Anyone see any shitty movies this weekend?

[LynneSin]

I'd like to know what not to rent!

[Bake]

1. Whatever you do, DON'T get "The Conspirator"

Dreadful historical piece, you'd hate it ...

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Actually, it's the best movie I've seen this year!

[Bake]

2. Another real stinker ... "Unknown"

Liam Neeson. Don't waste your time on this dud.

:rofl:

Bake

[LynneSin]

3. I already saw the movie but when I saw it - it was called 'Taken'

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[Bake]

4. Liam wanted another paycheck for Taken so they renamed it.

:rofl:

Bake

[Generic Brad]

5. Saw "The Zookeeper"

That qualifies. I do not recommend it.

[Initech]

6. Anger Management was looping on HBO quite a bit.

:puke:

[Chan790]

7. I watched Blue Valentine on DVD. (spoiler)

It wasn't a terrible movie...but it was "4th date...let's cuddle on the couch, eat air-popped popcorn, drink wine...and maybe later we'll sleep together finally."

It's a really bad date movie for an early couple...let's leave it at that. It was painful to watch...for a film about a couple trying to save their marriage, it never really seems that either main character is capable of making an effort...the love is too far gone and the sex is borderline-abusive and uncomfortable to watch.

Edit: I think things are awkward enough that it's the end of the affair. I got a hug afterwards. :( I had a bubbly sweet frisky date at the outset who nearly didn't let me get the door open before I got kiss n' groped.

[Skittles]

8. good acting, great story but........

I thought it was ruined by having him have a substance abuse problem - to me, you cannot even begin to work on relationship problems if substance abuse is involved - that has to be addressed first

[LynneSin]

9. I remember my friend renting 9 1/2 weeks as a '4th date movie'

She just liked Mickey Rourke, had no clue what the movie was about. I told her that if she watched this with her date, she would be giving him MAJOR signals and probably a few kinky BDSM ones too.

She returned it immediately for a copy of 'Babe'. They broke up the next week.

[Chan790]

10. Babe?

The one about the pig? I'd have broken up with her too.

9 1/2 weeks is not in the Redbox machine.

[LynneSin]

13. This was a few years back when they had these things called 'Video Stores'

And yes, the movie about the Pig. Actually she was ready to break up with the guy so it all worked out well.

[mikeytherat]

18. I originally read that as "Blue Velvet" not "Blue Valentine"

And as "4th date...let's cuddle on the couch, eat air-popped popcorn, drink wine...and maybe later we'll sleep together finally" movies go, Blue Velvet could be one of the worst choices ever. That, or Eraserhead.

mikey_the_rat

[charlie and algernon]

11. Dreamcatcher

one of those crap movies you watch on a lazy weekend.

It features Damien Lewis talking to himself, switching between his American and British accents, and Morgan Freeman chewing up every scene he can get a hold of as an evil general. Oh, and cheesy CGI ALIENS!

[Still Blue in PDX]

15. OMG - that sounds as bad as the book. Or maybe even worse.

Dreamcatcher was the first book I ever gave up on midway through. Every other time I've battled through to the bitter end.

[charlie and algernon]

16. I never read the book

but I thought it could've been an awsome movie if it had stayed about a group of friends isolated in the woods who have to survive a mysterious disease (i.e. "Cabin Fever" with a MUCH better cast). Instead they had to bring in the aliens and scenery chewing Morgan Freeman and Tom Sizemore.

[Crazy Dave]

12. Limitless

I got it free from the library so I only lost about two hours of my life that I'll never get back.

[LynneSin]

14. I wasn't sure what I thought of the movie but...

anything with Bradley Cooper shirtless has to rate :thumbsup: :thumbsup: from me.

[siligut]

17. Have you seen Hanna?

It is much more artful than the previews would lead you to believe.

[NewJeffCT]

19. It wasn't a bad movie

I had low expectations, but it was pretty good overall.

[Chan790]

20. I looked forward to it and loved it.

It wasn't grand Shakespearean drama, somewhat tweener (That's really the audience they should have targeted) but a solid action flick if you don't think about it too much. The contrast of the viciousness of the scenes of Hanna doggedly pursued by Issacs to the naive tenderness of those between Hanna, Sophie and Miles and the rapid see-sawing between them was brilliant.

This role as Erik Heller, along with his role in Munich, are the types of characters Eric Bana does best...morally-ambiguous hard men who have done bad bad things and are capable of great evil clawing to do "right" when they're not fully sure what is "right" or if they're even capable of it anymore.

In contrast, Cate Blanchett as Marissa Wiegler was awful. She needs to never even try to do "southern" again. The character would have come off better if she had played her as more of a sophisticated urbane amoral tool-of-the-state (more in line with her character's very Germanic roots) rather than a duplicitous southern sociopath.

And Saoirse Ronan is quickly developing into one of cinema's best young actresses, showing poise and talent well beyond her age.