Watched Evolution last night.
Haven't seen the movie in years, forgot how funny it was.

"The Oranges"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Oranges_%28film%29

with Hugh Laurie, Catherine Keener, Oliver Platt, Allison Janney, Adam Brody and Leighton Meester

Watched it because of Hugh Laurie, and I was right. Leighton Meester is not my thing, I'm sure she's good in something like Gossip Girl though.

Well, I finally got around to knocking off a few more the past couple weeks from the been-meaning-to-see-that-for-a-while too-growing list, plus a couple awesome newer ones - all definitely recommended and wanted to share in the case others hadn't seen, or if you also liked!

Dr. Horrible's Sing Along Blog - seriously…. how did I miss this piece of geekdom (aside from references/awareness of its existence) for this long??  Had the songs in my head for a solid week, and was utterly delighted at the cast/twisted-trope-story/creativity of the Whedon brothers cooking this up on their own. 

Red - another one that intrigued I'd known about for a while but kept forgetting to pick up.  When I heard they were making a sequel, not to mention the awesome cast and premise and hearing one reviewer describe it as 'the AARP of bad-ass hit-man films', it had to be watched.  And I think it would be hard not to like Willis, Freeman, Malkovich, and Mirren as, indeed, the older bad-asses they are.  Plus - Mary-Louise Parker and Karl Urban being just as funny, if you like them!

Amazing Grace - I'm such a lost geek for discovering this now purely because Benedict was in it, and from slowly catching 'the boys' in seeing them in various neat past performances of theirs.  And I must say, Benedict and the previously unfamiliar Ioan Gruffudd were kinda amazing.  Geez… both of them so good at emoting.  Felt a little silly for barely knowing that section of history/the people, but actors aside, wonderful illustration of what happened, too, and the story as a whole.  Probably want to join the discussion at length later in the actual thread for it….  ;)

Aaand… finally, it's probably a no-brainer that even as a doesn't-go-to-theaters-much fan, just had to see Iron Man and Star Trek on the big screens.  And fangirl appropriately, as most of you already know now they were quite awesome.  ;D  Love the thread started on that too, though, that I could finally read your great reflections on so far, and will save rambles for there. 

Oh, but skitty!  I thought you'd like to know that for one trip, used the usual device we had talked about before, but with Star Trek, had to go to a further theater, which was outfitted with the 'glasses' instead.  Not bad!

SusiGo wrote:

Russell, glad you liked "Amazing Grace". I love the film, too, and didn't know anything about the historical background before watching it. I didn't even knew the song was of English origin and written as early as the 18th century. I'd always associated it with North American slavery. It's a fascinating story. Harriet even discovered the doctoral thesis of Thomas Clarkson on slavery.

I watched "Iron Man" and "Star Trek" as well and must admit that I preferred STID. I loved the first Iron Man films but to me this last one didn't feel quite as right as the others. There were some elements, e.g. the story with the little boy, that were a bit clichéd to me. 
 

 
Eee.... I know!  Already rambled about it in it's own thread, but definitely yes... thanks... 

And just wanted to belatedly chime in a definite 'yes' to the rest, too... still need to better compose thoughts a bit to Star Trek, really, wanting to join the great discussion that's already on.  Iron Man, on the other hand... well... hm.  Like you said, I love the franchise and actors and etc, and it wasn't bad by any means!  But still walked out of there with a slightly... 'mixed uncertainty' with how to feel about it?  Like... it was the usual awesome Iron Man, and moving it forward and great showing of Tony 'dealing' with things rather than just churning out a stereotypical superhero sequel for the sake of it, but I know what you mean about it not feeling as 'right'.  Not sure why.  So many great elements and totally eating up the stuff with all the suits with a fan's delight and Pepper getting to kick ass, but... story kinda wavered and yeah, the boy and other little things got almost too cliché.  Hard to put finger on, yes?

Anyhow.  Back to movies in general.  Have you seen the others mentioned?  Thanks for the comment!

Long overdue, but I'm going to watch Magic Mike tonight. I was told not to expect a good plot, but to be honest, that's not what I expected from that movie in the first place  

I have both DVDs sitting on my shelf, still waiting to be watched!

To The Ends of The Earth.

And I thought I were in an awkward situation right now. Well, that movie taught me better.

I haven't watched either film yet, just as well I don't mind spoilers!

Brokeback Mountain. I've been thinking about watching it for a few years(!) and finally saw it a few days ago. Can't believe it took me such a long time! Amazing movie, great acting, beautiful scenery, brilliant music.. I love "The wings" song. In a word, wonderful!

Deilenn wrote:

Brokeback Mountain. I've been thinking about watching it for a few years(!) and finally saw it a few days ago. Can't believe it took me such a long time! Amazing movie, great acting, beautiful scenery, brilliant music.. I love "The wings" song. In a word, wonderful!

In my opinion, it is one of the best movies ever. I saw it in the cinema at that time. It was one of the rare occasions, a movie touched me with such impact, that it toot several days to overcome the sad feelings.