2011 New Release Database

[Stay Puft]

Battle: Los Angeles - nay

[Boner M]

E:
-The Arbor gets a release on the 27th of April and I Nayed it.
-I Yayed Nostalgia for the Light

[Boner M]

The Mechanic - mild nay

Simon West is a bad director.

[Rowland]

The Mechanic - mild nay

Simon West is a bad director.Indeed. I might have mild yay'ed the thing had it not been such a relentless assault on my aesthetic sensibilities.

[transmogrifier]

The Housemaid - nay

I can't imagine why three of you liked this. I'm guessing it has to be because of the camerawork, which is admittedly quite good. But dear god, that was a mind-numbingly idiotic ending. All in all, a pretty shallow effort.

Watch Thirst please.

[Boner M]

Watch Thirst please.
Yeah, that'll teach him what mind-numbing shallowness really is.

[transmogrifier]

Yeah, that'll teach him what mind-numbing shallowness really is.

You've been to Qrazy's night classes on the subject of How to Be Pithy in Your Wrongness, I see.

[eternity]

Yup, Sucker Punch is a nay. NAYYYYYY

[Derek]

You've been to Qrazy's night classes on the subject of How to Be Pithy in Your Wrongness, I see.

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[Bosco B Thug]

Sucker Punch - Nay

[TGM]

That '?' by my name for Sucker Punch should be turned to a 'yay', please. :)

[Ivan Drago]

Rango - YAY

[Boner M]

Happy Few - yay

Can't fathom the largely negative Venice reviews, this is mad solid even if it's lacking in immediately apparent dramatic stakes. It is, however, possible that I was blinded to its faults by Élodie Bouchez. Hott damn.

[EyesWideOpen]

Sucker Punch - big yay

[NickGlass]

Quebecois double feature!

Incendies: Nay

Had my doubts within the first 15 minutes, and they were consistently confirmed throughout the calculated, ponderous running time. It's heavy-handed, sensationalistic melodrama that is too literal and obvious to be poetic, and too abstract to reflect upon actual behavioral or historic truth.

Curling: Yay

Had my doubts within the first 15 minutes, and they were consistently debunked throughout the beautifully crafted, poignant remainder of time. It has all the hallmarks of a heavy-handed art film about communication in an isolated community, but it has such a compassionate core and genuine, and rather devastating, moments of tiny--but significant--epiphanies. The performances are so lived-in that the most absurd logic becomes disturbingly plausible. I'll admit--I was sold at the "I Think We're Alone Now" post-dinner scene. Heartbreaking.

[DavidSeven]

Certified Copy - Yay

[Boner M]

Curling: Yay

Had my doubts within the first 15 minutes, and they were consistently debunked throughout the beautifully crafted, poignant remainder of time. It has all the hallmarks of a heavy-handed art film about communication in an isolated community, but it has such a compassionate core and genuine, and rather devastating, moments of tiny--but significant--epiphanies. The performances are so lived-in that the most absurd logic becomes disturbingly plausible. I'll admit--I was sold at the "I Think We're Alone Now" post-dinner scene. Heartbreaking.
Couldn't agree more; it's the best film of its kind since Uzak. US distribution, plz. Disagreed re: Incendies, but my praise admittedly doesn't extend far beyond 'well-crafted' and 'engrossing', so nevermind.

[Lazlo]

Sucker Punch - Yay

[Philosophe_rouge]

Curling - yay

[Boner M]

yay for Curling from me too.

[Boner M]

Brighton Rock - nay

Sunk by its leaden lead performance (Sam Riley, who, ironically, elevated Control). Still wanna see the Attenborough version.

[elixir]

Wow, I just read the book Brighton Rock. I had no idea a movie was coming out based on it, though. The book is pretty good, so it's too bad to hear the movie isn't.

[NickGlass]

Pariah: Yay

So entirely genuine and damn earnest that the occasional false note and transparent screenplay are somewhat easy to overlook; more impressive than the outstandingly lived-in performances is the way the ensemble creates such plausible dynamics.

[soitgoes...]

Brighton Rock - nay

Sunk by its leaden lead performance (Sam Riley, who, ironically, elevated Control). Still wanna see the Attenborough version.


Wow, I just read the book Brighton Rock. I had no idea a movie was coming out based on it, though. The book is pretty good, so it's too bad to hear the movie isn't.Yeah, see the original. It is sooooo good. The only problem it has is I had a hard time wrapping my mind around the fact that Richard Attenborough will one day be trapped on an island full of dinosaurs.

[lovejuice]

I give Rango a yay and Sucker Punch a nay.

[Lazlo]

Every Day - Nay

Indie family dramedy with absolutely nothing new or surprising or remotely interesting going on. Oh, shit! Having elderly parents, teenage children, a crappy job, and a long-lasting marriage is really tough stuff!

Not even sure how I got turned onto this movie, it got like 39% on RT, but somehow there it was on my Netflix queue. Gotta manage that more closely next time.

[soitgoes...]

Tuesday After Christmas - yay

[NickGlass]

HEARTBEATS - 6 out of 6
yay - babydoll, Brightside, philsophe_rouge, Boner M, eternity, babydoll


Hm, is one of those babydoll scores supposed to be mine?

Tyrannosaur: Hmmm, let me...
Attenberg: ...rest on it.

[Stay Puft]

The Butcher, the Chef and the Swordsman - yay

Kinda stupid, but also kinda fun. I wasn't really feeling it until Masanobu Ando showed up, but his segment won me over, maybe because of my weakness for culinary antics. I suppose I could still go either way on this, and there is a lot here that doesn't work (the film could probably lose the first ten minutes just for starters, it has a really rough and frankly needless opening given the premise and narrative structure), but I do like the premise and I ended up having an enjoyable enough time so a mild yay.

[soitgoes...]

The Green Hornet - nay

[Raiders]

Source Code - I'mma go 'yay' for Jones' propulsive direction and the film's focus on action and movement as character definition, but it really shoots itself in the foot at the end.

[Thirdmango]

source code - yay. Disagree with raiders.

[Boner M]

Sucker Punch - nay

[Boner M]

E: Eleven gave Oki's Movie a 'yay'.

[DavidSeven]

Source Code - Nay

[Watashi]

Source Code - nay

[Bosco B Thug]

Insidious - nay

Yeah, not too hot. Now I'm gonna be all mean-spirited and stuff. :(

[Stay Puft]

Certified Copy - yay

[Stay Puft]

Oh and E you can add my 'yay' for The Butcher, the Chef and the Swordsman. It's a real movie, I promise you! It opened in New York on March 18th.

[Watashi]

Win Win - yay

[Sycophant]

Source Code - yay

[D_Davis]

Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame - Yay

13 Assassins - Yay

[Ivan Drago]

Source Code - nay

[Watashi]

Jane Eyre - yay

[eternity]

I apologize for being so fickle. Change my nay to a yay for Sucker Punch.

Maybe I enjoy it more now because so many people seem to not be giving it credit where it's due, I don't know. It's certainly the one film this year that I've given a lot of thought to.

[StanleyK]

Certified Copy - big yay!

Poetry - also a yay.

[Dukefrukem]

Hobo With a Shotgun - wicked nay

[Lazlo]

Source Code - Yay

[Bosco B Thug]

Ehhh... I was really looking forward to this... I need to stop reading and loving classic literature right before watching new film versions of them.

Jane Eyre - nay

[Henry Gale]

Sucker Punch - nay
Battle: Los Angeles - bigger nay

I can't believe that of these two, Sucker Punch seems to be the one that's gotten the harsher reception. Maybe it's because expectations were higher, but for everything that Snyder's film did badly, at least it seemed (to me) like it was trying, even if its methods of delivering a complicated story or entertaining action were to throw ten things at the screen at once with the hopes that at least some of it stuck. Battle: LA is just a shockingly boring, incomprehensibly shot and beyond cliche-ridden movie that seems to make no effort to have any sort of point to it. I find that way more time-wasting, since it didn't even seem to have enough of anything to it to outright offend me or engage me for long enough to eventually disappoint me.

[Kiusagi]

Sucker Punch - nay

Source Code - yay

Win Win - yay

[Sycophant]

Ehhh... I was really looking forward to this... I need to stop reading and loving classic literature right before watching new film versions of them.

That is a pretty terrible habit. Given the option, I tend to prefer to see film adaptations before reading the original novel.

[Bosco B Thug]

That is a pretty terrible habit. Given the option, I tend to prefer to see film adaptations before reading the original novel. I'll admit it. 25% of my reaction is probably unfair. My brain was nitpicking like the worst kind of purist. Then there were the gutless omissions and shameful simplifications...

But I wouldn't like this movie whether or not I read the book, I'm sure of it. Pride and Prejudice and No Country For Old Men managed to pass the test, but this and Atonement failed. Unspectacularly.

[NickGlass]

Tyrannosaur: Hmmm, let me...
Attenberg: ...rest on it.

Ok, I've slept a few nights on these, I guess (they're both so darn earnest, even though their flaws are still irritating).

Tyrannosaur: Minor nay

Raw, committed performances (well, the center two, at least--Eddie Marsan's significant character is a fucking joke), but the climaxes are obviously telegraphed--not foreshadowed--early in the film and the drama is a bit forced.

Attenberg: Minor yay

Unique but awfully scattered. Its observation on eccentric human behavior is like Dogtooth, but without the actual, convincing narrative frame necessary to shape it.

Public Speaking: Yay
Bill Cunningham, New York: Yay

Two endearing docs that know enough to just focus on their charming subjects.

[Raiders]

Happythankyoumoreplease - NAY

[elixir]

Happythankyoumoreplease - NAY

That movie looks so insufferable. Might be the most irritating title I've come across. Thank you for confirming my preconceptions about it.

[Derek]

Happythankyoumoreplease - NAY

Dude, watch Carlos already!

[Briare]

Win Win - nay. Perhaps I should clarify. Thinking back to all the cutesy indie movies I've seen that this one seems similar to, one should remember to make it more Junebug, more Waitress. Less Upside of Anger. Less Little Miss Sunshine. In other words, the nonsensical tenth grade ethics nature of the proceedings can't be disguised because the emotions within are so forced and artificial. I also officially can no longer stand Paul Giamatti.

[Rowland]

Source Code - yay

[NickGlass]

Jane Eyre: Nay

Tonally imbalanced, a bit reductive, and tries hard to establish a mood without ever truly capturing.

[Bosco B Thug]

Jane Eyre: Nay

Tonally imbalanced, a bit reductive, and tries hard to establish a mood without ever truly capturing.
Yes. I have three words for Fukunaga: why so serious?? The entire film is played with the same note of moodiness or portent (which I frankly found mind-numbingly dull). It's romanticized to a fault, Fukunaga wasting so much time with his mood-building, and, yes, absolutely reductive.

[TGM]

The Adjustment Bureau - Yay
Hanna - Yay
I Am Number Four - Yay
Limitless - Yay
Sanctum - Yay
Season of the Witch - Yay
Unknown - Yay

And I'd like for my "yay" on The Green Hornet to be changed to "nay", please. :)

[Dukefrukem]

Hanna fuck yes.

I thought Rubber was 2010 but, I'll give it a yay

[right_for_the_moment]

-- Yay --
Hanna

-- Nay --
Rubber
Source Code
Kill the Irishman

[Dukefrukem]

I thought Rubber was 2010 but, I'll give it a yay

[Dukefrukem]

Source Code YAY!

[Pop Trash]

Source Code - Imma go with a mild nay...that ending was a little :| for me both logically and on a narrative level.

[Dukefrukem]

A 6 is a nay?

[Dukefrukem]

1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - 10

NAY -----meh----mild yay-------YAY

edit: ummm where'd your post go?

[Pop Trash]

A six is mixed for me like a thumbs sideways or **1/2 stars on Ebert's scale. I'm ultimately going with a mild nay for the reasons I've stated, and I feel this is one of those films that is going to get severely overrated.

[eternity]

Hanna - yay

[Lazlo]

Meek's Cutoff - HUGE YAY
Curling - Regular-sized Yay

[Rowland]

Sorry, just wanna clarify that I was a yay for Source Code.

[Derek]

The Family Jams - mild nay
Source Code - yay

[EyesWideOpen]

Hanna - yay

[Raiders]

Certified Copy - fuck yes
Hanna - yet another mild yay for 2011

...

In fact, please change by Adjustment Bureau grade to a 'nay.' It isn't sitting well and I'm tired of these middling films.

[elixir]

Ah, sorry to bother, just want to say that I don't think my yay for Certified Copy was counted.

[Briare]

Yes. I have three words for Fukunaga: why so serious?? The entire film is played with the same note of moodiness or portent (which I frankly found mind-numbingly dull). It's romanticized to a fault, Fukunaga wasting so much time with his mood-building, and, yes, absolutely reductive.

Essentially. For so much build up it has no emotional pay off. Such pretty camera work and the actors play their parts about as well as they can be played but I can't say I really enjoyed this at all.

[Sycophant]

Summer Wars - a pretty damn mild yay

Nevermind. Its theatrical run started in December 2010.

But that reminds me:

Evangelion 2.0: You Can (Not) Advance - yay

[Philosophe_rouge]

Scream 4 - yay

[Kiusagi]

Evangelion 2.0: You Can (Not) Advance - yay

Would you say the movies are an improvement on the series?

[Sycophant]

Would you say the movies are an improvement on the series?

No. I regard the series very highly. Many people seem to think the new films are an embarrassment of some kind, but I think they're doing their own interesting things.

[Raiders]

I am big, big fan of the original series and End of Evangelion (Death and Rebirth less so) but have been timid to venture into the new stuff. This intrigues me. I haven't actually read much about the rebuilding films.

[Boner M]

The City Below - yay

This movie's hella bizarre, but there's so much mastery on display that I fall on the good side of befuddled.

[Lazlo]

Your Highness - Sadly, nay.

It's kind of funny and kind of adventure-y but it's so awkward and rather stilted and never really congeals into anything substantial.

[baby doll]

Poetry - yay

[Lazlo]

Hanna - Yay

[soitgoes...]

Hobo with a Shotgun - nay

[Philosophe_rouge]

Your Highness - nay.

[Boner M]

Scream 4 - NAY

[Henry Gale]

Source Code - yay

Finally got to see it and really enjoyed it, just not quite as much as Moon. Still the best major release I've seen from the year so far.

[lovejuice]

Rio - yay.

It's no Rango, but I'm in a mood for a "traveling film". Wanna know what the local think, though.

[TGM]

Scream 4 - A mild yay... I think.

[Dukefrukem]

Rango Yay
Unknown Nay

[Dukefrukem]

Super yay

[Ivan Drago]

Scream 4 - yay

[MadMan]

Scream 4-Yay (and also the first 2011 movie I've seen)

[Spinal]

Rio - nay

[Bosco B Thug]

Your Highness - Yay. I thought it was fun.

It was a bit long, though.

And, if you don't mind, can I change my Paul rating to a Nay? And don't tell the others.

[dreamdead]

Sucker Punch - mildest of yays
Uncle Boonmee - YAY

[kopello]

Jane Eyre - yay

[Henry Gale]

Your Highness - yay

This is as much of an endorsement and recommendation of it as it is a way of staking my claim as the only person on here that may love it.

[Ezee E]

BOX OFFICE:
1. Rango - $190
1. Certified Copy - $190
1. Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall Past Lives - $190
4. Source Code - $170
5. Sucker Puch - $130
6. The Adjustment Bureau - $120
7. Love Exposure - $110
8. The Green Hornet - $100
9. Paul - $90
9. Poetry - $90
9. Unknown - $90

[EyesWideOpen]

You forgot my yay for Hanna and I'll add a yay for The Man From Nowhere.

[Boner M]

BOX OFFICE:
1. Rango - $190
1. Certified Copy - $190
1. Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall Past Lives - $190
Utopian BO results.

[NickGlass]

Just saw that this got a release (oof)...

Stake Land: NAY

[Lazlo]

Jane Eyre - Yay

[Philosophe_rouge]

Hanna - yay

[Kiusagi]

Getting caught up here...

Hanna - yay
Jane Eyre - yay
Limitless - yay
The Lincoln Lawyer - yay
Scream 4 - yay

happythankyoumoreplease - nay
Paul - nay
Trust - nay

[baby doll]

Hahaha (not that I imagine this will be getting a US release anytime soon) - yay

[eternity]

Water for Elephants - oh god nay nay nay nay nay

[origami_mustache]

Essential Killing - nay

Film Socialism - yay

Hahaha - meh (more nay than yay)

Heartbeats - nay

The Housemaid - nay

I Wish I Knew - yay

Love Exposure - yay

Poetry- yay

Umshini Wam - yay

[transmogrifier]

13 Assassins - yay

[DavidSeven]

Hanna - Yay

[baby doll]

The Housemaid - yay

[TGM]

Water for Elephants - Yay

[Henry Gale]

No Strings Attached - yay

Very mildly so, since it barely holds together by the final act with the script scrambling to find use for all of its characters and pretty much failing to do so by the end. At the same time though, I actually wish there was more of the supporting characters, especially when it came to Gerwig and Jasenovic's relationship, and hell, I even would have liked to see more Luda.

But it made me laugh out loud multiple times, I thought the leads were likeable throughout (even Kutcher!) even when the plot forced them into cliche-ville, and I'm struggling to think of a better mainstream romantic comedy of recent. So if that all adds up to its criteria, then it passes.

[Boner M]

Paul - nay

[NickGlass]

My Perestroika: Yay

Universal history through person stories. Good stuff, and playful. I almost wish it was longer. It's sort of like The Up Series, but with an Iron Curtain backdrop.

Beautiful Darling: Nay

More like "meh," I suppose. All documentaries on Warhol's superstars are fun, but they're almost all famous for their glamorous superficiality, so their documentaries always comes off as silly when they try for poignancy.

[Stay Puft]

Hanna - nay

Good music, meh everything else. But enjoyed the bits with Jason Flemyng and Olivia Williams.

[NickGlass]

NO SET DATE:
ARBOR, The - 1 out of 1
yay - Boner M


The Arbor is currently playing in NYC. I'll probably see it next week. I'm generally wary of documentaries that claim to meld "fact" and "fiction," but I'm curious. Due to your "yay," Boner, I'm assuming you recommend it to me?

[Boner M]

The Arbor is currently playing in NYC. I'll probably see it next week. I'm generally wary of documentaries that claim to meld "fact" and "fiction," but I'm curious. Due to your "yay," Boner, I'm assuming you recommend it to me?
I actually nayed it and reminded E of its release date several times (sorry E, luv yr work, but c'mon...). I thought the lip-sync'd transcript technique was striking at first, but then became more distancing (in a bad way) and eventually numbing as the more tragic details of Dunbar's life are imparted. It was, however, my 4th film of a festival day so I'd like to give it another chance. Everyone else's crazy about it too, so you'd best ignore me in this case.

That said, why are you wary of explicit fact/fiction hybrid docos? I'm more wary of docos that purport to be strictly fact, as if oblivious to the porous distinction between both forms.

[Bosco B Thug]

Fast Five - nay, sirs.

But not a deplorable way to waste an hour and a half and then thirty more lame-heist-movie minutes.

[Boner M]

Getting a US release in a few weeks...

City of Life and Death - yay

[Stay Puft]

City of Life and Death - yay

Been wondering when this one would show up. Quite good, and the Japanese ceremony near the end is one of the more powerful movie passages that sticks out in my mind lately.

[Stay Puft]

Source Code - nay

[Henry Gale]

Fast Five - weak yay

I didn't think that I could be disappointed with the movie since I shouldn't have really been looking for anything substantial with it, though at the same time I still mostly admire it for trying to do more than I expected, despite the fact that there's a lot of middle-of-the-road fat in between it all. It's a very entertaining bad movie with enough well-constructed and exciting action to make it worthwhile. Plus unintentional lulz bring up the fun levels.

[NickGlass]

That said, why are you wary of explicit fact/fiction hybrid docos? I'm more wary of docos that purport to be strictly fact, as if oblivious to the porous distinction between both forms.

I'm more against it aesthetically rather than conceptually. The idea always sound potent, but I have a deep fear of recreations; they're almost always cheesy and/or demean the subject and content (as you think The Arbor did, but I may see for myself this week).

[NickGlass]

Ok, I've slept a few nights on these, I guess (they're both so darn earnest, even though their flaws are still irritating).

Tyrannosaur: Minor nay

Raw, committed performances (well, the center two, at least--Eddie Marsan's significant character is a fucking joke), but the climaxes are obviously telegraphed--not foreshadowed--early in the film and the drama is a bit forced.

Attenberg: Minor yay

Unique but awfully scattered. Its observation on eccentric human behavior is like Dogtooth, but without the actual, convincing narrative frame necessary to shape it.

Public Speaking: Yay
Bill Cunningham, New York: Yay

Two endearing docs that know enough to just focus on their charming subjects.

Pretty sure this whole post was skipped.

Echo of Moner M's sentiments: "(sorry E, luv yr work, but c'mon...)"

[NickGlass]

Some Boston film fest screenings:

Have distribution/2011 release date:

The Future: Yay
The Catechism Cataclysm: Nay

Does not have distribution, but is just as good as The Future:

Littlerock: Yay

[Stay Puft]

The Warring States - nay

Haha, that was stupid. Some of the worst special effects I've seen lately, too.

[Lazlo]

Fast Five - Yay

[Boner M]

The Debt - nay

When an espionage thriller begins at a book launch, it basically means mediocrity ahead. Gets better as it goes along, and nice to discover that Sam Worthington can (sorta) act, but meh.

[Henry Gale]

The Debt - nay

When an espionage thriller begins at a book launch, it basically means mediocrity ahead. Gets better as it goes along, and nice to discover that Sam Worthington can (sorta) act, but meh.

I honestly forgot this movie existed. I know it was delayed, but is it supposed to come out anytime soon? Not that these are the sort of thoughts to keep me interested in it.

[Boner M]

Source Code - mild nay

[Henry Gale]

Insidious - yay

I liked it enough. Didn't expect to find it as creepy as I did, so that sort of surprise probably helped my overall enjoyment of it. And although I won't disagree with those that say a lot of what goes on in the third act is less well-crafted than the first section of the movie, I still think a lot of it finds a way of keeping things new and interesting right when you think you've fully grasped the look and feel of it all. Without spoiling exactly what, some scenes later on with certain props and musical cues keep things hilariously offbeat, whether or not it keeps the proper mood.

[lovejuice]

Fast Five - yay

[TripZone]

Source Code - mild nay

Yeah, nay.

[TGM]

Thor - yay

[Pop Trash]

Thor - mild yay

Not a bad popcorned, air-conditioned rendezvous. Hemsworth was good. Portman, alas, was not.

[endingcredits]

THOR - nay

[TripZone]

Mrs. Carey's Concert: yay

[Thirdmango]

The Green Hornet - weak Yay

Thor - Yay

[Bosco B Thug]

Thor - solid yay

Though I feel like I don't have proper comparison for superhero movies, the only one I've seen in the last 3-4 years is The Dark Knight.

Energetic fun with a good sense of wit and irreverence, and also a well-gauged moral-political backbone.

[NickGlass]

Scream 4: Nay

How can you write about a movie that writes its own review with self-aware smugness?

EDIT: For the record, it's amusing, but it only really approaches a "ha ha" sort of superficial meta-ness. The richest meta commentary may not have even been deliberate, too.

[Lazlo]

Thor - Yay. Magnificent stuff, though the Earth stuff might sag a bit. Just a bit. Hemsworth is fantastic.

[soitgoes...]

Gnomeo & Juliet - nay
I Am Number Four - nay

Both were better than expected, but still not good. Still haven't seen a true 2011 film that I'd label as good.

[Henry Gale]

Thor - yaaay

[Raiders]

Thor - mild yay almost exclusively for the performances; the Earth stuff is total dullsville. Definitely see the genius in hiring Branagh as director though.

[Philosophe_rouge]

Fast Five - yay
Film socialism - mild nay
Jane Eyre -yay
Rio - Mild yay
The Roomate - nay
Summer Wars - yay
Thor - yay

[Sycophant]

Fast Five - very moderate nay

[Watashi]

Thor - yay
Water for Elephants - nay

[Spinal]

Source Code - no

[soitgoes...]

Thor - mild yay

[origami_mustache]

Outrage - yay if you approach it as a satire of yakuza films.

I Saw The Devil - yay for well directed cheap genre thrills.

Your Highness - nay

[lovejuice]

The Lincoln Lawyer - Yay.

It's pretty fun. Though I have a hard time buying into the logic of the movie. (granted I have zero understanding how the legal system in the US works.)

[B-side]

(granted I have zero understanding how the legal system in the US works.)

Not to worry. We don't either.

[Stay Puft]

Passion Play - nay
The First Grader - nay

Saw both of these in Toronto last year, just noticed they've been released commercially in the last couple weeks. Passion Play has a fun Bill Murray role and Christopher Doyle behind the lens but none of it is good enough to salvage lousy material. The First Grader has an engaging lead surrounded by, well, lousy material. Both ultimately weak and forgettable.

[Stay Puft]

Also E you did not count my nay for The Warring States, though I realize I'm probably the only person on Match Cut who will ever watch this so who cares.

[TGM]

Priest - yay

It actually wasn't nearly as horrible as I was expecting. I enjoyed it quite a bit.

[Boner M]

Pirates 4 - NAY

Just miserable, and this is from someone who thought the previous two sequels had their merits. At least this one highlights what a good director Verbinski is.

[Pop Trash]

Bridesmaids - yay

[B-side]

Drive Angry 3D - yay

[TGM]

Hrm, my "nay" on Priest should actually be a "yay".

[Boner M]

Of Gods and Men - yay

Was admittedly bored early on, but the last act packs a punch. Everyone cites the Swan Lake scene, rightfully, but the hymn vs. helicopter scene floored me too.

EDIT: E, there's no entry for this one. baby doll yay'd it too.

[Henry Gale]

Hobo with a Shotgun - yay

The Roommate - Oh god nay why did I watch this

[Ivan Drago]

THOR - Yay

[Philosophe_rouge]

Midnight in Paris - yay

[Lazlo]

The Green Hornet - Mild Nay

[Philosophe_rouge]

bridesmaids yay
potiche yay

[Henry Gale]

Bridesmaids - yay

Definitely really good stuff, but is it going too heavily against the grain to say that this probably isn't even my favourite comedy of the last couple of months? Especially since that other movie is Your Highness...

[origami_mustache]

Oki's Movie - yay
Bridesmaids - yay

[Boner M]

13 Assassins - yayayay

So much fun. Hypnotically assembled Jenga tower of formality, that proceeds to giddily collapse into a cloud of blood, limbs, mud, dust & flaming oxen. Need to catch up on my Miike.

[Lazlo]

No Strings Attached - 7

[Ezee E]

Damnit. Tempting to download 13 Assassins, but I'll patiently wait for the DVD and watch on the HDTV.

[endingcredits]

Certified Copy - nay

[Megiddo]

Certified Copy - yay
Hobo With a Shotgun - yay
Uncle Boonmee - yay

[NickGlass]

No Strings Attached: Nay

Why, Kevin Kline? Why?

Also, I blame my roommate and the "available for 24 hours after ordering" function on Time Warner OnDemand for this.

[TGM]

Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides - Mild Nay

It wasn't horrible, though I honestly can't really even think of anything positive to say about it either, so there...

[EyesWideOpen]

Thor - yay
I Saw the Devil - yay

[Ivan Drago]

Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides - NAY

EDIT: Woah, my vote was counted already. Now that's what I call ahead of the game, E.

[Pop Trash]

Cave of Forgotten Dreams - yay

Thought this was pretty great. Nothing less than the origins of art (and in Herzog's view -the origins of the human soul). I really liked the way the cave paintings were shot to resemble light by torch. Nice music as well. Still trying to wrap my head around the coda involving mutant crocodiles.

[Derek]

Midnight in Paris - heck yay

[Rowland]

Midnight in Paris - heck yay
:pritch:

[soitgoes...]

Drive Angry - Yay
The Tunnel Movie - Nay

[eternity]

Bridesmaids - yay

[Derek]

:pritch:

Oh, were you a fan or just looking forward to this one? It's Woody's best since Sweet and Lowdown and perhaps even better than that one. Tough to say since I got stuck in the front row, about 10 feet from the screen, but the fact that I still enjoyed it despite the headache and neck pains that set in about halfway through speaks to the quality of the film. This should make fans of Purple Rose of Cairo happy, though I actually like this one more.

[Rowland]

Oh, were you a fan or just looking forward to this one? It's Woody's best since Sweet and Lowdown and perhaps even better than that one. Tough to say since I got stuck in the front row, about 10 feet from the screen, but the fact that I still enjoyed it despite the headache and neck pains that set in about halfway through speaks to the quality of the film. This should make fans of Purple Rose of Cairo happy, though I actually like this one more.Just really pumped.

[Watashi]

Oh, were you a fan or just looking forward to this one? It's Woody's best since Sweet and Lowdown and perhaps even better than that one. Tough to say since I got stuck in the front row, about 10 feet from the screen, but the fact that I still enjoyed it despite the headache and neck pains that set in about halfway through speaks to the quality of the film. This should make fans of Purple Rose of Cairo happy, though I actually like this one more.
Did you see it at the Arclight?

[Raiders]

Oh, were you a fan or just looking forward to this one? It's Woody's best since Sweet and Lowdown and perhaps even better than that one. Tough to say since I got stuck in the front row, about 10 feet from the screen, but the fact that I still enjoyed it despite the headache and neck pains that set in about halfway through speaks to the quality of the film. This should make fans of Purple Rose of Cairo happy, though I actually like this one more.

Considering Cairo is my favorite Allen film, I'm really psyched for this.

[Derek]

Did you see it at the Arclight?

No, it was sold out there. Obviously front row seats there wouldn't be that bad. Ended up getting the last 3 seats at the Landmark on Pico and my friend thought we were getting the very back row. Oh well, I got a really nice look at Rachel McAdams ass.


Considering Cairo is my favorite Allen film, I'm really psyched for this.

Yeah, it's really a nice blend of the magical realism of Cairo, self-reflexive yet clever pessimism and the more absurd humor missing from his films of late. It's also nice seeing Wilson in a good movie again.

[eternity]

The Beaver - yay (only because of Mel Gibson's performance. otherwise...)

[baby doll]

Mildred Pierce - yay

[Spinal]

Thor - yeah, sure, why not

[Boner M]

Pirates 4 - can you add another nay from me, E?

[Watashi]

I'm yay on Bridesmaids. Just barely.

[Dukefrukem]

Troll Hunter - mild yay, worth experiencing at least once. Don't recommend it if you didn't like Blair Witch although there is much MORE steady cam shots in TH, on top of the beautiful scenery of Norway.

[eternity]

I never said I disliked Scream 4. Cause I haven't seen Scream 4.

If I said otherwise (I didn't), then I was sleep posting and my sleeping self is a liar.

[Thirdmango]

bridesmaids yay

[Kiusagi]

Thor - yay

Water for Elephants - nay

[Dukefrukem]

Priest - yay

It actually wasn't nearly as horrible as I was expecting. I enjoyed it quite a bit.

Tell me more

[Watashi]

The Beaver - sadly nay

[TGM]

Tell me more

It's really just a dumb action flick, and it blatantly steals from several other franchises, everything from Indiana Jones to Pirates of the Caribbean. But despite its unoriginality, it's so damn fun that you can't help but love it. My friends and I went in fully expecting it to suck, but we were pleasantly surprised to find that it, in fact, wasn't completely horrible!

And after looking it up afterwards, it literally has nothing at all to do with the source material it's based off of. There are no vampires in the original story, whereas this movie is based entirely around them. So we joked that the guy in the trailer who constantly insists that "there is no vampire menace" just happened to have a copy of the graphic novel on hand.

[Lazlo]

Bridesmaids - Yay

[Ivan Drago]

Hanna - yay

Very well-made and well-acted, but I really wasn't involved with it story-wise.

[Philosophe_rouge]

Tree of Life - YAY

[elixir]

Tree of Life - YAY

I am jealous. It's not even out in the US yet--where do you live?

[Pop Trash]

So I have a chance to see Tree of Life in a week, but I have a doctor's appt. that day that I will have to reschedule till 2026 or some shit. Stupid American Health Care System.

[Philosophe_rouge]

I am jealous. It's not even out in the US yet--where do you live?

Montreal. It was a press screening.

[Ivan Drago]

The Hangover Part II - Yay

[MadMan]

I badly want to see The Tree of Life, even though I don't know anyone who would go see it with me.

The Hangover Part II-Yay

[B-side]

Too Big to Fail - nay

[Rowland]

Bridesmaids - mild yay

[eternity]

Attack the Block - yay

[Rowland]

The Silent House (La Casa Muda) - yay

EDIT: actually I'm not sure if this counts, but whatever

[Watashi]

Kung Fu Panda 2 - yay

[elixir]

Midnight in Paris - yay

[Henry Gale]

The Hangover 2.0 - nay

The best recommendation I can give is to people that haven't seen the first movie. But then again, they may not get majority of the jokes. Yeah... everyone, just wait a few months until you can see it for cheap / free. A few great moments from Galifianakis don't warrant a full ticket price.

[Spinal]

Hanna - yay

[Kurosawa Fan]

Jane Eyre - Yay

[Bosco B Thug]

Hangover Part II - nay

Bottom line is it's simply inferior to the original in terms of laughs, invention, and novelty. But on its own standards, one can't deny its watchability.

[Lucky]

Hangover II - Nay

[Spinal]

Kung Fu Panda 2 - yes

[EyesWideOpen]

Bridesmaids - yay

[Sven]

But on its own standards, one can't deny its watchability.

Can one not? :)

[Lazlo]

Daydream Nation - Negative

[Henry Gale]

Rango - yay

[Bosco B Thug]

Can one not? :) One can be snooty and loving it, yes. ;)

Oh and:

The Rite - nayzzzz

[elixir]

Bridesmaids - yay

[TGM]

Bridesmaids - Nay

Kung Fu Panda 2 - Yay

[Lazlo]

I Saw the Devil - Yay

[Philosophe_rouge]

Hangover II - nay

[Lazlo]

The Hangover Part II - Mild Yay

[Boner M]

Fast Five - yay

[baby doll]

I Wish I Knew - yay

[NickGlass]

Midnight in Paris: What at once felt potentially like a yay became a nay.

The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceauşescu: Yay, and yay, and some more yay.

[Boner M]

The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceauşescu: Yay, and yay, and some more yay.
...and some more yay from me.

[NickGlass]

...and some more yay from me.

Frankly, though, even 15 minutes in a knew a "yay" was a done deal.

[TGM]

Kung Fu Panda 2 - Yay

Bridesmaids - Nay
The Hangover: Part II - Nay Nay Nay NAY NAY!!!

[Mysterious Dude]

Mid-year dump!

Movies that have already been mentioned:

13 Assassins - Yay
The Adjustment Bureau - Yay
Meek's Cutoff - Yay

Movies that apparently no one has seen but me, but which I'm fairly certain are 2011 movies:

Hævnen (In a Better World) - Yay
Hesher - Nay
Jess + Moss - Yay
Miral - Nay
The Princess of Montpensier - Nay
A Screaming Man - Yay
Viva Riva! - Yay

Movies that I'm quite sure I saw in theaters in 2010 and am pretty sure I even voted for in the 2010 thread but which I guess we're considering 2011 movies:

Summer Wars - Yay

[Lazlo]

Too Big to Fail - Yay

[Rowland]

Movies that I'm quite sure I saw in theaters in 2010 and am pretty sure I even voted for in the 2010 thread but which I guess we're considering 2011 movies:
Summer Wars - Yay
It did have a limited release at the end of December, so I don't know if it should count.

[Russ]

If it makes any difference, put me down as a NO for Certified Copy and a YES for Uncle Boonmee.

[Watashi]

Tree of Life - yayayayayay

[Lazlo]

I Am Number Four - No

[kopello]

Bridesmaids - yay
Kung Fu Panda 2 - yay

[soitgoes...]

Cedar Rapids - Nay, probably. Could go either way.

[Dukefrukem]

I'll give Kung Fu panda a yay. I'd watch it again if it were on TV, but it doesn't even compare to the first. Still better than the majority of dreamworks animations.

[Henry Gale]

The Ward - nah

[Mysterious Dude]

Sigh. Will Eric ever learn how to spell my name? So far, 2011 is looking a lot like 2010.