My wife and I just returned home from watching Tron Legacy (in 3D even). I thought it was a very good film overall and the action sequences were absolutely incredible, which the 3D only made more impressive . I won't reveal too much of the plot here suffice it to say that Kevin Flynn (played by Jeff Bridges of the 1st movie) gets trapped in the digital world and is found much later by his son Sam. Bruce Boxleitner has cameos in the film (as well as in the digital world, although just a few glimpses). The real stars of the film are the technology in the computer...revamped Recognizers, Light Cycles, and fighter aircraft will thoroughly blow you away! The dialogue is clunky in places and the movie bogs down at points, but it's definitely one of the most enjoyable films I've watched this year. No Cindy Morgan anywhere to be seen though .

I saw The Fighter and Black Swan this weekend. Both were terrific movies, both are rated R and for good reason, especially Black Swan!!! Still, for the adults in this forum I'd recommend both of them. Personally I preferred Black Swan, though it's not one I am likely to watch again.

I saw megamind on the last day of school, it was too predictable and has been done heaps of times.

I took my little sister to see Tangled a couple nights ago. I loved it.

I was kind of interested in Black Swan, but it seemed just a little bit too too dark/intense for me...and I usually like that stuff Also, I'm not a enourmous fan of Natalie Portman so it wasn't like the actress was pulling me to see it.

Anyone seen True Grit? I'm hoping to go see it with my mom sometime soon...

I'm thinking of taking my dad to see True Grit next week, Val. We both like John Wayne movies, so we're pretty curious to see how it compares to the previous film. I've heard a lot of good things about it though.

Went to see True Grit with my father and sisters last night. I personally liked it a great deal. The performances were great, and it was honestly a lot funnier than I'd thought it would be. Now, I've only seen bits of the original, so I don't know how it compares. My father was a fan of the original and he said it 'retained enough of the original, while being it's own film, to be a good movie'.

I'm with you on Black Swan, Val. The trailer really creeped me out.

I went to see The King's Speech with my dad and grandmother today. It lived up to my expectations: a lovely movie, and currently one of my top 5 favorites from this year. If I had one criticism, it would be that the film seemed to milk the emotion of certain scenes a bit too much: quicker cutaways would have made certain scenes just a wee bit better. But in general everything was excellent. The script was sharp and witty, the cinematography quite pleasing (although there were far too many shots with a person on the far left side of the screen to my tastes, and nothing to the right), the music beautiful (both the Beethoven excerpts and Alexandre Desplat's original score), and the acting was, of course, superb. Colin Firth, to my mind, has been coasting on his Mr. Darcy image for the last decade or so, with a steady diet of light romantic fare that doesn't really show him at his best. As the stuttering George VI, he is definitely working in a new direction. And the resultant performance is superb. In a role like this, one could easily resort to caricature -- Firth doesn't even brush with it. The last ten minutes alone may win him his long-awaited Oscar.

Geoffrey Rush may also run away with a little golden statue this year: he is by turns funny, wry, and sympathetic as Lionel Logue, and his scenes with Firth are invariably the highlights of the film. Helena Bonham Carter gives one of her most effective performances in recent memory as George's wife (the current queen mother); I only wish that one of her lines from the trailer had been left in, in which she says, "I intend to be a very good queen ... to a very great king" -- that simple cut may have cost her an Oscar.

Out of the other actors, Guy Pearce stands out for his brash and irresponsible Edward VIII. But really the whole cast is culled out of the depths of the British acting aristocracy: Derek Jacobi, Jennifer Ehle, Michael Gambon, Claire Bloom, Timothy Spall, Anthony Andrews ... the names just keep coming.

Credit must go to director Tom Hooper for putting together such a wonderful film. This is only his third film, and the first to get any sort of major press, but he has had an award-winning TV career with such dramas as John Adams, Elizabeth I, and one of my favorite miniseries of all time, Daniel Deronda. It's nice to see his work on the big screens at last. The guy's a genius, and I'll definitely be looking forward to what he puts out next.

I really want to see The King's Speech...but I doubt it's playing anywhere near me

I saw True Grit today! It was quite excellent. I honestly had no idea of the plot except it was something about revenge. But I thoroughly enjoyed it.

It was kind of surprising to me to hear the hymn "Leaning on the Everlasting Arms" incorporated into the soundtrack, and sung during the credits. Also a Bible verse was shown on the screen prior to the movie...

The movie started out a bit slow, I don't think it would be the sort that I could sit through quite a few times or anything.

I was pretty impressed by the fact that

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Mattie actually shot Chaney. I honestly didn't really think she would, since most of the time in movies when characters are bent on having their revenge, they change their mind and realize that shooting the guy would actually make them as bad as the guy they were going to kill. Whereas I wish they'd just kill them already. So I was pleasently surprised when she shot him.

My only slight "complaint" was that I wished Mattie could have saved herself a bit more. In particular when

It was rated 14a for violence, but I guess violence doesn't really bother me because I didn't think it was bad at all, and neither did my mom, although I could see her flinching at a few spots

So yeah...GREAT movie. I certainly hope it gets some nods from Oscars.

I saw the King's Speech and I thought it was excellent. When I tell people that the movie is about a KIng who overcomes his stuttering problem and fear of public speaking, they look at me like its boring. However the film was so interesting! I really wish I could explain it better. It was also very funny, which is always good. And the jokes were actually funny..not corny.

I saw Tron. The story was kind of boring. The visuals and music was stunning!

Has anyone seen the Fighter? I'm considering watching and I want to know if its good.

I also saw The King's Speech, as I was telling my friend- it's an amazing movie. Terrific all around, but it's not my year's favorite movie. I know it's up for many awards and soon will be at Oscars too- all nominations are worthy for it, and it would make a terrific win, but as far as Oscars go I also things it's the "safest" for them. I'd prefer something like The Social Network or Black Swan to win, but TKS is terrific so it would be just as good to see it win.

As for Tron, I see your very same views, story's not the best, but the visuals and music is enough to have let me really enjoy it. Which is basically what I wanted from it.

I saw The Fighter, posted it I think a page or two ago. I think it's a very good movie. The King's Speech is better though. Some of the material in it can be "troubling" (drugs). But the movie is worth a watch I think.

I also saw Tron Legacy. I had a movie voucher, so I paid the bit extra and watched it in 3D. The story was the pits, the acting was rather bland (except Jeff Bridges and the guy who looked like David Bowie in his hey-day). It's a pity they didn't work on developing more interesting characters and having a more in-depth and less cliched storyline. The action was great, the visual style and imagination of the movie were amazing. I loved the music by DaftPunk. I much preferred Tron Legacy 3-D to Avatar 3-D. This movie was good, dumb fun. 7/10

I'm looking forward to seeing Black Swan when it arrives on Australian shores. It looks like a very interesting psychological thriller/drama. We'll see.

I liked Tron better than Avatar as well. Although I think that Avatar had a decent though cliched story, which was better than Tron's, I liked the style of Tron better. It was more to my tastes.

I think the Social Network should win best picture at the Oscars as well. It was the most entertaining movie for me. I enjoyed the characters, the story, and the acting. It never made me bored.

I think I'll check out the fighter. Thanks for your opinion narnian1.

I caught Tangled this weekend and was pleasantly surprised. The earliest trailers I'd seen made it seem pretty goofy, and while there is some humor in it, it's not all that way.

The story is kind of predictable in a Disney-princess sort of way but it's still fun to watch. Incidentally, Rapunzel is voiced by Mandy Moore but for some reason her voice throughout the movie made me think it was Jodi Benson (The Little Mermaid).

I went to see True Grit today and really enjoyed it. Though it would probably be considered blasphemy in some circles, I think it's both a better adaptation and a better film than the John Wayne version. I loved that they used so much of the dialogue from the book word-for-word. That almost never happens in book adaptations. I also appreciated the fact that not only did they portray Mattie as she was in the novel, they actually got an actress who is the right age and portrayed the character perfectly. After reading the novel, I don't think I'll ever be able to watch the original movie without being irritated by Mattie being portrayed as basically an idiot who needs to babysat through the wilderness.

As for the technical details, the score and the cinematography were lovely. The shot of Rooster racing for help on Blackie under the star-filled sky was one of my favorite parts. I'm not a fan of flat land with no trees, but I think I could be persuaded if every night looked like that.