Last movie you saw?

**Wes** · 12-26-2008, 09:28 AM

Tuesday I decided to check out our new downtown theater (the first one in downtown Charlotte in 30 years!)...

Yes Man

I didn't think it was as awful as the media made it out to be, but it's pretty average but with a few laughs.

3/5

**Leo C** · 12-26-2008, 01:20 PM

I just saw Dark Knight for its full length on the small living room screen for the first time. I was bummed my Circuit City edition didn't come with a cardboard cover. I thought the Joker cover is exclusive but I believe all the 2 discs came with that cover and then the cardboard cover of the motorcycle breaking through the window.

**cyberwolf57** · 12-26-2008, 07:09 PM

Bedtime Stories, The Spirit, Marley and Me and Benjamin Button. 4 movies within 12 hours. I work at a movie theater and I have control of the projectors.

**coasterman1234** · 12-26-2008, 09:36 PM

Just picked up my copy of Eagle Eye on Blu-Ray. Seems the local Best Buy doesn't feel like using the official release date, but I'm glad. This was my favorite movie of the year, with Dark Knight coming in a very close second. I loved the story, and the excellent acting on everyone's part, and it was very entertaining throughout the entire movie. 5/5

**Wes** · 12-27-2008, 10:26 AM

Bolt

What is up with Disney making good animation again? Meet The Robinsons was good, and now Bolt!

Maybe the guys at Pixar are having an influence on them. I think Walt would be pleased.

The guy that played Rino the hampster though, really made the movie. He was hillarious.

I also didn't notice until the credits that John Travolta had sang with Miley on the main song in the movie.

4/5

**Leo C** · 12-29-2008, 12:05 AM

I just saw Employee of the Month. It's all about eye candy: Jessica Simpson. Neat setting: Warehouse club. Watching it Saturday night it apparently triggered the Jessica Simpson curse on the Dallas Cowboys once again as the next day my team beat them.

**Brian F** · 12-29-2008, 02:13 AM

We were going to go see Valkyrie Saturday, but the line at the theater was all the way out the door. I told my wife "I won't wait in a line like that for anything unless it has a 140+ foot first drop."

**Leo C** · 12-30-2008, 12:39 PM

I finally saw Invincible, the Walt Disney movie every Philadelphia EAGLES and NFL fan needs to see. Coach Dick Vermeil held an open tryout when he first became EAGLES coach to rally support for the lousy team he took over from the city of Philadelphia. A real candidate came through, South Philly local Vince Papale. He made the team though he never played college football playing special teams for 3 seasons. He was Philly's real life Rocky. I've seen him a couple times in person the last few years. This year I saw Dick Vermeil in person as well. The movie bridged my familiarity, relationship with older former players like Bill Bergey and Ron Jaworski as well. It's really an inspiring occasion as a fan when I see them.

**Wes** · 12-31-2008, 07:55 AM

Persepolis

Such a good little animation movie about life in Iran (after the fall of the Shah) told through a little girls eyes. It's semi-auto biographical, but as she said some things are changed for the story's sake.

4.5/5

**Michael C** · 12-31-2008, 02:30 PM

Last movie I saw in theaters was Bedtime Stories. It was a very enjoyable movie with a few good scenes. I think it will have some staying power in the theaters.

rating 4/5

**Griswold** · 01-04-2009, 03:27 PM

Saw Yes man at the movies a couple weeks ago. Supposed to go out tonight but not sure what we will see.

**Racer** · 01-04-2009, 03:45 PM

I just watched National Lampoon's Vacation this morning, which is kind of funny because of Griswold's signature.^

***Katie*** · 01-04-2009, 05:47 PM

Just watched The Dark Knight, finally on DVD on Thursday night. Who knew psycho terrorists that wear nurses uniforms and wear makeup can be so awesome!?

**Ryan F** · 01-09-2009, 09:28 PM

Bought Bender's Game today.

Awesome movie; great to see something new from Futurama and I will definitely buy the other movies. Loved all of the character alter egos in the Dungeon world, and couldn't help but laugh at the Water Nympho.

5/5

**89magnumxl200** · 01-11-2009, 09:43 PM

Originally Posted by Leo C

I finally saw Invincible, the Walt Disney movie every Philadelphia EAGLES and NFL fan needs to see. Coach Dick Vermeil held an open tryout when he first became EAGLES coach to rally support for the lousy team he took over from the city of Philadelphia. A real candidate came through, South Philly local Vince Papale. He made the team though he never played college football playing special teams for 3 seasons. He was Philly's real life Rocky. I've seen him a couple times in person the last few years. This year I saw Dick Vermeil in person as well. The movie bridged my familiarity, relationship with older former players like Bill Bergey and Ron Jaworski as well. It's really an inspiring occasion as a fan when I see them.

He may not have played in college, but what they don't tell you is that he played for the Philadelphia Bell of the WFL for two years, and his performance on that team is what got him noticed in the first place. It's still a good story, but it was definately Hollywood-ized for the movie.

As for the last movie I saw, it was Tropic Thunder. I thought it was pretty funny. I don't know why, but I found the land mine scene frickin' hilarious. Does that make me a sick person? 4.8/5

**Cedarpoint_Mark** · 01-18-2009, 10:57 PM

Bought Honey, I Shrunk the Kids last night. For a movie that's 20 years old, it was still pretty good.

**coasterman1234** · 01-20-2009, 10:51 PM

I went to see Defiance at the theater this past weekend. Decent movie, not the director's best work (being Blood Diamond imo), but still a very interesting story and a fair amount of action. It seemed a bit repetitive, but overall I would still say 4/5.

**Ryan F** · 01-24-2009, 08:24 PM

I just finished watching Ghostbusters 2.
Not as good as the first (but how often is a sequel better?) but still enjoyable. You just gotta love the 80s pop and rap songs thrown in along the way. Plus controlling the Statue of Liberty with a Nintendo controller...awesome.
3.5/5

**Wes** · 01-24-2009, 10:00 PM

...and keeping with the 80s movies...

Tonight I watched Coming To America.

The movie is brilliant when it's Hall and Murphy doing the different characters. When it goes back to a conventional rom/com, it's just mediocre really.

3/5.

p.s. It was weird again seeing the Twin Towers standing there in a movie. It's funny how I know that section beside the river so well now, and I've never actually been there in real life. When they were walking to the left, I was thinking the Trade Center would be coming up in the shot.

**B-rad** · 02-07-2009, 03:29 PM

Napolon Dynamite
Like what my cousin said, you need to be drunk and with a large group in order to understand that movie.

**Ryan F** · 02-21-2009, 08:05 PM

Saw Eagle Eye on my flight home from Orlando.
Good movie, pretty much what I expected out of it. I never got a chance to see it in theaters, and it was a free movie on the plane, so it was nice I didn't really have to pay for it. I liked it, I'd see it again.
4/5

Saw Confessions of a Shopaholic with my girlfriend last night. I actually didn't mind it. Had some good laughs and wasn't too romantic. Better than I thought it would be.
4/5

**Leo C** · 02-21-2009, 08:24 PM

Isla Fisher = nice.

They're watching Mama MIA downstairs. I don't want to watch it.

I want to see Slumdog Millionaire.

**coasterman1234** · 02-24-2009, 03:46 PM

Taken
Best of the year, great acting, plot, and pacing. 5/5

Friday the 13th
Standard "date-movie" horror film. Could have been substantially better 2/5

The International
Interesting plot, a little slow though 4/5

**Wes** · 02-24-2009, 03:54 PM

^ And where have you been hiding?

I keep hearing Taken is great.

**Carowinds 73-03** · 02-24-2009, 05:01 PM

It is. I saw it last week and it really is as good as everyone's saying. The movie kept my attention the entire 2 hours so thats a plus.

Friday The 13th: This one was pretty good. Not as good as the first 3-4 but by far better than 7-10 I'll give it 3/5 stars!

Also for everyone who never got a chance to see RENT live in NY or even at home with the touring cast a DVD has just been released of the filming of the very last performance on broadway. Very emotional for any big RENT fan. Yes i cried a little. 5/5 Stars.

**89magnumxl200** · 02-24-2009, 09:27 PM

If you watch Taken, watch the European version. It's been on DVD for a while over there, but they only recently released the toned down pg-13 version into theatres over here. So if you want the REAL movie you've got to watch it how it was intended to be. Liam Neeson kicks some serious ass in it.