It wasn't brilliant, but watching actually good Seth McFarlane jokes made me smile and the relationship between Ted and Mark Wahlberg was genuinely heart-warming. Besides, for some reason I love to watch pretty much anything Mark Wahlberg is in. I just find him to be likable.

Oh, I do too. And as it's been mentioned, Ted looked really good and they did the living bear thing really well. I just didn't like the romance part of it, maybe that was the issue since Mila Kunis can die in a fire. If it had been a movie with just Ted and Wahlberg, it would have been even more amazing. It had a lot of funny moments, but it just wasn't the greatest as I'd hoped it'd be. I'll give it another chance sometime though.

I can stand some family guy. I'm not the biggest of fans, but some gags just crack me up (Have you heard, that the bird is the word ?)
Having said that
Ted was just awful. AWFUL. I felt it insulted my intelligence. The jokes were old and stale, the plot was nonexistent, I felt like I wasted 90 minutes of my life, or however the hell long it was.

I thought Ted was hilarious. But I also thought a huge amount of the humor was very regional. I happen to be from the region in question which is why I thought it was great, but I could imagine it would be a lot less funny if you weren't from the area.

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Room 237

i have got to say that this actually really surprised me....really it's more about obsession....real obsession.....these people are to a point of obsessive insanity....and yet the film does not mock them but rather simple points out their case.....the entire film is compromised of shots from Kubrick films....obviously mainly The Shining....and concentrates on conspiracy theories people have created around the hidden meaning of The Shining....very interesting film and very well done

American Beauty
 

I recently watched American Beauty. I absolutely loved it. Kevin Spacey's acting is superb and the ending left me in awe!

42.

I don't watch much anymore.

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Side Effects

Ahhh, Steven Soderbergh. The man apparently has retired from directing films but I don’t think the man can stay away. I think he’s just burnt out. He’s made ten films since 2007 and has been a producer on countless other productions. I hope he doesn’t stay away from the camera for too long because he’s a one of a kind director that is constantly doing unique projects one after the other. He has directed films such as The Informant which cause me to walk out of the theater early (which never happens) and has directed films that have hooked me in like Contagion, Traffic, and this film…Side Effects.

The story follows Emily Taylor played by Rooney Mara as she deals with her depression and sees a psychiatrist played wonderfully by Jude Law. This is all I can tell you without going into spoiler territory. The film twists and turns that much.

I thought the film did a good job fitting into the “Hitchcock” mold that most thrillers try to adhere too but most end up failing to accomplish. The mystery that Jude Law is trying to uncover is a well written mystery that had me guessing. It managed to flip itself around multiple times without giving the viewer the spins although the final act was a bit muddy at times. Also, was Soderbergh trying to make a political statement about pharmaceutical companies trying to make money at the expense of the health of others? It’s certainly possible the way the plot progressed but what we have here is a classic mystery story that would have worked great as a Noir film which was a pleasant surprise to me considering how much I enjoyed my last film, The Third Man. The acting was good borderline great with Law really shining.

Don’t quit making films Mr. Soderbergh. The business will miss your versatility.

4/5

omg i just finished this like yesterday or a day before too. Is it netflix that brings us together like this? ANYWAY

yeah it was really good, I love Soderbergh's style already since he takes great care with the cinematography element, and this movie was really well plotted out, even though i thought the dialogue was a little iffy at times.

SPOILERS AHOY

The craziest thing was I came in on the middle of the thing, with girl man going to Jude Law at the mall and all, and feeling really bad for her, especially after stabbing Channing Tatum's foine self. I was like "damn, she got it bad" but then they brought up the profits for the other drug and i was like, "what." i really didn't fully figure her out until the shock treatment came up, i didn't buy the saline trick because of placebo effect implications but i may be taking that argument too far.

SPOILERS OVER

You're right on about the multiple flips though, it was like the movie could have ended several times and had entirely different implications if the story wasn't followed though, but ultimately it was the perfect way to wrap it up.

Watched Haute Tension the French slasher movie "Switchblade Romance" and it even had me hiding behind my fingers at the gore.