What were the last movies you watched?

[dog037]

January/February have no movies I want to see, Die Hard is a maybe.

[Mega-Tallica]

Disagree /heavily/. Les Miserables is one of the most beloved and classic stories of all time and probablly the best musical in the past thirty years.

If that was the best of the last 30 years, then I have no desire to watch any others in that time at least ones that have the entire script sung like Les Miserables. Great story indeed, but completely lost interest because it was a musical which are not my thing at all.

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it was complete unbelievable crap. but that wasn't really the movie's fault - the real situation it was based on was enough to punch a cute puppy in the face.

Agreed, absolutely ridiculous how that really happened, but the sad thing is that I can believe it. I know a few people that I'd bet would fall for the same thing if it were to happen to them. Completely uneducated in common sense some people are.

[CJHobbes]

I didn't expect Brave to win for animated film.

Ah, really? Which one do you think should have won it? I'm just curious, I haven't seen the others so I can't comment on them comparatively.

I have to point out The Last Samurai doesn't fall into that category. Cruise's character doesn't directly influence the samurai in the film and is more of an observer. A common misconception is that the title refers to Cruise, when in fact it doesn't. It can be argued that honor goes to either Katsumoto (In a literal sense) or the Emperor. (In a figurative sense)

The film is really about a culture at a pivotal time in it's history, being forced to move on to a modern era. Cruise's character represents western expansion and provides a way for an American audience to relate to the subject matter, yet the film really isn't about his character per say.

Agree with this. I always liken the Last Samurai to The 13th Warrior; and I enjoyed both films.

@MusicalsWithOperaticStructures(Technically): Some people just don't like singing during an entire show.

Mega - Not all musicals are sung-through (like Les Mis, Phantom of the Opera, Cats, Miss Saigon). If you're opposed to those, then avoid any off this list.

I don't know what kind of tastes you have, but there are solid musicals from the 40s to 60s that can still hold up to this day. I highly suggest My Fair Lady, as it's one of my favorites with a double bonus of being turned into film starring Audrey Hepburn that was absolutely fantastic.

Edit: I took a friend of mine who isn't into musicals to see Wicked a few years ago. He enjoyed it a lot, though it didn't propel him into wanting to see any more. It's also not sung-through.

[Cubecubed]

finally saw Django. Freaking awesome.

On the animated film front, I think Wreck-It Ralph definitely should have won instead of Brave, which I did not care for at all.

[www1221]

Broken City

Was pretty good but nothing fantastic. Nothing that happened in the movie seemed like it couldn't happen which I think works in the movie's favor and is kind of scary.

[Mega-Tallica]

@MusicalsWithOperaticStructures(Technically): Some people just don't like singing during an entire show.

Mega - Not all musicals are sung-through (like Les Mis, Phantom of the Opera, Cats, Miss Saigon). If you're opposed to those, then avoid any off this list.

I don't know what kind of tastes you have, but there are solid musicals from the 40s to 60s that can still hold up to this day. I highly suggest My Fair Lady, as it's one of my favorites with a double bonus of being turned into film starring Audrey Hepburn that was absolutely fantastic.

Edit: I took a friend of mine who isn't into musicals to see Wicked a few years ago. He enjoyed it a lot, though it didn't propel him into wanting to see any more. It's also not sung-through.

I know not all musicals are sung-through, I've seen a few that I like that are partially sung, but nothing that'll propel me to see more. I was tagged along to Les Miserables and I had no clue it was a full-on musical. I tried to get into it, but just the singing was a big distraction and slight annoyance to me. One of my friends though I don't think even blinked through the entire movie, so obviously, some people love 'em. I'm still on the fence myself, I'll make sure to check those recommendations out to see if they are able to sway me.

[jayou521]

Silver Linings Playbook - 8/10

Really good romantic comedy with great performances from Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence~

[Nirvaniac]

Big Lebowski.

Seen it twice before already. Still really good.

[jimmychou]

The last movie I watched was 50/50, with Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Seth Rogen.

It was good. Predictable, but good.

[Mega-Tallica]

Here Comes The Boom - 4/10

A typical movie you'd expect from Kevin James. A family-friendly, PG-13 comedy with a feelgood script, in other words, any writer with average writing skills could have written the same thing without much effort, nothing special here.