Just saw 'Now You See Me'. Pretty fun movie. Much in the same area of Oceans Eleven and other heist movies with a tint of mystery and of course illusion. It's not a 'great' movie, the plot has its holes and the pace is a little fast at times (and sometimes it's too slow). But overall very enjoyable.

I've been watching House of Cards, a Netflix original. Definitely the best Netflix show I've seen to date. Arrested Development was excellent but HoC feels like it has potential to get as good as The Wire. Kevin Spacey is an amazing actor and the little Malcom In the Middleesque fourth wall breaks make me feel like he's confiding his magical Kevin Spacey political secrets directly to me. Also, every single main character type woman is absolutely gorgeous, so that's a plus.

Finally watched Scott Pilgrim vs the World tonight. I hadn't avoided seeing it before now, but I certainly hadn't gone to any length to see it. I thought the 90s video game vibe seemed a bit tacky, but I ended up really enjoying the film.

I really loved the way the story was told. There was a really strong visual aspect to everything, which I loved. I don't know if I would have enjoyed it as much if I didn't know it was a comic adaptation, but some of the ideas just translated well into film. The characters were all fantastic, and the writing for them was superb. The second half felt a bit rushed, but the ending was fleshed out enough to be satisfying.

I wouldn't say it was a brilliant film, but it was a good way to kill a Sunday afternoon.

I really feel like I'm part of the target audience for something like this, so I don't know if I've been objective enough here.

Yeah... It's one of those films that I generally can't recommend to anyone because it's really hard to predict whether they'll like it or not. And it's not a film you can be indifferent to; you'll either love it or hate it. Speed Racer is similar.

I loved Scott Pilgrim. I've seen it quite a few times. Mostly - and I acknowledge that this is quite a ridiculous thing to do - since I found out that I'd be moving to Toronto myself.

I seen Only God Forgives, and let me tell you that it had to be the worst goddamned show ever created. Now I can never picture Ryan Gosling without seeing a big, depressed looking bake anymore. Maybe it got good, but I'll never know, I had to turn it off halfway through because it just melted my mind.

What I got from it though was that Gosling's mother wanted to fuck him.

It was no Drive, but people panning it really seem to miss the fact that it wasn't supposed to be. I watched it and liked it, though it was disappointing that it wasn't just 'ultraviolent Drive in Bangkok.'
Gosling's mother fucked the dead brother. Gosling then murdered their father and fled. Gosling wanted to fuck his mother, there's a scene later on where he slices open her cadaver and shoves his fingers in her like that prostitute from earlier. They murder the woman who takes care of the daughter of The Angel of Death (the cop) and then Gosling murders his cohort before he can kill the kid. Gosling gets his arms chopped off voluntarily as retribution. The end

I just saw The Way Way Back. It was excellent. It did a good job of harnessing your emotions for a good payoff. Steve Carell was AMAZING as this massive asshole boyfriend. Sam Rockwell was hilarious. It came from the same people as Little Miss Sunshine, so go see it.

I saw The World's End. It had a delayed plot "ignition", much like Hot Fuzz, and overall the vibe was that of a very long episode of Spaced. Which is good, if you like Spaced.

I saw The Wall, based on a Pink Floyd album. I think of it as a masterpiece. You should watch it.

It's pretty great, though I preferred the bits where Geldof didn't open his mouth.

I actually watched the first episode of Spaced recently and didn't really like it all that much. Does it get better?

Well the story develops, but at the end of the day it's a sitcom, you either like it or you don't. It's a very specific sort of humor, though.I love Spaced. And I think every part of the Cornetto Trilogy had that vibe, which is what I love.

Is it spam if I reiterate for the hundredth time I thought Shaun of the Dead was tepid horsepoop and Pegg and Frost are vastly overrated?

That's true. Fortunately, it's just a small portion of the movie where he does. I almost forgot it existed. The actors rarely talk in the movie

I didn't realise Pegg and Frost were rated that highly to begin with. They've made one TV series and a couple of good films. They're not exactly living legends.

For what it's worth, though, Shaun of the Dead is my least-preferred film of the Cornetto Trilogy.

I.......didn't think that movie was funny. At all. I didn't understand why other people did think it was funny, and just decided to never talk about it. But yeah. That movie was terrible. And so was that action film they made. Not funny. Not funny ever.

@OANST, You should elaborate, which movie you're talking about? If Shaun of the Dead, then I think I agree. I couldn't get past the first 20 minutes, I was so bored that I stopped watching.

Happy 9000 posts anniversary, WoF!

Just don't make any new posts or we'll be forced to use that lame Dragon Ball meme.

Yup. Shaun of the Dead. Didn't like it. Then I saw some action movie set in a secretive town, and I barely remember it, and have no idea what the big secret was, even though I'm pretty sure I was forced to watch the movie twice.

Oh, right.

I saw Up a few days ago for the first time. Fantastic movie. I especially liked how the climactic fight managed to have some of the most beautiful parts of a very beautiful movie, in comparison to say Wall-E.

Now just Ratatouille, Toy Story 3 and Brave to see before I've caught up on Pixar non-Cars movies. I'm a little reticent about Ratatouille though. The concept just doesn't really grab me.

You’ll probably enjoy Ratatouille more then Brave. Brave was kinda “meh” to me.

Ratatouille was great, I haven't seen Brave so I can't comment, the concept didn't particularly excite me.

I liked Brave.

And you hate women. What's up with that?

I found one I don't hate! Changed everything, man.

I’m not saying it was bad, but I felt like it lacked the charm and uniqueness that Pixar films usually have.

I thought it had plenty of charm, and was unique in that it had no antagonist, so did not follow the same formula that every other children's movie follows.

I watched Warm Bodies. I wish I hadn't watched Warm Bodies.

I don't get you guys. Spaced and the Cornetto Trilogy are frigging awesome.

If you forget that Ratatouille is a Pixar movie and just watch it as a generic CG kid's film, it's quite enjoyable. It's not a bad film; it just doesn't stack up with the best of their work.

watched a shit load of Cracker, a british crime detective series from the psychologist/psychiatrist point of veiw (can't remember which). it's Robbie Coltrane and a few others including a young Christopher Eccleston. from what i remember his acting was terrible, so wooden you could peel the bark off and start a fire.

I put off watching Ratatouille for the longest time due to the same reason you mentioned. Really enjoyed it when I finally did watch it. The concept does sound a little bit cheesy but it's actually quite well done, plus the animation is gorgeous all throughout. Lots of strong side characters, too.

Toy Story 3 is probably my favourite Pixar film overall. Honestly, it's perfect. I have never as satisfied leaving a movie theater as I did after I saw that one. Then again, I don't watch that many movies.

On the other hand, if you find the concept of Ratatouille gross, it's pretty difficult to support the protaganists.

MOD EDIT: Split the second half of this post off to this new thread.

I just moved a whole bunch of posts from this thread to here.

I've just watched the new episode of Breaking Bad.

It was awesome. I find it unbelievable how amazing this show still is. Can't wait for more. Really. Give it to me now!


ps: it's not really a spoiler

BB is a great show!

I've just watched Sinister and that film gave me the creeps. especially the one scene in the pool, when I saw that thing in the water, my heart sank to my pants.
now I still have this one restless night before me + I live in an old building and my toilette is outside my apartement; so every time I go to the toilette, I need to step out and advance through the darkness (lightswitch is too far away)
I see the demon in every shadow, looking at me...

Breaking Bad is on this massive list of things I need to get around to watching somewhere down the line. I only ever hear positive things about it. Hmm.

Caught up on Venture Bros. since I keep seeing it mentioned here and there and I haven't watched it since about mid-season 3. The character development in this show is fucking incredible what the heck

been watching The Mill, period drama series set in a cotton mill back in ye olde englande. i like it but the usual love story is fucking there. again. it's not too bad if they don't drag it out forever but too much romance bollocks can ruin it for me. i just get bored. that's the problem with most period drama things; the overly-romanticised view of that era, like looking through rose-tinted glasses in a way.

I also watched the new Breaking Bad episode. It was ace, I loved the beginning. Also the final scene, goddamn, when Hank shut the garage door I knew shit was going to go down.

I am currently watching Aku no Hana
it's mindblowing, and I am just 4 episodes in. has anyone seen/read the series?

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I couldn't get into Aku no Hana. I watched it because one of my friend sent it to me, telling me that they heard it was really fucked up. Every set up was really awkward and it was hard for me to watch, and I wasn't even interested to see what happens next until the end of episode 7. But, by the time I got there I discovered the next handful of episodes hadn't aired yet, and I didn't have the patience to wait so I just forgot about it.

The ending theme is great though.

Also, I like that they chose to rotoscope the entire series instead of sticking with the manga's style. It definitely added onto the uneasiness of watching it.

I don't watch shit.