Perseu's Talk

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Yes, we all know this is a story we have seen many times before and it plays exactly like you know it is going to, but it truly does set a high standard for technology, I was caught up and invested with these characters and it is mind-blowingly entertaining.

Moon

A beautiful sci-fi drama movie.

Roman Holiday

I thought I had disliked this movie until it ended and I realized that for the past 2 hours I was yelling at the screen for them to get together and then almost cried. A very sweet, funny and romantic comedy.

The House of the Devil

Rosemary's Babysitter. So, the film stumbles a little in its final moments when it starts to get bloody, but overall it is a very suspenseful, tense and frightening experience.

Days of Heaven

Stunningly beautiful. I cannot express enough how perfect every single frame is.

Adventureland

This movie's only serious crime is how poorly it was marketed. Don't let the trailer fool you, this is no dumbass teen sex romp. Rather a sometimes painfully realistic and very well drawn romantic drama, with laughs only as frequent as they are in real life. Greg Mottola of Superbad fame displays a knack for natural dialogue and down to earth, but original and interesting characters. All the leads are well developed, believable, motivated and instantly compelling thanks not only to the writing but the exceptionally grounded and mature performances from all the young actors. Motolla captures the nuances of young relationships brilliantly, and also does a nice of job using setting and location to set mood, a directorial technique highly reminiscent of Woody Allen. Not only is Adventureland a great drama, but it's also a really fucking cool movie. The characters are all smart, speak well, listen to cool music, wear cool clothes, do fun shit, and the soundtrack to the movie is super hip as well. This flick was a really nice surprise, definitely don't write it off for any reason.

Sin Nombre

muchacho mata a niño, niña cumple chico, chico rescata a chica, la chica .....

Morvern Callar

Amazing movie. It has definitely one of the best soundtracks ever and Samantha Morton gives such a calm yet layered performance, she's truly haunting; one viewing is clearly not enough to fully understand all of her character.

The Room

This is actually worse than people said and it is terribly funny due to its enormous incompetence, but it is also something that should be an 8 minute youtube video; a full feature lenght film is somewhat tiring.

Extract

The film is humorous, but not something I would call funny. The cast is great, but their characters not so much and other than Bateman are not given anything to do. They keep setting thins up but hardly have any payoff because it all just magically gets solved. Huge disappointment.

The Wind That Shakes the Barley

historical dramatization of the events leading up to Irish independence from Britain, and the beginning of the subsequent Irish Civil War.

Sling Blade

uh huhhhh, i strongly recommend this one.

The Blind Side

a feel good story that rings true......recommended.

Elmer Gantry

a tour de force performance by Lancaster.............

How To Get Ahead in Advertising

This is a hilarious movie, excellent satire and has a great performance by Withnail himself, Mr. Richard E. Grant. This is something I can kinda relate to in a way because I'm a marketing student and eventually I will have a figurative boil on my shoulder when my different sides clash. Truly an exceptional movie not to be missed.

Taking Woodstock

I was really pissed off when people started trashing the film because it wasn't "Woodstock" enough for them, to which I always said: It is based on the book by the same name and it never was about being in the concert, it was about creating it. After finally watching the movie I have to say it is the biggest disappointment of all 2009. I don't mind that they change things from the book, create or expand characters, that's all fine, the problem is that the script basically strips the story from context, depth and reason; everything seems like all too happy coincidences and we never truly witness why this massive concert was so important to all those people making it happen. It just happens.

Case 39

Every so often a movie comes along that surprises viewers and critics alike and everyone hails as the scariest movie since The Exorcist or whatever. This is clearly not the case and it will never ever be and movies like this make it harder and harder to wait for a gem to pop up every so often. I would've enjoyed laughing at how stupid Case 39 is if it weren't so long and boring.

Humpday

At first I thought it was gonna be Zack and Miri meets I Love You, Man but it is so much more than just that. The three main performances are phenomenal and really do give credibility and sustain the story magnificently, and the movie itself explores the boundaries of "bromance", what we perceive ourselves to be as opposed to what we really are and our constant fear of having to fulfill a roll.

Waveriders