What is the latest good film you watched ?
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Technically the last good film I watched was the first Hobbit film, but more people will have seen that than the one prior, which was Elysium.
I love a bit of sci-fi, and while the acting wasn't great (well, you know what you're getting with Matt Damon) and some of the dialogue flimsy, the concepts and storyline made it an interesting watch. Visually stunning as well, the first shot of the landscape of Elysium itself was incredible. It was really nice to see some sci-fi that gave you the bleak dystopian future of a Blade Runner or Total Recall and a movie that was a nice change from the usual "ships in space shooting at each other" fayre, for the most part.
I love a bit of sci-fi, and while the acting wasn't great (well, you know what you're getting with Matt Damon) and some of the dialogue flimsy, the concepts and storyline made it an interesting watch. Visually stunning as well, the first shot of the landscape of Elysium itself was incredible. It was really nice to see some sci-fi that gave you the bleak dystopian future of a Blade Runner or Total Recall and a movie that was a nice change from the usual "ships in space shooting at each other" fayre, for the most part.
luis1972
Proxima Centauri b
Great Kubrick's classic!!!
tartanterrier
Is somewhere outhere.
Elena.
Luxman
#TRE45ON
I tried to watch Gravity but walked out after about 40 minutes, because they were making a mockery of the laws of GRAVITY.
Philbert
Banned
Several reviews tout this flick as "the greatest SCIFI flick ever (seriously), and it is the new level at which to judge all other SCIFI epics in the future.
Hmmmm...
Except for this reviewer, who seems to agree completely with dstone...:
"Did those who've written glowing reviews of Gravity see the same movie I did? Look, I wanted to like this flick, I really did. And I don't want to rag on it, but if you're going to make a dramatic science thriller, you had better get it right or expect to catch it from the smart people. Despite the cosmic setting, the only star I can give Gravity is for the computer generated graphics.That said, this is not a movie for intellectuals and those of a scientific bent will be sorely disappointed. What made Ron Howard's Apollo 13 so gripping was its dramatic realism and superb acting. Unfortunately, none of those adjectives applies to Gravity, with the possible exception of some drama. However, for thinkers, effective drama requires an intellectual investment in the credibility of the story, the characters and the interaction between them. Intelligent humans need to believe that what is being depicted could actually happen. Unfortunately, the events depicted in Gravity are likely to alienate anyone with an above average IQ. Once one has acknowledged the impressive graphics, any anticipation of emotional investment is quickly dashed to smithereens by the unbelievably vapid and inane dialog. It is painfully obvious that someone with a double-digit scientific IQ appears to have awoken one morning and haphazardly decided to write a "space movie". The physics are off, the events highly improbable. The entire story demands a suspension of belief in reality. Worst of all, the dialog and interaction between the characters is so juvenile that anyone with a brain gets the immediate impression that the project is the product of sophomoric show-biz types who think that the way to move the product is to recycle hackneyed clichés, shiny objects and big explosions. Bullock's character, Dr. Ryan Stone, is so unprepared and emotionally disabled by adversity that it is impossible to believe that she would have been selected as a mission specialist. Yet, she manages to flit from one space wreck to another and yet another. She consults operation manuals in Russian and, later, Chinese, yet she is heard muttering "eeny meeny miney mo" while haphazardly pushing control buttons like some clueless chimpanzee. The space vehicle's communication equipment fails to pick up "Houston Control", yet, miraculously, is able to receive a bizarre Chinese comedy and howling dogs, which Bullock's character feels compelled to imitate. Clooney's character, Matt Kowalski, is such a clichéd hero that he is depicted as nonchalantly jesting with the hysterical Dr. Stone while he himself is drifting into a desperately life-ending situation. We are expected to believe that, despite having trained intimately together for this mission, these characters address each other by their formal titles and make clichéd announcements back to a non-responsive mission control. Kowalksi has waited until he's drifting to his death to ask where Dr. Stone is from and if she has any kids. Finally, director Cuaron makes a supremely lame attempt at cinematic iconography depicting Bullock floating in a fetal position, a la Kubrick's Space Odessey. And after having had such a bad day and having plunged to Earth in a flaming meteor-like reentry, Stone emerges, unscathed and barefoot mind you, from the ocean onto an idyllic, uninhabited beach like some primal human emerging from the sea. Now, I feel bad about feeling bad about this movie. And I respect Ms. Bullock and Mr. Clooney as actors. However, it is my humble opinion that actors must assume some responsibility for the roles they accept. This movie was so cringe-worthy that the only reason I sat through it was to see how ridiculous it would get. Alas, other than the black hole into whose abyss was irretrievably sucked away any hope I once had for discovering intelligent life in this movie, "Gravity" lacked gravitas."
OK, Avatar was a great fun movie, but accurate scifi? No, but it sounds as if Gravity is so blatantly dumb that it may not be quite as great as some think.
In my opinion its the most over rated film ave watched since Source Code (2011).
Im sure if i wrote a review on Imdb lots of people would agree with me