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So, for the sequel thread, I'll talk about the last TWO movies I saw! But you don't need to.

A Civil Action

This was a pretty mediocre to bad legal thriller that only really served to make me appreciate good versions of the same story like Erin Brockovich or Flash of Genius. It did show a pretty awesome stable of "that guys" in every role except Travolta's lead. It did get points for a hilariously inappropriate credits song. After the whole story of poisoned water/river runoff killing children and ruining lives, the credits go with "Take me to the river".

(500) Days of Summer

This was a really solid indie-type romantic comedy. It did a lot of interesting thing and a lot of really great things with the relationship archetypes and conventions. It falls short of being really great because a lot of the periphery characters really didn't work. This isn't a major problem though, since the movie's dominated by JGL and Zooey, who are both dazzling. There are a couple of masterful/perfect sequences, but balancing those out are some that don't really work. I still think it's more good than bad, and I'm really glad I saw it!

"Shrek 2"
Best of the three.

"The curious case of Benjamin Button"

Absolutely impressed with how they managed to create a compelling movie with such a silly concept. Bravo, I type. Bravo. Very good.

"Public Enemies".

GI Joe

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rvdleun said:

"The curious case of Benjamin Button"

Absolutely impressed with how they managed to create a compelling movie with such a silly concept. Bravo, I type. Bravo. Very good.

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I was impressed when they did it first with Forrest Gump

GI Joe.

Fan-fucking-tastic.

Charlie Dont Surf said:

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Ok, since you insist

"Public Enemies" was a good film, the acting was great and the script felt like it was trying to stay true to the known facts of the case though I think they took some big liberties with the unknown facts.

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rvdleun said:

"The curious case of Benjamin Button"

Absolutely impressed with how they managed to create a compelling movie with such a silly concept. Bravo, I type. Bravo. Very good.

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I was impressed when they did it first with Forrest Gump

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And seeing as how I haven't seen that one yet, I was impressed with how they did it in this one.

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Charlie Dont Surf said:

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rvdleun said:

"The curious case of Benjamin Button"

Absolutely impressed with how they managed to create a compelling movie with such a silly concept. Bravo, I type. Bravo. Very good.

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I was impressed when they did it first with Forrest Gump

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And seeing as how I haven't seen that one yet, I was impressed with how they did it in this one.

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It's the same screenwriter, he made Benjamin Button by using Find & Replace on his oscar-winning movie 15 years ago

Charlie Dont Surf said:

rvdleun said:

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rvdleun said:

"The curious case of Benjamin Button"

Absolutely impressed with how they managed to create a compelling movie with such a silly concept. Bravo, I type. Bravo. Very good.

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I was impressed when they did it first with Forrest Gump

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And seeing as how I haven't seen that one yet, I was impressed with how they did it in this one.

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It's the same screenwriter, he made Benjamin Button by using Find & Replace on his oscar-winning movie 15 years ago[/quote:27jiuvqr]

you're beeing to harsh he added some bits about hurricane katrina that were a nice addition to this one
[schild:27jiuvqr]not really[/schild:27jiuvqr]

G.I. Joe
This movie was hefty sack of retarded awesome. God it was dumb, but it was the right kind of dumb. It was like watching a big screen multi-part episode of the cartoon only in live action with people actually not missing with their future guns. I've never liked any Stephen Sommers films at all really so it may be the soft spot that G.I. Joe has in my heart that causes me to enjoy it.
Oh, and if the way Cobra handled the U.S. Military in the movie was any indication, Cobra could have handled the Decepticons from the Transformers movies without breaking a sweat. What are villains in movies supposed to be? Oh yeah, an actual threat.

Harry Potter...4 is it? The Goblet of Fire
This was the only Potter movie I hadn't seen and it was, well, a Harry Potter movie. They went to school, Harry did some shit. Ralph Fiennes looked ridiculous without a nose. I missed John Cleese's phoned in ghost role.

@ Charlie & Biardo

In regards to the concept: That F. Scott. He's so silly.

My last movie seen: You Don't Mess With The Zohan. It was ridiculously over the top, and most of its "comedy" moments fall flat, but I couldn't hate it enough to turn it off. I think Adam Sandler is one of my weaknesses, he just seems like a likeable enough guy to me that I can watch him no matter what. I'm glad I didn't turn it off, because [blush] someone I am a huge fangirl for had a pretty big cameo in it, and somehow I didn't know about it beforehand so halfway through the movie I was like "gasp! no way!" So that made it worth the watch for me.

Bottom line: if you LOVE Adam Sandler... or Israel/Arab stereotypes, you could probably sit through it. If you don't love him or don't even like him, don't bother.

The only time I like Adam Sandler is when he's NOT being Adam Sandler (Spanglish, Punch Drunk Love...Wedding Singer to a lesser extent).

As for Benjamin Button, I thought it was...okay. Never before, though, have I ever seen a blatant display of Oscar bait. It dragged in parts and I was sick of hearing every single character say "My goodness, Benjamin, I swear you're getting younger!" I was like, "OKAY! YES! I GET IT! HE DE-AGES!"

I usually hate calling a movie Oscar-bait, since it often gets unfairly applied to great movies that aren't blockbusters. But I think it is an example of a movie being a lot more hype and push for the Oscars than actually being great. I'm glad it got mostly shut out of the major awards.

Lally said:

Bottom line: if you LOVE Adam Sandler... or Israel/Arab stereotypes, you could probably sit through it. If you don't love him or don't even like him, don't bother.

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I can't stand Adam Sandler, most of his movies just annoy the living hell out of me. That's considering I'm a fan of his early comedy and SNL days. However, I enjoyed Zohan for a multitude of reasons. The cast was great, the cameos were hilarious, the script was ridiculously bad/good, the writing was dumb fun comedy and all in all it was a funny story to be told.

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I have no idea what people's problem is with Benjamin Button. "oh my god, it's oscar bait" "Oh it's exactly like Forrest Gump" do any of you people actually watch a movie FOR just being a movie? Seriously.

Honestly, Sheg, I DID like it, but just didn't think it was worth the hype. And it's probably the only movie I've ever called "Oscar Bait".

I'm talking about the people who sit in a theatre, during a movie and sit "outside" of the experience. The whole time thinking "Oh the director was blah blah" or "You can tell the actors are blah blah". It's just a pointless waste of time to go to a movie with those intentions.

Hangover

Laughed so hard I almost fell out of my seat. What happened during the final credits... holy shit

Last movie I saw was Coraline on dvd.

I'm a huge fan of Neil Gaiman and so read the book first. The movie was nice and stuck to the story of the book very well for being transferred to the movie format. I didn't mind the changes in the story either. I do have to echo the sentiments of someone in the last thread who stated that the 3D doesn't work very well on TVs. that is very true. the effects worked, but the color never materialized and I had to switch to the 2D version after 13 minutes because I was getting a headache. I did notice a number of things done in the animation that had to be to show off the 3D effects as well. Kinda brought me out of the movie a bit. Still, I enjoyed it a lot.

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I have no idea what people's problem is with Benjamin Button. "oh my god, it's oscar bait" "Oh it's exactly like Forrest Gump" do any of you people actually watch a movie FOR just being a movie? Seriously.

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I did, I tried but halfway trough I started noticing everything that was wrong with it, in my opinion, and that's why I can't call it a good movie.

I found it to long, it just really had to many scenes in it that were completely unnecessarily or didn't even feel like they had anything to do with the story and it bothered me.

I walked out of the movie theater disappointed

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I'm talking about the people who sit in a theatre, during a movie and sit "outside" of the experience. The whole time thinking "Oh the director was blah blah" or "You can tell the actors are blah blah". It's just a pointless waste of time to go to a movie with those intentions.

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haha what? This is a fancy way of saying to "turn your brain off". I don't sit there at a movie thinking "oh director David Fincher is guiding the camera to Cate Blanchett's amazing deft performance". I dunno who does. I do think about this stuff after the movie and before I post or talk to my friends about it, etc.

I haven't even seen Ben Button, just heard the Forrest Gump comparisons from nearly every discerning reviewer that had actually seen Forrest Gump.

Charlie Dont Surf said:

Shegokigo said:

I'm talking about the people who sit in a theatre, during a movie and sit "outside" of the experience. The whole time thinking "Oh the director was blah blah" or "You can tell the actors are blah blah". It's just a pointless waste of time to go to a movie with those intentions.

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haha what? This is a fancy way of saying to "turn your brain off". I don't sit there at a movie thinking "oh director David Fincher is guiding the camera to Cate Blanchett's amazing deft performance". I dunno who does. I do think about this stuff after the movie and before I post or talk to my friends about it, etc.

I haven't even seen Ben Button, just heard the Forrest Gump comparisons from nearly every discerning reviewer that had actually seen Forrest Gump.

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that was my mayor problem with it, it was the kind of movie you started to do that during the movie and usually that means, for me at least, the movie it self isn't interesting enough or not put together in such a way I enjoy it for the story alone

Note: I can't seem to express what I mean anymore my English brain part isn't working today

Charlie Dont Surf said:

haha what? This is a fancy way of saying to "turn your brain off". I don't sit there at a movie thinking "oh director David Fincher is guiding the camera to Cate Blanchett's amazing deft performance". I dunno who does. I do think about this stuff after the movie and before I post or talk to my friends about it, etc.

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Then I obviously wasn't talking about you, interesting that you'd take offence though.

Charlie Dont Surf said:

I haven't even seen Ben Button, just heard the Forrest Gump comparisons from nearly every discerning reviewer that had actually seen Forrest Gump.

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You have a habit of applying opinions to things you personally haven't seen. Wonder why that is.

Jurassic Park
Goodfellas
Body of Lies
Illusionist
Cloverfield
Watchmen Director's Cut
Caddyshack


Cloverfield I still don't like from the shakey cam affects.

Body of Lies with Russell Crowe and that Dicaprio fellow was
good albiet along film

Shegokigo said:

You have a habit of applying opinions to things you personally haven't seen. Wonder why that is.

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Well, usually in those cases, I take the opinions of those I usually trust and agree with that have seen the movie and make an educated guess. I did see Transformers 2 though, the only recent movie I really did this with lately was G.I. Joe.

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I didn't interpret her comment as "turn your brain off" but rather than breaking the immersion of the movie.

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Which is exactly what I did mean. Thank you.

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Keep in mind that Shego's version of "immersing" herself in the movie is being able to bring her favorite toys to her favorite movies... and using them.
-Adam

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That's usually after I've already seen a movie, am going for a second viewing and wait for one of those "empty theatre" days.... 1 or 2 people... and me.....

I just saw King of Kong for the first time. [spoiler:2a543by6]And was exhilarated, and then immediately depressed when I read that Mitchell beat his score right when the movie was released[/spoiler:2a543by6]

No kidding Charlie, I was really ticked off after doing a wiki search on the film afterwards too.

L'auberge espagnole

just saw it so I didn't have time to think about it a whole lot but I loved it

Exodus (1960)

I hate to say this, but the movie hasn't aged well. Also, I was probably in the completely wrong mood for watching this movie; I had just had an argument with a vehement Holocaust denier.

Galaxy Quest

It wasn't any better than on the first time, but I just love Alan Rickman's constant mental breakdowns as a classically trained British actor who is best remembered for a single catchphrase. Also, I was reminded that WE NEED MORE COWB... erm... TONY SHALHOUB! Seriously, the guy is totally under-appreciated as an actor...

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I just saw King of Kong for the first time. [spoiler:m0l8l24g]And was exhilarated, and then immediately depressed when I read that Mitchell beat his score right when the movie was released[/spoiler:m0l8l24g]

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I liked it, but kind of hated it too. I know folks have hobbies and all, and I shouldn't knock down the dude's hobby, but everyone seemed like total losers. It was a bit hard to root for the guy. If Mitchell wasn't the king of douchebags, it would have fallen flat. But, the documentary is solid, and I enjoyed it all the way through. That sounds a bit contradictory. :bush:

Michael Palin: Around the world in 80 days

Just finished this on netflix. Fantastic. I found myself burning through the episodes (~3 a night!) and not getting bored. It is a story more about the journey and not about the places. Very nice. The last episode has a great line when Palin [spoiler:m0l8l24g]talks to guy on the streets of London and he's really rude, and Palin says something sarcastic like "Good to be back in jolly ol England!"[/spoiler:m0l8l24g]

If you like travel documentaries, I'd definitely check it out. I'm currently watching Pole to Pole.

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If you like travel documentaries, I'd definitely check it out. I'm currently watching Pole to Pole.

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It's official now! Santa Claus lives on the Arctic Circle! Michael Palin said so! YOU'VE SEEN IT!!

Also:

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[quote="drawn_inward":2fmisgt2]If you like travel documentaries, I'd definitely check it out. I'm currently watching Pole to Pole.

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It's official now! Santa Claus lives on the Arctic Circle! Michael Palin said so! YOU'VE SEEN IT!!

Also:

Hey, I thought about you when he made his way through Finland! Everyone seemed friendly! And, now I know where he got that song.

Grandma's Boy

Well, that was a waste of time.

You liked the Happening and hated Grandma's Boy?

Well for future reference if I ever want to know I will like or dislike a movie, I'll just take your exact opinion and choose the opposite.

Hate would probably be too strong a word. There were some parts of it that I thought were funny (the kid shacking up with one of the grandmas), but a lot of it was just...stupid. The head programmer with that robot voice was just annoying. Hell, the character as a whole was just fucking annoying, and not in a "love to hate them" kind of way that an antagonist should be. The main character was ridiculously unlikeable right from the start with no redeeming qualities and yet still gets the super hot chick as the token love interest.

This was a movie for a stoner audience, which is something I'm not a part of at all.

The Ugly Truth

Yeah, that sucks. It felt like they'd got a standard cliched rom-com, and given it to a 12 yr old script doctor. It was rom-com with swearing and a vibrator.

I saw Ordinary People last night, and it was amazing. I don't have much in depth to say about it, but I was blown away when I saw afterward that this was Hutton and Redford's(directing) first movie. They were both really amazing and earned their Oscars. I feel kind of sheepish about raging(pun intended) about Raging Bull's snubs in 1980 now. Although I still haven't seen Raging Bull. It could be better, but at least Ordinary People is definitely a worthy Best Picture.

I love that book. I will now imdb the movie to see who's in it...

Fanboys - I saw this last night. Twice. Oh my GOD is this a funny movie! And by the way I'm talking about the actual movie, not the documentary. It's like a Judd Apatow movie and a Kevin Smith movie had sex and had a baby movie. I recommend it highly.

Trailer: http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1809424382/trailer

Now, critics hated it and Roger Ebert was one. But I so disagree with him and even have noticed some factual errors in his review when it came to the movie. I'm not sure he really watched it that critically and starts the review with an opinion against the geek culture that I think colored his views.

I liked it better than "Pineapple Express" and my wife did also - and she's not a geek.

Firestarter:
Watched it for the umpteenth time, though it was a first for my GF. Happened to be on "Encore" last night. Still enjoyed it, really does stand the test of time quite well.

Cigarette Burns:
While desperately trying to find some good horror films to watch on "Instant Watch" I finally broke down and picked something with a high rating, even though the plot didn't really appeal to me from the description. Well, for a "quickie" (it was only 50mins long) it did the trick. It was "to the point" it didn't waste alot of time on useless scenes, and the plot was pretty decent.

Charlie Dont Surf said:

I feel kind of sheepish about raging(pun intended) about Raging Bull's snubs in 1980 now. Although I still haven't seen Raging Bull. It could be better, but at least Ordinary People is definitely a worthy Best Picture.

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Okay, at this point are you are jsut a snob trying to belittle folks opinions? Do you actually SEE anything before railing against it and throwing assholish opinions because you want to look down at others and be cool?

Not to sound mean, but you seem to want to throw your opinions out there about movies and things, and you do not see them at all. Thats what is comes across to me, anyways

Shannow said:

Charlie Dont Surf said:

I feel kind of sheepish about raging(pun intended) about Raging Bull's snubs in 1980 now. Although I still haven't seen Raging Bull. It could be better, but at least Ordinary People is definitely a worthy Best Picture.

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Okay, at this point are you are jsut a snob trying to belittle folks opinions? Do you actually SEE anything before railing against it and throwing assholish opinions because you want to look down at others and be cool?

Not to sound mean, but you seem to want to throw your opinions out there about movies and things, and you do not see them at all. Thats what is comes across to me, anyways

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Well, it was the general thing that it was incredulous that Scorcese never nabbed a best picture or best director(until 2007). I took people's words that Raging Bull was great because I've seen the other really great Scorcese joints.

Charlie Dont Surf said:

Shannow said:

[quote="Charlie Dont Surf":1t0ntj4n]I feel kind of sheepish about raging(pun intended) about Raging Bull's snubs in 1980 now. Although I still haven't seen Raging Bull. It could be better, but at least Ordinary People is definitely a worthy Best Picture.

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Okay, at this point are you are jsut a snob trying to belittle folks opinions? Do you actually SEE anything before railing against it and throwing * opinions because you want to look down at others and be cool?

Not to sound mean, but you seem to want to throw your opinions out there about movies and things, and you do not see them at all. Thats what is comes across to me, anyways

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Well, it was the general thing that it was incredulous that Scorcese never nabbed a best picture or best director(until 2007). I took people's words that Raging Bull was great because I've seen the other really great Scorcese joints.[/quote:1t0ntj4n]

yeah, but if you came to me saying that, and I would then simply ask "Ah, so you realy liked it too, then?" And you told me you had not even seen it, I would have probably laughed at you and dismissed the opinion you jsut gave me, and others you may give further. And from there most likely pushed you into the douche category of people in my brain. Also there: hipsters. Man, how I hate those fuckers.

What I meant was I had said in the past "it's a damn shame that Scorcese has never won an Oscar". And raged against the Academy not giving him any Best Director/Picture love. I did that without having seen Raging Bull. And now I've seen Ordinary People, and it's at least a very worthy Best Picture. Which Dances with Wolves was not, and DEFINITELY not over Goodfellas. And as much as I love Rocky, Taxi Driver was MUCH better. I hope this gets across what I'm saying. I definitely wouldn't say specifically that Raging Bull is better than Ordinary People when I hadn't seen either movie.

Ah, sorry. Seemed like you were saying you were in the "raging" crowd without seeing it and you had been previously saying it had deserved to win without even seeing the movie. my fault there.

American Psycho (2000): Classic example of disappointment caused by overexpectation. The way you guys talked about it, I was ready for a great film. It wasn't terrible, but it was fairly mediocre for most of its run. It made its central thesis with the first 15 minutes and then kept repeating it over and over again. I liked the ambiguity about whether or not he actually did what we saw on screen. And don't get me wrong, I appreciated the commentary on consumerism and the desensitizing loss of self, but like I said, it just kept repeating itself. It dragged a little, and the photography was a bit boring.

Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants.

Pretty generic, if enjoyable, chick flick. If you're a single guy, don't watch this alone. It's pretty fun and entertaining to watch with the right company, though

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Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants.

Pretty generic, if enjoyable, chick flick. If you're a single guy, don't watch this alone. It's pretty fun and entertaining to watch with the right company, though

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Are you dating a 12-year old girl?

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American Psycho (2000): Classic example of disappointment caused by overexpectation. The way you guys talked about it, I was ready for a great film. It wasn't terrible, but it was fairly mediocre for most of its run. It made its central thesis with the first 15 minutes and then kept repeating it over and over again. I liked the ambiguity about whether or not he actually did what we saw on screen. And don't get me wrong, I appreciated the commentary on consumerism and the desensitizing loss of self, but like I said, it just kept repeating itself. It dragged a little, and the photography was a bit boring.

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I can see, based on your previous movie assesments as to why you didn't like it. I on the other hand, worship this film along the lines of another favorite of mine, Natural Born Killers. I guess because when I watched both films, I felt they could really happen in "life" as it stands right now. So I put myself in their shoes during most of the film, which really took it places for me.

They're just so fun in their "freedom".

Charlie Dont Surf said:

Bubble181 said:

Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants.

Pretty generic, if enjoyable, chick flick. If you're a single guy, don't watch this alone. It's pretty fun and entertaining to watch with the right company, though

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Are you dating a 12-year old girl?

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I watched it with a cute girl who mockedthe movie possibly more than I did, thank you very much :-P

Saw District 9 at midnight last night. I hadn't heard anything about it, so I didn't know what to expect, but I thought it was interesting. My opinion of it is sort of mixed, honestly. SPOILERS FOLLOW.

First, the computer tech behind this show is fucking amazing. The aliens really looked like they existed in the world, and the whole thing gave off the feeling of a genuine documentary, or at least a convincing Christopher Guest-style mockumentary. Peter Jackson really needs to get his effects team working on more movies, if they manage to look like this. This movie actually made me regret that the Halo movie fell through.

Story-wise... I dunno. It seems like the people who made the movie had a purely theoretical understanding of how to inspire emotion in the audience, and the screenplay seemed to jerk back and forth between a standard action movie and a quirky exploration of a fully-realized sci-fi world. The movie would really start to get into, say, the bizarre economic symbiosis that had sprung up between the aliens and Nigerian militiants, and right when the whole situation started to get interesting, it would start another mindless action sequence, like the movie was afraid the audience's attention would wander if they didn't see something explode every five minutes.

I'd personally have loved to see the world and the characters fleshed out a lot more, with less stuff blowing up- although everything in the movie blows up real good, often in wet, bloody chunks. The movie's hero is a pretty unconventional choice, but other than him you never get much of a sense of any of the other characters, who are generally either cardboard-thin and/or cartoonishly evil. I had a great time and would recommend seeing it, but it was occasionally difficult to look past the missed opportunities.

District 9 as well and spoiler's ahoy!

District 9 had the feel of a bi-polar movie. On one-hand it started off as genuinely feeling like a a documentary, good set up and good use as a prologue. Then it sort of shifts into an action / sci-fi movie, which while still good and enjoyable didn't have the depth that I was expecting from the trailer I had seen. Admittedly, I've kept this movie largely unspoiled, never seen more than one trailer so that might be where this is coming from.

Now, I suffer enough from an inability to suspend my disbelief. And especially in a movie that attempts (and does a fairly good job of) to make the entire situation realistic, the plot device that forces the main character into the story was a fucking stretch. The same chemical that fuels their spaceships also can turn humans into the aliens? Say what? A bit too much of a stretch, and this from a guy who forgives the "teenage girl in a mech" trope (which is also in the movie.)

But overall I thoroughly enjoyed the film. And the gravity gun.

District 9

With all the films out there trying to do the documentary style "home camera" look it's nice to see a film that blends that with actual action footage that happens "off camera". The hero, Wickers, is believable. And I say that because he is clearly scared and in it for himself. Much like a real person would if he were forced into a similar situation. I mean if you were turning into an alien, and the government wanted to cut you up and perform genetics tests, you'd probably not give too much of a damn for the aliens that are inadvertantly responsible for your current condition.

Oh and...
Pig launcher for the win.

Edit: In a quick response to Singlarity's disbelief that a fuel can change a person's DNA, I think it's important to note that all of the alien technology requires their unique DNA to activate, so it wouldn't be a far stretch to assume that their technology includes samples of their DNA intergraded into it. The fuel that sprayed Wickers in the face was a concentrated amount that had been collected from alien techology for 20 years. So their fuel is probably just crazy DNA juice.

District 9 sounds so interesting, and if we had more cash, I'd do a double-feature this weekend. But we're only seeing one movie and Miyazaki beats out the rest.

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District 9 sounds so interesting, and if we had more cash, I'd do a double-feature this weekend. But we're only seeing one movie and Miyazaki beats out the rest.

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Yay! Need to check that one out this week, myself.

District 9

I liked it quite a bit. Great to see a sci-fi flick that isn't just a SCGI bonanza and has an actual story that uses the special effects built around the story (see also: Pitch Black, Cloverfield).

That said, I do agree that it was kind of all over the place. I wish the filmmakers could decide whether to make it a documentary or just a good movie. The action sequences at the end draged on a bit too long, but it had some nice touches (the arm that he stops the rocket with is the same one that started the whole mess in the first place).

I also feel like they set up a sequel a little too easily at the end. It could have just as easily ended with some kind of short, "Three Years Later" sequence at the end, you know?

District 9 was everything I wanted it to be. Loved nearly every second of it, but as with others, I wouldn't have been upset had they dialed back a few of the action sequences a tad. I enjoyed it so much I'll be going again tuesday as well as seeing Time Travellers Wife then too.

District 9 was incredible. Charlie, it's not as critically acclaimed as Yentel or Fried Green Tomatos but I think the rest of you will enjoy this. Great story. I had no problem with the action scenes. And is it wrong to hope the aliens wipe out mankind?

i've never even heard of Yentel

and it's more critically acclaimed than FGT. What the fuck. I'm gonna see it this week i've been busy rly:

To Kill A Mockingbird: This is not the last movie I've seen. I watched it Saturday night and have seen two wonderful movies since, Ponyo and The Cat Returns, but this one still has an impact since 24 hours ago, enough to plow through it. It's one of those movies I should own and was unfortunately only renting.

escushion said:

To Kill A Mockingbird: This is not the last movie I've seen. I watched it Saturday night and have seen two wonderful movies since, Ponyo and The Cat Returns, but this one still has an impact since 24 hours ago, enough to plow through it. It's one of those movies I should own and was unfortunately only renting.

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Was The Cat Returns a double feature with Ponyo? And how was Ponyo?

Shawnacy said:

escushion said:

To Kill A Mockingbird: This is not the last movie I've seen. I watched it Saturday night and have seen two wonderful movies since, Ponyo and The Cat Returns, but this one still has an impact since 24 hours ago, enough to plow through it. It's one of those movies I should own and was unfortunately only renting.

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Was The Cat Returns a double feature with Ponyo? And how was Ponyo?

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Ponyo was very good, and cute. The middle of the movie is what makes it worth going to the theater for. Kinda' sinks a little in the third act, but still good.

The Cat Returns is one of Miyazaki's older movies, but we got it from Netflix three weeks ago and decided it was about time to watch it.

Also: HAAAAAAAAAM!

Fight Club was on TV the other night. I didn't finish it (seen it before, had to study) but I still like it. I don't know why I like it so much, as I'm not one of those people who became super gung-ho "Yeah fuck consumerism" after the movie, in fact, it depresses me when I see all that beautiful IKEA furniture blown to pieces... ...excuse me, I have something in my eye.

Fight Club still remains one of my top 20 faves ever. No question.

One of the few films I enjoy Brad Pitt in, and of course Ed Norton as always is fantastic.

District 9 last night.

Very, very, VERY good.

Lot of people seeing District 9..... maybe I should hop on this wagon....

Was debating between this or Ponyo though....

District 9....damn, that was a great movie.

The Goods...fell flat. Had its moments, but mostly a meh.

District 9 was fucking awesome. Straight up.

Again, my enjoyment of the movie was marred by fat morons. Right behind me this rather rotund fellow thought every moment of the movie was worth roaring with laughter about. This would be fine if it were at the funny parts, but what really bothered me is when he laughed incredibly loudly at the scene where [spoiler:2cxxw229]Vickers is being forced to test weapons and he's crying his eyes out pleading with the scientists not to make him murder the "Prawn" with the weapon.[/spoiler:2cxxw229] Really asshole? That's hilarious to you? There's some concentration camp footage I think may bring a smile to your face you jiggly shit.

Black Christmas: 1974 Version

I had always heard about the "father of modern slashers" but never really got around to watching it, until Netflix put it on Instant Watch.

A bit dated, but you can really see where films like Halloween, Friday the 13th, Scream, When a Stranger Calls, etc got their inspirations. It was a great film, glad I finally got a chance to see it. It wasn't filled with gore or nudity unfortunately, yet it still really delivered some chills. :uhhuh:

The Mutant Chronicles

Screw District 9, folks, THIS is the sci-fi movie I wish had gotten more press. Sadly, it got crap for a theatre release and is now coming to DVD on Tuesday.

But look at it this way: it's got Punisher, Hellboy and deadly little Miho teaming up to fight space zombies. Well...okay, the actors that portrayed those characters are in this, but you get he idea. It's freaking awesome and even gets you to care a little bit about a lot of the usual expendable characters. Every one of them had a little moment where I said to my roommate, "I like him/her!"

Seriously, I really wish this flick could have gotten more press and better treatment in theatres. Check it out when you can.

Ok, not directly about movies really, but seriously, how does this man have a job reviewing movies?

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/author/author-2725/

His name is Armond White, and he quite possibly has the worst taste in movies of any human being walking the earth overall. If you ever wonder how a movie has a 99% fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes, it's because Mr. White here has given it it's sole rotten rating.

Lists of movies he's given positive reviews to recently:

G.I. Joe
Transformers 2
Land of the Lost
Dance Flick
Terminator Salvation
Next Day Air

Movies he's given negative reviews to recently:

District 9
(500) Days of Summer
The Hangover
Up
Star Trek

Now, I'm not one to shit on people for what movies they enjoy, but really? This guy is a professional movie reviewer. Some semblance of common sense on when a movie is shit and when it isn't has to be expected.

Ha ha ha ha, holy fuck, after googling his name, I found a thing where Roger Ebert defends him, then immediately retracts most of his defense after actually reading his reviews.

As of this morning, Spielberg-defending, Up-panning New York Press contrarian Armond White is one of only a handful of critics holding District 9 back from a perfect 100 percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes — a hilarious fact that has so far inspired 542 irate comments and a campaign to have White removed from RT's listings. So last night, on his excellent blog, Roger Ebert, who liked District 9, chimed in with a typically thoughtful defense of White:

Yes, White disagrees with most people most of the time, and some people all of the time. Why is this a fault? He's an intelligent critic and a passionate writer, and he knows a very great deal about movies, dance, and many other things. His opinion is often valuable because it is outside the mainstream. He works for the New York Press, an alternative paper, and why should such a paper offer a conventional critic?


Then, presumably, he saw White's thumbs-up review of G.I. Joe.

This morning, Ebert added this to the top of his post:

On Thursday night I posted in [sic] entry in defense of Armond White's review of District 9. Overnight I received reader comments causing me to rethink that entry, in particular this eye-popping link supplied by Wes Lawson. I realized I had to withdraw my overall defense of White. I was not familiar enough with his work. It is baffling to me that a critic could praise Transformers 2 but not Synecdoche, NY. Or Death Race but not There Will Be Blood. I am forced to conclude that White is, as charged, a troll. A smart and knowing one, but a troll. My defense of his specific review of District 9 still stands.

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Armond White is one of my favorite critics because I can look at his reviews, then immediately go the opposite way and know how I'll feel about the movie.

Garbledina said:

I don't know why I like it so much, as I'm not one of those people who became super gung-ho "Yeah fuck consumerism" after the movie,

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Those people that became fuck consumerism and started fight clubs are generally morons, and completely missed the point of the entire movie. So, I'd take that as a good thing. It's definitely possible to love the movie and not take its "mantra" to heart.

ThatNickGuy said:

The Mutant Chronicles

Screw District 9, folks, THIS is the sci-fi movie I wish had gotten more press. Sadly, it got crap for a theatre release and is now coming to DVD on Tuesday.

But look at it this way: it's got Punisher, Hellboy and deadly little Miho teaming up to fight space zombies. Well...okay, the actors that portrayed those characters are in this, but you get he idea. It's freaking awesome and even gets you to care a little bit about a lot of the usual expendable characters. Every one of them had a little moment where I said to my roommate, "I like him/her!"

Seriously, I really wish this flick could have gotten more press and better treatment in theatres. Check it out when you can.

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It ois only jsut coming out on DVD now? That makes no sense. i have seen it on tv multiple times, and even downloaded it over a year ago.

I think I have seen it 3 or 4 times now. And yes, it is awesome. Horrible, but awesome.

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Frankie said:

Again, my enjoyment of the movie was marred by fat morons. Right behind me this rather rotund fellow thought every moment of the movie was worth roaring with laughter about. This would be fine if it were at the funny parts, but what really bothered me is when he laughed incredibly loudly at the scene where [spoiler:25d8q2b1]Vickers is being forced to test weapons and he's crying his eyes out pleading with the scientists not to make him murder the "Prawn" with the weapon.[/spoiler:25d8q2b1] Really *? That's hilarious to you? There's some concentration camp footage I think may bring a smile to your face you jiggly poop.

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hahahah, a couple of fat ass nerdy morons were behind us during the movie last ngiht night. At the end, when the credits rolled and folks were getting up to leave, one of the two announced loudly enough to make sure he was heard: "well, there is 2 and a half hours of my life I wont get back."

We were shocked, since it was such a good movie. My friend turn back, looked at him, and said "Dont worry, Transformers 2 is playing right down the hall. That should be more to your level of intelligence."

I... I'm going to hate myself for posting this. I really am.

As I was drawing the other night, I had Epic Movie playing in the background--mostly as white noise when little else was on. I hate to admit it, but it actually made me laugh a few times. Mostly, it was Kal Penn. I actually laughed out loud when the White Bitch shows up. I said to myself, "Stifler's mom", and Kal Penn's character immediately says "Stifler's mom!" on screen. That and the obvious but funny White Castle joke ("I feel like I've been there before"). I won't even dignify the movie with a review, but it did have funny scenes, which is more than you can say about most of the "Movie" franchise outside of Scary Movie. Of course, that's like saying "At least it's only a heart attack and not cancer".

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We were shocked, since it was such a good movie. My friend turn back, looked at him, and said "Dont worry, Transformers 2 is playing right down the hall. That should be more to your level of intelligence."

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500 days of summer

pretty nifty, i really enjoyed it, felt a little thin at some points, but the two main characters were intresting and the way the story was told was fun.

Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist - Not an amazing movie, but I enjoyed it. The actress playing Norah had a good, dry sarcasm that I enjoyed.

Ponyo - Beautiful movie, all in all worth catching on the big screen. Ending is a bit abrupt which annoyed me a little.

Mutant Chronicles:
This movie had somehow slipped under my radar when it was released, but someone on the forums (TheNickGuy I believe) had posted a mini review. I went and looked it up and the story sounded "bad" great. I "mysteriously" obtained a copy and watched it through. I gotta say, other than some weak special effects, it was a damn good movie for what it was supposed to be. I enjoyed the hell out of it. It's basically summed up pretty well in the "summary" found on IMDB. I suggest a check-out if you can.

The Cell:
Just finished watching this on Encore. I had seen it only once before around the time it released and forgotten most of it (minus the Horse part, couldn't forget that!) and it reminded me very quickly why I enjoyed it so much the first time I watched it. NO freakin idea why I don't own this already. *jots it down on the "To Buy on Blu-Ray" list*

G.I. Joe

I've seen better action movies, but this falls under good enough as compared to the source material. Transformers or Transformers II should have been this good.

I am still a little bothered that a movie to sell toys to 8 year old kids gets made at the PG-13 level. Please keep the language more acceptable... The violence is still in the comic book realm, except for [spoiler:3lolarmf]the eye shots that Scarlett kept making.[/spoiler:3lolarmf]and electrocutions.

I had a few eye rolls at the dialogue. Especially how they kept squeezing in the cartoon catch-phrases at odd times.

National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1.

Was on one of the HD channels this morning, and I was up early before work for whatever reason. Watched it while getting some stuff done around the house. As hilarious as it ever was before.

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I had a few eye rolls at the dialogue. Especially how they kept squeezing in the cartoon catch-phrases at odd times.

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Knowing is half the battle!

The best half!

stienman said:

nor eating enough chocolate frosted sugar bombs cereal.

-Adam

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I freakin love Fallout.

Shegokigo said:

stienman said:

nor eating enough chocolate frosted sugar bombs cereal.

-Adam

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I freakin love Fallout.

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...You meant to say Calvin and Hobbes. I know that's what you meant to say. That had better be what you meant to say.

Nope

http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Sugar_Bombs
(yes I realize they're inspired by C&H but the reference, for me, is more a Fallout reminder)

Brick

Nice movie. Kids acting/speaking like adults was a bit odd, but it somehow worked. The script is cool, and most of the acting is quite good. I swear Levitt looks like Heath Ledger. Maybe he could fill his shoes to finish out the trilogy. It's worth a rental; especially if you like film noir.

I Love You, Man

Funnier than I expected. My gf and I laughed all the way through.

National Lampoon's European Vacation.

I was flipping through Netflix via 360 this morning trying to find something to play when I stumbled upon it. I forgot that I have Defiance and DS9 season 6 in DVD from netflix sitting on my kitchen table.

So I hit play. It was about the same as the last time I saw it. Some minor chuckles. There's boobs so it can't be that bad.

Finally watched The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, and I loved it. Going to track down Brazil next, I think.

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Brick

Nice movie. Kids acting/speaking like adults was a bit odd, but it somehow worked. The script is cool, and most of the acting is quite good. I swear Levitt looks like Heath Ledger. Maybe he could fill his shoes to finish out the trilogy. It's worth a rental; especially if you like film noir.

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One of my favorite recent movies. Snappy dialogue, great acting, wonderfully understated music (played on wineglasses!), etc. A good solid break from 3rd Rock from the Sun by Gordon-Levitt.

Frankie said:

District 9 was fucking awesome. Straight up.

Again, my enjoyment of the movie was marred by fat morons. Right behind me this rather rotund fellow thought every moment of the movie was worth roaring with laughter about. This would be fine if it were at the funny parts, but what really bothered me is when he laughed incredibly loudly at the scene where [spoiler:282g4ctd]Vickers is being forced to test weapons and he's crying his eyes out pleading with the scientists not to make him murder the "Prawn" with the weapon.[/spoiler:282g4ctd] Really asshole? That's hilarious to you? There's some concentration camp footage I think may bring a smile to your face you jiggly shit.

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He laughed at that?! It upset me so badly I almost cried out loud during that last part. That was one of the most horrible scenes I've seen in a while. The movie was great, touching. I loved the kid alien. I loved that final shot. Way to make me hate a guy and then suddenly root for him, movie.

Actually that might make me laugh too, but I just read the absurd, out of context line in the spoiler tags.

Just watched Rescue Dawn this morning. What a fucking waste of time.

I can see that making someone laugh OUT of context [spoiler:1ge45v2u]because of the slur that's used for the aliens, especially[/spoiler:1ge45v2u]. But when you're watching the actual scene it's horrible. I felt ill.

Watched Ponyo. Not one of Miyazaki's best works but definitely one of the prettiest.

Also watched La Femme Nikita. I liked it all right right after watching it, but my opinion of it has been slowly sliding down to "meh" ever since.

House on Haunted Hill - 1950's Version
Woefully starting to pick at the leftovers in the Netflix Instant Watch Horror selection (why is there never anything good in this genre for instant view?) I decided to watch a black and white Vincent Price flick I hadn't seen yet.
Being a fan of the "remake" I thought "Let's see where the inspiration comes from". Sadly I was dissapointed that it was just a murder mystery and not a supernatural horror. Still the awesomeness that is Price is more than enough reason to sit through this 1hr little film. He's still fantastic.

Shegokigo said:

House on Haunted Hill - 1950's Version
Woefully starting to pick at the leftovers in the Netflix Instant Watch Horror selection (why is there never anything good in this genre for instant view?) I decided to watch a black and white Vincent Price flick I hadn't seen yet.
Being a fan of the "remake" I thought "Let's see where the inspiration comes from". Sadly I was dissapointed that it was just a murder mystery and not a supernatural horror. Still the awesomeness that is Price is more than enough reason to sit through this 1hr little film. He's still fantastic.

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I much preferred the original, because it had the whole psychological thrill aspect. The remake was just non-scary gore (to me). Plus, the skeleton rising from the acid is classic, and has been spoofed or copied about a billion times. Also, if it makes you feel any better, there were ghosts...they just showed up off-camera at the end.

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drawn_inward said:

Brick

Nice movie. Kids acting/speaking like adults was a bit odd, but it somehow worked. The script is cool, and most of the acting is quite good. I swear Levitt looks like Heath Ledger. Maybe he could fill his shoes to finish out the trilogy. It's worth a rental; especially if you like film noir.

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One of my favorite recent movies. Snappy dialogue, great acting, wonderfully understated music (played on wineglasses!), etc. A good solid break from 3rd Rock from the Sun by Gordon-Levitt.

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I didn't know it was wineglasses -- that's cool. The way the only 2 adults act in the movie is really interesting. It gave a vibe like the kids rule the world. Like Lord of the Flies meets The Maltese Falcon. Good stuff!

The Hurt Locker

Holy shit, this movie was good. It's basically a balls-out action flick that was made with skill and intelligence by an independent studio. The movie takes place in Iraq, and follows around a 3-person bomb squad whose job it is to defuse or detonate roadside bombs. The bomb-defusing scenes are tense, the explosions look and sound like real explosions, and there are zero stupid artificial-tension-generating devices. At no point in this movie is there a red LED ticking down the seconds; at no point does the demolitions expert not know which wire to cut. And yet the movie is one of the most gripping, nerve-wracking experiences I've had in a theater. The tension comes from caring about the characters involved, and knowing just how little control they have over any given situation.

Best of all, even though this is set in Iraq, nobody tried to turn it into a "message movie." It doesn't make political statements, and doesn't turn its characters into ciphers. It's just the merciless application of Hitchcock's bomb-under-the-table rule, with characters we care about. And lots of explosions.

Death At A Funeral

Basically a modern-day screwball movie about a bunch of crazy British people getting mixed up at the head of the family's funeral. I thought it was pretty funny, and everything came together in the end nicely. Alan Tudyk was an absolute riot, though I could've done without seeing him blow spit bubbles naked, as well as the shit humor.

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Death At A Funeral

Basically a modern-day screwball movie about a bunch of crazy British people getting mixed up at the head of the family's funeral. I thought it was pretty funny, and everything came together in the end nicely. Alan Tudyk was an absolute riot, though I could've done without seeing him blow spit bubbles naked, as well as the shit humor.

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I freaking loved this movie.

"Everything's so fucking green!"

Garbledina said:

Philosopher B. said:

Death At A Funeral

Basically a modern-day screwball movie about a bunch of crazy British people getting mixed up at the head of the family's funeral. I thought it was pretty funny, and everything came together in the end nicely. Alan Tudyk was an absolute riot, though I could've done without seeing him blow spit bubbles naked, as well as the poop humor.

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I freaking loved this movie.

"Everything's so smurfing green!"

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Great movie, and Alan Tudyk and I share the same birthday!

Last House on the Left: Remake
As a huge fan of this "realistic murder" genre I was waiting for the uncut version of this to come out (I hate watching films like this in theatres) and I finally got my hands on it. This is a prime example of a "remake done right". It didn't fool too much with the original plotline and the things it did change were pure addition and no subtraction from the enjoyment of this film. The only thing I didn't like, was the obvious ending but hey, gotta give the audiences what they like. From beginning till the last 20mins of the movie I was in heaven. Great film.

Iiiiiiiiiiiiii just saw the Live Riff of Plan 9 from Outer Space. And it was awesome. So, so awesome. Hilariously awesome. And Jonathan Coulton is freakin cute with long hair. :drool:

Cajungal said:

Iiiiiiiiiiiiii just saw the Live Riff of Plan 9 from Outer Space. And it was awesome. So, so awesome. Hilariously awesome. And Jonathan Coulton is freakin cute with long hair. :drool:

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GAH I FORGOT THAT WAS TONIGHT.

I'm a bad MST3K fan.

I just got back from a Inglourious Basterds and then drinking with some friends who saw it but I can say quite easily that this is one of the greatest mother fucking movies I have ever seen. There's shit in here that had the entire audience cheering and laughing and other parts where the only people laughing were me and my history major friends. This is a must see.

Augh. My new glasses (old ones lost) aren't going to be here until Monday or Tuesday at the earliest and there are SO MANY MOVIES I want to see this weekend. I have RX sunglasses, but I don't want to see movies blurry or darkened

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Augh. My new glasses (old ones lost) aren't going to be here until Monday or Tuesday at the earliest and there are SO MANY MOVIES I want to see this weekend. I have RX sunglasses, but I don't want to see movies blurry or darkened

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Burgess Meredith feels for you.

The Emperor's Club
I picked this one because I'm a big fan of Kevin Kline and Rob Morrow. Unfortunately, this is yet another in the long line of insipid boarding school movies that Hollywood churns out regularly. Sure, there's the occasionally amazing one, but most of these tend to follow the same pattern. The teacher is spectacular, and speaks the way no one speaks in real life. He's passionate, and the kids love him. Enter the bad/seemingly dumb/poor kid (this one is not poor, but fits the other two well), and the teacher feels compelled to change him. Rough moments, montage, kid all better. Of course, you've got to throw in the kid's uncaring father, too. The boarding school scenes make up about 3/4 of the movie, set in the 70s. The rest takes place in the present, where the "bad" kid tries to redeem his bad actions as a student.

Is there anything redeeming? Actually, yes. This movie is more realistic than the others of its breed. [spoiler:1mr9jcb1]The bad kid seems genuinely redeemed (and is clearly intelligent) but cheats at a popular quiz contest, and ultimately slips back into his old ways. Kline's morals are tested when his headmaster tells him to let it go to save sponsorship. In the present, he seems again to have redeemed himself. He is rich and successful. But when he invites the original participants to a rematch of the quiz show, he is caught cheating again by Kline (who still doesn't reveal it). On top of all that, Kline is racked with guilt, because he intentionally held back an intelligent student to get the bad kid into the contest in the first place. Finally, to cap everything off, Klines ambitions to become headmaster are spoiled because he has no fundraising experience.[/spoiler:1mr9jcb1] So, all in all, more realistic, with less of the "super-teacher" saves all attitude. Also, as with many movies of its kind, it is filled with beautiful scenery, which makes the watching pleasurable at least. Also, Kevin Kline is brilliant as usual. I still can't figure out how a man with such a flat affect manages to get across so much emotion.

tl;dr: Yet another boarding-school super-teacher film, but with a realistic twist.

DougTheHead said:

The Hurt Locker

Holy shit, this movie was good. It's basically a balls-out action flick that was made with skill and intelligence by an independent studio. The movie takes place in Iraq, and follows around a 3-person bomb squad whose job it is to defuse or detonate roadside bombs. The bomb-defusing scenes are tense, the explosions look and sound like real explosions, and there are zero stupid artificial-tension-generating devices. At no point in this movie is there a red LED ticking down the seconds; at no point does the demolitions expert not know which wire to cut. And yet the movie is one of the most gripping, nerve-wracking experiences I've had in a theater. The tension comes from caring about the characters involved, and knowing just how little control they have over any given situation.

Best of all, even though this is set in Iraq, nobody tried to turn it into a "message movie." It doesn't make political statements, and doesn't turn its characters into ciphers. It's just the merciless application of Hitchcock's bomb-under-the-table rule, with characters we care about. And lots of explosions.

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I told you fuckers.

Inglourious Basterds

It was surprising, and excellent. I highly recommend this.

I also rewatched Pulp Fiction with some friends who had never seen it. Still a big fan of that. It was Tarantino-y day I guess.

Dead and Breakfast
Campyness + Gore + Zombies + Chainsaw = Hilariously good horror on Netflix Instant Que. I wish there were more options for horror movies that weren't utter trash though.

Saw inglorious Basterds twice this weekend. Fucking great movie. the Jew hunter is going to get an oscar nod.

M*A*S*H

I decided to finally watch the movie after having seen the entire series. It either really didn't hold up over time or it has just always been kind of 'meh'. Everything the series had was in there as well, but it just didn't click with me or something.

The Adventures of Robin Hood - with Errol Flynn.

Nice, if somewhat dated. 12th-century English pantyhose industry was boomin'!

The Wrestler
Just wow. I see why this movie got so many accolades and praise. It was fantastic from beginning to end. Recommended watching even for non-wrestling fans (maybe especially for them). Great great film.

Feast 2 & 3
Great great little B Horror films. Nudity, tons of gore, no holds barred on who/how they kill and it's a perfect "flow" from Feast 1-2-3. If you liked the first one, or movies like "Tremors" but with more gore, I highly recommend the Feast series.

The Muppet Movie: You know the term "refrigerator movie", where you're seeing it on your TV and it seems great, but afterward you get up and it all starts to fall apart? I think this was the opposite. Not that it was ever bad, but a lot of it just seemed okay, until afterward. When the movie was over, I felt real good and stuff that didn't make me laugh when I was watching it made me laugh when it came again in my head.

This is one of those rare movies where the songs don't feel like padding also. I actually enjoyed them. I have a feeling I never saw this when I was little, despite thinking I had. While I'm used to more merry, innocent chaos than the amount of plot in this film, I did enjoy it overall.

The songs in the first Muppet movie are bleeding epic. I'll sing random snippets of 'Movin' Right Along' and 'Can You Picture That' at the randomest of times.

The last movie I saw was The Godfather, which was effing fantastic. It felt surprisingly haunting, too, especially the music. I loved the horse-head bit, even though I've heard about it/seen it parodied a billion times. It still worked. Probably my fav part was when Michael
There was just so much to like. Immediately after I've seen the sequel, I want to watch the first one again. I was so disappointed when it ended, though the ending moment was fantastic.

The Godfather has the best opening scene, the best ending scene, and pretty much the best every scene because it is kind of the greatest movie of all time.

Just finished watching The Wrestler. Wow.

Muppets Take Manhattan: Guess I'm on a Muppet kick; I'm throwing the Caper to the top of Netflix, damn what the woman says. Wish they had Muppet Christmas Carol though.

Anyway, I enjoyed the first one more, but this still had all that peppy energy I love. Wish more of the Muppet gang had attention than Kermit and Piggy, but it was still a lot of fun. "Together Again" is really damn catchy.

Be Kind Rewind: Wow, that was good. I unfortunately can tell where the reshoots and edits and add-ins were after-the-fact, since I know the movie was delayed before its theatrical run. I don't care though, because I think amping up the whole Fats subplot was a solid move. There was a lot that made this movie special, both in message and style. I highly recommend it.

The Rifftrax of Casablanca. I giggled. There were a lot of funny parts, but I found myself too distracted by the movie to pay attention to the jokes at times. I sensed that they were all dying to just be silent during some of the scenes.

Still, I enjoyed it. Next up? Probably The Matrix, LOTR, or Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.

LOTR I found the same problem; movie was distracting me from the jokes.

I'vehonestly paid it almost no attention, butthe TV has been on Sy(ci)fy(fi) a good part of the day today, with random horribad movies playing...

I did just realize escushions lady's eyes almost perfectly seem to match the "special" effects eyes of the aliens (hidden in human form o' course) in one of said movies.

They are Photoshopped .

Saw I.B. the other day as well... Theater was packed with rowdy meathead dudes all excited about blood and killin'... I think the moment the first of MANY subtitles came on they got very, very confused.
What a wonderful movie, not at all what I expected, but so much better.

Walled In
Terrible "thriller" movie. Watched it because I'm running out of horror movies to watch on Instant Que Netflix.

Undead or Alive
Fun movie if you're in the mood for a predictable zombedy.

Taking Woodstock: I was the youngest person at the showing, but I liked it. It was fun and focused more on how the events affected the main character.

Saw GI Joe today, was an okay action flick, didn't much like the shaky camera with the fight scenes, felt too much like a FPS game in those scenes, and didn't bring enough tension into the fights because of it. CGI looked very off at times, was too obvious that "actors" that were being thrown around by explosions weren't real, felt like they rushed that part of production and went with second draft and not final draft.

It wasn't the GI Joe that I grew up with, and that was long before the cartoon series, my GI Joe had a kung-fu grip. Definite sequel coming.

Race to Witch Mountain - saw it yesterday on dvd, liked it, had some nice homage to the original movies, but not really memorable.

Repo! - decided to give it a second chance after some forumites said it was good. And it wasn't as bad as i was expecting, some of the songs were decent.

All in all though, i dont think i would ever want to watch it again, just way too jumbled and too much focus on "hey look how goth this shit totally is"

Just saw GI Joe. I absolutely loved it. I would not call it a good movie. But it was very entertaining. It was like a Saturday morning cartoon for adults. Plenty of explosions. fighting and over the top characters. The plot and acting were by no means good but they weren't bad enough to get in the way which as about what I want out of a movie like this. The only real problem I had with it were the accents. Every single one of them was truly abominable.
Obviously the movie is mostly show without much depth, but it knows how to work a crowd and it was quite entertaining. It was kind of like going to the circus.

I finally saw Watchmen, and the Director's Cut at that. I thought it was a very good adaptation of an extremely complicated story, and I actually thought that the new ending was better than the one in the graphic novel.

I remember when the film was released a lot of people kept going on about Dr. Manhattan's "big blue penis" and how they didn't need to see it, but I don't know what they were talking about. I barely noticed it because I found myself looking at his face most of the time, like one would any normal person. I think some people seem to have been so hung up about A NAKED MAN ON SCREEN that their eyes were drawn to his package at every opportunity, and they for some reason think of this as a problem with the film rather than themselves. I have to wonder, is this an American thing?

For the most part, the acting was great, especially Jackie Earle Haley as Rorschach and Billy Crudup as Dr. Manhattan. I was originally put off a bit by the understatedness of Dr. Manhattan's voice, as I'd always envisioned a more otherworldly voice for the good Doctor, but after getting used to it I think it added a serene and slightly melancholy quality to the character that worked nicely.

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Repo! - decided to give it a second chance after some forumites said it was good. And it wasn't as bad as i was expecting, some of the songs were decent.

All in all though, i dont think i would ever want to watch it again, just way too jumbled and too much focus on "hey look how goth this shit totally is"

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You watched Repo! and got "goth" from it?

Wow. I don't know what to tell you. I think you were watching it with a very odd mindset.

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I finally saw Watchmen, and the Director's Cut at that. I thought it was a very good adaptation of an extremely complicated story, and I actually thought that the new ending was better than the one in the graphic novel.

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Great adaptation... sure... if you ignore every single scene with Laurie in it.

just saw Up! At the dollar theater today. Whoo boy was that good. Might have to see it again before it gets replaced.

Gill Kaiser said:

I finally saw Watchmen, and the Director's Cut at that. I thought it was a very good adaptation of an extremely complicated story, and I actually thought that the new ending was better than the one in the graphic novel.

I remember when the film was released a lot of people kept going on about Dr. Manhattan's "big blue penis" and how they didn't need to see it, but I don't know what they were talking about. I barely noticed it because I found myself looking at his face most of the time, like one would any normal person. I think some people seem to have been so hung up about A NAKED MAN ON SCREEN that their eyes were drawn to his package at every opportunity, and they for some reason think of this as a problem with the film rather than themselves. I have to wonder, is this an American thing?

For the most part, the acting was great, especially Jackie Earle Haley as Rorschach and Billy Crudup as Dr. Manhattan. I was originally put off a bit by the understatedness of Dr. Manhattan's voice, as I'd always envisioned a more otherworldly voice for the good Doctor, but after getting used to it I think it added a serene and slightly melancholy quality to the character that worked nicely.

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Keep in mind, a lot of those complaints about Dr. Manhattan were back when the movie was in theaters, and his shlong was probably bigger there than your whole TV (I say probably cause I didn't see it and handed my fiance the graphic novel in lieu of renting it.)

Saw _Gigantic_. It was ok. The ending was sweet.

L'homme qui plantait des arbres

Tree-mendous movie! I highly recommend this!
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093488/

It's only 30 min long and I understand that it's on youtube.

That is indeed a tremendous movie, sir.

Just came back from District 9. It's a very odd movie. Not fun, not by any stretch of the imagination, but... fascinating, I guess that's the right word. My eyes were glued to the screen for the duration, and I didn't think once of looking at my watch. I think I liked it. Gotta let it sink in a little.

Saw Julie & Julia last night, I never read the blog or book that became this movie, though I imagine the movie differed in that it showed us moments in Julia Child's life that mirrored what some of the modern Julie faced. Light-hearted fare, good for couples, though if you are averse to Julia Child's voice, 2 hours of it (not the entire 2 hours) will not be pleasant.

I will repost from the Epic Win thread:

Inglourious Basterds.

:aaahhh:

I just saw Lars and the Real Girl and really liked it. Very pleasant and heart warming. Thank you to all who recommended it in the Real Life Picture Avatar thread.

I saw Watchmen earlier this week and it really impressed me. It was beautiful, interesting and suspenseful. I had not read the graphic novels and had managed to avoid spoilers (except for Kurtz's Ombudsmen parody...), so the film had me hooked 'til the end. It's just so refreshing to have a super hero movie go beyond the usual plot and really explore the characters.

I am planning to see In Bruges later this week. I have heard good things about it and am looking forward to it.

ZenMonkey said:

I will repost from the Epic Win thread:

Inglourious Basterds.

:aaahhh:

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Saturday matinee .

So I watched Mutant Chronicles tonight and enjoyed it a lot more than I thought I would have. It has some amazingly terrible dialogue and such but the mayhem in it made up for it. Honestly, for what was obviously a shoe string budget they did a damn good job.

Frankie said:

So I watched Mutant Chronicles tonight and enjoyed it a lot more than I thought I would have. It has some amazingly terrible dialogue and such but the mayhem in it made up for it. Honestly, for what was obviously a shoe string budget they did a damn good job.

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Completely agree. That film gets two big thumbs up from me.

The Cat Returns
A Studio Ghibli film. The best way I can rate this is by simply saying: It stands up to the quality that is Studio Ghibli.

Just saw Death At A Funeral on DVD. Despite coming highly recommended by several people, I didn't really find it that funny. Great cast, but poor material.

The last film I saw at the cinema was Inglorious Basterds. It was a way better than I was expecting. Despite the small amount of action and screen time of the Basterds themselves, it was a damn good flick.

Also saw District 9. I think I’d go so far to say that it was one of the best sci-fi films of the decade. Although I despise films with unnecessary sequels, I’d pay good money to see a District 10 or something.

Inglourious Batserds. Awesome. Much less action and violence than I expected, honestly, although that's not a bad thing. Christoph Watlz carries this movie. And Brad Pitt's "Italian" has to be heard to be believed.

It's sorta ironic that the titular basterds seem much more like supporting characters.

Army of Darkness. Hilarious; and fitting to the theme of this week :-P

Shoot 'Em Up

Boy was it

Corpse Bride
Why did this movie fall so quickly to the wayside? The critics loved it, and it did well in the box office, but then it seems like everyone promptly forgot about it. I sure did, until it showed up in my mailbox. I thought it was a superior effort in a lot of ways to Nightmare. The plot was tighter (though it wrapped a little too neatly.) The mood was very well done. It really captured a Victorian kind of darkness rather than the Edward Gorey look the first movie had. The directing and lighting were spot on. For instance, the dramatic zooms on the Bride's face. The musical effort was some of Elfman's best since Edward Scissorhands (which to me marks the height of Elfman's body of work). The piano songs and the skeleton dance were nice strong pieces.

Occasional Poster said:

I am planning to see In Bruges later this week. I have heard good things about it and am looking forward to it.

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What a great movie. Watched it with a friend and we both couldn't stop laughing. The dialogue is so dark it's beautiful.

District 9

It was everything the reviews said it was and more. Two big thumbs up.

Origin ~Spirits of the Past

Predictable and yet entertaining bit of anime. Worth a watch.

Sky Crawlers - Instead of getting the awesome flight based action anime I was hoping to get, I got a boring psychological movie about eternally youthful children/teenagers fighting a war that exists for no reason other than to perpetuate itself. This wouldn't be so bad if they actually went into that aspect more, but it just fell flat after awhile and they switched back to some other focus (mainly said children/teenagers having sex, drinking alcohol and acting emo) up until the main character decides to fight the enemy ace and get shot down as an act of suicide. By that point I wanted to join him.

If you like action and flight based combat, go see the Area 88 OVAs. If you want to see a psychological anime that goes somewhere and is consistent with itself, go see Perfect Blue. If you want a boring movie that the company releasing it decided to mislead people about by promoting the sparse action scenes and nothing else, go see Sky Crawlers.

Yeah, Sky Crawlers was what felt like 54 hours of my life I want back.

The English Patient

Freaking weird film. Freaking great, though. I think I liked the bits with Binoche and co. best, though probably my favorite moment was when Kristin Scott Thomas slapped Ralph Fiennes and he tried to bury his face in her stomach while she was still whacking at him. I laughed at the absurdity of that for like five minutes and then had to re-watch it. The film had some really odd (yet rad) moments like that. But as I say, 'twas very enjoyable overall.

TwoBit said:

Just saw Death At A Funeral on DVD. Despite coming highly recommended by several people, I didn't really find it that funny. Great cast, but poor material.

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Your FACE is poor material.

The Final Destination
Worst of the series.... and that's saying something. Weakest death scenes, weakest plot, weakest characters. 3-D was "so-so"

Shegokigo said:

The Final Destination
Worst of the series.... and that's saying something. Weakest death scenes, weakest plot, weakest characters. 3-D was "so-so"

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Just watched the deaths compiled on youtube.
Gotta say, death by getting your intestines sucked out your anus is not my favorite way to go.

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The Final Destinationweakest plot, weakest characters.

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*snicker*

I saw funny people last night in the dollar theater. It was alright.

Overall I enjoyed it, but there did seem to be some problems. It felt like they wanted to tell both character's stories but had to short change Seth Rogan because it was mainly about Adam Sandler. When they resolved Seth's girl problems, it felt forced and unrealistic because it just suddenly happened so they could get back to the main story. Really this just made the movie feel a little long. There was definitly a point where I could see the end in sight and was just waiting for it to happen at this point.

Other than that I really enjoyed how things played out. I think everyone did a good job and it's a movie I would certainly see again if anything for the jokes.

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Exactly.

O Brother, Where Art Thou?

"Those sir-ains loved him up and turned him into a horny toad!"

I love you, movie.

escushion said:

O Brother, Where Art Thou?

"Those sir-ains loved him up and turned him into a horny toad!"

I love you, movie.

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Easily STILL in my top 10 favorite movies ever. I can watch it anytime as often as I like and never for a moment get tired of it or feeling like fast forwarding to any singular part. Through and through a great movie.

Project-A Ko (anime)
This was my second anime and first "movie" anime I ever watched as a kid, so it has a very special place in my heart. Which of course leads it to get a higher rating from me than an objective review might be. It's basically a "parody" anime of alot of stuff that came before it in the 70s and 80s, but hey, it's on Instant Watch and a fun watch for 1 1/2hr. (Warning, Nudity and Lesbian undertones *gee maybe this had some impact on how I turned out huh? *)

Watched Spaceballs and Labyrinth for the millionth time each. I never get tired of them. Spaceballs is not my favorite Brooks movie (Young Frankenstein by a mile), but it's easily one of his best. Labyrinth is just good old Henson magic.

The Hunted, as perpetrated by Friedkin.

I have never seen a more pointless movie.

Oh, and my husband? The Special Forces guy who loves all that secret ops stuff? Also bored to tears.

I watched Dororo at the recommendation of a friend.

It was pretty interesting. I loved the design and the scenic shots, but Dororo herself annoyed the shit out of me at times. Overall, I'd say a 3/5.

Picked up Ponyo (non Disney-ized) version. Going to have to watch it soon.

I'm told the Disney version isn't too bad.

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I'm told the Disney version isn't too bad.

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Maybe. But I figure if I'm going to pay $14 to see the movie, I might as well use it for the DVD.

I just got back from seeing "9". I think it's a beautiful, dark, and well-written animated feature that offers a good dose of Steam-Punk esque science fiction. It's a relatively short movie (just under an hour and a half) and because of that I feel it moves too quickly. If you have seen the animated short you know the basics of the film, which feels like an extended and much more in-depth version. There's a lot of messed up looking stuff in this film. Nothing gory, but cloth seems to have a very skin-like quality as it peels off of monsters revealing rows of jaged metal teeth. Not sure if it's a great movie for the young-ins, but I think most pre-teens to adults should enjoy it.

Sin: The Movie (anime)
What a pile of refuse and a waste of 50mins. The movie was 100% predictable and cliched (badly) from start to finish. Very sub-par animation, dialogue and in effects. Do yourself a favor and skip it. It's not even worth watching on Instant Que.

I'm not scared (Io non ho paura) Very good movie about the loss of innocence. Based loosely on a true story about a kidnapping in Italy. Very touching moments. The color work was good, but the directing itself could use a little work. Very simplistic centered shots for the most part, but I guess it works for a film from the perspective of children. Definitely a recommended watch. Italian and subtitled.

Finally saw Inglourious Basterds and have to echo the other sentiments I've read, it was awesome. I was happy my wife loved it as well.

District Nine was pretty good. I thought it started off great, then devolved into a standard-issue action movie (thought it definitely redeemed itself in the end, the last few moments of the movie were awesome). It was also inconsistent in its point of view - some of the movie was documentary, the rest wasn't, and that bothered me as a writer.

I'm deeply ashamed to say I went to see GiJoe. A friend was in town and it happened to start right when we were bored and looking for something to do. While terrible in pretty much every way, it was terrible in the same ways that the original cartoon was, so I was able to enjoy it on that level. Plus, Scarlett is hott. It'll be great RiffTrax material.

I badly want to see 9.

Just saw 9. Like Shawnacy says, it's steampunky. Very interesting, visually appealing, and just the right length in my opinion. Just enough exposition. I'd recommend it.

Cajungal said:

Just saw 9. Like Shawnacy says, it's steampunky. Very interesting, visually appealing, and just the right length in my opinion. Just enough exposition. I'd recommend it.

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Totally agree. It was really, really good.
Me and the wife really enjoyed it, and I have to say, it looked AMAZING. It really sets a new standard for CGI movies.

Shawnacy;249724][quote=Occasional Poster said:

I am planning to see In Bruges later this week. I have heard good things about it and am looking forward to it.

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What a great movie. Watched it with a friend and we both couldn't stop laughing. The dialogue is so dark it's beautiful.[/QUOTE]

It was great! Bizarre and hilarious

Yeah, In Bruges is one of my favorite movies of all time. Overlooked in the theatres, I'm glad it's worming its way into people's hearts. "OH SHI--A BOTTLE"

Finally caught Hot Rod last night. I'm...not so sure what I think of it. Parts of it were inspired, other parts were rote and stupid. What a weird feeling!

Lisa Lampanelli: Dirty Girl
If you know her and like her, it's probably her best special. If you don't. Skip it.

Porco Rosso (anime)
Another fantastic Ghibli film. If that's not a good enough compliment I don't know what is.

Master of Horror: John Landis - Family
Wow... I was not expecting that at all. Fantastic little horror movie, only 1hr log and it has George Wendt as a psycho killer. What more could one ask for?!

Comedians of Comedy: The Movie
Patton Oswalt, Brian Posehn, Maria Bamford, Zach Galifianakis. These comedians have a cult following and for good reason. They're VERY niche in style and if you don't "get it" you never will. This movie is VERY VERY raw and documentary style. You really have to have a love for these guys to enjoy this movie, but if you do, you'll probably watch it a few times just to catch everything. Great watch.

ElJuski said:

Yeah, In Bruges is one of my favorite movies of all time. Overlooked in the theatres, I'm glad it's worming its way into people's hearts. "OH SHI--A BOTTLE"

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No kidding. If 'the internet' had not been so positive about In Bruges I would propably never have seen it. I don't think it was even available in cinemas in Sweden.

Wolverine

Huh, you know, it wasn't actually that bad. I mean, the special effects were pretty terrible a lot of times (the bone claws, particularly), but it was quite a bit better than X-Men 3...which, isn't saying a lot, I know, but still.

No, honestly, the first half of the movie was pretty entertaining. Funny enough, the crap in the movie doesn't really start until the most overrated, horrible character in comics shows up: Gambit. His accent comes and goes and he goes from being knocked out cold by Wolverine to...running across the rooftops and leaping into the battle between Logan and Sabretooth.

Plus, there's the whole destruction of the Deadpool character, but the parts where Reynolds got to speak at the beginning, where he just DOESN'T SHUT UP was hilarious.

Overall, as I said, it was better than X3, but still not a great movie by any means. Plus, I wanted to just shave Jackman's eyebrows off so he would stop doing that stupid eyebrow raising thing like he was The Rock or something.

To Kill a Mockingbird
I was in total shock when my GF told me she hadn't seen this film, so we added it to DVD que a few weeks back and got it in yesterday. It still stands as a firm, powerful movie. I think everyone needs to have seen this film at least once in their lifetime. It's just one of those movies.

Apocolypse Now
An assigned film to my GF from her English class, we picked this up at the video rental store (Netflix would have taken too long and there was no instant watch for it). It's a Coppola movie. Plain and simple. Very solid cast: Martin Sheen, Harrison Ford, Marlon Brando, Robert Duvall. If you understand that, enjoy that, and haven't seen this one I would highly recommend it as it's quintesentially his style.

Shegokigo said:

If you understand that, enjoy that, and haven't seen this one I would highly recommend it as it's quintesentially his style.

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To be a fan of "Coppola Movies" is to be a fan of movies period. But, I mean, I'm a little biased, I very obviously love Apocalypse Now

Granted, but unfortunately some people these days watch a movie like Apocolypse Now and just don't "get it".

Apocalypse Now is an incredible movie. There's so much subtext in the imagery alone. I bored the crap out of my wife ranting on about it. Like Willard's room...the focus on the fan alone and its monotonous hum speaks pages without having said a word. It's what a movie should be. The visual element should be for more than listing action...it's a character. It's a good director that knows this. It also doesn't hurt that it's and adaptation of an amazing book that is so relevant in this internet-fed numbness around us all today.

Did you guys watch the original or the Redux? Personally I like the Redux more.

Also, you chould catch the documentary about it, Hearts of Darkness. One of the best film documentaries ever made.

I got to see a sneak preview of Steven Soderbergh's The Informant! starring Matt Damon last night.


It was fucking hilarious. A couple scenes in the last little bit kind of don't work, but I was laughing my ass off throughout.

Just watched Shoot Em Up a few nights ago. It reminded me a little of old kung fu movies where the guys go flying through the air during fight sequences. Bad...and yet I couldn't stop watching. I would recommend it to my dad who loves action movies without much of a story. I certainly won't look at carrots the same way.

Saw 9 last weekend. Good CGI for the style, story was awful and character development made no sense. Action was good, visuals were great, and some scenes (Over the Rainbow to OH GOD RUN) were good.

All in all it felt rushed to me, like Acker didn't have enough material to fill a whole movie inbetween the beginning and end of the short (as that's basically what it was).

The Blob: 1958 Color Version
What can be said that is not already known? One of the "grand daddies" of horror and one of the original great "inanimate object gonna kill you" styles of monster flick.

I saw Gamer. Yeah, Gamer.

It was one of the dumbest movies I have ever seen. It was also one of the most unintentionally, or maybe intentionally, it's hard to tell, movies I have ever seen. Michael C. Hall was fucking hilarious. I wondered why he would pick Gamer as one of his only forays into film and after watching it, I know. Honestly, the entire movie comes off as insane. Insane in an incoherent, manic, retarded way. Don't see this in theatres, don't even rent it. Steal it somehow and watch it with friends capable of mocking it. It is wholly mockable. My friends and I (3 of us total) had the entire stadium seated giga-theatre to ourselves. So we got to chide, laugh and mock as loudly as we wanted. It probably made the experience a dozen times better than it would if we would have had to show proper theatre decor.

I watched The Goods.

I don't wish that movie on anyone.

Watched 300, it felt like the comic, and I didn't really like the style that Miller had used on it. That's both good and bad, combined. I really am not a fan of gratuitous blood, and to be honest, the arrow wounds kinda bothered me, since they were target arrow holes and not barbed arrow wounds.

Sparhawk said:

the arrow wounds kinda bothered me, since they were target arrow holes and not barbed arrow wounds.

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There are literally several dozen worse things about the movie than this.

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the arrow wounds kinda bothered me, since they were target arrow holes and not barbed arrow wounds.

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There are literally several dozen worse things about the movie than this.[/QUOTE]

I won't disagree with that, but the arrows were the first thing that jumped at me, I'll come up with more as I let my mind wander and think about it.

Watched Sexdrive. I laughed my ass off. Seth Green is the best part of this movie.

I actually saw 300 for the first time on TNT this week, too. It was as bad as I suspected it might be. It was boring, and the visual style sucked ass, to put it bluntly. Like someone wrapped the camera in gauze. I appreciate the idea behind it, but the execution was fairly terrible. That "make it look like the comic" bit is gimmicky and wears thin very quickly.

Wolverine: X-Men Origins.
So it starts out decent then turns into X-men 3 all over again.
"Oh no! Save the Mutant Cameos from the secret lab, Wolverine!"

Robocop. Still an awesome movie.

Yesterday I watched Grosse Pointe Blank, Sleepers, and In the Loop.

They were all varying degrees of good! I kind of didn't like Sleepers that much, but I don't really think it was bad. The voiceover was annoying. Grosse Pointe Blank was pretty awesome even though it was really conventional. In the Loop was FUCKING HILARIOUS. It was really perfect at managing to be highbrow and lowbrow at the exact same time, sometimes in the same sentence.

<b>Inglorious Basterds</b>

I didn't want to watch this. My gf nearly literally nagged me to death to watch it. I like some of Tarantino's movies (Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs and Jackie Brown) and writing (True Romance). The rest of his stuff is kind of lame.

There was much to like about the movie.
- I liked some of the dialogue. It was funny.
- I liked some of the acting (not Pitt).
- I really liked the music.

What took me out of the movie though was
Maybe I'm getting softer as I get older, but I am losing my taste for violence. I know it's just a film, but it bugged me quite a bit.

A Boy and His Dog

The Netflix description was dead on:

Vic (a young Don Johnson) roams a postapocalyptic wasteland accompanied by his telepathic, ever-grumbling dog, eventually winding up in the clutches of a female-dominated underground society that wants his sperm. This low-budget cult film remains darkly humorous and unflinchingly brutal as its characters face difficult choices -- and the end of the world as they know it.

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Oh, and I can count on Fade not only to have the exact opposite opinion on everything in life, but in movies too as I do.

Shegokigo said:

A Boy and His Dog

The Netflix description was dead on:

Vic (a young Don Johnson) roams a postapocalyptic wasteland accompanied by his telepathic, ever-grumbling dog, eventually winding up in the clutches of a female-dominated underground society that wants his sperm. This low-budget cult film remains darkly humorous and unflinchingly brutal as its characters face difficult choices -- and the end of the world as they know it.

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Oh, and I can count on Fade not only to have the exact opposite opinion on everything in life, but in movies too as I do.

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yeah, I happened upon that on the Xbox a couple weeks ago in a stupor after coming home from the bar, went wtf is this!? My friend clued me into the book, which is apparently insanely better. I watched the movie, and after the fist 4 minutes of the dog talking and him complaining about not getting laid, I was hooked.

Fun shitty movie. I snagged the story from my frined, going to read it soon.


Also, anyone watched The Informant! yet? I may try to see it this week.

Into the Wild

It's been a while since I read the book, but it seems like a pretty good adaptation of it. The book is so short and easy to read I don't know why you wouldn't read it. I always enjoyed passing it around to different people I knew and getting their reaction from it. If you absolutely can't be bothered to read it, I'd recommend watching the movie.

Shannow said:

Also, anyone watched The Informant! yet? I may try to see it this week.

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Charlie Dont Surf said:

I got to see a sneak preview of Steven Soderbergh's The Informant! starring Matt Damon last night.


It was fucking hilarious. A couple scenes in the last little bit kind of don't work, but I was laughing my ass off throughout.

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The Blob: 1988

I was skeptical, after watching the 1958 version last week, I finally decided to break down and watch the "remake". I almost never enjoy a reboot of a great monster movie, but finally decided to give it a shot.... and wow was I ever glad I did.

All in all it was a great retelling of the story for a 80's timeline. More violence, gore, explosions, all around 80s horror movie perfection.

Shegokigo said:

The Blob: 1988

I was skeptical, after watching the 1958 version last week, I finally decided to break down and watch the "remake". I almost never enjoy a reboot of a great monster movie, but finally decided to give it a shot.... and wow was I ever glad I did.

All in all it was a great retelling of the story for a 80's timeline. More violence, gore, explosions, all around 80s horror movie perfection.

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Yeah. I think this one is a great example of a GOOD remake. Improves upon the special effects. Completely sticks to the horror aspect. Gives the creature a "twist" origin. I usually pop it on every Halloween during any marathons my friends and I have.

The film also made me realize that being pulled down a drain is probably one of the worst ways to die.
... with the exception of guts sucked out one's anus. That's still number one with me.

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Charlie Dont Surf said:

I got to see a sneak preview of Steven Soderbergh's The Informant! starring Matt Damon last night.


It was fucking hilarious. A couple scenes in the last little bit kind of don't work, but I was laughing my ass off throughout.

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Thanks, Chuckles. Your tastes seem to line right up alongside mine, so that is a good enough reccomendation for me!

Shawnacy said:

Yeah. I think this one is a great example of a GOOD remake. Improves upon the special effects. Completely sticks to the horror aspect. Gives the creature a "twist" origin. I usually pop it on every Halloween during any marathons my friends and I have.

The film also made me realize that being pulled down a drain is probably one of the worst ways to die.
... with the exception of guts sucked out one's anus. That's still number one with me.

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I love the fact that it pulls no punches.
Something that horror movies didn't do regularly for a long while after.

Haven't been able to see any recent releases yet this fall due to a heavy course load at college but I was able to.

It was a pretty awesome movie they killed Afleck halfway through the movie and it was nice seeing Ryan Renolds in it.

Also got X-Men Origins on Blu Ray as well looks nice. First time seeing it as well. Its cheesy but the good type of cheesy that TF2 wasnt able to pull off

Hmmm... well the last movie I saw in theaters was the G.I. Joe flick about two weeks ago. Didn't really think too much of it. I wouldn't really rate it that great, but I did have fun, if only because I got to mock the movie with four comrades because we were the only ones in the theater.

The last movie I saw in general was when I rewatched 'Bubba Ho-tep' a few nights ago. God damn do I love that movie, not to mention rewatching it has made me want to buy soundtrack for it now. Nothing's better than watching Bruce Campbell play an aging Elvis fighting a mummy with a senile black man who believes he is JFK played by the late Ossie Davis in a nursing home.

Batman and Superman: Public Enemies

Sadly not very good. I really look forward to these DC animated films. This one just stunk. It had potential, but fell flat.

Batman just seems weak throughout. I haven't read the source material, but the story just seemed like one of episodes (a very weak one). I also didn't like that they through in some language to 'adult' it up. Lame.

The Green Lantern movie was great, WW was great, this wasn't.

Shegokigo said:

The Blob: 1988

I was skeptical, after watching the 1958 version last week, I finally decided to break down and watch the "remake". I almost never enjoy a reboot of a great monster movie, but finally decided to give it a shot.... and wow was I ever glad I did.

All in all it was a great retelling of the story for a 80's timeline. More violence, gore, explosions, all around 80s horror movie perfection.

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Really, right off the top of my head most horror remakes of movies from the 50's end up far surpassing the original material. What I think of is The Blob, The Fly, The Thing. All received 80's remakes that were fantastic...especially The Thing, which is easily one of my favorite movies of all time.

Almost agreed with you, till you said the Fly.

Vincent Price is the king. You seem to have forgotten this. This goes for House on Haunted Hill as well, and I liked that remake too.

I will admit, The Thing remake was great.

Shegokigo said:

Almost agreed with you, till you said the Fly.

Vincent Price is the king. You seem to have forgotten this. This goes for House on Haunted Hill as well, and I liked that remake too.

I will admit, The Thing remake was great.

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I think any of the Dark Castle remakes of William Castle films are easily better than the original. Nothing against Mister Price, but those films were always done with some sort of theater gimmick in mind. Zapping chairs or "special" glasses to allow you to see the ghosts. So actually getting to see a film that tries to take itself serious without the theater gimmicks just works out better.

Plus House on Haunted Hill (1999) had the amazing Geoffrey Rush as Mr. Price (great character nod to the original actor) playing the amazingly creepy, but innocent, orchestrator of the whole shindig. Chris Kattan was great comedy relief. And the fast-motion ghosts were some of the creepiest visuals I'd ever seen.

Thirteen Ghosts (2001) was a better remake, just not a great movie in general. I love Tony Shalhoub and Mathew Lilliard so the good cast managed to balance out the weaker actors (*cough* Elizabeth *cough*). They also had a fun twist on the old theater gimmick when the characters in the film need the special glasses to see the ghosts. It was a fun film, with also some very creepy visuals, but fell a little flat at the climax.
I love the DVD extras though. You get to read background information on each of the ghosts used in the device.

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I love ...Mathew Lilliard

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Charlie Dont Surf;261466][quote=Shawnacy said:

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what.[/QUOTE]
He's a dork. Usually plays a great comedic role. I thought Scream worked very well with him. He's probably the best real life Shaggy that Hollywood could have ever found. Without a Paddle was good times. As was SLC Punk.

I don't see him in much nowadays. I skipped out on that Uwe Boll film he was in most recently. He does a lot of made-for-TV stuff that I don't catch.
His popularity came and went, but I appreciated his time in the spotlight.

Yeah, I gotta give props to Matthew Lillard too. He's a much better actor than he's given credit for and probably deserves a good role in his future.

Shawnacy said:

Nothing against Mister Price, blah blah blah blah blah blah blah

Blah blah blah Blah Mister Price Blah blah blah blah blah blah.

Thirteen Ghosts (2001) was a better remake, just not a great movie in general. I love Tony Shalhoub and Mathew Lilliard so the good cast managed to balance out the weaker actors (*cough* Elizabeth *cough*). They also had a fun twist on the old theater gimmick when the characters in the film need the special glasses to see the ghosts. It was a fun film, with also some very creepy visuals, but fell a little flat at the climax.
I love the DVD extras though. You get to read background information on each of the ghosts used in the device.

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I gotta agree, 13 Ghosts remake was fanastic, if just for the visuals alone.

Back to recent films I've seen:

And Now for Something Completely Different

A nice little compilation of "NfSCD" sketches chosen by the original cast, it's everything you come to expect from Python humor in their prime. I still laughed as much last night as I did the first time I saw it years back. It doesn't lose it's luster in the least.

Masters of Horror: Pick Me Up

The MoH series really seems hit or miss (with the best thing going for them being they're 1hr in length). This one was a nice original concept (Killer trucker picks up and kills stranded people/hitchhikers while a killer hitchhiker kills people who pick him up). The acting left much to be desired, but the concept carries the movie to it's ending decently enough.... I'm really starting to scrape the bottom of the barrel for horror movies on Instant Watch...

Blazing Saddles

After the dissapointing movie above, I decided to see another timeless classic to get me back in the right state of mind. If you haven't seen this, or Mel Brooks other films.... FOR SHAME! Get to your ass in gear!

Excuse me, while I whip this out!

(the) Final Destination 3-D || 4

Eh, pretty entertaining to see, not sure if it was worth the money. Unfortunately, the 3D glasses had little to no effect to me. My girlfriend saw the 3D just fine tho', and said that it was an awesome effect.

It's somewhat odd, because the NVidia 3D Vision glasses instantly teleport me into a game without any problem, and I had really hoped to have the same experience with this game. I suppose that technique simply works better for 3D games.

Shannow said:

Excuse me, while I whip this out!

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"You're making a German spectacle of yourself!"

Shegokigo;261872][quote=Shannow said:

Excuse me, while I whip this out!

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"You're making a German spectacle of yourself!"[/QUOTE]

"I'm not from Havana"

The Hurt Locker

Damn, this movie owned. Way late to the party on this one, but I loved it a lot.

Shegokigo said:

Almost agreed with you, till you said the Fly.

Vincent Price is the king. You seem to have forgotten this. This goes for House on Haunted Hill as well, and I liked that remake too.

I will admit, The Thing remake was great.

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I think the 50s films and their 80s remakes can be enjoyed on different levels. The Blobs are both monster movies, but The Fly's and The Things are completely different films.

And Vincent Price was really not in the original Fly much. If his character's not killing his wife, it's not a real Vincent Price movie.

I have to disagree with what drawn_inward said batman superman public enemies were good. Art style was a bit disappointing and Batman Superman really kick ass.

2001: A Space Odyssey
Love this film, love Kubrick's stuff, love our "mascot". Why did I rewatch this other than the fact that's its a timeless and perfect classic? Because I honestly never knew that 2010 was a sequel! So I got in the mood for it by watching 2001! If you've never seen this film... that should be the very next thing on your agenda, hell it's on INSTANT watch Netflix for crying out loud! Go Go!

2010: The Year We Make Contact
I enjoyed this film. Granted it wasn't done by Kubrick and DID have a different "feel" for it, but I really think it did the original justice as a sequel. If you've ever seen 2001, you'll know what kind of compliment that was. If you've seen the first film, make sure to see this, it's a more complete tale that way.

Les triplettes de Belleville
I'll be honest, I was avoiding this movie. I heard nothing but rave reviews from critics and casual movie goers alike. Looking at the art online/back of the box and reading the premise I was very turned off to it. I was wrong. Very very wrong. The animation was a SIGHT to behold, to put it lightly. The story was simple, yet enthralling. The characters never spoke, but they had very strong personalities. Everything was so unique, so imaginative, so damn good. I'm glad I saw it, and I will be adding this one to my dvd case for sure.

Shegokigo said:

Les triplettes de Belleville
I'll be honest, I was avoiding this movie. I heard nothing but rave reviews from critics and casual movie goers alike. Looking at the art online/back of the box and reading the premise I was very turned off to it. I was wrong. Very very wrong. The animation was a SIGHT to behold, to put it lightly. The story was simple, yet enthralling. The characters never spoke, but they had very strong personalities. Everything was so unique, so imaginative, so damn good. I'm glad I saw it, and I will be adding this one to my dvd case for sure.

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Glad you got around to this one. It's one of my favorite films.

It was shockingly good. I was glad I finally got pushed to see it too. I'll call it "Wind Waker" syndrome. I was the same way about Wind Waker, till I played it.... wow

In the process of watching Bachelor Party in the Bungalow of the Damned. More later. Thank God for Netflix's obscure "watch it nows."

I've been avoiding that one Cajun, let me know how it turns out. I just got Cemetary Man (in honor of Sera) on my DVD que. I'll be watching it tonight.

Ohhh, Sheg... it is awful. Horrible acting, soundtrack, horrible everything. The only thing it's good for is a confused laugh. Did they mean for it to be that horrible? Is it a joke?

Horrible "awesome" or Horrible Horrible?

It depends. I'm actually enjoying how awful it is. It looks like it was made at their parents' house with a little personal camera.

If you have no patience for downright crappiness, then skip it. If you can enjoy a good train wreck, then by all means check it out. You'll laugh your ass off. They even manage to make the credits total shit. Oh, and one of the characters really wishes he could be be Seth Rogen.

Have you SEEN some of the stuff I've written in this thread? Hell, one of my favorite movies is the live action D&D flick. Guess I'll be checking it out. Thanks for the heads up! Too many horror movies on Instant Watch are just "bad-bad".

Oh if you haven't seen them, there are quite a few of the old Vincent Price horror movies on Instant Watch right now. House on Haunted Hill, The Fly etc.

Nice, I love Mr. Price.

Enjoy the film. I hope you laugh. ^_^

Speaking of horrible Instant Watch

I saw "Final Voyage"(maybe wrong) which was a terrible Under Siege ripoff(which was a Die Hard ripoff) starring Ice-T as the villain. It was really goofy and terribly-made, but good for making fun of. Ice-T fires off every line as if it was the first time he ever saw the English language.

then RAPTOR ISLAND, a classic Sci-Fi original picture starring Lorenzo Lamas. My favorite part of this movie was them reacting completely nonchalantly to all the fucking raptors devouring everyone. They were just like "oh. yeah, raptors everywhere, whatever". Also for some reason, they knew the raptors were mutated when no one knew shit about raptors at all! The raptors also took approximately 30 bullets to bring down, and when they were getting riddled with machine gun fire, they just stood there blankly staring at the people.

We started Undead or Alive, a zombedy(kill me now) set in the Wild West. It was really annoying, and when we realized they were trying to be funny we got annoyed and switched it off after about 15-20 minutes. Brian Poeshn was great at the main zombie though.

Away We Go

Specifically, TRIED watching this but turned it off after about forty minutes. It just meanders on and on as they travel from place to place, meeting "quirky" people that feel like little mini-sequences rather than part of a larger story.

Honestly, the "quirky" characters just felt so forced. Hell, even Maggie Gyllenhal was annoying with the forced quirkiness. Even the main characters are uninteresting.

Really disappointed, because I'd heard this was supposed to be good.

mr_thehun said:

The action was like a grown up version of bugs bunny.

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Man, that would have been awesome...

transformers 2


Yeah, it hit the net, and I thought to myself, as I wallowed in a massive hangover saturday morning:

"Self," I says "it cant be as bad as you remembered. I mean, you were pretty drunk at the time. That most likely skewed your response to it. it truly cannot be as terrible as the hazy rememberance in your mind! And here you have a dvd rip of it, and you do not have to leave your bed!"

"But self," I protested back, "do you not remember that hatred of humanity you experienced after watching this thing? The pain you went through. Why not just try to pass back out and experience the self inflicted pain all that whiskey and beer is putting you through now! Surely, it would be better than watching this movie again, not only lucid, but in pain no less!"

"Nay," I shot back. "I think it cannot be that bad, and thus it will get my mind off this clenching and rolling stomach, the aches courseing throguhout my body, and the head stuffed somehow with soft soft cotton that yet throbs like iron ringing under an anvil."

And thus, I put it in.





















...somehow, my hangover increased tenfold as I watched it, I vomited 4 more times, and I threatened to kill my roomate who had walked into my room to see if I was okay do to the noise of previous vomitting. I hate the world, and I truly believe Micheal Bay is the anti-christ come to walk among us and bring upon the end times.


"I warned you."

"...shut up, self"

So...you liked it?

ThatNickGuy said:

So...you liked it?

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You sonofabitch.

@Li3n;263753][quote=mr_thehun said:

The action was like a grown up version of bugs bunny.

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Man, that would have been awesome...[/QUOTE]
But it so wasn't.

I loved "The Spirit". Then again, I like the type of movie that's just so ridiculous it warps right back around to "awesome".

The Assassination of Jesse James
I didn't used to like Brad Pitt, then he made Se7en, then Sleepers, with Fight Club, he sealed it. I wouldn't say I was a "fan", but knowing he was headlining was enough to get me interested. Unfortunately, this isn't one of those films. Just "zzzzzz" the whole way through.

Cemetary Man/Dellamorte Dellamore
Hm, what can I say other than it was so terrible it was awesome? If you don't like terrible movies (you can see the strings holding up spirits floating around, nothing is consistant with the infection/deaths, etc) I would suggest skipping it, otherwise, give it at least a chance and watch it through once. I wouldn't buy it, but I'd showing it to friends if given the chance.

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The action was like a grown up version of bugs bunny.

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But it so wasn't.[/QUOTE]


Agreed.

The Adventures of Baron Munchausen

The best way to describe this film is to compare it to a live action Looney Tunes cartoon that takes itself seriously and yet gives you a sly wink every now and again. It twists reality upside down and you happily accept it. It is whimsical, visual, and everything that is right with adventure fantasy. Best part? No computer effects (well... maybe one or two appropriate uses). Just puppets, miniatures, make-up, lighting, camera tricks, etc. Many scenes look like they came straight from a painting (and some do quite literally).
Highly recommended.

Berthold: "Oh my god! It's the Sultan's army! Quick! Back in the fish!"

Rewatched The Matrix. For as good of a movie as it was, it's a shame it never had any sequels.

Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs was a fun adventure. Never read the book, but enjoyed the visuals, and the music was a pleasant surprise. Fortunately, the big-name voice cast was able to sound not too much like themselves, with the exception of Faris and Mr T.

Shawnacy said:

The Adventures of Baron Munchausen

The best way to describe this film is to compare it to a live action Looney Tunes cartoon that takes itself seriously and yet gives you a sly wink every now and again. It twists reality upside down and you happily accept it. It is whimsical, visual, and everything that is right with adventure fantasy. Best part? No computer effects (well... maybe one or two appropriate uses). Just puppets, miniatures, make-up, lighting, camera tricks, etc. Many scenes look like they came straight from a painting (and some do quite literally).
Highly recommended.

Berthold: "Oh my god! It's the Sultan's army! Quick! Back in the fish!"

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I finally saw this like a month ago and I am so happy I did. It makes me stop procrastinating on Brazil.

Zombieland

Shaun of the Dead has just been replaced as my favorite zombie movie.

Best part?

Zombieland

It's a buddy road-trip movie... with zombies. Much like "Shaun of the Dead" it makes the smart move of just making the survivors the source of the comedy rather than the zombies. It's worth a good hour and a half of laughs, but of the two I still prefer Shaun.

Zombieland

You know....I never much liked Shaun of the Dead. It was entertaining, sure, but it wasn't funny to me.

Zombieland, however, is fucking awesome.

The Terminator
Because I just felt like watching some awesomely perfect.

Dark Crystal finally hit instant watch. I forgot how much I enjoy these old Muppet movies, was a nice break from a rather shitty day.

Trick 'r Treat: Wow. No, wait, let me rephrase that. WOW! I thought Drag Me to Hell was going to be my fave horror movie of the year but...wow! WOWEE WOW! I want more of this, already.

Damnit, why did WB have to cancel this in 2007, leaving it to straight-to-video hell next week? Bastards. This was fantastic. It wasn't entirely scary, but as far as mood and a tongue firmly in cheek? I loved it. Seriously, check this one out, horror fans.

ThatNickGuy said:

Trick 'r Treat: Wow. No, wait, let me rephrase that. WOW! I thought Drag Me to Hell was going to be my fave horror movie of the year but...wow! WOWEE WOW! I want more of this, already.

Damnit, why did WB have to cancel this in 2007, leaving it to straight-to-video hell next week? Bastards. This was fantastic. It wasn't entirely scary, but as far as mood and a tongue firmly in cheek? I loved it. Seriously, check this one out, horror fans.

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Will do.

I saw The Hangover in the dollar theater yesterday. It was seriously funny, and I plan on seeing it again with either my roommate or my buddy Tim, neither of whom have seen it yet.

It was a little over hyped for me, and some parts made me just have to stop and think about how many new things they did while drunk, you know? The hospital, the marriage, the tiger, the gambling, the kidnapping all seems like almost too much to even fit into the night. By the time we got to a new plot point I just felt myself saying "Really? More? They haven't dealt with enough already?"

However, it was still incredibly funny to me.

I also rented Adventureland tonight. Honestly though, I think I need to re-watch it when my roommate isn't here and I don't have to compete for noise. I don't know if I just can't hear, or if it's just a shitty sound system or if me watching the movie and other things like my roommate watching football or some combination of all three just bade the audio so poor that I couldn't hear most of the first half clearly. I wasn't 100% sure what was going on for the first bit.

Also, the relationship between the main guy and Em felt kind of forced. I don't really know what they saw in each other, and it kind of felt to me like they were only dating because they were the main male and female protagonists.

I think the almost complete lack of plot, which may have just been another audio issue and me not always knowing what's going on, was also kind of a turn off. It just felt like a bunch of events rather than a story. By the end of the movie I wasn't really that interested anymore and was focused more on my facebook than the movie.

Zombieland - great dumb fun, had a blast watching it Friday night.

Perfume- didnt watch it the first time around, maybe its me hating narrating in movies (cant stand any narrated movie but for Stardust), but I only kept on watching to see the fabled orgy scene.

B13 district, and its sequel B13 ultimatum- Great french sci-fi/action movie, with awesome lepacur. Wish american action movies were this good.

Invisible Target - Shitty Hong Kong action movie.

Ernest Goes to Jail
Felt like some nostalgic dumb comedy Sat night, so I watched the best (my opinion) Ernest film I remembered. If you don't know who Jim Varney was, and you grew up in the 80s, FOR SHAME!

Ernest Joins the Army
After checking Instant Watch for my second favorite Ernest film (Scared Stupid) and not finding it available I checked on the other Ernest films available to watch, having no recollection of "Joins the Army" I qued it up. Pretty standard Ernest fare, which isn't a bad thing if that's what you're looking for.

Chocolate (Thai Action Film)
Interesting little movie, couple of twists but pretty standard martial arts movie fare. Worth a watch if you enjoy hard hitting, REAL fighting (no stuntmen, no wire fighting, no nets for long falls, the cuts and bruises are done on the spot) from the same producers of Ong'Bak and The Protector.

Shegokigo said:

Chocolate (Thai Action Film)
Interesting little movie, couple of twists but pretty standard martial arts movie fare. Worth a watch if you enjoy hard hitting, REAL fighting (no stuntmen, no wire fighting, no nets for long falls, the cuts and bruises are done on the spot) from the same producers of Ong'Bak and The Protector.

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This movie literally climaxes with a (mental) cripple fight.

Charlie Dont Surf;269361][quote=Shegokigo said:

Chocolate (Thai Action Film)
Interesting little movie, couple of twists but pretty standard martial arts movie fare. Worth a watch if you enjoy hard hitting, REAL fighting (no stuntmen, no wire fighting, no nets for long falls, the cuts and bruises are done on the spot) from the same producers of Ong'Bak and The Protector.

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This movie literally climaxes with a (mental) cripple fight.[/QUOTE]Youve gotta give them credit for doing something noone thought of before.

I wonder what will the sequel be like, Alzheimer´s vs cerebral palsy? Crosseyes vs partial blindness? A debate between a deaf guy and a mute woman?

Die Hard kicks ass.

That is all.


Later we're eating hot dogs and watching Conan the Barbarian .

Blade

Some motherfucker's always trying to ice skate uphill. APPARENTLY.

Zombieland

Change the title to Shaun of the Dead 2. Yes, it's that good.

Philosopher B. said:

Blade

Some motherfucker's always trying to ice skate uphill. APPARENTLY.

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I take it this is not Blade the vampire guy?

Harry Potter and the half-Blood prince

dvd of it is now "available," watched it this weekend. Not too shabby.

Notorious. Excellent Hitchcock spy-thriller with Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman. Goes back and forth between light-hearted and tension-filled.

B13 district, and its sequel B13 ultimatum- Great french sci-fi/action movie, with awesome lepacur. Wish american action movies were this good.

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Loved the first one, how's the second one stack up?

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Blade

Some motherfucker's always trying to ice skate uphill. APPARENTLY.

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I take it this is not Blade the vampire guy?[/QUOTE]

Nah, it is. That is quite possibly my favorite in cinema history.

Charlie Dont Surf;273384][quote=escushion;273246][quote=Philosopher B. said:

Blade

Some motherfucker's always trying to ice skate uphill. APPARENTLY.

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I take it this is not Blade the vampire guy?[/QUOTE]

Nah, it is. That is quite possibly my favorite in cinema history.[/QUOTE]

'Cause it makes no goshdarn sense. :noidea:

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'Cause it makes no goshdarn sense. :noidea:

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'Cause it makes no goshdarn sense. :noidea:

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'Cause it makes no goshdarn sense. :noidea:

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Wat.

Charlie Dont Surf;273384][quote=escushion;273246][quote=Philosopher B. said:

Blade

Some motherfucker's always trying to ice skate uphill. APPARENTLY.

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I take it this is not Blade the vampire guy?[/QUOTE]

Nah, it is. That is quite possibly my favorite in cinema history.[/QUOTE]

Yeah, I had to rewind the DVD and watch it again.

I just re-watched the 1973 Disney animated Robin Hood. Holy crap I never realized just how great of a villian the Sheriff of Nottingham is. He just casually comes in, does the meanest thing possible at the moment, thanks the people for their time and strolls on out.

This series:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_Watch_(2004_film)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Day_Watch

I wasn't blown away, and it prob made more sense in the original russian, but it was interesting and the magic was imaginative.

well the weirdness was a factor in my enjoyment of it... i totally see why without a taste for it it would be way less enjoyable

Just watched Spider Woman: Agent of S.W.O.R.D. on the Hulu, pretty nice!

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.

YAOMTC said:

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.

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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.

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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.

phil said:

I just re-watched the 1973 Disney animated Robin Hood. Holy crap I never realized just how great of a villian the Sheriff of Nottingham is. He just casually comes in, does the meanest thing possible at the moment, thanks the people for their time and strolls on out.

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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.

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).

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.

Law Abiding Citizen.

Wow... I wasted 6 bucks on that.

Although I will admit the one scene with the judge was awesome.

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.

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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.

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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?

Oh... I almost forgot. The GF made me watch

Obsessed
White girl from Heroes (Not Hayden) falls for Beyonce's Husband (Not JayZ) and gets all psycho bitch. 30 Hand That Rocks the Cradle cliches later, bitch dies. The end. rly:

I saw Up Friday night. Awesome and touching movie.

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.

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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.

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I saw Up Friday night. Awesome and touching movie.

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huh. I would have thought you'd hate it since balloons can't lift a house into the sky.

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I saw Up Friday night. Awesome and touching movie.

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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

Kissinger;278133][quote=Charlie Dont Surf;278129][quote=Dave said:

I saw Up Friday night. Awesome and touching movie.

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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

Charlie Dont Surf;278129][quote=Dave said:

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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.

The Ugly Truth
This utterly predictable, saccharine, run-of-the-mill, only-moderately-funny romcom has some strange obsession with Katherine Heigl's breasts. Not that I'm complaining.

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The Ugly Truth
This utterly predictable, saccharine, run-of-the-mill, only-moderately-funny romcom has some strange obsession with Katherine Heigl's breasts. Not that I'm complaining.

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I would complain if I saw that movie because it fucking sucks

Charlie Dont Surf;278610][quote=bhamv3 said:

The Ugly Truth
This utterly predictable, saccharine, run-of-the-mill, only-moderately-funny romcom has some strange obsession with Katherine Heigl's breasts. Not that I'm complaining.

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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?

ThatNickGuy;278652][quote=Charlie Dont Surf;278610][quote=bhamv3 said:

The Ugly Truth
This utterly predictable, saccharine, run-of-the-mill, only-moderately-funny romcom has some strange obsession with Katherine Heigl's breasts. Not that I'm complaining.

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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.

Charlie Dont Surf;278129][quote=Dave said:

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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.

Dave;278693][quote=Charlie Dont Surf;278129][quote=Dave said:

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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.

Dark Blue.


I watch some bad shit at night if I am not tired.

Charlie Dont Surf;278730][quote=Dave;278693][quote=Charlie Dont Surf;278129][quote=Dave said:

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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.

National Lampoon's Vacation

After watching Caddyshack, I was remembered what Mr.Chase was like in his comedic prime and started getting nostalgic. I'll probably be watching the entire "Vacation" series this week now.

Charlie Dont Surf;278610][quote=bhamv3 said:

The Ugly Truth
This utterly predictable, saccharine, run-of-the-mill, only-moderately-funny romcom has some strange obsession with Katherine Heigl's breasts. Not that I'm complaining.

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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.

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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

Say what you want about the Vacation series, Christmas Vacation's greased up saucer on a hill scene is one of the funniest things I've ever seen.

Watch Vacation and Christmas Vacation. The other ones stunk.

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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.

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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.[/QUOTE]

I think the statement is not intended to be an excuse for shitty movies, but an expression of belief that the director/producer understood their limitations and stuck to focusing on what they could do well.

I think the reason why the phrase is associated with crappy movies is because, IMHO, it tends to be used for movies where there is an overarching, genre-specific reason to see the film, and as long as that reasoning is fulfilled, how crappy the rest of the film is doesn't really matter (to a point).

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Say what you want about the Vacation series, Christmas Vacation's greased up saucer on a hill scene is one of the funniest things I've ever seen.

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I really like his rant about his boss. It kills me!

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjiUrh_aR64&feature=related[/ame]

Hallelujah! Holy shit! Where's the Tylenol?

A movie filmed in my hometown, making the Canadian film circuit. Won some kind of Cinematography award at some film festival in Toronto

Website here: http://www.playwithfiremovie.com/

Trailer here:
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TeKeo;279007][quote=Charlie Dont Surf;278822][quote=bhamv3 said:

it doesn't try to be anything more than what it is.

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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.[/QUOTE]

I think the statement is not intended to be an excuse for shitty movies, but an expression of belief that the director/producer understood their limitations and stuck to focusing on what they could do well.

I think the reason why the phrase is associated with crappy movies is because, IMHO, it tends to be used for movies where there is an overarching, genre-specific reason to see the film, and as long as that reasoning is fulfilled, how crappy the rest of the film is doesn't really matter (to a point).[/QUOTE]

Yep, what he said. It's not an excuse, a bad movie with low ambitions does not suddenly become less bad. However, I prefer it when movies don't pretend to be more than what they're capable of being.

I think of it like when I get into the passenger seat of a car, and the driver says to me, "Just to let you know, I'm not a very good driver, so I'll be going pretty slow." Him telling me that doesn't magically make him a better driver, but I appreciate knowing.

In the context of The Ugly Truth, this movie is designed to make teenage girls pay money to go "aww that's so sweet." I realize this, the movie (and its makers) realize this, so we go in with something of an understanding.

I got to see large parts of the racist shit-fuck masterpiece Birth of a Nation in film history class. What's almost worst than the barefoot, chicken-eating black maniacs and the wannabe women-rapist mulattoes is the chicken-shit tone of some of the narration screens. They frequently try to weasel the filmmakers out of the responsibility of the shit they were portraying, or worse, authenticate it.

But it pioneered the jump-cut, y'all, so it was cool.

Evil Dead

I gotta say, while I don't think it's quite the unabashed classic that the second two movies are in my mind, there were still enough awesome bits and glimpses of the later brilliance to come that made it more than worthwhile. But goddamn, did it hurt when the pencil went in.

Evil Dead was made without the comedy. I think it's genuinely frightening. And it does it with so few FX, that it's even scarier.

Birth of a Nation is very, very important in film history for its many innovations in filming, editing, and construction of a scene. It essentially created the basic grammar of narrative film

It's just too bad that it's basically a love letter to the KKK.

I was going to watch "European Vacation" next when I saw something "newly" released on Instant Watch. A favorite of mine:

Robing Hood: Prince of Thieves
The days when Costner ruled. This film never tires or loses it's luster. The scene with the reveal from Will Scarlet still gives goosebumps.

Fuck me, he cleared it.

Charlie Dont Surf said:

Fuck me, he cleared it.

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That's it then. Cancel the kitchen scraps for lepers and orphans, no more merciful beheadings, and call off Christmas!

Because unlike SOME Robin Hoods, I speak with an English accent!

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That's it then. Cancel the kitchen scraps for lepers and orphans, no more merciful beheadings, and call off Christmas!

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I want to believe he ad-libbed ALOT of those amazing lines he delivers throughout the film. I mean, damn, the comedy in some of them were just epic.

Saw something called Rachel Getting Married in the Redbox and decided to check it out. I thought it was kind of cool. Something about it felt very 90s to me. It could have been the way Anne Hathaway looked. But she did a really good job, as did most of the cast. I loved the long rehearsal dinner scene. The way it was filmed, I felt like I was there. I think the father was my favorite. His emotional and kind of odd performance really caught my eye. It moved a little slowly, and some scenes felt too long, but all in all I pretty much enjoyed it.

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Saw something called Rachel Getting Married in the Redbox and decided to check it out. I thought it was kind of cool. Something about it felt very 90s to me. It could have been the way Anne Hathaway looked. But she did a really good job, as did most of the cast. I loved the long rehearsal dinner scene. The way it was filmed, I felt like I was there. I think the father was my favorite. His emotional and kind of odd performance really caught my eye. It moved a little slowly, and some scenes felt too long, but all in all I pretty much enjoyed it.

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This is one of my favorite movies of the 00s, an I'm pretty sure Kissinger is gonna bust down the door drunk to talk about how much he loves Jonathan Demme in 5 replies or less

Man, the scene at the end with her mom gave me goosebumps. Whoever she was, she was good too. (I'm so bad at remembering this stuff... to imdb....)

Whoa is someone talking about rachel getting married?

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Cajungal said:

Saw something called Rachel Getting Married in the Redbox and decided to check it out. I thought it was kind of cool. Something about it felt very 90s to me. It could have been the way Anne Hathaway looked. But she did a really good job, as did most of the cast. I loved the long rehearsal dinner scene. The way it was filmed, I felt like I was there. I think the father was my favorite. His emotional and kind of odd performance really caught my eye. It moved a little slowly, and some scenes felt too long, but all in all I pretty much enjoyed it.

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Hey, yeah, that was my favorite movie of last year, and it's really really good. Anne Hathaway is great, Rose Marie DeWitt is fantastic, and Bill Irwin (the father) is so so wonderful. The way it's shot and staged really does put you right in there. One of the most enduring images of the whole year for me was the cake-cutting scene. Love this movie. I love the texture and feel of everything. It's so rich, and even though there are some scenes of melodrama, every moment is infused with such humanity.

Jonathan Demme owns. He was robbed in the best directing category.

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Oh yeah and the mom is played by Debra Winger

I seriously nominate Kissi as funniest sig on the boards.

I read it outloud to myself at least 3 times a day and laugh hard everytime.

It IS Debra Winger!

I wish I could take credit for it, but my older brother posted that over on Forumopolis. I think in the G.I Joe thread? I don't remember whether it was that or the Transformers 2 thread, but yeah. It's hilarious, and I can't look at it without laughing.

Ya know I thought they did something weird with her face on the DVD cover. Her eyes looked huge. At first I thought it was about a girl with some kind of physical deformity.. then I read the synopsis.

Dave;278773][quote=Charlie Dont Surf;278730][quote=Dave;278693][quote=Charlie Dont Surf;278129][quote=Dave said:

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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.[/QUOTE]

....You hate wall-e because in real life robots don't have feelings?

I guess you weren't a short circuit fan growing up, huh?

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The spirit

what a painful movie to watch. The action was like a grown up version of bugs bunny.

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Maaaaan that movie bummed me out. I'm a huge eisner fan so I was hoping for something a little bit more...eisner-esque. You know a story so brutal you don't no whether to laugh, cry, or get really really pissed. What was with the super powers? The spirit don't need no freakin' super powers. I enjoyed Samuel L. Jackson though.

The Hills Have Eyes (2006)

Ugh. I kind of felt dirty watching this. I mean, it had some potential: the cast was good, and the cinematography took advantage of the locations nicely. The violence was too over-the-top and gratuitous for my taste, though. Instead of people being picked off slowly and suspensefully, one is treated to a
I dunno, it just didn't feel like good movie-making to me ... more like an excuse for showing inbred mutant rapists biting birds' heads off.

Plus there's the whole dumb-shit-people-do-in-horror-movies business. I mean,
I totally rooted for the dog, though.

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The Hills Have Eyes (2006)

Ugh. I kind of felt dirty watching this.

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Same. I will never never never watch this movie again.

I guess it goes without saying that Hills Have Eyes is one of first films I plan on buying for BLU-RAY? That and Last House on the Left.

Not because they're "Phenomenal" films, but because they show a carnal side of slasher films that don't hold back, without having to be gore-porn Saw/Hostel/Touristas style.

Do you mean the original Last House on the Left? Or the remake? Cause I saw the remake, and it didn't impress me that much. Not that scary, not that gruesome, not that disturbing. Just sort of "meh" from beginning to end.

And I'm speaking as a person who usually hates scary movies.

The remake.

Did you watch the Director's Cut version bhamv? It was a pretty big difference as a whole than the theatre release.

I alread own the original, there is no BLU-RAY version.

The thing I love about Last House on the Left (both versions) is that it's a retelling of an old Swedish ballad that was made into a great film by Ingmar Bergman called The Virgin Spring. The difference is that Last House on the Left leaves off the end where the father who exacted his revenge questions whether what he did was right and seeks to repent by building a church.

Very interesting Kissi, I had no idea. Thanks for that! :thumb:

I have no idea if you're being patronizing or you are genuinely interested in what I had to say, so I'll assume the latter and feel good about sharing that little bit of trivia.

I saw the theater version. I didn't even know there's a Director's Cut. Nor did I know the story's from Sweden.

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I have no idea if you're being patronizing or you are genuinely interested in what I had to say, so I'll assume the latter and feel good about sharing that little bit of trivia.

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100% genuine. I did like the tidbit of info. :uhhuh:-

Just watched "The Adventures of Baron Munchausen" with the girlfriend (second time for me, first time she's seen it). I forgot how good that movie was.

Also, over the past few days, I've re-watched "Kung Fu Hustle" and "The Iron Giant" with her (she hasn't seen a LOT of movies...I'm rectifying this), and we both saw "Unleashed" with Jet Li for the first time.

Management. It was really cute. I love that actor who played the lead.

Adventureland. Big fat meh. Didn't have much of a point to me. It took me about 4 hrs to get through it. I would pause it when bored and do something else and then come back and finish. I thought the story was going somewhere, but it was just a story about a dude losing his virginity, and Ryan Renolds was a douche. Epic film making right there.

Enresshou said:

Just watched "The Adventures of Baron Munchausen" with the girlfriend (second time for me, first time she's seen it). I forgot how good that movie was.

Also, over the past few days, I've re-watched "Kung Fu Hustle" and "The Iron Giant" with her (she hasn't seen a LOT of movies...I'm rectifying this), and we both saw "Unleashed" with Jet Li for the first time.

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Unleashed is one of my favorite action films. The choreography and direction is top notch, but amazingly enough, it's a lot of the acting that stands out.

Unleashed was fantastic and was my favorite Jet movie for a good while. Till I got Fearless.

Fearless was just all-around excellent. It almost made me wish that Jet Li would re-do Fist of Legend into a true sequel.

We watched The Prestige last night, my fourth time, Faline's first.

It's still a fucking incredible movie, and one that rewards multiple viewings with all the stuff you can pick out of each damn scene. I know it fell between Christopher Nolan's Batman movies, and so isn't as highly seen a film of his, but it should be as seen as The Dark Knight for its storytelling and intensity.

Can't beat that cast either; Christian Bale, Hugh Jackman, Michael Caine, Scarlett Johannson, Andy Serkis, and David Bowie.

Hatchet
A gratitous throwback to 80s and early 90s horror slasher. Basically a carbon copy of any Friday 13th flick, it was watchable in the fact that most "copy-cats" can't "pull it off". Hatchet did, and did it right in everyway.

Transformers 2 and you know what? I enjoyed it. I can see how its bad but I enjoyed it. It was like GI Joe, that is- felt like a saturday morning cartoon for adults...er..I mean...not to insult saturday morning cartoons some of them are quite good, but some of them...aren't....

Also: for some reason Shia LaBeouf didn't annoy me in this. I usually find him a little bit irritating in everything I see him in. Maybe this is a symptom of some mental malaise..I don't know, but it was fun.


Also: Also: Michal Bay has the sense of humor of a ten year old.

chakz, we hardly knew ye. :blue:

whats this? Why is my nose bleedin- *thump*

I watched Zombieland yesterday. I loved it. I think it was a great role for Woody Harrelson. There were a few little nitpicky things about it that I could mention, but for a "turn your brain off and watch a flick" movie those things aren't that important.

Tonight I watched 9. I honestly don't know how I feel about it. It was ok. I liked it. But it also has left me feeling depressed.

Frau VildSoul said:

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Oh no... the Charrisinger signal! :tape2:

chakz said:

Transformers 2 and you know what? I enjoyed it. I can see how its bad but I enjoyed it. It was like GI Joe, that is- felt like a saturday morning cartoon for adults...er..I mean...not to insult saturday morning cartoons some of them are quite good, but some of them...aren't....

Also: for some reason Shia LaBeouf didn't annoy me in this. I usually find him a little bit irritating in everything I see him in. Maybe this is a symptom of some mental malaise..I don't know, but it was fun.


Also: Also: Michal Bay has the sense of humor of a ten year old.

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Here's where I disagree, G.I. Joe very much was like a saturday morning cartoon brought to life. It was terrible, but pretty funly (not a word, I know) so. Transformers 2 was the opposite, Transformers 2 was an overindulgent piece of chaotic garbage.

It honestly boggles my mind that people could sit through the entire college sequence and still defend the movie.

Michael Bay not only has the sense of humour of a ten year old, he has the sense of humour of a ten year old with fucking Downs Syndrome.

Yep. Loved GI Joe.

Still refuse to watch TrF2. :humph:

Shegokigo said:

Yep. Loved GI Joe.

Still refuse to watch TrF2. :humph:

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After finally seeing it last week, I'd say the only reason to see it would be to discuss with others just how bad it was.

Freaks

So that's where the phrase 'One of us!' originated? Huh ...

Anyhoo, some of the acting was a little hammy, but the film overall was still fascinating to watch (though I wonder what it would have watched like in the original cut). Even crazier than the movie, though, is reading about all the people that were in it. Most of 'em lived long lives. This guy had four children: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Randian

That man is my new hero.

Boondock Saints 2
Confusing mess of a movie that tries to be clever, funny, and over-the-top like the first but fails to even come close. With the exception of a few fun scenes it just doesn't work as a good sequel. Willem Dafoe's character is replaced by a southern accented Julie Benz who destroys every scene she's in. She even attempts her own version of the "There was a fire fight!" speech but blows the delivery and for some reason dresses up like Annie Oakley for it. Her inclusion in the movie is made even more miserable by the fact that ...

Shawnacy said:

Boondock Saints 2

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Not surprised it wasn't very good. The trailer looked awful.

I saw Where the Wild Things Are the other night with the girl. I was pretty teary eyed near the end of the movie and had to pretend like it was allergies to save face...which she totally saw through. I got hit pretty hard by the emotional tide there. I would make out with Spike Jonze dressed like a really old lady any day of the week.

Okay, I've been meaning to post about the last movie I saw in theaters, or in general for that matter, for a long time and just now I'm getting to it. "I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell"

This movie gets a resounding 'meh' from me.
Beer in Hell was surprisingly mediocre, I thought. Essentially the movies plot is loosely based off of the Tucker Max story of "The Austin Road Trip Story" I believe it was called. But you could see some other Max stories thrown in there to try and... spice it up? Or maybe for padding?
The actual character of Tucker Max was just unlikeable to me, and not in the way he was so outrageous and offensive that it was hilarious like in the books. He just seemed too much of a douchebag, which is kind of what he is supposed to be I suppose; but his character just seemed too egotistical and his faults seemed too forced and outlandish and over the top when portrayed on screen, I just ended up not liking him at all. This in turn lead to the overall story arc also feeling kind of forced.
The characters of Dan and Drew, his friends he coerces into going to a strip club for Dan's bachelor party that's 3 hours away, to me were far more interesting. I especially liked the character of Drew, who was hilariously cynical throughout the whole movie having just broken off his own engagement when he catches his fiance cheating on him. I found him much more interesting for whatever reason. He just seemed more real.(If that makes any sense at all)
The overall plot, as mentioned before, is relatively forced due to no real character development by the titular character. The short version of the plot: Tucker convinces his friends to go to a strip club 3 hours away because they don't have a "No Touch Law" for his friend Dan's bachelor party. Tucker fucks up and has to rectify things with Dan.... you can probably guess what will happen.
(Side not: This movie had the dubious honor of being the first to nearly making me vomit right there in the theater after That's saying something too, I have never even needed to throw up because of something that I witnessed.
That isn't to say it's all bad, I mean I did get a few good laughs out of the movie but they were few and far between. It's also never a good sign, though when you can count on two hands the number of times that you laughed and/or chuckled. It was a bit disappointing that I didn't really find it as funny as I hoped because I was a huge fan of the book. But then again the book didn't try to shove several of those stories into into a slow plot moving story about the loss and redemption of friendship
Ultimately, this movie is made for Tucker Max and fans of Tucker Max. If you've read his stories and enjoyed them this movie is at the very least worth seeing, but don't go in with high expectations. I would personally wait till it hits the secondary theaters so you won't have to pay $9 like I did. Better yet, just re-read the book and spend that money on something more worthwhile... like pogs.