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« Reply #30 on Jul 17, 2011, 6:12pm » | ![[Quote]](http://images.proboards.com/buttons/quote.gif "[Quote]") |
I know I've see a lot of these, but since the titles of movies often aren't descriptive of the movie anymore, I usually can't remember what they were about, without looking them up on IMDB.com...
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1. Toy Story 3
2. The Social Network
3. Inception
4. Winter's Bone
5. Exit Through the Gift Shop
6. Black Swan
7. True Grit
8. The Kids Are All Right
9. The King's Speech
10. How to Train Your Dragon
11. Blue Valentine
12. 127 Hours
13. Scott Pilgrim Vs. the World
14. Waiting for Superman
15. Kick-Ass
16. The Secret in Their Eyes
17. Rabbit Hole
18. The Tillman Story
19. I Am Love
20. The Town
21. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
22. Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work
23. The Illusionist
24. Restrepo
25. Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows, Part I
26. A Prophet
27. The Ghost Writer
28. Animal Kingdom
29. The Fighter
30. Despicable Me
31. Four Lions
32. Tangled
33. The Other Guys
34. Another Year
35. Easy A
36. Enter the Void
37. Let Me In
38. Inside Job
39. Mother
40. Red
41. Catfish
42. Casino Jack & the United States of Money
43. Monsters
44. Shutter Island
45. I Love You, Phillip Morris
46. Tron
47. Buried
48. Made in Dagenham
49. The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
50. Alice in Wonderland
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« Reply #31 on Jul 21, 2011, 12:58pm » | |
I have seen three more films from the list.
11. Blue Valentine
28. Animal Kingdom
41. Catfish
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« Reply #32 on Jul 23, 2011, 4:58pm » | |
how did you like blue valentine? (I've seen it but don't want to influence you)
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« Reply #33 on Jul 23, 2011, 5:16pm » | |
Haven't seen many of the films on the list...tbh I haven't seen a really good film for a very long time....
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« Reply #34 on Jul 23, 2011, 5:21pm » | |
Jul 23, 2011, 4:58pm, auntieannie wrote:| how did you like blue valentine? (I've seen it but don't want to influence you) |
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I thought Blue Valentine was excellent but depressing. In any case, Ryan Gosling is an actor who intrigues me immensely -- from Half Nelson to The Notebook to Lars and the Real Girl. Even in a totally crappy movie like Stay, he managed to hypnotize me with a vague stare from a different planet.
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« Reply #35 on Jul 27, 2011, 5:41pm » | |
I really want to see that movie, partly because I so totally agree with your perfectly captured analysis of Ryan Gosling as an actor.
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« Reply #36 on Aug 25, 2011, 6:37pm » | |
I'll use the star system as well. 
2. The Social Network ***
Fincher did wonderful things with material that would have been dreadfully boring in lesser hands. It's essentially a "deposition room drama", not even a courtroom drama, so just the fact that he made it watchable is no small feat. It features some fine performances from little-known actors who are poised to do big things (Rooney Mara is the new "Girl With the Dragon Tattoo", Andrew Garfield is the new Spiderman).
3. Inception ***
Highly entertaining, although a bit overhyped. It sure is fun to talk about with your friends afterwards, which is more than can be said for most summer blockbusters.
4. Winter's Bone ***
Bleak and terrific. Jennifer Lawrence is one to watch.
6. Black Swan *
Hysterical and grotesque. I, for one, did not care for Natalie Portman in this. Sure, she is extremely talented and her dancing is impressive, but she spent practically the entire movie near tears or in tears. It was wearying. Mila Kunis was captivating, considering she didn't have much to work with.
7. True Grit ***
Great fun. Liked the fact that the Coen brothers were true to the female-centric book, unlike the previous John Wayne vehicle. Hailee Steinfeld knocks it out of the park. Jeff Bridges was good, but Matt Damon really surprised me with his subtlety. He makes a good character actor.
8. The Kids Are All Right ***
Personally, my favorite movie of the year. I was rooting for Annette Bening to win the Oscar for this one.
9. The King's Speech ***
Good solid film. Not groundbreaking or anything, but touching.
12. 127 Hours ***
In lesser hands, this too would be terribly boring, but Danny Boyle's direction kept things moving. James Franco was in fine form. Beautiful scenery.
19. I Am Love *
Overwrought. Still, Tilda Swinton is a marvel, speaking fluent Italian with a Russian accent.
25. Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows, Part I **
Beautifully filmed, but ponderously slow. But the director intentionally wanted to save the most action for Part II.
26. A Prophet ***
Spellbinding. Reminds me of The Godfather in some ways.
29. The Fighter **
Pretty good. The supporting characters were more compelling than the main one, though. Nice to see Amy Adams depart from her doe-eyed innocent roles.
32. Tangled **
Decent, but not memorable. The music is mediocre.
35. Easy A **
As derivative teen movies go, this one is pretty good. It's got classic literary references and an intelligent, winsome, motor-mouthed heroine. I doubt anyone here is in the target demographic, but for teen viewers, you could do worse.
44. Shutter Island **
Not bad. Kept me watching.
50. Alice in Wonderland *
It has some things going for it (Helena Bonham Carter's delicious performance, sumptuous costumes and art direction), but it ultimately falls flat.
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« Reply #37 on Aug 29, 2011, 7:35pm » | |
Fianlly got around to seeing The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo...it was AWESOME. *** stars for sure...
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« Reply #38 on Aug 29, 2011, 7:42pm » | |
I am actually looking forward to the American remakes, but only because of David Fincher. He proved with movies like Seven, Fight Club and Zodiac that he possesses the necessary dark side.
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« Reply #39 on Aug 29, 2011, 8:22pm » | |
Totally with you on Dragon Tattoo, Thill. I still haven't seen #s 2 and 3. I doubt I'll bother with the remakes.
NYCGirl, thanks for all those excellent capsule reviews. You even made me consider giving Social Network one more try.
Can't wait to see True Grit.
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« Reply #40 on Aug 30, 2011, 12:58pm » | |
We watched The Girl Who Played with Fire on Sunday, and we have The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest coming this week. Really looking forward to it...great triology.  I've yet to decide about the remakes...not sure it could get much better.
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