What was the last movie you've seen?

[REPO Man]

There's dark comedy, there's drama and then in the dead center is this film, which is unsettling yet totally worth your time.

Also, it turns out that the main character Dawn:

dies prior to the director's later film Palindrome, revealing that she went to college, put on weight, got pregnant and apparently committed suicide. That fact actually makes Welcome to the Dollhouse MUCH MUCH darker! Because it means that every horrible thing that happens to Dawn is actually nothing compared to the hell that awaits her. So it's the antithesis of the idea that life gets better.

[stickem]

I loved the movie, but then again I've been following the series since the beginning. I'm just a dweeb for any kind of car movie, no matter how ridiculous.

even riced up cars lol. sorry, bad joke. i like the series as well being a fan of imports and street racing but it has turned into some special ops shit. i'll watch either way and i have a thing for rrr

[J T]

So I went from watching Furious 7 to The Theory of Everything because that's just the kind of guy that I am.

It's a movie about the life of Stephen Hawking, focusing on the relationship between him and his wife. It was brilliantly acted.

[Exhuminator]

Best sci-fi film I've seen in quite a while. The attention to detail with gravitational physics was a lot of fun. (Although I don't agree with the interpretation of a time dilation tesseract.) Makes you think about things you might not ordinarily think about, and any film that gets you to do that is doing something right.

[MrPopo]

I highly recommend Kip Thorne's book "The Science of Interstellar". He was the technical consultant for the film and he goes very deep into what's going on, how it all fits together, and why they had the imagery they did.

[Gamerforlife]

Not sure how I feel about the story in this one. It's conceptually good, but the dialog and acting aren't great. Now this would be fine in a movie that didn't take itself seriously, and there are quite a few moments where the movie feels like something along the lines of Sharknado and is funny (a guy takes off his coat and tosses it, and it lends perfectly on a coat rack), but then there are moments where the movie seems to take itself seriously, and they are kind of awkward. The movie doesn't seem to have a consistent tone.

But the real reason to see this is the action, and it really delivers. The fights are fantastic and this movie feels like an audition to show others why this group of guys need to get cast in upcoming martial arts films. They pull off some wild moves and the fights, while very fast paced, are also very easy to follow. You never miss a move. And everything is just really polished and precise. Watch the trailer to get a sense of what I mean



The movie is like a 6, but the fights are like 8-8.5. I reserve 9s and 10s for the best fight scenes of all time

[J T]

I highly recommend Kip Thorne's book "The Science of Interstellar". He was the technical consultant for the film and he goes very deep into what's going on, how it all fits together, and why they had the imagery they did.

I've been looking for an excuse to use my local library and this could be it.

[J T]

I reserve 9s and 10s for the best fight scenes of all time

Maybe this should be a separate thread, but what fights have you given a 9 or 10?

[irixith]

Cannot wait to see Furious 7 this week...been watching the first six again just to get even more stoked for it. I've recently gone from partially deaf to fully deaf, and it just so happens that the theatre where it's being shown has closed captioning. I live in a small place, and am not always lucky enough to be able to see a movie with CC in the theatre.

Love the FF franchise, and how it's evolved over the years. I can't pick a favourite stunt though...is it the train...driving off the cliff and bailing in mid-air...the hilariously long runway...Dom catching Letty in mid-air while flying across that gap and landing on a car...so hard. It's so over the top, and just fun.

I think I'm going to have to stop granny shiftin' and start double clutchin'.

[Exhuminator]

He was the technical consultant for the film and he goes very deep into what's going on, how it all fits together, and why they had the imagery they did.

I'm sure the relativity physics are representative of our best current understanding of how that stuff works. My problems with the plot had to do with time paradoxes, and no real explanation of what "the blight" actually is. Still a great film all things considered.