[Dorothy]

Ok, so... What did you see last year that really impressed you? Doesn't have to be released last year, just viewed within the confines of Jan-Dec 2010. And what looks made of awesome for 2011?

I would have to pick Dinner for Shmucks as my comedy, Red as my action, and ... I didn't really have a horror.

For 2011, not really a prediction, but The Green Hornet was not bad, despite the fact that Seth Rogen has funny teeth and is a potato.

Anyone?

(Please don't say Avatar... )

[Zatoichi]

Well, I've seen a bunch of much older movies for the 1st time that I really liked: Malice, The Shadow, and Tootsie. A recentish one, Spanglish, I really thought was good (I was actually surprised by how good I thought it was).

As for ones from the past year, I think both The Last Airbender and Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole. I enjoyed them both, but especially the Guardians.

I'm sure I've seen others, but this is all I've got off the top of my head.

Also Dorothy, haven't seen you in forever. How've you been?

This post has been edited by Zatoichi: 19 January 2011 - 10:19 AM

[Gobbler]

Zatoichi, on 19 January 2011 - 04:07 PM, said:

As for ones from the past year, I think both The Last Airbender...

Man, only one post into the topic and you're already trolling.


I rather liked that animated Rapunzel movie (think it's called Tangled in English), it's been one of the few "new" films I've seen due to my girlfriend dragging me along.

[J m HofMarN]

I saw How To Train Your Dragon and Avatar for the first time in 2010, loved both but especially HTTYD. Also saw Wind That Shakes The Barley on Civ's recommendation and greatly enjoyed it.

[Zatoichi]

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Man, only one post into the topic and you're already trolling.

Heh heh, well, I did find it enjoyable enough. It might have to do with that I've only seen a smattering of episodes from the series.

ooh, also saw How to Train Your Dragon. It was cute and enjoyable.

This post has been edited by Zatoichi: 20 January 2011 - 09:03 AM

[Dorothy]

Ooh, I also enjoyed How to Train your Dragon, as well as Despicable me. I (finally) saw Sunshine Cleaning, and thought it was good. I enjoyed True Grit more than I thought I would.

Z - Not doing too shabby. Big changes this year. How about you?

[Zatoichi]

Of late, not so great.
On the whole, like a fruit punch bowl.

It makes no sense but I couldn't think of anything that ryhmed.
On a scale of good to bad on how things have been, I would put me somewhere close to the middle.

So, what kind of changes?

This post has been edited by Zatoichi: 23 January 2011 - 09:39 AM

[Spoon Poetic]

Wow even Dorothy is back now! Excite!


Movies I enjoyed this year: Black Swan (so shoot me for jumping on the bandwagon), Despicable Me... I really didn't have time for watching too many movies though.

[Zatoichi]

And I really liked Inception. I'm not a huge fan of Dicaprio's but I've got to tell you, he has come a long way and is a pretty damn good actor. He takes a variety of roles to avoid getting pigeon-holed, and they're generally more difficult ones to perform in I think.

This post has been edited by Zatoichi: 30 January 2011 - 09:34 AM

[TruJade]

2010 was not a bad year for movies
some of the best have already been mentioned
How to Train Your Dragon, Inception, Avatar

I also really enjoyed The Town even though it was basically
an updated/combined version of Point Break and Set It Off
Megamind was predictable but quite hilarious

Best waste of time/ Mindless Fun: The Expendables
Biggest surprise: The Social Network
Best Sequel: Toy Story 3

[Gobbler]

I still can't imagine The Social Network being a movie I could possibly like or even find remotely interesting, despite all the positive reviews its been getting... ah well.

Easy A. Anyone else seen it? This one actually did look remotely interesting to me, don't know why. I guess I am a sucker for classic teen-movies and their usual cast that's always somewhere around their late twenties (I keep wondering whether they're trying to make a statement against the US educational system). Over all - Emma Stone's been pretty good in my opinion, the dialogues were fast paced, cynical and intelligent (or, alternatively, filled with pop-culture references, which is even better) and...


... oh who am I kidding? I just loved it because it was filmed exclusively in Ojai, California. Been there, enjoyed the weather and everything else. Came back to Germany and I'm just getting more and more depressed with the narrow-mindededness and the cold and grey weather here. I wanna go back...

[J m HofMarN]

I saw Red, that was a good one that didnt get enough attention despite the star power involved and some good performances. How To Train Your Dragon gets my nod for movie of the year though, everything in that flick was just incredible, best animated film I've seen since Lion King.

Also, Scott Pilgrim came out on DVD in 2010, which made me happy.

And yeah, Last Airbender would be the obvious pick for the Razzy award.

2011? Hary Potter! Fuck and yes! Also, Captain America is looking like fun, and I wonder when the new Kick-Ass is coming out?

[Gobbler]

Late entry for 2010 here (yeah, I'm slowly catching up with my list of movies-to-watch):

Scott Pilgrim vs. The World. Go on, say it, I don't care. I love that movie.

[Zatoichi]

I just saw Kick-Ass a bit a go. The movie definitely worked for me. It wasn't trying to be a wonderous piece of film making, just what it was. I think the plan is to start writing the sequel this winter.

I can't remember if Thor is out yet or not, but after having seen the previews, my gut says no. I just don't think its going to be enjoyable.

I just saw HP and the Deathly Hallows P1, and I'm looking forward to seeing the second. I haven't actually read the final book yet, so I couldn't complain much while I was watching it or anything like that.

I also saw Despicable Me, Megamind, and Toy Story 3. I enjoyed all of them. The first two were a bit predictable, but were quite hilarious anyways so I didn't much care (I looooved the little hench dudes in Despicable). I like how they had TS3 end things. It was a good film, and they don't need to keep on making more of them just to try and wring more money out of the same stuff.

I'm looking forward to watching Tangled, because I keep hearing good things about it. A friend of mine has it, so I should see it soon.

This post has been edited by Zatoichi: 02 May 2011 - 12:46 PM

[Gobbler]

Despicable Me was okay, but it only really survived because of the henchmen. And I still think that they could have done more with those.

I saw Toy Story back in... when was it? 1995? Never felt the urge to see its sequels - I hated that movie. Graphics sucked, characters sucked, story sucked.

But Tangled's really good, in my opinion. Could be funnier still, but nyeh, not worth complaining about. I've watched it thrice now and that bloody scene where the king's getting ready to light another lamp for his lost daughter still gets me... well, mainly because at that point my girlfriend's usually already bawling her eyes out.

About Thor... I dunno, I've only seen one or three pictures so far, but they looked good. I'm actually looking forward to it, I think someone mentioned that it's following in the footsteps of Iron Man and its sequel (which I haven't watched yet). If so - rock on.

This post has been edited by Gobbler: 03 May 2011 - 02:54 AM