Movies - both new and old

Here’s the official trailer for The Dark Knight :

apple.com/trailers/wb/thedarkknight/trailer2

I just watched most of Gideon’s Daughter. It’s a great movie- I’ve gotta catch the rest of it later.

I just finished watching Ice Age. I hadn’t seen it for a while, and it was very good. I forgot how good the animation is in that movie. I’m really looking forward to the third installment of the franchise. I also watched Spider-Man 3 earlier today as well.

I also saw The Spiderwick Chronicles not too long ago and, for coming across as a seemingly kiddish film, it was actually quite engaging! I had only read two and half of the books in the series before I saw the production, so my knowledge of the novel’s inner workings was rather limited. However, from what I could see, they followed the books fairly well while changing the plot-line here and there, unfortunately. (I’ve always been rather picky about book-to-film adaptations. If the paperbacks’ movie counterpart changes anything about the original story I get ticked off. Heh.)

All-in-all, it was most enjoyable. I especially favored the ending, which was more charming than I expected it to be.


I’m also really looking forward to seeing Hancock, a superhero-type film featuring Will Smith. Here is the link to the official website if anyone is curious:

sonypictures.com/movies/hancock/

It looks hilarious. :stuck_out_tongue:

– Mitch

I just watched a little of Benny and Joon, awesome film. :sunglasses:

And I watched the Village on my Mac, just a bit to prepare for my music video since I seemed to forget most of it. :stuck_out_tongue:

And I just watched a bit of Treasure Planet after getting my music video for it done and over with. :smiley:

I watched Barton Fink the other day, since I’m currently obsessed with the Coen brothers. I loved it. The main character is a prime example of the Coens’ genius- he’s arrogant, thinking of himself as some great artist, despite his claims that he’s representing the ‘common man’ in his writing works, and the way he falls down from his incredibly high pedestal is fascinating to watch.

The ending scene doesn’t make sense, but when does it ever in a Coen brothers film? :laughing:

I’ve recently rented Spielberg’s War of the Worlds and the three Indiana Jones films (Raiders of the Lost Ark , Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom , Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade) . I enjoyed all of them, paticularly War of the Worlds. The designs of the aliens in that film are so amazing. I also enjoyed all the performaces in that movie as well.

The three Indiana Jones films were all great. Raiders of the Lost Ark was fantastic, and has some hilarious moments. I’m looking forward to the fourth installment of the franchise when it’s released in May.

Here’s the latest official theatrical poster for Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.

I just watched Man on the Moon. 'Twas funny, kept me guessing, and sad.

Oooh, cool poster Bill. I really enjoy looking at it.

Bill - Oh yes, I saw that very poster hanging on a wall in one of the local theaters in my area just recently. It’s freakin’ awesome, man.

Thanks for the picture! :wink:

– Mitch

I just watched Darjeeling Limited. Great film, mild humor … I loved it. :smiley:

Actually only watched it for Adrien Brody - I’m pathetic. :unamused:

Saw 10,000BC in the cinema yesterday. It wasn’t bad, did the whole epic thing really well (albeit a bit extreme at times) but the storyline was mind-numbingly simple, and the lead actress permenantly had too much eye liner on.

I think the lead actress, (Camilla Belle) played that role rather beautifully.

I wanna see that movie but I was put off by the massive amount of eyeliner on the lead actress. :open_mouth: I don’t think cavemen wore eyeliner, lol!

FONY- And, unless my perception of Ancient Egypt is very skewed, I was also unaware of the fact that woolly mammoths helped build the pyramids. :laughing:

Here’s the official trailer for The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian :

apple.com/trailers/disney/th … large.html

Bill - My gosh, I just can’t wait to see that movie! :smiley: I’ve already read the book, and I look forward to see the adaptation to the big screen… :wink:

lizardgirl: Oh my, that is just crazy. :stuck_out_tongue: Wouldn’t the desert be too hot for wooly mammoths? :unamused:

Bill: I’m really looking forward to it, though it’s just bizarre that they made Caspian so old- he was just a little boy in the book. :stuck_out_tongue:

I’ve seen Horton Hears a Who twice already (with my sister) and am thinking of seeing it again this week, despite the money issue…

Heh. I really do love it to bits. Blue Sky’s adaption of the heart-warming Dr. Suess book, which bears the same name, is charming in story, magnificent in animation, and delicious in character design and concept art. The fact that I can’t get enough of it is an understatement.

For lack of a better vocabulary at the moment (I’m suffering from a laconic disorder, if that is the appropriate term for my “condition”), I’ll simply state that, in a nutshell, it was beautiful.

Taking the afore-mentioned review into account, I hope that it’s not wrong to be in love with an imaginary character the size of a mite. Curse my fondess for eccentric cartoons! I can’t seem to stop drawing the Mayor, of all characters, and I absolutely love him to bits. It’s always the weird entities I’m drawn towards… (snigger)

FONY - As far as Prince Caspian goes: Yeah! What the heck? He was much younger in the novelic adaption. Why do they always have to change things? (heh)

– Mitch