and i'm a biggest fun of JD 

I guess I had the opposite reaction :)

agree on JD though, cant wait for Public Enemies to come out. 

Character development, character development, character development.

There was none.

The director relied too much on the audience going through the story with Georgie, but never really got to know Georgie. Which worked on a sort easy-listening (or easy viewing) level. But what it didnt do is really get inside the head of Georgie, you didnt get to see much of the emotional side of things....

IDK 

...was a rather nice distraction from writing i/o code for spatial networks.

(The pentagram is a complete graph on 5 vertices, and thus is an appropriate post icon, I hope?) 

I love the musical "evil" theme in Cowboy Bebop so much. Those two deep tones. It is so very dark and evil. Eg in that prisoner ship episode. *shudder* 

YOU COULD HAVE MENTIONED IT WAS ABOUT SOMETHING AS COOL AS SPACE-COWBOYS >:O!!!!!!!

...rage over 

And jazz. Don't forgot the jazz... 

Ice Age 3:
"Ok, so we have all these random locations modeled. Do you think we can use them all in one movie?"

"Sure, we'll just add dinosaurs, that old story about family and use the Ice Age franchise."

"Dinosaurs are almost like dragons, cool, let's also rip off those Shrak guys."

Random idiotic movie with so much fast action and dark, terrifying sequences that i would wish no kids would ever see it, especially in 3D. What the hell... Positive upside to it, the baby is named Peaches so the next movie will be Ice Age 4: Shake Yer Dix... 

There was an Ice Age 2 ? 

I didn't remember anything about it either. The opposums and Manny's girl were introduced there. 

Opposums is a genius concept.

I haven't seen owt Ice Age films, just like the idea... 

A young woman's quest for revenge against the people who kidnapped and tormented her as a child leads her and a friend, who is also a victim of child abuse, on a terrifying journey into a living hell of depravity.

Pretty intense French horror movie. Starts out as your regular torture/splatter/ psycho-creature-mystery film with lots of blood and violence, but when you think you're at the end, it shifts to a whole new stage of brutal, uncompromising scenes (like Hostel, but more disturbing). It's the twists near the end that make it somewhat stand out from the other movies of the genre, though I don't know if I'd watch it again. 

been meaning to get to it. 

Public Enemies (2009) - Pretty damn good despite its faults, namely the completely unnecessary (or so it seemed) choice of shooting on hi def video and an assumption of a more than usual level of familiarity of the time period by the audience.

I have a feeling that the more familiar you are with the time period, events and characters, the more you will like this and vice versa (mainly because the movie tends to be about Dillinger the symbol rather the Dillinger the person). The video look is not great but I wouldnt say it distracts that much if you're interested in the movie. If you're not, the distraction gets amplified.

I thought Depp was fantastic, as was Cotillard. But this will divide even Mann fans, let alone your casual moviegoer.

7.5/10 

This might be a movie for me. It is a calm and thrilling or a fast confusing hollywood thing? 

depends, theres a lot going on, especially early with many charcaters coming in and out and a lot of talk that would probably be quite confusing unless you know a bit about the time period and the people in the movie.

But its definitely slow by hollywood standards.

Also, its quite violent in parts, not sure if that bothers you but just thought I would mention that in case thats a deal breaker. 

Into The Wild -- i was pleasantly suprised, the trailers made it seem like it glorified his story, but in fact the movie is sympathetic towards the character but not with his choices or philosophy. Not a great movie for me in terms of cinematography, but told the story and was watchable.

Star Trek -- suprisingly decent, nothing really bothered me, i don't yet accept these characters as THE characters but maybe they will grow on me. Kirk has swagger but no charm. At least Spock was pretty believable. Pacing and plot were good, though being chased by a random space monster was ironically kind of a lull. 

one of the few movies that I have really disliked and its mainly because I did feel that it glorified his story. 

You should provide IMDB links, I had to search to find out who 'he' was... Oh, and apparently the plot keywords are; Wilderness | Emory University | Alaska | Charity | Female Frontal Nudity

So fair enough, does he set up a strip club in Alaska? 

Not sure about this one. Seems like an indie/low budget production and for some reason I can't quite put my finger on I was constantly torn between finding the imagery appealing and being put off by a slight taint of cheapness it all had. It's mostly b/w, dark and dirty, and shot in somewhat arsty way (at least it reminded me of a movie of such style). Simple plot: A man wakes up deep inside a cave. Suffering amnesia, he has no recollection of how he came to be here or of what happened to the man whose body he finds beside him. Tailed by a mysterious creature, he must continue through this strange and fantastic world. And the gist is - of course - that man is evil and should better not tamper with nature.

For some reason I feel like I have to like the movie, but dunno, maybe it was the horrible dubbing that spoiled it for me. Nice quote by the director (quoting Romain Gary): "Technology is the asshole of science." 

to me it seemed like the film used the various other characters he meets to show you what it thought about him, and their opnions were along the lines of "we like him, but we can tell his quest is driven less by grand ideals and more by emotional damage." It seemed like every character but him saw that he was driving straight into disaster. The film didn't portray those other characters as small-minded or overly cautious people, rather it portrayed them as wiser and more balanced, and seemed to use that to contrast against his extreme reactions to authority, and his heroic self-image. 

but I think the tone, especially combined with the music and cinematography, when McCandless is alone and by himself overwhelms it.

Although I guess it is arguable that the above was done to get you into McCandless' frame of mind and identify with his quest but it didnt work for me. 

you're probably right there, and the artistic/cinematic choices often seemed inconsistent or weird to me. This includes some editing, music, some of the weird effects, etc. And you're right, it does seem like sometimes the film is casting him as a hero, and maybe it's due to those inconsistent choices. 

I Stand Alone
Interesting one, very bleak and desolate in both imagery and atmosphere. The character's inner monologue establishes the tone appropriately. Damn those 'shot cuts' and lol at the "You have 30 seconds to stop this film" warning. Why the double ending?

Irreversible
I expected it to be a lot more fucked up ("The movie that made nitin sick!"). The revenge and the rape scenes are tough, but bearable, and the reverse-progression makes it feel kind of strange, especially after 'cause and effect' are finally exposed. Visually nice, I didn't mind the 'vertigo' style in some scenes. 

with imdb links for nonentity.

The Hurt Locker (2008) - the best war themed film in years and also the best action film of this year. Kathryn Bigelow outdoes herself with this vicious, highly suspenseful and unconventional iraq set film focusing on an elite bomb squad unit.

The narrative is unconventional with no clearly defined antagonists, no real arc and no climax, and yet it is an entriely character driven piece that is never less than interesting. The largely unknown cast is great and the action scenes are far more exciting and memorable than your usual point, shoot and rapidly cut variety that dominate recent films.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0887912/

7.5/10

<b?Thirst (2009) - The new film from Chan Wook Park is an original if very messy take on the vampire film. The basic plot setup involves a priest participating in a medical experiment that goes wrong and turns him into a vampiric creature. But thats just a base for Park to launch a bizarre film version of Zola's Therese Raquin, filled to the brim with hilarious black humour and schizophrenic tone changes.

It cuts through swathes of interesting ideas during its (too long) 133 min runtime, but the most interesting ones are relegated to the sidelines and the misguided adaptation of Therese Raquin taking up most the screentime. Add to that the almost scene for scene change in tone and you have an unfocused, wasted film but one that is always entertaining to a degree.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0762073/

5.5-6/10