AMC has been showing "Groundhog Day" lately, I love that movie.

How many times did you watch it?

Enough for it to take effect it seems!

PS Maksimov of course Arnie is wooden, he is a world champion weight lifter, not a real actor! He is an action king though and we love him for that. Loved all his movies as a kid

I never watch action films really, but interested in this because all the old boys are back

You have to love an Arnie film, if for nothing more than those great one-liners he has!

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Puss in Boots.

There was nothing on planner and none of the movies on anytime looked interesting.

The Avengers, was a good watch and decent when you are bored.

Scarlett Johansson <3

"The Pirates - Band of Misfits" - Good and funny movie from Aardman. Not as good as Wallace and Gromit, but still good.

"The Cabin in the Woods" - Surprisingly good. All I knew about it was that it's about youngsters in a cabin and then there's killers. Very boring and unoriginal. But it turned out to be some added things that really made it better. Some good actors in it as well and for a horror movie I'd say it's well worth to see.

"Iron Sky" - Not sure if I should hate it or like it. It's crap - scripts, acting and the rest - but it's supposed to be crap. It's not meant to be taken serious. Nazis on the moon. I mean, what the hell. Crazy movie.

"Dark Shadows" - Johnny Depp. Tim Burton and Danny Elfman (and Helena Bonham Carter as well) team up once more and makes a vampire movie. Not great, but it's not bad either, though there are some things I'd definitely change. Set in the 70's there's a few great songs in it. Depp is good as usual, but I can't help but feel that I'd like to see him in some "normal" roles now. It's getting a bit too much weird and crazy stuff. He's proved before that he can be brilliant in ordinary parts so maybe he should go back to that for a while.

Rewatching "Spirited Away" now. One of the best animated movies ever made.

I saw Cronenberg's new one yesterday:

It felt more like a theater play, rather than a movie. And not entirely in a good way. I couldn't help thinking that the dialogue would've worked better, had I read it instead of having watched it being acted out. Cold and empty, like pretty much all of the characters in the movie. In technical sense it was well done(editing, cinematography, sound, lighting, etc.), but on emotional level it left me feeling totally indifferent.

Outpost 2.

Not as good as the first film but that was never going to be the case really, enjoyable if the thought of Nazi Zombies appeals to you.

I can't imagine why the thought of Nazi zombies would appeal to anyone.

"The Cabin in the Woods" - Surprisingly good. All I knew about it was that it's about youngsters in a cabin and then there's killers. Very boring and unoriginal. But it turned out to be some added things that really made it better. Some good actors in it as well and for a horror movie I'd say it's well worth to see.

The Cabin in the Woods is great, well worth the hype. It's not perfect (a bit too much time on the unoriginal side compared to the original side and the metaphor/subtext behind the masters is about as subtle as a brick to the face) but it's fun and a welcome return to silly horror from Whedon.

As I said elsewhere, this is a film that's best if you go in not knowing anything other than "it's about a group of teens going to a cabin in the woods but with a difference"

I haven't watched much lately, but here are some ones that will be coming out between now and the end of the year that I am excited about:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6HJoOt0jS9Q

Argo should be great, the other two could be total flops but they have at least piqued my interest.

I watched the Moon last níght. I liked the idea, but I was expecting a different kind of movie. A bit of a disappointment, I must admit.

The Cabin in the Woods is great, well worth the hype. It's not perfect (a bit too much time on the unoriginal side compared to the original side and the metaphor/subtext behind the masters is about as subtle as a brick to the face) but it's fun and a welcome return to silly horror from Whedon.

As I said elsewhere, this is a film that's best if you go in not knowing anything other than "it's about a group of teens going to a cabin in the woods but with a difference"

Will give this a watch tonight, I suspect its pretty much like any teen horror movie though - roadtrip, creepy road, car problems or in this case a planned travel to some weird cabin, hot girls a party and then slowly sh*t starts to hit the fan? :p I dont mind it but its pretty predictable

Edited September 4, 201213 yr by Andreas

I watched the Moon last níght. I liked the idea, but I was expecting a different kind of movie. A bit of a disappointment, I must admit.

Oh my, I just watched that 2 weeks ago and thought the exact same. I thought it was going to be a lot more suspenseful and was really disappointed with it after it was all done. Sam Rockwell was pretty great though, as he usually is.

Finally got to see "Prometheus". Been waiting a long time to see it.

It was not worth the wait.

First of all, if you build it up as this Alien sequel, then try to inject some Alien feeling into it. It had none of the things that made Alien great - good characters, great atmosphere.

So naturally this movie left me with a bland feeling. I had expected more.

They could as well have taken out the parts linked to Alien and had a good enough science fiction movie. I think that would have made it better since it seemed like they tried to hard to link it to Alien. Now it seemed more like it was trying to use Alien as a way to get more people to see it.

Secondly, it was very predictable. Nothing original what so ever. I knew what was going to happen most of the times before they happened.

Going back to Alien, the very famous dinner-scene was something that surprised the viewers. This movie had none of that.

The characters.

Most of them was boring and hollow. Can't have been difficult for the actors because little to no acting was required. Only ones that really needed acting was Elizabeth and David. Noomi Rapace and Michael Fassbender did really well in those parts. Slightly annoyed that they used Noomi though. Her english is good, but not perfect and to hear an english (or american?) character talk with an accent it very irritating.

There are some other famous people in the movie and I really can't see the point of having them, apart from using their names for the posters.

Charlize Theron is a very good actress, but here she plays a character with no feeling and no emotions. They could have used a lesser known actress for that. Idris Elba (loved him in The Wire) as the captain I can live with. Rafe Spall as one of the crew wasn't needed, even if he is a good actor.

Worst of all was Guy Pearce. Not saying his acting was bad, but why the hell did they pick him for the part of an old man. I just don't see a reason for it. I'm sure they could have found an old actor who could have played the part. I can think of quite a few.

Sure the make-up was good, but to me it was still just a wrinkly Guy Pearce.

And there's quite a few plot holes as well.

Overall I'm disappointed with the movie.

Oh, and as for "Moon" that some here have mentioned - I thought it was brilliant. Loved it!

First of all, if you build it up as this Alien sequel...

I think it's supposed to be a prequel of sorts. I think it's happening in the "same world" as the Alien movies, but way before the first Alien. Which brings up one of the problems I had with the movie. If it's happening before the first Alien, how come all the technology is much more advanced and everything is so much more "polished".

I think it's supposed to be a prequel of sorts. I think it's happening in the "same world" as the Alien movies, but way before the first Alien. Which brings up one of the problems I had with the movie. If it's happening before the first Alien, how come all the technology is much more advanced and everything is so much more "polished".

I meant "prequel". Was a bit tired when I wrote that post I guess. Even so, I think it would have been better if it had nothing to do with Alien.

And I agree about the technology. From what I can tell this movie takes place about 28 years before the first Alien movie and it looked more like it was atleast 50 years after Alien.

Also.....

SPOILER!!!!!

....the end of the movie makes no sense. How can that evolve into what we see in Alien in less than 30 years? I'm no expert in evolution, but surely it takes longer than that.

And I guess the "generation" we see in Alien is the one after the one in Prometheus, so it's quite a big change in just one generation.

Saw "Kiki's Delivery Service" tonight. Gone through quite a few of Hayao Miyazakis movies this summer and they've all been either really good or great. This was not the best one, but still of course really good.

My top two is still "Spirited Away" and "My Neighbour Totoro".

Forgot about two other movies I've seen these past few days.

"Monsters Inc."

Seen it before, but saw the trailer for the re-release now that they've turned it into 3D and felt I had to watch it again.

Wonderful movie and just like the last time I saw it, it ended with me crying like mad. There are movies that made me shed a tear, some that make me cry, but this really make me bawl. It's like a waterfall from my eyes. I cry less at funerals.

"The Addams Family"

Another movie I've seen before, but that was so many years ago I can hardly remember it, so I had to see it again. Really enjoyable. Raul Julia as Gomez is brilliant, Anjelica Huston as Morticia is divine and the rest is perfectly cast as well. Christina Ricci as Wednesday steals some scenes. She was about 10 when the movie was made, but she looks younger than that. Really good acting from her, but she's even better in the sequel.

I saw The Sweeney last night, superb if you like that sort of thing. Ray Winstone couldn't have been better suited to the role of Reagan if he'd tried.

Edited September 16, 201213 yr by Peckham Blue

I saw The Sweeney last night, superb if you like that sort of thing. Ray Winstone couldn't have been better suited to the role of Reagan if he'd tried.

Please tell me this, does it have the old theme tune?

Will give this a watch tonight, I suspect its pretty much like any teen horror movie though - roadtrip, creepy road, car problems or in this case a planned travel to some weird cabin, hot girls a party and then slowly sh*t starts to hit the fan? :p I dont mind it but its pretty predictable

Haha, a little different than that.

I really didn't care for it though, just never really got my attention.

I went to see Wes Anderson's Moonrise Kingdom the other day. It's not (even close to being) my favourite Wes Anderson Movie, but I've yet to see a bad movie from him and this one's no exception. I really like his visual style and how he uses music and you could immediately tell that it's a Wes Anderson movie right from the start, even if the opening credits didn't mention his name. I don't think he's repeating himself, mind you. He's just got his own style and it works really well for the stories he wants to tell. After Fantastic Mr. Fox he returns to live action movies and if that one slightly leaned towards being more for adults than kids, this one's almost like a fairy tale for adults.