General Garbage => Tropical Paradise of Hard Shelled Fruits => Topic started by: ChelseySuzie on Jul 20, 2008, 11:37:58 AM
Title: These Movies Are Worth Paying For
Post by: ChelseySuzie on Jul 20, 2008, 11:37:58 AM
So in the past few weeks, I have actually paid to go to a theater to see WALL-E and The Dark Knight. Both are totally worth paying for, mainly because they're the kind of movies you should see on a big screen.
WALL-E was adorable, but not too childish. I think there were more adults in the theater when we went than kids. Which was great because kids ruin everything. It also had a great underlying message about us becoming fat slobs if we were to live in space. Here, I thought the space cruise ships would be like the colonies in Gundam Wing where they recreated a whole city, but they're more like mega shopping centers. The animation in this movie is incredible, you almost can't tell that it's all CG.
The Dark Knight was incredible! Everything that has been said about Heath Ledger's take on the Joker was correct. I couldn't even recognize him. Heath wasn't the only good actor - Christian Bale and that guy from "Thank You for Smoking" were also amazing. The whole movie was pretty much flawless and scary without being gorey. I'm not a prude, but I'm sick of movies that disembowel people in every scene to scare audiences. There was very little blood and I don't think I heard a single curse word, but that's what made it awesome.
If Heath Ledger gets nominated for an Oscar (which he probably will) and wins, I hope it's because of his role rather than him being dead. Though I think somebody's going to have to pull out one hell of a performance to beat the Joker.
Movies Not Worth Paying For: The Love Guru - I saw about 15 minutes of this on SideReel and stopped. I probably would have demanded my money back if I went to a theater, although it's not the theater's fault.
Title: Re: These Movies Are Worth Paying For
Post by: Derrick on Jul 20, 2008, 11:50:57 AM
Me and Kary are seeing the Dark Knight tomorrow afternoon in the Cinebistro. Giant, first-class leather seats, full bar and menu, and small seating for a normal screen = win.
http://www.surfthechannel.com
I use it to preview movies, since if I don't like the first 15 minutes, why waste my money.
Protip: Watch Californication.
Title: Re: These Movies Are Worth Paying For
Post by: Rama on Jul 20, 2008, 06:21:47 PM
I'll give the Dark Knight a thumbs up as well. It was a little too long and could have had some fat trimmed away, but just about every moment Joker was on Screen is pure gold.
Title: Re: These Movies Are Worth Paying For
Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Jul 20, 2008, 09:03:56 PM
I'm probably going to see TDK tomorrow afternoon, and I'll probably be taking my nephews with me since they won't get a shot at seeing it otherwise.
I would have liked to have seen it at the premiere, but between work and other obligations it wasn't happening.
Title: Re: These Movies Are Worth Paying For
Post by: ChelseySuzie on Jul 21, 2008, 04:44:56 PM
Way ahead of you. I'm eagerly awaiting the new season.
Title: Re: These Movies Are Worth Paying For
Post by: Derrick on Jul 21, 2008, 06:00:15 PM
Oh Cinebistro is amazing. The chairs were huge and smelled of new car. The wine and beer was plentiful, and the popcorn came in awesome bowls. It was amazing. If you can, splurge and spend the 15 bucks a ticket. It's well worth it.
Title: Re: These Movies Are Worth Paying For
Post by: Faye Valentine on Jul 21, 2008, 11:40:56 PM
SPLURGE? 15 dollars? HAHAAHAHAH that's not a splurge. i thought you were going to say they cost like 50 bucks! any theater here in philly asks you at least 12 bucks per ticket.
Title: Re: These Movies Are Worth Paying For
Post by: IDE on Jul 22, 2008, 12:56:17 AM
12 dollars in philly? I wonder how much new york is now. It's 10 here.
Title: Re: These Movies Are Worth Paying For
Post by: Bitch on Jul 22, 2008, 01:10:40 AM
It's still 8 here. I love the midwest.
Title: Re: These Movies Are Worth Paying For
Post by: ekerou etaou on Jul 22, 2008, 08:53:41 AM
here, also in the midwest, it's $10.
Title: Re: These Movies Are Worth Paying For
Post by: Derrick on Jul 22, 2008, 09:34:10 AM
SPLURGE? 15 dollars? HAHAAHAHAH that's not a splurge. i thought you were going to say they cost like 50 bucks! any theater here in philly asks you at least 12 bucks per ticket.
Sarcasm.
http://www.cobbcinebistro.com/
Title: Re: These Movies Are Worth Paying For
Post by: Wickedly Yours E on Jul 22, 2008, 10:32:05 AM
For that kind of service, $15 sounds good.
Title: Re: These Movies Are Worth Paying For
Post by: Rama on Jul 22, 2008, 12:09:18 PM
I paid 6.50 when I saw The Dark Knight, but I went at Rush Hour.
Title: Re: These Movies Are Worth Paying For
Post by: Derrick on Jul 22, 2008, 12:59:48 PM
It was perfect. No one under 21, so no babies. Full-service bar and gourmet restaurant. Even the candy was better. Had me and Kary not eaten Japanese Hibachi before, we woulda ate there.
Title: Re: These Movies Are Worth Paying For
Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Jul 22, 2008, 09:49:15 PM
I paid $5.75...BASTARDS WENT UP A QUARTER SINCE IRON MAN!!! (http://www.shwiggie.com/boards/emoticons/atch.gif)
Title: Re: These Movies Are Worth Paying For
Post by: Bitch on Jul 22, 2008, 10:38:48 PM
If I wanna wait a month or so after a movie comes out, I can see it for $2.50 at a theater that doesn't care if I bring my own food.
Title: Re: These Movies Are Worth Paying For
Post by: ChelseySuzie on Jul 23, 2008, 10:17:46 AM
If I wanna wait a month or so after a movie comes out, I can see it for $2.50 at a theater that doesn't care if I bring my own food.
We used to have a dollar theater that ran movies after their theater run. That didn't last long because the place went to shit because nobody took care of it. Now it's an independent film theater... sort of.
Title: Re: These Movies Are Worth Paying For
Post by: Sam on Jul 23, 2008, 01:35:29 PM
So they show amateur pr0n?
Title: Re: These Movies Are Worth Paying For
Post by: B E C K on Jul 23, 2008, 04:55:44 PM
Ha, even spending fifteen dollars is too much. Unless that pays for two people. I'm not paying that sort of money unless it's something I've been creamin' my seat to see for the past sixth months. Shoot, matinee or student discount. SA is a pretty low cost city, so it's never more than 8 bucks.
I wanna see the new Batman, but I haven't seen the first Bale Batman yet. Does it matter if I see them out of order or what?
Also, I saw Hellboy II and Mongol. Both are pretty to look at. Hellboy kinda piddled along and Mongol might not be the cup of tea of anyone here. Oh and Merla saw Wall-E and Hancock a couple of weeks back, and she told me she liked them both.
Title: Re: These Movies Are Worth Paying For
Post by: ekerou etaou on Jul 23, 2008, 05:25:26 PM
I wanna see the new Batman, but I haven't seen the first Bale Batman yet. Does it matter if I see them out of order or what?
Not really. Scarecrow was the first villain, he got away. Gotham was a shithole ruled by the mob. Batman was in love with Rachael Dawes, but she doesn't really love him back. S'all you need to know.
Title: Re: These Movies Are Worth Paying For
Post by: Rama on Jul 23, 2008, 11:15:33 PM
Oh and the Batmobile is a abandoned Wayne project for the Army. That'll come up in TDK and was part of the first film, but really you don't HAVE to see the first flick to get what is going on.
Title: Re: These Movies Are Worth Paying For
Post by: ChelseySuzie on Jul 24, 2008, 12:33:06 AM
I didn't see the last movie and I wasn't too lost.
Title: Re: These Movies Are Worth Paying For
Post by: ChelseySuzie on Jul 24, 2008, 12:35:20 AM
No. At one point, their lineup was all major motion pictures (Indiana Jones, Narnia, etc) that I could see at the other theater. I think there was one indie flick at playing at that time. Whatever - I saw The Dark Side of the Rainbow there (where they play "Dark Side of the Moon" to Wizard of Oz)
Title: Re: These Movies Are Worth Paying For
Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Jul 24, 2008, 11:05:05 PM
I wanna see the new Batman, but I haven't seen the first Bale Batman yet. Does it matter if I see them out of order or what?
It'd help, but I'm still reeling from the fact you haven't seen Begins, as it's one of the best comic movies ever. TDK is a whole lot of awesome, but particularly so when viewed from the perspective of the pre-existing awesomeness of its predecessor.
Title: Re: These Movies Are Worth Paying For
Post by: ekerou etaou on Jul 25, 2008, 08:47:31 AM
plus, who needs an excuse to go out and see christian bale?
Title: Re: These Movies Are Worth Paying For
Post by: Sam on Jul 25, 2008, 11:02:00 AM
Nuri, let's go see The Dark Knight this weekend.
Title: Re: These Movies Are Worth Paying For
Post by: The D on Jul 25, 2008, 12:06:33 PM
Screw the theaters, just watch movies on TV like I do.
Actually, that might not always be a good thing... lately they've been playing nothing but shitty Eddie Murphy movies lately. Daddy Day Care? Haunted Mansion? DO NOT WANT!
Last night I was watching Jerry Bruckheimer's King Arthur, which I'd call ho hum and a somewhat watchable ripoff of Braveheart. Only reason I liked that movie was Kiera Knightly running around in a skimpy outfit... and war paint! The movie was also historically accurate... except for the fact that Arthur and the Romans lost to the Anglo-Saxons.
Title: Re: These Movies Are Worth Paying For
Post by: Derrick on Jul 25, 2008, 03:31:34 PM
Title: Re: These Movies Are Worth Paying For
Post by: B E C K on Jul 25, 2008, 09:37:46 PM
I don't know what that link is but it's taking too long.
King Arthur was crap.
I've seen all of the other Batmans and I used to watch TAS so I considered myself Batman'd out when the first flick came out. I didn't really think I was missing anything.
plus, who needs an excuse to go out and see christian bale?
Me. He ain't all that. Creepy Cillian Murphy and Katie Holmes also being in that movie didn't help things either.
Title: Re: These Movies Are Worth Paying For
Post by: Faye Valentine on Jul 25, 2008, 10:11:53 PM
OMG Christian Bale in American Psycho. One of my favorite movies. "Don't just look at it, EAT IT" haah oh god, he has such a GORGEOUS body. goddamn. is it getting hot in here?
Title: Re: These Movies Are Worth Paying For
Post by: B E C K on Jul 25, 2008, 10:54:17 PM
I have no problems with the body. I just find his face and personality kinda "meh".
Title: Re: These Movies Are Worth Paying For
Post by: Derrick on Jul 26, 2008, 12:39:30 AM
He beat his mom and sister. But then, they deserved it. No one messes with your woman without getting a fistfull of fingers, not even family. YOU DON'T FUCK WITH PUSSY!
Faye missed the point of American Psycho.
Title: Re: These Movies Are Worth Paying For
Post by: ekerou etaou on Jul 26, 2008, 02:37:05 PM
OMG Christian Bale in American Psycho. One of my favorite movies. "Don't just look at it, EAT IT" haah oh god, he has such a GORGEOUS body. goddamn. is it getting hot in here?
you should read the book. it's the most outrageous/disturbing thing i think i've ever laid eyes upon.
"try getting a reservation at Dorsia now, you stupid fucking bastard"
Title: Re: These Movies Are Worth Paying For
Post by: Derrick on Jul 26, 2008, 03:20:34 PM
Like fightclub, a book about a man trying to deal with his homosexuality.
Title: Re: These Movies Are Worth Paying For
Post by: ekerou etaou on Jul 26, 2008, 03:26:14 PM
essentially, yeah.
Title: Re: These Movies Are Worth Paying For
Post by: Derrick on Jul 26, 2008, 03:35:50 PM
I love Huey Lewis and the news... :D
Title: Re: These Movies Are Worth Paying For
Post by: ekerou etaou on Jul 26, 2008, 05:04:33 PM
what about Whitney Houston?
Title: Re: These Movies Are Worth Paying For
Post by: Derrick on Jul 26, 2008, 07:04:10 PM
I find her sound more refined than the early work of Aretha Franklin. She has a bright future if she sticks to her singing without getting distracted. What are the odds that'll happen?! AMIRITE?!
Title: Re: These Movies Are Worth Paying For
Post by: Sam on Jul 28, 2008, 02:10:54 PM
Nuri stood me up this weekend. >:(
Title: Re: These Movies Are Worth Paying For
Post by: The D on Jul 28, 2008, 03:26:56 PM
This link has been removed at the request of the copyright holder.
:chels:
Eh, it's somewhere. You go look, cheapy.
Title: Re: These Movies Are Worth Paying For
Post by: ekerou etaou on Jul 28, 2008, 07:16:27 PM
i'm sure the pirate bay's got it, at the very least
Title: Re: These Movies Are Worth Paying For
Post by: Bernie AKA on Jul 29, 2008, 12:58:47 PM
TDK was great. Watchman preview before was equally satisfying, notwithstanding Adrian looking like a fucking wimp. :disgust: Wasn't a Ledger fan, so I went into it with a "yeah - show me" attitude, and wasn't disappointed. During the first Keaton Batman, I kept thinking about what a great time Jack Nicholson was having. After TDK started, I didn't think of Heath Ledger once. That's the highest compliment I can give the performance.
Title: Re: These Movies Are Worth Paying For
Post by: Derrick on Jul 29, 2008, 01:56:16 PM
He was better in TDK than he was in the Patriot. What a shit movie that was.
Title: Re: These Movies Are Worth Paying For
Post by: Rama on Jul 29, 2008, 02:11:03 PM
TDK was great. Watchman preview before was equally satisfying, notwithstanding Adrian looking like a fucking wimp.
Oh yeah...That and The Spirit Preview were big bonuses for me.
Title: Re: These Movies Are Worth Paying For
Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Jul 29, 2008, 10:39:26 PM
I actually liked the Patriot, despite the middle half of it dragging way too much.
Veidt looks like ass, which is a shame since the rest of them are looking great. It looks like Snyder's going to skew closer to the original material than we imagined.
Title: Re: These Movies Are Worth Paying For
Post by: Rama on Jul 29, 2008, 11:18:54 PM
It really does. I heard all this talk about how it was going to changed so much, but from what I saw of the preview I didn't see anything there that lead me to belive there. The opposite in fact.
Title: Re: These Movies Are Worth Paying For
Post by: Derrick on Jul 30, 2008, 06:07:14 AM
I actually liked the Patriot, despite the middle half of it dragging way too much.
Veidt looks like ass, which is a shame since the rest of them are looking great. It looks like Snyder's going to skew closer to the original material than we imagined.
It's horribly inaccurate, something I couldn't get past.
Title: Re: These Movies Are Worth Paying For
Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Jul 30, 2008, 03:51:01 PM
I'm assuming you're talking about Patriot. You can count the number of historically accurate war movies on one hand. I thought it was a fictional story that only used some historical figures and events as inspiration.
On the off-chance you were talking about Watchmen, just listen to Alan Moore and don't go see it.
Title: Re: These Movies Are Worth Paying For
Post by: Derrick on Jul 30, 2008, 04:17:28 PM
Patriot, and the difference is the claim by the producers of its historical accuracy. They recreated many things... save Redcoat behavior. THEY BURNED BRITISH CITIZENS IN A CHURCH! ALIVE! The redcoats weren't Nazis. That's just so offensive to logic.
Oh, and the slaves loving Mel Gibson's family. WHOO! IT'S AN AFRICAN BEACH PARTY! BOOGIE HARD!
Blech.
Title: Re: These Movies Are Worth Paying For
Post by: B E C K on Jul 30, 2008, 08:21:25 PM
The slaves always love the hero.
Title: Re: These Movies Are Worth Paying For
Post by: Derrick on Jul 31, 2008, 10:15:45 AM
Especially when he's massa!
Title: But who will watch the Watchmen?
Post by: The D on Jul 31, 2008, 12:17:20 PM
I certainly will, when it comes out! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4blSrZvPhU) :love:
I have never read this comic, I have heard of it though, and just that preview makes me want to see it... dark, dystopian, gritty, hell yea. :)
Edit: nevermind, most of you have caught this or similar before The Dark Knight, which I haven't seen yet. ;_; Still.
Title: Re: These Movies Are Worth Paying For
Post by: The D on Jul 31, 2008, 12:22:42 PM
It's Mel Gibson, what do you expect. He even makes lesbians straight.
Title: Re: These Movies Are Worth Paying For
Post by: Faye Valentine on Aug 01, 2008, 10:24:32 PM
No I didn't, I was just talking about his appearance. And no he didn't beat them. In England, its considered an offense to scream at someone. Obviously that rule doesn't work here
Title: Re: These Movies Are Worth Paying For
Post by: Derrick on Aug 02, 2008, 09:41:53 AM
He shoulda beat them.
Title: Re: These Movies Are Worth Paying For
Post by: B E C K on Aug 04, 2008, 04:56:56 AM
Here's a movie not worth paying for: The new Mummy flick. One of worst movies of the year. I nearly yelled "this blows" in the theater. If I had gone to see it on my own, I would've walked out. Actually, it's not even worth not paying for.
Too much useless exposition and many scenes drag out and play themselves predictably.
Luke Ford is an absolutely loathsome, hateable cliche full of bad, easily recitable, preachy-ass dialogue whose too old to even be the O'Connell's son in the first place.
This movie couldn't decide what the hell it wanted to be or who the hell it wanted to be about-- we are introduced to a vast handful of characters (a dead Chinese general, a live Chinese general, an Asian Eva Braun, a fat old professor, a drunk old pilot, two good Chinese chicks) that eat up lines and screen time but could've easily been either written out completely or combined with each other or other characters. Is this movie about the retired (WTF!) Rick and Evey realizing that the romance has died and they should come out of retirement by going on one more great adventure? Is this movie about Alex "Me so horny, love you long time" O'Connell and his penis having their own mummy escapade and coming into their own? Is this movie about the parent O'Connells coming to terms with the fact that Alex isn't their little boy any more and learning to let go despite the glaring fact that Alex has been out of the nest for numerous fucking years? Who the fuck knows!
The action scenes were cheesy and over the top and I expected that from a Mummy movie. However, aside from Michelle Yeoh and Jet Li's fight scene (and should you be unfortunate or masochistic enough to see this movie, you're scratching your head and wondering why the fuck Michelle Yeoh-- after what happens to her character-- would be STUPID enough to fight Jet Li), all of the hand-to-hand, martial-arty fight scenes were just plain bad. They should've stuck to guns and blunt objects. Like many films, the scenes were tightly cropped and either sped up or slowed down to the point it hurt your eyes to look at it. If you can't film martial arts, don't put it in the film. The final fuck you at the end of the film:
Johnathan sourly decides Another "fuck you" moment. Jet Li has powet over the five elements AND can change shape into "hideous monsters" (which made me laugh: all we have to worry about is that the they're ugly?) but the two male O'Connells (because we knew the women wouldn't get to defeat Jet Li) defeat him Finally, I was also irritated that the cute Asian girl The CG on Jet Li's mummy was more or less decent for the majority of the film, but was I supposed to be impressed with those Yeti? Is that why we kept getting fucking close-ups of them yelling? I have a feeling they were originally cooler and uglier, but some douche in a suit decided they needed to be cuter or some shit.
Title: Re: These Movies Are Worth Paying For
Post by: Bitch on Aug 04, 2008, 05:21:38 AM
I pretty much decided after watching the previews that I would never, ever, ever watch that movie. Not even Jet Li can save a Mummy flick.
Title: Re: These Movies Are Worth Paying For
Post by: B E C K on Aug 04, 2008, 05:48:13 AM
Well Merla has a chick-boner for Brenden Fraser, so I knew she'd want to see it. I just thought it'd be "Journey to the Center of the Earth" bad, not bad-bad.
Title: Re: These Movies Are Worth Paying For
Post by: Bitch on Aug 04, 2008, 05:57:59 AM
So did you decide not to use the other two as reference, or was Merla so desperate to get her squee on that not even horrible fanfic pr0n and photoshopped pictures could help?
Title: Re: These Movies Are Worth Paying For
Post by: Bernie AKA on Aug 04, 2008, 01:46:07 PM
When I heard that Rachel Weisz wouldn't be Evelyn, I blew it off. Half the fun of the first two was the chemistry bewteen her and Fraser. They should have just written her character out. Not everything that hits celluloid is freakin' Doctor Who with interchangeable lead characters.
Title: Re: These Movies Are Worth Paying For
Post by: Rama on Aug 04, 2008, 10:10:14 PM
I saw the X-Files flick this weekend. Totally could have waited till it came out on DVD...in fact it felt like a direct to DVD movie. It's X-files, but it's not really epic and there is nothing really new or shocking in this one. There are episodes of the show that outdid this movie and it doesn't live up to first flick at all. (Which I really liked.) Skip it, but if you like X-files see it on DVD. Just don't pay to see it on anything other then a small screen cause you are getting small screen quality here.
Title: Re: These Movies Are Worth Paying For
Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Aug 04, 2008, 11:15:59 PM
That's pretty much the same complaint I heard about the previous X movie, not to mention practically every other movie based on a TV series.
Title: Re: These Movies Are Worth Paying For
Post by: IDE on Aug 05, 2008, 02:18:22 PM
I saw the dark knight recently. That's a movie worth seeing in the theater. I was on a first date though and movies suck for first dates but we both really wanted to see this pretty bad. But there will be plenty of time to talk and get drinks on the 2nd date.
The theater had some shit bags talking in spanish behind us, a baby that kept trying to talk (in spanish I presume) who had to be taken out of the theater for crying at one point, and one nerd to the left of me that texted for about 20 minutes. I wanted to rectify all of these situations the only way I know how but I didn't want to come off as a psycho. You'd think chicks would dig it when you tell someone you're going to kill them (or eat their children as the case maybe) as an act of asserting yourself in a movie theater, but the one time I did this (I had gotten up to get a drink and when I returned the guy to the left of me had annexed my arm rest. I moved my arm onto the rest against his and he wouldn't move until I told him that if he wants we do this right now.) the girl was shocked and thought I was crazy and that we just should've changed seats...I forgot to mention that there were plenty of seats and we could've easily just moved over...but it's the principle of thing damn it! NO ONE TAKES MY ARM REST AND LIVES TO TELL THE TALE!
Title: Re: These Movies Are Worth Paying For
Post by: Derrick on Aug 05, 2008, 04:00:57 PM
Cinebistro @ dolphin mall, biatch. Spend the extra coin to impress the hole.
Title: Re: These Movies Are Worth Paying For
Post by: ChelseySuzie on Aug 05, 2008, 05:34:55 PM
Derka derka
Title: Re: These Movies Are Worth Paying For
Post by: Rama on Aug 05, 2008, 09:24:15 PM
That's pretty much the same complaint I heard about the previous X movie, not to mention practically every other movie based on a TV series.
Yeah, but it was really noticeable here. It wasn't even like it was a bigger more epic version of an episode like the first one was. It was just there. It was like a filler episode that they plugged in while telling the overall Mulder looking for his sister that was abducted by aliens story. The first film was grander and fit into the overall scheme of things better. It answered questions while raising othere. This film did none of that. It is totally stand alone and other then Mulder and Scully really has no connection to anything that was in the series. It was like a big screen fluke man epsiode. I was a little let down that Dogget didn't make an apperance, although Skinner did.
Title: Re: These Movies Are Worth Paying For
Post by: IDE on Aug 05, 2008, 09:33:27 PM
Cinebistro @ dolphin mall, biatch. Spend the extra coin to impress the hole.
I applied to be bartender there and those fucks didn't call me back.
Don't you have a MBA?
Title: Re: These Movies Are Worth Paying For
Post by: IDE on Aug 06, 2008, 10:30:09 AM
I have a master's in communication and media. I'm an actor right now though and even if I wanted to get a job related to my degree I can't in this city because I'm not bilingual. At least theres nothing non bilingual on career builder, monster.com, etc. When I move to californee I'll see if I can get into creative development.
Title: Re: These Movies Are Worth Paying For
Post by: The D on Aug 06, 2008, 02:05:59 PM
The Mummy franchise failed on the second movie, and I've avoided it like the plague ever since.
Title: Re: These Movies Are Worth Paying For
Post by: B E C K on Aug 06, 2008, 08:53:52 PM
When I heard that Rachel Weisz wouldn't be Evelyn, I blew it off. Half the fun of the first two was the chemistry bewteen her and Fraser. They should have just written her character out. Not everything that hits celluloid is freakin' Doctor Who with interchangeable lead characters.
Maria Bello played Evelyn like a 14-year-old imitates her horny, uppercrust grandmother. Weird. They should've kept the following people:
Brenden Fraser The dude that plays the brother-in-law That hot ethnic dude, I don't know his name either.
The son should've been casted mucho younger.
Oh, and a decent plot probably would've helped. =p
Title: Re: These Movies Are Worth Paying For
Post by: IDE on Aug 07, 2008, 01:07:50 AM
So did you decide not to use the other two as reference, or was Merla so desperate to get her squee on that not even horrible fanfic pr0n and photoshopped pictures could help?
seriously, for someone who voluntarily spoils movies for herself I'd have expected you to easily avoid this obvious dog pile.
Title: Re: These Movies Are Worth Paying For
Post by: B E C K on Aug 08, 2008, 09:50:16 PM
What spoilers would've helped here, genius? Obviously, the mummies are defeated. And I already knew it would be bad... just not this vomit-inducingly bad. I thought I already made it clear I went because Merla wanted to see it. I had already dragged her to Hellboy 2 and Mongol, and she didn't look really into either one so I kinda owed her.
BTW, I've enjoyed all the other Mummy movies and TSK. So using the others as reference should mean "it's corny but not god-awful", which is obviously a lie in this instance.
Anyway, I saw "The Dark Knight". It was an all right movie, though-- to sound terribly superficial-- Maggie Gyllenhal is almost painfully ugly to look at. So Batman and Harvey both love this chick? Really? [I guess points for casting realism or something.] And was I supposed to think of Geico everytime Michael Caine opened his mouth?
Title: Re: These Movies Are Worth Paying For
Post by: B E C K on Aug 08, 2008, 09:52:06 PM
And I read spoilers when I'm on the fence about something, not for every damn thing that comes out.
Title: Re: These Movies Are Worth Paying For
Post by: IDE on Aug 08, 2008, 10:12:11 PM
I don't know what spoilers look like. They don't come in review form so you can gauge if the movie sucks?
What are they just a list of plot points?
The preview looked vomit inducingly bad to me.
Title: Re: These Movies Are Worth Paying For
Post by: Rama on Aug 09, 2008, 12:27:33 AM
I'm glad I wasn't the only one who thought, "damn, Batman and Harvey fell out over that?"
Yeah I also agree with this. I noticed it right after the harvey court case (not sure if that was her first appearance). How is she a movie star? Did she used to be hot and/or deliver some awesome performance or is she just Jake's sister?
Title: Re: These Movies Are Worth Paying For
Post by: Derrick on Aug 09, 2008, 07:39:48 PM
She supposedly is a good actress. Frankly, I don't mind too much, though she's not stunning. Perhaps it's because she's not an idiot and has money.
Title: Re: These Movies Are Worth Paying For
Post by: Rama on Aug 09, 2008, 11:13:18 PM
Really? Cause Both her and Katie Holmes where flat as hell in that role. Maybe it was the direction.
Title: Re: These Movies Are Worth Paying For
Post by: ChelseySuzie on Aug 10, 2008, 02:35:32 AM
There's only so much dynamic a lady love interest in an action flick can have. I like Maggie though. I think it's the whole "I have brains and I'm not a huge skank-whore who flashes my vagina everywhere" aspect of her character. I liked Sherry Baby.
Title: Re: These Movies Are Worth Paying For
Post by: Derrick on Aug 10, 2008, 12:18:03 PM
Really? Cause Both her and Katie Holmes where flat as hell in that role. Maybe it was the direction.
I think it just was the women, since everyone else was stellar. To be honest, I would have liked to see more of the ladycop who betrayed Dent and Rachael.
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Post by: Rama on Aug 10, 2008, 10:31:51 PM
Yeah...did seem like there was more of a story there that they just didn't have time for.
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Post by: Bernie AKA on Aug 11, 2008, 08:45:49 AM
I think they were going for the "he can have any woman in the world with his looks and money, but she's the only one who will ever truly KNOW him...." sentimental angle. ::) Harvey is drawn to her intellect and sense of fair play. Or whatever. I'm not real fond of characters dreamed up for film adaptations as plot devices.
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Post by: B E C K on Aug 11, 2008, 05:54:40 PM
Yeah, at least kill off a character from the comics. Bruce is a playboy, right? There must've been a ton of beds they could've adapted for the movie.
I was talking about this movie again the other day and thinking I'd've rather had Jake in a dress than Maggie.
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Post by: ChelseySuzie on Aug 12, 2008, 01:35:06 AM
I saw Pineapple Express today in the theater today. My friend wanted to go to the 10:45 showing because two of her boyfriend's friends worked until 10, but my boyfriend wanted to go earlier and I didn't want to sit around all night. It was super funny, if you're into stoner comedy (but with action!). I wasn't bummed about spending money on it (actually, the boy bought the tickets and I bought snacks) and I'll definitely buy it on DVD.
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Post by: Derrick on Aug 12, 2008, 02:50:05 PM
Just don't go full retard.
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Post by: The D on Aug 13, 2008, 01:01:48 PM
I finally saw Dark Knight.
My friend noted the one thing that bugged him most about the movie was Dent's voice after his face was horribly disfigured. He said that with such a large hole in the side of his mouth he would have trouble making certain sounds, yet Dent had a flawless voice.
My complaints are small for the most part. I remember Gotham being much grittier in the first movie, the city itself seemed to be rather futuristic in places, like with the monorail where the final fight took place, and then areas like where Arkham was located with low brick buildings and slums. This movie was filmed almost entirely in Chicago and Hong Kong with shiny modern buildings all over.
There were times where I had trouble believing that the Joker, just being one man, could pull off all that destruction and stuff that was going on, but I assume that he had mob backing as well as help from police and government officials that were employed by the mob.
I'm still amazed that, when the Joker walked into the mob meeting and offered to kill Batman that they didn't all pull out guns and shoot him for stealing some of their money. The Mob not packing heat? Inconceivable!
And I was rooting for Batman to actually run the Joker over with his bike. Yes, it would have ended the movie rather quickly. But it goes back to my little rant (http://www.rabbitinasuit.com/sphere/index.php?topic=1765.0) about how movie heroes are becoming less and less likely to kill. Yes, the Batman's policy of not killing his enemies goes back to the original comics, and they were trying to show that Batman's different from the Joker because he doesn't take life. But hell, forget the bike, I would have flattened the Joker with a semi. This high moral ground that heros show about never killing is a bit unrealistic. In America we hold parades for soldiers who kill terrorists, and no one gives a crap that the soldier may have killed 20 or 30 terrorists, because they did it in the name of good. Hell, even the terrorists don't care, they're all like "He has died for Allah and now has 40 virgins in heaven!"
Edit: Oh, and I smell a sequel. No way they won't make another Batman after making him an outlaw.
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Post by: IDE on Aug 13, 2008, 01:24:51 PM
Your arguments are retarded (Batman doesn't kill people. The mob DID want to kill the joker he had a bomb strapped to himself, but you forgot that didn't you.) except for maybe the city looking weird and Harvey's voice. One thing that made absolutely no sense was the burning of the money. Those thugs wouldn't have turned on the russian and allowed the joker to burn all that money. The whole purpose of the mob is to get money that doesn't belong to them. Some people at squirrel's board have conjectured that the reason the city wasn't so dark was because crime had been on the decline.
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Edit: Oh, and I smell a sequel. No way they won't make another Batman after making him an outlaw.
Nice try detective, but the real answer is "No way they won't make another Batman after this one made so much money".
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Post by: Rama on Aug 13, 2008, 02:54:45 PM
One thing that made absolutely no sense was the burning of the money. Those thugs wouldn't have turned on the russian and allowed the joker to burn all that money. The whole purpose of the mob is to get money that doesn't belong to them.
That was Joker's money. It was his "Half" that he negoatied out of the mob earlier on the in the flick. He didn't burn the mob's money, he burnt his own. But he didn't care...like he said. It wasn't about the money. I'm sure all of those guys where Jokers guys. Who knows their motives for following him, but I'd say Money wasn't it since hardly any of his schemes got him money, other then bank job at the first (which he killed all those guys) and the half he got from the mob (which he burned.)
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Post by: IDE on Aug 13, 2008, 04:46:24 PM
I don't think that was just his half, that's what the russian was pissed about. And those guys were definitely not portrayed as the joker's men. It seemed that they were the russian's men and they betrayed him. I'd have to watch it again to be sure but I think you're wrong.
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Post by: B E C K on Aug 13, 2008, 04:59:58 PM
Yeah, I assumed by "his half" he meant the physical half on one side of that money pyramid, nevermind that the whole pyramid would go up in flames and burn all the money. That's why I figured that guy was spazzing out. Why should he freak out otherwise if his money is fine and dandy elsewhere?
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The mob DID want to kill the joker he had a bomb strapped to himself, but you forgot that didn't you.
I think D means before the Joker revealed he had a bomb. As in why didn't the mob blast him away the minute he showed his face instead of giving him a chance to speak. But that would've also been a shorter movie.
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Post by: IDE on Aug 13, 2008, 08:00:31 PM
Well you gotta give him a chance to speak he knows where your money is.
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Post by: B E C K on Aug 13, 2008, 09:49:19 PM
No, you don't. You can shoot him and then Dick Tracy the whereabouts of the money yourself.
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Post by: Derrick on Aug 13, 2008, 10:26:56 PM
Dick Tracy?
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Is that when you use your dick to trace out a path on a map, and where you splooge, that's where the money is?
Title: Re: These Movies Are Worth Paying For
Post by: IDE on Aug 13, 2008, 10:44:24 PM
No, you don't. You can shoot him and then Dick Tracy the whereabouts of the money yourself.
I don't see how fucking Madonna is going to get your stolen money back. I should, but I don't.
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Post by: Rama on Aug 13, 2008, 11:41:49 PM
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I don't think that was just his half, that's what the russian was pissed about. And those guys were definitely not portrayed as the joker's men. It seemed that they were the russian's men and they betrayed him. I'd have to watch it again to be sure but I think you're wrong.
Well I assumed it his half as I remember it was a HUGE amount of money that they were talking about. And I don't think it'd have to be his money for him to be pissed. He just gave this guy half his cash and all he did was burn it. That's enough to be pissed about I think, because he could have just kept it.
And even if they were the russians guys they had clearly made a deal with the Joker at some point. They were there before the Russian arrived and thus were with Joker. Again I don't know their motive...maybe the thought of being under Joker when he took over the Mob and all the perks there in.
I got the impression Joker already spent the money he stole at the start. He at least paid of the suit he had with it...unless he was lying about that. Although I doubt one suit cost as much as he stole, but it does explain how he paid for all his fancy bombs and what not that he had. So even if they had killed him they wouldn't have been able to track it down. It was more then likely gone at that point.
And also I would think at Mob meeting of these many important heads of the family, guns wouldn't be allowed. It's a pretty common pratice so no one gets any ideas about offing the rest of them and taking over their territories. Thus no one having them. So I didn't find that odd at all. They did try to physically assualt him, but that just ended up with one guy having pencil up his nose. The guys at the door more then likely had guns, but if Joker got in...those guys are dead anyway.
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Post by: IDE on Aug 14, 2008, 12:56:40 AM
Why would he present them with the oriental guy on top of only his half of the money? I don't believe in this pile of offscreen phantom money. They would've shown him with his half at some point.
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Post by: IDE on Aug 14, 2008, 12:57:06 AM
Why would he present them with the oriental guy on top of only his half of the money? He was all "look I got it back for ya" I don't believe in this pile of offscreen phantom money. They would've shown him with his half at some point.
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Post by: Rama on Aug 14, 2008, 01:41:36 AM
Why would he present them with the oriental guy on top of only his half of the money? I don't believe in this pile of offscreen phantom money. They would've shown him with his half at some point.
I don't think he was presenting him too them as much as he was just going to kill him and letting him go up in flames with the cash was just a very over the top Joker way of doing it.
Maybe it was all the money, but that just furthers the idea that they weren't following Joker for the money.
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Post by: Bernie AKA on Aug 14, 2008, 09:27:02 AM
Yeah, lots of little nuances in there. I liked the way Ledger kept throwing in the facial tics and worrying at the corners of his mouth with his tongue. One would be working one's face/mouth in odd ways while recovering from the type of cuts he had to the point that they would become habits by the time they had completely healed.
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Post by: The D on Aug 14, 2008, 02:05:52 PM
Yeah, I assumed by "his half" he meant the physical half on one side of that money pyramid, nevermind that the whole pyramid would go up in flames and burn all the money. That's why I figured that guy was spazzing out. Why should he freak out otherwise if his money is fine and dandy elsewhere?
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The mob DID want to kill the joker he had a bomb strapped to himself, but you forgot that didn't you.
I think D means before the Joker revealed he had a bomb. As in why didn't the mob blast him away the minute he showed his face instead of giving him a chance to speak. But that would've also been a shorter movie.
Well, I forgot about the explosives, but if you pay attention, the explosives he did have on him were nothing more than a bunch of gernades with strings tied to the pins, so that if he pulled the strings, the gernades would be activated. But it would be very easy for someone to just shoot him in the head and kill him instantly (which is why he should have had some kind of trigger he had to hold down constantly, the instant he lets go it goes off). I think Rama's right in saying they didn't have guns in the first place.
As for the pile of money, it WAS the Joker's half of the mob money. But since all mobsters are pretty greedy and obsessed with money, seeing any money get destroyed, even if it's not your own, would probably piss them off. Well, unless it's the money of your biggest enemy or something, but you'd still want it for yourself.
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Post by: IDE on Aug 14, 2008, 10:44:44 PM
It WAS not just the joker's half. I'm going to find the script and when I do...
IN YOUR FACE! IN ALL OF YOUR FACES! I'm going to do the pose like that long armed mutant in your av (who by the way weighs 30 lbs less than me and can't kick my ass).
Also, if you have your hand around a string and you get shot in the head theres no guarantee you won't just pull the string when you're shot. How many times in movies has the guy with his hand on the detonator been shot? I think I saw it once but I might be wrong.
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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Aug 14, 2008, 10:53:41 PM
"Why didn't they whip out all their guns and shoot him?" Because it'd have been a short-ass movie, and most of them were intrigued by the prospect of killing Batman, even if they laughed it off to start with. And confidence in oneself doesn't manifest in shooting something or someone off-hand.
"Why did Harvey sound the same?" Because had they gone for half-a-mouth realism there, you likely wouldn't have understood a word he said.
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Post by: Derrick on Aug 14, 2008, 11:18:58 PM
ITT WE TALK ABOUT THE WIN THAT IS TROPIC THUNDER!
Tom Cruise is awesome, yeah I said it. So is Robert Downey Jr.
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Post by: B E C K on Aug 15, 2008, 02:07:32 AM
"Why did Harvey sound the same?" Because had they gone for half-a-mouth realism there, you likely wouldn't have understood a word he said.
Frankly it was hard enough understanding a laryngitisy Bale as Batman without giving Hole-in-the-face a speech impediment as well. Oh shoot, and Alfred. I mean accents usually aren't that hard for me, but for whatever reason, I understood almost nothing he was saying. And also, weirdly enough, I wanted to switch to Geico.
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Post by: IDE on Aug 15, 2008, 12:22:32 PM
In the first movie I laughed at Bat Voice, this time it didn't bother me so much.
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Post by: Bernie AKA on Aug 15, 2008, 12:55:51 PM
I kept wanting to clear my throat. :-\
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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Aug 15, 2008, 07:38:18 PM
Maybe we're just spoiled...Kevin Conroy was the epitome of the sort of voice inflection that differentiates Bruce and Bats while still sounding natural as both.
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Post by: IDE on Aug 15, 2008, 11:26:58 PM
Kevin Conroy? I'm guessing that the guy from BatmanTAS right? He did it perfect.
Title: Re: These Movies Are Worth Paying For
Post by: Rama on Aug 15, 2008, 11:31:25 PM
You know I just remembered that Joker wanted the Russian to tell his men that he worked for him now in that scene. He refused and he ordered the guys to feed him to his own dogs. Now I don't know why you'd have to get him to tell the guys to follow his orders if they were going to do it anyway....unless of course those were not the Russians men and working for the Joker.
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Post by: Derrick on Aug 16, 2008, 02:10:38 PM
The Joker just pulled henchmen to his side. Had to be because he pwned Batman.
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Post by: IDE on Aug 16, 2008, 02:38:07 PM
You know I just remembered that Joker wanted the Russian to tell his men that he worked for him now in that scene. He refused and he ordered the guys to feed him to his own dogs. Now I don't know why you'd have to get him to tell the guys to follow his orders if they were going to do it anyway....unless of course those were not the Russians men and working for the Joker.
So the Russian (a mob boss) was travelling around with people he hadn't known all his crime career to protect him? Because mob bosses are notoriously trustworthy of henchmen that they don't know? They were at one time working for the russian and then for no other reason than furthering the plot they decided they're not in this for the money anymore! They're CRAZZZEEE and wanna laugh and wear neon and dance around under black lights with glowstick nunchucks.
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Post by: IDE on Aug 16, 2008, 02:39:29 PM
This is a great movie but like most movies it's not without a few small holes in the plot.
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Post by: IDE on Aug 16, 2008, 05:29:28 PM
Here's someone's take on the bat voice: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2yv8aT0UFc (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2yv8aT0UFc)
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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Aug 16, 2008, 10:49:42 PM
You know I just remembered that Joker wanted the Russian to tell his men that he worked for him now in that scene. He refused and he ordered the guys to feed him to his own dogs. Now I don't know why you'd have to get him to tell the guys to follow his orders if they were going to do it anyway....unless of course those were not the Russians men and working for the Joker.
So the Russian (a mob boss) was travelling around with people he hadn't known all his crime career to protect him? Because mob bosses are notoriously trustworthy of henchmen that they don't know? They were at one time working for the russian and then for no other reason than furthering the plot they decided they're not in this for the money anymore! They're CRAZZZEEE and wanna laugh and wear neon and dance around under black lights with glowstick nunchucks.
Joker was taking over. He'd already killed one mob boss, I assume these guys betrayed him because they figured Joker was going to be the new big boss. I mean he did take on Batman and not only lived to tell about it, but outsmarted him. Batman had their current boss running scared. Who would you back?
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Post by: IDE on Aug 17, 2008, 01:16:16 AM
Not the guy who burned up all the money since that's why I became a criminal in the first place.
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Post by: Rama on Aug 17, 2008, 07:34:54 PM
Well then you'd have to killed.
And I seriously think I'll have to take notes next time I see this movie just to settle this once and for all. I tried to find the script online, but mostly just found fake leaked scripts.
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Post by: IDE on Aug 17, 2008, 09:12:52 PM
I tried to find the script online, but mostly just found fake leaked scripts.
Me too. I'm gonna ask my producer friend next time I talk to him to email it to me if he has it. He sent me the script for thundercats awhile ago.
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Post by: B E C K on Aug 18, 2008, 12:16:04 AM
So were they go or not?
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Post by: Rama on Aug 18, 2008, 12:21:14 AM
After seeing Transformers and hearing about the new G.I.Joe movie...I'm starting to hope that movies like He-Man and Thundercats don't get green lit.
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Post by: B E C K on Aug 18, 2008, 12:45:47 AM
I'm still hoping Voltron dies in production hell.
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Post by: Rama on Aug 18, 2008, 12:49:28 AM
Agreed.
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Post by: B E C K on Aug 18, 2008, 12:52:34 AM
I don't know if I'll see G.I.Joe or not yet, how about you? I need a preview, and then I'll be sure.
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Post by: Rama on Aug 18, 2008, 12:59:36 AM
Well after i heard about the "Awesome powet suit that lets a man run 50 mphs" and the fact that they wanted to use Heavy Duty instead of Roadblock....I decided to handle it same way I did Transformers. Only seeing it if I didn't have to pay for it.
What's sad is that I liked some of the news early on...especially casting. Ray Park as Snake Eyes was great since he didn't have to talk and you don't have to see his face. He just has to kick ass. But now it's sounding less like G.I.Joe and more like Sigma Six. And if you don't know what Sigma Six is, then just thank God.
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Post by: B E C K on Aug 18, 2008, 01:05:27 AM
Ha ha, I liked Sigma Six. Not really as being G.I.Joe, but it was corny enough to laugh at for a half an hour each Saturday morning.
I think Ray Park will shine in this movie, even if it turns out to be a complete turdling.
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Post by: Rama on Aug 18, 2008, 01:17:28 AM
I do agree there. It was like Patrick Stewart and Prof. X...if they picked anyone else it would be a shame. SE is really a perfect role for him.
And I must say that Scarlett looks like Scarlett (except for the X-men like black leather outfit every Joe i wearing.), Baroness looks like Baroness, Storm Shadow like Storm Shadow...
But it's hard to look past a Marlon Wayans Ripcord.
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Post by: Bernie AKA on Aug 18, 2008, 01:07:52 PM
I'm going to see Christopher Eccleston as Destro. I think he'll surprise a lot of people who have no idea who he is. ;D
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Post by: IDE on Aug 18, 2008, 01:20:07 PM
Not sure whats happening with thundercats currently. I do wanna see this Joe movie though. I liked transformers, it wasn't perfect but what is.
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Post by: The D on Aug 18, 2008, 06:51:33 PM
I'll only see GI Joe if it has unintentional pr0n (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mK23Sr4Yx8k) in it.
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Post by: Rama on Aug 18, 2008, 09:46:55 PM
I'm going to see Christopher Eccleston as Destro. I think he'll surprise a lot of people who have no idea who he is. ;D
All I know is he was sucky Doctor Who that was before the awesome David Tennant took over.
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Post by: Bernie AKA on Aug 19, 2008, 12:59:00 PM
Eccleston was merciful brain bleach for the remnants of Sylvester McCoy. :P
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Post by: IDE on Aug 19, 2008, 01:38:28 PM
Whats up with this new Dr Who? The only one I know about was on PBS.
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Post by: Bernie AKA on Aug 19, 2008, 02:01:40 PM
MUCH better. No rubber monsters. And one of the writers Stephen Moffat reminds of of Rod Serling at times - won 3 Hugos so far. Download "Blink" or "Silence in the Library/Forest of the Dead" (2-part) to get an idea of what Doctor Who is like now - both pretty much stand on their own.
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Post by: Rama on Aug 19, 2008, 10:40:07 PM
I still find Doctor Who a little cheesy, but better then what I watched on PBS back in the 80s.
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Post by: B E C K on Sep 15, 2008, 10:11:37 PM
I caught the first twenty minutes of Batman Begins on TV and had to shut it off. What a fucking borefest. Little Brucey falls down the well. Oh no, bats! I'm scarreeedd! Odd Job's Asian cousin picks on Older Brucey and thus begins a prison brawl that could've been interesting if they didn't cheat with so many tight shots (what I call "Daredevil"-fighting because you can barely see what the fuck's going on). Fucking Qui-Gon shows up. Tiny Bruce's parents bite it. "Everything's okay," says daddy and commissioner G in a moment of comedy gold. Then Aslan trains Bruce in a fashion that could only remind me of a badly written RPG training lesson. I'll give it the benefit of the doubt that it got much better later. But the beginning gets a big fat F. If I see the DVD at someone's house, maybe I'll ask it borrow it or something. Whatever.
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Post by: Sam on Sep 16, 2008, 02:35:31 PM
I'm sorry, but our hot sexy affair is now off. I could never be with a woman that pans Batman Begins like that.
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Post by: Derrick on Sep 16, 2008, 03:08:15 PM
I doubt she would have let you near first, anyways.
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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Sep 16, 2008, 10:57:20 PM
I'll give it the benefit of the doubt that it got much better later. But the beginning gets a big fat F. If I see the DVD at someone's house, maybe I'll ask it borrow it or something. Whatever.
I'll agree that a lot of it was dull, but I appreciate that they went though the effort of giving Batman a decent backstory and explanation for all his abilities, armament, money, drive, etc. instead of hand-waving it like they did in the previous round of Batflicks. And the rest of the movie more than made up for any tedium early on.
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Post by: B E C K on Nov 02, 2008, 02:15:04 AM
So anyone see anything new or what? I'm straining to remember the last new film I've seen.
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Post by: Derrick on Nov 02, 2008, 12:53:59 PM
Me and Kary have been watching Bond flicks recently in preparation for Quantum of Solace.
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Post by: ChelseySuzie on Nov 02, 2008, 01:27:06 PM
I watched Babel the other night and thought it was really good.
As for new movies? Religious isn't playing in my town and I haven't had the opportunity to see W, although my boyfriend has taken the time to see both of them while I'm working. Jerk.
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Post by: Rama on Nov 03, 2008, 12:37:52 AM
Me and Kary have been watching Bond flicks recently in preparation for Quantum of Solace.
I only plan to watch Casino Royale before seeing the movie...since, even though they deny it, it seems to be a reboot of the Franchise.
Saving the other bond movies for Thanksgiving and X-mas which has kinda become a new Tradition around here.
But Quantum of Solace.is the next "New" movie I plan on seeing. Curious how much of the Short Story is going to make it in considering Bond was barely in it. Could go Octopussy and take only the title and just run with it.
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Post by: Derrick on Nov 03, 2008, 05:16:38 AM
They deny it?
New Bond could be a replacement Bond. I was thinking that last morning while watching it. Pierce died, and the new bond assumes his mantle.
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Post by: blanktoe on Nov 03, 2008, 05:57:25 AM
I never undrstood that. Is each Bond a different agent who takes over the 007 rank or are they the same person?
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Post by: Rama on Nov 03, 2008, 11:07:45 AM
I think they are all supposed to be the same person. The director of Die Another Day wanted it to be that way, and have Connery have a cameo in the flick as a past "Bond" but they shot him down. The only evidence for that theory (And probably its origin) was in "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" when Lazenby turned to the Camera and said "This never happened to the other fellow." Which was really more of a Tongue in Cheek joke. (Oh and OHMSS is one of the best Bond films. If it had Connery in it, it would have been perfect. One of the most faithful to the books of all the Bond films.)
But I really wish they had to the balls to say it was reboot, because this current Bond is much closer to the one from the Books. No Gadgets, not as much of a man whore, a more brutal less one liners type of Agent. And I'd love to see movies like Live and Let Die and Moonraker take on this more serious tone. But they are afraid of the Die Hard Movie Bond fans stringing them up for undoing a Connery film. (which if they followed the order of the books wouldn't have happened for at least 2 more flicks. And even then it would have been “Diamonds are Forever” which is the worst of the Connery films. The first good one they'd get to is "From Russia with Love."
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Post by: Derrick on Nov 03, 2008, 11:35:24 AM
I never knew Thunderball and Never say Never again were the same flick until wikipedia. I watched them as a kid, and now it makes sense. Is it bad I prefered Never say Never again?
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Post by: Rama on Nov 03, 2008, 11:33:19 PM
Yeah.
There was also a couple versions of Casino Royale as well before the stamp of approval one we got last time. There was a TV Movie version made in 1954 for American TV with James Bond becoming Jimmy Bond as an American and a chap named Clarence Leiter from Merry old England,
There was also the version with Woody Allen and Peter Sellers which was a goof ball comdey in the vein of The Pink Panthe in 1967. This was the movie that kept us from getting Casino Royale till 2006. Although MGM had the rights since 1997. The Funny thing about this movie is that it David Niven as bon….who was the man Ian Fleming wanted to play James Bond as that was how he saw him. It also has SMERSH instead of SPECTRE as bad guys which was more true to the book since SPECTRE didn’t appear in novel form till Thunderball.
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Post by: blanktoe on Nov 04, 2008, 11:48:01 AM
So it's true that the Bond series was always meant to be funny?? :joe:
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Post by: Rama on Nov 04, 2008, 02:01:52 PM
No. What happen was that the guy bought the rights to Casino Royale and then Dr. No came out and he wanted to basicly partner with Eon to make a serious version with Connery, but Eon didn't want to share and didn't want to buy. Since he knew he couldn't compete with the Connery films he decided to make it a comdey instead.
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Post by: B E C K on Nov 05, 2008, 07:23:58 AM
Yeah, the upcoming Bond will probably be the next theatrical movie I see. Especially since stupid Warner's took away Potter. =p
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Post by: Derrick on Nov 05, 2008, 10:19:03 AM
I gotta get the tickets for me and Kary at cinebistro.
http://www.cobbcinebistro.com/
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Post by: Derrick on Nov 05, 2008, 10:23:44 AM
Saturday @ 6:30 pm, plenty of time for me and K-Dawg to score a dinner beforehand and enjoy the movie with a nice bottle of wine.
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Post by: Rama on Nov 06, 2008, 01:18:55 AM
I would have seen Potter as well...but I got no attachment to this Twlight thing, so I won't be seeing that one.
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Post by: B E C K on Nov 07, 2008, 12:28:30 PM
It looks shittier and shittier from the previews, too. So of course it's gonna be a huge hit, especially since we find out what happened to Cedric Diggory after he died. They should do a sequel combining Twilight with High School Musical and really rake in the bucks. I even have a tagline for the posters: Twilight Musical: Yes, We All Know It Sucks.
Oh, I remember another movie I was semi-interested in seeing: Australia.
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Post by: Bernie AKA on Nov 07, 2008, 01:20:30 PM
Just get the EW with Robert Pattison on the cover and save the price of admission. That is some nice eye candy. :aroused:
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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Nov 10, 2008, 12:29:09 PM
Oh and OHMSS is one of the best Bond films. If it had Connery in it, it would have been perfect. One of the most faithful to the books of all the Bond films.
I'm glad to know someone other than myself acknowledges this fact.
And, yes, Casino Royale was a series reboot. I think they offered it as a prequel to all the others, but I somehow missed the defibrilators and cell phones in Dr. No and every other Bond movie prior to the nineties.
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Post by: Bernie AKA on Nov 10, 2008, 12:50:05 PM
Diana Rigg made OHMSS all worthwhile. Yowza.
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Post by: joe on Nov 16, 2008, 10:27:54 AM
Quantum of Solace doesn't live up to Casino Royale. It can't. They really, really want it to, but no dice.
The plot and villains are crap. The movie is nothing more than an endless string of chase and fight scenes -- which are awesome, mind you -- but yeah, that's pretty much the extent of it.
That being said, it's still a good movie, and ranks right up there as far as Bond flicks go.
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Post by: Derrick on Nov 16, 2008, 11:58:35 AM
QoS represents the continuation of CR, which I enjoyed. I know many critics complained about the action, but I sat Man the fuck Up. Shit was intense. Cami made a wonderful addition to the Bond lore as a girl he doesn't bang. Agent Fields seemed the most unneccessary addition to the plot. This film showed Vesper was a victim of a much larger threat and allowed Bond to forgive her and move on, something which takes him longer in the book. I look forward to Bond 23 in 2011.
The only thing I didn't like was the restatement of the 'vesper' cocktail recipe on the plane. Thankfully, Mathis stopped him from prattling on. Fucking drunk.
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Post by: Bitey the Snail on Nov 17, 2008, 10:08:15 AM
Wow, so pretty much like the reviews have said. I guess this one's another borrow.
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Post by: Derrick on Nov 17, 2008, 11:33:09 AM
Me and Kary saw it in the theatre, I suggest it wholely.
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Post by: Rama on Nov 17, 2008, 01:19:32 PM
Quantum of Solace doesn't live up to Casino Royale. It can't. They really, really want it to, but no dice.
The plot and villains are crap. The movie is nothing more than an endless string of chase and fight scenes -- which are awesome, mind you -- but yeah, that's pretty much the extent of it.
That being said, it's still a good movie, and ranks right up there as far as Bond flicks go.
That's pretty much it in a nutshell. Casino Royale has slowly overtaken Goldeneye as my fav. Bond Flick. I don't think this one even rates in the top five. The Car chase was amazing, but far too short. Then the 2nd action sequence was too close to the first and made it feel crowded at t he begining. There was a plot, but it took such a back seat to Bond just killing everyone that you wouldn't know it. I mean it was there...and it was a good plan and inline with the villians plan in CR, but it just got hardly any screen time.
It also suffered from some of the things that past Bond Films have. Mrs. Fields was the most glaring and reminds me of the girl that came with the room from Moonraker. She didn't need to be there and her only purpose was to Fuck Bond and then move on...that was it. Also some of the tech that MI-6 was using was little too high tech and they were starting to get into Klingon Car of Die Another Day terrority.
In the end this movie mainly suffers from the fact that the writer had free regin to do what he wanted, which then ended up begining what the Producers wanted. Which sadly wasn't what I wanted out of this movie. I really wish they'd stick to the books for these. It has been over 30 years for most of the Bond Films...you can remake them now. Craig is signed on for two more...I can hope they are Live And Let Die and Moonraker...but I'm not holding my breath.
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Post by: Derrick on Nov 17, 2008, 03:56:37 PM
Part 3 will consolidate the Casino Royale series, so I doubt it.
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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Nov 19, 2008, 11:08:33 PM
Dear Hollywood:
If you're going to keep putting out films with serialized plots then FUCK YOU IN THE ASS WITH A BULL'S DICK.
Sincerely,
TDS
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Post by: Rama on Nov 20, 2008, 12:51:09 AM
Part 3 will consolidate the Casino Royale series, so I doubt it.
Really? I thought QOS, if it did one thing well, was tie up the end of the CS story. The only loose end was the overriding group of bad guys that Bond seems to be fighting and I don't expect that to get wrapped up as that will be what will more then likely be driving the Bond Series till at least Bond 25 and maybe beyond. Much like SPECTRE was used in the early Bond films.
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Post by: Derrick on Nov 20, 2008, 05:49:00 AM
Well Craig is contracted for 2 more, and I read in several interviews that the next Bond will have Bond confront the 'leader' of Quantum, but they will survive and remain a thorn in his side. The fourth movie will be him moving on and acting like a true 'Bond', mature and the like.
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Post by: Sam on Nov 20, 2008, 11:58:13 AM
WALL-E is worth paying for.
As is Hellboy II.
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Post by: Bernie AKA on Nov 20, 2008, 12:17:02 PM
I'm going to see Twilight for free. Eddie's company had some passes and no other guy in his department would touch them. :laugh: Not that he's going with me - it's Gay Male Friends to the rescue again.
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Post by: IDE on Nov 20, 2008, 09:06:18 PM
Ugh, that movie looks like a sci fi original. And all these silly little tweeny bitches are holding up signs in crowds like twilight is the movie version of TRL. It makes me sick...THAT I'M NOT OUT IN CALI AND IN THE MOVIE!
Maybe I can make it out there and a name for myself in time for the 3rd installment. By then 75% of the fan base will be legal.
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Post by: The D on Nov 22, 2008, 12:24:38 PM
The fact that TRL ended is cause for massive celebration.
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Post by: B E C K on Nov 22, 2008, 07:58:24 PM
Let us know how it is, Bernie. I used to think vampires were so cool until Buffy the Vampire slayer came along. Now vampires just get stupider and stupider. And these vampires can even walk around in daylight or something. Why even bother making them vampires? At least in Vampire Hunter D, the vampires I saw there had the personalities of card board or were just pure evil-- more or less what I expect from something undead.
And I still haven't seen Wall-E yet.
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Post by: B E C K on Nov 22, 2008, 08:00:48 PM
I think I want to see JCVD.
And there's a vampire movie called "Let The Right One In". It hasn't even been released here yet and there's already an English language remake planned. FTW. Really? There were no other vampire books dying to be made? (No pun intended.)
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Post by: ChelseySuzie on Nov 22, 2008, 08:06:01 PM
You should watch "True Blood" on HBO, it's so good. It's also based on a book series about vampires, but cooler. I've been watching it online for the past few weeks.
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Post by: IDE on Nov 22, 2008, 08:29:44 PM
And there's a vampire movie called "Let The Right One In". It hasn't even been released here yet and there's already an English language remake planned. FTW. Really? There were no other vampire books dying to be made? (No pun intended.)
It hasn't been released where? In japan? I need to write a vampire screenplay about myself. Basically someone who goes around picking up 18 yr old chicks for all eternity And other vampires would be like "really?" and this would be a point contention. But in my simple vision the audience would witness my perfection and come to realize that it's the little things in undeath that matter.
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Post by: IDE on Nov 22, 2008, 08:30:57 PM
point *of contention.
I keep leaving 2 letter words out in my typing. Don't do drugs.
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Post by: B E C K on Nov 23, 2008, 03:01:35 PM
"Here" as in where I live. We don't get it until Black Friday.
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Post by: Rama on Nov 24, 2008, 12:45:29 AM
Will it open at 4am and be 50% off?
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Post by: Derrick on Nov 24, 2008, 02:50:23 AM
Me and Kary tried that 2 years ago with best buy. We ended up going to Target and getting 40% off a nice hp printer.
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Post by: Wickedly Yours E on Nov 25, 2008, 09:09:09 PM
The Illusionist is a good movie.
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Post by: B E C K on Nov 27, 2008, 08:53:27 AM
I've never heard of that movie. It's recent?
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Post by: Rama on Nov 27, 2008, 11:54:54 AM
Wait was that the one with Hugh Jackman or the one with Edward Norton? I remember those two flicks came out about the same time and I've seen them both, but the one with Jackman was better of the two.
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Post by: IDE on Nov 28, 2008, 02:37:09 PM
Illusionist is the Norton one
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Post by: Rama on Nov 29, 2008, 01:02:36 AM
Then the Jackman one was The Prestige. That was the better of two.
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Post by: IDE on Nov 29, 2008, 01:14:26 PM
Yeah it was.
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Nov 30, 2008, 08:24:23 AM
has anyone seen Pineapple express? funniest movie of the YEAR. oh and i have a re-found crush on james franco.
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Post by: Rama on Nov 30, 2008, 12:26:24 PM
Been trying to catch a preview for Let The Right One In on Reelz Channel and have failed...but I did see one for JCVD and now that I actually know what it's about I kinda want to see that one.
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Post by: B E C K on Nov 30, 2008, 03:33:35 PM
Yeah, there's nothing like washed up celebs making themselves relevant again.
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Post by: Rama on Nov 30, 2008, 11:13:29 PM
Still don't know why Street Fighter didn't rocket him into like Robert DeNiro like status.
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Post by: Bitey the Snail on Dec 01, 2008, 10:14:32 AM
Because he didn't die afterwards like Raul Julia.
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Post by: Derrick on Dec 02, 2008, 11:47:04 AM
"THAT WAS SO TERRIBLE, IT GAVE ME CANCER!"
...oh wait.
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Post by: Bitey the Snail on Dec 02, 2008, 05:31:23 PM