Good movies you have recently watched

I recently watched:

Drive

Lincoln

Chloé

and

Black Narcissus
The last two mention perfume, so I'll review them at the salon de parfum...

Lincoln was SLOW. Drive was WEIRD. I gather that Ryan Gosling has a huge fan club? I don't know. His "strong silent type with toothpick dangling from mouth" did nothing for me.

But Ryan loves you, Shera.

LOL

But seriously, Cryptic, did you see Drive???????
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I did not, Shera. I know Mr. Gosling mostly from the "Hey girl" meme.

Drive was a bit odd to me. There's another film with the Gos coming out soon that is in a similar style named Only God Forgives.
Recently, I saw Star Trek Into Darkness twice. I liked it a lot. So many good looking fellas.

I also watched Transformers 3. I didn't like that one at all.

The Films i Saw recently

Summer with Monika


Red Sorghum


Ju Dou




Mongol




The Lives of Others




Thirst

I'm weird, I guess. I have no desire to see him act. I'm perfectly content with this:

Dragon is a 2011 Hong Kong-Chinese martial arts thriller film directed by Peter Chan, starring Donnie Yen, Takeshi Kaneshiro and Tang Wei. The movie is a fascinating fusion of a detective story, forensic science, action, humor, politics and family drama.

A gripping story about the dark side of human nature. There are several intriguing things that are worth nothing. First, Detective Xu Baijiu believes that the law is more important than humanity. His blind obedience to the law contrasts sharply with the corrupt officials accepting bribes, which is a political satire. Please note what happens to the villain at the end, which ridicules the unscrupulous legal system invented by humans.

Cult director Takashi Miike (Ichi the Killer, Audition) delivers a bravado period action film set at the end of Japan’s feudal era. 13 Assassins - a “masterful exercise in cinematic butchery” (New York Post) - is centered around a group of elite samurai who are secretly enlisted to bring down a sadistic lord to prevent him from ascending to the throne and plunging the country into a war torn future.

It rarely happens to me, but I was unable to watch this film. I found it insufferable and seriously couldn't take it anymore after about twenty minutes.

I want to see MONGOL now!

Just watched A Beautiful Mind last weekend...why have I never watched this film before it was amazing.

youtu.be/Kjl24myM5_I

OMG I HAVE THE DVD I SAW IT

I GIVE YOU THE PROS AND CONS

PROS

1 WELL Written
2 Visually Stunning
3 Great Prolonged Fight Scenes

Cons
1. Some of the CGI Effects where sort of Cheesy like the
Flaming Bull that looks so Fake and Bombing of the Bridge
2. The First Half of the Film was a bit Slow but kept pace during
other half.

So i would give it 4 1/2 out of 5

I Also saw

Ok I don't really care for Tom Cruise i Watched it
Because i Love the Samurai Culture and that is why i brought the dvd

I was supposed to go into work, but I was put on-call instead. I too watched a Tom Cruise movie, Oblivion. I liked it a lot more than I thought I would. Reminds me of the video game Portal/Portal 2 a little. Tom Cruise doesn't age it seems!

your right he doe'snt seem to age
like I do I look younger then my age of 28
I look more like 15 or 16

One of my perennial favorites, THE BIG LEBOWSKI. Here's a taste:

m.youtube.com/watch?v=GZR58d77a4A

But Crypticious, his acting is what put him on the map! The man is not merely eye candy, he is soul candy too. Please tell me you've seen The Notebook. (I eschewed that movie for the longest. Silly me.)

m.youtube.com/watch?v=N9xCGOYA6m8

And in Fracture he went head to head with Anthony Hopkins, no easy task.

Now I have to watch the whole movie just to see if they get together in the end. I also watched the trailer and the "I waited for you for seven years!!" line killed me. #ninny

www.youtube.com/watch?v=FC6biTjEyZw

Yeah, I totally understand. They marketed that movie wrong with that damn poster of them kissing in the rain, which made too many of us do this

After ignoring everyone's advice for years, I finally noticed that thing had James Garner, Gena Rowlands and Joan Allen in it, and they wouldn't be in a dumb movie. And of course they weren't. It's a blatant and shameless tear-jerker, yes, but few can remain impervious to its charms.

You know why I never saw it? Back when it first came out there was a guy by the name of Terrell Owens who played wide receiver for the Philadelphia Eagles. Biggest idiot that ever idioted, and he happened to go off on a tangent in the middle of a sports interview, recommending this movie. I figured it would be about as enjoyable as eating a box of tacks.

Biggest idiot that ever idioted. Love it!

Haha! Yeah, Cincy, when Cryptic turns nouns into verbs, you know she's serious!

Well, Cryptic, I totally understand. Stupid by association. And mind you, I didn't even need some dumbass to deter me, it was just that damn poster! But there's something about that flick that seems to transcend all levels of IQ and coolness. And I do believe it is ground zero for Gosling worship. So, a little piece of history.

Speaking of being influenced about movies in one way or another by a celebrity, I saw a movie once that I might never have seen because Jack Nicholson said he loved it in a British mag interview, and that was BOTTLE ROCKET. I loved it too.