Great movies of recent years

Printable View

08-31-2011, 02:24 PM
DanceroftheShadows

Great movies of recent years

Paul (the alien)
Take Me Home Tonight
Unknown
Limitless (incredible)
Your Highness
Get Him To The Greek

what do you suggest?
08-31-2011, 03:05 PM
nissling

Can't come to think of anything special, maybe Inglourious Basterds or Broken Flowers (if you can count it).
08-31-2011, 03:34 PM
Baloo

Geez, recent years. That is a tough one.

I really enjoyed Tron: Legacy.
08-31-2011, 03:41 PM
DanceroftheShadows

^Really? I couldnt get into it. Maye because it was a DVD not a Bluray. I gotta watch the bluray version.

Just Go With It (adam sandler 2011)
08-31-2011, 03:56 PM
Baloo

Quote:

Originally Posted by DanceroftheShadows

^Really? I couldnt get into it. Maye because it was a DVD not a Bluray. I gotta watch the bluray version.

Just Go With It (adam sandler 2011)

Ahh, I saw it in theaters and thought it was pretty awesome.

Also, anything by Miyazaki, Howl's Moving Castle, Ponyo, etc. Not all of his movies are recent, but even the ones from the 00s are top-notch.
08-31-2011, 04:50 PM
Monkey

Hmm...
Inception... in fact anything Chris Nolan touches is genius (so far).
I really liked Cop Out, to be honest (I know it was bad, but I thought it was really funny.)
08-31-2011, 05:22 PM
segaddict

The Fighter was great. A well deserved Oscar for Christian Bale.
08-31-2011, 05:28 PM
Televator

How "recent" are we talking?

I think within the last couple of years I really liked:

Let the Right One In, Inglorious Basterds, and Avatar.

If anyone has a problem with those....

http://funny-pictures-blog.com/wp-co..._at_me_bro.jpg
08-31-2011, 07:20 PM
profholt82

As far as the last 2 years go, my favorites have been Winter's Bone, Inception, Winnebego Man and Up.
08-31-2011, 08:47 PM
Bastardcat

Diary of the Dead. Its like the Blair Witch project...but good! An entire zombie movie seen from the PoV of someone with a camcorder. Its a movie entirely from a first person perspective!
08-31-2011, 09:32 PM
Olls

Diary of the Dead is a fucking abomination.

It's gone downhill after Dawn. Romero, just stop.
08-31-2011, 09:38 PM
eddiespruce

I thought that "The Time Machine"(2001) was a pretty good movie. Although I'm still not sure if you'd consider that recent enough.

One movie I can think of that was okay, but definitely not great was "The day after Tomorrow"(2004). It was okay the first time I watched it, but the Science teachers in my High School played this movie to death, and now I'm just sick of it.
08-31-2011, 09:44 PM
Cornholio857

Quote:

Originally Posted by eddiespruce

One movie I can think of that was okay, but definitely not great was "The day after Tomorrow"(2004). It was okay the first time I watched it, but the Science teachers in my High School played this movie to death, and now I'm just sick of it.

I bet you made Al Gore's blood boil when you said that. LOL

As far as recent movies go. I really enjoyed Tron Legacy. (And the OST kicks ass)
09-01-2011, 11:23 AM
nissling

My Winnipeg is quite good too.
09-01-2011, 12:29 PM
DanceroftheShadows

Fighting(2009), They could have made this a Fatal Fury movie. The city could have passed as southtown, especially the subway a la Duck King stage in Fatal Fury 1. All it needed was the main character having a brother and name them Andy and Terry, the street tournament they entered could have been named King of Fighters tournament and it woulda been an SNK movie.
09-01-2011, 12:45 PM
Bastardcat

Expendables. All it was missing was Chuck Norris, and digitally super imposed Raul Julia.
09-01-2011, 12:59 PM
DanceroftheShadows

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bastardcat

Expendables. All it was missing was Chuck Norris, and digitally super imposed Raul Julia.

DIgitally imposed Julia woulda made that movie worth it.
09-01-2011, 01:14 PM
MIZPHIT

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bastardcat

Expendables. All it was missing was Chuck Norris, and digitally super imposed Raul Julia.

That movie had so much potential, but the editing absolutely ruined it for me. Gave me a headache. Way too many quick cuts. It was difficult to follow just about all of the action sequences because of how bad they were put together.
09-01-2011, 01:22 PM
DanceroftheShadows

Quote:

Originally Posted by MIZPHIT

That movie had so much potential, but the editing absolutely ruined it for me. Gave me a headache. Way too many quick cuts. It was difficult to follow just about all of the action sequences because of how bad they were put together.

I agree, it was overrated , badly edited is right.
09-01-2011, 01:54 PM
Cornholio857

Quote:

Originally Posted by MIZPHIT

That movie had so much potential, but the editing absolutely ruined it for me. Gave me a headache. Way too many quick cuts. It was difficult to follow just about all of the action sequences because of how bad they were put together.

The version that was on Comcast OnDemand was different from the Theatrical release (Which I did see). IIRC they fixed some of the problems from the Theatrical release including the editing.
09-01-2011, 02:07 PM
MIZPHIT

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cornholio857

The version that was on Comcast OnDemand was different from the Theatrical release (Which I did see). IIRC they fixed some of the problems from the Theatrical release including the editing.

Is it the Extended Cut? If so, then I've seen that version on Epix HD. Still bad on the eyes lol.
09-01-2011, 02:13 PM
Cornholio857

Yeah, it was. At least with the Extended Cut I could actually make out the fight scenes. I agree with you about the editing though.
09-01-2011, 03:24 PM
Nunzio

The Other Guys is pretty freaking hilarious. "You won't shoot me" "I shot Jeter" "That was an accident" "Was it?"

Saw Columbiana the other day. Great popcorn flick, two hours of action. Luc Besson and Robert Mark Kamen really know how to write em.

The Adjustment Bureau was good.
09-01-2011, 05:11 PM
Monkey

Avatar is overrated, IMO. Not as bad as haters make it out to be, but a pretty shallow move, everything considered.
09-01-2011, 05:25 PM
eddiespruce

Quote:

Originally Posted by Monkey

Avatar is overrated, IMO. Not as bad as haters make it out to be, but a pretty shallow move, everything considered.

I agree, it did not deserve the praise it got. There's lots of better movies out there, This generation is too wrapped up in CGI if you ask me. I miss the old days when it was real, and you actually had to stop and use your brain to make a good movie. Now all they do is think of one thing they believe is cool, and pay someone to create it on a computer.
09-02-2011, 04:37 PM
Why-Disciple

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nunzio

The Other Guys is pretty freaking hilarious. "You won't shoot me" "I shot Jeter" "That was an accident" "Was it?"

Yes, I loved this movie.

District 9 and Super 8 I thought were both fantastic, highly recommended (heh, two alien movies with numbers).

Inglorious Basterds, obviously, and Scott Pilgrim vs the World if that fits your tastes. Then there's the superhero movies, X-Men First Class and Captain America I thought were both good. Source Code was suprisingly interesting.

Otherwise, go with what the Oscars tell you- Avatar, Hurt Locker, King's Speech, Inception, Toy Story 3, etc.

All times are GMT -4. The time now is 10:39 AM.