Can't wait for this!  Hopefully Stevey doesn't turn it into a Disney Melodrama and goes back to his Schindler roots.


http://movies.yahoo.com/blogs/movie-talk/daniel-day-lewis-called-mr-president-spielberg-lincoln-192139553.html

DDL needs to do a pirate film 

The Descendents - loved it.  Was better the second time though.  Amazed at George Clooney's range.  I think it's hard to do a story like this well.  The last scene is beautiful.

I watched it a few weeks back & loved it too.

Another Year - A very down to earth portrayal of lives of few everyday people adjusting with the fact that they are no longer young. I enjoyed it immensely but its the kind of movie that leaves you feeling a bit depressed, so you have been warned!

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The Descendents - loved it.  Was better the second time though.  Amazed at George Clooney's range.  I think it's hard to do a story like this well.  The last scene is beautiful.

I watched it a few weeks back & loved it too.

Another Year - A very down to earth portrayal of lives of few everyday people adjusting with the fact that they are no longer young. I enjoyed it immensely but its the kind of movie that leaves you feeling a bit depressed, so you have been warned!

I havne't seen that yet.  Maybe that's why I stayed away from it.  I'd also like to see Vera Drake, esp since it's on Netflix instant now. 

Take This Waltz was really well done, parts of it blew me away.  There is some gorgeous and sometimes profound imagery in this movie.  The slow motion shots on the amusement ride for example.  I might agree with one review i read that the main female actress was too likeable and the story would have been better suited for someone who was a little less adorable.  But I don't know, she's a great actress.

Seeking a Friend for the End of the World - I liked it actually and expected it to be much worse from the 55% tomato rating.  Kind of failed to deliver the real punch that it could have given the premise and the way it was setup.  It kept a kind of removed and dry tone.  Which worked for most of the movie, but I would have liked it to break free and let it all out at a few key moments, like the end, which also felt restrained.  But the movie was well done in many ways.  I also just think the premise is interesting and like both the main actors. 

Couple movies I've seen recently:

Prometheus- WTF.  A pretty disaster.  Plot doesn't even make sense.  It's like a rough draft was handed to a gifted visual artist.  So sad.  I saw it twice and the second time I picked up more that he was trying to do.... but I'd still say it was like a shitty remake of Mission to Mars...which was already a flawed movie (but way better IMO)

the orginal Alien movies- pretty good.  Got a bit sick of the repetitive and simplistic reasons for someone to go wandering down a hallway alone without a plan to get picked off by the alien, but still good.  Sigourney Weaver gives me the heebey geebies.  I will always see her as posessed by an alien space dog. 

The Descendents - loved it.  Was better the second time though.  Amazed at George Clooney's range.  I think it's hard to do a story like this well.  The last scene is beautiful.

Prometheus is a turd. The visuals couldn't redeem it for me. Disappointed on first viewing, but absolutely hated it on the second.

I loved The Descendants as well. So understated but with great heart. Cool soundtrack too.

Saw The Amazing Spider-Man recently and was surprised by how much I enjoyed it. Gwen was horribly miscast though.