Rorie (Level 23)

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Movies I've Seen Since Screened.com Launched
Hey. Starting May 12, 2010, I'm hoping to add every movie I watch to this little list. Some of them will be movies I've already seen, obviously, but let's hope there'll be some good ones in here. I may wind up ranking these by order of preference, or just keep them chronological - we'll see!
1. (500) Days of Summer

5/12/2020. Still love it. First Blu-Ray I've bought in a while. Came all smudged for some reason, sadface, but a good napkin rubdown solves that. Now to check out the director's commentary. I kind of have a crush on Joseph Gordon-Levitt, which is weird, because I always wanted to punch him when I saw his shitty haircut on commercials for Third Rock For The Sun. (I mentioned the commercials to let you know I never watched the show, and thus am still marginally cool.)
2. Timecrimes

5/12/2010. Wrote a blog on this one. Interesting little time-travel film.

3. Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans

5/13/2010. Interesting, but flawed. The original Bad Lieutenant was probably a bit rougher on its main character, and the central crime was definitely worse, but still - Eva Mendes. I have spent 20 years watching the man but I still have no idea if I like or loathe Nic Cage.

4. Robin Hood

5/14/2010. Check out the staff review for my thoughts!
5. OSS 117 - Lost in Rio

5/14/2010. Review coming soon.

6. Fantastic Mr. Fox

5/16/2010. Enjoyable enough, but kind of slight. The animation was fantastic, though.

7. Letters to Juliet

5/17/2010. Vanessa Redgrave is amazing enough to almost make this film worth watching. Almost.

8. Carlito's Way

5/18/2010. Streaming on Netflix. Quite good, although Penelope Ann Miller has never been one of my favorite actresses.

9. Mission: Impossible II

5/19/2010. Caught this on FX while I was doing some database edits. Not like I was seeking it out or anything. Yep, it's still pretty bad.

10. Tell No One

5/20/2010. Amazing French murder mystery/love story.

11. MacGruber

5/21/2010. Check the staff reviews!
12. Paper Man

5/22/2010. Review coming soon.
13. The Closet

5/24/2010. Amazing little French comedy. Maybe I'll write it up for It Came From My Instant Queue?
14. Hulk

5/25/2010
15. Waking the Dead

5/27/2010
16. Sex and the City 2

5/28/2010. Check the staff reviews for my opinion!
17. Ichi

5/30/2010. So-so Ichi movie. The formula is really showing its age here, and CGI blood is simply awful.

18. Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs

Nice little CGI comedy. I like the recurring motifs that they threw in here. Lot better than I expected.

19. Splice

Staff Review.
20. Killers

Staff review.

21. The Road

Surprisingly kind of meh. A bit too mellow; would've preferred a bit more than the morose narrative than we got.

22. Max Payne

Surprisingly faithful to the video game. Not very good, but not awful; worth a rental, at least. I liked the garage shooting scene.

23. I'll Sleep When I'm Dead

One of the more bizarre movie endings I've seen recently.

24. The Proposal

Hey, it was on streaming. The dancing-in-the-woods segment was one of the most cringe-inducingly bad thing I've seen in the last year or so.

25. Hedwig and the Angry Inch

6/9/2010. Movie night at a friend's house. Excellent little musical.

26. Star Trek III: The Search for Spock

For a feature.
27. Star Trek V: The Final Frontier

For a feature.

28. The A-Team

6/11/2010. Staff review!
29. From Paris with Love

6/11/2010. Absolutely non-sensical, and Jonathan Rhys Meyers' accent is one of the worst in recent film history. Travolta was fun, though.
30. Bram Stoker's Dracula
31. Twilight
32. The Twilight Saga: New Moon
33. Ondine
34. Valentine's Day

Redefining the meaning of "paper thin" when it comes to characters.

35. In the Loop

Really good. Grown-up Anna Chlumsky got cute.

36. Edge of Darkness

I liked this a lot more than I was expecting to, based on the reviews.

37. Jonah Hex

Staff Review. Pretty bad.

38. TiMER

Maybe an Instant Queue piece.

39. Knight and Day

Alex wrote a Staff Review.

40. Grown Ups

Staff review. Terrible stuff.

41. I Am Love

I Am Loved it. Staff review.

42. Primer

Rewatched it. Mesmerizing and borderline unintelligible.

43. Surrogates

Not bad, but not particularly good, either. It's on Instant Streaming.

44. The Twilight Saga: Eclipse

Staff review.
45. The Last Airbender

Staff review.

46. The Blair Witch Project

Still scary after all these years.

47. Videodrome

Not quite as impactful as it probably was in 1983. I kind of like They Live more as an essay on television culture, but Videodrome is definitely freakier.

48. Predators

Alex Staff Review.

49. The Girl Who Played with Fire

Staff Review.
50. Schizopolis

Whipped this out to show it to a friend. Still funny!
16 Comments
Abeon May 13, 2010 at 5:18 a.m.
Great idea, I think I'm gonna go make one of these too.
Captain_Insanoon May 14, 2010 at 6:53 p.m.
@Abe said:
" Great idea, I think I'm gonna go make one of these too. "
ditto.
 
I thought (500) Days of Summer was okay. It got better when things got worse for Joseph Gordon-Levitt's character. When he is actually dating Summer it was kind of lame (I'm looking at you Ikea scene).
Kraznoron May 15, 2010 at 1:41 a.m.

I say pshaw to Eva Mendes. Nicolas Cage was extraordinary in that film however. Been revisiting his films lately, one of the most unique actors at the very least. No one can do over the top quite like he does.

Aarnyon May 16, 2010 at 6:50 p.m.
Glad you loved 500 :)
cexantuson May 16, 2010 at 9:28 p.m.
Made my own list in response to this one.  Seems like a good way to keep track of movies that I recently watched.
Soundtrackon May 17, 2010 at 5:30 a.m.
Are you taking requests?
Rorieon May 17, 2010 at 11:09 a.m.
@Soundtrack:  Hmm, I dunno! I have plenty of stuff in my Netflix queue that I need to work through. I'm aiming for a movie a day, but we'll see how long I can keep that up - it's not easy to catch a movie during the day with all the submission approvals and the like.
Shaunageon May 18, 2010 at 10:28 p.m.
I liked Bad Lieutenant a lot more than you did, by the sounds of it. I suppose that's why we have a user review system in place.
Rorieon May 19, 2010 at 12:26 a.m.
@Shaunage:  I didn't hate it by any means, but it was built up quite a bit by friends and people I like online, so it was bound to be a bit disappointing. I guess in the end it didn't really wind up making me feel anything, which is still what I look for in a movie. Well-made and well-acted, though.
Captain_Insanoon June 20, 2010 at 10:06 p.m.
I created a similar list (well, I stole your idea) and it made me realise how little I actually get the opportunity to watch movies now. I am up to about 13 and that has been with a concerted effort to watch more films. I blame full time employment really, back at uni and school days I would power through films, now 2 and a bit hours is a serious chunk of time.
fuzzayon July 15, 2010 at 8:17 p.m.
I didn't realize I stole your list idea! I guess great minds think alike. If I have one criticism about your list, it's that it's not ordered from most recent. I mean, MINE is. :P
Rorieon July 19, 2010 at 4:50 p.m.
@fuzzay:  It is ordered in that way; I've just gotten too lazy to add the dates.
PatheticManon July 23, 2010 at 2:14 a.m.
Ooh - I've got two days to watch Tell No One for free on the LOVEFiLM website and this list has now convinced me to watch it tonight.
IkariNoTekkenon Sept. 18, 2010 at 2:28 p.m.
 I re-watched Leon the other night and can't say I agree with you, the performances were great all round. In my opinion it still outshines most films released since it's release in 93.
Also can't see how the age would effect the 'creepiness' of the film, it that is what you were suggesting?   

Not sure if the uncut version was ever released in the US, but if so is that the version you watched? If not then most of the scenes that Americans considered 'creepy' in the original screening were not included. A shame as I feel these scenes are necessary for further developing Leon and Mathilda as characters. Also several other scenes were cut as some portrayed Mathilda as being in-danger, these were not crucial to the story but great scenes nonetheless.
 
However I agree more with your opinion of Bad Lieutenant, it was indeed well acted (One of the Cage's better performances in recent years) but I came out of the cinema feeling empty, not what I would call memorable.
Dylabalooon Oct. 3, 2010 at 3:21 p.m.
Good stuff keep it coming.
Anandfulnesson Nov. 17, 2010 at 2:37 p.m.
I'm going to steal your idea. Hope you don't mind.
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