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In which people post about tonight's planned feature presentation and the Halforums hive-mind passes judgment. And occasionally pulls people back from the abyss of really crappy movies.

My probable of the evening: Sweeney Todd. The Burton/Depp/Carter version.

What say you?

Not really a movie (sorry) but i'll be watching episode 1 and 2 of Harper's Island

Cthulu (the gay horror film by Here! films)

and

re-watching Repo! The Genetic Opera.

Math242 said:

Not really a movie (sorry) but i'll be watching episode 1 and 2 of Harper's Island

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OH MY GOD SOMEONE ELSE HAS HEARD OF THIS

I fucking loved this show so much. It's not perfect, but I love that someone is trying a horror movie in TV/mini-series format. It was pretty awesome, and I really liked the way they got characters to breathe and toyed with the whodunnit throughout 13 episodes. I can't recommend this high enough.


Sweeney Todd was, uh, kind of okay, I guess. I was pretty indifferent to it, but again I'm also extremely bored with Tim Burton at this point.


I have some things sitting around in my Queue. I think I'm gonna either rewatch Boogie Nights or watch Magnolia for the first time in honor of PTA having a new project :horn:

DarkAudit said:

My probable of the evening: Sweeney Todd. The Burton/Depp/Carter version.

What say you?

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Decent movie, good story, terrible musical.

I think I'm going to watch Wall-E tonight. Strangely, I've never had the chance to see it from beginning to end.

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says otherwise bhamv3 on the "terrible musical" part.

--especially if you take into account the George Hearn/Angela Lansbury version. Good stuff, although it's weird watching it as a video. Since it's done for stage and not screen, there's a lot of overacting.

As for me--not sure. I've been wanting to do some "training" recently to overcome my fear of the dark. This entails getting the scariest movies/music I can think of and watching/listening alone in the dark with no blanket to hide under and no phone. These are my days off... maybe I'll do that tonight if my brother's not home.

Fine, fine, I'm biased against Sondheim, I'll admit it.

I hereby upgrade Sweeney Todd from "terrible musical" to "passable musical."

Still a good movie and good story though.

I STILL think A Little Night Music would make a great movie... a great movie today, that is, since there's already one floating around.

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I've been going through old TV shows I haven't watched in ages more than movies lately...

I like Sondheim. I will never watch that movie again, though. Maybe I would watch a live performance?

I loved A Funny Thing Happened on My Way to the Forum

Cajungal said:

--especially if you take into account the George Hearn/Angela Lansbury version. Good stuff, although it's weird watching it as a video. Since it's done for stage and not screen, there's a lot of overacting.

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Which is AWESOME. The Burton version was my first exposure to the play at all, and seeing the Hearn/Lansbury version where there's actually emotion was jarring and fantastic at once. The climax is all the better for it, if nothing else. The music is also much improved by those singing, even the couple songs I don't actually like. I think the only part of the play I dislike is that lines about Toby sound like he's a kid even though he's actually played by a little person.

In any case, the Hearn/Lansbury play is superior to the movie and should be checked out by people who weren't crazy about the Burton version, if just to see. It's something I gotta get on DVD someday instead of just re-watching it on Youtube.

The little "Joanna" duet that Hearn and the sailor guy sing is my favorite part! The only weird thing is that the kid seems to be played by a full-grown short man talking in falsetto.

If I can sit in one place long enough Beckett. I have it on my DVR in High Def. I have not seen it in years.

Again - not a movie - but, Chuck disk 1, season 1...if it's in my mailbox when I get home.

I'll probably be watching Delicatessen and either The Sweet Hereafter or Exotica.

Little shop, Little Shop-a Horrors!
(The musical, not Jack Nicholson version.)
And I have Dr. Who season one and Two on the way.

I fully expect to be busting out into Suddenly Seymour for the next week or so for no real reason whatsoever.

I might watch the Watchmen.

Gruebeard said:

I might watch the Watchmen.

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You could use your time more wisely and watch two good movies in that time.

As for myself, I watched Modern Family all afternoon, then now will probably watch hockey and NFL and not stay up later to do anything else since I didn't get a nap.

But I want to see a blue penis.

I've got Gomorrah and Terminator Salvation waiting for me at home. I don't know which it will be.

ARE YOU READY FOR SOME FOOTBALL????

No. I'm quite filled to the brim ready for something other than football by about 5:17 pm on Sunday.

(Seriously, by about the middle of the second quarter of the second game I've had my fill for the week.)

drawn_inward said:

I've got Gomorrah and Terminator Salvation waiting for me at home. I don't know which it will be.

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Have you seen Gomorrah yet, CDS?

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I've got Gomorrah and Terminator Salvation waiting for me at home. I don't know which it will be.

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They were on my queue. I watched Gomorrah first, btw.

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Not really a movie (sorry) but i'll be watching episode 1 and 2 of Harper's Island

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OH MY GOD SOMEONE ELSE HAS HEARD OF THIS

I fucking loved this show so much. It's not perfect, but I love that someone is trying a horror movie in TV/mini-series format. It was pretty awesome, and I really liked the way they got characters to breathe and toyed with the whodunnit throughout 13 episodes. I can't recommend this high enough.

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I liked the first 2 episodes. I was afraid half the season would be boring emo shit but oh no, they get to the action quickly enough and i really like the pace and some of the characters so far.

I'll be watching the whole season. (2 episodes every monday, it's on the belgian pay per view channel)

Kissinger said:

Have you seen Gomorrah yet, CDS?

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I was waiting to get it on Blu-Ray until I'm back there and we can watch it

I still think I'm justified in assuming it's a lot better than T4eace:

Yeah, it's a better film by leaps and bounds, but I had fun watching T4.

Next: The World According to Garp missed it when I was a kid, and I watched the first 15 minutes the other day while getting ready for work. Looks pretty good so far.

Me and a few friends watched Die Hard because they didn't believe that Alan Rickman was actually in it. I showed them what's what.

The Pumes said:

Me and a few friends watched Die Hard because they didn't believe that Alan Rickman was actually in it. I showed them what's what.

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I was gonna query if any of them had heard of imdb, but I ain't gonna begrudge no one for watching Die Hard.

Once again tonight, I am setting the noble goal of watching either Boogie Nights or Magnolia.

If the mail ever arrives with my Netflix, I'm looking at Star Trek III: The Search for Spock.

If not, Office Space.

DarkAudit said:

If the mail ever arrives with my Netflix, I'm looking at Star Trek III: The Search for Spock.

If not, Office Space.

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Are you going through the ST films in order?

Only up to the Voyage Home.

I actually marathoned them all a while back. The "hate" on some of the films is just hilarious.

5 deserves every bit of crap it gets.

It has horses in it for the sole reason that William Shatner wanted to ride some horses.

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Kissinger said:

I'll probably be watching Delicatessen and either The Sweet Hereafter or Exotica.

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Elias Koteas rules.

I think I'll let myself have a lazy evening tomorrow and watch something from my DVD collection. Random selection picked up the following titles:
Arn - The Kingdom at Road's End
FC Venus
The Fiddler on the Roof
The Kingdom of Heaven
Iron Man
Serenity

Any pointers?

Fiddler on the Roof, Fiddler on the Roof, Fiddler on the Roof, Fiddler on the Roof!

*jumps up and down*

Just finished HP6 (half blood prince) tonight. It was as enjoyable as I remembered in the theater. The special features suck. But for $15 at Walmart you get the bluray movie, bluray special features, DVD, and a digital copy, so we're all set.

Still can't believe I have to wait another year to see the first part of #7.