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GasBandit

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Finally saw A Million Ways to Die in the West. I laughed, lord help me. I mean, the movie was totally up its own ass, and I don't think they had to work very hard to make Seth Macfarlane look like a complete and total pussy, but I still laughed.

Also they actually credited Tarzan Boy in the music list, just from the few seconds of his "muslim death chant." Ohmigawd.
 
LittleKagsin

LittleKagsin

Kingsman: The Secret Service

If Kick-Ass, James Bond and Men In Black had a love child, this would be it.

And I loved it. I imagine this won't be everyone's cup of tea, it's hyper violent, swears every few sentences and silly as hell. But I loved it. I think what's going to happen is people are going to go see this and take it seriously, which if you do that, you will not have fun. It's a great ride though! It's hilarious, the fight scenes are just..amazing. And I will never get over Samuel L. Jackson's lisp - top notch. :D
 
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CynicismKills

CynicismKills

LittleKagsin said:
Kingsman: The Secret Service

If Kiss-Ass, James Bond and Men In Black had a love child, this would be it.

And I loved it. I imagine this won't be everyone's cup of tea, it's hyper violent, swears every few sentences and silly as hell. But I loved it. I think what's going to happen is people are going to go see this and take it seriously, which if you do that, you will not have fun. It's a great ride though! It's hilarious, the fight scenes are just..amazing. And I will never get over Samuel L. Jackson's lisp - top notch. :D
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Was there one of those porn parodies I wasn't aware of?
 
Dave

Dave

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GasBandit said:
Finally saw A Million Ways to Die in the West. I laughed, lord help me. I mean, the movie was totally up its own ass, and I don't think they had to work very hard to make Seth Macfarlane look like a complete and total pussy, but I still laughed.

Also they actually credited Tarzan Boy in the music list, just from the few seconds of his "muslim death chant." Ohmigawd.
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I love that movie! You just have to look at it as a live-action Family Guy episode and not a serious movie. I mean, they constantly say things like, "I hate 1860 in the West!" and stuff like that. It's a total farce and yet people are trying to talk about how they aren't making the setting look real enough. It was a funny movie that got absolutely destroyed in reviews, but I thought it was undeserving. It was a farcical comedy that did exactly what it promised. And no, they didn't show everything funny in the previews.
 
GasBandit

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Dave said:
I love that movie! You just have to look at it as a live-action Family Guy episode
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That it was basically a live action "Brian Griffin's Wild West Adventure" was my biggest gripe with it. I mean, I chuckled at the anachronisms, I guffawed at the "I can't have sex with my prostitute girlfriend because we're christians and don't believe in premarital sex" strawman commentary, I snickered at the overused "doing drugs with the indians gives the white protagonist the push he needs to confront his problems" cliche. But the difference between this movie and, say, Blazing Saddles, is that Cleavon Little portrayed a character who sometimes broke the 4th wall to make a joke, whereas Seth Macfarlane played himself except for the rare moments where he was written to remember "oh wait, I'm supposed to be paying lip service to my character living 200 years ago."

I specifically didn't go see Ted because I was afraid it would be more conformation of how much of a one-trick pony Macfarlane is... and I thought this one might be slightly different because the previews emphasized the shock humor/death angle.

But yes, I laughed. I'm glad I didn't go see it in the theater, though.
 
checkeredhat

checkeredhat

GasBandit said:
That it was basically a live action "Brian Griffin's Wild West Adventure" was my biggest gripe with it. I mean, I chuckled at the anachronisms, I guffawed at the "I can't have sex with my prostitute girlfriend because we're christians and don't believe in premarital sex" strawman commentary, I snickered at the overused "doing drugs with the indians gives the white protagonist the push he needs to confront his problems" cliche. But the difference between this movie and, say, Blazing Saddles, is that Cleavon Little portrayed a character who sometimes broke the 4th wall to make a joke, whereas Seth Macfarlane played himself except for the rare moments where he was written to remember "oh wait, I'm supposed to be paying lip service to my character living 200 years ago."

I specifically didn't go see Ted because I was afraid it would be more conformation of how much of a one-trick pony Macfarlane is... and I thought this one might be slightly different because the previews emphasized the shock humor/death angle.

But yes, I laughed. I'm glad I didn't go see it in the theater, though.
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I felt the same way about A Million Ways to Die in the West. It wasn't quite as bad as I anticipated, but man, it was pretty bad. I laughed at a few moments, but all the best stuff (ie: Giovanni Ribisi and Sarah Silverman's combined 6 or 7 lines) was put in the trailer.
Ted, on the other hand, I tried to watch based on the great reviews. I think I made it about 15 minutes in before I just couldn't take it anymore. I'm guessing the audience that loved Ted is the same one that liked the Hangover movies.
 
ThatNickGuy

ThatNickGuy

checkeredhat said:
Ted, on the other hand, I tried to watch based on the great reviews. I think I made it about 15 minutes in before I just couldn't take it anymore. I'm guessing the audience that loved Ted is the same one that liked the Hangover movies.
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Nope. I've only seen the first Hangover and wasn't crazy about it and yet I still liked Ted.
 
CynicismKills

CynicismKills

Never got into the Hangover movies, seen maybe 20-30 minutes of the first. I thought Ted was hilarious, same for Millions Ways to Die in the West.
 
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Hits (2015)
David Cross's directorial debut is a pretty solid first outing. I'm not exactly blown away by the quality, but he gets really good performances out of everyone, and everything ties together with a really great twist. It's also, pretty much the most David Cross thing ever. No one comes out of this movie smelling like roses. Everyone gets the piss taken out of them, and rightly so. It delivers more than a few laughs, although Cross himself forewarns it's not what you call a "gutbuster". And the cast is a great ensemble of some great character actors and comedians. Well worth seeing, especially given its cost and the bonus of supporting a forward thinking distribution method. It's available through BitTorrent on a pay what you will (minimum $1) system which also nets you a bundle of special features. I paid $5 if that matters.
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I'm curious to see this on the idea that David Cross is directing alone.[DOUBLEPOST=1424185247,1424185063][/DOUBLEPOST]I liked the first hangover movie.
 
Shawn

Shawn

Some Netflix Films I've been watching with the wife out of the house.

The Interview - Sure. It was funny. Not worth threatening a war over. I don't typically enjoy bodily movement humor - but this was okay. Some laugh out loud moments.

Horns - Enjoyable. Great little film about good/evil. Ending was a bit out-there, but it didn't take away from the film. Radcliffe sure has a great American accent

Dead Snow 2: I didn't watch much of the first one, but this one looked a little sillier and more up my alley. It was definitely over the top (using a guy's intestines to siphon gas to a tank was among the best of the moments). It's stupid, but I really enjoyed it.

Drive Hard: Fuck it, Thomas Jane. What happened to you?

Non NetFlix

Angry Video Game Movie: My expectations were way too high going into this one. I thought that Rolfe would at least have a decent script to back up the bad special effects. It came off like one of those really half-assed kid movies back in the 90s. I mean maybe that's what he was going for, but I kind of expected a little more. His assistant in the film was a poor character and I had to really try hard to tolerate him. And I know he had a shoe string budget and all, but did he have to green-screen the LA actor into his basement for that early scene? Could have been so easy to just to have shot the scene in LA in a different basement.
 
Charlie Don't Surf

Charlie Don't Surf

American Sniper - * *

This wasn't good.

It looks like every Clint Eastwood movie from the last 20 years. Most of what people say is stupid. It's very gruesome and profane. Everyone except Cooper is incredibly one-dimensional. It does absolutely nothing with the structure of the biopic that hasn't been done dozens of times before.

The first star is for the scene with Chris Kyle and his brother, crossing paths on-screen for the first time since they were kids, and giving the movie a fleeting minute or two of real depth. The second is for Bradley Cooper's performance, which is really great, doll baby and all.

But I can't like it. I'll leave you with two quotes.

(from American Sniper, Best Picture and Best Screenplay nominee)
“There are three types of people in this world: sheep, wolves, and sheepdogs. Some people prefer to believe that evil doesn't exist in the world, and if it ever darkened their doorstep, they wouldn't know how to protect themselves. Those are the sheep. Then you've got predators, who use violence to prey on the weak. They’re the wolves. And then there are those blessed with the gift of aggression, an overpowering need to protect the flock. These men are the rare breed who live to confront the wolf. They are the sheepdog.”

(from Team America: World Police, a movie with puppets, 10 years ago)
"Pussies don't like dicks, because pussies get fucked by dicks. But dicks also fuck assholes: assholes who just want to shit on everything. Pussies may think they can deal with assholes their way. But the only thing that can fuck an asshole is a dick, with some balls. The problem with dicks is that they fuck too much or fuck when it isn't appropriate — and it takes a pussy to show them that. But sometimes, pussies can be so full of shit that they become assholes themselves... because pussies are only an inch and half away from ass holes."
 
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SpongeBob

Not unentertaining. Saw it at the drive-in with my kids, which made it a lot more fun. It has a lot of really surreal stuff in it. I mean, the show does, too, but the movie was pretty trippy at times. I have to admit, I did not see the
rap battle, which sounded a lot like it was done by the Epic Rap Battles guys*
coming.

*EDIT: I looked it up. It was.
 
Cajungal

Cajungal

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Kingsmen was fun and pretty absurd. I went in not really knowing what to expect. It ended up being violent, predictable, silly-then-serious-then silly fun. Enjoyed the whole cast. Good fight scenes, though i had to close my eyes a couple of times.

Interesting plot involving over- attachment to devices, many Americans' obsession with--and disconnect with--actual violence, and a fanatical approach to environmentalism.

Was kind of annoyed by the second to last scene, but then a better ending scene followed it.
 
Ravenpoe

Ravenpoe

Cajungal said:
Was kind of annoyed by the second to last scene
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Me too, it cut off way too early. :p

Ok, that scene actually felt a little forced. The setup joke was funny, revisiting it just took too long, but I think it was supposed to be a James Bond homage.

Overall though, very fun movie.
 
AshburnerX

AshburnerX

Cajungal said:
Kingsmen was fun and pretty absurd. I went in not really knowing what to expect. It ended up being violent, predictable, silly-then-serious-then silly fun. Enjoyed the whole cast. Good fight scenes, though i had to close my eyes a couple of times.

Interesting plot involving over- attachment to devices, many Americans' obsession with--and disconnect with--actual violence, and a fanatical approach to environmentalism.

Was kind of annoyed by the second to last scene, but then a better ending scene followed it.
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Alternatively, it's an unknowing love letter to "classy" British cultural imperialism and how much "better" it is than ugly American cultural imperialism. As much as I enjoy the movie, I can't tell if this was intentional or if the movie didn't understand the point it was actually making.
 
Sparhawk

Sparhawk

Watched Alexander and the horrible, terrible, very bad, no good day last night. Fun little movie, they did a good job of fleshing out a 2 hour movie from a fairly short children's book. Funny, and a little poignant at times too. One thing both my wife and I thought, to the older son...

Dump Cecilia! That character is totally a self-centered gold-digger in training.

Also, this is the first time we've ever streamed a movie over our Amazon Firestick. Watched lots of Star Trek (and daughter has watched lots of Inuyasha), but the first time we've rented a movie in years and years.
 
bhamv3

bhamv3

Into the Woods

Not bad, not bad at all. I've mentioned before that I'm not a huge fan of Sondheim's work, and the limitations inherent in Into the Woods are still there, but as an adaptation of the stage musical, this is pretty good. The cast's singing voices were all very good, some of them surprisingly so. This was a welcome change from, say, Pierce Brosnan in Mamma Mia and half the cast of Les Mis. And while each character often tended to be a mere caricature (which is kinda the point), the actors threw themselves into their caricatures with gusto, and seemed to have fun with their roles. Good stuff.
 
Bowielee

Bowielee

I just went and saw The Imitation Game. It was excellent. Benedict Cumberbatch sure has the socially awkward, tortured genius role pegged. Kiera Knightly also turned out a great performance. It was solidly paced and never boring, which is quite a feat for a movie essentially about nerds using their puzzle solving abilities to win the war. It really highlighted how tragic and terrible it was that we basically destroyed one of the greatest minds in the history of mankind just because he liked dick, but I don't feel like it ever got preachy or up it's own ass.

So, overall, I loved it from start to finish.
 
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Skyfall (third time)

Sometimes I think I'm the only person who really liked this movie. The filmwork was gorgeous. I literally get chills during the highrise fight scene, when the gunman drops down and the barrel perfectly aligns with the neon. Whoa. That's awesome. AND the reflection of the gunman is pointing back at Bond. So well planned:

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Bubble181

Bubble181

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Skyfall (third time)

Sometimes I think I'm the only person who really liked this movie. The filmwork was gorgeous. I literally get chills during the highrise fight scene, when the gunman drops down and the barrel perfectly aligns with the neon. Whoa. That's awesome. AND the reflection of the gunman is pointing back at Bond. So well planned:

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It's a gorgeous movie, and it's very well made. It's probably the best movie among the Bonds, but that doesn't mean it's the best Bond movie. That was pretty much the "problem" with Skyfall. What, exactly, it means to be a "Bond" movie has changed through the years (Brosnan was widely criticized for far too many deaths and too much American-style action, for example, but everyone after him sort of accepted that too), but the character of Bond was seen as not very Bond-like. I liked Skyfall a lot, too - I just wouldn't necessarily watch it in the same state of mind as I'd rewatch some of the other bond movies.
 
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