RATE or REVIEW The Last Movie You Watched.

[EVILFACE]

Some thoughts of a certain sound....

 

[Henry Morgan*]

Lethal Weapon - 7/10

 

[VintijDroidGutzz]

Dune (1984) ---------------- 4/10

Ok, here I go about to spark another fiery debate..

I love David Lynch's stuff. That said - regarding his version of DUNE, I'd never seen the film before until about a year ago. I'd heard & read countless comments on how it's so bad it's a tragedy, yada yada. Not long before I ended up watching it though, I caught up with an old friend who explained to me the whole deal on how grand & sprawling the story was, & how the Lynch film just didn't reflect that in the end. I have no history with this story, so I was willing to learn from those that could enlighten me.

Well.. then I watched the film. Yeah. Having no prior understanding beyond the basics, I really liked it. I honestly did. I actually bought it too. Since that first viewing, I've gathered bits of info here & there & read up. Frank Herbert clearly had a vision, & it's fair enough that David Lynch wants / wanted to distance himself as far away as possible from the 1984 film & his involvement with it.

I feel a bit silly that I've only recently somewhat gotten up to speed with the whole sordid affair.

 

[Mad Old Lu]

I have to say that I'm a huge Lynch Dune fan. I watched the movie before I ever read the book, so that probably biased my opinion. But I thought Lynch's vision for that world was brilliant. Genius even. I have subsequently read the book several times throughout the years and the differences between the movie and book do not bother me in the least. I think the way the story unfolds in the movie works fine. Maybe it's not as sprawling and grand as the book is, but I look at it more as a "quiet" film with a lot of mood and atmosphere that tells a compelling story. I find it similar to Blade Runner in that "quiet" tone. I like that the tone is not overly adventure-y and is more harsh and dark. I love most everything about it, from the art direction to the set designs and general design direction of all the props and vehicles and creatures and costumes. I think the weirding module was a good way to "visualize" the weirding way fighting style of the Fremen.

I can't say enough positive things about it. And it is a shame that Lynch wants nothing to do with it anymore. I would love for it to be revisited and perhaps rediscovered so we can get more behind the scenes information about the movie. I would LOVE a making-of book about it, with lots of photos and such.

I should really get around to watching Jodorowsky's Dune.

 

[CriterionCollector]

I should really get around to watching Jodorowsky's Dune.

Jodorowsky's Dune is the equivalent to a bunch of pot-heads sitting in a circle and coming up with pie in the sky crazy ideas. There's no way his version of Dune could have been made. It would have bankrupted several studios.

 

[Centurion]

Maze Runner - 7/10. Performances were good; so was the CGI. A few plot holes here and there, but nothing too obvious.

Yeah, I enjoyed this movie so much more than Hunger Games.

 

[highlander1]

Fury give it a 7 Damn good film! War is Hell.

 

[The Clown Prince of Crime]

The Theory of Everything - 6/10

 

[Baneofdemon22]

I forgot about this thread!

American Sniper: 7/10 I didn't worry about the politics or controversy while watching. I thought it was good.

Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol- 9/10 I never watched a movie in this franchise, but I was really interested after seeing the commercial for the new movie. It's just a lot of fun. I think Brad Bird is great! He's now one of my favorite directors.

Kill Bill Vol. 1: 7/10 Personally, I really don't like the violence or language content of Tarantino films. I was going to rate this higher because I felt like I had to. However, I'm not a critic so whatever! I still really enjoyed it but it was in spite of those things. I haven't watched all Tarantino movies, but Inglorious Basterds is the only one I loved throughout.

For Greater Glory: 5/10 It's a low budget film, so I watched it with that in mind. It's got a nice message.

 

[VintijDroidGutzz]

I have to say that I'm a huge Lynch Dune fan. I watched the movie before I ever read the book, so that probably biased my opinion. But I thought Lynch's vision for that world was brilliant. Genius even. I have subsequently read the book several times throughout the years and the differences between the movie and book do not bother me in the least. I think the way the story unfolds in the movie works fine. Maybe it's not as sprawling and grand as the book is, but I look at it more as a "quiet" film with a lot of mood and atmosphere that tells a compelling story. I find it similar to Blade Runner in that "quiet" tone. I like that the tone is not overly adventure-y and is more harsh and dark. I love most everything about it, from the art direction to the set designs and general design direction of all the props and vehicles and creatures and costumes. I think the weirding module was a good way to "visualize" the weirding way fighting style of the Fremen.

I can't say enough positive things about it. And it is a shame that Lynch wants nothing to do with it anymore. I would love for it to be revisited and perhaps rediscovered so we can get more behind the scenes information about the movie. I would LOVE a making-of book about it, with lots of photos and such.

I should really get around to watching Jodorowsky's Dune.

Cool man, that's what counts - you / we found it enjoyable.

 

[CallMeTheDoctor]

X-Men: Days of Future Past: 9/10

Second time watching. Still a blast; fun and dark movie. Can't wait for Apocalypse.

 

[highlander1]

John Wick i give it a 8 very fast ,cool.

 

[Centurion]

World War Z. 6.5/10

 

[wanderlai]

Nightcrawler 7.5/10
Wolf Creek 2 6/10

 

[karamazov80]

Foxcatcher: 8.5/10

That's a high rating for me. Really excellent film. And of course, an extremely disturbing and tragic examination of human frailty. As a former wrestler and fan of the sport, I was impressed at how authentic the wrestling aspects all came off.

I found "Her" way too slow and never got into it. I had to bail out at the 40 minute mark.

That's about how long I also gave it before my lack of interest won out and I moved on to something else.

 

[highlander1]

Transformers age of Extinction really enjoyed this one which says a lot last transformers film's been hard to finish to the end. I give it a 6 not bad on this one almost thought Michael Bay quit ha ha.

Rise of planet of the ape's done pretty well give it a 6 also cant wait for more ape's.

 

[BagginsOfBagEnd]

The Shawshank Redemption 10/10 - awesome film

 

[69slimer]

Pan's Labyrinth 8/10

 

[Ghost of QG]

DreamWorks Home, with my daugher. 7/10

 

[ApeManRyan]

Elysium: 7.5/10