I saw that once! I used to be pretty obsessed with Micky Mantle for like, a year back when I actually liked baseball. I read his biography in school, and then I remember loving this movie, and then I stopped caring about baseball again and just got obsessed with sharks or bats or something instead. Whatever the next book I read was about, most likely.
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I'd watch it twice and buy the Blu-Ray.
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Hobo With a Shotgun
Pretty entertaining, very 80s feel to it. The saturation could've been toned down just a bit, though. Felt like my eyes were gonna melt.
Also, those damn Crank movies are getting to me. I think I'm gonna re-watch them back-to-back tonight.
Pretty entertaining, very 80s feel to it. The saturation could've been toned down just a bit, though. Felt like my eyes were gonna melt.
Also, those damn Crank movies are getting to me. I think I'm gonna re-watch them back-to-back tonight.
Fun fact: Crack 2 broke my brain. Throughout pretty much most of it, I was like "WHAT?! What the fuck!?" And it was awesome.
Fun fact #2: The guys who did the Crank movies are currently working on the Ghost Rider sequel. If ANYONE can make that series watchable, it's them.
Fun fact #2: The guys who did the Crank movies are currently working on the Ghost Rider sequel. If ANYONE can make that series watchable, it's them.
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Watched I am Number 4. What a piece of... if you see it, and you would do well to skip it, pay attention to how much screen time the chick from Glee gets. It's as if they re-wrote the story to give her more screen time because of Glee's success. It might've been watchable if they had just edited out the romance. What a waste of two hours.
Eh, I watched it when it first came out. Got it for free, working at Blockbuster.
I got my money's worth.
Seriously, I've seen a LOT worse movies. It wasn't good by any definition, but I've seen loads worse.
I got my money's worth.
Seriously, I've seen a LOT worse movies. It wasn't good by any definition, but I've seen loads worse.
Free, terrible movies for Bad Movie Night is one of the only things I miss about working at Blockbuster.Eh, I watched it when it first came out. Got it for free, working at Blockbuster.
I got my money's worth.
Seriously, I've seen a LOT worse movies. It wasn't good by any definition, but I've seen loads worse.
Don't get me wrong, there was a story there but it took them over an hour to get around to it and within the first half hour I could it was going to end without fully resolving things.Eh, I watched it when it first came out. Got it for free, working at Blockbuster.
I got my money's worth.
Seriously, I've seen a LOT worse movies. It wasn't good by any definition, but I've seen loads worse.
When I saw tv ads for I am Number 4 I thought they were advertising some shitty, low budget, cash-in, tv sci-fi show.
I watched THE BLACK HOLE for the first time since I was 8 or so. It holds up decently well. VINCENT is probably the most capable and competent robot in the history of movie robot sidekicks. The slightly less obtuse Kubrickian ending caught me off guard though. Anyways, I really enjoyed it and was glad to have spent the time with it.
I watched THE BLACK HOLE for the first time since I was 8 or so. It holds up decently well. VINCENT is probably the most capable and competent robot in the history of movie robot sidekicks. The slightly less obtuse Kubrickian ending caught me off guard though. Anyways, I really enjoyed it and was glad to have spent the time with it.
Limitless
Really interesting moving with a great premise with a flawed ending. I'll put that behind spoiler text in a second. The rest? Really clever camera uses at times and some really clever colour saturation when the main character was on and off the drug. The movie was sort of an alegory for drug use and its foibles (the constant need for another hit, the reprecutions of not taking said hit after a certain amount of time, etc).
That said, as far as the ending is concerned...
Still, despite my complaints about the conclusion, I really dug this movie.
Really interesting moving with a great premise with a flawed ending. I'll put that behind spoiler text in a second. The rest? Really clever camera uses at times and some really clever colour saturation when the main character was on and off the drug. The movie was sort of an alegory for drug use and its foibles (the constant need for another hit, the reprecutions of not taking said hit after a certain amount of time, etc).
That said, as far as the ending is concerned...
It was flawed because it still sets Eddie, the main character, as the hero in the end. I knew DeNiro would show up one more time before the end and would somehow tie into all the drug manufacturing. Not quite the way I expected, but I honestly had hoped we'd see the ending with some kind of a downfall. One of my favourite novels is Flowers for Algernon. I honestly expected something similar, where he would wind up being stuck as an idiot. Or at least falling into DeNiro's trap in the end and needing to be dependant on him. Instead, we get the ultra-super-happy ending where, after all the crap he went through and the lessons he should have learned about the NZT's drug use...he didn't.
Still, despite my complaints about the conclusion, I really dug this movie.
The Adjustment Bureau
Damn good movie. Nothing Oscar-worthy or anything, but just an overall solid movie from beginning to end. Damon and Blunt totally made me a believer in the romance, which really helped sell the rest of the movie. The sci-fi stuff was underplayed just enough so it didn't run the whole movie. In other writer/director's hands, this could have been a disaster. But with a really well-paced movie, likeable characters and some fine acting by all the main players, I walked away from this with two big thumbs up.
Damn good movie. Nothing Oscar-worthy or anything, but just an overall solid movie from beginning to end. Damon and Blunt totally made me a believer in the romance, which really helped sell the rest of the movie. The sci-fi stuff was underplayed just enough so it didn't run the whole movie. In other writer/director's hands, this could have been a disaster. But with a really well-paced movie, likeable characters and some fine acting by all the main players, I walked away from this with two big thumbs up.
Godzilla, Mothra, and King Gidorah: Giant Monsters All Out Attack!
Fun movie, weird seeing Gidorah as a hero, although I learned that the director originally wanted other monsters in the movie instead of Mothra and Gidorah, so that explains a bit. The mystical stance on the monsters didn't work too well. Certainly not the best movie in the Millennium series, but not the worst either (Godzilla vs Megaguirus was pretty ho-hum).
Fun movie, weird seeing Gidorah as a hero, although I learned that the director originally wanted other monsters in the movie instead of Mothra and Gidorah, so that explains a bit. The mystical stance on the monsters didn't work too well. Certainly not the best movie in the Millennium series, but not the worst either (Godzilla vs Megaguirus was pretty ho-hum).
Is that a good Wow or a bad wow? I've heard mostly really good things about it, but haven't spent the money on it cause I'm just not sure.
Conan the Barbarian 2011
What a piece of shit. Everything was as lackluster, uninspired and nonsensical as it gets. Just really fucking terrible.
Things I hated, some of which will probably be spoilery:
- A useless MacGuffin that is the focus of the entire fucking movie that ends up bearing no consequences on anything. HATE THIS.
- Uninspired action sequences. The fighting was fucking awful.
- Nude body double for Rachel Nichols (BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!)
- Rachel Nichols screaming. Ears were bleeding after she let loose with her 340th screech.
- Shitty, shitty gore. Silly CG blood splatter coming out of clearly unwounded people flopping about. At one point, a guy in full armor smacks into a rock, the rock is just covered in a splatter of blood and he rolls off of it, dry as a bone. The rock must have been really bloody. Either make the goofy gore look good or just don't do it. They shouldn't have done it.
- The most half-assed R rating ever achieved. Lets have some topless women in the movie for 10 seconds at the beginning and then have some of the shittiest PG-13 with digitial blood added to make it R rated violence. THAT'S THE TICKET!
- Apparently everything in this world is a 10 minute horse ride from everything else. Bad guy captures girl. Takes her to evil castle fortress. Conan needs help, travels to some supreme superthief city. Gets help. Travels to bad guy evil castle fortress before the bad guys have had a chance to take her to the top of the fucking castle. TERRIBLE.
- Forced 3D. I mean it. There wasn't a theater in the city playing it in 2D. Of course this came with the usual super dark, washed out presentation.
- Acting. Bad. Didn't expect it to be good.
- Story. Awful. Didn't expect it to be good.
What a piece of shit. Everything was as lackluster, uninspired and nonsensical as it gets. Just really fucking terrible.
Things I hated, some of which will probably be spoilery:
- A useless MacGuffin that is the focus of the entire fucking movie that ends up bearing no consequences on anything. HATE THIS.
- Uninspired action sequences. The fighting was fucking awful.
- Nude body double for Rachel Nichols (BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!)
- Rachel Nichols screaming. Ears were bleeding after she let loose with her 340th screech.
- Shitty, shitty gore. Silly CG blood splatter coming out of clearly unwounded people flopping about. At one point, a guy in full armor smacks into a rock, the rock is just covered in a splatter of blood and he rolls off of it, dry as a bone. The rock must have been really bloody. Either make the goofy gore look good or just don't do it. They shouldn't have done it.
- The most half-assed R rating ever achieved. Lets have some topless women in the movie for 10 seconds at the beginning and then have some of the shittiest PG-13 with digitial blood added to make it R rated violence. THAT'S THE TICKET!
- Apparently everything in this world is a 10 minute horse ride from everything else. Bad guy captures girl. Takes her to evil castle fortress. Conan needs help, travels to some supreme superthief city. Gets help. Travels to bad guy evil castle fortress before the bad guys have had a chance to take her to the top of the fucking castle. TERRIBLE.
- Forced 3D. I mean it. There wasn't a theater in the city playing it in 2D. Of course this came with the usual super dark, washed out presentation.
- Acting. Bad. Didn't expect it to be good.
- Story. Awful. Didn't expect it to be good.
So...you liked it? *ducks!*
DAMN.
I was gonna see this with Fright Night, but I might skip it now.
I was gonna see this with Fright Night, but I might skip it now.
It had some ok moments, actually the first half of the movie wasn't SUPER awful. It really falls apart though. I went in hoping for some old school violent B-movie adventure and got new school shitty violent B-movie adventure which lacks all the charm. I don't know. Some people might enjoy it. I'd rather watch Arnold's Conan or a Deathstalker movie or something.
I understand now though why Jason Momoa was so stoked about his role in Game of Thrones and not so much about his role in Conan.
I understand now though why Jason Momoa was so stoked about his role in Game of Thrones and not so much about his role in Conan.
It's a... it's a... kind of slack-jawed holy shit I can't believe that just happened on screen "Wow".
I mean, I'm super glad I watched it, it's an awesome movie but... holy crap. James Gunn did NOT hold back at all. This makes up for Scooby Doo.
But what I really loved was Cowboys and Aliens! So... cool. I was hopping up and down in my seat and grabbing Jake's arm and going "aah!" and doing all the things one should do at a really fun action movie with neat effects and creepy aliens.
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Fright Night looks good from the trailers. I've heard good things. At first I rolled my eyes at Hollywood's lack of originality, considering that the original was actually pretty good. It had that right combination of funny and scary. The same combo that made Shaun of the Dead so good. But then the trailer looked pretty good, too. (I guess I should ask before running my mouth off--this is a remake of the 80s movie, isn't it?)
Anyway, I saw Green Hornet last night. Overall, the movie stank to high heaven. But there were some gems in the coal. Rogan's realism would've been nice in a superhero film of better quality. It was refreshing to see someone doing superhero stuff not brooding and enjoying it. You know, like Spidey used to be. Sure, Parker had problems, but Spidey loved being Spidey. I actually kind of liked the fight scenes. But they were really sparse. I think the critics hit this one dead on. It was a bro film with no plot. The only thing that will save it from the totally forgettable pile are the fight scenes and the car.
Anyway, I saw Green Hornet last night. Overall, the movie stank to high heaven. But there were some gems in the coal. Rogan's realism would've been nice in a superhero film of better quality. It was refreshing to see someone doing superhero stuff not brooding and enjoying it. You know, like Spidey used to be. Sure, Parker had problems, but Spidey loved being Spidey. I actually kind of liked the fight scenes. But they were really sparse. I think the critics hit this one dead on. It was a bro film with no plot. The only thing that will save it from the totally forgettable pile are the fight scenes and the car.
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Green Lantern: Emerald Knights. Pretty good. Nice to see Captain Tightpants actually get to play the GL after a handy fan cast him to his delight in that fan trailer that circulated a couple of years ago. Careful with the kids on this one. It's animated, but the opening scene is actually quite gruesome. Strangely, the rest is fairly soft. The movie is set at an odd time. Before Sinestro has defected, and before Laira becomes a Red Lantern. There is a movie-wide plot, but it's really just a backbone for a series of backstories, including Laira, Killowog, and Abin Sur, as they are told to Arisia by Hal. The art is good, and there's some decent direction. I recommend it.
Okay, is Nathan Fillion COMMONLY referred to as Captain Tightpants? Like, I get it, of course. But I have not heard that before outside of the show, and I *just* watched that episode today, so to me that's weird.
I also just today found out he's Canadian. I knew Jewel Staite was, but did not know he was.
I also just today found out he's Canadian. I knew Jewel Staite was, but did not know he was.
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Really? I thought it was interesting. There were some decent shots in there, like the family portraits opening up as they fight. As for Captain Tightpants, I have no idea how common it is, I just thought it was funny.
I just found it oddly coincidental because I just watched that episode today, and I otherwise wouldn't have remembered it and would not have even known if you were talking about Nathan Fillion.
He went to the same as high school as me! ...Several years before, however. There is a sign in a classroom (my godfather's classroom, in fact) which reads "Yes but every time I try to see things your way, I get a headache." and allegedly it was made by him during his years there, but I never have heard this corroborated. I choose to believe it, however.
I also choose to believe this.