What movies have you seen recently?

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I was recently telling my sister about a theory of mine: bad comedians make good serious actors. Jim Carrey and Robin Williams aren't funny at all (to me, at least) but they're fantastic serious actors. Also, Steve Martin hasn't been funny in years, but he's still good in movies like Shopgirl. I've also seen Chevy Chase and Martin Short playing villains on crime dramas like Law & Order, to surprisingly good effect. I remember reading something about Dane Cook having a part in that Kevin Costner serial killer movie Mr. Brooks – I haven't seen it, but I wouldn't be surprised at all if he was great in it, because I find his comedy painfully unfunny.

EDIT: How could I forget Albert Brooks in Drive? The list goes on. (Not that I ever hated his comedy, but I was never wowed by it either.)

A friend of mine who has acted on stage told me that it takes more acting ability to do comedy than drama; which is probably why comic actors are such great actors in general.

-Bill, otherwise known as Kraichgauer

^^
Definitely agree.

One other performance that comes to mind is Will Ferrell in Stranger than Fiction;
it seems to me he plays the same person over and over in his movies.

And another is of course Robin Williams in One Hour Photo.

One Hour Photo is amazing.

I watched J Edgar. I like Clint. I like Clint's films. I'm growing to like Leonardo Di Caprio since Inception, but I really did not like this at all. I found it incredibly dull. I wan't expecting anything less, given the subject matter, but I'd still like to have been suprised considering the people involved. I know you're supposed to feel some sympathy for Hoover, but I couldn't.

TCM channel movies. "A Star Is Born" right now. Older movies when there were more restrictions on violence and gory stuff.

I just got back from seeing The Artist; finally!

This did indeed deserve Best Picture last night at the Oscars and
Jean Dujardin Best Actor. I was expecting Clooney to beat Jean Dujardin
for Best Actor, but no he did not.

Wow...The Artist is amazing...I will get this on DVD once it's released on DVD.
Despite this being a bit of an effort to sit through, I have never seen anything
so amazingly well-done.

The time travelers wife. It's about a guy that just randomly time travels to places for small periods of time and then gets brought back to his own time. I say random but the places he gets to are really quite specific, he sees important events and people from both his past and his future.

I love that scene where he meets her for the first time but she's already met him because of the time traveling. She says " you look like you've been having a hard time. You know everythings going to be ok". Which kinda got to me a little. 4:07 on the following video.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ns0n2YldQ0[/youtube]


I loved the scene where The main character finds himself on a train sitting down next to his mother too among others, the mother that died when he was young.

Star Wars 3d

just got back from it. 3d actually worked really well for Star Wars. I look forward to seeing them all in 3d!

Tonight, a friend had brought over the prequel to The Thing. We all thought it was too derivative of the John Carpenter original, the story wasn't as well written, the Thing itself was nearly as subtle or cunning as in the original, and the CG just didn't have the charm of Carpenter's animatronics. Still, it had made me jump and cringe a few times.

-Bill, otherwise known as Kraichgauer

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who Played with Fire, and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest. I rented the trilogy from the library and watched it over three nights. I was impressed. These movies were much better than most adaptations of best sellers. The Swedish filmmakers respected the source material and Noomi Rapace did an amazing job playing Lisbeth Salander. Best of all, there was very little of that quick-cut rapid editing that American filmmakers are so addicted to (and which gives me a headache).

The Fantastic Adventures of Unico - It's an 80s anime movie about a baby unicorn named Unico who has the power to bring happiness to those who love him. It was very cute and also bittersweet. There were a few moments that I thought were a little intense for a children's movie. All in all I really liked it, and I'm sad that it doesn't have a bigger fanbase (or much merchandise for that matter).

"To Kill A Mockingbird" - I had seen this years before and didn't like it, but I enjoyed it much more this time. Still, the stagey style of the film is a bit annoying. But over all, it's a good story and well worth watching.

"Rumba" - A small French film about a couple who enjoy Latin dancing. One night, in a car accident, the woman loses a leg and the man loses his memory. Laffs ensue! Actually it's quite good. Very light and funny with well timed visual jokes. While it is in French, there is so little dialog it almost doesn't matter.

"L'Iceberg" - By the same film makers who made "Rumba" This too is a fun little visual comedy, although I preferred "Rumba" quite a bit more. I am really interested in seeing their next film "The Fairy"

"La Jetee" - Interesting experimental film. I knew the ending since it is the film that "The 12 Monkeys" is based on, but I thought it told the story well and holds up well beyond just being experimental.

At midnight last night I watched Mozart and The Whale.

The Woman in Black

What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
I love this movie and I have to watch it every time it plays on TCM.

I just got done watching Hugo an hour ago, and I loved it!