) Jeff, Who Lives at Home (2012) - C 26) Premium Rush (2012) - B- 27) The Bourne Legacy (2012) - C 28) Haywire (2012) - B 29) LA Confidential - A (1997) 30) Boogie Nights - A- (1997) 31) Argo (2012) - A 32) Cloud Atlas (2012) - C 33) Flight (2012) - B+ There's only one other movie that surprised me more than Flight did this year, based purely on watching the trailer and coming out of the movie with an entirely different experience. That movie was "The Descendants". Based on the trailer, I went in expecting a comedy and came out thinking I saw one of the most depressing movies ever. Well, here we have Flight, which is a movie I've been looking forward to because of Zemickis and because the trailer made it look really good and I like Washington. I thought this was going to be a story about someone who has to deal with the media pressure after being a hero and how does one go about with the "hero-worship" stigma. That's not what this movie was about, and I walked out of the theater thinking it was a great movie for an entirely different movie. I really don't want to spoil the plot of the movie because I think the experience is a lot better if you go in having seeing the trailer and thinking only based on what you've seen from there. I'll just say this was a great character study movie and will say: If you have issues with drinking and don't believe in Alcoholics Anonymous, watch this film. In fact, I think this film will be shown at AA meetings for years because it was a perfect example of showing how someone is held hostage to the bottle. Theater: 14 (+1) BluRay: 9 On Demand/TV: 4 Itunes: 6 __________________ Twitter