Last movie you watched

[Zunu]

Watched Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow yesterday, on a tip that it was visually stunning.

Yeah, I see what they were going for, but the terrible acting (they must have been being directed to act this poorly, to maybe go along with the campy theme, or something? because I don't think that Gweneth Paltrow or Jude Law are normally known for being so awful) and overly ridiculous but under-explained plot (plus the fact that I didn't think the visuals were all that great?) has led me to this thread to advise you against making the same mistake I made.

Belatedly, but IIRC it was one of the first movies with mostly virtual sets, and neither the director nor the actors knew how to frame themselves in such an environment. The blame s definitely on the director, imo. See: Sucker Punch. Or rather, don't see Sucker Punch.

[boinsie]

I'll admit, I didn't realize it was a 9+ year-old movie.

I will definitely continue to refrain from seeing Sucker Punch.

[esm]

I saw Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow in theaters back when it was just released, and I actually remember liking it. I don't remember much of it though.

[erilaz]

Sucker Punch. Or rather, don't see Sucker Punch.

Sucker Punch had some nice eye candy, but all in all, it was indeed a piece of crap.

My most recent movie:

In the Realms of the Unreal (2004), a documentary about outsider artist Henry Darger, a recluse who worked as a janitor in Chicago. After he died, his enormous body of work was discovered in his apartment, including a strange 15,000-page novel and hundreds of paintings illustrating the fantasy world described therein.

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[Zunu]

Sucker Punch had some nice eye candy,

Yeah I have to admit having a crush on Emily B
rowning, but even that didn't save the film.

Speaking of misleading line breaks, on my computer the line break of your post was like this...

....a recluse who worked as a janitor in Chicago. After he died, his enormous body.....

...fed a family of rats?
...was donated to science??
...exploded???

of work was discovered in his apartment, including a strange 15,000-page novel

Oh... that's rather anticlimactic.

[boinsie]

I FEEL SO MISLED.

[erilaz]

More Shintoho insanity at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, with a double feature of horror from 1960: Vampire Bride (花嫁吸血魔) and Ghost Cat of Otama Pond (怪猫 お玉が池).

[Moh]

I finally saw The Breakfast Club. I enjoyed it, but I would've enjoyed it a lot better had the cuss words not been replaced with things like "hogwash".

[erilaz]

^ Ah, the edited TV version! My favorite replacement is "airhead".

The thing that has always pissed me off about that movie is that the jock gets the girl, the delinquent gets the girl, and the nerd gets to write a fucking essay.

On the positive side: Ally Sheedy

[erilaz]

I just got home from seeing Much Ado About Nothing.

Brilliant. Simply brilliant. I won't go so far as to say that Joss Whedon can do no wrong, but the man does so many things so well that I am sorely tempted.

As always, Amy Acker: She and Alexis Denisof were perfect in the lead roles of Beatrice and Benedick. And Nathan Fillion and Tom Lenk were absolutely hilarious as incompetent policemen Dogberry and Verges.