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[Ray McKigney]

Fruitvale Station - 8/10

 

It's great considering we already know the ending. Just tells the story of the guy's last day/night. Really solid movie.

 

 

Saving Mr. Banks - 8/10

 

This was a lot better (and quite a bit different) than I thought it would be. Emma Thompson is great. Hanks is terrific, as always. I didn't even know Colin Farrell was in it. His scenes are really sad. This is a really good movie.

[DB24]

Cloud Atlas - 7.5/10

 

 

One of the most unique and visually stunning films I've ever seen. At parts of the movie the dialogue was kind of hard to understand, so I do recommend watching with subtitles.

 

 

Edited December 24, 2013 by DB24

[Lhalo]

Checked out Her at the Arclight. I thought Spike Jonze did a great job creating a future LA and the depth of the characters came across well. I was wondering how he would end it and was pleasantly surprised how the film concluded.

[Sam Sanchez]

Fruitvale Station - 8/10

 

It's great considering we already know the ending. Just tells the story of the guy's last day/night. Really solid movie.

 

 

Thought the same thing as well, really enjoyed it. The only flaw I would say is there is a ton of unnecessary foreboding or scenes to try to hammer home the tragedy of the whole situation when there is already enough inherent tragedy built knowing the ending. Still very good and I'd say among the better films of the year. Michael B. Jordan is solid as Oscar Grant as well.

[Ray McKigney]

Thought the same thing as well, really enjoyed it. The only flaw I would say is there is a ton of unnecessary foreboding or scenes to try to hammer home the tragedy of the whole situation when there is already enough inherent tragedy built knowing the ending. Still very good and I'd say among the better films of the year. Michael B. Jordan is solid as Oscar Grant as well.

 

I noticed the same thing. Maybe they added things in because the movie is so short.

[Tank]

Frozen 7/10

Not Disneys best, but a good story. Didn't like the snowman and didn't like how they never addressed why the daughter had these magical powers - she just simply had them.

I did like the plot twist with the prince. Caught me a bit by surprise.

[Brandon]

Wolf of Wall Street

Great movie, extremely funny, way too long at three hours.

[Lhalo]

Wolf of Wall Street

Great movie, extremely funny, way too long at three hours.

 

I'm undecided whether I want to see that or American Hustle first.

[Taylor]

Checked out Her at the Arclight. I thought Spike Jonze did a great job creating a future LA and the depth of the characters came across well. I was wondering how he would end it and was pleasantly surprised how the film concluded.

 

Very interesting film. It was funnier than I expected it to be. I also wasn't expecting the set design and world to be so creative and thorough. 

[Brandon]

I'm undecided whether I want to see that or American Hustle first.

That might be next for us. Just give yourself enough time. We caught an 8pm showing and I just wanted it to end and go to bed at 10-1030. Even though it's long it doesn't drag and all works well...I was just beat.

I haven't seen many reviews on this, but I think most are bad which (I think it was good by critics but bad by fans) makes no sense. This movie has so many great comedy parts. Almost reminded me of American Psycho.

[Glen]

Saw American Hustle last night, really liked it.  It drags in places but you always get enough Amy Adams and Jennifer Lawrence sideboob to keep you awake.  And, Christian Bale is probably the best actor of our generation.  Dude kills it once again.

[Angels_Make_Me_Drink]

I loved American Hustle - 8/10

 

Agreed on all comments so far that it looked like a bit of a comedy. It looked like it was a lot of fun to film it. I love Christian Bale as well, my favorite actor.

[Redondo]

Watched "The Family" on DVD last night. They really made a dumb movie. It had potential to be something better and they didn't find the script.

 

Hard to believe DeNiro and Pfeiffer did this move.

[Tank]

Walter Mitty 6/10

They turned this into a romantic comedy and the story was reasonably charming, but my goodness this was a slow-paced movie. I was hoping/expecting a lot of humor, but it was just as minimal as could be, and that was a great disappointment.

The most meaningful thing in this movie was being reminded of how much I miss Life magazine.

[Lhalo]

Saw American Hustle last night, really liked it.  It drags in places but you always get enough Amy Adams and Jennifer Lawrence sideboob to keep you awake.  And, Christian Bale is probably the best actor of our generation.  Dude kills it once again.

I concur.

[Ray McKigney]

Captain Phillips - 8/10

 

Hanks is terrific, as always. Although I'm not sure how accurate it is, it was interesting to see the pirates take over the ship. Crazy how a few guys can do that to such a huge ship with so many crew members.

 

 

Rush - 8/10

 

The story was great. Not much of a formula one fan though, so the driving scenes were kind of monotonous to me. All the actors were really good.

[Ray McKigney]

American Hustle - 9/10

 

Easily one of the best movies I've seen this year. All the actors are great. Christian Bale is on another level though. That guy is a GREAT actor. Jeremy Renner is excellent in it too. It was also cool that Louis C.K. had a pretty good sized role.

[gotbeer]

Saw American Hustle last night, really liked it.  It drags in places but you always get enough Amy Adams and Jennifer Lawrence sideboob to keep you awake.  And, Christian Bale is probably the best actor of our generation.  Dude kills it once again.

 

Yup I agree.  The acting was solid all the way through.  

[gotbeer]

47 Ronin.  Yeah, the japanese in me had to watch it.  It wasn't horrible, but it wasn't great.  My biggest beef with it, you have a very established Japanese cast.  And you do it in English?  If the movie was in Japanese and subtitled in English, it would have been so much more enjoyable.  

[Brandon]

I'm like that as well. It really hit me with the Tom Cruise "Valkyrie". Everyone that is German speaking English was a distraction.

[IEAngelsfan]

I'm like that as well. It really hit me with the Tom Cruise "Valkyrie". Everyone that is German speaking English was a distraction.

What was distracting to me were the people that were playing Nazis, weren't really Nazis.

Edited December 31, 2013 by IEAngelfan

[Jason]

I just started watching Orange is the New Black on Netflix. I took me a long time to realize it was a women in prison show.

[gotbeer]

I just started watching Orange is the New Black on Netflix. I took me a long time to realize it was a women in prison show.

 

There is only one kind of women in prison type show.

[Redondo]

Just watched Inglourious Basterds.

 

Some good acting by the German detective, but a weird movie. Brad Pitt with the accent didn't work for me.

[AngelsAndRamsFan]

The Wolf Of Wall Street- It's a long (about three hours), very entertaining, black comedy, with a lot of sex and drugs. DiCaprio did a great job (as usual).