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

checkeredhat

checkeredhat

Yeah..... I gotta side with Nick on that one. Milla Jovovich can kick some ass, sure, but ultimate in female badassery? Sigourney Weaver as Ellen Ripley, hands down.
 
LittleSin

LittleSin

I like my heroines to be tough as nails but also vulnerable in a believable way. Connor and Ripley take the top spot on my list in meeting those qualities.
 
Shegokigo

Shegokigo

See and that's where I pull away. No weakness, all badass (aka the Conan of woman badass world). Milia's characters tend to be beautifully flawless (Joan, Alice, Violet) and Sarah, after the first movie, was pure focus on her mission with no remorse. They were amazing.
 
LittleSin

LittleSin

Sarah did have remorse but, like any good soldier, it had to be suppressed for the good of the world. Also, when I say vulnerability I mean it more as something...humanizing. In Sarahs case that would the love for her son.
 
Shegokigo

Shegokigo

Yeah but unlike other female heroes, it's not a crippling weakness. She loved him, but she still went in, guns blazing, leaving him behind to complete her mission (aka the Skynet building scene) or "Screw your childhood, you're going to be a warrior" upbringing in Salvation.
 
checkeredhat

checkeredhat

Kinda like how Ellen Ripley charged into a hive of Xenomophs, flamethrower-in-hand, even facing the Queen, so she could save Newt after she lost her own daughter inbetween Alien and Aliens. :D
 
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My problem with action girls in general is that they are so homogenized. There are so many doing the whole high-kicking, pseudo-kung fu fighting, which usually involves physically impossible throws or punches against opponents 2-3 times her size or weight.
 
AshburnerX

AshburnerX

Sarah Connor definitely tops my list for female heroines. She may have been strong and tough, but those were just outward signs of just how utterly damaged she actually was. She was balls to the wall crazy and not in the good way.

Charlie Don't Surf said:
I would like Milla more if she had been in any not-awful movies post-5th element.
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Basically this. Has she done any non-action movie roles since then? I'd be willing to give her a shot in those.
 
Espy

Espy

AshburnerX said:
Has she done any non-action movie roles since then? I'd be willing to give her a shot in those.
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Stone.
A Perfect Getaway.
The Fourth Kind (although I haven't seen this one and I've heard bad things about the structure of it).
Zoolander.
The Messenger.
Dazed and Confused (admittedly before the first RE movie).

I dare anyone to sit down and watch The Messenger and Stone and tell me this woman isn't a phenomenal actress.
 
Espy

Espy

It's not a huge roll but really if you wanna see her show that she can act like a mofo watch Stone or The Messenger.
 
Frank

Frank

Drive is a fucking amazing film that you should in a theater with the least amount of morons possible. I'm sure myself and my friend were the only two people in the whole fucking place that was enjoying this treat of cinema by the noise level of the absolutely GARBAGE FUCKING ASSHOLE AUDIENCE. There is a literally a scene near the end of the movie where
we're left not knowing if Driver is dead or not and he's sitting motionless for a prolonged period of silence. The fucking ignorant bitch behind me found this moment of silence to let us all know loudly, "Is he dead? Is he dead? Is he dead? Is he dead? This movie is dumb."

NONE OF US FUCKING KNOW IF HE'S DEAD, THAT'S THE FUCKING POINT OF THE SCENE YOU DIRTY WHORE.

Everyone in the audience left the theater complaining about what a piece of shit the movie was. It was baffling, like I wasn't part of the same God damn species. EVEN with this awful, garbage crowd I loved the holy fucking shit out of it. It's just brilliant.
 
Frank

Frank

2 hours of the worst theater audience I've been a part of in years. Cellphones, loud conversations, you name a shitty theater manner and these people were dick deep in it.

Drive was pretty much good enough to put up with it. But I'm still angry.
 
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Frankie Williamson said:
Drive is a fucking amazing film that you should in a theater with the least amount of morons possible. I'm sure myself and my friend were the only two people in the whole fucking place that was enjoying this treat of cinema by the noise level of the absolutely GARBAGE FUCKING ASSHOLE AUDIENCE. There is a literally a scene near the end of the movie where
we're left not knowing if Driver is dead or not and he's sitting motionless for a prolonged period of silence. The fucking ignorant bitch behind me found this moment of silence to let us all know loudly, "Is he dead? Is he dead? Is he dead? Is he dead? This movie is dumb."

NONE OF US FUCKING KNOW IF HE'S DEAD, THAT'S THE FUCKING POINT OF THE SCENE YOU DIRTY WHORE.

Everyone in the audience left the theater complaining about what a piece of shit the movie was. It was baffling, like I wasn't part of the same God damn species. EVEN with this awful, garbage crowd I loved the holy fucking shit out of it. It's just brilliant.
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I know it seems like a weird reason to avoid a movie, but I was put off by the use Mistral font for the title. I didn't hold out much hope for the creativity of rest of the movie after seeing that.
 
Charlie Don't Surf

Charlie Don't Surf

Drive is amazing. Hopefully you can see it again.
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I know it seems like a weird reason to avoid a movie, but I was put off by the use Mistral font for the title. I didn't hold out much hope for the creativity of rest of the movie after seeing that.
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haha what the fuck
 
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The point is that if the best someone can do for the title is a trite off-the-shelf font, then can I take that as an indication that the same attitude applied to the movie itself? It's like using MS Comic Sans for the title.
 
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Oh, I agree. That's why I said it's a weird reason to balk at seeing a movie. The rest was just explaining why, since it apparently elicited a "WTF" response.
 
BananaHands

BananaHands

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Thor.

I mean, it didn't suck. I was never really into the comic and my only experience with Loki was through the Deadpool comics.
 
ThatNickGuy

ThatNickGuy

Drive

Ho-lee crap, that was an awesome movie. It was like everything I love about noir. Hell, it felt like it could've been a storyarc in Criminal (damn high praise there for anyone who's read that comic).

This might be the first movie in a long while that I may see twice in theatres.
 
Krisken

Krisken

Rubber.

No, it's not about condoms. It's about a tire. Sorta. And it kills by telekinetically blowing up heads. But really that's just the way to make the story move forward.

I guess you have to see it to believe it.
 
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