[Movies] Talk about the last movie you saw 2: Electric Threadaloo
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Star Trek (2009)
This movie is awesome. And I say this as a moderate fan of Trek. This way any departures from canon (such as Uhura + Spock) don't bother me, while I can still have fun spotting the references to the old TV series and movies. ("Dammit, I'm a doctor not a physicist!")
Wish they'd spent more time developing Nero though. He could've been a deep and sympathetic character, and Eric Bana definitely has the acting chops to pull it off. Instead he's a typical scenery-chewing Romulan big bad.
Also, lightning storm in space causing problems for the Kelvin? Are you kidding me? It's captained by FREAKING THOR!!
This movie is awesome. And I say this as a moderate fan of Trek. This way any departures from canon (such as Uhura + Spock) don't bother me, while I can still have fun spotting the references to the old TV series and movies. ("Dammit, I'm a doctor not a physicist!")
Wish they'd spent more time developing Nero though. He could've been a deep and sympathetic character, and Eric Bana definitely has the acting chops to pull it off. Instead he's a typical scenery-chewing Romulan big bad.
Also, lightning storm in space causing problems for the Kelvin? Are you kidding me? It's captained by FREAKING THOR!!
I can't complain about any of the changes, because they did such a brilliant job in "rebooting" the series. When it comes to the sequel there are a few complaining about the re-using of certain classic characters. Honestly I think the series wouldn't be as brilliant if every movie didn't bring back at least one "rebooted" version of a classic character. Doesn't always have to be the main villain (such as the 1st film shows), but where would a reboot series be if it didn't build on it's predecessor? JJ's Star Trek's timeline alteration gives us a range of new possibilities. With the destruction of Vulcan JJ made it very clear that this world would have some major changes that would keep it new and alive, regardless of the few familiar faces who may show up.
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Seeking a Friend for the End of the World
I'm wondering why this one had only a 56% at Rotten Tomatoes. I think honestly it's because critics didn't want to see Steve Carell in a serious role. They also seemed to dislike that the movie wavered between dark and serious and humorous. A couple said that the leads had no chemistry. I have to disagree with all of these. I really enjoyed this movie, and I recommend it. It's not an oscar winning epic, but it is an interesting take on an old story. The humor played against the dark is precisely what makes it a good watch.
I'm wondering why this one had only a 56% at Rotten Tomatoes. I think honestly it's because critics didn't want to see Steve Carell in a serious role. They also seemed to dislike that the movie wavered between dark and serious and humorous. A couple said that the leads had no chemistry. I have to disagree with all of these. I really enjoyed this movie, and I recommend it. It's not an oscar winning epic, but it is an interesting take on an old story. The humor played against the dark is precisely what makes it a good watch.
I'll have to check this out, it looked pretty good and I enjoyed his other serious role, Dan in Real Life
Anyone see "The Purge"? I don't think I would be able to take it seriously, seeing as how the plot sounds eerily similar to an episode of Powerpuff Girls.
The Purge is a 2 hour plot hole
I've heard it takes a really great idea and squanders it with typical horror movie cliches.
National pirate everything day.
From what I'm told, they take the premise and then just do murdering and a house invasion movie with it. There are some rules--the president is exempt, and you can't use certain kinds of weapons.
There's a lot of potential in an idea like this and they don't use it. I get the killing each other thing for some people, and Cinema Snob made a good point. If there was someone you wanted to kill, "okay, calm down, just wait for Purge Day". But yeah, I think there are way more interesting concepts to be pulled off with that backstory than this house invasion movie. The only thing they accomplished in it was that the police would not be coming, no matter what. There is one twist that works with the premise a little (again, from what I gathered from Cinema Snob review):
The family's neighbors want to kill them and don't completely succeed, so the next day, things are ... awkward.
I read the spoilers since fuck it, and it also goes on to explain that you can't kill government employees up a certain paygrade, and you can't use class 4 weaponry (bombs / grenades)
The class 4 weapons thing is probably so you don't burn down half the town when you light your neighbor's house on fire. The government employees thing is incredibly lame... what, you army of soldiers can't save you, Mr. President?
The Muppets
I can't count the number of times I've watched this, but it's been quite awhile since I last watched it.
And...goddammit, this movie's still got it. I laughed at all the jokes again. There were even some I'd forgotten all about (the bus filled with choir singers when Kermit appears!). And I teared up...again at the "Pictures in My Head" and especially "Rainbow Connection."
I love this movie. So much.
I can't count the number of times I've watched this, but it's been quite awhile since I last watched it.
And...goddammit, this movie's still got it. I laughed at all the jokes again. There were even some I'd forgotten all about (the bus filled with choir singers when Kermit appears!). And I teared up...again at the "Pictures in My Head" and especially "Rainbow Connection."
I love this movie. So much.
I got such a nostalgia high when I saw that in theaters, especially since they brought back Uncle Deadly he was my favorite from the original show. One thing I always thought was weird was how "Man or Muppet" was the song that won the Oscar. Not saying that its a bad song, its funny and epic but for me its a tie with "Pictures in my head" and "Life's a Happy Song" for best song. Fleh, least a Muppet movie FINALLY won the Oscar.
Well, in their defence, the other two songs WERE submitted for consideration by the Academy. They just went with Man Or Muppet for whatever reason. I would've preferred Pictures in my Head, personally, but they're all worthy.
The Great Gatsby
Baz Lurhmann's style fits the party scenes perfectly. The lavishness of Gatsby's parties are magnificent. Leonardo Dicaprio is as good as ever, while Tobey Maguire and Joel Edgerton are pretty good as well. Carey Mulligan, though, felt pretty forgettable, though I'm not sure if that's a problem with her or with how her character was written and directed.
Baz Lurhmann's style fits the party scenes perfectly. The lavishness of Gatsby's parties are magnificent. Leonardo Dicaprio is as good as ever, while Tobey Maguire and Joel Edgerton are pretty good as well. Carey Mulligan, though, felt pretty forgettable, though I'm not sure if that's a problem with her or with how her character was written and directed.
Lincoln
For the most part I like this, but I've discovered that I have an issue with so-called realistic movies: I enjoy the story and get into it, and then as soon as I see an Oscar clip - that scene that is clearly added to invoke a sense of drama or meaning but does not really reflect how people act in real life - the entire affair feels trite. I don't get this from "popcorn" movies because I don't intend to take them seriously, but when something is realistic, but then a character pauses dramatically to watch someone walk away for example, it drives me nuts. I didn't get this at all from Argo, much to its credit.
I blame Tropic Thunder.
For the most part I like this, but I've discovered that I have an issue with so-called realistic movies: I enjoy the story and get into it, and then as soon as I see an Oscar clip - that scene that is clearly added to invoke a sense of drama or meaning but does not really reflect how people act in real life - the entire affair feels trite. I don't get this from "popcorn" movies because I don't intend to take them seriously, but when something is realistic, but then a character pauses dramatically to watch someone walk away for example, it drives me nuts. I didn't get this at all from Argo, much to its credit.
I blame Tropic Thunder.
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Chernobyl Diaries
The shots of Pripyat looked awesome in their abandoned majesty, but otherwise this film was pretty damn forgettable, not to mention foreseaable in its plot. You just knew everyone was just going to fuckin' die.
The shots of Pripyat looked awesome in their abandoned majesty, but otherwise this film was pretty damn forgettable, not to mention foreseaable in its plot. You just knew everyone was just going to fuckin' die.
It was so boring that those 85 minutes felt like 3 hours. Every one was so fucking dumb. That house was apparently miles big inside (big enough that people could have independent gun battles without alerting each other) and the premise (which I was ready to enjoy) comes across as so absurdly silly that not even most of the cast can take it seriously.
I'm not spoiler alerting anything from here on, so keep reading at your own risk.
The main rich kid evil guy.......the face 'acting' he did was so cringe inducing that I almost couldn't stay and finish the movie. If I hadn't been with friends, some of whom I was the ride of, I would have left the first time he appears on screen. The theater literally burst out laughing at the parts that were supposed to be unnerving or scary. The slow motion skipping down the hallway got the biggest laugh. I couldn't laugh, laughing at it would require me to have been the least bit entertained.
I'm not spoiler alerting anything from here on, so keep reading at your own risk.
The main rich kid evil guy.......the face 'acting' he did was so cringe inducing that I almost couldn't stay and finish the movie. If I hadn't been with friends, some of whom I was the ride of, I would have left the first time he appears on screen. The theater literally burst out laughing at the parts that were supposed to be unnerving or scary. The slow motion skipping down the hallway got the biggest laugh. I couldn't laugh, laughing at it would require me to have been the least bit entertained.
21 Jump Street was surprisingly more entertaining than I ever would have imagined.
I felt this way about Your Highness and The Sitter.
Sally Fields was the worst at this in the movie. She was trying SO HARD for an Oscar.
I really wish they would have spent more time on Lincoln as a person, rather than a collection of speeches.
That being said, Tommy Lee Jones and James Spader made that movie for me.
Robert Altman's "The Player". Good ass movie, weird ass sex scene. And me being drunk while seeing said scene didn't stop the weirdness neither.
I didn't think we were supposed to discuss those types of movies here.
Hyphenator to the rescue!I didn't think we were supposed to discuss those types of movies here.
Sounds like my favorite kind of movie.
Not dirty, just WEIRD. If you see it you'll know what I'm talkin' bout.
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Oz the Great and Powerful
Not too bad. I certainly did not get the "all the witches need a good dicking" impression mentioned elsewhere. Elvinora was only pretending in order to be manipulative, Theodora was naive, and Glinda didn't seem to do it at all. In fact, see seemed rather annoyed with Oz at first. I just don't like James Franco. I never thought he was a particularly good actor, and he didn't have it here. Also Rachel Weisz (sp?) and Mila Kunis had zero chemistry together. They felt like they weren't even in the same room. Zack Braff was enjoyable as Finley. The other thing I didn't like was that it was rank and file Raimi and Elfman. It's like both cobbled their contributions out of leftover Raimi and Elfman bits on the dusty shelf instead of doing something new.
Not too bad. I certainly did not get the "all the witches need a good dicking" impression mentioned elsewhere. Elvinora was only pretending in order to be manipulative, Theodora was naive, and Glinda didn't seem to do it at all. In fact, see seemed rather annoyed with Oz at first. I just don't like James Franco. I never thought he was a particularly good actor, and he didn't have it here. Also Rachel Weisz (sp?) and Mila Kunis had zero chemistry together. They felt like they weren't even in the same room. Zack Braff was enjoyable as Finley. The other thing I didn't like was that it was rank and file Raimi and Elfman. It's like both cobbled their contributions out of leftover Raimi and Elfman bits on the dusty shelf instead of doing something new.