Last Movie You Watched

[Bogey]

Moneyball.  Boring and irrelevant.  The most exciting part of the film was spotting the myriad product placements.

I enjoyed this one, but I am a sucker for baseball movies that try to take themselves too seriously. 

[George]

Weird, not very funny, not very moving. Overrated.

[Mirror Image]

Haven't really been watching any movies lately but I have been watching Curb Your Enthusiasm all over again. Brilliant show.

[George]

Haven't really been watching any movies lately but I have been watching Curb Your Enthusiasm all over again. Brilliant show.

Indeed! I do hope he does another season!

[lisa needs braces]

I'm considering buying the original Star Wars trilogy for a seven year old. Too mature?

[TheGSMoeller]

I'm considering buying the original Star Wars trilogy for a seven year old. Too mature?

My 5 year old loves the first one, Empire got a little too dark and we didn't finish it. But I was around 7 when Return of the Jedi was released and loved it!

[Ken B]

I'm considering buying the original Star Wars trilogy for a seven year old. Too mature?

My son loved them at that age. Two might be a bit much, but robots, light sabres ane ewoks are just right.

[lisa needs braces]

Thanks gents. I'm going to make the purchase. It's a birthday present for my somewhat precocious nephew. His parents can turn it off if gets to be a bit too much for him. 

[SonicMan46]

I'm considering buying the original Star Wars trilogy for a seven year old. Too mature?

Well, these first 3 films were released between 1977 & 1983, and I took my son to all on release; he was 4 y/o for the first one and 10 y/o for the last one - loved them all!  A 7 y/o should enjoy the parts he or she understands - the adult humor and sexual innuendos won't matter until later -   Dave

[SonicMan46]

The Roosevelts - An Intimate History - a new series by Ken Burns started last night on PBS (first part 2 hrs) - interweaves the three characters shown below in a time line - quite good so far - Dave

[SonicMan46]

Dolphin Tale 2 (2014) on the BIG screen today - same cast from the first film about Winter, a female dolphin who lost its tail in an accident and a prosthetic one was made (Morgan Freeman plays the character) - I enjoyed (wife was blah) but not as good or novel as the first one (which I bought on BD) - definitely a 'family flick' and a 'feeling good' movie - see @ your own risk; Rotten Tomatoes, 73% from the critics; IMDB, 6.8/10 - on Amazon I'd give the first one a 4* and this one a 3 1/2* (of 5*) - BUT, if you like dolphins and a 'fuzzy feeling', then? 

Susan & I vacationed in Clearwater, FL about the time the first film was made and went to the aquarium and recognized all of the scenery (and saw Winter in person), so I kind of have a personal feeling here -   Dave

[Karl Henning]

To think I should see the day when Star Wars and too mature appear in the same line . . . .

[Jaakko Keskinen]

I actually watched the original trilogy in opposite order. And I knew the big reveal of empire strikes back already because my first touch with Star Wars was audiobook. Still that scene sends the shivers down my spine. As soon as I learned to read I started to read Star Wars books. I am a huge star wars geek. Empire Strikes Back never bothered me as kid, in fact it was my favorite from the start. One possible reason was probably because in that movie The Empire actually won and since I have always rooted for them...

Now here's something I'm not proud of: the first Star Wars movie I actually saw as whole was Phantom Menace. And I liked it (I certainly don't anymore except for one or two relatively witty (by Lucas's standards) lines and John Williams's music.) And to make matters worse, I... liked... Jar Jar Binks. I thought he was funny. Now I merely wish that Jar Jar was sent to Alderaan before it was blown up. I really liked Redlettermedia's aka Plinkett's review of new star wars movies. And I agree with him: one of the only good things in new movies was Palpatine. He seems to have such a good time being megalomaniacal jerkass that it is really fun to watch him.

Some of you probably know Alec Guinness (Obi-wan in original trilogy) hated Star Wars and merely was in it for the money. He gives a terrific performance but after knowing how he felt about Star Wars it's really interesting to watch him talk about Force etc. all the while thinking "These lines are awful". In retrospect, you can sometimes see it.

[TheGSMoeller]

Some of you probably know Alec Guinness (Obi-wan in original trilogy) hated Star Wars and merely was in it for the money. He gives a terrific performance but after knowing how he felt about Star Wars it's really interesting to watch him talk about Force etc. all the while thinking "These lines are awful". In retrospect, you can sometimes see it.

Any of the Star Wars with screenplays by Lucas himself, which is 4 out of the 6, have incredibly poor dialogue. Which is one of the two major flaws of the Eps. 4-6 trilogy, should've had other screenwriters polish over Lucas' scripts, and the second is the lack of a real threatening villain like a Vadar. It would have been so much better if Darth Maul was expanded and given a strong role in all three.

[lisa needs braces]

Any of the Star Wars with screenplays by Lucas himself, which is 4 out of the 6, have incredibly poor dialogue. Which is one of the two major flaws of the Eps. 4-6 trilogy, should've had other screenwriters polish over Lucas' scripts, and the second is the lack of a real threatening villain like a Vadar. It would have been so much better if Darth Maul was expanded and given a strong role in all three.

What's even sadder is that the series has now been handed to J.J Abrams, who has been groomed for years to be Spielberg's replacement but does not have a tenth of Spielberg's vision and talent.

[Karl Henning]

Mini Me!

[George]

Not sure why this is billed as a comedy. As a drama/thriller it was merely ok.

[lisa needs braces]

I appreciated Mark Duplass in that indy time travel film he did a few years ago, Safety Not Guaranteed. I couldn't help but think "this guy is good" every time he had a scene.

[Ken B]

Mini Me!

If you insist, Karl Henning, but I don't see the point.

[Karl Henning]

To think I'd see the day when "mini" was verbed.