What movies have you seen recently?

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Just watched Raise the Titanic, a 1980 movie. It was interesting for its theme, the part where the Titanic is sailed into New York is nice, but it's rather slow-paced, the plot was a mess and it was completely unconvincing.

Candyman - Very good horror movie, one of the only horror movies to actually give me anxiety. If you liked Hellraiser you'll like this too, which shouldn't be surprising considering that both movies are based on Clive Barker stories.

Just watched Red State finally and it was decent... I mean the acting wasn't very good but it was good for what it was which was a Kevin Smith movie. Although I wish that he went with his original planned ending because that would have been much better than the meh ending the film actually ended with.

Still scared of the Candyman now, haven't seen that's in probably ten years or so lol

Watched dragons forever last night and drunken Master 2 this morning. Jackie Chan, I daresay if you like his movies you'll enjoy these.

I just got back from seeing The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel.

Although this is seemingly more for old folks, I had a good time watching this.

Finally the avengers film yesterday. Good fun I enjoyed it. old couple on my left got quite into it too was nice to see.

The Dictator. Very funny.

Saw Dark Shadows last night with MONKEY. It was pretty good. Better than I thought it'd be.

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THINGS I LIKE
Parasaurolophus, Plesiosaurs, Dinosaurs, Pterosaurs, Music, Tuna, Chocolate milk, Oreos, Blue things

Parasaurolophuscolobus. Parasaurcolobus. Colobusaurolophus.
....And Nunchucks are my friends.

I went to see The Dictator today. It was a good laugh.

Dark Shadows - I loved it. It satisfied my expectations, which were incredibly high. Barnabas is very lovable for a vampire, almost like Edward Scissorhands but with fangs instead of scissors and a much higher sex drive. But on the other hand, Barnabas is also pretty manipulative with his hypnosis powers, which is something I doubt Edward would do if he had them.

The story itself is also kind of similar to Edward Scissorhands, with the beginning following Johnny Depp's character getting into light-hearted antics as he forges relationships and tries to adjust to his new surroundings, only for everything to start going sour as the movie progresses. However, the similarities end there, because while Edward ultimately wound up alone, Barnabas didn't.

The ending was satisfying yet seemed open for a sequel, and I would be ecstatic if one were actually made. But judging by this movie's poor performance at the box office, I seriously doubt it will happen.

The Raid - An absolutely incredible movie that combines martial arts with relentless, pulse-pounding action that doesn't let up till the end credits roll. Think Die Hard meets the Matrix on steroids, with novel uses for axes, knives, machetes, nightsticks and fluorescent light tubes thrown in for sheer entertainment value. Bloody good.

A few days ago, my sister found & bought a copy of Batman Returns
at a sale that was at her school. We didn't actually watch it until
last night with our mom.

Although Batman Returns is a movie from 1992, it still is one hell of a movie to watch.

Watched the original Planet of the Apes just now. `I love it.

MONKEY dislikes it because the costumes aren't anatomically correct enough for her, but she's not seeing what else the film has to offer and she needs to give it a chance. It's not about the costumes and effects after all, it's about the story and ideas it brings up. She's really missing out. Such a good film.

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THINGS I LIKE
Parasaurolophus, Plesiosaurs, Dinosaurs, Pterosaurs, Music, Tuna, Chocolate milk, Oreos, Blue things

Parasaurolophuscolobus. Parasaurcolobus. Colobusaurolophus.
....And Nunchucks are my friends.

I watched Corridors Of Blood earlier today on IFC. This was one of Boris Korloff's latter, less memorable movies, where he plays an early 19th century doctor trying to develop anesthesia by experimenting on himself, and getting addicted. Also starred a very young Christopher Lee as a scarred faced, homicidal thug.

-Bill, otherwise known as Kraichgauer

I just watched the last 30 minutes of Midway with my dad this afternoon then we watched all of The Redtails, a "retelling" of the exploits of the Tuskegee(African american) Airmen in WW2, directed by George Lucas. We were both kind of disappointed and felt the movie was full of s**t, hoping more for something with more historical accuracy regarding this unique (at the time) air squadron. Turns out everything in the movie was complete fiction just about, also I KNEW the guy was going to die once he asked the Italian girl to marry him..geeze

Secret Window...I do enjoy that movie.