[Movies] Talk about the last movie you saw 2: Electric Threadaloo
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It was... okay. It was not good. But nor was it a complete disaster. More like a moderately sized disaster.
Cast: Did well enough. I'm particularly impressed they found such a wooden actor to play Murphy. Such a magnificently robotic performance. And not in a good way.
Plot: Not a lot of surprises or new themes. They tried to be as topical and satirical as the original, exploring issues such as drones and media bias, but only did it half heartedly. There were several themes they touched upon but failed to explore, presumably to give more time to the action.
Action: Mediocre. You know how Transformers had the problem where you can't tell which gray blob is hitting which other gray blob? Here you have black blobs jumbled together, punctuated by muzzle flashes. Also, some of the tactical decisions made were mind boggling stupid, and not at all convincing for unerring robotic AI.
Other stuff: They put references to the original film, the actors, etc but they felt really shoehorned in. Murphy's human right hand turned out to be completely pointless. The PG13 rating really hurt the film, I'd say. Finally, Murphy has a hot wife.
Conclusion: If, one day not far in the future, you happen to come across this movie on tv while channel surfing and there's nothing else on, I suppose it's worth a watch. But otherwise, stick with the original.
I just watched Superstar on Netflix because I haven't watched it in years. I absolutely still love this movie. Bruce McCulloch has such a distinct aesthetic in his movies. It's doofy, but artistic; sentimental, but with an undercurrent of sarcasm. So very Canadian. His main color palette was turquoise, pink and maroon. I mean, what sort of director goes for that choice? The movie seemed like it was a labor of love for all involved and still makes me laugh after all these years.
Harmony Korine in Spring Breakers.
Also, I had really forgotten that movie existed. I think I went on one of my first dates in middle school to this in theaters.
Captain Phillips was fantastic and you do yourself a disservice if you don't see it.
Not a movie, but I don't know if we have a stage/musical/play thread.
Book of Mormon might very well be one of the best things I have ever seen.
Book of Mormon might very well be one of the best things I have ever seen.
I totally agree. I was surprised how good it was.
Maybe… I actually think it's a remarkably universal film about relationships. The whole "OS" thing is just a tool to tell a story about how people relate. It's far more focused on that than on the legitimacy of a relationships between people and AI's.
Agreed. It could have EASILY been a glorified episode of The Outer Limits or something, but they really made it into something quite deep and moving about relationships. Not just between a man and a woman, but between people in general.
Just saying. Everyone I've talked to regarding the movie who hasn't embraced technology can't get over that he falls in love with an OS and thought the premise was stupid. And these tend to be an older crowd. Where you and I can view it as a relationship because we've had similar ones, be it through Skype or even here, where the person on the other side is just a voice or something you read, all they see is he loves his computer. And it's that aspect that turns them away. They don't even make it to the film because of this so don't get a chance to see what it's actually about.
Necronic
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I finally watched Enders Game. I regret to say that I actually purchased it. I think they did they best they could, but someone should have realized very early on that this simply would not work as a movie, it was far too dense. A miniseries? Would have been AMAZING. The hamfisted way they handled Bean just killed that movie for me.
I also watched The Wolf of Wallstreet. WTF. Amazing.
I also watched The Wolf of Wallstreet. WTF. Amazing.
Yes yes fuck yes.
Happened upon the site by accident. I started on the movies from season 3 I hadn't seen, and I'm STILL not through season 3! So happy to have found this site.
Brave: Not the best Pixar film I've seen, but still pretty good. Loved the devil bear Mordu, he was cool.
So many of the videos are down now sadly.
Awww, that sucks. I've had no trouble going through Season 3 so far.
so, 12 Years a Slave made me cry, a lot, and also usurped Her as my favorite movie of last year.
The Monuments Men was a great movie. The cast has outstanding chemistry and it's a great mix of comedy throughout with drama to break it up a bit. Clooney and Damon are good as always, but I was really impressed with Goodman and Murray, too.
http://io9.com/fox-business-slams-the-lego-movie-for-being-anti-busine-1519933954
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHA.... oh FOX News... stay classy.
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHA.... oh FOX News... stay classy.
A two hour commercial is anti-business... 
Yeah. I put that video in the "funny pictures (political)" thread only because I didn't want to sully the lego movie thread AND I didn't think enough people would see it in the internet misanthropy thread.
--Patrick
Yes, but he doesn't actually engage in any business and really represents
the father of the boy making up the story
"business" in this case means "serious business", and not so much "let's do business". Fox both missed the point of the movie and the point of making the movie (which is all business).
21 Jump Street
It was okay. I laughed more than I expected, but didn't think it was the brilliant, hilarious movie so many people seem to be calling it. Then again, I wasn't crazy about all the forced, gross-out humour, the needlessly heavy swearing, and the homophobic undertones.
Maybe I would've enjoyed it more if I was in better spirits these days, but maybe not.
It was okay. I laughed more than I expected, but didn't think it was the brilliant, hilarious movie so many people seem to be calling it. Then again, I wasn't crazy about all the forced, gross-out humour, the needlessly heavy swearing, and the homophobic undertones.
Maybe I would've enjoyed it more if I was in better spirits these days, but maybe not.
"I AM AS MAD AS HELL AND I AIN'T GONNA TAKE IT ANY MORE!!!"
I watched just a bit more than half of this movie. Roger Murdock had to have watched Network before forming Fox and Fox news.
I watched just a bit more than half of this movie. Roger Murdock had to have watched Network before forming Fox and Fox news.
Got drunk last night, and went to a midnight screening of The Room. It was a good day. And next week- ROCKY HORROR!
