Meetup Reviews

  • Reviews from

    'Best of the Best' DVD night: Oldboy on Tuesday Jan 17, 2012

    Meetup Rating
    5.00 5.004
    Attendees
    8
  • David
    I'll never look at a hammer the same way again.

    David

  • Caroline
    Interesting to see this intense film a second time. Thanks Stefan and Daniella!

    Caroline

  • Stefan
    Watching it for the second time, it remains one of the most tense films I have ever seen.

    Stefan

  • Reviews from

    Camera Cinema Club on Sunday Jan 15, 2012

    Meetup Rating
    4.00 4.001
    Attendees
    10
  • Judy
    Enjoyed the movie. The Q & A with the director was interesting.

    Judy

  • Reviews from

    Shame @ Aquarius on Saturday Jan 7, 2012

    Meetup Rating
    3.50 3.506
    Attendees
    29
  • Stefan
    The movie was missing a key piece - motivational explanation for its characters. It was well acted and beautifully photographed, but very unsatisfying since you had no idea why the characters were behaving the way they are behaving. Dinner and discussion was awesome as usual!

    Stefan

  • Roz Young
    I really enjoyed meeting everyone Saturday. Nice people. The movie-well too intense for me. I keep thinking about all the glass-in his office in his apartment, in the restaurant, in the club-making us voyeurs on his life.

    Roz Young

  • Nelly Potter
    What was his job????

    Nelly Potter

  • Sylvia Lan
    Movie was pointles. Not worth a star but survey would not let me leave zero stars.

    Sylvia Lan

  • Reviews from

    The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo on Monday Jan 2, 2012

    Meetup Rating
    5.00 5.006
    Attendees
    36
  • Stefan
    Great movie, that holds it's own compared to the original Swedish version. Cintematography and music are outstanding, and the tighter focus on the relationship between Lisbeth and Mikael works too. The ending (particularly the last scene) felt like a bit of a letdown, but indeed this particular scene is very true to the book and sets the stage for the interactions between Lisbeth and Mikael in the following movies.

    Stefan

  • Iyad
    Good choice Stefan. I enjoyed watching this move.

    Iyad

  • glenn
    Very good movie

    glenn

  • Meetup Rating
    4.00 4.009
    Attendees
    43
  • Susan
    Since I hadn't read the book the film was a trifle complicated. The acting was superb.

    Susan

  • Ladan
    I enjoyed the dinner and the company as usual. I didn't know anything about the story of the film so I felt confused and a bit tired of trying to follow what was going on. I thought the acting was good with all the well known actors. I think I would enjoy the movie more if I had read up on the story before hand.

    Ladan

  • Lisa
    Really, really good. Plot is a bit complicated, especially with me not knowing much of the background. Have since been researching the background, plot, characters and am ready to head out and watch it again, and enjoy it even more.

    Lisa

  • Tim Scott
    Albeit slower than I had experienced, the story held my attention with intriguing movement toward the resolution.

    Tim Scott

  • Russ
    A reasonable adaptation of the novel, but not a patch on the five and a half hour miniseries. Condensing the story meant losing a ton of character depth (the suspects' individual characters and rivalries are completely absent), as well as the methodical nature of Smiley's investigation. That crucial sense of piecing together the present from fragments of the past is missing. Fine performances given the limited characterization. Oldman is quite good. The ending is about as anti-LeCarré as can be imagined, however.

    Russ

  • Annie
    Good company but did not care for the movie at all.

    Annie

  • Dave L.
    Fun, movie, very stylish, did a pretty good job considering story/time limits.

    Dave L.

  • Russ
    Relative to the longer PBS version, I found this movie to be confusing. The story needs more than two hours to develop adequately.

    Russ

  • Reviews from

    "The Artist" @ PA Square: Silent stars fall and rise on Sunday Dec 4, 2011

    Meetup Rating
    4.50 4.502
    Attendees
    9
  • evangelina miller
    Interesting and fun people and the Movie was great!

    evangelina miller

  • Reviews from

    Movie: My week with Marilyn on Saturday Dec 3, 2011

    Meetup Rating
    5.00 5.004
    Attendees
    12
  • Susan
    Great film

    Susan

  • Ranjna
    Great movie, good company!

    Ranjna

  • LaVonne
    Great movie, nice group! Cafe Barone was an excellent choice.

    LaVonne

  • Meetup Rating
    4.50 4.507
    Attendees
    26
  • Susan
    I loved the film.

    Susan

  • laurel
    I really loved this movie. I did get there early, but I coudn't find where the meetup folks were. I asked some ladies and they said no. Once the lights dimmed it was too dark to see. Oh well, maybe if I come again I will know who the organizers are.

    laurel

  • Barbara Anderson
    Got there too late to sit with group. Didn't realize how early they went inside theater. Was told to sit anywhere but couldn't sit with group. Didn't sign up for dinner. So pretty much a disconnect. Oh well.

    Barbara Anderson

  • LaVonne
    Really great movie, good dinner, nice group of people.

    LaVonne

  • Davis
    Great evening, really good movie, nice people!

    Davis

  • Meetup Rating
    5.00 5.002
    Attendees
    8
  • Russ
    Everything is fine! The Muppets are in good hands (or maybe good hands are in the Muppets...?). The reboot is what you'd want in a Muppet movie: It's sweet, funny, gently self-mocking, and just silly fun. The musical numbers are surprisingly good. It's nice to have Kermit and the gang back!

    Russ

  • Charles
    What a fun, gleeful movie. Great way to start the holiday season :)

    Charles

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