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Just watched Kung Pow. I get why people would hate this movie, but... This is one movie where I have to disagree with the majority of critics. I thought it was hilarious! I have a weird sense of humor, though.
[Movies] Talk about the last movie you saw 2: Electric Threadaloo
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Weeoo Weeoo Weeoo!
Missed Call 1-2-3 (jp version) Missed Call (us version)
Typical Japanese horror fare. I was hoping for something creative but nope, mostly black and white scary girls killing young japanese students for very broken storylined reasons. Really REALLY light on the gore in this series and NO nudity. Double no no for a good horror. Pretty dissapointed in these.
I really enjoyed both movies. They were definitely in the weird, kind of dyslexic side of things, but that didn't bother me.
I do think both films suffer from lack of budget. Don't get me wrong, they both did amazing stuff with only $4.2M, but in between every awesome effects shot, there are shots where it looks like they just filmed it as sedately and as non-moving as possible to save money.
Cajungal
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So true! When he takes that kid's birthday money, I want to cry.
I just finished watching a couple movies.
Spirited Away
Oh this was an amazing masterpiece. Yes I know some people love to hate it but I found myself simply pulled in and in awe from start to finish. The whole world was just so imaginative and it had a sense of awe around the whole movie. It definitely is not going to be a movie for everyone like but I found it truly memorable.
Green Lantern: First Flight
I was a bit torn on this movie some parts dragged on while other parts seemed to speed on way to fast. I was disappointed that Hal got the ring in the first couple of minutes of the movie. It really didn't give much back info on Hal either. It just showed him and than a few minutes later he is GL. I also was a little disappointed in the ending (I won't go into detail since some of you have not seen it yet) but it just felt rushed and cheaply done. Now I did enjoy the fact that it is a bit more grown up with blood and stuff but it still felt like they held back in areas. Now I am not wanting some R rated GL but I was expecting more since it got a PG-13 rating. Over all I found the movie enjoyable but predictable. I was also disappointed in how little back story we got for Hal. It seemed like the writers wanted to turn Hal into GL as fast as possible but than they don;t bother to really flush his character out. It almost feels like the movie was more about Sinestro than GL. As I said earlier I am not going to go too deep into it cause I don't want to spoil it but just be warned it is a good movie but it has it's flaws.
Spirited Away
Oh this was an amazing masterpiece. Yes I know some people love to hate it but I found myself simply pulled in and in awe from start to finish. The whole world was just so imaginative and it had a sense of awe around the whole movie. It definitely is not going to be a movie for everyone like but I found it truly memorable.
Green Lantern: First Flight
I was a bit torn on this movie some parts dragged on while other parts seemed to speed on way to fast. I was disappointed that Hal got the ring in the first couple of minutes of the movie. It really didn't give much back info on Hal either. It just showed him and than a few minutes later he is GL. I also was a little disappointed in the ending (I won't go into detail since some of you have not seen it yet) but it just felt rushed and cheaply done. Now I did enjoy the fact that it is a bit more grown up with blood and stuff but it still felt like they held back in areas. Now I am not wanting some R rated GL but I was expecting more since it got a PG-13 rating. Over all I found the movie enjoyable but predictable. I was also disappointed in how little back story we got for Hal. It seemed like the writers wanted to turn Hal into GL as fast as possible but than they don;t bother to really flush his character out. It almost feels like the movie was more about Sinestro than GL. As I said earlier I am not going to go too deep into it cause I don't want to spoil it but just be warned it is a good movie but it has it's flaws.
Just saw Sha Po Lang (aka Killzone), Flash Point, and City of Violence.
Those are some fucking spectacular martial arts movies (first two are Donnie Yen vehicles).
Those are some fucking spectacular martial arts movies (first two are Donnie Yen vehicles).
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ThatNickGuy
Transformers 2
Good. Fucking. Lord. This movie was putrid garbage on all fronts.
-Non-sensical plot (they're going to blow up the sun!) that jumped around like it was edited by someone with ADHD and about 45 minutes too long.
-Pointless sideplots, like bringing back the agent from the first movie.
-Characters appearing and disappearing with no notice. Like, where the hell were the Autobots in the museum and then suddenly, they're with everyone else in the desert? And Wheelie disappears all of a sudden, too (thankfully).
-"Fight" scenes were just two blobs rolling around. Of course, the ridiculous camera work, like it was filmed on the back of a rabid seizuring dog didn't help. Any robots on the screen were hard to tell what they were doing because they were all this dull grey colour and the sets they were on were just as bland. The Decepticon base, for example, should have been an exceptionally amazing looking place (where was it? Mars? No idea! No time to explain that!) but it was just bland and dull.
-The roommate character served NO purpose.
-Neither did the human Decepticon.
Overall, the movie was such a frenzied mess that I was getting a headache just trying to following along. It jumped around so much, both in the plot and just the action in general, that the whole thing just made no sense. For such a great threat, The Fallen served no purpose at all (why was he able to stand up after Optimus died?). Devastator was there for five minutes and felt more like fan service than anything else.
Even though it's not going to happen, I really hope the third one bombs big time and we never have to see this putrid garbage on the screen again. At least while Michael Bay is heading it up.
Good. Fucking. Lord. This movie was putrid garbage on all fronts.
-Non-sensical plot (they're going to blow up the sun!) that jumped around like it was edited by someone with ADHD and about 45 minutes too long.
-Pointless sideplots, like bringing back the agent from the first movie.
-Characters appearing and disappearing with no notice. Like, where the hell were the Autobots in the museum and then suddenly, they're with everyone else in the desert? And Wheelie disappears all of a sudden, too (thankfully).
-"Fight" scenes were just two blobs rolling around. Of course, the ridiculous camera work, like it was filmed on the back of a rabid seizuring dog didn't help. Any robots on the screen were hard to tell what they were doing because they were all this dull grey colour and the sets they were on were just as bland. The Decepticon base, for example, should have been an exceptionally amazing looking place (where was it? Mars? No idea! No time to explain that!) but it was just bland and dull.
-The roommate character served NO purpose.
-Neither did the human Decepticon.
Overall, the movie was such a frenzied mess that I was getting a headache just trying to following along. It jumped around so much, both in the plot and just the action in general, that the whole thing just made no sense. For such a great threat, The Fallen served no purpose at all (why was he able to stand up after Optimus died?). Devastator was there for five minutes and felt more like fan service than anything else.
Even though it's not going to happen, I really hope the third one bombs big time and we never have to see this putrid garbage on the screen again. At least while Michael Bay is heading it up.
My buddy Anthony rented Trick or Treat and Monster House.
Trick or Treat was a mostly fun horror movie which I guess is from a graphic novel. It's 4 stories semi-connected to one another in one way or another. They all feature the same town, and they all happen on the same halloween night. Overall it was alright. I found it predictable, to a degree. Basically I thought "oh man, I bet ____ is going to be a twist" and was right every time. However, there were not a whole lot of times where I thought that to myself. I can't really call it a good movie, because it was kinda predictable, some of the visuals could have been better and there are a few things that I really just didn't get at the end. It was, though, a fun movie.
Monster House was...kind of disappointing. The level of animation was a little subpar to what I was expecting. Maybe Pixar just spoils me though. It felt like a slight step above what you'd see on a computer animated show. The plot was alright. To me the old man was WAY more scary than the house itself. I also didn't really get how the house actually worked. I guess it really sufferes from being the kind of movie where if you think about it too much, makes no god damn sense, but if you just accept it then it can be semi-emjoyable.
eh, whatever. I'm overthinking a holloween movie for kids. Parts of it are enjoyable, funny, ans genuinly creepy to me. It ain't no Increadables though.
Trick or Treat was a mostly fun horror movie which I guess is from a graphic novel. It's 4 stories semi-connected to one another in one way or another. They all feature the same town, and they all happen on the same halloween night. Overall it was alright. I found it predictable, to a degree. Basically I thought "oh man, I bet ____ is going to be a twist" and was right every time. However, there were not a whole lot of times where I thought that to myself. I can't really call it a good movie, because it was kinda predictable, some of the visuals could have been better and there are a few things that I really just didn't get at the end. It was, though, a fun movie.
Monster House was...kind of disappointing. The level of animation was a little subpar to what I was expecting. Maybe Pixar just spoils me though. It felt like a slight step above what you'd see on a computer animated show. The plot was alright. To me the old man was WAY more scary than the house itself. I also didn't really get how the house actually worked. I guess it really sufferes from being the kind of movie where if you think about it too much, makes no god damn sense, but if you just accept it then it can be semi-emjoyable.
eh, whatever. I'm overthinking a holloween movie for kids. Parts of it are enjoyable, funny, ans genuinly creepy to me. It ain't no Increadables though.
haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaave you met Michael Bay?
Went for two classics I had never seen this weekend that I had just been putting off for no good reason for many years.
Unforgiven
I'll be honest: I've always been a fan of Clint Eastwood, without ever watching any of his movies. I mean, the man always oozed badass I never really felt the need to see his films. So I decided to go with one of his "best roles" and watched this. I gotta say, I wasn't dissapointed. I had him on a high pedestal and wondered if maybe it was too high for a regular man to ever reach. Luckily, Eastwood is no regular man. I have no idea why the "Awesomest Man Alive" meme is based on Norris and not Eastwood.
Caddy Shack
I'm an 80s girl through and through. I'll take a Chevy Chase or Dangerfield or Murray movie over any comedian today's film in a heartbeat. So how had I never sat down for Caddy Shack? Opportunity I suppose. I really had been missing something great though. I could have done without caddy's sidestory, but for the most part it was exactly the kind of 80s comedy fix I had been wanting after such a drab comedy showing in the past years of cinema. This is the kind of movie I'll be watching again and again.
Unforgiven
I'll be honest: I've always been a fan of Clint Eastwood, without ever watching any of his movies. I mean, the man always oozed badass I never really felt the need to see his films. So I decided to go with one of his "best roles" and watched this. I gotta say, I wasn't dissapointed. I had him on a high pedestal and wondered if maybe it was too high for a regular man to ever reach. Luckily, Eastwood is no regular man. I have no idea why the "Awesomest Man Alive" meme is based on Norris and not Eastwood.
Caddy Shack
I'm an 80s girl through and through. I'll take a Chevy Chase or Dangerfield or Murray movie over any comedian today's film in a heartbeat. So how had I never sat down for Caddy Shack? Opportunity I suppose. I really had been missing something great though. I could have done without caddy's sidestory, but for the most part it was exactly the kind of 80s comedy fix I had been wanting after such a drab comedy showing in the past years of cinema. This is the kind of movie I'll be watching again and again.
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ThatNickGuy
haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaave you met Michael Bay?[/QUOTE]
Oh, I should know better, believe me. The movie was just such a huge piece of unmitigated garbage that I can't understand how anyone could give it a positive review...or how it makes so much money.
Also, Phil? Trick R Treat is an original story, not based on a graphic novel. There was a comic adaptation made BASED on the movie, but that's all. Sorry you didn't like it, though.
I liked it in the Creepshow/Tales From the Crypt kind of way.What about it didn't you get?
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Watched From Hell last night, which I'd always sort of avoided because I never really heard much of anything good about. Didn't blow me away or anything, but I thought it was a pretty decent alternate history/murder mystery/conspiracy/procedural/period piece.
I've never read the book, so I can't compare them.
I've never read the book, so I can't compare them.
So, how long did it take you to get the balloons attached to your place? :slywink:
Who Framed Roger Rabbit. And all the documentaries that came with it. That movie is a masterpiece. It's a blending of live action and animation that no one has come close to recreating with as much love and faithfulness, and it's a shame the proposed sequel "Toon Patrol" never made it past the script. Roger Rabbit fighting Nazis would have been a trip.
huh. I would have thought you'd hate it since balloons can't lift a house into the sky.
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Steven Soderburgin
huh. I would have thought you'd hate it since balloons can't lift a house into the sky.[/QUOTE]
fuuuuuuuuuuuck i was seriously considering posting this FUCK
huh. I would have thought you'd hate it since balloons can't lift a house into the sky.[/QUOTE]
fuuuuuuuuuuuck i was seriously considering posting this FUCK[/QUOTE]
IF YA AIN'T FIRST, YER LAST
Cajungal
Staff member
huh. I would have thought you'd hate it since balloons can't lift a house into the sky.[/QUOTE]
Beat me to it. You're alright, Charles.
I would complain if I saw that movie because it fucking sucks
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ThatNickGuy
I would complain if I saw that movie because it fucking sucks[/QUOTE]
How do you truly know unless you've seen it for yourself, though?
I would complain if I saw that movie because it fucking sucks[/QUOTE]
How do you truly know unless you've seen it for yourself, though?[/QUOTE]
Because dozens of critics that I respect said it was fucking awful.
And everything in the trailer looked awful.
And I watched a released 4-minute clip that made me want to kill myself.
Dave
Staff member
huh. I would have thought you'd hate it since balloons can't lift a house into the sky.[/quote]
The balloons are whimsical whereas Wall-E was not. It's pretty much common knowledge that you can't do that with balloons so there was no belief to have to suspend to get into the movie. UP relies on the story and humanistic elements to make it compelling. Wall-E tried to make the emotions of the robots themselves the underpinnings of the story, which was ludicrous.
huh. I would have thought you'd hate it since balloons can't lift a house into the sky.[/quote]
The balloons are whimsical whereas Wall-E was not. It's pretty much common knowledge that you can't do that with balloons so there was no belief to have to suspend to get into the movie. UP relies on the story and humanistic elements to make it compelling. Wall-E tried to make the emotions of the robots themselves the underpinnings of the story, which was ludicrous.[/QUOTE]
Dave. I think you're cool. And you're a pretty great poster. But this makes no sense whatsoever. Read it to yourself.
Dave
Staff member
huh. I would have thought you'd hate it since balloons can't lift a house into the sky.[/quote]
The balloons are whimsical whereas Wall-E was not. It's pretty much common knowledge that you can't do that with balloons so there was no belief to have to suspend to get into the movie. UP relies on the story and humanistic elements to make it compelling. Wall-E tried to make the emotions of the robots themselves the underpinnings of the story, which was ludicrous.[/quote]
Dave. I think you're cool. And you're a pretty great poster. But this makes no sense whatsoever. Read it to yourself.[/QUOTE]
It made sense in my mind.
Okay, let's try this again.
Up - Story about a little old man trying to keep a promise to his wife about going to a mystical land in South America. Plot uses a whimsical house-lifted-by-balloons to accomplish this. The story is HUMAN driven and about an emotional journey for the guy and the young boy whose homelife is less than stellar.
Wall-E - Story about robots falling in love and trying to save the last plant from Earth. Story is ROBOT driven and tries to impart such things as panting, emotions, exertion, etc. These elements are alien to robotics.
Maybe that clarifies, but the driving forces of the movies are very different.
I would complain if I saw that movie because it fucking sucks[/QUOTE]
Oh absolutely, this is not a good movie by a long shot. In its defense, though, it doesn't try to be anything more than what it is. It's a 90 minute escapist romantic fantasy designed to separate teenage girls from their cash. It does what it does, nothing more.
Plus, hey, Katherine Heigl's boobs. She's wearing something low-cut in pretty much every single scene, and there are lots of shots of her either bending over or squeezing up some cleavage, for no discernible reason other than to titillate the teenage girls' dates.
I'm sorry.
NBC's new show Community has Chevy Chase in a main cast role, and he's actually really good. I hope he's back
Watch Vacation and Christmas Vacation. The other ones stunk.
I continue to be puzzled as to why this is always a compliment for shitty movies. A shitty movie on accident would be more forgivable than a shitty movie on purpose.