Terminator Salvation 8.5/10
I'm sure the extended, unrated Blu Ray version will get a 10/10.
Deliverance: 10/10 for Hot Man Rape.
I made my wife watch this after finding it in the $5 bin at Walmart. She was disturbed and now hates me.
By the way, EC... Kyle Reese was not played by Simon Pegg. You have your Star Trek characters mixed up. ;)
Ghost Town 5/5
Predictable, bland, unfunny.
Ghost Town 5/5
Predictable, bland, unfunny.
So you have it full marks?
Last movie I saw was 17 Again, which I enjoyed way more than I should have. Damn that Zac Efron is a hawty.
6.5/10
5/10 8)Ghost Town 5/5
Predictable, bland, unfunny.
So you have it full marks?
Last movie I saw was 17 Again, which I enjoyed way more than I should have. Damn that Zac Efron is a hawty.
6.5/10
Up. 9.5/10.
I had to take SOME points off for having a weak villain and god damn talking dogs. Plus for me it started to drag the second they made it into the wilderness...but the portion from the opening credits until he took off in his house was so breathtaking it more than made up for the rest of the film (which was in no way bad, just a little more generic than I would have liked). Seriously the first half hour is one of the most emotional and incredible pieces of animation I have ever seen.
A triumph!
Agreed. Wall-E was better than Up; but that's more of a testament to Wall-E.
the joke scene was in the special features of T3, they should not have cut it out of the movie(t3) since its hilarious.
Up 8/10. A truly beautiful movie both visually and emotionally. It also had some great humor (I loved the talking dogs, the parody was great). Not as great as Wall-E but few movies, IMO, can even close to matching Wall-E.
I watched a couple of movies today.
Gran Torino: 9/10 Great story, lovable racist old prick main character, a great ending. Not "Dirty Harry in retirement" like so many people said, and that's a good thing.
The Usual Suspects: 7.5/10 Never really drew me in, and I could guess the end halfway through, but still a decent movie.
Batman & Robin en español. 9/10. Way better than watching it in English.
Batman & Robin en español. 9/10. Way better than watching it in English.
haha i saw that too! I watched the whole poison ivy scene (her entrance at that ball) and couldn't stop laughing.. its one long scene where she's coming outta that stupid looking gorilla suit and strips down, falls of stage to get caught by her man-slaves and walks aaaalll the way to batman & robin, then introduces herself and then... LAFFO
Look: 7/10
This movie actually surprised me and turned out to be alot more interesting than I thought it would be, considering that it is shot entirely from cameras that would capture you on a daily basis. ie Security camera, ATM camera, someone elses cellphone, etc. etc..
At first it seemingly had no real plot, as it just seem to make you aware of how many times a you are actually caught on camera everyday, but in the end it tied it all together nicely.
Look: 7/10
This movie actually surprised me and turned out to be alot more interesting than I thought it would be, considering that it is shot entirely from cameras that would capture you on a daily basis. ie Security camera, ATM camera, someone elses cellphone, etc. etc..
At first it seemingly had no real plot, as it just seem to make you aware of how many times a you are actually caught on camera everyday, but in the end it tied it all together nicely.
Just wanted to add that I 1st heard about this movie when someone was interviewing the director. There is a cop scene in the movie that almost got everyone arrested.
There is a scene where a CHP (California Highway Patrol) pulls over this car on the freeway, the cop ask for license and registration and the guy insist that it is in his trunk. A fight breaks out between the cop and the guy on the side of the freeway, and ultimately ends with the cop being shot.
During the filming, a passerbyer saw the cop getting beat up (remember that this is filmed only using existing cameras<no film crew>, so this scene is done through the dash cam on the cop car) and called 911 so that the cop could get some assistance. The police helicopter was on the scene within minutes, shining its spot light on the scene. They tried to edit out the spot light, but you can still see it in some of the quick cuts of the scene.
Batman & Robin en español. 9/10. Way better than watching it in English.
haha i saw that too! I watched the whole poison ivy scene (her entrance at that ball) and couldn't stop laughing.. its one long scene where she's coming outta that stupid looking gorilla suit and strips down, falls of stage to get caught by her man-slaves and walks aaaalll the way to batman & robin, then introduces herself and then... LAFFO
It's such a horrible movie. At least it's amusing in Spanish. I wonder if Mexicans watch it in English to be amused...
I found this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awxXPSQ5E0k
Zack Morris on Jimmy Fallon. & Jimmy is trying to put together a Saved by the Bell Class reunion (just missing Lisa Turtle & Screech).
The sketch had potential, but unfortunately Jimmy isn't funny. He just seems so awkward & uncomfortable as a host.
His comedic timing & delivery isn't really there. This clip might have been much funnier on Conan though.
Quantum of Solace 4.5/10
Rubbish. Boring, confusing action scenes. Most insulting was final sequence and coming in at second was the retarded aircraft fight. Good thing I didn't pay money to see this.
Taken 8.5/10
Everything QoS isn't. Straight forward, well cut and choreographed fight scenes. Interrogation scenes which make Jack Bauer as effective as the idiots from Harry and Kumar go to Gitmo. I wished I paid money to go to the movies to watch this.
Quantum of Solace 4.5/10
Rubbish. Boring, confusing action scenes. Most insulting was final sequence and coming in at second was the retarded aircraft fight. Good thing I didn't pay money to see this.
Taken 8.5/10
Everything QoS isn't. Straight forward, well cut and choreographed fight scenes. Interrogation scenes which make Jack Bauer as effective as the idiots from Harry and Kumar go to Gitmo. I wished I paid money to go to the movies to watch this.
Quantum of Solace 4.5/10
Rubbish. Boring, confusing action scenes. Most insulting was final sequence and coming in at second was the retarded aircraft fight. Good thing I didn't pay money to see this.
Taken 8.5/10
Everything QoS isn't. Straight forward, well cut and choreographed fight scenes. Interrogation scenes which make Jack Bauer as effective as the idiots from Harry and Kumar go to Gitmo. I wished I paid money to go to the movies to watch this.
What I loved about Taken is that it avoided many cliches, when in most movies he would let them live this one he would just kill them.
Quantum of Solace 4.5/10
Rubbish. Boring, confusing action scenes. Most insulting was final sequence and coming in at second was the retarded aircraft fight. Good thing I didn't pay money to see this.
Taken 8.5/10
Everything QoS isn't. Straight forward, well cut and choreographed fight scenes. Interrogation scenes which make Jack Bauer as effective as the idiots from Harry and Kumar go to Gitmo. I wished I paid money to go to the movies to watch this.
I agree with these reviews. But I like the Bond character, but the script and directing for QoS was just horrible. I think I wrote my opinion in the thread on that movie. It wasn't even really a bond movie which was really disappointing and to compare it to the Dalton Era is making me lose more hope for it recovering in the future.
Taken on the other hand was great. It was good from beginning to end with striaght forward action and badassery all around. The man was ready to die if it meant getting his daughter back & no friend or foe shall stand in his way. As much as I'd want to see a "sequel" I really hope thay they don't do it even though the movie was decently successful at the box office.
Whos going to Harry Potter tonight at Midnight... I am looking forward to all opinions of those who are :)
Don't wail on the Dalton. At least they had the decency back then to hang actual people out of real flying planes. Hell Moore threw real people out of real planes and that was just the opening sequence.
I <3 Knocked Up so very much, I must watch those extras.
Doubt
Sucked Ass/10
My wife is no longer allowed to pick movies.
Don't wail on the Dalton. At least they had the decency back then to hang actual people out of real flying planes. Hell Moore threw real people out of real planes and that was just the opening sequence.
THIS! most MOIST statement i've read all day.
Public Enemies: 5/10
Public Enemies: 8.5/10
Public Enemies: 5/10Public Enemies: 8.5/10
This is why scores are meaningless :)
Public Enemies: 5/10Public Enemies: 8.5/10
This is why scores are meaningless :)
No. This is a call to take sides. Now everyone must go see this movie and see who we agree with most.
the loser shall be shamed for making such an off base review and none of his future reviews(or opinions) will ever matter again.
Public Enemies: 5/10
I won't watch this movie till it hits NetflixPublic Enemies: 8.5/10
This is why scores are meaningless :)
No. This is a call to take sides. Now everyone must go see this movie and see who we agree with most.
the loser shall be shamed for making such an off base review and none of his future reviews(or opinions) will ever matter again.
Nope, i'm one of these hardcore elitistgamermovie goers that would rather spend time bashing a movie for a bad score (bad = <8.0) than ever trying toplaysee it myself and form my own opinions. I am sheep, and the first review won me over. Doubt is a POS in my mind now.
;)
Note: I'm only siding with nickmitch because i never planned on seeing doubt anyway. Doesn't look like my type of movie, despite how criticaly acclaimed it was. Being able to say "i heard it sucked (from a friend* of mine)" gets me out of ever being guilt tripped into watching it.
*i use the term friend loosely in this scenario, obviously.
Super Mario Bros. 7/10
Actually a pretty good representation of what the Mario games would be like if set in New York. And if Peach never existed and Daisy was the princess.
Harry Potter:
Harry Potter:
I have never seen a HP movie or read the books..... That's about to change because I just put them all on my Netflix Q.
Harry Potter:
I have never seen a HP movie or read the books..... That's about to change because I just put them all on my Netflix Q.
I don't know anyone who's ever only watched the movies before. I'll be kind of curious to see how much you like it, only experiencing it through the movies.
I just saw the new Harry Potter and I liked it quite a bit. Great cinematography, and the acting is top notch in this one.
Public Enemies: 8.5/10
Good story, even better acting, but overall it is too slow and drawn out.
Public Enemies: 8.5/10
Good story, even better acting, but overall it is too slow and drawn out.
The acting was actually pretty great. But, the story never got anywhere for me because in like 60% of the movie, the camera moved too damn much for me to figure out what was going on. It started giving me a headache (like, Cloverfield but without the excuse). That alone took out 3 points. Being slow and mismanaging scene time alone would've given it an 8, but misuse of time and not utilizing the time it could get me to follow made it not worth seeing.
Sorry, just wanted to explain my score a bit more.
Haunting in Connecticut:
7.9/10
Scary movies don't scare me and this one is no different, but I like horror movies and this one tells a pretty good story that is supposedly "true".
1408
Interesting, trippy, suspenseful, but ultimately a dissapointing ending. 8.14/10
The Boondock Saints
5/10
Utterly mediocre, and completely over-hyped by people like Stogi.
The Boondock Saints
5/10
Utterly mediocre, and completely over-hyped by people like Stogi.
one of the reasons i've yet to see said film
The Boondock Saints
5/10
Utterly mediocre, and completely over-hyped by people like Stogi.
one of the reasons i've yet to see said film
Your going to trust Vudu; the guy that hates everything?
Two guys take out the Irish mafia while spewing cliche Biblical phrases while a good cop chases them but has second thoughts about if they're really on the wrong side of the law? It's a typical action flick, not much better than The Fast & The Furious or Wanted.
Everything is so over the top that it's funny. But it's hardly a great movie.
FUN FACT: There's a sequel coming out later this year called The Boondock Saints 2: All Saints Day. I wish I was making this up.
(Disclaimer: I saw the movie once like 5 years ago, so my plot summary may be a bit off.)
"No one movie can satisfy everyone, so you can't say its hyped because its good."
Ok maybe, but it's ultimately up to you. I'm just saying it's a damn good movie; one of my favorites. We seem to have more than a few things in common, so I'd figure you'd like it.
Watch or not, I really don't care anymore.
Where do you get off having titts!?
Watchmen: Need to read the comic/10.
I really wanted to like this. The whole time I was watching the movie, I kept thinking "This would be really good, if I knew what was going on."
"No one movie can satisfy everyone, so you can't say its hyped because its good."
Ok maybe, but it's ultimately up to you. I'm just saying it's a damn good movie; one of my favorites. We seem to have more than a few things in common, so I'd figure you'd like it.
Watch or not, I really don't care anymore.
You shouldn't of cared in the first place, thats your problem ;)
Don't get me wrong, I appreciate the consideration (thinking i'd enjoy a movie you enjoy because we have a few things in common) but this is something trivial and neither side had to push the issue. My girlfriends sister has netflix now, maybe i'll see if she can rent us BS and i'll give it a shot, see if i like it.
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Just One of the Guys: 6/10
Cheesey 80s flick about a girl in high school that tries living the life of a teenage boy for a week in order to write a winning article that will be submitted for print in her local news paper. Why a 6? Well the acting is pretty bad all around, but nothing TOO cringe worthy. There is enough entertainment here to keep you from changing the channel, and the main character is pretty cute too! The film basically starts with her in a bikini by her pool, and she doesn't have the body or look of your typical 80s film girls (ie, she doesn't have a flat ass ;)). It's nothing too gratuitis (by any standards) but it's enough to draw you in and think "maybe they'll show off her body again later?" but no, she's dressed up like a dude pretty much the rest of the film and with her hair cut, she kinda ends up looking like a (more?) feminine Ralph Maccio.
This isn't your typical 80s teen sex romp, probably because the lead role is a girl, Sso its not too outrageous (or hilarious like Revenge of the Nerds 8)) but it has its moments, even if the plot doesn't come across as well as it should. This is a movie you'll spend the same time laughing at as you do laughing with, oh and it has William Zapka (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0951420/) so you KNOW its good! ;)Quote from: Quote of the filmWhere do you get off having titts!?
Coraline: 7/10
This movie may be rated PG but its not exactly for little kids. Its a dark story disguised behind 3-D claymation. It even had an almost nude woman who was showing 95% more skin than clothing. It was entertaining, but a little twisted, and seems to hit kind of a middle ground between the parents bringing their kids to watch it and the kids that wanted to see it.
I didn't see it in 3-D unfortunately, but saw many scenes that I thought would have looked really good in 3-D.
Hellraiser 5.0 / 10
Maybe it was better when it came out.
Transporter 3
This movie comes in two distinctive parts. One where Frank, once again played by the one and one only Jason Statham comes spades.
The second part is this random Russian named Natalya Rudakova who quite frankly, couldn't act out of a wet paper bag. She is so bad in fact, that when ever she tries to act sexy, I am repulsed and become increasingly so with each addition exposure. By the half way mark, I am more attracted to Jason than this women. Which is weird because I think I finally know what it might be like to be "the gay". That said she does look nice, but only once in a picture that shows up for all of 2 seconds. She is no Izabella Scorupco who plays a Russian but is actually Polish.
I know this is a Transporter movie, but why did I get transported down the rainbow road to Gaysville?
Rated YMCA/10
Drag Me To Hell: 8.5/10.
Sam Raimi sure knows how to make a fun horror film.
Dr. Horrible's Sing Along Blog: OH-MY-FUCKING-GOD/10
How the hell have I missed this piece of awesome for so long?
It starts off a little slow, but as soon as Captain Hammer shows up, it picks up like a speeding train.
Watch this if you haven't yet.
I just watched it for free on Hulu. ;)
I just watched it for free on Hulu. ;)
Yeah, well my Wii didn't get reset. :P
Is it anything like the Orphanage? I really liked that movie.
So the only thing they have in common is that they involve orphans?
I just watched it for free on Hulu. ;)
Yeah, well my Wii didn't get reset. :P
Thats harsh...I lol'd
Serenity: Better than the series/10
I recently watched through the series (on Hulu!). It was good. Not GREAT, as some people think, but good. I'd watch it if it was on the air, but I'm not upset that it isn't.
Now, I'd really like to see a second movie. I really liked the movie. Can't believe what they did though... like, wow.
Serenity: Better than the series/10
I recently watched through the series (on Hulu!). It was good. Not GREAT, as some people think, but good. I'd watch it if it was on the air, but I'm not upset that it isn't.
Now, I'd really like to see a second movie. I really liked the movie. Can't believe what they did though... like, wow.
The movie, however, was fantastic. It solved all the loose ties the series left (except for the shepherd's true identity) and had a very surprising and dramatic ending.
Speakaing of The Orphanage
The Orphanage is being remade in English (http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3if7a4852b0435babdef55c253b8604514)
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The Evolution of Hollywood's leading men.
GI Joe: I give it an "It was ok" out of a possible "Wow, I'm actually impressed."
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The Evolution of Hollywood's leading men.
Where's one for the women?
maybe because the pictures is so damn small, when did hugh grant have red hair?
Julie & Julia: Someone please pull the fire alarm/10.
guh.
Julie & Julia: Someone please pull the fire alarm/10.
guh.
THE MIST
best ending ever/10
Saw this for the second time. Wow. This movie is like any other horror title. Instead of trying to make you fear the unknown, it makes you scared of the known; posing questions of humanity, religion and morals while asking you to survive. It does a great job portraying our faults as a society, and the characters that rip open our faults, while attacking our ability to work together and problem solve.
Plus, the ending is one of the greatest in film history with Stephen King admitting it was better and later changing his own book to fit the movie.
GI Joe: 7/10. This film set the record for blowing up 175 cars in production. This shows the whole way through the film. Extreme destruction and boom. Thin plot. And several ex-Lost cast members (with shitty accents!).
If you liked Transformers' assault on your senses, this is for you.
I just got back from GI Joe and I have to say that I was impressed. It stayed truer to the cartoon/comic then I originally thought it would be. It was a fun action movie all around. I really hope they make a sequel because it could be tons of fun as well. Now I'll admit I still prefer Transformers 2 to it, but overall I can see myself watching the movie again. So I'd give it a 7/10. For what it is, a popcorn action flick, it was very good.
What if you thought Transformers 2 sucked?
(500) Days of Summer
I bought into this movie hard, hook, line and sinker. It was a real rollercoaster of emotions as the film jumps back and forth to different points in a doomed relationship. Zooey Deschenal is at her most adorable for most of this movie, which makes it hard to watch as she toys with the emotions of Joseph Gordon-Levitt who feels like a very real character.
The movie is funny, moving, and a joy to watch.
A-
Wow GP and Stogi have something in common...
Is the sky falling?
I think I actually enjoyed it a bit more than (500) Days of Summer, but maybe that's because I'm still angry at Zooey's character that movie.
Wow GP and Stogi have something in common...
Is the sky falling?
This isn't the first time this has happened you know. We also like collecting weapons. Though I like collecting Japanese swords while she likes collecting fantasy swords.
The Mist
Involves Thomas "Frank Castle" Jane, so it wins by default. Adapted from an old Stephen King novel, The Mist is about a bunch of small townsfolk stuck in a grocery store while horrible creatures bandy about outside. The creature effects are AWESOME. I loved the designs, especially Cthulhu (at the end!). Very Lovecraftian.
The story itself is just as good, basically showing how all the rules go out the window when fear sets in.
Maybe it's because I mentioned it earlier...
^good to hear, i'll be seeing it this weekend.
The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard 6/10
Not a great movie, but just slightly above average. Some of the dialogue was raunchier than i would've expected, which made it funnier in that "wow i can't believe they went there" type of way. The storyline wasn't great either but geez.. they still somehow managed to let it fall thru. Lots of cliche storytelling moments that were used for run-on gags that felt stale very early on.
All in all it was a decent movie to see with friends or whoever, perhaps you might enjoy it even more if you were to have a few drinks beforehand, but I doubt it's the kind of movie you'll want to see over and over again.
^good to hear, i'll be seeing it this weekend.
The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard 6/10
Not a great movie, but just slightly above average. Some of the dialogue was raunchier than i would've expected, which made it funnier in that "wow i can't believe they went there" type of way. The storyline wasn't great either but geez.. they still somehow managed to let it fall thru. Lots of cliche storytelling moments that were used for run-on gags that felt stale very early on.
All in all it was a decent movie to see with friends or whoever, perhaps you might enjoy it even more if you were to have a few drinks beforehand, but I doubt it's the kind of movie you'll want to see over and over again.
Better or worse than The Hangover IYO?
The Goods: 8/10
Loved it, but it followed the typical formula for comedies.
The creature effects are AWESOME. I loved the designs, especially Cthulhu (at the end!). Very Lovecraftian.
the myst has cthulhu in it? That alone warrants a watch.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxScTbIUvoA
^good to hear, i'll be seeing it this weekend.
The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard 6/10
Not a great movie, but just slightly above average. Some of the dialogue was raunchier than i would've expected, which made it funnier in that "wow i can't believe they went there" type of way. The storyline wasn't great either but geez.. they still somehow managed to let it fall thru. Lots of cliche storytelling moments that were used for run-on gags that felt stale very early on.
All in all it was a decent movie to see with friends or whoever, perhaps you might enjoy it even more if you were to have a few drinks beforehand, but I doubt it's the kind of movie you'll want to see over and over again.
Better or worse than The Hangover IYO?
Worse.The Goods: 8/10
Loved it, but it followed the typical formula for comedies.
Lol i agree, but i just felt wrong give it that high of a score.
Coraline 6:10. I watched it with my daughter. It's fun, the animation is absolutely amazing, and the voicework is done well. The bad things are then ending is too short and seems like it was either over-edited, or possibly rushed. Oh well, it's a kid's movie.
The creature effects are AWESOME. I loved the designs, especially Cthulhu (at the end!). Very Lovecraftian.
Really? I remember walking away from the movie thinking they were amongst some of the worst looking effects I have seen in a modern film.
Also yeah D9 is goooood. It deserves all the hype and recognition it gets, unlike films like Trashfarmers Poo.
Idiocracy: sad-but-true/10
Idiocracy is a rare and astounding film - if nothing else, simply because they used actual filmed video from the future to make this movie.
Yeah... but HD actually is something. Something tangible that most people understand.
I didn't like Idiocracy. I understood the message after ten minutes. After that, it was just beating you over the head with it. Can't carry that joke for an hour and a half.
I didn't like Idiocracy. I understood the message after ten minutes. After that, it was just beating you over the head with it. Can't carry that joke for an hour and a half.
I just saw Adventureland. Hated it. Went in expecting a comedy, turned out it was a weepy drama. At least the music was good.
I didn't like Idiocracy. I understood the message after ten minutes. After that, it was just beating you over the head with it. Can't carry that joke for an hour and a half.
I just saw Adventureland. Hated it. Went in expecting a comedy, turned out it was a weepy drama. At least the music was good.
Tricked me too, but i still enjoyed it. It was a believable story at least. Soundtrack did rock, and the main character in this film is doing a movie called Zombie Land that looks pretty funny.
I didn't like Idiocracy. I understood the message after ten minutes. After that, it was just beating you over the head with it. Can't carry that joke for an hour and a half.
I just saw Adventureland. Hated it. Went in expecting a comedy, turned out it was a weepy drama. At least the music was good.
Tricked me too, but i still enjoyed it. It was a believable story at least. Soundtrack did rock, and the main character in this film is doing a movie called Zombie Land that looks pretty funny.
link to Zombieland trailer
http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/forums/index.php?topic=29034.0
Idiocracy: sad-but-true/10
Idiocracy is a rare and astounding film - if nothing else, simply because they used actual filmed video from the future to make this movie.
Only recently seen this movie (couple months ago) and I have to agree with this rating.
"But it has blast processing" = "But its in HD/Hardcore" = "But its got electrolytes/what plants crave"
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World - 9/10That actually sounds like something I might like, I'll have to check it out.
when I watched Rat Race, i was like hey....this reminds me of a movie i saw years ago!
It Happened One Night The first romantic comedy 4.5 stars
I'm going through the AFI top 100 films list in a race with a friend of mine. Loser has to buy dinner. If I lose, it's going to be a $300+ meal at the top of the Space Needle. I got 55 movies to go, so I better win!
when I watched Rat Race, i was like hey....this reminds me of a movie i saw years ago!This is awesome. I'm teaching my kids to let me know when they are prarie-dogging.
Taking Woodstock: 7.5/10
(explanation to come, I have to take a lunch break)
I'm going through the AFI top 100 films list in a race with a friend of mine. Loser has to buy dinner. If I lose, it's going to be a $300+ meal at the top of the Space Needle. I got 55 movies to go, so I better win!
You know, I keep meaning to see that movie but I always end up choosing something else.
Two... opinions! ...Each..... polor opposites! What.... would Kirk do?
I didn't say it wasn't a historically important movie. I said it hasn't aged well. For all its influence, it's really just not very much fun to watch.
Maybe I just don't like romantic comedies. You can make a unique, mouth-watering extreme sandwich, but if you use **** instead of mayo it's not going to taste very good.
Taking Woodstock: 7.5/10
(explanation to come, I have to take a lunch break)
So i forgot to update this after i took lunch yesterday...
This film while very enjoyable, suffered from its shitty marketing that made it look more like a movie about woodstock, as opposed to a movie that happens to take place during woodstock. Its the same shitty marketing that has one of our forum members upset at Adventureland being billed as a comedy (and its okay, it happened to me too but i still enjoyed that film.)
The film was more about Elliot, played by Dimitri Martin (who was excellent by the way) and his trouble with his family basically holding him back. Their efforts in housing thousands of people that are attending the festival is what moves the plot and both brings the family together and drives them apart. So for those of you thinking you'd see a movie about hippies dropping acid, dancing naked, smoking weed, groovin to tunes and sliding in mud.. well this movie has that, but in small doses (save for the nudity, so if you're not up for a lot of male and female full frontal, this movie isn't for you). Aslo, for the fact that the majority of this movie takes place during woodstock.. the lack of tunes was a little dissapointing. Every now and again you might of heard someone like Joplin playing faintly in the background, but that was it..
Aside from the nitpicking though, it was still a fun movie to watch and one I might even watch again. Maybe not a dvd purchase, but a rental or such.
Do you like When Harry Met Sally?
For all the people who watched District 9. Have any of you watched Moon?
For all the people who watched District 9. Have any of you watched Moon?
District 9 9/10
The main character....this is his first acting gig aside from a short....wow.
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas 10/10
all i can say is WOW
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas 10/10
all i can say is WOW
Ya. I know, right?
Clash of the Titans (http://www.netflix.com/WiPlayer?movieid=60000844&trkid=1211018) - 7.5/10
I love Greek Mythology and I'm looking forward to the remake of this coming out soon just because some of the special effects really don't hold up too well and this movie deserves a quality remake.
Sunset Boulevard Older Actress get a boy toy. Four Stars
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Jimmy Stewart brings me to tears. Five stars.
The special effects don't hold up?!? There is more heart and soul in each one of those stop-motion maquettes than any CG monstrosity. I love old-school Harryhousen/Tippet effects. I'm excited about the remake too, but I hope they use SOME stop-motion as an homage.
The Stop-motion was top notch for when it took place, and stop motion was a painstakingly slow process up until the last 10 years or so. But modern big budget CGI will do wonders for a movie like this if the movie is handled properly. With the people involved, I have confidence they will do this movie justice and hopefully make it many times better than the original.
Sunset Boulevard Older Actress get a boy toy. Four StarsMr. Smith Goes to Washington Jimmy Stewart brings me to tears. Five stars.
Apparently ShyGuy doesn't know that five is a bigger number than 4. No way is Mr. Smith better than Sunset Blvd!
The special effects don't hold up?!? There is more heart and soul in each one of those stop-motion maquettes than any CG monstrosity. I love old-school Harryhousen/Tippet effects. I'm excited about the remake too, but I hope they use SOME stop-motion as an homage.
Anyway...
Re-watched "Mimic." Doesn't quite hold up today. The effects are Sci-Fi channel quality. The bugs kill everybody except Mira Sorvina? Com'on.
Sunset Boulevard Older Actress get a boy toy. Four StarsMr. Smith Goes to Washington Jimmy Stewart brings me to tears. Five stars.
Apparently ShyGuy doesn't know that five is a bigger number than 4. No way is Mr. Smith better than Sunset Blvd!
Garbage Pail Kids: The Movie (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=joKXSRuZJuQ) - WTF/10
I owe myself some time back for sitting through most of it, but it had about 1 or 2 lulz out of it.
One of those movies you question why it was ever made. One of those movies you question why you ever watched.
This is the list the contest is taking place over. http://connect.afi.com/site/DocServer/100Movies.pdf?docID=301
Also, Sunset Blvd. is listed at #16; Mr. Smith Goes to Washington is #26. I was right.
Also, Sunset Blvd. is listed at #16; Mr. Smith Goes to Washington is #26. I was right.
Not to be political, but I think this makes you a communist, vudu. You're going to be blacklisted. By me. Around the head and neck area.
Tonight is either in the Heat of the Night or Sophie's Choice. Stay tuned!
Also, Sunset Blvd. is listed at #16; Mr. Smith Goes to Washington is #26. I was right.
Not to be political, but I think this makes you a communist, vudu. You're going to be blacklisted. By me. Around the head and neck area.
Tonight is either in the Heat of the Night or Sophie's Choice. Stay tuned!
Rambo - 673/10
Ok, more like a 7/10, but it was pretty gripping to watch. Could have been a little longer, at least they're making another one.
Rambo - 673/10
Ok, more like a 7/10, but it was pretty gripping to watch. Could have been a little longer, at least they're making another one.
You mean its the newest Rambo you watched? Just making sure. That movie was pretty decent, I wouldn't mind seeing its sequel.. But god Stallone is so old.. yeesh.
movie spoilers ahead*There is a UltraMan scene for crying out loud.*
Agree with the Crank 2 scores. I never saw the first one until literally the day part 2 came out. I went out, bought the DVD and watched it, then headed off to the theatre to watch the sequel. It was pretty fucking awesome. Favorite moments: Full body turrets
Giants in low budget props = kaiju
Run Fat Boy Run 8/10 Wasn't at all as bad as everyone said it would be, not as good as Shawn of the Dead, or Hot Fuzz, but this isn't an Edgar Wright movie is it?
edit: after checking Rottentomatoes it seems clear, all the negative reviews seem to be a form of anti-schwimmertism. They seem to not hate the movie on its merit, but rather because David Schwimmer directed it. It wasn't hysterical, but i didn't think it was mediocre either. I thought some parts were quite sweet.
I have a love hate relationship with Mila Kunis.
On one hand she is beautiful, i love her face, her body is cool, and her acting is good enough.
On the other hand, I can't stand her voice. Voicing Meg for Family Guy has made her voice irritating since that's what Meg is. Everytime she opens her mouth, all I hear is Meg whining about something, then I just picture something messed up happneing to her just to shut her up.
I really want to like all of Mila, but Meg just stands out too much.
When i hear Meg i think of Jackie from That 70s Show, not the other way around. On the other hand the constant verbal abuse of Meg is hilarious, I had an ex named Meg..hhehehehehe Come to think of it my ex resembles Meg too
Mila Kunis is gorgeous, and I say that after being totally unimpressed with her in That 70's Show, which poisoned the waters for me in regards to ANY of those cast members. But just like EasyCure, after Sarah Marshall, I was all about that girl.
I've seen sarah marshall, and she is good in that. She doesn't really get that loud, so the Meg in her doesn't come clawing at my ears.
Dance Flick - L/LOL
A good watch for when you are with people that like to laugh and their laugh makes you laugh.
Also, anyone see 9 yet? I heard it was win.
Dance Flick - L/LOL
This movie start off pretty funny but quickly turns to stupid, then back to stupid funny, then back to just stupid, then ends on stupid funny again. Problem is that it rest on the side of just stupid for far too long in the movie, but a mood enhancer might have changed my whole outlook on the movie. A good watch for when you are with people that like to laugh and their laugh makes you laugh.
Dance Flick - L/LOL
This movie start off pretty funny but quickly turns to stupid, then back to stupid funny, then back to just stupid, then ends on stupid funny again. Problem is that it rest on the side of just stupid for far too long in the movie, but a mood enhancer might have changed my whole outlook on the movie. A good watch for when you are with people that like to laugh and their laugh makes you laugh.
I maintain that "Insemble" is the funniest line that I've heard in years.
Oh yeah, and I saw I Love You, Man. Funny, but not a classic by any means. There are a few really laugh-out-loud moments but it will be completely forgotten in a few years.
9 is that CG movie about a post apocalypic world where 9 things created by some scientist come to life or something weird like that. I want to see it because I'm a die hard Burton fan and it looks to be full of action.
What?
Nevermind then.
Alice in Wonderland looks wierd. I'll add it to the list though.
Alice in Wonderland looks wierd.
Some are great movies. fantastic. Some aren't. E.T. is the worst movie on the list that I've seen so far.
Some are great movies. fantastic. Some aren't. E.T. is the worst movie on the list that I've seen so far.
I refuse to watch ET, it traumatized me as a kid when ET was found in the corn field. Give me any other horror movie but keep ET far FAR away from me.
9 is that CG movie about a post apocalypic world where 9 things created by some scientist come to life or something weird like that. I want to see it because I'm a die hard Burton fan and it looks to be full of action.
Well Burton only produced it, he did not direct it. Still looks like an interesting movie.
Some are great movies. fantastic. Some aren't. E.T. is the worst movie on the list that I've seen so far.
I refuse to watch ET, it traumatized me as a kid when ET was found in the corn field. Give me any other horror movie but keep ET far FAR away from me.
Did you know the Scarecrow carried a a small hand gun?
Did you know the Scarecrow carried a a small hand gun?
What?
The rumored "munchkin" suicide is actually a peacock simply turning, far in the distance.
Did you know the Scarecrow carried a a small hand gun?
What?
seconded.... WHAT!?
we needs pics.
http://home.earthlink.net/~jinxo/ozgun.html
The Wizard of Oz: >Insert Something Clever</10.
Man, it's been *years* since I've seen this movie. Last night, they did a one-night only nationwide showing of The Wizard of Oz in HD to celebrate its 70th (yeah, it's that old) anniversary and its release in HD on Blu-Ray.
Between not being 12 or so, the moving being shown on the big screen and the high definition features, I'm amazed at all the little things I never picked up on before. Did you know the Scarecrow carried a a small hand gun?
It was fun. I took my mother out for dinner and a movie as a late birthday present (it was planned to be late, since I couldn't exactly move up the date of the one-night showing) and we enjoyed ourselves. The showing was packed (I kinda wondered how well it would sell) with people dressed up (several little girls and a couple of older kids were dressed up as Dorothy. Should have got my mom a Wicked Witch hat... ;))
On a slightly-related note, during the special feature before the film, they had some projector problems. While fixing it all, it was revealed that the show was being played back via a Dish Network DVR. Very interesting...
I'm sorry to admit this, but I have to agree with Perm on this one--Basketball is stupidly hilarious. Granted, I saw it like a decade ago, so maybe it hasn't held up as well as in my mind.
Hmmm, I caught it somewhere in the middle and I was real out of it. I'll give it another shot sometime from the beginning if I catch it on as I do love the Naked Gun series.
He hasn't been"pretty" since Die hard and Hudson Hawk unless you are talking about him switching to a female body....
I saw Surrogates and agree with Vudu completely. 7/10
I also saw District 9 last week. 8/10. Moon was miles better.
I saw Surrogates and agree with Vudu completely. 7/10
I also saw District 9 last week. 8/10. Moon was miles better.
I should kick your "arse" for that remark...
I saw Surrogates and agree with Vudu completely. 7/10
I also saw District 9 last week. 8/10. Moon was miles better.
I should kick your "arse" for that remark...
But have you seen Moon yet?
Zombieland 8.8/10
Yeah its good, you will laugh, and cringe. There was one scene that made me jump. Scared the bejesus out of me really. It wasn't what you'd expect...no it was much worse!
I saw Surrogates and agree with Vudu completely. 7/10
I also saw District 9 last week. 8/10. Moon was miles better.
I should kick your "arse" for that remark...
But have you seen Moon yet?
I'M NOT VUDU!
Invention of Lying
While hilarious, really really hilarious at some points, I couldn't help but wish that someone who was more of an asshole had this gift. I loved Gervais in it. I thought he did a really good job. I just wish he was more of a prick like he was in his last movie. I imagined so many ridiculous situations that you could create and while the movie did touch up on most, there was a lot of potential wasted. I also had a problem with it being a love story. A love story limited the scope and progression of the movie. It's too bad really, there is literally everyone in this movie, fuckin' everyone, and I would have loved to see more of them. It literally had the setup to be the funniest movie of all time, but it ended up just being a self-deprecating love story.
6.5/10
Good summer for movies. Up's "Married Life" montage was beyond incredible. Hurt Locker was intense. Hangover was pretty funny ("...almost bankrupted the casino, and he was a ri-TARD!"). District 9 was a pleasant surprise. Inglourious Basterd's is Tarantino's third best movie.
Funny People was **** though. Transformers 2 was mongoose ****. Public Enemies was almost EXACTLY THE SAME as Heat. Come on Michael Mann.
Retro pick: Watched Sunset Blvd again and it's still amazing. I can't believe how well it aged. WATCH IT PEOPLE.
Want to watch Zombieland, 500 Days of Summer, and Ponyo.
Public Enemies was almost EXACTLY THE SAME as Heat. Come on Michael Mann.
Retro pick: Watched Sunset Blvd again and it's still amazing. I can't believe how well it aged. WATCH IT PEOPLE.
Good summer for movies. Up's "Married Life" montage was beyond incredible. Hurt Locker was intense. Hangover was pretty funny ("...almost bankrupted the casino, and he was a ri-TARD!"). District 9 was a pleasant surprise. Inglourious Basterd's is Tarantino's third best movie.
Funny People was **** though. Transformers 2 was mongoose ****. Public Enemies was almost EXACTLY THE SAME as Heat. Come on Michael Mann.
Retro pick: Watched Sunset Blvd again and it's still amazing. I can't believe how well it aged. WATCH IT PEOPLE.
Want to watch Zombieland, 500 Days of Summer, and Ponyo.
Icecold has decent taste in movies.
Zombieland
Cult Classic/10
This movie had me laughing almost the entire time, even up until the very end. Man, the look on Florida's face we he finds out what Ohio shot....priceless. I'm going to watch this again as soon as the DVD comes out.
I was surprised that Drew Barrymore was the producer
if your talking about Ellen Page (Juno), she is 22 yrs old.
I was surprised that Drew Barrymore was the producer
Director?
An American Werewolf in London - 6.5/10
I know this movie is considered a werewolf great, and it does still probably hold the title for best transformation scene, but this movie could have been better. I know it was 1981 when it was made and special effects weren't what they were today, but it would have been nice to see the wolf more often and not just a screen flash of a wolf face close up. It also seemed to just end all of a sudden, no real closure. I personally like the sequel better, it was a much more fun movie.
The Thirst - 5.5/10
It was entertaining for a low budget vampire flick that replaces fangs with drool. This was a movie that I watched following a recommendation from GP in the Halloween "scary" movie (http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/forums/index.php?topic=29590.msg555294#new) thread, and I don't regret watching it. It did some things wrong, and other things poorly, but it managed to hold my interest all the way to the end. Take into account that most of the budget was probably spent on fake blood and it's really not that bad of a movie all things considered.
The Proposal - 4/5 stars
I admit that I'm a Ryan Reynolds fan and am automatically biased toward any movie that lets him be him. He gets to be his usual witty wise cracking self in this movie and it doesn't disappoint. RR is on point, Sandra Bullock brought the LOLs and Betty White delivers exactly like you would expect her to. It's a romantic comedy with out all the romance and has actual comedy. If that isn't enough to convince you, Sandra Bullock has a nude scene (beautiful woman beautiful body).
Couldn't find my copy of The Ring.So I watched it on youtube. Still pretty creepy. It gets in your head alot. Now I fully expect to not post anymore in 7 days.
10/10
I really should finish the game...
Thank you for the kind words.
Transformers 2
(brain off) - 8.5/10
(brain on) - 4.5/10
IF you take this movie for what it was, make a quite a few assumption about whats going on and ignore some obviously bad cuts, this movie is a great action flick with some bad-ass fighting scenes between robots and funny dialog from both the robots and humans. Reasons you need to shut off the brain and just enjoy it: (*spoilers*)Right from the beginning in the first 2minutes you have no idea what the hell is going on because there are some overcomplicated robot transformations going on and things are moving too fast to really see anything. Lots of things that happen in the movie leave it up to you to assume this or assume that because they sure didn't show it(bad cuts); like one scene where Shia & Co. are dropped through a roof in a car, a robot lands looking at them in the car but when he(the robot) stands up Megan and the other guy are upstairs. how did they get up there so quickly. There is also a scene where a hot girl is a Decepticon and seduces Shia but apparently her skin is soft even though it's made of cold hard steel. Or when Shia is standing on Optimus' chest, who suddenly jumps to his feet but Shia is safely on the ground next to him, I assume he jumped off, but it didn't look like he had time. There are plenty of things (some big, mostly small) & I could probably go on about them but I was trying to just enjoy the movie, which I did.
Transformers 2
(brain off) - 8.5/10
(brain on) - 4.5/10
IF you take this movie for what it was, make a quite a few assumption about whats going on and ignore some obviously bad cuts, this movie is a great action flick with some bad-ass fighting scenes between robots and funny dialog from both the robots and humans. Reasons you need to shut off the brain and just enjoy it: (*spoilers*)Right from the beginning in the first 2minutes you have no idea what the hell is going on because there are some overcomplicated robot transformations going on and things are moving too fast to really see anything. Lots of things that happen in the movie leave it up to you to assume this or assume that because they sure didn't show it(bad cuts); like one scene where Shia & Co. are dropped through a roof in a car, a robot lands looking at them in the car but when he(the robot) stands up Megan and the other guy are upstairs. how did they get up there so quickly. There is also a scene where a hot girl is a Decepticon and seduces Shia but apparently her skin is soft even though it's made of cold hard steel. Or when Shia is standing on Optimus' chest, who suddenly jumps to his feet but Shia is safely on the ground next to him, I assume he jumped off, but it didn't look like he had time. There are plenty of things (some big, mostly small) & I could probably go on about them but I was trying to just enjoy the movie, which I did.
Repeat after me. "It's just a show, I should really just relax."
You're overthinking a summer action movie
this was a movie where "whats my motivation?" was never even thought about. I do agree, alot of it was probably terrible editing. Like all those explosions and **** didn't make any noise. Its like a deaf person did the sound.
Only read if you've already seen the movie or have no intention of watching it and are incapable of turning your brainoff to do so.
Transformers 2 FAQ (http://www.toplessrobot.com/2009/06/bonus_robs_transformers_2_faqs.php?page=1[/url)
This goes through the entire movie and makes it very obvious why you have to overlook alot to enjoy this movie for what it is. Funny to read though.
Only read if you've already seen the movie or have no intention of watching it and are incapable of turning your brainoff to do so.
Transformers 2 FAQ (http://www.toplessrobot.com/2009/06/bonus_robs_transformers_2_faqs.php?page=1[/url)
This goes through the entire movie and makes it very obvious why you have to overlook alot to enjoy this movie for what it is. Funny to read though.
If you had to pick a single scene that exemplifies Michael Bay's utter disdain for story and continuity, what would it be?
When five Decepticons sink to the bottom of the ocean to retrieve Megatron's corpse. A submarine tracks five "subjects" going down, and when they get there, one of the Decepticons is killed to give parts to Megatron. 5 -1 +1 = 5, right? No, because the sub somehow tracks "six" subjects coming up. Not only is this very basic math, this is the simplest of script errors. It could not possibly have been more than one page apart in the script. And yet Michael Bay either didn't care to notice or didn't give a ****. "Math? Math is for pussies. My movies are about **** blowing up, man."
Com'on, GP, that's a VERY BASIC error that should've been caught many many times during drafting. I agree that the the movie is a "turn your brain off and have fun" kind of feature, but that one really stuck out to me.
Why are you such the TF2 defender?
I stated it as a nit pick and an example of what was in the nitpicking summary. So who are you arguing with?
No one expects all movies to be perfect, we are just having fun pointing out flaws in this one.
Why are you such the TF2 defender?
I stated it as a nit pick and an example of what was in the nitpicking summary. So who are you arguing with?
No one expects all movies to be perfect, we are just having fun pointing out flaws in this one.
Yeah don't even remind me about the part where he hid in a refrigerator to protect himself from a nuclear blast! I mean, what the ****? Really...REALLLY>!?
Why are you such the TF2 defender?
I stated it as a nit pick and an example of what was in the nitpicking summary. So who are you arguing with?
No one expects all movies to be perfect, we are just having fun pointing out flaws in this one.
Because some are completely silly. It is snobbish and I can't stand it when people pick apart extremely minor things in movies and it has gotten far worse with the internet. The fun is sapped out of movies when people are so nitpicky and snobbish, whether it is about CGI, popcorn flicks, or other things they deem to be beneath them. Makes me wonder if there are any people left that go to a movie to have a good time, not nitpick how many robots are mentioned as coming out of the water.
Why are you such the TF2 defender?
I stated it as a nit pick and an example of what was in the nitpicking summary. So who are you arguing with?
No one expects all movies to be perfect, we are just having fun pointing out flaws in this one.
Because some are completely silly. It is snobbish and I can't stand it when people pick apart extremely minor things in movies and it has gotten far worse with the internet. The fun is sapped out of movies when people are so nitpicky and snobbish, whether it is about CGI, popcorn flicks, or other things they deem to be beneath them. Makes me wonder if there are any people left that go to a movie to have a good time, not nitpick how many robots are mentioned as coming out of the water.
Worst. Post. Ever.
It's a stupid ass movie. No nitpicking; just reality. Michael Bay will and forever be a jackass.
I think its extremely snobbish when people put down other people for finding something to nitpick in a movie, especially when it was made clear that it was all in fun anyway and in the end the person nitpicking admits to enjoying the film to some extent. I mean seriously, it's gotten so much worse on the internet when someone can make a post and someone else just decides its beneath them because it doesn't fall in line with their way of thinking. Makes me wonder if there's any people that actually still go onto forums to express their opinions, share ideas and information and have fun while doing it, not just to troll.
Only read if you've already seen the movie or have no intention of watching it and are incapable of turning your brainoff to do so.
Transformers 2 FAQ (http://www.toplessrobot.com/2009/06/bonus_robs_transformers_2_faqs.php?page=1[/url)
This goes through the entire movie and makes it very obvious why you have to overlook alot to enjoy this movie for what it is. Funny to read though.
I think its extremely snobbish when people put down other people for finding something to nitpick in a movie, especially when it was made clear that it was all in fun anyway and in the end the person nitpicking admits to enjoying the film to some extent. I mean seriously, it's gotten so much worse on the internet when someone can make a post and someone else just decides its beneath them because it doesn't fall in line with their way of thinking. Makes me wonder if there's any people that actually still go onto forums to express their opinions, share ideas and information and have fun while doing it, not just to troll.
You is funny. Especially considering my post was directed at a common practice I see on the internet, go to IMDB if you don't believe me. Even Citizen Kane which many consider one of the best movies of all time has goofs and inconsistencies. Pretty much every movie out there has their share of mistakes both big and small. Transformers 2 gets special attention because it is cool to bash Michael Bay, and Transformers 2. Personally I found it better then the first in about every way. At least though most enjoyed the film and it made a ton of money, so the "better then thou" haters didn't win the fight like they sometimes do.
Only read if you've already seen the movie or have no intention of watching it and are incapable of turning your brainoff to do so.
Transformers 2 FAQ (http://www.toplessrobot.com/2009/06/bonus_robs_transformers_2_faqs.php?page=1[/url)
This goes through the entire movie and makes it very obvious why you have to overlook alot to enjoy this movie for what it is. Funny to read though.
Awesome. That was one of the funniest things I've read all month.
and Two -- It's Transformers. I don't know about you, but I fuckin' love transformers and to see it, well, raped in such a fashion is beyond distrubing. Like Lindy said, it's like Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull. Spielberg raped Indi in that movie and it's honestly really really sad.
Diary of the Dead - 7.5/10
After the last 2 zombie movies I watched, I didn't have high hopes for this one. Zombie Diaries and Day of the Dead were horrible. Having said that, this one is much better and is also filmed in documentary style with everything you are seeing being filmed from 1 of the 2 camera that the group has when the outbreak starts.
The remake (2008). It was really bad.
never saw the original
the funniest part of Walk the Line was when he ripped off the sink, i was like thats why Dewey Cox does it!
I Love You, Beth Cooper: Dog sh*t/10
Turned it off halfway through. Awful, AWFUL film.
Awful.
on the beth cooper movie..geeze, its directed by Chris Columbus, who usually directs good movies...i wonder what went wrong?
He also has a deviated septum or something and a giant beak for a nose and is just NOT LIKABLE.
Also, much has been made of Hayden Panettiere's side-boob scene. Trust me on this: I have bigger boobs than she does. It is nothing special. In fact, it was sort of detrimental to my opinion of her hottness.
A young man who remains decidedly insecure about his masculinity attempts to uncover the mystery of his rare genetic disorder before it transforms him into a female in a sci fi flavored romantic comedy directed by Martin Curland and inspired by the studies of renowned Neuromorphologists Professor Czierny Ptolemy and Eva Szantova. Slowly immersed in a world where some change gender at will and others seem to make the transformation despite how hard they try not to, Luke (Taylor Handley) is forced to abandon all of his assumptions on sexual identity to focus on the one person he truly loves. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus - 7/10
I love Terry Gilliam movies, but this one didn't take me as much as his others. It's still good, but I don't know.
2012 - Worst thing I have seen in the last 12 months/10
hurrrrr durrrrr. i knew i'd hate it, i don't even know why i went.
I didn't pay. All my friends wanted to see it, so I got one of them to pay for me.
The box never looked the leaast bit interesting to me.
speculation: the guy shows up and says "if you hit this buttton you get 1 million dollars, but someone else you don't know will die"
they hit the button and you join the pool of random people that will get killed if someone else hits the button.
The guy that presents you the offer was probably one of those people at one point (and survived) abd thats how he lost a chink of his face.
Bruno 2/10
the only really funny part of this movie was the part with the baby. the rest of it was just gay. literally and figuratively.
Perm - Short Bus is on my list (somewhere near the bottom of the middle where it is easily skipped over) since someone on a different forum recommended it. I will get around to it eventually.
I have nothing against gays or "gay" things. Bruno is trying to be the "gay" Borat and it failed at being funny. It was too much "gay" in your face and failed to achieve the humor that was present throughout most of Borat. The first 30 minutes were just a gay porno and the the next 30 minutes contained some moderately funny scenes(like the baby stuff) but the last 30 minutes devolved back into a porno only of the softcore variety this time.
It wasn't sexy, it wasn't all that funny and some parts were obviously forced. Its a failed attempt at replicating the Borat formula of a 2hr "you got punked" episode with a plot.
As far as Short Bus, I have a lot of movies in my Netflix queue. All new releases or things I'm really looking forward to are in the top 3rd, the middle 3rd are movies that will serve as filler for when I can't receive something in the top 3rd and the bottom 3rd are movies that are either about to go into "instant watch"availability or are purposely on hold(like a tv series or sequels to a movie I haven't watched yet) because I don't want to forget about them. Short bus is near the bottom of that middle 3rd along with lots of other movies that I plan on getting around to eventually.
dead snow is out?
isn't that the nazi zombie flick?
Ben-Hur[ The chariot race is one of the most intense things ever filmed. no CGI, just real people getting trampled by real horses. Four and Half Stars.
I love Double Indemnity especially because of the awesome dialogue. It's always baby. "Shut up, baby."
Last movie I watched (finally): 500 Days of Summer. Surprisingly good (and funny)!
Best line: "I think you know what I need ........... uh, toner."
Turtles Forever - 9/10What time is it going to show on Saturday?
1980's Turtles meet up with the 2000's Turtles and together fight The Shredder(s).
This brought back such memories and pointed out how ridiculous the old turtles cartoon was back in the 80's.
It was great. It also puts all the animation & character differences side by side which also reminds you of how enjoyable and memorable the 80's turtles really were. If you are a fan watch it.
TheCW will be re-airing it in half hour episodes over the next 3 saturdays.
:O I was just on a noir kick recently. Watch The Maltese Falcon guys.. and Chinatown of course.
Turtles Forever - 9/10What time is it going to show on Saturday?
1980's Turtles meet up with the 2000's Turtles and together fight The Shredder(s).
This brought back such memories and pointed out how ridiculous the old turtles cartoon was back in the 80's.
It was great. It also puts all the animation & character differences side by side which also reminds you of how enjoyable and memorable the 80's turtles really were. If you are a fan watch it.
TheCW will be re-airing it in half hour episodes over the next 3 saturdays.
Ahhhh!!! It makes me sooo mad that Black Dynamite isn't playing anywhere within driving range of my house.
I'm gonna be forced to view it through other means unless I want to wait for the DVD.
and it has a 4.1 star rating on Netflix after 867 reviews.
I Love You, Man - 3/10
I heard good things about this movie, and I was *extremely* disappointed. I laughed maybe two times, and the movie in general, was a heaping pile of ****. it had such a great cast, but the script was horrible, and the conflicts were always settled way too easily. It sucks. Don't watch it.
Gojira - 8/10
You're thinking of Goryia. Gojira is another name for Godzilla.
Swingers 9/10
I've seen it probably a half-dozen times now, but it never disappoints. I'm probably the most annoying person to watch it with because I can't help but say the lines as they're spoken.
Not the last movie i've seen but since we're on the subject:
Swingers 0/10
Didn't find it humerous at all, in annoyed the **** outta me... plus a young vince vaughn looks sorta alien-like.
I guess vudu and i are in the elite group of people that got the movie and enjoyed it.
I guess vudu and i are in the elite group of people that got the movie and enjoyed it.
Haha. Yeah right :P
Next up on my docket, Treasure Planet and Atlantis 2: the Search for More Money. In case you're wondering, the whole reason I'm watching these movies now is because I ignored anything out of Disney after Mulan, Pocahantas, and especially Hercules showed me the company was growing incapable of engaging animated material. I happened to finally see The Emperor's New Groove and Tarzan a few years back, and it seemed that maybe I missed a few gems along the way so now I'm trying to catch up on what I missed.
Next up on my docket, Treasure Planet and Atlantis 2: the Search for More Money. In case you're wondering, the whole reason I'm watching these movies now is because I ignored anything out of Disney after Mulan, Pocahantas, and especially Hercules showed me the company was growing incapable of engaging animated material. I happened to finally see The Emperor's New Groove and Tarzan a few years back, and it seemed that maybe I missed a few gems along the way so now I'm trying to catch up on what I missed.
I want to do a similar thing but focus on all of the D2DVD and TV series that I missed. Though I realize now I missed a few more of the major movies than I thought. I'll be watching your reviews for good ones I missed.
PS-What do you mean by Disney Holly Trinity? Is that a widely used term or are those your favorite three?
Avatar: While the run time seems daunting at the very least, the story is ok enough to not put you to sleep until the awesomeness that is the 3D effects battle scene. If you don't see it in 3D, you're wasting your money. 8/10
I would completely reverse those two scores.
WHERE IS YOUR SPIRIT OF ADVENTURE?
Four Christmases I like Vince Vaughn. I like Jon Favreau. I like Robert Duvall. I like Jon Voight. I like Mary Steenburgen, I like Kristin Chenoweth. I don't really care for Reese Witherspoon. Three Stars
Welcome to the Dollhouse - 5
Sad to see that the lead actress (the girl that was hung upside down and drained in Hostel 2/DJ's girlfriend in Roseanne) is not only very unattractive now but wasn't even cute as a little girl. This movie also wasn't funny at all.
if anybody should make a Zelda movie, it should be James Cameron. Imagine the Zoras!
Sherlock Holmes - 8. Robert Downey Jr OWNED this movie. Everything else just didn't stand up to his brilliance.
Hehehe...no better version of Sherlock than "The Great Mouse Detective." FACT.
Sherlock Holmes - 8. Robert Downey Jr OWNED this movie. Everything else just didn't stand up to his brilliance.
Do you think a fan of the classic Sherlock Holmes stories can enjoy this movie? I grew up with the books and Basil Rathhbone (via the 1930s-1940s Sherlock Holmes Radio Dramas) as my Sherlock, and the moment I saw the trailer for this movie I didn't like it. It just looked like they tried to turn Holmes into more of an action hero with silly jokes, but maybe it was just a bad trailer?
-last 3 movies is me clearing out my Instant Watch queue since movies are about to expire-
Inglorius Basterds - 9/10
I went in expecting more action, violence and out right carnage after seeing all the previews, but after an hour or so I remembered that this was a Quentin Tarantino film and the dialog is where the real action is at, even though there still was a fair amount of action in the movie.
It may seem to start off a little slow, but every scene has it's purpose in drawing you further into the story of the movie. Very well done.
...The whole fight over the weird bird is a bit far fetched too..And the part where he floated his entire house to South America using helium balloons wasn't?
Also, the old man waited until after his wife died to go to Paradise Falls. Fail.
Oh, here are spoilers for how the inevitable sequel ends:
Holmes and Moriarty plunge to their deaths over a waterfall
...The whole fight over the weird bird is a bit far fetched too..And the part where he floated his entire house to South America using helium balloons wasn't?
They were pretty much free to do what they did in the end in the beginning. So I'm really not sure what was the point of this movie. What was the Brain Machines motivation for capturing all the souls, what happens when it does? How are these burlap puppets the last hope for humanity? Why was this movie made when even though the movie short story it was based off of didn't make much sense but basically told the exact same story?
Was that explained in the movie, how the machine would somehow restore humanity(after it killed all the humans) once it got a soul or is that just the reasoning that you came up with? How would a machine make humans?
I remember the part where they give the background on what happened and why and I don't remember them saying that specifically. I understand that the machine had no soul and he gave his soul to the 9 puppets, but why would the talisman work against the machine if it was designed to put the souls inside the machine? Why is everything all better now that the machine is gone when the machine wasn't a threat to them before 9 showed up?
You don't have to answer those questions. This movie just wasn't worth the time regardless of whatever the underlying message was.
Also I think they changed the story a bit in the sequel because I could have sworn Alejandro had a daughter at the end of the first movie but he only has a son in the sequel. Though it has been a while. Can you confirm this, Broodwars?
I give Mask an 8/10 as well. I thought it was pretty good, i don't have the same complaints about Alejandro though, i thought he was interesting. He was a ruffian, and he had to work at the elegance of Zorro. I also liked watching From G to Gents :p
Plus he had to do things like fake his accent to not stick out amongst the nobility.
and I agree the Sequel was lame 2 points deducted 6/10
That's too funny, BlacknMild. "Unobtanium" sounds like something you collect in Ratchet & Clank (Raritanium).
Next you'll have to watch Zorro, the Gay Blade. George Hamilton at his best.
Up 3/5
Also, the old man waited until after his wife died to go to Paradise Falls. Fail.
Up 3/5
Also, the old man waited until after his wife died to go to Paradise Falls. Fail.
Wow, way to completely miss the point of the movie (and a major plot cue too).
District 9 What a great movie. Not sure if I like it this much... its kinda scaring me.
I am not a fan of Family Guy.
They rarely have new jokes
With Something Something Something Darkside, I'd heard most of the jokes before, on other, better Star Wars specials
Rachel McAdams. I've never seen what the big deal is. She was good in Mean Girls, that's about it.
The squid didn't ever make any goddamn sense anyway.
The squid didn't ever make any goddamn sense anyway.
(http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/forums/index.php?action=dlattach;attach=999;type=avatar)
Death Note
Japanese film about a note book where if you write a name in it, the person whose name was written will die. It has English Dubbing and is clever enough to make some rules and actually stick to them. I kept thinking about what I would do with a book like that and how out of control things would get if someone had a common name or something else that would just mess with the actual usefulness of such a book, but they came up with some pretty good boundaries that make sense. I was into it and there is also a sequel that they advertise at the end of the movie, so that has just been bumped up my Netflix list.
3.75/5 stars
didnt know there was a tv show.
didnt know there was a tv show.Not exactly the best way to watch it (I think the episodes available streamed there are subbed, and Death Note has a stellar dub), but here:
edit: you were referring to the anime.
I just went back and read the reviews on Netflix and it seems that they made the movie a 2 parter and did a really good job of capturing the anime, even using the same voice actors for the english dubbing.
http://www.hulu.com/death-note (http://www.hulu.com/death-note)
If you end up interested in the TV series dubbed, the whole series has been out on DVD for a while now.
(like the fat guy sits in chair at home playing as female character in Surrogates).
The Lord of the Rings (Trilogy - Extended Editions) - 10/10 - I've been meaning to rewatch these movies for a while now, as I hadn't sat through them pretty much since they first released. Well, the better part of a decade later I finally got around to it, and the movies are still awesome (particularly these Extended Editions). I'm still not thrilled with some of the changes Jackson made in Two Towers (Faramir in particular) and that movie in particular drags in places, but the overall quality shines through. Watching these movies in SD DVD really makes me long for HD Blu-Ray versions, so long as all the extras in these mammoth sets get ported over.
The Lord of the Rings (Trilogy - Extended Editions) - 10/10 - I've been meaning to rewatch these movies for a while now, as I hadn't sat through them pretty much since they first released. Well, the better part of a decade later I finally got around to it, and the movies are still awesome (particularly these Extended Editions). I'm still not thrilled with some of the changes Jackson made in Two Towers (Faramir in particular) and that movie in particular drags in places, but the overall quality shines through. Watching these movies in SD DVD really makes me long for HD Blu-Ray versions, so long as all the extras in these mammoth sets get ported over.
That's funny, I didn't mind the changes in TT as much as the ones in Fellowship and TT is actually my favorite of the three. I was very upset that they didn't include Glorfindel and replaced his role with boring Arwen.
So you give The Evil Dead Trilogy a 16/30 or a 2.5/5 stars average.
Not Bad. Not Great.
Alright, with that out of the way it's time for Evil Dead!
Army of Darkness - 3/10 - No, on second thought let's not talk about Army of Darkness...'Tis a silly movie. ;)
Jedi Strikes Back - 5/10. Going into this film I completely forgot how much of the film is taken up by those goddamn Ewoks. Luke is a ***got in this film too.
Remember the Wicket movies? Hell yeah, those were so awesome.
I just finished watching The Departed...10 out of 10!
Now I am watching [the] Traitor...def. a 'diamond in the rough'...8 out of 10...[so far...1/2 hour left...]
(http://i47.tinypic.com/28rqb.jpg)I just finished watching The Departed...10 out of 10!
Now I am watching [the] Traitor...def. a 'diamond in the rough'...8 out of 10...[so far...1/2 hour left...]
agreed The Departed 10/10 I hope Nicholson does another movie some time soon, its been a couple of years.
Planet Hulk - 7.75/10
I gotta say that I'm a little impressed with the efforts that Marvel Animations has been making. Hulk Vs Wolverine was great and Hulk vs Thor was pretty good too. So I gave this one a chance and i enjoyed it. The animation could us a little work, but given the budget that went into it, I would still give it an B. The story made sense, but I haven't picked up a comic book in 15 years, so I don't know what was going on right before this movie started.
This movie starts off with the Hulk being restrained in a space ship with a message from Iron man that he was no longer welcome on Earth and they were sending him somewhere where there was no one he could hurt and there was nothing for him to get mad and then destroy everything. Let's just say that Hulk got mad and destroyed his ship sending it off course and landing on an entirely different planet with lots of inhabitants. What will Hulk Smash first?
EDIT: I forgot to mention that this movie was more violent and brutal than I had expected.
Pleasant Surprise
Yup. Bruce can basically morph into and out of Hulk form whenver he wants now. Over the years, his strength has grown by leaps and bounds. He was exiled from Earth because of this--he had such immense destructive power that he was causing geologic events or something. So he's got Banner's smarts and Hulk's strength. I think the conflict now is that he's got multiple personalities or something, one of which wants to take over the world...? Does that sound right?
Is Dr. Strange good? I was gonna rent it, but it looked a bit on the dull side.
I guess I'll add it to the Netflix list.
Green Lantern: First Flight is ok, but the only thing I know of Green Lantern is from JLA/U
guy with pen - has a real big set
Have you seen the original series that the movie is based on?
Edge of Darkness (1986)
6 episode mini series or something.
I still think that Dark Knight should have gotten the honors of dethroning Titanic.
which counts for nothing since their both James Cameron movies, i still haven't seen Titanic, after like 13 years, i wanna see what all the fuss is about.
which counts for nothing since their both James Cameron movies, i still haven't seen Titanic, after like 13 years, i wanna see what all the fuss is about.
which counts for nothing since their both James Cameron movies, i still haven't seen Titanic, after like 13 years, i wanna see what all the fuss is about.
I haven't seen it either. I use to hate LeoDeCap, but recently he's been turning into one of my favorite actors.
Yonkers is where the US Army had its first failed assault against the zombie apocolypse, according to "World War Z."
If you stopped there, then you've missed out on Jingle All the Way!
Oh and Agent Smith is in it! This is the first thing I've seen him in since The Matrix movies.
Oh and Agent Smith is in it! This is the first thing I've seen him in since The Matrix movies.
Agent Smith was Elrond the in the Lord of the Rings movies. I couldn't adjust to him being elrond until the third movie came out because I kept expecting Neo to crash the party or something.
Oh and Agent Smith is in it! This is the first thing I've seen him in since The Matrix movies.
Agent Smith was Elrond the in the Lord of the Rings movies. I couldn't adjust to him being elrond until the third movie came out because I kept expecting Neo to crash the party or something.
Hugo Weaving has been in a few things since then. He was in V for Vendetta and he is the voice of Megatron in the 2 transformers movies.
If I might ask, where did you watch JL: Co2E since it comes out on DVD 3/23?
If I might ask, where did you watch JL: Co2E since it comes out on DVD 3/23?
Not according to Netflix....If I might ask, where did you watch JL: Co2E since it comes out on DVD 3/23?
Umm, that release date is 2/23...
I do know that my sister picked up The Box from Hollywood Video a week ago and it doesn't release till 3/23 on Netflix, so that also says something.That your sister has bad taste in movies?
Here's how the new late-fee structure breaks down:
• Starting this week, customers will be charged $5 for a five-day movie rental. Previously, customers were allowed to keep each rental for seven days.
• If the customer returns the movie late, they'll be charged $1 per day until it's returned, up to a maximum of 10 days.
• If the customer still hasn't returned the movie by the 15th day, they'll be charged the full price of the DVD, which could range from $29.99 on the high end for newly released Blu-ray discs, to just a few bucks on the low end for a DVD on the clearance rack.
• If the movie is returned within 30 days, the customer will receive a store credit equal to the price of the movie they were charged for, minus $10 in late fees. So if the customer was charged $19.99 for a replacement DVD, they'll have $9.99 credited to their Blockbuster account.
Yeah, I'm not really sure how ANY brick-and-morter store can complete with Netflix at this point.Getting the movie near retail release vs 1 month late for Netflix (as current events seems to be leading to)?
Robocop - 6/10.
Good for its time, but i wish i had that limited unraded edition because the violence (which pretty much makes this movie) seems pretty damn tame. Oh and the effects on the ED-(Variable) are god awful but its kinda funny.. why would you make a law enforcement droid that sounds like a trex and can't walk up/down steps!? LOL
Makes me kinda curious of what they'll do if that supposed 2011 remake pans out...
Robocop - 6/10.
Good for its time, but i wish i had that limited unraded edition because the violence (which pretty much makes this movie) seems pretty damn tame. Oh and the effects on the ED-(Variable) are god awful but its kinda funny.. why would you make a law enforcement droid that sounds like a trex and can't walk up/down steps!? LOL
Makes me kinda curious of what they'll do if that supposed 2011 remake pans out...
The ED 209 was never meant as a Law Enforcement droid. I was an "Urban Pacification Unit" (Walking Tank) that never worked as intended. In the Directors cut this becomes even more clear. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrXfh4hENKs (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrXfh4hENKs)
As much as Robocop is an action movie, it was also a statement to the corporate BS in America. It starts with the privatisation of the police department in Detroit and ends with OCP owning the city In Robocop 2. The underlying message still rings true today, even more strongly than before. It shows where full suto capitialism ends.
Robocop 2 is awful. They just changed scripts halfway through. Also, ED 209 = consumer-grade Metal Gear REX.
ID$ had Bill Pullman, but we kicked some alien ass. I was watching Chelsea lately and she said to be original you have to have the president be a Gay Chinese guy.
...And why does there always have to be a black president when there is an Earth ending event about to take place?
Because that's the last sign of the apocalypse.
I'm hoping to go see it soon with my GF so I'll hit up up with a PM as soon as that happens. I might just end up going with another friend because she found out it is a 'scary movie' and is disinclined to go now. :P
I'm hoping to go see it soon with my GF so I'll hit up up with a PM as soon as that happens. I might just end up going with another friend because she found out it is a 'scary movie' and is disinclined to go now. :P
Shutter Island is hardly scary. Sure there are some parts that may make you jump, but the majority of it plays out more like a thriller.
I'd give it a 8/10. Not Scorsese best, but it's better than most thrillers I've seen.
lol Terminator 1? Are you crazy, that's like the most boring movie of all-time.
Would you rate it higher if you didn't have to pay for it? As in, the imax ticket being paid for you?
The Crazies: 5/5
dull, but not boring enough to walk out on (especially not at these ticket prices..)
The Crazies: 5/5
dull, but not boring enough to walk out on (especially not at these ticket prices..)
? Dull..... but what? 5 out of 5? I'm confused.
There's a movie that I want to review for this thread, but I would probably get banned for even posting the name of it. So i won't.
It's not porn or a Michael Moore movie, surprisingly, it is on IMDB though, but I think they slightly altered the name on the title.
It's not porn or a Michael Moore movie, surprisingly, it is on IMDB though, but I think they slightly altered the name on the title.
So if it's not political or about homosexuality, then it must be a religious film like Jesus Camp or something? If it's not religious, political or sexual then I have no idea what it could be.
movie added, but did wiki need to spoil the entire movie without warning?
You've got me really curious; why don't you PM it to me.and then I'll probably post it.
i google most offensive title name for a movie and this is what i got
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0274518/ (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0274518/)
The attack on the Angel is significantly different now, with an emphasis on Shinji standing up and being a ****ing man, which if you know anything about the original series is a dramatic improvement.What was the original again? Shinji shoots, misses, Rei then takes a bullet for him, Shinji shoots again, doesn't **** up for a change.
The attack on the Angel is significantly different now, with an emphasis on Shinji standing up and being a ****ing man, which if you know anything about the original series is a dramatic improvement.What was the original again? Shinji shoots, misses, Rei then takes a bullet for him, Shinji shoots again, doesn't **** up for a change.
Beware Children at Play. A badly made horror movie from the 80s. I was turned on to it by an animated gif from SUPER in the funhouse. If you search the title on youtube you can see the finale scene. 0 stars due to offensive violence.Instant Watch on Netflix.
An American Tale & The Secret of NIMH
Both better in memory and I should have left that fond childhood memory alone. Neither of them was bad (some of the songs in An American Tale were) but neither of them lived up memory I was trying to pass on to other children. They both liked An American tale, but they both (and myself) found Secret of NIMH to be a little bit boring, and that was disappointing, since I told them NIMH was the better movie of the 2.
the ending is a logan's run type thing?
An American Tale & The Secret of NIMH
Both better in memory and I should have left that fond childhood memory alone. Neither of them was bad (some of the songs in An American Tale were) but neither of them lived up memory I was trying to pass on to other children. They both liked An American tale, but they both (and myself) found Secret of NIMH to be a little bit boring, and that was disappointing, since I told them NIMH was the better movie of the 2.
I have to admit I found NIMH rather boring (and strangely violent) as well when I last saw it, which was probably around 15 or so years ago. I've been meaning to rewatch it for years, though. As for An American Tale, I have seen that much more recently (probably around 5 years ago) and I still liked it...but found it incredibly depressing and Fieval's version of "Somewhere out there" makes me cringe and my ears bleed. Once again, people: nothing good come of having children sing songs with high notes in them.
When are you going to break out The Land Before Time?
When are you going to break out The Land Before Time?
Indeed. It might just be nostalgia talking because I haven't seen the movie in ages, but the original Land Before Time is a classic. The movie's theme song is also one of my All Time favorites.
I didn't realize that there were 5 RotLD movies.
Are they all hilariously bad?
Paranormal Activity: 4/10
My sister wanted me to watch this with her. It was pretty boring, not much really happened. The end was okay though, I'm glad that she kills her boyfriend. He was a real twat.
AKIRA
I haven't seen this movie in years and yet its still as good if not better than what I remembered. The ending still confuses me a bit Did Tut suo or whatever turn into another universe or did he turn into a God?, but the action and animation is still top notch. I like to say "Holy ****!" during movies and other surprises and this movie had me saying it alot.
9/10
lol Natlie Portman, Winona Rider, and Kiera Knightly are like the triforce godesses of goodlookingness. Portman even looks hot bald IMO
Paranormal Activity: 4/10
My sister wanted me to watch this with her. It was pretty boring, not much really happened. The end was okay though, I'm glad that she kills her boyfriend. He was a real twat.
by the way, for such a 'clean' girl, I'm surprised you used the word twat lol
Hot Tub Time Machine = 10/10
This movie was filmed on location in the glorious land of HILARIDAD! What I loved about it was that it didn't ham up the 80s so much that it was full of incredibly cheesey/cheap laughs. Hell, you coulda taken these four guys and made them go into the future and it woulda been hilarious because of the rapport they have with eachother and the scenarios they got put in.
that kid from httm was on sex drive which i give 8/10
First Blood 9.5/10 This movie is beyond badassRambo?
I'm really looking forward to seeing the "remake" this weekend.
I'm really looking forward to seeing the "remake" this weekend.
I saw the trailer for it Wednesday night during an ESPN commercial break, and I couldn't help but think "wow, it's God of War: The Movie." :-\
I'm really looking forward to seeing the "remake" this weekend.
I saw the trailer for it Wednesday night during an ESPN commercial break, and I couldn't help but think "wow, it's God of War: The Movie." :-\
that sounds so backwards.
i just wanna watch Clash of the titans regularYou mean the non-3D version?
With Avatar, was it a lot of POP out 3D, a lot of Depth 3D or a combination of both?
With Avatar, was it a lot of POP out 3D, a lot of Depth 3D or a combination of both?
Paranormal Activity - Loved it/10
Great little horror movie. There's a plausability you don't normally see, even in Blair Witch, even though Blair Witch obviously provided a lot of inspiration. The movie had good pacing and a believable progression of supernatural spookiness. The only part I didn't like was the psychic doctor, who came off as sort of hammy. Good effects and a pretty surprising ending. I didn't watch the "Alternate ending," and after reading about it on Wikipedia today, I'm glad I didn't.
Hey, why aren't my spoiler tags working?!?
Har de har har. I corrected the tags and I hate you all!
*runs away crying*
Is it the poor execution of 3D that kills it or does the movie really just lack something special?
The movie was filmed in 2D, then converted to 3D, but amazingly all the characters are 1D!
Kick Ass - 9 out of 10.
OMG. It's just so stupidly fun and really make syou feel like THAT COULD BE ME in all the fight scenes. Don't watch it if flashing lights causes you issues as there's a 5-7 minute segment of exclusively that towards the end.
Kick Ass - 9 out of 10.
OMG. It's just so stupidly fun and really make syou feel like THAT COULD BE ME in all the fight scenes. Don't watch it if flashing lights causes you issues as there's a 5-7 minute segment of exclusively that towards the end.
I really want to see this, but it doesn't come out till the 16th :(
Kick Ass - 9 out of 10.
OMG. It's just so stupidly fun and really make syou feel like THAT COULD BE ME in all the fight scenes. Don't watch it if flashing lights causes you issues as there's a 5-7 minute segment of exclusively that towards the end.
I really want to see this, but it doesn't come out till the 16th :(
WE WINS!
Kick Ass - 9 out of 10.
OMG. It's just so stupidly fun and really make syou feel like THAT COULD BE ME in all the fight scenes. Don't watch it if flashing lights causes you issues as there's a 5-7 minute segment of exclusively that towards the end.
I really want to see this, but it doesn't come out till the 16th :(
WE WINS!
can i buy a bootleg off you?
Kick Ass - 9 out of 10.
OMG. It's just so stupidly fun and really make syou feel like THAT COULD BE ME in all the fight scenes. Don't watch it if flashing lights causes you issues as there's a 5-7 minute segment of exclusively that towards the end.
I really want to see this, but it doesn't come out till the 16th :(
WE WINS!
can i buy a bootleg off you?
sure, but you may find me looking down at my phone having a very inappropriate conversation on my blackberry...
Disappearance ∞/10
Nothing will top it.
pshhh
Beer Fest 8.5/10 i love this movie!
Club Dread 6/10 not so much
Monty Python and the Holy Grail ...i need to watch it again to decide
The Blind Side: Not Bad/10
Good movie. Don't know if Sandra Bullock deserved an Oscar for it, though.
The movie singlehandedly gave broke any respect I once had for the NCAA, though. That woman sounded like a conspiracy theorist, and if that woman (in real life) was ACTUALLY QUESTIONING HIS SUCCESS instead of being happy about it, then...I mean, JEEZ.
Very enjoyable even if it was a little hard to understand some of the things they were saying.
Very enjoyable even if it was a little hard to understand some of the things they were saying.
I turned on subtitles about 10 minutes into the movie. Made it much more enjoyable.
Very enjoyable even if it was a little hard to understand some of the things they were saying.
I turned on subtitles about 10 minutes into the movie. Made it much more enjoyable.
Avatar: Bluray
I miss 3D/10
It still is a wonderful movie, but the world that seemed so real on the big screen seems so fake now.
"oceans of pandora" sounds like a badass title in itself
Are you the one that asked where the HYPE TRAIN gif came from?
You on something TJ? Because what ever it is you're taking, I don't want none of it.
I would agree that he does go hard out with the whole cement truck Batman voice, but to say that he is a horrible Batman?
It is demanded that you explain yourself to a jury of your peers.
Q1.
That suit wasn't built for him. That was the mark 2 suit from the first movie. But presumably both men are identically dimensioned. But I was under the impression that the suit was powered from Tony's chest piece, so I don't know how it was working for Rhodey. So yeah, a bit more explaining would have been nice.
Q2.
I must admit it didn't even notice this. I thought it was fine personally. Plus I liked the Captain America reference in that scene and the little gag at the end of it.
Four Christmases Meh/10
Forgettable. Kristin Chenoweth, as usual, is the high point. The film is otherwise dominated by Vince Vaughn (who is genuinely funny) and Reese Witherspoon's chin.
Four Christmases Meh/10
Forgettable. Kristin Chenoweth, as usual, is the high point. The film is otherwise dominated by Vince Vaughn (who is genuinely funny) and Reese Witherspoon's chin.
Ugh, that was the "family time" movie I had to sit through last Christmas, and it is truly horrible. It's a shame, too, because the cast is fantastic.
Kick-Ass
FUCKING EPIC/10
Who directed this movie? Is was masterfully done. Nolan could take a few pointers from the fight scenes because I could see everything at all times. I swear I must have rewound one scene ten times. Fucking epic.
I don't consider it a movie, but I watched "Zeitgeist - The Movie". It was interesting. Yup.
I don't consider it a movie, but I watched "Zeitgeist - The Movie". It was interesting. Yup.
I just recently saw it too! it was pretty interesting, but not as interesting as my brother hyped it up to be. Scary part is, i had a dream about it a few days later..
You know what we should all do is have a NWR Critics Theater 3000 (only it'll have a much more clever name :P: : ) where we all pick a movie once every week, or every other week* and we all watch it, then we all comment on the parts of the movie worth commenting about** while also rating the movie.
It might work best if some of us could time the start of the movie as if it were on TV, but an ongoing discussion about one particular movie at a time could be interesting.
*we pick a movie on a schedule that works for the majority that wants to participate, I'm only making a suggestion at this point.
**nit-picking movies to death could be pretty fun especially when we all shred parts of the movie that the rest of us might not have noticed anything wrong with.
its like imdb but better
I was watching this movie called Funhouse today 6/10, and I was thinking about how Id love to Mystery Science Theater it. It starts off so well, but then it gets dumb as **** and i begin to hope people die.
its like imdb but better
I was watching this movie called Funhouse today 6/10, and I was thinking about how Id love to Mystery Science Theater it. It starts off so well, but then it gets dumb as **** and i begin to hope people die.
Someone made a movie out of the NWR Funhouse?
You know what we should all do is have a NWR Critics Theater 3000 (only it'll have a much more clever name :P) where we all pick a movie once every week, or every other week* and we all watch it, then we all comment on the parts of the movie worth commenting about** while also rating the movie.
It might work best if some of us could time the start of the movie as if it were on TV, but an ongoing discussion about one particular movie at a time could be interesting.
*we pick a movie on a schedule that works for the majority that wants to participate, I'm only making a suggestion at this point.
**nit-picking movies to death could be pretty fun especially when we all shred parts of the movie that the rest of us might not have noticed anything wrong with.
So we've got 2 movie suggestions, the 1st - Puppet Master (which I've never actually watched) is on Hulu & Netflix, which means everyone could watch it
and we have Labyrinth, which is only on Netflix.
So when does everyone want to start and what should we call the thread?
i own Labyrinth, and that would be on my list..but its like a nostalgic favorite. On the flip side there is Dark Crystal which is similar to Labyrinth except I didn't watch it as a kid..so i don't get all nostalgic over it, and when I did watch it...I thought it was weird as ****. On the David Bowie issue...aside from his music...my love of David Bowie comes from Labyrinth. On the other hand, last time I watched it..it wasn't as good as I remember.
Another suggestion is a Schumacher Batman movie.. Batman and Robin is terrible. On the other hand its kinda interesting in how bad it is. If you look hard enough you can get a 4 pack of the 89-97 series of Batman for 13.99+ tax at Wal-mart. Speaking of which, Batman Returns sucks alot more than I remembered too. Danny Devito is still great. Pfeifer is cheesey hammy ****.
I don't consider it a movie, but I watched "Zeitgeist - The Movie". It was interesting. Yup.
I just recently saw it too! it was pretty interesting, but not as interesting as my brother hyped it up to be. Scary part is, i had a dream about it a few days later..
There's a second Zeitgeist movie by the way, Zeitgeist 2 Addendum, which I just watched and I liked it a lot more than the first one.
Having recently seen Labyrinth, I can assure you all that it is a terrible film.
David Bowie is a plus.
You'd THINK that Jennifer Connelly would be a plus, too, but she spends the entire movie being whiney.
I don't know how--if at all--this new movie hooks up with the established DC Animated Universe continuity. The animation style is similar, but a bit more dynamic.
That movie is HORRIBLE and the 2 of 3 sequels that I've seen are even worse.
I would not have given the 1st one a 7, I would have given it a 5 with a * next to it stating that it was a campy, cheap, 'B' movie that was so bad that you just might enjoy it.... sorta.
I've actually been meaning to go back and watch all the Trek movies. I saw 4 on Netflix instant and watched it out of order. Now it seems 3 and 2 on on it as well. I just need the first one on there and I can get underway.
I recall 6 was my favorite when I was younger. I'm interested to see how my tastes have changes now that I am much older.
The Animated Series is pure awesome. ;)
I've actually been meaning to go back and watch all the Trek movies. I saw 4 on Netflix instant and watched it out of order. Now it seems 3 and 2 on on it as well. I just need the first one on there and I can get underway.
I recall 6 was my favorite when I was younger. I'm interested to see how my tastes have changes now that I am much older.
There's no reason to ever watch 1, 5, Insurrection, or Nemesis. 2's fantastic, 6 is fantastic, 4 and First Contact are really good. 3 and Generations are decent enough, and worth watching. 2-3-4 is a bit of a trilogy, but it doesn't really hurt that much to watch them out of order, although watching 3 before 2 could hurt the experience.
Last night I watched Ratatouille from Netflix. It started a little slow and for the first five minutes I thought this was going to be the first Pixar movie I hate, but then it picked up. I have to admit that I cared more about Linguini's story than Remy's. Overall I would give it 5/5, although I was surprised to see no audio commentary and only a few bonus features.
I don't get why Hermione would be attracted to Ron (I haven't read any of the books).It's just the old, they're mean to each other because they like each other. If it sounds childish it's because they're kids.
Futurama: Into the Wild Green Yonder: 5/5. Easily tied with the first Futurama movie in terms of quality. They were making this movie under the impression that it would be the end of Futurama (this was before they announced the deal with Comedy Central), so they wrapped up several of the story arcs, including at the very end. I love that they killed 2 members of the Waterfall family.
Episode 1: The Phantom Menace OHMYGODITSSOAWFUL/10
It was on TV. I got about halfway through it before I couldn't take it anymore. I forgot how George Lucas betrayed The Force.
HOw wold you describe Qui Gon as a character? You can't. "Qui Gon? Oh he's, he's jedi like, he's a jedi"
It's not Perm. It's all awful.
HOw wold you describe Qui Gon as a character? You can't. "Qui Gon? Oh he's, he's jedi like, he's a jedi"
HOw wold you describe Qui Gon as a character? You can't. "Qui Gon? Oh he's, he's jedi like, he's a jedi"
Unfortunately, he's played by Liam Neeson, so he kind of falls under the same category for me as Morgan Freeman: I really don't care how bad their characters are, because as far as I'm concerned the two of them could just sit there and read a phone book for 2 hours (also known as the extent of Neeson's character in Fallout 3) and I'd be satisfied. The two of them just have that certain character to their voices and stage aura on-screen.
Honestly, Qui Gon was probably the least problem that Phantom Menace had, anyway.
No need to MFT Phantom menace now.
You guys have already handled that movie here.
Alice in HeyThisPlaceLooksFamiliarLand
Did she just Crip Walk at the end!? Seriously?
This was the continuation of the original Disney movie? I wasn't feelin' it at all. It wasn't the worst movie ever, but I just have to ask why? I know it made a lot of money for Disney and all, but seriously, WHY?
Year One Charming but only mildy funny. Two Stars for lack of historical accuracy.
Anyway. I just put "Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood" on my Netflix queue. Seeing as I love the original anime, I'm excited to see how this one differs from it.
Anyway. I just put "Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood" on my Netflix queue. Seeing as I love the original anime, I'm excited to see how this one differs from it.
It doesn't aside from a few minor plot points, at least in the first 13 episodes available in that set (yeah, I own it). From a storytelling perspective, it puts the plot on warp drive and speeds through the first 30 episodes or so of the first series in the space of only 13. As a result, I just don't find the story as compelling because it assumes you've seen the first series, as lovely as the visuals look. From what I hear, the divergence from the first series doesn't start until episode 15 or so.
Toy Story 3 - 10 out of a freakin 10!
Man toy world is scary and dark in my opinion. You live to get tossed out! I have never been so emotionaly invested in ANY type of media. There was one scene that had my fiance embarrased to be next to me. I wasn't making noises or anything but I just couldn't help but cry the way I did! I mean I really felt like crying like the world was going to end. Sorry to over hype it for the rest of you. MAN I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE IT AGAIN!
one day i had to do a report on the book of kells...i had to go look at this
i had to be watched and wear gloves
http://www.library.arizona.edu/exhibits/illuman/pre9_07.html
Short cartoon before the movie: Crap
wasn't Max August Rush?
August Rush 7.8/10
Here is my review:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ISWEeCx57E (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ISWEeCx57E)
Here is my review:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ISWEeCx57E (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ISWEeCx57E)
Question -where'd that "Coming Soon" poster from the beginning of the review come from? I ask because it features a character not in the movie. A character they make a point to mention that's not in the movie.
Here is my review:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ISWEeCx57E (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ISWEeCx57E)
Question -where'd that "Coming Soon" poster from the beginning of the review come from? I ask because it features a character not in the movie. A character they make a point to mention that's not in the movie.
I'm pretty sure that it was a fake poster made from images from Toy Story 2. Still a great third movie, however.
Here is my review:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ISWEeCx57E (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ISWEeCx57E)
Question -where'd that "Coming Soon" poster from the beginning of the review come from? I ask because it features a character not in the movie. A character they make a point to mention that's not in the movie.
I'm pretty sure that it was a fake poster made from images from Toy Story 2. Still a great third movie, however.
I've seen it twice, and both times my experience was interrupted by the children in the theater screaming in terror. I think Toy Story 3 was made mostly for people who grew up on the series, as opposed to the children of today. I wish more parents did research before taking kids to movies that may cause meltdowns. I felt the same way when 2 kids were taken out of the theater when I saw Pirates of the Caribbean and heard the mom muttering 'this is supposed to be a DISNEY film!!'
I really liked Toy Story 3 though, excellent, but I still really love Toy Story 2.
I also loved the short at the beginning of the film, but not as much as I loved the one with the magician pulling the rabbit out of the hat.
Here is my review:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ISWEeCx57E (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ISWEeCx57E)
Question -where'd that "Coming Soon" poster from the beginning of the review come from? I ask because it features a character not in the movie. A character they make a point to mention that's not in the movie.
I'm pretty sure that it was a fake poster made from images from Toy Story 2. Still a great third movie, however.
I've seen it twice, and both times my experience was interrupted by the children in the theater screaming in terror. I think Toy Story 3 was made mostly for people who grew up on the series, as opposed to the children of today. I wish more parents did research before taking kids to movies that may cause meltdowns. I felt the same way when 2 kids were taken out of the theater when I saw Pirates of the Caribbean and heard the mom muttering 'this is supposed to be a DISNEY film!!'
I really liked Toy Story 3 though, excellent, but I still really love Toy Story 2.
I also loved the short at the beginning of the film, but not as much as I loved the one with the magician pulling the rabbit out of the hat.
Toy Story 3 got the same rating as Toy Story 1 & 2.
Rated G
Toy Story 3 got the same rating as Toy Story 1 & 2.
Rated G
Which was? Or do I have to hunt for it.
Here is my review:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ISWEeCx57E (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ISWEeCx57E)
Question -where'd that "Coming Soon" poster from the beginning of the review come from? I ask because it features a character not in the movie. A character they make a point to mention that's not in the movie.
I'm pretty sure that it was a fake poster made from images from Toy Story 2. Still a great third movie, however.
I've seen it twice, and both times my experience was interrupted by the children in the theater screaming in terror. I think Toy Story 3 was made mostly for people who grew up on the series, as opposed to the children of today. I wish more parents did research before taking kids to movies that may cause meltdowns. I felt the same way when 2 kids were taken out of the theater when I saw Pirates of the Caribbean and heard the mom muttering 'this is supposed to be a DISNEY film!!'
I really liked Toy Story 3 though, excellent, but I still really love Toy Story 2.
I also loved the short at the beginning of the film, but not as much as I loved the one with the magician pulling the rabbit out of the hat.
That lady complaining about how it is supposed to be a Disney movie is probably the same one who bought Conker's Bad Fur Day for her kids because it was a 'Nintendo game'. LOL, the ratings are there for a reason. Are people really that daft or are they just naive in thinking that in spite of a higher rating that it will still be kid friendly miraculously just because "it's Disney"?
Watched Office Space for the first time last night...
8/10. Quite funny. Strange, but funny. Favorite part?
"... PC load letter!? What the $^&# does that mean?!..." Hehehehe...
From Paris With Love
This is no rush hour, but it had it's moments.... a few of them actually. Some where kinda funny. There was even a throw back to Pulp Fiction in there somewhere, you;ll know it when you see it. You can probably guess it already.
so instead of just throwing the pebbles first they do a dance to make the pebbles move? Its like kung fu idiocracy?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2NKQZNMAO0 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2NKQZNMAO0)
all Americans should watch this movie before they try to make a kung fu movie 2:28
Prince of Persia - Yes i'm a little late but i did enjoy this film. It reminded me heavily of The Mummy 1/2.
so instead of just throwing the pebbles first they do a dance to make the pebbles move? Its like kung fu idiocracy?
The Last Airbender - 5/10 (2D version)- Well, this wasn't the utter raping of my neo-childhood like I thought it would be, merely the equivalent of M. Night beating it half to death with a baseball bat. I haven't seen such a perfect example of a spectacularly average movie in a long time, but let's get the good stuff out of the way: the music is good, the costumes (aside from the Fire Nation's, which are hideous) are excellent, the sets are good, and 3 actors were good-to-pretty decent (Katara, Zuko, and Iroh). Some of the effects were also pretty decent, as was the bending choreography. Everything else, though, was mediocre to awful.
The thing that's most frustrating about the movie, though, is that it's often one step away from being awesome but never moves beyond that. Every time it approaches that the threshold of being incredible, the movie suddenly turns skittish and backs down as if it's afraid that it was being presumptuous. The bending itself is odd, because while the movement looks great (except for Fire Bending, which isn't kick-centric like it is in the TV series despite being based on the Northern Shaolin fighting style) the effects are so minimal it's ridiculous. For example, early in this movie there's a bunch of Earthbenders staging a revolt. They'll do this extremely complex movement that takes 5-10 seconds to execute, and a frickin' pebble will get thrown at someone. And there's always a considerable delay in the character movements and the actual elemental bending, which is very distracting since it was fairly 1:1 in the TV series. It's so frustrating in an action-centric movie like this that there isn't a single good action sequence in the entire movie.
The pacing is all over the place as well, with the first half tripping over itself to establish some sort of cohesive narrative. As you might expect, the movie's full of plot holes, some of which the movie's kind enough to point out for us ahead of time. :confused; While Zuko' story and characterization is handled fairly well, no one else's is. Katara and Sokka don't do a damn thing in this movie, either, and the movie conveniently overlooks that Katara always is a better bender than Aang the entire series. Then you have the casting...man, the casting is this movie is incredibly hit-or-miss. By far the worst actor is Aang himself, followed by that travesty of a little girl they apparently casted to play Azula (Azula's supposed to look evil and crazy, damnit! Not a sweet little girl!).
This movie perplexes me. It's not as horrible as I feared, yet not as good as I hoped. Maybe it's just due to incredibly low standards after seeing all the reviews, but I can't bring myself to hate this movie. It's just so...average. On the upside, M. Night did the impossible and managed not to cast himself in a main role in this movie, which surprises me because the guy they have playing commander Zshao looks just like him.
so instead of just throwing the pebbles first they do a dance to make the pebbles move? Its like kung fu idiocracy?
While the show has a flow between the kung fu move and the attack, there is no thrown punch that doesn't attack with something and the movement and the element movement fit together the movie is often nothing like that.
The movie attacks can often best be described as casting a spell by dancing. After they finish their moves they complete the "spell" and the attack begins. Considering that I fell in love with the show because of the amazing way they did the element bending this pretty much destroys the movie for me.
It is terrible. I can't believe Night even changed how you say Avatar to (ovatar) because he says thats how they do it in the original sanskrit or something. This is an american english movie, using american english. I didn't hear anybody bitching about James Cameron's Avatar saying it the American way. Kung Fu is english taking the word Gong Fu. That doesn't mean I can change it back, its an english word now.
Wow. You two just totally shat on my hopes and dreams. I've been so hyped about this movie for two years. TWO YEARS! I really hope it's not as bad as you say it is.
Wow. You two just totally shat on my hopes and dreams. I've been so hyped about this movie for two years. TWO YEARS! I really hope it's not as bad as you say it is.
Last Failbender? :confused;
*weeps*
Haha that's pretty good. I had to look for more.
Check this one out!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfDk3I6di5E (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfDk3I6di5E)
But the episode premiered before the M. Night signed on. How is that possible?
I should be seieng Predators in the next few days.
Reviews for Last Airbender should not be told in words, but in pictures:
(http://i.imgur.com/SL93L.gif)
Reviews for Last Airbender should not be told in words, but in pictures:
(http://i.imgur.com/SL93L.gif)
That looks like a Kung Fu Dance Fight Music Video.
It looks like it's choreographed to that Soulja Boy Tell'Em song "Crank That (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UFIYGkROII)"
Terrible scene. I don't even know why those guys were even captured. The prison isn't an oil rig like the show. Aang comes in and gives Katara's speech and then basically says "There's earth all around you!" because everyone forgot.
Oh, I've seen the cartoon and loved it, but I tempered my enthusiasm for the movie after remembering how I didn't like the last few M. Night movies.
Tron 8/10, i would like to give it a lower score, but its score would only be lower because i am too used to better graphics. If the same movie i just watched had the upcoming sequels graphics then that would be awesome.
Back to the Future: Apathetic Meh/10
Having not seen this film for the better part of two decades, I was interested to see if I'd like it. I sort of did, and sort of didn't.
Back to the Future 2: Let's Reuse Footage/10
ARE YOU SERIOUS? Insta-fail.
Part II wasn't that bad IMO; it was nowhere near as good as the first, but it was not all that bad. Part III gets too much hate, it's a pretty decent movie.
I would've, too. Where did the "chicken" thing come from?
I just don't think I've ever seen a movie that actually takes place in ITS OWN PREQUEL. Maybe the two films were spaced like half a decade apart, and the audience was happy because of the nostalgia? I watched the two movies back-to-back and it felts like an ENORMOUS cop-out.
Inception 10 out of ****ing 10.10s all the way down.
Inception 10 out of ****ing 10.10s all the way down.
You can tell this film and the very concept took years to create, unlike Avatar which was more about the universe.
I wanna give Inception a 10/10, but I just gotta ask one thing: Why does Leonardo DiCaprio's wife have to be dead in all his movies? Well, she was dead in the last one, and I don't remember the one before, but still!In the movie before that she doesn't start out that way, but she ends up that way.
If it happens again, I'm gonna start worrying about that guy.I wanna give Inception a 10/10, but I just gotta ask one thing: Why does Leonardo DiCaprio's wife have to be dead in all his movies? Well, she was dead in the last one, and I don't remember the one before, but still!In the movie before that she doesn't start out that way, but she ends up that way.
Batman: Under the Red Hood - 9/10 - Jibber Jabber
Am I the only person on earth that just really didn't care for Inception?
Am I the only person on earth that just really didn't care for Inception?Yes... Why did you not like it? Could you not follow it?
I think the protagonist had been studying their language somehow before he got the job. I'm not sure how the alien understood him, but I think it's probably the same way The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy works.
Batman: Under the Red Hood - 9/10 - Well this was a pleasant surprise. After so many misfires and near-misses, Warner Bros. animation finally turned out a really awesome animated movie. As a fan of Batman: The Animated Series and all its successors, there's a lot to love in this movie. Gotham sports the familiar art deco look; there are giant, impractical police blimps flying everywhere with searchlights; the new Batman is doing a pretty fair Kevin Conroy impression; the new Alfred is doing a pretty good impression of his predecessor; the new Joker is somewhere between Mark Hamill and Heath Ledger (and he nails Mark Hamill's laughter, which is disconcerting); the writing is pretty solid and puts the focus on non-metahuman characters like the Black Mask and standard gangsters instead of supervillains; the animation is pretty decent (if nothing exceptional); and hell...they even pronounced "Ra's Al Ghul" correctly ("Ray-sh"). ;D This may not be an official part of the DC Animated Universe, but it certainly feels like it could be in it. Make no mistake, though: this movie is dark and violent with some disturbing imagery, although I'd say it's still psychologically less disturbing than Return of the Joker. The thing I really liked about this movie, though, is that it feels like a movie and not an extended Justice League episode, a trap most of these DC animated movies fall into. I'll definitely be picking up the Blu-Ray on Tuesday, and if you're a Batman fan, I suggest you do so as well.
Ip Man - 8/10
Movie about a Martial Arts Master named Ip Man (real person) just before and during the Japanese/Chinese war (real event) and how badass at WingChun he was. There were some major beatdown delivered by Ip Man in this movie. There was one scene where he delivered such a flurry of punches so quickly that I swear he hit some guy about 10 pr more times before he could even hit the ground. He also tried to make hamburger meat out of someone's head. I found myself saying "Oh ****!" atleast once during every fight scene. So nice I rewound it twice.
p.s. it's dubbed in English.
p.p.s. He is one of Bruce Lee's 1st Martial Art teachers.
The totem thing did bother me. I actually didn't like how much the movie explained itself. When you think about it, almost every piece of dialogue in the movie is toward the central thesis of: "this is how it works." They were even doling things out two hours in.
I would't preferred less "how stuff works" exchanges, more character development, and more faith that the audience will intepret it themselves walking away.
Ip Man - 8/10
Movie about a Martial Arts Master named Ip Man (real person) just before and during the Japanese/Chinese war (real event) and how badass at WingChun he was. There were some major beatdown delivered by Ip Man in this movie. There was one scene where he delivered such a flurry of punches so quickly that I swear he hit some guy about 10 pr more times before he could even hit the ground. He also tried to make hamburger meat out of someone's head. I found myself saying "Oh ****!" atleast once during every fight scene. So nice I rewound it twice.
p.s. it's dubbed in English.
p.p.s. He is one of Bruce Lee's 1st Martial Art teachers.
Would you be so kind as to post a link for the movie, or a trailer?
Also, the entire totem aspect. If I hold my totem, then I know how much it weighs, how it acts, etc., etc... How do I know when I'm in my own dream?
Also, the entire totem aspect. If I hold my totem, then I know how much it weighs, how it acts, etc., etc... How do I know when I'm in my own dream?
If you go in to a dream, there's something different about the totem. That was the whole point. If you had it, you know you entered a dream. Knowing things about it means you know how it'll act in a dream (spin forever) and how it'll act in real life (it falls eventually).
Also, if someone brought you in to a dream (like guy they were doing the whole Inception thing on), they wouldn't have their totem.
If you go in to a dream, there's something different about the totem. That was the whole point. If you had it, you know you entered a dream. Knowing things about it means you know how it'll act in a dream (spin forever) and how it'll act in real life (it falls eventually).
Also, if someone brought you in to a dream (like guy they were doing the whole Inception thing on), they wouldn't have their totem.
But with the spinning totem, how does being in a dream change how physics interact on it? The architect don't know about your totems and neither does the person whose dream you're entering, so how can it just spin indefinitely? What determines that?
Exactly. I'll buy that the architect wouldn't know the weight/mass of the item - but not knowing "Hey, that top should fall over." is also a bit of a reach.
Ip Man - 8/10
Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=959h-GXfeNc
1 vs 10 scene: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qhPDEOYbx4
The entire movie on Youtube(In Cantonese but subtitled): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqrKlsVUfFQ (Pt 1 of 11)
I'm waiting on the English dubbed DVD Release to hit Netflix.Ip Man - 8/10
I loved the 10 on one fight. He has this whole punching style where he never puts all his effort in one punch so instead he just punches the guys like 10 times a second. The speed is ridiculous.
If you enjoyed it their is second one you might be interested in. I don't know if it has English yet but it has been out for months, I have only seen a little bit of it though. The setting it quite a bit different and involves him fighting a western boxer. Now we both probably picture him kicking the **** out of the boxer in 10 seconds but they keep forcing him to fight with more and more boxing rules. It also has a cameo of a young Bruce Lee.
If you go in to a dream, there's something different about the totem. That was the whole point. If you had it, you know you entered a dream. Knowing things about it means you know how it'll act in a dream (spin forever) and how it'll act in real life (it falls eventually).
Also, if someone brought you in to a dream (like guy they were doing the whole Inception thing on), they wouldn't have their totem.
Why not? The dreamer fills the dream with people from their subconscious. What's stopping them from having things? Also, when Cobb was in Saito's limbo, he had his totem with him.
But with the spinning totem, how does being in a dream change how physics interact on it? The architect don't know about your totems and neither does the person whose dream you're entering, so how can it just spin indefinitely? What determines that?
Exactly. I'll buy that the architect wouldn't know the weight/mass of the item - but not knowing "Hey, that top should fall over." is also a bit of a reach.
Because in dream world physics doesn't work like normal. A spinning top that spins forever would seem normal in a dream, so the dreamer wouldn't think to make it fall.
Because I don't know you have it, so you don't have it. If you put it there after the fact, you change the dream the projections start attacking you. If you'll remember in the first layer of the inception job, that one guy pulled a grenade launcher out of nowhere. But, you'll also remember that as the girl built things in Cobb's dream (when he was showing her the ropes) the projections started attacking her.
Because I don't know you have it, so you don't have it. If you put it there after the fact, you change the dream the projections start attacking you. If you'll remember in the first layer of the inception job, that one guy pulled a grenade launcher out of nowhere. But, you'll also remember that as the girl built things in Cobb's dream (when he was showing her the ropes) the projections started attacking her.
However, as they showed, the heist-men studied their marks beforehand. It's not like anyone seemed to keep their totems secret. If you know me or studied me, you'll probably know what my totem is. And, again, when Cobb was in Saito's limbo, Cobb had his totem with him - why would Saito have created his totem?
Because in dream world physics doesn't work like normal. A spinning top that spins forever would seem normal in a dream, so the dreamer wouldn't think to make it fall.But what determines that? It's not the dreamer and its not those who entered it.
Because I don't know you have it, so you don't have it. If you put it there after the fact, you change the dream the projections start attacking you. If you'll remember in the first layer of the inception job, that one guy pulled a grenade launcher out of nowhere. But, you'll also remember that as the girl built things in Cobb's dream (when he was showing her the ropes) the projections started attacking her.
However, as they showed, the heist-men studied their marks beforehand. It's not like anyone seemed to keep their totems secret. If you know me or studied me, you'll probably know what my totem is. And, again, when Cobb was in Saito's limbo, Cobb had his totem with him - why would Saito have created his totem?
Saito was in Cobbs Limbo I thought. When they went and Mal was there that was Cobbs Limbo and then Cobb said he was going to find Saito.
I want to see The Human Centipede, but I think I'm too flat-out disturbed by the premise.
In the 2nd sequence he feed them corn to see if it does infact survive multiple digestive tracts.
Read the Wikipedia article. The whole thing. Not gonna see it. Not sober, anyway.
Scott Pilgrim Vs. the World
EleventybajillionGILLION Out of 10
I don't even need to say anything in a review to justify why you should go see this movie. Seriously. GO SEE IT NOW.
Up in the Air: 4/5
Great movie, George Clooney still is a great actor. His job in the movie seems really depressing, I don't think I could do it (especially after what that one woman does that causes Natalie to quit).
Scott Pilgrim Vs. the World
EleventybajillionGILLION Out of 10
I don't even need to say anything in a review to justify why you should go see this movie. Seriously. GO SEE IT NOW.
Did you ever read the manga? I got turned onto it because a friend of mine played in a band with the sister of the guy who wrote it. The name of their band was even on some posters and stuff in the manga. I'm worried about seeing it because I'm not really a michael sera fan, but I'll give it a chance because I enjoyed the books.
Batman: Gotham Knight: 2.5/5
I was extremely disappointed with it. Only a couple of the stories were any good, and the animation quality varied from story to story (the first was especially poor, half the time the characters mouths didn't even move when they talked).
Terminator 2: 3/5
In preparation for my exams I went on a movie watching spree. Under scrutiny you can see the recommendation path that Netflix streaming lead me along.
In preparation for my exams I went on a movie watching spree. Under scrutiny you can see the recommendation path that Netflix streaming lead me along.
Netflix gives you recommendations? I haven't gotten a recommendation from Netflix in about 2 years.
It could be that I've seen just about everything over the last 5 years, but there should still be something that they can recommend me.
It felt like they just had the T-1000 behave however it chose physically and explained it away with "science." Not like I expect them to fully explain something obviously out of our reach technologically- I do enjoy Star Trek- I just like things with rules.
Die Hard: 5/5
Die Hard 2: 3/5
Die Hard 3: 4/5
Yeah under no circumstances should Terminator 2 get less than 6/5.
FYI, Labowoski gets better and better over multiple viewings.
Funny. Salt is the first Angelina Jolie film I've ever enjoyed. That said, I'm in no hurry to see it again. Once is probably enough. But it kept me entertained which is all that movie is aiming for.
Finally saw Scott Pilgrim a couple days ago. It was even more awesome than I was expecting. It wasn't perfect. I don't think the part with the twins was necessary. But the movie seemed like a big tribute to video games. For instance, when Scott uses his extra life and wastes no time confronting Gideon. That's so true. The first time you confront a boss, you take your time, watch the cutscenes, marvel at your surroundings. But if you die, the next time, you just cut to the chase and get to the fight knowing what you have to do.
Chicken Parmigiana isn't vegan?
I've seen no hype for it. in fact, it tanked in my area. sad.
now I have to wait for the dvd to watch it with an altered state of mind.
I've seen no hype for it. in fact, it tanked in my area. sad.
now I have to wait for the dvd to watch it with an altered state of mind.
I should have been more specific and said "internet hype." Nearly all of the sites I regularly go to can't shut up about this movie between VLogs of thoughts on the movie and videos/articles as to why the movie failed to sell well.
Funny. Salt is the first Angelina Jolie film I've ever enjoyed. That said, I'm in no hurry to see it again. Once is probably enough. But it kept me entertained which is all that movie is aiming for.
Finally saw Scott Pilgrim a couple days ago. It was even more awesome than I was expecting. It wasn't perfect. I don't think the part with the twins was necessary. But the movie seemed like a big tribute to video games. For instance, when Scott uses his extra life and wastes no time confronting Gideon. That's so true. The first time you confront a boss, you take your time, watch the cutscenes, marvel at your surroundings. But if you die, the next time, you just cut to the chase and get to the fight knowing what you have to do.
Chicken Parmigiana isn't vegan?
The other big thing i noticed, and forgot to mention, was Angelina herself the whole way through the film... punching men above her weight and knocking them over.
It's just a pity that it moves so frickin' slowly and lamely for the first 1/3 of the movie.
It's just a pity that it moves so frickin' slowly and lamely for the first 1/3 of the movie.
Same thing happened with Batman Begins, the first 45 minutes were terrible but the rest was pretty good.
It's a body double anyway.
That's your opinion, I was just bored out of my mind until he actually became Batman. I didn't like the fact that Scarecrow was only in the movie for about 10 minutes combined even though he was the main villain.
Luckily, the bad taste put this film in development hell for years. What they did have of Scarecrow in the Batman Begins was I thought pretty awesome. Not to mention Scarecrow hasn't even been eliminated yet as a villain, so he can still pan out. The thing that just amazes me was that Ra's al guhl was even a villain at all. He's essentially batmans equivelent to Iron Man's Mandarin, and The Shadow's Shiwan Khan. I thought they pulled him off quite well. It also helps if your a fan of the villain, which it would seem most people aren't. I've been a fan of him since TOS. I think though, he was a great change of pace from previous Zany Riddler type villains.
I just saw "Batman: Under the Red Hood" and could tell exactly where it was going within about five minutes. I knew the character's story already, but was interested to see if the DCAU did something different with it. Nope.
Is Joker voiced by Bender in this movie? He didn't do an awful job, but animated Joker just seems wrong without Mark Hamill, I'm sorry.
Brood, the movies aren't part of the DCAU cannon? I always assumed they were, but I guess that's why they say that thing about assuming.
Mystery of the Batwomen was surprisingly bad.
Oh God, it is bad when Netflix recommends something, "based on your interest in Serial Killers."
I don't even think I've watched anything with a serial killer in it, outside of Dirty Harry, and maybe Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
Yeah the Expendables was so much better than I expected it's not even funny. Sure it wasn't a perfect action flick, but it really got the job done. I went in with my big bag of popcorn 'n' drink, and enjoyed the ride for what it was.
no thanks, never been a fan of the RE movies, and 3D has been a huge let down in so many movies I no longer care for it.
tonight is date night, and I think my gf wants to see that drew Barrymore movie..
I'll rate it later I suppose.
But Drew Barrymore is adorable.
oohboy, we are on the same page, somewhat. I thought the movie was so bad ass I didn't even notice the shaky cam, etc.
why must you torture me with WORDS!
Troll 2:This was one of the MFT movies, but unfortunately, one that everyone sat out on;
How well the movie works as a horror film: 1/5
How entertained I was: 5/5
I honestly laughed during just about the entirety of this film. The acting, makeup, and filming are all terrible. It seems like everyone in this movie was genuinely trying, but they managed to find a cast that was universally horrible.
Troll 2:This was one of the MFT movies, but unfortunately, one that everyone sat out on;
How well the movie works as a horror film: 1/5
How entertained I was: 5/5
I honestly laughed during just about the entirety of this film. The acting, makeup, and filming are all terrible. It seems like everyone in this movie was genuinely trying, but they managed to find a cast that was universally horrible.
http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/forums/index.php?topic=31343.msg622961#msg622961 (http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/forums/index.php?topic=31343.msg622961#msg622961)
Perhaps you were entertained enough to go back and MFT it for us?
Zardoz: ?/?
I'm not quite sure what I just watched.
Paul Blart: Mall Cop
What can I say? I really enjoyed it. It's a nice film that you can just sit back and enjoy. I thought Kevin James was actually pretty good here. If I had to give it a rating, 4.5/5
oohboy, we are on the same page, somewhat. I thought the movie was so bad ass I didn't even notice the shaky cam, etc.
why must you torture me with WORDS!
It's just a little maddening. With the invention of steady cam you could do shots never done before. Take long perfect shots. Take steady shots where it was once not possible.
They then takes those shots and shake the crap out of them in a computer. What the hell is the point. Shaky cam has been used a long time, but used very selectively.
Toss in caffeine induced shaky cam, close ups and quick cuts into the one shot and it renders anything on the shown worthless. Then do this not for individual shots and extend it for entire scenes and sequences with complete disregard for appropriateness, just outright pisses me off. I want to SEE the action, not what my imagination fills in. I didn't pay money just to make me do the hard work.
G.I. Joe: Rise of the Cobra = crap
G.I. Joe: Rise of the Cobra = crap
I say better than expected*, but nearly as good as I had hoped.
*expectation were very very low
It gets worse as it goes on.
To be fair, they were trying to bogart the art of "Superman/Batman: The Girl from Krypton" or whatever that story arc is called. The art style in that comic looks kind of bizarre, especially Superman, who's got this uber-jawline. I'm surprised you didn't see Princess Diana coming a mile away--she has a huge part in the comic arc, basically training Supergirl on Themyscera to be an amazon warrior.
would you say he fell in love with her or just enjoyed sleeping with her? Because if i had good source of tang, i would protect it.
Oh, and Disney: thanks for having Lumiere babble at me incessantly while I'm trying to navigate yet another of your needlessly-complicated Blu-Ray menus. Why can't you just put all your extras under one big "Extras" menu and call it a day rather than scattering them all around the frickin' place? :@
'Human Again' is probably one of my least favorite deleted scenes from the Disney movies. 'Morning Report' in Lion King is also close up there as well.
You mean the Blu-Ray of Beauty and the Best doesn't even have the OPTION of watching the version we all know and love?
You mean the Blu-Ray of Beauty and the Best doesn't even have the OPTION of watching the version we all know and love?
You mean the Blu-Ray of Beauty and the Best doesn't even have the OPTION of watching the version we all know and love?
You have the ability to watch a version with "Human Again" that they call the "Special Edition" and a version without it that they call the "Theatrical Version". Other than that, the two versions are identical as far as I know. So yeah, if you didn't like the changes made for the Imax version, you can't get the original version of the film here. My guess is that Disney didn't want to spend the money to fully restore both cuts of the film, so they picked one and just gave you the option to skip "Human Again" to approximate the original experience. This review (http://www.dvdizzy.com/beautyandthebeast.html) sums up the changes better than I could, so give it a read.
On the plus side, apparently Disney restored Beast's audio stutter when he says "You wanna-wanna stay in the Tower?". In previous DVD versions, they had corrected this stutter.
Thanks to Netflix Instant Streaming, I just watched Bicentennial Man. From what i've read, part of the reason it didn't do that well in theatres in because Disney basically made it look like a comedy in trailers and commercials. It's not a comedy, it's a sci-fi movie. I enjoyed it, I like watching Andrew grow over the 200 years and become more human (more externally and internally) and wanting companionship as he was basically an anomaly and there are no other robots like him.
The Omega Man 4/10 While interesting to see a different take on the I Am Legend story, this version felt extremely campy and not at all creepy. Yeah, Albino's can be creepy but those Halloween costumes they ran around in were way too cheesy. This flick made me want to check out some more of Charlton Heston's work and see how often he has these flamboyant mannerisms.
The Other Guys
This movie is some fucked up surreal action comedy. There is not a single normal person in this movie. Everybody is insane one way or another. Jokes get milked in increasingly fucked up ways. Time and time again I would be left screaming WTF to what I just saw.
If you liked Talladega Nights, you will LOVE this.
8.5/10 Laughs
Angels & Demons: Pretty good movie, and I didn't have to worry about it not living up to the book (like I did when I watched The Da Vinci Code after reading the book). Robert Langdon is called by the Vatican Police to uncover a plot to kill the four cardinals expected to be elected Pope and then detonating a anti-matter device that would destroy all of Vatican City (effectively destroying the Roman Catholic Church). I think it may be better than the first movie, but it's been a few years since i've seen that one and Netflix doesn't have it for Instant Streaming.
Star Trek: Flawed, but better than I expected. I do have some MAJOR problems with it (like Kirk being promoted to Captain even though he was just a third year cadet, or a 17-year old Chekov serving on the bridge of Enterprise). At least the movie is set in a alternate reality (which the characters even realize after finding out Nero was from the future and changed the timeline). The only thing it did to the prime timeline (an unofficial fan term based on the credits listing Leonard Nimoy as "Prime Spock") was have Romulus destroyed, although that is a major event that I would like to see re-visited.
Jesus christ...it's just a movie. Enjoy it for what it is.
JJ made Star Trek popular to the masses, which imo is very hard to do.
UHF: I am not gonna lie, I like this movie. Maybe part of it is because i've been a Weird Al fan my whole life, but I had a lot of fun watching it.
I liked Star Trek overall, but I had one giant problem with it: Wow, what are the chances that Kirk would end up in the same galaxy, on the same planet, within like a mile of the cave that Spock made camp in? And then FELL IN?! Boy, it's a good thing that happened!
And yeah, Kirk gets promoted to Captain like a year into his career? Please.
Angels & Demons: Pretty good movie, and I didn't have to worry about it not living up to the book (like I did when I watched The Da Vinci Code after reading the book). Robert Langdon is called by the Vatican Police to uncover a plot to kill the four cardinals expected to be elected Pope and then detonating a anti-matter device that would destroy all of Vatican City (effectively destroying the Roman Catholic Church). I think it may be better than the first movie, but it's been a few years since i've seen that one and Netflix doesn't have it for Instant Streaming.
I saw Angels & Demons recently (also in Netflix Instant) and it was unquestionably better than the first movie.
The Da Vinci Code didn't work well as a movie because they tried to keep too many of the puzzles that were from the book. A puzzle doesn't work if you tell me the answer 15 seconds later (which you have to do to keep the movie going). When reading the book I could stop and think about the puzzle for a bit before reading the answer and the author often gave a lot of background info so you could understand why the answer made sense. The movie just had Tom Hanks jumping from one mystery to another and it wasn't all that interesting.
In Angels & Demons they decided to drop all that crap and just turn it into a pretty good action flick/thriller. It didn't deserve to win any awards, but it was entertaining enough.
Did Dan Brown do a 3rd book in that series that would warrant a 3rd movie? was there a book after DVC that follows the same guy?
Jesus christ...it's just a movie. Enjoy it for what it is.
JJ made Star Trek popular to the masses, which imo is very hard to do.
Runaway: Kanye West really put something together here. Very artsy. Made you think. Well, forced you to if you wanted to follow the plot and consider the meaning or whatever. But yeah, 9/10
Did Dan Brown do a 3rd book in that series that would warrant a 3rd movie? was there a book after DVC that follows the same guy?
Last I heard he was planning on writing one. Don't know if it has materialized yet.
Enterprise just felt laughable throughout. It held to a lot of the basic principles that we've come to expect from the series though, I suppose.
Deep Space Nine on the other hand? It's primary themes were of a corrupt Federation, glorified Ferengi capitalism, and ridiculous Bajoran mysticism. Those things don't really sit well when the other series describe an almost utopian atmosphere that's free of currency and superstitious religions. Never mind the fact that there really is no actual "trekking" through the stars, as the show is set largely on a space station. For me, DS9 was made "darker" in tone simply in a effort to try to be more edgy. It was always popular enough, so it must have succeeded on some level. It never really felt like Star Trek to me however.
Besides, I always thought that most of the cast felt wooden (specially Sisko). About the only character I ever thought was interesting was Bashir... not counting any TNG transplants. Of course, Voyager's crew started out being pretty cheesy themselves, but at least they shake a lot of that off after the first season or two and settle into more complex personalities.
Did Dan Brown do a 3rd book in that series that would warrant a 3rd movie? was there a book after DVC that follows the same guy?
Last I heard he was planning on writing one. Don't know if it has materialized yet.
It came out last year and is called The Lost Symbol. I am actually reading it right now. It's set in Washington, D.C. and has Robert Langdon trying to track down his missing mentor Peter Solomon and figuring out this Masonic Pyramid that the villain of the book wants. It deals with stuff like Noetic Science (like most concepts in Brown's books, this is actually a real thing). I bet Ron Howard can't wait to film the movie as the book is set in places like the Smithsonian Museum Support Center, the U.S. Capitol and it's crypts, and other places in the D.C. Area. I love the book so far.
Runaway: Kanye West really put something together here. Very artsy. Made you think. Well, forced you to if you wanted to follow the plot and consider the meaning or whatever. But yeah, 9/10
Really!? I linked to the explicit version in the Hip Hop thread (not sure if that's where you watched it), but the entire time I kept thinking that I must just not get it and I know I'm not the only one, and I know for sure that Kanye will not be getting any acting gigs EVER based on his performance in this overly artsy nonsensical"movie"new album sampler. I don't even think the songs are all that great to be honest and I've enjoyed just about every Kanye album I've heard to this day.
But to each his own, I guess you got the point that apparently soared way above my head.
2.5/10
Ip Man
Dramatic, exciting, and awe-inspiring. This is hands down the best MA movie I have seen in a long time. The main actor has the subtitles to become a great actor one day and his MA is top notch.
10/10
[size=78%]Runaway: Kanye West really put something together here. Very artsy. Made you think. Well, forced you to if you wanted to follow the plot and consider the meaning or whatever. But yeah, 9/10[/size]
Did Dan Brown do a 3rd book in that series that would warrant a 3rd movie? was there a book after DVC that follows the same guy?
Last I heard he was planning on writing one. Don't know if it has materialized yet.
It came out last year and is called The Lost Symbol. I am actually reading it right now. It's set in Washington, D.C. and has Robert Langdon trying to track down his missing mentor Peter Solomon and figuring out this Masonic Pyramid that the villain of the book wants. It deals with stuff like Noetic Science (like most concepts in Brown's books, this is actually a real thing). I bet Ron Howard can't wait to film the movie as the book is set in places like the Smithsonian Museum Support Center, the U.S. Capitol and it's crypts, and other places in the D.C. Area. I love the book so far.
I literally heard nothing but bad things about it. I might have to check it out when it comes to paperback.
Terminator 4
*Stuff*
I didn't really care for Salvation. It had some cool parts, no doubt, but overall I didn't like it. My biggest problem was that it was almost TOO fanboyish. Every other line or scene had an homage to the first two movies. After awhile, that got old. I had several problems with the plot overall:
1) Did Helena Bonham-Carter-Burton work for SkyNet? My assumption is that she was in charge of building the first humanoid Terminators by melding a metal skeleton with human organs? And that after several failed experiments, Avatar guy was the first success?
2) The movie takes place BEFORE the the original Arnold Terminator is sent back to kill Sarah Conner, yes? I mean, that hasn't happened yet. So how would SkyNet have any awareness that they will be doing that in the future and it's failed multiple times? SkyNet's central intelligence explains that to Avatar dude when he uplinks to the system, but it totally destroys the chronology set up in the first two movies.
3) The Machines are looking for Kyle Reese the whole time with the intent to kill him (again, how would they know at that point?) and when they find him, THEY DON'T KILL HIM. They stick him in a holding cell instead. WHERE HE IS RESCUED. The Machines can't do **** right.
So yeah.
They also joked about Wonder Woman having an invisible jet.... is her being able to fly a relatively new power because I remember the old school invisible jet, but why would she need one if she could fly?
They also joked about Wonder Woman having an invisible jet.... is her being able to fly a relatively new power because I remember the old school invisible jet, but why would she need one if she could fly?
Imagine how tiring it is to fly around the world, and how freezing it is up there. Now compare that to the chance to fly on autopilot in a heated jet, one that probably has television, bathrooms, and leather seats...
They also joked about Wonder Woman having an invisible jet.... is her being able to fly a relatively new power because I remember the old school invisible jet, but why would she need one if she could fly?
Imagine how tiring it is to fly around the world, and how freezing it is up there. Now compare that to the chance to fly on autopilot in a heated jet, one that probably has television, bathrooms, and leather seats...
but how do you watch an invisible television?
They also joked about Wonder Woman having an invisible jet.... is her being able to fly a relatively new power because I remember the old school invisible jet, but why would she need one if she could fly?
Imagine how tiring it is to fly around the world, and how freezing it is up there. Now compare that to the chance to fly on autopilot in a heated jet, one that probably has television, bathrooms, and leather seats...
but how do you watch an invisible television?
They also joked about Wonder Woman having an invisible jet.... is her being able to fly a relatively new power because I remember the old school invisible jet, but why would she need one if she could fly?
Imagine how tiring it is to fly around the world, and how freezing it is up there. Now compare that to the chance to fly on autopilot in a heated jet, one that probably has television, bathrooms, and leather seats...
but how do you watch an invisible television?
Ridiculously expensive glasses?
They also joked about Wonder Woman having an invisible jet.... is her being able to fly a relatively new power because I remember the old school invisible jet, but why would she need one if she could fly?
Imagine how tiring it is to fly around the world, and how freezing it is up there. Now compare that to the chance to fly on autopilot in a heated jet, one that probably has television, bathrooms, and leather seats...
but how do you watch an invisible television?
Ridiculously expensive glasses?
Invisible glasses.
[size=78%]Runaway: Kanye West really put something together here. Very artsy. Made you think. Well, forced you to if you wanted to follow the plot and consider the meaning or whatever. But yeah, 9/10[/size]
I got through 15 seconds of this and stopped. I'm sorry but Nicki Minaj desperately needs to give up this faux-english accent of hers. Her voice literally tore a hole through what Kanye wanted to do as far as i'm concerned. I won't watch the rest.
If Kanye got in someone credible like Stephen Fry or even Jonny Metts with an approachable speaking voice i would have got much farther.
[size=78%]Runaway: Kanye West really put something together here. Very artsy. Made you think. Well, forced you to if you wanted to follow the plot and consider the meaning or whatever. But yeah, 9/10[/size]
[size=78%]I got through 15 seconds of this and stopped. I'm sorry but Nicki Minaj desperately needs to give up this faux-english accent of hers. Her voice literally tore a hole through what Kanye wanted to do as far as i'm concerned. I won't watch the rest.[/size][/color]
[size=78%]If Kanye got in [/size][/color]someone[size=78%] credible like Stephen Fry or even Jonny Metts with an approachable speaking voice i would have got much farther.[/size][/color]
I'm hoping to hear what nickmitch/stogi/BNM think about the Kanye
movie, and my own thoughts about it.
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[/size]Runaway: Kanye West really put something together here. Very artsy. Made you think. Well, forced you to if you wanted to follow the plot and consider the meaning or whatever. But yeah, 9/10
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[/size]Really!? I linked to the explicit version in the Hip Hop thread (not sure if that's where you watched it), but the entire time I kept thinking that I must just not get it and I know I'm not the only one, and I know for sure that Kanye will not be getting any acting gigs EVER based on his performance in this overly artsy nonsensical"movie"new album sampler. I don't even think the songs are all that great to be honest and I've enjoyed just about every Kanye album I've heard to this day.
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[/size]But to each his own, I guess you got the point that apparently soared way above my head.
[/size]2.5/10
Now compare that to the chance to fly on autopilot in a heated jet, one that probably has television, bathrooms, and leather seats...
Synecdoche New York Nihilistic self indulgent crap. One star.
The bankruptcy court’s review of the “prepackaged” MGM-Spyglass reorganization plan is expected to take 30-60 days. Assuming Barber and Birnbaum win court approval for their operating mandate, the studio’s first two priorities will be to firm up a 50% interest in the upcoming production of a two-part movie based on J.R.R. Tolkien’s book The Hobbit and to restart development of the next James Bond film.
It's not too late to bring back Sean Connery... again!
What if there's like a retirement home hidden deep in Mi6 full of the old James Bonds?
Elderly Bond chick: Weren't you James Bond?
Sean Connery: Weren't you beautiful before?
Elderly Bond chick: Question withdrawn.
Sean Connery: [censored but it involves something else withdrawing]
What if there's like a retirement home hidden deep in Mi6 full of the old James Bonds?
Elderly Bond chick: New around here?
Sean Connery: Sort of. Martini, please.
*vending machine dispenses a diet shasta*
*drink sloshes out all over his hands*
Sean Connery: Shaken, not stirred.
Oh snap, I was talking about Fantastic Mr. Fox.
The latest trailers for that movie made it seem like it was going to suck. "Battle: Los Angeles" looks to be way better.
Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Prices - I am not trying to say Walmart is great, but this was nothing more than a propaganda video from people who are against Walmart (for example, they talk about how small stores can't compete and close down, but ignore the hundreds of new jobs each one brings). Pretty much the opposite of what a documentary is supposed to be (which is unbiased).
Pee-Wee's Big Adventure - After 25 years, it is still a good family comedy. Pee-Wee sets out for the Alamo in San Antonio, Texas after his iconic bike is stolen. Pee-Wee even helps a escaped criminal evade the police (although since this is Pee-Wee Herman, the guy's crime was cutting off that "Do Not Tear" label from a mattress).
1984 - Yeah, maybe the book was better because I thought the movie was crap and boring. Also, what is up with Julia's bush? Are women in that time just not allowed to shave at all down there? Geez, you almost need a map to navigate there.
Fritz the Cat - Almost no plot, obvious that it was just trying to push the limits to get a reaction. Unless you want to watch a bunch of cartoon animals smoking weed and having sex (although you never see the actual penetration), not worth watching. Maybe even a little racist in some parts.
I don't think that R. Crumb was even ever really happy with the Fritz films.
Shortbus - This movie created a lot of controversy around here when it came out because of graphic sex scenes. Maybe that controversy was just because it isn't all (or even mostly) about straight sex?
While sex is what thrusts the story forward, those scenes weren't as erotic as you might expect and probably aren't what most people are interested in watching. Luckily, the graphic nature didn't outweigh what the movie is really about: relationships, desire, frustration, and disappointment... Really surprised how well the movie turned out with lots of laughs and a few genuinely touching moments.
If you like indie flicks and aren't put off by mature content, then give it a watch. (On the other hand: if you are thinking about watching this movie just for the sex scenes or as a cheap turn on, don't waste your time.)
1984 - Yeah, maybe the book was better because I thought the movie was crap and boring. Also, what is up with Julia's bush? Are women in that time just not allowed to shave at all down there? Geez, you almost need a map to navigate there.
The problem is that after Incredibles; Wall-E; and Up, I've come to expect better than "decent" from Pixar.
My folks watched the PoP movie and then kept asking me "Is this in the game? Is that? Is there ostrich racing?"
They seemed to like it. I hated the ending. Just felt poorly thought out.
i liked departed better than infernal affairs, they were both good....
The Crow - Yet another movie I've been meaning to see for ages, and now that I've seen it I wish I hadn't waited so long because the movie just could not live up to my built-up expectations. For one thing, this movie hasn't aged well. It was made in 1994, and the movie looks like it was shot 10 years prior to even that. The special effects only kind of work, the footage is so dark and muddy it can sometimes be hard to make out certain scenes, and the acting vacillates between being fairly earnest (usually scenes with Eric) and being extremely 1980s-style corny (usually scenes with the villains). The movie's storytelling is serviceable (if filled with plot holes), though it seems to take ages for the movie to get through the few narrative beats it hits. There are a few attempts to play off some Noir style, but they just felt flat to me. Honestly, this feels like a movie that probably should get a remake, because while there are some good ideas in here and the atmosphere can sometimes be excellent, the movie as a whole just didn't come together very well for me.
Showgirls - One of the most famous bombs of all time, but also the highest grossing NC-17 movie ever (which may be why it bombed, even with an adult kids can't get into NC-17 movies). Not a great movie, but passable.
Inception I have to watch this again/10
i went to the cheapie 2 dollar movies to watch it while it was still in theaters the other day. Don't bring a date to watch it. I finally got to see a movie i'v been wanting to watch all year, except my date kept me pre-occupied.
I just saw Tommy Wiseau's THE ROOM. Who else has seen this cinematic masterpiece? The "citizen cane" of bad movies.
Well ST5 did give us that excellent Kirk/Shatner moment "What does god need with a starship?". That alone ranks it above the sleeping pills in movie form that is Star Trek the Motion Picture, but that's a race to the bottom.
I am surprised that you ranked Voyage Home over Warth of Khan. I can see why you like Undiscovered better than Khan. WoK with Spock's death scene always gets my eyes wet. It's a truly beautiful near perfect scene only weakened by flimsy set/porps.
You moving on to the Next Gen movies Stratos? or is it some where you have gone before?
The Expendables
Disappointed. I expected more mayhem. There was a whole lot of boring throughout. Randy Couture is pretty f-ing awful.
I finished watching all of the original Star Trek movies. And, yeah, 5 was terrible. It's funny to read some of the reviews on Netflix regarding the film as some folks actually try and defend it. "Star Trek explores the human condition and religion and deity is part of that". But there was very little of that in the movie. There was only a line or two that covered those thoughts at all in close to a meaningful way and the 'deity' turns out to just be a trapped being posing as god.
The plot holes were laughable and I actually yelled "Explain, movie! Explain!" once because things were just happening for no logical reason. T
As for ranking them all; 6, 4, 2, 3 with 1 & 5 tied for last.
I thought Expendables was alright, but way too many quick cuts during ALL the fight scenes. Even during the Jet Li ones where we know he shouldn't need quick cuts to mask a lack of fighting skills. But I'm not trying to defend that movie.
I'm eagerly anticipating Machete though.
I thought Expendables was alright, but way too many quick cuts during ALL the fight scenes. Even during the Jet Li ones where we know he shouldn't need quick cuts to mask a lack of fighting skills. But I'm not trying to defend that movie.
I'm eagerly anticipating Machete though.
You will NOT be disappointed.
I thought Expendables was alright, but way too many quick cuts during ALL the fight scenes. Even during the Jet Li ones where we know he shouldn't need quick cuts to mask a lack of fighting skills. But I'm not trying to defend that movie.
I'm eagerly anticipating Machete though.
You will NOT be disappointed.
Machete will return in "Machete Kills" and "Machete Kills Again"
I have seen the movies many times before, but I just picked up the Back to the Future 25th Anniversary Collection. It features all three films re-mastered (nothing added or removed, they just went back to the masters and improved the visual quality), along with tons of extras. Some of them are from the original DVD release, others are new and created specifically for this release. The collection also features digital copies of each movie so you can watch it on the go with your iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad, etc. I love all three movies, although I will admit that the first one is best. One of the facts that I didn't know before watching the extras, Sid Sheinberg (the head of Universal Studios at the time) wanted to call the movie "Spaceman from Pluto" and it took Steven Spielberg to convince him not to do it since everyone else liked the name "Back to the Future".
I have the DVD version and not the Blu-ray Disc version, but the DVD box is just fine. The digital discs are not in the way and I personally like the package. I don't know what the Blu-ray package looks like though. When I pick up my new computer in a few days, I plan to transfer all three digital copies so I can watch them on my iPod Touch.
Have you had a chance to watch any of the extras on that first disc? I thought the Making Of interviews were nicely done and pretty lengthy, and it was interesting to hear what a egomaniac Crispin Glover was (he didn't appear in the sequels because he basically wanted more stuff than even Michael J. Fox was getting).
Yeah, I picked up that Blu-Ray a while back, but have only had the chance to watch the original Back to the Future from it (once I removed all the useless Digital Copy discs and threw them in the trash so the movie discs fit nicely in their holders and were easy to get out).
Yeah, I picked up that Blu-Ray a while back, but have only had the chance to watch the original Back to the Future from it (once I removed all the useless Digital Copy discs and threw them in the trash so the movie discs fit nicely in their holders and were easy to get out).
I'd have sold them online or given them away instead of throwing them out.
If I wanted to own a digital copy of my movies, I'd purchase the digital copies.
If I wanted to own a digital copy of my movies, I'd purchase the digital copies.
But the point here is that you still have the physical discs, but you also have the option of having digital copies.
At least if they're going to do digital copies, have them be internet links with one-use passwords where you download the film and be done with it.
At least if they're going to do digital copies, have them be internet links with one-use passwords where you download the film and be done with it.
Or, you know, let people have control over their own media. Then you could just rip the film to whatever format you wanted and be done with it. ;)
I love that a lot of Blu-Rays these days include:
1) The Blu-Ray
2) The DVD
3) A digital copy
I can understand (3), because frankly I like having lots of movies on my iPod. However, if you buy the Blu-Ray version of a movie, YOU DON'T NEED THE DVD. It's like buying the DVD and they throw in the VHS which you'll never watch BECAUSE YOU HAVE A DVD PLAYER.
The entire last hour was about having a dream within a dream. Hell, the entire movie starts from that. The action and story was one and the same. Full of show, not tell. The dream worlds are meant to feel a little contrived and clean as they are constructed, artificial, not too disimilar to a level in a videogame.
There are no writers, just the one, Nolan.
It tended to make the worlds that were being created feel fairly random, and I don't think that the writers did enough to play with the idea of being inside a dream.
Same thing with Burton's other re-make. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory may have been more faithful to the book than Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, but it sucked.
maybe the third starwars spoof is supposed to be the worst in the way the third star wars chapter was the worst(although its not really bad at all)
It's because he's started placing visual design on a higher pedastal than story or writing. I think his last good film was Sleepy Hollow, which balanced both.
I figure this is a good time to give the original Tron a once over.
An awkward movie. Visually a stunning movie when release date is taken into account. But honestly, that is pretty much all it has going for it.
The sound design was poor. The script forced and obsolete even back then. The acting was hammy. The editing was inconsistant, full of weird pauses as if it was trying to extend running time. The writers had no real idea how computers work or how to incorporate computer concepts into the story in a natural fashion. A dorky thrown in broken love triangle.
If it was released now, even with visual upgrades, it would have been ripped to pieces. As a complete movie, it's not that good, sub par even, but as a visual blockbuster and nothing else, it generally succeeds.
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The music stood out as being very well done. I had only heard of Daft Punk by name before.
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The Fighter - Pretty Great/10
Wow! Those accents! Man, they were thick. The charaters were all pretty interesting. The boxing matches were good. I heard they used actual HBO stuff to do it. Somebody REALLY wants an oscar, and you can tell the whole time.
Black Swan
10/10
My movie of the year. Darren Aronofsky's fast becoming my new favorite director.
Darren Aronofsky's fast becoming my new favorite director.
Paper Heart: 8/10
Documentary with Charlyne(sp?) Yi
think of it like Jerry Seinfeld playing a character with the same name on his sitcom
I'm afraid I don't ever remember hearing about it.
@TJ
Wait, what??
I was kind of not paying attention at points during the movie, but I didn't catch on to that at all.
Well done on their part I guess.
But I can honestly say it is the ONLY piece of Australian cinema that I have evercompletely watchedenjoyed.
The Fifth Element - HowDidThisPassThroughProduction/10
Tomorrow When the War Began. 7/10.YOU UNPATRIOTIC COW!
I don't know if this movie came outside Australia. But I can honestly say it is the ONLY piece of Australian cinema that I have evercompletely watchedenjoyed. While I didn't think it was Oscar worthy or anything like that, it was an enjoyable way to spend 2 hrs. Hopefully they continue with the rest of the series.
The Fifth Element - HowDidThisPassThroughProduction/10
Tomorrow When the War Began. 7/10.YOU UNPATRIOTIC COW!
I don't know if this movie came outside Australia. But I can honestly say it is the ONLY piece of Australian cinema that I have evercompletely watchedenjoyed. While I didn't think it was Oscar worthy or anything like that, it was an enjoyable way to spend 2 hrs. Hopefully they continue with the rest of the series.
Because you're an Australian who hates Australian movies. Unless said Australian movie involves Australia being invaded.Tomorrow When the War Began. 7/10.YOU UNPATRIOTIC COW!
I don't know if this movie came outside Australia. But I can honestly say it is the ONLY piece of Australian cinema that I have evercompletely watchedenjoyed. While I didn't think it was Oscar worthy or anything like that, it was an enjoyable way to spend 2 hrs. Hopefully they continue with the rest of the series.
lol. Are saying that because it's an Australian movie, or because you like other Australian movies/tv?
Dinner with Schmuks - Avoid at all costs/10
This movie is terrible on so many levels.
to me it looked like Leo never actually made it out of Limbo since his kids were wearing the exact same thing he's been imagining for the entire movie.
I don't think Public Enemies was as strong as Apocalypse, but its still cool to see a wide assortment of characters. I don't think the style captured Ed McGuinness' art very well, but certainly better than Doomsday.
Because of the recommendation by Dasmos, I watched Animal Kingdom.
I'd give it a Meh/10
The pacing was so slow. I know the director was trying to build tension, but it didn't work. There was only one real part that had me on the edge of my seat, but it was resolved so quickly and meaninglessly.
I was entertained by Mosaic. Its a step above the Dead Space movie, though not as well done as the Saturday morning cartoons I grew up with. I think there was supposed to be a 'twist' but its so obvious that it fell on its face.
Clash of the Titans (remake) - 7/10
This movie is a metaphor for how Hollywood prefers fake over real and the loss of heart as the result. Its a fine action film. A couple of good decisions with the story to make it fresh, and a slew of bad ones to make it mediocre. A beautiful Medussa? Really? And we need some tag alongs to explain the secrets of the world? Please. I like how the Fates were handled. I liked the inclusion of the Majin (but riding giant scorpions? no thanks). And why only 2 talking Gods? I thought the Krakin was Poseidon's beast, as well as being one of the original 3. Where was he? I like the movie more than the Planet of the Apes remake, but it falls short of the original.
I was just pointing out the name.
Buried
I like this move. If I remember right, it was based on a true story and that story fuckin sucks. I can't imagine being trapped in a coffin with only a lighter, a cellphone, a knife and a pen then have to not only figure out where I am, but how the hell I'm supposed to get out of there.RR did an excellent job up displaying the frustration that I can only imagine everyone would go through waking up in that situation. Everything about it is fucked up from beginning to end.
Buried
I like this move. If I remember right, it was based on a true story and that story fuckin sucks. I can't imagine being trapped in a coffin with only a lighter, a cellphone, a knife and a pen then have to not only figure out where I am, but how the hell I'm supposed to get out of there.RR did an excellent job up displaying the frustration that I can only imagine everyone would go through waking up in that situation. Everything about it is fucked up from beginning to end.
How very odd. My wife and I just watched this one today.
It was a pretty good movie. I love the fact that the budget for the movie was probably about $500 + Ryan's salary. As BnM said, RR did a great job of carrying this entire movie virtually completely by himself.
Ok, I didn't just watch this, but I've been thinking about it for a while now (seen it several times)...
The Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy - 10/10
Ok, I might be rating it a little too highly, but this is probably the funniest movie I have ever seen. If you haven't seen it, you need to do so, immediately - especially if you were a fan of the series, and also especially if you are not a fan of the series.
I think you guys need to partake in their herbal activities in order to enjoy that movie, cuz I think it's hysterical.
Ok, I didn't just watch this, but I've been thinking about it for a while now (seen it several times)...
The Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy - 10/10
Ok, I might be rating it a little too highly, but this is probably the funniest movie I have ever seen. If you haven't seen it, you need to do so, immediately - especially if you were a fan of the series, and also especially if you are not a fan of the series.
I think you guys need to partake in their herbal activities in order to enjoy that movie, cuz I think it's hysterical.
BTW, I am in no way promoting CANDY (I assume people already know that they exist, and that CANDY makes things funnier), but I watched the movie Orange County in the theaters and thought it was horrible, and a few years later I watched it when I was SUGARhigh, and thought it was hilarious, so The Unagi has a point.
I think you guys need to partake in their herbal activities in order to enjoy that movie, cuz I think it's hysterical.
To be honest, a movie is terrible if you have to be high to enjoy it.
Stop bringing me down! You're a total bummer, dude.
I think you guys need to partake in their herbal activities in order to enjoy that movie, cuz I think it's hysterical.
To be honest, a movie is terrible if you have to be high to enjoy it.
Studios have taken note of it, and the director Gareth Edwards is the new Godzilla director. If he made this movie for 500,000 what could he do with 100 million dollars?
Studios have taken note of it, and the director Gareth Edwards is the new Godzilla director. If he made this movie for 500,000 what could he do with 100 million dollars?
Another shitty American Godzilla, perhaps? Tons of CGI and a pathetically dead creature at the end. No thanks...
Do yourself a favor. Forget about anything Godzilla related that comes out of Hollywood. Go watch "Godzilla, Mothra, and King Gidorah: Giant Monsters All Out Attack". It's part of the newer Millennium Series, and easily one of the best Godzilla films of all time.
Studios have taken note of it, and the director Gareth Edwards is the new Godzilla director. If he made this movie for 500,000 what could he do with 100 million dollars?
Another shitty American Godzilla, perhaps? Tons of CGI and a pathetically dead creature at the end. No thanks...
Do yourself a favor. Forget about anything Godzilla related that comes out of Hollywood. Go watch "Godzilla, Mothra, and King Gidorah: Giant Monsters All Out Attack". It's part of the newer Millennium Series, and easily one of the best Godzilla films of all time.
That is a good one. I'd actually say that the entire Millenium series is damn fine. The only one I don't like is Final Wars, because it's so terrible for so many reasons. My favorite Godzilla movies are Godzilla 1985 (HURRY UP AND RELEASE IT ON DVD, SONY!) and Godzilla 2000. The former has a great sense of atmosphere, and the latter is just so balls-out awesome it's hard to describe. In fact, I think I might have to watch it after the Super Bowl.
bustin, you are thinking of Resident Evil: Afterlife (released last year and heavily marketed as a 3D movie). Resident Evil: Apocalypse (from 2004) was not in 3D.
LOL. All I had to do was walk over to my movies and take a look at what they were...
wow W.S. Anderson scored Milla?Have you seen her in Stone....?
Monsters - ....../10
*Spoilers Ahead - but really who cares, you're not gonna watch this movie*
Did I really just sit through this entire movie? I seriously can't figure out why. It's a movie that started production sometime after Cloverfield became a hit.
Aliens have crashed onto Earth occupying the northern parts of Mexico which are now called the Infected Zone. 1.5~2hrs of build up to get a good look at these aliens all for an alien mating scene in the last 2 minutes where you still don't get all that good a look at them. From what I can tell it looks like these aliens are 200ft Giant Octopuses that swim through the air like earth octopus swim in the oceans. But at the same time you can hear them walking even though you can't really make out if they have legs, so maybe they are like giant elephant bodied octopus headed aliens that only appear to be swimming in the air. and their tentacles can maybe either sense light and/or watch TV, but they can definitely hear and definitely communicate with light and touch.
This movie was a waste of my time. While it wasn't horrible, it just had little point and no pay off.
Monsters - ....../10
*Spoilers Ahead - but really who cares, you're not gonna watch this movie*
Did I really just sit through this entire movie? I seriously can't figure out why. It's a movie that started production sometime after Cloverfield became a hit.
Aliens have crashed onto Earth occupying the northern parts of Mexico which are now called the Infected Zone. 1.5~2hrs of build up to get a good look at these aliens all for an alien mating scene in the last 2 minutes where you still don't get all that good a look at them. From what I can tell it looks like these aliens are 200ft Giant Octopuses that swim through the air like earth octopus swim in the oceans. But at the same time you can hear them walking even though you can't really make out if they have legs, so maybe they are like giant elephant bodied octopus headed aliens that only appear to be swimming in the air. and their tentacles can maybe either sense light and/or watch TV, but they can definitely hear and definitely communicate with light and touch.
This movie was a waste of my time. While it wasn't horrible, it just had little point and no pay off.
Monsters is a very misleading title. It's not a monster flick at all, it's a love story. The "monsters" were more of a backdrop than a focus point. I really liked it, the dialogue and chemistry between the main characters was very believable, despite Andrew seeming like a dick throughout most the movie. I was even sort of hoping you didn't get to see any "monsters" at all, but the last part was pretty great so I'm glad it was included.
The movie also made more impressive considering how of an effort Gareth Edwards undertook by himself. Wrote, directed, edited and did the CGI all by himself. Pretty fanstastic stuff.
8.8/10
Monsters - ....../10
*Spoilers Ahead - but really who cares, you're not gonna watch this movie*
Did I really just sit through this entire movie? I seriously can't figure out why. It's a movie that started production sometime after Cloverfield became a hit.
Aliens have crashed onto Earth occupying the northern parts of Mexico which are now called the Infected Zone. 1.5~2hrs of build up to get a good look at these aliens all for an alien mating scene in the last 2 minutes where you still don't get all that good a look at them. From what I can tell it looks like these aliens are 200ft Giant Octopuses that swim through the air like earth octopus swim in the oceans. But at the same time you can hear them walking even though you can't really make out if they have legs, so maybe they are like giant elephant bodied octopus headed aliens that only appear to be swimming in the air. and their tentacles can maybe either sense light and/or watch TV, but they can definitely hear and definitely communicate with light and touch.
This movie was a waste of my time. While it wasn't horrible, it just had little point and no pay off.
Monsters is a very misleading title. It's not a monster flick at all, it's a love story. The "monsters" were more of a backdrop than a focus point. I really liked it, the dialogue and chemistry between the main characters was very believable, despite Andrew seeming like a dick throughout most the movie. I was even sort of hoping you didn't get to see any "monsters" at all, but the last part was pretty great so I'm glad it was included.
The movie also made more impressive considering how of an effort Gareth Edwards undertook by himself. Wrote, directed, edited and did the CGI all by himself. Pretty fanstastic stuff.
8.8/10
Love story my ass. It was just some dude trying to get some and some girl who had reservations about getting married. I've been there and done that. There is nothing "romantic" about it.
I came to see at least an explanation of the monsters. Especially, why they fed on electricity or light.
It wasn't a bad movie, per se, just a movie that ended without any real need to. There wasn't a climax.
I've only ever seen the first Rocky all the way through and that's because imo it isn't really a boxing movie. There's one or two(?) boxing matches, and the rest of the movie is about him trying to win over Adrian. It's a love story under the guise of a boxing one, can't say anything about the other films, but that turned me off from the rest of the series. Oh, and it was only last year that I saw the first Rocky. I had avoided them over the years thinking that their overwhelming popularity would mean that I wouldn't like them, and it turned out I was right.
Dasmos: Sure it's cynical, but let's not forget he wouldn't have been there if he didn't have to.
I've only ever seen the first Rocky all the way through and that's because imo it isn't really a boxing movie. There's one or two(?) boxing matches, and the rest of the movie is about him trying to win over Adrian. It's a love story under the guise of a boxing one, can't say anything about the other films, but that turned me off from the rest of the series. Oh, and it was only last year that I saw the first Rocky. I had avoided them over the years thinking that their overwhelming popularity would mean that I wouldn't like them, and it turned out I was right.
The Rocky films get steadily more campy and less serious as they go along, and essentially turn into a different beast altogether. It peaks at Rocky IV, which is probably my favourite, just because how many montages and matching 80's power rock anthems they seem to cram into a 90 minute movie. Also Rocky basically singlehandedly brings down communism.
I'm in the middle of Roger Rabbit, too. The older I get, the more blown away I am at that movie. The incredible skill of choreography and animations that went into that, to mesh it with the live actors so well is...I mean, you just don't see that anymore. THERE WERE NO GREENSCREENS (except IN Toontown at the end, I suspect).
I watched a couple of films today, both of which I thought were pretty "meh", Red Dawn and Tron Legacy. I watched the former because the upcoming "Homefront" game intrigued me to see the previous movie that that writer had done. Overall, it's a pretty long and dull 80s movie, with effects that border on the laughable; characters I really didn't care about; and a plot that just seemed to take forever to not really go anywhere.
EasyCure, do you have the DVD of Roger Rabbit? It has a ton of bonus features.
idk...i think Piranha 3d has red dawn beat. That or Brain Dead.
What about Rambo 4? I think the ROD (Rate of Death) is something like every 5 seconds.
Date Movie: 7/10You're thinking of Date Night.
Pretty stupid, but very funny. I thought Steve Carrell and Tina Fey were great together, especially their "what's the story" imitations of other couples at dinner.
Decent is a 6/10 in my book.exactly. that's why so many movies on my netflix get a 3 out of 5 stars (mostly because I can't do half stars).
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mediocre |ˌmēdēˈōkər|
adjective
of only moderate quality; not very good : a mediocre actor.
Oxford Dictionary:Quotemediocre |ˌmēdēˈōkər|
adjective
of only moderate quality; not very good : a mediocre actor.
The real problem is that ThePerm has skewered his scale to the point where 7 is his passing grade, not 5. This problem permeates a lot of reviews, but is especially bad with videogames leading to a lot of inflated scores and lack of critical examination of flaws. The game Oblivion was praised as GOTY even though contained numerous serious flaws that would have killed any other game without it's hype.
Youth in Revolt: 8.8/10
At first I was very disappointed that Michael Cera was playing the same character AGAIN, but things really pick up when his alter ego enters the picture. The alter ego is deliberate, dangerous, and funny, not dry face typical Michael Cera, but in your face provocative funny. The girl he is going after is somewhat of a bitch, but a very interesting bitch, and there is a lot about this movie that keeps you guessing.
Decent is a 6/10 in my book.
The Thing 8/10
Check it out. It's old, but good.
I'm surprised by how well the SFX hold up. Honestly, in some scenes, I was more impressed by them then any CGI. Maybe we should go back to old school SFX sometimes instead relying on CGI?
The Thing 8/10
Check it out. It's old, but good.
Just in time, the remake/sequel/prequel is supposed to be coming out this year (I think). Now you have something to base your criticism on.
The Thing 8/10
Check it out. It's old, but good.
The Thing 8/10
Check it out. It's old, but good.
The Thing is my favorite horror movie. The concept and the amazing puppet sfx are excellent. I am a huge John Carpenter fan and can't wait to see the new movie that he is making. He stumbled (into pit of giant spikes covered with poison snakes) with his last movie but after I saw Absolute Fin de la Monde (Masters of Horror) I knew he still had it.
After.life 8.5/10 pretty good movie, plus Christina Ricci is like naked most of it.
After.life 8.5/10 pretty good movie, plus Christina Ricci is like naked most of it.
So was she alive the whole time or was it all in his imagination(or possibly communicating with the dead)?
I'm pretty sure I've mentioned this movie on here somewhere. It wasn't too long ago that I watched it.
Did she (Christina Ricci) gain all her weight back? Because she's effing skinny now. Has been ever since Black Snake Moan. Remember when she had meat on her bones? She was sooooo hawt.
actually i thought the general consensus was that 2 was more liked than 3, or were you talking about as in terms of bonus features. I actually like them all pretty equally.
All-Star Superman - Well that's about 1.5 hrs of my life I will be billing WB/DC Animations for.
Lame. there really isn't much more to say about it and I think someone else pretty much covered it in this thread already. I won't waste anymore breath on it.
Insurrection is 3rd worse and is lucky not to get any lower due to the sheer number of groan inducing line of humour. It's full of shoehorned, boring, convoluted "Action". Making this a 2 part episode would have been a stretch given how weak the script is. It has barely enough bone to fill one episode, let alone any meat. I would elevate this to 4th worse above the wasted opportunity that was Generations if they had enough guts to give Picard hair.
I can not fault Jonathan Frakes for this movie. He gave us First Contact and he is a proven director. I don't believe anyone could have saved this without throwing the entire movie out the window.
I feel Nemesis gets judged overly harsh as it followed Insurrection which lost a lot of good will and quite frankly by that time Star Trek had gotten tired. While Enterprise was the nail in the coffin, you can blame the state of Star Trek on the people who conceived and crashed Voyager, so you can blame Star Treks demise on Janeway. Even Kate Mulgrew felt her character had gone insane and played her as such.
The writes had no choice regarding Dax. Terry wanted out and they couldn't convince her otherwise.
Most of [JJ Abram's Star Trek] had more similarities to Mission Impossible 3 than Star Trek.
yeah, i always wanted to get into Babylon 5.
TI'm still trying to figure out why the Romulans in the last 2 ST movies are bald tattooed guys in leather. That really broke the believability for me.
They all look the same to me.
Why don't they just make a prequel series. This is just milking it too far, and it's all because the fanboys weren't happy with how the TV series ended.
Well, what I don't understand is why, if the whole goal of this project is to create a new Evangelion, why they don't just go all the way and make a new Evangelion?
As for a prequel series, if they were to do that they'd lose their major marketing element in the Evangelions themselves, since the things were in the prototype stages when both the series and movies begin.
They can't make a prequel because they don't have any pilots before that.
L.A. Confidential
9/10
God I love movies like this. The acting is top notch; the characters appropriate and well rounded; the nudity, never overtly sexual, but always classy; and the plot intriguing and plausible.
We need more of these types of films.
My favorite Jim Carey movie is "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind". Truman show is dope though.
7.5 isn't bad, but not good enough to shell out IMAX 3D monies.
I caught most of Dr. Strangelove on BBC America this afternoon. That is a truly fantastic movie. 10/10
Sucker Punch (IMAX)*: 10/10Was it also in 3D?
Keep in mind I was of altered mind.
Faster: 5/10
Generic, generic, generic. How many more times should I say it? My brother-in-law insisted we watch this movie, and knowing how his taste in movies differs from mine, I still watched it. It was entertaining, but **** on a stick was it generic. I knew the entire plot in the first twenty minutes except for the part where he visits his mother, which was stupid anyway
Ugh, it disgusts me that this movie is getting a sequel, but hey...the original Star Trek movie was horrible, and it got a stellar sequel that righted all the wrongs of its predecessor. Maybe this Trek's sequel will do the same?
In other words, it was a action movie designed to attract the masses, not just the fans of the previous series.
Huh, I thought that was a Disney movie.
so the general consensus of Sucker Punch is the trailer is better than the movie?
The Social NetworkThis was the problem I guess I had with this movie and it's the same issue I had with Juno. It's overwritten. People just aren't that cool all the time. Line after line of insightful, memorable quotes. People just don't talk like that. And it makes me hate real people like my housemate who always falls into "it's just like... you know what I mean?"
It was great. Funny and just plain entertaining. I doubt Mark Zuckerberg is 1) that witty in real life 2) that much of a douchebag.
Also, Emily Browning shouldn't be allowed by law to not wear a school girl outfit.I reckon she could go back to fishnets on her arms any time she likes
After Anastasia, I was in a bit of a mood for Don Bluth films I might not have seen (though it turns out I had seen this one before and just forgotten it) so I decided to watch the one that allegedly destroyed his career and the Fox Animation studio: 2000's Titan A.E.
Funny thing, though: the movie is pretty entertaining. Sure, it's a shallow Space Odyssey filled with archetypal characters really lacking in character development (and, sure, I spent a fair amount of the movie mocking it with Star Wars references), but hey we let Star Wars get away with that and this is pretty solid Science Fiction. Despite some plot holes that show up near the end of the movie, I thought this film just worked. The movie is very well-animated and colorful (I'd really like to see this movie on Blu-Ray), the primitive CG is integrated better than usual (certain better than it was in Anastasia), the story has a nice flow to it, and there's a nice sense of "wonder" to the journey.
Unfortunately, Don Bluth films like Secret of Nimh; All Dogs Go to Heaven; and especially An American Tale tended to be rather dark and have a bleak view on life, and Titan A.E. follows the mold of these older films. This, I think, is why the movie bombed: it takes the medium a lot more seriously than probably American audiences were ready for. The only "singing" in the movie comes from some extremely 90s background pop musical montages; there are no cute animal sidekicks; and characters in this movie die fairly graphically (one character gets his neck snapped on-screen). The motives for the villains are also extremely vague, which makes it hard to see them as more than just things that exist to be shot at.
Overall, a pretty decent film that probably just came out at the wrong time and in the wrong country (I'm curious how this movie did in Japan, where they take animation more seriously).
Tron Legacy Decent sequel, I wish they had kept more with the original art style.
Tron Legacy Decent sequel, I wish they had kept more with the original art style.
The updated visuals weren't the problem. They were surprisingly good, if not different. The real problem was the generic, dumbed-down story. They should have taken a few pages from Tron 2.0's book instead of trying to cater to Facebook's "we can barely even turn a computer on" crowd.
2001 is a fantastic movie (though it's a better book), and is one of the few things I've bought on Blu-ray. I haven't seen all of Dune, or read the book, but the parts I saw were pretty interesting. However, I will not sit here and allow you to insult the original Star Wars trilogy. Your're right that it's not really science fiction, it's just set in space, but the same could be said about Battlestar Galactica (the recent one), and it doesn't make that any less awesome either. It's by no means deep, but it's highly entertaining, and I think the movies hold up really well, especially the first one and The Empire Strikes Back.
Dune the movie drones on and on. It prattles about the connection of spice to the rest of the world and takes forever to make a point when if you were paying attention you saw it coming a mile away. Though I'm sure its one of the problems of converting a book to a movie. And why I think 2001 is boring.
Don't misunderstand me. Boring != terrible. I love Blade Runner. I actually love Dune. (I haven't been able to find any personality in 2001, sorry). But it seems to me that many movies of a particular era fall into a pattern of sorts in their storytelling.
I never watched the new Battlestar Galactica either. If the first couple of episodes don't catch me, I don't bother.
Though, I did forget about my love of Stargate SG-1. Great tv ruined by the invasion of Farscape.
I did think of a fantastic spacey sci-fi film - Fifth Element. Bruce Willis adds to about any movie he is in (but Chris Tucker takes away half of what Bruce gives)
You guys have to be huge Lynche fans.
Dune has so much that is ridiculous and is one of those movies that assumes you've read the books.
I Believe the original Star Trek movies, after the first one, are vastly superioir to the TNG ones, even though TNG was the better series. Though I enjoyed the new one except I hated what they did with the Spock character. They made him into one of those whiney emotional Enterprise Vulcans. I'll still go to see a new one of those movies.
Thor: Very good watch. Pretty much what one would expect from the Marvel movies.
You must of course stay till after the credits.That is the Marvel way. Are the credits atleast interesting?
Now you need to go download the Evil Dead Trilogy fanedit, that combines all three films into one long, seamless experience! :)
I watched the trilogy compliation last nite. I think that was the first time I had seem EDII.If memory serves he goes back to his time and He's in s-mart and the evil thingies invade and he goes "Shop Smart, Shop S-Mart" blasts them all away but its been a while.
It's kinda funny how all 3 movies covers 3 different genres with the last 2 having an overlap.
EDI was a horror, EDII was more of a Horredy and AoD was more of an Adventure Comedy.
The fan edit is really seemless though and I tried to figure out where the splicing takes place, I had not seen all 3 movies and none of them except AoD all the way through, I just assume there were scenes from a sequel placed sometime before the end of the prequel to set up the introduction of new characters and set pieces. It took me 3 different watching though (kinda ironic) as it was really long and I was distracted by other stuff at the time or sleeping, but it was enjoyable.
About the endings I saw the original ending where he sleeps through time and wakes up about a century or 2 too late. what was the theatrical ending?
About the endings I saw the original ending where he sleeps through time and wakes up about a century or 2 too late. what was the theatrical ending?
Undiscovered Country is easily my second-favorite Trek movie, right behind (and I mean right behind) Wrath of Khan. I actually wrote a paper about it in high school, regarding the end of the cold war allegory in the plot.
I'm sorry but their isn't a Generations Star Trek movie that belongs on anyone top anything list. This is from someone who really loved TNG.
3 and 5 weren't that bad. The new one I thought was really good for what it is but, I could live without the casting they did for Spock. I think that ruined the movie. The rest I thought where good. (I just don't like the emotional Enterprise style Vulcans.) The first Star Trek movie was pretty bad. I just need to rewatch all of them methinks.I'm sorry but their isn't a Generations Star Trek movie that belongs on anyone top anything list. This is from someone who really loved TNG.
Sorry, but I can't rate Star Treks 1, 3, 5, Insurrection, Nemesis, or especially the new Star Trek in my Top 5. Generations gets the 5th Spot pretty much by default.
The new one I thought was really good for what it is but, I could live without the casting they did for Spock.
Thought it was better than Star Wars but, then again I'm not really a Star Wars fan.The new one I thought was really good for what it is but, I could live without the casting they did for Spock.Turn into a brainless Star Wars derivative? :(
They essentially turned Star Trek in a mindless action flick. There was barely any plot to speak of, and they entire thing was driven by over-the-top emotions and a weak villain. They were very clearly aiming for the "Star Wars crowd" while entirely ignoring Star Trek's pre-existing fanbase. If it weren't for Leonard Nimoy's presence, there wouldn't be a single point of interest for the true Star Trek fan.I don't think that's a Star War Problem as much as current movies. Think Fifth element and the like. Not to mention that movie seemed to have a lot of an Enterprise Vibe to it, not a fan of Enterprise Which is a shame. I like Scott Bakula.. I'm going to have to just rewatch the older ones again because I remember some of them being very much like that as well.
They essentially turned Star Trek in a mindless action flick. There was barely any plot to speak of, and they entire thing was driven by over-the-top emotions and a weak villain. They were very clearly aiming for the "Star Wars crowd" while entirely ignoring Star Trek's pre-existing fanbase. If it weren't for Leonard Nimoy's presence, there wouldn't be a single point of interest for the true Star Trek fan.I don't think that's a Star War Problem as much as current movies. Think Fifth element and the like. Not to mention that movie seemed to have a lot of an Enterprise Vibe to it, not a fan of Enterprise Which is a shame. I like Scott Bakula.. I'm going to have to just rewatch the older ones again because I remember some of them being very much like that as well.
no, I don't think you got a general consensus at all. From what I remember, only 3 of us have seen the movie here and Dasmos is the only one that didn't like it.
IP Man 2 is out on DVD. I haven't seen it yet, but you might want to check it out too.
Ip Man: BNM's review (http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/forums/index.php?topic=28364.msg626490;topicseen#msg626490) / Stogi's Review (http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/forums/index.php?topic=28364.msg640467#msg640467)
Yeah that scene makes the movie. I still watch it occasionally on youtube.
I'm glad you watched it with subtitles. Foreign movies lose a lot of authenticity when dubs are used.
...I feel that way in general about good American Cartoon shows. Japanese tend to like to have an arch that takes a while to tell. Good American ones the episodes are self contained but their is an arc that spans all of them. Also Cartoons everything has to have a purpose are it be a waste of time aka Money. Anything in the Batman: The Animated Series Lineage falls under that.
but it is really incredible what each episode can do with 24 minutes. Most do more with that time than movies can with 90.
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subtitles are great for learning langauges too i picked up like 20 words watching Let the Right One in
which reminds me
Let Me In 9/10
Let the Right one in 8.5/10
the remake gets the higher score because some characters are better developed/have better scenes, or exist at all.
I just finished the Girl With the Dragon Tattoo trilogy. I would rank them in the order they came out.
1. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
2. The Girl Who Played With Fire
3. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
Average score: Four Stars
Hahaha
You know I saw Origins without the CG (pre-post-production...you heard me) and it was terribly awesome. It was horrible how fake it makes you realize Hollywood is, but it was awesome how dumb the actors looked. If I was anywhere on set, I wouldn't be able to keep a straight face.
Hahaha
You know I saw Origins without the CG (pre-post-production...you heard me) and it was terribly awesome. It was horrible how fake it makes you realize Hollywood is, but it was awesome how dumb the actors looked. If I was anywhere on set, I wouldn't be able to keep a straight face.
Ahaha yeah I saw that version too. It was hilarious. It ruined the movie for me, but it was hilarious.
...Definitely. I ran the Computer Club at my High School at the time and we watched it on the Big projector.
also pirates of silicon valley, it was better when it was new.
Bridesmaids - Don't see this movie.
You'll go in thinking it's about some crazy bachelorette party, but it's...not at all. Instead, it's about how Kristin Wiig's life is a trainwreck and she goes around destroying her friend's lives (and her maybe new boyfriend). There are some funny moments, but this is not a FUNNY movie. It's kind of a chick flick, at the end of the day.
No idea, I unfortunately didn't follow the thread all that closely. I'm up for it if other people are!
hm, i'd say lets hold off until winter. Staying in and watching a movie is a more wintery thing in my eyes. I'll definitely do it this time, I've been showing my netflix a lot of love lately.My Netflix thinks my family is needy and really into Frog Twins by now. It gets a lot of use. In fact I think my wife interacts with it more than my Son on a nightly basis...or me for that matter...
hm, i'd say lets hold off until winter. Staying in and watching a movie is a more wintery thing in my eyes. I'll definitely do it this time, I've been showing my netflix a lot of love lately.My Netflix thinks my family is needy and really into Frog Twins by now. It gets a lot of use. In fact I think my wife interacts with it more than my Son on a nightly basis...or me for that matter...
Early reviews on the Green Lantern are even worse than I expected. Currently 20% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Was Thor good?
Was it Iron Man 1 and The Dark Knight good?
It was only sarcastic if you think that Thor was good. I'll certainly agree that Iron Man and The Dark Knight was great superhero films. Iron Man 2 was a worthwhile followup, but as you pointed out, included too many lead-ins to the Avengers. We'll see if Rise of the Dark Knight follows suit, or if it ends up being as lame as Batman Beings was.
Batman Begins gets so much hate these days in this post-Dark Knight world, and it really doesn't deserve it.
Well, I'm going to take a bit of a risk here. As I'm playing Alice: Madness Returns (a game about a dark and twisted Alice), I'm in the mood for a suitable movie and I've always loved Tim Burton's aesthetics. I know it's widely-panned as a terrible movie, but I'm going to try watching Tim Burton's 2010 Alice in Wonderland. It'll probably be crap, but will probably at least look fantastic.
Ironically, American McGee's Alice is probably the closest adaption as far as tone goes.
Nitpicks? Hmmm... A lot of the side characters felt like C-List mutants. Of course, this is an inevitable problem given the time frame and the fact that the series has already blown its load by putting so many faces in X3. Angel was laughable, Banshee was silly, and Darwin was completely underused. Beast's makeup was horrible. There were a few cheesy looking special effects. Too many inside jokes, alluding to the future that we all know. Not one, but two montages. Xavier and Erik's relationship was very short-lived, not really giving them the time to develop the kind of mutual respect we see later in the series.
It was Havoc, not Angel. Angel should have been in it as he was part of the original team, along with Iceman (Snowballman). But it seems the filmmakers didn't want to re-use some of the characters.
But I couldn't get over how unclear everything was. Is she dead? Did she imagine herself dying? Did or did she not kill that one chick? Or is that whole damn movie a fucking dream and she wakes up as soon as the movie ends? WHO KNOWS, I SURE DON'T!
Cars 2 is the first Pixar movie to get rated Rotten. (44% I think)Than you may like this one.
I think it is the first Pixar movie to have below an 85% (I think almost all of them are above 90%).
I was not a fan of the first Cars and I think it was the worst of all the Pixar movies so far, so I'm not surprised to see a majority of people that reviewed it review it lower than the original.
Like TF1, only at least Transformers has big robots fighting to bring in the money.
Transformers 3. I don't care what you are doing, go and see it right now/10.
All I can say is that as far as I am concerned, this movie is Gods gift to mankind.
Transformers 3. I don't care what you are doing, go and see it right now/10.
All I can say is that as far as I am concerned, this movie is Gods gift to mankind.
Like TF1, only at least Transformers has big robots fighting to bring in the money.
Transformers is a stupid series, with cringe-inducing acting, and ludicrous plots apparently written by an 8-year-old suffering from terminal ritalin withdrawal, directed by one of the biggest douchebags in the industry.
... but I see 'em all, in the biggest theater I can, because the damn robot SFX are so insanely jaw-dropping.
Transformers 3. I don't care what you are doing, go and see it right now/10.
All I can say is that as far as I am concerned, this movie is Gods gift to mankind.
Your opinion is tainted since you love Transformers 2; the movie that God forsook.
Like TF1, only at least Transformers has big robots fighting to bring in the money.
Transformers is a stupid series, with cringe-inducing acting, and ludicrous plots apparently written by an 8-year-old suffering from terminal ritalin withdrawal, directed by one of the biggest douchebags in the industry.
... but I see 'em all, in the biggest theater I can, because the damn robot SFX are so insanely jaw-dropping.
Transformers is a stupid series, with cringe-inducing acting, and ludicrous plots apparently written by an 8-year-old suffering from terminal ritalin withdrawal, directed by one of the biggest douchebags in the industry.
... but I see 'em all, in the biggest theater I can, because the damn robot SFX are so insanely jaw-dropping.
I stand by my belief that Transformers is basically Twilight for boys.
I wish they had developed the friendship between Xavier and Magneto a little bit more.
Transformers: Dark of the Moon - Great movie, one of the best of the year. I recommend seeing it in 3D if you can because it is just great. The storyling between Shia's character and generic blond actress seemed forced (and I don't buy that he could get her, she was way out of his league), but otherwise good movie. I wonder how they would do a fourth movie considering Megatron, Sentinel Prime, and Soundwave were all killed in the movie.
That's what made 'The Mist' incredibly memorable.
That's what made 'The Mist' incredibly memorable.
I'll give you the others... but The Mist, really? That film was so utterly predictable, ending included. The only thing it accomplished was showing what whack jobs religious folk are. :P:
I wish they had developed the friendship between Xavier and Magneto a little bit more.
Agreed. That was easily my biggest beef with the film. The mutual respect going forward really doesn't seem to have much of a basis given what little time is spent on building it up in these origin stories.
Inception: 7/10
Pretty good, I liked the premise, but what ruined this movie for me was everyone talking about how weird and confusing it was, and then I didn't find it confusing at all. There were some things I didn't get completely and was corrected on them by my smart-ass 16yr old niece, but the movie itself wasn't so great. I didn't like where it started from, I didn't really like the wife, the architect, or the stretching of the plot to make it all come together in the end.
I think i can answer that for Perm. Not enough movies have the enemy win. That's what made 'The Empire Strikes Back' the greatest of all the Star Wars movies. That's what made the 'Devil's Advocate' great. That's what made 'The Mist' incredibly memorable. That's what makes 'Fight Club' one of the greatest movies ever made.
I'm assuming your talking about Transformers.I think i can answer that for Perm. Not enough movies have the enemy win. That's what made 'The Empire Strikes Back' the greatest of all the Star Wars movies. That's what made the 'Devil's Advocate' great. That's what made 'The Mist' incredibly memorable. That's what makes 'Fight Club' one of the greatest movies ever made.
Also, i dont want to pick a stupid kids movie apart, but why the **** would giant robots need human slaves? Robots don't get tired, they don't get hungry, the don't **** and piss, and if they get bored they can always make drone workers that don't.
Also, Why not keep those teleportation pillars on the moon. Wouldn't it be a risk to leave them on an active planet where they can be attacked?
Why earth anyways? Don't say water. These are robots with intergalactic ability, they might as well mine Jupiter and its moons for hydrogen if they needed water.
Also, i dont want to pick a stupid kids movie apart, but why the **** would giant robots need human slaves? Robots don't get tired, they don't get hungry, the don't **** and piss, and if they get bored they can always make drone workers that don't.
Also, i dont want to pick a stupid kids movie apart, but why the **** would giant robots need human slaves? Robots don't get tired, they don't get hungry, the don't **** and piss, and if they get bored they can always make drone workers that don't.
I am sorry, but I have to point out Transformers does take a piss, the piss and a steaming dump in cinemas across the world. A movie has issues when the original cartoon made more sense.
There haven't really been that many major casting changes. Among the main characters, only Dumbledore changed (and that was because the actor died). The changes were among the minor characters who had little to no lines in the movies anyways (like Pansy Parkinson and Angelina).
The books are still leagues better than these movies IMO, but the movies have become a decent substitute if you're not inclined to read them. Highly recommended, though only if you've seen Part 1 or have read the books.
The books are still leagues better than these movies IMO, but the movies have become a decent substitute if you're not inclined to read them. Highly recommended, though only if you've seen Part 1 or have read the books.
So... do the books improve after #3? I've only read the first three, but they were all basically "meh" -- a fun setting but despite some nice bits of humor in the first book, and some appealing supporting characters, seemed very mechanically written.
I've only read the first three, but they were all basically "meh" -- a fun setting but despite some nice bits of humor in the first book, and some appealing supporting characters, seemed very mechanically written.
I've only read the first three, but they were all basically "meh" -- a fun setting but despite some nice bits of humor in the first book, and some appealing supporting characters, seemed very mechanically written.
They are children's books. You can't expect too much out of them or the films. I've always been surprised by the number of adults that are truly engaged by the series. Though I suppose Twilight also achieved a similar status.
I've only read the first three, but they were all basically "meh" -- a fun setting but despite some nice bits of humor in the first book, and some appealing supporting characters, seemed very mechanically written.
They are children's books. You can't expect too much out of them or the films. I've always been surprised by the number of adults that are truly engaged by the series. Though I suppose Twilight also achieved a similar status.
They're childrens' books the same way books like The Hobbit are. They're well-written, enjoyable adventure stories people of all ages can enjoy.
Really what isn't a step or too below The Hobbit? That is a very well written dense book.I've only read the first three, but they were all basically "meh" -- a fun setting but despite some nice bits of humor in the first book, and some appealing supporting characters, seemed very mechanically written.
They are children's books. You can't expect too much out of them or the films. I've always been surprised by the number of adults that are truly engaged by the series. Though I suppose Twilight also achieved a similar status.
They're childrens' books the same way books like The Hobbit are. They're well-written, enjoyable adventure stories people of all ages can enjoy.
Er, I can only speak for the first three, obviously, but they are certainly a grade or two below The Hobbit on the "well written" scale...
The HP books seem to go out of their way to throw in themes that are clearly intended to appeal to typical childrens' insecurities -- "even if you feel unloved by your family, and are not successful at school or very popular, you might be a legendary wizard...!" That likely explains some of the popularity amongst kids, but it also makes them a bit painful to slog through sometimes (though JKR tries to use humor to make it go down more smoothly).
I actually really want to see that Winnie the Pooh movie, as I've always had a soft spot for that franchise and it's been getting good reviews. I might wait until it hits home video, though.If you really like the franchise you'll like this movie. Catch it at the dollar or something to do with small children your affiliated with. If you had a bad day this would be a good movie to see as well because their is not a heavy theme on it or anything unlike say Toy Story which has abandonment and growing out of things which is very sad from a toy perspective but they make the best out of it.
Just watched Milk. It was good, but not spectacular. Sean Penn was pretty good as Harvey Milk, and you get a good look at how much this country lacked civil rights back in the 1970s (its gotten better, but still a long way to go before everything has the same rights).Stop Abusing your Toaster! They are not Second Hand Citizens! Proper Channel of Immigration for Foreign Toasters!
Adjustment Bureau ....5.5/10
So you like Columbo where you see the murder and the rest of the time your watching Columbo put it together?Adjustment Bureau ....5.5/10
I stopped trying to watch films based on PKD's work a long time ago. "Blade Runner" was great as a film, but totally sidelined so much of what was in the book. On the other hand, "Through a Scanner Darkly" worked with a more amusing tone and yet quickly squandered it with a recap at the end. Few things irk me more in films than recaps leading up to the finale. Catering to stupid and inattentive people is a no-no in my book, film or otherwise.
Few things irk me more in films than recaps leading up to the finale. Catering to stupid and inattentive people is a no-no in my book, film or otherwise.
What about Minority Report? I think that might be Spielberg's best film in the past decade. That was PKD story also.
What about Minority Report? I think that might be Spielberg's best film in the past decade. That was PKD story also.
I'm partial to Catch Me If You Can when it comes to Spielburg films in the last decade.
Captain America: The First Avenger - 8.5/10I agree. I saw it in 2D yesterday. The only point I could really tell was CG was the plane when it was diving down the lighting was off. I have to say my biggest gripe is that a guy gets chopped up by and airplane propeller. That's the bloodiest thing in it and it feels like the only reason its even in the movie was to get the movie to PG-13. That scene should have been cut. Beyond that very good movie.
Just saw this movie (in 3D). I've got to say, it was pretty awesome - it may not have been 100% comic book cannon, but it was the movie that it needed to be. The special effects were probably the best I've ever seen, there's not a single point in the movie where something looks fake or it looks like someone is being superimposed on a green screen. I need to finish watching Iron Man 2 tomorrow and then soon I'll see Thor. If they do it right, The Avengers could end up being the best comic book movie ever.
I have to say my biggest gripe is that a guy gets chopped up by and airplane propeller. That's the bloodiest thing in it and it feels like the only reason its even in the movie was to get the movie to PG-13. That scene should have been cut.
The planes were the bombs, all of the Hydra agents committed suicide when captured, so the pilots would kill themselves too, since they all saw Red Skull as a god.I thought that was the case but, its still sort of complicated for something you could just drop. That much power your playing Horseshoe rules.
Colin Farrell is in all of the previews...not sure why you spoiler'd that.
At its heart Capt. is a piece of Morale Boosting Patriotism Media
Sounds like it was all down hill after Gone With the Wind...
Too bad Dark Shadows is a remake too...
Too bad Dark Shadows is a remake too...
of a TV show though, plus its all gothicy and stuff. So it kinda falls under his own thing. Also, Ed Wood was a remake of Ed Woods life. But yeah Planet of the Apes, Willy Wonka, Alice in Wonderland are all things that should never have been touched. I am ambivalent about Sweeney Todd mainly because it was a mixed bag.
true, its been like 10 years or so since he's made something thats great. He may not have his it factor anymore. From all indications from Kevin smith he's become an eccentric Hollywood type. You know who went to animation school with Tim Burton? John Lasseter, creator of a number of awesome Pixar things. I'd hate to totally abandon Tim Burton though, he's created classic great movies. He was younger though. Quinton Tarantino was talking about how he wants to retire when he turns 60 because he doesn't want to become one of those old directors that direct horrible movies in their later years. That totally saddens me because he takes 3 years between movies and he's already 48 and his last movie was awesome in so many ways.
i know Clint Eastwood makes badass movies, but he stopped acting.
i know Clint Eastwood makes badass movies, but he stopped acting.
The discussion was on directors. Clint Eastwood has been mostly directing for the past two decades and has proven that directors in their 60's or older can still make awesome films.
This is a bad movie. This is the anti-Superbad.
Rise of the Planet of the Apes - I could care less about James Franco's character, but Cesar's plight was fucking awesome.
I don't know about the new Apes movie. I hated the idea of it when it was announced, and thought the trailer that aired before Transformers: Dark of the Moon was terrible too, so I am surprised with people saying they liked it. I might check it out online or when it comes out on DVD.
I literally laughed out loud when I caught the trailer. The CGI looked terrible (doesn't it all?), James Franco looked stoned, and there are already a couple of "prequels" within the original Planet of the Apes franchise. There is really no reason for this to exist. There are plenty of people out there with new and interesting ideas... maybe Hollywood should hire some of them instead of retreading the same stuff over and over and over and over and over and over and over again?
If you're interested in the story and for some reason just can't bring yourself to watch the original film (which is great)... then go read the book. Skip the crap that's in the theaters today.
I literally laughed out loud when I caught the trailer. The CGI looked terrible (doesn't it all?), James Franco looked stoned, and there are already a couple of "prequels" within the original Planet of the Apes franchise. There is really no reason for this to exist. There are plenty of people out there with new and interesting ideas... maybe Hollywood should hire some of them instead of retreading the same stuff over and over and over and over and over and over and over again?
If you're interested in the story and for some reason just can't bring yourself to watch the original film (which is great)... then go read the book. Skip the crap that's in the theaters today.
I think the lesson here is don't judge a book by its cover. Everyone is saying it's a great movie, yet you keep insisting on dissing something you've only seen two minutes of.
If you want to watch a bunch of hairy, feral cavemen wreak havoc and take over, why not save your $9 and watch the nightly news from the UK?They didn't even take over. They beat up and killed a couple policemen and managed to head over to a national park for sanctuary. While it hints that humanity has unleashed a disease on itself.
Its not perfect, but if you ever seen the original then you'll know they have rubber glued to their face and none of them can talk right and thats way more off-putting than this is. There is a thing called suspension of disbelief, but you know you have to suspend disbelief to enjoy any movie, and if you spend too much time picking things apart than you're fucked on every movie. None of its real its all fake.
Its not perfect, but if you ever seen the original then you'll know they have rubber glued to their face and none of them can talk right and thats way more off-putting than this is. There is a thing called suspension of disbelief, but you know you have to suspend disbelief to enjoy any movie, and if you spend too much time picking things apart than you're fucked on every movie. None of its real its all fake.
But practical effects are real. CGI is not. The lightning and texturing looks wrong on these CGI apes and immediately kills the suspension of disbelief. Well done facial make-up does not. Suspension of disbelief is the problem. Full CG scenes just don't cut it. It looks like Roger Rabbit.
Actually, watching high-profile actors over and over is often a buzz kill. Usually they just end up playing "that character". I'd usually prefer decent no-names that fill a role than A-listers pandering the audience.
I won't comment on the quality in Rise of the Planet of the Apes because I have only seen trailers and commercials, and it would be unfair to judge based on those.
The lightning and texturing looks wrong on these CGI apes and immediately kills the suspension of disbelief.
I literally laughed out loud when I caught the trailer. The CGI looked terrible (doesn't it all?), James Franco looked stoned, and there are already a couple of "prequels" within the original Planet of the Apes franchise. There is really no reason for this to exist. There are plenty of people out there with new and interesting ideas... maybe Hollywood should hire some of them instead of retreading the same stuff over and over and over and over and over and over and over again?
If you're interested in the story and for some reason just can't bring yourself to watch the original film (which is great)... then go read the book. Skip the crap that's in the theaters today.
whats silly is when someone avoids a movie when everyone who has seen it is telling them its good, and is already bashing the movie because they saw a trailer and they think that's the movie.
practical effects are never real, unless someone genetically engineers a monkey and this monkey leads a revolution and news crews happen to catch every single event then its not real. Its just a guy in makeup. I get what your trying to say, but your missing the point of suspension of disbelief.
It's subective. You may think they have terrible tastes but you aren't any better than anyone else.
The only thing you can really knock it for is the speed in which it was put together. It could have been 100% believable if the had spent another 6 months on it, but then it would have cost 50 million dollars more. Still, it was worth it to see the experiment. This will have ramifications in the future for media people tend to be more forgiving on like television.
Hall Pass - ::crickets::
I bet it seemed funny on paper, but it most certainly did not transfer to the screen.
The only part that was kinda funny was the last scene before the credits. Everything else was like a joke that would've been funny, had the person told it right.
4.5/10
& did i forget to mention that it is completely predictable?
Super: 9/10
I think it was BnM who reviewed this movie, and I watched it and loved it. As he, or whoever reviewed it said, Ellen Page was great in it. It's a movie about a guy who's wife gets into drugs and in order to save her he becomes a super hero. Before saving his wife he does take on smaller criminals and it's hilarious, absolutely hilarious. I thought most of the violent funny parts of Kick-Ass weren't funny (btw I loved that movie and think it was better than Super despite what I just said) but they were great in Super.
30 Minutes or Less
(somewhat) based on a true story! (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_unusual_deaths#21st_century)
I got dragged to see Our Idiot Brother last night. Didn't really have any expectations but it turned out to be decent enough. Theres some good laughs in it and has somewhat of a Big Lebowski feel to the main character. I'd say you could do worse for a date movie. (6 or 7)/10 range.
Only got to watch 2 of the movies though since the 3rd didn't end up being played since no one bought a ticket to it.
30 Minutes or Less 6/10
Not as funny as I'd expect with guys like Danny McBride, Aziz Ansari and Nick Swardson (Jessie Eisenberg is okay..) but still enjoyable to watch..
until I found out its (somewhat) based on a true story! (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_unusual_deaths#21st_century)
ctrl+f "Brian Douglas Wells"
30 Minutes or Less 6/10
Not as funny as I'd expect with guys like Danny McBride, Aziz Ansari and Nick Swardson (Jessie Eisenberg is okay..) but still enjoyable to watch..
until I found out its (somewhat) based on a true story! (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_unusual_deaths#21st_century)
ctrl+f "Brian Douglas Wells"
That happened in my hometown. The woman who did it went to the college I go to. I'm kind of shocked this movie didn't get more press locally.
I rather enjoyed Hobo with a Shotgun. It did what it set out to do wonderfully, with a good handful of creative scenes throughout. It was a helluva lot more fun to watch than the original "Grind House" duo. Then again, so was Machete.
It's better than any Troma film. As much as I personally admire Lloyd Kaufman, most of Troma's films are damn near unwatchable due to how bad they are.
I don't think Back to the Future could be produced now. It is very much a product of the early 80's/90's and I don't think if it was done now that the series would be nearly as good.
Cartoons had good ideas at that point in time. That are now being refined. (Beast Wars, new Thundercats, new MLP, etc.)I don't think Back to the Future could be produced now. It is very much a product of the early 80's/90's and I don't think if it was done now that the series would be nearly as good.
I agree with that sentiment. It's sad too. The 80's were generally a great time for film and you'll never see that type of style again. Ironic, given that pretty much every other form of entertainment during the time was terrible
I don't think Back to the Future could be produced now. It is very much a product of the early 80's/90's and I don't think if it was done now that the series would be nearly as good.
I agree with that sentiment. It's sad too. The 80's were generally a great time for film and you'll never see that type of style again. Ironic, given that pretty much every other form of entertainment during the time was terrible
Maybe and just used today's technology for a cleaner picture and better flying cars.I don't think Back to the Future could be produced now. It is very much a product of the early 80's/90's and I don't think if it was done now that the series would be nearly as good.
I agree with that sentiment. It's sad too. The 80's were generally a great time for film and you'll never see that type of style again. Ironic, given that pretty much every other form of entertainment during the time was terrible
It's funny you say that because both Back to the Future and Star Wars are franchises that i feel (like the F-Zero series) would benefit for being produced now. If nothing in them changed, except for being produced to modern techniques, they would be better films.
I don't think Back to the Future could be produced now. It is very much a product of the early 80's/90's and I don't think if it was done now that the series would be nearly as good.
I agree with that sentiment. It's sad too. The 80's were generally a great time for film and you'll never see that type of style again. Ironic, given that pretty much every other form of entertainment during the time was terrible
It's funny you say that because both Back to the Future and Star Wars are franchises that i feel (like the F-Zero series) would benefit for being produced now. If nothing in them changed, except for being produced to modern techniques, they would be better films.
You know what stinks is when your not a huge Star Wars fan but you in a profession that is stereotyped to be full of nothing but huge Star Wars fans. I'm like its ok and has some neat concepts but lets watch Last Starfighter or Tron instead.I don't think Back to the Future could be produced now. It is very much a product of the early 80's/90's and I don't think if it was done now that the series would be nearly as good.
I agree with that sentiment. It's sad too. The 80's were generally a great time for film and you'll never see that type of style again. Ironic, given that pretty much every other form of entertainment during the time was terrible
It's funny you say that because both Back to the Future and Star Wars are franchises that i feel (like the F-Zero series) would benefit for being produced now. If nothing in them changed, except for being produced to modern techniques, they would be better films.
I'm not sure what you mean, exactly. If nothing changed, the techniques would obviously remain the same. Do you mean keep the same story and actors, but use more modern concepts of directing, editing, and special effects? Is so, I'll have to pass. Practical and in-camera effects beat any fully CGI today. Of course, there have been huge advances in things like composting and chroma keying, which would help those traditional effects tremendously.
Likewise, today's typical director has very little sense of pace. It's all quick cuts to keep up with the attention span of an increasingly ignorant audience. I don't want that. I would, however, take the purely technical improvements that have been made since the film's release. Sharper images and brighter colors are never a bad thing when the film is planned around them. :)
Of course, I'm only talking about Back to the Future. I was never a big Star Wars fan, and can't say that their continued "improvements" over the years have swayed me otherwise.
I don't think Back to the Future could be produced now. It is very much a product of the early 80's/90's and I don't think if it was done now that the series would be nearly as good.
I agree with that sentiment. It's sad too. The 80's were generally a great time for film and you'll never see that type of style again. Ironic, given that pretty much every other form of entertainment during the time was terrible
It's funny you say that because both Back to the Future and Star Wars are franchises that i feel (like the F-Zero series) would benefit for being produced now. If nothing in them changed, except for being produced to modern techniques, they would be better films.
I'm not sure what you mean, exactly. If nothing changed, the techniques would obviously remain the same. Do you mean keep the same story and actors, but use more modern concepts of directing, editing, and special effects? Is so, I'll have to pass. Practical and in-camera effects beat any fully CGI today. Of course, there have been huge advances in things like composting and chroma keying, which would help those traditional effects tremendously.
Likewise, today's typical director has very little sense of pace. It's all quick cuts to keep up with the attention span of an increasingly ignorant audience. I don't want that. I would, however, take the purely technical improvements that have been made since the film's release. Sharper images and brighter colors are never a bad thing when the film is planned around them. :)
Of course, I'm only talking about Back to the Future. I was never a big Star Wars fan, and can't say that their continued "improvements" over the years have swayed me otherwise.
HOBO WITH A SHOTGUN!!!!
Plugabugz I think you should watch this. (http://www.southparkstudios.com/clips/153556/re-release-of-episode-1-south-park)
While I don't think the BttF movies should be changed at all, a positive would be updating the future to actually be the future again. The future just didn't turn out that way outside of the shoes (http://jandan.net/2011/09/10/nike-mag.html).But they don't Powerlace.
While I don't think the BttF movies should be changed at all, a positive would be updating the future to actually be the future again. The future just didn't turn out that way outside of the shoes (http://jandan.net/2011/09/10/nike-mag.html).
Personally blame Congress. and the big corporations they work for.While I don't think the BttF movies should be changed at all, a positive would be updating the future to actually be the future again. The future just didn't turn out that way outside of the shoes (http://jandan.net/2011/09/10/nike-mag.html).
Only because everyone is too sidetracked with producing and consuming smartphones. It's stunted all technology! :P
My girl went and watched it in 3D about a week before it hit theaters and said the 3D was really well done. She actually wants to go watch it again.I go with her then. As I said the 3D isn't "wow, 3D" its more "hey this looks like how I see the real world". Which fits this movie very well. Another movie I think that this would really work for would be Alladin.
My girl went and watched it in 3D about a week before it hit theaters and said the 3D was really well done. She actually wants to go watch it again.I go with her then. As I said the 3D isn't "wow, 3D" its more "hey this looks like how I see the real world". Which fits this movie very well. Another movie I think that this would really work for would be Alladin.
Saw The Lion King in theatres. Unlike George Lucas Disney really didn't do anything but add 3D. Its still a good movie and hearing it on a good sound system was a treat. Since the movie theatre I saw it at charged less then the normal average ticket price to see it in 3D I can say I don't feel bad about seeing it that way. If someone sat me down and asked if I wanted to watch the 2D or the 3D version I watch the 3D one but I wouldn't go out of my way to seek it out. Just like Real life the 3D was subtle.
It would have to be the Theatrical Cut because I don't remember any song that I didn't know and I haven't seen the "Special Edition".
Ok I just looked it up on Youtube. That is definitely not in the 3D version. During that time it was pouncing lessons. Your right that is bad.
Fatty to be frank you had a terrible theater. Because my sound was much better then that. I call the theater and ask them to fire whoever dropped the ball on that movie because they did.I hope you are right. Probably you are. My only hesitation is that I actually caught the first 15 minutes at two different theatres (long story) and the situation wa the same at both. But, the theatres are part of the same chain so maybe that explains it.
Also if you get a good theater they'll have the brightness set correctly for 3D movies and they don't look any different then 2D. Unfortunately the bulbs are more expensive and most theaters turn them down to extend there life to non-recommended but accepted qualities.
'The Fountain' 10/10
Speaking of characters, Hugh Jackman's portrayal of a Conquistador is perfect. I never thought of him as much of an actor until this movie. Actually the whole past setting is remarkably well done.
Hmm, what was the last great Transformers story you watched on TV?
Hmm, what was the last great Transformers story you watched on TV?
Beast Wars. That's also pretty much my only knowledge of the Transformers series. Never saw the orginal or anything after this series. But I did like a lot of the story on this show.
Oh yeah, I forgot about the Beast Wars and Beast Machines. Personally, I prefer Machines over Wars but the amount of production values is what taints my view. And better toys.Personally think Fox limited Beast Machines to much and it lost the fun of Beast Wars. Though I still need to watch the last few episodes.
I never much cared for the animation style of Beast Wars (or Beast Machines, for that matter). I'll just stick to my faithful Gen One stuff.I have the First Season, the First part of the Second Season, and the Movie. I need to pick up the rest but I got those back when it was really expensive with Rhino. I saw them in a smaller package for cheaper and it was the whole seasons in on go.
I never much cared for the animation style of Beast Wars (or Beast Machines, for that matter). I'll just stick to my faithful Gen One stuff.
Trollhunter
Awesome. The special effects were used sparingly, but nicely integrated into the scenes when they did appear. This is saying something too, as the panoramic scenes through Norway are simply beautiful. The camera work was actually very tolerable... perhaps the first-ever "found footage" type of film to not lapse in that regard. Otto Jespersen pretty much steals the show as the titular troll hunter.
My gripe? A little too much time was spent simply driving around. I would have preferred to hear more about the underlying biological reasons for trolls to exist. We're given some pretty interesting insight into them as is, but more would have been better given the scenario.
I'd recommend watching the film before Hollywood remakes it for an American audience, dumbing-down and destroying everything good in the process.
Total Recall is a Paul Verhoeven movie, which means it does all 3 at the same time. You made the mistake of trying to peg it into one category. His best movies don't work like that. The remake will be bollocks. See what happened last time someone remade an Arnold movie.What was the last time someone tried to remake an Arnold movie?
yeah, i honestly didn't know what to expect. I like the idea of Thor, but never was into the comics, also from my experiences with Thor he never seemed like he could be a great character, the trailer made it look like some shitty sets in the desert and some golden Asgard. Also, i didnt think Chris Hemsworth looked like Thor, he's a big dude, but doesn't look right to me. However, Chris Hemsworth's interpretation seems like a cooler character than I pictured. Not at all what I had pictured, but such a different take that it was appealing. Also, I saw this movie years ago, it was called Masters of the Universe with Dolph Lungren and Frank Langella, this was however a much better version of that story. Also, the bridges reminded me of that Rainbow bridge the sages in Zelda make to get into Ganon's castle. A couple of things reminded me of Zelda, in a good way. Though, i have to say sitting through a movie in a theater I'm extra harsh on a movie, because it requires my whole attention, however i'm very lenient watching movies at home on DVD. So, yeah maybe if I watched it at a theater i'd be in a shitty i payed 10 dollars for it mood, but I used a promo code and got it for free in redbox so, yeah. There was one seen in Yodenheim where it looked like it was on a blue screen, but I can forgive that. Now, my problem is I really want to watch Masters of the Universe. On the other hand I know why im so forgiving on Thor, and thats because I have seen Masters of the Universe. Speaking of Fish our of Water movies, theres another one with these people from the middle ages i wanted to see, but forgot what its called. Which reminds melol, The He-Man live action from 1987? We had a copy of that on Beta-Max that I watched when I was little at one point. Got to love Fried Chicken.
12 Monkeys 8.897 out of 10, totally unscientific numbers.
Masters of the UniverseI be game but I have to get it from Netflix I don't have a copy anymore. Also if you search "Masters of the Universe" on Netflix Courtney Cox shows up.
Now that should be a MFT movie for sure.
We gotta all get on skype and sync our movies and watch them together.
The supporting cast includes Billy Barty and Courteney Cox in her feature debut.^I didn't know she was in that movie until I had just re-read the description again right now.
I actually liked that movie. It was great to get a realistic vision of what happens during outbreaks. It was also fascinating how chance could make such a terrible disease.
Also the pacing was fantastic. It went from relatively calm to full on anarchy.
I'd have to give it at least an 8.
The Kids Are Alright: 8/10
Really good movie about two kids birthed through artificial insemination (separately by a lesbian couple) seeking out their shared biological father. The movie is fairly predictable with some things, but unique in its presentation, and development. I liked it.
...Wow, that is really old news. They had changed/removed that scene with the VHS releases once it was found in the Lion King.
2. On the downside, apparently there was controversy with the original theatrical version of the film I wasn't aware of. If you want to read more about it (including pictures), you can do so here (http://www.snopes.com/disney/films/lionking.asp), but suffice to say a 4 year old apparently discovered the word "SEX" written in a dust cloud during a pivotal portion of the movie. The boy's parents complained to some consumer watch group, and the matter was taken up with Disney. As a result, the Blu-Ray is now missing 2 seconds of footage to remove the "offensive" image, one that despite having seen this movie probably a dozen times I had never seen until now.
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Wow, that is really old news. They had changed/removed that scene with the VHS releases once it was found of the Lion King.
Drive is a really slow paced monotone movie with very short burst of action. Ryan Goselin probably only had about 20-30 lines in the whole movie and there are lots of almost awkward silence scenes. Overall it was interesting, but not a theater movie for me.
Trollhunter
Awesome. The special effects were used sparingly, but nicely integrated into the scenes when they did appear. This is saying something too, as the panoramic scenes through Norway are simply beautiful. The camera work was actually very tolerable... perhaps the first-ever "found footage" type of film to not lapse in that regard. Otto Jespersen pretty much steals the show as the titular troll hunter.
My gripe? A little too much time was spent simply driving around. I would have preferred to hear more about the underlying biological reasons for trolls to exist. We're given some pretty interesting insight into them as is, but more would have been better given the scenario.
I'd recommend watching the film before Hollywood remakes it for an American audience, dumbing-down and destroying everything good in the process.
I liked it too, but I was similarly disappointed about the lack of information ABOUT trolls. I also didn't really understand why they went from troll to troll. But it was pretty awesome--the three-headed troll was the best one, IMO.
I don't know if it's here or back on the GameInformer forums (BAAACK in the day), but I continue to voice my absolute hatred for all Wes Anderson movies.
I've read the book and I love it. I've read Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and loved Disney's version. I've also read To Kill a Mocking Bird and loved the movie. There are plenty of great stories that turned into great movies. It's not such an uncommon thing.
Wes Anderson did what only Wes Anderson could, provided the wit that have made his movies cult classics and paired it with 'Fantastic's charm . Mr. Fox's son is enough reason to like to movie on its own. The lines he wrote for him were fantastic (no pun intended).
Also the stop-motion was incredibly well done and a feat to his directorial prowess. In fact, it's one of the best usages of stop-motion I have seen in a long time (but that could be mainly because there haven't been many made). Still, it could have been much easier for him to go with CGI or animation.
I suggest you watch The Darjeeling Limited (with the opening short film 'Hotel Chevaliar' where Natalie Portman gets completely naked). It's a sad, wonderful movie that had me rolling with laughter.
Meh. I think you overestimate the appeal of a nekkid Natalie Portman
Meh. I think you overestimate the appeal of a nekkid Natalie Portman
are you a gay? natalie portman is amazing. i would watch a movie just to see her in a tank top.
Meh. I think you overestimate the appeal of a nekkid Natalie Portman
are you a gay? natalie portman is amazing. i would watch a movie just to see her in a tank top.
Are you gay? You like women that have the body of little boys? :P
Meh. I think you overestimate the appeal of a nekkid Natalie Portman
are you a gay? natalie portman is amazing. i would watch a movie just to see her in a tank top.
Are you gay? You like women that have the body of little boys? :P
But you like women that have the cock & balls of a man....
We live in a world populated by Sofia Vergara, Christina Hendricks, Salma Hayek, and (at one time) Marilyn Monroe. I'm really unsure of how stick-thin waifs like Natalie Portman, Kristin Stewart, and that Gossip Girl chick are considered remotely attractive by comparison.
Maybe it's just me.
We live in a world populated by Sofia Vergara, Christina Hendricks, Salma Hayek, and (at one time) Marilyn Monroe. I'm really unsure of how stick-thin waifs like Natalie Portman, Kristin Stewart, and that Gossip Girl chick are considered remotely attractive by comparison.
Maybe it's just me.
those girls have really pretty eyes, and Salma Hayak and Kristin Stewart look kinda alike, except Salma Hayak has amazing tits.
Dear 'Insidious',
Your movie watches like the greatest hits of Asian Horror but without the pacing, tension, and overall directorial prowess. You squandered your main premise by making what could have been a completely awesome freaky scene into a dull house of horrors. Your characters, including your scary ones, were either bland or outright goofy, and your climax played out more like a sci-fi channel original instead of a big hollywood movie. At least you ended it decently (though who didn't see that coming).
Never watching you again,
Stogi
I'm sorry, but go read Batman Year One before watching Batman Year One. Yes, Selina is a man-hating butch prostitute. Yes, Jim Gordon is in the story more than Batman.
Also, if Das Thing can just start up his spaceship to get the f*ck out, why didn't he do that 100,000 years ago? Just sayin'.
Also, if Das Thing can just start up his spaceship to get the f*ck out, why didn't he do that 100,000 years ago? Just sayin'.
Indeed. And for that matter, why...
...In the prequel does no one think of looking inside the Alien Spacecraft until the end of the movie?
...In the prequel does the Dog-Thing (which the movie sets up as the first thing the Thing infects) wait around the Norwegian base until the very end of the movie before attempting to leave for the American base? What, did Campbell tell it that if it left it would create a Time Paradox? ;) For that matter, why does the Thing even bother with the Norwegian base when no one would have stopped it from taking the spacecraft before all the bloodshed started?
...In the original does no one look inside the Alien Spacecraft at all?
I also have issues with how utterly easy that spacecraft is dealt with in the prequel, too. C'mon, there's no way that is going to do that, even when it's used there.
Also surprising is the Catwoman story in the extras. Holy cow, very... titilating for a DC animation.
Just saw The Thing
As a prequel, the movie does an admirable job of setting up key shots that will later be seen in the original film (stay for the credits--thank god they added that), with one BIG exception that I suspect everybody just forgot about. Can you figure it out?
There are definitely some incongruities between the two movies (mostly things involving the alien spaceship, which does not have the same design in the prequel and is still covered by ice in the prequel)
There was an aspect to the original movie I'd forgotten, though, which for some reason doesn't pop up in the prequel: the Thing can infect victims with bodily fluids. For some reason, the prequel ignored that. Weird.
Also, if Das Thing can just start up his spaceship to get the f*ck out, why didn't he do that 100,000 years ago? Just sayin'.
Because I haven't seen The Thing (1982), I'm going to assume what you mean here is that the ship is NOT covered in ice, yet remains covered in the prequel..? Well at the end of the prequel, it doesn't appear to be covered. it's still buried but it isn't completely covered. (Just in case spoiler tag here: )when 'Ramona Flowers' and the American pilot are exiting the ice cavern, you can see an opening in the background with flashing lights, presumably from the explosion, that die off before they get to the vehicle
Also, it reminded me of so many of those Resident Evil creatures, so much so, that I kept thinking "this would make a good survival horror game," then I read this (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Thing_%28video_game%29)
Because I haven't seen The Thing (1982), I'm going to assume what you mean here is that the ship is NOT covered in ice, yet remains covered in the prequel..? Well at the end of the prequel, it doesn't appear to be covered. it's still buried but it isn't completely covered. (Just in case spoiler tag here: )when 'Ramona Flowers' and the American pilot are exiting the ice cavern, you can see an opening in the background with flashing lights, presumably from the explosion, that die off before they get to the vehicle
In the original movie, the Americans find VHS tapes showing the Norwegians using Thermite charges to obliterate the ice covering the spaceship. There are group poses and everything. In the prequel, that never happens and instead the movie insinuates that some movement of the ship caused a cave-in or something that uncovered it.QuoteAlso, it reminded me of so many of those Resident Evil creatures, so much so, that I kept thinking "this would make a good survival horror game," then I read this (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Thing_%28video_game%29)
Oh, I can link you to something much better (http://spoonyexperiment.com/2007/02/25/the-thing-review/) than that Wiki entry when it comes to that PS2 Thing game. ;)
Just watched Batman Year One and I give it a thumbs up as a comic book fan, you know, where Batman came from to begin with. This is an adaption of a book so you'll have to realize it has source material to stay true to. Selina Kyle is a prostitute with a cat fetish. Bruce Wayne is coming to terms of what it takes to do his job, and Jim Gordon is rocking the police ranks and its corruption. Its more a story of the crime in Gotham than a story of Gordon or Wayne.
I watched Lion King 1 1/2 last night. I went in thinking it would probably be pretty bad. I was delightfully surprised when they start by MST3King there own Movie to begin with. This movie is the Lion King told from the perspective of Timon and Pumba. Sort of. Its really Timon's story throughout the whole thing.
It has different key scenes from Lion King that have had more context put into them. Overall if you like Lion King even a little you'll probably get a kick out of this movie. My family did. Oh and...
"Dig a Tunnel Dig Dig a Tunnel. Dig a Tunnel Dig Dig a Tunnel."
Good to hear. I'll probably be watching that today or tomorrow. My Wife got us the Lion King 3D Blu-ray pack that looks like a Drum. So know I have a Blu-Ray copy of 1, 1.5, and 2. With a 3D copy of Lion King.I watched Lion King 1 1/2 last night. I went in thinking it would probably be pretty bad. I was delightfully surprised when they start by MST3King there own Movie to begin with. This movie is the Lion King told from the perspective of Timon and Pumba. Sort of. Its really Timon's story throughout the whole thing.
It has different key scenes from Lion King that have had more context put into them. Overall if you like Lion King even a little you'll probably get a kick out of this movie. My family did. Oh and...
"Dig a Tunnel Dig Dig a Tunnel. Dig a Tunnel Dig Dig a Tunnel."
Yeah, I've been meaning to see that movie for a while now. Lion King 2 was pretty decent as well IMO.
50/50
Great movie. It was funny and endearing. This is the second movie with Bryce Dallas Howard in it where I wanted to backhand the **** out of her. Cobra Commander was a joy to watch as usual and Seth Rogen knew well enough to back off when necessary. Highly recommended.
Battle: Los Angeles 9/10
I went into this movie expecting an action movie with a little suspense, but this movie seriously had it all. It was funny, emotional, inspiring, and real. There were only two scenes in the entire movie that I didn't like, and one overarching story (of the staff sgt.) that I thought could've and should've been dealt with earlier in the movie, but even that was well done when it was settled. This was just an overall excellent movie.
Probably its naming, Battle: <Geographical Region>, normally means a bad movie.Battle: Los Angeles 9/10
I went into this movie expecting an action movie with a little suspense, but this movie seriously had it all. It was funny, emotional, inspiring, and real. There were only two scenes in the entire movie that I didn't like, and one overarching story (of the staff sgt.) that I thought could've and should've been dealt with earlier in the movie, but even that was well done when it was settled. This was just an overall excellent movie.
That's how I felt about it, I don't know why so many people gave it so much ****.
Probably its naming, Battle: <Geographical Region>, Normally means Total: Crap.Battle: Los Angeles 9/10
I went into this movie expecting an action movie with a little suspense, but this movie seriously had it all. It was funny, emotional, inspiring, and real. There were only two scenes in the entire movie that I didn't like, and one overarching story (of the staff sgt.) that I thought could've and should've been dealt with earlier in the movie, but even that was well done when it was settled. This was just an overall excellent movie.
That's how I felt about it, I don't know why so many people gave it so much ****.
Ceric, I like Lion King 1 1/2 for one reason. This song...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSUkCCTCqF8 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSUkCCTCqF8)Are you sure its not this song (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_H8q73JrjzY) really?
I still listen to that song on a regular basis. Easily the best version ever made.
But that doesn't explain why a title like "Battle: Los Angeles" would make someone instantly think "****-bomb" or something.I would put it in the category of "not worth the time to investigate." Like if I see a Halo in a game, I instantly skip over it because I'm sure its for the 360 that I don't own. Now the game could really be "Halo of the Angel King" for Wii. Probably even good. I figure if something like that is good or I messed up etc. that I'm plugged in enough that someone I trust would comment on it.
It is a bad name, but it's a great movie. I actually think it should be worthy of awards, maybe it was just me, but I felt it when they were losing people and also felt their desperation in certain scenes. It was great cinematography, great writing, good acting, and amazing execution. What more do you want from a movie? I guess a good title...I've felt that way about a lot of movies just see the critics pan them and the rewards skip them and given to an art flick I wouldn't touch with a 10ft pole that is so bad the MST3K or RiffTraks couldn't save it.
By and far Lion King 2 is the Worst of the Three Movies by far. Think about The Lion King with more singing but the songs aren't as good as 1 or 1 1/2. The animation and scenes really aren't as good as either one of the others. Character progression for the last movie, which would be Lion King, is not really that great. Lots of missed opportunities. It was just not as good. Its a real shame too.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdWiXvCOLoI (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdWiXvCOLoI)I like the part of gummi bears where it says "The Fight for Whats Right, is whatever they Do!" So the Gummi bears could literally raze the castle and slaughter all the citizens and they be in the right.
Doug is out of place because it started out as a nicktoon, that wasn't its original intro, and that intro isnt till like 1997, and the Aladdin Intros are reversed.
Maryjane....real question, how high were you when you saw that movie? Cuz I said the same thing about Shrek 2. It's a good movie, a great movie even, but I was a bit over enthusiastic with my review of it.
I highly question the validity of placing Return of Jafar over Aladdin.
The best direct-to-video Disney sequel is Lion King 2. Without a doubt.
speaking of overlooked disney movies
Anyone get a Brave Little Toaster vibe from watching Toy Story 3? When watching Toy Story 3 I had almost felt id seen the movie before, then I was like Brave little Toaster, turns out one of the writers is the same.
Watch Grave of the Fireflies... That is depressing.I highly question the validity of placing Return of Jafar over Aladdin.
As do I, especially since Return of Jafar was intended to be the first 3 or so episodes of the Aladdin TV series and Robin Williams doesn't voice the Genie. The movie's...passable and one of the better Disney direct-to-video sequels, but it doesn't hold a candle to either the original or its sequel Aladdin & the King of Thieves.
As for American Tale vs. Fieval Goes West, I remember generally liking the sequel but not finding it particularly memorable. An American Tale may be one of the most depressing movies I've ever seen, but it's also one of my all-time favorites (a pity that, with the exception of Anastasia, John Bluth films always look like crap on home video because no one gives enough of a damn to restore them).
As for Rescuers Down Under vs. the original Rescuers, there's no contest: Rescuers Down Under is a far, far, FAR better film in every conceivable way than its predecessor (though the original isn't a bad movie, either). Along with The Great Mouse Detective and Oliver & Company, it's probably my favorite overlooked Disney animated film.
Watch Grave of the Fireflies... That is depressing.
I've seen it twice. Just happened that way. Its a movie I recommend people watch exactly once.Watch Grave of the Fireflies... That is depressing.I have, and it is. Too much so, actually. I've only been able to watch it once.
better halbred?
They Live 7.9.10. Fun movie. I always thought it was weird that they cast Roddy Piper. It is obvious that Kurt Russel was meant to play the main character and that he was either unavailable or to expensive for the movie. Still Roddy Piper works out pretty well as a poor mans Kurt Russel. The Message of the Day: Watch out for messages, "they" are brainwashing you!
They Live 7.9.10. Fun movie. I always thought it was weird that they cast Roddy Piper. It is obvious that Kurt Russel was meant to play the main character and that he was either unavailable or to expensive for the movie. Still Roddy Piper works out pretty well as a poor mans Kurt Russel. The Message of the Day: Watch out for messages, "they" are brainwashing you!
You know, I saw this movie later in life (since I was either not born yet or too young to experience this when it came out) and because I was old enough to seek out who this "Rowdy" Roddy Piper (was never into the WWF) I was able to appreciate - albeit many, many, many years later - that one joke from the Simpsons..
You know the one ;)
They Live 7.9.10. Fun movie. I always thought it was weird that they cast Roddy Piper. It is obvious that Kurt Russel was meant to play the main character and that he was either unavailable or to expensive for the movie. Still Roddy Piper works out pretty well as a poor mans Kurt Russel. The Message of the Day: Watch out for messages, "they" are brainwashing you!
You know, I saw this movie later in life (since I was either not born yet or too young to experience this when it came out) and because I was old enough to seek out who this "Rowdy" Roddy Piper (was never into the WWF) I was able to appreciate - albeit many, many, many years later - that one joke from the Simpsons..
You know the one ;)
actually whats the joke? Its it Bart Vs The Space Mutants? That game has the magic sunglasses.
Hobo with a Shotgun
Goddammit... I don't know where to begin. I know it was supposed to be cheesy, but it still sucked. And it took too long for the hobo to get the shotgun.
it took too long for the hobo to get the shotgun.
Every scene it seemed like someone just got done raping her, but in a bad way. You know what I mean.
Despicable Me - Even better than I hoped. The Minions were so funny and wish they were featured more, and I laughed when I saw that the 3 minions were still in their family disguises later. And the the way Gru changed by the end was nice.I was surprised by how good Despicable Me was. My Family and I went to a Car Show at opening on Family Day to get a free copy of the movie. When it came in the mail and we put it in for watching it the first time my son insisted on watching it again right afterwards. Its fairly good. Also if you watch any of the recent movies made by the same studio the Minions shows up the beginning acknowledgements doing something with there logo.
...
Dear 'Conan The Barbarian....
Never Watching You Again,
Stogi
Immortals 8/10
the main Antagonist is king Leonidas...sold...not much minotaur though..thats too bad. Leonidas II ?
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ok I looked it up, it says King Hyperion. The only person with a name close to Leonidas is a character called Lysander ....
The movie is much better than the trailer, and better than 300.
Zach Eviscerates Jurassic Park 3 with Extreme Prejudice
'Round town here, my hatred for Jurassic Park 3 is legendary. I spit on this film, and the filmmakers, and Jack Horner for attaching his name to it and calling himself their "paleontology consultant." He collected a paycheck is what he did. He called Spinosaurus a "super-predator" in interviews.
Zach Eviscerates Jurassic Park 3 with Extreme Prejudicebut you apparently love hotlinking...
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So, in closing, I hate Jurassic Park 3. Questions?
As for Jurassic Park 3, I just enjoyed it as a simple popcorn action movie. It's not a great movie and Halbred has pointed out many scientific errors it made with the dinosaurs, but I found it enjoyable enough for a single watch. I'm actually surprised it took me almost half the movie to figure out that I knew the mother character in the film from Silent Hill. :D
You're confusing Tea Leoni with Radha Mitchell.
Also, @insanolord: Jack Horner is an ACTUAL paleontologist. He should know better.
It figures, though. I've watched so many animated series, I can pick a voice actor out in a few seconds. But I have a lot of trouble distinguishing live actors/actresses from one another by appearance.
You're confusing Tea Leoni with Radha Mitchell.
little jack horner sat in the corner collecting his paycheck from jurassic park 3
It figures, though. I've watched so many animated series, I can pick a voice actor out in a few seconds. But I have a lot of trouble distinguishing live actors/actresses from one another by appearance.
You're confusing Tea Leoni with Radha Mitchell.
the only voice actor i can recognize is Steve Blum. That guy is is everything.
little jack horner sat in the corner collecting his paycheck from jurassic park 3
Man, how long have you been sitting on that joke? :P: :
I saw The Muppet Movie. Everyone on the forums should see it so we can make in Jokes.
Ha Ha Ha Ha *looks around uncomfortably*I saw The Muppet Movie. Everyone on the forums should see it so we can make in Jokes.Maniacal laughter...
I have I2I as my ringtone. Just sayin'
I actually just picked up Green Lantern in 3D. I know it is globally hated but I didn't mind it in a mindless way. And I've always liked Ryan Reynolds.
Dear 'Pom Poko',
You kick ass.
Your friend,
Stogi
Ryan Reynolds is hilarious and that's exactly why he should stick to comedies. I can't take him seriously.
Ryan Reynolds is hilarious and that's exactly why he should stick to comedies. I can't take him seriously.
I didn't think Green Lantern was bad but, the thing about Green Lantern is that the Mythos are what you really get into GL for. The companion DVD Cartoon they did for the movie was the Corp facing a current problem but, also telling stories of past deeds. A movie like that be interesting.
Though some things don't translate well. Take Watchmen, the movie is not nearly as good as the comic but, I honestly believe that Watchmen leveraged the medium so well that you couldn't really do it in any other medium correctly.
The movie can stand in its own right but, the layering that really makes Watchmen trying to squeeze that into a movie... I could see it possiblly done in a TV Series because it could go longer and could have specific episodes dedicated to say the Comic in the Comic which is really about the Comic.I didn't think Green Lantern was bad but, the thing about Green Lantern is that the Mythos are what you really get into GL for. The companion DVD Cartoon they did for the movie was the Corp facing a current problem but, also telling stories of past deeds. A movie like that be interesting.
Though some things don't translate well. Take Watchmen, the movie is not nearly as good as the comic but, I honestly believe that Watchmen leveraged the medium so well that you couldn't really do it in any other medium correctly.
I was disappointed in it somewhat. I loved the comics, but it wasn't a disgrace. I could see Watchmen being made differently. It tried to be frame for frame the same as the comic except the ending. It was good in the comics, but that's not the way to make a movie. If I did it I would change how the story is told without changing the story. I would have the squid/plant monster thing too. Someone like Paul Veerhoven would do it justice.
its like lloyd kaufman and corperate evil, can one of his movies not be about it?
I didn't think Green Lantern was bad but, the thing about Green Lantern is that the Mythos are what you really get into GL for. The companion DVD Cartoon they did for the movie was the Corp facing a current problem but, also telling stories of past deeds. A movie like that be interesting.
@Broodwars:
Totoro! Don't forget Totoro! It doesn't really have an anti-man/technology, it's just a simple story about a two girls who are going through a rough patch and are befriended by adorable forest creatures. Also, the umbrella scene!!! Seriously, Totoro is one of my favorite movies ever. It just makes me so happy.
I've gradually started finding the Studio Gibli titles increasingly tiring to watch. Their animation may be good, but the animators only know how to draw maybe half a dozen different characters. I swear half their movies star the same girl with a slightly different hair style.
And just about every Gibli film that involves Miyazaki has an overbearing environmental message. Yes, Miyazaki, we get it. You think mankind is evil, and the planet would be better off with them having as little an involvement as possible. Guess what? I don't care anymore. I'm sick of every movie you do being about the evils of MAN!!! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTg5Ldqm8ME)
And I actually thought Kiki's Delivery Service had a good ending, too.
@Broodwars:
Totoro! Don't forget Totoro! It doesn't really have an anti-man/technology, it's just a simple story about a two girls who are going through a rough patch and are befriended by adorable forest creatures. Also, the umbrella scene!!! Seriously, Totoro is one of my favorite movies ever. It just makes me so happy.
Drive
I wouldn't call Pocahontas mediocre (I really like it)
Pocahontas is a terrible movie full of bullshit. I don't expect Disney to teach history lessons - but stay the **** away from real life events. The movie is just plain disrespectful if you ask me.
The Passion of the Christ?
The Passion of the Christ?
I thought were were talking about real people?
Pocahontas is a terrible movie full of bullshit. I don't expect Disney to teach history lessons - but stay the **** away from real life events. The movie is just plain disrespectful if you ask me.
How is it disrespectful? If anything, they go out of their way to be overly respectful. Do you complain when other movies use real people as characters? Hate the Ice Age movies because they are historically inaccurate? Schindler's List? The Passion of the Christ? I could name others too.
I saw The Muppet Movie. Everyone on the forums should see it so we can make in Jokes.
I've been watching some Christmas-related movies lately [...]
I would bet money that the practical monsters were used as bases for the CGI models. It's also possible that the practical monsters were in long shots or close-ups. It's ALSO possible that the practical models were used a lot, but with lots of post-production CGI touch-up. Like the dude on the helicopter? Maybe?
But wouldn't that be an awesome job?
Another good Bill Murray film you missed out on: Stripes (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083131/). A classic comedy. It's absurd, it knows it, no scenery gets left unchewed. To be honest though, most, if not all, of Bill's truly funny films have been Harold Ramis written films so he really should get the credit.
Tucker & Dale vs Evil
Given Sherlock is back on British TV, i'm going to go watch the Guy Ritchie movie this weekend. See how that is.
Tron Legacy
Having never seen the original Tron, I was surprised that I was able to keep up in this movie. I didn't know was that Tron was a character (I had always thought Tron was the computer world). That doesn't really matter because he was such a pointless character here and his sudden change of computer-heart came out of no where and with the worst line of the movie to boot ("I fight for the users!" /facepalm). I appreciated the movie for what it was. CG Jeff Bridges looked fine except when he spoke. A friend of mine considered Quorra in the real world a plot-twist. I didn't. I was more surprised that she made it out of the room and outside without Alan asking any questions.
As for the line you find so awful, it's awful for a reason: it's a callback to the original awful Tron movie, where I believe it was something Tron said.I figured as much... It's probably terrible in the original as well.
As for the line you find so awful, it's awful for a reason: it's a callback to the original awful Tron movie, where I believe it was something Tron said.I figured as much... It's probably terrible in the original as well.
To put that line into perpective to Tron "The User" = God. He's from the old system not the new one developed by Flynn where the movie takes place. That line in Context is actuallly the equivalent of: "I fight for God." Its just as cheesy as when Religious Fighter say it. If Tron was in our world he would be a devote <insert religion here>. The change of heart is really him coming back to his religion that he has strayed from.As for the line you find so awful, it's awful for a reason: it's a callback to the original awful Tron movie, where I believe it was something Tron said.I figured as much... It's probably terrible in the original as well.
Paranormal Activity 3 - 8.5/10
I **** you not, I thought the movie was terrifying. The effects are done so perfectly that you forget that no one had 1080p camcorders in 1988 and believe what you are seeing. It was pretty weird that many of the scenes that were in trailers were not in the actual film though (at least not in the "standard" film). But watching this movie in the dark, whenever something truly freaky would happen, made me feel like I was having one of those bad dreams where you are just frozen in place. The ending does raise a lot of questions though, but they are making a fourth one (which hopefully answers these questions, but ends the series). Good stuff though. I really liked all three of them so far.
I thought the first one was one of the most boring movies I have ever seen, and I don't see how ANYONE could be scared by it. Yes, I watched it in the dark and at night, and there was nothing scary or spooky about it (I started to fall asleep from the boringness.
Oohhboy, that's the first completely negative review I've seen of the movie. I saw it yesterday and I thought it was great, myself.I would put it as Ambivalent.
I was talking about his Chronicle review.I was tired when I wrote that so I just read it wrong. I needed to expand what I said anyways.
I felt the same way about Spider-Man back when I watched it again a few years ago. It felt so dated despite only being like 7 years old at the time. I'm really looking forward to The Amazing Spider-Man though.The more I see of the Movie the more I prefer the budget went to extending the Spectacular Spider-Man Cartoon.
Moneyball -- great movie, with lots of soul. True story, too. Incredible acting from everyone involved.
Moneyball -- great movie, with lots of soul. True story, too. Incredible acting from everyone involved.
Well, "true" story. It took some pretty big liberties, and hand-waves over a bunch of stuff. I'm blown away by how they decided to turn Art Howe, of all people, into The Grinch That Stole Baseball... but I guess every movie needs it villain, and that the Yankees aren't enough.
Still, I really enjoyed it, even though the narrative needed more focus, and as more people chime in it looks like I enjoyed it because it's actually good, and not because it focuses on my team.
Apparently Howe was treated the same in the book that the movie was based on. So I wouldn't blame the people who made the movie.
Broodwars, it Cats Don't Dance worth watching? It's my girlfriend's favorite movie and she wants me to watch it, with or without her. It just doesn't seem that interesting. And funny you should mention The Lion King, considering it's MY favorite movie.
I also recently finally got around to watching both Predator and Predator 2, and neither movie really impressed me. The first movie has major pacing issues leading to a boring first half, and the second movie often just feels random and pointless. To their credit, though, both Arnie and Danny Glover turn in surprisingly strong performances in their respective leading roles, though I thought Glover was much better in his movie than Arnie was in his. I hesitate to call either movie "bad" (both have entertaining action sequences and pretty effective Special Effects), but I just don't see what the big deal of these films is. I prefer the first two Alien films, despite the glacial pacing of the first half of the original Alien film.
It's good for what it does, and little else.
It's good for what it does, and little else.
Ruin a beloved franchise? Yeah, it looks like it does that pretty darn well.
It's good for what it does, and little else.
Ruin a beloved franchise? Yeah, it looks like it does that pretty darn well.
Well, apparently it's such a beloved franchise that before this movie came out, I'd never heard of it.
You must have went to a public school. :P: : : :
It's no wonder Hollywood can continuously crap all over stolen material... no one is informed enough to even know that it is stolen to begin with. Edgar Rice Burroughs is pretty standard reading for anyone even slightly interested in science fiction. It may be pulpy, but that was the style of the time. The only pieces of his catalog that overshadow the Barsoom series is Tarzan himself.
Season of the Witch
Goddammit... Why do I watch Nicolas Cage movies? I should have known better. I've only liked 2 movies in the last 10 years with Nicolas Cage in it: Matchstick Men (which I hated the first time because of the ending) and Kick Ass. It's not even about a witch. Face + palm. The only positive thing I can really say about the movie is that Claire Foy is pretty and that's not even about the movie. Thanks Mr. and Mrs. Foy for that.
I'm working on tracking down a copy of Unbreakable at the moment.
You must have went to a public school. :P: : : :
It's no wonder Hollywood can continuously crap all over stolen material... no one is informed enough to even know that it is stolen to begin with. Edgar Rice Burroughs is pretty standard reading for anyone even slightly interested in science fiction. It may be pulpy, but that was the style of the time. The only pieces of his catalog that overshadow the Barsoom series is Tarzan himself.
We never read Tarzan either, though as least I was familiar with that one through various movie adaptations. Our required reading list was weird growing-up in the 80s & 90s: in my dad's day, he had to read The Lord of the Rings. In mine, only The Hobbit was required. ;) And let's not get into all the politically-correct snore-fests I had to read in Middle & High School.
My point, though, is that the John Carter books are frickin' obscure in the modern era. I love pulp-type fiction stories, especially when they were converted into radio dramas in the 30s and 40s (which you can still find these days, one of the miracles of the internet). But these stories haven't received a previous film or TV adaptation (that I'm aware of) that would put them in the public consciousness. You see a trailer for a seemingly (emphasis on appearances)-StarGate rip-off with a guy who jumps like Mario, and it's kind of obvious why this movie isn't doing well. People just aren't widely familiar with the source material these days, even if you are the audience for it.
It's actually kind of the same thing that happened to Tintin here in NA. It did alright here in NA because of the Spielberg attachment, but it made most of its money in Europe and elsewhere where the Tintin name is much better known. I love pulp adventure storytelling, and I just wasn't aware of Tintin before the movie released. We had Jonny Quest here instead.
Can us Avatar: The Last Airbender fans expect a sequel?
Can us Avatar: The Last Airbender fans expect a sequel?
Can us Avatar: The Last Airbender fans expect a sequel?
I just know M. Night would find a way to screw-up my favorite Avatar character: Toph, whose awesomeness can't be described by mere words.
...why isn't "motherfucking" censored?
I was aware of TinTin 20+yrs before this movie was a twinkle in some director's eye.
She's also arguably the most powerful character in the entire series despite her disability.
I was aware of TinTin 20+yrs before this movie was a twinkle in some director's eye.
Bullshit. Have you seen the history of this movie production. I bet it spans much longer than you've known of the movie. Stop being a hipster and appreciate the movie.
EDIT: Sorry, double post.
She's also arguably the most powerful character in the entire series despite her disability.
More powerful than a character that can remove your ability to bend?
More powerful than a character that can control you by bending your blood?
More powerful than a character that wields the mighty boomerang?
I think not.
I was aware of TinTin 20+yrs before this movie was a twinkle in some director's eye.Bullshit. Have you seen the history of this movie production. I bet it spans much longer than you've known of the movie. Stop being a hipster and appreciate the movie.
I was aware of TinTin 20+yrs before this movie was a twinkle in some director's eye.
Bullshit. Have you seen the history of this movie production. I bet it spans much longer than you've known of themovieseries. Stop being a hipster and appreciate the movie.
I was aware of TinTin 20+yrs before this movie was a twinkle in some director's eye.Bullshit. Have you seen the history of this movie production. I bet it spans much longer than you've known of the movie. Stop being a hipster and appreciate the movie.
Oblivion is right. Spielberg originally got the film rights to Tintin way back in 1983 but didn't get around to making it for a long time.
Blood Bending is evil. Metal Bending is cool.
that being said, Toph was my favorite character by far.
The the water bender could kill instantly if they decided to go that route.
Every show that's attempted to beat Lost at its own formula directly has died: SGU, Flashforward, The Event and Alcatraz (i expect) now. All of them have started the series by throwing a long ball (the series arc), and the idea of breadcrumbs along that path until we reach the end when the big questions are answered.
And the movie made me feel genuine sympathy for Sarah Palin, something I didn't think was possible.
And yeah, shaky cam sucks ass. There are ways to show people dying without shaking up the camera. Just ask James Cameron.
He died from the Mutts, dude. It wasn't unrealistic.
And yeah, shaky cam sucks ass. There are ways to show people dying without shaking up the camera. Just ask James Cameron.
True... but there's something to be said about kids killing kids.
He died from the Mutts, dude. It wasn't unrealistic.
First of all, it was a joke (not really). Second of all, mutts are possibly the stupidest animal they could have sicked on the kids other than penguins. They are surrounded by trees. Dogs can't climb. Do the math.
Hunger Games - [...] It was good. and there was nothing graphic in it the brick scene was not graphic as they didn't really show anything. which I guess was also the purpose of the quick cuts during the fight scenes.
I saw it tonight and while a good to great movie, I didn't think it was amazing. I'm not even sure I'd watch it again. I will say this however, the acting was superb. I was really shocked by how well 'Katness' performed. Some scenes you could tell the director wanted to say cut because of time but decided to just keep rolling. She deserves some kind of award.
Also, the scene where Rue dies...I couldn't help but think what her father was doing at that very moment, and the movie answered it for me, with genuine emotion and passion. I thought when Katness gave the symbol of the oppressed (that's at least what I called it) after she covered Rue with flowers and then the riot scene that started immediately afterward were the greatest 5 minutes of the film. Everything else seemed like a ploy to stay alive or let someone else live, but that moment -- where the father didn't give a **** -- was easily the most genuine emotion in the film. It stuck with me.
And yeah, shaky cam sucks ass. There are ways to show people dying without shaking up the camera. Just ask James Cameron.
EDIT: Oh and BTW, it's pretty unrealistic. We all know if it really came down to it, the black guy would win. Good luck finding a black dude at night in a jungle. Just sayin'.
1st of all Katness is a really retarded name.
Dude, they needed the shakey camera to maintain a PG-13 rating. No one wants to see 13 year old children getting their necks slit open by a huge knife with no sort of discretion shot. The best way to do this was through shakey camera.
You answered your own question with the sponsors. And it was established that the berries were poisonous when that one girl (Foxface) had accidently eaten them.
You should probably just pay more attention.
My problem was that the sponsor system was never really explained. And there was a huge amount of time from the "earn sponsorship" plot point and the actual sponsor saving the character's life. And the girl eating the berries wasn't super obvious to me. Sorry if I wasn't paying enough attention, but this was another scene where the shakey cam was distracting, especially since it was a somewhat important plot point occurring in a very fast scene. And Catnip (or w/e the **** her name is) just says, "Dude!" and the guy just looks at her and says "I'm sorry, I didn't know!" He needed three words to make that clear. The movie took the time to explain the **** out of the hallucinogenic bees, but zero seconds on poisonous berries that the characters almost used to kill themselves and are again used to imply the death sentence put on the king of games beard guy.
Yeah, THAT is the face of modern racism. That one thing. And nothing else going on in the press. Nothing at all.
Not trying to start it. Please don't ban me.
You're the lousiest poster on this site, Oblivion. You'd be perfect for a staff role.
I hope all you newly minted Jennifer Lawrence fans find some time to watch the actress in her oscar-nominated breakout role as the lead in 2010's Winter's Bone.
The shakey cam was used in about 90% of the movie. Even while characters are sitting on a train having a conversation or sitting in a presumably unmoving building while having a dinner conversation. The shakey cam was mild, but constant throughout the movie. Coupled with the quick cuts, it was very distracting.
I knew, I think, immediately when Rue started following Katniss around that she was gonna die. I mean of course she had to, that's the point of the Hunger Games. The predictability didn't bother me as much as the execution did. We barely spend any time with Rue before she takes a spear to the gut and I didn't really care on any level other than, "It's sad because she was a young girl." Could have done more with her before offing her and making that moment really painful. Instead she just feels like a plot device.
You're the lousiest poster on this site, Oblivion. You'd be perfect for a staff role.
Agreed. They made her a much more likeable character in the book. Also, the book, written in first person - drew a lot of comparisons between her character and and Prim, thus cementing Katniss' desire to protect/love her. The movie didn't really share that.
My problem was that the sponsor system was never really explained. And there was a huge amount of time from the "earn sponsorship" plot point and the actual sponsor saving the character's life. And the girl eating the berries wasn't super obvious to me. Sorry if I wasn't paying enough attention, but this was another scene where the shakey cam was distracting, especially since it was a somewhat important plot point occurring in a very fast scene. And Catnip (or w/e the **** her name is) just says, "Dude!" and the guy just looks at her and says "I'm sorry, I didn't know!" He needed three words to make that clear. The movie took the time to explain the **** out of the hallucinogenic bees, but zero seconds on poisonous berries that the characters almost used to kill themselves and are again used to imply the death sentence put on the king of games beard guy.
actually the scene with the berries was spelled out (iirc). Dude was grabbing berries and she said "those are something something berries. eat those and you'll be dead in minutes". to which he replied "oh, I didn't know." and that all coincided with fox face having a hand and face full of berries.
of course that is all paraphrased as I don't remember the exact phrasing, but I'm pretty sure that's how it went down in the movie... but I could be remembering it wrong.
I hope all you newly minted Jennifer Lawrence fans find some time to watch the actress in her oscar-nominated breakout role as the lead in 2010's Winter's Bone.
That's where I've seen her before! But yeah...I fell asleep during that movie. It's a terrible movie (the parts that I saw).
It wasn't explained well in the movie, but the "chemistry" between the two leads is supposed to be a show for the people watching the Games. They later fall in love for real, of course.
I kind of guessed the first part, judging from the importance placed on playing to the crowd, but it's good to have it confirmed. Did the book ever explain the limits of the sponsoring system, by the by? Because otherwise the game seems unbalanced.
It wasn't explained well in the movie, but the "chemistry" between the two leads is supposed to be a show for the people watching the Games. They later fall in love for real, of course.
The Haruhi series isn't directly about Haruhi, it's about the characters that surround her maintaining the masquerade. If it means they have to hump around town after a heater, that's what has to be done. Wiping out Haruhi's development was a necessity and only exists for Kyon/the viewer.
The length was a necessity without cutting it in two kill bill style making it an even slower movie or applying western style pacing which would have destroyed the movie. The pacing is consistant with the TV series.
If nothing else, it makes the talk scenes a lot more interesting since it breaks aways from talking heads.
As for the plot holes, I am not too sure what you are referring to
Personally, not making more Haruhi is leaving money on the table. As long as they don't pull another endless eight, they should be able to pick right up from where Disappearance ends. I fully expect more in the future.
Win/Win: Paul Giamatti is one of my favorite actors, and this movie re-enforces that idea.
Martha Marcy May Marlene: Goddamn, what a movie. VERY good, but disturbing at times. Elizabeth Olsen's FIRST ROLE. She's gonna have an incredible career.
Silent Hill
It's been a few years since I watched Silent Hill. It holds up pretty well and it's still my favorite videogame adaptation. The movie isn't without some issues. A few things are a bit confusing, namely the timeline. 30 years have passed since the failed sacrifice of Alessa and the events of the film but no one looks like they aged. Also, the movie doesn't really delve into the metaphorical Silent Hill which I suppose may have been too heavy for the average moviegoer.
Martha Marcy May Marlene: Goddamn, what a movie. VERY good, but disturbing at times. Elizabeth Olsen's FIRST ROLE. She's gonna have an incredible career.
Martha Marcy May Marlene: Goddamn, what a movie. VERY good, but disturbing at times. Elizabeth Olsen's FIRST ROLE. She's gonna have an incredible career.
Boring. Nothing happens and there is no ending. Am I supposed to feel sorry for someone stupid enough to allow themselves to be brainwashed? No thanks.
Martha Marcy May Marlene: Goddamn, what a movie. VERY good, but disturbing at times. Elizabeth Olsen's FIRST ROLE. She's gonna have an incredible career.
I also rented "What's Your Number", cause my girlfriend wanted to see a comedy. Sadly, there were very few funny parts in that movie. The plot was pretty bare-bones: A sex-obsessed girl desperately tries to find a guy who will appreciate her for who she is, a whore that has slept with 19 different guys in her lifetime (she's supposedly in her late 20's).
I also rented "What's Your Number", cause my girlfriend wanted to see a comedy. Sadly, there were very few funny parts in that movie. The plot was pretty bare-bones: A sex-obsessed girl desperately tries to find a guy who will appreciate her for who she is, a whore that has slept with 19 different guys in her lifetime (she's supposedly in her late 20's).
You are kidding right? A sex obsessed whore because she slept with 19 guys before she is 30?
And yes, I saw this movie. It didn't do it for me but what you said is freaking ridiculous.
Irrelevant. It's the double standard. If it was a guy we would fist bumping and giving high fives like candy. Besides, what is this? The Bible belt?
I do believe Tendoboy1984 is in need for another round of smiting for bad postings.
But to stay on topic, I watched The Darkest Hour the other day.
it was stupid. special effects were horrible, the logic patterns of the people didn't make any sense half of the time...
Avengers.
GO AND SEE THIS MOVIE.
If you have not yet booked tickets, stop whatever you are doing right now and do so. To the first showing. Do it right now.
I would get to nail his wife repeatedly, and she would have loved every second of it.... she actually would have been sad that we eventually had to change back ;)
****If a key opens a lot of locks then its a master key. But if a lock is opened by a lot of keys then it’s a shitty lock.****
Dear "The Protector" (2005),
So I watched your movie late last night and until the 1:23:00 mark, you are pretty much exactly what I was expecting; a mix of badly written lines, decent stunts and great martial arts. Then 1:23:00 happens and you turn into the BEST MOVIE I HAVE EVER SEEN. And how could you not be? At that very moment, your protagonist walks into a press conference with a baby elephant screaming "Where the hell is my elephant?!" Everyone kinda looks at him dumbfounded until he elbows someone right in the face, starting a panic. Like a crazy person, he delivers a few hard hits to the screaming innocent, then he's off as quickly as he came in, following his little elephant (named 'Korn') through the building.
Korn leads him into an ambush and to the remains of his other fully grown elephant. Your protagonist decides this is the best time to mourn, which equates to three or four different takes of him hugging an elephant, even though it's at the worst possible time: when 30 or so dudes are kicking him in his sob-ridden face...repeatedly.
Then you have him get stabbed dead center of his liver (I'm no doctor, but that was definitely his liver and that was definitely the center). I know why you did this, you needed him to snap back from his fetish-like fantasy of being half-naked in a jungle hugging elephants, but...Ouch. Kinda brutal, no? I mean the guys knife went in like 6 inches. But for some reason, instead of our hero being like "Oww...blood?...WTF?...where's my ele...phant?" and passing out, you have him proceed to literally break more than a hundred bones in a row (I counted) in the most creative ways I've ever seen. This scene is so great, the sound effects alone are cringe-worthy. My favorite part is when he Million Dollar Baby's a dude with his knees.
Then to take your movie to new heights (read: lows), he uses the bones of his dead elephant to beat the living **** out of the villains' top body guards. Wasn't he just mourning? Didn't he love his elephant? Where's the respect to the dead? He used his elephant's femur to give a guy brain-damage!
Best part though is when Korn busts through the door looking for some action or to help or something (I don't know he's an elephant -- his intentions are hard to read). After the "oh look an elephant" moment wears off, he is immediately picked by his trunk and swung around into a wall. This scene is so unnecessary but is probably the greatest thing I've ever seen. Thank you for not leaving this on the cutting floor.
You definitely saved the best for last though when your hero chases down the villains for a final confrontation. He finds them attempting to escape from the roof by helicopter. One of them decided to leave earlier than the other, but lowers a rope so they can hang on as they make their get-away. Our protagonist doesn't like this and proceeds to SUPER JUMP KICK the pilot in the jaw, knocking him out of the helicopter and back onto the roof, probably killing him. The other villain, just having watched her partner probably die, still thinks it's a good idea to hang on to the rope as the helicopter careens off the building's roof without a pilot. Our hero doesn't like the odds of the villain's survival (which is literally like .0005%) so he decides to take matters into his own hands and do the most epic thing he can't think of: SUPER JUMP off the building and KNEE her in the face. They then both fall to their presumptive deaths; which is the best ending to a movie, period.
I know he loved his elephants, but good God. This dude reallllllllllyyyy loved his elephants.
Anyway, I know I didn't need to recap it, since you are the movie, but do the world a favor and release the 'STOGI Cut' of just those 15-20 minutes. I promise you the world will love it as much as I did.
Watching you again I'm sure,
Stogi
Quit spamming posts to get to a thousand.
Krull (1983, Netlifx Instant)All Hail The Glaive! Bad-Ass weapon of the 80's
From every objective standpoint, this is a terrible film. The word "Krull" isn't even in the script. It's a fantasy film that was, perhaps at one time, meant to be a D&D movie. Despite its MANY shortcomings, it still manages to be watchable, due largely to the musical score and very nice scenery.
It was more than just a comic book erection. It was a fucking super boner.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Dclogo2012.png
I didn't know a Cap sequel was announced. It'd be awesome if they managed to place it in the original time fame, but I know they probably won't. :(Confused by this.
Obviously, the movie universe is different, but Cap was around for quite a while in WWiI era. Seems like there could be a lot of untold stories from that time frame.
I can't help it - I loved everything about the first movie... and I'm not even a huge Captain America fan.
Sadly, for the next movie, I see some kind of cybernetic Bucky coming back or some crap.
If we're going with a modern-time frame movie, I'd like to see him leaving SHIELD (the whole building WMDs thing), giving up the Captain America identity after seeing what America has become, etc., etc. Sure, it's cliché...
Obviously, the movie universe is different, but Cap was around for quite a while in WWiI era. Seems like there could be a lot of untold stories from that time frame.You be happy to know that as Nickmitch said Bucky never has been anything but full human if memory serves. Cap has left shield. Cap has even been a different hero.
I can't help it - I loved everything about the first movie... and I'm not even a huge Captain America fan.
Sadly, for the next movie, I see some kind of cybernetic Bucky coming back or some crap.
If we're going with a modern-time frame movie, I'd like to see him leaving SHIELD (the whole building WMDs thing), giving up the Captain America identity after seeing what America has become, etc., etc. Sure, it's cliché...
I could see this as a window to introduce John Walker's character, but I'd hate for this to turn into an Iron Man 2-rip off.
Haven't seen it yet...but Avengers had the biggest opening ever - $200 million, which beat the last Harry Potter's $169 million. Pretty impressive. They also said the audience was 60/40 male to female, and 50/50 under 25 and over 25...very impressive.
Yes he does, Bucky has a cybernetic left arm.
I don't see a Justice League fitting into the Nolan-verse.I thought Thor was good for the source material. I enjoy Thor more as a suddenly showing up hero.
As for Thor - it was the one Avengers movie I never bothered to see. After watching it in the marathon, I have to say, I really liked it. Probably my least favorite out of the bunch, but still a good movie.
The CGI, which should be horribly dated by now, still holds up because it's only used as a supplement to some of the best animatronics ever used and also a ton of practical effects. This is a lesson Hollywood still hasn't learned.
I can verify that you have. You've tweeted about it.The CGI, which should be horribly dated by now, still holds up because it's only used as a supplement to some of the best animatronics ever used and also a ton of practical effects. This is a lesson Hollywood still hasn't learned.
THIS. This is exactly why the next two Jurassic Park films do NOT hold up as well (they're also f*cking stupid). Man, I should rewatch that movie. I mean, I probably have RECENTLY but hey, it's my #1, so what's the harm?
I know it's not a recently released movie, but I finally brought myself to watch The Muppets (I was skeptical of how good it would be).
...I was wrong. The most fun i've had watching a movie in a long, long time.
I know it's not a recently released movie, but I finally brought myself to watch The Muppets (I was skeptical of how good it would be).
...I was wrong. The most fun i've had watching a movie in a long, long time.
So you haven't seen the Avengers yet? You should probably fix that this weekend.
I'll be surprised if thats any time soon.I know it's not a recently released movie, but I finally brought myself to watch The Muppets (I was skeptical of how good it would be).
...I was wrong. The most fun i've had watching a movie in a long, long time.
So you haven't seen the Avengers yet? You should probably fix that this weekend.
Probably. Waiting for the fervor to die down so I can see it in a theater that isn't completely packed. I prefer to have leg room while watching movies.
I'll be surprised if thats any time soon.I know it's not a recently released movie, but I finally brought myself to watch The Muppets (I was skeptical of how good it would be).
...I was wrong. The most fun i've had watching a movie in a long, long time.
So you haven't seen the Avengers yet? You should probably fix that this weekend.
Probably. Waiting for the fervor to die down so I can see it in a theater that isn't completely packed. I prefer to have leg room while watching movies.
I know it's not a recently released movie, but I finally brought myself to watch The Muppets (I was skeptical of how good it would be).I loved the Muppets too. It may have been my favorite movie from last year. And I also recommend seeing the Avengers. It gets an A+ from me. :)
...I was wrong. The most fun i've had watching a movie in a long, long time.
It's kind of the best horror movie ever made (the Snake Pliskin version).
Went to see The Avengers on Saturday, one of the best movies I have seen this year. Starts a little slow, but it's alright. Hulk is easily the best part of the movie, the funniest parts of the movie were the interactions between him and Captain America, and especially him and Loki. I am not a huge comic fan, so I have not idea who that tease during the credits was. I think Black Widow was not that good though.
I counter you another spin off from that. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Super_Hero_Squad_Show)Went to see The Avengers on Saturday, one of the best movies I have seen this year. Starts a little slow, but it's alright. Hulk is easily the best part of the movie, the funniest parts of the movie were the interactions between him and Captain America, and especially him and Loki. I am not a huge comic fan, so I have not idea who that tease during the credits was. I think Black Widow was not that good though.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infinity_Gauntlet (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infinity_Gauntlet)
Too bad John Carpenter or David Cronenberg haven't made anything worthwhile in the last decade and a half.Please tell me this is sarcasm.
It's kind of the best horror movie ever made (the Snake Pliskin version).
That, and The Fly (Jeff Goldblum) are the best horror movies ever made. Too bad John Carpenter or David Cronenberg haven't made anything worthwhile in the last decade and a half.
*batteries not included. It was alright/so-so at best. Every time I see a Steven Spielberg movie I wonder what makes/made him such a renowned director. The characters in this movie are an interesting spectrum (old man who owns a restaurant and his senile wife, beardy artist guy, hispanic preggers woman, mute african-american) but for the whole movie are going "ooohh aahhh wowww" at the spaceships all the while having almost no impact on the plot. That's not totally true; they fight against eviction and having their apartment complex/50s diner from being demolished in favor of a skyscraper. Old vs. new, small town vs. big business, man and machine working together to save a relic of the past; they're not bad ideas, but at 1hr 45, the slowww revelations about the spaceships (they exist; they can repair stuff; they plug into power outlets, and on and on) and cutesyness was dragged out beyond tolerable limits.Batteries not included is not a Spielberg movie. I wasn't sure from tis post whether you realized that. Don't judge the mans work based on this pos flick.
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*batteries not included. It was alright/so-so at best. Every time I see a Steven Spielberg movie I wonder what makes/made him such a renowned director. The characters in this movie are an interesting spectrum (old man who owns a restaurant and his senile wife, beardy artist guy, hispanic preggers woman, mute african-american) but for the whole movie are going "ooohh aahhh wowww" at the spaceships all the while having almost no impact on the plot. That's not totally true; they fight against eviction and having their apartment complex/50s diner from being demolished in favor of a skyscraper. Old vs. new, small town vs. big business, man and machine working together to save a relic of the past; they're not bad ideas, but at 1hr 45, the slowww revelations about the spaceships (they exist; they can repair stuff; they plug into power outlets, and on and on) and cutesyness was dragged out beyond tolerable limits.
:reggie: :reggie: / :reggie: :reggie: :reggie: :reggie: :reggie:
I have to make sure I'm not eating when I think of how the Fly eats...
Not really, but it is gross. Special effects people did a good job.
The Fly is a masterpiece.
Here in the US, Battleship opens today. It just looks so bad from the trailers though (and Prometheus TBH).Wait $350 for unlimited movies in a year. That be ~32 showings at the cheapest regular price ($11 2D not the good theater) Take 3D and/or the Good theater into account then it be ~23 showings. If I were single that be doable in a year of ok-good movies if it was for the whole family that number goes down by a factor of 3 so it only take ~11-8 Showings to make it worth it.
Nearly $350 for a movie pass? That is expensive. I would need to see about 35 movies just to break even on that. For that much money, I would make sure to watch at least 2 or 3 movies a weekend, even if I had no interest in the movie.
I do about 40+ movies @ about $5 a month ($60 for the whole year and about 3-5 movies a month). that sounds like a horrible deal to me. I like my movie plan much better.
for 4 people I spend much less than that ($60x4=$240)
It's the "I pay to get into the theater, not to see the movie" plan.
After unlimited popcorn and soda though (usually for 4 people), I think we settle on even every trip.
It's the "I pay to get into the theater, not to see the movie" plan.
After unlimited popcorn and soda though (usually for 4 people), I think we settle on even every trip.
That's worse than piracy!!!!!!!! You're actually costing the theater money!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
How do you get away with it, though? I'm pictureing my theater and I doubt they would notice a guy walking from out one theater to another one.It's the "I pay to get into the theater, not to see the movie" plan.
After unlimited popcorn and soda though (usually for 4 people), I think we settle on even every trip.
That's worse than piracy!!!!!!!! You're actually costing the theater money!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I assume you are joking, but all I am doing is sitting into the near empty theaters that would be playing the movies regardless of whether I was there to watch it or not. and with the price of popcorn and soda...... it's only worth it if you stick around for more than 1 movie.
It's the "I pay to get into the theater, not to see the movie" plan.
After unlimited popcorn and soda though (usually for 4 people), I think we settle on even every trip.
That's worse than piracy!!!!!!!! You're actually costing the theater money!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I assume you are joking, but all I am doing is sitting into the near empty theaters that would be playing the movies regardless of whether I was there to watch it or not. and with the price of popcorn and soda...... it's only worth it if you stick around for more than 1 movie.
So basically BnM, you're the worst type of movie patron. :P: :
How do you get away with it, though? I'm pictureing my theater and I doubt they would notice a guy walking from out one theater to another one.
Whether they notice me or not, I don't think they get paid enough to care. And like I said, I make trips to the concession stand throughout the day. and like Dasmos said, that is where they make their money. And like I also said, the movies will run regardless of if someone is in there to watch it or not.
The Dictator - Offensive to be offensive, and not even in a funny way. If you thought the previews were funny, you've seen all you need to see. I wanted to walk out. It was stupid, and the most offensive thing about the movie was that they thought it was funny.
The Dictator looked bad even in the previews.
Agreed. Wall-E was better than Up; but that's more of a testament to Wall-E.
It still amazes me how Pixar keeps their magic. Even their worse movies are quite good IMO, and have a HEART especially compared to about any other CGI animation. In many ways I feel really blessed to be living in a time where Pixar is still on top with classic after classic.
it's a little hard to believe that a 16/17 year old guy who just became prom king is gonna be attracted to a 14 year old 8th grader).
SONY made Surf's Up which probably has the best animation I've ever seen.
And it looked amazing, so what's the problem?
MIB3. Exactly what i hoped from the movie. The right balance between sci-fi and comedy (and TLJ's straight-faced humour).
Is Francis the Pug in MIB3?I'm going to say yes.
Is Francis the Pug in MIB3?I'm going to say yes.
No he's not in the movie, i've seen it last week.You missed it then. The Scene in J's apartment look whats behind him. That's why "I'm going to say yes."
Don't expect all those loose ends to be tied up in any potential sequel, Ridley Scott says he did those on purpose because he wants fans to debate what they mean (which I hate when writers do that, it's a sign of laziness to me). I am seeing a lot of reviews that say the movie goes downhill after the beginning.Depends on what it is. I do like the debates and discussions posed by open-ended questions. I don't mind it as long as the story itself can stand on its own and addressing a loose end would be simply for enrichment rather than filling a plot hole that unravelled the validity of the plot. I only saw Prometheus once, but I didn't feel like there was anything that flat-out didn't make sense. Some things don't need an explanation even if people want one.
Don't like 3D?
You may not want to get a 3DS then.
I used to hate 3D but ever since I got my 3DS I barely even notice it anymore.
Was it that red and blue 3D?
You may not want to get a 3DS then.
I used to hate 3D but ever since I got my 3DS I barely even notice it anymore.
Yeah, I've said this before but I had a really bad experience with a 3DS demo unit with the 3D enabled, and it's soured me on the handheld ever since (and yes, I know you can disable it. It just seems to defeat the purpose of a large part of the 3DS cost). As a gimmick, 3D is neat and all (though I still don't think it's as great as the entertainment industry wants me to), but it just physically causes me problems. Maybe it's this newer type of 3D that's the problem, because the older 3D rides at Disney like Mickey's Phillarmagic and Muppetvision 3D don't give me any problems at all.
Spider-Man at Universal was recently changed...I think it might use stereoscopic 3D now.
Chronicle 8/10 i went in to it with the expectation that it would fall apart during the end, but it wasn't as bad as people said. I rented it for a dollar, though. So, i didnt have any problems. It was American Akira, but again i haven't watched Akira in 10 years.
It's pretty great if you happen to like both martial arts movies and war epics, even though I'm fairly certain aspects of the history were dramatically embellished.
i hope you're watching Robocop through the lens of Paul Veerhoven, that is look at it on another level than the level it presents itself. That is its a satirical critique on things, its not just what it is on face value.Yes, that's why I put in that it has a potential to be a good movie the foundation is solidly there. The actors among other things were not. I would go to a modern remake. There some good messages there. Especially about technology and corruption. Ironically enough a lot of the same themes are explored in The Cape which just went on Nexflix streaming it seems. I would go as far to say if you like Robocop then definitely watch the Cape. It feels very much the same thinking about it.
like for instance its hilarious when people take star ship troopers on face value, when you get into what its actually saying its nothing what it seems.
the safe mediocrity of Toy Story 3
the safe mediocrity of Toy Story 3
The ****
Watched Robocop finally. I have to say its very typical 80's. Getting hit by a gun in that universe is less deadly but more gruesome. I see the potential for a good movie there and see why all the spin-offs. This is not that good movie. An ok movie. Though it is nice to see what happens to Red after the 70's. :P:
Toys Story 3 is the brave little toaster
There's nothing in the cinemas i want to see last week or this week so i haven't gone.
No i will not see Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter.
I'm surprised at how well these practical effects hold up over time, looks about as good as all of the fancy CG modern movies use,
Yeah I watched Blade Runner about 3 years ago because my Boss was really into it. I may eventually read the book, but the movie I got what it was going for I just didn't find it an entertaining movie.
I'm surprised at how well these practical effects hold up over time, looks about as good as all of the fancy CG modern movies use,
Am I the only one who would like to see a new, big-budget action flick made without the use of computers (w/r/t the graphics, of course)?
Seeing the behind-the-scenes of what they used to do in movies, it seems to me a modern take on this could be pretty awesome. :D
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
Completely mediocre. The directing was over-stylized to a painful point. The action was nothing but ugly 300-esque velocity shifts. The story was somehow really, really boring. Despite covering literally decades of Lincoln's life, nothing ever seems to happen. His thirst for vengeance is quenched before the film is even halfway over. There are one or two things that I assume are supposed to be twists, but everyone saw them coming from a mile away.
The film suffers greatly from the tone it decided to take. It's not campy enough to be as fun as the title would lead you to believe. However, it doesn't take itself seriously to make any actual commentary on the world or events surrounding the story. Slavery should be a very central theme to Lincoln's beliefs, the American Civil War, and hungry plantation-owning vampires. Yet it's barely even touched upon in the film./
This was just one huge miss after another. The trailer for the book (http://youtu.be/X58RPS665V0) showed so much more promise than this trite.
and they may have set up a sequel George Bush: Saudi Vamp Hunter!? not really. but they did setup for a sequel.
Brave is out? That's going to be a flop. Not because its a bad movie, but because I have to ask.
edit: nevermind it came out this weekened...not the 10th
Brave - 4/104 out of 10 is pretty harsh.
Yeah it's a kid movie, but I took my two kids. It was mostly entertaining, but essentially pointless. The animation was top-notch, of course, but it just seemed like a Pixar Short that got stretched out for too long, which is weird because it's also pretty short. My kids didn't like it either.
Brave is out? That's going to be a flop. Not because its a bad movie, but because I have to ask.
edit: nevermind it came out this weekened...not the 10th
http://www.cnn.com/2012/06/25/showbiz/movies/box-office-brave-ew/index.html?hpt=hp_bn9
I just bypass the hassle of setting up recordings altogether on my DVR and just torrent the TV shows I'm currently watching. I think the only TV I watch live these days are televised sports games, and that's only because there's significantly less entertainment to be had watching those after the fact.
:-X
What? ;)
that is true, i theoretically just skipped the commercial. So that means advertisers either need to advertise on must watch shows: the type you record and watch at the same time, and advertise on the internet. All else is a useless and costly waste because people skip it anyways. Very good point Broodwars.
but back to network television shows..how many shows that are great survive past their first or second season? Many shows im picking up on netflix are great but sadly are only 2 seasons long. If I had known about them I would have watched them. Examples Jericho, Better off Ted, Reaper, The Riches, Defying Gravity. I also liked Outsourced, but I actually was on the other side of that where I was one of few watching it, while others were either clueless about it, or were told it was bad. However, For a one season show; it did have a proper ending.
It's a periodic Vampire action flick centered around Abraham Lincoln. It's not meant to be a polictical or topical movie trying to bury a deeper point behind gory bloody civil war action.
isn't it pride and prejudice and zombies?
Sounds to me like they did a live action version of the Fox Kids Spiderman Origin.
It's hard to say that (even though I did), since Spider-Man 2 gets the benefit of not having to tell the origin story...but if you ask me, yes, it is better than Spider-Man 2. There were too many cheesy parts of Spider-Man 2 featuring Aunt May that always make me cringe.
The video game can hardly be considered canon.
Rhino, Shocker, Chameleon, Black Cat are in the Spider-Man 2 video game...don't remember them in Spider-Man 3.
Him getting into/out of Oscorp after the first trip probably has a little bit to do with the fact that he's now Spider-Man.
Connors was working on cross-species mutations, specifically with lizards and their ability to regrow limbs...and Peter saw how strange Connors was acting the night after the Lizard appeared.
This shower scene. Elaborate.With Pictures.
In high resolution.This shower scene. Elaborate.With Pictures.
DKR made Batman a secondary character to Bruce Wayne. Sure watching Batman punching people is fun, but this has a solid emotional core that elevates it beyond being a Super hero or action movie.
On the other hand, there is Battleship. Of all the ways to spend a two hundred million dollars, burning it and filming the results would have provided more entertainment and proved far less insulting. I spent virtually the entire running time of this movie wishing death for anyone and everyone on screen, especially the "Main Protagonist". **** the people who worked on this "movie". May they never work on another movie ever again, except Liam Neeson. What the **** man... I can't believe I would recommend any Michael Bay film over this.
On the other end of the scale there is The Men Who Stare at Goats. It's a surreal, reality bending movie. It's funny, it has likeable characters, the dialogue is sharp, with plenty of laughs, satire, bits of action. A good watch.
The Bourne Legacy - Le sigh.
So, surprised no one else has mentioned seeing this yet. Finally took the plunge myself. Was excited when I saw the trailer since it seemed like the direction they seemed to show indicated that it had good potential to work as a follow-up. I've had my own ideas as to how I would have continued the franchise but the trailer looked like the film might be alright.
That said, I'd have to say the film was best summed up when, as I got up to leave during the credits, two girls walked by me and one said to the other, "Well, that was underwhelming." And I have to agree. And I even came in with guarded, lowered expectations.
As I walked out of the theatre, in my head, I was going through all the faults the film made and what the writers must have been thinking as making the script. They just seemed so clear when watching this and even more after it ended.
I'll get into them more in a little bit but as I type this a wave of sleepiness as hit me so I'm just going to call it a night.
Looks like a movie I won't be paying money to see. Either way, it looks like a movie that will make you pay for watching it.
I watched bits and pieces of Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time. **** this movie is stupid, not Battleship stupid, but watching Ben Kingsley once again shame himself on screen is both pleasing and sad. $200000000 clearly dosn't go far in Hollywood. Not too sure where the money went. Forgettable drivel.
The Prestige. Awesome movie.
The worse thing about this movie was that the whole team infighting thing just doesn't work. There isn't enough history between the characters. They are just openly belligerent to each other with no reason. There is just not enough time for everybody even with the simple plot.
The worse thing about this movie was that the whole team infighting thing just doesn't work. There isn't enough history between the characters. They are just openly belligerent to each other with no reason. There is just not enough time for everybody even with the simple plot.
I took it that Loki was messing with them to cause this to happen.
I am amused some of you had to actually watch Battleship to know it wasI knew it was bad going in, I just had no concept of something this bad that had cost $200 Million dollars to make. Before Battleship, the bad movies I have watched had something notable about the that was positive, Even Transformers 2 with Jetfire's mad ramblings. I have nothing but outright hatred for Battleship.crappysuper-ultra-mega-crappy.
I mean, I try to keep an open mind about movies, but there's no way I'd waste the time watching this movie.
American Psycho - What the ****? What a pointless stupid movie. I can't believe this movie is critically acclaimed.
Kung Fu Panda 2 - While not as brilliant as the first one, it's a very solid movie. I can't wait to see what they do with the third one.
The Incredibles - Still my second favorite Pixar movie.
Ratatouille - My other favorite Pixar movie.
Se7en - Kevin Spacey was fucking brilliant.
Yeah, gotta agree, American Psycho is fantastic. Such a great, extremely dark comedy. Such a great comment on American excess and vapid culture (in the '80s in particular). Such a great comment on shitty men's attitudes to women. I think that the director really brought out that aspect particularly well. I have seen interviews with her where she focusses on this aspect and the fact that the script really struck her in this way (intentionally or not).American Psycho - What the ****? What a pointless stupid movie. I can't believe this movie is critically acclaimed.
Kung Fu Panda 2 - While not as brilliant as the first one, it's a very solid movie. I can't wait to see what they do with the third one.
The Incredibles - Still my second favorite Pixar movie.
Ratatouille - My other favorite Pixar movie.
Se7en - Kevin Spacey was fucking brilliant.
Seriously? American Psycho pointless and stupid? Did you even watch it? I'm disgusted by your comment.
Well, the movie's name IS Dredd 3D for a reason. I don't mind, I prefer watching them in 3D (although I don't like paying an extra $2.50 for it).
American Psycho - What the ****? What a pointless stupid movie. I can't believe this movie is critically acclaimed.
Kung Fu Panda 2 - While not as brilliant as the first one, it's a very solid movie. I can't wait to see what they do with the third one.
The Incredibles - Still my second favorite Pixar movie.
Ratatouille - My other favorite Pixar movie.
Se7en - Kevin Spacey was fucking brilliant.
Seriously? American Psycho pointless and stupid? Did you even watch it? I'm disgusted by your comment.
They make anti-3D glasses too, don't they?
They make anti-3D glasses too, don't they?
I never knew they existed. It's extremely stupid though. I have to pay more to see it, only to pay again for glasses to cancel out the 3D effect.
American Psycho - What the ****? What a pointless stupid movie. I can't believe this movie is critically acclaimed.Please tell me you have seen The Iron Giant. It is another Brad Bird animated film.
Kung Fu Panda 2 - While not as brilliant as the first one, it's a very solid movie. I can't wait to see what they do with the third one.
The Incredibles - Still my second favorite Pixar movie.
Ratatouille - My other favorite Pixar movie.
Se7en - Kevin Spacey was fucking brilliant.
I watched Piranha DD. I liked the original. It was SyFy-level camp with some bewbs. Piranha DD is one of the worst movies ever made--I recommend avoiding it hardcore.
I liked Feast. Never saw the sequels. I heard they were terrible.
The Possession was also pretty good for a "based on a true story" demon possession flick. Sam Raimi did a pretty good job.
Now I'm waiting for lawless to begin.
The Possession was also pretty good for a "based on a true story" demon possession flick. Sam Raimi did a pretty good job.
Now I'm waiting for lawless to begin.
Sam Raimi didn't direct that movie. According to IMDB, a guy named "Ole Bornedal (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0097079/)" directed it.
The Possession was also pretty good for a "based on a true story" demon possession flick. Sam Raimi did a pretty good job.
Now I'm waiting for lawless to begin.
Sam Raimi didn't direct that movie. According to IMDB, a guy named "Ole Bornedal (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0097079/)" directed it.
He didn't say Raimi directed it. And Raimi did produce it.
Not always though. For example, everyone associates The Empire Strikes Back with George Lucas even though he didn't direct it. Obviously every situation is different, but sometimes a producer can have more influence on a movie than its director.
It didn't make George any less resentful that the best movie out of the entire series isn't really his baby.
Wait, how is The Empire Strikes Back not the best in the series?
Meh, I am not a big fan of the original trilogy in their original versions. They are much better with the special effects (not commenting on the other changes, like having Greedo shoot first, just on the actual special effects).
Natalie Portman had only been in very minor roles before the SW movies, so she was def a c-lister.Before The Phantom Menace, Natalie Portman had already been cast by Luc Besson, Michael Mann, Woody Allen, and Tim Burton. Her film debut as Mathilda in Leon: the Professional was anything but a minor role. She was getting noticed before her turn as Padme. There are only so many quality roles for teenage girls. She would have made it without George Lucas.
LOL at the thought Abrams could even be mentioned in the same breath as Spielberg. Abrams sometimes gets lucky.
LOL at the thought Abrams could even be mentioned in the same breath as Spielberg. Abrams sometimes gets lucky.
So I watched 7 films yesterday. A friend of mine stayed over and we had one hell of a hangover from Friday night so her and I decided to as little as we could.
So I watched 7 films yesterday. A friend of mine stayed over and we had one hell of a hangover from Friday night so her and I decided to as little as we could.
Don't tell me you actually watched all 7 movies.
I'm hopin you were casually watching while getting some "tang in your lollies" instead.
and that being said, I've read between the lines and this is what I saw:
You were making her scream to the Iron Sky as you performed your Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. You really didn't want to wait till Tomorrow, When the War Began to try out your colored trojans and show her the power of The Green Lantern while you Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang, through her Army of Darkness. And after all was said and done, and you asked her how it was, The Number 23 is what she kept repeating.
p.s. look for meaning in the text, not between the lines, but behind them ;)
Maybe he's taking it slow? Maybe she's taken? Maybe he's gay? :P
And a friend brought up a point, why wouldn't they kill the people in the future, then send them back rather than having the loopers do the killing?
I saw Looper on Saturday with my ex, we both love it. I think Joe made a mistake at the end, and I don't like it because they did not make it clear that the psycho kid will not still become the Rain Maker since he is already a little demon kid Both in our theatre and the theatre that some friends went to, everyone was silent at the end because the movie just suddenly ends with no indication it was over or a resolution to it. Is that the debate you are referring to Plug? And a friend brought up a point, why wouldn't they kill the people in the future, then send them back rather than having the loopers do the killing?
Oblivion, they did not resolve it at all. Frankly, your professor is a idiot at best and a artsty-full of it at worst
but my dad hates anything remotely BritishOh dear. That's a shame.
Saw Wreck It Ralph on thw weekend and enjoyed. Lots of good VG cameos. Mostly forgettable kid fluff, but looks good, has decent sense of humour. I recommend catching up with it at your leisure.Best movie i've seen this year. Everyone should go and see it.
Well, for one thing, nobody should have to be exposed to Sarah Jessica Parker.
Helen Mirren firing a Heavy Machine Gun was strangely engrossing. Then you have her firing MP5Ks without flinching is just pure style.I give her more then a 3/10. She has some good covers. I put her 5/10 average.
That said, I will have to agree with Halbred. Sarah Jessica Parker has never ever been more than a 3/10.
I didn't know Thora Birch was the little girl in Hocus Pocus until a couple years ago. She was pretty amazing as Enid in Ghost World, one of my favorite films and much better than the graphic novel.
I thought the same thing about Sarah Jessica Parker in Hocus Pocus which I saw again a few years ago then promptly changed my mind. And good God, Lemon... SJP is annoying as shiz in that movie...
I use to think SJP was hot in Hocus Pocus until I saw it again recently. It's the best example of the group effect. She only seemed cute because her boobs were popping out a boustiea and she was surrounded by the other two ugly witches.
But here is what she looks like from the head up.
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yeah...she'd make a handsome man haaha
LAWRENCE OF ARABIA is pretty damn visually stunning. And no CGI.
Anyone have a suggestion for the most visually stunning movie? I'm talking about real life and no CGI. I want to test out a new TV and my phone.
Right now I'm thinking about Planet Earth or Blue Planet or Life or some **** like that.
Right now I'm thinking about Planet Earth or Blue Planet or Life or some **** like that.I think those all these documentaries are chock full of CGI. They're still gorgeous.
Looper 8/10I really like how in recent years we have steady flow of hard sci fi movies.
I have a nicer pocket watch. ;)
Looper 8/10
Speaking of which, the plot is great if a tad predictable.
Anyone have a suggestion for the most visually stunning movie? I'm talking about real life and no CGI. I want to test out a new TV and my phone.
Right now I'm thinking about Planet Earth or Blue Planet or Life or some **** like that.
I think the ending was a mistake, I would not have done Joseph Gordon-Levitt's character did. And I hate how the director left the movie ending with it not really resolved since there is nothing stopping the events from happening anyways.
We haven't posted any spoilers, we have been very vague.Just the notion of that Young Joe does something drastic in the ending is enough of a spoiler for me. But that's just me.
OK, I think what his character SHOULD have done is kill the kid, since the kid already was a killer and could still become that boss in the future if someone besides Joe kills his mom.
First time and only time I saw No Country For Old Men, I thought it was the most intense movie ever.It is actually extremely hilarious.
NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN is one of my all time favorites. It is also not a typical "Oscar-type" movie. And that scene where Chigur is chasing Moss in the hotel and the streets? You have to be insane to call that boring or not intense.
Speaking of Oscar-type movies, I watched THE ARTIST last night. I really did not like it. Copy and paste the exact plot from SINGIN IN THE RAIN except switch out all the lighthearted fun for tons of moping. I think there may be something there about how the artifice of Hollywood affects the actual humans that are part of it, but I found the character of Valentin to not be sympathetic at all which kind of ruins that potential theme. He makes his last ditch silent film and literally mopes from that point on until the last two short scenes. More than half the movie is Valentin moping. Even when other characters for some reason remain completely loyal to him, Valentin continues moping. The actors playing the leads (and the dog) are charming enough, but that wasn't enough for me. In terms of 2011 movies that were nostalgic for the past, both WAR HORSE and HUGO were much better than THE ARTIST. And seriously, just watch SINGIN IN THE RAIN again.
You say THE ARTIST is your favorite silent movie and then you say you were disappointed the story was familiar and the actor was a lot like Gene Kelly? All of the silents you listed are revolutionary, creative, and very influential films. Even if you think THE ARTIST is good, which I do not, it is none of those things.
Also, as much as I wish movies like TRANSFORMERS 3 would stop being made, a quick look at its box office totals tell me that's not going to happen anytime soon. TRANS4MERS starring Mark Wahlberg is coming in 2014. Get hype.
Jesus DIES.
Kung Fu Panda was freaking brilliant, don't even kid yourself.Don't work and don't study, kids, be your usual fat slobs and you will succeed over other actually hard working people: the movie.
I mean, that's the Hero's Journey. Luke is destined to bring balance to the Force, Harry is the Boy Who Lived, Aang is the Avatar, etc. It's all the same thing. None of these characters earned their lofty designations through hard work. They were "chosen," or born into it, for whatever reason. I would argue that Po does put forth a lot of effort in his training once he is chosen. He just had to figure out the HOW of his abilities to reach his potential, which is a good lesson for kids. And c'mon, that chopstick fight scene is awesome.Kung Fu Panda was freaking brilliant, don't even kid yourself.Don't work and don't study, kids, be your usual fat slobs and you will succeed over other actually hard working people: the movie.
Kung Fu Panda was freaking brilliant, don't even kid yourself.Don't work and don't study, kids, be your usual fat slobs and you will succeed over other actually hard working people: the movie.
I mean, that's the Hero's Journey. Luke is destined to bring balance to the Force, Harry is the Boy Who Lived, Aang is the Avatar, etc. It's all the same thing. None of these characters earned their lofty designations through hard work. They were "chosen," or born into it, for whatever reason. I would argue that Po does put forth a lot of effort in his training once he is chosen. He just had to figure out the HOW of his abilities to reach his potential, which is a good lesson for kids. And c'mon, that chopstick fight scene is awesome.Kung Fu Panda was freaking brilliant, don't even kid yourself.Don't work and don't study, kids, be your usual fat slobs and you will succeed over other actually hard working people: the movie.
His name is Aang.No, his name is Ong.
/nerdrage
I just want to finish this up, because i will start to sound like waaay overthinking crazy person raging over a kids movie, but ah well...Don't work and don't study, kids, be your usual fat slobs and you will succeed over other actually hard working people: the movie.Stratos is right. And in any case, who cares about a message to the kids? The action was great, the animation was top-notch, I thought it was hilarious, with a likable cast... do you seriously hate the movie because your interpretation is a cynical one?
(http://springfieldfiles.com/albums/clothing/0055.JPG)You probably know this but The Simpsons didn't make that up. Those shirts were hugely popular during that stretch between the Dallas episode where J.R. got shot and the eventual reveal which, I think, was a few months into the next season. I recall they seemed to drag out that storyline for ever.
It's actually been a pretty interesting season for films this Fall.
In recent weeks I've watched The Master (which was incredible), Killing Them Softly (which was so-so), End of Watch (which was an interesting take on the buddy-cop movie), and more recently Seven Psychopaths (which was fun, but as a huge fan of the McDonagh brothers slightly disappointing).
Yeah, I'm reluctant to see Seven Psychopaths. In Bruges was just such a freakin' masterpiece, I don't want to be disappointed.
Anyway, saw Skyfall lat night. I liked it. My wife was lukewarm on it.
I will never forgive her for whispering her dead-on comparison to Home Alone during the last battle. Pretty much ruined the entire ending for me. But, gotta give her props: the comparison was spot-on.
Yeah, I'm reluctant to see Seven Psychopaths. In Bruges was just such a freakin' masterpiece, I don't want to be disappointed.
Agreed. In Bruges was hilarious. Have you seen 'The Guard' by any chance? I'm not sure how wide that release was elsewhere in the world?
because 24fps has an epic feel. When you up the framerate you start to see that its just a bunch of people acting on a set. Though I watched Blue Crush on a Sony tv where the frame rate was artificially upped, and it made the movie that much cooler.
Don't forget to watch Open Your Eyes, the Spanish film that Vanilla Sky was based on. It even shares some of the same cast.
I always thought 24 fps was the minimum the frame rate had to be for you eyes to see movement and not a series of pictures. I think I heard that in school, but don't remember too well. I could be wrong.Don't forget to watch Open Your Eyes, the Spanish film that Vanilla Sky was based on. It even shares some of the same cast.
The guys on Box Office Poison had it as their movie of the month and said it was mostly a shot for shot remake, with little difference between the two.
UGH! I hate shakey cam. It really hurt my experience watching The Hunger Games (before the actual games started) and made me flat out not like Public Enemies.
because 24fps has an epic feel. When you up the framerate you start to see that its just a bunch of people acting on a set. Though I watched Blue Crush on a Sony tv where the frame rate was artificially upped, and it made the movie that much cooler.
It has also been argued by some that having less frames can make the experience more immersive. My understanding of the argument is that by having fewer frames the image on screen is less realistic and more dream like, and as a result audiences supposedly find it easier to suspend their disbelief and give themselves over to the story. I'm not sure how much of that I accept though.
As to why films were originally, and continue to be, shown at 24FPS, I read somewhere that it's merely arbitrary. 24 FPS happened to be the median frame output for projectors.
yeah, i googled it looking for a better source. Couldn't find one. Its something to note that you see much more stuff then you're allowed to perceive as well. Your brain filters a lot of stuff out, and can alter your perception of things.I feel accomplished. I counted 15 passes and I saw the gorilla.
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The problem with high frame rates in movies is that it makes everything look so real, that it looks fake, if that makes any sense.
You don't see us using VHS tapes to watch movies at homes anymorel. Home media is transitioning to a digital format (DVD, MP4, WMV, etc.) so it's kind of ironic that movie studios still cling to film while the rest of the world has moved on. Even photography has moved on from film.
Bullshit.
Luke has to learn to use the Force, and doesn't defeat the emperor without help from Vader. He ultimately balances the Force by swaying Vader emotionally and getting him to throw Palpatine down a hole or w/e.
Ang can't fulfill his destiny without first mastering all four elements, which he goes through a lot of hardships to do. Sure, the bending masters who teach him just fall in to his lap, but he still struggles with each one. Growing and changing as a person along with his fighting style.
And Harry Potter had to go to class? I dunno. Not the biggest HP fan.
/nerd rage
Side note: I liked Kung-Fu Panda.
Year and a half?The third one comes out Summer 2014.
I was under the assumption that Jackson was releasing each subsequent Hobbit film each holiday season in December. Is this not right?
Bullshit.
Luke has to learn to use the Force, and doesn't defeat the emperor without help from Vader. He ultimately balances the Force by swaying Vader emotionally and getting him to throw Palpatine down a hole or w/e.
Ang can't fulfill his destiny without first mastering all four elements, which he goes through a lot of hardships to do. Sure, the bending masters who teach him just fall in to his lap, but he still struggles with each one. Growing and changing as a person along with his fighting style.
And Harry Potter had to go to class? I dunno. Not the biggest HP fan.
/nerd rage
Side note: I liked Kung-Fu Panda.
Okay yes they all still do hard work (and I would argue Po does too in KUNG FU PANDA) but all of those characters are still "the chosen one" and none of them did anything to be "the chosen one." Han couldn't learn to use the force. Katara couldn't master all four elements. Ron couldn't kill Voldemort. Well, maybe he could, Harry Potter is a little less strict on this stuff. The point still stands.
Bullshit.
Luke has to learn to use the Force, and doesn't defeat the emperor without help from Vader. He ultimately balances the Force by swaying Vader emotionally and getting him to throw Palpatine down a hole or w/e.
Ang can't fulfill his destiny without first mastering all four elements, which he goes through a lot of hardships to do. Sure, the bending masters who teach him just fall in to his lap, but he still struggles with each one. Growing and changing as a person along with his fighting style.
And Harry Potter had to go to class? I dunno. Not the biggest HP fan.
/nerd rage
Side note: I liked Kung-Fu Panda.
Okay yes they all still do hard work (and I would argue Po does too in KUNG FU PANDA) but all of those characters are still "the chosen one" and none of them did anything to be "the chosen one." Han couldn't learn to use the force. Katara couldn't master all four elements. Ron couldn't kill Voldemort. Well, maybe he could, Harry Potter is a little less strict on this stuff. The point still stands.
The entire point of the whole "chosen one" thing is that they were, well, chosen. If they did something to be there they wouldn't be the chosen one, they'd be the guy who showed up and did stuff.
In Harry Potter, he wasn't really chosen. Voldemart basically flipped a coin since Neville met the same criteria as Harry.
Regardless of how you feel about the guy, there is no debate that he has become more indulgent. The LotR trilogy is around 1300 pages. Jackson turned that into 9.5 hours of film. The Hobbit is a 300 page book that he's also turning into 8-9 hours of film. This is the definition of indulgent.
Who was talking about STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS? I hope that movie is good and not just a half-assed KHAN remake.
Who was talking about STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS? I hope that movie is good and not just a half-assed KHAN remake.
Khan isn't the villain in it, so no worry. The current reports are that it is Gary Mitchell (though not confirmed).
Has anybody watch The Man With The Iron Fists?
I should be seeing this tomorrow. Lucy Liu in a role where the trailers reminds me, of her, in Kill Bill. That's all i need.
Why is no one talking about Life of Pi? Probably the best movie of the year.
If you hype it up this much, I'm going to feel disappointed.
It looks terrible from the trailer, so that is why I haven't seen it. And I had more fun watching The Avengers than The Dark Knight Rises.
That's an odd comparison to make. How are those two movies similar at all? One is a giant, overstuffed superhero movie and the other takes place mostly in an elevator.
Why? I like it better than him inventing the ****.
Just as much as someone becoming a superhero after being bit from a spider.
The whole creating webs from his body thing was a Sam Raimi ideaNOPE.
They rebooted Spider-Man because organic web shooters are dumb.
The whole creating webs from his body thing was a Sam Raimi ideaNOPE.
It's James Cameron's idea from his version of the script that was never made into a movie. The one where he rapes MJ or something.
I like organic version, it makes more sense.
Also, SSM >>>>>>>>> SM:TAS. SM:TAS had it's moments though.
Too convenient. He didn't get any more eyes or fangs or anything either.
Octavius is RomanI'll just make my final note that Octavius sounds like swedish name and i'm out of this.
The Muppet Christmas Carol is the best Christmas movie ever made and I will fight anyone who says otherwise.
The Muppet Christmas Carol is the best Christmas movie ever made and I will fight anyone who says otherwise.
I had to google Ashley and I can see why. She is the new Heather Graham.
Radagast wasn't bad, I liked him.
As for the film itself, oh dear dear dear. Peter Jackson needs people to say no to him sometimes. Many parts were very good but I am sour on the whole product as it hangs together. Yes, too long, to many meaningless, low staes battles. And, Radagast the Brown? Oh my. Just awful.
Anyone catch The Hobbit yet? Saw it in the 48FPS which was neat but weird. It was like watching a BBC video drama mini series from the 70s but with awesome resolution. Elizabeth Rex came to mind. Not sure I am ready for this to be the new standard.
close to $18, come to arizona. I flashed my student discount and it went from $9.50 to $8.50. Never count your popcorn and drinks as part of your ticket, you dont need them.
close to $18, come to arizona. I flashed my student discount and it went from $9.50 to $8.50. Never count your popcorn and drinks as part of your ticket, you dont need them.
who said I bought popcorn or a drink? I never pay for that stuff, I either get snacks like candy and drinks at the target on the basement floor of the same plaza, or I have a big dinner before the movie and don't need snacks. This chain of theaters has a $7 Tuesday deal that I usually do but it was a Friday night and a friend was in for the holidays from out of town, so I had to bite the bullet and pay full price.
Adult admission price is at least $14 in NY but this particular chain offers a "directors hall" theater where the seats are cushier and you can choose your seat at the time of buying your ticket, a nice perk when you're as picky as I am, but unfortunately it was all last minute and we were both pressed for time, so we got the first tickets we could, at the premium price, and had to sit in the second row - I've never seen nuts so big :( ugh
My unlimited card got a "premium upgrade" for free so now i get to see 3D movies with it and 25% off food and drink. Still worth it for what i pay for it. Even though the food/drink is still overpriced.Are you talking about Movie Pass? I got invited to that and considered it if I could use it to bring my whole family to a movie but... Their are no movie theater in the Nashville area that support it.
I think i've seen about 25 movies in 2012 so far.
...I have to disagree here. I personally think The Hobbit is a better package then LotR.
the general inferiority of The Hobbit source material compared to LotR's.
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But I left the theatre wanting more and looking forward to the next film while he now thinks Peter Jackson is some Lucasesque hack that fluked out with a great trilogy.
It's called 20oz bottle in your pocket.
in an alternate dimension the Billy D Williams two-face exists
My unlimited card got a "premium upgrade" for free so now i get to see 3D movies with it and 25% off food and drink. Still worth it for what i pay for it. Even though the food/drink is still overpriced.Are you talking about Movie Pass? I got invited to that and considered it if I could use it to bring my whole family to a movie but... Their are no movie theater in the Nashville area that support it.
I think i've seen about 25 movies in 2012 so far.
Now what did you think of Batman Returns? Dat Catwoman! (meow!)
Honestly, Tim Burton's films are much better than the crap we got from Joel Schumacher. Why Tim Burton decided to produce his 2 Batman movies is beyond me.
I have to give credit to Tommy Lee Jones for his terrific (yet eccentric) performance as Two-Face. He really delves deep into his characters, like any great actor does.
Honestly, Tim Burton's films are much better than the crap we got from Joel Schumacher. Why Tim Burton decided to produce his 2 Batman movies is beyond me.
I didn't know Schumacher was behind the films until only a few years ago, and like I said; when I saw them as a child, I thought they were pretty bad. I'm not looking to put blame on anyone, I just disliked the movie.
I'm still going to watch them after Batman Returns though :D and then end it on The Dark Knight Returns animated feature.
Adam West does count, because he was in a theatrical Batman movie too (1966's Batman: The Movie).You have problems, Spyke.
I thought Clooney was the best, he had the appeal that Bruce Wayne has, and the cred as Batman. Bale does not pull it off.
Adam West does count, because he was in a theatrical Batman movie too (1966's Batman: The Movie).
I thought Clooney was the best, he had the appeal that Bruce Wayne has, and the cred as Batman. Bale does not pull it off.
The Grey was the worst film I've watched in a long time. It was self absorbed, predictable, and so far outside of the realm of possibility that it was hard to do anything but laugh. Not a single one of the characters was even likable.
Predictable? Absolutely not.
I finally got around to watching 'The Grey' today. I ignored this film when it was released because it had Liam Neeson and the marketing and trailers made it look like crap. How wrong I was.
Rather than being 'Wolves on a Plane' as the marketing and trailers would suggest (Neeson sticking broken bottles to his hands and then running at a Wolf clearly with the intention of starting a fist fight?! 'That film looks stupid' was my thought), it turns out that this film is actually pretty damn good.
This film is nothing like what I expected. It's actually surprisingly introspective and examines such heady issues as suicide, family break-up, belief in an afterlife, and the power of nature. Luckily the film only dips it's toes into these topics and doesn't go so far as to cram them down the audience's throat.
In fact, despite it's sometimes brooding nature the film manages to string it all together with some great action set-pieces and a few characters who you actually care about. That was another surprsing thing; the film does a very economical job of making you care about the characters. It does a lot with a little. Small scenes, 2 -3 minutes long, are often all we get in terms of building up these characters, but they are handled wilth such deftness that they really work.
The thing that this film does best, however, is that it constantly surprises. Without going into too much detail, I don't think it's a spoiler to say that in this man vs nature story some people die. What's surprising though is the way in which this familiar story unfolds; with characters you would expect to survive being killed off unceremoniously, while characters who would normally be dog food in similar films actually go on to have an actual arc to their character.
'The Grey' is the sort of action film you can feel good about. It might even make you think a little.
Django Unchained - 9.5/10
Easily Tarantino's second best film, if not tied for his best (which would be Inglrious Basterds). I don't know that it's a movie that you can watch over and over, but it's pretty damn great. Even at nearly two and a half hours, you never feel like it's a chore to sit through it, it just keeps getting better and better as it goes along. Jamie Foxx and Christoph Waltz are both excellent, it's really hard to find any faults with the movie.
Pretty much the only person i've seen hate on Django is Spike Lee, and I think he is just jealous TBH. I started watching it but haven't finished yet, I do like it though.
It's Oscar season, DVD screeners of all the big names are available...or so I've heard.
The ending is anti-climactic I guess, but it doesn't hurt the movie. The scene that leads to the ending is pretty great, and I'm glad they don't **** up Tarantino's cameo.
Spike Lee was saying he wouldn't watch it because of the language that gets used so much, but it's never for humor or anything. That's kind of just the way that people talked back then.
Looper
I liked it, maybe not enough to have spent $20 on the Blu Ray. The time travel is a bit tricky, as it often is in other movies. One plot device has characters' in the present having their bodies changed to affect their future selves, but almost anything in the changed present should affect whether their future selves even get any back in time. The problem is basically that the movie can't decide whether there is 1 or multiple timelines. It changes it's mind to fit the plot. I get it even if I kept trying to reconcile it in my mind.
Old Joe getting erased from existence kind of bothered me. I'm not saying it makes the movie bad or worse. Rather, I just kept thinking, "Man, that's shitty." He just doesn't get to be. Additionally, the ending doesn't ensure that the Rainmaker doesn't become the Rainmaker. The audience is led to that conclusion. I felt that not specifically telling you is the point. Rian Johnson wants you to think about it and talk with others. I'm in the "Joe saves the future" camp. Just the way I interpreted the ending.
I actually saw Coraline, Frankenweenie, and ParaNorman yesterday. I give Frankenweenie a 6/10 for being pretty mediocre compared to the other two films.
MIB 3 9/10
Much better than I expected. Josh Brolin is a dead-ringer as young Tommy Lee Jones. He got the accent, mannerisms, and facial expressions down perfectly.
Speaking of Tommy Lee Jones, he looked hideously old in this movie. I don't know if it was makeup or severe aging, but he looked like a walking corpse.
The films plot was simple and paced well, but it felt rather rushed. Boris was a great villain, much better than that female alien from MIB 2. Actually, the whole film was better than MIB 2.
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I actually saw Coraline, Frankenweenie, and ParaNorman yesterday. I give Frankenweenie a 6/10 for being pretty mediocre compared to the other two films.
Did Henry Sellick (James and the Giant Peach, Coraline) make ParaNorman?
I still think the ending was BS. Id didn't need to go down that way, and the events of the future could still play out the way they did (whereas if young Joe had killed the kid, it would guarantee that future would never happen).
Instead, there is the very likely possibility that the kid will kill AGAIN. His mom being alive didn't stop him from killing before..I don't know about "very likely." The possibility is certainly still there, but the entire climax of the film showed that he can control his powers, especially with his mother's help. That may not have stopped him before, but that's the point of teaching a child.
Did anyone else feel that the girl was from the future? Because she knew about loopers, and said that maybe if the kid had a mother, he wouldn't grow up to evil. Further, her TK powers were a huge step over normal people at the time, and maybe that's so because the powers get stronger for people in the future.I remember thinking that was going to be a major plot point, but it was just abandoned entirely. She was the only person besides the mob who knew about Loopers. I was thinking maybe Cid's father was a Looper who abandoned Sara after they closed his loop.
LIBERAL ARTS - One of the most pretentious movies I've seen in a very long time. It's one of those "college movies" that tries to be "deep" and "reflective." Unfortunately written, produced, and directed by Ted from How I Met Your Mother. I now think much less of him.Ted is a douche nozzle and I am not at all surprised that the character he plays actually reflects the actual person. If it wasn't for Barney/NPH counter acting Ted, I would have given up on HIMYM years ago.
Watched quite a few movies on vacation:Finish this movie. It's great. It's so much more than just a zombie movie.
PARANORMAN - Stopped watching it 45 minutes in. I appreciated the stop-motion animation (I always do), but the story just wasn't doing anything for me. I don't like zombies. I'm kinda over them.
Conan The Barbarian (2011)-
Watched it out of morbid curiosity and it killed the cat. Watch a **** movie. The bloody Hercules and Xena TV show is better than this. I think Scorpion King is better than this. **** I wasted my life.
Every scene it seemed like someone just got done raping her, but in a bad way. You know what I mean.
You mean like actual rape?
I liked Conan. Not as much as Arnold, but I've liked Jason Momoa in Stargate Atlantis and am comfortable with his acting (non-acting action sequences). It's a shame you feel The Scorpion King is better, that was a throw-away movie. And I like The Rock in most movies he's done.
Little Miss Sunshine - I wonder why I waited so long to see it. So funny. Olive is adorable in a geeky way and I love how she is happy with who she is. That grampa holds nothing back and is so foul mouthed. It really is a must-see movie.
I liked Conan. Not as much as Arnold, but I've liked Jason Momoa in Stargate Atlantis and am comfortable with his acting (non-acting action sequences). It's a shame you feel The Scorpion King is better, that was a throw-away movie. And I like The Rock in most movies he's done.
how was that Tooth Fairy movie?
I don't think I've seen too many movies with him, but the ones I have been were enjoyable; even The Scorpion King. His best role IMO was The Other Guys hahaha..
I liked Conan. Not as much as Arnold, but I've liked Jason Momoa in Stargate Atlantis and am comfortable with his acting (non-acting action sequences). It's a shame you feel The Scorpion King is better, that was a throw-away movie. And I like The Rock in most movies he's done.
how was that Tooth Fairy movie?
I don't think I've seen too many movies with him, but the ones I have been were enjoyable; even The Scorpion King. His best role IMO was The Other Guys hahaha..
Kind of ashamed to admit this, but The Tooth Fairy is actually pretty good, for a family comedy.
When a studio has a slow gros for a movie, you'd think they would try to keep it in theaters longer
Finally seen Django yesterday. I had a blast, it was thoroughly enjoyable. I do have some criticisms; there was a point at which the film could have came to a natural conclusion, but Tarrantino drags it out for another 30 minutes with no real purpose, the central character of Django doesn't actually have much of a character until the final scenes, and certain scenes go on longer than they should. Despite those quibbles though, I thought it was a really good film. It's not up to the standards of Inglorious in my opinion, but it's still really well made and surprisingly funny.
I saw it yesterday too. Was it the point when Schultz shoots Candie simply because he cannot shake his hand to complete the transaction and said "I can't do it!" followed by being shot himself? If it was, that was the point when the film basically said WE DONT NEED YOU ANYMORE! and dumped the character but didn't have a way to do it without breaking what the character had established.
Beasts of the SouthernCrapWild: Turned it off a half-hour in/10
I hate kids in movies and was expecting a prehistoric nature documentary.
Movie 43 has a 4% rating on Rotten Tomatoes (maybe the fact that it has 12 different storylines, each directed by a different director, has something to do with it. Roger Ebert even said "Movie 43 is the new Citizen Kane of awful".
A Haunted House is not much higher, it has a average of 6%.
Short version. Going on a date with any of those movies will not get you laid.
Mama is getting decent reviews (63% average), and it's a horror film (so you might get her holding onto you).
Zach, you are a fucking psychopath. You know the aurochs in the movie weren't meant to be real, right?
Movie 43 looks like a Hollywood copy of The Underground Comedy Movie starring the Sham-wow guy.
my only interest in the movie is to see how it comes together as a whole. i read somewhere that it was multiple stories but couldn't conform if they were pieced together in an over arching manor. Of its like that one episode of the simpsons, I'd be interested.
Anyone seen Seveen Psychopaths? Is it good?
Anyone seen Seveen Psychopaths? Is it good?
Calling it bad because of ONE line? That was a throwaway line meant to be a throwback to the live actions 60s series. And it is better than the original Batman movie.
And it is better than the original Batman movie.
I think the biggest thing working against Batman Forever is that Batman: TAS had been on the air for a couple years by that point and it was so good that it pretty much became the de facto standard of what the Batman villains and characters and world should be like. Batman and Batman Returns had the good fortune to be released before that series and a couple things from those movies even carried over to the animated show like the Penguins design or the episode where the Penguin controls the Batmobile.
So, seeing Batman Forever, things about it always seemed off with Two-Face killing the Graysons, the giant statues all over the city or all the neon, it just struck me as wrong when watching it. That said, I still enjoyed it and watched it a few other times growing up. For some reason, I always use to think that Val Kilmer made a good Bruce Wayne. I didn't care for him in the costume but I thought he looked right as the Billioniare playboy. I also really liked the scene where Two-Face and Riddler invade the mansion and shoot Bruce in the head and his unconcious body slides down the stairs. There's something about that scene/moment I've always liked. And at the end as well, when Batman defeats Two-Face by throwing up a bunch of coins at the same time was something I hadn't seen before and thought was clever. It never caused the pain and constant eye-rolling that Batman and Robin did when I saw that sorry excuse for a movie.
of the old Batman movies the first one is the best, it holds up the most. Batman Returns doesn't hold up as well as i remember. Batman Forever is weird, but enjoyable. Batman and Robin is terrible. Though i've had this conversation a ton of times before.
TLJ as two-face i thought was good, but unlike twoface he was one dimensional. They skipped the character development in favor of a quick flashback. I've mentioned a few times, id like to see a special directors cut with deleted scenes and possibly additions., a new sound track...etc.
Gangster Squad - This film felt like a series of pieces that moved form one to the next. How did Mickey Cohen realise they're cops because they took nothing (as opposed to anarchists or kids?!), then work out which cops it is if nobody in the police force except one person knows of its existence?
The worst thing about Two-Face in Batman Forever is that he keeps flipping the coin until he gets the result he wants.
Batman Returns didn't hold up well at all. I caught the middle of it a few years ago and the second Batman says, "Eat floor. High in fiber" or something, the rose colored glasses came off.
Batman and Robin is pure, comedic gold. If you go in expecting a good Batman movie, you're setting yourself up for disappointment. Lower your expectations and it's a much better experience. "What killed the dinosaurs? The Ice Age!" Awesome.
Actually.. I believe Val Kilmer said that in BF.Batman says it to Catwoman.
ARGO - It's a solid, straightforward, intense political thriller. I don't have any complaints about it except it pales in comparison to ZERO DARK THIRTY. ARGO always feels like a Hollywood retelling of a true story while ZERO DARK THIRTY feels like the truth, regardless if it is or not. Still, ARGO is good.
Actually.. I believe Val Kilmer said that in BF.Batman says it to Catwoman.
Patrick Stewart a better Mister Freeze
his hair bothered me. I know its nitpicking but it really bothered me. After he went red, it was like 5 different shades through the rest if the movie, and even went back to dirty blonde at the party scene. Even as a kid, the inconsistency bothered me.I always thought they actually did that on purpose so it would.
You may like Tommy Lee Jones as Two Face or not, but he is still the best (only) live action representation of the character.
TDK's Two Face has absolutely nothing to do with comic book or cartoon character apart from "half of his face scarred" thing.
I never understood hate towards Shoemacher movies. Also, crazy architecture was probably my favourite part of old Batman movies. Like, they have observatory on palms of a huge colossus in the middle of a city and then batman rides bike right on his hand or something. How cool is that?
his hair bothered me. I know its nitpicking but it really bothered me. After he went red, it was like 5 different shades through the rest if the movie, and even went back to dirty blonde at the party scene. Even as a kid, the inconsistency bothered me.You should see Eternal Sunshine of Spotless Mind.
he's a district attourneyNot part of the character. Is Riddler's green bowl hat part of his character? Well, kinda yes cause cool costumes are big parts of comic book characters, but it's not part of his character character.
with a dark sideThere were no dark side in Harvey Dent in TDK. There were incredibly slight hints that he's relying on his luck way to much (foreshadowing to coin thing), but that's it.
thats presented as a do-goodyYes, he's presented as do goody in TDK. Problem is, he's not in everything else. In cartoon even before the scar, he had major anger issues. In comic books he was just a regular dude.
only to be scarred and go maniacal? That sounds like 2Face to me.In TDK, he's basically Punisher -- he's avenging everyone who killed his loved one (well, except for Joker, because coin told him so).
his hair bothered me. I know its nitpicking but it really bothered me. After he went red, it was like 5 different shades through the rest if the movie, and even went back to dirty blonde at the party scene. Even as a kid, the inconsistency bothered me.You should see Eternal Sunshine of Spotless Mind.
And not just you, everyone should.
I'll still watch it, he's like the grandpa you wish you had, that took you out to get laid and beat up dudes with
I'll still watch it, he's like the grandpa you wish you had, that took you out to get laid and beat up dudes with
I don't know, that grandpa sounds eerily like Duke Nukem. I don't think I like the idea of Grandpa Nukem.
I'll still watch it, he's like the grandpa you wish you had, that took you out to get laid and beat up dudes with
did you miss this scene?with a dark sideThere were no dark side in Harvey Dent in TDK. There were incredibly slight hints that he's relying on his luck way to much (foreshadowing to coin thing), but that's it.thats presented as a do-goodyYes, he's presented as do goody in TDK. Problem is, he's not in everything else. In cartoon even before the scar, he had major anger issues. In comic books he was just a regular dude.
did you miss this scene?Nope.
I also thought the "Australians" were pretty hilarious as well.
I reckon they should rename Django Unchained to Django Off Da Chain!
give it an Australian accent.
I reckon they should rename Django Unchained to Django Off Da Chain!
Really?
I hope that sounded funnier in your head.
I also thought the "Australians" were pretty hilarious as well.
:confused;
Weird. I thought that was the weakest part of the film.
Those scenes with Django in transit to the mine didn't really go anywhere, and needlessly dragged the film beyond what would have (IMO) been a far more natural conclusion (the death of Candy and Shultz, and the amazing bloodbath that followed). Admittedly, when he does return to the estate it's from a position of power (which I assume was the point) but nothing much has really changed other than the fact that they weren't expecting him. I can't help but feel that there must have been a more adroit way to have written that ending.
There's also the fact that those scenes with Australians include one of the worst cameos I've ever seen. It was excruciating to watch him try to act and do an accent at that same time, lol. Truely terrible.
It doesn't really matter though, because the rest of that film is so well made.
What else did she sacrifice?
She has no friends because she's trying to find
him, or because she can't make friends because of her personality? Does she want
to be distracted? Has she tried?
Do her family know where she is? Has she
tried to keep in contact?
Was the tears in the final shot to say "i dont know where to go now?"
What else did she sacrifice?
She has no friends because she's trying to find
him, or because she can't make friends because of her personality? Does she want
to be distracted? Has she tried?
Do her family know where she is? Has she
tried to keep in contact?
I'm not sure those questions really fall within the remit of what the film was trying to accomplish. I do, however, feel that enough of Chastin's character (in particular her obsession) was shown for the audience to infer what her social and family life would have been like. On another level, you might even argue that friends and family were simply not important to her character during this period of her life, and that's reflected by the absence of both throughout the film.
I can only speak for myself, but those weren't the primary questions that this film left me with. I was far more intrigued by the machinations within the CIA and the justifications the various characters employed to justify their actions. It was absolutely fascinating.
Was the tears in the final shot to say "i dont know where to go now?"
This was the real question for me. You can check out my impressions of the film a few pages back, but I took those tears to mean two things. Firstly, it was an outpouring of relief. Secondly, it was the final realisation of what she had done in pursuit of her aim. She had performed some atrocious acts throughout the film (torture being foremost, but let's not forget that she was also the person pushing most forcefully for the compound to be bombed despite the presence of children), and her crying at the end was more a question to the audience. Is the termination of one evil person a justifiable reason to suspend our own codes of conduct or morals? In pursuit of fighting evil, do we ourselves become evil?
It's not a question that the film answers, but rather one that the film poses.
As you can probably tell, I thought this film was exceptional.
did you miss this scene?Nope.
1) He was angry cause you know, Joker kidnapped his gf
2) His coin is double sided -- so even when he's angry, he's still in control.
3) He's standing right beside a guy dressed in latex with little cute ears on his head, who just beat that guy (or broke something in him, don't remember), and HE is the one with the dark side?
and by mel gibson stuff i mean the crazy rants with his ex wives and the police..not thisThat's awesome. It's Mel Gibson's feel-good Twoface movie.
http://www.imdb.com/video/screenplay/vi2499150105/ (http://www.imdb.com/video/screenplay/vi2499150105/)
Part 2 is out now. I have it.
These were amazing in their dedication to portraying the original series panel for panel.
Joker's voice actor was all wrong for him. But then only Mark Hamill will ever do.
Just get "Wonder Woman" or "Under the Red Hood" if you insist on your Batman. Even "Year One" will do, cause it's another faithful adaptation but of a good book for change.
FLIGHTYeah i also went into it thinking it was boomtastic disaster movie.
Great movie, but not happy by any means. Not really about the plane crash
ATLANTIS (the Disney movie)Great movie. One of the first uses cell shaded CGI i saw in feature movies. They blended it with hand-drawn animation flawlessly.
SPAWN (1997)Haha, yes. I remember how description on the back of VHS box talked up how they used special effects technology by Silicon Graphics for that as a major point.
Caught the last half on TV. Holy crap, people. Remember when we thought this movie looked GOOD?
Go back and rewatch it, seriously.Nah, it always looked abysmal. There is a moment in Hell when Spawn is thrown away and flies right through few floating platforms. Even back then, as a teenager i could tell how bad that looked. It's like they took one Spawn sprite and dragged him through those platforms in Flash.
The battle scene in Hell is ABYSMAL.
Because the cocaine really didn't impair him. The alcohol sure did, but not the drugs.FLIGHTYeah i also went into it thinking it was boomtastic disaster movie.
Great movie, but not happy by any means. Not really about the plane crash
It's actually very similar to "Cast away" starts with plane crash and two hours after that is all about the hero, who is almost alone with his own problems (of course there are redhaired girl, his friend and Don Cheadle but you get the point).
Also i don't get it how if he really wanted to come clean in the end why he only admitted alcoholism and not drug abuse. Makes the ending kinda hypocritical.
I never liked the Spawn movie or thought it looked good, though the soundtrack is kickass.QFT. I saw it in 7th grade and it was something a 7th grader would like, but it hasn't aged well. I would rather watch Black Dynamite. Todd Macfarlane has talked about directing his own version, and judging by his toys if he used mostly practical effects it would be awesome.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KP1NKXXEuvA
Is that the movie used in Metallica's One video?
Then John McClane jumps into a pool that had, presumably, been still since the
accident.
Walks away fine.
REALLY?
Batman: The Movie (1966)
Batman to Robin: "Our job is done. Let's leave inconspicuously.. Through the window, we'll use our Batropes."
I guess going through the door while world leaders are arguing and seem to have no recollection that they were recently dehydrated into tiny piles of pixie dust would be too conspicuous, for Batman & Robin that is.
Batman: The Movie (1966)
Batman to Robin: "Our job is done. Let's leave inconspicuously.. Through the window, we'll use our Batropes."
I guess going through the door while world leaders are arguing and seem to have no recollection that they were recently dehydrated into tiny piles of pixie dust would be too conspicuous, for Batman & Robin that is.
This movie is more amazing if you watch the DVD with the commentary on.
The last movie I watched was License to Drive (1988)
It's probably been 20 years since I last saw it, and after looking it up on Wikipedia, saw that it was Heather Graham's first her first high-profile starring role.
I enjoyed it now just as much as when I was younger. Not the best movie, but a fun one from my childhood.
Batman: The Movie (1966)
Batman to Robin: "Our job is done. Let's leave inconspicuously.. Through the window, we'll use our Batropes."
I guess going through the door while world leaders are arguing and seem to have no recollection that they were recently dehydrated into tiny piles of pixie dust would be too conspicuous, for Batman & Robin that is.
This movie is more amazing if you watch the DVD with the commentary on.
I don't believe Netflix has that option. I do enjoy listening to commentary on films though, usually very interesting.
Looking at the Oscars (and the Golden Globes), it's amazing how repeatedly science fiction is snubbed.
Life of Pi (a life affirming, uplifting, faith inspiring parable) wins Best Picture over the far more challenging but qualitatively better film Zero Dark Thirty, for what can only be reactionary reasons.
Life of Pi (a life affirming, uplifting, faith inspiring parable) wins Best Picture over the far more challenging but qualitatively better film Zero Dark Thirty, for what can only be reactionary reasons.
I hate to go all TJ Spyke on you, but Life of Pi didn't win Best Picture; Argo did.
Ang Lee won Best Director, which I am pleased with. I'm so glad Spielberg didn't win it.
What's putting me off watching it (apart from the CGI, which in the trailers at least looks terrible) is that I've never seen a film in which James Franco demonstrated any aptitude for acting.(http://files.myopera.com/TimoP/albums/189994/sogood.gif)
What's putting me off watching it (apart from the CGI, which in the trailers at least looks terrible) is that I've never seen a film in which James Franco demonstrated any aptitude for acting.
See Milk and Freaks and Geeks and get back to me.
Yes.
Wreck-It Ralph is really good!Best movie of 2012.
Yes.
Pass.
Did anyone else see Return to Oz as a kid? That film was awesome. Disturbing, but still awesome.Yes, I think.
Unstoppable
This is schlock, nothing more, nothing less. The plot is beyond contrived as are the solutions. This is dumb beyond words. But is somewhat entertaining as you get to see a train demolish some stuff and have Denziel Washington ham it up.
As for Chris Pine, **** off and never return you hack. Denziel knew he was in a **** movie, but he still put in 100%.
John Carter - While not a great movie, I don't see the hate it gets. I can understand it maybe bombing because Disney advertised it the wrong way (not the first time a movie did poorly because the studio marketed it the wrong way). A shame that no sequels will be made because it lends itself to future movies.
I don't think I've ever felt that lost in a movie before. Maybe I'm an idiot or something but just....yikes.
I felt that way about Inception. But I still loved it.I don't think I've ever felt that lost in a movie before. Maybe I'm an idiot or something but just....yikes.
You are not alone, a reviewer for Esquire said "anybody who claims he fully understands what's going on in Primer after seeing it just once is either a savant or a liar".
G.I. Joe 2
Very entertaining, and they were not afraid to cycle through the character roster it appears Duke dies in the first 10 minutes . Not a perfect movie, but I'm interested in seeing who is part of the sequel in this series.
Contagion. Pretty good and fairly realistic, though I'm not sure a disease that kills less than 1% of the population would lead to widespread looting and lawlessness.
I never remain behind for the post-credits scenes (I also always show up 15 minutes late to avoid trailers - so that probably tells you something about me), but I'd be interested to hear whether or not there was an Avengers 2 teaser at the end?
You're weird. :P:
I also saw Iron Man 3 today.
I thought it was pretty good (certainly better than the second one). The set-pieces perhaps rely a little too much on Stark getting into and out of his various suits, but these sequences do service the story which focuses on the question of who Stark is without his mechanical guardian angels. The film is also surprisingly...surprising. I wouldn't dare spoil anything, but the script manages to give enough direction to all the cast while also introducing one or two neat twists.
I do have a few issues with some of the story beats towards the end and the tone can sometimes be a little scattershot, but overall I thought it was one of the better entries in the Marvel film universe.
I never remain behind for the post-credits scenes (I also always show up 15 minutes late to avoid trailers - so that probably tells you something about me), but I'd be interested to hear whether or not there was an Avengers 2 teaser at the end?
Contagion. Pretty good and fairly realistic, though I'm not sure a disease that kills less than 1% of the population would lead to widespread looting and lawlessness.
You don't think the deaths of over 71,000,000 people could lead to lawlessness? Riots and looting have been instigated over much less. Just look at the 2011 London riots for example.
Everyone needs to see Upstream Color. It's a bit easier to understand than Primer.
I'll censor the title, but it's a real movie (and has been mentioned here before).
Gayniggers from Outer Space - 0/10
Might as well just read the description on Wikipedia. I thought maybe it would be funny (just based on the title), but it was just stupid (but the internet trolling that has followed it's release online has been pretty good). I saw it listed on vcdq.com like 8 years ago and always wanted to watch it but finally just did. The group that released it had been putting out some really weird stuff at the time (I think they always do actually). Stupid.
Finally watched Indie Game: The Movie. The Super Meat Boy guys seem like cool dudes. Jonathan Blow seems like a weird psycho. The movie was... okay.
Saw Iron Man 3
It was good. Now that that is out of the way. I have to real complaint about their portayal of Tennessee. For one their was snow and people were reacting to it like Northerners. I live near where they placed that city. If their was snow everyone be at home and the stores be raided of Milk and Bread. More than likely though is that their is not snow. Then they had him go to Chattanooga of all places and they had the Miss Chattanooga in a High School. That be like Miss New York being in a High School. Not to mention only 9Mb internet. Chattanooga is wired for 1Gb Internet. *shrug* If you are going to my Backward state at least portray it right.
Agree. That got me too and you know what the ironic part was? He could have either had the satellite dish pointed to one of his satellite with better speeds or connected to a 4g network.Saw Iron Man 3
It was good. Now that that is out of the way. I have to real complaint about their portayal of Tennessee. For one their was snow and people were reacting to it like Northerners. I live near where they placed that city. If their was snow everyone be at home and the stores be raided of Milk and Bread. More than likely though is that their is not snow. Then they had him go to Chattanooga of all places and they had the Miss Chattanooga in a High School. That be like Miss New York being in a High School. Not to mention only 9Mb internet. Chattanooga is wired for 1Gb Internet. *shrug* If you are going to my Backward state at least portray it right.
The bit that got to me was his technobabble line about ISDN in the reporters truck. Yeah sure, i'll just climb up on top and fiddle with the satellite dish (which usually has nothing to do with connectivity) and boost the speed significantly.
Technobabble in "harder scifi" like Star Trek and Stargate and Doctor Who is acceptable given its nature, but Iron Man is based on a present-day Earth.
if you think Star Trek is "deep" and "philisophical", then you need to up your game. Star Trek is just as flimsy as all the other mainstream sci-fi shows/movies out there. The majority of the original show was awful, and same with the first three or four seasons of The Next Generation. And do I honestly need to say more about the other shows?
I pretty much only like about 80% of TNG. I'm not a Trekkie whatsoever. :P80% of something being good is an extremely good quotient. I wish half of the thing i'm a fan of could claim those rare 80% percents.
I've seen a few episodes of DS9, but it felt like a cheaper, lamer version of TNG. Hell, the only Star Trek show I liked was TNG, and not even all of it. As I said earlier, I pretty much only like about 80% of TNG. I'm not a Trekkie whatsoever. :PDS9 is the most Political of all the Star Treks. Their is stark social commentary throughout and some episodes they don't even try to hide it later on. Its not surprising that Voyager is sort of a swing the other way.
I've seen a few episodes of DS9, but it felt like a cheaper, lamer version of TNG. Hell, the only Star Trek show I liked was TNG, and not even all of it. As I said earlier, I pretty much only like about 80% of TNG. I'm not a Trekkie whatsoever. :P
In general I agree but, their are some episodes that are trying their hardest to tank that.I've seen a few episodes of DS9, but it felt like a cheaper, lamer version of TNG. Hell, the only Star Trek show I liked was TNG, and not even all of it. As I said earlier, I pretty much only like about 80% of TNG. I'm not a Trekkie whatsoever. :P
You should give it another shot. It's slow to start, but once it gets rolling it's easily the best written Star Trek series. It can pull off emotional depth like "The Visitor," political suspense and intrigue like "In the Pale Moonlight," and legitimately funny comedy like "Little Green Men."
Its a summer blockbuster
and not to ruin it, but it looks like they have made a list of what order the movies go in:
You kids and your superhero movies. I don't think of the original Superman as a 'summer blockbuster' film, and that's the bar I hold for all future Superman films. I also didn't say it was good or bad. Instead of being a masterpiece of storytelling or whatever, it's "just" a summer blockbuster.
Superman doesn't kill, at least not with his bare hands.
Now You See Me - Not as good of a movie as The Prestige & (what was that other magic movie that came out around the same time?) but was very entertaining. Some of it was CG Magic and not "OOOhhh how did they do that" magic, but I enjoyed it overall.
My friend thought Pa Kent's death was stupid, i thought it was okay. In general Costner's scenes were very well done, it's sappy, even corny stuff but you need it to make a good Superman story.
I did not do what is now my favorite movie of 2013 so far with my review from earlier. Ahem...(http://i.imgur.com/TMEfgU1.jpg)
Dear 'Ooga Booga',
If racism were poetry, you'd be put along side T.S. Eliot and Sir Walter Raleigh. You'd be cherish for all time. If not for all time, then at least by Oprah. There is a point in your movie where you have a white neighbor barge into a black neighbor's house, and the ensuing diatribe is something that I like to call "perfect racism." I laughed so hard I had to immediately re-watch it again. There are in fact several parts of this movie I needed to re-watch again, either for the terrible acting or brilliant writing. If you were meant to be taken seriously, I didn't. Hell, I couldn't. You made sure of that in the first minute of your movie when you had a wasted children's show star throw up on set in front of all the little kids. And really, your better off for it. Everything about your movie is awful. And that's why I'll probably watch you again.
Your innocent African American friend,
Stogi
10 out of 10
My friend thought Pa Kent's death was stupid, i thought it was okay. In general Costner's scenes were very well done, it's sappy, even corny stuff but you need it to make a good Superman story.
I thought that scen was so fucking stupid. He died over a fucking dog. That bit alone killed any significance of the scene for me.
Exactly. Over a dog that you never see again!.
I did not do what is now my favorite movie of 2013 so far with my review from earlier. Ahem...(http://i.imgur.com/TMEfgU1.jpg)
Dear 'Ooga Booga',
If racism were poetry, you'd be put along side T.S. Eliot and Sir Walter Raleigh. You'd be cherish for all time. If not for all time, then at least by Oprah. There is a point in your movie where you have a white neighbor barge into a black neighbor's house, and the ensuing diatribe is something that I like to call "perfect racism." I laughed so hard I had to immediately re-watch it again. There are in fact several parts of this movie I needed to re-watch again, either for the terrible acting or brilliant writing. If you were meant to be taken seriously, I didn't. Hell, I couldn't. You made sure of that in the first minute of your movie when you had a wasted children's show star throw up on set in front of all the little kids. And really, your better off for it. Everything about your movie is awful. And that's why I'll probably watch you again.
Your innocent African American friend,
Stogi
10 out of 10
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I haven't posted the other movies I have seen recently, but I want to say I just watched Spring Breakers. How the HELL does this have 65% on Rotten Tomatoes? The movie is a piece of trash, one of the worst movies I have EVER seen. The movie actually got worse as it went along, and now even the copious amounts of bare tits made the movie worth watching. I almost think that staring at a blank wall for 90 minutes would have been more entertaining. This movie HAS to sweep the Razzies, there is nothing redeeming about the movie as it has bad acting, writing, directing, producing, and cinematography.I bet you wish you were one of these Pinkie Pies instead of watching that movie now.
Nobody complained about the special effects in Man of Steel (I don't think). And you're right: they're amazing. Maybe they're not getting much praise, but I think the rest of the movie is what makes it fall a flat. There were more than a few things that just bothered me about the film that had nothing to do with how good it looked.
Because when the CG effects are done well, they are more impressive than any "practical" effect and can do more.
Once again, it's because all you know is the bad CGI, which is easy and cheap to make these days. You haven;t seen the good stuff because you don't know it exists. Don't insult the hardworking VFX guys like that.
Because when the CG effects are done well, they are more impressive than any "practical" effect and can do more.
I should be seeing Despicable Me 2 today. Debating that or go and enjoy the nice weather.If you like the original Despicable Me then you'll Enjoy Despicable Me 2. I saw it on the 4th. I didn't pay for the first film, got it on a promotion, enjoyed it, and so I thought I give back with this one.
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Fast Five was a good movie,
CG, while awesome in the present, never stands the test of time. Look at anything made two years ago. Hell, look at AVATAR, the most technological film in the past decade. It looks dated now.I disagree... this was made in 2005 in the first season of the revived series of doctor who(with not that much money to spare on CGI)... and it still looks impressive to this day...
Pay it Forward
Only watched it because of work. Should not have laughed when Sora ate it.
CG, while awesome in the present, never stands the test of time. Look at anything made two years ago. Hell, look at AVATAR, the most technological film in the past decade. It looks dated now.
Sharknado.
Move over, Citizen Kane.
Well, I just got out of Pacific Rim and well...yeah, go see it.
Music kinda bugged me with how basic and generic it sounded. During the credits i saw that it was Ramin Djavadi. I guess he simply reused six notes (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sH_6iFYiryY&t=23s) from his "Game of Thrones" opening (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNpUnUBhURY) and made it a main theme for entire movie.
He used THE EXACT SAME 6 notes in Person of Interest.Oh wow, you're right. Talk about lazy.
At least it avoided the Transformers 2/3 sin of not knowing who is smashing up what.There were definitely a few moments where i was lost.
Watched Planet Hulk for the second time via Netflix. Damn, that's a good movie.I own it on DVD. On of these days i will rewatch it with second commentary track (first commentary track was with animators and writers, second one is with then Marvel Animation producers).
Hulk vs Wolverine was entertaining. mostly for the Deadpool parts.
Hulk vs Thor was sooooo boring.
and I just haven't been that impressed with the Marvel movies that I've seen, outside of Planet Hulk (which is AMAZING).The reason because Planet Hulk is so much better than usual Marvel Animated stuff is because it was actually made by DC animation guys (Sam Liu, Phil Bourassa and others).
Outside of Planet Hulk.... there isn't really anything I would recommend as far as actual movies go.
except maybe The Avenger movie that was focused in part on The Hulk, but I can't find it in their catalog.
Outside of Planet Hulk.... there isn't really anything I would recommend as far as actual movies go.
except maybe The Avenger movie that was focused in part on The Hulk, but I can't find it in their catalog.
Direct Netflix Link: Ultimate Avengers: The Movie (http://movies.netflix.com/WiPlayer?movieid=70044063&trkid=496682)
I don't remember how the majority of the movie goes, but this is a much better Hulk vs Thor (and the rest of The Avengers) movie. Skip to about the 50:00 minute mark for the good stuff.
edit: This also ties in with your Thor's Hammer thread perfectly, so I suggest you check it out.
I'll cross quote it so you don't miss it. :D
Outside of Planet Hulk.... there isn't really anything I would recommend as far as actual movies go.
except maybe The Avenger movie that was focused in part on The Hulk, but I can't find it in their catalog.
Direct Netflix Link: Ultimate Avengers: The Movie (http://movies.netflix.com/WiPlayer?movieid=70044063&trkid=496682)
I don't remember how the majority of the movie goes, but this is a much better Hulk vs Thor (and the rest of The Avengers) movie. Skip to about the 50:00 minute mark for the good stuff.
edit: This also ties in with your Thor's Hammer thread perfectly, so I suggest you check it out.
I'll cross quote it so you don't miss it. :D
I bought that DVD when it came out. I don't remember it being very good... ;)
Loaded it up just now and went to the 50 min mark, just for you...
Chiming in on Pacific Rim: my favourite movie of the summer thus far. Go see it. Lots of fun.If Despicable Me 2 and Lone Ranger wasn't up against Pacific Rim I but we would see McDonald's promoting it.
Also saw Man of Steel awhile back. Was very disappointed by much of it. It started well then, when it got to Earth, it just seemed to fall apart. The last 2 minutes perked up a bit when it looked like Superman might actually be fun again. I have hopes for the sequel.
Speaking of Pacific Rim, I think McDonalds missed a major marketing tie-in opportunity:
The Pacific McRib! (or the Pacif-McRib, if you prefer).
Masters of Horror: Pro-Life
So far I've watched two Masters of Horror movies (this one and some other one about dead soldiers coming back to life to vote), and they were both fucking garbage. This is a John Carpenter movie, too. It's retarded. They should rename the series Masters of Horse ****, because that's what it seems to be.
Any other superhero movies to look out for on Netflix? Animated or live action?Wonder Woman is my favorite in DC animated series.
Can I also recommend Batman: The Brave and The Bold? I know the series isn't for *everyone*, but in my humble opinion, it's pretty freaking sweet.In the second season the one with Super-Batman is very entertaining as well.
Just skip to watching these five episodes (no real need to watch them all in order). If you don't like these, you won't care for the series at all.
Deep Cover for Batman!/Game Over for Owlman! (two part episode)
Journey to the Center of the Bat!
Chill of the Night!
Mayhem of the Music Meister!
I recently saw both Drag Me To Hell and Up (back to back) and they are both great.Iron man 3! it was awesome 10/10!
Drag Me to Hell is exactly what you want from a horror movie: entertainment. There are some jumpy parts, but there is nothing in there that will haunt your dreams. I really have only one complaint with the movie, but otherwise it was overall funny, scary, and entertaining. A perfect date movie.
8/10
Up is fantastic. Everything about it; from the art direction, scripting, and animation is well done and sophisticated. I found myself laughing out loud more than a couple times. And likewise, I found myself moved more than a couple times. It's a great story.
10/10
Just watched the Wolverine.Does he join the Avengers? :confused;
Much much better than the previous outing. It's a little predictable, but it's entertaining and makes sense.
You also have to stay past the pre credits. So don't leave ad soon as they start. It's not like Marvel movies where you stay till the end, post credits, so it's quick.
p.s. Mariko is hot.
Now I'm about to go watch World War Z.
Just watched the Wolverine.Does he join the Avengers? :confused;
Much much better than the previous outing. It's a little predictable, but it's entertaining and makes sense.
You also have to stay past the pre credits. So don't leave ad soon as they start. It's not like Marvel movies where you stay till the end, post credits, so it's quick.
p.s. Mariko is hot.
Now I'm about to go watch World War Z.
They're both marvel!? :confused;Just watched the Wolverine.Does he join the Avengers? :confused;
Much much better than the previous outing. It's a little predictable, but it's entertaining and makes sense.
You also have to stay past the pre credits. So don't leave ad soon as they start. It's not like Marvel movies where you stay till the end, post credits, so it's quick.
p.s. Mariko is hot.
Now I'm about to go watch World War Z.
Considering that Avengers and X-men is owned by two completely different companies, this will never happen.
To be fair, you didn't clarify that you were talking specifically about movie rights, so someone had to correct you lest we allow the misinformation to spread.
So I'm 38 minutes into Sharknado (XBMC is amazing), and somehow it's both better and far, far worse than I imagined it would have been.
Yep, that's the worst thing I've ever seen.
Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox
Wow. This awesome movie, featuring Flash Gordon, is amazing. I haven't read the comics it's based off of (although I did just watch the Justice League DCAU episodes that feature a somewhat similar concept, but totally different *everything* else).
Time and time again, Warner Bros. knows how to make a great animated DC movie.
The Wolverine. Wow, I never thought a movie starring Wolverine could be so BAD. It's beyond boring, and the few "action" scenes are brief and not that good. Let's just pretend this crap never happened.
Still, i LOVE how sci-fi movies are making a full on comeback these last years. Even if you exclude superhero genre, we still had lots good-to-great sci-fi movies: Source Code, Pacific Rim, Platen of the Apes, Oblivion. And there will be more: Gravity, Interstellar.
By the way, how's Jodi Foster in Elysium? She's one of my favorite actresses (not to mention, she tends to pick relatively smart movies to be in) and pretty much the one reason I'd want to see that movie.Foster was fine. Charlto Kopley's character steals everything that movie has going for it. His villain is just so... villain-y. He really overshadows everyone in that flick.
Don't care about Ender's game. It's a bad book.I disagree with you, sir!
Monty python and the holy grail! Funny as! 9.5/10!
we have love of sega and nintendo in common!? :-[Monty python and the holy grail! Funny as! 9.5/10!
Well it is official we have nothing in common and must now become enemies.
Can't wait to see him in the Justice League!
Can 2 movies with the same general premise and almost identical names (in meaning), that came to theaters relatively close to each other, both be absolutely horrible?
I guess so...
This is the End
I just started it but OMG LAWL @ Michael Cera.
So who's the better director? Guellermo del Toro, Robert Rodrigues, or Quentin Tarantino?
WATCH GRAVITYTHIS.
The Warriors (the first half)... What? This movie is supposed to be a highly regarded film... and I fell asleep about halfway through. I don't get it. Should I go back and watch the second half, or, if I didn't get it by the halfway point, is it just not for me?
Sabotuer - One of Hitchcock's earlier films, centers around a man falsely accused of being a sabotuer at a airplane factory during World War 2. Has a clever tense scene involving using a car to break a pair of handcuffs.Oh man, what a great film. I remember watching a lot Hitchcock movies a year ago and getting my mind blown at how great they all were (well except Vertigo probably).
I use to read Hitchcock's short stories and books of his movies some in Elementary School. I really enjoyed those but, the movies themselves I never got really into.Sabotuer - One of Hitchcock's earlier films, centers around a man falsely accused of being a sabotuer at a airplane factory during World War 2. Has a clever tense scene involving using a car to break a pair of handcuffs.Oh man, what a great film. I remember watching a lot Hitchcock movies a year ago and getting my mind blown at how great they all were (well except Vertigo probably).
Even his old black and white stuff still gives most latest Hollywood movies run for their money. It helps that his movies basically codified lots if not the majority of today's movie genres: spy movies, serial killer flicks, thrillers and so on.
They're still trying to ape him by remaking one of his movies every two years or so.
Sabotuer - One of Hitchcock's earlier films, centers around a man falsely accused of being a sabotuer at a airplane factory during World War 2. Has a clever tense scene involving using a car to break a pair of handcuffs.Oh man, what a great film. I remember watching a lot Hitchcock movies a year ago and getting my mind blown at how great they all were (well except Vertigo probably).
aren't all the sequels actually prequels? or just the second one?
Gravity I would pass on the 3D, unless you were going to an IMAX.
I think Alice in Wonderland had nice 3D.
Also, Pacific Rim is definitely on the 3D (IMAX) list.
3D is dead; it was just a fad, like I predicted. HD is real progress because it actually enhances image quality, while 3D was just a gimmick
3D is dead; it was just a fad, like I predicted.
Right now, the movies that are worth seeing in 3D are:Fixed.
Life of Pi
Gravity
Right now, the movies that are worth seeing in 3D are:Fixed.
Life of Pi
Gravity
I'd say Avatar isn't worth seeing no matter how many dimensions. Hugo was okayish.
Also Sam Worthington is useless hack of an "actor". He along with a large crop of current white, slightly overbuild, charisma-less, almost clones should be banished from the screen and the idiots who hired them a swift kick in the teeth.
Ender's Game:So what your telling me is that they made the Ender's game movie that everyone wanted. Because that sounds like the book with switching training out for the game.
Eh. Rather boring, outside of training battles (the ones in the sphere, not the CG ones).
I hoped they'd make adaptation better than rather mediocre book. Nope, they did it to the letter.
Training scenes made me want to rewatch better space sci-fi movies that had better training montages, namely Starship Troopers and Soldier (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120157/) (love that movie).
The Hobbit: Desolation of SmaugHow was Anchorman 2?
As someone whose entire history with the Lord of the Rings universe is seeing Return of the King in theatres... I didn't expect this much action. Also, nice job breaking it heroes.
^ i think first Hobbit movie was better.
Desolation of Smaug just felt pointless -- lots of wandering about and a million of side-plots that of course are all left unresolved because Peter Jackson somehow made three movies out of the book that will take less time to read than either of his movies.
Gandalf's quest and Kate+handsome dwarf+Legolas sideplot felt especially extraneous and stupid.
Caught the Wolf of Wall Street last night. Leonardo DiCaprio delivers a fantastic performance, and the three-hour runtime feels just about right. On a side note, it is now the leader in uses of the word **** (in a non-documentary film), with 506 separate instances.
Sounds like a good movie.
@Plugabugz
Overall I thought American Hustle was a very enjoyable film, but Lawrence's character completely fell flat for me. The only time her character really resonated for me was when she tried to turn what was a Mafia hit on Bale's Irving character into some elaborate ploy to instigate an epiphany. That scene really brought home her insanity, but most everything else with that character felt callow.
Hmmm. I'd rank Nebraska as one of my top 5 favorite movies of the year. I really loved it and I've been recommending it to a lot of people. Maybe it is because I can relate growing up in a small rural town and having some relatives very similar to the characters portrayed so it really came across as totally believable and as a perfect snapshot of that life. I laughed a lot and like you, I liked the ending and found it an endearing picture. The black and white cinematography may have been the best way to shoot that movie.
When I saw it at the theatre, it was 1:15 in the afternoon on Christmas Eve. When I entered the auditorium, it was just myself and 3 other people in it. 3 more showed up by the time it began and that was it. 7 of us in this big room. Plenty of space around you. It was interesting because you could gauge the reactions around you. At one point, when the mother, June Squibb's character, lays down the law at the end, one woman sitting a few rows back from me starting applauding. You could tell who was laughing at what and it just gave me a funny sense of speciality. Like the few of us were lucky enough to stumble on this great gem of a film and experience it before many other people found out about it. Like a secret we were privileged to share in.
I definitely think that my feelings about the way I saw it had an impact in me viewing it more favorably but at the same time, I try not to go around recommending a lot of movies to people if I know their taste in films but this was one movie where I was telling everyone to see it regardless of what they may like and am still hounding some people to see it.
Actually, you've inspired me to make another thread. Just what this forum needs from me, am I right?
But Robocop has to be good. It has Michael Keaton, SLJ and the greatest actor of all-time Gary Oldman. I'm still gonna watch it even though it has "unnecessary" written all over it.You never saw Robocop 3 did you?
But Robocop has to be good. It has Michael Keaton, SLJ and the greatest actor of all-time Gary Oldman. I'm still gonna watch it even though it has "unnecessary" written all over it.You never saw Robocop 3 did you?
You were... surprised?
But Robocop has to be good. It has Michael Keaton, SLJ and the greatest actor of all-time Gary Oldman. I'm still gonna watch it even though it has "unnecessary" written all over it.You never saw Robocop 3 did you?
is that the one with "NUKE"? no thats 2. OMG, I don't think I saw Robocop 3. was it superbad?
You didn't like IM3 but liked IM2? ha
I know thats crazy right, but yeah. IronMan 2 is quite a flawed movie but I like it a hellava lot better than part 3.
(I am also one of 12 confirmed humans that liked Superman Returns more than Man of Steel)
Sadly,Man of Steel wasprobablythe best live-action Superman movie ever...
He sort of has no real buying power anymore.
There just seems to be no new exciting movie that has that opening night party vibe.
Men in Black (the original)If you can track down the Cartoon its a hoot.
This movie holds up amazingly well. The writing for Smith and Jones is really top-notch, and the effects are great because, like Jurassic Park, the filmmakers utilize convincing animatronic characters and only use CGI when absolutely necessary. Also features Rip Torn prominently: "We're not hosting an intergalactic kegger."
...In a Porn or that one movie with the female seductress alien that got a couple and I think was a horror and names escapes way or something more Outer Limit/Twilight Zonish or The Host.
Tomorrow - Under The Skin. Scarlett Johannsen playing a humanoid alien who abducts people and takes them back to her house? Colour me interested.
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The Walking Dead - sad/10.
How do I get this card you have? Is it available in North America? Or Canada, which is part of the Commonwealth?
Whoa whoa whao whao...They made Raid 2?!
How do I get this card you have? Is it available in North America? Or Canada, which is part of the Commonwealth?https://www.moviepass.com/ (https://www.moviepass.com/)
Whoa whoa whao whao...They made Raid 2?!
How do I get this card you have? Is it available in North America? Or Canada, which is part of the Commonwealth?
The difference between the one Maxi found and mine is that i can see multiple films a day.
Contracted ....
Contracted ....
This sounds like a full on Idiot plot. Didn't she tell the doctor the location of the problem?
The Raid 2 - BRUTAL. If the first one was aggressive, this one turned everything so far up to 11 my mouth was just stuck open. The final 1-on-1 battle was so intense that the audience actually started applauding. There was a fair bit of shakycam in this, but unlike The Hunger Games this was implying carnage rather than to hide things. Absolutely a definite watch. Insane.
Khush may like this one.
You must be a pretty sad individual if you're afraid of someone like me.
it was a joke mostly but even still when you get older you will understand.
I never understand why the **** people never, you know, tell the fucking management. That's what they are there for, not to sit around for two hours while you watch a movie. You will do nothing by telling them to **** off, and most likely make it worse. If you're gonna miss part of the movie anyway by confronting them, just leave the room and tell someone. Then, they get kicked out for good and you can relax. Not to mention, all you are doing is being even MORE disruptive by retaliating in a stupid way.
For someone that seems to watch a lot of movies in your spare time, you don't seem to know how to handle them. I go to movies once a month and when I get fuckers like that, I get them kicked the **** out of the place. Better than trying to "be a man" and tell them shush.it was a joke mostly but even still when you get older you will understand.
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No, I won't. I'll probably be even less scared of them when I get older. You were that age once, you should know how to handle them.
I'm not gonna miss part of the movie or draw unneeded attention to myself by the staff. I'm a big black man, intimidation works well enough to quiet disrespectful punks. I'll even put a parent in check if they let their kids act up in the movie.
I'm not trying to get them banned from the theater, just want them to shut up and sit still while I'm trying to watch my movie. If that is too much for them to handle, then wait till it comes out on DVD and watch it at home.
... no, I have never listened to any podcast.I have da Sads.
I'm actually a really nice guy, and I'm not confrontational at all, but some situations require someone to stand up and say something (it doesn't have to be a threat, it just needs to sound threatening), and in 9/10 cases, the offender knows they are in the wrong, sees who they would be standing up against, and decided to not push their luck.
Ask Insanolord, he sat next to me at E3 2011.
and to answer your question, No, I haven't heard of that show, and no, I have never listened to any podcast.
I'm actually a really nice guy, and I'm not confrontational at all, but some situations require someone to stand up and say something (it doesn't have to be a threat, it just needs to sound threatening), and in 9/10 cases, the offender knows they are in the wrong, sees who they would be standing up against, and decided to not push their luck.
Ask Insanolord, he sat next to me at E3 2011.
and to answer your question, No, I haven't heard of that show, and no, I have never listened to any podcast.
Believe me, I mean absolutely no offense by this, but you weren't what I was expecting. You definitely play up your forum persona.
I never understand why the **** people never, you know, tell the fucking management. That's what they are there for, not to sit around for two hours while you watch a movie. You will do nothing by telling them to **** off, and most likely make it worse. If you're gonna miss part of the movie anyway by confronting them, just leave the room and tell someone. Then, they get kicked out for good and you can relax. Not to mention, all you are doing is being even MORE disruptive by retaliating in a stupid way.
For someone that seems to watch a lot of movies in your spare time, you don't seem to know how to handle them. I go to movies once a month and when I get fuckers like that, I get them kicked the **** out of the place. Better than trying to "be a man" and tell them shush.it was a joke mostly but even still when you get older you will understand.
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No, I won't. I'll probably be even less scared of them when I get older. You were that age once, you should know how to handle them.
Who said I was scared of them I said I hate teenagers, big difference. Yes you will understand when you are older, it is something we all go through it is called growing up but you still got some of that to do so no hard feelings. But since you are a teenager obviously your still in that phase of your life so there is nothing I can do to convince you otherwise, yes I was a teenager once and I am so glad I am past that phase in life, like most adults.
It's interesting (read: distressing) that all of these popular young adult books are based on a female lead/central character and the majority of the cast (in the movies) is white. Twilight, Hunger Games, Divergent, Beautiful Creatures, Mortal Instruments.
Is there any YA books - post-harry potter - where the central character is male?
I don't really read a lot of YA books. Don't know why that it is.....
But is the Percy Jackson series YA? If so, did it get started after Harry Potter? That's the only thing I can think of because it became a couple of movies.
It's interesting (read: distressing) that all of these popular young adult books are based on a female lead/central character and the majority of the cast (in the movies) is white. Twilight, Hunger Games, Divergent, Beautiful Creatures, Mortal Instruments.
Is there any YA books - post-harry potter - where the central character is male?
Lemme just say that the fact that there are a lot of white people in the Hunger Games was on purpose, to follow the book.
I don't see what's "distressing" about having a female lead. This isn't the 1920's. Having an all white cast, sure, but that's the same with all of Hollywood, not just movies based on YA books.I don't really read a lot of YA books. Don't know why that it is.....
But is the Percy Jackson series YA? If so, did it get started after Harry Potter? That's the only thing I can think of because it became a couple of movies.
Yes, it is. The books started in 2003, if I remember correctly. The film rights were bought in 2004 and I think the first movie came out in 2010.
payback- 4/5 Wish they made more like this. All the characters, acting, and music are perfect.
casablanca- 3/5 Got lost in the setting's geo-political conflict, but i like humphrey bogart's character. "I'm the only cause I'm interested in." Classic.
a few i couldn't finish due to boredom:
frozen- lasted 10min
big fish- 20min
planes- ~15min Sad to see Pixar pandering to 4-year-olds when they're capable of so much more.
wolf of wallstreet- 3min 19 seconds, due to grossness
casablanca- 3/5what what WHAT? I just..I don't know what to say. How about this: I respect your opinion sir, though I strongly disagree.
a few i couldn't finish due to boredom:I was remarking, after my third viewing, at how well the first 10 minutes of Frozen hooks you in. If you aren't invested in the characters by that time, by the time the trolls wipe the little kid's memory and her sister shuts her out and the little kid sings "do you want to build a snowman" through the locked door of her sister's bedroom then this film is not for you. Probably best that you bowed out when you did.
frozen- lasted 10min
I barely remember the details, but was it a scene in the woods?
And no, I don't remember anything truly graphic in the movie.
It's a slower paced movie, but interesting. It's more psychological than shocking in theme.
I figured it was the woods scene. I didn't remember exactly what happened, but I know something happened in the woods near the end that stuck with me, figured that's what you must have been talking about.I barely remember the details, but was it a scene in the woods?
And no, I don't remember anything truly graphic in the movie.
It's a slower paced movie, but interesting. It's more psychological than shocking in theme.
I liked the movie but yes that scene near the end when the girl took the cop into the woods I think went too far for my tastes. The movie was not graphic really at least not for the genre it was.
I don't know how to do spoiler tags so I won't ruin anything for those who haven't seen it.
I figured it was the woods scene. I didn't remember exactly what happened, but I know something happened in the woods near the end that stuck with me, figured that's what you must have been talking about.I barely remember the details, but was it a scene in the woods?
And no, I don't remember anything truly graphic in the movie.
It's a slower paced movie, but interesting. It's more psychological than shocking in theme.
I liked the movie but yes that scene near the end when the girl took the cop into the woods I think went too far for my tastes. The movie was not graphic really at least not for the genre it was.QuoteI don't know how to do spoiler tags so I won't ruin anything for those who haven't seen it.
Well today is your lucky day, because I made a thread a while back just for you and your particular issue.
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QuoteI don't know how to do spoiler tags so I won't ruin anything for those who haven't seen it.
Well today is your lucky day, because I made a thread a while back just for you and your particular issue.
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I just copy pasted yours and then realized I had to actually type it out by hand. I figured it out.
The Lizard is leaping. After the morning dust cleared, Godzilla showed a stronger than expected Friday late night take of $38.5M+ and is now estimated to haul in $98M+ after the three-day weekend. Warner Bros. touted that it beat Captain America: The Winter Soldier ($36.9M) to have the best opening day of the 2014.
The Amazing Spider-Man 2, now in third place after three weeks to take in an estimated $16.5M more for the weekend. Spidey’s cume is expected to reach around $172M+ this weekend and will definitely cross $600M worldwide. It needs to reach that magical $755M number to make a profit but Godzilla has definitely taken out more than its share of the domestic market, having scooped up the young male demo.
Don't wait for Netflix (that will be years). If you want to see the movie, see the movie. Don't go into it thinking about other people's reviews (good or bad).
I think an alternate universe where giant monsters exist can also not have an earthquake happen. This isn't our universe, so its safe to assume Fukushima didn't happen.
And technically, the male MUTO went to the US not for more radioactive material, but for the female one. You know, the one in the US.
I took my 8 and 4 years olds to see it, they weren't scared at any point.
For those who have seen Godzilla. My son has seen Pacific Rim. Is it more or less for children friendly then that Movie?
I felt like an idiot watching Valyrie and being in suspense at to whether they killed Hitler or not.Inglorious Basterds
Source CodeI know i am repeating this again and again, but i will never get tired of saying how much i love that hollywood has gone into new sci-fi phase and does at least three-five good to very good sci-fi movies.
I'm assuming you saw his previous film, azeke? Moon?Yes, Zowie Bowie is amazing! I don't care for Warcraft one bit, but i'm looking forward to his next movie.
So, what are your recommendations for good sci-fi films Hollywood has released in the last few years?
21 Jump Street
Holy ****, that movie is hilarious. I really wasn't expecting it to be as good as it was, but it was really funny. Pretty good actual movie though it is a bit cheesy at times. Looking forward to the sequel.
Can someone fill in a plot point for me?Apparently, they cut a scene where Magneto puts the adamantium back on Wolverine's bones. Not sure if that needed spoiler tags, but it's there just in case.
In The Wolverine Magneto/Xavier appears and talks to him in the airport at the tail of that film, with his bone claws. In DOFP he's with them and he has adamantium claws back (in the future scenes). How did he get them back when he lost them in the film before?
Can someone fill in a plot point for me?Apparently, they cut a scene where Magneto puts the adamantium back on Wolverine's bones. Not sure if that needed spoiler tags, but it's there just in case.
In The Wolverine Magneto/Xavier appears and talks to him in the airport at the tail of that film, with his bone claws. In DOFP he's with them and he has adamantium claws back (in the future scenes). How did he get them back when he lost them in the film before?
Anyways I don't think I will even try giving it another shot it clearly looks like it was made for todays youth audience which is not me.
Anyways I don't think I will even try giving it another shot it clearly looks like it was made for todays youth audience which is not me.
If you don't mind me asking, as it's not in your profile, how old are you?
I think the average age of the active posters here are around 30+yrs old (children of the 80's).
Or you could just read the source material which is probably better than both the movie and that Stargate episode.
I forgot to mention that one of the oversights of DOFP I think is that they introduced several new characters, but I don't think they ever actually introduced them. They were just there and doing their thing.
Still a solid entry in the X-Men saga for trying to salvage the cluster **** of prequels into an ongoing storyline. Also the highest grossing X-Men movie WW so far, thanks to the international market.
The Devil's Backbone -- from what I understand, this is del Toro's first "big" film. It was billed as a horror movie, but it's not really that at all. It's about orphans in a middle-of-nowhere boarding school (or something) and there's a mean dude who wants to steal some supposedly hidden gold? It's not super-clear. The "horror" angle comes from a ghost who appears to one of the kids every now and then, but none of the creepy horror elements from other del Toro elements show up here.
Also takes place during, or shortly after, the Spanish Civil War, which is also when Pan's Labyrinth is set.
I didn't really like it, mainly because it was slow-moving and I didn't get what I was promised.
I forgot to mention that one of the oversights of DOFP I think is that they introduced several new characters, but I don't think they ever actually introduced them. They were just there and doing their thing.
Finally saw Star Trek: I Want to be as Good as Wrath of Khan.Instead of retyping I'll just quote this for my view of the movie.
I felt like I was watching a movie of a games Cutscenes strung together. I kept feeling like there was something I wanted to play but these Cutscenes kept popping up.
I can't say it's a good movie because of that. The Marvel thread we're talking team to build up and I think these movies lose something by not having the TV Series to help build these relationships. All these character really feel generic this time.
He never should have gotten as big as he has.
...*Pours one out*
Almost Human
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Edge of Tomorrow
I figured I'd like it, but I didn't think I'd like it as much as I did. There was a lot of comedy in the first half of the film that they (thankfully) did not spoil too much of in the trailers. The way it's handled here is necessary for the plot and character development. All around solid directing, editing, and acting.
I'd have to watch it again to nitpick certain things. If I had to dock points from Edge of Tomorrow, the film "cheats" to raise the stakes towards the end since it wasn't necessary to move the plot along. When Rita and William finally convince General Brigham to give them the transponder, why do they even try to escape? They don't need to. Use the transponder right there in the general's office to learn the location of the Omega then kill William. That way, they would never have to go through the trouble of doing any of that again. Instead, they did this a couple times with William eventually losing the ability to reset time after a blood transfusion. We get a neat car chase scene, but I think they could have come up with a better way to strip William of his powers without betraying the most important plot point in the film: the ability to reset the day.
As for the ending, I didn't mind it though I understand reactions tend to be split on this. It's a fairly typical Hollywood happy ending (though not too happy). William conveniently either regains his time reset powers or gets to use it one last time before the Omega was destroyed. I'm thinking the former and since William gets his powers from a different Alpha, the new loop has a different starting point so he wakes up in the helicopter instead. Resetting before he tries blackmailing General Brigham means he keeps his rank and Rita as well as J-Squad are still alive. The downside is that no one knows they saved the world and William, presumably, never meets J-Squad.
My brother read the manga and told me the ending. I feel like they changed enough for the film that original ending where the equivalents of Rita and William have to battle to the death doesn't really work.
Here is a slightly different preview from the trailer aired with the 17 minute preview.
(Contains Groots scene)
Or you could watch Battle for the Planet of the Apes again.
Dear 'The Raid 2',
MY.GOODNESS. I've never yelled and winced with pain so much during a movie since that time I got my ass beat by my brothers while watching one. You are brutal, realistic, and oh so fun to watch. And that last fight scene....I applauded. I was watching by myself and I applauded.
Watching you again and again,
Hypotheliciously Meticulously Ridiculously
thanks for the new name hah
Dawn of the Planet of the ApesI agree of all of this. Especially Maurice. He's the best.
7/10
Solid movie. Not as good as first one. Rise was instant classic, and easily the best film in entire series.
Ah well. Caesar was badass, what else do you need?
It's a pity there weren't more scenes with Maurice, he is my favourite character.
Guardians: Enjoyed it for what it was (action space opera). My big gripe coming out of the theater was that all the aliens were humans with different colored skin. Gamora? Green human. Drax? Grey-and-red human. Ronan? Blue human with facepaint. Dewey Cox's wife? Orange human. The Collector's assistant? Pink human.
Karl explained to me that this is because the Celestials are basically the Xel'Naga, trying to create perfect humanoids on different planets for a millenia. So that at least kind of makes sense, but I would've liked that sentence-long explanation to have been spoken in the movie. Because it wasn't, I came away thinking they were just being lazy or uncreative. "This movie has a giant budget. Invest in some prosthetics," I was saying.
But it was really good. Bradley Cooper does a wonderful job as Rocket.
It's always the same reasoning, because it's the only one that even remotely makes any sense.
I'm sure he has an explosion clause in any contract he signs though.
Saw Guardians of the Galaxy last weekend after missing The Winter Soldier in theaters, and telling my wife we had to see this one while it's still being ran. I really think it's the best Marvel Movie I've seen so far. It uses a very formulaic plot structure to give the movie a skeleton, but then paints that skeleton generously with humor, action, and a surprising few moments of emotional punch, which I didn't expect at all.
I'll agree with BlackNMild that Gamora was underused, but as disappointed I was in that, I was equally grateful they didn't turn her into a love-interest for Quill, and the story didn't bother with a love interest side-plot at all. I also like how they smacked you in the face with Thanos, giving you a few scenes with him in it, and also having the majority of the characters know him as a tyranical, menacing threat to the galaxy.
I'd really encourage anyone to go see it. Any quibbles about it I would have are minor, and are paved over by everything great about the movie.
Saw Guardians of the Galaxy last weekend after missing The Winter Soldier in theaters, and telling my wife we had to see this one while it's still being ran. I really think it's the best Marvel Movie I've seen so far. It uses a very formulaic plot structure to give the movie a skeleton, but then paints that skeleton generously with humor, action, and a surprising few moments of emotional punch, which I didn't expect at all.
I'll agree with BlackNMild that Gamora was underused, but as disappointed I was in that, I was equally grateful they didn't turn her into a love-interest for Quill, and the story didn't bother with a love interest side-plot at all. I also like how they smacked you in the face with Thanos, giving you a few scenes with him in it, and also having the majority of the characters know him as a tyranical, menacing threat to the galaxy.
I'd really encourage anyone to go see it. Any quibbles about it I would have are minor, and are paved over by everything great about the movie.
Really, I thought there was a love side plot between the two, the music scene and when he gives her his mask in space, than the glance at the end. They just made it less obvious than most other movies tend to do
Really you mention those scenes and totally skip the one when they are on knowhere (sp?) and he shares is headphones with here and try to get her to dance? Its right before Ronin gets there.Saw Guardians of the Galaxy last weekend after missing The Winter Soldier in theaters, and telling my wife we had to see this one while it's still being ran. I really think it's the best Marvel Movie I've seen so far. It uses a very formulaic plot structure to give the movie a skeleton, but then paints that skeleton generously with humor, action, and a surprising few moments of emotional punch, which I didn't expect at all.Really, I thought there was a love side plot between the two, the music scene and when he gives her his mask in space, than the glance at the end. They just made it less obvious than most other movies tend to do
I'll agree with BlackNMild that Gamora was underused, but as disappointed I was in that, I was equally grateful they didn't turn her into a love-interest for Quill, and the story didn't bother with a love interest side-plot at all. I also like how they smacked you in the face with Thanos, giving you a few scenes with him in it, and also having the majority of the characters know him as a tyranical, menacing threat to the galaxy.
I'd really encourage anyone to go see it. Any quibbles about it I would have are minor, and are paved over by everything great about the movie.
Are you talking about the 1936 Hitchcock film...That's a great movie.
2014 crapfest. I'd rather watch the video for the Beastie Boys song for 2 hours. Actually, that would be awesome.
Manhunter is kinda eh.
Red Dragon is the same thing and in my opinion it's better. Mann's movie does have some cool visual scenes going for it though, like very cool looking prison.
I didn't get Under the Skin. I understood what it was supposed to be...but yeah. After the initial alien-ness of her character wore off, I was fighting to stay engaged.
Interstellar - 10/10
An incredibly emotional, profound, beautiful movie. I loved every goddamn second of it. Fits right alongside the other great New Millennium science fiction movies. That is all I will say so I don't spoil even a second of the film for anyone else here.
Live. Die. Repeat / Edge of Tomorrow
Great fun movie.
It was like Groundhog Day meets Starship Troopers vs The Matrix.
Acton was good, fair amount of comedic elements and entertaining throughout. Definitely worth the rental/purchase.
Live. Die. Repeat / Edge of Tomorrow
Great fun movie.
It was like Groundhog Day meets Starship Troopers vs The Matrix.
Acton was good, fair amount of comedic elements and entertaining throughout. Definitely worth the rental/purchase.
help me?
At least you're not stuck watching whatever channel that damned "4 weddings /Bridezilla / Say yes to the dress" comes on.
(HELP ME)
How any villain with any self respect can call themselves Captain Boomerang boggles the mind. I had to actually google him to see if this character was for real.
And now he is in Arrow....*sigh*
That sounds pretty horrific for a Miyazaki film. Although I have always felt peak Miyazaki was back around Porco Rosso, Kiki's Delivery Service and Laupta(Crazy good music). Nausicaa is ok, but is so heavy handed and the world so shizo with its technology it breaks the movie. Spirited Away looks fantasitic but felt pretty nonsensical and forgettable outside of a couple elements.
Did... did you just copy and paste that from somewhere else?
2014 has been a pretty meh year for movies. Can't even be bothered to look for a movie of the year. It hasn't helped by poor marketing overexposing movies most people don't give a flying **** about(Looking at you fucking Hobbit movies). Or that a movie I was looking forward to watching (John Wick) didn't even come out here.
Better luck next year I guess.
The Interview
A damn fun movie that makes fun and mocks the **** out of everything. It starts from the first scene and it doesn't stop till the credits. It somehow just keeps escalating.
LUCY?
Anyone wanna try and explain just what the hell I watched? If I take drugs I become God? Huh?
LUCY?
Anyone wanna try and explain just what the hell I watched? If I take drugs I become God? Huh?
They left off the post credit scene where she wakes up strapped to a hospital bed because it was all a drug induced nightmare coma.
...That's actually just a travesty.
If this movie pisses you off then I am really surprised there isn't rioting outside Transformers showings.
Terrible? Not even close bro
She was only good at one thing, crying, which as a female comes naturally to her anyways.
That is funhaus material right there.She was only good at one thing, crying, which as a female comes naturally to her anyways.
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That is funhaus material right there.She was only good at one thing, crying, which as a female comes naturally to her anyways.
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Jennifer Lawrence is very, very bland, there are far more interesting, distinct and talented people than her. Like Kristin Stewart she exists as an audience insert. She is primarily getting promoted around because she is the only successful actresses in her niche which she did by the virtue of filling it first.
Not to nitpick, but Twilight came out before Hunger Games (books and movies). However, I have never, and will never, read or watch any of the aforementioned books or movies.
She was only good at one thing, crying, which as a female comes naturally to her anyways.
They were separated by an "or," but whatevs.
But quite possibly the greatest thing about this film is how simplistic it all is. There's very few characters, very few settings, and very few motivations but it works because of focused it is."
Good Will Hunting Three Stars out of Four
Robin Williams was good. Matt Damon needed to be hit by a car. The story was a little contrived, but I enjoyed it.
No one completely forgot about it but it goes "forgotten" because that was the movies intention. His character makes no sense and is unnecessary and the movie knows it. It would have flowed much better without him there.
Taken 2 was awesome, so Taken 3 must be perfect. Anyway...
Gone Girl - everything before the ending - 9/10
Though I do kind of like the ending thinking back on it (who know what will happen down the road when the Feds have taken over), but justice should have been served.
Selma - 9/10
Great bio pic. I'm glad the film didn't shy away from King's affairs or insecurities and other flaws. Also, great casting done here. Seeing the girl from Dear White People was nice, though most side characters don't have "big roles".
American Sniper - 9/10
Bradley Cooper was incredible. The movie does a good job of not being jingoistic, even if the main character kind of is. After the first money shot, the movie doesn't really make you wait too much for the next one, so it never really felt "tense" to me. Sienna Miller may be built like a 2x4, but her acting certainly wasn't flat.
I little something about John Wick
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I just watched Lucy, that was an odd experience, I can't even call it a movie.
It's on Netflix already? This is the strangest release of any movie in history!
I finally watched Robocop last night. I rate it a classic out of four stars You can really see where this film defined a lot of action tropes and urban dystopia for decades to come.
Why didn't that mobsters 30something year old son, who has obviously been in living off the advantages of the family business for quite sometime, know who the **** John Wick was by name and reputation, if not picture/looks, even after having it explained to him?I thought that was the point. Ioseph is supposed to be a **** up. He doesn't know better because he's a spoiled idiot and everyone kisses his ass because his dad, Viggo, is the boss. So he never learns this stuff because he's too stubborn and prideful, and no one who matters corrects him for fear that he'll act up or throw a tantrum (like the club scene when he yells at someone to get him another bottle after one his dad's right hand men puts him in his place and takes his booze), potentially having his dad come down on them. Ioseph surrounded himself with cowards and imbeciles. On top of that, they even cast Theon Greyjoy (Alfie Allen) who is basically the posterchild of playing a stupid, entitled dipshit with a chip on his shoulder because his father is disappointed in him but he's so useless that it backfires.
Aren't you that already? Or are you still waiting to graduate?
I can't let you call John Wick a Bad Movie. Its a focused movie that knows what it is doing unlike actual bad movies like Transformers.Well, unfortunately for you, I don't need your permission to call the movie what I want. And if you read further than the second sentence, I did call it fun and entertaining. John Wick is very focused; it is what it sets out to be, but it still lacks the basic tenets of decent storytelling. Yeah, Transformers is a bad movie because it lacks decent storytelling AND doesn't even do what it wants to well. That's why I specified. I thoroughly enjoyed John Wick for what it is. I still wouldn't call it a good movie. Ultimately, I don't need it to be. I went into it wanting to see John Wick get sweet revenge with fresh action scenes, and that's exactly what I got.
I can't let you call John Wick a Bad Movie. Its a focused movie that knows what it is doing unlike actual bad movies like Transformers.Well, unfortunately for you, I don't need your permission to call the movie what I want. And if you read further than the second sentence, I did call it fun and entertaining. John Wick is very focused; it is what it sets out to be, but it still lacks the basic tenets of decent storytelling. Yeah, Transformers is a bad movie because it lacks decent storytelling AND doesn't even do what it wants to well. That's why I specified. I thoroughly enjoyed John Wick for what it is. I still wouldn't call it a good movie. Ultimately, I don't need it to be. I went into it wanting to see John Wick get sweet revenge with fresh action scenes, and that's exactly what I got.
Kingsmen
Holy ****, go watch this. This has been a very good start of the year for action films. Samuel L Jackson actually acts in this one. Collin Firth as some poncy badass?! The Trailers SUUUCCCKKK. The level of violence while not gory is right up there. Old school James Bond that has been shaken, not stirred?
Oxford before Bros.
Chappie:
What if Pinocchio was Robocop? AKA Short Circuit... in criminal Johannesburg!
Blomkamp is back. After underwhelming Elysium which was a pale imitation of his own Distrct 9, he tackles new subjects and succeeds.
Plot is riddled with holes and outright bullshit, but you gotta let it all pass. After all it's sci-fi and that's exactly what you paid for -- fantastic things.
Whiplash.
HOLY ****.
I went into this movie blind, only knowing that it came highly recommended, so I had no idea what it was about or who was in it. None of that even matters at this point. all I know is OMG at that finale. It was good all the way through, but it just makes the finale all that much more... well, I found myself almost holding my breath it was so damn intense. As soon as it was over I had to catch my breath I was so caught up in the final moments.
You don't have to go in blind, but I went in with zero expectation and came out more than satisfied with the experience.
oh, and Miles Teller (Mr. Fantastic), the girl who was just chosen to play Supergirl, and JK Simmons (J. Jonah Jameson) are all in this. And JK was, well, he was damn good in this.
Highly recommended.
What We Do In The Shadows
Hilarious, had no idea what I was watching when I came in. I was told it might be a vampire movie. I would call it an instant classic.
Starship Troppers is not what it seems. If you are watching it and thinking it is taking itself seriously than you are missing the point. The movie is a satire on war propaganda films. If you watch Eli Roth's "Stolz der Nation" on Inglorious Basterds then you can see the comparison. Its a very subtle satire. Only the director and some of the audience are in on it.
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FuriousSeven
Great movie. Best thing you could hope for: cheesy one-liners, over the top action, impossible stunts, hot chicks, physics defamation. AND more!
9/10
Inside Out - 9/10...wait, what?!Yes to all of this.
I have kids. I had literally no interest in seeing this movie beforehand, and it ended up being one of the best Pixar movies I've ever seen. I'd put it up with Wall-E, and Up (above any Toy Story or Cars). Finally an original movie (at least unlike any I've seen). The short before it, Lava, was great too.
Dope
Has no one else seen this movie? I really liked it. I found the protagonists immediately likeable and relatable. The soundtrack is amazing, and well used in many parts of the film. Some plotlines kind of fall off, and there are a few more things that keep it from being perfect. It's not as quotable as some classic comedies (or maybe it's me), but the laughs are pretty genuine. I left the theatre feeling really good about this one, like it would really stick with me.
8.5/10
Jurassic World (IMAX 3D)
It was what I needed it to be. Would've been nice to take a shot for every product placement. Effects were good. Some lines are cheesy, but I'm not sure if they're supposed to be funny. Either way, there was a good amount of laughs.
8/10
The Apartment This is not a romantic comedy. Well, maybe it is, but it is one of the bleakest you will find. It's look at office culture and amoral adults in the city is timeless. Jack Lemmon is perfect, Shirley Maclaine's character is very nuanced and complex. Fred MacMurray is both believable and horrid. Billy Wilder was a master film maker. Four Stars.Yes!
"I'm ready for my closeup, Mr DeMille"FTFY.
Jurassic World (IMAX 3D)
It was what I needed it to be. Would've been nice to take a shot for every product placement. Effects were good. Some lines are cheesy, but I'm not sure if they're supposed to be funny. Either way, there was a good amount of laughs.
8/10
The product placement was so bad it actually made its way into the script disguised as humour What if the marketers named the dinosaurs? Verizon Presents the (whatever the dinosaur name was)?
I really should get around to watching all the Terminator movies for once. I finally got around to seeing all the X-Men movies for the first time last month. Well, except for Origins: Wolverine and The Wolverine. Still, all in all, it's been a pretty well handled film series. As much as Sony gets crap for how they've handled other superhero properties like Fantastic Four and Spiderman, they've really done a good job with the X-Men franchise as evidenced by the fact that no one really seems to be calling for Marvel to talk it back over. X-Men: First Class is probably the high point so far of the series.
Mission Impossible Rogue Nation
A pretty good emulation of Bird's Ghost Protocol overall style and feel with it's continued deconstruction of the franchise and spy movies. The massive motorbike chase mid movie was a true stand out moment for the film although it is interrupted with an almost nuke the fridge moment that tarnishes it. No doubt all the biking was to make up for how little Tom gets to run.
The camera is nice and smooth outside of hand to hand fights which is a shame because the fights is good enough not to need them. Bolt on cameras are used to best effect during the chase scenes.
The bad was the gratuitous product placements, this is contrasted by how well it does its callbacks which are rewards for the observant viewer. There were an overuse of "smart" type devices which I guess was an attempt to avoid looking like the period piece that is the first mission impossible has become despite its use of then bleeding edge tech.
1>4>5>3>2
7/10
I have a soft spot for number 2. It is a fun popcorn action flick.It was a really, really bad MI movie, But there is no denying its Wooness. Its not that far behind 3 which is nonsensical. If you go for the popcorn factor 2 definitely pulls out ahead of 3.
So i've never watched Star Wars. All six. I've always maintained that - just like F-Zero - it was made too early for the technology to support it's scale properly.
From The Matrix onwards the tech of the time caught up enough to make it possible, and then along came Mad Max this year which made me change my mind and go back to it.
I'm very nearly through episode 2. Both 1 and 2 have the same flaws - really awkward writing (the scene in episode 2 where Obi Wan asks Yoda about the missing planet from the archives; Yoda stops mid-conversation to ask the CHILDREN who tell him someone must have deleted it), some directing choices which kills the strengths of the actors, and infuriates on others (ALL the child actors) and the real overuse of CGI (which Mad Max in particular makes that choice look like a very bad one).
So far i'm not enjoying this.
There is also this little gem
No amount of technology could rescue the prequels from being garbage. Over reliance on computer technology is one of the problems the prequels had. That and they are fundamentally bad movies. I highly recommend you watch the Plinkett reviews/breakdowns in order to understand why they are what they are.
http://redlettermedia.com/plinkett/star-wars/
Comparing PT to F-Zero is a pretty nasty insult to F-Zero.
There is also this little gem
No amount of technology could rescue the prequels from being garbage. Over reliance on computer technology is one of the problems the prequels had. That and they are fundamentally bad movies. I highly recommend you watch the Plinkett reviews/breakdowns in order to understand why they are what they are.
http://redlettermedia.com/plinkett/star-wars/ (http://redlettermedia.com/plinkett/star-wars/)
Comparing PT to F-Zero is a pretty nasty insult to F-Zero.
There is also this little gem
Martian - fantastic.Agree wholeheartedly
I will never stop raving at Hollywood's streak of great sci-fi movies every year.
Space, rockets, people surviving against all odss -- give me more of that.
SPECTRE
A disappointment. It has some good action scenes. But the plot is bewildering at best. It calls back to the previous films but it does it in a way that even as someone who have watched all the the Craig films can't follow. You're constantly left wondering how did Bond know that or what's the connection? Despite this one can figure out the ending before you hit the quarter mark.
It's better than Quantum, has good jokes, but it is a big fall from SkyFall. Christopher Waltz was criminally wasted.
6/10
It retcons all the pass movies villains and organizations as SPECTRE fronts. It's made extra dumb by the fact that Blofeld outright states that all of Bond's suffering and loss of the women in his life were designed by Blofeld as some sort of sick joke despite the fact Bond has been causing serious damage to his organization yet somehow remains a secret while being a world wide organization. They also retconned Bonds relationship with Blofeld as his sort of adopted older brother who was evil and a mastermind back when they should have been in high school. Basically retcons out the ass and stupid as hell.
The action scenes saved it from Quantum level of bad.
Damn! I mean I felt that one. right in the heart. for that to be his last line spoken on film...Perfect!
If you take into account the Davey Jones stuff from the next two movies, it makes no sense from a narrative standpoint why Sparrow would be so obsessed with finding the Black Pearl when he should have been more concerned with getting away from Jones. Now they start the second movie off with him looking for the things he needs to save his soul from Jones but if it was so urgent then there should have been some hint of that in the first movie, clearly nobody was thinking about that when they made the first movie but they should have been mindful of the events of the first when coming up with a plot to the next one. It makes Jack look like a complete space case running around living it up when he should have been fearing for his life like he was in Dead Man's Chest.
Don't hate me but I just watched Pulp Fiction for the first time yesterday.
Don't hate me but I just watched Pulp Fiction for the first time yesterday.
No hate. There's plenty of stuff I've yet to see. Like the list I just posted, I only got around to watching the Pirates of the Caribbean movies in the past month or so for the first time. There's a lot of stuff out there to watch. I've yet to see Pulp Fiction myself. The only Tarantino movie I've seen is Inglourious Bastards and I found it a weird mixture of mesmerizing and repulsive that's just put up a mental block from me wanting to watch anything else of his.
Hard to say what you've seen already and what you may want to see. Depends on how much you want to squeeze out of it. 52 sounds good because that means a movie a week but I have a feeling with the deadline approaching, you may want to use it up a bit more. Therefore, I'll double it and go with 55 as my final answer. That allows for stuff like "Hail, Caesar", Zoolander 2 and Deadpool plus re-watching something like Star Wars or checking out other films of potential interest like Race before the deadline.
Hi Khush! Here are some random thoughts on movies you saw recently
The Good Dinosaur - OK, I guess. Lesser Pixar. Wasn't blown away
PotC: Black Pearl - like
PotC: Dead Man's Chest - like a little less, drags a bit
PotC: At World's End - remember liking more, haven't seen it recently though. It's the crazy one. Plus I think DMC sufers from lack of Barbossa. He's back in this one thankfully. Giant Tia Dalma still makes me laugh.
PotC: On Stranger Tides - Barbossa in courtier whiteface for most of this was a pain but the payoff was pretty good. Plus, Killer Mermaids! Sadly, I thought Blackbeard was miscast, as much as I love Al Swearengen.
Rocky Balboa - really enjoyed this. Great capper to the series. Haven't seen Creed yet.
Star Wars 7 - I'm up to 3 viewings. You could say I was a fan
Mr. Turner - very disappointing to me. Seemed to be a collection of scens of "Hey, remember when Turner did this? Crazy, huh?" Well acted but left me with a big sense of "Who cares?" I would rather have seen a 45 minute documentary.
Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior - solid flick. Holds up. Original Mad Max is pretty good, too.
Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome - Yeah! Tina Turner in all her 80s hair glory. And Ewoks, erm, I mean kids soften up ol Mad Max. This is the weakest entry but I have a soft spot of nostalgia for it.
Far From the Madding Crowd - was this the 2015 one or the 1967 one? I've wanted to see both/either. How was it?
Brooklyn - any good, or sentimental NPR crowd pap?
Judgement at Nuremburg - love, love, love this flick, even with all it's usual Kramer heart-and-politics-on-his sleeve overtones. Max Schell is just so damn good in this. So is Deitrich. And Monty Clift, ouch. That is a great performance from a very broken actor. He leaves it all up there.
Precious - I've heard this is a comedy masterpiece (http://thesupernaughts.com/movies/drama/i-watched-precious-based-on-the-novel-push-by-sapphire/).
Oz: The Great and Powerful - I enjoyed this, for what it is.
The Big Short - I liked this movie a lot until the last third or maybe quarter of the film. It seemed to lose its way and didn't know how or where to end. Plus, they patiently explained all the technical jargon all the way through until the end, when a lot of "stuff" happened that they did not stop to explain. I had to look it up afterwards and I'm still not sure I understand. Maybe the filmmakers don't either and that's why it felt like they dropped the ball at the end.
Ex Machina - really been wanting to see this. I like good sci-fi. Is this the real deal?
Wecome back, Khush!
Seen Deadpool yet Khush? Great character bad plot.
Yeah, I take it Art isn't really your thing.Dude LOVES All the Transformers movies and will defend it to the death. So yeah, Art isn't his thing.
Side note: Kill Bill is overrated.
Deadpool is an amazing funny as movie, or does it not have enough explosions for you?
Shots fired.
Then create a new thread this is about movies people have seen, I haven't seen Deadpool and I don't plan on seeing it either.MEEMEMEMEEMEMEEMMEEEMEEMEEMEMEEE!!!!!!!! LOOK AT MEEEE!
I am intelligent, I just act like an idiot. Well played sir.Deadpool is an amazing funny as movie, or does it not have enough explosions for you?
I like my action movies to have explosions sure, but I like my comedies to be a little goofy and I hated the Deadpool character from the comics, his last movie incarnation, the guy playing the character, so lame jab at my taste in films aside, I have no desire to see Deadpool. But despite the idiot I portray on this forum I promise you I am far more intelligent than you and probably one reason why you will never understand half of what I do.
But if dick and fart jokes are all it takes to make you giggle like a school girl then good for you ph@8.
So Explodingfan, you going to see it now?
Deadpool was pretty entertaining. Was there supposed to be some significance to the wrecked ship at the end of the movie?
Deadpool was pretty entertaining. Was there supposed to be some significance to the wrecked ship at the end of the movie?Concept art revealed that it was supposed to be a downed helicarrier, but they couldn't reference anything SHIELD related too overtly.
I have done a final tally.
I saw 52 movies from February 2015 to February 2016.
My favourite movies over this period:
- The Voices - An extremely unique charm that only Ryan Reynolds can do.
- Mad Max - An insane technical achievement.
- Tomorrow - Completely forgettable and yet made with the same Disney high-budget polish and shinyness.
Hard to say what you've seen already and what you may want to see. Depends on how much you want to squeeze out of it. 52 sounds good because that means a movie a week but I have a feeling with the deadline approaching, you may want to use it up a bit more. Therefore, I'll double it and go with 55 as my final answer.
Just use it to see that twice a week until it expires and you will be good man. If I had to guess I would put the final number at 53.
It seems like it was at least 2 different movies heavily trimmed and then spliced together.
It seems like it was at least 2 different movies heavily trimmed and then spliced together.
My wife made this same comment - and she wasn't as harsh on this movie as I was. ;)
I have no doubt that the movie will have a Top 10 opening weekend, but I'm very curious as to how weekend 2 & 3 fare at the box office. This movie currently has a 31% or Rotten Tomatoes, and it's only going lower as more and more disappointed critics view the movie.
Did you guys see the interview w/ the director and Affleck over the low reviews? Affleck looked like he wanted to be anywhere else (zoned into an out of body experience almost), and he was moments away from snapping on somebody.
and if there wasn't enough wrong with Snyder and BvS *minor spoiler*
The photographer for Lois Lane in the desert that turned out to a CIA agent, just before getting shot in the face... was Jimmy Olsen. Snyder thought it would be fun to have the character bite the bullet (pun intended) unexpectedly early on when you thought he would be around for a while
but you wouldn't know this because they had to trim so much of the movie that nothing is properly setup in this film.
QuoteDid you guys see the interview w/ the director and Affleck over the low reviews? Affleck looked like he wanted to be anywhere else (zoned into an out of body experience almost), and he was moments away from snapping on somebody.
Are you talking about the video I linked to in the YouTube thread or a different one? Because the one I linked had Henry Cavill not Snyder in it with Affleck.
I was satisfied. I saw Superman fight Batman, and it set up the Justice League. I would say if they cut out wonder woman they could have honed in on the story a bit more, but she was pretty awesome.
The Lex Luthor thing ( He cut off general zods finger prints and used them to gain control. He then took advantage in bugs in the Ai. (alien Ai may not respond well to deception, it is possible in a utopian society they don't put enough gates in the way to prevent unauthorized access. Deception would not be a trait handy to Kryptonians since they would figure you out
The best summary of this movie is "Stuff happens."
Things are happening, and people are doing things, and appear in places for reasons unexplained.
You know how in Avengers 2, Thor goes into the cavern and has weird hallucinations and everyone complained that scene was out of place?
That was BvS for two hours.
The director's cut... I want to be excited, but if they added in an hour more footage, is it material that fleshes out the story, or is it just more stuff happening? We already have plenty of stuff happening.
IF the director's cut actually fleshes out the story, Warner Brothers should rush that version to theaters in 2-3 weeks when the hype from this dies down.
Saw it last night. I'm not as down on it as the rest of you, but yeah, not quite a good movie.
[snip]
However, Superman is not a character that can fit in Zack Snyder's aesthetics. Very little about Superman as a character worked in this movie.
I think it'll get worse for me the more I ponder it.
Saw it last night. I'm not as down on it as the rest of you, but yeah, not quite a good movie.
[snip]
However, Superman is not a character that can fit in Zack Snyder's aesthetics. Very little about Superman as a character worked in this movie.
I think it'll get worse for me the more I ponder it.
Yes it will. now go watch the deleted scene that WB/DC released and ponder on the significance of that and it's context, or lack there of, as a scene had it been left in the movie.
Saw it last night. I'm not as down on it as the rest of you, but yeah, not quite a good movie.
[snip]
However, Superman is not a character that can fit in Zack Snyder's aesthetics. Very little about Superman as a character worked in this movie.
I think it'll get worse for me the more I ponder it.
Yes it will. now go watch the deleted scene that WB/DC released and ponder on the significance of that and it's context, or lack there of, as a scene had it been left in the movie.
I keep thinking about how Lex's plan to make Batman want to fight Superman was insanely unnecessary. He was already obsessed. All Lex really needed to do was deliver the Kryptonite to him. Plus, Lex was overly fiendish. He probably didn't need to have Martha Kent killed.
Also, I get having Doomsday as a contingency if Batman doesn't win, but did he have a contingency plan for Doomsday? I would hope so.
a relevant dialog from a different movie.
He does mention his dad a few times, maybe he died in the Alien Invasion? The villains don't have good plans or motives in these Man of Steel movies. Zod planned to use a gravity drive on Earth, a planet with billions of innocent sentient life. Why earth? Why not Venus? Why not mars? Why not a moon of Jupiter? If you're going to kryptoform a planet it is a terrible plan to wipe out a possible support planet. Hell, the best solution would be to keep earth as is. Apparently, if you go on vacation on Earth you will get super powers if you're Kryptonian. How could future Kryptonians not benefit from that? Not only that, I'm pretty sure they can extract Kryptonian DNA without harming Superman given their advanced computers. If they had taken their time they wouldn't have all died. Their plan was brash and it sucked.
I would imagine in their "director-driven" movie-verse they got going on, that they leave the details out.
I know some have complained about Lex Luthor's plan that we didn't understand his motivation...but honestly, this movie didn't truly need to set up his motivation...it needed to set up Batman's motivation and they did a good job at that.
The biggest mistake made in the movie in my opinion is making it Doomsday and not Bizarro.
At least you saw it on a discount tuesday.I saw a matinee on Saturday morning so I only paid $6.75 for my ticket. I've been angry about Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice since, and still feel like I wasted money on it. My brother hasn't seen it and I was going to wait for the rated R extended version, but I was so curious. Mistakes were made.
I told everyone to just wait for the DVD release... it might not fix the movie, but if you are going to sit through it only once... it might as well be the full version of the movie, so that there are no longer any excuses as to why it turned out the way it did.
Darn, you should have gone to best buy and bought a copy of the dark knight, or one of the other DC movies that came with $8 off your ticket.I still would have felt like I overpaid.
As if I wasn't already HYPED to see this, I just hope that every other studio takes notes of the MCU when they attempt their own Cinematic Universes.
Create something that is fun to watch, respects the source material, is coherent in it's storytelling, develops the characters, and actually has a plotted path along the long form story telling you are attempting to achieve.
and this isn't directed at just WB/DC but also Universal w/ their upcoming Cinematic Monster Movieverse. You don't have to do it like Marvel, just follow the outline above, and I'm sure you'll find your audience.
but back to Civil War.... 3 fucking weeks.... spoliers are gonna be hard to avoid when I can't stop reading peoples impressions all over the internet.
One question Shinji, and no spoilers please.
How relevant was the post credit scene to a potential future moment or movie?
actually, don't answer that... I don't need to know anymore about this movie than I already do.
Captain America Civil War - Go See It/10
Yeah, it's awesome. Just see it. More like Captain America The Winter Soldier than it is like The Avengers (either one), even though it's pretty much an Avengers movie. Spider-Man is awesome in it, definitely the best version of the character. Also, there is a mid-credits scene and a post-credits scene, so don't leave when they start rolling. Everything else goes in the spoiler discussion thread.
London has Fallen.
LOL. I didn't like this one as much as the first due to the fact it was much harder to follow people from location to location as London isn't as familiar as Washington. Both movies are real popcorn movies where you wear a **** eating grin as you watch the carnage and ignore the plausibility of the opening scenario in an otherwise well made films. Unlike Michael Bay films it doesn't insult or assault you or completely take your intelligence for granted.
London has this really nice fire fight I enjoyed where it is one really long relatively smooth shot. There are cuts in it if you know how to spot them but compared to most fire fights it felt like a real treat as the director put his skills on display and took a risk. I wish more directors are more willing to do long shots instead of constantly cutting like they are suicidal.
Rating: Quite entertained.
Sure, it's pretty predictable, but what super-hero movie isn't? I would ranks this in the top 3 X-Men films.Considering one of the other movies in that top 3 has to be First Class, it's hard to really rank X-Men films when one or two of them blow all the others out of the water.
To be fair, I tried to review it after the movie, and I was very tired. It wasn't bad, but my biggest criticism is that it ventured into the realm of "cartoon" after a certain point, and never really looked back.
And the post credits scene didn't really make sense considering the amount of time that went by.
I still want to see Suicide Squad. Rotten Tomatoes is deeply flawed as a grading system and I can't trust it's numbers.
All RT does is tell you the percentage of reviewers that thought the movie was good vs bad.
El Cid A classic medieval epic starring Charlton Heston as the hero of Spain. Great period costumes and castles. After watching it, I'm convinced that Dennis O'Neil based Ras Al Ghul in part on this movie.
Cabin Fever (the new remake)
I went in knowing it would be bad, but I didn't think it would be this bad.
There was literally a Jason Vorheev's moment at the edge of the lake... that's the moment I knew I had to say something.
I don't understand why they can't make a horror movie where people do normal things a person might do... or are we all really just this fucking stupid?
I mean near the end, the love interest is sick... **SPOILER ALERT... not that you should care**
they have her in the shed, and she begs to be killed. He has a rifle and already expended all his ammo killing a sick dog that was trying to gnaw on her. so after she kept begging to be killed, he tried to take her head off with the shovel. Missed, splitting her mouth open like the Joker, then decided he is terrible at this. so she somehow still screams to be killed, so being that he's been in love with her since FOREVER, he decides the merciful way to put her out of her misery is to douse her in gasoline and set her on fire and walk away as she screams out in agony. Literally one of the worst ways to die.
Now mind you not even a minute later, some men that mean to kill him shoot his homeboy in the head who's sitting right in front of him. he grabs his rifle and turns around trying to shoot... but the trigger don't work. The men laugh at him and say "hehehe you got the safety on... hehehe"
He says "thank" undoes the safety and then unloads 20 rounds into them.
Now remember not even a minute ago, his gun was out of ammo. all of sudden he has a full clip.
and there's tons more stupid, like how at the very end, there are somehow pics posted of the gruesomeness and the shovel to face "mercy killing" posted on Instagram or something, when literally no one had their phones out, no one could have snapped the last photo, unless it was the dead dog, and no one survived to post them to their account anyway.
Star Trek: Beyond - 6/10
This is actually the first Star Trek movie (or anything, really) that I've seen.
Plus no one dies in IV, it's the cheeriest of all ST movies.
I'm making a list of movies/tv shows with really good Synth Soundtracks
I'm making a list of movies/tv shows with really good Synth Soundtracks
recent
It Follows
The Guest
Hanna
Stranger Things
Drive
retro
Anything John Carpenter
Demons
Suspiria
Some of the Friday the 13th movies.
Originally Posted by -ImaginaryInsider
No clue if this has been mentioned yet, but Mark Mothersbaugh is doing the soundtrack for this. He had a lot of nice things to say about working with Taika Waititi, he (Mark) isn't really a blockbuster movie guy, but Taika specifically reached out and sent him a bunch interesting demos and got him on board.
The gist I got was it would be a mix of traditional orchestra and then synths. Mark seemed legitimately excited about what they were coming up with, so I'm optimistic this will have a better than normal soundtrack.
Sausage Party - 8.5/10Didn't come out in cinemas over here, so I'll buy it on DVD when it comes out.
Probably one of the funniest movies I've ever seen. There were a couple times, especially in the end, where I was literally crying because it was so funny. If you haven't seen this yet, you need to question your life decisions.
I'm making a list of movies/tv shows with really good Synth Soundtracks
recent
It Follows
The Guest
Hanna
Stranger Things
Drive
Turbo Kid
Kung Fury
retro
Anything John Carpenter
Demons
Suspiria
Some of the Friday the 13th movies.
FYI, It sounds like the soundtrack to Thor: Ragnarok may be added to your list.
something about Orchestral Synth mix and some guy named Mark Mothersbaugh
here is a quote from GAFQuoteOriginally Posted by -ImaginaryInsider
No clue if this has been mentioned yet, but Mark Mothersbaugh is doing the soundtrack for this. He had a lot of nice things to say about working with Taika Waititi, he (Mark) isn't really a blockbuster movie guy, but Taika specifically reached out and sent him a bunch interesting demos and got him on board.
The gist I got was it would be a mix of traditional orchestra and then synths. Mark seemed legitimately excited about what they were coming up with, so I'm optimistic this will have a better than normal soundtrack.
how was the 3D!?
EDIT: I see, it doesn't release until the 4th in the US.
we know when the story starts, but not where it ends.
The story starts around the time of civil war. They mention a man in experimental armor getting injured, that is Falcon
When it ends? Not sure. Dr. Strange is a fast learner. I don't know if it takes him years to learn this stuff or weeks. I think he has a convo with Rachel Macadams that reveals how much time has passed, but not sure.
First thing she says when the movie is done: "Wow! I see why you wanted to go see it in IMAX! You didn't tell me it would be like that!"...except I did, lots of times in different ways. :confused;
What was wrong with The Arrival?He said it was dull twice.
I wanted to know why it was dull.I don't think there were any pewpewboomboom as it probably was an intellectual exercise in communication. That is something that is very hard to make interesting. I very much like Sci-fi but I found 2001 Space Odyssey intensely boring.
Arrival is a fantastic movie if you like The Next Generation's Darmok.That episode frustrated me partially because it is very aggravating not being able to communicate.
That's all i can say about that.
so it is like contact, sounds like a predestination paradox
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Causal_loop (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Causal_loop)
simple answer, when you can travel through time, regular time rules do not apply, you exist outside of time. There was a previous loop.
Arrival is a fantastic movie if you like The Next Generation's Darmok.That episode frustrated me partially because it is very aggravating not being able to communicate.
That's all i can say about that.
I don't like that episode even though it produced the desired emotional response as it did it mostly by being bad. It really dragged on and there just wasn't enough material to fill the episode. I really wanted the episode to be over with, it was like pulling teeth.
It's is very pure old school sci-fi I will give it that.
Arrival is a fantastic movie if you like The Next Generation's Darmok.That episode frustrated me partially because it is very aggravating not being able to communicate.
That's all i can say about that.
I don't like that episode even though it produced the desired emotional response as it did it mostly by being bad. It really dragged on and there just wasn't enough material to fill the episode. I really wanted the episode to be over with, it was like pulling teeth.
It's is very pure old school sci-fi I will give it that.
I completely understand the aggravating part. But the strength (and the boredom) of it comes from trying to get past that. That's not very exciting to watch, admittedly.
I completely understand the aggravating part. But the strength (and the boredom) of it comes from trying to get past that. That's not very exciting to watch, admittedly.
Someday I'm going to see this movie just so that I can later come and read all these spoilered posts. :-[
Moana was FANTASTIC! Maybe the music wasn't as "singable" as with Frozen (but maybe that is a good thing...no more rounds of Let It Go causing you to pull your hair out), but it was entirely enjoyable and a well balanced film.
An the surprise thief of the show for us was Baby Moana. Freaking adorable. I wanted to adopt her.
For the rest of the film, the chicken was far more funny than I thought it would be. Glad the pig did not come along too because it could have been an overload of cute and quirky sidekicks.
I also liked how they portrayed Maui. I liked how he and Moana really played well off of each other.
If I had to chose a weak part of the film, it would be the underworld scene. And I enjoyed that part, but my nephew seemed to like that part the least. So I'll call it the weakest part.
Oh, and we both forgot to mention that this movie is absolutely GORGEOUS.
The islands, the water, the sky, and the hair. It was all so well done.
and I'm just now finding out that there was supposedly an after-credits scene. So if you go watch it, stick around for that.
Damn, I need to go to work in a few hours, but I just watched The Conjuring 2....
I see why this movie got so much praise.
So if you looking for a good supernatural horror/thriller, I think this is one you check out.
SPECTRE
A disappointment. It has some good action scenes. But the plot is bewildering at best. It calls back to the previous films but it does it in a way that even as someone who have watched all the the Craig films can't follow. You're constantly left wondering how did Bond know that or what's the connection? Despite this one can figure out the ending before you hit the quarter mark.
It's better than Quantum, has good jokes, but it is a big fall from SkyFall. Christopher Waltz was criminally wasted.
6/10
Yeah, I watched this recently myself. I have about the same criticism. The beginning was cool, but there was nothing left to care about afterwards. It had some nice nods to some Roger Moore Bond movies, but falls flat.My best Bond villain remains to be Sean Bean, like Christopher Lee he plays a villain that can equal Bond in combat, Sean easily pulls ahead because he is in a far better movie in every respect with a far more engaging plot.
The Man with the Golden Gun
8/10. Love this movie. Christopher Lee is one of the best bond villains ever. I liked the settings, it was like a setup for a bond game. That Island would make a great multiplayer level.
As someone who's not really a Star Wars fan, should I see this in the theater?Just watched it so I can answer this question for you. As a stand alone movie it is not bad. It felt original despite hitting some of those beats. It beats TFA which is a movie I just don't like for a number of reasons.
Thanks oohhboy. You have motivated me to get out and see it. Sounds like this is the film we should have gotten instead of TFA.For sure. TFA is just another movie in a long line of movies that shows JJ is a Hack. He should stay the hell away from the camera and focus on being a producer since he did right by helping POI and WestWorld started.
How would you compare R1 to Inglorious Basterds?I don't see how any undercover operative can ever be worth that kind of damage. It would also be stupid like Cortana turning on everyone in Halo 5(?). It would be the kind of **** m. night shyamalan would do.
Also, what do you think about the possibility of Finn being a deep deep cover operative? If his objectives are to "do whatever it takes to get to Luke Skywalker and kill him" then that adds a layer of complexity. You can never trust anyone defecting from an organization.
The Good Guys
Now that was a wonderful palette cleanser. Good Buddy "cop" adult action/thriller movie.
Now I'm disappointed that it took me this long to get around to it, I instead wasted time and money on garbage like BvS, SS and X-Men Apoc.
This is one of those that could make for an entertaining sequel, or maybe a TV show spinoff on Showtime or HBO.
verdict: recommended
Black and Wild: The ships flew so close together that once you disrupted their signal the flying wildly ended in crashing and explosions. Which is why it wasn't one big explosion but a chaotic wave of explosion as the Enterprise surfed the robots.
When you write it out it sounds really silly.
The Good Guys
Now that was a wonderful palette cleanser. Good Buddy "cop" adult action/thriller movie.
Now I'm disappointed that it took me this long to get around to it, I instead wasted time and money on garbage like BvS, SS and X-Men Apoc.
This is one of those that could make for an entertaining sequel, or maybe a TV show spinoff on Showtime or HBO.
verdict: recommended
Great movie, but a little too sleazy in parts for my taste. If you haven't seen Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, this movie is a spiritual sequel to that movie.
Black and Wild: The ships flew so close together that once you disrupted their signal the flying wildly ended in crashing and explosions. Which is why it wasn't one big explosion but a chaotic wave of explosion as the Enterprise surfed the robots.
When you write it out it sounds really silly.
I realize the effect, it was just silly that it was a uniform wave of explosion instead of a chaotic ripple as ships started flying off course and into one another
The Shallows
This was a pretty intense one. They kept it small and simple. Girl goes to Mexico to surf, **** goes wrong when a shark attacks, now she does her best to survive the ordeal. I can't speak to how realistic it was, or why she would make a certain decision that led to her incident, but the kept it tense and entertaining and that's all I can ask for out this "New Jaws" thriller.
The Shallows
This was a pretty intense one. They kept it small and simple. Girl goes to Mexico to surf, **** goes wrong when a shark attacks, now she does her best to survive the ordeal. I can't speak to how realistic it was, or why she would make a certain decision that led to her incident, but the kept it tense and entertaining and that's all I can ask for out this "New Jaws" thriller.
You might like Frozen(not the disney movie)
La La Land:
OMG. What the hell were people even watching with this movie? I feel like I went to the wrong film. The movie basically abandons its own premise of being a musical. It then turns into a shallow, uninteresting love story spread out between long, jazz interludes. The jazz music is great. The John Legend song is also great. The story was garbage. The "musical" numbers also sucked, especially the opening number where there's a guy inexplicably doing half-hearted parkour over cars while everyone else is posing on top of the cars. There was only one scene where there was any conflict whatsoever. To top it off, the ending just was nonsensical. I can't believe this is gonna win the Oscar. Ugh.
5/10
You might want to expedite the former two, as they have less time to still be in theatres, assuming that's how you want to watch them.
Honestly has no one else seen Logan yet? It's probably actually the best superhero movie I've ever seen. Oscar-worthy performance by Hugh Jackman.No, because **** superhero movies. I really don't care how good it is as it is just another Wolverine movie as far as I am concerned. There has been one or two standouts that are way off the reservation(Deadpool). But otherwise they are as stale as month old, partly dissicated hamburger.
Logan > Deadpool. It's so far removed from other superhero movies.
::snip::
I know it was already brought up, but Logan, holy ****. Awesome movie
I also think the comparison to Deadpool is like trying to rate John Wick against Anchorman, apples & oranges.
ThePerm - I haven't seen Kong Skull Island yet (tomorrow or Sunday), but I hope you stayed for the post-credits scene.
I know it was already brought up, but Logan, holy ****. Awesome movie
I also think the comparison to Deadpool is like trying to rate John Wick against Anchorman, apples & oranges.
I think if Fox can continue to carve that niche of the adult R comic movie, while Marvel continues down the Family Friendly all audiences route, we will be getting all we want from Comic movies in the near future. at least from the Marvel Comics side of things (please give back F4...)
I'm not sure where that leaves DC, but I'm hoping WW puts them back on the right track.
Get Out - 10/10
My word. This movie.
Kong was rad af.
Get Out - 10/10
My word. This movie.
My man. I've been trying to spread the word. people just don't know.
tell me that you immediately didn't go back and rethink the whole move in the end.
we can start with how *Get Out Spoilers*the reveal... the twist, changed how you looked at EVERYTHING that happened in the movie, right from the start.
like the first :mind blown: example - when they got pulled over and she "stuck up for her man" against the cop. But did she really!? or was she just trying to make sure that there was no record of her "black offering" on the local police radar, once a "missing persons" report is filed.
and how Mr TSA was the movie's representation of the audience, in saying everything we wanted to say to the character in the movie in the moment of the movie. It was such a relief character.
and then there's the party and the "help".... but I don't got time to get into that right now. such a fantastic movie.
Get Out - 10/10
My word. This movie.
My man. I've been trying to spread the word. people just don't know.
tell me that you immediately didn't go back and rethink the whole move in the end.
Dude, this was one of the few times I've sat in the theatre thinking as the credits rolled. Called my girl the next day so we could talk about it.we can start with how *Get Out Spoilers*the reveal... the twist, changed how you looked at EVERYTHING that happened in the movie, right from the start.
like the first :mind blown: example - when they got pulled over and she "stuck up for her man" against the cop. But did she really!? or was she just trying to make sure that there was no record of her "black offering" on the local police radar, once a "missing persons" report is filed.
and how Mr TSA was the movie's representation of the audience, in saying everything we wanted to say to the character in the movie in the moment of the movie. It was such a relief character.
and then there's the party and the "help".... but I don't got time to get into that right now. such a fantastic movie.
DUDE!
When I realized the bingo scene was a fucking auction! At first, I was like, WTF are they doing?? And the scene when he runs up stairs and everyone immediately stops what they're doing and looks up at the ceiling, the girl goes after him and doesn't mention how weird everyone's acting. She had to have seen that ****. Then he's going into that little closet while trying to leave, and I'm yelling "DON'T WASTE YOUR TIME GOING THROUGH ****, LEAVE!!" But that's when you realize she's in on it! Holy ****. There are so many damn layers to it.
Get Out - 10/10
My word. This movie.
My man. I've been trying to spread the word. people just don't know.
tell me that you immediately didn't go back and rethink the whole move in the end.
Dude, this was one of the few times I've sat in the theatre thinking as the credits rolled. Called my girl the next day so we could talk about it.we can start with how *Get Out Spoilers*the reveal... the twist, changed how you looked at EVERYTHING that happened in the movie, right from the start.
like the first :mind blown: example - when they got pulled over and she "stuck up for her man" against the cop. But did she really!? or was she just trying to make sure that there was no record of her "black offering" on the local police radar, once a "missing persons" report is filed.
and how Mr TSA was the movie's representation of the audience, in saying everything we wanted to say to the character in the movie in the moment of the movie. It was such a relief character.
and then there's the party and the "help".... but I don't got time to get into that right now. such a fantastic movie.
DUDE!
When I realized the bingo scene was a fucking auction! At first, I was like, WTF are they doing?? And the scene when he runs up stairs and everyone immediately stops what they're doing and looks up at the ceiling, the girl goes after him and doesn't mention how weird everyone's acting. She had to have seen that ****. Then he's going into that little closet while trying to leave, and I'm yelling "DON'T WASTE YOUR TIME GOING THROUGH ****, LEAVE!!" But that's when you realize she's in on it! Holy ****. There are so many damn layers to it.
well, let's talk about the Party scene like how it starts after the awkward conversation with the grounds keeper, who is then seen greeting all the guest like long time friends.....
During the tour the dad said he always kept a bit of his mother in the kitchen, and who's standing int he kitchen!? The House Keeper (aka his MOM) which also means the grounds keeper was (his Dad).
All the awkward ass conversations like "so how would you say your experience as a Black Man was...?" from the Asian man
and the heart to heart w/ Jimmy James (from News Radio)
and the moment you realize that the brotha w/ the white lady was actually that black dude from the intro to the movie that went missing!!!
ANd the GF feeling her man needed a break from the party was all part of the ruse, so she could get him away for a bit so they could bingo/auction his body to the highest bidder.
some of the details are a little foggy right now (I need to rewatch this one)
but there is just soooo much to talk about on this one. insights I probably haven't caught, that someone else probably picked up on.
I really hope this one sticks in the theater for a while and gets remembered around award season time.
Saw Power Rangers last night with one of those free tickets they were dumping online a few nights back and...surprisingly, I quite enjoyed it. Half-decent writing & solid character building. I actually didn't mind that there's only maybe 20 or so minutes of actual Power Rangers in this movie. But...Krispy Kreme...oh god...the Krispy Kreme... -_-
Get Out was the worst movie I've never seen.
Beauty and the Beast - 9/10
I honestly can't believe I'm saying that, or would have before seeing it, but holy crap, it was excellent. Maybe it's a bit of nostalgia kicking in, but they really nailed it, as far as converting the animated movie into live action - and actually improved a bit upon the story. There were several moments where my allergies started acting up...
That's his last turn as Wolverine, right?
That's his last turn as Wolverine, right?
Yes, though he has stated he would return if it were in the MCU.
GET OUTI really liked Get Out. I saw it a couple weeks ago. I would say that it is one of the sharpest horror films I've seen in a while, but that doesn't really mean it's a great movie. I love horror films, and I think so much of the movie is excellently choreographed and in line with horror tropes and concepts, but that just means it is a great horror film. Some of the acting is good, some of it is mediocre. The dialogue is great and you can appreciate it on a second viewing, for sure. I think where the movie succeeds is in its absurdity and humor, however, which often made me feel like I was watching a comedy rather than a horror film. This doesn't surprise me when factoring in Peele's writing and experience.
Most cathartic movie I've ever seen. The ending...man. I've never felt such pleasure watching a movie than after seeing Pops get a rib full of antlers. That's not to say it's a perfect movie. After he had substantial proof that his girl was in on it, he still asked her for the keys and made no precautions to leaving the house safely. I would have immediately been the most pleasant person around, asking my girl if we could stay longer because I was enjoying myself so much, all the while planning my escape. Best character by far was the NSA. He was my voice. That was a very smart character addition.
Overall, an incredibly fun movie. It's unnerving, intelligent, and over-the-top. 9/10
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 - Really good/10
Just go see it. I don't know if it's better, worse, or the same as the first, in terms of "quality" - but it's really good. I've seen it twice already, going to see it in IMAX 3D on Wednesday. Yes, there are 5 mid/post-credits scenes. Unfortunately, the most boring one is saved for last, but it's still worth sticking around for. It ties into something that takes place during the movie: basically, Stan Lee is confirmed to be the same character in every Marvel movie - including the non-Marvel Studios films, I suppose.
Alien Covenant. Maybe i'm just burned out on horror movies, but the entire movie, and same with Life recently, is built on the idea that the characters are stupid. I just can't get past that.
I am Not a Serial Killer
This an entertaining little indie film about sociopath high schooler who works in a funeral home. People start getting murdered in his small town and then things take a twist. Christopher Lloyd is in it, definitely worth a watch on the Netflix.
Until this one. :(
Nothing made any sense. No plots were really resolved. And the biggest disappointment.....no epic moments. They were primarily what I enjoy about the previous movies.
There was none of it. I have no desire to ever watch this one again.
Until this one. :(
Nothing made any sense. No plots were really resolved. And the biggest disappointment.....no epic moments. They were primarily what I enjoy about the previous movies.
There was none of it. I have no desire to ever watch this one again.
This had me laughing pretty hard. What took you so long?
And who owns F4 then? I thought Fox published the last three F4 films?
There are folks (myself included) who want a good Fantastic Four movie. The addition of bringing Reed Richards and the Thing into the MCU is exciting to no ends.
There are folks (myself included) who want a good Fantastic Four movie. The addition of bringing Reed Richards and the Thing into the MCU is exciting to no ends.
Regarding what you said about Groot in GotG Vol 2 - teenage Groot is the version that is going to be in Avengers Infinity War.
Regarding what you said about Groot in GotG Vol 2 - teenage Groot is the version that is going to be in Avengers Infinity War.
Good. I'm more interested in this movie now than I was a day ago. ;D
Well, they won't be making another one...so you don't have to worry.
I was at a friend's house and the fight scenes of the man of Tai Chi laughable. So slow.It was overly choreographed and full of quick cuts for something that is slower than normal. It didn't help that Tiger never takes any damage unless the movie thematically calls for it.
The Wizard of Oz books are so good. I started reading them a few years back, but stopped when I got too busy at work. Might pick them up again.
Yeah, I suppose there's just stuff about this movie that rubbed me completely the wrong way as someone who loves Batman: TAS. For instance, why is THIS incarnation of Harley a total slut? Seriously, WTF is going on with Bruce Timm? After all the crap he got for shoehorning in a sex scene between Batman & Batgirl in Killing Joke, he decided to double-DOWN on it by having Harley & Nightwing have bondage sex with weird tickle stuff afterwards? Not to mention, all the gratuitous swearing, Harley's butt being like twice the size it's ever been, & that breast thrust & shake she does in the bar scene.
Batman in B&HQ is a dumbass, Nightwing's a Playboy, & Harley's a slut. Just rubs me the wrong way, and it reminds me of the infamous line from Jurassic Park: "You people were so caught up in if you COULD do something that you never stopped to think if you SHOULD."
Yeah, I suppose there's just stuff about this movie that rubbed me completely the wrong way as someone who loves Batman: TAS. For instance, why is THIS incarnation of Harley a total slut? Seriously, WTF is going on with Bruce Timm? After all the crap he got for shoehorning in a sex scene between Batman & Batgirl in Killing Joke, he decided to double-DOWN on it by having Harley & Nightwing have bondage sex with weird tickle stuff afterwards? Not to mention, all the gratuitous swearing, Harley's butt being like twice the size it's ever been, & that breast thrust & shake she does in the bar scene.
Batman in B&HQ is a dumbass, Nightwing's a Playboy, & Harley's a slut. Just rubs me the wrong way, and it reminds me of the infamous line from Jurassic Park: "You people were so caught up in if you COULD do something that you never stopped to think if you SHOULD."
Don't go there! PULL UP, PULL UP!!
Yeah, I suppose there's just stuff about this movie that rubbed me completely the wrong way as someone who loves Batman: TAS. For instance, why is THIS incarnation of Harley a total slut? Seriously, WTF is going on with Bruce Timm? After all the crap he got for shoehorning in a sex scene between Batman & Batgirl in Killing Joke, he decided to double-DOWN on it by having Harley & Nightwing have bondage sex with weird tickle stuff afterwards? Not to mention, all the gratuitous swearing, Harley's butt being like twice the size it's ever been, & that breast thrust & shake she does in the bar scene.
Batman in B&HQ is a dumbass, Nightwing's a Playboy, & Harley's a slut. Just rubs me the wrong way, and it reminds me of the infamous line from Jurassic Park: "You people were so caught up in if you COULD do something that you never stopped to think if you SHOULD."
Don't go there! PULL UP, PULL UP!!
That's what she (Harley) said. :P:
Yeah, I suppose there's just stuff about this movie that rubbed me completely the wrong way as someone who loves Batman: TAS. For instance, why is THIS incarnation of Harley a total slut? Seriously, WTF is going on with Bruce Timm? After all the crap he got for shoehorning in a sex scene between Batman & Batgirl in Killing Joke, he decided to double-DOWN on it by having Harley & Nightwing have bondage sex with weird tickle stuff afterwards? Not to mention, all the gratuitous swearing, Harley's butt being like twice the size it's ever been, & that breast thrust & shake she does in the bar scene.
Batman in B&HQ is a dumbass, Nightwing's a Playboy, & Harley's a slut. Just rubs me the wrong way, and it reminds me of the infamous line from Jurassic Park: "You people were so caught up in if you COULD do something that you never stopped to think if you SHOULD."
Don't go there! PULL UP, PULL UP!!
That's what she (Harley) said. :P:
You went off the deep end, not cool, very not cool.
Don't you want to rev up your Harley? *vroom* *vroom*Yeah, I suppose there's just stuff about this movie that rubbed me completely the wrong way as someone who loves Batman: TAS. For instance, why is THIS incarnation of Harley a total slut? Seriously, WTF is going on with Bruce Timm? After all the crap he got for shoehorning in a sex scene between Batman & Batgirl in Killing Joke, he decided to double-DOWN on it by having Harley & Nightwing have bondage sex with weird tickle stuff afterwards? Not to mention, all the gratuitous swearing, Harley's butt being like twice the size it's ever been, & that breast thrust & shake she does in the bar scene.
Batman in B&HQ is a dumbass, Nightwing's a Playboy, & Harley's a slut. Just rubs me the wrong way, and it reminds me of the infamous line from Jurassic Park: "You people were so caught up in if you COULD do something that you never stopped to think if you SHOULD."
Don't go there! PULL UP, PULL UP!!
That's what she (Harley) said. :P:
You went off the deep end, not cool, very not cool.
Hyperbole aside, I'm just fed up with Harley's depictions outside the animated series. In almost every version except Injustice 2 & Lego Batman, the creators take this playful, psychotic, sympathetic character...and they sex her up. It really bugs me. Starting with the 1st Arkham game & ending with this film & suicide squad, and her depictions have grown increasingly crude & sexual, along with her outfit. It's something that's bugged me for years considering this was a goofy character created for a children's cartoon who eventually became a symbol (of sorts) for domestic violence.
Just sayin', is it really too much to ask for this character to be treated with something akin to class...especially considering (once again) that this is supposed to be a tribute to the very series that created her?
So yeah, maybe it sounds petty, but this movie's take on Harley bugged me.
Has Bruce Timm has went nuts and is now some sort of cartoon fetish pervert? Maybe he always was.
How weird is it?
Is it like Under the Skin weird?
Thor Ragnarok - 10/10
Just kidding it's not out yet.
I'm seeing Thor tonight. Most excited. And the missus always loves a couple of hour oogling session at Mr Hemsworth.
I hear there are some shirtless scenes, so be ready for some post movie play time.
I hear there are some shirtless scenes, so be ready for some post movie play time.
Bahahahah.
Um I don't think that will be happening lol. Let's just say that I am NOT like Mr Hemsworth.
that's why she keeps her eyes closed, or turn the lights out, and play pretend. I'd work on the accent a little if I were you. LOL
Korg is one of the best characters in the whole show. You'll know why instantly.
Korg is one of the best characters in the whole show. You'll know why instantly.
Also if Korg and Meik don't get their own movie trilogy, it will be a crime against humanity.
So yeah....Justice League.
It's definitely better than BvS (no great accomplishment granted) but nowhere near the level of the Avengers though in my opinion. Story was nothing special but at least it was somewhat coherent. Now with CGI, I'm not a CGI nerd so it didn't worry me at all. But Steppenwolf is definitely sub par, especially his talking. As for Cavill's mo, I didn't notice that at all.
I quite enjoyed all the different characters and I felt they all had their place.
I won't see it again at the movies, but will certainly watch it again when it releases on home formats. Hopefully there'll be an extended cut like BvS.
WB is officially not happy(https://i.imgur.com/Yb4lLIm.jpg)
Let the past die. Kill it if you must. That's the theme of the movie. On one hand I see the point with some of the issues people have, on the other hand, I think those points are ridiculous.This is a tough pill to swallow for people who are devoted to a franchise that hasn't treated them well for a long time. And, while I don't want to get into the argument of deifying characters and such, there are a number of choices made in this narrative that, while bold and different, don't feel genuine or rational. Heck, the biggest twist of the movie is just a poor writing choice that resulted from two people having creative differences. That's not something to be praised.
The bad thing is, Poe is still going to be treated like a hero, but had the dude not gone through with his terrible, off the books plan, Finn and Rose wouldn't have ended up captured and 90% of the remaining rebels wouldn't have been killed. Dude screwed up, big time.
But I'm just frustrated with how contrived and unbelievable the Resistance side of the film was and the tossing aside of characters like Phasma, who is now an even more worthless character than the one she was modeled after (Boba Fett).
They could have had a sub-plot where he is convinced to come out of retirement by Leia to reactivate a mothballed fleet he setup to ride to the rescue. He makes a call to duty to the scattered crews and they arrive en mass. Ackbar gets a badass speech about freedoms and stuff. Some of the crew would be old guys back from Jedi who persuades their own freighter, smuggler, garage crews to fight. Professional racers and adrenaline junkies to fly fighters. Finn is working with one of these crews who manages to join the fleet and does something heroic.
In the last few days we are all still mixed about the film. There were good parts, great parts, poor parts, and just plain awful parts. Really, I hope Disney rethinks giving Rian Johnson a full trilogy with no restrictions, because I feel like he is primarily to blame for the mess he put everything into.
The only lasting positive I can say at this point is that I genuinely have NO idea where the series will go from here. Whether I saw the plot twists coming or not, it just feels like wild space going forward, especially with the loss of Carrie Fisher. I really hope they make the right decision and keep the character in the next film. Recast her and couple it with a bit of tasteful digital wizardry if necessary and roll with it. Writing her out will be as clunky and infuriating as some of the scenes, plot contrivances, and pacing of Last Jedi.
I liked the film but can understand why some might hate it.
The bad thing is, Poe is still going to be treated like a hero, but had the dude not gone through with his terrible, off the books plan, Finn and Rose wouldn't have ended up captured and 90% of the remaining rebels wouldn't have been killed. Dude screwed up, big time.
It's not his fault the new commander didn't bother to tell him what the real plan was. I mean, what was the point of not bothering to telling your most important fighter that they had a good plan to escape the First Order.? Instead they made him think they were just going to wander around aimlessly until they ran out of fuel, and when they finally reveal that they'll put everyone on the escape shuttles, never bother to tell him the First Order can't track them so everyone will be safe. Instead they just let him think they'll be easy pickings, which is the final straw to cause him to mutiny, which ends up causing the shuttles to actually be easy pickings and the First Order to know the survivors are on the planet.
Yeah Poe's planned backfired but the leaders of the Resistance were at fault for not even letting him no what the real plan was, especially when Leia finally reveals it too him he's actually impressed and OK with it. Meaning if they told him it in the first place he wouldn't have done the stupid things he ended up doing.
If you want to let the past die, stop making Star Wars movies. We need some new, original IPs out there, anyway.
EDIT: And it just dawned on me. At the end they used their last ship to lightspeed into the First Order armada. Why didnt they do that with all of the previous ships that they evacuated? The first order would have either stayed on to take the risk of having their own ships destroyed or let them escape. Some actual odds and genuine tension right there.
I liked the film but can understand why some might hate it.
The bad thing is, Poe is still going to be treated like a hero, but had the dude not gone through with his terrible, off the books plan, Finn and Rose wouldn't have ended up captured and 90% of the remaining rebels wouldn't have been killed. Dude screwed up, big time.
It's not his fault the new commander didn't bother to tell him what the real plan was. I mean, what was the point of not bothering to telling your most important fighter that they had a good plan to escape the First Order.? Instead they made him think they were just going to wander around aimlessly until they ran out of fuel, and when they finally reveal that they'll put everyone on the escape shuttles, never bother to tell him the First Order can't track them so everyone will be safe. Instead they just let him think they'll be easy pickings, which is the final straw to cause him to mutiny, which ends up causing the shuttles to actually be easy pickings and the First Order to know the survivors are on the planet.
Yeah Poe's planned backfired but the leaders of the Resistance were at fault for not even letting him no what the real plan was, especially when Leia finally reveals it too him he's actually impressed and OK with it. Meaning if they told him it in the first place he wouldn't have done the stupid things he ended up doing.
Poe already proved he was a hot headed flyby unwilling to listen to authority - something that decimated the rebel army in both manpower and firepower - and he wasn't even remorseful about it. Dude should have been thrown in the brig. No one owes him an explanation for anything.
The Resistance might make more sense as a faction now that it's... an actual resistance, but I'm still miffed that the First Order is incredibly nebulous. Like, if they're such an overwhelming force that's going to take over the galaxy, why the HELL are like, three ships, including Snoke's own flagship, the only ones that can chase down the dinky Resistance fleet? Why can't they send a transmission to some other forces? WHY DO THEY ONLY SEND A HANDFUL OF WALKERS DOWN TO SALTY MCSALTSALT? It's just so poorly defined and there's no sense of oppression, and hell, maybe there shouldn't be. But I have absolutely NO idea where this story is going and it seems to be a fine ending point for this story arc in general.
There are simple questions from TFA like "Where the hell is everyone else?" among other things. The underlying premise of the new trilogy is nonsense and I do not expect it to get any better.
But hey, guys, that casino subplot... amirite?
Glaring is the under-statement. That is outright asinine.But hey, guys, that casino subplot... amirite?
That could have been good, but it wasn't. I liked a lot of the ideas it had, it just wasn't well executed.
Also, just read an interview. Rian Johnson wrote his script while The Force Awakens was shooting. Which means he had his layout before the movie was complete. Which means, he hadn't watched the movie. That helps to explain the big disconnect. In some ways that makes his work more pure, but as a trilogy piece, it is glaring.
I look forward to Solo as it is written by Lawrence Kasdan. Though, I imagine no matter how good it is it will be hated by most everyone.
I hear there is a petition or two going around to make The Last Jedi NON-CANNONAnything JJ touched should be shot out of a cannon into his face.
that seems reasonable right?
Also no one ever answered... There was a new actress for Leah, right?
They recast Dumbledore and the world moved on.
They could have killed her off with the giant canon thing that seemed to do nothing except almost kill Finn
I like to think they all lived Happily Ever after at the end of Return of the Jedi.
...Not die old and bitter as they fail.
Same, it helps that R1 has a coherent plot even if the first 2/3 were a let down and the characters a bit flat.
I don't know why a lot of people complain about having tie fighters and star destroyers and AT-AT precursor as it is well within that era for them to show up. TFA doesn't have that excuse. They strangely also bitch alot about the end Vader scene when we finally see Vader be that holy **** badass without current dance fu bs.
When you point out of course it looks like OG Star Wars because it's the same era they say it's fan service the movie and should have been more creative or some **** like that. Absurd claim of course and it's great the movie understands how it is restricted by the universe so it doesn't get ridiculous.
There are a couple of examples of excess fan service like blue milk, AT-AT and Vader's lava planet since I don't know why you would setup a home where you got fucked up at.
It has a fair share of problems but look, feel, technical skills and action isn't one of them. It has some very beautiful vistas of horror and the Star Destroyers looking like plastic is a joy which I wished they carried that to the other ship a little.
For me the new trilogy fell apart at the opening scroll in TFA. It instantly set off the nonsense alarm.
the DESTRUCTION of the REPUBLIC and a COMPLETE RESCAFFOLDING of both the Resistance and the First Order- have taken place over the course of two or three weeks. Like, what?
For me the new trilogy fell apart at the opening scroll in TFA. It instantly set off the nonsense alarm.
Care to share more on this? Bad guys take over without LS, seemed pretty straightforward, especially in light of how inept the Resistance is in Ep 8.
Just went and saw Jumanji.
It was very entertaining, but the entertainment started before the movie....
some 30something couple were plainly visible fucking in the front section. I could see her whole thigh and leg as she's bouncing up and down on the dude's lap.... praying that my daughter and her friends next to her never actually notice whats going on.
Luckily another concerned parent had already alerted theater staff, who promptly confronted the couple, with flashlights. The female had to stand up and pull her pants back on, trying to grip her blanket so as to not be exposed to everyone, now that the flashlights were on her.... little did she know, we could already see her before they brought the flashlights in.
but anyway.... back to the movie.
This is a direct sequel to the original Jumanji movie, which I remember hearing wasn't the case...
Everyone was pretty entertaining in this, and a majority of the humor was funny. Definitely a teen comedy, so some humor not appropriate for little children... luckily some of it will just go over their head. Videogame aspects were handled well, and overall a good time at the movies. Don't think too hard, just enjoy your popcorn and be in a mood to enjoy what you're watching. You'll like it.
I’m not arguing that point. What I’m saying is, within the one frame of the movies, the First Order has decimated the New Republic and also lost their Supreme Leader (which is just an absurd title, by the by), who presumably helped this organization rise and put plans into effect, within the span of two weeks.the DESTRUCTION of the REPUBLIC and a COMPLETE RESCAFFOLDING of both the Resistance and the First Order- have taken place over the course of two or three weeks. Like, what?
Ep 7 crawl says the FO arose in the absence of LS.
For me, Poe is a dick coming out of this movie. As you said, he can learn from his failures and grow as a character - but we didn't see that in the movie. He ignored direct orders at the beginning and got a lot of ships and people blown up for almost no good reason. Then, instead of being put in the brig or blown out a space hatch, he's given a second chance... which he uses to again directly defy orders, getting even more people and ships blown up. He learned NOTHING the first time around.
That's not to say he cannot be redeemed going forward, but, in the context of this movie, dude is a dick. I don't like him.
If you're going to go off the books with some crazy ass plan, that plan had *better* work. Because, if it doesn't, you're going to have hell to pay. Except in Poe's case, he gets to continue being the center of attention while all those around him are dead as a direct result of his actions.
They could *really* use this to create a great plot point around his character in nine. I doubt they will.
Just went and saw Jumanji.
It was very entertaining, but the entertainment started before the movie....
some 30something couple were plainly visible fucking in the front section. I could see her whole thigh and leg as she's bouncing up and down on the dude's lap.... praying that my daughter and her friends next to her never actually notice whats going on.
Luckily another concerned parent had already alerted theater staff, who promptly confronted the couple, with flashlights. The female had to stand up and pull her pants back on, trying to grip her blanket so as to not be exposed to everyone, now that the flashlights were on her.... little did she know, we could already see her before they brought the flashlights in.
but anyway.... back to the movie.
This is a direct sequel to the original Jumanji movie, which I remember hearing wasn't the case...
Everyone was pretty entertaining in this, and a majority of the humor was funny. Definitely a teen comedy, so some humor not appropriate for little children... luckily some of it will just go over their head. Videogame aspects were handled well, and overall a good time at the movies. Don't think too hard, just enjoy your popcorn and be in a mood to enjoy what you're watching. You'll like it.
That's pretty disgusting. And why would someone do that in the front section? And why don't people think they'll get caught? Was the theatre not crowded?
2/3 full is still entirely too full to be doing that in a theatre. If there's 2/3 other people then maybe, but jeeze.
Sounds like Jumanji...
...Brings out people's animal side!!!
:cool; :cool; :cool; :cool; :cool; :cool; :cool; :cool; :cool; :cool; :cool;
(I think there was a showing of JL at the time too)
TFA is pretty much a reboot in all but name. It went out of it's way to destroy, render null or ignore everything that happened before. Regressing character development especially Solo and side lining everyone else.
Get Out - 10/10
Holy ****, why did I wait so long to see this movie? Easily one of the best movies I've ever seen. I don't know that it's very re-watchable on its own, but watching it with different people who haven't seen it seems like it would be a lot of fun. I actually clapped at the end.
Man, I tried to tell all of you before this movie even hit the theater, and then couldn't sing higher praises after I had actually seen it in theaters as well.Haha that's awesome. I will admit this movie made me think about stuff, like, have I ever gone out of my way to "prove" that I'm not racist, and made things awkward by doing so, and stuff like that.
I'm determined to get me a new white girlfriend that has never seen this movie and make her watch it with me.
This movie was seriously one of the best theater experiences I've ever had. The audience reactions and interactions along with the uncomfortability of a few select white people and mixed couples in the audience made this an 11/10 in the theater.
Man, I tried to tell all of you before this movie even hit the theater, and then couldn't sing higher praises after I had actually seen it in theaters as well.Haha that's awesome. I will admit this movie made me think about stuff, like, have I ever gone out of my way to "prove" that I'm not racist, and made things awkward by doing so, and stuff like that.
I'm determined to get me a new white girlfriend that has never seen this movie and make her watch it with me.
This movie was seriously one of the best theater experiences I've ever had. The audience reactions and interactions along with the uncomfortability of a few select white people and mixed couples in the audience made this an 11/10 in the theater.
This movie was seriously one of the best theater experiences I've ever had. The audience reactions and interactions along with the uncomfortability of a few select white people and mixed couples in the audience made this an 11/10 in the theater.
EDIT: And it just dawned on me. At the end they used their last ship to lightspeed into the First Order armada. Why didnt they do that with all of the previous ships that they evacuated? The first order would have either stayed on to take the risk of having their own ships destroyed or let them escape. Some actual odds and genuine tension right there.
I liked the film but can understand why some might hate it.
It's not his fault the new commander didn't bother to tell him what the real plan was. I mean, what was the point of not bothering to telling your most important fighter that they had a good plan to escape the First Order.? Instead they made him think they were just going to wander around aimlessly until they ran out of fuel, and when they finally reveal that they'll put everyone on the escape shuttles, never bother to tell him the First Order can't track them so everyone will be safe. Instead they just let him think they'll be easy pickings, which is the final straw to cause him to mutiny, which ends up causing the shuttles to actually be easy pickings and the First Order to know the survivors are on the planet.
Yeah Poe's planned backfired but the leaders of the Resistance were at fault for not even letting him no what the real plan was, especially when Leia finally reveals it too him he's actually impressed and OK with it. Meaning if they told him it in the first place he wouldn't have done the stupid things he ended up doing.
Poe already proved he was a hot headed flyby unwilling to listen to authority - something that decimated the rebel army in both manpower and firepower - and he wasn't even remorseful about it. Dude should have been thrown in the brig. No one owes him an explanation for anything.
He was influential enough to lead a mutiny. I think someone owed him an explanation. It's bad leadership when everyone under you can be easily turned against you.
“[Luke] is basically tailoring this projection to have maximum effect on Kylo,” Johnson explained. “He knows that Kylo’s Achilles heel is his rage, and so that’s why he kind of makes himself look younger, the way Kylo would’ve last seen him in their confrontation at the temple and that’s why he decided to bring Kylo’s grandfather’s lightsaber down there — the lightsaber that Kylo screamed at Rey, ‘that’s mine, that belongs to me.’”
After its hugely disappointing debut last weekend, China’s movie exhibitors have taken the big, and possibly unprecedented decision to drop the Hollywood studio film Star Wars: The Last Jedi’s showtimes by 92 percent, from its 34.5% percent share of the territory’s total screenings last Friday to just 2.6 percent this Friday.
I don't normally track screen counts in China on a week-to-week, movie by movie basis, so I can't be absolutely certain, but I suspect this magnitude of abandonment by exhibitors is unprecedented in Chinese cinema history.
Disney (NYSE:DIS) can credibly blame the fact that Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle and a slew of local Chinese movies are releasing wide this weekend and sucking up The Last Jedi's venues, but the real story is that Chinese moviegoers have rejected Star Wars: The Last Jedi like a bad liver transplant. The film earned just $27 million in its debut last weekend, less than one-third of the $87 million that the low-budget rom-com Ex-File 3 earned in its second frame, and it added only $7 million during the week, to reach a distressingly low total of $34.2 million in its first 7 days.
If The Last Jedi had been performing the way most Disney movies have over the past year in China, it would have held on to many if not most of those showtimes for its second weekend. The studio's Pixar animated feature Coco, for instance, is still going strong nearly two months after its China premiere.
The draconian decline in screenings might actually help boost The Last Jedi's per-screen averages, as theater supply falls below the demand of moviegoers who still want to see the Star Wars sequel.
On the other hand, it's equally possible that most everyone who wanted to see the picture in China has already seen it, and Star Wars: The Last Jedi will suffer a swift and devastating demise this coming weekend.
Bruce Timm has a very bad track record of inserting new characters & stories into these adaptations lately (*cough*KillingJoke*cough*).
QuoteBruce Timm has a very bad track record of inserting new characters & stories into these adaptations lately (*cough*KillingJoke*cough*).
Besides Killing Joke (which I 100% agree on), what other 'very bad' decisions has he made?
What's wrong with Batman & Harley Quinn? Killed a bunch of people on screen, guns and it was pretty fun with that touch of camp.
The only flaw I have with it is casting Melissa for Quinn, it was terrible. What were they thinking.
Black Panther 9/10
In my top 5 MCU movies. It was very satisfying. Marvel really has been kicking ass at making these movies. Speaking of top 5 it becomes a futile effort to even figure out which are in the online mobile casino no deposit bonus (https://passion-games.com). There was even a James Bond aspect to this movie I didn't expect. Not the Grace Jones reference, but hey that was cool too.
What's wrong with Batman & Harley Quinn? Killed a bunch of people on screen, guns and it was pretty fun with that touch of camp.
The only flaw I have with it is casting Melissa for Quinn, it was terrible. What were they thinking.
I haven't seen it yet, but isn't there a scene where she practically rapes Nightwing? And a dance number that involves her shaking her breasts for 2 minutes?
Harley has always been a sexual character... but my understanding is that this movie kinda took it ip a notch... in a bad way.
I never saw the first Pacific Rim... is it any good?
I never saw the first Pacific Rim... is it any good?
It's an incredibly simple movie, but I love it. When my Dad saw it, he compared it favorably to Independence Day, and I think that's an apt comparison in terms of tone & how it plays squarely to emotion.
I never saw the first Pacific Rim... is it any good?
It's an incredibly simple movie, but I love it. When my Dad saw it, he compared it favorably to Independence Day, and I think that's an apt comparison in terms of tone & how it plays squarely to emotion.
It's like a big budget b-movie. The dialogue is laughable at times, but everything works. You gotta go in for the giant robot on giant monster violence and stay for the Charlie Day.
"you call this archaeology?"
Just got out of Tomb Raider. It's an OK popcorn flick, but it's an adaptation of Tomb Raider 2013 in name only. It's ACTUALLY an adaptation (almost beat for beat) of Uncharted: Drake's Fortune, with a LOT of Indiana Jones & the Last Crusade. Yep, they do that. Yep, that too. Yep, EVEN THAT.
Most recent movie I saw was Oculus with the girl from Doctor Who. It was okay but I didn't care for how predictable it turned out.
Finn gets thrown under the bus where everything he does is pointless. He could have escaped in the escape pod and nothing would change. That screams bad movie when you can edit a person out with that much screen time and supposed importance with zero impact.
Speaking of, to me, the kid using The Force at the end is meant to reinforce the idea that Force sensitive people can be literally anyone and anywhere like Rey (for now, anyway). After all, some random person had to abitrarily discover The Force at some point in this universe’s history. While it is well-supported that genetics can, in fact, play a role in someone’s connection to The Force, the point is it doesn’t have to. Being Force sensitive is as mysterious as The Force itself. In a way, this undercuts the existence of midi-chlorians. A person doesn’t need to be from an important, infamous, or even mildly notable bloodline. This will be true even if J.J. Abrams walks back on Rian Johnson’s decision to make Rey’s heritage inconsequential to the overal mythos.
The kid at the end of the movie ties in with some of what Luke said earlier in the movie about how anyone is capable of tapping into the force. Yes, it's true some are able to tap-into it easier and wield it more powerfully, but the message I got from it is that literally anyone within the Star Wars universe is capable of learning how to use the force if they're willing to learn.Isn’t that what I said?
It's a real democratization of the force and sets-up a narrative thread that could lead to lots of people within the universe learning how to use the force to varying degrees.I feel like this has always been the implication. In A New Hope, Obi-Wan says, “The Force is what gives a Jedi his power. It’s an energy field created by all living things. It surrounds us and penetrates us. It binds the galaxy together.” If The Force is within everyone, it follows that everyone can tap into it to some extent. I’d liken that to athletic ability. Anyone can play a sport. Some are just more naturally gifted; others have to work extra hard and even then, they still may not match someone who just has good genetics. And if one doesn’t foster any of that, it’s just lost potential.
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QuoteIt's a real democratization of the force and sets-up a narrative thread that could lead to lots of people within the universe learning how to use the force to varying degrees.[size=0px]I feel like this has always been the implication. In A New Hope, Obi-Wan says, “The Force is what gives a Jedi his power. It’s an energy field created by all living things. It surrounds us and penetrates us. It binds the galaxy together.” If The Force is within everyone, it follows that everyone can tap into it to some extent. I’d liken that to athletic ability. Anyone can play a sport. Some are just more naturally gifted; others have to work extra hard and even then, they still may not match someone who just has good genetics. And if one doesn’t foster any of that, it’s just lost potential.[/size]
I understand the thing about the first Thor. I've kinda written off most of the things from that movie since they explicitly say they're not gods and then by Thor 3, they're gods again.
I want whatever the writers of Batman Ninja were smoking, taking, and drinking (clearly all at once).This was literally bat **** insane. It gives no fucks and it is an amazing spectacle. It takes Batman tropes all the way and when you think it's done it runs off the cliff completely disrespecting gravity. It's great.
Is it a good movie? Not...really (the animation is kind of randomly terrible & the lip syncing doesn't even try), but it sure is fucking memorable. I'll give it that. And in spots the movie just looks amazing.
Pretty good. Warriors of Three Sovereigns has already been read more than two million times since its release. Cyclone just in at just under 750,000 on NetEase. (https://manhua.163.com/author/book/85518982)
"We finally have Chinese superheroes," said one commenter on NetEase. "We've made it."
"Maybe one day they'll be able to fight alongside The Avengers," another added.
For now, the comics are only available in Chinese and on NetEase's Comics website - the online comic platform, which already hosts other Marvel comics including Captain America and Spiderman.
According to a statement by NetEase, the characters are meant to appeal to more than just a Chinese audience, with the company saying it hoped they would "promote the diversity of the Marvel universe."
It's not so much they run out of heroes as they can always manufacture more whole cloth and some can pass on their legacy to an understudy. The question is would anyone care? With existing heroes they have a cheat sheet back catalogue of comics to pick and choose character elements from to shorten their introduction. Completely new would require all sorts of investment and build up essentially doubling down on origin stories.
Right now they are dumping a set of completely new characters in China tailored very specifically to their market to the point an outsider would see it as an extremely cynical move. It's a couple steps away from propaganda.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-44078700QuotePretty good. Warriors of Three Sovereigns has already been read more than two million times since its release. Cyclone just in at just under 750,000 on NetEase. (https://manhua.163.com/author/book/85518982)
"We finally have Chinese superheroes," said one commenter on NetEase. "We've made it."
"Maybe one day they'll be able to fight alongside The Avengers," another added.
For now, the comics are only available in Chinese and on NetEase's Comics website - the online comic platform, which already hosts other Marvel comics including Captain America and Spiderman.
According to a statement by NetEase, the characters are meant to appeal to more than just a Chinese audience, with the company saying it hoped they would "promote the diversity of the Marvel universe."
Warriors of Three Sovereigns?! It's a direct reference to Romance of the 3 kingdoms which is one of the few cultural bit of entertainment that is safe to make in China and it is done to death beyond imagination. Imagine if the few media you can make is Sherlock Holmes/Sir Francis Drake and spin-off from it with the same few characters, same sets, props, several dozen times a year while the government dictates the tone so that is the same in every literation.
No other country would say "We've made it" if Marvel made a hero specifically for them as validation of their insecurity or a tick box to prove they are a nation on the world stage. Nobody outside of China would bite. No body imports Chinese media while we do import Bollywood or anywhere else as it is that creatively bankrupt.
Mother! - What on earth did i just watch? This just fell off a cliff into insanity really quickly. I can't really construct a view on this movie. It's utterly weird. Khush, anyone, ANYONE else please watch this.
I vote that you discuss it.Mother! - What on earth did i just watch? This just fell off a cliff into insanity really quickly. I can't really construct a view on this movie. It's utterly weird. Khush, anyone, ANYONE else please watch this.
Alright. You asked me too and now I've seen it. Why did I listen to you? Lol. Do you want to discuss this or forget it?
I just watched The Lost Boys and Hellraiser 2 on Netflix.
I've seen both before but have new thoughts.
The Lost Boys
10/10 still one of the best vampire movies of all time. Oozing with 80's charm. I noticed they really don't show the vampires actually flying although they are depicted as flying a lot. That used to bother me as a kid, it felt cheap, low budget. I didn't get that this time, it felt more artistic, especially with the music.
Hellraiser 2
The first time I watched this one I liked it more than the original. Not this time. I started to really see the flaws in this movie I skipped the first time. The plot of these movies never makes sense but this time I felt like it was trying to get me to root for the monsters and I guess I just didn't get into that.
7/10 good visuals, lots of gore, bad acting and terrible plot.
Oh I also rewatched Little Monsters for the billionth time. Nothing negative to say still love this movie.
I do still roll my eyes every time they make lightning out of pencils though. The rest of the movie I can live with.
Is it just me or does the characters on Hellraiser 2 look like the characters from the Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt?I've never seen that so I don't know. I thought the girl was just out of place. The first time I watched it was a marathon so I think I liked it more in my memory because I went straight from 1 then 2 then 3 all in the same day. Watching it by itself I didn't enjoy it as much. I still liked the first one, I've now seen it 5 times and I could see it again.
Jurassic World Fallen Kingdom - 8/10
This movie is better than it deserves to be. It's basically just two scenes too. More or less a better, also sadder, and scarier, version of The Lost World. Lots of good ol' people getting eaten by dinosaur scenes.
Am I the only one watching movies these days?
No Country for Old Men - 8/10
Waited too long to see this one, so I think I over-hyped it for myself. Still really good, but was expecting to like it more.
There Will Be Blood - 8.5/10
Same deal, except this was a better movie. Some of the best acting I've ever seen - absolutely brilliant performances by Daniel Day-Lewis and Paul Dano.
Sicario - 9/10 (the first one)
I actually watched this a couple days ago. Really fucking good. Makes you feel a little uneasy, especially the last act. Looking forward to seeing the sequel very soon.
Jurassic Word 2
This movie was absolutely terrible, but so much fun. Easily a 7.5/10.
Honestly, I felt like the cinema sins guy while watching the movie. Every idiotic thing just stuck out at me. I still had a ton of fun watching the movie, for sure. There was one scene where the super raptor smirked because he had some guy fooled. I could've ignored it, but it happened twice! As if they just replayed that part of the scene. It was cartoonish. There was another super cartoonish scene with the super raptor, and I think they should have just gone all the way with it. There are so many things wrong with it, but it's also great in that Fast & Furious way.
Yeah, so that's the problem with the other Jurassic movies - they aren't fun.
It sounds like the Jurassic Series has Flanderized itself.
Your failure is complete.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6eAcFOSOY0
I had to quote to see the video... but damn.When it first popped up I thought it was some clickbait. TLJ bloat needed to be edited down to EFLA pacing and length but it's all there. That was some straight up plagiarism.
With each reveal its just more incompetency and creative bankruptcy.
It being a troll is highly, highly unlikely, right into the realm of conspiracy theories. Like any conspiracy the number of people required to get one board is too high to be remotely plausible. Plus the ongoing actions make it an impossibility.
It's just **** people making **** movies spewing ****.
Die Hard: Finally got to watch it Uncensored with no commercials. 9/10Man, I can't even remember the last time I willingly watched a movie broadcast on TV. It would have to have been the late 90s or early 2000s.
It was always on TV growing up but i never want to watch the shitty TBS/TNT version.
Die Hard: Finally got to watch it Uncensored with no commercials. 9/10Man, I can't even remember the last time I willingly watched a movie broadcast on TV. It would have to have been the late 90s or early 2000s.
It was always on TV growing up but i never want to watch the shitty TBS/TNT version.
No Country for Old Men 10/10 I especially like the coin flip scene.The confrontation between Carla Jean and Anton Chigurh doesn’t carry the same weight without the gas station coin flip scene. The earlier scene implies a lot about Chigurh, notably that he has a (bizarre) set of principles instead of just murdering fools randomly. I don’t think the movie works without the scene.
Subtext: This is really ThePerm who somehow got switched with Mouse_Clicker. One time I was on Aol Instant Messenger chatting with Mouse Clicker and he said he disliked this movie and cited the coin flip scene. He said it was pointless and slowed the whole movie. I told him how the entire movie was just a setup for the coin flip scene. The scene was tense and was really the centerpiece of the movie. He went to Film School, I went to Art School... what do I Know?
Predator Film Rankngs
1 Predator
2 Predator 2
3 The Predator - This one is a nice direction. It was pretty action packed. It had likable characters.
3 The Predator - This one is a nice direction. It was pretty action packed. It had likable characters.
All of the lead characters except for the scientist, child and sniper were all drawn over with maybe a sentence or two except for Nebraska. In fact nearly everything was blown through at high speed except to add some more details to the Predator race except why they brought the suit in the first place, which they never answered - and then when it got to the last act it started killing off cast members at high speed including one who blew his own head off, but it happened so quickly that the movie didn't even acknowledge it after it happened.
Mile 22 - The best thing about this movie was Iko Uwais of The Raid fame. He was really good in the acting roles and his stunt work is incredible. But whoever edited this almost made that completely pointless. After the one-take shots that we got in The Raid that lasted several minutes, how do you manage to edit and chop his scenes here to an almost unwatchable mess? Mark Wahlberg's character was pretty insufferable in this - not one person, including his superiors - tried to check him for his shitty attitude.
I keep forgetting I kinda wanna see that.
You're not meant to watch it for themes, character, setting or plot. You're there purely for the unique and novel action.No, I got it. And I’m saying the action wasn’t good enough to carry a ~90 minute movie. It’s great for a four minute music video.
If they added more fluff to it would it make it any better, would it have a point?Yeah, it would have made “Hardcore Henry” a lot more interesting. I don’t need it to be The Shawshank Redemption or The Great Gastby. I brought up “John Wick” because a little bit of world building and some well written dialog goes a long way (Michael Nyqvist chewing up whole scenes doesn’t hurt either, RIP). The other things are still important even if action is the main point.
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse is fucking AMAZING, way better than that trash Sony's been selling as "Marvel" films the last few years.
on that 1st sentence....
first part 100% correct, that second part, so much unneccessary and undeserved salt.
Having watched so many Dark Dark movies of the 70s most movies today are candy canes and lolipops. Even the R rated movies.I heard some rumours... Looks at synopsis. Holy **** Christ. The context, premise and intent is fucked up. I don't know who that is for other than a very specific audience. That is Hostel/SAW ++++++ which I didn't like at all. If there was something deeper of value or purpose in Hostel/SAW I am unable see it past the gimmick. It's so far out I couldn't give a worthwhile opinion. Are they good or bad movies? **** if I know.
I highly recommend A Serbian Film
A family film you won't forget.
It might make one re-asses these arguments.
Having watched so many Dark Dark movies of the 70s most movies today are candy canes and lolipops. Even the R rated movies.I heard some rumours... Looks at synopsis. Holy **** Christ. The context, premise and intent is fucked up. I don't know who that is for other than a very specific audience. That is Hostel/SAW ++++++ which I didn't like at all. If there was something deeper of value or purpose in Hostel/SAW I am unable see it past the gimmick. It's so far out I couldn't give a worthwhile opinion. Are they good or bad movies? **** if I know.
I highly recommend A Serbian Film
A family film you won't forget.
It might make one re-asses these arguments.
One thing is for sure, I am not the target audience and no level of cutting will make it family friendly nor would I ask for one.
I must see this.Watching you come back with PTSD is going to be my entertainment.
I heard some rumours... Looks at synopsis. Holy **** Christ. The context, premise and intent is fucked up. I don't know who that is for other than a very specific audience.I believe it is for Serbians.
That is Hostel/SAW ++++++ which I didn't like at all. If there was something deeper of value or purpose in Hostel/SAW I am unable see it past the gimmick. It's so far out I couldn't give a worthwhile opinion. Are they good or bad movies? **** if I know.The first Saw is a very clever movie and hardly violent at all. It is unsettling though. The first few saw movies area about valuing your life and paying attention to instructions, the later films less so. Saw was also the directorial debut of James Wan who directed Aquaman. Saw 1 writer/star Leigh Whannall appears as in Aquaman too.
The best parts of the Saw movies involved how interconnected everything was. That doesn’t really work in a yearly theatrical series because it asks a lot of the audience particularly when the producers glorified the torture/murder aspects. Even though Tobin Bell is Jigsaw, Saw would greatly benefit from being rebooted as a mini-series on say, Netflix with focus more on the whole serial-killer-who-doesn’t-believe-he’s-a-murderer thing with simpler, cleverer traps.I mean yeah I stopped watching after 2, but I heard that two of the movies run on a concurrent timeline? That's very clever, maybe even too contrived.
As for your reboot idea, that's kinda how saw began. (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0495241/?ref_=nm_flmg_dr_12)If only it stayed that way. The original (and arguably the second one) were relatively grounded. It wasn’t too much of a stretch that most if not all the traps could be set up especially with the retconned help Jigsaw got in later installments via flashbacks.
Oh and as per the thread. The other night I watch most of Star Trek Generations. It was ****/10The only good thing about it was crashing the Enterprise. That was a great piece of old school effects work. Also Data because he is always super. I really don't know what they were thinking when they made this movie. Picard + Kirk + ???? = Profit.
It's still the second-best odd-numbered Star Trek movie.Sad but true. JJ breaks this pattern if you were to consider it Star Trek which I don't.
Oh and as per the thread. The other night I watch most of Star Trek Generations. It was ****/10The only good thing about it was crashing the Enterprise. That was a great piece of old school effects work. Also Data because he is always super. I really don't know what they were thinking when they made this movie. Picard + Kirk + ???? = Profit.
It's still the second-best odd-numbered Star Trek movie.Sad but true. JJ breaks this pattern if you were to consider it Star Trek which I don't.
Have/did you watch First Contact yet RABicle? Now that is a great Star Trek movie. 3rd place behind Khan and Undiscovered Country.First Contact is a good movie, but I'm not sure it's a good Star Trek movie. Picard seems to be a completely different person.
Does anyone watch the CinemaSins channel on youtube?
Th3Birdman has a countersins channel where he sins the sins video. He totally lays into him and rips him to shreds.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnsSFdhfYe0
I liked Generations outside of the terrible final act.
As for Into Darkness, it's...weird. I LOATHED that 1st Abrams Star Trek movie, but I remember liking Into Darkness when I saw it in the theaters w/ my dad. However, as time's passed, my opinions on that movie have radically shifted in the opposite direction as less & less of that movie makes sense when you think about it. Hell, it reminds me of how my opinion of Frozen's shifted over the years.
Bird Box - 3/10
Absolutely terrible movie. Go ahead and watch it, since everyone else has...just don't expect a good movie.
She didn't even say anything dumb. During the A Wrinkle in Time press tour she said something about "I don't care what a 40 year old white dude thought about this movie, it wasn't made for you." And while getting interviewed for Captain Marvel, by, I believe, a physically handicapped black woman, she said it was a breath of fresh air and though there should be more diversity in interviewers (including people with disability). Incels and racists jumped on it, lied about what she said, trolls and more incels and racists spread the word (the fake word, with tons saying "I'm a white male, she doesn't want me to see this movie"). It's pathetic.
For further proof of the MASSIVE troll campaign and reasons to lose faith in humanity: the fake review bomb on Rotten Tomatoes. It had 58,000 "audience score" reviews within hours of it's release, meanwhile Infinity War has only 52,000 votes after nearly an entire year.
Rick: Shazam! Okay, honestly, I get the controversy. Brie Larson is a bizarre casting choice for a 12-year-old boy to turn into when he screams a magic word. I mean, I’m all for transgender rights and equality and stuff, but I’m just really uncomfortable looking at her in that sparkly spandex and knowing that’s really a tween kid in there. It makes this erection really awkward, you know? Wouldn’t that dude from Chuck have been a much better choice? Still, I’d HIT it.
Or ten guys with too much time on their hands.Russian Bots - Rian Johnson.
Captain Marvel is an "entertaining" and "robust" superhero movie but is not the game-changer Black Panther and Wonder Woman were, according to critics.
The film, the first from Marvel to have a stand-alone female lead, stars Oscar-winner Brie Larson as an intergalactic warrior with untapped super powers.
According to the Telegraph, the Room actress gives a "terrific" performance that is "big on girl-boss attitude".
Yet other reviewers are less impressed, calling the film "perfunctory".
"The picture is not dull, exactly, just mundane," writes Todd McCarthy from The Hollywood Reporter.
In a review headed with the words "It's no Black Panther", he accuses Captain Marvel of "unimaginative plotting, cut-rate villains [and] a bland visual style."
Screen Daily's Tim Grierson expresses similar reservations, calling the film "fun and breezy but also a tad familiar" and its action sequences "sturdy but unspectacular".
No, 6/10 is a perfectly respectable score, but 0/10 is not. I'm specifically talking about fake review from people who did not watch the movie. Another example is the IGN review had a 4:1 dislike ratio, for a review that came out 3 days before the movie was released. Sure lots of these movies have fake reviews in favor and against, but this is a whole new level. The evidence is overwhelming. Cinemascore is based on actual audience scores, at the movie theater. Sure you can say it was better than you really thought, but you can't lie and review something you didn't watch. This whole smear campaign started with the "she should smile more" horse **** and just continued and got worse from there.
That's the thing that really gets me - this movie has absolutely no political agenda at all - but even if it did, Stan Lee was always an outspoken progressive, so it would be nothing new.
However, I will say the media telling stories like, if you don't see this movie you are a bad feminist is going to give people the wrong idea. As always, I believe the safest thing to do, is put your message you desire in the movie (the humanist message with subtle feminist undertones) and then let the movie speak for itself. Correct the media when they get off track, so that public perception is not hurt.
I have far more respect for the Pietriots and Khushrenada's ramblings.
I have far more respect for the Pietriots and Khushrenada's ramblings.
Please elaborate more about this respect for my ramblings.
6: I am pretty sure smile more was -LOL. No, it wasn’t. There’s so much history to “smile more.” Men telling women to smile more is like the oldest form of street harassment.
a: Smile please, we like happy people.
Ooohboy what is it she said that you think was so offensive? The quote about A Wrinkle in Time about not being made for 40 yr old white dudes? Saying there should be more diversity in the press tour? Neither of those statements are controversial. Did she say something else?
And when I saw 6/10 is perfectly respectable, I'm saying "this is the score from someone who actually watched the movie and this is how they felt", whereas a 0/10 from a bunch of internet trolls is not respectable.
At the risk of adding yet another middle-aged white male voice to the critical choir, I find myself in broad agreement with the opinions cited above.
I spent a perfectly enjoyable two hours watching Captain Marvel on Monday. Yet I couldn't help feeling it represented a missed opportunity.
It's probably asking too much for one of the few superhero blockbusters to have a female lead to course-correct an overwhelmingly male-dominated genre.
Having cast the capable, talented and highly watchable Brie Larson as their heroine, though, I sensed the film's makers were unsure how to capitalise on her strengths.
While the film is full of amusing moments, Captain Marvel herself is almost entirely humourless. The likes of Robert Downey Jr's Iron Man and Chris Pratt's Star-Lord are never short of a self-deprecating quip, yet Larson is required to play things deadpan straight.
Dude all you need to do is go to the Marvel Studios Facebook page and look at the comment section from pretty much any post. I can't take you seriously if you don't think the Rotten Tomatoes fan score is a result of thousands of people posting fake reviews. I mean just look at the entire MCU collection disparity between critic score and audience score, and this is after RT has removed dozens of thousands of fake reviews
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/franchise/marvel_cinematic_universe
RT score does not mean "this is how good it is" it means *this percentage of reviews would be considered good, or even not "don't watch this movie"* that's what it has always meant.
Justice League Vs The Fatal 5
It's pretty good, goes back to the 90's DCAU visuals as well as continuity. It matched the humour, vibe, characterisations, pretty much everything you expect from a mainline DCAU show. A good return to form.
It's pretty much feature length JL:Unlimited which is good.
The other animated continuity is... ok. The tone is angry but no Znydar. Supes and Batman are seemingly constantly pissed off at each other making nearly no progress or reason. Wonder Women was very aloof and was very dismissive of males which I was fine with as it wasn't unusual(DCAU WW has it as part of her story arc) and fit her back story but again, no progress which made it a problem.
I assume this is the new 52 thing you are talking about.
I really liked the Wonder Woman animated movie. I think that was the first one to get a PG-13 rating. But ever since that one they have been pushing the graphics too much, getting more and more violent and cursing with no real reason, and it doesn't always fit the characters. This has really bothered me, because I loved the Justice League and Batman series as a kid, and really wanted to like this movies as something to share with my family. But nope. I feel like this one fits with something I could show my kids. Sure it is more mature and darker, but it is balanced well.
Avengers Endgame - 10/10
Talking about anything is basically a spoiler. You really should just not even think about going to the bathroom. It's an absolute masterpiece. Truly incredible how they managed to weave everything together.
Her 9.5/10 Wow. What an excellent movie. I've been meaning to watch this for years.
Go Fucking watch John Fucking Wick.
Just watch John Wick. You will have a new appreciation for action and will know what real action cinema is. You will be forever bored of CGI punchman and pissed off with shakey cam quick cut abuse.Go Fucking watch John Fucking Wick.
You know...I've never seen any of those movies. Just never got around to them. My dad was the one who always bought what we called the "macho shithead" films.
I'll get around to them eventually, along with that copy of Pacific Rim Uprising that's been sitting on my shelf for a year.
Just watch John Wick. You will have a new appreciation for action and will know what real action cinema is. You will be forever bored of CGI punchman and pissed off with shakey cam quick cut abuse.
Sounds awful like don't bother, just watch the far superior original.
Godzilla 2.
It was definitely a big romp. If you like the monsters beating each other up this movie is for you. The actual story felt very contrived to me. Felt like it was thrown in as an afterthought just to string the monster fights together. But let's be honest, this movie was made for monster fights to I don't think I can criticise it too much for it.
The monster designs were great and they had some interesting moves too. And I never thought I'd ever say this but I never thought I'd get so attached to a giant bug. Mothra was just unexpectedly lovely.
I'm not really feeling the live-action remakes of classic Disney cartoons.
I'm probably just lame, but there is nothing wrong with using animation to tell fantastic stories. Although it's novel to see those classic stories remade, it's very rare that I enjoy the stories more (or even as much) as the originals.
In the same way, I'm not sold on all games needing super realistic HD graphics. Sometimes abstraction is beautiful and allows me suspend disbelief more easily.
Finally got around to watching the 1st John Wick film today, and it was...fine, but after all the hype I guess I was expecting something more, something crazier. I expect that's what the sequels are for.Things like the Hotel makes John Wick, John Wick. A straight revenge story would have been boring as we have plenty of that. No matter how good the action might be, it's not a whole package. It's not just a fucking dog.
I do really appreciate that the film never cheated during its action scenes, and the action was very well choreographed while being nothing particularly fancy. It's a very workman-like movie, except for all that stuff in the middle with the Continental Hotel. That felt like a lot of time spent world-building for later movies while the plot of the actual movie floundered around. You could have cut out everything involving the Hotel, and the movie would have been a lot more focused for it.
I appreciate the world it sets up with very clearly-defined rules and how the action sequence are very simple and physical while being quite fluid. I'm just not sold on the middle 1/3 of the movie.
Well, on to the 2nd film.
- What was with the constant chromatic aberration and image ghosting? Was this movie 3D in the theaters?
- The Kingpin looked ridiculous. Everyone is else is semi-realistic in proportions, but he's a hunch back with with shoulders 10 times as wide as his head.
It was great, I just kinda wish my knowledge of Spider-Man lore didn't spoil the obvious to any casual fan plot twist.
Spider-Man Far From Home - 9/10
This is the best Spider-Man movie there is, period. Mysterio is so awesome and done so well. The second and third act fight scenes are totally next-level and unlike anything that's been in the MCU, except maybe in Doctor Strange. The mid-credits scene is HUGE and changes absolutely everything in so many ways, and then the post-credits scene does it again. Great movie. See it now before you get spoiled.
Ryan Reynolds Green Lantern.
Gush would probably be the word.
Ryan Reynolds Green Lantern.
Ouch.
Wow.... Shazam was genuinely a fun movie.
My daughter loved it. Never seen her that excited during a MCU movie, so I was little surprised, but even I enjoyed it.
Wow.... Shazam was genuinely a fun movie.
My daughter loved it. Never seen her that excited during a MCU movie, so I was little surprised, but even I enjoyed it.
I enjoyed the movie. It was just a lighthearted adventure. It was a nice change from brooding Snyderverse stuff.
Man, did DC Animated go way down hill in the last few years or what? What happened?
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood - 6/10
Very boring for most of the entire movie. The acting is excellent, but it just drags on and on. There are about 4 "good" scenes and one of them is literally just the mention of the name of a character from another, far superior, Tarantino movie. Don't waste your time, unfortunately.
Is it confirmed to not be getting a sequel? I heard it did well enough that it wasn't ruled out.
Nobody is going to @ you over a Tarantino movie. Like tf.It was a joke. This isn’t Twitter. Nobody can even @ on this message board. Like tf.
Never seen a Tarantino film, myself. Just never been interested in them.They’re not for everyone. I enjoy most of them. They’re often really violent. And Quentin Tarantino does have a weird affinity for a certain N-word with a hard-R. I understand from an artistic standpoint. That’s how some people talk, and the world at large is really unsympathetic to black people and he’s putting a spotlight on it (how do you make Django Unchained without racists saying and doing a bunch of racist ****?). Still, it can be a little off-putting though maybe that’s the point sometimes?
Fast and Furious Presents: Hobbs and Shaw
All in all, the action's good, the locales are cool enough (London has been done to death, Russia was barely seen, but Samoa was very pretty to look at), and the dialogue is there. It's just missing a few things regular F&F movies have.
6.5/10
Ad Astra: Being unflinching is his external character, the jar holding the mess inside. This is where Brad Pitt comes in with subtle inflections, fake smiles, bit too long pauses and doesn't overact. Astronauts and test pilots do have that level of calm.
They used it for all of Captain Marvel too. Flawless.
Maleficent - It was worth the wait to see Angelia ham it up again. I enjoyed only for that.
Wait really? I saw Death Wish a few weeks ago on AMC and thought it was horrible. Maybe it was ground breaking for the time or something...but it doesn't hold up.
Terminator: Dark Fate - it may have taken 27 years but we finally got the third movie we truly deserved. Linda Hamilton still captures attention as strongly as she did in T2.
I'm a huge Terminator fan (thus the nickname).(https://i.imgur.com/g5GLzY5_d.jpg?maxwidth=640&shape=thumb&fidelity=medium)
Wait, what? Am I the only one who never got this reference? I mean, I remember that scene. I just never put the two together.
I'm a huge Terminator fan (thus the nickname).(https://i.imgur.com/g5GLzY5_d.jpg?maxwidth=640&shape=thumb&fidelity=medium)
Wait, what? Am I the only one who never got this reference? I mean, I remember that scene. I just never put the two together.
I wouldn't expect the sequel to a Disney princess movie to be good. Bad track record.
I wouldn't expect the sequel to a Disney princess movie to be good. Bad track record.
Yeah, I think the only good one we've had was...Cinderella 3?
I wouldn't expect the sequel to a Disney princess movie to be good. Bad track record.
Yeah, I think the only good one we've had was...Cinderella 3?
I'd argue the Aladdin sequels were good ones. Cinderella 3 earns points more for its bravery to completely shake up the formula and do a time-travelling what-if plot and doing it to an acceptable level, though I wouldn't call it "great".
I wouldn't expect the sequel to a Disney princess movie to be good. Bad track record.
Yeah, I think the only good one we've had was...Cinderella 3?
I'd argue the Aladdin sequels were good ones.
The Rise of Skywalker - 7.9/10
I think the movie was fine. It just wasn't fantastic. I'd rank it with Attack of the Clones.
Jumanji 2
Honestly, it was entertaining, just not as funny as I thought it would be going in. The Rock wasn't quite capturing the Danny Devito I wanted, and Kevin Hart didn't really capture Danny Glover at all imo. There was so much potential in the concept, but I just think it wasn't executed nearly as well as I had pictured it in my head going in. I imagine a "ghostly overlay" may have helped bring it back to who they were attempting to portray, but that might not've worked out well either.
In light of the new (and apparently quite good) Star Wars game coming out, I decided to finally check out Rogue One. A year or so back, I commented on how much I dislike The Force Awakens, and someone (Adrock, I think) commented that I would probably like Rogue One. Well, I've now seen it and...yeah, I actually do quite like it.
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but overall that was a solid film and probably the lone good Disney Star Wars film.
Avatar = Starship Troopers + Ferngully + Apocalypto +Last Samurai
9/10
well the first half of the movie is like 3d in your face everything, then it tones down the 3d, and then it kicks back up around the end with the action
it gave me googly eyes for 2 hours :P
Avatar is a bad movie with great special effects. ...
ThePerm and nickmitch are both right though: this was a "must watch in a big theater" experience. Anyone else who missed out in the moment should spend their time elsewhere now, as there really isn't much in the experience worth going back to.
Did anyone here ever see Flight of the Navigator? I can't remember what the movie is about but have vague memories watching it as a child. From IMDB: "In 1978, a boy travels 8 years into the future and has an adventure with an intelligent, wisecracking alien ship".
It's the next movie on my "to watch" list. With a descriptive blurb like that, what could go wrong?
It's been so long for Avatar that I'm stuck wondering who the hell even cares about it anymore? It had it's moment back then, and they put out a themed area at Disney World, but why would anyone want a sequel? Who is it even for? Is the 3D going to be that much better? Because, over the years since, so many films cheaply put 3D into their movies that I'm jaded on the experience. I won't see a film in 3D unless I've research precisely how much and how good it is, and then it's a still a maybe. I just don't think you can sell the film on what it was sold on before, and that's the only thing it had going for it.
Jokingly:
Maybe Avatar 2 will be a court drama where the Cat people are trying to secure their legal rights.
Jokingly:
Maybe Avatar 2 will be a court drama where the Cat people are trying to secure their legal rights.
Picturing the cat people in suits and a courtroom that's entirely too small for them is giving me the lolz.
Thor: Dark World
I actually watched this a few weeks ago on Disney+. I’ve been meaning to post a write up except I barely even want to. It was so remarkably unremarkable.
The fight against Malekith wasn’t even cool. It was Red SFX, the scene. I expected to hate this movie based on comments from others. I didn’t. To me, it merely exists.
Ready or Not: I didn't expect it to be so good. It was funny as hell and I can even relate to unwanted in-laws. I just can't shake the feeling the Samara Weaving looks like Margot Robbie.
...
I can't do this anymore. Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) is laughably terrible. You may get something out of it if you go in with the right mindset. It's going to be a bad time, but it may be so bad its good as long as you understand it’s going to be a bad time.
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle - That was way, WAY better than it had ANY right to be, and was oddly very reverent towards the original 90s film. I had to smile that the filmmakers actually went out of their way to preserve continuity with the 1st film. It's a dumb, dumb movie, but it KNOWS it's a dumb movie and I had a great time with it. I appreciated the little touches, such as the characters finding one of the original Jumanji board game pieces within the game, as well as the original game board being visible when the camera panned out from the jungle.
Don't know if I'll bother with the sequel any time soon, though. I feel like there only "needed" to be one of these.
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle - That was way, WAY better than it had ANY right to be, and was oddly very reverent towards the original 90s film. I had to smile that the filmmakers actually went out of their way to preserve continuity with the 1st film. It's a dumb, dumb movie, but it KNOWS it's a dumb movie and I had a great time with it. I appreciated the little touches, such as the characters finding one of the original Jumanji board game pieces within the game, as well as the original game board being visible when the camera panned out from the jungle.
Don't know if I'll bother with the sequel any time soon, though. I feel like there only "needed" to be one of these.
I've not watched either of the two new Jumanji films. This is the first I am hearing that they don't break continuity with the original. One thing I am wondering, does Van Pelt make some sort of return (even as a descendant of the original character or something?)
I watched Annihilation with Natalie Portman. People were calling this a smart sci-fi movie, but I found it to be a horror movie of questionable intelligence. All in all it wasn't terrible, It's nice to see an original big budget movie from Hollywood, but if you want smart sci-fi, go watch Arrival. If you watch this film take it all as a metaphor and not reality.
time for rants:
Why not send in an all terrain robot attached to a cord to collect samples? They would have tested the DNA of the samples and figured it out early. Or even send a person 30 feet in then back out and put them in quarantine for a month while you test his blood? Did they try tunnelling under? Flying over? And the alien got taken out with a phosphorus grenade? They could have dropped a fire bomb on the lighthouse and been done with the mess.
time for rants:
Why not send in an all terrain robot attached to a cord to collect samples? They would have tested the DNA of the samples and figured it out early. Or even send a person 30 feet in then back out and put them in quarantine for a month while you test his blood? Did they try tunnelling under? Flying over? And the alien got taken out with a phosphorus grenade? They could have dropped a fire bomb on the lighthouse and been done with the mess.
Darn these Mega-threads! Gotta go through pages and pages to track down an earlier post.Maybe we should take a vote on whether to stop using mega-threads? Or take a vote to see if we should take a vote on whether we should stop using mega-threads?
Or maybe someone else should decide because you started a whole Better Call Saul thread and abandoned it hella fast. Ohhhhhhhh, shots fired.
Never abandoned it.Also Khushrenada:
Maybe it should be a case by case basis? Every Marvel movie could probably be an individual thread. Most tent pole movies could too, right?
Maybe it should be a case by case basis? Every Marvel movie could probably be an individual thread. Most tent pole movies could too, right?
We have like two or three three different threads for Marvel TV and films. It makes sense for large series to get their own threads, but most one-off films should really be condensed together. But really, this is still a pretty open environment. If someone wants to make a thread for an individual movie there isn't really anything stopping them.
Just to make the counterpoint here, let's be honest: most of the time people post about a movie here, no one bothers to comment on it. I'm shocked when I take the time to post something about a movie or TV show older than 3 months, and someone actually comments on it. It's a large part of why I don't even bother posting anymore. I'd personally much rather that happen in a mega-thread than have a brand new topic that just sits there at 0 responses because these forums are dying.That’s fair. I can’t speak for anyone else, but I do try to reply when it’s a thing I’ve actually watched especially if I liked it. I’ve seen you post about the DC animated movies. Some of them were DCAU related, and I loved those shows. However, if it isn’t on Netflix, I probably didn’t see it. Sometimes I forgot to even check Amazon Prime video.
Wait, nickmitch, you don't know about the Superman Moustache?
Wait, nickmitch, you don't know about the Superman Moustache?
Perm, I actually didn't have an issue with the Steppenwolf design, and I'm not sure I like the Snyder concept art. Steppenwolf is kind of just a dude in some armor, right? Why overly complicate that?
Wait, nickmitch, you don't know about the Superman Moustache?
Perm, I actually didn't have an issue with the Steppenwolf design, and I'm not sure I like the Snyder concept art. Steppenwolf is kind of just a dude in some armor, right? Why overly complicate that?
WB is not great at realistic humanoid CG. Certainly not as good as Disney or Sony. Making someone look human dips into the uncanny valley. Changing the character into more of a creature gets around this. Also, looks like something I would have drawn in 8th grade. A plus. It's like having one of Napoleon Dynamite's ligers as a character.
I think there are only 3 good X-men films (not counting the Wolverine or Deadpool films) which I guess that is almost half of them. One could make an argument that there are 4 good movies, but if you do then I will counter which there are only 2 great X-men movies.What are your three?
X-Men works up until Magneto's silly scheme. It would have worked as a story, better if Magneto looked at storm and just said, "Well, if mutation does stick, then at least those leaders can hurt us anymore." Showing himself to equally the problem.I thought that was his plan. Make all humans into mutants, starting with world leaders. That way, everyone would be mutant or rather, in a way, no one would be a mutant. Even if the mutated humans die like Senator Kelly, no more dumb humans. 🤷♀️
Wonder Woman 1984
Woof. I don't know how Patty Jenkins made a movie as good as Wonder Woman then made a movie as bad as its sequel. Granted, this is not the first time this has happened though I find it odd that this seems to happen with superhero movies a lot.
Wonder Woman 1984
Woof. I don't know how Patty Jenkins made a movie as good as Wonder Woman then made a movie as bad as its sequel. Granted, this is not the first time this has happened though I find it odd that this seems to happen with superhero movies a lot.
UNMARKED SPOILERS BELOW
(To be honest, I don't think this movie is good enough to justify the time needed to individually mark spoilers or really, the length of this post, but I had a lot of feelingz)
Then, there's the weird moral quandary of Steve's soul/consciousness being magically placed in some random man's body instead of simply appearing as himself. Diana and Steve definitely ****, meaning both of them just used this hapless dude's body yet neither of them act like that's completely reprehensible. Then, that man shows up at the end none the wiser so I presume he was not aware for any of that (except he probably was). WHAT WAS GAINED FROM THIS? Just bring back Steve in his own pre-blown up body and have him disappear when Diana renounces her wish. After speaking to a friend, I am not the first person to think the Steve-Not-Steve thing was bizarre. This begs the question of how this made it into the final cut. Wonder Woman 1984 was delayed eleventy-billion times. No one in like two years thought it might be a good idea to cut/reshoot that part?
Anyway, many of the issues in this movie stem from the Dreamstone as its rules were particularly unclear. . .
Later, Barbara beats up that creeper who previously harassed and assaulted her because he was harassing her again. To be honest, I was still on Team Barbara. She shouldn't be beating up people, but we're conditioned to take Barbara's side. Right? Barbara hasn't done anything terrible yet, and the guy has now street harassed her twice implying that his earlier behavior wasn't isolated. The scene plays out more like a bad person getting their comeuppance than Barbara losing a part of herself due to the ironic nature of her wish. The movie didn't commit to Barbara's heel turn when it needed to. The audience doesn't find out until later that Barbara's wish traded her warmth as a person for power and beauty. Okay. It's-not-their-fault® except that's both antagonists in this movie. Why? It's okay to have an irredeemable villain.
I'm not sure what Barbara gained by using her freebie wish from Max to be “an apex predator”. She already had Diana's powers and literally just bested her in combat. On top of that, the makeup and CGI were not great. This movie was such a flustercuck that I'm 97% sure there's a version of Cheetah with a CGI butthole. #ReleaseTheButtholeCut
I wonder if there was some studio interference with it. 1984 is a popular year right now because the 80's are all the rage (Stranger Things, Thor Ragnarok styling) and people associate that year with the Orwell book so I imagine this was a critical bullet point added early on to the plans for the film. It is also separate enough from the first WW and from Justice League that it pulls a Mandalorean in that it can still do its own thing without either the surrounding events/films that were more controversial having too much of an impact on this film. So Justice League's panned acceptance may have caused them to pick a time in the remote past to avoid dealing with any possible retconning or adjustments or commitments to the JL film/DCU while WB figures out what the hell they want to do with that mess going forward.
I wonder if there was some studio interference with it. 1984 is a popular year right now because the 80's are all the rage (Stranger Things, Thor Ragnarok styling) and people associate that year with the Orwell book so I imagine this was a critical bullet point added early on to the plans for the film. It is also separate enough from the first WW and from Justice League that it pulls a Mandalorean in that it can still do its own thing without either the surrounding events/films that were more controversial having too much of an impact on this film. So Justice League's panned acceptance may have caused them to pick a time in the remote past to avoid dealing with any possible retconning or adjustments or commitments to the JL film/DCU while WB figures out what the hell they want to do with that mess going forward.
I was born in 1984. That being said. I think most nostalgia content of the 80s are barely like the 80s were. I had a college professor who was a teenager in the 60s and he thought all the 60s nostalgia stuff was goofy. I'm down for some early 90s nostalgia though.
Tom and Jerry - If you've seen the trailer then you don't need to see the movie. If you watch the movie there isn't anything more you're going to get out of it. Find an old clip on some 1940s Tom and Jerry. It will be better.
ATLA and Korra are both great.
I prefer the first series over the second, but they were both great.
I would love to see a 3rd series that carries on the story.
I know they are doing a new animated project in the Avatar space, and I think also another Live Action version on Netflix, but who knows what that will look like or when it will come to be.
oh, and this is the Movie thread. I think you may have been looking for the TV thread.
Last Airbender is a classic, but Korra was just a disappointment. Beyond the show just being a narrative & thematic mess, it's also oddly mean-spirited in regards to the Last Airbender characters and the world of the original show. It feels like Korra was part of that same misguided "subversion" movement that a lot of Hollywood, etc. was going through at the time (and to some extent, still is), which makes it very hard to like when it spends half its time shitting over the 1st show's beloved characters.
Korra gets a lot better in its 3rd season, but man that show has a lot of wasted potential.
Korea's biggest hurdles was pacing issues due to Nick not committing to the series. And when they finally did, they really screwed with the airings, between international premiers, online premieres, MOVING THE FREAKING CHANNEL it was on...
Season one had a lot of promise, but the final episode really hurt the series going forward. I would love to see Korea from a universe where Nick put their faith in the series from the start.
Korea's biggest hurdles was pacing issues due to Nick not committing to the series. And when they finally did, they really screwed with the airings, between international premiers, online premieres, MOVING THE FREAKING CHANNEL it was on...
Season one had a lot of promise, but the final episode really hurt the series going forward. I would love to see Korea from a universe where Nick put their faith in the series from the start.
I feel like that was par for the course for them at that time. I remember missing so much of Avatar Book 3 because the new episodes would air at random times, and they'd never repeat them.
I feel like we got a Batman and Robin version of Mortal Kombat. The Original version was Batman 89 and there still hasn't been a Dark Knight trilogy version of MK.
They should have introduced Cole and Janet Leigh'd him. The birthmark thing is silly. The MK emblem should just be Shang Tsung's seal.
I feel like we got a Batman and Robin version of Mortal Kombat. The Original version was Batman 89 and there still hasn't been a Dark Knight trilogy version of MK.
They should have introduced Cole and Janet Leigh'd him. The birthmark thing is silly. The MK emblem should just be Shang Tsung's seal.
I don't follow what you mean by "Janet Leigh'd him". Could you elaborate?
I think it could've worked if Cole turned out to be Scorpion or at least the "new" Scorpion. The final fight scene would've made more sense to have him carry on his ancestor's legacy and defeat Sub-Zero instead of having him pointlessly hit blocks of ice while the deus ex machina saves the day.
I was fine with the birthmark thing. People in the MK universe have magic powers, but there's no real reason for it (at least to my knowledge). The mark being tied to it helps put rules to it while also giving the villain a clear marker as to who to go after. It allowed them to have the movie take place in the "real world" while not having to rewrite too many rules about how things work.
Although, I will say that the fact that the villains can just go to Earth and wreck **** seemingly whenever they please messes with that last point quite a bit. But I have to assume that if the "tournament" is what would give them control of the earth realm, then Raiden (and the other gods?) can and would just shoo them off if they tried to just "invade".
I have a contrasting opinion on Mortal Kombat (2021). I hate to keep giving out 7s like this, but it's another 7.I agree with Nickmitch and give it a 7. I had fun watching it and enjoyed the references to the games. I have not played an MK game since 3 but still knew almost every character. I actually thought Cole was some new character I had not heard of. I thought Kano was funny at first but think they over did the comic relief with him like they did with the Flash in Justice League.
Was Cole not a new character made just for the movie?
That was the main character with the family that eventually could pull out two batons, right?
Zack Snyder’s Justice League
It’s better than Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice if that holds any weight. Unfortunately, Justice League never overcomes one of the main problems with its predecessor: most of it remains unearned.
Justice League is full of nonsense. For example, terrorists have no demands and simply want to blow up a building and the hostages yet put a timer on their bomb. Wonder Woman uses her bracelet clash when she’s fast enough to disarm the shooter. The scene where that town woman sing after Aquaman jumps into the water was hilarious even though it clearly wasn’t mean to.
I don’t want to write a long post as no one reads those, and it’s largely unnecessary anyway. Justice League suffers from the same problems as Snyder’s previous DCEU movies from lacking a basic understanding of the characters to the ridiculous use of Instagram filters.
I'm watfching Gunpoweder Milkshake right now....
I love a good bad movie, and after Space Jam 2... I figure, what do I have to lose.
There's gotta be something enjoyable in this... I'll just have to see for myself.
You said MJ and I thought of Michael Jackson instead. I suppose I might think of Mary Jane too. Context.
Black Widow
It was good. I've seen people say this would've been better if released between Infinity War and Endgame. I agree with that sentiment, but the post-credits scene would've been a spoiler, and I'm not sure where else you put that scene. The supporting cast is great, and I hope they all make a return.
I saw it today, and it was my first movie back in a theatre. It was a good enough choice. The movie has a lot of action, but it feels a little "tropey" I think. It doesn't do much for the MCU cannon but put in some new faces, so that's nice.
7/10
You said MJ and I thought of Michael Jackson instead. I suppose I might think of Mary Jane too. Context.
The context was Space Jam
You said MJ and I thought of Michael Jackson instead. I suppose I might think of Mary Jane too. Context.
The context was Space Jam
This made me LOL.
But on the subject of the timing of Black Widow, the film itself works either before or after Infinity War, but the character's arc needed to be closed before it closes forever. I don't know when else it makes sense to put out that scene, though. Endgame was better for not having a post-credits scene because that let the film feel like it closed the arc. Spider-Man was the first post-Endgame movie released (and the last MCU theatrical release until now), but that already had a post and mid-credits scene. It would've been too much. The only options are tacking it on for Endgame re-releases or the Blu-Ray.
Fear Street Vol 1 & Vol 2
Both really fun teen slasher movie from the creator of Goosebumps (iirc), now airing on Netflix.
Vol 3 airs next Friday, and I look forward to seeing how this concludes. A lot more violent that I thought it was gonna be, and some unexpected adult scenes in Vol. 2
I'm not trying to spoil anything, but if you're looking for some new horror to watch, this 3 week Trilogy from Netflix so far has been a really good and fun watch.
The Tomorrow War - I'm only half way through that movie but the time travel rules make no sense to me. If they can only jump so far into the future, and that "time only flows in one direction like a river" and they need to build two time beacons to facilitate jumping back and forth, then how did they do that? How did they go back in time to start with?
Free Guy
I saw a comparison that said this movie was The Lego Movie of videogames... I think that's pretty spot on comparison. Plenty to love in here for gamers as they reference all sorts of things from games. Entertaining pretty much the whole way through, and funny too.
I don't want to spoil anything, but some of the references towards the end were great.
Saw this in the theater, and even though there weren't many of us in there, you could hear the reactions. Definitely worth the watch, hopefully it does well at the box office as well.
Free Guy
I saw a comparison that said this movie was The Lego Movie of videogames... I think that's pretty spot on comparison. Plenty to love in here for gamers as they reference all sorts of things from games. Entertaining pretty much the whole way through, and funny too.
I don't want to spoil anything, but some of the references towards the end were great.
Saw this in the theater, and even though there weren't many of us in there, you could hear the reactions. Definitely worth the watch, hopefully it does well at the box office as well.
Towards the end the movie goes maximum disney and just lands it.
I've never seen Lil Rel Howery in anything else before, but at first he gives off "short and loud Kevin Hart" until the scene when he refuses to put the glasses on and starts to prove himself very quickly then. Also, this is the first time ive seen a bromance done as sincerely as Legends of Tomorrow with Nate and Ray.
Free Guy
I saw a comparison that said this movie was The Lego Movie of videogames... I think that's pretty spot on comparison. Plenty to love in here for gamers as they reference all sorts of things from games. Entertaining pretty much the whole way through, and funny too.
I don't want to spoil anything, but some of the references towards the end were great.
Saw this in the theater, and even though there weren't many of us in there, you could hear the reactions. Definitely worth the watch, hopefully it does well at the box office as well.
Towards the end the movie goes maximum disney and just lands it.
I've never seen Lil Rel Howery in anything else before, but at first he gives off "short and loud Kevin Hart" until the scene when he refuses to put the glasses on and starts to prove himself very quickly then. Also, this is the first time ive seen a bromance done as sincerely as Legends of Tomorrow with Nate and Ray.
Absolutely on both points. That (Climax Spoilers - don't look)cameo at the end, when he used the Shield, and then the HULK arm (might've even triggered that Avengers theme song for a split second) the audience got all excited. Ryan Reynolds definitely was leaning into his MCU connections for that. (/Climax Spoilers)
As for Lil Rey Howery, he was that security guard friend from Get Out (and I know you've seen that....), but I bet you've seen him in something else as well. Here's his IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2577076/
Space Jam
It's only a bad movie if you think about it; otherwise, this is a movie for kids. Modern kids' movies are very nonsensical, and this one is no exception. The slapstick Looney Tunes antics are there, which is nice. LeBron is no better an actor than MJ was, but this movie feels like it asks more of LeBron to act? It feels like a LeBron James movie starring the Looney Tunes and not a Looney Tunes movie starring LeBron. That definitely hurts the film.
Overall, I thought it was good enough. The part I liked the least was where LeBron's son is basically doing magic to make his video game work. It's fine if cartoons are doing cartoon things, but the movie doesn't feel grounded on LeBron's end, so the contrast between worlds isn't really there. The film would've been better off just rehashing the plot from the first film, in my opinion. So much of what the film was going for just wasn't working for me, but I still found it funny.
6/10
It felt like the biggest issue was how Mario met Peach. Like was this scene written by Nintendo? Because it was just a level tutorial. Very strange. It also just felt like there was no connection between them.
I always thought it made sense that the power stars got updated in Mario 64. Power Stars are the Nukes of Mushroom Kingdom.
When I was making Mario Maker Levels I'd use them like keys, as in there is no way you can get through this section without one.
Evil Dead Rise - 9.5/10
This was a good one. Once things got started... it was TENSE. I could see people that get scared, being scared by this one. It was creepy, very unsettling, extremely gory, nerve wracking, and it touched on the family aspect of this that wasn't in any of the previous versions, all while being entertaining throughout.
I'm not giving anything away on this one, but if you got a scaredy girlfriend/wife, this is the one pull them into.
.....and to think this was originally made for direct to HBO Max.
I'm glad new management looked at it and said "no, this is too good for direct to streaming, send it to the theaters!!".
that was a good call.
Evil Dead Rise - 9.5/10
This was a good one. Once things got started... it was TENSE. I could see people that get scared, being scared by this one. It was creepy, very unsettling, extremely gory, nerve wracking, and it touched on the family aspect of this that wasn't in any of the previous versions, all while being entertaining throughout.
I'm not giving anything away on this one, but if you got a scaredy girlfriend/wife, this is the one pull them into.
.....and to think this was originally made for direct to HBO Max.
I'm glad new management looked at it and said "no, this is too good for direct to streaming, send it to the theaters!!".
that was a good call.
Are you a fan of the original trilogy? If so, does this relate to those at all or provide fan service for fans of the original?
Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania
9. No good reason to bring back Darren Cross. This is related to #2. He didn't even do anything, and he's treated as a big joke the whole time. There was one scene where Kang abuses MODOK which shows Kang being a dick. There were any number of ways to accomplish the same thing.
I actually liked what they did with MODOK. He's a comic-booky-ass comic book character. A giant floating head with dangly limbs is just too silly. Having him as a serious threat would've felt forced, so making him something of a joke that's still some kind of threat felt right. Having the callback also gave him some additional motivation and gave something for the characters to play off of.Don't get me wrong. MODOK didn't need to be serious. Rather, he needed to be necessary. Like I said above, there are too many characters. Bringing back Cross only to dunk on him the entire time didn't justify the screentime. There's a whole rebellion with characters I did not care about because the movie says so little about them. Still, if anything, a lot of these characters including MODOK should have been excised in order to give Kang more to do especially if they're using this movie to partially set up Avengers: Kang Dynasty.
I actually liked what they did with MODOK. He's a comic-booky-ass comic book character. A giant floating head with dangly limbs is just too silly. Having him as a serious threat would've felt forced, so making him something of a joke that's still some kind of threat felt right. Having the callback also gave him some additional motivation and gave something for the characters to play off of.Don't get me wrong. MODOK didn't need to be serious. Rather, he needed to be necessary. Like I said above, there are too many characters. Bringing back Cross only to dunk on him the entire time didn't justify the screentime. There's a whole rebellion with characters I did not care about because the movie says so little about them. Still, if anything, a lot of these characters including MODOK should have been excised in order to give Kang more to do especially if they're using this movie to partially set up Avengers: Kang Dynasty.
Also, I saw a supercut (which I can't find) of the MCU mocking a lot of the sillier comic book names and whatnot. Hadn't realized how frequently that happened. Instead of leaning into the weirdness of comics, they do a wink and a nod to the audience, and I disagree with that choice.
The Flash
Nice write up, nickmitch. “Hats on hats” is like the most apt way to describe this movie. And “then get stuck with an even more insufferable version of his character” is almost verbatim when I described this movie to a friend.
Nightmare fuel uncanny valley CGI especially the babies and Superman. I don’t even get the latter. Did they not have any reference materials of Henry Cavill? He even filmed a cameo that was cut. It’s as if the artist who was assigned Superman just rendered Cavill from memory.
Supergirl was kind of bland. And if they planned on bringing her back, way to let her job to Zod repeatedly. I get that it isn’t her movie. Just made her look weak especially since she had help and Superman didn’t in Man of Steel.
Getting tired of multiverse stories.
7. Ant-Man and the Wasp (and Stature for that matter) all keep taking their helmets off when they talk. Did they do that in the first two?