Over the last week or so I've finally been catching up on some movies that I've wanted to see but haven't had a chance to. The iPad is awesome for this because I can watch them anywhere. In some ways it's even better than watching them at home - I don't have a stereo connected to my TV and the sound on the TV isn't very good, so watching with headphones, even on a smaller screen (still in HD, though) is better.
Over the last week I've watched (all for the first time):
Lord of the Rings trilogy - I feel like the only person in the world who hadn't seen these. And I only read the first book, years and years ago. Actually I think I only read parts of it - it was for a book report and I was very successful at reading beginnings, middles, and ends of books and writing solid reports on them.
Anyway, I really liked them, of course. Casting was particularly good. I don't know how closely it followed the books, having never read them (at least properly), but everything seemed smooth.
King Kong (2005) - Loved it. My only complaint was that a lot of the special effects weren't done too well; it wasn't as seamless as, say, Lord of the Rings in a lot of spots. But the King Kong vs. 3 T. Rexes was pretty much the coolest thing I've ever seen and rendered magnificently. Jack Black was perfect in his role, which I wasn't expecting, and I loved loved loved Naomi Watts.
I also watched The Losers and commented about it in the general comic movie thread, but the short of it is that I liked it.
The next few movies I have slated include The King's Speech, Moon, Red, True Grit (which I'm really looking forward to) and Crazy Heart.
I don't watch movies like some of the rest of you and I don't tend to hyperanalyze them critically so my comments are kind of sparse but I just thought I'd share what I was into.
Over the last week I've watched (all for the first time):
Lord of the Rings trilogy - I feel like the only person in the world who hadn't seen these. And I only read the first book, years and years ago. Actually I think I only read parts of it - it was for a book report and I was very successful at reading beginnings, middles, and ends of books and writing solid reports on them.
Anyway, I really liked them, of course. Casting was particularly good. I don't know how closely it followed the books, having never read them (at least properly), but everything seemed smooth.
King Kong (2005) - Loved it. My only complaint was that a lot of the special effects weren't done too well; it wasn't as seamless as, say, Lord of the Rings in a lot of spots. But the King Kong vs. 3 T. Rexes was pretty much the coolest thing I've ever seen and rendered magnificently. Jack Black was perfect in his role, which I wasn't expecting, and I loved loved loved Naomi Watts.
I also watched The Losers and commented about it in the general comic movie thread, but the short of it is that I liked it.
The next few movies I have slated include The King's Speech, Moon, Red, True Grit (which I'm really looking forward to) and Crazy Heart.
I don't watch movies like some of the rest of you and I don't tend to hyperanalyze them critically so my comments are kind of sparse but I just thought I'd share what I was into.