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Mar 15, 2009#1

The Lovely Boehner

I'm currently watching Zodiac for the second time in a row tonight(with director commentary), and it was great. Just really amazing. It's an absolute shame that it got more Teen Choice Award nominations(1) than Oscar nominations(0).

I was thinking about it and the last movie I did this for(watched again afterwards) was Fight Club. Also directed by the man, the myth, the legend, the David Fincher.

So many great performances. Ruffalo, Downey, Gyllenhaal all do amazing work here.

Mar 15, 2009#2

SeraRelm

Coraline was pretty good. It had some humorous moments in the right spots and didn't come off as heavy handed or trying to hard like Mirrormask ended up doing for me. Nice voice acting, good music, lovely animation, clever designs and a solid story.

And no, I did not (sadly) see it in 3D.

Mar 15, 2009#3

Cajungal

The last movie I saw was Watchmen. I liked it a lot, and I hadn't read the book yet, so I didn't know at all what to expect. The soundtrack actually amused and delighted me. I liked most of the actors, except the female protagonist. She was only ok. My favorite character was Night Owl.... probably because I'm a sucker for the guy with huge glasses. One more nit pick... the old Mrs. Jupiter's makeup was horrid. But we didn't have to see her up close that much.

I enjoyed the story and the acting very much, and I can't wait to read the graphic novel!

I give this movie....

:zoid:

out of

Mar 16, 2009#4

Krisken

I just saw Event Horizon for the first time the other day. Wow, talk about making about as much sense as Doom. I saw the room with the spikes and the spinning sphere and I immediately thought of Galaxy Quest.

Mar 16, 2009#5

The Lovely Boehner

Krisken said:
I just saw Event Horizon for the first time the other day. Wow, talk about making about as much sense as Doom.

Huh? It was pretty straightforward.

Mar 16, 2009#6

Koko

SeraRelm said:
Coraline was pretty good. It had some humorous moments in the right spots and didn't come off as heavy handed or trying to hard like Mirrormask ended up doing for me. Nice voice acting, good music, lovely animation, clever designs and a solid story.

And no, I did not (sadly) see it in 3D.

3d+drugs or bust

Mar 16, 2009#7

Docseverin

Push was crap. :explode:

Mar 16, 2009#8

Bubble181

Bridge to Terabithia was actually a really good movie.

Mar 16, 2009#9

Krisken

Charlie Dont Surf said:
Krisken said:

I just saw Event Horizon for the first time the other day. Wow, talk about making about as much sense as Doom.

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Huh? It was pretty straightforward.

Yeah, it was straightforward. Opens to chaos dimension. Yay. Still didn't make much sense.

Mar 16, 2009#10

B

bhamv

I just saw Sweeney Todd on HBO. Not sure if your cable channels do it over where you guys are, but here they have to cut out the bloody parts due to government regulations.

Made it a remarkably short movie.

Mar 16, 2009#11

The Lovely Boehner

Krisken said:
Charlie Dont Surf said:

Krisken said:

I just saw Event Horizon for the first time the other day. Wow, talk about making about as much sense as Doom.

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Huh? It was pretty straightforward.

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Yeah, it was straightforward. Opens to chaos dimension. Yay. Still didn't make much sense.

It was a portal to hell that torments everyone to death.

And you have got to be kidding about Sweeny Todd on HBO? In the states, HBO/premium movie channels are the ONLY ones that show movies uncut/unedited.

Mar 16, 2009#12

Shegokigo

Cajungal said:
The last movie I saw was Watchmen. I liked it a lot, and I hadn't read the book yet, so I didn't know at all what to expect. The soundtrack actually amused and delighted me. I liked most of the actors, except the female protagonist. She was only ok. My favorite character was Night Owl.... probably because I'm a sucker for the guy with huge glasses. One more nit pick... the old Mrs. Jupiter's makeup was horrid. But we didn't have to see her up close that much.

I enjoyed the story and the acting very much, and I can't wait to read the graphic novel!

I give this movie....

out of

Seems like you might like my review in the spoilers thread.

Mar 16, 2009#13

Koko

Just saw Donnie Darko for the first time last night.
:popcorn:

:shock:

:aaahhh:

aranoid:
:rcain:

Mar 16, 2009#14

The Lovely Boehner

Koko said:
:shock:
:aaahhh:
aranoid:
:rcain:

I'm going to go ahead and interpret these smilies as saying it's a mediocre movie overrated by people that haven't seen many movies

Mar 16, 2009#15

Docseverin

Charlie Dont Surf said:
Koko said:

:shock:
:aaahhh:
aranoid:
:rcain:

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I'm going to go ahead and interpret these smilies as saying it's a mediocre movie overrated by people that haven't seen many movies

I'm going to interpret your post as elitist and ignorant. Heaven forbid somebody should enjoy something. :tina:

Mar 16, 2009#16

Shawn

The Adventures of the Great Mouse Detective.
Still one of my favorite Disney Films.

Mar 16, 2009#17

The Lovely Boehner

Docseverin said:
I'm going to interpret your post as elitist and ignorant. Heaven forbid somebody should enjoy something.

thanks, I am elite, and I also enjoy a ton of movies.

Mar 16, 2009#18

Koko

Charlie Dont Surf said:
Docseverin said:

I'm going to interpret your post as elitist and ignorant. Heaven forbid somebody should enjoy something.

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thanks, I am elite, and I also enjoy a ton of movies.

To each their own, I watched it with a good friend
3/5ths of the way through he stood up and said "fuck this shit" and walked out.
I just enjoy the wicked capacities of human imagination.

Mar 16, 2009#19

cvgurau

Koko said:
3/5ths of the way through he stood up and said "fuck this shit" and walked out.

This is what I should've done, but didn't.

Sadly, I watched that thing through to the end, hoping it would start making sense.

It didn't. :eek:

rly:

Mar 16, 2009#20

Dusty668

Rockin the Suburbs with Over the Hedge.

Nice funny movie still, although it came with coupons that expired in early 2007. Gotta admit tho it still handled time travel better than any Trek franchise ever did.

Mar 16, 2009#21

Koko

cvgurau said:
Koko said:

3/5ths of the way through he stood up and said "smurf this *" and walked out.

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This is what I should've done, but didn't.

Sadly, I watched that thing through to the end, hoping it would start making sense.

It didn't. rly:

I think the differentiating factor could have possibly been the influence of Mary Jane on my consciousness throughout the film.

Mar 16, 2009#22

Covar

So after Godzilla's last attack Japan's Monster Attack Force is hard at work repairing the Mechagodzilla. It is then that two psychic faries show up and warn against the rebuilding of Mechagodzilla, due to the fact that they used the original Godzilla's bones for the skeleton structure. Anyway they don't listen, Godzilla attacks, Mothra fights for Tokyo, Mechagodzilla shows up to help (thus horribly offending mothra?) and defeats Godzilla with its hyper mazer, driving both the monster and machine into the ocean.

Quite a beautiful movie really.

Mar 16, 2009#23

LittleSin

Oh god...I'm going to make a name for myself here but the last movie I saw was the Death Note live action feature. I actually really enjoyed it. I haven't seen part two yet but the direction they've taken is great and it has better acting in it then most Japanese live action films I've seen.

The last movie in theatres I saw was Watchmen. I really liked it.

The next movie I want to see is Star Trek but it comes out the day before I'm due to give birth.

Although...it would be awesome to go into labor during the movie. If its great I can say it was so great the baby wanted to see...if it's terrible I can say that it was so bad it induced labor.

Mar 16, 2009#24

HCGLNS

"The evil witch turn into a dragon and attack the Prince in the spooky forest. I scared of witches!"

Mar 16, 2009#25

North_Ranger

LittleSin said:
Oh god...I'm going to make a name for myself here but the last movie I saw was the Death Note live action feature. I actually really enjoyed it. I haven't seen part two yet but the direction they've taken is great and it has better acting in it then most Japanese live action films I've seen.

The last movie in theatres I saw was Watchmen. I really liked it.

The next movie I want to see is Star Trek but it comes out the day before I'm due to give birth. Although...it would be awesome to go into labor during the movie. If its great I can say it was so great the baby wanted to see...if it's terrible I can say that it was so bad it induced labor.

Mar 16, 2009#26

Anubinomicon

enemy of the state was on last night, watched that. before that i think it was the harry potter marathon on tv.

Mar 16, 2009#27

LittleSin

North_Ranger said:
LittleSin said:

Oh god...I'm going to make a name for myself here but the last movie I saw was the Death Note live action feature. I actually really enjoyed it. I haven't seen part two yet but the direction they've taken is great and it has better acting in it then most Japanese live action films I've seen.

The last movie in theatres I saw was Watchmen. I really liked it.

The next movie I want to see is Star Trek but it comes out the day before I'm due to give birth. Although...it would be awesome to go into labor during the movie. If its great I can say it was so great the baby wanted to see...if it's terrible I can say that it was so bad it induced labor.

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You are awesome!

Mar 16, 2009#28

North_Ranger

Nah, I just like to doodle

And you inspired me to draw that.

Mar 16, 2009#29

LittleSin

North_Ranger said:
Nah, I just like to doodle And you inspired me to draw that.

That's the second thing you've drawn for me.

Mar 16, 2009#30

North_Ranger

The first one was a sacrifice to appease the great forum Cthulhu. This one was just for fun.

I was thinking of drawing an Alien-like appearance, but then decided against it ^_^

Mar 16, 2009#31

Cajungal

Shegokigo said:
Cajungal said:

The last movie I saw was Watchmen. I liked it a lot, and I hadn't read the book yet, so I didn't know at all what to expect. The soundtrack actually amused and delighted me. I liked most of the actors, except the female protagonist. She was only ok. My favorite character was Night Owl.... probably because I'm a sucker for the guy with huge glasses. One more nit pick... the old Mrs. Jupiter's makeup was horrid. But we didn't have to see her up close that much.

I enjoyed the story and the acting very much, and I can't wait to read the graphic novel!

I give this movie....

out of

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Seems like you might like my review in the spoilers thread.

I will check it out.

Mar 16, 2009#32

Fun Size

In theaters: Revolutionary Road. Good movie that made me sad.

Mar 16, 2009#33

Wasabi Poptart

Last movie I saw was Watchmen. I liked it. It wasn't the greatest movie, but I don't regret going to see it.

Mar 16, 2009#34

D

Devo_Jones

Music Within: mostly meh but had some good moments. With the right direction, it could have been real good. Michael Sheen was exceptionally good, however.

Mar 16, 2009#35

Simfers

The last movie I saw was also Watchmen. I must say I enjoyed it tremendously. So much could have gone wrong and so few things did in that film... Eagerly awaiting the director's cut.

Mar 16, 2009#36

Charlie Dont Surf said:
thanks, I am elite, and I also enjoy a ton of movies.

Fair enough, but it's kind of rude to invite people into a thread to talk about movies and then insult their tastes when they do.

Back on topic and somewhat related: I saw The Jerk last night. That shit was funny as hell. All my life I thought it was just a "hurr hurr he's dumb" movie but it was much funnier than that.

Mar 16, 2009#37

The Lovely Boehner

ZenMonkey said:
Charlie Dont Surf said:

thanks, I am elite, and I also enjoy a ton of movies.

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Fair enough, but it's kind of rude to invite people into a thread to talk about movies and then insult their tastes when they do.

Back on topic and somewhat related: I saw The Jerk last night. That shit was funny as hell. All my life I thought it was just a "hurr hurr he's dumb" movie but it was much funnier than that.

I'm just insulting movies, not individual posters. I guess the "overrated by people that haven't seen that many movies" was kind of like that, but the poster didn't really say they loved DD either.

The Jerk is definitely one of my favorite movies of all time.

Mar 16, 2009#38

Lally

Charlie Dont Surf said:
I'm going to go ahead and interpret these smilies as saying it's a mediocre movie overrated by people that haven't seen many movies

This is how I feel about Donnie Darko (minus the "people that haven't seen many movies" since I know people who have seen tons of movies that still love that dumb movie)

Docseverin said:
I'm going to interpret your post as elitist and ignorant. Heaven forbid somebody should enjoy something.

This is why I don't tell people my opinion about Donnie Darko very often.

As far as my last movie seen... I honestly can't remember. Not much of a movie person. :\ I'm thinking it was Burn After Reading. That's the latest one I remember, anyway. It was pretty good, I liked how ridiculous everything was and I think everyone did a pretty good job. It was either that or Zack and Miri Make A Porno, which I loved.

Mar 16, 2009#39

Cajungal

Just finished Lakeview Terrace.

The couple wasn't really believable for some reason. The beginning was just kind of awkward and didn't really feel natural.

Samuel L Jackson was great. The late middle to the end was better, but the movie as a whole was not nearly as good as I thought it would be.

[spoiler:2bo649bu]To be honest, I think they made a huge jump in Abel's character. I didn't think he would actually try to kill the couple. What else could he do to stay out of trouble, I guess... but still. It went from being an asshole who doesn't mind giving criminals a little abuse to being a psychopath who harms innocents really fast.[/spoiler:2bo649bu]

Mar 16, 2009#40

Lally said:
This is why I don't tell people my opinion about Donnie Darko very often.

Well, in a civilized conversation, I could say "Really? I liked it a lot. What didn't you like about it?" and then we could have fun discussing the movie itself and its pros and cons, rather than have to defend ourselves against attacks on our taste in general.

But :rofl:

, civilized conversation about movies here, what am I thinking? It's more important to find out who's cool enough to like the "right" movies.

Mar 16, 2009#41

Lally

ZenMonkey said:
Lally said:

This is why I don't tell people my opinion about Donnie Darko very often.

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Well, in a civilized conversation, I could say "Really? I liked it a lot. What didn't you like about it?" and then we could have fun discussing the movie itself and its pros and cons, rather than have to defend ourselves against attacks on our taste in general.

But , civilized conversation about movies here, what am I thinking? It's more important to find out who's cool enough to like the "right" movies.

Oh, I definitely don't think I'm cool, haha, especially in my taste in movies. I meant, I don't tell my opinion about Donnie Darko because I'm in the minority about it. When I told my boyfriend I didn't think it was all that, he just told me that I didn't like it because it was popular. :\

Mar 16, 2009#42

Lally said:
Oh, I definitely don't think I'm cool, haha, especially in my taste in movies. I meant, I don't tell my opinion about Donnie Darko because I'm in the minority about it. When I told my boyfriend I didn't think it was all that, he just told me that I didn't like it because it was popular. :\

You're so cute.

I wasn't talking about you.

Kind of an odd statement from the BF, if you don't mind me saying so. I don't know you that well but I'm pretty sure you can figure out for yourself whether and why you don't like a movie. :bush:

Mar 16, 2009#43

M

mortualio

please rent "let the right one in" ...do yourself a favor and watch this amazing, not absolute shit vampire movie. sit back and drink in the wonderful detail, story, and acting. i wont even start with the great cinematography...just go...now!!!

Mar 16, 2009#44

Lally

ZenMonkey said:
Lally said:

Oh, I definitely don't think I'm cool, haha, especially in my taste in movies. I meant, I don't tell my opinion about Donnie Darko because I'm in the minority about it. When I told my boyfriend I didn't think it was all that, he just told me that I didn't like it because it was popular. :\

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You're so cute. I wasn't talking about you.

Kind of an odd statement from the BF, if you don't mind me saying so. I don't know you that well but I'm pretty sure you can figure out for yourself whether and why you don't like a movie. :bush:

Haha well, I just wanted to make sure everyone knew that I have terrible taste and I often sound snarky when I don't mean to.

As far as the comment, it wasn't totally unmerited -- I have been known to be more negative toward a movie when I think it is "just okay" and everyone else has hyped it up a whole bunch.

Mar 16, 2009#45

Cajungal

I know how you feel, Lally. Even when I like a movie, if it has a lot of hype that I feel is undeserved I start to feel a bit turned off. That whole, "Ok, it was good but not THAT good" thing. But I can be a contrary person.

Mar 16, 2009#46

SeraRelm

I liked Donnie Darko. I'm not gonna join a fan club over it, but watching it to the end got me to watch it again from the start to pick out all the little things that tied together. I'd definitely classify it as more of a fun movie than some masterpiece.

Mar 16, 2009#47

Last week, I watched Finding Neverland for the first time in ages. I still love that movie so very much. Minus what felt like a forced addition to have people assumptions why the author spent so much time with children. It felt a little too Michael Jackson-like.

Mar 16, 2009#48

strawman

I just saw

last night - It was very enjoyable, though not the epic I think it was intended to be (and if they didn't intend it to be an epic they should have cut it shorter than 2:45!).

Also, watched madagascar II again. Fun, fun, fun.

I'm itching to see wall-e though, and we don't have it. -sigh-

-Adam

Mar 16, 2009#49

wana10

stienman said:
I just saw Australia last night - It was very enjoyable, though not the epic I think it was intended to be (and if they didn't intend it to be an epic they should have cut it shorter than 2:45!).

i liked this movie when i saw it in the theater but i agree about the epicness. i really feel it would have been a better movie if they downplayed the kid and ended at the first ending, rather than drag it out to the second ending.

Mar 16, 2009#50

Shegokigo

Lally said:
This is how I feel about Donnie Darko (minus the "people that haven't seen many movies" since I know people who have seen tons of movies that still love that dumb movie)

Lally said:
As far as my last movie seen... I honestly can't remember. Not much of a movie person. :\ I'm thinking it was Burn After Reading. That's the latest one I remember, anyway. It was pretty good, I liked how ridiculous everything was and I think everyone did a pretty good job. It was either that or Zack and Miri Make A Porno, which I loved.

Ok, hated DD, loved ZnM?

Yeah, people like you are how I base my movie preferences. Complete opposite. Makes it easier to tell what I'm going to like/dislike.

Mar 16, 2009#51

Lally

Shegokigo said:
Yeah, people like you are how I base my movie preferences. Complete opposite. Makes it easier to tell what I'm going to like/dislike.

Don't watch Lord of the Rings, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Moulin Rouge, When Harry Met Sally, The Fountain, and if you're into anime, Fushigi Yuugi, just for good measure. :oops:

Mar 16, 2009#52

Shegokigo

Lally said:
Shegokigo said:

Yeah, people like you are how I base my movie preferences. Complete opposite. Makes it easier to tell what I'm going to like/dislike.

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Don't watch: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Moulin Rouge, When Harry Met Sally, The Fountain, and if you're into anime, Fushigi Yuugi, just for good measure.

Fixed that for you. You're dead on. Thank you.

Mar 16, 2009#53

Lally

Not that I'm super current with movies (see: the fact that I just saw Burn After Reading and Zack & Miri), but I'll be sure to warn you against gushy cheesefests when I can

Mar 17, 2009#54

The Lovely Boehner

mortualio said:
please rent "let the right one in" ...do yourself a favor and watch this amazing, not absolute shit vampire movie. sit back and drink in the wonderful detail, story, and acting. i wont even start with the great cinematography...just go...now!!!

This movie is amazing. I'm glad I got to see it in theater.

Mar 17, 2009#55

fade

The original Darko (not the Director's Cut) was good. It did a very good job of building a mystery, both in story and feel. I'm not going to discount it just because it's cultishly popular.

Mar 17, 2009#56

strawman

wana10 said:
stienman said:

I just saw Australia last night - It was very enjoyable, though not the epic I think it was intended to be (and if they didn't intend it to be an epic they should have cut it shorter than 2:45!).

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i liked this movie when i saw it in the theater but i agree about the epicness. i really feel it would have been a better movie if they downplayed the kid and ended at the first ending, rather than drag it out to the second ending.

Eh, the main theme was holding on and letting go, and the kid was merely part of that theme. But since it wasn't a real epic, it couldn't fit that many different views of the same theme and still remain cohesive, so yeah... They should have cut it down.

Cue song, "You gotta know when to hold 'em... know when to fold 'em... know when to walk away... know when to run..."

-Adam

Mar 25, 2009#57

The Lovely Boehner

I got to see special preview screenings of Ong Bak 2 and Adventureland over the weekend. Ong Bak 2 had some great action, but I found myself bored for way too much of the movie. I recommend it if you're starving for some modern kung fu, but in all honesty Chocolate (same director) was a better package, story AND action.

Adventureland was AMAZINGLY good. It delivered on having a pretty good story and good acting along with a lot of hilarious laugh out loud moments. I really liked it, and recommend it when it comes out wide release in a couple weeks.

I also watched Knowing on kind of a whim. My advice to you is to ignore and forget everything the trailers have told you. SEE THIS MOVIE. It's so much better than the ads are leading you to believe. I saw it mainly in hopes of unintentional Nick Cage comedy and goofiness, and was just blown away. Also, I recommend seeing it in theater very highly. I know how open and proud the forum is about stealing things, but it's very cinematic. There are a couple of awe-inspiring visual sequences that wouldn't be done justice by your computer screen and computer speakers, no matter how big they are. Roger Ebert called it one of the greatest science-fiction movies he's seen. I dunno about that, I still need some time to think about it and all, but I loved the movie.

Mar 25, 2009#58

Kitty Sinatra

I recently watched Casino Royale. It was very much like Event Horizon in that I really couldn't understand the point of it all, and was totally lost about 10 minutes in. I actually found Woody Allen funny, though - at least in his first scene - so that's something, right?

Mar 25, 2009#59

Shawn

Gruebeard said:
I recently watched Casino Royale. It was very much like Event Horizon in that I really couldn't understand the point of it all, and was totally lost about 10 minutes in. I actually found Woody Allen funny, though - at least in his first scene - so that's something, right?

Ah. The original Casino Royale then.
I enjoyed the recent one much better myself.

Mar 25, 2009#60

Kitty Sinatra

Shawnacy said:
I enjoyed the recent one much better myself.

That goes without saying since the original is mindboggingly atrocious.

Mar 25, 2009#61

Shegokigo

Body of Lies -

Leonardo DiCaprio, showing yet again he's not just "Never let go Jack" anymore. After Blood Diamond and this, I'll be giving his films a second glance. Russell Crowe was terribly casted/acting in this movie though.

Mar 25, 2009#62

HoboNinja

LittleSin said:
Oh god...I'm going to make a name for myself here but the last movie I saw was the Death Note live action feature. I actually really enjoyed it. I haven't seen part two yet but the direction they've taken is great and it has better acting in it then most Japanese live action films I've seen...

I saw Death Note 2 like 4-5 months ago in the theater, it was pretty neat. I haven't seen the first one and I have only seen a bunch of random episodes of the show but I still enjoyed it.

The last movie I saw in theaters was Miss March on Sunday, it was awesome as shit. I love the guys from Whitest Kids You Know.

I watched Role Models on DVD last night, movie is also fan-freaking-tastic... I loved it.

-- Wed Mar 25, 2009 8:53 am --

Shegokigo said:
Lally said:

This is how I feel about Donnie Darko (minus the "people that haven't seen many movies" since I know people who have seen tons of movies that still love that dumb movie)

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Lally said:

As far as my last movie seen... I honestly can't remember. Not much of a movie person. :\ I'm thinking it was Burn After Reading. That's the latest one I remember, anyway. It was pretty good, I liked how ridiculous everything was and I think everyone did a pretty good job. It was either that or Zack and Miri Make A Porno, which I loved.

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Ok, hated DD, loved ZnM?

Yeah, people like you are how I base my movie preferences. Complete opposite. Makes it easier to tell what I'm going to like/dislike.

I loved both so your little theory might not work

Oh and yeah Original > Directors Cut. I didn't buy it till the directors cut and was so pissed at the stupid shit they added... Stupid wormhole things coming out of peoples chests...

Mar 25, 2009#63

The Lovely Boehner

Shegokigo said:
Body of Lies -

Leonardo DiCaprio, showing yet again he's not just "Never let go Jack" anymore.

Leo's also amazing in What's Eating Gilbert Grape, Gangs of New York, Catch Me if you Can, The Aviator, The Departed, and Revolutionary Road.

Mar 25, 2009#64

Shegokigo

Charlie Dont Surf said:
Leo's also amazing in What's Eating Gilbert Grape, Gangs of New York, Catch Me if you Can, The Aviator, The Departed, and Revolutionary Road.

Oh yeah, forgot about Departed and Catch Me.

Aviator bored me to tears, haven't seen Gangs, Grape or Road.

Mar 25, 2009#65

fade

I always thought it was kind of funny that they gave that movie (Departed) a title that is absolutely slaughtered by the Boston accent.

Mar 25, 2009#66

H

Han-Sagan

The last movie I saw (Finally catching it after wanting to see it for a long time) was 'Son of Rambow'. I thought the child actors were amazing and I loved the story, although having done that kind of thing in school myself (Making movies with Star Wars action figures and an ancient VHS camera) I was probably quite bias.

And I liked Donny Darko.

Mar 25, 2009#67

The Lovely Boehner

fade said:
I always thought it was kind of funny that they gave that movie (Departed) a title that is absolutely slaughtered by the Boston accent.

I don't recall the title being spoken by anyone in the movie so this uh, is a complete non-issue?

Mar 25, 2009#68

Shawn

Just watched "The Prestige" again.
That's an amazing piece of cinema and storytelling right there.

Mar 25, 2009#69

fade

Charlie Dont Surf said:
fade said:

I always thought it was kind of funny that they gave that movie (Departed) a title that is absolutely slaughtered by the Boston accent.

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I don't recall the title being spoken by anyone in the movie so this uh, is a complete non-issue?

Maybe to you. I just thought it was funny, given that the movie takes place in Boston.

Mar 25, 2009#70

JONJONAUG

Last two movies I saw were Watchmen in the theater (loved it, thought it was the best movie released this year so far) and Grandma's Boy at home with a friend (my friend loved it, I thought it was the greatest insult to human intelligence I've ever seen and that it was a horrible, horrible movie).

Mar 25, 2009#71

Fun Size

fade said:
Charlie Dont Surf said:

fade said:

I always thought it was kind of funny that they gave that movie (Departed) a title that is absolutely slaughtered by the Boston accent.

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I don't recall the title being spoken by anyone in the movie so this uh, is a complete non-issue?

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Maybe to you. I just thought it was funny, given that the movie takes place in Boston.

Indeed. Great movie, but it is hard to not say the title "De-pah-ted".

Mar 25, 2009#72

Simfers

Charlie Dont Surf said:
fade said:

I always thought it was kind of funny that they gave that movie (Departed) a title that is absolutely slaughtered by the Boston accent.

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I don't recall the title being spoken by anyone in the movie so this uh, is a complete non-issue?

Actually, Matt Damon's character does speak it once, when, during a briefing regarding a dead body he asks what "the departed's" name was.

Still a non-issue, really.

Mar 25, 2009#73

Finally sat down and watched The Clone Wars (the Star Wars CGI movie that came out...last year? Year before?). It wasn't original trilogy great but it also wasn't Phantom Menace bad, either. Story was pretty basic, but the actual animation was quite good looking. So, you know, a typical Star Wars movie.

Also thought the chemistry between Anakin and whatshername (his padawan) was really well written and fun. Enough for me to check out the ongoing series, at least.

I still don't understand why they felt the need to return to Clone Wars, when they've already told them (and finished the next part of the story previously, with Revenge of the Sith). I mean, the only reason I can think of is so thy put out yet another new line of toys and make stupid amounts of money because Wars fans will buy anything and...

...oh. Never mind, I just answered my own question.

Mar 27, 2009#74

fade

Simfers said:
Still a non-issue, really.

Since when is anything spoken on this board an "issue"? Really, I fail to see the point of both of you saying that. What does that even mean? I never said "The movie fails because of this" if that's what you're getting at (but I'm not sure because I don't know what "a non-issue" means). I said it was funny. Good grief. If you mean it was inconsequential, then you're going to get awfully tired of typing "non-issue" on a lot of posts here.

Mar 27, 2009#75

The Lovely Boehner

I just got back from I Love You, Man. Pretty good movie, I laughed a lot, lots of great bit players/performances from some decent big names. Had a really tight script too. I suddenly have to listen to some Rush as well.

Mar 27, 2009#76

SeraRelm

Dragonball: Evolution.

Absolutely horrible. It was actually worse than I was expecting. I would rate it as bad as Twilight except I think they actually tried to put a plot to this one.

Spoiler, but not a spoiler. I think they should have called it Dragonball: The Last Airbender.
(Seriously, they call it air-bending. I shit you not)

Mar 27, 2009#77

I watched a movie. I really enjoyed it. Great performances (except for one), looked beautiful, interesting story. Kind of a let-down of an ending but overall I'd recommend it.

Mar 27, 2009#78

The Lovely Boehner

SeraRelm said:
Dragonball: Evolution.

Absolutely horrible. It was actually worse than I was expecting. I would rate it as bad as Twilight except I think they actually tried to put a plot to this one.

Spoiler, but not a spoiler. I think they should have called it Dragonball: The Last Airbender.
(Seriously, they call it air-bending. I shit you not)

did it come out this weekend in some limited release, or are all you people talking about it just horrible

Mar 27, 2009#79

Shegokigo

ZenMonkey said:
I watched a movie. I really enjoyed it. Great performances (except for one), looked beautiful, interesting story. Kind of a let-down of an ending but overall I'd recommend it.

Twilight sucked and you know it. :humph:

Mar 27, 2009#80

sixpackshaker

I watched Imagine the Lennon home-movies. I was a little ticked that I did not watch it in the theater 20 years ago. Nicely done I was surprised how even handed the director/producer was in handling the ex-wife and widow.

Mar 27, 2009#81

Shegokigo said:
ZenMonkey said:

I watched a movie. I really enjoyed it. Great performances (except for one), looked beautiful, interesting story. Kind of a let-down of an ending but overall I'd recommend it.

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Twilight sucked and you know it. :humph:

A good sign that I'm old is I don't even have any voyeuristic desire to read or watch Twilight just to see what the fuss is all about. Actually that's kind of sad.

Mar 27, 2009#82

SeraRelm

Charlie Dont Surf said:
SeraRelm said:

Dragonball: Evolution.

Absolutely horrible. It was actually worse than I was expecting. I would rate it as bad as Twilight except I think they actually tried to put a plot to this one.

Spoiler, but not a spoiler. I think they should have called it Dragonball: The Last Airbender.
(Seriously, they call it air-bending. I shit you not)

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did it come out this weekend in some limited release, or are all you people talking about it just horrible

Connections.

Mar 27, 2009#83

SeraRelm said:
Charlie Dont Surf said:

did it come out this weekend in some limited release, or are all you people talking about it just horrible

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Connections.

Oh please, limited release or piracy are the only ways anyone ever gets to see a movie before the rest of the country and you know it.

Mar 27, 2009#84

SeraRelm

Connections...

to the internet.

Though to be fair, I do pay to go see good movies.

Mar 27, 2009#85

JCM

30 days of night.

Pretty good movie about a bunch of people in Alaska trying to survive when some vampires go there for sport (its night for 30 days there), removed the bad taste of pacing the comic

Mar 29, 2009#86

The Lovely Boehner

This weekend I saw Watchmen, Duplicity, and Monsters vs Aliens(in 3D!)

Watchmen was... it was alright I guess. Zach Snyder still is not a good director, most of his personal touches on the story were both obvious and retarded. My initial reaction was pretty positive, but I'm pretty sure that's because of my love of the book. Another friend of mine put it good saying that the movie was really effective in making you want to read the book again.

Duplicity didn't really engage me until the last act or so, but even then it was difficult for me to care about it. Julia Roberts' performance was also terrible. I wanted to like it a lot, since Tony Gilroy is good, and his last movie was so great. But it just never really caught my interest. Giamatti and Wilkinson were pretty criminally underused.

Monsters and Aliens 3D was really fun. I love 3D technology, the movie basically made me feel 5 years old. There were a handful of really lame gags that didn't work, which is basically the dreamworks signature at this point.

Mar 29, 2009#87

Far

Charlie Dont Surf said:
Monsters and Aliens 3D was really fun. I love 3D technology, the movie basically made me feel 5 years old. There were a handful of really lame gags that didn't work, which is basically the dreamworks signature at this point.

Saw Monsters Vs. Aliens as well yesterday and this was pretty much my reaction as well.

Mar 29, 2009#88

Sparhawk

Saw Knowing last weekend, I liked it, except for the end. I could have been much more powerful if they had taken it in a different direction.

[spoiler:1voayysf]Kinda suffers from the aliens at the end, I kept expecting to hear "Come Sail Away" by Styx playing on the soundtrack.[/spoiler:1voayysf]

Mar 29, 2009#89

Silvanesti

Rachel getting married.

fucking pointless.

Mar 29, 2009#90

H

hudeany

Citizen Kane.

First time I've watched it. I really enjoyed it but something with nearly seventy years of hype surrounding it is bound to disappoint on some level.

Mar 29, 2009#91

B

bhamv

Saw Slumdog Millionaire.

Was feeling totally let down by it until the last 20 minutes or so, when the ending came together to make me go "Whoa, I love this feeling!" I guess maybe the director deliberately made the first parts of the movie so depressing and boring so the climax would feel even better.

(I should try this method for sex)

Mar 30, 2009#92

SeraRelm

Knowing.

Not bad. It took a much different direction than I was expecting at about 2/3s into the movie. I can't say it's a great film, but it's worth watching. The visual effects alone made it worthwhile if nothing else.

Mar 30, 2009#93

The Lovely Boehner

Silvanesti said:
Rachel getting married.

fucking pointless.

I thought this was one of the best movies of 2008! I'm curious what you didn't like about it.

Mar 30, 2009#94

T

Tribulator

I watched The Reader a few hours ago. Decent film. Interesting plot, tons of Kate Winslet's Nazi tits (not an official count, but I think they were on screen 100 times). Then I watched Frost/Nixon, which was easily the best movie derived from a play based on an interview of a former US president that I've seen.

Mar 30, 2009#95

Koko

JCM said:
30 days of night.

Pretty good movie about a bunch of people in Alaska trying to survive when some vampires go there for sport (its night for 30 days there), removed the bad taste of pacing the comic

The inaccuracies ruined it for me, would have been fine if they made up some city in Alaska...but it was kinda ridiculous.
it's actually dark there for 67 days
population is 4x the depicted size
it's 60% eskimo pop, where they're all white in the film
the 'darkness' is actually bright twilight
has daily 737 flights

Mar 30, 2009#96

Shegokigo

The Haunting in Conneticut

Review:

i: :bush:

Mar 30, 2009#97

KCWM

Twilight was the last movie I watched (because my wife and her friend were watching it via On Demand). It wasn't nearly as bad as I thought it was going to be. Seems like an interesting world the author has created. I'd love to be cool and say it totally sucked, but I'd be lying.

Mar 30, 2009#98

Shegokigo

KCWM said:
Twilight was the last movie I watched (because my wife and her friend were watching it via On Demand). It wasn't nearly as bad as I thought it was going to be. Seems like an interesting world the author has created. I'd love to be cool and say it totally sucked, but I'd be lying.

Your wife was standing over your shoulder as you typed that. It's the only explanation for your defending of sparkly vampires.

Mar 30, 2009#99

The Lovely Boehner

Koko said:
The inaccuracies ruined it for me, would have been fine if they made up some city in Alaska...but it was kinda ridiculous.
it's actually dark there for 67 days
population is 4x the depicted size
it's 60% eskimo pop, where they're all white in the film
the 'darkness' is actually bright twilight
has daily 737 flights

No.... No.... a movie changed facts for a better dramatic effect... no... my god... the horror......

Mar 30, 2009#100

Cajungal

I saw Mamma Mia with my mom, sister, grandma, and aunts this past weekend. It was......... not good.

I don't like most of the songs, and the little chick who played the girl getting married was cute but annoying. I didn't like the way Meryl Streep danced and the way she Celine Dion'ed out during "The Winner Takes it All." Just..... I know it was supposed to be a funny and sweet movie, but it mostly just dragged on. Argh. They all loved it.

Parts I liked: Colin Firth (m'augh *bites fist a la Calleja* he's STILL gorgeous), the dance with the guys on the dock before the bachelor party, the chick who called herself a "lone wolf", and guy with the boat who was always going on about adventure.

Not terrible, but loads of meh.

Mar 30, 2009#101

LordRendar

I watched Taken. It was glorious, revengefilled Violence. Loved it.

Mar 30, 2009#102

LordRavage

Monsters vs. Aliens.

Fun movie! The 3D was good and you couldnt help but love the monsters. Seth Rogan was great as Bob.

Mar 30, 2009#103

KCWM

Shegokigo said:
KCWM said:

Twilight was the last movie I watched (because my wife and her friend were watching it via On Demand). It wasn't nearly as bad as I thought it was going to be. Seems like an interesting world the author has created. I'd love to be cool and say it totally sucked, but I'd be lying.

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Your wife was standing over your shoulder as you typed that. It's the only explanation for your defending of sparkly vampires.

Check the time. I was at work.

Don't mistake my meaning. It wasn't a bad movie, but it's not one that I sought out to watch at the theater. I watched it because it was on...and I'd just wiped for the 10th time in Heroic Nexus because some spare tank couldn't hold aggro. Maybe it was the rum I was drinking, but, when I went on auto-pilot, sat back, and just watched the movie without thinking...it wasn't bad.

Mar 30, 2009#104

Twitch

Quantum of Solace was fun, you can see every "twist" coming from a mile away but, cmon, it's a James Bond movie.

Mar 31, 2009#105

Cat

Watched King of Kong last night, it's hilarious how serious it is.

Mar 31, 2009#106

Koko

Charlie Dont Surf said:
Koko said:

The inaccuracies ruined it for me, would have been fine if they made up some city in Alaska...but it was kinda ridiculous.
it's actually dark there for 67 days
population is 4x the depicted size
it's 60% eskimo pop, where they're all white in the film
the 'darkness' is actually bright twilight
has daily 737 flights

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No.... No.... a movie changed facts for a better dramatic effect... no... my god... the horror......

ehhh...making things up is great, but i don't know...changing the facts of life for no reason just pickles my fiddle.

Mar 31, 2009#107

Terrik

Uhm on Sunday I went out with a Chinese girl (who doesn't speak English) to see a movie....I don't even know the name of the movie because I couldn't read the characters for the title. All I knew was that it was a western movie. I thought we were seeing "Valkaryie", but as the opening credits started to roll and I saw French actor's names...I got a little worried. I asked her if she knew this was in fact, a French movie, she didn't and asked if I could still understand

"Lucky" for me, the voices were dubbed into Chinese (as the older Chinese hate reading subtitles), so I had partial understanding of the movie at least.

It was about some dude that keeps being pulled into some alternate reality by a group of people who believe them to be their king or somesuch. Time stops in the real world when he's gone, but he'll age normally while in the alternate world. There he slowly learns the ropes of handing a kingdom, fighting wars, and keeping his people happy, all while trying to convince the people in the real world that he is, in fact, not insane. It looked to be more of a comedy than anything to be taken seriously, and it wasn't all bad, I guess. I just wish I understood more of it :Leyla:

Mar 31, 2009#108

B

bhamv

Was she cute at least?

Mar 31, 2009#109

Terrik

Well yes, she was cute

Notice I didn't complain about that part :unibrow:

Mar 31, 2009#110

The Lovely Boehner

Twitch said:
Quantum of Solace was fun, you can see every "twist" coming from a mile away but, cmon, it's a James Bond movie.

you can't really see much in the movie because of the extremely shitty camera work by everyone involved, cha-BOOM

and "it's a james bond movie" is no valid excuse for anything. I'm doing a Bond night, one movie a week, watching all of them in chronological order with a bunch of people, and Thunderball and Moonraker rank as some of the worst movies I've EVER seen, much less bond movies. I haven't seen it, but I hear View to a Kill is of the same standard.

Mar 31, 2009#111

SpecialKO

LordRendar said:
I watched Taken. It was glorious, revengefilled Violence. Loved it.

It was like "what if James Bond was retired and had a daughter"?

Spectacular action scenes. Plot was poorly paced and a bit nonsensical, but the action totally made up for it.

This movie made Liam Neeson one of the scariest motherfuckers in Hollywood for me.

Mar 31, 2009#112

Cat

Watching Taken with a group was great. There was a half hour of laughing about his daughter's retarded run and then an hour of laughing about how he breaks everybody in the movie.

1000 POSTS

Mar 31, 2009#113

Cat

Nice av, Simfers.

Mar 31, 2009#114

S

Split Decision

Cat said:
1000 POSTS

Congratulations and Condolences. :twisted:

Mar 31, 2009#115

Cat

Shit, wasn't paying attention and thought the first page was the last page.

Apr 3, 2009#116

Just watched Slumdog Millionaire tonight and...wow. Just wow. It fully deserved all the rewards and Oscars given to it.

I keep meaning to redo my top 10 favourite movies. Going to have to find room for it on there.

Apr 4, 2009#117

Catafish

I just got back from adventureland, it was pretty good. Not quite as funny as I thought it would be though there were many very funny parts. One of my biggest problems with it was the fact that the main character looked and was played a lot like Michael Cera and it was kinda weird. It did feel a lot like an indie movie which I didn't really mind and it was a lot of fun.

Apr 4, 2009#118

Simfers

Cat said:
Nice av, Simfers.

Thanks, Cat. I approve of yours as well. :falldown:

Apr 4, 2009#119

Cajungal

I watched Role Models again a few days ago... still great. :rofl:

I thought it was going to be worse than it was, but Paul Rudd did really well. And I always love that weird blond woman... whatever her name is. She's really funny. The only thing I didn't really like was that joke with the bagel dog. Mreh...

Apr 4, 2009#120

The Lovely Boehner

Cajungal said:
I watched Role Models again a few days ago... still great. I thought it was going to be worse than it was, but Paul Rudd did really well. And I always love that weird blond woman... whatever her name is. She's really funny. The only thing I didn't really like was that joke with the bagel dog. Mreh...

Jane Lynch. She's fantastic. Also, Paul Rudd is definitely one of my favorite actors. He's great in I Love You, Man too.

Apr 4, 2009#121

SeraRelm

Race to Witch Mountain: It's ok, but -very- heavily Disney-fied, if you know what I mean.

Monsters vs Aliens: Fantastic. I loved this movie. It was better than Bolt by far and better than The Incredibles by a large margin.

The Haunting in Connecticut: Terrible movie which would have been at least slightly better had they not fucked up the ending with a happy little "miracle". Very heavy handed with religion.

Apr 4, 2009#122

The Lovely Boehner

SeraRelm said:
Monsters vs Aliens: better than The Incredibles by a large margin.

whoa whoa WHOA. Calm down now.

Apr 4, 2009#123

HoboNinja

I really want to go see Monsters vs Aliens but a group of my friends went today and said it was mediocre at best and they were pissed they spent the $15 on the 3D crap.

I am either going to see Adventureland or Fast & Furious tonight. Probably Adventureland.

Apr 4, 2009#124

SeraRelm

Possibly just a difference in taste, I suppose, but I enjoyed MvsA better than the others. (It's still not as good as Wall-E though.)

Apr 4, 2009#125

Cajungal

Charlie Dont Surf said:
Cajungal said:

I watched Role Models again a few days ago... still great. I thought it was going to be worse than it was, but Paul Rudd did really well. And I always love that weird blond woman... whatever her name is. She's really funny. The only thing I didn't really like was that joke with the bagel dog. Mreh...

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Jane Lynch. She's fantastic. Also, Paul Rudd is definitely one of my favorite actors. He's great in I Love You, Man too.

THANK you!... guess I could have just looked it up, but thank you! I can't wait to see I Love You, Man. I love both of those guys.

Apr 4, 2009#126

Sparhawk

Just watched The Incredibles, Monsters Inc. and Wall-E back-to-back-to-back. I love all these movies for different reasons, and enjoy them all equally.

Apr 4, 2009#127

The Lovely Boehner

HoboNinja said:
I am either going to see Adventureland or Fast & Furious tonight. Probably Adventureland.

This is unquestionably the right decision. Also - Monsters vs Aliens in 3D made me feel like a 5 year old in all the right ways

Apr 4, 2009#128

Cajungal

Charlie Dont Surf said:
Twitch said:

Quantum of Solace was fun, you can see every "twist" coming from a mile away but, cmon, it's a James Bond movie.

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you can't really see much in the movie because of the extremely shitty camera work by everyone involved, cha-BOOM

I thought the same thing! During that first car chase, I was so confused. I still liked the movie and everything... it was exciting, but sometimes I just got lost.

Apr 4, 2009#129

Philosopher B.

The Man With the Golden Gun

WHAT. A PILE. OF SHIT. Now, going into a Roger-Moore-as-Bond film, one has to expect a certain level of lameness, and a whole lot of belief-suspension if you want to enjoy yourself, but this was just too much. First off, I don't know why people could describe the hitman villain Scaramanga's third nipple, but not apparently his face. As far as acting went, Christopher Lee as Scaramanga was probably the best actor in the film. Of course, that's not saying much. Furthermore, aside from the odd coolness of the golden gun, he wasn't even that great of a villain, really. Maybe I'm just fed up with Bond villains in general, but he could have killed Bond a hundred times by the end of the film, which makes him a damned lousy hitman. I know he wanted the challenge of going one-on-one with Bond in the end duel, but ... I dunno, it was just awkward. Especially when Bond visits Scaramanga on his island and they walk around for ten minutes. Scaramanga not only passes up a chance to shoot Bond, but disarms himself, after which Bond not only fails to kill Scaramanga, but watches stupidly as Scaramanga blows up his plane.

Bond himself felt strange in this film. Though Roger-Moore-as-Bond films usually have a sillier approach to things, Bond did an awful lot of slapping women around in this one. Really, more so than any other Bond picture, I felt embarrassed for any women who had anything to do with this film. Aside from being slapped around, hurled under bed covers and thrown into closets while the man they were going to get busy with was getting busy with another woman, the one actress spent the last twenty minutes in a bikini for absolutely no reason. There was a throwaway line by Scaramanga abut how you can't conceal weapons in a bikini, but that just made his character seem freaking creepy.

Hell, speaking of characters taken in an odd direction, M was an angry little bitch in this movie. I thought he was going to strangle Bond at several points.

The film was just filled with illogical scenes and plot points (yeah, I know saying that about a film like this is redundant, but STILL). At one point Bond was going to have dinner with Scaramanga's boss, but instead of showing up and being blown away by Scaramanga, he is met in the garden by sumo wrestlers and a dwarf in a mask with a trident. After enthusiastically groping the GIANT NAKED ASS CHEEKS of the sumo wrestler, Bond gets conked out. The man he was going to meet, rather than letting him be killed with few witnesses deep in the heart of his heavily-guarded fortress, instead sends Bond to his martial arts school. Where, apparently, people are trained by killing the shit out of each other. I guess you've got to be a pretty damn good student to last very long. What follows is actually one of my favorite parts despite the stupidity, because we see Bond get the shit kicked out of him. He survives, unfortunately, by flying through a wall. The building full of specially trained martial artist killers empties, but Bond's Asian friend with the nieces pulls up. After which the nieces, who look about fifteen and are skinny as all get out, beat the crap out of a dozen guys twice their size while Bond stands there for the most part like a dumbass.

Another completely unnecessary addition to the film is the redneck sheriff, who is rather like W.C. Fields, if you took W.C. Fields and made him twice as obnoxious (yes, it's apparently possible). He follows Bond around for the stars know what reason, saying some of the stupidest lines ever uttered in a Bond film. I ASSUME he was supposed to be comedy relief, in the same way that Jar Jar Binks was supposed to be comedy relief. There is even one line in which he incorrectly identifies a Democrat symbol. The way the scene played didn't seem as though it was part of some gag, so I'm forced to assume that the script writers were just outright ignorant.

I actually wanted to shoot the character. With a missile launcher.

The best/most horrid part was in the very end, after Scaramanga has been dispatched insanely easily in his Funhouse. Bond and the last remaining female character are snogging on a ship they stole from the villain. A magic panel comes out of the floor with a magic phone that magically has the magic M on the other line. How he knew they were on the ship, or how he knew/called the secret phone panel on the ship, I'll be damned if I can tell you. After calling the woman's name ('Goodnight'), Bond informs him that 'She's just coming, sir!'

I laughed, because by that point I didn't know what else to do. I laughed similarly when they said 'Bottoms up' and the scene switched to a giant shot of a woman's ass. It's just so damned idiotic you can't help but laugh.

I won't even go into how weird it is to tie murderous dwarfs up in a cage tied to the topmost part of your ship. Or how odd it was that the villain's evil plan was basically to switch everyone over to solar power (OH STARS THE HORROR).

Worst pun of the whole thing: Bond (after ripping off a fake third nipple he'd used to impersonate Scaramanga): "I think he found me quite ... titillating!" Runner-up: Bond (when told about Scaramanga's third nipple: "What an interesting anatomical titbit!"

TITBIT?!

Seriously. What a pile of unrepentant ass. Since I intend to see every Bond film ever, I hope they don't go much lower than this. I'd rather watch Moonraker again.

Apr 4, 2009#130

The Lovely Boehner

Golden Gun is pretty awful. You left out how they ruined a completely amazing car stunt scene with a slide whistle too.

Apr 4, 2009#131

Philosopher B.

Charlie Dont Surf said:
Golden Gun is pretty awful. You left out how they ruined a completely amazing car stunt scene with a slide whistle too.

Oh yeah. I couldn't believe they did that. I had to rewind the DVD and watch it again. o_0

Apr 5, 2009#132

phil

I love you, man is pretty hilarious. I watched it after hearing horrible news, and still laughed my ass off. Bromance at it's best.

Apr 5, 2009#133

The Lovely Boehner

phil said:
I love you, man is pretty hilarious. I watched it after hearing horrible news, and still laughed my ass off. Bromance at it's best.

All the Rush stuff slayed me in this movie. I came home and played it on Rock Band immediately. Also, all of Paul Rudd's feeble attempts at bro-speak.

Apr 5, 2009#134

Cat

Watching The Room right now.

Apr 5, 2009#135

Cajungal

I rented Ce-Cycle. Then, not halfway through, I remembered that I shouldn't watch horror movies by myself. But the first 20 minutes were interesting.

Apr 5, 2009#136

We watched Tropic Thunder last night and holy shit you guys were right. I literally can't remember the last time I laughed so hard (or for so long) at a movie as when [spoiler:1xi7lbgt]the director blew up.[/spoiler:1xi7lbgt] Funniest movie I've seen in a long time.

I kind of can't believe Robert Downey Jr. was nominated for an Oscar, given that blackface is one of the great taboos, but my god did he deserve it. He was genius (down to the Russell Crowe impression).

Apr 5, 2009#137

Cat

Cat said:
Watching The Room right now.

Terrible movie, but everyone should see it.

Apr 5, 2009#138

H

Han-Sagan

Faintheart...cute little britcom about a Viking Re-enactor trying to sort his life out. The worlds first Myspace movie, apparently.

Not the most original of scripts, but certainly not as bad as some of the vicious British Press reviews make it out to be. I enjoyed it, but then I'm a Re-enactor myself

Apr 16, 2009#139

Cajungal

I just saw Doubt. Great stuff. Beautiful shots, great cast. Chilling.

Apr 16, 2009#140

Cat

Going to finally watch Caddyshack now.

Apr 16, 2009#141

SpecialKO

Fast and Furious.

You know what? It was actually really enjoyable. The non-action bits weren't painful, moved the [strike:2r4fgklj]plot[/strike:2r4fgklj] setup to blow shit up along, and the actual action sequences rocked!

And you could even tell what the fuck was going on in them.

Apr 16, 2009#142

Shegokigo

Pretty sad when you can tell what's going on in a muscle/racing car race and not in a transformer fight.

Apr 16, 2009#143

Marley & Me.

I don't know what the general consensus on the movie was, but I loved it. It could be because it hit home with me, growing up with a dog of my own for nearly 15 years.

I bawled my eyes out during the last 20 minutes and still holding back a few tears now, after just watching it.

Great movie, if you're a dog person or especially owned a dog sometime in your life.

Apr 17, 2009#144

The Lovely Boehner

Shegokigo said:
Pretty sad when you can tell what's going on in a muscle/racing car race and not in a transformer fight.

it's almost like Michael Bay is a horribly shitty director that can fuck up the best movie ideas

I saw Observe and Report in theaters over the weekend and loved it. There was a lot going on in that movie I thought, and I get the idea a lot of people are going to get the wrong message out of it.

Apr 17, 2009#145

Punisher: War Zone.

Honestly, it felt a hell of a lot more like a Punisher movie than the previous one did. It was big, dumb action with lots of explosions and a high body count. Dialogue and acting was terrible for the most part, but I thought the new guy playing Punisher did a great job. He came across more like Frank Castle than the other guy did.

Apr 18, 2009#146

Jay

ThatNickGuy said:
Punisher: War Zone.

Honestly, it felt a * of a lot more like a Punisher movie than the previous one did. It was big, dumb action with lots of explosions and a high body count. Dialogue and acting was terrible for the most part, but I thought the new guy playing Punisher did a great job. He came across more like Frank Castle than the other guy did.

Titus Pullo for the win!

I saw State of Play tonight, absolutely brilliant acting from a full cast of competent movie stars. Storyline is very solid and keeps you at the edge of your seat until the very end. It’s basically hardcore, old school journalism with an amazing performance from Crowe and McAdams. Definitely recommended.

Apr 19, 2009#147

After doing the CN Tower climb yesterday, I vegged out on the couch and watched a couple of movies borrowed from the library:

1) Schindler's List: I'm ashamed to say that I've not seen this before. I'd forgotten that it was so long, too (3 hours!), but...damn. It was just...damn. I was speechless. I don't know what the significance of the little girl in the red dress was, though (one of the few uses of colour in the movie). But I loved the final touch at the end with all the surviving members, who were also characters throughout the film, coming to the grave of Schinlder alongside the actors that played them. That was just classy as heck. Brilliant movie, well deserving of all of its acclaim and I'm sorry I waited so long to see it.

EDIT: Never mind. I just looked it up on Wikipedia. Very interesting.

2) Bolt: If I could've afforded it, I would have seen this in theatres. But my god, what a riot. Rhino the Hamster stole the show, but the movie had a lot of laughs and surprisingly, a lot of heart, too. I was choked up during the final rescue scene, but then, I'm also a sucker for dogs (see my mention of Marley & Me above). Totally going to buy this previously used at Blockbuster sometime.

3) City of Ember: REALLY neat sci-fi movie and it's a damn shame it was a box office failure (not even making half its budget back). Some of it was a bit odd, but overall, it was just neat. It sounds like the majority of it was loyal to the book, which makes me feel like reading the rest of the series (three or four novels). Anyone read it? Again, I think this'll be something I'll pick up used at Blockbuster sometime.

Apr 19, 2009#148

Soliloquy

A bunch of female friends were watching A Cinderella Story I made the mistake of sitting down and watching with them.

I spent hours in the shower trying to scrape off the horrific writing and acting. *shudders*

Apr 19, 2009#149

Twitch

ThatNickGuy said:
After doing the CN Tower climb yesterday, I vegged out on the couch and watched a couple of movies borrowed from the library:

1) Schindler's List:But I loved the final touch at the end with all the surviving members, who were also characters throughout the film, coming to the grave of Schindler alongside the actors that played them.

I got to talk to one of the survivors who visited the grave at the end and he told me about how Spielberg had booked them all for the flight in coach and they had refused to go until they got first class. He was an amusing guy.

Apr 19, 2009#150

I can kind of understand his reasoning. I mean, the movie only had so much of a budget. And imagine the NUMBER of people that they were trying to fly out all at once. That would've been some major dough.

Apr 19, 2009#151

Twitch

ThatNickGuy said:
I can kind of understand his reasoning. I mean, the movie only had so much of a budget. And imagine the NUMBER of people that they were trying to fly out all at once. That would've been some major dough.

Yeah, I don't blame Spielberg it was just how the man phrased it, something like "We've been through everything already, if he thinks that we're going to fly coach he's crazy"

Apr 19, 2009#152

Heh, okay, THAT'S funny.

Apr 19, 2009#153

fade

Flightplan (2005): This movie was fairly bad. 2/5 stars at best, and only that high because of the uptempo pace at the end. In fact, that's the biggest problem with this film: the glacial pace. It's only 1hr 38min, but by the end, you think about a decade has passed. The beginning is especially slow. Here, the film tries too hard to be highbrow, with moody music, desaturated coloring, and Edgar Rice Burroughs-style cut-up, all of which serve little purpose in the grand scheme of a thriller. Without spoiling anything, the plot is wildly unswallowable, and takes place in an airplane the internal size of which would make the Tardis blush with jealousy. Don't rent it unless you're really really bored. Because if you aren't, you will be.

Apr 19, 2009#154

The Lovely Boehner

True story, I watched Armageddon last night, and as the credits rolled, I silently stood up and grabbed the DVD case and ripped it in half.

Apr 19, 2009#155

Soliloquy

fade said:
Flightplan (2005): This movie was fairly bad. 2/5 stars at best, and only that high because of the uptempo pace at the end. In fact, that's the biggest problem with this film: the glacial pace. It's only 1hr 38min, but by the end, you think about a decade has passed. The beginning is especially slow. Here, the film tries too hard to be highbrow, with moody music, desaturated coloring, and Edgar Rice Burroughs-style cut-up, all of which serve little purpose in the grand scheme of a thriller. Without spoiling anything, the plot is wildly unswallowable, and takes place in an airplane the internal size of which would make the Tardis blush with jealousy. Don't rent it unless you're really really bored. Because if you aren't, you will be.

Man, I hated that movie. [spoiler:2s8uaubc]When the bad guy's major plot revolves around no one in a crowded airplane ever noticing that the main character had a child with her, which he has no reason to believe would happen, the movie has a problem.[/spoiler:2s8uaubc]

Apr 19, 2009#156

On the other hand, Red Eye was a decent movie. The first half of it was great. The second half just turned into another generic "run from the monster/bad guy!" chase.

Apr 19, 2009#157

Cajungal

Charlie Dont Surf said:
True story, I watched Armageddon last night, and as the credits rolled, I silently stood up and grabbed the DVD case and ripped it in half.

That scene between Affleck and Liv Tyler still makes me retch a little. Ben Affleck is the epitome of unsexy as it is without [spoiler:2ay9xhnm]adding some kind of weird cookie fetish into the mix.[/spoiler:2ay9xhnm]

Apr 19, 2009#158

The Lovely Boehner

Cajungal said:
Charlie Dont Surf said:

True story, I watched Armageddon last night, and as the credits rolled, I silently stood up and grabbed the DVD case and ripped it in half.

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That scene between Affleck and Liv Tyler still makes me retch a little. Ben Affleck is the epitome of unsexy as it is without [spoiler:314wwzyr]adding some kind of weird cookie fetish into the mix.[/spoiler:314wwzyr]

animal crackers

Apr 19, 2009#159

Cajungal

BULLSHIT. People can call them animal crackers all they want, but they are goddamn cookies! Whoever named them was some mastermind whose chief goal was to drive people crazy with this idea of sweet, cookie-tasting crackers, damnit!

...I'm sorry, that was not an appropriate reaction. But yes, that's the exact scene I'm referring to.

Apr 20, 2009#160

I was pretty disappointed to have missed Burn After Reading in theatres -- first time in 15 years I haven't seen a Coen movie upon release.

After seeing it on DVD, I'm no longer disappointed. It had a couple of good moments but it was just too pointless. Which coming from a Coen devotee is really saying something.

EDIT: And I just turned on the TV to see Miller's Crossing is on IFC in 15 minutes. The movie gods taketh away with one hand, and giveth with the other.

Apr 20, 2009#161

Wyrminarrd

Watched "Airplane II: The Sequel" last night.

This movie is a classic and never fails to crack me up :rofl:

Apr 20, 2009#162

redapples

Watched 'Let the Right One In' on Saturday. Its rare for me to get to see adult films what with having two children pre 5. So this was a treat. My wife was made redundant last week so we thought we'd push the boat out one last time (for a while). The English version of this is apparently already in production and anyone shy of subtitles is in for a treat when that's made. This is the freshest vampire treatment I've seen in a long time. Not exactly scary but quite unsettling in places. On the other hand there are elements in this film that are warm and uplifting too. Its in essesence a love story but a little sad too. Even though it has a happy ending what is revealled in the film means you know that the happiness wont last forever. 10/10.

Apr 24, 2009#163

fade

It's not a movie, but I've been watching Naruto Shippuden on Hulu.com. I've only watched up to [spoiler:jz8rnhro]Gaara's revival[/spoiler:jz8rnhro], but this is a totally different series than Naruto. It's much more mature. The series focuses less on fighting and more on characterization. Honestly, that's about all you could do without resorting to ridiculous power levels or resetting power levels like the Dragonball metaseries ultimately did. The series is actually rather poignant, to my total surprise. [spoiler:jz8rnhro]Sasori's death is really tragic and sad, and they do a good job tying it symbolically to the poor choices in the past of the Sand Village (though I could've done without the whole 'it wasn't really me--he wanted to die' bit thrown in there almost like a speed bump). And Chiyo's sacrifice is nice and sad without going over the top.[/spoiler:jz8rnhro] I'm only up to number 30 or so, so I can't say if it keeps up, but it's certainly a good start.

Apr 24, 2009#164

CynicismKills

Crank 2. Jason Statham as kaiju.

What else can I say?

Awesome, that's what.

Apr 25, 2009#165

B

bhamv2

Saw Knowing a couple days ago. Not bad, though I found it fairly predictable. I like how they weren't too heavy handed with the message though; makes you think, but doesn't try to hammer the point home. And yeah, the visual effects were good.

Also, I phoned my family at home as soon as I came out of the theater. True story.

Apr 25, 2009#166

The Lovely Boehner

CynicismKills said:
Crank 2. Jason Statham as kaiju.

What else can I say?

Awesome, that's what.

I saw that Thursday and I still literally have no idea what to think about the movie.

Apr 26, 2009#167

Just watched Synecdoche, New York on DvD a bit ago. I am thoroughly confused about what went on. I'll definitely have to watch it again. So, your typical Charlie Kaufman movie, I guess.

Apr 26, 2009#168

North_Ranger

Okay, not a movie per se, but a miniseries: Holocaust (1978). The story of the Weiss family, and how members of the family fared during the war - along with the story of Erik Dorf, one of Doctor Josef Weiss's patients who rises in the ranks of the SS, starting as a clerk but ending up as one of the frontline witnesses and contributors to the Final Solution.

I admit, I cried when I watched this series. I don't know why, but I've always felt an interest towards the Holocaust: this series, The Pianist, Schindler's List, Maus... Morbid? Perhaps, but somehow I believe that the death of 5-6 million people because of a racist ideology is something that shouldn't be forgot.

Apr 26, 2009#169

filmfanatic

Charlie Dont Surf said:
CynicismKills said:

Crank 2. Jason Statham as kaiju.

What else can I say?

Awesome, that's what.

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I saw that Thursday and I still literally have no idea what to think about the movie.

Saw that today. I really enjoyed it, myself. It's, in essence, the perfect mindless movie. An absolutely nutty film with sex, violence and logic holes out the wazoo, it's the perfect film to have with some friends and just laugh yourselves silly. I mean, I do have to categorize this film as awesome. I mean, what can you say about a film which has, as CynicismKills said, a Jason Statham kaiju scene or [spoiler:nzngr761]a big shoot-out between Asian hookers, leatherclad gay black men and a Hispanic gang[/spoiler:nzngr761]?

Apr 27, 2009#170

CynicismKills

Charlie Dont Surf said:
CynicismKills said:

Crank 2. Jason Statham as kaiju.

What else can I say?

Awesome, that's what.

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I saw that Thursday and I still literally have no idea what to think about the movie.

It was too awesome, that was the major downfall.

Apr 28, 2009#171

Wahad

V for Vendetta.

:eek:

Apr 28, 2009#172

SpecialKO

Just saw possibly the best and worst military horror films back to back on Netflix streaming.

For the best, it was Outpost, with Ray Stevenson. It was like watching Dog Soldiers again, only grittier, and actually much scarier. There was a lot of "not revealing the monster" and really brilliant use of lighting to add to the creepiness of the atmosphere.

What dialogue there was is terse, short, to the point, and while the characterizations were a little light, you can tell the whole film was built on showing less, imagining more. Also, the film budget was 200,000 British pounds, which only makes the whole thing much more visually impressive.

I like military-themed films where, much as there are tons of operational inaccuracies, there's a strong desire to make it feel realistic. The guys in this film talked like you'd expect crusty mercenaries to talk, and held their weapons like they (sort of) knew what they were doing. When they were attacked, you could really feel the "trapped in a bunker" kind of atmosphere. :unibrow:

Which brings me to the worst military-theme horror film I've ever seen.

Slayer with Casper Van Dien.

Now granted, that this dude was in it should have been warning enough, but I noticed that Kevin Grevioux, Ray Park, and Danny Trejo were in it, so I figured it would at least be awfully entertaining.

I was wrong.

In the opposite way that Outpost went out of its way to cultivate its military-like atmosphere and stuck to it, Slayer gets everything pretty much awful from the get go.

The elite military unit holds their guns like toys, apparently don't carry any gear besides their rifles and their camo pants, walk nonchalantly through enemy territory while talking and joking loudly, and are just plain annoying.

Throw in that the big bads (vampires in this case) look and act like dirty winos and don't do anything that's even especially supernatural (they run around in the sun, and don't have sharp teeth), and it all comes out into a mess that I couldn't stand after the first 10 minutes.

I think the breaking point for me is when Casper's character, when faced by vampires in the ruins, inexplicably drops switches his loaded assault rifle to his left hand, where it hangs idly, and pulls out his effin' sidearm to fight them with.

Apr 30, 2009#173

D

Devo_Jones

I became a MAJOR fanboy last night after watching Let the Right One In. Sadly, after viewing it, I feel so full of regret for not seeing it sooner. I saw the trailer when it was first released and was intrigued but I could never get my butt up off the couch to go see it in the theaters. Then, probably at the beginning of the month, it started streaming on Netflix; STREAMING!!!! And yet I balked. Finally, after being verbally harangued by a friend I sat down to watch Let the Right One In last night.

I can't remember the last time I have watched a movie that did so many things right. I try to think of an avenue where this film failed but I only come up short. Although I will say, I didn't quite understand what exactly was happening with the second scene with Oskar's dad. It was a little confusing as to the actual affect it had on Oskar. [spoiler:3h3ql24p]What I assume, and I could totally be wrong, was that the other man was Oskar's dad's lover and that was one of the reason's Oskar was picked on at school and that he resented is dad for that.[/spoiler:3h3ql24p] I dunno anybody have any insight?

Anyways, I echo the other comments about this movie, please go and see it. Before it's too late!!!

Apr 30, 2009#174

Shegokigo

Watched Let The Right One In last night. Gonna say this.

I was dissapointed.

Now why? It was marketed to me in the wrong way. How? Right on the cover it said: "Best. Vampire. Movie. Ever."

No. It wasn't. Was a fantastic movie? Oh most definitly. It was well written, well paced, well acted. Best vampire movie ever though? No, sadly. No.

Few things bothered me too:
[spoiler:2nv0e5j1]The whole no genitelia. Was it a boy with a removed penis? Hence the scar and the "I'm not a girl", and if so? Why? Was it just that they don't have genetelia after they're "turned", I mean, wtf?[/spoiler:2nv0e5j1]

And I could have done without the "cat scene". Seriously pointless.

Also, some shitty news: The director of Cloverfield, Matt Reeves, has aquired the rights to a "remake". This is what the first movie director had to say about it:

Alfredson has stated that he is not happy that the film is being remade, saying that "Remakes should be made of movies that aren’t very good, that gives you the chance to fix whatever has gone wrong"

Apr 30, 2009#175

Alucard

Finally saw the third Underworld movie and I have to say it fits in the trilogy nicely.

Although I wish Kate Beckinsale would have been in it more even though they just included a shot of her from the first movie at the end.

Nice they kept it in that blue color filter like the first two.

Apr 30, 2009#176

D

Devo_Jones

Shegokigo said:
Best vampire movie ever though? No, sadly. No.

I have to agree. If you remove the vampire element, this movie would still stand well on its own.

Apr 30, 2009#177

Lumax

Monsters VS Aliens in Real3D

First off, the movie was "ok". Not great, but certainly not bad either. I think with a little more character development it could have been a much better movie. As it was, they didn't spend enough time on the characters so everything felt packed in between the action sequences.

Where this movie really worked was with its use of 3D. Every other 3D movie I've ever seen has always made it seem like the 3D component was just tacked on for effect (ooh look at my sticking the spear at you through the screen.. ooooh) but for this movie it worked so well that I have to recommend that people see the 3D version. The main thing that it helped convey was a sense of scale and porportion, especially with the very large Monsters and the big space craft. The sweeping vistas during the flight scenes looked AMAZING in 3D. I really would go back to see it again, just for the 3D side of it, and its got me really excited for the 3D version of UP.

Apr 30, 2009#178

North_Ranger

Just watched The Hunt for the Red October. I dunno... maybe because it's such a household name, I kinda expected more than what was delivered. I don't think I'll save it on my digital recorder, but it's one of those movies that is worth seeing at least once.

Sadly it also reminded me that at one time Sean Connery used to be one helluva badass actor.

Apr 30, 2009#179

Alucard

Dude he was still a good actor in that movie. His career was winding down a bit.

That will always be my favorite Tom Clancy movie ever made. Sum of All Fears should have been produced at all

Apr 30, 2009#180

North_Ranger

That's what I meant. I could not imagine that the person who played Marko Ramius was the same one who played Alan Qu... Q... Q... that white hunter guy in the Leag... Lea... Llll... in that horrible movie THAT DID NOT EXIST!

May 1, 2009#181

cvgurau

Shegokigo said:
Watched Let The Right One In last night. Gonna say this.

I was dissapointed.

Now why? It was marketed to me in the wrong way. How? Right on the cover it said: "Best. Vampire. Movie. Ever."

No. It wasn't. Was a fantastic movie? Oh most definitly. It was well written, well paced, well acted. Best vampire movie ever though? No, sadly. No.

Few things bothered me too:
[spoiler:2511lxhf]The whole no genitelia. Was it a boy with a removed fireman? Hence the scar and the "I'm not a girl", and if so? Why? Was it just that they don't have genetelia after they're "turned", I mean, wtf?[/spoiler:2511lxhf]

And I could have done without the "cat scene". Seriously pointless.

Also, some shitty news: The director of Cloverfield, Matt Reeves, has aquired the rights to a "remake". This is what the first movie director had to say about it:

Alfredson has stated that he is not happy that the film is being remade, saying that "Remakes should be made of movies that aren’t very good, that gives you the chance to fix whatever has gone wrong"

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The genitalia thing: In the book the movie is based upon, Eli was boy who was castrated and turned into a vampire as part of a satanic ritual. This was hinted at in the movie, but was (quite understandably, I think), not fully explored.

From what I understand, the director briefly wanted to castrate a young pig for this scene, but decided to forgo it altogether. :confused:

And I'm looking forward to the remake, if only to see how badly they fuck it up. It's a bit of schadenfreude that I fear I'm developing a taste for, courtesy of you fuckers. :eek:

rly:

As for "best vampire movie ever"? I don't know. I just can't think of any better ones, ATM.

May 1, 2009#182

Shegokigo

cvgurau said:
As for "best vampire movie ever"? I don't know. I just can't think of any better ones, ATM.

Nosferatu
Dusk Till Dawn
Bram Stoker's
The Lost Boys

Keep in mind, I said better "vampire" movies, not better film.

May 1, 2009#183

Troll

Shegokigo said:
cvgurau said:

As for "best vampire movie ever"? I don't know. I just can't think of any better ones, ATM.

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Nosferatu
Dusk Till Dawn
Bram Stoker's
The Lost Boys

Twilight, obviously. :blargh:

May 1, 2009#184

Catafish

A Troll said:
Shegokigo said:

cvgurau said:

As for "best vampire movie ever"? I don't know. I just can't think of any better ones, ATM.

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Nosferatu
Dusk Till Dawn
Bram Stoker's
The Lost Boys

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Twilight, obviously. :blargh:

http://www.jinx.com/men/shirts/geek/buf ... cs=2&csd=2 :rofl:

May 1, 2009#185

CynicismKills

Shegokigo said:
cvgurau said:

As for "best vampire movie ever"? I don't know. I just can't think of any better ones, ATM.

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Nosferatu
Dusk Till Dawn
Bram Stoker's
The Lost Boys

Keep in mind, I said better "vampire" movies, not better film.

What was the one with James Woods, where he got stuck in some mid-Texas/Mexican town?

I'm a bit drunk and can't Google-fu it. But it was a good Vamp-slayer movie.

May 1, 2009#186

redapples

CynicismKills said:
I'm a bit drunk and can't Google-fu it. But it was a good Vamp-slayer movie.

Ummmm imdb? Vampires was the name and it certainly was better than Ghosts of Mars which has to be a Carpenter low point.

May 1, 2009#187

CynicismKills

redapples said:
CynicismKills said:

I'm a bit drunk and can't Google-fu it. But it was a good Vamp-slayer movie.

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Ummmm imdb? Vampires was the name and it certainly was better than Ghosts of Mars which has to be a Carpenter low point.

Again, drunk and can't depend on my search-fu.

However that's the one I meant. A good Carpenter flick, one of my favorites of his.

May 1, 2009#188

Shawn

Just give me a vampire movie that doesn't have one scene where a friend or family member is turned and someone else dies because they delay pulling the trigger.

"30 Days of Night" Is the only one I can think of. At least everyone was smart enough to know the difference between a loved one and someone who wants to bite your @#$%ing head off.

Oh yeah. And last movie I saw was Radio Land Murders.
I finally just picked up a copy for pretty cheap. It's one of those rare comedies that has G. Lucas' name on it but isn't a complete waste of time. I still think it's pretty damn funny and well paced. There is a lot of Marx Bros and 3-stooges style humor: witty word-play with a good amount of slapstick. While it's not on the same awesome level as "Clue" it still remains one of my favorite who-dunnits to date. My favorite element of the movie is how the music, shows, and commercials being played live over the station match the actions and moods of the main characters.

May 1, 2009#189

Shegokigo

Shawnacy said:
"30 Days of Night" Is the only one I can think of. At least everyone was smart enough to know the difference between a loved one and someone who wants to bite your @#$%ing head off.

That would have made my list if not for the retarded ending.

May 1, 2009#190

North_Ranger

I just watched Schindler's List for the first time in a decade. I remember loving that movie when I first saw it - I must have been thirteen or fourteen at the time, if memory serves. But now when I watched it... I broke in tears during the scene where the Schindlerjuden and the actors who played them were bringing stones to Oskar Schindler's grave. It may have been the music, it may have been that these people were actually there, or it may have been the fact that I've had my first stress-free day today in six months... but I cried like a baby.

I usually don't cry... I didn't cry even at my grandmother's funeral... but now I just couldn't help it.

May 1, 2009#191

Lumax

North_Ranger said:
I just watched Schindler's List for the first time in a decade. I remember loving that movie when I first saw it - I must have been thirteen or fourteen at the time, if memory serves. But now when I watched it... I broke in tears during the scene where the Schindlerjuden and the actors who played them were bringing stones to Oskar Schindler's grave. It may have been the music, it may have been that these people were actually there, or it may have been the fact that I've had my first stress-free day today in six months... but I cried like a baby.

I usually don't cry... I didn't cry even at my grandmother's funeral... but now I just couldn't help it.

For me the opposite happened. Over the years of seeing Spielberg's very heavy handed method of getting his point across in his movies, I've grown less and less fond of Schindlers list and even feel its slipping onto my "worst movies" list.

It does deliver a powerful message, but its just beat into you over and over and over again to the point where you become numb to the impact after a while. Same goes for Saving Private Ryan and Munich.

May 1, 2009#192

North_Ranger

That's why I don't watch many Spielberg movies. Only Schindler's List.

Plus, as morbid as it may sound, I'm interested in watching movies about the Holocaust. For that you can blame Schindler's List and reading Maus.

May 7, 2009#193

Bon Cop, Bad Cop

A hugely successful Canadian film (budget of $8 mil, made $12 in box office) that is entirely bilingual. Meaning, unless you're bilingual, yourself, you pretty much need the subtitles just to follow along. It was confusing at some points, because the switch between English and French is like when you have two friends who are bilingual and switch between English and French without any warning during their conversation.

Still, it was a great buddy cop movie and hilarious. Though, I think you'd have to be Canadian to fully appreciate it and a lot of the Canadian jokes. Plus, the finale with the bad guy and how they stop him is probably THE best beating of a villain I've ever seen. Great stuff.

May 7, 2009#194

MisterSteve

Watchmen, Wolverine, Fanboys, Taken.

Watchmen was well made, but, as usual, all the really groundbreaking and innovative stuff that was done in the comics was washed right out. I had high hopes, but Alan Moore was right; it sucked as a movie, largely because many of the literary devices he used were unsuitable or impossible to carry over to cinema.

Wolverine.. well, you prolly already know how bad that pile of shit was.

I loved Fanboys, as will almost any fanboy. And Taken was surprisingly good, although I would have preferred less combat and more ... um... smartness? Like Michael Weston in the 1st season of Burn Notice or something. Still awesome, though.

May 7, 2009#195

CrimsonSoul

I'll talk about it tomorrow after Star Trek

May 7, 2009#196

MisterSteve

CrimsonSoul said:
I'll talk about it tomorrow after Star Trek

Please be awesome, please be awesome, please be awesome

May 7, 2009#197

Cajungal

MisterSteve said:
And Taken was surprisingly good, although I would have preferred less combat and more ... um... smartness? Like Michael Weston in the 1st season of Burn Notice or something. Still awesome, though.

But wasn't it fun to hear Liam Neeson say, "Damnit man, this is no time for a dick-measuring contest!

yay Liam ^_^ I loved that movie. It was exciting!

May 7, 2009#198

MisterSteve

Cajungal said:
MisterSteve said:

And Taken was surprisingly good, although I would have preferred less combat and more ... um... smartness? Like Michael Weston in the 1st season of Burn Notice or something. Still awesome, though.

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But wasn't it fun to hear Liam Neeson say, "Damnit man, this is no time for a *-measuring contest!

yay Liam ^_^ I loved that movie. It was exciting!

Neeson is easily one of the greatest actors of our time, if not one of the greatest actors ever. [spoiler:2f5xuqmg]My favorite line was the thing with Marco in the house (brothel?).

''You don't remember me. We spoke on the phone.'' (Clueless look from bad guy followed by slowly dawning horror.) ''I told you I would find you.'' And the torture scene, well, yeah, totally worth the price of admission.[/spoiler:2f5xuqmg]

But the problem I had was... I would never risk my own life when failure meant losing my daughter. Yeah, he's a badass, but there is always someone tougher than the toughest tough guy you ever met. I was hoping for more Bourne/Westonesque (I just invented a word

) planning and execution. What if he got shot, putting himself out there in high risk situations?

For all my complaints, Qui-Gonn was just off the chain fantastic as former operative on a mission. Hope for a good sequel and hope for more badass roles for Mr Neeson.

I think I lean towards old dudes for some reason (as favorite actor, not, you know, man crush. Okay, just a little man crush). But Neeson is truly the consummate actor, he makes me believe he can do this stuff, the action, the intrigue, the righteous muthafuckin fury, the whole nine yards. MOAR PLZ!

May 7, 2009#199

Alucard

Just saw Curious Case of Benjamin something not too bad even though i dont like Brad Pitt.

And 30 Days of Night which was cool even though I'm familiar with the novel

May 8, 2009#200

The Lovely Boehner

Taken was such a pleasant surprise, even if the first 1/3 was unwatchable.

May 8, 2009#201

Soliloquy

Charlie Dont Surf said:
Taken was such a pleasant surprise, even if the first 1/3 was unwatchable.

Ugh, yeah, the beginning was horrible, cliched "character development" that was predictable, added nothing to the story, and seemed to be trying to get across the message "never go anywhere. Ever. Or you will be made into a sex slave."

May 8, 2009#202

Cat

The beginning of Taken was awful but by the time I stopped laughing at the daughter's retarded run the action was starting.

May 8, 2009#203

Cajungal

Yeah I admit the beginning was goofy. I was surprised how much time they took with the setup. Still good.

And if I get the DVD I can forward to the good parts.

May 8, 2009#204

The Lovely Boehner

Cat said:
The beginning of Taken was awful but by the time I stopped laughing at the daughter's retarded run the action was starting.

If it had gone 5 minutes longer, I would have been cheering for her to be brutally murdered.

May 9, 2009#205

I watched Grave of the Fireflies and was sorely underwhelmed. I guess it was built up too much for me because I don't know what I was expecting, but I found it heavy-handed, manipulative, and frustrating. The animation was exquisite but the firefly imagery was repetitively unsubtle. As I mentioned elsewhere, I cry at Kodak commercials and was to that end warned about this movie, but I barely got choked up.

May 9, 2009#206

Frankie Williamson

Watched Highlander (the original) for the first time in many, many years. I don't remember it being as goofy as it was. Clancy Brown was pure awesome though. He needs to be in more things, all the time, not just voice acting stingy crabs.

May 9, 2009#207

Shawn

"Rogue" About a giant killer croc in Australia.
Suspenseful movie, but doesn't live up to expectations (which in a horror movie is a high body count).

May 9, 2009#208

Seven Pounds.

Honestly, I thought it was overly sentimental crap. They don't get into his reasoning as to why he chose those 7 people to "save" or "fix" and the sacrifice was just ridiculously over the top. I don't know why people thought this movie was so great.

May 9, 2009#209

Rob King

ThatNickGuy said:
Bon Cop, Bad Cop

A hugely successful Canadian film (budget of $8 mil, made $12 in box office) that is entirely bilingual. Meaning, unless you're bilingual, yourself, you pretty much need the subtitles just to follow along. It was confusing at some points, because the switch between English and French is like when you have two friends who are bilingual and switch between English and French without any warning during their conversation.

Still, it was a great buddy cop movie and hilarious. Though, I think you'd have to be Canadian to fully appreciate it and a lot of the Canadian jokes. Plus, the finale with the bad guy and how they stop him is probably THE best beating of a villain I've ever seen. Great stuff.

I watched that movie with my father a while back. It sparked a conversation about how a lot of Canadian movies seem to be incredibly crass.

Now, I would renege on that today, but it seemed like (at the time) that most of the Canadian films I had seen up unto that point, in an effort to be edgy, were just really, really, really crass.

-- Sat May 09, 2009 12:05 pm --

Charlie Dont Surf said:
Cat said:

The beginning of Taken was awful but by the time I stopped laughing at the daughter's retarded run the action was starting.

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If it had gone 5 minutes longer, I would have been cheering for her to be brutally murdered.

I didn't think Taken was a terribly good movie. It was, however, a terribly good watch-Liam-Neeson-romp-through-Paris.

My love for Liam Neeson, my approval of violence, and my dislike for Paris, all in a neat package, that was conveniently lacking any concern for plot.

May 9, 2009#210

The Lovely Boehner

ThatNickGuy said:
Seven Pounds.

Honestly, I thought it was overly sentimental crap. They don't get into his reasoning as to why he chose those 7 people to "save" or "fix" and the sacrifice was just ridiculously over the top. I don't know why people thought this movie was so great.

I don't think I've heard of one person actually liking this movie.

May 9, 2009#211

Far

Charlie Dont Surf said:
ThatNickGuy said:

Seven Pounds.

Honestly, I thought it was overly sentimental crap. They don't get into his reasoning as to why he chose those 7 people to "save" or "fix" and the sacrifice was just ridiculously over the top. I don't know why people thought this movie was so great.

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I don't think I've heard of one person actually liking this movie.

[spoiler:1hvs0omv]He chose seven people because that's the number of deaths he caused in the car accident. Both the other family and his fiancee. The whole point was to atone for that sin. The jellyfish was used because he knew it would be able to kill him quickly before the medics arrived.[/spoiler:1hvs0omv]

And I liked it. Didn't love it but I did like it.

May 9, 2009#212

The Lovely Boehner

Far said:
Charlie Dont Surf said:

ThatNickGuy said:

Seven Pounds.

Honestly, I thought it was overly sentimental crap. They don't get into his reasoning as to why he chose those 7 people to "save" or "fix" and the sacrifice was just ridiculously over the top. I don't know why people thought this movie was so great.

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I don't think I've heard of one person actually liking this movie.

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[spoiler:1koumbzd]He chose seven people because that's the number of deaths he caused in the car accident. Both the other family and his fiancee. The whole point was to atone for that sin. The jellyfish was used because he knew it would be able to kill him quickly before the medics arrived.[/spoiler:1koumbzd]

And I liked it. Didn't love it but I did like it.

No, it was used because that would be fucking hilarious

May 9, 2009#213

Far

Okay.

May 9, 2009#214

[spoiler:32toxp8f]That's fine, I got that much (7 dead, 7 people to atone to) but there's no explaination as to why he chose THOSE particular seven out of any other possibilities.[/spoiler:32toxp8f]

May 9, 2009#215

Philosopher B.

Hmmm. I don't think I've posted in one of these threads for a while. Here is the latest batch of movies I watched:

Get Smart

This was pretty good. Steve Carell and Anne Hathaway were hilarious. I think some of the physical stuff (e.g. Max shooting himself repeatedly) wasn't as hilarious as the people responsible thought it was, but the dialogue was funny. Plus some of the physical stuff was good; the dance scene had me laughing out loud, especially the bit where the fat woman drug Carell across the floor.

Not sure why Bill Murray was hired to stand in a tree.

Charade

Still as good as ever. I bought it on DVD, and was very excited for having done so.

The Poseidon Adventure (1972)

Ugh. A lot of the acting in this was quite odd. I don't think I'd call it wooden. Maybe overdone. I thought at first that perhaps it was just because of the time in which it was made, but then I remembered my third-favorite movie of all time (Soylent Green) was made just a year later, and it wasn't hard to watch. Bad acting is bad acting. Which is strange, because one of the actresses was nominated for an Academy Award (though I don't know what else was out that year). Even Roddy McDowall was consigned to a one-note role that had him talking in a silly manner. Gene Hackman did the best job, though even he couldn't save this movie from sinking (olol, I am like da movie critics, durrr). The only reason to really watch it, for me at least, was the coolness of the set of the upside-down ship.

I want to see the the remake, though. It has Adam Baldwin in it!

Hook

I hadn't watched this movie since sometime in the nineties. I wanted to re-watch it and gain an adult perspective on it. I actually expected to be repulsed and expected to have the uncontrollable urge to hurl throughout the movie. Surprisingly, I found myself enjoying it. Maybe I'm a bad person, or maybe it was purely the nostalgia talking, but I had a lot of fun watching it. As over-done and excessive as it is, it's a blast to look at, and I found I understood the themes a lot better this time around. I nearly got teary-eyed during what was hands down the best scene, i.e. Peter learning once more to fly. One thing that definitely lifted this movie up was the score. The score was so amazingly awesome, it blew me away hearing it again. Clearly, John Williams was still in his prime and going strong. I swear that the first Harry Potter's score sounds like this one in parts.

Also, BANGARANG.

After The Sunset

I didn't set out to watch this. My little brother was watching it, and I sat down to say something to him, and I ended up watching the whole thing. It wasn't a brilliant movie by any means, and I know some people crap on Brett Ratner, but I found it to be a surprisingly fun little heist comedy. Woody Harrelson was funny opposite Pierce Brosnan (who usually bugs me), and there was a nice twist at the end.

Sin City
Having heard so much about it, I pretty much knew what to expect in terms of shock-factor, though being told how creepy Elijah Wood is a thousand times doesn't quite prepare you as much as it ought to. Visually, this movie was a delectable, orgasmic treat. Story-wise, I most heartily enjoyed the middle chapter, i.e. the one with the character Marv. Mickey Rourke was so awesome, it made me desperately want to watch The Wrestler.

Dr. Strangelove, or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

I actually saw this in my World History II class, but I've been meaning to watch it for ages. It was less of an outright comedy-fest as I expected, but I did appreciate the subtle satirical humour present throughout. I also expected the Dr. in the title to take center stage but, though he was pretty hilarious, I liked the character of General Turgidson the best. His expression when he voiced concern that the Soviet Ambassador would 'See the big board' was just priceless. I also liked the scenes of the President arguing with Soviet Premier Dmitri Kissoff as though they were a married couple, as well as the parodying of crazed patriots with the character of General Ripper giving lectures to Mandrake on the evil communist plot of fluoridization.

May 9, 2009#216

JCM

Great frame-by-frame remake of an Austrian experimental film.

A family goes on vacation near a lake only to have two rich and well-educated teens invade their home and play psychological games with them, while breaking the 4th wall many times, even daring the audience to bet how long the family survives, or saying "you'll love this" before some sickening revelation.

Next, Im gonna watch-

Wish me luck

May 9, 2009#217

Cat

JCM said:
Great frame-by-frame remake of an Austrian experimental film.

A family goes on vacation near a lake only to have two rich and well-educated teens invade their home and play psychological games with them, while breaking the 4th wall many times, even daring the audience to bet how long the family survives, or saying "you'll love this" before some sickening revelation.

Well this is going to be right at the top of my to watch list.

May 10, 2009#218

The Lovely Boehner

Cat said:
JCM said:

Great frame-by-frame remake of an Austrian experimental film.

A family goes on vacation near a lake only to have two rich and well-educated teens invade their home and play psychological games with them,[spoiler:6x73asoq]while breaking the 4th wall many times, even daring the audience to bet how long the family survives, or saying "you'll love this" before some sickening revelation.[/spoiler:6x73asoq]

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Well this is going to be right at the top of my to watch list.

I've heard it's amazing, I wish I could have seen it without knowing the twist

May 10, 2009#219

Simfers

Saw Star Trek (the new one) last night. There's nothing about this movie I didn't like.

May 10, 2009#220

The Lovely Boehner

Simfers said:
Saw Star Trek (the new one) last night. There's nothing about this movie I didn't like.

It ended

May 10, 2009#221

Philosopher B.

Bandidas

This movie starred Penelope Cruz and Salma Hayek as bank robbers who robbed to feed their fellow people who'd been displaced from their land because of a railroad company championed by a ruthless American thug moving in. The setup wasn't too bad, though I'm fairly tired by now of seeing people run off their land in movies such as these, but the movie was still pretty funny. I don't know how you can't crack up at the silliness of Hayek and Cruz together. Probably the best scene was the banjo scene, though. Steve Zahn was pretty amusing as the detective looking for Hayek and Cruz.

Star Trek

Already said what I thought about it in the Star Trek thread. Basically, I loved it.

Charlie Dont Surf said:
Simfers said:

Saw Star Trek (the new one) last night. There's nothing about this movie I didn't like.

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It ended

Too true.

May 10, 2009#222

Cajungal

Saw Wolverine.

...

Yep.

May 10, 2009#223

Allen, who is Quiet

I trust your avatar is an accurate depiction of your feelings about this movie film for theaters?

May 10, 2009#224

Simfers

Charlie Dont Surf said:
Simfers said:

Saw Star Trek (the new one) last night. There's nothing about this movie I didn't like.

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It ended

Touché.

May 10, 2009#225

Cajungal

Hah.

No, my thought process was more like: "Hmm, this isn't as terrible as I've heard-----o wait---------mreungh."

May 10, 2009#226

The Lovely Boehner

Cajungal said:
Hah.

No, my thought process was more like: "Hmm, this isn't as terrible as I've heard-----o wait---------mreungh."

BACK TO BACK

ADAMANTANIUM BULLETS

May 11, 2009#227

Cajungal

Charlie Dont Surf said:
Cajungal said:

Hah.

No, my thought process was more like: "Hmm, this isn't as terrible as I've heard-----o wait---------mreungh."

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BACK TO BACK

ADAMANTANIUM BULLETS

May 14, 2009#228

Nothing: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0298482/

Great independent, low budget Canadian flick by the same guys that did Cube (one of my fave horror flicks).

It was just...hilarious, for the most part but got really weird toward the end. Not weird in a bad way, as I was still snickering through it. But weird in the sense that I said to myself "So THIS must be what it's like to be stoned."

May 14, 2009#229

The Lovely Boehner

I watched A Perfect Murder last night, and it was really generic with nothing really interesting other than the detective character. Who shows up and seems really cool in the first act, then does absolutely nothing for the rest of the movie.

May 14, 2009#230

SpecialKO

Charlie Dont Surf said:
I watched A Perfect Murder last night, and it was really generic with nothing really interesting other than the detective character. Who shows up and seems really cool in the first act, then does absolutely nothing for the rest of the movie.

Is that the one based on Dial M for Murder?

May 15, 2009#231

fade

Philosopher B. said:
Hook

I hadn't watched this movie since sometime in the nineties. I wanted to re-watch it and gain an adult perspective on it. I actually expected to be repulsed and expected to have the uncontrollable urge to hurl throughout the movie. Surprisingly, I found myself enjoying it. Maybe I'm a bad person, or maybe it was purely the nostalgia talking, but I had a lot of fun watching it. As over-done and excessive as it is, it's a blast to look at, and I found I understood the themes a lot better this time around. I nearly got teary-eyed during what was hands down the best scene, i.e. Peter learning once more to fly. One thing that definitely lifted this movie up was the score. The score was so amazingly awesome, it blew me away hearing it again. Clearly, John Williams was still in his prime and going strong. I swear that the first Harry Potter's score sounds like this one in parts.

Also, BANGARANG.

I think this is one of the more underrated movies of the 90s. It really captures the feeling of Neverland, the good AND the bad. I enjoyed the set design. London felt just stereotypical enough, and Neverland felt like a child's fantasy, not a psycho's drug trip (i.e. still grounded strongly in reality). I was sad to see the critics tear it apart. It really was in strong keeping with Barrie's play/book. If you read the book, Pan is a self-centered brat. And rightly so. He's a kid, through and through. Williams captured that, and Hoffman almost made Hook sympathetic. I thought one of the best moments of the entire film was when we see Hook without his wig. That floored me. It was choc full o' symbolism. Here is Hook, this aging man, trying to forcibly catch Childhood, only to have its very expression removed from his grasp when Pan left Neverland. The story continued Barrie's exploration of childhood and innocence well.

Last night I watched GOOD NIGHT AND GOOD LUCK, which was nice historical biopic. It was interesting, and Clooney did what could best be described as an adequate job behind the camera. I wish they would've covered more of Murrow's career.

May 15, 2009#232

Shegokigo

The trailer looked so great. A really interesting looking little horror.

The real thing however, fell massively short. Still, a decent little horror flick if you've already "seen everythingelse out there" and want a horror movie.

May 15, 2009#233

Lumax

The Spirit

Never ever ever ever EVER let Frank Miller make another movie.

EVER!!

May 15, 2009#234

Shegokigo

Lumax said:
The Spirit

Never ever ever ever EVER let Frank Miller make another movie.

EVER!!

Um.... but I liked 300 and Sin City.... :eek:

rly:

May 15, 2009#235

Lumax

Shegokigo said:
Lumax said:

The Spirit

Never ever ever ever EVER let Frank Miller make another movie.

EVER!!

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Um.... but I liked 300 and Sin City.... rly:

So did I, but The Spirit is THAT BAD.

Bad enough to completely wipe my memory of his good deeds.

We're talking about the level of bad that Lucas created when he thought up the Prequels. You can never forgive someone for putting such shit on film.

May 15, 2009#236

twitchmoss

i watched this alone. in the dark.

fresh trousers please.

May 15, 2009#237

What's Splinter about there, Sheg? As a casual horror flick fan, I'm curious.

May 15, 2009#238

TwoBit

I really enjoyed Splinter. Sure it was a tad too short, but at least it didn't try to overdo the gore factor, like some films do.

May 16, 2009#239

Cajungal

Saw MY Name is Bruce and laughed my plentiful butt off. It was ridiculous and fun. :rofl:

May 17, 2009#240

fade

I saw Underworld: Evolution last night on TV. It continued the rather lightweight vampire/werewolf fiction started in the first. Neither was altogether bad. Neither was very good, either. Did I mention I'm extremely tired of the blue-tone desaturation that they keep applying to movies of this nature? On the other hand, it has Kate Beckinsale in tight black PVC. If it's wrong to watch an entire movie with a boner, I don't want to be right.

May 18, 2009#241

Matt²

Just saw Gran Torino. LOVED this movie! Very surprised at the end, but I was impressed that there was NO background music to "accentuate" the moods in the different scenes. Very artsy and more realistic I thought.

5 stars in my book.

May 18, 2009#242

CynicismKills

Cajungal said:
Saw MY Name is Bruce and laughed my plentiful butt off. It was ridiculous and fun.

I saw this a couple weeks ago too. I thought it was awesome.

May 18, 2009#243

Shegokigo

twitchmoss said:
i watched this alone. in the dark.

fresh trousers please.

I cannot express how much I love REC. Big thumbs up for not watching the horribly lame American version!

ThatNickGuy said:
What's Splinter about there, Sheg? As a casual horror flick fan, I'm curious.

I'd recommend watching trailer on Youtube, but it's a bit decieving as it makes it look really freakin good. Short version: creature with spines and regeneration attack 4 people who hide out in a convience store. The spines enter your body and zombify you, eventually turning you into a creature with spines that regenerates.

TwoBit said:
I really enjoyed Splinter. Sure it was a tad too short, but at least it didn't try to overdo the gore factor, like some films do.

And now you know the biggest reason I didn't like it.

Movies I recently watched:
Thanks to my new Netflix membership -

Heavy Metal (Still one of my favorite animated films ever)
Heavy Metal 2000 (I had forgotten how horrible this film was.... idiot idiot idiot)
Jack Brooks: Monster Slayer (Freakin hilarious, great B-Movie style horror film)
Two Richard Pryor Stand-Up specials I can't remember the name to. (Never fails to crack me up, even after all these years of watching them)

May 18, 2009#244

sixpackshaker

CynicismKills said:
Cajungal said:

Saw MY Name is Bruce and laughed my plentiful butt off. It was ridiculous and fun.

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I saw this a couple weeks ago too. I thought it was awesome.

I remember seeing that in the movies. Yes the big screen should make it funnier. I have not seen it since though.

__________

Just saw Angels and Demons. They did pretty well by the book. Ron Howard knew which WTF moments to leave out.

May 18, 2009#245

Espy

Charlie Dont Surf said:
Cat said:

JCM said:

Great frame-by-frame remake of an Austrian experimental film.

A family goes on vacation near a lake only to have two rich and well-educated teens invade their home and play psychological games with them,[spoiler:2eszvg10]while breaking the 4th wall many times, even daring the audience to bet how long the family survives, or saying "you'll love this" before some sickening revelation.[/spoiler:2eszvg10]

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Well this is going to be right at the top of my to watch list.

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I've heard it's amazing, I wish I could have seen it without knowing the twist

It's not a twist, it's just part of the movie. The movie isn't... normal in any sense of the word so you aren't going to miss out by knowing this ahead of time.
It's really good, FYI, but it's HARD. Honestly, I read a interview with the director and he said it's really an experimental movie, the audience is the one being experimented on to see how long until they walk out of the theater as the director slowly strips away any good or decency, including one mindblowing 4th wall breaking scene that just floored me.

May 18, 2009#246

KCWM

I watched Star Trek for the second time with my wife. One of the things that I noticed this time around, a tiny detail, was when the Kelvin was taking off towards the Romulan ship, you could see bits and pieces of it flying off...tiny specks, but it was a nice little touch. My only complaint this time around is the lens flare...noticed because of the nitpickers on this forum. I still enjoyed the little nods, the overabundance of coincidence, and everything about it in general. In my suspension of disbelief, I took everything as destiny bringing all of these people together...that regardless of the changes, they still end up together. A little simple, but it works for me.

I also had the thought that I really wish they'd have made one of the creatures on the ice world the Cloverfield creature...would have been great to see it there and given another connection too JJ Abrams aside from Slusho. Probably just me...but would have been a nice touch.

May 28, 2009#247

Philosopher B.

Zack and Miri MAKE A PORNO

Absolutely fucking hilarious. And touching. One of Smith's best.

The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou

Another hilarious and touching movie. It also had a surprising amount of guns going off. I thought this movie was going to be vaguely lame but it wasn't - it was pretty fun and the cast was amazing. I would have liked to see more Jeff Goldblum. His scenes were great.

I dug the movie's obsession with David Bowie, too. You can never listen to enough Bowie.

The New World

That this didn't get an Oscar for sound design is a freaking crime. The atmosphere of this movie was fucking amazing. And the story - well, I guess most people would probably say it ambled along, but there was something fascinating about the way it progressed; everything just sort of happened. It was beautiful to look at, and a complete eargasm. I ended up really liking it, though Christian Bale was kind of wasted.

The Wreck of the Mary Deare

Saw it because it was lying around. This movie just sort of existed. It would have been alright if it hadn't started out with Charlton Heston as the main character and then thrown him aside half-way through so Gary Cooper could stand around being old at people.

-- Thu May 28, 2009 3:01 am --

Also, now that I have seen Jason Mewes bend over sans trousers, I feel I can take anything any movie can throw at me.

May 28, 2009#248

Cajungal

Well... I *loved* Slumdog Millionaire--especially the nod to Bollywood at the end.

May 28, 2009#249

twitchmoss

just watched dark city. freaking loved it. the design of the film, the music, the lot. so very awesome.

'do you know how to get to shell beach?'

May 28, 2009#250

North_Ranger

Mindhunters

Renny Harlin... Oh Renny, why did you have to fall so hard? Despite what people say, I think Cutthroat Island was more fun than a barrel full of monkeys, but this... *shakes his head* You couldn't have made a more forgettable, 'meh'-worthy 'thriller' if you tried.

May 28, 2009#251

B

bhamv2

Last House on the Left

Short review: Meh.

Slightly longer review: It's pretty much as formulaic and predictable as a movie can get. Not all that scary, not all that tense, not all that gory and not all that fun. The cast, however, do very well. Not a lot of big names there, but each of them make their roles their own. Pity they didn't have a better movie to showcase their skills with.

Maybe I'll go track down the 1972 version.

Jun 25, 2009#252

fade

Last night, I finally saw Brokeback Mountain. This movie was indeed worthy of most of the praise it received. It told its story extremely beautifully without feeling the need to gild the dialogue of the protagonists with unnecessary flowery language. The camera loves the big sky, and the ending was genuinely sad without being overly sappy. I kept expecting the film to break into some violence, but it really never did. At least not about the main thesis, much to my pleasure. This film definitely edges toward a full five stars, being held back somewhat by the pacing, which is a bit unnecessarily slow at points, dragging the film out to 2.25 hours. The music was a bit dull, too, having an artificial feel, like a classical composer who had never heard any actual Western music tried to slap something together based on a Marlboro ad jingle.

Jun 25, 2009#253

Shegokigo

Seven Pounds: Utter tripe. Normally I'd blame it on my bias against Will Smith, but that was evened out by my infatuation with Rosario Dawson. Simply put, the movie failed. The main character's entire "reason" for doing what he does just ends up feeling pathetic, as in I didn't feel sorry for him, I thought he was trash. The people chosen (were there even 7?) was never really explained as far as motive, a couple were but even those reasons were weak [spoiler:1pojh06s]Your husband beats you? Here's a beach house you'll never be able to afford paying the taxes on[/spoiler:1pojh06s] and every damn result of his actions were pretty much similar in outcome [spoiler:1pojh06s]"I"ll love you forever and give you a great life, oh wait, no I'm gonna kill myself"[/spoiler:1pojh06s] was just flat out ridiculous. Skip this movie if you want a good drama. It was poorly paced, alot of really wooden acting and a pathetic broken plot.

Jun 25, 2009#254

The Lovely Boehner

Shegokigo said:
Seven Pounds: Utter tripe. Normally I'd blame it on my bias against Will Smith, but that was evened out by my infatuation with Rosario Dawson. Simply put, the movie failed. The main character's entire "reason" for doing what he does just ends up feeling pathetic, as in I didn't feel sorry for him, I thought he was trash. The people chosen (were there even 7?) was never really explained as far as motive, a couple were but even those reasons were weak [spoiler:14ebqav1]Your husband beats you? Here's a beach house you'll never be able to afford paying the taxes on[/spoiler:14ebqav1] and every damn result of his actions were pretty much similar in outcome [spoiler:14ebqav1]"I"ll love you forever and give you a great life, oh wait, no I'm gonna kill myself"[/spoiler:14ebqav1] was just flat out ridiculous. Skip this movie if you want a good drama. It was poorly paced, alot of really wooden acting and a pathetic broken plot.

A FUCKING JELLYFISH

Jun 25, 2009#255

Shegokigo

Charlie Dont Surf said:
A smurfing JELLYFISH

Genius no? :Leyla:

Jun 25, 2009#256

B

bhamv2

Enemy at the Gates was just on cable.

Pretty much as good as I remember, the last time I saw it. Problem is, they cut the sex scene.

People shooting the hell out of each other, blowing each other up, corpses and body parts everywhere, all fine. A completely non-explicit scene of intimacy, which serves an important purpose in the overall narrative? You're out of here!

Well done there, censor dude. :eyeroll:

Jun 25, 2009#257

Shegokigo

bhamv2 said:
Enemy at the Gates was just on cable.

Pretty much as good as I remember, the last time I saw it. Problem is, they cut the sex scene.

People shooting the * out of each other, blowing each other up, corpses and body parts everywhere, all fine. A completely non-explicit scene of intimacy, which serves an important purpose in the overall narrative? You're out of here!

Well done there, censor dude. :eyeroll:

You're new to American Censorship aren't you?

On topic, Enemy at the Gates has to be one of my alltime favorite movies, easily top 20. the reasons should be obvious.

Jun 25, 2009#258

CynicismKills

Last I saw was Revenge of the Fallen, but there's a thread for that.

Before that, I watched Kung Fu Hustle again. God I love this movie. Going to put Shaolin Soccer on my NetFlix and probably watch God of Cookery (finally) today or tomorrow.

Jun 25, 2009#259

B

bhamv2

Shegokigo said:
bhamv2 said:

Enemy at the Gates was just on cable.

Pretty much as good as I remember, the last time I saw it. Problem is, they cut the sex scene.

People shooting the * out of each other, blowing each other up, corpses and body parts everywhere, all fine. A completely non-explicit scene of intimacy, which serves an important purpose in the overall narrative? You're out of here!

Well done there, censor dude. :eyeroll:

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You're new to American Censorship aren't you?

On topic, Enemy at the Gates has to be one of my alltime favorite movies, easily top 20. the reasons should be obvious.

I'm in Taiwan though. Our censorship here is probably even more strict than the States.

I remember complaining (in this thread? another one? dunno) about censorship in Starship Troopers. The sex scene in that one was cut too, but they also cut a lot of the fighting scenes, making it a remarkably short movie. But in Enemy at the Gates, they cut none of the violence, just the one sex scene, which really wasn't anything explicit at all. I mean, at the end of the movie, when [spoiler:1p3xomk4]Danilov gets headshotted[/spoiler:1p3xomk4], there're several long close-up shots of him just lying there with blood pouring out of his forehead. Completely uncut.

But yeah, great film. One of my all time favorite war movies, if not outright favorite. Rachel Weisz, rowr. :unibrow:

Jun 25, 2009#260

Charlie Bartlett: Surprisingly good teen comedy and really well written. Parts of it drag a bit, but it really makes up for it with the last 30 minutes or so. Totally recommend it.

Growing Op: An indy Canadian flick filmed in Moncton, New Brunswick. Only reason I watched this is because my roommate had a minor part in it (if you watch it, he's the emo kid that the main character befriends). It was...okay. Some of the dialogue was great, most of it was pretty awful and the conclusion makes me think the kid learned absolutely NOTHING from the events of the movie.

Up: Once again, Pixar amazes me again. At this point, with their track record, I'll never miss any of their movies. Up was absolutely amaz---

SQUIRREL!

Jun 25, 2009#261

CynicismKills

ThatNickGuy said:
Charlie Bartlett: Surprisingly good teen comedy and really well written. Parts of it drag a bit, but it really makes up for it with the last 30 minutes or so. Totally recommend it.

Growing Op: An indy Canadian flick filmed in Moncton, New Brunswick. Only reason I watched this is because my roommate had a minor part in it (if you watch it, he's the emo kid that the main character befriends). It was...okay. Some of the dialogue was great, most of it was pretty awful and the conclusion makes me think the kid learned absolutely NOTHING from the events of the movie.

Up: Once again, Pixar amazes me again. At this point, with their track record, I'll never miss any of their movies. Up was absolutely amaz---

SQUIRREL!

You better not steal my bit there, buddy, or it's the cone of shame for you.

Jun 25, 2009#262

Alex B.

twitchmoss said:
just watched dark city. freaking loved it. the design of the film, the music, the lot. so very awesome.

'do you know how to get to shell beach?'

Love Dark City. Has anyone seen the director's cut version? I know there's one out there, but I haven't seen it.

Let's see, last couple of movies I saw:

Year One - already made a thread about it, but it was pretty mediocre. I like the cast, but they weren't given much to work with.

Away We Go - this was a pretty solid film about parenting and family with good performances and directing. A few really great scenes, with the rest being just good enough to hold your attention. Not a fantastic movie, but maybe worth a rental if that's your thing.

Jun 25, 2009#263

The Lovely Boehner

Alex B. said:
Love Dark City. Has anyone seen the director's cut version? I know there's one out there, but I haven't seen it.

Away We Go - this was a pretty solid film about parenting and family with good performances and directing. A few really great scenes, with the rest being just good enough to hold your attention. Not a fantastic movie, but maybe worth a rental if that's your thing.

I'm going to see both of these very soon! Excited for both. My roommate just bought the director's cut version.

Jun 25, 2009#264

Krisken

Alex B. said:
Love Dark City. Has anyone seen the director's cut version? I know there's one out there, but I haven't seen it.

The directors cut is amazing. What was a really good movie becomes great. It feels like a completely different movie. Scenes that were a little vague gain clarity and some scenes gain depth they didn't have before.

Jun 25, 2009#265

Alex B.

Damn it! Now I'll have to buy it again.

Jun 28, 2009#266

Cajungal

Saw REPO! tonight while babysitting... AFTER the kid was asleep. I can safely say it's the only thing that has anything to do with Paris Hilton I've ever been able to enjoy. Fun, weird, dark movie with a good cast and pretty good music. Didn't care for all of it, but it was definitely an interesting watch.

I'd recommend it if you like weird culty stuff. That one guy from Buffy's in it... the guy who made me enjoy the show for a few precious moments. Glasses man. Yes, him!

Jun 28, 2009#267

Bowielee

Transformers 2

aranoid:

But seriously, Dark City is AWSOME. I should hook up the old VCR and plug in that tape one of these days and rewatch it.

Jun 28, 2009#268

Bubble181

Resident Evil.

...Yeah, not too much great about that one. Not enough action to be an action movie, not a single scene that even got me to blink so definitely not any subgenre of horror, not enough story to qualify as drama or thriller, and if there were any jokes, I didn't see them. Some nice visuals, but all in all, nah. Milla Jovovich's character reminded me a lot of [spoiler:2tr00j8k]River Tam in Serenity, as contrasted to her character in Firefly[/spoiler:2tr00j8k]. And, as odd as it may be, I'm not actually a great fan of that kind of character.

Jun 28, 2009#269

JCM

The Hamiltons
Seemed like a snuff flick, in which some teens live by cutting organs and selling them, and then, nice twist that took the bad Twilight aftertaste out of my mouth.

Macbeth
Okay, he has guns? Must not... fall... asleep. Really fell asleep in the first 15 mins.

City of Ember
Great story. Made me order the book.

Jun 28, 2009#270

Krisken

The Legend of Boggy Creek II. Ok, the MST3k version.

Jun 28, 2009#271

Bowielee

JCM said:
Macbeth
Okay, he has guns? Must not... fall... asleep. Really fell asleep in the first 15 mins.

Was that the Ethan Hawke version... yeah, that was pretty unbearable. The only reason Romeo and Juliet was successful with it's modern re-imagining was due to the stunning visuals that Baz Luhrman can produce.

Jun 28, 2009#272

CynicismKills

God of Cookery

Man, this was weird. I liked it, but don't watch it expecting Kung-Fu Hustle or Shaolin Soccer.

Jun 28, 2009#273

Shegokigo

Cajungal said:
Saw REPO! tonight while babysitting... AFTER the kid was asleep. I can safely say it's the only thing that has anything to do with Paris Hilton I've ever been able to enjoy. Fun, weird, dark movie with a good cast and pretty good music. Didn't care for all of it, but it was definitely an interesting watch.

I'd recommend it if you like weird culty stuff. That one guy from Buffy's in it... the guy who made me enjoy the show for a few precious moments. Glasses man. Yes, him!

I went out and bought REPO! the day I watched it on rental. I just HAD to own it that minute. Glad it's getting some views.

Jun 28, 2009#274

Cajungal

^That's probably one I'd buy too. There are a lot of people I'd like to show it to now.

Saw The 39 Steps with my Dad today. I'd recommend it to anyone who likes old b+w mystery-type films. It was interesting, exciting, and very humorous at times.

Jun 28, 2009#275

lafftaff

Godzilla vs. Gigan.......It's been a slow weekend.

Jun 28, 2009#276

Wasabi Poptart

Star Trek! Karl Urban and Simon Pegg were excellent as Bones and Scotty. I liked the familiarity of the characters. I didn't care for some of the story though. Overall, it was definitely worth seeing it on the big screen.

Jul 4, 2009#277

Philosopher B.

Signs - I'm probably going to get pooped at for saying this ( :aaahhh: ), but I liked it. Maybe it was because I watched it with zero expectations since I've heard people gripe about it so much, I dunno. Probably my favorite part was when they were around the table after Mel Gibson yelled at everyone for suggesting he say a prayer, when Gibson is hugging both the kids and they're all crying. Then, just as Joaquin Phoenix is looking all distraught and looks like he's going to turn away, Gibson grabs his sleeve and pulls him into the pile. That just cracked me up; I must have laughed for two minutes.

Of course, the moment you even begin to examine anything relating to the aliens, the plot breaks down horribly, I'll admit that. But I didn't feel the movie was about the aliens as much as a couple of people with faith issues; the aliens were just there to put certain things in motion. I guess that still doesn't excuse it, but even so, I enjoyed the movie, more than The Village, anyhow.

Jul 4, 2009#278

Frankie Williamson

Public Enemies.

The film itself, I dunno, I liked it but something about it felt really off (it wasn't the digital cameras it was filmed with, I have no idea why people people have such hard-ons for ragging on them. They give the movie more of a sense of being there in my opinion). Like, it lacked energy or something. Something to make me care more. I dunno. Like I said, can't put my finger on it. Overall it was definitely not a letdown. I enjoyed it.

Jul 4, 2009#279

HCGLNS

Just saw Star Trek, it was pretty good. I didn't even know Winona Ryder was in the movie until the credits, so it must have been good. I really liked how when the Federation ships fired all weapons it was a blur of phasers instead of one big blaster.

Jul 4, 2009#280

Alucard

Transformers 2: 1/5 stars
Public Enemies: 4/5 stars
Ice Age: 4/5 stars

If anyone is on the seat about seeing Ice Age 3 its a pretty good where Dreamwork didn't make a botch of it like
they did with the Shrek movies.

Transformers has possibly got to be the worst film of 2009 thus far

Jul 4, 2009#281

Shakey

Saw Public Enemies today. I think the problem with it was it didn't have the great ending we expect from the usual anti-hero movies. I liked it, but the ending just kinda left you with "fuck, that's really how it ends?" Even though you know that's how it's going to end. I enjoyed it though.

Jul 4, 2009#282

Alucard

Hey no fucking cut to black :rimshot:

Jul 4, 2009#283

Cajungal

Outlander.

Wowie, this movie was fun. The actor who played Jesus plays a spaceman who crashes his ship on Earth and chills out with Vikings... then they try to kill an dragon-ish alien together.

Jul 4, 2009#284

Krisken

I saw Hamlet 2. The first 1/4 or so I fought to keep watching, but it gets seriously funny.

Jul 4, 2009#285

The Lovely Boehner

Krisken said:
I saw Hamlet 2. The first 1/4 or so I fought to keep watching, but it gets seriously funny.

There is nothing serious about that movie :rofl:

Jul 5, 2009#286

Aisaku

I just saw Transformers today. I edited it out in my mind and ended up with a bad episode of beast wars with as much budget as the whole series and a forgettable teen movie. Neither were truly enjoyable. I still don't get how they send foot soldiers against walking tanks, I guess I never will.

Jul 5, 2009#287

Frankie Williamson

Aisaku said:
I still don't get how they send foot soldiers against walking tanks, I guess I never will.

Because they win in the movies?

Jul 5, 2009#288

Sparhawk

I watched 1776, the musical. If only congress were as entertaining today. One of my favorite quotes from the movie is...

"One useless man is called a disgrace, two become a law firm, and three or more become a Congress."

Jul 5, 2009#289

The Lovely Boehner

Aisaku said:
I still don't get how they send foot soldiers against walking tanks, I guess I never will.

Because the movie is a commercial for our struggling armed forces

Jul 5, 2009#290

LittleSin

I watched Shoot'em Up last night. I'm going to liken it to old Kung Fu movies: over top, hilarious and fun. I really liked it, would probably watch it again if I'm doing something else at thesame time, like drawing.

Is Gun Fu a genre? I think I'm going to refer to this a Gun Fu in the same way I refer to Speed Raceras being Car Fu.

Jul 5, 2009#291

Bowielee

I still can't decide if I loved or hated Shoot 'em Up.

I think it's a little bit of both.

Jul 5, 2009#292

B

bhamv2

LittleSin said:
Is Gun Fu a genre?

John Woo says yes, emphatically.

Jul 5, 2009#293

Silver Jelly

The Cronicles of Narnia, Prince Caspian.
Better that I expected. I probably liked it more because it has been a long(ish*) time since I read the books.

*3 years more or less.

Jul 5, 2009#294

Mr. Lawface

Shoot 'em Up is awesome.

Jul 5, 2009#295

Shegokigo

Mr. Lawface said:
Shoot 'em Up is awesome.

I keep hearing this, yet have yet to watch it....

Jul 5, 2009#296

Mr. Lawface

Shegokigo said:
Mr. Lawface said:

Shoot 'em Up is awesome.

Click to expand...

I keep hearing this, yet have yet to watch it....

There is a simple way to remedy this.

Jul 5, 2009#297

Le Quack

Mr. Lawface said:
Shegokigo said:

[quote="Mr. Lawface":1hgdjvh5]Shoot 'em Up is awesome.

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I keep hearing this, yet have yet to watch it....

There is a simple way to remedy this.[/quote:1hgdjvh5]

Carrots!

Jul 5, 2009#298

filmfanatic

Le Quack said:
[quote="Mr. Lawface":14zablsx]

Shegokigo said:

[quote="Mr. Lawface":14zablsx]Shoot 'em Up is awesome.

Click to expand...

I keep hearing this, yet have yet to watch it....

There is a simple way to remedy this.[/quote:14zablsx]

Carrots![/quote:14zablsx]
Always eat your vegetables.

Jul 6, 2009#299

Knowing

Well...the first half was pretty good. Special effects were surprisingly good. And I was actually into the plot at first.

*sigh* At first.

Then, it all went to crap by the second half with the big revelation of the final prediction. Of course, Cage was...his usual self, though I was able to stomach him this time.

Just...wow. Let's just say this: I got it for free from work and...well, I got my money's worth.

Jul 6, 2009#300

DougTheHead

I finally saw Up. It was delightful.

Jul 6, 2009#301

ElJuski

ThatNickGuy said:
Knowing

Well...the first half was pretty good. Special effects were surprisingly good. And I was actually into the plot at first.

*sigh* At first.

Then, it all went to crap by the second half with the big revelation of the final prediction. Of course, Cage was...his usual self, though I was able to stomach him this time.

Just...wow. Let's just say this: I got it for free from work and...well, I got my money's worth.

You're not the only one that feels that way:
http://www.avclub.com/articles/knowing,29842/

Jul 6, 2009#302

Chippy

Away We Go.

Pretty good.

Jul 6, 2009#303

ElJuski said:
You're not the only one that feels that way:
http://www.avclub.com/articles/knowing,29842/

Wow. That's...pretty much my play-by-play thought process right there. At first, I was intrigued enough to think that it might not be such a bad movie, afterall.

Little did I know.

Jul 6, 2009#304

Shegokigo

Into The Woods: A musical play.

Wasn't my choice. It was "meh"

Melding of Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood, and a few other fairy tales, first ACT is the story we mostly know on each of them. The second ACT is the "Ever After" not being so "Happily".

Jul 6, 2009#305

Docseverin

Charlie Dont Surf said:
Aisaku said:

I still don't get how they send foot soldiers against walking tanks, I guess I never will.

Click to expand...

Because the movie is a commercial for our struggling armed forces

Troll much?

Jul 6, 2009#306

@Li3n

Here you go: viewtopic.php?f=2&t=5717&start=0

Enjoy! :twisted:

Jul 6, 2009#307

Galaxy Quest

Just re-watched this tonight to get the bad taste of Knowing out of my mouth. What a difference. It was fun, over the top and didn't take itself seriously. If I can find it somewhere cheap (which I'm sure I can), I think I'll see about buying this at some point. Such a blast.

Jul 6, 2009#308

Shegokigo

ThatNickGuy said:
Galaxy Quest

Just re-watched this tonight to get the bad taste of Knowing out of my mouth. What a difference. It was fun, over the top and didn't take itself seriously. If I can find it somewhere cheap (which I'm sure I can), I think I'll see about buying this at some point. Such a blast.

Great freakin film. Introduced me to Sam Rockwell and taught me that Tony Shalhoub and Tim Allen aren't just one trick ponies.

Jul 6, 2009#309

Bowielee

Shegokigo said:
ThatNickGuy said:

Galaxy Quest

Just re-watched this tonight to get the bad taste of Knowing out of my mouth. What a difference. It was fun, over the top and didn't take itself seriously. If I can find it somewhere cheap (which I'm sure I can), I think I'll see about buying this at some point. Such a blast.

Click to expand...

Great freakin film. Introduced me to Sam Rockwell and taught me that Tony Shalhoub and Tim Allen aren't just one trick ponies.

Tony Shalhoub, I've known was more than a one trick pony long before Galaxy Quest came along. He was in the show Wings, Men in Black, Monk... No character in any of them was remotely the same.

Jul 6, 2009#310

I personally liked him in a, sadly, very short lived sitcom that he co-starred with Neil Patrick Harris. He played a neurotic writer and Harris was a representantive from the agency to ensure he writes. I'm blanking on the name, but by god, it was hilarious.

Jul 6, 2009#311

Bowielee said:
Tony Shalhoub, I've known was more than a one trick pony long before Galaxy Quest came along. He was in the show Wings, Men in Black, Monk... No character in any of them was remotely the same.

Not to mention his work with the Coens and Stanley Tucci-as-director.

I know it's blurry as hell but here I am with him at the premiere of a movie he directed and his wife wrote and starred in.

[attachment=0:2zctr6vv]Tony&me.jpg[/attachment:2zctr6vv]

Jul 6, 2009#312

Krisken

I watched The Taking of Pelham One Two Three last night on Hulu. It's a pretty good flick, starring Walter Matthau. For an action drama, I was laughing quite a bit. It's a little dated since it was made in 1974, but I would call this a rare gem worth watching on Hulu.

Jul 6, 2009#313

Far

Just finished watching My Neighbour Totoro and loved it. The animation was gorgeous.

Jul 6, 2009#314

JCM

This weekend was pretty good, as all the flicks I bought didnt dissapoint.

Watchmen: Tales of the Black Freighter-
Pretty okayish animation, although the voice kept me thinking he´d scream "THIS IS SPARTAAAAAA", but what really made it worth was the "under the hood" documentary.

The Kite Runner:
Being a fan of the book, I was surprised to see the film was just as good

Valkarie
While not very good, at least its nice to see a Hollywood movie show something else out of WW2 other than Nazis bad, US saved everybody, England who? Had the role been given to someone like Liam Neeson, it wouldve been better.

The day the Earth stood still (the original)
First time I watched it I was a little kid, good to see it holds up well.

The day the Earh stood still (the Keanu remake)
Looks like Reeves´ expressionless acting finally found its purpose, while some SFX looked cheesy, it was a pretty good remake.

I also bought the old Titanic movie, and the DeCaprio remake. Wish me luck tonight.

Jul 6, 2009#315

ElJuski

Oh god, I hated Valkyrie, and I forgot all about it until you just brought it up :zoid:

Nobody even tried to get a German accent right, from what I remember. I also remember that it should have been called "Tom Cruise Does History!" for how shallowly he jumped into his character. I will agree seeing something else from WW2 was interesting. If it's not the US Comes to Save the Day, its about the horrors of the Holocaust. Not saying the Holocaust wasn't a horrible thing, but there are different genocides / angles to take World War 2.

Jul 6, 2009#316

Allen, who is Quiet

rewatched Rocky. he says "you know" a lot.

Jul 6, 2009#317

ElJuski

Ahh you know I shoulda broke youruh finguhs instead

Jul 6, 2009#318

Frankie Williamson

I watched Alien when I was tired as fuck the other day. Man, I had forgotten how slow paced it was at the beginning, that it takes nearly an hour before they actually land on the planetoid with the wrecked ship. It was torture for my sleep deprived mind.

Jul 6, 2009#319

sixpackshaker

ElJuski said:
Oh god, I hated Valkyrie, and I forgot all about it until you just brought it up Nobody even tried to get a German accent right, from what I remember. I also remember that it should have been called "Tom Cruise Does History!" for how shallowly he jumped into his character. I will agree seeing something else from WW2 was interesting. If it's not the US Comes to Save the Day, its about the horrors of the Holocaust. Not saying the Holocaust wasn't a horrible thing, but there are different genocides / angles to take World War 2.

I generally could care less if some one does not do an accent in a movie, unless they are speaking the language in question. The question should be why did they not speak German for the whole movie? Only two people bothered to do an accent for their roles, and they were German Actors speaking English.

Jul 6, 2009#320

Frankie Williamson

ElJuski said:
Oh god, I hated Valkyrie, and I forgot all about it until you just brought it up Nobody even tried to get a German accent right, from what I remember. I also remember that it should have been called "Tom Cruise Does History!" for how shallowly he jumped into his character. I will agree seeing something else from WW2 was interesting. If it's not the US Comes to Save the Day, its about the horrors of the Holocaust. Not saying the Holocaust wasn't a horrible thing, but there are different genocides / angles to take World War 2.

The accents weren't the point. They even illustrate what they were going for with the switch from German to English. I agree with Tom Cruise being one of the weak points of the movie though.

Jul 6, 2009#321

Alucard

Hey but all the main protagonists die at the end of the film so it wasn't all that bad.

Jul 6, 2009#322

Chippy

PhantomShadow said:
Hey but all the main protagonists die at the end of the film so it wasn't all that bad.

Hurp Durr Derp.

Jul 6, 2009#323

Shegokigo

Chippy said:
PhantomShadow said:

Hey but all the main protagonists die at the end of the film so it wasn't all that bad.

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Hurp Durr Derp.

Jul 6, 2009#324

strawman

Watched Ice Age 3 and Night at the Museum 2 at the drive in last Friday. They were enjoyable, and the kids had a good time. Ice Age is on par with the previous movies, so you'll probably feel the same about this one as you felt for the previous two.

Night at the Museum 2 was reasonably enjoyable, but not as good as the first one, so...

There was nothing in either movie that particularly warranted a big screen though, so you could wait for the DVD unless you really enjoyed the originals.

-Adam

Jul 6, 2009#325

Alex B.

Public Enemies - needed a way tighter screenplay. A lot of time was spent on (historically inaccurate) cameos of famous criminals of the day instead of developing the main characters and plot. Just ends up being generally disasisfying. Also, there were some weird sound issues.

Still, Mann knows how to shoot a gunfight, and I have a thing for the general look of that time period. I don't regret seeing it, but I can't recommend it.

Jul 6, 2009#326

Chippy

Shegokigo said:
Chippy said:

PhantomShadow said:

Hey but all the main protagonists die at the end of the film so it wasn't all that bad.

Click to expand...

Hurp Durr Derp.

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Welp, now everyone around me thinks I'm crazy for laughing so hard.

Jul 6, 2009#327

Frankie Williamson

Watched LEGEND OF CHUN-LI at the station tonight. It was so boring I was excited when we got a drunk pickup call.

Jul 7, 2009#328

Shakey

Alex B. said:
Public Enemies - needed a way tighter screenplay. A lot of time was spent on (historically inaccurate) cameos of famous criminals of the day instead of developing the main characters and plot. Just ends up being generally disasisfying. Also, there were some weird sound issues.

Still, Mann knows how to shoot a gunfight, and I have a thing for the general look of that time period. I don't regret seeing it, but I can't recommend it.

Yes. It seemed like every 5 minutes someone new was introduced, for 140 minutes straight. I just kinda stopped caring about a lot of the characters because of it. I want to watch it again just so I can get everyone straight. I really did like it, but like others have said it could have been a lot better.

Jul 7, 2009#329

JCM

Frankie said:
ElJuski said:

Oh god, I hated Valkyrie, and I forgot all about it until you just brought it up Nobody even tried to get a German accent right, from what I remember. I also remember that it should have been called "Tom Cruise Does History!" for how shallowly he jumped into his character. I will agree seeing something else from WW2 was interesting. If it's not the US Comes to Save the Day, its about the horrors of the Holocaust. Not saying the Holocaust wasn't a horrible thing, but there are different genocides / angles to take World War 2.

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The accents weren't the point. They even illustrate what they were going for with the switch from German to English. I agree with Tom Cruise being one of the weak points of the movie though.

I'd love for Mel Gibson to do Valkyrie, because Hitler speaking English takes too much away from the experience, and he knows how to casts unknowns who can pull off complicated roles.

And he wouldnt have taken away qualities from historical figures (like Stauffenberg's refusal to accept morphine, hatred for Wagner, or his political manipulation)

Jul 7, 2009#330

fade

Bubble181 said:
Resident Evil.

...Yeah, not too much great about that one. Not enough action to be an action movie, not a single scene that even got me to blink so definitely not any subgenre of horror, not enough story to qualify as drama or thriller, and if there were any jokes, I didn't see them. Some nice visuals, but all in all, nah. Milla Jovovich's character reminded me a lot of [spoiler:39ivoiwg]River Tam in Serenity, as contrasted to her character in Firefly[/spoiler:39ivoiwg]. And, as odd as it may be, I'm not actually a great fan of that kind of character.

That was indeed a terrible movie....with one exception. The laser hallway. That actually freaked me out. It failed my "Batman Test", and even failed it explicitly by having a Batman-like character bite it.

Jul 7, 2009#331

Shegokigo

fade said:
That was indeed a terrible movie....with one exception. The laser hallway. That actually freaked me out. It failed my "Batman Test", and even failed it explicitly by having a Batman-like character bite it.

This the best way to look at the series:

Resident Evil 1: bad video game movie, a bad action movie, but a good zombie movie.

Resident Evil 2:bad video game movie, a good action movie, and a good zombie movie.

Resident Evil 3: good video game movie, a bad action movie and a bad zombie movie.

Jul 7, 2009#332

Frankie Williamson

That's giving a lot of credit to it.

Jul 7, 2009#333

The Lovely Boehner

There was nothing good about Resident Evil 2.

Jul 7, 2009#334

Shegokigo

Frankie said:
That's giving a lot of credit to it.

Please, do explain, I feel those critiques were very much in order.

Charlie Dont Surf said:
There was nothing good about Resident Evil 2.

I care to disagree, there were alot of great action scenes in that film. If they'd have taken out the name "Resident Evil" and made it some nameless corporation doing the evil deeds, it would have been fantastic action/zombie flick.

Jul 7, 2009#335

Shannow

Charlie Dont Surf said:
There was nothing good about Resident Evil 2.

We are all expendable.

...And we have just been expended.

Jul 7, 2009#336

Shegokigo

Shannow said:
Charlie Dont Surf said:

There was nothing good about Resident Evil 2.

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We are all expendable.

...And we have just been expended.

I'm pretty sure I didn't say it was a well scripted movie. :rofl:

Jul 7, 2009#337

Shannow

It weas a bad movie. tried to input humor that was not funny, horror that did not scare, gore that was meh, bad scripting, action sequences that made me jsut not care. So, everythign it tried to acieve, it failed at with me, so I am going with bad movie.

Jul 7, 2009#338

Shegokigo

Shannow said:
It weas a bad movie. tried to input humor that was not funny, horror that did not scare, gore that was meh, bad scripting, action sequences that made me jsut not care. So, everythign it tried to acieve, it failed at with me, so I am going with bad movie.

Ahh opinons, how they can differ so:

Humor? Agreed, no funny.
Horror? Maybe not "terror" but it had its horror elements as a zombie flick.
Gore? Defenitely could have used more gore, especially with its R rating.
Action sequences? There I'm gonna completely disagree, I thought they were perfectly in line for a zombie flick, as well as some more martial arts goodness from Milia.

Jul 7, 2009#339

The Lovely Boehner

The name "Resident Evil" or any expectations had no effect on me since I've never played any of those games.

Jul 7, 2009#340

Shegokigo

Charlie Dont Surf said:
The name "Resident Evil" or any expectations had no effect on me since I've never played any of those games.

Like I said, different tastes.

Also, it's no surprise, we hardly ever see eye to eye on almost any subject. So pretty much if I dislike/like something, I can pretty much count on you to feel the opposite. Which pretty much goes for Krisken, Kissinger and Shannow as well.

Jul 7, 2009#341

Frankie Williamson

Shegokigo said:
Resident Evil 1: bad video game movie, a bad action movie, but a good zombie movie.

How was it a good zombie movie? A buddy of mine said it best, "When a zombie movie needs Milla Jovovich's naked bits to hit that R rating, something is wrong."

Resident Evil 2:bad video game movie, a good action movie, and a good zombie movie.

How was it a good zombie movie? Was it the part where she crashed through the church in a motorbike, did a bunch of flips and shot all the non-zombies? I also really liked the fist fight with Nemesis.....God I hated that movie.

Resident Evil 3: good video game movie, a bad action movie and a bad zombie movie.

Infinite. Zombie. Train car.

Jul 7, 2009#342

Shannow

It is called our good tastes vs your terrible taste. :rimshot:

I kid, I kid.

Jul 7, 2009#343

Chazwozel

Shegokigo said:
Charlie Dont Surf said:

The name "Resident Evil" or any expectations had no effect on me since I've never played any of those games.

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Like I said, different tastes.

Also, it's no surprise, we hardly ever see eye to eye on almost any subject. So pretty much if I dislike/like something, I can pretty much count on you to feel the opposite. Which pretty much goes for Krisken, Kissinger and Shannow as well.

I liked Resident Evil... :smug:

Jul 7, 2009#344

B

bhamv2

I agree with Shego, the RE movies would've been better if they didn't have Resident Evil attached to them. They're too different from the Resident Evil games.

If they'd just made the first one as a regular sci-fi horror movie, it may very well have been a sleeper hit.

Jul 7, 2009#345

Shegokigo

Frankie said:
Shegokigo said:

Resident Evil 1: bad video game movie, a bad action movie, but a good zombie movie.

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How was it a good zombie movie? A buddy of mine said it best, "When a zombie movie needs Milla Jovovich's naked bits to hit that R rating, something is wrong."

Good zombie movie = lots and lots of zombies, people getting eaten left and right and people fighting for their lives, toss in a little gore, some nakedness, and a nice finish with only 1-2 survivors.

Frankie said:
Shegokigo said:

Resident Evil 2:bad video game movie, a good action movie, and a good zombie movie.

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How was it a good zombie movie? Was it the part where she crashed through the church in a motorbike, did a bunch of flips and shot all the non-zombies? I also really liked the fist fight with Nemesis.....God I hated that movie.

Obviously you've forgotten the entire schoolhouse scene and the city wide buffet.

Frankie said:
Shegokigo said:

Resident Evil 3: good video game movie, a bad action movie and a bad zombie movie.

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Infinite. Zombie. Train car.

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"Good video game movie"
The entire last hour felt pulled straight out of any of the series of games. The creepy lab, the final battle, the entire atmosphere was dead on.

Jul 7, 2009#346

sixpackshaker

Public Enemies: over all good. but I just felt like this one was just phoned in... One thing that just glared out at me was - there was no score to speak of. Sure they would play a verse or refrain from a Billie Holiday song, then cut over to 3 bars of techno and then 15 minutes of silence. The love scene was well shot but 10 seconds of Billie and 5 seconds of electric organ for a 5 minute long scene.

The earlier complaint about the digital camera, there were too many times that they did not get some thing right in the view finder and just cropped the image down to what they wanted. Which just distorts and loses too much resolution making odd looking scenes.

The main good point is that they did not make Melvin Purvis out to be a bad guy. A lot of revisionist history does.

Jul 7, 2009#347

filmfanatic

In regards to all of this RE talk, there were plans to make the film back in 1999. It was to be directed by George A. Romero and follow the plot of the first game. I've actually read the script for this version and it's floating out there in the internet.

Jul 8, 2009#348

Wonder Woman

Watched it for the second time yesterday, since a friend of mine hadn't seen it yet. I still wholeheartedly stand behind the believe that they could have easily, EASILY, released this in theatres. It was just as good, if not better, than a LOT of live action superhero crap that we've gotten over the last few years.

Fanboys

Are you a fan of Star Wars at all? Then, by god, get this movie. My friend and I were dying with laughter through the whole thing, laughing at all the in-jokes and references to the movie. Hell, there were even appearances by Carrie Fisher, BILLY FUCKING DEE WILLIAMS and William Shatner. George Lucas kind of makes an appearance, too.

The one surprise I had about this movie was the total lack of Mark Hamil. I thought, of anyone who would love to be a part of this movie, Hamil would be at the top of this list. He supports this kind of stuff just as much as his fellow actors and Lucas himself do.

Jul 8, 2009#349

Wyrminarrd

Watched "The Hangover" last night, pretty good movie and one of the better comedies that I´ve seen recently.

Jul 8, 2009#350

Lally

Today was my 4-year anniversary with my boyfriend, and we had never gone on a date to the movies before (he hates going to the movies for various reasons) so we went to a 10 AM showing of The Hangover and were the only two in the theatre.

It was hilarious!

Jul 8, 2009#351

Steven Soderburgin

Why does he hate going to the movies?

What's his number? I'll talk to him and straighten him out.

"Yeah, hey, you don't know me but I heard that you hate going to movies. I understand that in these troubled times, a movie ticket can be prohibitively expensive, but I assure you..."

Jul 8, 2009#352

Lally

He loves movies in general. We watch movies all the time, but he hates going to the theatre because he doesn't like being in crowded places and not being able to pause to get up if he needs something to drink or to go to the bathroom. He's just more comfortable at home.

Jul 8, 2009#353

Alucard

Knowing. Zeh numbers and then zeh planet fries.

It was okay but slightly interesting to see Cage in a sci fi flick.
Interesting how the aliens were some proto human energy beings.

btw were the alien ships some crystal energy things?

Jul 8, 2009#354

CynicismKills

Hey cool, I don't have to see Knowing now because it's all right there in your post.

I re-watched the 89 Batman. Still love that movie.

Jul 8, 2009#355

Bumble the Boy Wonder

Took the girl to see Up.

It was a pretty cute movie, had some really sad parts, and some really funny parts.

I really, REALLY enjoyed the short at the beginning. Partly Cloudy I believe it was called?

Jul 8, 2009#356

Cajungal

Lally said:
Today was my 4-year anniversary with my boyfriend, and we had never gone on a date to the movies before (he hates going to the movies for various reasons) so we went to a 10 AM showing of The Hangover and were the only two in the theatre. It was hilarious!

Congrats on your anniversary! Man... movie dates are our favorite. We have a huge box of ticket stubs... well, he does. I'm not sentimental enough to keep a bunch of stuff lying around.

Jul 8, 2009#357

Shegokigo

Lally - Four years and it's your FIRST movie date? Wow....

As for not liking the crowded movie, you should do what you did more often. It's exactly what I do. Go see a film the morning of Tuesday or Wednesday after it's released. Never have been to a movie with more than 2-3 people.

Jul 8, 2009#358

Bowielee

I finally got around to watching Borat the other day. I freaking loved it.

I'm going to see Bruno this weekend. (yeah, I'm too lazy to find the special character for the U)

Jul 8, 2009#359

Shegokigo

The Pamela Book-signing scene was pure gold.

Though the entire movie was enjoyable, when he "bagged her" I couldn't contain myself.

Jul 8, 2009#360

Cajungal

Shegokigo said:
Lally - Four years and it's your FIRST movie date? Wow....

As for not liking the crowded movie, you should do what you did more often. It's exactly what I do. Go see a film the morning of Tuesday or Wednesday after it's released. Never have been to a movie with more than 2-3 people.

That's what I like to do. I'm always surrounded by retired couples. It's great... they never make noise or text during the movie.

For Drag me to Hell, this girl sat RIGHT next to me and kept making annoying comments. If it hadn't been a funny horror movie, I would have gotten mad. But the truth is she kinda made it funnier. Her boyfriend kept mumbling, "Come on, don't be THAT girl in the theater..."

Jul 8, 2009#361

Bowielee

The nude wrestling scene in Borat had me simultaneously :puke:

and

I'm even a fan of heftier guys, but OMG gross.

Jul 8, 2009#362

Shegokigo

Cajungal said:
Her boyfriend kept mumbling, "Come on, don't be THAT girl in the theater..."

Jul 9, 2009#363

Odd theme going with movie watching, lately. First, me and a friend of mine watched geeky movies, including Wonder Woman and Fanboys, as I had mentioned before.

Today, the theme seemed to be kidnapping, which we didn't realize until after we'd started the second movie.

Taken

Totally wicked action flick with a very basic plot. Liam Neeson played the role of badass father and former spy perfectly. Surprisingly great popcorn flick, one that I may very well buy at some point.

Changeling

Really great, if maybe too long, movie. Some pretty good acting from Jolie, though maybe a bit too much screaming. Still, it gets REALLY dark about halfway through the movie, when we find out where her kidnapped son went to. And the setting for the late 20s/early 30s was pulled of great, with some fantastic costumes and set design.

Jul 9, 2009#364

The Lovely Boehner

ThatNickGuy said:
Changeling

Really great, if maybe too long, movie. Some pretty good acting from Jolie, though maybe a bit too much screaming. Still, it gets REALLY dark about halfway through the movie, when we find out where her kidnapped son went to. And the setting for the late 20s/early 30s was pulled of great, with some fantastic costumes and set design.

What did you think of Jeffery Donovan's(the main police guy) accent.

Jul 9, 2009#365

Cajungal

I liked Changeling...it WAS long though. I thought it ended twice before it actually ended... just like the last LOTR movie.

I saw 12 Rounds the other day, with some wrestling guy as the lead. I rent a lot of action movies when I want something to work out to--lots of running and explosions and stuff that makes it easier to be energetic... But I don't think I'll be watching it again.

[spoiler:1eahj56f]At the beginning of the movie, the main character is painted as this good, sympathetic cop. He's kind of tormented by the fact that a criminal's girlfriend was killed the night he caught him. But people keep dying left and right in the movie, and he doesn't seem to feel that bad about it... at all, really--even his partner/best friend who spends the whole movie helping him.[/spoiler:1eahj56f]

The last line is this awful wisecrack that's kind of jerks you out of the movie experience. I think I actually said, "wait, what???" out loud.

Took place in New Orleans... lotta references to Katrina. And a lot of cracks at the "big mean FBI."

Jul 9, 2009#366

Charlie Dont Surf said:
What did you think of Jeffery Donovan's(the main police guy) accent.

I was too busy grinding my teeth and trying not to leap into the TV and strangle him, myself, to notice an accent or not.

Jul 9, 2009#367

Bumble the Boy Wonder

Cajungal said:
I liked Changeling...it WAS long though. I thought it ended twice before it actually ended... just like the last LOTR movie.

I saw 12 Rounds the other day, with some wrestling guy as the lead. I rent a lot of action movies when I want something to work out to--lots of running and explosions and stuff that makes it easier to be energetic... But I don't think I'll be watching it again.

[spoiler:grt3m37m]At the beginning of the movie, the main character is painted as this good, sympathetic cop. He's kind of tormented by the fact that a criminal's girlfriend was killed the night he caught him. But people keep dying left and right in the movie, and he doesn't seem to feel that bad about it... at all, really--even his partner/best friend who spends the whole movie helping him.[/spoiler:grt3m37m]

The last line is this awful wisecrack that's kind of jerks you out of the movie experience. I think I actually said, "wait, what???" out loud.

Took place in New Orleans... lotta references to Katrina. And a lot of cracks at the "big mean FBI."

...What was the last line?? :Leyla:

Jul 9, 2009#368

The Lovely Boehner

It was a hilariously bad accent. Poor guy should stick to Burn Notice.

And 12 Rounds was pretty terrible, even from a "laugh at John Cena try to act" way.

Jul 9, 2009#369

Cajungal

Bumble the Boy Wonder said:
...What was the last line??

There's this big "let's go home" moment with him and his girlfriend, who was kidnapped.

[spoiler:2m1szg9g]Their home is blown up at the beginning of the movie, right before they take her. As they're walking away from the helicopter they WERE flying in before the movie ended, he puts his arm around her and says, "about the house..." BOOM! END. :confused:

[/spoiler:2m1szg9g]

JOHN CENA. Thank you. I had to look him up, because the whole movie, I was thinking, "looks like a puffed up mark wahlburg with a jaw implant."

Jul 9, 2009#370

The Lovely Boehner

I thought the ending one liner you were referring to was "YOU LOSE!"

Jul 9, 2009#371

Don't worry. A lot of wrestling fans hate Cena, too.

Jul 9, 2009#372

Cajungal

Charlie Dont Surf said:
I thought the ending one liner you were referring to was "YOU LOSE!"

Oooooo, I forgot that one! :Leyla:

It's a shame, because it's kind of a neat idea for a story. And I always get excited when a movie is filmed down here.

Jul 9, 2009#373

drawn_inward

The Wrestler

I think Mickey Rourke should have beat out Sean Penn for Best Actor. He was pretty incredible. I really like Aronofsky's Pi and The Fountain, but this didn't feel like an Aronofsky film. It's an interesting change, but it felt a bit too mainstream or something. They leave a lot up to the audience, which is interesting. Tomei was good, as was Evan Rachel Wood. Wood's crying scene was pretty damn good. I kind of felt that the nudity was a bit too much. I know she's a stripper, and all, but it kind of cheapens the movie to me.

Jul 9, 2009#374

The Lovely Boehner

drawn_inward said:
I know she's a stripper, and all, but it kind of cheapens the movie to me.

I thought it worked because it showed her as naked and vulnerable and hit home the parallel about both characters relying on their older body to survive.

Jul 9, 2009#375

fade

I just saw The Hangover. I thought it was funny and clever. It actually had some nice film moments, too. The decent camerawork added to the humor. Strangely, I thought Old School was boring and predictable, but this was pretty good.

I need to find a screen capture of Phil in his work clothes. I could rock that look, but I don't remember it very precisely.

Jul 9, 2009#376

Shegokigo

Drag Me To Hell One of my favorite new "non-serious" horror movies. Oh it was freakin great. Only things missing was an R rating, some nudity and I think the ending should have been a bit different. [spoiler:3v3gvhna]Since anyone with half a brain knew how the movie was going to end in the last 30minutes, I think it should have "fucked" with the "smart" people. They should have gotten on the train just fine. Credits start rolling. Everyone is like "damn, I thought that was going to end differently. Then halfway through the credits, it starts playing again, showing them at the cabin, THEN her ass gets taken down to hell.[/spoiler:3v3gvhna]

Enemy Mine - Still one of my favorite Sci-Fi movies of the 80s. Just every single aspect was great. It holds well over time (sans the effects). Glad it came up on Instant Watch on my Netflix que.

Jul 9, 2009#377

The Lovely Boehner

Shegokigo said:
Only things missing was an R rating, some nudity

I think Sam Raimi definitively proved he's one of a only a handful of filmmakers that can pull off a PG-13 horror movie without it seeming neutered.

Jul 9, 2009#378

Alucard

The Departed was a decent flick Jack Nicholson usually does a good job as ever was a bit surpised to see Damon play as a bad guy.
Goodfellas- forgot how cool that movie is
The Last Samuari-decent flick in which I can stand Tom Cruise acting.

Jul 9, 2009#379

Shegokigo

Charlie Dont Surf said:
Shegokigo said:

Only things missing was an R rating, some nudity

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I think Sam Raimi definitively proved he's one of a only a handful of filmmakers that can pull off a PG-13 horror movie without it seeming neutered.

Good movie? Sure. Missing some nudity? Definitely.

Jul 10, 2009#380

filmfanatic

Just got back from a midnight screening for Bruno.

Wow. Just wow. Sacha Baron Cohen actually managed to make this even more outrageous and :rofl:

-worthy than Borat.

Jul 10, 2009#381

ElJuski

Shegokigo said:
[/spoiler]

Enemy Mine - Still one of my favorite Sci-Fi movies of the 80s. Just every single aspect was great. It holds well over time (sans the effects). Glad it came up on Instant Watch on my Netflix que.

BAHAHAHAHA...I love the pregnant lizard man. He has the stupidest laugh. Me and my friends make that laugh from time...to time.

Jul 10, 2009#382

drawn_inward

Charlie Dont Surf said:
[quote="drawn_inward":iqs0iuar]I know she's a stripper, and all, but it kind of cheapens the movie to me.

I thought it worked because it showed her as naked and vulnerable and hit home the parallel about both characters relying on their older body to survive.[/quote:iqs0iuar]

It really only worked when she had that moment of realization at the end. That scene was fine. It made sense to me. Otherwise it was just TnA, IMO.

-- 10 Jul 2009, 01:32 --

fade said:
I just saw The Hangover. I thought it was funny and clever. It actually had some nice film moments, too. The decent camerawork added to the humor. Strangely, I thought Old School was boring and predictable, but this was pretty good.

Just watched it, too! It was funnier than expected. I agree on the Old School comment. Zach Gali-whatever was great. His part just kept getting funnier as the movie progressed. This scene made me laugh out loud.

fade said:
I need to find a screen capture of Phil in his work clothes. I could rock that look, but I don't remember it very precisely.

Something like this:

Jul 10, 2009#383

Shegokigo

ElJuski said:
BAHAHAHAHA...I love the pregnant lizard man. He has the stupidest laugh. Me and my friends make that laugh from time...to time.

I laughed pretty hard when I realized it resembled Mr.T's laugh. :rofl:

Last Night:

Little Nemo: Found this dvd on sale for $5.00 and had remembered seeing it as a kid, so I picked it up and watched it when I got home.... Wow, I did not remember what a mind fuck this entire film is. It's not exactly "directionless" but the back and forth between his bedroom and Slumberland was a trip to be sure. Nightmareland could have used a whole lot more "Nightmare" though. I think all generations of children should be given this movie experience though, it's really imaginative, even by today's standards.

Jul 10, 2009#384

You should check out the original Little Nemo by Windsor McCay comics, Sheg. I think you'd dig them.

Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium

Adults and non-big kids at heart need not see this movie. It's very silly, but with a surprising amount of maturity and thoughtfulness to it toward the end. Nothing great, by any means, and certainly nowhere near as fantastic as Zach Helm's other movie he scripted, Stranger Than Fiction. But it's still a lot of fun for those that are a kid at heart.

Jul 10, 2009#385

fade

ElJuski said:
Shegokigo said:

[/spoiler]

Enemy Mine - Still one of my favorite Sci-Fi movies of the 80s. Just every single aspect was great. It holds well over time (sans the effects). Glad it came up on Instant Watch on my Netflix que.

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BAHAHAHAHA...I love the pregnant lizard man. He has the stupidest laugh. Me and my friends make that laugh from time...to time.

Zamis get 4 5 fingers?

Jul 10, 2009#386

Shegokigo

fade said:
Zamis get 4 5 fingers?

What Happens In Vegas - At first I wasn't going to bother commenting on this, as I didnt' choose the film nor did I pay it much attention while it was on. Needless to say, it was a predictable film ie: I was able to announce the ending after the movie only having been on for 15minutes (much to my GFs dismay/attitude). It was just another run-of-the-mill boring "chick flick" with the same tired sterotypical characters in the same tired plots. :puke:

Jul 10, 2009#387

ElJuski

Not having seen that movie, I can safely say it follows the usual Romantic Comedy formula to a Tee.

Jul 10, 2009#388

The Lovely Boehner

But at least talented leads Cameron Diaz and Ashton Kutcher are able to breathe life into the normally boring stereoty......

:rofl:

Jul 10, 2009#389

Shegokigo

Charlie Dont Surf said:
But at least talented leads Cameron Diaz and Ashton Kutcher are able to breathe life into the normally boring stereoty......

Jul 10, 2009#390

Krisken

ElJuski said:
Not having seen that movie, I can safely say it follows the usual Romantic Comedy formula to a Tee.

I saw 10 minutes of it and believe me, you aren't wrong.

Jul 10, 2009#391

Cajungal

Oh, damn. What Happens in Vegas played all the way on my trip to the UK. :waah:

Jul 10, 2009#392

Shegokigo

Cajungal said:
Oh, damn. What Happens in Vegas played all the way on my trip to the UK. :waah:

What a beautiful torture. :twisted:

Jul 10, 2009#393

Krisken

Cajungal said:
Oh, damn. What Happens in Vegas played all the way on my trip to the UK. :waah:

Yeah, 10 minutes was more than enough for me.

Jul 10, 2009#394

Cajungal

Shegokigo said:
Cajungal said:

Oh, damn. What Happens in Vegas played all the way on my trip to the UK. :waah:

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What a beautiful torture.

I got horribly painful cramps in my calves that night. They told me it was the long flight... I knew it was the movie.

Jul 10, 2009#395

Lally

Shegokigo said:
Enemy Mine - Still one of my favorite Sci-Fi movies of the 80s. Just every single aspect was great. It holds well over time (sans the effects). Glad it came up on Instant Watch on my Netflix que.

I haven't seen this movie since I was a little kid and I remember about 2% of it... I added it to my Netflix as soon as I saw it. I was like "EEEE!" I haven't watched it yet though... been trying to marathon my way through Ghost In The Shell Stand Alone Complex before the second season goes off Instant Queue on the 14th.

To stay relevant to the thread, my boyfriend and I watched Primer the other night. It's an independent sci-fi film made on a budget of $7000. Lots of math/engineering talk, lots of talking in general... it was interesting because they explained a lot of the science behind what they were doing. (People on Netflix, it's on Instant Queue if you're interested)

Jul 10, 2009#396

Steven Soderburgin

Last night I saw Food, Inc. which was an entertaining and convincing documentary about the problems with the food industry. I also saw Away We Go, which I did not like.

Jul 10, 2009#397

Push

Just a really cool action flick. Not a whole lot in the way of character depth or development, but still a really neat concept. Psychic powers left, right and center made it totally wicked. I think I heard the intention was to turn it into a franchise and I'd be down for that.

Jul 11, 2009#398

Steven Soderburgin

ThatNickGuy said:
Push

Just a really cool action flick. Not a whole lot in the way of character depth or development, but still a really neat concept. Psychic powers left, right and center made it totally wicked. I think I heard the intention was to turn it into a franchise and I'd be down for that.

Too bad it made about $4.

fakeedit: Just checked on boxoffice mojo, and worldwide gross is $45 million. Ouch. Just barely made back its budget. You'll probably see a sequel to this before a Serenity sequel, though.

Jul 11, 2009#399

Allen, who is Quiet

Saw Bruno.

I was laughing a lot, but I'm fine if I never see it again.

Jul 11, 2009#400

CynicismKills

Watched Batman Returns last night for the first time in a few years.

So apparently somewhere in between Batman and BR Batman forgot how to fight, decided he likes to crack one-liners, and got really stupid.

Jul 11, 2009#401

Hailey Knight

I'm watching The Mist right now. Holy crap...

Jul 11, 2009#402

ElJuski

Lally said:
Shegokigo said:

Enemy Mine - Still one of my favorite Sci-Fi movies of the 80s. Just every single aspect was great. It holds well over time (sans the effects). Glad it came up on Instant Watch on my Netflix que.

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I haven't seen this movie since I was a little kid and I remember about 2% of it... I added it to my Netflix as soon as I saw it. I was like "EEEE!" I haven't watched it yet though... been trying to marathon my way through Ghost In The Shell Stand Alone Complex before the second season goes off Instant Queue on the 14th.

To stay relevant to the thread, my boyfriend and I watched Primer the other night. It's an independent sci-fi film made on a budget of $7000. Lots of math/engineering talk, lots of talking in general... it was interesting because they explained a lot of the science behind what they were doing. (People on Netflix, it's on Instant Queue if you're interested)

Primer made my head hurt for like, a couple weeks.

I just saw Bruno; Cohen does his thing, and I don't mind it. I think Borat is a better character, but Bruno was funny too. I'm excited now for what new character he is going to scheme up and hit the world with.

Jul 11, 2009#403

SeraRelm

Outlander
Grade B+ movie, or possibly A-. The story has been done before of course, but not a bad twist and kind of a buddy buddy feel to all the characters. Think 13th Warrior with a spaceman and Sci-Fi channel monsters.

Jul 11, 2009#404

The Lovely Boehner

escushion said:
I'm watching The Mist right now. Holy crap...

This movie was such a pleasant surprise for me.

Jul 11, 2009#405

SeraRelm

How?

As in, how was it pleasant when you had to sludge your way through every standard trope character King puts in almost all his books?

Jul 11, 2009#406

The Lovely Boehner

SeraRelm said:
How?

As in, how was it pleasant when you had to sludge your way through every standard trope character King puts in almost all his books?

:eyeroll:

It was an awesome horror movie.

Jul 11, 2009#407

SeraRelm

:eyeroll:
If you say so. I mean the idea is good, but the character's just don't do it for me at all.

Jul 11, 2009#408

Frankie Williamson

ElJuski said:
Lally said:

Shegokigo said:

Enemy Mine - Still one of my favorite Sci-Fi movies of the 80s. Just every single aspect was great. It holds well over time (sans the effects). Glad it came up on Instant Watch on my Netflix que.

Click to expand...

I haven't seen this movie since I was a little kid and I remember about 2% of it... I added it to my Netflix as soon as I saw it. I was like "EEEE!" I haven't watched it yet though... been trying to marathon my way through Ghost In The Shell Stand Alone Complex before the second season goes off Instant Queue on the 14th.

To stay relevant to the thread, my boyfriend and I watched Primer the other night. It's an independent sci-fi film made on a budget of $7000. Lots of math/engineering talk, lots of talking in general... it was interesting because they explained a lot of the science behind what they were doing. (People on Netflix, it's on Instant Queue if you're interested)

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Primer made my head hurt for like, a couple weeks.

I just saw Bruno; Cohen does his thing, and I don't mind it. I think Borat is a better character, but Bruno was funny too. I'm excited now for what new character he is going to scheme up and hit the world with.

[spoiler:252azy1t]The end of the movie, with him and his assistant making out in the middle of the barbed wire MMA ring with people flipping out killed me. Especially that really intense redneck that was just screaming NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!![/spoiler:252azy1t] I really enjoyed the fucking shit out Bruno. I loved that half the theatre (mostly old people) got up and walked out after the TV screening bit. What the fuck did people expect? Seriously?

Jul 11, 2009#409

Hailey Knight

Eh, I'm with Charlie this time, though I haven't finished the movie yet. It'd have to really fuck up at this point to lose me though.

Jul 11, 2009#410

Krisken

Yeah, I'm agreeing with Charlie on The Mist, too. I was pleasantly surprised.

Honestly, it's hard to make a horror movie without characters that are typical.

Jul 11, 2009#411

Hailey Knight

Okay, wow... That ending...

I can understand that it needed some more finality than the novella, but holy shit. I don't know if that was really necessary. Still a good horror movie, but that was just... Yeesh.

Jul 11, 2009#412

Krisken

escushion said:
Okay, wow... That ending...

I can understand that it needed some more finality than the novella, but holy shit. I don't know if that was really necessary. Still a good horror movie, but that was just... Yeesh.

That was my favorite bit, that they didn't cop out on the ending, Cujo style.

Jul 11, 2009#413

Steve

I loved the ending of The Mist. It stays with you for awhile. Had he waited just a few more minutes. . .

Just got back from Bruno. The focus group scene was great and the "Straight Dave" tough man contest was the perfect ending. Just like Borat, this one really exposes people's ignorance and prejudice. It's not a movie that you'll laugh at from beginning to end but when you do laugh it's side splitting.

Jul 11, 2009#414

Shegokigo

The Mist had my favorite ending in a movie since Seven. No question.

Jul 11, 2009#415

The Lovely Boehner

Shegokigo said:
The Mist had my favorite ending in a movie since Seven. No question.

And it didn't even have any tits!

Jul 11, 2009#416

Steve

Speaking of Seven I've heard a lot of great things about that movie but I could never finish it. Just bored me to death. I know how it ends not by watching it but by friends telling me. Just can't get that far before my mind drifts off to Transformers.

Jul 11, 2009#417

fade

I have to say, I wasn't a huge Seven fan either. I heard all this praise, and the movie was rather mediocre when I finally saw it. I mean, come on. The end was a non-surprising surprise. I didn't see all of it coming, but they'd foreshadowed it so much that when they finally revealed things, it wasn't all that surprising.

Jul 11, 2009#418

ElJuski

WHATS IN THE BOX!? AWWW CMOONNNN WHATS IN THE BOX

Jul 11, 2009#419

Hailey Knight

Krisken said:
escushion said:

Okay, wow... That ending...

I can understand that it needed some more finality than the novella, but holy shit. I don't know if that was really necessary. Still a good horror movie, but that was just... Yeesh.

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That was my favorite bit, that they didn't cop out on the ending, Cujo style.

Point, but I don't think Cujo was that great a book or movie, although I did give props to King for the book's ending.

I'm kinda glad I wasn't as attached to The Mist movie's characters as to the novella's. It was an excellent adaptation though, which is a rare thing with Stephen King books. In fact, Frank Darabont is responsible for other good King adaptations, The Green Mile and (haven't seen it, but from all I've heard) The Shawshank Redemption.

Jul 11, 2009#420

Shegokigo

Charlie Dont Surf said:
Shegokigo said:

The Mist had my favorite ending in a movie since Seven. No question.

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And it didn't even have any tits!

Hence I said favorite "ending", Not film. It doesn't even rank on my top 30.

ElJuski said:
WHATS IN THE BOX!? AWWW CMOONNNN WHATS IN THE BOX

Loved that. It was the one scene in which I actually liked Pitt, which didn't happen again till Snatch.

Jul 11, 2009#421

Steve

For those of you that like the cock Bruno is just the film for you. Or creative anal sex scenes. Or homophobes. Or the cock. Yes, a closeup of a swinging cock. I don't understand how the stuff in that movie could be shown and it still get an "R" rating.

Best part was a mom brought her young daughter (about 13) and her friend to see the movie and they sat in front of us. . . for about five minutes of the film at which that point the mother hurried out of the theater.

Jul 11, 2009#422

Hailey Knight

I love stuff like that, when you can tell the point in which "I made a big fucking mistake" goes through a parent's head.

Jul 12, 2009#423

Steven Soderburgin

DIG IT

I AM SORT OF DRUNK AND I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE NEW MICHAEL MANN FILM PUBLIC ENEMIES

it is a movie with astoundingly good art direction, good performances, occasionally great direction, a sometimes terrible and mostly inconsistent musical score, and a very hit-or-miss screenplay. watching it is like reading a book about the history of John Dillinger, which is appropriate I guess because it is based on a book about the last year and a half of John Dillinger's life. The "Just the facts, ma'am" approach almost works, but the movie sort of collapses under its own weight when you realize that the sleek direction and storytelling are a thin cover for the lack of substance. Any time the movie approaches being an interesting look at John Dillinger and his legacy, it backs off. That being said, there is a phenomenal 15 minute gunfight in the middle of the movie that probably makes it worth seeing. it's just too bad the rest of the movie couldn't live up to it.

THIS HAS BEEN KISSINGER'S MOVIE MINUTE, PEACE

Jul 12, 2009#424

fade

Ugg. Big sign on the theater windows: "No more refunds for Bruno. Movie is about...etc." Why'd they give any? If you can't be bothered to find out what a movie is about before you go, you deserve the rude awakening. After Borat, should it really have been a surprise anyway? And why do I keep seeing kids (like 4-10 y.o.) at R rated movies?

Jul 12, 2009#425

Frankie Williamson

fade said:
Ugg. Big sign on the theater windows: "No more refunds for Bruno. Movie is about...etc." Why'd they give any? If you can't be bothered to find out what a movie is about before you go, you deserve the rude awakening. After Borat, should it really have been a surprise anyway? And why do I keep seeing kids (like 4-10 y.o.) at R rated movies?

My buddy and I who saw Bruno were laughing as hard at the people leaving in a huff as much as we were at the movie itself.

Jul 12, 2009#426

Hailey Knight

Back on The Mist: I did think it was a great movie; the end just left a bad taste in my mouth.

Jul 12, 2009#427

Shegokigo

Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker - Finally got my GF to sit down and watch, she's not exactly a huge comic book/western animation fan, but this to me, is the best Batman movie made (animation/live action). In the end she said "Wow, just wow. That took me completely by surprise. I didn't see the twist coming at all and it was very original." she gave it a thumbs up and I'm going to use this opportunity to show her Mask of the Phantasm.

Jul 12, 2009#428

Steven Soderburgin

The Hurt Locker is the best film of the year so far. It is the first great film of 2009, and it is the film in which Kathryn Bigelow finally materializes as a great filmmaker. She and her producers financed the film themselves and shot the movie in Jordan with no aid from the military at all, though they did ask. It is a movie in which we hope that nothing explodes, because we care deeply about the people onscreen. Bigelow knows that is the secret to suspense, and takes Hitchcock's Bomb Theory almost literally.

The movie opens with words from Chris Hedges: "The rush of battle is a potent and often lethal addiction, for war is a drug." The rest of the quote fades leaving just the last four words lingering on the screen. This is a film about the people who do dangerous jobs in war. Its setting is the Iraq War, but it could be any war, any time. It does not make being in the military look fun, and it is not a pro-war movie, and the film deftly avoids making any comment on the current situation in Iraq. That's not what Bigelow and screenwriter Mark Boal are interested in. They're interested in what drives these men and how they can do what they do day in and day out. It focuses its attention solely on the idea presented in Chris Hedges' words.

Jeremy Renner is brilliant as Staff Sergeant William James. The rest of the cast is also very good, but Renner does most of the heavy lifting in the film, and his performance is Oscar worthy. James has the most dangerous job of all the men in his EOD company. The way he approaches defusing explosives is intuitive, and he has great respect for how these devices work and those who put them together. When a bomb challenges him, he is not frustrated, but impressed by the expertise and craftsmanship.

The Hurt Locker is a great film. It's also a rather incredible achievement. I link Roger Ebert a lot, but he probably loves film more and better than anyone else alive today. Here is his four star review and here is what he wrote on his journal about The Hurt Locker.

Jul 12, 2009#429

@Li3n

Shegokigo said:
Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker - Finally got my GF to sit down and watch, she's not exactly a huge comic book/western animation fan, but this to me, is the best Batman movie made (animation/live action). In the end she said "Wow, just wow. That took me completely by surprise. I didn't see the twist coming at all and it was very original." she gave it a thumbs up and I'm going to use this opportunity to show her Mask of the Phantasm.

I didn't find it as good as you, but that might just be because they almost ruined B.Beyond by making Terry Bruce's genetic son instead of going the logical way and just having WW's daughter show up... JLU continuity FTW.

Jul 12, 2009#430

Shegokigo

@Li3n said:
Shegokigo said:

Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker - Finally got my GF to sit down and watch, she's not exactly a huge comic book/western animation fan, but this to me, is the best Batman movie made (animation/live action). In the end she said "Wow, just wow. That took me completely by surprise. I didn't see the twist coming at all and it was very original." she gave it a thumbs up and I'm going to use this opportunity to show her Mask of the Phantasm.

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I didn't find it as good as you, but that might just be because they almost ruined B.Beyond by making Terry Bruce's genetic son instead of going the logical way and just having WW's daughter show up... JLU continuity FTW.

I never watched the B.Beyond series. So there you go.

Jul 12, 2009#431

Hailey Knight

@Li3n said:
Shegokigo said:

Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker - Finally got my GF to sit down and watch, she's not exactly a huge comic book/western animation fan, but this to me, is the best Batman movie made (animation/live action). In the end she said "Wow, just wow. That took me completely by surprise. I didn't see the twist coming at all and it was very original." she gave it a thumbs up and I'm going to use this opportunity to show her Mask of the Phantasm.

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I didn't find it as good as you, but that might just be because they almost ruined B.Beyond by making Terry Bruce's genetic son instead of going the logical way and just having WW's daughter show up... JLU continuity FTW.

That really has nothing to do with the quality of the movie, but with JLU continuity. It's easily ignorable info.

Although I agree that that is a really stupid idea.

Jul 13, 2009#432

Frankie Williamson

Kissinger said:
The Hurt Locker is the best film of the year so far. It is the first great film of 2009, and it is the film in which Kathryn Bigelow finally materializes as a great filmmaker.

A coworker got me stoked for that one a while ago. It's one I'll unfortunately have to wait to hit the DVD shelves as nothing in "select" theatres ever comes near here.

Jul 13, 2009#433

Philosopher B.

Orange County

Decent, if extremely predictable cinema.

12 Angry Men

Fucking awesome cinema.

Million Dollar Baby

My new fifth favorite movie of all time. Just ... holy fuck. I mean to say, oh shit.

Jul 13, 2009#434

ElJuski

Orange County, I found, ages well over time. Some great lines in there-- "Sean, we are the same height; that is neat."

Just watched Fanboys. I'm surprised that so many talented comedians had a part in this movie...and it ended up so underwhelming. It's a shame the film's sordid history of coming to the cinema seemed to have left it dead on arrival.

Jul 13, 2009#435

Outlander

Holy shit, why did this movie not get more press and success before going to video? Seriously, it was epicly awesome. The whole story is a guy from space crash lands on Earth around 700, in Norway. Winds up joining with a tribe of vikings to take down a "dragon", which is actually an alien beast that caused the crash landing.

All sorts of Beowulf references and the story heavily caters to Beowolf's plot. But it does it so well that there's no room to complain. CG on the monster itself was surprisingly well done, though lacking at some points. But you've got Jim Caviezel, Ron Perlman and John Hurt in it. Totally buying this one when I can afford it.

Again, seriously. How the hell did this movie not be more successful? It was fucking awesome.

Jul 14, 2009#436

Cajungal

I saw that a week ago! I KNOW! IT RULES!

I told my folks to check it out and they loved it too. Don't you love how the [spoiler:394h5737]monster's like a big freaking dragon/panther/anglerfish?![/spoiler:394h5737]

Jul 14, 2009#437

Hell yes! As Yahtzee says, "The only way it could MORE awesome is if it had tits and was on fire."

Jul 14, 2009#438

Cajungal

and had branston pickle on it

Jul 14, 2009#439

Krisken

I just finished watching Burn After Reading.

Wow, just wow. There is no way I can talk about this movie without giving stuff away, and that would be very unfair to anyone who hasn't seen it.

I will say the ending was hilarious. Movie starts slow, kinda grinds, then about halfway it all starts to tie together. Fucking brilliant.

Jul 14, 2009#440

ElJuski

Krisken said:
I just finished watching Burn After Reading.

Wow, just wow. There is no way I can talk about this movie without giving stuff away, and that would be very unfair to anyone who hasn't seen it.

I will say the ending was hilarious. Movie starts slow, kinda grinds, then about halfway it all starts to tie together. Fucking brilliant.

The Coen Bros. have a fantastic understanding of dark, dry comedy, and Burn After Reading is so cynically delicious. Brad Pitt's character was excellent. Loved how nihillistic it all was.

Jul 14, 2009#441

Shegokigo

Loved Malkovich in it.

Hated Pitt.

Overall, it was "ok".

Jul 14, 2009#442

Chazwozel

Shegokigo said:
Loved Malkovich in it.

Hated Pitt.

Overall, it was "ok".

Brad Pitt has been perpetually stuck in Fight Club mode ever since that movie came out. Every movie after that seems like he's the know it all, rebellious, snarky Tyler Durden.

Jul 14, 2009#443

Krisken

Chazwozel said:
Shegokigo said:

Loved Malkovich in it.

Hated Pitt.

Overall, it was "ok".

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Brad Pitt has been perpetually stuck in Fight Club mode ever since that movie came out. Every movie after that seems like he's the know it all, rebellious, snarky Tyler Durden.

I didn't get that vibe off this character at all. He quite literally plays a moron. In fact, most of the people in it are playing morons.

Jul 14, 2009#444

ElJuski

Chazwozel said:
Shegokigo said:

Loved Malkovich in it.

Hated Pitt.

Overall, it was "ok".

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Brad Pitt has been perpetually stuck in Fight Club mode ever since that movie came out. Every movie after that seems like he's the know it all, rebellious, snarky Tyler Durden.

:blue:

Jul 14, 2009#445

Shegokigo

Krisken said:
I didn't get that vibe off this character at all. He quite literally plays a moron. In fact, most of the people in it are playing morons.

Everyone but Malcovich, he shined in his role. Everyonelse pulled off "moron" perfectly too. Pitt came off as annoying and "trying too hard".

Jul 14, 2009#446

Chazwozel

Krisken said:
Chazwozel said:

Shegokigo said:

Loved Malkovich in it.

Hated Pitt.

Overall, it was "ok".

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Brad Pitt has been perpetually stuck in Fight Club mode ever since that movie came out. Every movie after that seems like he's the know it all, rebellious, snarky Tyler Durden.

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I didn't get that vibe off this character at all. He quite literally plays a moron. In fact, most of the people in it are playing morons.

Ah, moron Tyler Durden is seen in various snippets of Fight Club. Namely when he's riding the bike around inside the house with a mad bomber hat on, or while he's fucking Marla Singer with rubber gloves on.

Jul 14, 2009#447

ElJuski

Yeah...that's a complete, ridiculous stretch.

Jul 14, 2009#448

Krisken

Shegokigo said:
Krisken said:

I didn't get that vibe off this character at all. He quite literally plays a moron. In fact, most of the people in it are playing morons.

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Everyone but Malcovich, he shined in his role. Everyonelse pulled off "moron" perfectly too. Pitt came off as annoying and "trying too hard".

Agreed on Malkovich.

Ok, spoiler, don't go over if ya haven't seen it. [spoiler:1lehe6ft]Pitt wasn't in the movie enough to really bother me. I thought the over the top portrayal of a dumb gym roider was fine. I'm just glad he wasn't every other character he plays (as Chaz says earlier)[/spoiler:1lehe6ft].

The CIA scenes with J.K. Simmons and David Rasche was absolutely perfect. It showed how stupidity can utterly confuse and befuddle intelligent people.

Jul 14, 2009#449

ElJuski

Because I have the desire to explain:Tyler Durden shows unrepressed desire, and Brad Pitt's character in Burn After Reading shows narcissistic naivite. They are, by no means, any way shape or form, similar characters through motivation, background or personality, except they are played by the same dude.

No, wait, they both work out.

Shit.

About Malkovich: He was absolutely awesome in his role, too. The distempter that just simmered, then boiled, beneath his skin. He was funny, freaky, terrifying all at once.

Jul 14, 2009#450

Shannow

Couldnt sleep sunday night. Ended up flipping through the channels. Watched Under Siege in HD. First time in years.

It was fantastic.

Jul 14, 2009#451

Shegokigo

Krisken said:
The CIA scenes with J.K. Simmons and David Rasche was absolutely perfect. It showed how stupidity can utterly confuse and befuddle intelligent people.

Easily my favorite parts in the film, though sadly few and far between.

ElJuski said:
About Malkovich: He was absolutely awesome in his role, too. The distempter that just simmered, then boiled, beneath his skin. He was funny, freaky, terrifying all at once.

Beautiful way of putting it Juski, just nailed it.

Jul 14, 2009#452

Krisken

Shegokigo said:
Krisken said:

The CIA scenes with J.K. Simmons and David Rasche was absolutely perfect. It showed how stupidity can utterly confuse and befuddle intelligent people.

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Easily my favorite parts in the film, though sadly few and far between.

ElJuski said:

About Malkovich: He was absolutely awesome in his role, too. The distempter that just simmered, then boiled, beneath his skin. He was funny, freaky, terrifying all at once.

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Beautiful way of putting it Juski, just nailed it.

Agreed on both counts. Also interesting is how John's character slowly falls apart through the movie. Everyone else in the movie who is affected has things happen to them in huge crashes, while he faces slow deterioration.

Jul 14, 2009#453

fade

I though Pitt played the role he was supposed to play perfectly. He was a bimbo, plain and simple.

Jul 14, 2009#454

The Lovely Boehner

Pitt was awesome in Fight Club and Burn After Reading, and the characters were completely different.

And yes, Pitt was acting just like Tyler Durden in Benjamin Button too.

Jul 14, 2009#455

Krisken

Charlie Dont Surf said:
Pitt was awesome in Fight Club and Burn After Reading, and the characters were completely different.

And yes, Pitt was acting just like Tyler Durden in Benjamin Button too.

Didn't see it, but that might make the movie interesting.

From what I hear, it was dull as hell.

Jul 14, 2009#456

Shegokigo

Charlie Dont Surf said:
And yes, Pitt was acting just like Tyler Durden in Benjamin Button too.

I won't agree on "good job in BaR" but they really were very different.

Krisken said:
Didn't see it, but that might make the movie interesting.

From what I hear, it was dull as hell.

It was the good kind of "dull" though, I thought at least.

Jul 14, 2009#457

CynicismKills

Benjamin Button bored the crap out of me. Everyone in the movie seemed like they had other places they'd rather be, like better movies.

Burn After Reading was great. [spoiler:1r61fnj1]Brad Pitt getting shot in the face took a second to set in, came out of fucking left field.[/spoiler:1r61fnj1] Malkovich and Clooney were great, too.

Jul 14, 2009#458

Steven Soderburgin

I thought Clooney's performance was incredibly annoying, tbh.

EDIT: Not his character, necessarily, but the performance in particular.

Jul 14, 2009#459

ElJuski

One of the weaker links in a great cast, I think. Still thoroughly enjoyed his character, though. Also, the manager. What's his name?

Jul 14, 2009#460

Steven Soderburgin

ElJuski said:
One of the weaker links in a great cast, I think. Still thoroughly enjoyed his character, though. Also, the manager. What's his name?

The great Dick Jenkins, Oscar nominated last year for his performance in the woefully under-seen film The Visitor

Jul 14, 2009#461

ElJuski

I haven't minded him in anything I've seen--he's one of those, "HEY ITS THAT GUY!" kinda guys. I should really imdb more.

And...the Visitor? I think I remember this movie coming out, but it's kind of got that generic name...you say its good, do you?

HM

Jul 14, 2009#462

Philosopher B.

Watched The Darjeeling Limited. I dunno, some bits were good, but after they got off the train, everything seemed to meander a bit too much for my liking. Though I've only ever seen one other Wes Anderson film (The Life Aquatic), I preferred what it got done in terms of story and characters. This movie just left me feeling vaguely unfulfilled.

Jul 15, 2009#463

Persepolis took my breath away. Besides standing on its own as a lovely movie, it's probably the best adaptation of a graphic novel I've ever seen. The artistic style and the animation exactly complement the storytelling just as the drawings did in the novel. It's stark and unsentimental and unsubtle, which I mean in a good way, in that it comes by its emotions honestly. I think my judgment of the movie is biased partly by my love of the novel and partly by my love of the art and animation itself. Also, it's impossible to watch it right now without thinking of what's been going on in Iran recently.

Jul 15, 2009#464

Shegokigo

Would you recommend someone to read the novel first?

Jul 15, 2009#465

Shegokigo said:
Would you recommend someone to read the novel first?

Yes, although it is not at all necessary to enjoy the film. But the novel is wonderful and worth reading, and you'll appreciate the movie more (both thematically and visually), I think.

Jul 18, 2009#466

fade

Educating Rita (1983). For the first time, I'm speechless. I really liked this movie, as did the critics, BAFTA, the Golden Globes, and the Academy. Yet, I cannot for the life of me figure out why. The story is a very plain Pygmalion clone. The cinematography is very plain, too. I suppose it was Michael Caine and Julie Walters (best known in the US as Molly Weasley, probably) that made the film. The narrative does speak to the mind-narrowing effect of education, especially in the arts. And it does speak to classism. But it doesn't go out of its way to do either. Maybe that's why it works.

Jul 18, 2009#467

Aisaku

Philosopher B. said:
Watched The Darjeeling Limited. I dunno, some bits were good, but after they got off the train, everything seemed to meander a bit too much for my liking. Though I've only ever seen one other Wes Anderson film (The Life Aquatic), I preferred what it got done in terms of story and characters. This movie just left me feeling vaguely unfulfilled.

Agreed. It wavers around a lot after the train but then again I think that's the idea there they were looking for something big, something important, something illuminating. And at the end they came to realize what they were looking for was already within their reach, only overlooked until now.

Looking forward to watching Life Aquatic.

Jul 18, 2009#468

Bowielee

I LOVED Educating Rita. I'll have to netflix it. I haven't seen it in over 10 years.

I went and saw HP 6 this weekend. It was awsome, IMO.

I also watched Bruno via ARG...

I'm really glad I didn't pay money to see it.

Jul 18, 2009#469

Coraline

Holy crap, that was neat. It's been years since I read the book, so I don't recall what was new (apparently quite a bit?) and what might have changed. I don't believe there were other neighbours, such as the two old women and the Russian...or the talking cat, although there might've been a talking cat in the book, too. As I said, very rusty.

Still, the visuals on it were amazing and the story was a lot of fun. I'll definitely be buying this one, eventually.

Jul 19, 2009#470

Shegokigo

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090065/
Starchaser: The Legend of Orin - Had seen this as a kid and Netflix rented it. Was very curious to see how well it handled over time. Other than some "speedy" plot points I was amazed at how well it held up and was better than ALOT of animated films released over the years.

Jul 19, 2009#471

Mr. Lawface

ThatNickGuy said:
I don't believe there were other neighbours, such as the two old women and the Russian...or the talking cat, although there might've been a talking cat in the book, too. As I said, very rusty.

The two old women, the mouse trainer, and the talking cat were all in the book. The boy who rode the bike was not in the book.

Jul 19, 2009#472

Far

Saw Moon today and loved it. I had a bit different idea as to how I thought the movie would play out at first but I wasn't at all disappointed by how it actually ended up. Sound direction was phenomenal too.

[spoiler:2m64rvlw]I had accidentally read somewhere that Sam goes to the site of the accident and finds something. I figured it would be a clone but I didn't think the one still at the site would be alive. I thought the entire movie would be the newly awakened clone slowly piecing things together with Gerty both helping and hindering him, then finding out that he was a clone at the end. Loved the direction they went with though.[/spoiler:2m64rvlw]

Jul 19, 2009#473

Finally saw Princess Mononoke (subtitled). I enjoyed it very much but I think the hype got to me just a bit as it wasn't, you know, the most incredible animated movie ever released in the history of cinema. Always love getting lost in Miyazaki's worlds though.

Jul 19, 2009#474

Steven Soderburgin

ZenMonkey said:
Finally saw Princess Mononoke (subtitled). I enjoyed it very much but I think the hype got to me just a bit as it wasn't, you know, the most incredible animated movie ever released in the history of cinema.

Wow. I can understand hyping this movie up a lot because it is really great, but whoever told you that it was the most incredible animated movie ever made is deluding themselves.

-- Sun Jul 19, 2009 7:38 am --

Far said:
Saw Moon today and loved it. I had a bit different idea as to how I thought the movie would play out at first but I wasn't at all disappointed by how it actually ended up. Sound direction was phenomenal too.

Yeah, the sound design, art direction, and score were all fantastic. I love the art direction especially because the space Sam occupies really felt lived in. It wasn't clean and shiny, but dirty. That's a tough thing to pull off in a manufactured space. The station felt utilitarian, as it should. It was a real "working class" sort of vision of space and science fiction where it wasn't glamorized at all. I really liked the movie and felt like it could stand up next to the really great science fiction of the seventies which it is definitely recalling.

Jul 19, 2009#475

Shegokigo

Kissinger said:
Wow. I can understand hyping this movie up a lot because it is really great, but whoever told you that it was the most incredible animated movie ever made is deluding themselves.

Name 2 animated films more completely and thoroughly better than Mononoke. I'm not saying it's the greatest film ever either, but I do have trouble thinking of better ones off the top of my head.

Latest movie:

I"ve been watching ALOT of stand-up specials on INSTANT watch on Netflix recently, and came across Gilbert Godfried: Dirty Jokes - It literally is him, on stage, telling "Guy walks into a bar" etc kind of jokes for 45 minutes. It was an "interesting" watch if you've never seen him outside of film.

Jul 19, 2009#476

Steven Soderburgin

Shegokigo said:
Name 2 animated films more completely and thoroughly better than Mononoke. I'm not saying it's the greatest film ever either, but I do have trouble thinking of better ones off the top of my head.

Beauty and The Beast
Spirited Away

Want more than 2?

Jul 19, 2009#477

Shegokigo

Kissinger said:
Beauty and The Beast
Spirited Away

Want more than 2?

Your first one just makes me :rofl:

Second one I'd considered tied.

If you'd like to list more I'm all ears. This is genuine curiousity, as one of the films that comes to mind that I prefer is "Metropolis".

Jul 19, 2009#478

Wahad

Bandidas.

Pretty fun. Nothing amazing (except Hayek and Cruz :unibrow:

), but a nice movie.

Jul 19, 2009#479

Bowielee

Shegokigo said:
Kissinger said:

Beauty and The Beast
Spirited Away

Want more than 2?

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Your first one just makes me
Second one I'd considered tied.

If you'd like to list more I'm all ears. This is genuine curiousity, as one of the films that comes to mind that I prefer is "Metropolis".

Laugh all you want, but Beauty and the Beast was nominated for an Academy Award for best picture.

Just double checked. It was the ONLY animated feature to be nominated for Best Picture.

Jul 19, 2009#480

Shegokigo

Bowielee said:
Laugh all you want, but Beauty and the Beast was nominated for an Academy Award for best picture.

Just double checked. It was the ONLY animated feature to be nominated for Best Picture.

*shrug* Didn't find it the least bit amazing/entertaining.

Jul 19, 2009#481

Ravenpoe

Bowielee said:
Just double checked. It was the ONLY animated feature to be nominated for Best Picture.

That's because after Beauty and the Beast, the academy created the best animated film category, so that no more of those lousy 'cartoons' would be poking their nose in with the 'real' films again.

Jul 19, 2009#482

Steven Soderburgin

Shegokigo said:
Your first one just makes me
Second one I'd considered tied.

If you'd like to list more I'm all ears. This is genuine curiousity, as one of the films that comes to mind that I prefer is "Metropolis".

Beauty and the Beast was fairly groundbreaking in a few ways, and there isn't a bad scene in the entire thing. It's gorgeous to look at, has great characters, the music is entertaining and drives the story (essential for a musical). It's a beautiful story that has been told over and over again, and this is a great retelling. It's my favorite Disney movie.

As for Spirited Away, I find it far more personal than Princess Mononoke. This is unsurprising considering Mononoke approaches a sprawling epic. But the world in Spirited Away is so rich and deep, and the characters are so great, and it has some breathtakingly beautiful animation. It's just a notch above Mononoke in my book.

I might also put My Neighbor Totoro above Mononoke, depending on my mood.

Some others that I'd put right up there with Mononoke, perhaps but not necessarily above it:
Triplets of Belleville
Finding Nemo
WALL-E
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Fantasia

But yeah, Mononoke is definitely high up on the list of greatest animated films.

Ravenpoe said:
That's because after Beauty and the Beast, the academy created the best animated film category, so that no more of those lousy 'cartoons' would be poking their nose in with the 'real' films again

Nah, the real reason they added that category is so that they could honor and draw attention to MORE animated films, and give animated films in general higher honors than they would normally get. Unfortunately for the Academy, since then, Pixar has started making movies that have sort of languished in Best Animated purgatory, sort of undoing what the Academy really wanted to do with that category.

Jul 19, 2009#483

Alucard

Saw Push seemed like an interesting premise even though I still don't care for Dakota Fanning as an actress.

Jul 19, 2009#484

Thread Necromancer

BlackCat said:
Saw Push seemed like an interesting premise even though I still don't care for Dakota Fanning as an actress.

I just watched this one last night myself. I thought it had promise, and wasn't terrible, but overall could have been considerably better. I couldn't give a hoot one way or the other on Dakota Fanning, she's neither impressive nor horrid. As such I actually feel she fit well with the movie, as I said, it was neither impressive nor horrid itself.

Night before last I watched Knowing with Nick Cage. I'm still conflicted on that one and haven't formed an opinion on it. It was totally not what I was expecting, half the time feeling like a horror film and the other... something else. And then it just felt like the last fifteen minutes took a different track all together and I kept looking around to see if I'd missed my train station. Don't get me wrong, I get it and all, it just felt like it broke the flow of the movie in the last 10 minutes.

Jul 19, 2009#485

HCGLNS

Just watched Fanboys. Moderately amusing, with lots of camp.

Jul 19, 2009#486

Kissinger said:
Wow. I can understand hyping this movie up a lot because it is really great, but whoever told you that it was the most incredible animated movie ever made is deluding themselves.

It wasn't just one person, it's the whole mystique around the movie. I totally agree with you about Spirited Away. It got me more on a gut level than Princess Mononoke, but I can't really decide objectively which one is "better."

Triplets of Belleville totally knocked me for a loop (in a great way), but again, no expectations or even knowledge going in.

Today I finally saw In Bruges. Excellent.

Jul 19, 2009#487

crono1224

Just recently saw Up and Harry Potter.

I find that I liked Wall-E more than Up, but Up was certainly an amazing movie.

For amazing animated movies Spirited Away deffinately is a very good movie certainly brings you in and captivates. I also loved metropolis too though.

Also shego I just recently ran across that Gilbert Godfried stand up, I thought it was very entertaining, he is better than I thought he would be.

Jul 19, 2009#488

JCM

Australia. Nice old movie feel, love the aborigine, but damn it has terrible pacing.

Sin City Watched it in BluRay. A visual orgy, shouldve been three short movies, together it seems too much of a love letter from Frank Miller to himself. Funnily, the salesman is my favourite character.

Ice Age 3 Scrat! ZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzz hey its Scrat! Zzzzzzzzzzzzz wake me up when its a scrat scene again.

Jul 19, 2009#489

Krisken

JCM said:
Sin City ... shouldve been three short movies, together it seems too much of a love letter from Frank Miller to himself.

That's exactly how I felt about it. A movie that works better as 3 short movies but are connected in their own way. When I do finally pick it up, that is how I plan to watch it, one section at a time.

Jul 19, 2009#490

Alucard

Isn't that how it is with all the Ice Age movies? Scrat is the only best part of the film.

Jul 19, 2009#491

V.Bond

Public Enemies - The firefights were awesome. The ending was disappointing, even going in knowing full well what was going to happen.

Jul 20, 2009#492

Steven Soderburgin

ZenMonkey said:
Today I finally saw In Bruges. Excellent.

Yessssssssss that movie is so good. Great, great performances and writing.

Jul 20, 2009#493

Cajungal

The new Harry Potter movie. 2 of my friends who love the books were pissed off about it for reasons that don't matter to me

. I liked it a lot more than the last one.

Jul 20, 2009#494

fade

Yeah, I'm one of those people who tends to get annoyed by what seem like pointless changes from the book. It is fun to watch a derived movie without knowing the source. For instance, I never read Constantine, but one of my best friends loved it. She HATED the movie. I actually thought it was entertaining. When I read about the differences on Wikipedia, I could see her point, but I still enjoyed the movie for what it was.

Jul 20, 2009#495

Cajungal

One thing I'm very grateful for is that I don't see Ian McKellan and Elijah Wood's faces as I'm reading LOTR right now.

I can certainly see why fans of the book would have liked to have Tom Bombadil in there now.

I used to let differences between the book and movie get to me. I still get a little peeved sometimes depending on how much I love the book, I suppose, but it's just impossible to fit everything into a film.

Jul 20, 2009#496

fade

I can deal with the Bombadil thing. There are two major points that I didn't like about the the movies (well three if you count the constantly crying hobbits). One was Faramir (like everyone else). What the hell? The whole point of that scene was removed. Might as well have cut it. And 2: the treatment of Sam. He should've been a stronger character. Like others, I've always felt Sam was the hidden protagonist, and Frodo was the foil. They stripped him down, especially in his big scene: the passage into Mordor. I hated that. Had Frodo kick him out. He was tempted by the ring--his exploits with the orcs reduced to dumb luck... that really really weakened that scene. Oh yeah, did I mention the crying hobbits? Because the hobbits cry a lot in the movies.

Jul 20, 2009#497

Shegokigo

fade said:
For instance, I never read Constantine, but one of my best friends loved it. She HATED the movie. I actually thought it was entertaining. When I read about the differences on Wikipedia, I could see her point, but I still enjoyed the movie for what it was.

Very strange. I enjoyed both the Constantine books AND the movie. They were just different takes on the character I thought. They never touted it as a "comic book" movie either.

Cajungal said:
One thing I'm very grateful for is that I don't see Ian McKellan and Elijah Wood's faces as I'm reading LOTR right now. I can certainly see why fans of the book would have liked to have Tom Bombadil in there now.

I used to let differences between the book and movie get to me. I still get a little peeved sometimes depending on how much I love the book, I suppose, but it's just impossible to fit everything into a film.

When I first saw the LOTR movies at the theatre I was wowed with how almost dead-on to the novels they were, I enjoyed the films throughly but was left with "they could have added a few more things"...... then I bought the extended edition DVDs.

fade said:
I can deal with the Bombadil thing. There are two major points that I didn't like about the the movies (well three if you count the constantly crying hobbits). One was Faramir (like everyone else). What the hell? The whole point of that scene was removed. Might as well have cut it. And 2: the treatment of Sam. He should've been a stronger character. Like others, I've always felt Sam was the hidden protagonist, and Frodo was the foil. They stripped him down, especially in his big scene: the passage into Mordor. I hated that. Had Frodo kick him out. He was tempted by the ring--his exploits with the orcs reduced to dumb luck... that really really weakened that scene. Oh yeah, did I mention the crying hobbits? Because the hobbits cry a lot in the movies.

I would recommend the extended edition DVDs, they really bring out Sam alot more than he was represented in theatres. The Faramir thing though, can't help ya.

Jul 20, 2009#498

Cajungal

I have NEVER sat down and watched the extended DVDs! That should be one of my summer goals? Are they good?

Jul 20, 2009#499

The Lovely Boehner

Cajungal said:
I have NEVER sat down and watched the extended DVDs! That should be one of my summer goals? Are they good?

I don't know what it says about the movies, but I saw the LOTR's in theater. Then bought the nice book-looking DVDs that are all extended, and then never watched them again. The most I've done is joke about trying to watch them all in a row without going to the bathroom.

Jul 20, 2009#500

Cajungal

Maybe if you hadn't drunk anything in 2 days.

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