MOVIES

nateblack · Senior Member

MOVIES

nateblack · Senior Member

I just saw "V for Vendetta" last weekend with my boyfriend.

It's a GREAT movie, VERY gay & lesbian positive. very political / anti-crazy religious people

CaliPK · Senior Member

I don't go to the theater too often but we rent movies often. Last weekend we watched:

The Village - not bad but not scary like I wanted.

40 Year Old Virgin - HILARIOUS - so funny! Loved it!

Team America - Funny, very political, loved the 'panthers'

Jarhead - pretty good but not as good as I expected or not as controversial as I expected or not as something as I expected! It was crazy to see how it rained oil though. I fear for those soldiers - what future ramifications that might have for them - having been in that. And the whole macho military thing makes me mad sometimes - but I can't imagine how it feels to be doing what they are doing so I don't judge.

Mama Lisa · Wed Mar 29 3:26 PM, 2006

I saw the Village, actually in the theater, and I was very disappointed in it. It wasn't as scary as I thought it would be. Also, I usually never "get" the symbolism or the "message", but I thought this movie was about controlling people through religious fear.

Last weekend Amy & I watched an old documentary called Silverlake Life. It was the story of a gay couple who both had AIDS. It was very sad & disturbing, but neither of us could stop watching it.

Right now, from Netflix, I have A Home at the End of the World, Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist, and a movie called Three Extremes. I think that one is 3 horror stories by Japanese directors. Hopefully, I'll get to watch them this weekend while we are vegging at the beach house!!

Chris · Why can't my life be more like the Ainulindalë?

re: Jarhead

I thought that movie was just made to drum up support for the war, so I always avoided watching it. I thought it would be nothing but

"Yew ain't got prahd! Yew ain't got curridge! Yew ain't got ****!"
"Ah'm heeyur sayivin' this cunntry cuzz ah b'leave in G.Dubya!"
"Ah'm sayivin' this cunntry fur freydum, fur mah cunntry, an' fur MAH MOMMA!"
(cue fake-ass patriotic music with a hip-hop twist)

...but if it's not really like that, maybe I'll pay attention next time.

CaliPK · Senior Member

Yeah, if anything Jarhead was anti-war while being pro soldier. It's actually a memoir of a soldier who was there in Desert Storm - so a true story. And it seemed pretty believable. I think that's what I liked about it. It didn't seem overdone.

Darrel · Guru

Well...

The last movie I saw in the theatre, was HOSTEL.

All I can say, is that was an hour and a half I wish God could give back to me. I'm such a horror movie fanatic...but, there was absolutely no plotline, nor character development...even during the gross parts...where people were having body parts cut off, and sliced open, and whatnot...I just thought to myself, "Show me something new...scare me!" It never happened. I was disappointed.

Mama Lisa · Sat Apr 1 9:00 PM, 2006

I watched two movies during our weekend away. Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist was lame and kind of boring. But A Home at the End of the World was very good! It was one of those rare movies made from a book that actually stays fairly true to the book. It is worth the time to see it, if you get a chance. (Though the book was better!)

Krypto · Mighty Morphin Prayer Warrior

Mama Lisa wrote:

But A Home at the End of the World was very good! It was one of those rare movies made from a book that actually stays fairly true to the book. It is worth the time to see it, if you get a chance. (Though the book was better!)

Home At The End of the World is a good movie.

TaterHead · Defender of Truth, Justice and the American GAY!

Both Narnia AND Brokeback Mountain comes out on DVD Tuesday!

QUEER CHRISTIANS OF THE WORLD...REJOICE!

-- Edited by TaterHead at 15:44, 2006-04-02

Krypto · Mighty Morphin Prayer Warrior

TaterHead wrote:

Both Narnia AND Brokeback Mountain comes out on DVD Tuesday! QUEER CHRISTIANS OF THE WORLD...REJOICE! -- Edited by TaterHead at 15:44, 2006-04-02

I must be one of the handful of gays that fell asleep watching Brokeback Mountain...

I've seen better gay movies than that.....by that's just my

nateblack · Senior Member

Krypto wrote:

TaterHead wrote: Both Narnia AND Brokeback Mountain comes out on DVD Tuesday! QUEER CHRISTIANS OF THE WORLD...REJOICE! -- Edited by TaterHead at 15:44, 2006-04-02 I must be one of the handful of gays that fell asleep watching Brokeback Mountain... I've seen better gay movies than that.....by that's just my

The Fab Five will be over shortly to pick up your revoked gay card.

Krypto · Mighty Morphin Prayer Warrior

nateblack wrote:

The Fab Five will be over shortly to pick up your revoked gay card.

<---I need my gay card! Okay, okay, I'll watch it again....

JAYofFL · Veteran Member

Last movie seen in the theater was
R E N T

and I have the 2 disc DVD set now which I've watched many times and enjoy over and over.

P.S.
I have NOT seen Brokeback Mountain.

-- Edited by JAYofFL at 15:24, 2006-04-04

Mama Lisa · Tue Apr 4 2:23 PM, 2006

Alan & Korey love that movie (Rent) but I haven't seen it yet. Looking forward to it though...

Chris · Why can't my life be more like the Ainulindalë?

I watched "The Game" on TV last night- not nearly as exciting when you know what's going to happen.

CaliPK · Senior Member

We watched "Sin City" last night and although I thought the style was interesting I fell asleep halfway thru. But it could have been the vodka tonic I had.

Mama Lisa · Fri May 5 10:10 PM, 2006

Amy's been bugging us to sit down & watch Rent. Oh my gosh! While it was a very good movie, it left an ache in my heart. I just want to lay down & cry!!

Chris · Why can't my life be more like the Ainulindalë?

I don't really like movies that make me curl up in a ball and cry anymore. Do you think people go through phases with what they like in a movie?

Do you think sad, sad movies are more appealing to people who are generally happy or generally depressed? Just asking.

Mama Lisa · Sat May 6 9:28 AM, 2006

I'm actually a tough cookie to crack when it comes to crying. It takes a lot to make me cry. But the movie Rent made me think of too many friends and their life situations.

Chris · Why can't my life be more like the Ainulindalë?

I'm sorry; I didn't really mean my post as a criticism; I just want to know if people feel they go through phases with movies like I do.

Mama Lisa · Sun May 7 1:01 PM, 2006

I didn't take it as criticism.

Chris · Why can't my life be more like the Ainulindalë?

:P That's good

TaterHead · Defender of Truth, Justice and the American GAY!

I saw "Cruising", starring Al Pacino as a NY cop trying to find a serial killer that kills gay men, the other night and...IT WAS AWFUL! There was more redeeming quality in a regular gay PORN flick than there was in THIS piece of "retro" filth. I can see now why so many gay leaders protested it. And why it won 3 Golden Raspberry Awards for being the WORST movie of 1980...It stank!

Trust me...DON'T SEE THIS ONE!

Chris · Why can't my life be more like the Ainulindalë?

I strongly second Jeffrey's suggestion that everyone NOT watch this movie. It's depressing, confusing, boring, and violent-- all rolled into one very early 80's package.

Mama Lisa · Tue May 9 5:41 PM, 2006

I'm so ashamed. I have come here to confess something. I've carried this for a few minutes now, and I can't carry it anymore. Please forgive me.

I watched Hostel

Chris · Why can't my life be more like the Ainulindalë?

Haha! You're funny Mama

Oh- something occurred to me recently about a movie that I have only seen once, but really liked it: Welcome to the Dollhouse- with a quite-young Heather Matarazzo.

Has anyone seen WTTD? What did you think of it?

TaterHead · Defender of Truth, Justice and the American GAY!

I'm afraid that I haven't seen it, Chris. Is it a horror picture?

(slowly looks over to the closet and wonders if anyone can SMELL the dead rotting flesh that is hidden inside...)

Which summer pics are the rest of you guys going to go see?

I am going to see "Cars" and "Over the Hedge". My niece will just LOVE them!

(plus...I like watching funny animated movies, too...)

CaliPK · Senior Member

Loved Welcome to the Dollhouse.

Chris · Why can't my life be more like the Ainulindalë?

Hey, Jeffrey! Welcome to the Dollhouse is ... an ODD movie, but touching. It's definitely not horror-- although when 7th-grade Heather Matarazzo tries to dress up "sexy" to impress her high school crush, things definitely do look frightening

It's basically an "I've felt that way" movie about a young girl who is completely and utterly at odds with the world around her-- or should I say- the WORLD is at odds with this girl...? She's awkward, not conventionally pretty, clearly the unloved sibling-- oh and did I mention AWKWARD? She has a disfunctional "boyfriend" who threatens "I'm gonna rape you after school" every day-- and she actually goes to MEET him! No rape actually occurs- I don't think they grasp what rape really is.

Anyway I don't usually like "feel sorry for me" movies, but this one was so ridiculous, and the unfortunate things that happened to the girl had absolutely no affect on her AT ALL-- it actually ends with this feeling of extreme hopefulness for the girl's future. I don't know... it was just a very, very strange movie that spoke to me so perfectly I'm not sure anyone else could see it the same way.

-- Edited by Chris at 17:12, 2006-05-11