FX channel played that movie from a few years ago, Open Water. Anyone seen that before? When it first came out I avoided the hell out of it, cause they always air shark stuff during the summer, and I think the year it came out I was planning a beach vacation and the last thing I need is to see some shark horror movie LOL. So I decided to go ahead and watch it today, and man I can't get it out of my head now. Something about how they filmed it, almost like a home video the way the camera went. Not a lot of sound either. Very little music for emphasis. I think they made this movie with what information they had, and how they think it went for the poor couple, left in the middle of the ocean. I mean, every single moment of this movie just feels so realistic in how they did it, you can completely imagine how you yourself would be in that situation, it makes you understand the horror. They did a really good job filming this movie in that simplistic way. Especially with camera shots at water level, giving the watcher a good idea of what the couple themselves saw. No big acting or drama, just realistic in a raw way.

And man I'm so pissed off cause it all could have prevented so easily! Just a really horrifying movie, but not gory btw. The way they make it, they don't have to do the gore to get the watcher to feel the absolute desparate situation of it all. And the fact that it is all so stupid, one idiot did an idiot thing, and you are dead in a terrible way. It's almost typical. Ugg.

Anyway, what have you watched or rented recently, anything good?

Watched dawn of the dead teice last week [img]tongue.gif[/img] Awesome movie!

Apparently my friend got a copy of Hostel 2 (The digital version was leaked or something) but I think i'll wait and go see it at the cinema's [img]smile.gif[/img]

I just put in Close Encounters of the Third Kind, I haven't seen that movie in a while, so I decided to rent it today.

Just finished watching The Return, am somewhat dissapointed.

<font face="Verdana" size="3" color="#009999">Ghost Rider - Very Good movie.

George and the Dragon - Very Good seemed like a low budget film with a ton of famous actors. My only beef with this movie is the lines and some of the characters seem to be a riped straight from Robin Hood: Prince of Theives.</font>

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Watched Super Troopers the other day with a few friends. Every year, as in Tradition from being in band, we watch it. Taht movie never gets old.

I rented Open Water a few months back. The special features on the disk told about the husband/wife team who wrote, produced, and filmed it. Very low budget -- $130,000.00!! For 2.5 years they would actually fly down to the Bahamas & film for a weekend, then come home again. They actually filmed in the ocean with wild sharks. There's some great info here about it.

Will make a point to catch Open Water soon..

Still recovering from Devil's Rejects tho :eek:

Lets see... since the beginning of the year I've seen the following at the theater, although I might miss a few:

-Shooter - bleh, waste of 2 hours, get it if you've got Netflix and are out of good movies to watch.

-Surfs Up - Excellent movie for the kids, and not a bad movie overall... awesome animation. See it at the cinema!

-Ghost Rider - Fun but predictable and thin on plot, rent it for a b-movie night.

-28 Weeks Later - Zombie filled fun but with some huge plot problems... worth a rent.

-300 - The way a movie based on a Graphic Novel SHOULD look. Definitely worthy of a cinema visit.

-Night at the Museum - Fun kids movie - not real challenging material but worth a rent.

-Pan's Labyrinth - Best movie I've seen this year, bit heavy handed on the violence side but a great movie. Great on the big screen.

-Pirates of the Carribian At World's End - A fitting sequel that doesn't quite match up to it's predescessors. A good rental though.

Saw The Guardian in FL. and Shrek the Third. Hopefully, that'll be the last Shrek movie. It wasn't nearly as amusing as the oher two.

Who wants a moustache ride? :D

That movie was great fun, i have it on DVD. It could have been a pilot for Reno 911, it's the same level of dry humor.

What movies have i watched lately.....hmmmm, there doesn't a aday go without me watching at least one DVD. Right now i'm going through a phase of watching the entire Friends series on DVD, before that i recall having seen 300 Spartans. Tonight i'm gonna watch Fantastic 4-Rise of teh Silver Surfer and/or Norbit, depending on what else is on TV.

Last thing we rented was Holiday or something like that- not bad. One of those movies you enjoy as you go but forget pretty much the minute it's over!

I'm watchin Big Trouble in Little China right no, hahaha classic movie.

<font face="Verdana" size="3" color="#009999">Apocalypto - Very good, nice shots, gore some times a little over the top or extreme, like blood squirting out of the guys head upon getting hit with a blunt club like instument, and where did the children go? logically they may have returned to the village. Mel made them seem inportant than nothing.

Stomp the Yard - Was OK, typical overcome the odds, get the girl movie with a type of dance involved.

Blood and Chocolate - I thought this was really good. I have heard bad things about it but I loved it. Kind of a clash of worlds, and not the typical wearwolf movie, actually not wearwolves according to one of the harry potter movies the other type.</font>

Shrek 3 - So so, started slow but funnier towards the end
Fantastic Four 2 - Decent, not as good as the first
Saw2+3 - Gorey, good twists at the end.
Hot Fuzz - Like it a lot [img]graemlins/thumbsup.gif[/img]
Kill Bill 2 - Very slow moving. Not as actiony as the first.

I'm sure there are more but I can't think at the moment.

Thanks for reminding me about that film OPEN WATER LZ, it had rave reviews down here, I think it was based on a true story in the great barrier reef. Next time I am at the video shop I will check it out.

Die Hard 4 - Good, bit more over the top than previous Die Hard's, but fit in with the films of that genre of this day and age ;) I enjoyed it.

<font face="Verdana" size="3" color="#009999">March of the Penguins, Gridiron Gang and The Last Mimzy. All decent rentals, March of the Penguins is a documentry so some may find it boring but I thought it was cool.</font>