What was the last movie you watched?

Neighbors: It wasn't as funny as I thought it'd be (I think it was a little overhyped), but I really enjoyed the perspective of the "old people", stuck between being screw up kids and responsible adults, seeing as that's about where I'm at in life at the moment. I thought Rose Byrne was awesome, and I loved that her character was into the back-and-forth rivalry so much, as usually the wife character in these sort of movies is all serious and nagging towards her slacker/moron husband. The star of the show was definitely the twins playing baby Stella, though. They almost make me want to have kids, they're so freaking adorable.

 

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part I: It was better than I thought it would be, given that I'm not a huge fan of the third book. The scene they chose to end the film on looked a little silly, and there was a throwaway scene in the book that I was hoping would somehow end up in the movie, but didn't. Overall, though, not as good as the other two movies, but still a good time.

 

I should change this into the "Kitty talks about movies thread." Someone else speak up, for goodness sakes.

I've just seen two new movies: The first was Birdman, which, from the premise, sounded good, and had a great cast, but was somehow just awful anyway. I don't know why critics loved it so much, honestly.

Second was The Hobbit 3, which I thought was weaker than the previous two (somehow I wasn't as emotionally invested), but still a really good movie, as all these Tolkien-based films have been so far.

 

I agree about Michael Keaton being damn good (and honestly, the rest of the cast was, too), and I also agree about the style being interesting, but...

Honestly, what ruined it for me was the ending. Up until the last scene with Emma Stone's character, I thought it was weird but still enjoyable enough, but then that scene just killed it.
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I recently saw two, and was hoping someone else would post in this thread so I didn't have to double post again XD.

Big Hero 6: My nephew wanted to see this, so I took him New Year's Eve. All I knew about it was what I saw in trailers (hadn't heard any hype one way or the other), and we both loved it. It surprised me a little, being a little darker than I was expecting, but I am such a sucker for these damn movies about people stepping up and saving the world and shit, so I thought this was awesome. The short before it, "Feast," was pretty great, too. Made me all teary-eyed and such, how pathetic is that? LOL.

Into The Woods: I thought this was okay. The performances were all respectable, but the story dragged on a bit. I kept thinking "Now, it's over", but then the movie would just keep going, and then I'd go "Okay, NOW it's over," and it'd be another fake out. Aside from that, can't really complain.

 

The last movie I watched was Insurgent. I thought it was pretty okay- more of the same from the previous installment, at least what I remember of it, but I was still invested in seeing what happened (not having read the books yet). Acting, effects, and all that were respectable, though some details were a little hard to see on a drive-in screen.

 

Focus. This is another one that was "pretty okay." The first half of the movie was great; and I really enjoyed the small cons and teamwork that was involved. The second half was a little weaker, but in the movie's defense, at least I didn't completely guess the ending. Also, Will Smith looks, like, old. I guess I'm just used to MIB and Independence Day Will Smith. >_<

 

Watching the lds general conference right now. ....zzzzzzzzz

As for a movie I think it was the new Cinderella. Not gonna lie it exceeded my expectations.
7/10 it was really cute and they did well to stick closely to the original Disney animation. I like how they snuck in tunes from the original soundtrack too. It had its boring moments but for the most part it was well done. P.s. you can never go wrong with Helena Bonham Carter

 

Cinderella (2015). I thought it was pretty good. There wasn't anything new about the story, but for what it was it was enjoyable. I liked seeing a heroine who was just a nice girl- who didn't have to be spunky and GIRL POWER all the time. The costumes were all really pretty, too. I also liked that the actors kind of downplayed their parts and didn't fall into over the top hamminess like in some other live action fairy tale movies.

 

The Age of Adaline: I got invited to a free screening before the movie was set to release, so I figured I'd check it out. It's really predictable; if you've seen a trailer for this, you can guess just about everything that happens. That said, I still really liked it. Some parts of the story were stupid (like, they tried to use science to explain things, and I was just like, NO), but I thought the acting was nice and I especially enjoyed the relationship between Adaline and her daughter. I'd watch it again.

 

I've read it and did not enjoy doing so. It's written in this made-up slang (loosely based on Russian), which in theory enriches the world building, but in practice I found incredibly frustrating to make my way through, especially with no dictionary within the book to reference. I mean, you can kind of use context clues to have an idea of what's being said, but ugh. I haven't seen the movie, so I don't know how much of that slang made it through the adaptation process.

If you enjoyed the destruction and violence, I remember the book being very graphic, as well, so that may be a plus. I believe the book also has several scenes that didn't make it into the movie, and some versions have a different ending, as well. So it might be worth checking out.



I just rewatched How To Train Your Dragon while babysitting the other night. I still adore this movie.

 

Avengers: Age of Ultron. It didn't fill me with fangirlish glee like the first Avengers movie did, but I liked it. It had some really funny moments and, of course, a lot of action. I also liked that it kind of focused on some of the more overlooked characters. In the end, it was an admirable sequel.