Palo Alto Independent Films Group

Meetup Reviews

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

Meetup Rating
5.004

Attendees
8
I'll never look at a hammer the same way again.
— David
Interesting to see this intense film a second time. Thanks Stefan and Daniella!
— Caroline
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
4.001

Attendees
10
Enjoyed the movie. The Q & A with the director was interesting.
— Judy
Reviews from
Shame @ Aquarius on Saturday Jan 7, 2012

Meetup Rating
3.506

Attendees
29
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
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
What was his job????
— Nelly Potter
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
5.006

Attendees
36
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
Good choice Stefan. I enjoyed watching this move.
— Iyad
Very good movie
— glenn
Reviews from
"Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy" -- There is a mole in the heart of the Circus on Thursday Dec 29, 2011

Meetup Rating
4.009

Attendees
43
Since I hadn't read the book the film was a trifle complicated. The acting was superb.
— Susan
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
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
Albeit slower than I had experienced, the story held my attention with intriguing movement toward the resolution.
— Tim Scott
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
Good company but did not care for the movie at all.
— Annie
Fun, movie, very stylish, did a pretty good job considering story/time limits.
— Dave L.
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
4.502

Attendees
9
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
5.004

Attendees
12
Great film
— Susan
Great movie, good company!
— Ranjna
Great movie, nice group! Cafe Barone was an excellent choice.
— LaVonne
Reviews from
The Descendants - Trouble in paradise ... a funny and tragic family drama on Sunday Nov 27, 2011

Meetup Rating
4.507

Attendees
26
I loved the film.
— Susan
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
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
Really great movie, good dinner, nice group of people.
— LaVonne
Great evening, really good movie, nice people!
— Davis
Reviews from
"The Muppets" -- The felt good movie of the year! (Get it? Felt...?) on Friday Nov 25, 2011

Meetup Rating
5.002

Attendees
8
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
What a fun, gleeful movie. Great way to start the holiday season :)
— Charles