Oh dear, sorry to be such a tease! Keep strong, it's worth every surprise!
Also, non-spoiler, John Williams still is the man!
[Movies] Talk about the last movie you saw 2: Electric Threadaloo
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Also, non-spoiler, John Williams still is the man!
Ehhh, I was waffling about reading them anyway, and it's not like there's all that much he spoils, storywise. I still don't know who's whose father, for example. (I have not seen the movie or any other spoilers so far. If there's any question about anyone's paternity in this movie, it's a coincidence, I'm going for the Empire reference.)You. Suck.
Also, spoilers don't work on TapaTalk IIRC. So I hope you didn't just screw someone.
Yeah, what Bubble said. Gosh, was I tired.
And I really didn't want to spoiler anything, that why I only went on about the experience and not the story as such.
Also, me and technic stuff are two worlds, so I have no idea what works and doesn't work or how it works and what's going on out there. I'm happy enough I can use a spoiler tab...
And I really didn't want to spoiler anything, that why I only went on about the experience and not the story as such.
Also, me and technic stuff are two worlds, so I have no idea what works and doesn't work or how it works and what's going on out there. I'm happy enough I can use a spoiler tab...
Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang
This movie.
It's mine and Nate's Christmas movie, it's one of my absolute favorites to watch during the holidays. If dark comedies are you thing, watch it. If dark comedies aren't your thing, watch it anyway.
"What, fuckhead? Who taught you grammar? Badly's an adverb. Get out. Vanish."
This movie.
It's mine and Nate's Christmas movie, it's one of my absolute favorites to watch during the holidays. If dark comedies are you thing, watch it. If dark comedies aren't your thing, watch it anyway."What, fuckhead? Who taught you grammar? Badly's an adverb. Get out. Vanish."
You don't want Star Wars spoilers? THEN DON'T CLICK THIS:
But seriously, a good flick.
DARTH VADER IS LUKE'S FATHER!
But seriously, a good flick.
KKBB seemed to mark the return of RDJ, which turned out to be a very good thing! Great movie!Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang
This movie.
"What, fuckhead? Who taught you grammar? Badly's an adverb. Get out. Vanish."
Totally agree!
I was pretty sure it was the Elton John video that got RDJ's ball rolling again.
EDIT: KKBB=2005, EltonJohn=2001
--Patrick
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Wasn't that also around the time he was doing Ally McBeal? I wasn't a fan of the show, but I remember him getting a lot of press for it.
Dunno, never watched
--Patrick
Its Christmas, my brother is home, alcohol, so I went with a classic- DIE HARD!
For a moment, I forgot what thread this was and envisioned you crawling around your home's air ducts because your brother was there.
Yoshi only does that when it's not Christmas.
but with WAY more nudity
Also A VERY HAROLD AND KUMAR 3D CHRISTMAS is one of the rare movies to be all over the place and end up being really decent at everything. It has funny 3D gags, it works as a stoner movie/Harold and Kumar opus, and it's actually a pretty great Christmas movie.
What we do in the shadows
Good vampire comedy. Oddly enough my favorite scene in it, was in the very beginning and they are all just jamming on their old instruments together. And you think Viyago the classic Pedantic vampire would like, criticize their styles and tell them to change to his, but he doesn't. He just plays his way, and lets them play their way, a nice little scene showing how they've grown to coexist over the years.
Good vampire comedy. Oddly enough my favorite scene in it, was in the very beginning and they are all just jamming on their old instruments together. And you think Viyago the classic Pedantic vampire would like, criticize their styles and tell them to change to his, but he doesn't. He just plays his way, and lets them play their way, a nice little scene showing how they've grown to coexist over the years.
Anguish - Probably the most glacially paced movie I've ever seen. The script seriously had to be about 2 pages of dialogue. It's an obtuse little story about a girl who turns out to be a medium of some sort. It was completely up it's own ass and confused overlong panning shots for building atmosphere.
So it was appropriately named. It was a warning, not a title.
I kind of want to compare that to Valhalla Rising, the movie I would give the world's most glacial pace to, but I'm afraid the boredom watching both would cause me to slip into an unescapeable coma.
Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi - I haven't seen this since I was 13 or 14, so my memory of it has been hazy aside from special edition comparisons. Fortunately I did not have to put up with the special edition! My glorious wife bought me the DVD set in 2009 that had the theatrical versions as "bonus discs." So no Vader going "NNOOOOO" at the his pivotal moment.
Without much nostalgia--this was excellent! The two hours flew past, which is how watching Episode VII felt, which is good.
I didn't have any issue with the Ewoks. I don't see how people find these things cute; they're vicious little shits, which is what I liked about them here. They will fucking eat you. I wonder how many Stormtroopers they'd eaten since the Empire set up the shield generator on Endor.
I had zero recollection of the scene where Luke surrenders himself (I guess 15+ years will do that). That was really well done. I liked that Vader noted Luke having made his own litesaber and that this marked him as a full Jedi Knight, aka though Obi-Wan and Yoda wanted Luke to resolve the conflict in himself and outwardly, he was already a real Jedi. Vader acknowledged this, which was cool.
Palpatine--fantastic. Everything with the three in the helm of the Death Star was fantastic. Glad I didn't have to see Hayden Christiansen at the end, even though I don't blame him for Lucas's inserting him. And to argue against that, Vader became Anakin again in the end, so Lucas's reasoning for Christiansen's addition is stupid as hell.
Another thing with this is that I laughed a lot, as with Star Wars and Empire. As with Force Awakens, too. Just a really enjoyable movie and I'm glad I finally saw it again. Don't know why I watched the original and Empire recently, but put this off until now. It's just a shame that the picture quality was so unseamly. Really hoping Disney releases the theatrical versions on Blu-Ray this year. I've got no problem double-dipping for that.
My glorious wife bought me the DVD set in 2009 that had the theatrical versions as "bonus discs." So no Vader going "NNOOOOO" at the his pivotal moment.Without much nostalgia--this was excellent! The two hours flew past, which is how watching Episode VII felt, which is good.
I didn't have any issue with the Ewoks. I don't see how people find these things cute; they're vicious little shits, which is what I liked about them here. They will fucking eat you. I wonder how many Stormtroopers they'd eaten since the Empire set up the shield generator on Endor.
I had zero recollection of the scene where Luke surrenders himself (I guess 15+ years will do that). That was really well done. I liked that Vader noted Luke having made his own litesaber and that this marked him as a full Jedi Knight, aka though Obi-Wan and Yoda wanted Luke to resolve the conflict in himself and outwardly, he was already a real Jedi. Vader acknowledged this, which was cool.
Palpatine--fantastic. Everything with the three in the helm of the Death Star was fantastic. Glad I didn't have to see Hayden Christiansen at the end, even though I don't blame him for Lucas's inserting him. And to argue against that, Vader became Anakin again in the end, so Lucas's reasoning for Christiansen's addition is stupid as hell.
Another thing with this is that I laughed a lot, as with Star Wars and Empire. As with Force Awakens, too. Just a really enjoyable movie and I'm glad I finally saw it again. Don't know why I watched the original and Empire recently, but put this off until now. It's just a shame that the picture quality was so unseamly. Really hoping Disney releases the theatrical versions on Blu-Ray this year. I've got no problem double-dipping for that.
Check out the 'despecialized edition' it looks fantastic.
Soooo want to do this.
Should even be able to do so "legally" since I legitimately own the pre-2009 releases.
--Patrick
The Hateful Eight: I came out of this thinking it was pretty good, but not great. As I thought about it though, I really couldn't think of anything in the movie that made me feel that way, because really the movie was great. I ,liked the setting, the music, the pacing, the performances. Even got goofy Tarantino stuff like the sudden narrator and the chapter title cards that I like. It was cool seeing Samuel L Jackson be kind of the main character.
So I think what made me not happy was the reason I was trying to avoid: the fucking audience. Not everyone, but individuals. Three teenagers who wouldn't stop snickering every time Sam Jackson said "Mexican" was annoying, but not unexpected. The more annoying person was the old guy behind us who had this big cartoony redneck "HEE HEE HAW HAW" laugh every time Jennifer Leigh got hit.
I'll probably have a better time watching this at home months from now.
I enjoyed the arc that he and Chris had.
So I think what made me not happy was the reason I was trying to avoid: the fucking audience. Not everyone, but individuals. Three teenagers who wouldn't stop snickering every time Sam Jackson said "Mexican" was annoying, but not unexpected. The more annoying person was the old guy behind us who had this big cartoony redneck "HEE HEE HAW HAW" laugh every time Jennifer Leigh got hit.
I'll probably have a better time watching this at home months from now.
Same; which is why I usually avoid quieter, conversation-y movies in theaters, but I regretted missing Django Unchained in theaters and didn't want to miss this. For all I know, I would've had people being shits at that as well. It's why I'm not seeing Spotlight, The Revenant, or any others of those until I can rent them.
We'll see if that trend holds up at the Oscars.
I would joke that they'd probably give the Oscar to the bear instead, but that won't happen because the bear is brown.
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13 Hours: The secret soldiers of Benghazi.
Jim Halpert and 5 huge ursine men with wilderness beards you won't be able to tell apart try to rescue an ambassador, but only end up rescuing Detective Nick Burkhardt, whose Grimm powers apparently don't include being able to tell left from right.
All in all, this was a Michael Bay film, with all the trappings that come along with that. Lots of slow mo, lots of 'splosions and ratta-tat-tat. Notably devoid of politics aside from depicting every single government official of enough rank to be in charge of anything to be an officious bureaucrat whose only purpose is to make bad decisions or sit on their hands. Does a good job of portraying the nightmare-chaos soup that is middle eastern urban warfare, in a warren of ramshackle buildings where every alley is a potential ambush and you can't tell friendlies from hostiles until after the shooting starts. It was OK. If it sounds like it might interest you, you can probably wait for it to hit netflix.
Jim Halpert and 5 huge ursine men with wilderness beards you won't be able to tell apart try to rescue an ambassador, but only end up rescuing Detective Nick Burkhardt, whose Grimm powers apparently don't include being able to tell left from right.
All in all, this was a Michael Bay film, with all the trappings that come along with that. Lots of slow mo, lots of 'splosions and ratta-tat-tat. Notably devoid of politics aside from depicting every single government official of enough rank to be in charge of anything to be an officious bureaucrat whose only purpose is to make bad decisions or sit on their hands. Does a good job of portraying the nightmare-chaos soup that is middle eastern urban warfare, in a warren of ramshackle buildings where every alley is a potential ambush and you can't tell friendlies from hostiles until after the shooting starts. It was OK. If it sounds like it might interest you, you can probably wait for it to hit netflix.
For a movie that was so AMERICA FUCK YA, it was surprisingly anti-war. Even Michael Bay was like "We have no business being here, so let's reflect that."
