Topic: Unexpectedly good films...

[greenkabbage]

i just saw wimbledon yesterday. it was actually an unexpectedly good movie. it did a very good job conveying the excitement of the tournament. and it had a cheesy but still appreciable love story :x >_> i'm such a sucker

[KillJoy]

It was a good movie. Wimbledon was amazingly good for what it is.  I liked the brother who places the bets.  But yes it actually made tennis exciting to watch.  Which is amazing for me since I hate sports movies usually.

I have to say it has been a dry week other than that for new movies worth watching. for me.

[crypticgimp]

my friend wants me to watch wimbledon..but i still need to recover from seeing that guy's ass in a knight's tale...no good movies tho..fight club did come on tv but my mom didnt want to watch it as she "didnt get it"

[Spymon]

I watched Dogville the other night, that was an interesting film.  It's narrated like a children's tale and is set in a small American town that resembles a theatre stage.  It seems to be all about America and slaves and capitalism and is rather odd indeed.

[crypticgimp]

wow..i just re watched the gods must be crazy..i still crack up at that movie

[KillJoy]

The Thing (1982 version by wes craven)  is a great movie. I had forgotten about it till http://www.userfriendly.org started doing a side story about it.  Still has great effects for a movie that aged. Sorta like blade runners backgrounds still look better than most CG backgrounds today.


I kind of like the orginial as well, but this is definately the better movie to watch all the way through.  The 50s version was a movie so lame it has to be a classic.

You know like attack of the how ever many foot Amazon woman. etc.

[crypticgimp]

the blob is  my favourite horror film of all.  its so lame but hey it has its own theme song!

[KillJoy]

The blob was great.  Horrid but great.  In that same time frame I always get a kick out of "The day the earth stood still"  I wish they would make a new version but use the correct story where GORT is the master and Klatu was his servent.  

[crypticgimp]

the body snatchers......in 3D

[Spymon]

I watched Tokyo Godfathers.  That was an interesting take on feel good christmas movies.

[KillJoy]

Buster keaton's "One Week" I never get tired of his antics though.

[KillJoy]

I haven't seen it this week or anything, but has anyone watched the preview for Spanglish which is an Adam Sandler movie?  I never really thought of him trying to move into drama comedy....  I guess punch drunk love got him pushed in that direction?

[greenkabbage]

I watched Tokyo Godfathers.  That was an interesting take on feel good christmas movies.

I just saw that the other day. I loved it!
Next up is Millenium Actress.

[tlynnec]

I'm sitting here watching  "the substitute' and you know, for an old movie its pretty good.  I love the yo-yo scene...

[KillJoy]

The big hit -  It was way more fun than most action movies and honestly Lou Diamond was great in it. "Who could be that stupid?"  as he said himself.  I found it to be just as lame a story as the previews would lead you to believe, but all the people in it were so cartoonish they they were likeable and enjoyable to watch.

Much better than I thought it would be.