The more the star trek movie has been rolled over in my mind, I seriously disliked it. But Satis thinks it was not bad.

I enjoyed the Terminator movie, but I think you have to detech yourself from some of the plot holes. And well there were definately parts that could have been made better.

The transformers movies comes out on Wednesday here. But I hate going to the theater with people who think it is OK to bring very young children to movies I think I have to duck my eyes at every once in a while and wonder why their kids cry. /slap!

lol. Can't you just go to the late show? Pretty much guaranteed there aren't any kids at the 22h screening of a movie like Transformers 2...but then, I wouldn't put it past the people who think it's a good idea to take their kids there in the first place.

The only thing I heard about the new Star Trek movie was a female friend of mine saying she practically had a meltdown at the theatre because of how hot new Spock was.

is that a joke? That guy's not attractive, at least not as far as I can tell. Then again, women tend to be a bit strange.

About the 10pm showing, yea, there'd totally be kids there. and they'd be crying and cranky because of how late it would be. We'd also have to go on the weekend due to work, increasing the chance of tempermental offspring.

Ick - nope - not my type at all. I keep wanting to take a pair of tweezers to his eyebrows.

As for late shows, been there - tried that. Odd as it sounds I tend to have better luck with no kids going before noon. Still not worth it. Just ruins the experience. Like people with cell phones. Seriously I have one, Satis has one, but they sure as hell are not going off in the damn theater!

lol. Man, sounds like there are some real issues with people being an ass in theatres over there...not that it doesn't happen here, but I rarely ever have been annoyed by someone in the theatre. On occasion a small group of unruly street kids, but that's only in the inner city.

I was reading a book by David Sedaris a few days ago, an American who lived in Paris for a few years, and one of the things he noticed was that in France people were much more inclinced to stay silent at the movies than in NY.

He had some movie horror stories from back home about a guy actually sitting at a movie following a sports game over a radio (!), about people calling on their cellphones during a movie, people talking to each other without really trying to whisper...etc. But then, maybe that's just NY.

lol my mate loves the new Spock too, she fell for him as Syler in Heroes. Crazy woman. She likes short emo boys so she's obviously a little... bizarre.

Saw Terminator as well a couple of weeks ago, not bad, just another good action movie, nothing mind blowing. I liked the guy who played...Kyle is it? He was quite good. Some things seemed a bit surreal or like parts were missed out though. Still, enjoyed it.

Also saw Drag Me to Hell the other week with Mole, good film. If you like Sam Raimi at least. Cheesy horror stuff, we spent most of our time looking for references to Evil Dead more than anything I think, but it was still enjoyable! Still not up there with anything amazing; I don't think a horror film ever will be for me, they just aren't scary and usually all follow similar stories.

Saw it at the late show actually, some damn stupid girls were in there and jumping and screaming at everything. Losers. Mind you when I saw Terminator the mate I saw it with was probably annoying everyone; not too often but a couple of times he made silly jokes a little loudly. But they were funny and hey, it's only an action movie, not like anyone missed anything

Ars technica has a review up of the new Transformers movie. They hated it. Anyway, I loved this quote since it plays into some of our recent conversations.

http://arstechnica.com/media/reviews/20 ... o-long.ars

That girl I mentioned is pretty much the same, I think. She always falls for these total pussies (who're often pretty short and skinny). So that might explain a few things, haha.

Yet to see Transformers, but that review isn't really getting my hopes up. I've never had problems with kids in a Belgian movie theatre btw, so must be some cultural thing (did see it while I was living in the Czech Republic).

Pev, I want to go see Drag Me To Hell but this girl I want to go see it with is being incommunicado. Lame!! So I watched the recent remake of Dawn of the Dead alone yesterday instead, which was actually pretty good.

(oh and I'm watching the final season of BSG...a few episodes to go, so don't spoil things for me )

Shiny and I watched The Watchmen. I liked it quite a bit. Not sure why so many people seemed to dislike it. Blue penis envy? Ah well.

Who watches the Watchmen? Satis does!

SPOILERS

But cool that you guys finally saw it, and liked it too! Man, that intro was something else eh? How they crammed an entire 'backstory' about the heroes' origins and the alternative history of the USA the story is set in in those 5 minutes was just wonderful. Like the last supper-style shot. Sheer visual brilliance, and probably one of the best intros I've ever seen.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKJ0QHLm1Uw (for a reminder)

My one criticism of the movie was that, for people unacquainted with the graphic novel, it could be hard to get the finesses and the deeply-rooted motivations for everything that happens and the characters do (simply because some shots are left out to keep the movie's length down). And that it can be a little static as far as scenes go (and Silk Spectre II's acting was a bit off too).

But other than that...visually extremely impressive with some very deep characters (Dr. Manhattan comes to mind, even Nite Owl II, but especially the Comedian), a lot of moral questions and a finale that is as brilliant as it is understated and spawns even more moral dillemma's. Ozymandias is a brilliant 'villain'...like how he explains his plan to Rorschach and Nite Owl II and then is offended when he realizes that they think that he still need to put it into motion.

Like I said though, his motivations are 'clearer' in the comic. There is a scene during the meeting of the second generation of watchmen (the one where the Comedian scoffs them and burns the map) when Captain Metropolis, despairingly, says "but somebody has to save the world" to Ozymandias etc.

But the real highlight is the Comedian. He is the mirror by which the others are judged. Like the scene with Dr. Manhattan, as he shoots the pregnant woman. Good stuff I think a lot of people didn't like it cause they expected something else of the movie. It's a "superhero" movie but at the same time it's anything but that. It's about morality, about nihilism, and about people who have been broken by the times finding themselves again. Not exactly the sort of themes your average Hollywood blockbuster loser can wrap his head around.

End of rant...for now. :

I really enjoyed the movie. When it comes out on DVD I'll definitely be grabbing the extended cut or whatever doesn't remove all the deleted scenes. I also plan on getting a copy of the graphic novel at some point.

To me it's a very 'real' hero movie. All the heroes are just people, even Dr. Manhatten. And they're all flawed, some far more than others. The comedian was horrific in ways, but very human in the end.

Anyway, I really liked it, it definitely is up as one of the best movies of the year for me.

Yeah, I agree on the real heroes. I think that's what a lot of people didn't like about it. They're expecting to see some sort of comic book heroes genre Fantastic Four, and they end up with

- an overweight and impotent depressed genius
- a young woman who grew up (and buckled) under the great expectations of her mother
- a Godlike man who becomes more and more disconnected from the feelings and motives of humanity
- a sociopath, schizophrenic son of an abusive mother/prositute
- an embittered nihilistic, opportunistic fascist

The only "real" hero is Veidt, the only one who is still rich, famous and widely respected by both his peers and the establishment. Which makes it even cooler how the movie turned out. And even he grew up an orphan.

I'm definitely buying the DVD when it comes out too (I don't usually spend 20 bucks on a new release). One thing it's supposed to include is "Tales of the Black Freighter". It's completely absent from the film, but it's a sort of horror pirate tale that runs like a thread through the graphic novel, a substory within the story that parallels with what happens in the real world. It's pretty cool. In the actual story it's represented by a black kid reading the comic next to a newsstand at various points in the story.

http://watchmen.wikia.com/wiki/Tales_of ... _Freighter

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0392878/

I watched "The Onion Movie." It had some good moments in there, while its nothing mind blowing it is defenately above average.

This looks kinda interesting. District 9. Be sure to watch both trailers.. trailer 2 if you have to choose.

trailer 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZnpzfcMheA

trailer 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjihaK7HfGs

ive just seen Bruno, mostly cos someone else wanted to watch it, not me.

Anyway, it's pretty bad. It uses the shock factor wayyy to much. If it was up to me, i would have walked out in the 1st 15 mins. Too much cock on screen too.