[Movies] Talk about the last movie you saw 2: Electric Threadaloo

ThatNickGuy

ThatNickGuy

The Troll Hunter

Damn good movie and highly recommend it to anyone who wants a little different fairy tale mythology than the usual. Though, this goes along with a warning: anyone who can't handle shaky-cam movies like Cloverfield and Blair Witch Project should steer clear of it. It's one of those. I don't mind 'em, but I know others do mind them.

That said, I'm a little confused about the ending. Will spoiler-text it.

I get that rabies-infected guy wanted to hide the footage and such but I don't get what happened after. Did they all get "sanctioned" by Finn and company? Also, I don't get the post-ending ending with the Prime Minister talking about the power lines and trolls. Finn was sitting beside him, but...I don't get it. Did they just reveal to the public that trolls existed?
 
Hailey Knight

Hailey Knight

ThatNickGuy said:
The Troll Hunter

Damn good movie and highly recommend it to anyone who wants a little different fairy tale mythology than the usual. Though, this goes along with a warning: anyone who can't handle shaky-cam movies like Cloverfield and Blair Witch Project should steer clear of it. It's one of those. I don't mind 'em, but I know others do mind them.

That said, I'm a little confused about the ending. Will spoiler-text it.

I get that rabies-infected guy wanted to hide the footage and such but I don't get what happened after. Did they all get "sanctioned" by Finn and company? Also, I don't get the post-ending ending with the Prime Minister talking about the power lines and trolls. Finn was sitting beside him, but...I don't get it. Did they just reveal to the public that trolls existed?
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The shaky-cam in this has nothing on Cloverfield; and I say that as someone who liked Cloverfield--I don't think any found footage film will compete with that constant earthquake.

Rabies guy was hit by an 18-wheeler sliding on the road. I'm guessing the tapes were lost in the snow, otherwise Finn and the TSS would've taken them.

The Prime Minister did accidentally reveal the existence of trolls, but the point was that the media didn't pick it up as meaning actual fairy tale trolls.

The post-end bit makes me wonder: how many of those scenes where they stop or point at something and Hans goes "a troll did this when he ____" were ad-libbed? I bet in several cases they just found fallen trees or a dented bit of metal and thought up something to say. That's what I would've done were I making this movie.
 
Shegokigo

Shegokigo

I totally should have, and really have no excuse why I haven't. I mean I've watched about 9 movies this week too.....

I've actually been marathoning Tosh.0 (Dan Tosh is easily one of my favorite comedians, even outside his TV show), watching Dexter for the first time - 3eps in (Barely Shego? But that's like your dream show!?!) and a couple of horror movies (From Within and In The Mouth of Madness).

I WILL watch it this week for sure....
 
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Dylan Dog

Why did this movie get such a panning by critics? I mean, it's not Shakespeare, but it's not terrible either. 3% on Rotten Tomatoes. Here's my theory: a bunch of pseudo-intellectual critics wanted to pretend like they'd actually read the Italian comic, so they looked it up on Wikipedia, saw the differences and panned it. I thought it was watchable. I've certainly seen worse directing.
 
Frank

Frank

I've been gorging on the theater lately.

Fright Night - Really dug it

30 Minutes or Less - Not very good

Harry Potter the last one part 2 - Man, it was a pretty movie, but for some reason it didn't really do it for me. I don't know why.
 
Shegokigo

Shegokigo

I loved Salt.... thought the story was really interesting. The twists were well timed and not too predictable. The action scenes, as with most Angie movies, were fantastic and she looked gorgeous through the entire film.

Ah, opinions.
 
Math242

Math242

yeah opinions.

I swear, honest to god, after 20 minutes i had the god damned plot figured out to the T.

Angie is hot, no argument here but i really thought the story was bland and actors subpar (even tho, i usually like Liev Schreiber a lot)
 
Shegokigo

Shegokigo

Yeah, I actually didn't watch the Director's Cut till about 4-5 years ago. I always wrote it off as a god aweful film that failed to translate an amazing story. Why'd you watch the original cut anyway?
 
Adam

Adam

Shegokigo said:
Yeah, I actually didn't watch the Director's Cut till about 4-5 years ago. I always wrote it off as a god aweful film that failed to translate an amazing story. Why'd you watch the original cut anyway?
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NetFlix Streaming. Had heard good things about "Dune". David Lynch directing, Patrick Stewart, how could it go so horribly, horribly wrong?
 
Gryfter

Gryfter

Adammon said:
Original cut. I just don't understand how there are people out there who think it's an amazing movie. It's just..not. And for $45M, it should have been!
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You know, the first third of that movie is almost spot on with the plot of the book. Then they go into the desert and it all goes horribly, horribly wrong. The Dune series really doesn't translate to the screen well. Too much inner dialogue with important plot information that will always require a rewrite.

The worms were cool though.
 
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Yes, I couldn't stand Dune. I wasn't much for the book, either. Like the Head Brain said in Futurama, it's a "dense symbolist tome". On the other hand, when I was a kid, those shields scared the crap out me. Especially when the slow missile drills through it.
 
AshburnerX

AshburnerX

So I turned on FX last night and they were playing the Dragon Ball live action movie. This was my reaction after about 10 minutes of the most inane dialog I had ever heard:

 
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Philosopher B.

Ned Kelly​

A fairly solid film with a few amusing and badass moments (god, that armor) to sustain it. Heath Ledger had the standout performance (not to mention the best Irish accent; hence no doubt why Orlando Bloom didn't get many lines).​

The cinematography was also good, though I felt as if I were watching a documentary on Australian flora and fauna at times.
 
ThatNickGuy

ThatNickGuy

Paul

It was fun, but...I don't know. I feel like they relied far too heavily on nerdy in-jokes and references. There was very little in the way of their own original lines.

I liked it and laughed quite heartily a number of times, so it's definitely a recommendation.

I think I'm just getting tired of all the geek pandering instead of someone trying to create something new for us to love.
 
Shegokigo

Shegokigo

I thought Paul was fantastic because it brought Simon and Nick back together in the perfect roles. For me it was like "This is what Shaun and Ed did before Shaun met Liz, while on their vacation to the US".
 
ThatNickGuy

ThatNickGuy

Is The Expandables about a bunch of fat people wearing sweat pants? Unless you meant The ExpEndables. Which was a terrible, terrible movie.

As I said, I liked Paul and will likely enjoy it more upon repeat viewings. It just seems like "nerd pandering" is becoming a more and more common thing.

Also, I liked Fanboys. Though that's a lot more nerd pandering. Although, it's specific to one particular faction of fandom, whereas Paul kinda hits upon a bunch of them.
 
Gusto

Gusto

I liked Paul alright. It was no Hot Fuzz.

My favourite part of the experience was seeing it in theatre on a Monday night with like 6 other people in the theatre who did not pick up on all the references that my friend and I did. So the audience would be completely silent and then the two of us would burst out laughing for what the rest of the audience must have thought was no reason.
 
Frank

Frank

I think the only issue I had with Paul was it lacked some of the Edgar Wright magic that Hot Fuzz or Sean had. Otherwise I enjoyed it more than I thought I would.
 
checkeredhat

checkeredhat

I liked Paul well enough. Its true that Simon and Nick do not make the same great writing team tht Simon and Edgar (Or Simon and Jessica, if you've seen Spaced) do, but it was still enjoyable. Lots of great nerd references worked in... and really, an alien having a theological argument while pooping? COME ON! What's not to like?!
But I can't wait for the whole crew to get back together and finally complete the Blood and Ice Cream Trilogy. There's been a lot of alien movies the past two years, so I'm beginning to think their next film may bot not be an alien movie after all (Plus, Edgar Wright's friend basically made that movie, and it even starred Nick Frost, already). Only other thing I can think of that would befit a mint green cornetto is a monster flick.
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Last movie I saw was:

Our Idiot Brother
I had never heard of it, but just happened to be in front of the movie theatre with a friend, saw a poster with Paul Rudd on it, and decided to go in. Paul Rudd is the man. The movie was funny, but also one of the most awkward movies I've ever seen. A lot of discomfort. But... Paul Rudd.
 
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I haven't seen Paul. I actually forgot about it. My first reaction when I saw the trailer was, "Hey, it's live-action American Dad!"
 
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