Great fun at the Oscars
347146
Not sure about the "Dirty Dealings"...but this is a great behind-the-scenes look at the annual event. Interesting bits of trivia and rules of the seat-fillers.  A fun read....
2055743
I love campy fun movies.  This movie was fun to watch and the characters were great.  The cast was amazing and every one of them played their parts extremely well.  The language was very ADULT and this movies is not for kids at all.  There were loads of jokes and fun.  Charlize Theron was simply gorgeous and a joy to watch in this movie.  The production values of this movie were absolutely first class in my opinion.  The cinematography, lighting, sound, music and camera angles were surprisingly great.
4901727
I filled these buckets with boxed candy (like you get in movie theaters), little glass bottles of soda, and Oscar ballots, for an Oscar party that I threw. I wrapped the buckets with red cellophane tied with gold ribbon. My guests were happy! The buckets arrived on time and they made such great giveaways.
3671379
She may not win the Oscar for Tomb Raider, but this is still a fun movie to watch. Not every movie has to be an Oscar contender to enjoy. Go and enjoy this movie. I'm already looking forward to the sequel.
276450
We had a blast watching this movie. There are lots of great actors voicing it like Adam Sandler, Kevin James and many others. There's kid friendly adult humor intertwined in it. It's hilarious and funny and adventurous and heartwarming.
2559922
I'm an Italian American and I thoroughly enjoyed this film. True, it's about a mafia family (and yes, that's a stereotype many Italian Americans would like to get away from), but it was fun. Not everyone will enjoy the movie, because not everyone enjoys simple one-liners and the ole' switcheroo, but if you can appreciate that kind of humor, Oscar is for you. The cast is outstanding, the script is clever, and I'll say it again, it's just a fun film. It's one of my favorites when I'm in the mood for light-hearted, easy-viewing, family-friendly movies.
1090562
Okay, I have to admit, when I first rented this I was expecting something really stupid, but, being out voted by my better half and 9 year old, I had to concede.
But I have to admit, in about 20 minutes really started liking this movie.
It has all the flavors of entertainment:
Good Effects
Good, dark Comedy
Lightheartedness with some of the banter
Zoe Saldana in a great outfit painted green
Oh, and more green Zoe Saldana
Did I mention it has Zoe Saldana in it?

No, but seriously, it's like Star Wars, the 5th Element and Star Trek rolled into one.
Very entertaining and great for the kids, they watched it two more times.
1089432
The Grand Budapest Hotel did not have many laugh out loud moments; rarely did I more than grin or chuckle. But I was laughing on the inside and found the film very enjoyable to the extent that I was wishing I had not returned the DVD because I wanted to watch it again [which I have since first writing this review]. Something about it is very Oscar Wilde, aesthetic and witty.
2739156
I am not a big fan of mainstream films, but this one caught my imagination. It stars Keira Knightly as Gretta - she has come to New York with her boyfriend Dave who has just had a big hit. Despite having collaborated on a number of songs he soon gets blinded by the glitz of the high life and leaves her stranded and alone in a foreign city.

Before deciding to head off home she hooks up with James Corden who gets her to play an open mic night where she is spotted by alcoholic shambles of an A and R man Dan (Mark Ruffalo) and he decides she can be a star. She on the other hand does not believe him and then the fun begins.

I really enjoyed this, the songs are great with Keira Knightley sounding a bit like Nat Johnson (check her out if you are not aware of her music) in places. Dan drives a great old Jaguar Mk X and the film has a heart a soul and a positive message all wrapped up with some great performances and it is even funny in places too. Bit of a guilty pleasure but one I am happy to admit.
267199
Great movie. Today's movies are pot luck for quality and this one was really good. It was funny and sarcastic and to real life and complex with no real political correctness stupidity. The single man played by Adam Sandler actually was portrayed a touch nicer than his single mom counterpart. However a couple of real jerks of 1980's stereotypes were portrayed as fans at a little league baseball game. Most movies and politics today use 1970 attitudes to portray men as the bad fathers. This movie was really funny and had a beat to it that just kept rolling along. I may watch it again. It was that good to my tastes. It tied two people together while they were overcoming apparent personality traits before the real traits showed up. The supporting characters were almost as good as the main characters. Is Africa really that clean? The tents were immaculate and the ground was dirt free. Movies are movies and this was just fun and filled an evening with enjoyment. My wife and I loved it. Of course I loved Deeds too!
4757097
This is very funny and the actors are at their best, Paul Giamatti, Thomas Haden Church, Virginia Madsen and Sandra Oh. This was nominated for 5 oscars and Roger Ebert, I note gave the movie 4/4.  It's a trip between two college friends - one who is about to get married (Thomas Haden Church) and the other a sadly divorced school teacher. It's human and touching but also very funny with some slapstick.
4788426
I didn't expect this movie to be so funny since there are so many of its kind around. Steve Carell pulls of the perfect agent 86. Is he really smart but covers over it with goofiness or is he just plain dumb yet manages to get it right sometimes. The scene with him acting as marriage counselor in the midst of the fight scene was truly hilarious. This is a movie one can relax to and have lots of laugh.
35241
I mean..the oscars probably speak more for this movie than I ever could. It looks amazing in Blu-ray.
2159552
It's really pretty funny, tons of famous faces keep showing up and  you don't have to pay very close attention to keep up.  Nice mindless easy humour.  No academy award winner, but funny enough.
3171448
I have to admit I was skeptical of Ocean's Eleven and all its hype, and I'm not the biggest George Clooney fan, but I thoroughly enjoyed this movie.  I wasn't a huge fan of Traffic, but I did enjoy Soderbergh's cinematic style, and he does it again with Ocean's Eleven.  After a few minutes into the film, you're already rooting for the bad guys.
The movie has a solid cast, with George Clooney and Brad Pitt as the two main characters.  They're both charismatic and the rest of the crew are great complements.  Matt Damon and Julia Roberts both do really well in their roles.  I enjoyed seeing the level of detail and planning put into the heist.  The special effects and how they manage to circumvent the myriad of security measures in place were an interesting dimension to the movie.
Bottom line, this is a really fun movie to go out and get engrossed in.  It may not be entirely plausible or full of emotion, but it is fast-paced, exciting, suspenseful, and just generally a nice movie to watch - the stars are all excellent and Soderbergh does a great job directing.  There's also plenty of comedic moments.  I loved it and want to go see it again to catch all the little things I missed the first time around.
4670409
I went to see "Spider-Man 3" tonight after reading several not-so-great reviews earlier today from local newspapers. So I had some doubts going into the theater. Well I'm sure glad I went anyway, because this movie was a BLAST. The critics need to lighten up. No, it wasn't a perfect film, and if one insists on being a hardass they can nit-pick it and find some valid faults. But overall, it was one of the most exciting and *fun* movies I've seen in quite some time.

One of the complaints seems to be that too many villains are in it. I thought this may be the case before seeing it, but I thought the film handled their screen time quite well, even if Venom didn't get to do much (although he does have a very good showdown with Spider-Man during the final confrontation scene). But I gotta say that the Sandman grabbed my attention the most, especially his fight scenes with Spider-Man and others. To me, seeing the Sandman in the final confrontation was worth the price of admission. The special effects for his character were simply outstanding - they were fairly standard CGI for the others.

As with the other 2 movies, the scenes of humor were well timed and executed, without compromising the tone of the film. I do wish that Kirsten Dunst hadn't gotten suspended high in the air yet again, because we all know that Spider-Man is going to save her from falling, yet again. But I suppose that's a minor irritation I can live with. Performance-wise, I liked everyone in their roles. We already knew what to expect from Maguire and Dunst, so there were no surprises there. Thomas Haden Church put in a good show as the Sandman. And although I wish they had let Bryce Dallas Howard be her lovely redheaded self, she still looked mighty fine, and I'm glad she got a considerable amount of screen time.

IMO the first "Spider-Man" film was decent but not much more than that. And I'd rate the second film along with this third installment as superb, just in different ways. Part 2 was great due to the solid story and overall script. While part 3 lacks some of that, it more than makes up for it with better and bolder action and pure entertainment level. I was originally going to give this 4 stars but decided to go all the way to 5 mainly because I had such a great time with it. Think of this film as the nitro-charged extension of part 2 and I'll bet you'll find yourself more than pumped by the time the end credits roll.
4106264
Great move I can see why there were Oscar winners in this one