W. isn't quite as bad as I anticipated. It's really funny at times. I think if Oliver Stone went with a more comedic tone it would have worked better. Some of the actors seem to be playing it straight and others not so much. Josh Brolin is a hoot. 6/10

I started watching it tonight because I wanted to see if I should develop a crush for Anna Kendrick (yes), and I really enjoyed Up in the Air. That is all.

Watched Gran Torino tonight. Good movie.

Just saw Clash of the Titans in 3D

Didn't like it, storyline is poor, acting is very average and i got bored half way through. Some of the special effects were good but the story didn't make any sense and by the end i couldn't give a **** who lived or who died. Also the first film i have seen in 3D which i hope is just a fad that will die out.

I watched Up In The Air last night, and I thought it was an enjoyable little movie. I was a little annoyed by the snarkiness factor, though. And his Big Epiphany is more than a little trite.

Again, I enjoyed it, but let me say this: if this film had won Best Picture, I swear, I don't know.

And why does that Vera whatever woman have that rictus mouth?

I really enjoyed Up in the Air until the ending. It has the single worst ending in recent movie history capped by THE worst scene. The scene when they literally just have 6 random couples sit in front of the camera to state the moral of the film over and over and over and over and over and over again is among the worst in film history.

I've had the Netflix DVD of Up in the Air in my house for a week now without wanting to watch it. I'm either going to watch it today or mail it back. I'm feeling existential Clooney dread.

Watch it, it's worth watching.

It's no Boondock Saints, of course.

Clovis, you and I seem to be in total agreement on one thing: we both seem to LOATHE it when directors spoon-feed us their message.

I mean, seriously, why don't they just make PSA's instead? Is it so much to ask that a director not treat me as if I am nine years old?

The things I have learned from films:

Crash: Racism=bad
Up In The Air: People matter.
The Grapes of Wrath: Socialism RULES!!

Note: this last one is the product of my just today receiving the new employee health insurance invoices for each of my businesses. They have DOUBLED!!!!

Does it stimulate the economy and help employees to put small businesses out of business?

Sorry for the derail.

Huh, looks like you're right. That $10MM was from a game we play called Wits & Wagers -- it combines trivia and gambling into one awesome party game. One of the questions was just that, how much was he paid. Their answer was $10MM...Makes me wonder about the legitimacy of some of the other answers. I want my money back!

I saw this on an international flight one time. I almost started crying in the middle of the airplane. Excellent movie. So moving and just...nice. Good choice.

I second this. I really do not like Sandra Bullock and I didn't expect much from this movie -- given I imagined I'd be able to predict every plot point by my watch. It's exactly what you expect it to be, but it sure is sweet. Would recommend to all but the saltiest associates.

I think Steve James (Hoop Dreams, Stevie) is pretty damn awesome too.

Joe Strummer--The Future is Unwritten

This is a very nice little homage to a pretty seriously cool guy. I saw The Clash a bunch of times in NYC and NJ (5? 6?), and this movie really made me nostalgic for that incredibly unique time (for me, 1980-1982). I met the entire band several times, and with the exception of Mick Jones, they were all incredibly cool, especially Joe Strummer (who actually REMEMBERED me the second time I met him,which shocked me ["you're the guy who got his glasses broken in Ashbury Park last time through, right?"].

Strummer was so obviously totally committed to being an artist that I was actually surprised to find myself sort of thinking of him as a sort of David Lynch-type guy, who just lives and breathes art. One gets the impression he would get up in the morning and just start writing songs or playing music...every day.

If you have seen the documentary Lynch, you'll know what I mean.

Watch it if you know anything whatsoever about Joe Strummer or The Clash.

EDIT: Yes, he said "Ashbury Park," and yes, I had my glasses smashed to pieces up front at that show. If you ever saw them play, you will understand how that might happen.

Seriously WTF

Calm down, I was kidding. I love The Grapes of Wrath. It is beyond reproach.

That sounded like something cut and pasted from Sarah Palin At the Movies.

omg that would be the best show ever...

checks hand [written on hand is Michael Bay]

"so todays movie is Transformers 2: Revenge of the falling directed by Micheal Bay. This is a great film for America. It shows how our foreign policy should always be based on might is right. All conservatives should watch this. In closing, [checks hand again], 9/11, Fascism, and death panels. On our next show, why Mystery, Alaska is the greatest American film"

"...wherever there's a fight, so hungry people can eat, I'll be there. Wherever there's a cop beatin' up a guy, I'll be there. Wherever there's a guy saying something outrageous in an internet forum, I'll be there too."

i must have missed the fearmongering and vague encouragement of organized violence.

I give it two M16's up!

"Did it make ya mean? Did it make ya bad-mean? Did it make ya mean bad mean mean bad mean mean?"

Anyone remember Second City TV's "The Grapes of Mud?"

HA!

On Woody: his early movies, which were hilarious when I first saw them, don't seem nearly as funny now. I recently watched the courtroom scene in Bananas, which had me almost literally rolling in the aisle back in the day; I found it was now only moderately funny. Sleeper, too, is just OK now, although the scene with the two robot tailors still makes me laugh.

John Houseman was phenomenal in The Paper Chase. But again, I haven't seen it in 35 years.

Woody Allen is the one famous well regarded director I simply dont get. Annie Hall is sort of funny the rest are not good at all imo and he has basically been making the exact same movie for 25 years over and over again.