The All-Encapsulating Movie Thread

[Sacred Jellybean]

[DMiller]

I wasn't really interested in Iron Man until people started saying how much they liked it so I may check it out soon.

I finally got around to seeing Charlie Wilson's War, which was better than a lot of people gave it credit for. It was an interesting look at how a man in the right position can drive American policy. It doesn't really delve into the implications of America's actions on the future until the end, which was the complaint most people had, but I thought the movie was good regardless.

[Sacred Jellybean]

I wasn't really interested in Iron Man until people started saying how much they liked it so I may check it out soon.

I wasn't either. I've never read an Iron Man comic book or anything, but between the characterization of Tony Starks that my friends give me, and my love for Robert Downey Jr., I became initially interested. The excellent score only makes me more excited.

[Fittisize]

I also quite liked Charlie Wilson’s War. The director made a good choice by showing tits right at the start. Phillip Seymour Hoffman was also great, as per usual. He may have won Best Actor for playing Truman Capote, but his finest work has always been in supporting roles.

A few months ago I also watched Gone Baby Gone, which was probably the best movie released in 2007. For some reason this movie hardly ever gets talked about, which is a shame. It’s fucking outstanding and doesn’t get the respect it deserves. It’s got a spectacular cast, great acting, screenwriting, and directing (Ben Affleck has found his niche). I was really attached to the characters and it was completely engrossing the entire way through. One of my all-time favourites for sure, and probably my favourite movie set in Boston. (The five best Boston films, in no particular order, include The Boondock Saints, The Departed, Good Will Hunting, Mystic River, and Gone Baby Gone). I remember the first time I saw Good Will Hunting when I was ten years old. I was speaking with a New England accent for the next year or so. Then after I saw The Departed for the first time, I started doing it again. New Englanders sound so cool. I’ve always been curious if ABF drops his R’s when he speaks…

[Sacred Jellybean]

I’ve always been curious if ABF drops his R’s when he speaks

Hahahaha "That Jawge Bush is evil, ya heah? That Iraq Wauh, a quagmayah you might put it, has drained ouah resauces and made his friends rich!"

[Dark Jaguar]

"Cool"? That accent sounds like the accent of someone with a mental handicap.

[Sacred Jellybean]

Don't waste your time with Iron Man unless you go in with the expectation of what it really is - a predictable, run-of-the-mill comic book movie. 94% my ass.

[Great Rumbler]

Yeah, you should really only go see Iron Man if you want to be entertained. I wouldn't recommend going in if you feel hungry or thirty, because it just does not deliver.

[A Black Falcon]

I remember seeing the Iron Man trailer, it looked minimally interesting... I won't see it in theaters, for sure.

[Sacred Jellybean]

For what it's worth, it IS a pretty good super hero movie. I guess I just expected more after seeing a couple other entertaining super hero movies, like Batman Begins. I figured a standard superhero flick wouldn't get such a high score on rotten tomatoes, but apparently the critics wisely viewed it in context. :) There were predictable plot twists and lame one-liners, but it's a good flick, if you know what to expect.

[Great Rumbler]

It got a high score because Robert Downey Jr. is the man.

[A Black Falcon]

I finally got around to seeing Charlie Wilson's War, which was better than a lot of people gave it credit for. It was an interesting look at how a man in the right position can drive American policy. It doesn't really delve into the implications of America's actions on the future until the end, which was the complaint most people had, but I thought the movie was good regardless.

I also quite liked Charlie Wilson’s War. The director made a good choice by showing tits right at the start. Phillip Seymour Hoffman was also great, as per usual. He may have won Best Actor for playing Truman Capote, but his finest work has always been in supporting roles.

I liked it, as I said a few months ago.

http://www.tcforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=4804

Quite good. Interesting film... Charlie Wilson, in the House of Representatives and on a committee that sets the military budget (for secret operations), is the "hero" despite being a totally morally corrupt person (he's constantly drinking hard liquor, it's stated that he uses cocaine (though this is not shown), he goes to strip clubs in Vegas and isn't married or exactly sticking to one partner... (so of course he gets put on the House Ethics Commitee.

Despite what that might sound, it is a tough, serious film. It is, after all, about the Russian-Afghan War, which was essentially Russia's Vietnam. You leave the theater feeling down... it ends with Wilson trying to get money for rebuilding Afghanistan after Russia pulled out in the late '80s, but no one is interested in even a million dollars to build schools. We've won, who cares now? Well, they don't go out and say it, but everyone in the theater knows why we should have cared... (see: the rise of the Taliban shortly afterwards, the creation of Al Quaida, etc) Fascinating film though. The way that this one guy is pretty much all on his own able to get the money to arm the Afghan rebels to fight the Soviets is pretty interesting. It started with just $5 milliion dollars but reached $500 million by the end of the war...
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