January 11, 201412 yr Haven't gone back to read other pages in the thread, BUT I will thrown in a few I have seen over last month. Disney's Frozen -- just didn't think it was that great, came across as generic Disney movie following same tire formula. American Hustle wasn't great, but pretty darn good with solid performances all around Anchorman 2 -- BIG disappointment, but kinda went in expecting that Don Jon REALLY good movie, Joseph Gordon Levitt directoral debut did a fabulous job Paranormal Activity: Marked Ones It's about what you can expect at part 5 of a franchise, not great, not bad Her -- Joaquin is fantastic, but the conflict in relationship with OS feels forced and ending is very heavy handed WHEW lol Yes, I realize the thread title is "good" movies you have seen recently, but I'm too harsh a critic and rarely like anything. So I might as well mention everything I have seen recently : )
January 11, 201412 yr Sitting in the theater and waiting for "Inside Llewyn Davies" to start. Fantastic. Too quiet to generate much buzz but a great musical and acting performance from Oscar Isaac. The music was spectacular. The Coen Brothers did it again. Just outstanding.
January 11, 201412 yr Checking out Tom Hanks new movie today. Great movie, Saving Mr Banks is very very good
January 12, 201412 yr Watched Lone Survivor Wow I hear this is great and on the top of my list to see. Plus I love war movies
January 12, 201412 yr Great movie, Saving Mr Banks is very very good I really, really liked it. My wife? Not as much. It was a little darker, sadder for her.
January 14, 201412 yr Just watched "Pacific Rim" as a freebie from Time Warner Cable. I needed some rock 'em sock 'em fun before I go to bed.
January 18, 201412 yr Both of you, Getslow & CWB, have stirred my interest in both the Coen Brothers's movie as well as the Tim's Vermeer movie. They both look tremendously interesting. The Vermeer Doc Trailer intrigued me to search a little deeper as I had never heard of this type discussion with regard to painting technique. It's baffling the great lengths this Tim Jenison guy went in studying and arriving at his theory of the methods and techniques of Vermeer. Jenison himself is pretty amazing as well when discovering more and more about his inventing and tinkering in general. In going deeper on this I also came across another video made by an artist named Nigel Konstam who demonstrates his theory on Vermeer's techniques. With further reading on Konstam he also contends that to remove himself from his own reflection in the mirror while painting, Vermeer would sometimes paint a cloth in place of where his reflection would have been while painting. It appears that the theories of Vermeer's techniques have been a point of discussion by art historians for quite some time. I can't at all claim that I completely understand all of this, and my head is spinning a bit with trying to understand. In just delving into this for a little while I've developed somewhat of an anxiety attack when having to face the truth that there's just so much in life to learn, and so little that I know.
January 19, 201412 yr Recently saw Saving Mr Banks, Lone Survivor, Jack Ryan and American Hustle. Mr Banks, was pretty good...kinda slow at times but overall good performances by Hanks and Thompson American Hustle, I enjoyed it...the wife not so much. Really good acting throughout the movie Jack Ryan, much better than I expected. I'm a huge Clancy fan so I was leery of this being a stand alone movie not based on any of the novels. Costner and Pine are both enjoyable and believable in this movie. Knightley also was a solid pick to play Cathy Ryan. Lone Survivor...Run don't walk to see this movie. There are a few Hollywood liberties taken with the story but for the most part if follows the book and I think does an excellent job portraying what those guys went through.
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