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

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..same alien body type, being hidden in plain sight by regular joes disguising him in a variety of humorous different costumes. Not to mention the alien's humor style and voice are extremely similar. It's not American Dad in toto, but I saw a huge similarity between Roger and Paul.
 
Gran Torino

Wow... now that was a climax. After the local Hmong Gangsters exact vengeance on his neighbors, Clint Eastwood completely defies expectations and ensures that not only will the violence end, but in a way that sends a message to the kid he befriended. Easily my favorite twist since the Shawshank Redemption.

This movie is so good, I may actually buy it.
 
The thing about Paul (and I guess the Kung Fu Panda series) is that I love Seth Rogen's voice but HAAAAAATE his laugh, and that is amplified even more when he's just voicing a character.
 
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 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.
Oh man, I'm getting visions of them riffing on horror movies with a heavy does of "Abbot and Costello meet..." thrown in...

Man. Now I wanna go watch Abbot and Costello movies.
 
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides

I liked it, I don't quite see why it got negative reviews, it was quite entertaining and Jack Sparrow's still a lot of fun. Also, Penelope Cruz is hot.

The line about the Spanish convent might be my favorite movie quote ever.
 
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides

I liked it, I don't quite see why it got negative reviews, it was quite entertaining and Jack Sparrow's still a lot of fun. Also, Penelope Cruz is hot.

The line about the Spanish convent might be my favorite movie quote ever.
Negative reviews I could see stemming from the maguffin-filled plot and the atrocious 3D (the movie was already dark, and under 3D people say it was very difficult to make out what was going on in night shots).

I myself would get more on-board with middling reviews. It was an okay movie; it exists, but it wasn't anything special. Of the many summer films we saw, I'd say it was the worst, which was a surprise because I went into Thor and X-Men: First Class expecting duds.
 
Yeh. I think I did a video review of PoTC?...I can't recall. I saw it in 2D but later went back and saw it in 3D. I can safely say the 3D ruins it. Ya can't see shit.
 
I wonder how much the issue of "3D ruins the movie is the theater falsely trying to be cheap and running the projection lamp on a low setting.
 
I wonder how much the issue of "3D ruins the movie is the theater falsely trying to be cheap and running the projection lamp on a low setting.
Some, but the fact is that 3D post-conversion darkens the film so when you shoot you have to compensate for that. Most do not or can't, so no matter how poorly the theater deals with the lamp it's still going to have sub-par picture quality.

Watched John Carpenters "The Ward" last night. Here's my review from my website, www.youusedtomakegoodmoviesandnowyoumakethingslikethisjohncarpentercommareallyquestionmark.com

Actually the website name kind of sums it up.
 

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I live in undying fear of defibrillating someone, only to have chest-jaws bite my hands off to this day.
 
Gran Torino

Wow... now that was a climax. After the local Hmong Gangsters exact vengeance on his neighbors, Charlton Heston completely defies expectations and ensures that not only will the violence end, but in a way that sends a message to the kid he befriended. Easily my favorite twist since the Shawshank Redemption.

This movie is so good, I may actually buy it.
I would love to see how that movie would have been with Charlie Heston in it.
 
I'm surprised he hasn't tried his hand (er, voice) at animation voice work.

Although, there's a rumour popping around that DC is trying their damndest to get him as the voice of Batman for a Dark Knight Returns animated movie.
 
I really liked Gran Torino, but I gotta be honest, Eastwood movies are, for me, incredibly hit or miss.
Do you mean acting or directing....OR BOTH?!?!

Directing wise, I've liked Changeling, Mystic River, and Unforgiven. The rest either were bad, boring, or had no interest to me really.
 
Do you mean acting or directing....OR BOTH?!?!

Directing wise, I've liked Changeling, Mystic River, and Unforgiven. The rest either were bad, boring, or had no interest to me really.
Directing wise, mine would be Unforgiven, Million Dollar Baby, and Gran Torino. Acting... everything is awesome. I still have so many Eastwood westerns to watch.
 
Just watched Megamind on netflix. I'm so sorry for having missed this in theatres! That makes the second Will Ferrell movie I've ever liked. The kid also seemed to have a blast.
 

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Also saw Paul after you guys talked about it.

It was watchable after the first 20 minutes were over. It had really funny moments definitely. But also really weak ones. It sure felt like huge stereotype against middle America at a lot of points. Didn't care much for that.
 
I wasn't super interested in Million Dollar Baby, and then someone spoiled it for me, and I got mad and tried to wait for a while so I'd semi-forget it, and then just never have seen it.
 
I wasn't super interested in Million Dollar Baby, and then someone spoiled it for me, and I got mad and tried to wait for a while so I'd semi-forget it, and then just never have seen it.
I saw it opening night, but had I not, I would've heard about that woman bitching and spoling the ending because of her son, and then Ebert saying no one has the right to do that.
 
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