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Title: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Jul 25, 2009, 02:06:03 AM
...and then fill in the blank.  Update as you see something else, like the listening thread.

I saw Coraline today.  It was cute.  I really liked the cat.  I had heard a lot about it from people constantly praising it, so I think it may have been negatively impacted by the hype.  And the poster kept reminding me of Escaflowne of all things...

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Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Jul 25, 2009, 02:12:00 AM
I saw a movie called Terror and Red Wolf Inn. It was a horrible B-Movie about Cannibals owning a B&B and killing their guest and serving it to the other guest. Had a real sureal scene where a guy fishes a Shark out of the ocean then beats it against a log yelling "Shark" over and over again, then gets down an punches it and after all this he turns to the girl that was on the beach with him and say "I love you" and walks off. I was rolling at this point.

And I'm actually watching "The Two Towers" as I post this as I usually watch movies instead of listen to Music while on the net.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Derrick on Jul 25, 2009, 02:13:09 AM
Pineapple Express. I love the final scene.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Jul 25, 2009, 02:22:01 AM
Rama, you reminded me of Gilligan's Island where Gilligan is wrestling a shark on the beach and it was just footage of Gilligan and the shark rolling around back and forth like a pr0n gif or something.

I was watching "Fellowship of the Ring" earlier today but stopped halfway through.  I got a Rifftrax for it, but it's two MP3s.  I decided to stop after the first MP3 finished and resume it another time.  So far, I've seen Rifftrax for Predator, X-Men, and the Matrix.  They aren't that funny honestly.  They should have more talking robots in it or something.  There's several times that were ripe for jokes and there's silence on the Rifftrax.  People are supposed to pay for this?  The Matrix one was the most decent one so far, but LOTR is looking swell, too.  Predator was probably the biggest disappointment.  It's rife for riffing and while it had some LMFAO moments, those were few and far in between.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Jul 25, 2009, 02:26:37 AM
Only reason I havn't got any Rifftrack is cause of my connection. But I also kinda like Cinematic Titanic better as the MST3K heir. It's more in line with the orginal concept, but I actually don't own any those either as I'm still trying to catch up on my MST3K DVDs, but I'm thinking about seeing CT live when they come to St. Louis in Nov.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Jul 25, 2009, 02:34:15 AM
It definitely sounds more fun.  How are you gonna charge ppl for your MP3 of riffing and then have these huge amounts of silence?  Boo.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Jul 25, 2009, 02:57:38 AM
Yeah I don't like that it's not like on it's own DVD and I don't like that it's actually not Bad Movies. I mean sometimes it is, but I heard they were doing one for Casablanca. Half the fun was that the movies where shitty to start and someone should make fun of them. If I wanted to hear someone talk over a good movie I'd just go to the movie theater and let the asshole on the cell phone behind me do it.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Jul 25, 2009, 03:06:18 AM
They did a good job pointing out the short comings of a film, like with Predator they kept complaining about how all they do is walk through the forest and there's no actual Predator to be seen in the first half of the film.  But then they don't do much to exploit it.  And all the whining about Wolverine being shirtless in X-Men just made them sound like insecure homophobes.  I didn't realize, until someone pointed it out, that Mike Nelson (I think, I guess) is right wing.  He sticks subtle cues about it in the riffs and it's annoying.  Yeah, you like that harpy Elizabeth Hasselbeck and you don't like Democrats.  I don't need to hear this while watching Predator and LOTR.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Jul 25, 2009, 03:17:49 AM
Mike Nelson right, but it was always balanced by Kevin Murphy who was very Lefty. I don't know if he does it in Riff Trak, but he was constantly making commens during his MST3K days which where at the height of Bush Sr. regin. I think Trace Bre....Trace Breulu....The guy that played Dr. Forrester and did Crow was as well.

I never care too much for Poltical jokes in these things. Always feels like they are pushing an agenda. I'm watching this stuff to get away from the real world, not be reminded of it. Luckly it was few and far between during the MST3K run.

And yeah I know there are huge flaws in those movies that could be pointed out and I think they'd be funny. I'd be curious to see how they handled the Prequel SW movies since they killed my intreist in SW. I just like the REALLY bad ones when they do those.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Jul 25, 2009, 05:22:47 AM
Coraline rocked, but I wanted there to be more to it. Maybe I'll read the book.

Gaiman seldom disappoints.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: IDE on Jul 25, 2009, 01:25:21 PM
I wonder if neverwhere will ever get made.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Jul 26, 2009, 07:41:26 PM
I didn't have a Rifftrax for the Two Towers, but I had to watch it after seeing the first one.  The Frodo/Sam parts are the most painful part of that movie, especially the ones before Faramir.  Their whineyness, Elijah Wood's "sick puppy" stare, Sam's constant yammering, the very strange obsessive homoerotic undertones, and disgusting little Gollum lumbering around like a crazy grandmother on crack.  A conversation about food, was it really necessary?  It's all too much for me.  Thank God the chapter skips appear to be seamless in that regard.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Jul 26, 2009, 11:44:32 PM
And to think that's the short version and there is a longer one out there.


I just got done with Moonraker. As all should know (as I have ranted about it several times here) Moonraker is my least favorite of all Bond Movies, but I bought it get one step closer to completing my Bond films. This is where an OCD is a bad thing. But I only paid five bucks for it at K-Mart so it's not that bad.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Jul 27, 2009, 01:26:46 PM
Is it odd that I find Gandalf to be the least gay member of the Fellowship?
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Merla on Jul 27, 2009, 02:48:33 PM
 :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: IDE on Jul 27, 2009, 09:54:50 PM
The relationship between sam and frodo isn't gay.  I think anyone who thinks it's gay is either a chick or uncomfortable with their sexuality.

This is from the perspective of having read the books more times than I can remember so if Elijah is giving off some fag vibe on film I don't see it because I understand where they're coming from. 

It's ok to love your same sex friends in a non homoerotic way.  There are people I'd risk or forfeit my life to save on this planet and not all of them are chicks.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Sam on Jul 28, 2009, 12:53:52 PM
I prefer Rifftrax to CT if only because there seems to be more interaction between the people.  There's a back and forth, a chuckling at other peoples' jokes, all kinds of little things that make ist seem more like a bunch of guys in the same room, making fun of something.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Derrick on Jul 28, 2009, 06:05:26 PM
The relationship between sam and frodo isn't gay.  I think anyone who thinks it's gay is either a chick or uncomfortable with their sexuality.

This is from the perspective of having read the books more times than I can remember so if Elijah is giving off some fag vibe on film I don't see it because I understand where they're coming from. 

It's ok to love your same sex friends in a non homoerotic way.  There are people I'd risk or forfeit my life to save on this planet and not all of them are chicks.
I have the tattoo 'Steve' on my left ass cheek. It was a Navy thing, he saved my life, you wouldn't understand.

Sigh, is there anything Bob Kelso didn't know.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Jul 28, 2009, 09:40:55 PM
I know the books and can sympathize with the sentiment that it wasn't gay.  But in the book, Frodo was much older than Samwise and didn't give him the doe-eyed glance and groan, "oh, Sam!" with regularity.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Jul 29, 2009, 12:48:46 AM
I trust what you guys say about the books but the movie version is the only version I know and it's completely fag-o-tronic.  Not in the hot way or the "awwww, they're buddies" way or even the ambiguous but later more obvious Xena and Gabrielle sort of way, but in a "OHHHH, hey, should I leave the room?  Yeah?  No, no, I can go if you want me to I don't mind.  I really should go.  No, no, please don't do that in front of me.  I'll go.  I'll just go get Subway and leave you fellas alone.  Okay?  Yeah, okay" sort of way.  If the movie version of Frodo and Sam's relationship were any gayer, it'd be named Carson Kressley. 

Nothing wrong with loving your buddy.  Bill Duke and Jesse Ventura in Predator.  Bruce Willis and Reginald VelJohnson in Die Hard.  Russell Crowe and Paul Bettany in Master and Commander.  Riggs and Murtaugh.  I'm not doggin' any dude relationships here.  But Frodo and Sam were undeniably very... peculiar.  Granted, I'm not even one of those slashphiles that goes around pairing everyone but there was undeniable tension between Legolas/Gimli and Boromir/Aragorn.  Merry and Pippin had a similar hobbit-to-hobbit dynamic going on and it wasn't even a bit as weird as Frodo and Sam.

But in the book, Frodo was much older than Samwise and didn't give him the doe-eyed glance and groan, "oh, Sam!" with regularity.

I didn't even realize until a couple of days ago that Frodo was supposed to be older than Sam.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Jul 29, 2009, 02:18:09 AM
Well I can back up that the books are less...well Gay. I think it has to do with the tranfer to a visual media. In the book you get more insight into it all, but in the movie you just get Sam looking deeply into Frodo's eyes constantly.

and not a movie actually, but I just saw "Tales of the Black Freighter." I remember this stuff from the comic, but in short film form I wasn't that impressed. Like the "Under the Hood" part of the DVD more and it was advertisted as a bonus on the disk even though I actually think it was the longer of the two features.

And the at the moment I'm watching the MST3k version of "The Starfighters" and movie where NOTHING happens at all. I mean it's like just watching the life of 1960s pilot in training. Imagine Top Gun, but with none of the cool stuff and tons more footage of stuff like planes refueling.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Jul 29, 2009, 03:24:59 AM
Last movies I saw were "Bee Movie" and "Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium", neither one blowing as hard as I thought they would.  Bee Movie did have an annoying meandering sense of direction.  But it's also a movie about a fucking bee so I wasn't expecting anything remotely resembling greatness.

Oh, and I've been watching Masterpiece Mystery with Marple.  I sorta count those as movies.  I saw "Why Didn't They Ask Evans?"
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: IDE on Jul 29, 2009, 04:19:49 AM
there was undeniable tension between Legolas/Gimli and Boromir/Aragorn. 

Wait what?  Sexual tension?  No there wasn't.

Women just can't recognize the difference between gay and brotherly love.  The movies you mentioned show friends but there's not a lot "I love you man" type moments in them.  These are in LOTR because the books have them, and they're not gay (except for maybe elijah's bits not reading well on film).
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Jul 29, 2009, 04:58:32 AM
there was undeniable tension between Legolas/Gimli and Boromir/Aragorn. 

Wait what?  Sexual tension?  No there wasn't.

Was so.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Derrick on Jul 29, 2009, 05:14:47 AM
Shoot 'Em Up

Wasn't bad.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Jul 29, 2009, 12:54:27 PM
Yeah I'm going to have to side with IDE on this. Other then me thinking that at any moment that Sam was going to drop his pants while Frodo got the lube. (oh who am I kidding, Frodo would be the bitch.) I didn't really see any of the rest of it being that gay. Other then Legolas looking like a chick and Gimli being just the right height for a good BJ.

And I liked Shoot' Em Up as well. Considering there was an action sequence like once every 5 mins I didn't think there would be much plot, but there was. Really surprised by this movie.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Jul 29, 2009, 03:29:55 PM
Quote
Other then Legolas looking like a chick and Gimli being just the right height for a good BJ.

:lol:
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: gwynn on Jul 29, 2009, 04:08:49 PM
The last movie I saw was Crank: High Voltage.
Watching this movie makes me feel high, although its been awhile since I've actually BEEN high, so dont take my word for it.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Sam on Jul 31, 2009, 04:53:03 PM
The last movie I saw was Blackhawk Down over an extnded lunch break here at work.  How was Crank: High Voltage?  I rather enjoyed the first one.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Jul 31, 2009, 06:31:06 PM
I've seen none of the Cranks or Transporters.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: gwynn on Jul 31, 2009, 07:31:17 PM
The Cranks are a great pair of films, and they made me fall in(celebrity) love with Efren Ramirez.  :love:
Both movies look like everyone involved just had a blast making them.
I want a duelpack blueray release really bad!

The Transporter films are okay at best, and the 3rd, by goth avoid like the plague!
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Aug 01, 2009, 10:19:31 PM
I liked the first Transporter, but the next two were just more of the same x2.  Crank has the minor net notoriety of being a movie aDam Gardner said was offensive.

Statham is English Bruce Willis + Kung Fu. 
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Aug 02, 2009, 02:05:37 AM
Speaking of Statham I just saw "In the name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale." It sucked.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: gwynn on Aug 02, 2009, 02:55:19 AM
Wasn't that movie made by Uwe Boll?
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Aug 02, 2009, 11:44:09 AM
*Shudder* Yes. I think his goal in life is to be the modern day Ed Wood.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: gwynn on Aug 02, 2009, 02:13:39 PM
So all his movies will suck but in 40 or so years a Tim Burton will come along and make a movie about him that is actually quite enjoyable?
I really need to get Ed Wood on DVD, since I no longer have my VCR hooked up.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Aug 05, 2009, 03:36:21 AM
I saw Miss Pettigrew Lives For a Day.  It was a decent film.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Aug 06, 2009, 07:54:18 PM
I'm watching the Garfield movie now.  Someone fucking shoot me.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: IDE on Aug 06, 2009, 08:26:42 PM
Evil Dead 1
Evil Dead 2
Army of Darkness

with the girlfriend, who is Bruce Campbell's newest fan.

We're gonna watch My Name is Bruce later (which I haven't seen either).
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Aug 06, 2009, 09:46:26 PM
I've never even heard of that movie.  But then again, I pretty much lost track of Bruce Campbell's career after Bubba Ho-tep.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: IDE on Aug 06, 2009, 11:25:58 PM
I didn't like Bubba Hotep.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Aug 07, 2009, 01:38:49 AM
I never saw it.  I was like "Oh, Bruce is in this movie.  It looks funny" and then I forgot about it.  Or perhaps I just lost all interest.  One of the two.  Why didn't you like it?  Was it just plain crap or was there another reason?
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Derrick on Aug 07, 2009, 06:15:27 AM
Evil Dead 1
Evil Dead 2
Army of Darkness

with the girlfriend, who is Bruce Campbell's newest fan.

We're gonna watch My Name is Bruce later (which I haven't seen either).
Watch Burn Notice if you haven't, Bruce at his best. Killing people and drinkin up a storm.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: IDE on Aug 07, 2009, 11:30:10 AM
Yeah I need to watch some burn notice.

As far as Bubba goes I don't remember why I didn't like it.  I want to say it was kinda slow, but then it took place in a rest home so what do you expect.  I think I just didn't care for the plot which I believe had something to do with Elvis fighting a mummy.  And while I appreciate the image that evokes it just didn't deliver.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Merla on Aug 07, 2009, 04:15:32 PM
I'm watching the Garfield movie now.  Someone fucking shoot me.

I still can't get over the expensive chairs in Jon house. What the hell is it that he does for a living anyway?
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Aug 07, 2009, 05:32:55 PM
Cartoonist.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: The D on Aug 08, 2009, 04:27:55 PM
Transformers 4 in the dollar theater.

I'm not sure why people are complaining about it being shit, as I didn't find it to be that bad. Not as good as the first two movies, but compared to the third movie, this one was better.

My biggest complaint was I was hoping for more man vs robot battles, which up until the end were lacking some.
Also, I may be wrong on this, but the movie seemed to waver from canon a couple times.  I mean, John Conner's father was what, in his 30s in the first movie? I figured John and the guy would be like best buds in the future, blood brothers, around the same age, swillin brewskies. Not some dweeb of a teenage kid. That means there's at least 10 more years of fighting before John sends him back in time, and then Skynet sends Ahhnold.

Speaking of Ahhnold, I wonder how he made him look younger in this one. I assume that terminator was a CG Arnold.

The movie didn't seem to have a lot going for it storywise, either. John meets his future(past?) father, makes friendly with a robot, robot saves the day. Where's the time travel? I smell a sequel!

It was entertaining, at least.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Aug 08, 2009, 08:07:40 PM
Heh.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Derrick on Aug 09, 2009, 12:22:17 AM
I watched Leatherheads today. It was... eh.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Aug 09, 2009, 01:25:35 AM
Transformers 4 in the dollar theater.

You mean Terminator 4?   ;D

Terminator 2 was coming out on Bravo today (which I find odd because when I think Bravo, I think fashion and gay dudes, but whatever), and I was just saying how the franchise ended for me at that movie.  I did see Sarah Connor Chronicles and that wasn't so bad, but nothing that's been released touches those first two films imo.  I say they wait for Arnold to come out of office, clean up Eddie Furlong, scronge up Linda Hamilton for a cameo and make a new film that just ignores the rest of that shit.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Aug 10, 2009, 01:04:47 AM
He-Man/She-Ra: A Christmas Speical.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: gwynn on Aug 10, 2009, 01:50:23 AM
Shadowheart, its a western, a pretty damn good one but man you don't wanna be a character in this movie, there's a 99% chance of being capped like a sucka.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Aug 11, 2009, 01:20:39 AM
Cartoonist.

To mention the numbers: he had at least two $5000 dollar chairs.  They made Jon ridiculously upper middle class.  If he was really that successful, he should've bagged Liz a looooong time ago.


I recently saw the film "Away From Her".  A good movie but kinda depressing.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Aug 11, 2009, 11:53:15 AM
Cartoonist.
To mention the numbers: he had at least two $5000 dollar chairs.  They made Jon ridiculously upper middle class.  If he was really that successful, he should've bagged Liz a looooong time ago.

Well Jim Davis based Jon on himself and I'm sure Jim Davis could afford a couple 5K chairs. The reason he didn't bag Liz earlier isn't cause she was one of those rare women that don't drop their panties at the sign of a large bank account, but because he had too much self doubt to be brave enough to ask her out.


I can't believe I'm analyzing Garfield.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Bernie AKA on Aug 11, 2009, 11:58:01 AM
Does the Harold Lloyd festival they had on TCM the other day count?  :P

Either way, some silent movies are still funny as hell after almost a century.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Aug 11, 2009, 12:36:39 PM
That counts for me. I saw parts of that too, but didn't sit down and watch it.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Aug 11, 2009, 12:42:34 PM
Didn't Arbuckle's house have damaged paneling on the interior walls in certain instances?  Not to mention all the mouse holes in the baseboards.  Of course, having a shitty cat didn't help prevent them, but you'd think a millionaire artist could afford to hire exterminators.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Aug 11, 2009, 12:44:14 PM
But that's not funny.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Aug 11, 2009, 03:31:20 PM
Yeah, what Squirrel said.  Granted, Jon was Jim, but he certainly never seemed to have Jim's career success.  I always considered Jon to be the poorer, struggling version of Jim and this status contributed to his already present social issues.  If I knew he could afford chairs like that, I never would've felt sorry for his ass.  :P

The reason he didn't bag Liz earlier isn't cause she was one of those rare women that don't drop their panties at the sign of a large bank account, but because he had too much self doubt to be brave enough to ask her out.

Yeah, but it took them over 25 years for them to hook up.  That seems, um, somewhat excessive to me.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Aug 11, 2009, 04:01:56 PM
Hey at least they hooked up in the end. Course I hope niether of them wanted kids cause Liz would be barren soon.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Aug 12, 2009, 01:13:24 AM
I finally saw "Last Action Hero".  It wasn't bad.  The menu on the DVD was one of the cheapest looking-things ever though.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Aug 12, 2009, 01:42:46 PM
Last Action Hero: it’s a good movie, no matter who says otherwise (http://www.shwiggie.com/?p=43)
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Aug 12, 2009, 02:48:35 PM
It was an ok movie...Not as bad as everyone says, but not among Arnies better works.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Aug 12, 2009, 03:35:45 PM
You know why LAH was so reviled, right?

It came directly after Terminator 2! One of the greatest movies of all time!

The Arnie hype machine was on overdrive, everyone was ready for Last Action Hero to be the next big thing... and it just wasn't.

Most people haven't even seen the movie, but it's universally considered to be this huge piece of shit because what everyone does remember is the disappointment surrounding it.

I don't even know if I've seen it from start to finish, to be perfectly honest. The villain had happy face eyes, or something? That's all I'm getting.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Aug 12, 2009, 04:11:16 PM
Hey had an interchangeable exploding fake eye.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Aug 12, 2009, 11:21:11 PM
I totally adore this movie.  And it's endlessly quoteable. 

"If that little turd Daniel Madigan can move through parallel worlds, I can move through parallel worlds!"

And T2 never really floated my boat.  You had bad-ass Arnold robot taking orders from a little punk kid asshole you wish the CG robot would get.  The CG robot was good, but short and big-eared Robert Patrick just...eh.  Didn't like him.  He looked constipated rather than intense.  And Linda Hamilton lost all sense of hot and looked more like someone from a women's bodybuilding competition, but at least she kicked ass and didn't take shit from her wimpy kid.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Aug 14, 2009, 04:55:24 AM
I loved T2 and I still really liked this movie.  But then again, I just saw it so I don't have the whole context for all the hate.

Merla and I were speculating on why it didn't succeed.  Not having to do with Jurassic Park or Sleepless with Seattle swallowing it up because this film should've still have done better than it did.  I'm wondering if there were any story or editing issues becomes sometimes the movie feels little sloppy.  And it seems some elements were alluded to and nothing ever came of them.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Aug 14, 2009, 04:57:20 AM
Oh and I saw Garfield 2, since Merla for some reason has a chick hard-on for these sorts of movies.  It wasn't any masterpiece by any means, but we thought it was actually better than the first one.  (Yet I remember reading it actually got worse reviews.)

I also saw Working Girl, but that's a flick I've owned for a while.  I was just bored tonight.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Aug 14, 2009, 11:37:43 AM
Joe nailed why it didn't succeed: people were expecting another T2 out of Arnold, but they got a parody of Arnold's 80's movies mixed with the Cloak and Dagger movie instead, and they didn't appreciate it. 
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: IDE on Aug 15, 2009, 11:03:43 PM
I don't hate it, but I certainly don't adore it.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Aug 16, 2009, 09:23:11 PM
Nobody's perfect.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Aug 17, 2009, 12:42:32 AM
I saw Alvin and the Chipmunks and Jason Lee's nose job was hideous.  It reminded me of Michael Jackon.  Unless it doesn't work or it's seriously deformed, just stay with the nose you've got!
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Aug 17, 2009, 01:29:08 AM
Godzilla: SOS Toyko.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Aug 17, 2009, 07:31:55 AM
District 9.

It was good.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: gwynn on Aug 17, 2009, 08:45:38 AM
I just watched Grace, it's about a mother's devotion to her newborn baby girl.
The thing is, the baby is born dead, but is brought back to life miraculously with a thirst for breast blood.
Very disturbing and and as far as i know is an accurate portrayal of the horrors of childbirth and rearing.
Screw that, I'd rather adopt a little carnivore than become anemic.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Bernie AKA on Aug 17, 2009, 03:47:45 PM
Well, that one's on my skip list.  Thanks, gywnn!
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Aug 17, 2009, 05:09:43 PM
Well, that one's on my skip list.  Thanks, gywnn!

I agree.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: gwynn on Aug 17, 2009, 05:13:56 PM
B-but that...was a positive review.  :laugh:
I think if you showed this movie to expectant mothers we might have more abortions and population culling is something I can stand behind.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Aug 17, 2009, 05:40:43 PM
B-but that...was a positive review.  :laugh:
I think if you showed this movie to expectant mothers we might have more abortions and population culling is something I can stand behind.

Can we find a way to cut down on pregnancies instead? Just seems like you should nip it in the bud, ya know?
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: gwynn on Aug 17, 2009, 05:55:07 PM
Aside from forced sterilization or education I don't see much hope for that.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Aug 17, 2009, 06:57:19 PM
I saw Xanadu for the first time recently.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Aug 17, 2009, 07:21:11 PM
Aside from forced sterilization or education I don't see much hope for that.

Now I'm sad.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Aug 17, 2009, 07:40:55 PM
Too bad we can't pay people to sterilize themselves, but a plan like that is doomed to fail in the long run.  Someone will cry foul (after having spent all the money, of course) and that will be that.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: gwynn on Aug 17, 2009, 07:49:08 PM
I saw Xanadu for the first time recently.

What's that about? The only Xanadu I'm familiar with is the NES game.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Aug 17, 2009, 07:57:21 PM
Olivia Newton-John, henceforth ONJ, plays a rollerskating muse that inspires some hippy artist to follow his dream.  While we were led to believe that the said hippy's dream was to become a serious and recognized artist who regains his creative capacity, it turns out his dream was actually to take advanatage of a crazy rich old man by encouraging to him open a weird, craptacular rollerdiscothèque with a three-month span of survival given it was 1980 and disco was on the way out.  Old man is played by Gene Kelly in his last role ever--to whom ONJ was also a muse for a long time ago before she left and completely fucked up his life.  Interspersed in all of this are some crappy dance and skate routines and some crappy music and some significantly better music you may recognized by replays on the oldies station.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: gwynn on Aug 17, 2009, 08:30:12 PM
Well....I like girls on rollerskates.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Aug 17, 2009, 08:59:00 PM
Aside from forced sterilization or education I don't see much hope for that.

And that second option hasn't done anything for us yet.  Just as dropping math and science scores is the antithesis of math and science education, increasing scores of a different sort are the antithesis of sex education.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Aug 18, 2009, 01:10:42 AM
Flight of the Navigator.

You know...when I was 6 the constant Pee Wee Herman impersonations weren't nearly as annoying, but by the end of the film I just wanted that ship to shut the fuck up.. I mean if you are going to do that at least shell out the dough to get Paul Rubens.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Aug 18, 2009, 08:41:13 PM
I watched Beowulf last night.  There was a lot of stuff I didn't care for in this movie, and I certainly don't remember Beowulf selling out and macking Grendel's mother.  Even if she did look like Angelina Jolie, that's still BS. 
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Aug 18, 2009, 08:49:34 PM
I watched Beowulf last night.  There was a lot of stuff I didn't care for in this movie, and I certainly don't remember Beowulf selling out and macking Grendel's mother.  Even if she did look like Angelina Jolie, that's still BS. 

I don't remember that, but it makes me want to watch the movie.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Derrick on Aug 18, 2009, 10:12:05 PM
Beowulf was a great movie. I wasn't faithful to the original, but remember the 'original' is one version that was written down by someone probably 100+ years after the original was told. I enjoyed it.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Aug 18, 2009, 10:39:37 PM
Beowulf was a great movie. I wasn't faithful to the original, but remember the 'original' is one version that was written down by someone probably 100+ years after the original was told. I enjoyed it.

Huh, sounds almost like it should have become a religious text.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Aug 19, 2009, 03:05:11 PM
What? You mean the original tale of Beowulf didn't feature
Spoiler (hover to show)
I'm so disenchanted right now.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Aug 19, 2009, 04:36:49 PM
That's  . . . wow
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Derrick on Aug 19, 2009, 07:55:29 PM
I find it funny Anthony Hopkins and Angenlia Jolie produce an inbred freak of nature with an ear problem with Angie and Ray Winstone produces an oscar statue that morphs into a badass drake.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Aug 19, 2009, 08:45:10 PM
Geez, no kidding.  Beowulf certainly benefitted from the CGI-ization.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Aug 20, 2009, 12:01:26 AM
I find it funny Anthony Hopkins and Angenlia Jolie produce an inbred freak of nature with an ear problem with Angie and Ray Winstone produces an oscar statue that morphs into a badass drake.

I thought this was kind of neat, and I took it to mean that depending on who knocks up Grendel's mother, whatever she pops out is a reflection of the father's true nature.

Has anyone seen the live action "Beowulf and Grendel"? It's all right. Grendel knocks boots with Sarah Polley.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Aug 20, 2009, 04:18:43 PM
I watched Beowulf last night.  There was a lot of stuff I didn't care for in this movie, and I certainly don't remember Beowulf selling out and macking Grendel's mother.  Even if she did look like Angelina Jolie, that's still BS. 

Yeah, it wasn't terrible but it's nothing I'll ever see again.  I was bothered that I kept expecting the Polar Express to appear.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Aug 23, 2009, 01:44:56 AM
Commando.

Actually bought this one out of the five buck bin with Predator 2. Hadn't seen it in awhile. Can't say the villian was very threatening in this one. He looked more like he should be kicking back and watching "Da Bears" then trying to kill Arnie.

And whatever happened to Rae Dawn Chong anyway?
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Aug 23, 2009, 12:17:05 PM
Commando.

Actually bought this one out of the five buck bin with Predator 2. Hadn't seen it in awhile. Can't say the villian was very threatening in this one. He looked more like he should be kicking back and watching "Da Bears" then trying to kill Arnie.

And whatever happened to Rae Dawn Chong anyway?

Her last appearance was apparently on "That's So Raven," and she has two movies currently in post-production: "Cyrus" and "When We Were Pirates."

Hey, is it only articles that you are not supposed to capitalize in titles? I always forget. I really didn't want to capitalize "so" or "we were" up there.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: gwynn on Aug 23, 2009, 06:41:45 PM
I'm watching a movie called Across the Hall starring Brittney Murphy, can't give a review of it yet but the opening credits are pretty cool and mood setting.
I think it's about a murder in a Hotel, I was expecting from the title...I guess a romantic comedy?



Well that was crappy, they killed off Brittney Murphy(who I love) very quickly then I just lost interest. The two male leads were throwaway 20something who caresies, Brittney should not be hotel room fodder at this point in her career. Bad role choice I guess, pass.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Aug 23, 2009, 09:17:55 PM
I'm watching a movie called Across the Hall starring Brittney Murphy, can't give a review of it yet but the opening credits are pretty cool and mood setting.
I think it's about a murder in a Hotel, I was expecting from the title...I guess a romantic comedy?



Well that was crappy, they killed off Brittney Murphy(who I love) very quickly then I just lost interest. The two male leads were throwaway 20something who caresies, Brittney should not be hotel room fodder at this point in her career. Bad role choice I guess, pass.


Doesn't seem like she's had many 'big' roles in awhile. Last thing I remember was uh, fuck. Was she in the Butterfly Effect?
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Aug 23, 2009, 10:06:46 PM
Sin City :D
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Aug 23, 2009, 10:47:49 PM
Sin City :D

Oh yeah, I guess I just remember Jessica Alba and Frodo from that more clearly.

EDIT: Oh yeah, Mickey Rourke.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Aug 24, 2009, 01:15:41 AM
Rented Coraline today. It was pretty good, but I think it'd scare the shit out of the kids this was marketed too when it came out in the theater, but I enjoyed it.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: gwynn on Aug 24, 2009, 03:13:16 PM
Just watched State of Play, its starring Russel Crowe as a journalist uncovering a murder involving his friend Congressman Ben Afleck.
It was good, I recommend.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Aug 24, 2009, 05:55:17 PM
I've been meaning to watch Coraline.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Aug 25, 2009, 07:00:37 PM
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Commando.

Actually bought this one out of the five buck bin with Predator 2. Hadn't seen it in awhile. Can't say the villian was very threatening in this one. He looked more like he should be kicking back and watching "Da Bears" then trying to kill Arnie.

And whatever happened to Rae Dawn Chong anyway?

Ah, one of my favorite movies ever.  I think I must've been the only pre-teen girl I knew that was all "Oh boy, Commando's on!"  I got it for ten bucks a year or so ago and always watch it when I'm bored.  The boner from The Warriors must be my favorite character out of the whole thing.  Bill Duke was pretty bad ass, too.  Too bad they didn't have bigger parts.  Much more interesting than dictator what's-his-face and Mustachio the Gay.

I also saw:

Aliens 2.  I really need to buy those movies.
Presumed Innocent.  Raul Julia, we miss you.
Part of the Corpse Bride.
Most of Solaris, sadly enough.  FTW.
Most of the Da Vinci Code.  A is for Apple, fuckers.
The Fugitive.  I really wanted to do TLJ in this one.
Most of Ransom.  RAWR, gimmee back mah son!  I never realized how much of the beginning I miss when I see this movie.
Fast forwarded through a bunch of Tokyo Gore Police.  At least I can't accuse it of not living up to its name.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Aug 25, 2009, 09:18:30 PM
Evangelion 1.11: You Are (Not) Alone...basically a very pretty recap of the first arc of the series.  It doesn't deviate a lot from the original, but the thing is almost a screen-for-screen recreation in HD.  Not worth it if you saw the series, and possibly a PITA to follow if you haven't.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Aug 27, 2009, 04:53:28 AM
I saw the Saludos Amigos/Three Caballeros double feature thing.  You know, where Donald Duck learns about South America and Mexico.  Overall, it's actually quite progressive given it's from the freakin' 40's.  Dated, obviously.  (And every other thing is described as being "gay".)  Most of it is boring though.  Blah blah blah, here's a coastline.  Blah blah blah, here's a llama.  Blah blah, here's a funny dance.  The best part were the other two birds, the Brazilian parrot José Carioca and the Mexican rooster Panchito.  They both have thick accents and constantly slip into their respective languages, but I'll be damned if they're easier to understand than stupid Donald.  Not to mention José smokes a cigar and Panchito randomly fires his pistols and sticks them in Donald's face.  Too bad he didn't shoot him so I wouldn't have to see Donald chasing, bleh, human women.  :sick:
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Aug 27, 2009, 06:58:44 PM
what
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Aug 27, 2009, 10:55:43 PM
the
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Derrick on Aug 27, 2009, 10:58:45 PM
heck?
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Aug 27, 2009, 11:08:26 PM
why
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Derrick on Aug 27, 2009, 11:12:34 PM
not?
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Aug 27, 2009, 11:18:49 PM
Because.


I saw "On A Clear Day", where this duder who loses his job decides to swim across the English Channel.  It turned out to be about a man and his sons.  Boo.  Not a bad movie, but it would've worked better if it had been more light-hearted and not such a downer.  (One of the sons is dead, if that gives you an idea of how this goes.)
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Aug 28, 2009, 12:47:54 PM
It should have been like that shark movie. Just him in the water swimming.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Aug 29, 2009, 01:05:15 AM
The film kept insisting there were no sharks tho.  I guess that's, like, seal gang territory or something.

This site says so, too: http://www.nycswim.org/Resource/EnglChannelFAQ.aspx#sharks
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Derrick on Aug 29, 2009, 01:26:10 AM
I watched House Bunny. It was ok, but how come a movie based on Playboy lacked nudity. They had a scene that should have used nudity, but didn't. Also, I love when Hollywood dresses hot girls as ugly girls, only to then show them as hot again.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Aug 29, 2009, 01:43:10 AM
Ha, that never even occurred to me.  I know, I know, "Of course it wouldn't".  It seems only logical though.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Aug 29, 2009, 05:30:27 AM
"Inconvenient Truth" = *SNORE*

Al Gore's voice should be considered a WMD, used to put advancing armies to sleep before their heads explode from boredom overload.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Derrick on Aug 29, 2009, 05:27:17 PM
I preferred Penn and Teller's Bullshit about Global Warming to An IT.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Aug 29, 2009, 06:54:06 PM
Not deriding the message mind you, he was saying a lot of interesting shit.  But *SNORE!*
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Aug 30, 2009, 12:22:26 AM
Creature from the Haunted Sea

This one was bad even by my standards. Corman at his best...or worst, which is his best.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: gwynn on Aug 30, 2009, 02:22:20 PM
Last House on the Left, the remake
The first half of the movie is all villians on the loose who kidnap a couple of chicks and do terrible things to them in the woods, the second half is all one of those chicks' parents get horrible awesome revenge on the villians. It's really the feel good movie of the year. A keeper I would say, and it's got Cromartie from the Sarah Connor Chronicles and that in itself makes it worth seeing.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Aug 30, 2009, 02:24:52 PM
Does the daughter die in the remake, too?
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: gwynn on Aug 30, 2009, 02:26:21 PM
I can't tell you that! Spoylah police WEW WEW!  8) :fingershake:  ::)
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Aug 30, 2009, 02:28:48 PM
I'll look it up myself then.  Phooey.   :P
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: gwynn on Aug 30, 2009, 02:32:13 PM
Not until you spread em ma'am. Full cavity search, i want every spoylah bagged, tagged, and Nuri gagged.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Aug 30, 2009, 08:09:18 PM
Cue music, "Oh my, oh my . . ."

I watched Waltz with Bashir. It was numbing, all the animation made it feel unreal and then at the end they make it very real. I guess that was smart in a way, because it kind of matches the narrators story. Still, puts perspective in my life, which I like occasionally. The rest of the time I prefer to be oblivious.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Bernie AKA on Aug 31, 2009, 01:36:33 PM
I've been catching the Pink Panther movies on BBC America Sunday nights.  Makes Monday a little less painful.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Aug 31, 2009, 02:03:30 PM
I saw those, but never stick around after Top Gear to watch them since I own most of them.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Aug 31, 2009, 05:25:33 PM
Watched "Being John Malkovich" for the first time. I can't believe I missed this when it came out, the concept is right my alley. Loved it.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: gwynn on Aug 31, 2009, 07:29:09 PM
Okay now I'm watching a movie with Lena Headey from the Sarah Connor Chronicles called The Broken.
Its a pretty darn scary movie about dopplegangers from a mirror universe and they all have this "there can be only one" attitude.
I don't understand this, if I had a doppleganger I wouldn't wanna kill her, I think we would get along awesomely.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Aug 31, 2009, 08:06:10 PM
Okay now I'm watching a movie with Lena Headey from the Sarah Connor Chronicles called The Broken.
Its a pretty darn scary movie about dopplegangers from a mirror universe and they all have this "there can be only one" attitude.
I don't understand this, if I had a doppleganger I wouldn't wanna kill her, I think we would get along awesomely.

Is it wrong that a large number of my fantasies involve dopplegangers or clones? I would not feel awkward being naked with a copy of myself in a three-way they way I would with another guy in a three-way.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Aug 31, 2009, 11:49:22 PM
What about three of you in a three-way?


I finally saw Batman Begins.  I had seen 30 min. on television and was not impressed, but Merla had it in her queue so I gave it another shot.  I don't know how the hell anyone can like this fucking movie.  It's sooo freakin' slow, it jumped everywhere, it tells us all kinds of things no one ever needed to know or should care to know about Bruce Wayne.  Right down to the fuckin' fabric for his costume?  Fuckin' serious?  R'as al Ghul was a stupid-ass villain.  That wasn't R'as al Ghul, that was Liam Neeson with a Dirty Sanchez.  Batman was an asshat, ready to kill innocent civilians to save one stupid woman who hasn't learned by now to bring a cop along with her and not go into asylum basements alone or by herself in the dark of night.  BM wasn't even a real playboy like Iron Man, he was a pathetic wannabe who acted like a tough little stuck-up turd and then tucked his tail in between his legs like a pussy the minute Dawes scrunched her dumb pug nose at him.  I bought Katie Holmes channeling Sarah Michelle Gellar as a d.a. the same way I bought Denise Richards as a nuclear fucking scientist.  The movie's way too long.  It could've easily have been pared down to a 90 minute movie and probably would have been much better for it.  Alfred, Gordon, Fox, and the guy trying to oust Bruce Wayne were excellent.  The tech was sweet, the setting and the Batman costume were all good.  Bale kinda sucked and I had issues with his performance in the Dark Knight as well, but I think it was more the fault of the script and direction rather than on him.  Some of the action was just ridiculous, specifically referring to the stuff involving vehicles.  I thought there was a nice balance in the Dark Knight, but it was just bordering on Bayism here.  I could not suspend disbelief for one second that they wouldn't be able to track him to that cave especially with a fucking road leading to the entrance.  And then that scene with that crook tied to the light that was the precusor to the bat signal.  They're all looking in the sky and all "what is that"?  And I was all "wtf do you mean 'what is that', it's a fucking man tied to a fucking light.  these aren't clouds on a summer day, you don't go looking for fucking shapes in them.'"
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Sep 01, 2009, 12:48:22 AM
Now what wasn't believeable about Christmas Jones...I mean really?
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: IDE on Sep 01, 2009, 01:35:18 AM
Wait, are you saying you're upset about improbable shit happening in a comic book movie?
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: gwynn on Sep 01, 2009, 04:44:45 AM
Yea I know they were trying to go for a more real Batman, but there's only so much real you can put into a super hero movie before  it's just some guy in a garbage bag  peeking out from around the corner, laughing maniacally then running away. Batman Begins was my favorite superhero movie until Ironman, and then until Dark Knight. I don't take offense to you hating it, but you hated it before you even saw it, carried over that hate and then found insane ways to justify it.
The most unbelievable thing I thought was in the movie was the water vaporizer, since if it actually worked it would have turned all the people in Gotham into dried up raisin corpses.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Sep 01, 2009, 07:52:43 AM
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Wait, are you saying you're upset about improbable shit happening in a comic book movie?

No, I'm saying it became silly at points.  I had no problems with the water vaporizer, with the magical cure, or even with the actual tech itself.  Not even with Batman's physical abilities.  Batman barreling through car after car in that bulky-ass Battank to save one person at the cost of innocent cops and many other lives was too ridiculous to me.  Rachel Dawes being face-to-face with Batman with full close-up view of his eyes and lower face and not recognizing him was another moment of dumb.


I doubt I would be allowed to hate this movie at all without someone claiming bias on me and that's fine.  Frankly, I'm certain there's nothing I can do to convince you otherwise short of liking this movie and I clearly didn't. 

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insane ways to justify it.

We have an hour of Bruce Wayne until we get to Batman.  Bruce Wayne's scared of bats, Bruce Wayne beats up prisoners, Bruce Wayne loves his daddy, Bruce Wayne's daddy get shot stupidly, Dawes is all uppity to Bruce, Qui-Gon-Juan's all pretentious to Bruce, Qui-Gon teaches him ninjerk tricks, that buttmunch at Wayne Enterprises wants to steal his company.  We go into too much detail about all of Bruce Wayne's gizmos and his cave.  I'm supposed to enjoy this crap?  That scene at the hotel had no point.  It could've been cut out of the movie and not changed anything.  Bruce and his anger with Chill and Bruce's relationship with Alfred were the only parts with bite that occur before Bruce finally takes action.  The Scarecrow was a weak-sauce villain with literally two seconds of cool in the entire flick.  Liam Neeson dropped the ball here, he phoned that performance in.  I don't know why that qualifies me as insane and doing ass-pulls just so I fulfill my agenda of making Bruce Wayne cry himself to sleep.

Iron Man had great pacing.  Ironman explained tech when it was relevant to a plot point.  Iron Man blew all sorts of shit up without making me roll my eyes. 

The Dark Knight had a compelling Joker and Harvey Dent, both who made the story flow alongside Batman even when Batman was not on the screen.  Cillain Murphy and Liam Neeson could not do this imo.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Sep 01, 2009, 12:09:36 PM
It wasn't as bad a Hulk.  We got a full hour of Bruce before he even Hulked out once. And on top of that...Hulk dogs. Ugh.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Sep 01, 2009, 02:03:26 PM
The second Hulk was better.

But I think it was plainly stated early on that Batman Begins took the tack of the original Golden Age appearances and that of Miller's Year One.  So the property damage and apparent indifference to infliciting injury is easily understandable.  It's not Nolan or anyone else's fault you seem to have been expecting Adam West.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: The D on Sep 01, 2009, 02:23:07 PM
You had no problems with the water vaporizer? I'm surprised you bitch about everything else besides this, when this was the main problem I had with that movie.

Although Neeson was pretty cool in this movie I have to admit he made a somewhat sorry Ras Al Ghoul. I was expecting this narrow faced, pointy bearded turkish dude in a cape. Liam didn't put out this "I'm immortal and have lived for thousands of years" vibe, although I think the idea in the movie was that Ras Al Ghoul isn't actually immortal, it's that someone takes the title of Ras, and when that person dies, someone else takes the title of Ras. The title of Ras Al Ghoul lives on, not the person. Kinda like the Dread Pirate Roberts or something.

But yea, for some guy supposedly being immortal he doesn't exactly pull it off well. But a microwave weapon? Is that the best you can do? Your organization is everywhere, controls everything, and the best you can do is a giant microwave oven?

The physics of such a weapon is so laughable as to be stupid. Gwenn is right. A microwave powerful enough to vaporize water from that distance would either give people a shitload of cancer, cause their body fluid to boil, cause their heads to explode, or possibly cause them to shrivel. Liam AND Batman standing that close to the machine would be dead pretty damn quickly.

That's always been my beef with that movie.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: The D on Sep 01, 2009, 02:26:45 PM
And last movies I've seen was Cutey Honey Live Action and Death Note live action.

Cutey Honey was kinda fun, but campy in a Power Rangers way. The special effects were atrocious. You would think that in a country more technically advanced than the US that they'd be able to make special effects to rival Hollywood, but apparently they don't have the money to put into big budget films like we do.

Death Note, on the other had, was marvelous. The CG Ruyk looked realistic enough to be believable. The story was great, the plot twists awesome. They did an excellent job of condensing a long, drawn out, boring, milked-to-death TV show into a more enjoyable 2 hours for people with short attention spans or not a lot of time.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Sep 01, 2009, 05:59:22 PM
Batman: Arkham Asylum has taken over as my favorite non-comic iteration of the Batman. Sorry Dark Knight. I still love your Joker more.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Sep 01, 2009, 09:25:13 PM
The whole water vaporizer thing didn't bother me.  One, it's a comic movie, there's gonna be cockamamie macguffins in there as a matter of course.  Second, IIRC the thing didn't vaporize people because it wasn't being aimed at them.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Sep 01, 2009, 09:58:37 PM
If something has the powet to vaporize all the water in the plumbing system of a large city, then it probably has the range to exit those pipes and fuck people up.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: IDE on Sep 01, 2009, 10:08:02 PM
The crappy masks concealing the identities of comic book heroes is an age old tradition.  Shit, superman just uses glasses.  This isn't a problem with the movie itself, and I doubt anyone is supposed to take such serious scrutiny to it.  Might as well open up your window and yell out "SANTA ISN'T REAL!" :)

Plus he's a pretty new batman in that movie.  He might not be so utilitarian.  He became batman because he lost people close to him, he wasn't about to lose his childhood friend.  I'd run over plenty of random people to stop that from happening and I don't even have a tank.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Sep 02, 2009, 04:48:37 AM
I figured I wouldn't enjoy Hulk so I never saw any of them.

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The crappy masks concealing the identities of comic book heroes is an age old tradition. 

If they had just not had him standing that close to her in that type of light and speaking to her that clearly, I would've let it slide completely.  That one scene just bothered the heck out of me though.

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You had no problems with the water vaporizer? I'm surprised you bitch about everything else besides this, when this was the main problem I had with that movie.

I guess my brain already died from boredom because that never crossed my mind.  During the climatic finish, I actually fell asleep for like five minutes and woke up when everyone was saved.

It's not Nolan or anyone else's fault you seem to have been expecting Adam West.

How the heck do come to that conclusion?  Adam West had a shark jump out in front of him and Robin and save them from a missile.  Why would I expect Adam West?

And no matter what direction Nolan was going in, it doesn't save it from being a boring film.  It doesn't excuse Liam Neeson from being lousy or the Scarecrow from being an uncool waste or Katie Holmes from being an irritating insect.  Proper editing could've saved this movie.  Instead we have a lot of fluff that wasn't relevant at all.  We didn't need to sit in on Chill's sentencing, we didn't need to see Bruce bonding with daddy (or see them in the play for that matter).  This movie felt pretentious-- everything's important so everything has to be shown or explained.  No, it didn't.

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I'd run over plenty of random people to stop that from happening and I don't even have a tank.

Well, if that were Bruce's case, then why did he make a big whoop out of killing one criminal?  He causes this whole bitch-fest about it and then decides it's okay to kill cops later?  The man was just full of inconsistency.  Ra's was a moron, too:  Let me train this rich guy to become a lethal human machine and then I'll just leave him alone for a while after he burns my house.  Surely, he'll join me after having already killed me once.
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Post by: B E C K on Sep 02, 2009, 04:52:01 AM
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Death Note, on the other had, was marvelous. The CG Ruyk looked realistic enough to be believable. The story was great, the plot twists awesome. They did an excellent job of condensing a long, drawn out, boring, milked-to-death TV show into a more enjoyable 2 hours for people with short attention spans or not a lot of time.

The ending of the first movie kinda fell apart for me.  It seemed incredible that he planned this to do that and that to do this.  It seemed ridiculously overthought so I wasn't too impressed with it.  The anime seemed to have more restraint in that arena.  The second movie ended great though.


And finally, the last thing I saw:  Princess Protection Program with Demi Lovato and Selena Gomez.  The ending didn't make sense, but as movie for Disney Channel watching tweens, it does what it's supposed to do.
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Post by: Rama on Sep 02, 2009, 12:56:25 PM
The second Hulk was better.

Oh yeah, much better. Kinda sad it didn't do better in theaters, but oh well. Never been a huge Hulk fan myself. If I could kill off one Marvel Character to try to increase sales for a few months (the Joey Q method) it would be the Hulk.
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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Sep 02, 2009, 11:43:15 PM
I don't read Marvel comics, so I don't care so much if they take liberties because I'm not as invested in the characters.  And it's probably why I hated Superman Returns with an upper EM spectrum passion.
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Post by: B E C K on Sep 06, 2009, 12:02:56 AM
I've never been able to get into Superman for whatever reason.
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Post by: Rama on Sep 06, 2009, 02:43:51 AM
Well that's cause he has super ass cheeks. When he clenches them, there is no getting in.
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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Sep 07, 2009, 02:41:54 PM
Super ass cheeks, you say? (http://www.redmeat.com/redmeat/1998-08-03/index.html)
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Post by: Rama on Sep 08, 2009, 12:45:07 AM
You know I've been thinking about it and I was never into Superman either. And I think the reason, for me at least, for that is cause he is too perfect. I mean no one can beat him. He's the strongest, he's the smartest, his life is perfect. He gets the girl and everyone loves him. It's not something I can relate too.
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Post by: B E C K on Sep 08, 2009, 01:37:29 PM
Clark Kent is the guy at school that's great and does everything and when he talks to you, he's not mean or anything.  But you still don't like him.  At least Goku was dumb as a board.  "No balls!"


Also a green rock is a shitty weakness.
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Post by: Rama on Sep 08, 2009, 01:58:49 PM
You know he didn't have that weakness till the Superman Radio Drama which introduced that and DC added it to the comic.
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Post by: gwynn on Sep 08, 2009, 02:45:48 PM
I got a twofer gwynn review!

Last night I watched Aliens in the Attic, it started off as a crappy family goes to the boring summer home movie starring boring pack of kids and that chick from HSM with the nosejob, then it turned into a funny and awesome alien battle with cool gizmos and a fight scene with grandma you have to see to believe. I approve.
This morning I watched Blood and Bone, starring Michael Jai White(Spawn). This one was a crappy fighter movie, guy gets out of prison and has a vendetta to settle. Jai White's character was good and the villian was good, everybody else could have been acted with ham sandwiches on poles. It kindof remind me of a Street Fighter movie as the character of Bone could easily be repurposed for such a game, he has some really brutal moves. I actually fell asleep first time watching this so I caught the rest when I woke up. Fighter was a better realer fighting movie, but Michael Jai White is awesome.
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Post by: Fiero on Sep 08, 2009, 07:45:08 PM
"I think Superman is a pretty cool guy. eh fails to kills Luthors and doesn't afraid of anything..."
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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Sep 08, 2009, 08:57:45 PM
The Spawn HBO series was far more enjoyable than the Spawn movie...but that's not saying much.

Saw LotR:FotR yesterday. Well, the first half. I already know how it ends so I'm probably not going to bother with the remaining 12 hours of the whole shebang.
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Post by: Fiero on Sep 08, 2009, 10:50:39 PM
It took me forever to remember what FotR stands for. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
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Post by: B E C K on Sep 09, 2009, 07:28:38 AM
"I think Superman is a pretty cool guy. eh fails to kills Luthors and doesn't afraid of anything..."

:lmao:

The Spawn HBO series was far more enjoyable than the Spawn movie...but that's not saying much.

Wow, it's been a long time since I saw both of those that I barely remember anything.  All I remember is liking the movie more than the series, but I distinctly remember thinking I had no reason to ever watch it again.
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Post by: Fiero on Sep 09, 2009, 04:49:25 PM
WHAT! Spawn HBO series? What, was that the animated one? I loved that fucking movie, but there's no possible way I could watch more than once or twice more, unless there is some humor element involved.
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Post by: gwynn on Sep 09, 2009, 05:13:00 PM
I had the HBO series on VHS and I remember that one of them felt like it lasted 8 fucking hours. I had considered getting them again on DVD but Invader Zim won that battle, the whole series for $15, yes please!
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Post by: B E C K on Sep 09, 2009, 07:16:15 PM
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I remember that one of them felt like it lasted 8 fucking hours.

Ha ha, yes!  I remember that very feeling.  I think I actually had to stop the tape and watch Court TV or something because it was boring the crap outta me.
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Post by: Fiero on Sep 09, 2009, 07:40:51 PM
Court TV was your response to boredom? /draw drop
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Post by: B E C K on Sep 09, 2009, 08:10:34 PM
There's nothing boring about dead bodies and finding out who/what killed them.  NOTHING.
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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Sep 09, 2009, 09:52:05 PM
Back to Superman for a second, though, what made him fun was that, despite his superpowers, he tended to have super problems, particularly in the seventies and early eighties. Sure, there was the expected ridiculous stuff, but there was serious material that would only work with Superman as the protagonist that still hold up.  Plus, Superman promotes excellence, which I always appreciated.
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Post by: Fiero on Sep 09, 2009, 11:00:18 PM
There's nothing boring about dead bodies and finding out who/what killed them.  NOTHING.

Oh, I thought you meant like Judge Judy.
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Post by: Rama on Sep 10, 2009, 12:13:15 AM
See that's why I always liked Spider-Man. He didn't have super problems, he had normal problems. Never had enough cash, always having girl trouble, his best friend ended up turning into the Green Goblin. Ok...that last one might be a super problem. But I can relate to that kind of stuff.
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Post by: Extra Zero on Sep 10, 2009, 12:14:51 AM
I watched Mac and Me the other day just to see the creepy McDonalds scene.
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Post by: Bernie AKA on Sep 10, 2009, 12:15:01 PM
I caught "Gia" as it was coming on a few nights ago and ended up watching the whole thing.  Angelina was actually pretty good.
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Post by: The D on Sep 10, 2009, 02:14:24 PM
or the Scarecrow from being an uncool waste

The scarecrow to me seems like a villain that could have been awesome but wasn't. He just didn't have enough screen time or reason for his actions.

The whole water vaporizer thing didn't bother me.  One, it's a comic movie, there's gonna be cockamamie macguffins in there as a matter of course.  Second, IIRC the thing didn't vaporize people because it wasn't being aimed at them.

As far as I could tell, the microwave device was an AOE (area of effect) weapon, in other words it's effect is omni-directional and effects anything within a certain radius or distance from the weapon. It didn't at all seem like a weapon pointed at anything. The weapon might have had a very short range however since it only seemed to vaporize pipes very close to it.


The ending of the first movie kinda fell apart for me.  It seemed incredible that he planned this to do that and that to do this.  It seemed ridiculously overthought so I wasn't too impressed with it.  The anime seemed to have more restraint in that arena.  The second movie ended great though.

I don't see how. The ending of the first was pretty awesome considering what happened, with
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Before that, I could sympathize with light. After what he did to her, he became an asshole. Not evil per-se, but a huge douche. The whole thing in the art museum was pretty awesome.

I guess it was the intellectual games and twists that had me liking the first movie, and you not liking it so much. That's why I probably didn't like the second movie quite as much and you liked it more. I like those shows with intellectual crap and twists, like Code Geass for example.

I was rewatching Death Note dubbed. Something to note: Brian Drummond plays Ryuk, and does a great job of it too. Light is played by that annoying guy, Brad Swaile, who has that obnoxious childish voice and plays a bunch of teen protagonists in different anime, like Arumo in Gundam, and the main character in Soul Taker. Why people allow this guy to voice act is beyond me (in any case, Light's a college student, duh!)

L is dubbed by none other than Alessandro Juliani, AKA Felix Gaeta of BSG. Found all this out while watching behind the scenes stuff.
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Post by: B E C K on Sep 10, 2009, 02:35:20 PM
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I guess it was the intellectual games and twists that had me liking the first movie, and you not liking it so much.

I think the problem is that I didn't find them "intellectual", I found them overly contrived.  It's like those episodes of the Outer Limits where they try so hard to surprise you that you either guess the ending or you roll your eyes in disgust.  Also, I never sympathized with Light in the live-action (I did at first in the anime) and that probably affected my reaction.  I thought the 2nd was far better because the ending didn't seem so ridiculous as the 1st.


I have never seen Mac and Me, I found the alien creepy.  I never cared for E.T. all that much either.

I liked Gia.

I recently watched Dark City.  It has well-acted characters, a nice look, and good concept but it fell flat to me.  It really bored me, even more than Batman Begins did.  I wanted to like this film but the pacing just didn't do it for me.  I kept falling in and out of sleep and I wasn't even that tired.  When I woke up fully, I thought "oh crap, the movie's probably almost over" and only about thirty minutes went by.  I see why Ebert liked it, but--to bring this back up--it felt like a giant Outer Limits episode where you can call the ending.  I think it could've been edgier somehow.  The ending felt tacked on and if Wikipedia is to be believed, it was.
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Post by: Fiero on Sep 10, 2009, 04:57:00 PM
I never cared for E.T. all that much either.

Wha . . . . . . . . . ?
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Post by: B E C K on Sep 11, 2009, 12:32:45 AM
Well, look at him.  Come on, that's not cute!
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Post by: Rama on Sep 11, 2009, 01:32:11 AM
You would focus on outward apperances instead of what is in his glowing heart.


And I saw Dragonball: Evolution. Got it out of the Red Box with a free rental cupon. Wasn't as bad as everyone was saying. Not good, but just not as bad. Kinda funny, and sad, that this movie stuck closer to it source material then Transformers did.
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Post by: B E C K on Sep 11, 2009, 02:46:57 AM
You would focus on outward apperances instead of what is in his glowing heart.

You mean, like, glowing alien goo and arterial blockage made out of left over Reese's Pieces?
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Post by: Rama on Sep 11, 2009, 12:23:21 PM
E.T. died for your sins! And then rose from the dead and went back up into the sky.


Man for a Jew Spielberg really dipped into the Jesus pot on that one.
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Post by: Bernie AKA on Sep 11, 2009, 01:32:51 PM
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I liked Gia.

I was pleasantly surprised and that's a compliment to her acting ability.  I usually find it difficult to feel any sympathy for those who have big advantages in life and throw everything away on idiocy, but not with this portrayal.

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Post by: B E C K on Sep 11, 2009, 03:34:38 PM
I think I was just on full-blown Angelina crush-mode when I first saw it.
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Post by: gwynn on Sep 11, 2009, 04:36:57 PM
I'm watching a movie call Antichrist. It's a must see if you've always wanted to see Willem Dafoe's dick squirt blood!
Okay the opening prologue is brilliant cinematography, I got lost shortly after that.
Still hey, Willem Dafoe's dick is all up in this movie.
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Post by: Fiero on Sep 11, 2009, 05:35:13 PM
I HAVE always wanted to see Dafoe's dick squirt blood!
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Post by: B E C K on Sep 11, 2009, 07:46:48 PM
I think I'll pass.

Something about Alien I never considered [from your pal and mine, Wikipedia]:
"The Book of Alien notes that the actors and crew felt instinctively that the Space Jockey [that huge dead alien] was a benign creature, though they could not say why."

I also just assumed he was a peaceful.  He could've been an evil, murdering ass.  What about him makes people think he's a gentle giant?
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Post by: B E C K on Sep 12, 2009, 11:05:20 PM
Watched the "Aliens" SE cut, which I got from Netflix today.  It's balls that Hicks and Newt die.  I'm keeping 3 and Resurrection in my queue, mind you, but it's still balls.  Ridley Scott and Weaver both have interest in an Aliens 5.  I think we should discover that Weyland-Yutani or someone else staged their deaths and clone Ripley meets them or some shit.  I'm not enthused by the idea that 5 should be about the Alien Homeworld, the origin of the aliens, and/or the aliens encounter with the Space Jockey.  I could honestly not give a namby-pamby fuck about any of that shit.  You can fill in the blanks yourself: the alien homeworld is somewhere in undiscovered territory filled with fucking aliens; the origin of the aliens is that they were either a product of alien evolution or created by alien god in seven alien days (or both, whatever your preference); and since I don't recall aliens ever engineering their own tech, the Space Jockey landed somewhere where there were aliens and the aliens fucking killed him.  We don't need a movie to explain this crap.  Alien was a perfect film and does not need a fucking prequel. (http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118006722.html?categoryid=13&cs=1)  I'm tired of all these films with a need to explain every facet of everything.  We don't need to know what came before Alien.  I was under the impression that the AvP franchise was already technically doing that job anyway and FAILING.

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Post by: Rama on Sep 13, 2009, 02:17:49 PM
I'm keeping 3 and Resurrection in my queue, mind you, but it's still balls.
3 was ok...Resurrection not so much.


since I don't recall aliens ever engineering their own tech, the Space Jockey landed somewhere where there were aliens and the aliens fucking killed him.  We don't need a movie to explain this crap. 

Always assumed that the Space Jockey was transporting the eggs someplace for some reason or another. Since when Kane found the eggs there was a mist over the top them that reacted when he touched it. I always took that as a kind of early warning system to tell them if any of the eggs hatch. But the inside of the ship did look like a hive, so who knows what happened there, but I agree with you it shouldn't be explained. It's not something we need to know to enjoy the movie. It's enough to know that the ship was full of eggs, the pilot was killed and it crashed.
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Post by: B E C K on Sep 13, 2009, 04:47:20 PM
I'm keeping 3 and Resurrection in my queue, mind you, but it's still balls.
3 was ok...Resurrection not so much.

I'm not so much knocking the movies in that sentence, I was still harping on about how Hicks and Newt being dead sucks and makes me anticipate the last two films less.  It's been so long since I've seen either film, I don't remember how I liked them.  Although I think my opinion was probably in-line with yours.


And to reiterate, I think in a novel or comic or some other medium, maybe explaining those things would work.  (I've only seen the films so I don't know what's been covered elsewhere.)  I don't see the possibilities in a whole film based on that one premise.  Maybe they should do an Animatrix kinda thing with Alien and Predator, where we get to see a bunch of short films on various stories in that universe.  That could be pretty cool, providing they don't wander into Matrix-level pretention.

Also, since I saw Alien again today with the commentary, I'm disturbed at how sexualized they imagined the film to be in regards to the treatment of women.  I wouldn't mind it if it also applies to the men but it doesn't.  Xenomorphs apparently dig human gals.  The alien is constantly referenced to checking out the women.  At one point, Scott and Weaver talk about how they wanted to do a scene where the alien looks in fascination at Ripley's bony ass "pink body".  And Ian Holm-bot's attack on Ripley with the magazines in her mouth is a rape since, to parphrase, "he doesn't have that part".  FTW.  Ew.  (And why would they make an otherwise perfect human replica w/o a wang anyway?)

I'm also annoyed the commentary never explained why Ian Holm-bot flipped out.  It just seemed to come out of nowhere.  He had a directive to return with the xenomorph.  Did his directive say "if not possible, rape nearest female crew member"?
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Post by: Extra Zero on Sep 13, 2009, 08:08:30 PM
Watched the "Aliens" SE cut, which I got from Netflix today.  It's balls that Hicks and Newt die. 

Originally they weren't going to and the third movie was to be about Ridley, Newt and Hicks stranded on an alien planet.
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Post by: Rama on Sep 14, 2009, 12:28:23 AM
Did they give a reason why that was scrapped? I mean other then Newt being way too old by the time they got around to filming it. (Guess she could have aged in the pod. IE: The Lion-O effect.)
I'm keeping 3 and Resurrection in my queue, mind you, but it's still balls.
3 was ok...Resurrection not so much.

I'm not so much knocking the movies in that sentence, I was still harping on about how Hicks and Newt being dead sucks and makes me anticipate the last two films less.  It's been so long since I've seen either film, I don't remember how I liked them.  Although I think my opinion was probably in-line with yours.

I may be a little bias on the Alien 3 part. When I first saw it I thought it very cool there was a character with the last name Clemmons (although I think it was spelled the more popular "Clemens" way.) in that movie. He basicly fucked Ripley (Little quick after finding out Hicks is dead isn't there Rip) and dies.
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Post by: B E C K on Sep 14, 2009, 01:39:32 AM
Did they give a reason why that was scrapped? I mean other then Newt being way too old by the time they got around to filming it. (Guess she could have aged in the pod. IE: The Lion-O effect.) 

I thought it was more like having it go in and out of production hell.  Apparently 3 was like a Frankenscript of previous attempts, wasn't it?
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Post by: Extra Zero on Sep 14, 2009, 01:40:31 AM
Yeah they kinda pulled the script for 3 out of several asses.
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Post by: Rama on Sep 14, 2009, 01:57:30 AM
And 4 was pulled out of Whedon's ass. Might explain why I didn't like that one much.
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Post by: B E C K on Sep 14, 2009, 02:08:14 AM
There's something about his stuff that rubs me the wrong way.  It's very... smug, or something like that.  I don't hate him, but I don't exactly jump for joy when I hear his name come up for a project.
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Post by: gwynn on Sep 14, 2009, 02:14:04 AM
Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel, I give this one my highest indie praises.
3 guys in a pub, talking about time travel and then go to the loo.
Anna Faris is also in this.
A tour de force!
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Post by: Rama on Sep 14, 2009, 02:19:26 AM
There's something about his stuff that rubs me the wrong way.  It's very... smug, or something like that.  I don't hate him, but I don't exactly jump for joy when I hear his name come up for a project.

Yeah but you can't say that without the Fan girls jumping down your throat. Ok Firefly wasn't that great of a show ok. No amount of bitching at me is going to change that.
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Post by: B E C K on Sep 14, 2009, 02:21:11 AM
Is that a recent movie?  

Anna Faris always reminds me of May (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_(film)).

Yeah but you can't say that without the Fan girls jumping down your throat. Ok Firefly wasn't that great of a show ok. No amount of bitching at me is going to change that.

I still haven't seen it.  I can get Merla to chell it out from the school library and I've been meaning to, but it doesn't look like it'll be any different from the rest of his work so I never bother.
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Post by: Fiero on Sep 14, 2009, 09:29:04 AM
I thought Firefly was pretty damn good, but not quite good enough to take a chubby for.
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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Sep 14, 2009, 10:15:02 PM
I liked Firefly and the Serenity movie. But all things being equal I'd rather watch Star Trek TNG for my sci-fi rerun non-dollar.

Last movie I saw was Crank 2: High Voltage just a couple hours ago.  This movie was insane...loads of fun, but utterly demented. I've got "FUCK YOU, CHELIOS!" imprinted on my brain right now.
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Post by: B E C K on Sep 18, 2009, 02:08:57 PM
I saw Alien 3 and already sent it back.  It's not terrible, but... meh.  And a guy in the alien suit was more convincing than that CG.  The SE changed the ending so that no alien pops out of her chest and that must've been my favorite part of the thing.  The prisoners also needed to be more badass.  Poor Ripley was stuck with the loser brigade.
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Post by: B E C K on Sep 21, 2009, 01:02:11 AM
Finished off with Alien 4.  Weaver, Ron Perlman (that man is the shit), and a few of the other actors save this movie for me.  CG is also less shitty.  On the whole, there are better performances than in Alien 3.  Bitchier Ripley is badass.  Holy crap though, all the dialogue was written for a lost episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Whedon makes everyone talk like a teen boy.  Gary Dourdan needed fewer lines, he was cooler when he was silent.  Also, there was lots of needless stupid gore that could have been done in a more tasteful way... stuff like Dan Hedaya picking out his own brains and looking at them like an asshat.  This is the sole film where the SE is hugely inferior to the theatrical.  Though I didn't like the ending changed on the 3rd one, the other additions didn't actually make that movie stupider like they did this one.  The ending and beginning of the Alien 4 SE blow chunks (literally, in one case).  It makes me want to stab Jean-Pierre Jeunet in the eyes.
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Post by: B E C K on Sep 21, 2009, 01:05:57 AM
I also saw three Lethal Weapons, 2 through 4.  You can actually see the decline with each successive film.  Preggos and babies and Chris Rock and bad Chinese stereotypes let the franchise end with a nice death rattle.
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Post by: B E C K on Sep 21, 2009, 01:06:59 AM
Oh, and Outbreak, too.  It's a good film, but talk about heavily, heavily relying on all the stars to align for the entire plot of that thing to work.
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Post by: Rama on Sep 21, 2009, 01:09:43 AM
Zombie Nightmare
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Post by: Fiero on Sep 21, 2009, 01:17:16 AM
I saw 9.

There were some visuals that were very Burton-esque, which I liked. The plot was a little 'eh' for my tastes. I did really like the imagery, though, and I don't really remember the soundtrack. I don't know if that's a good thing or not.
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Post by: B E C K on Sep 21, 2009, 10:14:24 PM
That seems to be the consensus on that movie, right?  That at least it looks pretty?  What made the plot 'eh'?
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Post by: Fiero on Sep 21, 2009, 10:36:47 PM
It wasn't that the plot was bad at all, it was just another new age propaganda feel good about the powet of human kind of thing.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Sep 22, 2009, 12:24:43 AM
The Robot vs. The Aztec Mummy
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Post by: B E C K on Sep 23, 2009, 01:46:57 AM
Heh, I saw the Hannah Montana movie.  It wasn't half as stupid as I expected it to be, but that's not exactly meeting a high expectation.  I did a lot of fast forwarding, especially when Taylor Swift's weird squishy face appeared on-screen.
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Post by: Rama on Sep 23, 2009, 01:57:47 AM
X-Men Origins: Wolverine

About what I was expected, which wasn't anything great. Had fun naming all the Mutants in the Island scenes, but that was about.

Funniest thing was the only special feature it had was a Anti-Smoking PSA. You know cause Wolverine makes it look so cool.
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Post by: B E C K on Sep 24, 2009, 06:08:16 PM
Species and Terminator.  I never realized how annoying Forest Whitaker is or how drawn out Terminator (the film, not the character) was.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Sep 24, 2009, 07:34:37 PM
T2 is FTW. Best of the series, definitely.

The Terminator was decent, but not by any means amazing.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Sep 25, 2009, 09:48:37 PM
Yeah.  Terminator is good.  T2 is gold.  Everything else doesn't really exist to me.  I never bothered with 3, with slutty terminator, no Sarah, John unfortunately recasted, and Claire "hit-or-miss" Danes in it, it didn't interest me.  T4 sounds like something else I couldn't care less about.  Another John recast, no Arnold, Moon Bloodgood and more people I don't care about directed by McG.  I don't know why we have to keep rehashing John anyway.  Surely there are other stories in the Terminator universe dying to be told.  T4 could've been one of those instead of prequel.

I would like them to do another one, maybe focusing on something like the alternate universe set by T2's alternate ending.  John (played by Furlong, I mean, the guy's clean now, right?) is in the midst of his political career or something and we get some more Terminators coming through and raising hell for whatever fucking reason.  Linda Hamilton could either be in it or not and there could be more humans or another Terminator to continue the franchise with instead of relying on Arnold and teh story of John.

Or even something based off of that Sarah Connor Chronicles.  I didn't see much of it, but it looked like it had potential.  Shirley Manson made a good Terminator.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Sep 25, 2009, 10:47:22 PM
Have you seen what Linda Hamilton looks like these days?

I'd really like them to just start making TSCC again. I loved the fucking show. Thank something that Fringe started that year or I'd be at a loss on what to waste my time doing instead of working.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Sep 25, 2009, 11:04:11 PM
Have you seen what Linda Hamilton looks like these days?

Um yeah, I posted that picture.  :lol:  She doesn't have to star in it.  Besides, that's what hair, make-up, lighting, and the right lenses are for.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Extra Zero on Sep 28, 2009, 03:38:42 AM
Don't forget the noise of Hank Hill flipping out.  "BWAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!....Propane."
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Sep 28, 2009, 09:51:16 AM
KOTH ends this year, apparently.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Sep 28, 2009, 11:28:53 AM
Now where will I get my totally factual information about Texas?


Anyway...Green Lantern: First Flight. Not bad, I actually kinda liked it. Better then the Wonder Woman one.

And House on Haunted Hill. The Vincent Price one. Got it out of the cheap bad horror bin in the Halloween section of Walgreens. I've seen it, but it's been awhile.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Sep 28, 2009, 05:15:10 PM
I've been trying to read the Darkest Night stuff from Green Lantern and company, but have not had the fucking time. Am I wasting my money?

This weekend I watched with a friendgirl the following movies while being sick out of my mind: Gojira (original Japanese release), Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, 1984 (with my friend AND my mom), Princess Mononoke, and American Beauty. Also a few eps of Last Exile for my friend who hasn't seen it all, and the horrible episode of SNL featuring Megan Fox.

I also watched a video on my iPhone with the following joke read by a sexy bust showing lady (not word for word):

A man gets home to find his girlfriend infuriated. She says, "I just found out your a pedophile!" The man looks at his girlfriend and says, "That is an awfully big word for a six year old."
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Sep 28, 2009, 10:30:55 PM
BLACKEST Night.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Sep 28, 2009, 11:38:59 PM
I've been trying to read the Darkest Night stuff from Green Lantern and company, but have not had the fucking time. Am I wasting my money?

No idea. When I read comics I was always a Marvel Man. What I know about the DC Universe I learned from shows like Batman: TAS and JL.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Sep 29, 2009, 02:03:25 AM
BLACKEST Night.

yeah, that one
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: The D on Sep 29, 2009, 03:25:47 PM
And I saw Dragonball: Evolution. Got it out of the Red Box with a free rental cupon. Wasn't as bad as everyone was saying. Not good, but just not as bad. Kinda funny, and sad, that this movie stuck closer to it source material then Transformers did.

ooooo, Dragonball is in Redbox? Makes me want to see it so I don't have to spend more than a dollar for the movie.

I looked up Whedon on IMDB.  He's apparently known for the TV series Dollhouse, Buffy, Angel, Firefly, Serenity, Dr Horrible's Sing Along Blog, Alien 4, and also helped write Toy Story and Titan AE.

Dollhouse I haven't watched, Buffy I barely watched, Angel I barely watched, Firefly I watched half of but thought it was allright, Serenity was a pretty fun movie, Dr. Horrible is just awesome and his best work ever, Alien 4 I've never seen, and I'm actually shocked his pen even touched Toy Story or Titan AE.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Sep 29, 2009, 04:43:25 PM
HOLY SHIT, I've been a Whedon-fag for some time, but I didn't even realize he had anything to do with Toy Story and Titan AE. That's bad ass. I never got into Buffy, though.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Sep 29, 2009, 06:06:50 PM
BLACKEST Night.

yeah, that one

That was assy of me not to answer your question. But you may not be wasting your money. The only problem I've had is that there's not been an awful lot of actual story development evident in the first three issues. It's mainly aimed at establishing the horror the DCU's undergoing right now and how hard up they're going to be. But the big-bad has been revealed already (unveiled in November's ish 5), so things should be cranking up fast.

The tie-in books have been pretty good so far (Superman, Batman, Titans, Tales of GLC), so you'll probably want to pick them up at some point. I'm actually downloading them as they come out with plans to buy them the next time I'm in the LCS, probably around the first of next May (when most are down to a dollar per issue).
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Sep 29, 2009, 07:18:53 PM
I have actually got my LCS to hold anything related to Blackest Night because it seemed so interesting to me. You know why? Because of the free comic book day Green Lantern issue they put out. It shows all the different lantern corps or whatever you call them, and lists a bunch of names and what they're about. It sucked me in. And that had 0 story. What the fuck is wrong with me?
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Sep 30, 2009, 12:40:34 AM
I actually gave Dollhouse a chance with the first episode and it was pretty dull shit.  Fox must've had nothing else in the pipe to order another season of that tripe.

Last things I saw...

Con Air - I forget what a freakin' ham Nick Cage is.  This movie would've improved drastically if they shaved 20 minutes off of it.
Lethal Weapon (The first one.)
The Wedding Planner (Schmoo owns this and I was THAT bored) - What a piece of shit but that's pretty much what I expected from it.  Not that Matthew McConaughey has ever done anything for me but he looked like an old dyke (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wedding_Planner) in this flick.  J-Ho and Mc-Cone-a-hay proceed to lead their respective partners on throughout the whole pic like total assholes.
Black Moon Rising - With Tommy Lee Jones and Linda Hamilton.  Had seen it before years and years ago.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Sep 30, 2009, 12:47:23 AM
Oh, yeah, and I also saw Clear and Present Danger and the bestest movie ever, Under Siege.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Extra Zero on Sep 30, 2009, 01:26:46 AM
Has anyone else seen Street Fighter: Legend of Chun Li?  I saw that shit the other day.  M. Bison's abortion scene was one of the greatest moments in cinematic history.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Sep 30, 2009, 02:20:48 AM
I actually gave Dollhouse a chance with the first episode and it was pretty dull shit.  Fox must've had nothing else in the pipe to order another season of that tripe.

THEY CANCELED MY FUCKING SHOW FOR THIS TRIPE AND I AM PISSED OFF ABOUT IT STILL

They couldn't even have the balls to say they were going to do it, but everyone knew it was down hill when they moved it to Friday. GOD FUCKING DAMNIT I AM STILL PISSED OFF THANKS FOR REMINDING ME FUCK FUCK FFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Oct 01, 2009, 02:10:40 AM
Do you mean SCC?

Has anyone else seen Street Fighter: Legend of Chun Li?  I saw that shit the other day.  M. Bison's abortion scene was one of the greatest moments in cinematic history.

No, I saw a review of it and that was enough for me.  Can it be seen for lulz or is it just not worth it entirely?


I watched a couple flicks for the first time today, the Warriors and the Lost Boys.  I liked them both but I liked the Warriors better than the Lost Boys.  Either way, the Warriors does not need a remake and the Lost Boys never needed a too-late sequel.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Oct 01, 2009, 02:51:48 AM
This dude took pics with some of the Warriors cast: Warriors Reunion (http://lantern-media.com/GangsDocumentaryDiary/Diary-20061028.htm)
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Oct 01, 2009, 02:54:48 AM
I want to say "Warriors. Come out and Pla-aye..." But I just don't have the energy to be Cliche right now.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Bernie AKA on Oct 01, 2009, 04:38:46 AM
Even though hopelessly dated, I still like Escape from New York.  Escape from L.A., however, was so bad it didn't even qualify as a joke.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Oct 01, 2009, 01:36:26 PM
Escape from L.A. was the same exact movie only a lot cornier and not nearly as good.


Anyway I watched The Manster last night. The moral I took away from this movie is that if you are woman and that doesn't understand your guy, doesn't care about any of the things he loves, and only got with him in hopes of changing him into what you wanted. Then you get your man back at the end of the film. If you are a woman that shares his interests, accepts him for who he is, and even sticks by him while he is slowly being turned into a two-headed monster. Well your ass gets thrown into a volcano.  But it was the 50s, what you gonna do?
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Oct 01, 2009, 03:53:13 PM
I watched a couple flicks for the first time today, the Warriors and the Lost Boys.  I liked them both but I liked the Warriors better than the Lost Boys.  Either way, the Warriors does not need a remake and the Lost Boys never needed a too-late sequel.

FOR THE FIRST TIME!?

I used to live by the Lost Boys. But its not as good now as it was then. The Warriors is fan-fucking-tastic. I also enjoyed the video game released a few years ago.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Oct 02, 2009, 12:58:10 AM
Ha ha, yeah.  It just never looked like anything I'd want to see.

Escape from New York is actually next in my queue.  I've seen it before, but it's been a while.  I had put LA in there too out of curiousity.  Should I take it out?
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Oct 02, 2009, 01:10:28 AM
I wouldn't. Just so you can properly rip it a new one afterwards.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Oct 02, 2009, 07:39:57 PM
Last movie I saw: The Suicide Club. Next one: TOY STORY 1 AND 2 ON 3D THIS WEEKEND MOTHAFUCKASSSSSS! hellz yeaaaa
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Oct 02, 2009, 08:14:52 PM
I'm still up in the air on whether or not I feel like seeing that.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Oct 02, 2009, 10:22:18 PM
Last movie I saw: The Suicide Club. Next one: TOY STORY 1 AND 2 ON 3D THIS WEEKEND MOTHAFUCKASSSSSS! hellz yeaaaa

SHIT Forgot that was this weekend. Headed to watch Zombie Land RIGHT FUCKING NOW GOODBYE
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Oct 02, 2009, 10:28:07 PM
I had to google that.  I've never heard of that movie before.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Oct 03, 2009, 01:43:18 AM
You need to go fucking watch that right fucking now.

It was goddamn great feel goodery with zombie killings. Excellent.

There is a love story, but its like hardly even there. Focus is on surviving zombiecalypse.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Oct 03, 2009, 08:00:53 AM
I'm still up in the air on whether or not I feel like seeing that.
If you go don't drink anything for like a day in advance. The whole thing lasts like 4 hours. I'm still thinking about what time I should go, I don't wanna be surrounded by noisy kids, I'd slap them all
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Oct 03, 2009, 08:30:52 PM
Maybe a late night show if there's one available, then.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Oct 04, 2009, 01:27:55 AM
I had planned on seeing Zombieland this weekend, but ended up going to get the computer instead. Hope to still get to it before they take it out of theaters. Wish we had a dollar theater here, but nope. In fact we are down to two Theaters now. They turned the other two into a boat dealership and a mattress place.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Oct 04, 2009, 01:28:54 AM
If you go don't drink anything for like a day in advance. The whole thing lasts like 4 hours. I'm still thinking about what time I should go, I don't wanna be surrounded by noisy kids, I'd slap them all

I distinctly remember the commercials saying you get a bathroom break, so I'm assuming there's intermission between the films.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Oct 04, 2009, 07:14:01 AM
Yes you do, a 5 minute one. But EVERYBODY goes to the bathroom during that time.
Anyways I went, I watched it and I LOVED IT. I was laughing harder than the kids there :'(
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Oct 04, 2009, 01:38:42 PM
Strange Invaders. Been looking for this movie since I saw it around Halloween time last year. Stumbled on it in the 5 buck bin yesterday.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Extra Zero on Oct 04, 2009, 07:33:55 PM
I watched Sex Drive last night, a lot funnier than expected.   I also saw Zombieland over the weekend, which has the best celebrity cameo ever.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Oct 04, 2009, 08:35:21 PM
Today I watched Kairo. Shat bricks plenty of times, that I did
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Oct 05, 2009, 01:35:35 PM
I watched Sex Drive last night, a lot funnier than expected.   I also saw Zombieland over the weekend, which has the best celebrity cameo ever.

Did I mention I saw Zombieland? I'm not scrolling up, fuck it.

That movie was damned excellent and the cameo is so fucking great.

And its got two pretty hot chicks in it (don't judge me).
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: gwynn on Oct 05, 2009, 07:31:15 PM
I really want to see Zombieland but I'm broke and my download speed is being wack.

Last movie I saw was G-Force. Actually a very good movie, Nice cast and I enjoyed the evil appliance battles.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Oct 05, 2009, 10:26:57 PM
I actually want to watch that.

But not when there's kids in the theatre.

Fuck that.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Oct 07, 2009, 01:02:40 AM
Panic in Year Zero.


Actually got this one because I thought it would be a bad B-movie and I could write a review for my semi-dead blog. However, it turned out to be a pretty good movie. I bet it would have been very unsettling in 1962 when it was released.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Oct 07, 2009, 05:01:35 PM
Watched Totoro for the 940594092th time and then was starting to watch Ponyo but I was worried I would fall asleep in the middle of it, so we switched to District 9
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Oct 07, 2009, 08:43:56 PM
I really enjoyed Ponyo. But there were some slow parts.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Extra Zero on Oct 07, 2009, 11:43:35 PM
Bought Crank 2 and Watchmen on Blu-Ray. 

Re-watched Crank 2 tonight as I hadn't seen it since the theatrical release.  So odd how Carradine's death in the movie was a parallel of his death in real life.  I'll probably watch Watchmen over the weekend with the gf.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Extra Zero on Oct 07, 2009, 11:44:36 PM
Oh, also saw Snow White for the first time in years over at a friend's house yesterday.  Adriana Caselotti should go down in history for having the most fucking annoying voice ever.  :nono:
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Oct 08, 2009, 11:53:15 PM
I always found Snow White really dull.  I understand why it's an important film, but doesn't hold up so swell in my opinion.


I saw The Thomas Crown Affair, the remake with Pierce Brosnan and Rene Russo.  The film really started off as a winner with an interesting heist and good characters.  Then you can actually see when some fucking moron begins a hackjob on the latter part of the film.  The sexy, confident Rene Russo character suddenly becomes a needy, sobbing, moody tampon and Brosnan completely loses his footing as a delightly arrogant gentleman thief, doing a dozen flip-flops to being a confused man, a bumbling idiot, a fucking magician, and a plain old prick.  The Denis Leary character also suffered, becoming less sympathic and more, well, pathetic.  When the end came and Brosnan and Russo are making out on the plane, I groaned in complete disgust.  It went from 4 stars to like 1.  Really sad.  I was unfamiliar with the prior film even though I knew this one was a remake.  Turns out, they're NOT supposed to stay together... just like it was set-up to be throughout the entire damn film.  Boo.  This could've been an excellent updated take on the story.  Now it goes down with The Vanishing in the pit of shitty remake "happy" endings.  (Although I don't think TTCA can outdo the original director of Spoorloos/The Vanishing fucking up his own film since he also directed the remake!)
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Oct 10, 2009, 07:42:33 AM
Bought Crank 2 and Watchmen on Blu-Ray. 

Re-watched Crank 2 tonight as I hadn't seen it since the theatrical release.  So odd how Carradine's death in the movie was a parallel of his death in real life.  I'll probably watch Watchmen over the weekend with the gf.
dude put that theres some friggin spoilers there or something! argh!
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Extra Zero on Oct 10, 2009, 11:46:59 AM
Haha sorry, but I didn't spoil how or why it happens. 

Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Wickedly Yours E on Oct 11, 2009, 10:39:28 AM
Watched Kung Fu Hustle the other night. LOVE that movie. Last one in theaters was Transformers 2. Retrospect it was still an awesome action movie. POOR on story though. Still buying it Oct. 20th.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Oct 11, 2009, 09:12:30 PM
I watched Whip It. Decent but formulaic. Mainly went because I'm happy to support Ali Shockwat. I kind of have a hard on for her.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Derrick on Oct 11, 2009, 11:35:29 PM
I watched Towelhead, but it got predictable way too quickly. I should've wanted to fap to it, but I couldn't. For an artsy film that won awards, it got boring and stereotypical. Maybe next time, the girl doesn't tell on the adult neighbor she's fucking.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Oct 12, 2009, 03:05:15 AM
The Abyss.  It started out decently and spiraled into WTFsavedbyEdHarrisZOMGhugtree mode at the end.  Gah.  I also saw Near Dark and The Great Muppet Caper and was really bored.  I bought the Muppet Movie since I had a $10 off thingy at BestBuy and that one was as great as I remember it.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Sam on Oct 12, 2009, 09:52:54 AM
I still haven't seen any new movies (or old movies) in quite a while.  I am, however, watching Firefly.  Ðe geeks are right.  Ðis is a great show.  I wish I had heard about it when it was still on ðe air.  I don't have a ratings box or anyþing, but I'd like to þink I could have helped it stay on the air.

So how was Crank 2?  I really enjoyed the first one.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Oct 12, 2009, 02:54:05 PM
I still haven't seen any new movies (or old movies) in quite a while.  I am, however, watching Firefly.  Ðe geeks are right.  Ðis is a great show.  I wish I had heard about it when it was still on ðe air.  I don't have a ratings box or anyþing, but I'd like to þink I could have helped it stay on the air.

So how was Crank 2?  I really enjoyed the first one.

Word of mouth is always powerful. I told people, but back then I was always forgetful about actually watching shows. I was to worried about having a social life. Not so much anymore.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Oct 12, 2009, 05:26:33 PM
I watched Soylent Green over the people.

And I loved it. Charlton Heston, come sweep me away.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Derrick on Oct 12, 2009, 10:03:31 PM
He was awesome in Omega Man.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Oct 12, 2009, 11:56:54 PM
Watched Role Models the other night. Going in I knew it contained LARPing, what I didn't realize was that almost the entire movie is all about LARPing. Some funny moments, but overall, pretty fucking stupid.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Oct 13, 2009, 12:31:55 AM
Oh yeah, I need to watch Omega Man.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Extra Zero on Oct 13, 2009, 12:50:09 AM
I re-watched True Romance tonight, I hadn't seen that movie in something like 5 years.  Ah Christian Slater, you had so much potential...
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Oct 13, 2009, 04:50:36 AM
Wow (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/True_romance). How have I never seen that? It's a veritable smorgasbord of respected talent.

And Balki from Perfect Strangers.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Oct 13, 2009, 08:00:21 PM
So I finally watched Ponyo last night, and I LOVED IT. Some characters were scary as shit, but overall it was one of the cutest movies ever. Up there with Totoro. Then again, it was made by the son of the man who created Totoro.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Oct 13, 2009, 08:32:58 PM
I'm pretty sure they were both written and directed by Hayao.

His son Goro is shit.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Oct 13, 2009, 09:07:21 PM
I'm pretty sure they were both written and directed by Hayao.

His son Goro is shit.

(http://www.imageleech.net/data/media/1/wp-goro-1-m.jpg)
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Merla on Oct 14, 2009, 02:17:18 PM
Saw Aliens last night.  Well technically I didn't see any aliens because I stopped it right before any aliens made an appearance because I was fixing to go to bed.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Oct 14, 2009, 05:05:51 PM
WHAT
WAS
THE
POINT
?
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Merla on Oct 14, 2009, 08:29:31 PM
Drake and Hicks are HOT!
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Oct 14, 2009, 10:05:15 PM
Alright.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Oct 15, 2009, 02:48:49 AM
That's pretty much Merla's reason for watching anything.  She loves the movie Predator.  No matter what order you put them in, Shane Black will always be last.  Even under Elpidia Carrillo and Kevin Peter Hall, I'm sure.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Oct 15, 2009, 12:23:34 PM
No Love for Hudson.


"How do I get out of this chicken shit outfit?"
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Oct 16, 2009, 03:22:01 AM
Ha ha, none at all.  She was all "I'm certain Bill Paxton's hot, but I just can't think of a movie where he actually was."  And I was all "Weird Science"!
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Oct 16, 2009, 05:19:36 AM
Didn't he have really bad teeth in that?

It was a time before straightening and whitening.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Derrick on Oct 16, 2009, 08:32:03 AM
Yesterday I glanced at a pr0n starring an Asian chick with horrid teeth. It took me right out of the moment.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Oct 16, 2009, 09:19:06 AM
I don't know what it is with them and their teeth.

Even a lot of their TV "stars" have crooked, overlapping, gnarly choppers.

It's like their dentists exist only in myth.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Derrick on Oct 16, 2009, 09:33:41 AM
It is as bad as Britain.

I should invest in Invisalign-Japan.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Oct 16, 2009, 12:35:41 PM
Ha ha, none at all.  She was all "I'm certain Bill Paxton's hot, but I just can't think of a movie where he actually was."  And I was all "Weird Science"!

Weird Science. LOL! Oh man I haven't seen that movie in a long time.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Oct 16, 2009, 07:10:55 PM
That's pretty much Merla's reason for watching anything.  She loves the movie Predator.
Predator is freaking awesomeee. I always say the name wrong :-(
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Oct 16, 2009, 07:37:51 PM
How can you say Predator wrong? Please record it and post ASAP.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Derrick on Oct 16, 2009, 09:49:58 PM
Agreed. I'm mouthing it with my best Peruvian accent and I'm getting;

prayDAYtorrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Oct 17, 2009, 03:41:42 AM
Agreed. I'm mouthing it with my best Peruvian accent and I'm getting;

prayDAYtorrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.

Ha ha, that sounds kinda hot.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Oct 17, 2009, 03:59:24 AM
Last movies I saw:

Red Heat (yup, w/ Arnold and Belushi)
The Valet/La Doublure (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Valet) - Really liked this one.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Merla on Oct 17, 2009, 10:37:15 PM
No Love for Hudson.


"How do I get out of this chicken shit outfit?"

He is so obnoxious in that film.  He annoyed the hell out of me. 
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Oct 18, 2009, 12:36:23 AM
Game over man...Game over.

I found far more unlikeable in Predator 2 though.


Oh and Dr. No. Another 5 buck find. Score!
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Post by: Derrick on Oct 18, 2009, 12:53:10 AM
I wish they would make a Predator 3, perhaps in Iraq or Afghanistan.
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Post by: B E C K on Oct 18, 2009, 01:24:49 AM
They're making Predators, starring Polanski supporter Adrien "emo-beak" Brody.  Technically, this would be 3.
http://www.rabbitinasuit.com/sphere/index.php?topic=1976.msg64894#msg64894
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Post by: Rama on Oct 18, 2009, 01:53:05 AM
Happy it doesn't have Rose McGowan in it...sad it won't have Rosario Dawson.
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Post by: B E C K on Oct 18, 2009, 01:55:39 AM
Oh come on, that's anything.
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Post by: Rama on Oct 18, 2009, 02:06:11 AM
No kidding. EVERY movie would be better with Rosairo Dawson in it. She could have saved Indy 4 for me if she had been cast as Indy's son instead of Shia.
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Post by: Derrick on Oct 18, 2009, 11:19:08 AM
...holy shit. But then Marion wouldn't come back, though they could have brought Padma Lakshmi to be some Indian broad he nailed in Delhi after ditching Willie for being a whiney bitch.
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Post by: Rama on Oct 19, 2009, 02:55:29 AM
I saw Year One...kinda a let down. Kinda see why it did poorly now. Egon has had been very funny in the past, but man this one feel flat.

I also watched Thunderball. Seen this movie dozens of times, but it's still damn good. The first 4 Bond films are almost perfect as far as I'm concerned.
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Post by: Derrick on Oct 19, 2009, 05:33:51 AM
Every decade has perfect Bond films.

The first four Connery were perfect, I'm torn on You Only Live Twice. James in yellow-face never struck me as plausible.

Golden Gun and The Spy Who Loved Me were better than anything else in the 70s.

A View to Kill beat out everything in the 80s, which was the worse for Bond. I still like Never say Never Again.

The 90s dominated with GoldenEye, one of my all time favorites mainly because of Sean Bean as 006. TNE and TWINE had its moments, but TWINE's inclusion of Christmas Jones spelled the end for the series when we had the win of Michelle Yeoh's character prior. Bond had to evolve and she set everything back, it was so yech it ruined things.

Now we're in the age of Craig, and I like it. I enjoyed QoS more than Casino Royale. Revenge Bond is a good Bond, especially since he got the proof he needed. Bond 24 should be a roundout film of further kick-assery.
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Post by: Sam on Oct 19, 2009, 12:49:41 PM
Oh right, movies.  Last night I watched Strange Brew and Serenity.  Both great for very different reasons.
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Post by: Rama on Oct 19, 2009, 02:20:03 PM
Every decade has perfect Bond films.

The first four Connery were perfect, I'm torn on You Only Live Twice. James in yellow-face never struck me as plausible.

Golden Gun and The Spy Who Loved Me were better than anything else in the 70s.

A View to Kill beat out everything in the 80s, which was the worse for Bond. I still like Never say Never Again.

The 90s dominated with GoldenEye, one of my all time favorites mainly because of Sean Bean as 006. TNE and TWINE had its moments, but TWINE's inclusion of Christmas Jones spelled the end for the series when we had the win of Michelle Yeoh's character prior. Bond had to evolve and she set everything back, it was so yech it ruined things.

Now we're in the age of Craig, and I like it. I enjoyed QoS more than Casino Royale. Revenge Bond is a good Bond, especially since he got the proof he needed. Bond 24 should be a roundout film of further kick-assery.

I agree with you on You Only Live Twice. It and Diamonds are Forever showed that even Connery as Bond could be bad.

Not a big Roger Moore fan, but the one from the 70s I like the best is "Live and Let Die." Never much cared for Golden Gun or The Spy Who Loved Me. Mainly cause both have little to nothing to do with the books they took their name from. Same with Moonraker.

And yeah...View to a Kill is my Favorite of the Moore the films, but the Living Daylights is my favorite from the 80s. Dalton gets to much flack for his Bond, it wasn't that bad.

What you said about the 90's is pretty much true as well. Goldeneye is one my all time favorites.

But I liked Casino Royale better then QOS, again mainly cause it stayed closer to the book. But like View to Kill, QOS took it's name from a short story and it would have been hard to make it into a full length movie.
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Post by: Fiero on Oct 19, 2009, 04:26:12 PM
I do not like A View to Kill, sorry guys.

I still haven't seen Quantum of Solace. I feel bad about that.

And I also watched Serenity last night, but not Strange Brew.
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Post by: Derrick on Oct 19, 2009, 06:11:25 PM
QoS is a direct sequal, but it also features Bond dependant on a woman he doesn't fuck. The redhead was useless and could have been ommitted. The villian was wonderful, and his death set up the next movie.

Live and Let Die was too hokey for me to enjoy. Too many stereotypes. "Pimp mobile" was laughable.

Don't get me wrong, I will watch any Bond movie if on. Thankfully the holidays are coming up so that means Spike or TNT will marathon them.
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Post by: Rama on Oct 19, 2009, 06:53:35 PM
Live and Let Die was too hokey for me to enjoy. Too many stereotypes. "Pimp mobile" was laughable.

Yeah I could have done without the Blackxploitation angle, but really the book was full of sterotypes as well, just a two decades old sterotypes. Other then that it was very faithful.

"On Her Majesty's Secret Service" would have been a perfect film had it had Connery in it. It's a good film, but it could have been better.
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Post by: Derrick on Oct 19, 2009, 07:54:28 PM
Lazenby was too off. It didn't feel like watching a Bond flick, but just an action flick.
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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Oct 19, 2009, 09:46:49 PM
Tomorrow Never Dies and Quantum of Solace were awful. Jonathan Pierce played the worst Bond villain ever, and who gives a fuck about the Bolivian water supply?! That's below the already low standard set by Licence to Kill (oh, wow, a South American drug lord! It could have been called Joe Blow, Super Spy vs. the Cartel).  And Octopussy beats A View to a Kill six ways past Sunday.

Live and Let Die is saved by nubile Jane Seymour and Baron Samedi (http://bonr.shwiggie.com/Smileys/default/baron.gif)
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Post by: Rama on Oct 19, 2009, 10:59:46 PM
and who gives a fuck about the Bolivian water supply?!

Not the screen writers. That plot point was barely in the movie at all.
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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Oct 19, 2009, 11:07:03 PM
But that was the big threat that had to be met. The only redeeming quality of this movie was that it re-introduced SPECTRE as Quantum.
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Post by: Rama on Oct 19, 2009, 11:26:34 PM
Yeah but I was hoping it would BE Spectre. I don't like the name Quantum at all.
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Post by: Extra Zero on Oct 20, 2009, 12:57:25 AM
Since it did nothing but rain and I was feeling a bit under the weather, I made it a weekend for movies.

On Friday, I saw Toy Story 1 and 2 in 3D before it left theaters.  It was nice seeing both movies on the big screen (I actually never got to see Toy Story 2 in the theater), but the 3D effects didn't really work well for either movie.  The only scene that really stuck out was the opening for Toy Story 2.  Still, outside of some SHITTY music choices, these are classics.

On Saturday, my girl friend and I rented Drag Me To Hell and Observe and Report.  I had wanted to see both earlier this year, but never got around to it.  Drag Me to Hell was actually pretty good.  If you can, watch it with surround-sound.  It's actually pretty creepy for a PG-13 horror flick and shows that Raimi still has it.  I'm generally not a fan of twists in movies, but this one was really well done. Observe and Report has its moments, but I'm not sure that I really liked the movie.  It's a bit hard to follow and the movie has trouble finding its tone, but there are a few memorable scenes, especially the ending.  This has probably one of the most shocking endings I've ever seen in a movie.

Yesterday I saw Where The Wild Things Are.  I've been looking forward to this one for a while now and I wasn't disappointed.  It's a great looking movie and I really loved the mix of practical effects and CG.    The story is very simple, but you somehow manage to hang on to what's going despite the fact you know from the start it's just Max's childish imagination, but it's easy to lose yourself in.  I recommend seeing it.
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Post by: Fiero on Oct 20, 2009, 01:46:20 AM
I thought Observe and Report was awesome, it's on my 'Eventual purchase' list.

I agree with you on WTWTA. They made a movie that works great for kids and adults and does so on several different levels. Great movie.
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Post by: B E C K on Oct 20, 2009, 04:58:54 AM
I do not like A View to Kill, sorry guys.

I think you hate Duran Duran.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Oct 20, 2009, 04:59:38 AM
Live and Let Die was too hokey for me to enjoy. Too many stereotypes. "Pimp mobile" was laughable.

I think you hate Wings.
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Post by: B E C K on Oct 20, 2009, 05:02:09 AM
Still, outside of some SHITTY music choices, these are classics.

I think you hate Randy Newman.  But, hey, that's cool with me. (http://www.rabbitinasuit.com/emoticons/R-T/thumbsup.gif)
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Post by: Derrick on Oct 20, 2009, 05:57:36 AM
Live and Let Die was too hokey for me to enjoy. Too many stereotypes. "Pimp mobile" was laughable.

I think you hate Wings.
I do. It's the worst Bond song, because it starts great and then turns all carnival-y. Fuck Wings.
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Post by: B E C K on Oct 20, 2009, 06:20:46 AM
 :'(
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Post by: Derrick on Oct 20, 2009, 06:46:29 AM
It ruined Stephen Weber's career.
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Post by: Sam on Oct 20, 2009, 09:01:37 AM
I think the GnR version is leaps and bounds beyond the shitty original.
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Post by: Fiero on Oct 20, 2009, 10:33:53 AM
I do not like A View to Kill, sorry guys.

I think you hate Duran Duran.

For the record, I do not hate Duran Duran. I actually think they're pretty cool.
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Post by: Derrick on Oct 20, 2009, 11:31:08 AM
So now I'm suspecting you and IDE. Interesting.
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Post by: Rama on Oct 20, 2009, 12:22:35 PM
I do not like A View to Kill, sorry guys.

I think you hate Duran Duran.

"View to a Kill" beats "All Time High" as a theme hands down.
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Post by: Rama on Oct 20, 2009, 12:52:21 PM
I saw half of Turistas. Pretty much it's just a bunch of skin and bones chicks walking around in Bikinis with one in shape guy and two more normal looking guys. Then some guy wants their kidneys or something. I don't know I turned over and watched Venture Bros. It really wasn't scary and the only thing it did was make me never want to go to South America cause it looks like it sucks down there.
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Post by: Derrick on Oct 20, 2009, 01:21:18 PM
South America is pretty awful.
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Post by: Fiero on Oct 20, 2009, 03:56:46 PM
Yeah I heard that all the countries are poor and they'll put you in jail for undercooked fish.
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Post by: Derrick on Oct 20, 2009, 11:21:15 PM
Your chances of getting killed, kidnapped, or raped are around 2-1.
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Post by: Rama on Oct 22, 2009, 12:52:07 AM
Monty Python: Live at the Hollywood Bowl.
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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Oct 22, 2009, 12:52:21 PM
Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen.

Wasn't as bad as I'd heard, but it was bad. At least there was more TF action in it than the first one. Mudflap and Skids didn't annoy me that much. Sam's parents should be shot. It started becoming unintelligible after Megatron's resurrection, though...where the hell did he go? Was it another instance of space bridging, like Jetfire unexpectedly and inexplicably did?

With some responsible rewriting, this could have been made less disjointed and been made into a far better movie.  A shame.
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Post by: Fiero on Oct 22, 2009, 04:22:13 PM
Megatron went to the moon. The Nemesis is crashed up there.
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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Oct 22, 2009, 06:14:19 PM
When? I don't remember seeing that anywhere.
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Post by: Derrick on Oct 22, 2009, 07:51:53 PM
Shia Laboooooof can suck on the fattest part of my cock.
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Post by: Fiero on Oct 22, 2009, 08:09:34 PM
When? I don't remember seeing that anywhere.

The part where Starscream is throwing about the hatchlings or whatever they called them. That's on the moon. Where the Nemesis crashed. They even released a three-pack called 'Meeting at the Nemesis" based on that scene that for some reason includes Soundwave, who was not even in that scene. I don't remember if they ever explain that the Nemesis crashed or who was piloting it, but I want to say that's how Jetfire got there along with the other 'seekers.' BTW, I hate how they took the seeker name, and removed it from jets. I also hate that only Starscream of the original seekers is getting movie face time.
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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Oct 22, 2009, 08:46:00 PM
I'll probably watch it again this weekend, so hopefully it'll be in there.
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Oct 23, 2009, 11:07:21 PM
Scarface! Tony is the shizznit
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Post by: Rama on Oct 25, 2009, 01:43:31 AM
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen.

I had a lot to say about this flick, but I just can't even do it now. I just need my brain scrubbed clean and try to forget this cluster fuck of a film. At least I didn't pay to see it. Used a free Red Box rental coupon. 


At the moment I'm watching Chinatown (Which I got for 4 bucks) as palate cleanser. Good movie, even if Roman Polanski is underage raping fuckhead.
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Post by: B E C K on Oct 28, 2009, 10:17:57 AM
I saw both Predators this weekend, half of Silence of the Lambs, part of Calendar Girls, this French flick called The Closet which was decent, and the god-awful craptacular Little Shop of Horrors musical film with Rick Moranis.  Ugh.
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Post by: Derrick on Oct 28, 2009, 02:45:54 PM
Wow, I watched Predator 2 on demand. Fucking great movies they are.
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Post by: Fiero on Oct 28, 2009, 07:52:11 PM
I saw both Predators this weekend, half of Silence of the Lambs, part of Calendar Girls, this French flick called The Closet which was decent, and the god-awful craptacular Little Shop of Horrors musical film with Rick Moranis.  Ugh.

I stopped by a friends house they other day and SOTL was on TV or some shit. Good movie.
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Post by: B E C K on Oct 29, 2009, 04:21:09 PM
Was it on Sunday, 'cause that's when I saw it.  All of the other movies I saw were on DVDs (except Predator 2, that was a tape), but I saw SOTL on TV.

Today I saw another Tony Jaa film called Tom-Yum-Goong, otherwise known as "The Protector".  I had seen Ong Bak a short while before (don't remember if I posted it) and I really loved it.  Tony Jaa better not go and die anywhere else but in his ripe old age.  I am annoyed that Western influences--Tarantino and Luc Besson--had this huge boner to fuck with these films with needless edits and different music.  I can't see anyone who wants to see bone-crunching Thai boxing going "why couldn't RZA have scored this?" or something.  Also the whole "Quentin Tarantino presents" thing at the beginning of The Protector was kinda douchey.  I don't know how he can present shit when he seems to have had nothing to do with the making of this film.  The US theatrical cut of both films also shortened fights.  WHY?  I watch these things to see asses being kicked, you don't cut that shit out!  (I had to Netflix The Protector's bonus disc in order to see an uncut version of the film.)  Also, getting to seeing Lateef Chowder and John Foo--who are going to be Eddy Gordo and Jin Kazama in the upcoming Tekken flick--fight was mighty nice.  Those boys have talent and Tekken better exploit it.  (But it probably won't.  Ho-hum.)
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Post by: Rama on Oct 29, 2009, 04:51:27 PM
Because they released it in America and most people in America don't know who Tony Jaa is, but do know who Quentin Tarantino is. So they give him a few bucks to slap his name on it, cause he likes it, and then the studio has a name they think they need to sell it to the American public. It's dumb, but it's Hollywood.
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Post by: B E C K on Oct 29, 2009, 11:42:04 PM
I know that but it doesn't make it any less stupid.  He had NOTHING to do with the making of the movie.  I can't see the audience for Reservoir Dogs or Pulp Fiction dying to see this film either.  In fact, I could see them getting bored since it takes 18 minutes to get the plot rolling.  For the record, I didn't know who Tony Jaa was either until I saw Ong Bak.  They didn't need a name to sell it, there's bone-crunching.  Countless bone-crunching.  There's Thai boxing, Capoeira, wushu, people getting shot, a dude flipping around people and snapping their arms, a tranny with a whip, that guy who fought brad pitt in troy, "i love u long time" girls, a boat slamming to a helicopter and blowing it up, and elephants!
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Post by: Fiero on Oct 30, 2009, 12:04:44 AM
Wait . . . Did you just say there are Asian whores?

Are they naked?
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Post by: B E C K on Oct 30, 2009, 12:13:52 AM
Partially.
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Post by: Fiero on Oct 30, 2009, 12:23:09 AM
I'll consider adding it then . . .
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Post by: Rama on Oct 30, 2009, 12:44:24 AM
I know that but it doesn't make it any less stupid.  He had NOTHING to do with the making of the movie.  I can't see the audience for Reservoir Dogs or Pulp Fiction dying to see this film either.  In fact, I could see them getting bored since it takes 18 minutes to get the plot rolling.  For the record, I didn't know who Tony Jaa was either until I saw Ong Bak.  They didn't need a name to sell it, there's bone-crunching.  Countless bone-crunching.  There's Thai boxing, Capoeira, wushu, people getting shot, a dude flipping around people and snapping their arms, a tranny with a whip, that guy who fought brad pitt in troy, "i love u long time" girls, a boat slamming to a helicopter and blowing it up, and elephants!

Well it may not need a name to sell it, but that is the idea of a rational human being that actual saw the movie. The Movie execs that think they need a name on it more then likely don't fall into any of those categories.
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Post by: Fiero on Oct 30, 2009, 09:30:57 AM
You mean they fall in category that don't actually watch the movie and are not rational?
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Post by: Rama on Oct 30, 2009, 12:50:01 PM
No. That's not what I meant at all. Where did you even get that from?
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Post by: B E C K on Oct 30, 2009, 07:47:28 PM
He got it from Dr. Lecter, Clarice.
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Post by: Fiero on Nov 02, 2009, 04:23:11 PM
I recently watched a mind fuck called "Solaris"

Its a Russian film from '72 (I think, off the top of my head).

Its about some scientists who go to this planet (Solaris) and there's this wicked cool ocean that they do a bunch of wicked cool special effects for (looks like lava and shit). Anywho, this one dude goes to the station to investigate this shit, and his mother fucking ex-wife who is dead because she injected herself with some deadly shit shows up out of nowhere. He even shoots her out of the station in a fucking rocket (because he is seriously WTFing at this point) and the chick somehow shows up again. Well, anyhow, turns out the mother fucking ocean with the bad ass lava looking effects is alive, and can project constructs made of neutrinos (my dad said that didn't make any sense, and I said FUCK YOU DAD! THIS IS SOLARIS YOU DON'T KNOW SHIT ABOUT THIS YOU OLD GEEZER FUCK!) that recreate your deepest desires. This dude, well, for some reason, I guess because the chick was his wife or what the fuck ever, really desired to have her back. I can totally see why because she was fucking smoking and had some sweet ass nipples. I'd pinch them. Fuck yeah I'd pinch them so hard. Anyhow, this movie fucking blew my mind and I don't know what else to say about it because it was so fucking bad ass.
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Post by: B E C K on Nov 02, 2009, 04:46:59 PM
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHaaa, I'm sure I posted about this while back, but I'll save you the time: I saw over half of the shit-version of that with George "Finger Bang" Clooney. UHUHUHUH, my liiiiife.  I want it baaack.   ::)


I've been on a French kick for a while, so I've been slowly renting films directed by Francis Veber.  I saw Les Compères, which is a decent flick.  This couple's 16-year-old son goes missing, so the wife phones up two former lovers and tells each man that the boy is his son, prompting him to go look for the kid.  I'd give it 4/5.  Apparently, this was remade fifteen years later as something called "Father's Day", which I will not get near with a ten-foot pole.  There was nothing about this film that could be fixed by a remake, even it was one done over 10 years ago.  Also, I refuse to believe both Billy Crystal and Robin Williams managed to have intercourse with Nasassja Kinski without paying first.

I also saw Driving Lessons starring Harry's red-headed friend Ron Rupert Grint and his mom, Molly Weasley Julie Walters.  Ron plays a weird kid from a religious family, the father seems to be a prest or vicar while the mother is a hypocrite that runs bible lessons in between having her son drive her to some youth pastor's home to get boned.  Meanwhile, Ron gets a job working for an old, withering actress played by his mom Julie Walters who rocks his world and tells hilarious lies...

Spoiler (hover to show)

Also decent, but not necessarily something I'd watch again.  3.5/5.
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Post by: Fiero on Nov 02, 2009, 05:00:40 PM
I watched a french movie once. I think it was called "Penelope," it was about some crazy chick who was interested in people and shit. Good movie.
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Post by: B E C K on Nov 02, 2009, 05:08:17 PM
I saw a movie called Penelope about Christina Ricci and her pig snout.
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Post by: Fiero on Nov 02, 2009, 05:32:14 PM
Damn it, I got the name wrong. And damn it I'd like to nuzzle on Ms. Ricci's chest.
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Post by: Fiero on Nov 02, 2009, 05:39:53 PM
The correct movie name was "Amelie," I also enjoyed "Persepolis."
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Post by: B E C K on Nov 02, 2009, 05:42:16 PM
Damn it, I got the name wrong. And damn it I'd like to nuzzle on Ms. Ricci's chest.

Even with her pig snout?

The correct movie name was "Amelie," I also enjoyed "Persepolis."

I haven't seen Persepolis but I have seen Amelie.  I hated it.  I want to bash in that smug weird girl's face in.  I liked every other character in it, but I couldn't stand her.  Something about her just rubbed me completely the wrong way.
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Post by: Fiero on Nov 02, 2009, 05:45:14 PM
Yes, even with her pig snout. I also greatly enjoyed that movie, even if it was a little cheesy.

And I totally get what you mean about the character Amelie. I would just smash her a different way.
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Post by: B E C K on Nov 02, 2009, 05:52:45 PM
And that is perfectly acceptable.
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Post by: Fiero on Nov 02, 2009, 05:55:03 PM
Thanks for your approval.
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Post by: B E C K on Nov 02, 2009, 05:59:32 PM
You're welcome.  We're out of "Nuri Approved" condoms so I'm afraid you'll have to accept the "Kid Tested, Doug Approved" ones instead.
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Post by: Derrick on Nov 02, 2009, 06:05:18 PM
I only wear Magnums. The regular ones are too tight. It hurts :(
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Nov 02, 2009, 06:07:41 PM
 :puke:
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Post by: Derrick on Nov 02, 2009, 06:12:46 PM
I don't like that much chesthair either. It'd be like messing around with a brillo pad. Done it, didn't like it.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Nov 02, 2009, 06:15:03 PM
Maybe the key is to cover your body with dirty pans that need a scouring.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Derrick on Nov 02, 2009, 06:17:25 PM
Maybe you should. Or, just buy brand-name dishwashing packets that do the job right. Then Selleck isn't needed and can go back to making the long awaited sequal to Mr. Baseball.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Nov 02, 2009, 06:20:17 PM
Where there is a world in need of justice, there will be need of Selleck.
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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Nov 02, 2009, 07:43:53 PM
I don't like that much chesthair either. It'd be like messing around with a brillo pad. Done it, didn't like it.

You apparently never had that level of chest hair in your life, girlie man. It feels nothing like a brillo pad.
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Post by: Fiero on Nov 02, 2009, 07:52:33 PM
I don't have quite that much, but I do know that mine feels like the mane of a ravenous lion.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Derrick on Nov 02, 2009, 07:57:03 PM
I don't like that much chesthair either. It'd be like messing around with a brillo pad. Done it, didn't like it.

You apparently never had that level of chest hair in your life, girlie man. It feels nothing like a brillo pad.
Apparently you've never seen me be facetious.
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Post by: Rama on Nov 03, 2009, 10:55:57 AM
*Sigh* I wish I have a black friend that knew how to fly Helicopters...

I also wish Higgins would let me drive the Ferrari too.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Nov 03, 2009, 03:53:57 PM
I don't have quite that much, but I do know that mine feels like the mane of a ravenous lion.

Not a gentle lion or even sated lion?
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Nov 03, 2009, 04:41:44 PM
I saw Starship Troopers 3 last night. Jolene Blalock is a emotionless bitch(pretty much just like on Enterprise.), Casper is barely in it. The story sucked as did the effects.
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Post by: B E C K on Nov 03, 2009, 06:35:45 PM
Ha ha, Casper.
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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Nov 03, 2009, 07:27:10 PM
"Fucking Casper" sounds like a toon pr0n search.
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Post by: B E C K on Nov 03, 2009, 08:11:22 PM
I just named it that.  Besides, Casper can't fuck anyone.  No penis + no corporeal form = fail.
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Post by: Derrick on Nov 03, 2009, 08:39:34 PM
He can still be inside you.
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Post by: Fiero on Nov 03, 2009, 09:54:28 PM
It will be a virgin birth.
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Post by: Rama on Nov 04, 2009, 02:07:22 AM
Casper can't fuck? That's not what Wendy the Witch said.
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Post by: B E C K on Nov 05, 2009, 12:28:48 AM
Dildo.  Doesn't count.

He can still be inside you.

So can poo, food, and air.  Doesn't count.
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Post by: Rama on Nov 05, 2009, 01:21:24 AM
Saw G.I. Joe...it wasn't that bad, but it might be because the last movie I saw before it was TF2 and this thing just wasn't as mind numbing as that. I think I would have liked it more if I could have forgot it was G.I.Joe. What is sad is I think had early on this movie moved in a slightly different direction it could have been saved. There were things in it that fit very well. Hell the first 5 mins was great till they started talking about Nano crap. Some casting was good too. Like Byung-hun Lee and Christopher Eccleston were pretty good in their roles, but Sienna Miller really stunk up the screen. In a movie full of people that shouldn't have foreign accents, one of the people that should have one didn't. I just didn't believe or identify her as The Baroness once during the whole movie.

Anyway..I'd give it a 2 1/2 out of 5. It sucked, but it's a masterpiece compared to TF2.
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Post by: Sam on Nov 05, 2009, 10:54:17 AM
I watched "Watchmen" again on Friday and read ðe graphic novel earlier in ðe week.  I wanted to make sure I had my Rorschach costume and mannerisms down.

I've been debating actually buying G.I. Joe.  I skipped TF2 because I saw it in ðe þeatres and, over time, I have come to ðe realization ðat it was a giant, steaming pile of shit.  G.I. Joe, on ðe oðer hand, I've heard was actually raðer fun and I have yet to see it.
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Post by: Fiero on Nov 05, 2009, 12:16:37 PM
I thought neither was good but both fun. TF2 had some really stupd dialogue, though.
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Post by: The D on Nov 06, 2009, 02:15:28 PM
When? I don't remember seeing that anywhere.

The part where Starscream is throwing about the hatchlings or whatever they called them. That's on the moon. Where the Nemesis crashed. They even released a three-pack called 'Meeting at the Nemesis" based on that scene that for some reason includes Soundwave, who was not even in that scene. I don't remember if they ever explain that the Nemesis crashed or who was piloting it, but I want to say that's how Jetfire got there along with the other 'seekers.' BTW, I hate how they took the seeker name, and removed it from jets. I also hate that only Starscream of the original seekers is getting movie face time.

No no, that wasn't the moon. When Megatron is first resurrected he flies out of the ocean and then it shows him as a plane flying to that decepticon base with the Fallen and the hatchlings. It shows the "moon" surrounded by planets that don't exist in our solar system. I think it was cybertron.

The racist robots didn't bug me much about the movie, although I noticed there was more "racism" with the black worker in the deli having bad teeth and talking in heavy slang. All the humping.. the dogs humping, the robot humping Fox's leg, the robot testicles... unnecessary.

What really bugged me was all the battles being hard to follow, you never could tell was was going on in half of them. Whoever uses Jiggle cam again needs to be raped and tortured, I'm sick of that shit. Especially in the final battle, had no idea who was winning half the time and DAMMIT, why did it take Sam that long to get to optimus?????? He didn't run 1 mile he ran like 10! And then you have military commanders being told to do this and do that and they do it without question. Like the guy on the carrier.. "Shoot your rail gun" "Who are you?" "I work for the government" "Okay, you seem like an entirely trustworthy and non suspicious person, I'll take this top secret rail gun and shoot it off for you." I have never felt the US military has been so badly depicted as in this movie. Michael Bay's a fucking idiot.

Besides that, I did mildly enjoy the movie. It did have a lot of robot action in it. But the first one was superior.
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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Nov 07, 2009, 12:23:22 AM
I have to disagree. The fights were handled better than the first, and you could actually figure out who was who. Plus, the voices weren't so heavily modulated so you could actually understand the Decepticons...too bad everyone else didn't get the modulation, hiding that oh, so fresh dialogue.
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Post by: Rama on Nov 07, 2009, 12:55:11 AM
The fact that the Constructicons were it two places wasn't confusing at all.
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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Nov 07, 2009, 02:07:00 AM
If you say so. I'll look for that next time I see it.
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Post by: Fiero on Nov 07, 2009, 02:06:18 PM
Apparently the constructicons in the movie are drones. I'm still dissapointed about that. It was either bay or one of the writers who said so.
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Post by: B E C K on Nov 07, 2009, 04:49:25 PM
I was very bored by "La Vie en Rose", the movie about French singer Édith Piaf.  One of the most disjointed movies ever.  She's old, she's young, she's old again, she young, she's even older.  It did not need over 2 hours to tell the woman's story.

I also saw "One of the Guys".  Decent, but it have parts I had to fast forward through because they just dragged.
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Post by: Derrick on Nov 07, 2009, 04:50:23 PM
When I was little, I liked the tits at the end. When rewatching, I thought she was too butch to really enjoy the tits.
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Post by: B E C K on Nov 07, 2009, 06:34:36 PM
Ha ha.  I was told that happened a long time ago, but it surprised me when I saw it.  I was like "um, wouldn't those have been bound or something".  What you say does seem to be true.  And a big old BLEH for women's 80's fashion.  Her boyfriend bitched about going to a fancy restaurant, but what she had planned to wear was certainly NOT smoking.
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Post by: Derrick on Nov 07, 2009, 09:07:32 PM
She was way too manish for men to be fighting over her, even for the 80s.
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Post by: Rama on Nov 08, 2009, 12:04:21 AM
Batman/Superman: Public Enemies.

Pretty good...got stupid at the end with the giant robot, but up will that point it was great. I really liked the style of animation too, except Powergirl's face which just looked strange.
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Post by: Fiero on Nov 08, 2009, 01:52:23 PM
I think that's in my instant queue. I'll watch it I guess.
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Post by: B E C K on Nov 08, 2009, 05:38:20 PM
She was way too manish for men to be fighting over her, even for the 80s.

Yeah, college dude would've been all "see ya" and the other guy may have decided he liked her as a chick but since he became hot himself, he might think he could pull in a better girl now.  I don't even know what her little brother was doing at that prom to begin with.
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Post by: Derrick on Nov 08, 2009, 08:26:11 PM
Getting tail. I wanted to be that kid, banging female bikers. Hell yeah.
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Post by: B E C K on Nov 11, 2009, 02:21:09 PM
I saw "In The Line of Fire" and "Perfume".  Both not that good.  Both too damn long.

Re: Perfume: I have never seen Dustin Hoffman so misused and miscasted in a movie.  He was truly terrible.  Unbelievable.  Alan Rickman was great as always though.

Re: "In The Line of Fire".  Clint Eastwood was such an overacting tool in this one.  Rene Russo, who works so well opposite Mel Gibson, fails here.  Not bad, but probably miscasted.  They needed a more "take-charge" looking woman for the part and someone with better chemistry with Eastwood.  John Malkovich saves this film from being a complete waste.  The minute Dylan McDermott appears on screen...
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I loled when Clint did a Superman dive to take a bullet for the president.  Maybe worth seeing just for the laugh.  I can't believe this got nominated for an Academy Award.  Every other top grossing film that year (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1993_in_film) grounds this one into the dirt, even Mrs. Doubtfire.
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Post by: Fiero on Nov 11, 2009, 04:32:26 PM
These were the nominations.

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
In the Line of Fire   John Malkovich   Columbia   $102,314,823

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
In the Line of Fire   Columbia   $102,314,823

BEST EDITING
In the Line of Fire   Columbia   $102,314,823
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Post by: B E C K on Nov 11, 2009, 11:53:16 PM
Ah-ha, so you're responsible for some of the weird words on my Wordle (http://www.wordle.net/create)!
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Post by: IDE on Nov 12, 2009, 01:53:39 AM
I saw upright citizen or whatever its called.  It was good.
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Post by: Derrick on Nov 12, 2009, 05:36:07 AM
It looked eh, but I can't stand Jamie Fox. How the hell did he win an Oscar for imitating someone?
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Post by: B E C K on Nov 12, 2009, 04:14:04 PM
Yeah, where's Robert Wisden's Oscar?  Hyuk.

But dude, didn't Marion Cotillard (Édith Piaf), Hilary Swank (Brandon Teena), Helen Mirren (Queen Elizabeth II), Reese Witherspoon (June Carter), Nicole Kidman (Virginia Woolf), Julia Roberts (Erin Brockovich), Charlize Theron (Aileen Wuornos), Cate Blanchett (Katharine Hepburn), Philip Seymour Hoffman (Truman Capote), Forest Whitaker (Idi Amin), Sean Penn (Harvey Milk), Adrien Brody (Wladyslaw Szpilman), and bunch of others do the same thing?  Unless you just can't stand his acting, then that would be something else.  Though, even though I didn't see Ray, I thought he was good in Collateral.
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Post by: Fiero on Nov 12, 2009, 05:54:54 PM
My favorite biopic of a musician?

WALK HARD

Also, that one chick played Jane Austen in that movie "Being Jane," or "Becoming Jane," or something like that. I actually watched it. It wasn't horrible.
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Post by: Derrick on Nov 12, 2009, 07:34:43 PM
Yeah, where's Robert Wisden's Oscar?  Hyuk.

But dude, didn't Marion Cotillard (Édith Piaf), Hilary Swank (Brandon Teena), Helen Mirren (Queen Elizabeth II), Reese Witherspoon (June Carter), Nicole Kidman (Virginia Woolf), Julia Roberts (Erin Brockovich), Charlize Theron (Aileen Wuornos), Cate Blanchett (Katharine Hepburn), Philip Seymour Hoffman (Truman Capote), Forest Whitaker (Idi Amin), Sean Penn (Harvey Milk), Adrien Brody (Wladyslaw Szpilman), and bunch of others do the same thing?  Unless you just can't stand his acting, then that would be something else.  Though, even though I didn't see Ray, I thought he was good in Collateral.

I can't stand really anyone on that list. His acting is terible, also. Cate Blanchett was only good as an elf, sucked as a queen. Adrien Brody is just... wierd lookin, same with many others on that list. Forest Whitaker's Idi Amin didn't have the creepiness I expected. Did most deserve those oscars? Eh, it's difficult to say. Frank Caliendo deserves an oscar for his Madden, that shit is dead on to the point where Madden hates him. You don't get any better than that.
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Post by: Rama on Nov 13, 2009, 12:41:06 AM
Maybe it's all that man love for Favre he keeps talking about.
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Post by: Derrick on Nov 13, 2009, 05:14:47 AM
Who doesn't love Farve? Biggest troll in the NFL.
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Post by: Fiero on Nov 13, 2009, 07:55:35 AM
You know, if you asked me, "Who do you hate most in the NFL," my answer would either be Michael Vick or Terrel Owens.

I also don't know a damned thing about football. I just watch the Cowboys because I live in Dallas.

I watched Batman: Gotham Knight and Batman/Superman: Public Enemies

Gotham Knight was decent but odd as fuck, I enjoyed the first and the last segment the most, but not because of the animation styles. Public Enemies was great and, hey, did you know Power Girl has big boobies?
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Post by: B E C K on Nov 13, 2009, 02:00:41 PM
You know, I don't most of the people on that list either aside from maybe Helen Mirren, let alone think they were Oscar-worthy.  Reese Witherspoon?  Julia Roberts?  (Which is why it's all a big joke to me, but that's another post.)  Marion Cotillard, however, was quite good even the though the movie itself sucked a chocolate toilet log.

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Did most deserve those oscars? Eh, it's difficult to say.

No, it's not.  They didn't.  Some of them did, but most of them didn't.  And I refer to winners in general, not just those listed.
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Post by: Wickedly Yours E on Nov 13, 2009, 09:32:13 PM
Watched a movie called "Dog Soldiers" recently. Not a horrible movie. Sean Pertwee's good in it.
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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Nov 13, 2009, 10:37:56 PM
It's hard to say who's worthy of an Oscar, as the Academy Awards ceremony is a ballyhooed Hollywood circle jerk.
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Nov 14, 2009, 08:36:56 AM
Ok so I watched Paranormal Activity the other day. It was a little scary yes, but hated the stupid ending. I also don't sleep with my door open anymore.
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Post by: Derrick on Nov 14, 2009, 12:55:48 PM
Public Enemies was great and, hey, did you know Power Girl has big boobies?
AND HOW!
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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Nov 14, 2009, 08:24:09 PM
The comic was better though.
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Nov 15, 2009, 06:46:22 AM
Yesterday night I watched 2012. It was AMAZING.
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Post by: B E C K on Nov 15, 2009, 09:35:03 PM
I saw Velvet Goldmine and hated it.  I want Christian Bale and Jonathan Rhys-Meyers burned at the stake for this.
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Nov 19, 2009, 07:07:59 PM
wash your mouth!! christian bale is sooooooo yummyyy
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Post by: Fiero on Nov 19, 2009, 09:49:43 PM
Bale was his best in the Prestige. Since then, meh.
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Post by: Derrick on Nov 20, 2009, 02:26:17 AM
The Batman voice ruined those movies for me.
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Post by: Fiero on Nov 20, 2009, 02:47:48 AM
I'm pretty sure Prestige was before that and did not have the bat-voice.
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Post by: Derrick on Nov 20, 2009, 04:34:35 AM
The face he makes when he does the voice, it's so fucking annoying.
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Post by: Fiero on Nov 20, 2009, 03:46:10 PM
But The Prestige is really good.
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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Nov 20, 2009, 08:51:01 PM
Saw Star Trek yesterday and enjoyed it. I was surprised at how closely the main cast mirrored their TOS forebears in the little mannerisms. It didn't hurt that they all resembled them fairly closely, to boot.
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Post by: Fiero on Nov 20, 2009, 08:53:49 PM
I thought it was great and want the replica DVD case.
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Post by: Derrick on Nov 20, 2009, 09:24:51 PM
I hated the Star Trekkie parts. Why is everyone wearing 10-dollar sweatshirts as uniforms in the future? Why do they use remote controls/bedazzlers as weapons? Why did Kirk land on Hoth?
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Post by: Fiero on Nov 20, 2009, 09:40:35 PM
I didn't get the ice planet thing, either.
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Post by: Rama on Nov 20, 2009, 11:29:34 PM
Because someone wrote themselves into a corner. That's why. They knew they needed to get Kirk here so he could do this, but didn't know how and made up something on the fly. It was the only part of the movie that I didn't like.
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Post by: B E C K on Nov 21, 2009, 05:38:04 PM
Why did Kirk land on Hoth?

:lol:

I saw it, too.  I thought there were a lot of sucky parts.  Kirk was just a plain d-bag that got everything handed to him and earned nothing.  Pike promoted him for sneaking on a ship, having his daddy die, blatantly cheating and not giving a shit, and getting beaten up by four other cadets because he was sexually harassing another one?  FTW.  There was no point to having the woman give birth to him in the midst of an attack, no point to the early childhood scenes for Kirk and Spock, Vulcans were acting more human than Spock was, Chekov somehow fucks up the name "Victor" but gets "Vulcan" right afterwards which was just odd, Romulans did not look like Romulans to either me or Merla, Kirk had to prove Spock was emotionally unfit by acting totally emotionally unfit himself...  Kirk landing on Hoth was also stupid.  The Uhura character reminded me too much of a grating know-it-all and, if it's not obvious enough, I couldn't stand Kirk.  Young Shatner had charm, this guy reminds me of a dirty frat boy channeling professional d-bag Travis Stork.  Bleh.  I did like nearly everybody else.  I didn't care for them giving Scotty a pet Ewok with a skin condition, but I consider that minor.  And once I realized, tags just in cases, ...

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I ♥ old school Spock 4evers.

Did anyone else expect Spock's mom to steal his wallet?
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Post by: B E C K on Nov 21, 2009, 05:40:26 PM
And despite its heavy negativity, that is mainly a positive review.  Somehow.  :D
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Post by: B E C K on Nov 21, 2009, 06:04:46 PM
The Batman voice ruined those movies for me.

Ha ha, and the Bale voice ruined Batman for me.  :lol:


I also saw two other flicks:

"Blood and Bone" starring Michael Jai White as Bone, a recently released prisoner getting payback as a street fighter.  Decent, but could've used some more, um, I guess fight choreography.  His ending fights with Michael Mullins and Eamonn Walker bordered on bad-assery, but we needed more shit like that throughout the movie.  Most of his earlier fights get by with cheats (creative camera work and things like that) and it shows.  Also features Dante Basco, whose best-known credit has to be as Zuko in the Avatar series, as Bone's scrappy money-grubbing sidekick.

"Dark Portals: The Chronicles of Vidocq" is a French film I can only best describe as the less surreal bastard child of "Mirrormask" and an alternate universe "Saw" where Jigsaw climbs chains and does butterfly kicks.  For people who don't like gore, it'll be too gory and for those that do, it won't be considered very gory at all.  It has the feel of a dark comic book.  Set in 19th century France, it focuses on the hunt for the mirror-mask-wearing supernatural serial killer known as the Alchemist after his involvement with the death of the well-known PI character Vidocq (played by my second favorite Frenchman, Gérard Depardieu), with a young journo investigating the case by following all of Vidocqs notes and leads.

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Anyway, it's based on a real Vidocq, so I don't know if this story is a take on a real case or anything like that.  I think it's worth watching and it has an English dub for you Franco and subtitle phobes.
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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Nov 21, 2009, 08:44:12 PM
Kirk seemed like one of the weaker characterizations, but it feels like he's the Kirk we know at the end. As for not accomplishing anything, his aptitude was exceptionally high :p But then there's the fact that Pike, Spock, and the dead chief medical and engineering officers were the only officers on board, with the rest of the crew being filled by cadets. And then you have the fact that a large chunk of the available Starfleet personnel was wiped out at Vulcan, so there weren't many left.  So it was fairly easy to climb the ladder quickly.

They needed to have fleshed out the importance of the Kobayashi Maru test, though. Never resolving or explaining the whats and whys really made that disjointed. You had to be pretty familiar with Star Trek 2 to really appreciate what was going on there.
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Post by: Fiero on Nov 21, 2009, 08:55:14 PM
The ship in AvP is called something Maru.
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Post by: B E C K on Nov 21, 2009, 11:19:54 PM
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As for not accomplishing anything, his aptitude was exceptionally high :p

I know his aptitude for d-baggery was off the charts.   :guitar:

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But then there's the fact that Pike, Spock, and the dead chief medical and engineering officers were the only officers on board, with the rest of the crew being filled by cadets.

Sulu or Spock should've been promoted or something instead.  At least they didn't blatantly cheat.   :nono:
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Post by: Rama on Nov 22, 2009, 01:33:40 AM
Oh I forgot about Scotty's little...ummm....goblin. That really had no place in there. I don't even know what the point of that thing was.
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Nov 22, 2009, 08:32:50 AM
Saw Tampopo yesterday. I so want ramen now. Also some parts were weird as shit.
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Post by: B E C K on Nov 23, 2009, 03:56:15 AM
Oh I forgot about Scotty's little...ummm....goblin. That really had no place in there. I don't even know what the point of that thing was.

a. Comic relief.
b. Sell toys.
c. Cute factor
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Post by: Fiero on Nov 23, 2009, 05:17:03 AM
I watched Return of Mothra. It was awesome.
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Post by: Rama on Nov 23, 2009, 10:23:01 AM
The ship in AvP is called something Maru.

It's a common named attached to Japanese ships used in conjunction with another word. It is usually used for commercial vessels like whalers of cargo ships.

Oh I forgot about Scotty's little...ummm....goblin. That really had no place in there. I don't even know what the point of that thing was.

a. Comic relief.
b. Sell toys.
c. Cute factor

Fixed...since they didn't make a toy of him.
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Post by: Sam on Nov 23, 2009, 12:02:45 PM
I watched Up.  Anoðer fantastic effort from Pixar.
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Post by: Fiero on Nov 23, 2009, 05:03:12 PM
I still need to watch that. Pixar is my secret lover. In public.
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Post by: Rama on Nov 23, 2009, 05:58:51 PM
Last movie I saw was Star Trek. All but sure someone will get me this for Christmas, but I rented it cause I didn't want to wait another month to see it again. Now that I have I rebuttal a little with it fresh in my mind.


Kirk was just a plain d-bag that got everything handed to him and earned nothing.  Pike promoted him for sneaking on a ship, having his daddy die, blatantly cheating and not giving a shit, and getting beaten up by four other cadets because he was sexually harassing another one?  FTW.  There was no point to having the woman give birth to him in the midst of an attack, no point to the early childhood scenes for Kirk and Spock, Vulcans were acting more human than Spock was,

I think all of this had a point in the story. Kirk was acting like D-bag and Spock like a robot to show you that they had to learn something from the adventure they were about to go on. I mean Kirk's father died a hero, and so this guy has spent his whole life being told how great this guy was that he never even knew and he has to live up to that. That can't be something that is easy to deal with. I should know. So he is rather defense about it all and his D-bagishness is more then likely a defense against that sort of thing to show people he isn't this guy that they keep comparing him too. You'll notice how defensive he gets when people bring up his father. Like Pike in the Bar or Spock at his "trial". And speaking of cheating on the test that's kind of character development too. It shows that he doesn't believe there is a no win situation. If that had continued you'd have seen him get a merit for creative thinking in find a way to beat the unbeatable test. When you are a Starship Captain sometimes "cheating" is the difference between life or death.

Now Spock is always trying to run away from his human side so he goes out of his way to act more vulcan then even the vulcans do. He doesn't want to show any human emotion at all. It is something he is running away from.

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Chekov somehow fucks up the name "Victor" but gets "Vulcan" right afterwards which was just odd,

Actually he messed up Vulcan too. Using the "r" sound instead of the "V" sound, it just wasn't made into a joke and thus not as noticeable. Still with they could have worked "Nuclear Vessel" into that script somehow.
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Romulans did not look like Romulans to either me or Merla,
I think the bald heads and face tattoos where something they did on Mining vessels. That could be a in movie reason. More likely reason was that the studio didn't think people would be able to to tell the difference between Romulans (bad guys) and the Vulcans (good guys)

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Kirk had to prove Spock was emotionally unfit by acting totally emotionally unfit himself.

He only had to prove that to Spock. Spock was running away from Nero instead of confronting him because he was running away from his human side. If he went after Nero he'd be giving in to his want for revenge for killing his mother and that was too human. Kirk had to get Spock to admit this to himself. You'll notice that Spock removed himself as Captain and Kirk didn't do it. Kirk was just as emotionally unfit as Spock, but Spock was standing in the way of saving Earth. Kirk wasn't. Once Spock has his heart to heart with his father and came to terms with his feelings he came back and was totally on board. That Spock could have saved earth, but that Spock also knew that Kirk was the better man for the job.

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The Uhura character reminded me too much of a grating know-it-all

I'll give you that one. Course she is having sex with Spock...so she would kinda have to be.


And I can't believe I just defended the same guy that turned both Transformers movies into steaming piles of dog shit. Just goes to show that if you care about and know something about what you are working on you'll do a lot better job then if it's just another gig to you like Transformers was.
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Post by: Fiero on Nov 23, 2009, 10:32:06 PM
And I can't believe I just defended the same guy that turned both Transformers movies into steaming piles of dog shit. Just goes to show that if you care about and know something about what you are working on you'll do a lot better job then if it's just another gig to you like Transformers was.

I thought you were saying this was Michael Bay, but I forgot it was Orci/Kurtzman (that's two guys, btw, both worked on both series). In their defense, I feel that Bay had a lot to do with how bad Transformers and ROTF are. That guy is a fucking tool. But I still watch his movies because awesome explosions.

I still like the TF movies for my own reasons. With a better director even with a similar script, I think they would have been much better.
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Post by: Rama on Nov 24, 2009, 12:59:45 AM
And I can't believe I just defended the same guy that turned both Transformers movies into steaming piles of dog shit. Just goes to show that if you care about and know something about what you are working on you'll do a lot better job then if it's just another gig to you like Transformers was.

I thought you were saying this was Michael Bay, but I forgot it was Orci/Kurtzman (that's two guys, btw, both worked on both series). In their defense, I feel that Bay had a lot to do with how bad Transformers and ROTF are. That guy is a fucking tool. But I still watch his movies because awesome explosions.

I still like the TF movies for my own reasons. With a better director even with a similar script, I think they would have been much better.


Yeah I knew it was two guys.I just left off the "S". I know..me? Make a grammar error? Unthinkable right? But it happened.

And you might be right. I don't think Bay really does seem to you know CARE about the script. But while I was watching the extras when these guys weren't kissing J.J.'s ass, they were talking about how much they loved Star Trek. Course to support your theory I kinda thought that these guys would have been kids when Star Trek was on TV. (around 1967) but Orci and Kurtzman were born in 73, which would make them 12 in 1984. That would might have been too old for Transformers, maybe not. No idea how much Transformers shaped any part of their childhoods. So maybe it was Bay's fault. I really don't know one way or the other actually. I just had how much they said they loved Star Trek.

Course if it was all Bay's doing then that's just one more reason to hate him and you might be right as I really liked Trek and thought 90% of it was well written, unlike TF2 which had me face palming oncer every 15 mins. Few things could have been better, but I respect that they found a way to keep the original Trek while still rebooting it. They did show it a lot more respect then they did Transformers.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Nov 24, 2009, 01:06:09 AM
And I'm also Jealous of their writing partnership. I've always thought I'd work better with a partner then alone, but as of now I have yet to find anyone to fit the bill.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Nov 24, 2009, 02:55:31 AM
Well, then you should probably develop an altar-ego.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Nov 24, 2009, 03:30:22 AM
I already have....Ernesto Ramierz. Problem is the bastard just keeps repeating what I say.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: gwynn on Nov 24, 2009, 07:58:07 AM
I saw New Moon a few days ago. I got dragged into it by a friend and I was just dying for the companionship apparently that I agreed to go.
I.....I really liked it.
The movie was horrible, sure. It just was so unintentionally funny in parts, and utterly vapid and shallow. The two main male leads in the film were little more than man meat, and I really enjoyed that.
When Jacob the werewolf took off his shirt this one time, every girl in the audience went "OHHHHHH!" all in unison. It was like a bad romance novel with monsters.
It has one of the lamest depictions of werewolves ever and definitely the worst excuse for vampires I've ever seen but I gotta say this was better than the last underworld flick.
I deserve to be shunned.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Derrick on Nov 24, 2009, 08:27:51 AM
*throws a rock*
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Post by: The D on Nov 24, 2009, 03:23:25 PM
*throws a boulder*

I shouldn't be surprised though. The entire Twilight series is a bunch of extremely badly written, cliche romance novels. This means the main female character gets reduced to an anti-feminist pushover who does nothing but look pretty and get in trouble and have the love interest romantically save her ass from the shit she gets herself into, and all the men are nothing but perfect and romantic muscular men for women to drool at and wish their boyfriends were that perfect.

It's just like most bad romance novels. Weak ass female character, sexy romantic dudes, and no fucking plot.


I watched The Delta Force. Despite the annoying repetitive 80s music that played during every action scene (and made me want to kill myself), it was great to see one of Chuck Norris' movies where he actually kicks ass, and where the terrorist are actually Middle Eastern and Muslim and hate Americans and Jews.

*thinks*

I also saw Dragonball Evolution about 2 weeks ago. It wasn't quite as bad as I thought it would be, but it wasn't great either.

It played way too much on the whole "teen being bullied because he's not cool enough" thing, but it did lead to the most enjoyable part of the movie, where Goku beat the crap out of the bullies without actually putting a hand on them. I am glad they tried to keep true to the source material, with Roshi being a pervert, Yamcha being a bandit, Bulma and Capsule Corp, Goku being able to transform into an ape, ect...

But the movie was kinda boring. There was no sense of danger. Piccolo (thank god he looked green) was all powerful and evil, and yet needed the Dragonballs to rule the world? What, he couldn't kick Earth's ass without them? Glad they stuck to the source material, but plot kinda sucked...
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Nov 24, 2009, 10:41:09 PM
I watched The Delta Force. Despite the annoying repetitive 80s music that played during every action scene (and made me want to kill myself), it was great to see one of Chuck Norris' movies where he actually kicks ass, and where the terrorist are actually Middle Eastern and Muslim and hate Americans and Jews.

Was that the one where he was a POW and they put a starving rat in a bag over his head, and he wound up biting the rat to death?
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Nov 25, 2009, 01:58:58 AM
...but I gotta say this was better than the last underworld flick.

I'll choose to believe you.

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I think all of this had a point in the story. Kirk was acting like D-bag and Spock like a robot to show you that they had to learn something from the adventure they were about to go on.

I didn't see how he learned squat.  He seemed to be the same guy at the end except now he has some more friends and knows time travel is possible.

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You'll notice how defensive he gets when people bring up his father.

I didn't have issue with that.  It's more like a combination of his behaviors that really grated me.  Such as:

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And speaking of cheating on the test that's kind of character development too. It shows that he doesn't believe there is a no win situation. If that had continued you'd have seen him get a merit for creative thinking in find a way to beat the unbeatable test. When you are a Starship Captain sometimes "cheating" is the difference between life or death.

Except that it wasn't him being a real captain, he was in a test where the point was to show how to confront the unbeatable.  That's like a high school kid cheating on the SATs in the most creative way possible.  Shit shouldn't earn you a prize.  The point wasn't to pass no matter what (i.e. in a real life situation: to live no matter what), it's to show aptitude within boundaries, which have to be respected even as a Starship captain.

And when he cheats, he's absolutely shameless about it, crunching away at an apple like an ass.  And then to be THAT freakin' arrogant when Spock calls him on his shit?  He didn't even have the spine to take his punishment like a man.  He was all "nooo fair!!11 but i can't pass wah wah wah" "i deserve to pass" "f u spock u fickin snitch pointy eard bastard".  I can't stand that type of entitled attitude.  All put together, that equals a class-A douchebag.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Nov 25, 2009, 02:08:09 AM
Well take issue with the people that wrote Star Trek 2 since they were just showing a story that was told in that movie. You side with Spock on this, but I side with Kirk. His thinking was outside the box and that can be very useful as a Captain.


Course in Star Trek two he didn't win the same way he did in this movie. There he made the Klingons afraid of the Great James T. Kirk. So that they retreated when he showed up.
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Post by: B E C K on Nov 25, 2009, 02:22:37 AM
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His thinking was outside the box and that can be very useful as a Captain.

Hey, I would've sided with Kirk if he hadn't gotten uppity about it like he had every right to do it.  My main issue of contention is not the cheating in itself, it's the bratty attitude they gave Kirk about the whole thing like someone stole his juice box.  (And that attitude is there throughout the entire effin movie.)  He could've had more humilty during the test.  He could've used, bah, logic to persuade ppl that he was right in what he did.  He could've coolly played ignorant.  He could said/done a lot of things differently that would've made him less of an ass.  I hardly expected him to be polished but AU or not, this Kirk had no damn finesse at all.  Disappointing.
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Post by: Rama on Nov 25, 2009, 02:44:05 AM
Maybe...I can see where you are coming from, but it just didn't bother me as much. He was cocky about it, but Kirk has always been cocky.

And I think deep down I agree he should have at least been punished for it though. Back in like 2003 when Enterprise was stinking up the airwaves and I first started the explore the idea of trying my hand at writing I actually jotted down some notes about my "When I get enough name value I'll pitch this" idea which was a reboot of Star Trek not unlike this movie following Kirk and Spock from the start. Although in my version the Enterprise wasn't the brand new gleaming flagship of the Federation, but an older outdated, but still the backbone of the Fleet, starship. And that Kirk was given the command as a kind of punishment for what he pulled with Kobayashi Maru test. It was going to be crewed by Starfleets misfits and rebels (and in McCoy's case has-beens) and then sent on this 5 years mission of exploration to get them out of Starfleet's hair for awhile. Course then their adventures during that 5 years would be what made them most famous crew on the most famous Starship. Course then JJ got a hold of it and so I'll never get a chance at it one way or another.

Even I was going to punish him for it. I mean I admired he'd do whatever it took to win, but I just couldn't believe an uptight organization like Starfleet would ignore it and let him get away scott free.
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Post by: B E C K on Nov 25, 2009, 02:23:52 PM
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Even I was going to punish him for it. I mean I admired he'd do whatever it took to win, but I just couldn't believe an uptight organization like Starfleet would ignore it and let him get away scott free.

Yeah, that.

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Course then JJ got a hold of it and so I'll never get a chance at it one way or another.

That reminds me, did anyone watch the gag reel or whatever that thing was?  Why the hell do I want to see Abrams whack his microphone?  Bah, that guy's like a flea: GO AWAY.

That one extra that asked "What can we learn from Star Wars" really made me WTF.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Nov 25, 2009, 02:30:12 PM
Oh, I tried watching "The World's Fastest Indian".  Anthony Hopkins really is a hell of an actor and several other people (like Paul Rodriguez for one) really shined in the few minutes they had, but damn, this thing was boring as shit.  It just piddled and piddled along.  I imagine it may have been vastly improved if it had been cut to a shorter film.  And they should've focused more on the guy and his multiple speed records instead of this fish-out-water Kiwi-in-America adventure tale they appeared to have concocted.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Nov 25, 2009, 02:30:38 PM
Fuck you, Tom.   :D
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Derrick on Nov 25, 2009, 02:31:44 PM
So important, she had to post twice.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Nov 25, 2009, 02:33:34 PM
Ha ha, I got board error when I tried posting it the first time. 
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Nov 25, 2009, 02:35:46 PM
Deja Vu is a glitch in the Matrix.

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That one extra that asked "What can we learn from Retard Wars" really made me WTF.


I think it was meant in the way of pacing. Star Trek was always kinda moving slow, where as SW was fast. I think they just wanted it to be more fast and exciting like SW.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Nov 25, 2009, 02:39:17 PM
Boo to that.  If I want fast and moving, I'll go watch SW.  Slow and paced is ST.  They can't change that, man!
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Nov 25, 2009, 02:44:09 PM
I don't know...after the first half hour kinda dragged I was ready for some fast paced action. And after seeing the "Enterprise fly around" scene from Star Trek: The Motion Picture I just don't think Star Trek could get any slower then that. I was like "Yeah ok I get...the Enterprise is different now."
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Nov 26, 2009, 12:42:54 PM
I watched Demolition Man . I LOVE that movie.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Derrick on Nov 26, 2009, 10:11:08 PM
I enjoy the part where Taco Bell takes over world cuisine. Give me a fresco bean burrito and I am happy.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Nov 27, 2009, 12:14:36 PM
THANK YOU!!! My dad has been trying to remember what movie that happened in FOR FUCKING EVER!! I can't believe I couldn't remember that. FUCK
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Nov 28, 2009, 03:28:41 PM
lol.

I saw:

Silver Hawk - It's a cheesy action flick where Michelle Yeoh is world famous model Lulu Wong who moonlights as costumed vigilante Silver Hawk.  Not downright slapstick, but done in a goofy style almost befitting a cartoon.  It was a good popcorn movie.

The Dinner Game - a.k.a. Le Dîner de Cons.  This is another French Veber flick (my fourth by now, I believe) where these snobs organize weekly dinners in which each attendee brings an unknowing "idiot" with them and the guy who brings the biggest moron with him wins.  The main character, a book publisher named Pierre Brochant, finds his idiot in this taxman named François Pignon (which is the common character name in many Veber films) who builds matchstick replicas of landmarks in order to cope with his divorce.   The problems begin when Brochant hurts his back and can't attend the dinner, but had already arranged for Pignon to meet him at his house so they could attend the dinner together.  However, Pignon really is a grade-A dumbass and manages to completely fuck up Brochant's life.  I didn't like it as much as I liked The Valet or The Closet, but it was still a very decent film.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Nov 28, 2009, 04:25:15 PM
I saw Quantum of Solace again. I braved the mad rush of 4:30 PM(yes I said PM, I'm not getting up that early unless I stay up that late.) on Black Friday and got it for 9 bucks. Still don't like it as much as Casino Royale, but it's not as bad on the third view through.

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Post by: Faye Valentine on Nov 29, 2009, 02:10:04 PM
THANK YOU!!! My dad has been trying to remember what movie that happened in FOR FUCKING EVER!! I can't believe I couldn't remember that. FUCK
LOL your memory sucks, how can you forget such an unforgettable movie, such a classic?

Anyways I saw Pandemonium yesterday. Lame. Germans can't do movies
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Derrick on Nov 29, 2009, 06:52:58 PM
SIMON SEYZ... who wants some Gorditas?
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: The D on Dec 01, 2009, 04:12:35 PM
Was that the one where he was a POW and they put a starving rat in a bag over his head, and he wound up biting the rat to death?
That might have been the second Delta Force movie. I don't remember that scene.

Sadly, during that movie I kept on making bad Chuck Norris jokes in my head. When a customs agent in Israel asked for Chuck's passport, I said "he's Chuck Norris, he needs no passport. His fist is a passport!"


The local Hollywood video let me know I had a free rental for my birthday, so I went to get a movie and ended up getting two. Ironically the day later the Hollywood Video closed for good. Wasn't even sure what to do with the DVDs, had they not had my credit card info on file I might have kept them instead of shoving them in the slot anyway.

First movie was Punisher: Warzone. From this trailer (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkxLWWiz5O8) with it's enjoyable metal soundtrack, I expected a non-stop orgy of excessive violence. Sadly the trailer was more enjoyable than the movie. I found myself a bit disappointed that there wasn't more gore in the movie. Some days I just want to satisfy my inner misanthrope by watching lots of people die.
But, the movie was rather enjoyable despite that. There was a rather fun scene where an FBI agent disarmed a mobster, and while he was moving behind him to cuff him, Frank blows his face off with a shotgun at close range, and the FBI was like "God dammit frank!" So even though the plot wasn't the best and it wasn't as violent as the trailer depicted it was an enjoyable way to spend the night of my birthday.

The second movie was the new Blood: The Last Vampire live action version. I'm not sure where this was filmed... it had a Japanese main actress, a chinese producer, and a french director. But I'm glad they didn't make the protagonist some stupid American teen. That spot was filled with Saya's friend, and god I wished that annoying teen would just get eaten or something. The movie was okay but might have been more enjoyable if the special effects weren't so cheesy. Whenever blood would splatter, it was CG blood and it looked like a stream of small purple globs. Punisher was low-budget too and even it could do blood splatter a lot better.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Dec 03, 2009, 12:16:18 PM
Anyways I saw Pandemonium yesterday. Lame. Germans can't do movies

Ha, I thought about seeing that but passed on it after reading spoilers.  Sounded like it could've been cooler.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Dec 05, 2009, 02:22:55 PM
It's an imitation of Alien. I mean, how many movies of people trapped in a spaceship with aliens can they do before it gets boring?
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Dec 06, 2009, 01:15:40 AM
And it's not going to be done better. It's why they changed the setting to a planet for Aliens. They weren't going to do it better, so they had to take it in another direction. Which is really what all Sequels should do, but rarely do.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Dec 07, 2009, 02:30:27 AM
I saw Monsoon Wedding.  Not much to say about it.  It's decent.

Merla, meanwhile, was watching X-Men Origins: Wolverine.  Then she proceeded to tell me what a giant clusterfuck it was.  I wish I had taped her or something, because I'm certain she was waaaay more entertaining talking about it than that movie must've been to watch.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Derrick on Dec 07, 2009, 05:27:59 AM
I saw the workprint. It was so awful I knew no amount of CG or edits would make it... well anything but an embarassment to the world of cinema.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Dec 08, 2009, 11:17:09 PM
She didn't even realize what's-his-name was Sabertooth.  "But he was hot!  Sabertooth's not hot!" :lol:
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Dec 09, 2009, 01:35:27 AM
I think they called him Victor Creed several times. Anyone that read Marvel comics in the 80s early 90s should know who that was.

Although I think the guy that played him in the first movie looked the part more.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Derrick on Dec 09, 2009, 10:14:38 AM
Definately. Liev Schriber always looks like himself. Tyler Mane made the perfect Sabertooth.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Dec 09, 2009, 05:56:19 PM
I think they called him Victor Creed several times. Anyone that read Marvel comics in the 80s early 90s should know who that was.

Although I think the guy that played him in the first movie looked the part more.

I had told her the same thing and she said she didn't remember his name.

And she said that as well: Sabertooth to her was already Tyler Mane in the first movie.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Dec 11, 2009, 03:45:42 PM
Saw the first 15 minutes of Flowers in the Attic yesterday. Awesome fucked up movie, but fell asleep D:
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Dec 15, 2009, 11:47:32 PM
Terminator: Salvation. Wasn't amazing, but wasn't too bad either. Ruined the twist right from the start, but lot of good action.

Spoiler (hover to show)
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Dec 16, 2009, 02:31:44 AM
I liked Salvation, but Terminator and T2 are the only ones that will likely have a lasting impact on the film making art.

I thought the CG that you were talking about in that spoiler about that one movie that's not at all related was good, but not as good as you are saying it is.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Dec 16, 2009, 07:49:48 AM
Over the weekend I played my copy of the greatest movie of all times11!111, Under Siege, twice but was so sleepy I missed... [god forbid I spoil a 20 year old movie!]

Spoiler (hover to show)

...both times!  Boo!  So now I have to watch it again because it's like those parts never happened, which is wacky.  But I seriously feel like the movie turned out different because I didn't get to see those things happen and my compulsion demands I see it.


I also saw Infernal Affairs.  Started out slow but was totally worth it by the end.  Now I just have to get around to seeing the Departed.   ;D

And I also watched this thing called Angel of Death, starring Zoe Bell, that I guess wasn't technically a movie since it's supposedly a bunch of shorts pieced together.  It was kind of odd.  Not bad but certainly not great either.  Shit happens to her and it's like she's not human.  Granted, I accepted all sorts of crap happening in Hercules and Xena--which I reference because she was the Xena stunt double and Lucy Lawless and Ted Raimi have small parts of the thing--but, hell, I also had to accept the existence of gods in those things.  The chick

Spoiler (hover to show)

To be honest, it kinda started losing me at that point and never quite recovered respectable footing.

Oh, and I also watched Anna and the King with Jodie Foster, Chow Yun Fat, and a young Malfoy--er, Tom Felton.  It was very decent.  Jodie Foster sounds nice doing an accent.  (Or should I say nicer not doing Clarice or something, where it sounds like her throat is threatening to close off.)  And speaking of Felton, I saw an extra from the new HP movie and he's seems very personable in comparison to some of his co-stars.  I hope he comes out in more stuff.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Dec 16, 2009, 08:01:30 PM
Saw Inglorious Basterds. Boring. I hate Brad Pitt.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Dec 17, 2009, 02:26:50 AM
I thought it was thoroughly Quentin Tarentino. As in, if you like most of his films, you probably liked this one, too. I like most of his films and I liked this one, too.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Dec 17, 2009, 03:03:44 AM
Same here. Although It wasn't his best.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Derrick on Dec 17, 2009, 05:58:52 AM
The Jew Hunter is the best character of the year.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Dec 17, 2009, 03:33:06 PM
Actually, I can definitely agree with that.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Dec 17, 2009, 08:46:53 PM
I thought it was thoroughly Quentin Tarentino. As in, if you like most of his films, you probably liked this one, too. I like most of his films and I liked this one, too.
I only like Pulp Fiction and Kill Bill. He is such a cocky bastard
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Derrick on Dec 17, 2009, 10:27:12 PM
I've liked everyone one of his movies. Deathproof was brilliant.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Dec 18, 2009, 04:03:28 PM
At the time I didn't think it was brilliant, but looking back I liked it a lot more than I did. But really, the main thing I thought about coming out of Grindhouse was "MACHETE!"
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Derrick on Dec 18, 2009, 07:09:38 PM
Stuntman Mike is a brilliant character, a true wolf-in-sheeps clothing that ends up fucking with the wrong sheep.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Dec 19, 2009, 01:06:57 AM
Just saw Die Hard to get into the Christmas spirit.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Dec 21, 2009, 11:34:29 AM
See the second one, too.  Also occurs at Christmas and there's more snow!

I watched:

My Sassy Girl - Korean flick I bought years ago because Netflix only carried the shitty remake.  Dusted it off and saw it again.  It's a cute quirky film.

I tried Angels and Demons but I swear that movie nearly put me to sleep and it wasn't even 10 o'clock or ten minutes into the film.  Which I find hilarious because I easily sat through four hours of...

Jean de Florette and Manon de Sources, which is a two-part French flick about the tragedy that ensues when a scheming old man (Yves Montand) and his conniving nephew (Daniel Auteuil) decide they want Gérard Depardieu's land.  Excellent five star films.  They have a slow pace to them but they were perfect for a lazy Saturday afternoon.

I also saw about three minutes of Grease and renewed my hatred of stupid Danny Zuko.  What a tool.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Derrick on Dec 21, 2009, 12:43:34 PM
Watched Home Alone 2 and Scrooged, both of which look am-fucking-azing in HD.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Dec 21, 2009, 05:10:58 PM
I always thought Grease was awesome, in its own special way.

I'm also starting to get really irritated with DVD releases with few special features.

Funny People had a gag reel and a commentary, and that was it for the standard release. I thought for sure they'd have some extra stand up. Really, I just wanted more Aubrey Plaza, and she was in the gag reel, but fuck man. WTF.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Dec 22, 2009, 01:27:44 AM
Say Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince. Meant to see this in the theater, but never got around to it. There really wasn't a lot of Half-Blood Prince in Half-Blood Prince though. =\
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Dec 22, 2009, 07:59:14 PM
Stuntman Mike is a brilliant character, a true wolf-in-sheeps clothing that ends up fucking with the wrong sheep.
Oh you are such a poet!
Talking about sheep fuckers, I watched Law Abiding Citizen and its awwwwesome. That it was filmed in Philly made it even more awesome. Except when the fugly mayor made a cameo. By god that dude is horrendous.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Dec 22, 2009, 08:39:48 PM
Law Abiding Citizen is about sheep fucking?
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Dec 22, 2009, 09:33:56 PM
No but ....hm... it has a spartan as the main character.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Dec 22, 2009, 10:09:08 PM
Like, he was a football player?
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Dec 22, 2009, 10:14:58 PM
wat
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Dec 25, 2009, 08:39:08 AM
Say Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince. Meant to see this in the theater, but never got around to it. There really wasn't a lot of Half-Blood Prince in Half-Blood Prince though. =\

Oh yeah, I saw that, too.  I forgot it in my previous list.  Yeah, the lack of HBP really irked me.  They had actually casted young Lily, James, and Snape but then either never filmed it or cut the parts out of the movie.  Worse, Merla (who knows the books waaaay better than I do) says they actually had the balls to add shit in!  Boo.

I gave Angels and Demons another shot.  Not as terrible as I thought it'd be, but damn if the bad guy's plot relied on a LOT of fucking things going right.  It seemed kinda ridiculous.  And Tom Hanks' nose has grown.  It's Nixonesque in this film!

I also saw this useless movie called "Angus, Thongs, and Perfect Snogging" about a British teen trying to hook-up with some random boy at school she decides she likes.  I imagine this could've been a great film somehow (it's from the director of Bend It Like Beckham and I really like that one), but it's ultimately terrible.  The main characters--the girl who stars and her best friend--come off as the most irritating, spoiled little slags ever.  The most irritating thing of all is that normally characters like that are brought down a peg and taught a valuable lesson, forced to live their lives for the better by the end of the film.  Instead, those two brats get everything they wanted without changing one ounce!  I was also bothered by the fact that as much as the girl wanted a boyfriend, two generally nice guys in the movie ended up liking her and she uses them and then literally shoves two of her friends at them and everybody's happy.  Also, the guy she likes has a girlfriend, but making moves on him in front of her is supposed to be justified because the girl's a bitch or whatever.  Boo.
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Post by: Derrick on Dec 25, 2009, 11:15:01 AM
Saw 'Something Something Darkside'. Better than Blue Harvest.
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Post by: B E C K on Dec 25, 2009, 01:56:00 PM
Watching teh Die Hards.  Well, I only have the first three but I heard the last one wasn't that great anyway.  Had to change out VCRs because I fucked up the first one when I took it apart one time.  Tee hee.
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Post by: Derrick on Dec 25, 2009, 10:51:16 PM
Tomorrow me and Kary are heading to Patriot Place (massive mall attached to the football stadium) to watch the Sherlock Holmes movie. The cinema has some 'Luxe' level seating which is basically 21+ with bigger seats in a smaller theatre. Should be kickass. We don't know if we want to try the cinema's restaurant before the movie or just snag a quick and cheap '5 guys burgers and fries' burger. That shit is delicious, and there's free peanuts.

If I sit with either Tom Brady or Randy Moss in the theatre (I live like 5 miles from Randy) I will most likely start a new thread. The closest I've been to a celebrity recently was DJ Paulie D who me and Kary saw walking around the mall two days ago. Everyone was swarming on his tanned muscles and blown out guido hair. Shit was sooooooooo cash.
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Post by: Rama on Dec 26, 2009, 12:29:30 AM
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I also saw this useless movie called "Angus, Thongs, and Perfect Snogging" about a British teen trying to hook-up with some random boy at school she decides she likes.  I imagine this could've been a great film somehow (it's from the director of Bend It Like Beckham and I really like that one), but it's ultimately terrible.  The main characters--the girl who stars and her best friend--come off as the most irritating, spoiled little slags ever.  The most irritating thing of all is that normally characters like that are brought down a peg and taught a valuable lesson, forced to live their lives for the better by the end of the film.  Instead, those two brats get everything they wanted without changing one ounce!  I was also bothered by the fact that as much as the girl wanted a boyfriend, two generally nice guys in the movie ended up liking her and she uses them and then literally shoves two of her friends at them and everybody's happy.  Also, the guy she likes has a girlfriend, but making moves on him in front of her is supposed to be justified because the girl's a bitch or whatever.  Boo.

You know when I was waiting for someone to figure out how the Redbox worked I saw this title on there. The title defiantly caught the attention with the word thong and the British slang for making out in the title, but I decided quickly against renting a movie based on a title alone.
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Post by: B E C K on Dec 26, 2009, 08:18:49 AM
You made a good choice.  Unless you like to wank off to manipulative spoiled brats with large noses and nasally voices.  Then you made a bad choice.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Dec 27, 2009, 12:24:40 AM
Well...It depends on my mood, but I don't at the moment.
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Post by: Derrick on Dec 27, 2009, 03:43:13 PM
Sherlock Holmes was good. Not great, but not bad either. Robert Downey Jr. was, as always, remarkable and entertaining.
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Post by: B E C K on Dec 27, 2009, 09:29:37 PM
Sounds about right.  I'll wait for Merla to Netflix the DVD.
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Post by: Fiero on Dec 28, 2009, 11:09:16 AM
My roommates watched it, they both said it was great.
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Post by: Derrick on Dec 28, 2009, 12:35:24 PM
It had it's moments. I felt the relationship between Holmes and Watson was forced (which is why it came off a bit gay) and Watson's fiancee was a bad actress with bad writing for her role. If this movie was a one and done, they should have had Watson die (when you see it, you'll know the scene) rather than just surviving with minor scrapes. The whole supernatural theme also felt a bit off. Even when it was all explained by Holmes (like he always does) they had to push the supernatural shit.

Those were what I didn't like. I loved the Frenchman thug. The deduction parts, while sometimes extreme, were classic Holmes. Irene was wonderful and I hope if they do make a sequel she has a bigger part.
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Post by: Fiero on Dec 28, 2009, 10:32:05 PM
So I forgot to mention I watched mother fucking Avatar. 3D but not imax (a mistake, I think).

It was pretty fucking awesome, even though it has some cheesy ass shit in it. The world is pretty well developed, the creatures and plants and environment, and the human stuff, too. It is a movie with a message, but its so brutally obvious what the message is almost immediately, that it doesn't really bother you (well, at least not me). The 3D effects are really fucking cool, except when a foreground element is blurred, that is actually very irritating. Anyway, its a great cinema experience, even if you don't like the plot, you'll probably find some way to enjoy this film.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Dec 28, 2009, 10:52:57 PM
Sooooo waiting for the DVD in Avatar.
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Post by: Fiero on Dec 28, 2009, 11:15:17 PM
Hope you have a good TV, because without 3D, I'd be sad for you.
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Post by: Rama on Dec 28, 2009, 11:55:35 PM
52" HD, but not a LCD...still rear projection. I figure my next upgrade in Home Theater will be an actual projection TV with Screen.
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Post by: Fiero on Dec 28, 2009, 11:58:13 PM
Just wait for the 3D TVs to come out.
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Post by: Rama on Dec 29, 2009, 12:00:01 AM
But I'm trying to recreate the movie theater experience of my childhood. 3D TVs won't help me do that. I might buy a 3D tv one day, but it'll never be in my home theater.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Derrick on Dec 29, 2009, 08:30:54 AM
Just wait for the 3D TVs to come out.
They had 3D DVDs. You get the glasses and everything.
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Post by: Sam on Dec 29, 2009, 10:48:26 AM
The Christmas comedy classics - National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation and Scrooged.
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Post by: Fiero on Dec 29, 2009, 04:53:02 PM
Just wait for the 3D TVs to come out.
They had 3D DVDs. You get the glasses and everything.

Yeah, but soon the TVs will have the 3D effect up front or my room mate is lying to me or both.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Dec 29, 2009, 11:57:52 PM
If this movie was a one and done, they should have had Watson die (when you see it, you'll know the scene) rather than just surviving with minor scrapes.

It never would've happened.  Even if they killed him off, they would've brought him back for the inevitable two sequels/prequels that will no doubt get made.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Derrick on Dec 30, 2009, 09:09:31 AM
I know. Still, having him die would have been creative and important to the story. Instead, it was just something that filled time to the conclusion.
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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Jan 02, 2010, 02:09:25 AM
The Lion in Winter...possibly my favorite Christmas movie. It's the 12th century, Henry II's wife, mistress, and sons all get together for the holidays and snipe at each other gloriously for two hours.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Jan 03, 2010, 01:20:59 PM
The Shadowless Sword - a Korean flick that looked pretty enough, seemed to have everything going for it to make it a cool popcorn flick but was actually sadly a little boring.  Meh.

The December Boys - four Aussie orphans including Harry Potter go for a holiday on the coast and discover they are each other's family... or whatever.  Decent.
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Jan 04, 2010, 02:55:18 PM
So I forgot to mention I watched mother fucking Avatar. 3D but not imax (a mistake, I think).

wtf are you talking about son? Avatar, imo, sucked ass. It's a 3d version of Ferngully, for god's sake. So baddd, so baddd
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Jan 04, 2010, 03:20:17 PM
Everyone I know that went to see Avatar loved it, and it can be compared to a shit ton of other stories. Pocahontas and some other shit I forgot.

I admit the plot was, eh, but altogether, that was one bad ass movie going experiencing.
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Post by: B E C K on Jan 04, 2010, 06:16:29 PM
Some reviews called it "Dances With Aliens".  Since I haven't seen either movie, this means nothing to me.  Just sayin'.  :D


I watched Ποτέ Την Κυριακή a.k.a. Never On Sunday today.  (Yes, the same movie that prompted Muppet postage on FB.)  It's a 60's film set in Greece where some American wanna-be philosopher decides to use a popular local Greek hooker as a metaphor for the entire fall of Ancient Greece.  He sets out to "save" her from her own immortality and ignorance not realizing that she's happier and more real that way, thus he makes a fool of himself in the process.  It started out a bit slow but really picked up at the end.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Jan 04, 2010, 06:36:43 PM
O yeah I heard the Dances with Wolves comparison.
I still prefer Toy Story over Avatar
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Jan 04, 2010, 06:37:14 PM
btw, thank you Cameron for deleting the alien sex scene.
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Post by: B E C K on Jan 04, 2010, 06:53:27 PM
Gah, you reminded me!  I saw this animated flick called "Felidae" yesterday on YouTube.  It's a 1994 German film about a cat investigating the grisly deaths of other cats in the neighborhood.  Nevermind the trauma of seeing a decapitated cat, a dead cat with her kittens pulled out, slit throats, and all of the other gross crap, the prize goes to a cat sex scene.  FTW.  And Merla walked into the room at the time and she's just watching it with me all "EWWWW!"  It was hilarious, however, in that after the deed the cat dude's all "So who are you anyway?"
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Post by: Fiero on Jan 04, 2010, 08:19:50 PM
DUDE! I have heard of this movie! I don't think I could watch it, though.
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Post by: Fiero on Jan 04, 2010, 08:20:21 PM
btw, thank you Cameron for deleting the alien sex scene.

I was watching that part, and I was like, "They won't, will they?" and then they didn't. But the whole movie had itty bitty kitty titties.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Jan 04, 2010, 08:26:51 PM
DUDE! I have heard of this movie! I don't think I could watch it, though.

To be fair, I had to fast forward through the stupid dream sequences.  The rest of it was like a car wreck though, you just couldn't look away.

But the whole movie had itty bitty kitty titties.

Who, the blue aliens?
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Jan 04, 2010, 08:31:55 PM
Yeppers.
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Post by: B E C K on Jan 04, 2010, 08:41:34 PM
Ew.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Jan 05, 2010, 07:41:26 AM
Small boobs
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Post by: Derrick on Jan 05, 2010, 08:10:48 AM
I don't mind a nice plump A or B cup, but when the girl looks like a 12-year old boy, I say she needs to get implants.

Like Porn Star Kitty... something I forget her last name, so I linked a NSFW pic. Basically, I had bigger boobs when I ws 5.

NSFW LINK DO NOT CLICK UNLESS YOU WANT TO SEE SOMETHING NAUGHTY (http://www.tgp.mobi/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/08/kitty.jpg) NSFW LINK

She definitely needs something done, or she could sell herself to pedos.
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Post by: Fiero on Jan 05, 2010, 03:39:54 PM
Vince Vaughn looks really surprised that they're so small.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Jan 05, 2010, 06:04:55 PM
I don't mind a nice plump A or B cup, but when the girl looks like a 12-year old boy, I say she needs to get implants.

Like Porn Star Kitty... something I forget her last name, so I linked a NSFW pic. Basically, I had bigger boobs when I ws 5.

NSFW LINK DO NOT CLICK UNLESS YOU WANT TO SEE SOMETHING NAUGHTY (http://www.tgp.mobi/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/08/kitty.jpg) NSFW LINK

She definitely needs something done, or she could sell herself to pedos.
EWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW
she looks like a man!
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Derrick on Jan 05, 2010, 06:10:26 PM
She ruined a lesbian pr0n I was enjoying.

Her name is Kitty Kai. Women built like that need fake boobs, but good ones.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: The D on Jan 05, 2010, 06:30:54 PM
Oh yeah, I saw that, too.  I forgot it in my previous list.  Yeah, the lack of HBP really irked me.  They had actually casted young Lily, James, and Snape but then either never filmed it or cut the parts out of the movie.  Worse, Merla (who knows the books waaaay better than I do) says they actually had the balls to add shit in!  Boo.
I'm hoping that they include that part into the two Deathly Hollows movies. Knowing about Snape's relationship to Lily is essential to understanding why he does what he does and why he dislikes Harry so much. To keep Snape's past out of the movies is just utter bullshit. It just goes to show that these movies are catered soley to people who have read the books and the writers/directors/producers are all full of shit.

I gave Angels and Demons another shot.  Not as terrible as I thought it'd be, but damn if the bad guy's plot relied on a LOT of fucking things going right.  It seemed kinda ridiculous.  And Tom Hanks' nose has grown.  It's Nixonesque in this film!
I had the villian of this movie called the instant he appeared on screen. I haven't even read the book and I said "That's the guy pulling the strings." I knew it had to be an inside job, a man who worked for the church. Near the end of the film I had serious doubts and even thought I was wrong, but when the villian is revealed I was like "I knew it!"


Over the Holiday break I entertained myself with a number of movies. I rented both Angels & Demons and District 9. District 9 was quite possibly the best movie I saw this entire year. I enjoyed every minute of that movie. I was rooting for the aliens and cheering every time someone exploded from that lighting-shooting alien gun.

I also watched the last two PotC films on TV and was reminded why I disliked both of those films. It was like the Matrix-- the first film was quite enjoyable, the last two were passable.


I also finally bought the last LotR movie that I was missing. For some strange reason, I'm missing the second movie of several trilogies I own, including the Matrix, LotR, and Spiderman. In most trilogies the second movie is always the weakest movie, for instance the Matrix, Indiana Jones, and Back to the Future. So I'm not missing much there. But Spiderman 2 was by far the best of the entire series and I don't own it, I only own 1 and 3. And Two Towers is, well, just as epic as the rest of the series.

So now that I have Two Towers I've been watching the trilogy over the break, which takes a while since each extended version is a bloody 4 hours long.

Also, I watched Scrooged with some friends on Christmas. Somewhat amusing.
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Post by: Fiero on Jan 05, 2010, 07:37:52 PM
I remember my last room mate hadn't seen LotR, so I thought it would be a good idea for him to watch the extended versions the first time around. FAIL.

I don't think I ever want to own Spider-Man 3.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Jan 05, 2010, 10:52:37 PM
My opinion: either watch the Extended LOTR movies or just don't bother with it. It's still less of a time investment than actually reading the books.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Jan 06, 2010, 12:25:55 AM
Never seen the extended editions, but I have read the books. Do they even sell the extended editions anymore?
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Derrick on Jan 06, 2010, 05:03:25 AM
They have to.

I enjoy the extended Legolas/Gimli interactions.
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Post by: B E C K on Jan 06, 2010, 02:39:27 PM
I wouldn't subject anyone who hadn't seen it before to the extended edition.  EE's for anything are, imo, for when you really enjoy the movie and want a fuller experience.  Casual fans can ignore it and be just fine.

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I also watched the last two PotC films on TV and was reminded why I disliked both of those films. It was like the Matrix-- the first film was quite enjoyable, the last two were passable.

I still haven't seen the last PotC.  It's not so much that I've been avoiding it, I just haven't cared enough to go seek out the final part.  The second one I saw when I was bored and we still had satellite television so I bought it and it was hell to sit through.  Lots of fast forwarding.  2 & 3 were originally gonna be one movie, right?  The franchise was robbed by trying to milk it as they did.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Jan 06, 2010, 03:31:59 PM
They have to.

I enjoy the extended Legolas/Gimli interactions.

The sex scene was a little disturbing.
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Jan 06, 2010, 04:05:34 PM
I can't believe I used to think Legolas was hot :-/ The other day I saw LOTR on tv(the 3rd one) and he acted very girly like. Made even worse by his effeminate Michael Jackson-like voice
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Jan 06, 2010, 05:18:21 PM
Its a guy. Why'd you say her. I don't get it.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Derrick on Jan 06, 2010, 07:09:46 PM
Orlando Bloom is a pussy, too. He turned down movie roles because he's afraid of his girlfriend cheating. What kind of sex symbol is that?
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Jan 06, 2010, 09:30:06 PM
Never seen the extended editions, but I have read the books. Do they even sell the extended editions anymore?

I don't know if the four disc movie sets are sold anymore, but I think the two-double disc EEs are still available. There are some things that just don't make sense in the theatricals that are explained in the EEs.

I didn't realize that the extended editions were two hours longer than the theatrical editions...9hr. 18 min. versus 11hr. 23min. To me, though, it's two hours well spent.
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Post by: B E C K on Jan 06, 2010, 10:27:39 PM
I can't believe I used to think Legolas was hot :-/ The other day I saw LOTR on tv(the 3rd one) and he acted very girly like. Made even worse by her effeminate Michael Jackson-like voice

Ha ha, so the magic wore off.  :lol:  I still think he's very pretty, but he never floated my boat.  Even in PotC he manages to be quite the fluff.  Very good looking fluff, but still...

Orlando Bloom is a pussy, too. He turned down movie roles because he's afraid of his girlfriend cheating. What kind of sex symbol is that?

Dude, what?  For real? 
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Jan 07, 2010, 07:20:20 AM
IMO that girl is fugly. I can't believe she's a Victoria Secret model. She looks like Topo Giggio. Hot body, busted face

Its a guy. Why'd you say her. I don't get it.
I don't know what you are talking about :-p
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Post by: Derrick on Jan 07, 2010, 08:31:53 AM
Dude, what?  For real? 
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1202292/Miranda-Kerr-reveals-just-Orlando-Blooms-keen-leave-side.html

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The 26-year-old Australian is said to be the main reason actor boyfriend and Pirates of The Caribbean star Orlando Bloom will not be appearing in the next  film.

The actor, 32, is said to have turned down the chance to reprise his role as blacksmith Will Turner in the fourth movie because he wants to spend more time with his girlfriend Miranda Kerr, 26.

She has already twice turned down his marriage proposals, but he plans to ask her again this summer.
A source told the Mail on Sunday earlier this month: ‘He has told her he wants to marry her and will propose again this summer. If she says no, he’s said it will be over.’
I say bullshit about that, he'll keep trying. If he asked a second time, and now a third, while turning down millions to be near her, he's pussy whipped.
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Post by: B E C K on Jan 07, 2010, 01:09:14 PM
Boo!  BOO!  What kind of gf would keep her man from a plum movie role!?  Unless they find a hotter guy to star with Depp in the next one, then I have no complaints.  :b

She does have a bit of butter face going on there.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Derrick on Jan 07, 2010, 02:11:19 PM
From what I remember hearing, he didn't want to film because then she'd be by herself, with other men.

The solid basis of any relationship.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Jan 07, 2010, 02:20:10 PM
A girl you can't leave alone with other guys for more then a few days or she'll fuck them. What perfect wife material.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Derrick on Jan 07, 2010, 07:10:28 PM
She's like an ugly Mila Kunis.

Seriously, Mila Kunis is perfect. So is Sunny Leone.

Mmmm.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Jan 07, 2010, 08:15:09 PM
She's like an ugly Mila Kunis.

Duuude, you're right.  It's like someone made a copy of Mila Kunis and stretchied her face.


From what I remember hearing, he didn't want to film because then she'd be by herself, with other men.

The solid basis of any relationship.

Sad!  There's hundred of girls that'd burn off their own girly-bits before they'd cheat on Legolas.  The poor boy's clearly damaged.

If anything, I didn't get why he couldn't just bring her with him for the filming.  Surely she doesn't have so many commitments that she couldn't go at all.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Derrick on Jan 08, 2010, 05:15:08 AM
Why would she want to be with him when there's plenty of fish in the sea of vodka.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Jan 08, 2010, 07:12:44 AM
Dude, what?  For real? 
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1202292/Miranda-Kerr-reveals-just-Orlando-Blooms-keen-leave-side.html

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The 26-year-old Australian is said to be the main reason actor boyfriend and Pirates of The Caribbean star Orlando Bloom will not be appearing in the next  film.

The actor, 32, is said to have turned down the chance to reprise his role as blacksmith Will Turner in the fourth movie because he wants to spend more time with his girlfriend Miranda Kerr, 26.

She has already twice turned down his marriage proposals, but he plans to ask her again this summer.
A source told the Mail on Sunday earlier this month: ‘He has told her he wants to marry her and will propose again this summer. If she says no, he’s said it will be over.’
I say bullshit about that, he'll keep trying. If he asked a second time, and now a third, while turning down millions to be near her, he's pussy whipped.

I think this is all made up. Just a gossip. There's nooooo wayyyyy Bloom will say no to another POTC movie. noooo way
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Derrick on Jan 08, 2010, 04:00:36 PM
You can't deny the truth!
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Jan 08, 2010, 04:15:19 PM
So I almost had a brain anneurism a couple of minutes ago.... found out they are doing a live action movie of Cowboy Bebop now, with Keanu Reeves as Spike? are you fucking KIDDING MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!?!? why do you guys have to ruin everythiiiingggg, first Goku and now thisss?? worst part is that I found out by watching the "Hitler finds out about the DB movie" video (which btw is hilarious). WHY PEOPLE, WHY?
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Derrick on Jan 08, 2010, 05:20:19 PM
Just wait for the crossover CowboyBebop/DBZ Movie.
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Post by: Rama on Jan 08, 2010, 05:29:34 PM
Which will be set in China.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Jan 08, 2010, 05:51:09 PM
So I almost had a brain anneurism a couple of minutes ago.... found out they are doing a live action movie of Cowboy Bebop now, with Keanu Reeves as Spike? are you fucking KIDDING MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!?!? why do you guys have to ruin everythiiiingggg, first Goku and now thisss?? worst part is that I found out by watching the "Hitler finds out about the DB movie" video (which btw is hilarious). WHY PEOPLE, WHY?

LOL Faye.  Fucking high school indeed.

Heard about the Keanu Reeves thing a while ago but it didn't bother me as much since (1) I don't like CB as much as other ppl do (2) Keanu is of mixed descent and (3) I think Spike is, too.  I would've preferred a younger more Asian actor but at least (4) he's not that douchebag Shia Labeouf.
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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Jan 08, 2010, 11:29:37 PM
Not to be snarky, but the Keanu-as-Spike thing has been official for over a year.
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Post by: Karmarose on Jan 09, 2010, 03:15:33 PM
That's just silly.
There's no such live action Cowboy Bebop movie, it's just a clever troll. Just like that live action DBZ movie. It'll never happen. ^-^
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Jan 10, 2010, 01:46:00 PM
Not to be snarky, but the Keanu-as-Spike thing has been official for over a year.

I was showing Merla that youtube vid I linked and then later on she's surfing and suddenly she's all "WHHHHHHHHHHHAT?  KEANU REEVS RLY IZ SPKE?"  So apparenly even after four times (it's old news, I told her this a long time ago, Faye posted about it, the clip on YouTube mentioned it), it still hadn't sunk in.  And she's all NOOOooo and then got the grumpy face like the one when she realized Dev Patel was gonna be Zuko.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Jan 10, 2010, 09:55:53 PM
I have to admit that the reaction is totally understandable.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Jan 11, 2010, 12:40:37 PM

LOL Faye.  Fucking high school indeed.

Heard about the Keanu Reeves thing a while ago but it didn't bother me as much since (1) I don't like CB as much as other ppl do (2) Keanu is of mixed descent and (3) I think Spike is, too.  I would've preferred a younger more Asian actor but at least (4) he's not that douchebag Shia Labeouf.
LOL thats the video I watched! so funny!
Omg if they cast Megan Fox as Faye Valentine I'll personally go to the studios and go medieval on their asses
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Post by: B E C K on Jan 11, 2010, 02:15:36 PM
I think that would make my head explode.  Correct me if I'm wrong but shouldn't she be Asian?  Meh, but with 21, Dragon Ball, Prince of Persia, King of Fighters, Avatar: TLAB... so, yeah.  Faye will be played by Emma Watson.  Ein will be played by a Scot Terrier.
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Post by: Fiero on Jan 11, 2010, 04:02:01 PM
Well Megan Fox fucked her face up with surgery and sun baking so much that I'm not entirely sure what ethnicity she actually is.
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Jan 11, 2010, 04:52:24 PM
I think that would make my head explode.  Correct me if I'm wrong but shouldn't she be Asian?  Meh, but with 21, Dragon Ball, Prince of Persia, King of Fighters, Avatar: TLAB... so, yeah.  Faye will be played by Emma Watson.  Ein will be played by a Scot Terrier.

Well hmm I dont know if she's asian in the anime but she doesn't really look asian... oh wait wasn't she supposed to be from singapore ? I think you;'re right!.... hmmm I don't know, I don't think an asian woman should play her since IMHO asian women are fugly. Then again I dont think anyone should play her unless the actress looks EXACTLY like her. hell, this anime should not be made to begin with!
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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Jan 11, 2010, 08:10:27 PM
IIRC Faye as seen in Cowboy Bebop is definitely Asian and is possibly from Shanghai.
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Post by: B E C K on Jan 11, 2010, 09:06:16 PM
Well hmm I dont know if she's asian in the anime but she doesn't really look asian... oh wait wasn't she supposed to be from singapore ? I think you;'re right!.... hmmm I don't know, I don't think an asian woman should play her since IMHO asian women are fugly. Then again I dont think anyone should play her unless the actress looks EXACTLY like her. hell, this anime should not be made to begin with!

She looks pretty Asian to me.  Almond eyes, dark straight hair...  I don't know how much more Asian they could've made her without her look like Mickey Rooney.
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Post by: Rama on Jan 12, 2010, 01:07:29 AM
Faye Valentine isn't a particularly Asian sounding name though.
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Post by: Fiero on Jan 12, 2010, 02:21:21 AM
Faye Valentine isn't a particularly Asian sounding name though.

Its in the future when all names blend together.
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Jan 12, 2010, 07:14:02 AM

She looks pretty Asian to me.  Almond eyes, dark straight hair...  I don't know how much more Asian they could've made her without her look like Mickey Rooney.
LOL! she has green eyes woman! and purple hair! It says so in Wikipedia and you know if its in Wikipedia its 100% true lol
Anyways I'm pretty sure she was supposed to be from Singapore, in that ep where she saw the video of herself when she was little you can clearly see Singapore's Merlion in one of the scenes. Oh and don't try to search for "Where is Faye Valentine from" on Google, I already did and seems like theres a new pr0n actress with the same name >_>
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Post by: Derrick on Jan 12, 2010, 08:52:54 AM
Yeah, she's from Singapore. Faye Valentine was what that Guido who scammed her called her, but they had no idea what her name was.
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Post by: Rama on Jan 12, 2010, 11:11:24 AM
Yeah, she's from Singapore. Faye Valentine was what that Guido who scammed her called her, but they had no idea what her name was.

That makes a lot more sense then what Fiero said.


LOL! she has green eyes woman! and purple hair!

A green eyed Asian. Lo Pan was looking for one of those.
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Jan 12, 2010, 11:56:11 AM

A green eyed Asian. Lo Pan was looking for one of those.
She'd be a very successful geisha
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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Jan 12, 2010, 07:44:37 PM
You can go off and rule the universe from beyond the grave. Or chell into a psycho ward, which ever comes first, huh?
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Post by: Derrick on Jan 13, 2010, 12:38:39 AM
Um... what?
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Post by: B E C K on Jan 13, 2010, 12:49:44 AM
Bwuh?
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Post by: Derrick on Jan 13, 2010, 12:55:52 AM
o.O?
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Post by: Rama on Jan 13, 2010, 12:58:48 AM
AH HA! I don't feel lost anymore! I actually know what he is talking about!
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Post by: B E C K on Jan 13, 2010, 05:36:16 PM
Gwwwwwah!  Stop QUOTING shit!
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Post by: Fiero on Jan 13, 2010, 07:27:05 PM
Imma chargin mah lazor.
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Post by: B E C K on Jan 13, 2010, 08:40:14 PM
Imma chargin mah lazor.

Fixed. :)
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Post by: Fiero on Jan 13, 2010, 08:42:55 PM
Fine, fine.
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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Jan 13, 2010, 10:12:38 PM
AH HA! I don't feel lost anymore! I actually know what he is talking about!

Good grief! Rama's the only one here who maintains recent memory of Big Trouble in Little China?! It was both Kurt Russell and Kim Cattral's greatest accomplishment!

(http://www.shwiggie.com/boards/misc_pics/lopan-owned.jpg)
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Post by: Rama on Jan 14, 2010, 12:24:22 AM
Would you stop rubbing your body up against mine, because I can't concentrate when you do that.
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Post by: Derrick on Jan 14, 2010, 01:05:59 AM
...sorry.
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Jan 14, 2010, 07:14:30 AM
AH HA! I don't feel lost anymore! I actually know what he is talking about!

Good grief! Rama's the only one here who maintains recent memory of Big Trouble in Little China?! It was both Kurt Russell and Kim Cattral's greatest accomplishment!

(http://www.shwiggie.com/boards/misc_pics/lopan-owned.jpg)
Kim Cattrall's biggest accomplishment was, and still is, Sex and the City
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Post by: The D on Jan 14, 2010, 05:47:42 PM
Gwwwwwah!  Stop QUOTING shit!

I don't even think I've seen the movie in it's entirety. Just bits and pieces on TV.

You just made me put that shit at the top of my netflix queue.
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Post by: Derrick on Jan 14, 2010, 07:08:02 PM
Watch it for the suit-store scene. That's all you really need to see.
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Post by: B E C K on Jan 14, 2010, 10:43:12 PM
Good grief! Rama's the only one here who maintains recent memory of Big Trouble in Little China?! It was both Kurt Russell and Kim Cattral's greatest accomplishment!

(http://www.shwiggie.com/boards/misc_pics/lopan-owned.jpg)
Kim Cattrall's biggest accomplishment was, and still is, Sex and the City

And Kurt Russell's biggest accomplishment was, and still is, Tango and Cash Goldie Hawn.  :)
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Post by: B E C K on Jan 14, 2010, 10:44:33 PM
Back on topic, I watched First Blood and First Blood: Part II.
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Post by: Fiero on Jan 14, 2010, 11:42:03 PM
AH MAN THAT IS SOME BAD ASS SHIT RIGHT THERE
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Post by: B E C K on Jan 15, 2010, 02:57:21 AM
John Rambo survivor of countless excursions behind enemy lines, winner of the congressional medal of honor, kiled for vagrancy in Jerkwater USA.

I have the other Rambos in my queue and afterwards it's on to Rockys.  Still on the fence about adding Rocky V though.

Right now I have Some Kind of Wonderful on a loop in the background.  Think I'm up to my third viewing right now.
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Post by: Rama on Jan 15, 2010, 03:08:17 AM
Still can't believe First Blood was based on a Book. Rambo just doesn't seem a very "novel" character.
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Post by: B E C K on Jan 15, 2010, 03:11:54 AM
Still can't believe he died in the book.
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Post by: Derrick on Jan 15, 2010, 08:51:49 AM
I can't believe True Blood was based on a book.

Sometimes the TV show is better.
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Jan 15, 2010, 05:12:25 PM
Talking about Sylvester, I just finished watching Daylight. What a piece of crap.
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Post by: Fiero on Jan 15, 2010, 10:24:50 PM
I have the other Rambos in my queue and afterwards it's on to Rockys.  Still on the fence about adding Rocky V though.

Imagine I'm singing this. If you need me to I'll fucking record this:

Don't do it.
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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Jan 15, 2010, 10:28:22 PM
Seconded. But Balboa was pretty OK.
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Post by: Fiero on Jan 15, 2010, 10:34:42 PM
Balboa was great. I suggest forgetting that V exists and going straight to Balboa after IV. But what about 20 years in between them.
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Post by: Rama on Jan 16, 2010, 12:29:05 AM
Rocky gets shot into space and has many fun adventures all the while trying to find his way back to earth. There...all done.
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Post by: Fiero on Jan 16, 2010, 04:27:56 AM
That doesn't happen. You'd lying. It's a music with shifty &0s muZak don't cucjj g eat h 4, seriously, youn regret if.
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Jan 16, 2010, 05:51:26 PM
I fucking love Rocky Balboa. Bawwwwed like a little bitch during a couple of scenes
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Post by: B E C K on Jan 17, 2010, 02:11:04 AM
I have the other Rambos in my queue and afterwards it's on to Rockys.  Still on the fence about adding Rocky V though.

Imagine I'm singing this. If you need me to I'll fucking record this:

Don't do it.

Ooh, record it!

Balboa was great. I suggest forgetting that V exists and going straight to Balboa after IV. But what about 20 years in between them.

Yeah, that seemed to be the gist of what I've always heard: ignore V and go to the last one.  I probably will.
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Post by: B E C K on Jan 17, 2010, 02:21:33 AM
OT - I also watched "The Wedding Banquet", directed by Ang Lee about a gay Chinese-American who tries to fake out his parents with his white partner and an illegal immigrant friend.  This seemed to be one of those movies that didn't know what sort of emotion it was supposed to evoke.

And then there's the weirdly titled "I Do: How to Get Married and Stay Single", which is a French movie called Prête-moi ta main but has been translated to everything from "Faux Wedding", "I Do", "Rent a Wife", and "Lend me your hand".  This was actually a cute, funny movie but I see a lot of people missing out on this because the title's kinda piss-poor for what this film's about.  Swinging middle-aged guy with meddling sisters and mama wants to evade their marriage-making efforts.  He gets a friend's sister, who needs the money so she can adopt a child, to pose as his fiancée and shit hits the fan.  You all know how this is gonna end, but it's a nice ride there.
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Post by: Fiero on Jan 17, 2010, 03:20:17 PM
Holy fuck, I was so drunk I thougt I'd posted that sucessfully.
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Post by: B E C K on Jan 17, 2010, 07:23:32 PM
Ha ha, you remind of this duder I used to chat with who'd always get drunk half the time.  He still managed decent sentences tho'.
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Post by: Derrick on Jan 17, 2010, 08:11:01 PM
I only ramble when I'm drunk. I never mess up posts.
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Jan 18, 2010, 02:37:33 PM

And then there's the weirdly titled "I Do: How to Get Married and Stay Single", which is a French movie called Prête-moi ta main but has been translated to everything from "Faux Wedding", "I Do", "Rent a Wife", and "Lend me your hand". 
The direct translation should be "Lend me your hand". I hate when they translate movies' names and they totally fucked up with the title. Happens in spanish aaaall the time. I go to Peru and they ask me "So did you see X movie" and im like "what??? wtf is that" and then after they explain me what the movie was about I'm like "aaaaahhh"
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Post by: B E C K on Jan 18, 2010, 04:43:44 PM
Yeah, "Lend me your hand" was appropriate enough.  It worked in English: "lend me a hand" as in to help someone out with something and "lend me your hand in marriage", because, well, that's what happens.  The other titles aren't appropriate given what occurs in the film.  I don't know who they cater to when they change around titles like that.  The people these title changes generally cater to don't generally watch foreign films.  I mean "Pan's Labyrinth"? Pan isn't even in the thing.  Bendito Infierno was changed to both Sin Noticias de Dios and "Don't Tempt Me".  Blah.
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Post by: B E C K on Jan 18, 2010, 04:44:09 PM
OT - Merla bought TMNT so we watched that today.
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Jan 18, 2010, 08:38:50 PM
Yeah, "Lend me your hand" was appropriate enough.  It worked in English: "lend me a hand" as in to help someone out with something and "lend me your hand in marriage", because, well, that's what happens.  The other titles aren't appropriate given what occurs in the film.  I don't know who they cater to when they change around titles like that.  The people these title changes generally cater to don't generally watch foreign films.  I mean "Pan's Labyrinth"? Pan isn't even in the thing.  Bendito Infierno was changed to both Sin Noticias de Dios and "Don't Tempt Me".  Blah.
Wait so what was Pan's labyrinth real movie name?
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Post by: Fiero on Jan 18, 2010, 09:48:57 PM
"El Laberinto del Fauno" or, "The Labryinth of the Faun.' So its not far off, they justed used a specific Faun.
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Post by: B E C K on Jan 19, 2010, 12:27:27 AM
...who didn't appear and wasn't even referenced in the entire movie.
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Post by: Fiero on Jan 19, 2010, 10:56:19 AM
Yep
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Post by: Derrick on Jan 19, 2010, 12:29:50 PM
Wasn't the pale man the faun?
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Post by: B E C K on Jan 19, 2010, 01:22:19 PM
No, he was your momma!  :mad:
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Post by: Rama on Jan 19, 2010, 02:46:49 PM
Oh snap!
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Post by: Fiero on Jan 19, 2010, 03:29:05 PM
The fucking faun was the fucking faun!!

http://images.google.com/images?sourceid=chrome&q=faun&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wi
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Post by: B E C K on Jan 19, 2010, 04:21:01 PM
The fucking faun was the fucking faun!!

http://images.google.com/images?sourceid=chrome&q=faun&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wi

First result.  To quote Peaches, HUH?  WHAT?
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Post by: Fiero on Jan 19, 2010, 05:11:04 PM
The fucking faun was the fucking faun!!



First result.  To quote Peaches, HUH?  WHAT?

I am responding to him. The Faun, the crazy goat man which borrows from the Roman Faun looks, as well as the Greek Satyr and the Greek god Pan. That is the fucking faun. The pale man was just something bad ass that I don't know whether exists in mythology, but is fucking awesome.
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Post by: B E C K on Jan 19, 2010, 05:20:29 PM
I know you is, I know you is.  I don't think the Pale Man exists anywhere.  There was a creepy extra about him on the Pan's Labyrinth DVD.  I want my Pale Man movie!
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Post by: Derrick on Jan 19, 2010, 05:24:57 PM
What about Pale Rider? Good fucking film.
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Post by: B E C K on Jan 19, 2010, 05:27:22 PM
Are you saying you want Clint Eastwood to play the Pale Man?  Because I could get behind that.
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Post by: Fiero on Jan 19, 2010, 05:44:06 PM
I could . . uh . . watch that? For free?
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Post by: B E C K on Jan 19, 2010, 07:40:01 PM
Exactly!
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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Jan 19, 2010, 08:55:25 PM
Perhaps a digital reconstruction using spliced voice clips?
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Post by: Rama on Jan 21, 2010, 01:35:16 AM
Dazed and Confused.

And right now, in a desperate need to just have a new DVD combined with being cheap I bought Team America: World Police, and am watching that.
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Post by: Fiero on Jan 21, 2010, 10:31:26 AM
Matt Damon!!!!
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Post by: Derrick on Jan 21, 2010, 01:59:58 PM
Durka durka?
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Post by: Rama on Jan 21, 2010, 03:22:37 PM
The best part of that movie is at almost the end of the credits there is the song "You are Worthless Alec Baldwin." Actually most of the songs are the funny in that movie.
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Post by: Fiero on Jan 21, 2010, 05:50:06 PM
All of the songs are funny. I like Alec Baldwin on 30 Rock, though.
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Post by: B E C K on Jan 21, 2010, 08:35:25 PM
Alec Baldwin is a pig!  He has to be, for he's a pig's father.


I saw The Notorious Bettie Page and Rambo III.  NBP was boring considering the subject matter.  Hit the forward button a lot.
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Post by: Derrick on Jan 21, 2010, 08:43:25 PM
I love Alec Baldwin. I can't forgive Trey Parker and Matt Stone (who's named Trey, anyways?) for jumping on the 'Patriots cheated' bandwagon, when there was no evidence and it was all based on the mindless ramblings of Don Shula. Who listens to Don Shula?
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Post by: Fiero on Jan 21, 2010, 08:43:47 PM
MOAFUGAN RAMBO!
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Post by: B E C K on Jan 21, 2010, 08:58:27 PM
I love Alec Baldwin.

Do you love the other Baldwins as well?
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Post by: Derrick on Jan 21, 2010, 09:32:03 PM
In lesser degrees. Alec will always be my favorite. His daughter is a cunt, I don't know why people had a problem with that call. If you knew her, you'd understand.
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Post by: Fiero on Jan 21, 2010, 09:46:29 PM
I love Alec Baldwin.

Do you love the other Baldwins as well?

There are others?
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Post by: Rama on Jan 21, 2010, 10:40:03 PM
Spaceballs.
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Post by: Rama on Jan 21, 2010, 11:08:20 PM
Now on to Battlestar Galactica the Movie. This was just the first two episodes of the 1978 series edited together to make a movie. It's pretty clear the first hour is only kinda related to the 2nd hour.

And [Idle threat] I'm going to start editing in movies into your posts if you don't start putting them there. And it's going to be really gay movies like Snow Dogs. [/idle threat]
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Post by: B E C K on Jan 21, 2010, 11:46:03 PM
Quiet, you.
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Post by: Rama on Jan 22, 2010, 12:06:02 AM
Damn it...where is that edit button. I have a "In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale" with your name on it.
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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Jan 22, 2010, 12:16:19 AM
I'd sooner listen to Don Shula than Alec Baldwin. That guy is a bitch.
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Post by: Derrick on Jan 22, 2010, 05:26:02 AM
Don Shula only did the '72 Dolphins. Alec Baldwin did Beetlejuice. Game fucking over.
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Post by: Fiero on Jan 22, 2010, 11:30:11 AM
Baldwin was in Beetlejuice?
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Post by: B E C K on Jan 22, 2010, 12:47:20 PM
He was the dead husband that was married to Geena Davis.  Yeah, I didn't remember either.
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Post by: Rama on Jan 22, 2010, 01:24:58 PM
Wait they die in the movie? That's a spoiler!
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Post by: Derrick on Jan 22, 2010, 10:13:19 PM
OMFG SPOILAGE!!!1
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Post by: Fiero on Jan 22, 2010, 10:55:13 PM
WTF RAMA
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Post by: Derrick on Jan 22, 2010, 11:31:26 PM
Dude, not cool. I had that on fucking Netflix. Now have to completely reorganize everything. FUCK!
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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Jan 22, 2010, 11:50:34 PM
Don Shula only did the '72 Dolphins. Alec Baldwin did Beetlejuice. Game fucking over.

No lie. Frickin' Beetlejuice doesn't compare to the Perfect Season.
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Post by: Derrick on Jan 23, 2010, 12:09:35 AM
...

You made me sad.
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Post by: Rama on Jan 23, 2010, 01:04:31 AM
WTF RAMA

What the hell you yelling at me for...Beck said it.
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Post by: Rama on Jan 23, 2010, 01:11:55 AM
Oh and X-Files: I Want to Believe.
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Post by: Fiero on Jan 23, 2010, 02:15:55 PM
You said they died, when did she say they died?
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Post by: Rama on Jan 23, 2010, 03:23:58 PM
He was the dead husband that was married to Geena Davis.  Yeah, I didn't remember either.


In fact my post was tongue in cheek making fun of her for posting spoilers since she gave me such a hard time about the Zhaan thing.
 
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Post by: B E C K on Jan 23, 2010, 09:23:29 PM
Both of you shut-up.  No one cares.


I watched La Chèvre, an 1981 movie and another Francis Veber flick starring Gérard Depardieu.  Depardieu is a detective sent to find an accident-prone rich girl missing in Mexico.  The girl's father sends with him an equally accident-prone doofus in hopes his bad luck will mirror his daughter's and lead the detective to her.  It made me lol.  Movies don't usually do that much anymore.

As a side note, this movie was remade as "Pure Luck" starring Martin Short and Danny Glover in 1991 and apparently it has not been able on DVD until literally 12 days ago.  FTW?
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Post by: Rama on Jan 24, 2010, 12:59:45 AM
I just hope I don't spoil the big surprise ending of The Empire Strikes Back for him.
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Post by: Fiero on Jan 24, 2010, 03:18:18 AM
OMG you better not say something ridiculous like vader is han's father.
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Post by: Rama on Jan 24, 2010, 03:42:57 AM
Well No...not Han's. I mean...oh poopie.
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Post by: Derrick on Jan 24, 2010, 11:24:24 AM
Me and Kary are going to watch Jackie Brown today if either of the football games are suckage. She's never seen Jackie Brown. The shame.
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Post by: Fiero on Jan 24, 2010, 01:35:20 PM
Me neither. I'm coming over to watch it with you. I'm bringing nineteen friends, and by friends I mean people I encountered on my journey there.
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Post by: B E C K on Jan 24, 2010, 07:16:53 PM
Take pictures.

I saw this Cat Show thing.  Not really a movie, but meh... man, what the retired upper income bracket do with their spare time.
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Post by: Derrick on Jan 24, 2010, 07:56:38 PM
Would never beat Best in Show for sheer awesomeness.
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Post by: Rama on Jan 24, 2010, 10:51:25 PM
The Cannonball Run.

I forgot how much sheer unthinking fun this flick was...and how many people it had in it. Burt Reynolds,Roger Moore, Farrah Fawcett, Dom DeLuise, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Terry Bradshaw, Jackie Chan, Jamie Farr, Peter Fonda, and Mel Tillis.
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Post by: Fiero on Jan 25, 2010, 01:25:00 AM
Daybreakers

Decent flick if you don't want to think so hard.  The concept is good, the story is fine, but they try to do the scienctific vampire thing, but still have the silliest parts of the myth, such as no reflection. Which makes no sense as several of them appear on tv. Unless things have changed, cameras use reflections, right? Maybe not digital ones, but whatever I may have that wrong. Also stabbing them with wood makes them explode. WTF. I did like the way the "cure" was administered, though.
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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Jan 25, 2010, 10:13:19 PM
The Cannonball Run.

Yeah, I really liked that type of movie. Smokey and the Bandit and Every Which Way You Can/But Loose also spring swiftly to mind.
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Jan 28, 2010, 05:47:03 PM
Not a movie, but for the last 2 days since I had no internet and I'm chilling at home now I was watching Sex and the City :3
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Feb 01, 2010, 01:08:00 PM
I watched Rambo.  As in the last one.  It was excellent movie but it just felt too real for me to enjoy it like the previous Rambos.  Lots of limbs being thrown apart, women and children being raped, mucho human swiss cheese.  They even showed real dead bodies and such at the beginning (could've been fake, but I'm certain it was real news footage).  It was very unsettling, which I'm sure is what it was meant to be.  A good movie but not one I would personally watch over again any time soon.  I really missed Richard Crenna, which seems to hit home the idea that Col. Trautman was John Rambo's last lingering connection to the outside world and helps explain both the latter's withdrawl (again) from Western society as well as the darker content in the last movie.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Feb 01, 2010, 04:25:22 PM
Dude, I fucking loved that movie, but yeah, I can't watch it very often.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Feb 01, 2010, 04:53:44 PM
I never saw the last Rambo...or the last Rocky. Although I saw parts of Rocky Balboa on cable awhile back.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Derrick on Feb 01, 2010, 04:56:50 PM
I'm not a big fan of Sly. This will make Faye hate me even more, but I don't see the appeal. I never liked Rocky, and Rambo was really lame.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Feb 01, 2010, 08:17:16 PM
Rocky Balboa is my favorite after Rocky IV. Shut up derrick you suck.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Feb 01, 2010, 08:24:41 PM
I never saw the last Rambo...or the last Rocky. Although I saw parts of Rocky Balboa on cable awhile back.

It's really good so I think you should see it but be prepared if gratuitous carnage isn't your stack.  For example, there's a bloated head with flies and dozens of corpses in Jew-stacks at the beginning, like real ones or something... just putting that out there.


I would always watch Rocky IV and not really pay attention to the other Rockys.  It's been so long since I've seen Rocky anything.  That's next in my queue behind three other items (two with waits).  I'm still not sure if I'm gonna see Rocky V or skip it yet.  I left it out of my queue for now.

Stallone, I think, is a kind of hit or miss guy.  All in all, I enjoyed my foray into Rambo.  To be honest, I don't think I had ever sat down and watched a whole one before Netflixing them all like I did.  I remember them coming out or whatever all the time when I was younger and I'd always see the part where he's covered with leeches.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Feb 02, 2010, 03:02:55 AM
I actually did want to see Rambo went it was out. I may track it down, but I doubt I'll go out of my to see it. Course I watch Movies so much that I'm sure it's going to cross my path at some point.

But Carnage is my bag baby! Although I don't tend to enjoy Horror gore, but only cause they use for a cheap substitute for scare these days.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Feb 02, 2010, 07:29:56 PM
I didn't know Rambo was so gory! NICE.

Anyways, in the last two days I watched "The Fourth Kind". Scary if watched at night. Not all of it though, only some very short parts. At least scary to me, and I've watched a loooot of horror movies. Although I can't look at that Leelo girl as a serious actress anymore since she put all those naked pics of herself online.

The 2nd movie was Precious. Amazing. and FUCKED up. It's one of those movies that its so good but you feel bad for saying it since its completely fucked up. It really blew my mind, still thinking about it. Shit. Every single person in that movie did a magnificent work as an actor/actress, and yes, even Mariah Carey.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Feb 02, 2010, 08:57:27 PM
I was reading about Precious yesterday because I was thinking about seeing it and damn.  I'll second that.  I'll see it eventually but no rush.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Feb 03, 2010, 12:31:33 AM
I really wanted to see 4th Kind is that out on DVD already or is it still floating around in the theaters.



Clerks.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Feb 03, 2010, 03:32:50 PM
I imagine its out by now, it did okay, but not okay enough to still be showing in primary theatres. Maybe at some discounts.

I kind of want to watch it, but, meh.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Feb 03, 2010, 05:54:53 PM
I really wanted to see 4th Kind is that out on DVD already or is it still floating around in the theaters.
 
I went to one of those streaming sites online.

Nuri, watch that movieeee its amazinggg. I thought that Thirteen was fucked up, but they are nothing compared to Precious
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Feb 04, 2010, 03:04:49 AM
Conan the Barbarian
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Feb 04, 2010, 11:36:07 AM
Ray -_-
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Feb 04, 2010, 03:15:41 PM
You didn't like it?
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Derrick on Feb 04, 2010, 08:56:18 PM
I dislike Jamie Fox, yet like Ray Charles. I don't want to sully my memory of Ray with that piece of shit.

Jurassic Park 3. (should've setup an epic fourth movie dealing with Ingen's weaponization of dinosaurs)
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Feb 04, 2010, 10:02:27 PM
As recently as 2010 JP IV is still being discussed.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Derrick on Feb 04, 2010, 10:06:14 PM
I know. I was just watching the third today and it reaffirmed my love for it.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Feb 04, 2010, 10:21:52 PM
My room mate is watching a Jurassic Park film every month of 2010 with friends and family. I imagine JP1 will be the most common watched.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Feb 04, 2010, 10:52:54 PM
I dislike Jamie Fox, yet like Ray Charles. I don't want to sully my memory of Ray with that piece of shit.

Jurassic Park 3. (should've setup an epic fourth movie dealing with Ingen's weaponization of dinosaurs)

Dino Riders: The Movie!

That would be so fucking boss.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Feb 05, 2010, 12:32:22 AM
OMFG yes that would be awesome!!!!
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Derrick on Feb 05, 2010, 08:00:28 AM
In 3D!
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Feb 05, 2010, 09:49:24 AM
You didn't like it?
Didn't finish it. I felt bad for Ray at the beginning cause everybody was abusing him for being blind, but then he turned into an asshole and a cheater so fuck him!
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Feb 06, 2010, 06:32:34 AM
:lol:

Nuri, watch that movieeee its amazinggg. I thought that Thirteen was fucked up, but they are nothing compared to Precious

Ha ha, that "Thirteen" movie pissed me off.

I watched Quantum of Solace yesterday.  I hearby declare it Quantum of Ass.  Daniel Craig sucks.  I don't give a shit about Vesper.  This movie seemed confused about what it wanted to be about.  That other chick was orange and her revenge plot was retarded.  Bond's brain apparently hiccups a lot.  I mean, that whole boat scene was supposed to save her, right?  [How did he even know she was in trouble?  His motorcycle or whatever caused NO ONE to pay even the slightest attention to him, which made no sense.  And then she concussed her head and could've died, but he didn't give a shit even after that entire hassle?  And he needlessly made himself known to his enemies.]  Other sequences make about equal sense.  That Mathis guy's only purpose was to die and even then, he looked like he was gonna be okay until Bond stupidly uses him as sheild.  The movie SKIPS over the information Greene gave Bond and Greene's death, which would've made a good ending.  Stupid guy at the end gives all those chicks the same dime-store necklace, what a tard.  It's like this was penned by some autistic man-child: "Good when things go boom!" Also, the DVD's menu is a fucking spoiler.  Oh yeah, and the song.  The song sounded like it could've rocked if they had brought back Chris Cornell or gotten someone like Scott Weiland or even fucking Bono to sing it.  It didn't seem like a good duet song to begin with.  Jack White and Alicia Keys go together like a grape jelly and bacon sandwich.  Their voices being put through some cat-screech electronic mangler only made things worse.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Feb 06, 2010, 12:10:17 PM
That's the only James Bond I've watched since Goldeneye. I liked the colors.

Watched Unbreakable. And then some scenes of Pulp Fiction so Samuel Jackson could redeem himself
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Derrick on Feb 06, 2010, 06:49:16 PM
I watched Quantum of Solace yesterday.  I hearby declare it Quantum of Ass.  Daniel Craig sucks.  I don't give a shit about Vesper.  This movie seemed confused about what it wanted to be about.  That other chick was orange and her revenge plot was retarded.  Bond's brain apparently hiccups a lot.  I mean, that whole boat scene was supposed to save her, right?  [How did he even know she was in trouble?  His motorcycle or whatever caused NO ONE to pay even the slightest attention to him, which made no sense.  And then she concussed her head and could've died, but he didn't give a shit even after that entire hassle?  And he needlessly made himself known to his enemies.]  Other sequences make about equal sense.  That Mathis guy's only purpose was to die and even then, he looked like he was gonna be okay until Bond stupidly uses him as sheild.  The movie SKIPS over the information Greene gave Bond and Greene's death, which would've made a good ending.  Stupid guy at the end gives all those chicks the same dime-store necklace, what a tard.  It's like this was penned by some autistic man-child: "Good when things go boom!" Also, the DVD's menu is a fucking spoiler.  Oh yeah, and the song.  The song sounded like it could've rocked if they had brought back Chris Cornell or gotten someone like Scott Weiland or even fucking Bono to sing it.  It didn't seem like a good duet song to begin with.  Jack White and Alicia Keys go together like a grape jelly and bacon sandwich.  Their voices being put through some cat-screech electronic mangler only made things worse.

I disagree with you on both the Music and Film. I liked both. QoS served as a good sequel and presented a villian that deviated from the standard Bond villian. There were no elaborate traps or deformities. He was just a creep. I think the last fight at the desert resort was perhaps one of the most visually inspiring sequences I've seen in a Movie. The colors were wonderful. The action, perfect.

Camilla Montes presented a Bond Girl that deviated from the norm. Strawberry fields forever (ew) was my only complaint about this movie, since she was completely unnecessary and was just fuckmeat and then a redshirt.

The whole movie showed Bond being an Angsty bitch, something which M and Montes both pointed out. Sure, Mathis was going to die, but he had to atone for his sins in the prior film. He served as a mentor for Bond, showing him what working in that industry could do to an individual. Mathis was a danger on relying too much on his position to get what he wants, which blinded him to the true danger of the Job.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Feb 06, 2010, 09:17:59 PM
My opinion of QoS from 11/21/08:

Quote
I went to see Casino Royale part 2 yesterday.  So, yeah, you pretty much have my opinion of Quantum of Solace. 

There were two really cool things I appreciated about this movie.  First, the nod to Goldfinger with the dead babe covered in "black gold", and, second, the return of SPECTRE in the form of Quantum.  The rest I could take or leave. 

I thought of some other names for the movie aside from Casino Royale 2, but they all had numbers behind them.  The Transporter 4, for instance.  They could have called it Joe Blow Super Spy for all it mattered, because the only thing I really felt it had in common with the franchise was the characters of Bond, M, and Felix...what there was of characterization.  Either the writers are incapable of writing the Bond character or have just simply decided to forego the "prequel" idea that would involve him growing into the Bond the world knows and loves in order to make him a "modern" action star.  M's not a lot more than a mother hen now, and Felix just sat there and grunted in most of his five minutes of total screen time.

The villain here was a joke, though.  It was reminiscent of Licence to Kill and Tomorrow Never Dies in that regard, but instead of an ambitious drug dealer or overreaching media mogul we had a shady businessman seeking to use his business contacts and super secret spy organization to control the water supply of a third world country that inexplicably has initiated the switch to a hydrogen economy.  *GAG*  At least Jonathan Pierce's version of Rupert Murdoch threatened to start a nuclear conflict between China and the US.

Well, the girl was cute...too bad she didn't get more screen time.  Or Ms. Fields, for that matter.  I was glad they trotted out the old wetworks guy from CR, but it was too bad they just offed him so cavalierly as they did.

In the end, the movie went nowhere.  It resolved or developed absolutely nothing from CR, which if they're going to put everything in continuity they should at least develop it. 

Go to see it as an action flick, but don't go see it under the impression it's a Bond movie.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Feb 06, 2010, 10:58:40 PM
Yeah, they offed Mathis in the most pathetic manner ever.  Not to mention he was jumped off-screen, just like Fields, just like Greene.  It felt very lazy, like I was watching a web series where they're forced to make such jumps in time to move the story along under budget.  I think it really missed the boat by not showing us Greene's death.  I would have liked to have seen him drinking the motor oil and then getting capped.  Instead we had to address Bond's angst.   ::)

Now that you say it, it does seem like they just made a generic modern day action film and slapped Bond on the title.  I know they want to, I guess, expand on Bond's character, but old film Bond was a special quippy gent with his women and martinis and the Daniel Craig version doesn't seem the least bit special.  I actually find him to be the ugliest, stupidest Bond ever.  He had the mentality of a teen boy at times.  As for bad guys, "what's the fucking point again" kept popping in my head everytime they came up.

Quote from: Tom-Derrick
Strawberry fields forever (ew) was my only complaint about this movie, since she was completely unnecessary and was just fuckmeat and then a redshirt.

I thought that was most Bond babes.  Although I do concede she managed to be extra annoying.

Quote from: Tom-Derrick
The whole movie showed Bond being an Angsty bitch, something which M and Montes both pointed out.

And something they couldn't stop pointing out.  The entire thing was all "hey audience, you're stupid.  since you're so stupid, Bond here is an angsty, dumb little whore."

Quote from: Tom-Derrick
Sure, Mathis was going to die, but he had to atone for his sins in the prior film. He served as a mentor for Bond, showing him what working in that industry could do to an individual. Mathis was a danger on relying too much on his position to get what he wants, which blinded him to the true danger of the Job.

He could've died n a better way.
I didn't care about his sins.
I disagree.
It showed him to be an idiot, like idiot Bond who used him as a shield instead of just shooting the guys who pulled him over to begin with.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Feb 06, 2010, 11:11:22 PM
Also, I've seen...

The Legend of the Black Scorpian - A Chinese loose adaptation of Hamlet, although the would-be Gertrude character channels more Lady MacBeth.  Not terrible but it moved slow.  Not that great either imo.  2/5

The Book of Eli - This also moves a bit slow.  It seems like it would've been a badass version of the Outer Limits.  Instead, they stretched it out to a feature length film.  And the fact that in the post-apocalyse everyone wears designer sunglasses and designer rags is a bit distracting.  My dad was also insistent that they wouldn't have had gasoline to powet up their vehicles (that no one would be refining it, importing it, and the leftovers would've long since degraded in the 30 years that had passed).  The last thirty minutes or so really improve it though.  4/5

Watching The Hurt Locker right now.  Not really my sort of movie but other than that I have no complaints.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Feb 06, 2010, 11:52:15 PM
QOS seemed to go back to all the crutches of past bonds that I hated and didn't play to any of Casino Royals strengths. While I don't find it the worst Bond movie...it's not even close to the best.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Feb 07, 2010, 06:48:48 AM
Hey Nuri how long is the Book of Eli?

Watched Shyamalan's masterpiece: Signs.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Feb 07, 2010, 05:55:15 PM
That's the only James Bond I've watched since Goldeneye. I liked the colors.

Watched Unbreakable. And then some scenes of Pulp Fiction so Samuel Jackson could redeem himself

Are you saying you didn't like Unbreakable? I guess not everyone can like it, but I thougt it was excellent.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Feb 07, 2010, 07:21:38 PM
To be fair...Pulp Fiction will always make Sam Jackson look better when compared to any other film.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Feb 08, 2010, 07:03:49 PM


Are you saying you didn't like Unbreakable? I guess not everyone can like it, but I thougt it was excellent.
Dude Unbreakable sucked ass! Shyamalan's movies imo should be classified like this: #1 is, of course, Signs. #2 is a tie between 6th Sense and The Village, #3------, #4------, #84 Unbreakable
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Feb 08, 2010, 08:11:11 PM
No, that is just not right. I do agree that the three you mentioned should be far above some of his films, but Unbreakable was anywhere near that bad. Of course, I also liked Lady in the Water, which means I'm probably the only one.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Derrick on Feb 09, 2010, 05:07:42 AM
I loved Unbreakable. I think it would benefit from a sequal.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Feb 09, 2010, 07:42:00 AM
No, that is just not right. I do agree that the three you mentioned should be far above some of his films, but Unbreakable was anywhere near that bad. Of course, I also liked Lady in the Water, which means I'm probably the only one.
Hah I never watched that one only cause the reviews said it sucked! I have a couple of friends that were extras in that movie (since they are always filmed in Philly). Have you guys seen the commercials for the new martial arts one? looks stupid
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Feb 09, 2010, 03:03:32 PM
Do you mean "The Last Airbender?" Its not really a martial arts movie (though I'm sure it has martial arts).

Its an American movie remake of the anime, "Avatar: The Last Airbender", not to be confused with James Cameron's "Avatar," of course.

I also liked "The Happening," saw it opening day, but I agree it is not one of his best. It should have been more about the damn bees. The bees dying off was WAY more interesting then the damn plants.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Feb 10, 2010, 08:58:21 AM
Do you mean "The Last Airbender?" Its not really a martial arts movie (though I'm sure it has martial arts).

Its an American movie remake of the anime, "Avatar: The Last Airbender", not to be confused with James Cameron's "Avatar," of course.

I also liked "The Happening," saw it opening day, but I agree it is not one of his best. It should have been more about the damn bees. The bees dying off was WAY more interesting then the damn plants.

O I forgot about the Happening! I didn't even watch that one either. After the Village, I lost faith on him. What is the Last Airbender about? It looked pretty martial arts-y to me, with that little chinese guy wit the funny haircut and all.

Devil's advocate
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Feb 10, 2010, 11:00:12 AM
I never watched "The Village." Ha! The Last Airbender is an anime where there are four elemental tribes, and one of them, the air tribe, is thought to be wiped out because it was thought that the next avatar would come from that tribe. Avatars are able to use all the bending magic and they tend to fight the bad guys, the fire tribe in this case. A lot of this could be wrong because I only watched the first four episodes.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Feb 10, 2010, 09:09:23 PM
So its definitely not an horror movie. Poor Night is trying to make up for his loses, I predict a total failure.

Watched the last part of Devil's Advocate. Al Pacino is a total badass
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Feb 11, 2010, 04:31:33 AM
Did some minor corrections:

The Last Airbender is an anime where there are four elemental tribes, and one of them, the air tribe, is thought to be wiped out because it was thought that the next avatar would come from that tribe. Avatars are able to use all the bending magic and they tend to fight the bad guys, the fire tribe in this case. A lot of this could be wrong because I only watched the first four episodes.

Just to avoid confusion--not to be all anal or anything or cause "what the word really means" debates--it's not an anime in the stricter defintions of the word.  Made in America, animated in Korea and using Chinese martial arts based in an Asian fantasy world that probably bares some but little semblence to Japan.

And to note, I love the shit out of this fucking show.  I'll save my rants, but DO NOT SEE THE FILM UNLESS YOU PIRATE IT.  Seriously, the producers are ignorant racist assholes and they should not be rewarded for it.  I plan on making a thread to soapbox on.  If you're curious, this website (http://www.racebending.com/v3/featured/the-last-airbender-primer/#origin) will tell you everything you need to know.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Feb 11, 2010, 04:38:04 AM
IMO: I rank them Sixth Sense, Unbreakable, Signs, The Village... and then I stopped.

The Book of Eli is 118 minutes long.

What I've seen lately:
Ong Bak 2 - LOVED this.  Tony Jaa, I <3 U.
The House on Haunted Hill - With Vincent Price.  Liked it, was disappointed that it ended how it did cause I wanted more.
Elena - Based on a true story of a Greek-American whose mom is executed.  Decent.  Linda Hunt gets shot... :) but off-screen. :/
Rocky and Rocky II.
Molière - Awesome fucking movie.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Feb 11, 2010, 04:39:58 AM
I predict a total failure.

Oh, I hope so.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Feb 11, 2010, 08:25:49 AM
IMO: I rank them Sixth Sense, Unbreakable, Signs, The Village... and then I stopped.

The Book of Eli is 118 minutes long.

What I've seen lately:
Ong Bak 2 - LOVED this.  Tony Jaa, I <3 U.
The House on Haunted Hill - With Vincent Price.  Liked it, was disappointed that it ended how it did cause I wanted more.
Elena - Based on a true story of a Greek-American whose mom is executed.  Decent.  Linda Hunt gets shot... :) but off-screen. :/
Rocky and Rocky II.
Molière - Awesome fucking movie.


holy fuck Ong Bak II is fucking AWESOME. He's so fucking fast sometimes I have to put it in slo mo just to know what he's doing. Nuri you surprise me, I didn't know you were the martial arts- kinda girl
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Feb 11, 2010, 12:54:41 PM
I hope "The Last Airbender" does really well. But I know by hoping that it will fail, which is why I am doing it.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Feb 11, 2010, 04:07:49 PM
holy fuck Ong Bak II is fucking AWESOME. He's so fucking fast sometimes I have to put it in slo mo just to know what he's doing. Nuri you surprise me, I didn't know you were the martial arts- kinda girl

Absolutely.  I love a good martial arts flick.  I also sometimes watch wuxia series like "Laughing in the Wind", "The Handsome Siblings" (Nicholas Tse is generally awesome, but this series was kinda lacking), and the lovely 2006 Return of the Condor Heroes series starring Huang Xiaoming as Yang Guo.  I'd like to see more of the Condor Hero trilogy but Netflix doesn't have the Legend of the Condor Heroes with Li Yapeng.  Boo to them.

Totally said I wasn't going there right now but Tse would've made the perfect Fire Lord Ozai for The Last Airbender.  Would've pushed the age envelope some, but (1) Ozai looks young anyway and (2) Tse's still technically old enough to have a fifteen year old son.

If you like martial arts, you should give the Avatar: The Last Airbender cartoon series a try.  The fights and bending (what they call using elemental powers in the series) were coordinated using a true martial artist, Sifu Kisu (http://avatar.wikia.com/wiki/Sifu_Kisu), and based off movements from real styles like Northern Shaolin and Southern Praying Mantis.  Of course, when making the live action movie they decided his help was no longer required.  So far all of the footage of the lead character's (the bald white kid) martial arts scream SLOPPY.  He might as well be the Star Wars kid.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Feb 11, 2010, 05:07:12 PM
Is that broadcasted online?? We got a TV last week but since we only got it to play on the xbox we didn't get cable!

btw have you watched Ip Man?
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Feb 11, 2010, 06:34:31 PM
You mean Avatar: The Last Airbender?
I'm able to watch it here. (http://www.watchavatarchapters.net/category/avatar-book-1-chapter-01)  Don't know if the whole series is viewable, but it's not obscure so it should be easy enough for you to find.

I've never seen Ip Man, but it defintetly looks interesting.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Karmarose on Feb 11, 2010, 10:21:57 PM
Last movie I saw but wish I had not: Dragonball Evolution.
Derrick wanted to see how bad it was. Now I'm plotting between making him watch Grease with me with the condition of singing along with one song...or watching Sex and the City Movie.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Feb 11, 2010, 11:25:27 PM
Pick Grease. For the love of God, pick grease.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Feb 11, 2010, 11:26:19 PM
Last movie I saw but wish I had not: Dragonball Evolution.
Derrick wanted to see how bad it was. Now I'm plotting between making him watch Grease with me with the condition of singing along with one song...or watching Sex and the City Movie.

I was at Blockbuster last weekend and very tempted to rent that trainwreck, but I had too many other things I wanted to see so I passed.

Make him do Grease but he's has to sing along to that Look At Me, I'm Sandra Dee song.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Feb 12, 2010, 07:44:33 AM
I haaaatted the SATC movie, haaated. And mind you I know like 99% of the episodes by heart, but I really disliked that crap, except for Samantha. Weirdly enough, after I finished watching it my boy came and said that he wanted to watch it too 0_0
Ahhh I love Grease, John Travolta looks sooooooo HOT.

Nuri, watch Ip Man, its AWESOME. Made me become a fan of Bruce Lee's master, even though I'm not a fan of Bruce Lee (and the movie is not 100% corroborate). I love all movies that make the japanese look bad lol
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Feb 12, 2010, 03:38:11 PM
Are you still going to see the SATC sequel?
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Derrick on Feb 12, 2010, 04:07:06 PM

I was at Blockbuster last weekend and very tempted to rent that trainwreck, but I had too many other things I wanted to see so I passed.

Make him do Grease but he's has to sing along to that Look At Me, I'm Sandra Dee song.

You are not helping.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Feb 12, 2010, 04:17:49 PM
Are you still going to see the SATC sequel?
Damn straight I will! i already planned it, me and my friend are probably going to get tickets for the 12am show, just like with the 1st one.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Feb 12, 2010, 05:34:29 PM

I was at Blockbuster last weekend and very tempted to rent that trainwreck, but I had too many other things I wanted to see so I passed.

Make him do Grease but he's has to sing along to that Look At Me, I'm Sandra Dee song.

You are not helping.

I'm not trying to help.  You tortured her and now you must pay.
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Post by: Karmarose on Feb 13, 2010, 08:38:37 AM
Grease it is. BWAHHAHAHAHAAHAHH~
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Post by: Derrick on Feb 13, 2010, 09:23:15 AM
Well, I'm going to rent Spies Like Us to offset the gay.

Austin Milbarge. HA!
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Post by: The D on Feb 15, 2010, 08:47:47 PM
Baldwin was in Beetlejuice?

I never even knew. It must have been the huge glasses.

Saw Big Trouble in Little China for the first time. Great little crappy racist 80s movie. Funny thing is, the only times I saw it before this, I only saw the part where they rescue all the women in the cages and then go swimming in the sewers. Go figure.

Lo Pan is awesome.
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Post by: Fiero on Feb 15, 2010, 08:53:06 PM
Is that where the love you long time thing comes from?
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Post by: B E C K on Feb 15, 2010, 10:36:14 PM
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly has been sitting here so long.  I've been meaning to watch it.  I really want to see it before we send it back.
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Post by: Rama on Feb 15, 2010, 11:19:12 PM
Robin Hood: Men in Tights. Mel Brook's last good movie. Wish that was cause he died, but no it's cause he stopped making good movies.
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Post by: B E C K on Feb 16, 2010, 12:04:49 AM
For a second I thought he died.
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Post by: Derrick on Feb 16, 2010, 05:31:01 AM
Nah, he's just doing musicals.
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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Feb 16, 2010, 10:27:30 PM
Lo Pan is awesome.

Indeed!
(http://www.shwiggie.com/boards/misc_pics/lopan-owned.jpg)

Right on with BTiLC. It was a perfectly crappy little ton of fun. I still pop it into the DVD player from time to time, just to enjoy the delightful ludicrousness of it all.

Last movie I saw was the Justice League Crisis on Two Earths direct to DVD feature. It was pretty good...disappointed in the voice talent and some of the character designs, but the storyline was pretty tight (not that close to the Morrison story, but McDuffie's version was pretty solid) and the animation was very fluid and easy on the eyes.
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Post by: Fiero on Feb 16, 2010, 10:37:43 PM
Oh, I thought you were talking about the Smallville thing. I did not realize the Crisis film was out, I would like to watch that.
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Post by: B E C K on Feb 17, 2010, 12:30:48 AM
Finally saw The Diving Bell and the Butterfly.  Synopsis in one line: Guy has stroke and can only communicate by blinking with one eye.  An amazing story but yeah, kinda a downer.

EDIT: And oh man.  In the movie, the guy's baby-mama is a vigilant saint but supposedly it was actually his current girlfriend who had that role.  In the movie, she's portrayed as a coward.  Ouch.  Lengthly article about debated truth of the film. (http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/2008/02/23/diving_bell/index.html)
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Post by: B E C K on Feb 21, 2010, 03:14:43 AM
Chocolate - (ช็อคโกแลต/Fury) Thai fighting flick.  Pretty much a less frentic Ong Bak starring an autistic girl.  Had some awesome fights.  Ended exactly you expect, which was a bit disappointing only because it's a bit sad.

A Touch of Spice - (Πολιτική Κουζίνα/Political Cuisine) A bittersweet Greek film.  This is the synopsis on Netflix:  "Growing up in Istanbul under the care of his upbeat, culinary-minded grandfather, Fanis (Georges Corraface) learned the secret of a happy existence: Life, like food, requires a dash of spice. But when Fanis returns home years later, he fears he's forgotten the lesson. Taking his grandfather's philosophy out into the world, Fanis has become a first-class chef, spicing up the lives of others -- but neglecting his own."

I Netflixed it expecting this sort of film but aside from the first half of the first sentence, it is WRONG.  It is, as the original title suggests, a film about how a culinary-inclined Greek-Turk (NOT a pro-chef as is suggested) was affected by the politics between the Turks and the Greeks as a boy well into adulthood.  It is in Greek, Turkish, and Engish with hard subtitles (that is, they're not removable) and though I know very little Greek and no Turkish, it's painfully obvious how incomplete they are.  What's worse, the sound quality is not all that great.  It is ultimately a very good movie.  The aunt getting cured and uncured of Parkinson's made me lol.
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Feb 21, 2010, 12:35:26 PM
I have Chocolate on a dvd. Good movie but some parts look fake, even though I know they are all real. Also did you see the cut accident scenes? some of the extras really do get hurt, even she gets hurt.
btw the japanese dad: HOT yakuza

I watched the Mist. Ok movie, awesome ending
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Post by: B E C K on Feb 21, 2010, 06:01:35 PM
Yeah, I saw that part.  Ouch.  Agree with you on the Japanese dad.   :aroused:
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Mar 15, 2010, 08:06:03 AM
I watched Up in the Air, and it SUCKED. I want my 90 minutes back! fuck i knew i wasnt going to like it to begin with, since it has George Clooney in it and I think he's a cocky bastard.
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Post by: Derrick on Mar 15, 2010, 12:19:11 PM
Awful movie indeed, and this is coming from someone who does fly American Airlines.
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Post by: Fiero on Mar 15, 2010, 03:42:35 PM
I watched the Mist. Ok movie, awesome ending

I know a few who hate this movie, but I agree that the ending was bad ass. Most people think it was horrible, but really, how would you react if you say shit like a
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walking about in front of you. You would probably do the same shit.
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Mar 15, 2010, 04:31:31 PM
Awful movie indeed, and this is coming from someone who does fly American Airlines.
Dude AA is like the worst airline EVER. I haaaate it! I remember the first time I took a flight it was an international one and yet for lunch I only got an orange and a fucking bagel. Wtf is that, I felt sooo insulted and mind you I was only 17 but I already had my fair share of flying around so I knew whatsup, and THAT definitely wasnt it.
Also, he only chatted with the pilot for like 45 seconds? He should have chatted with him waay more than that, since there's no one better than a pilot to talk about spending most of your life on a plane around the world. and how to be a hoe.
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Mar 15, 2010, 04:32:28 PM
I watched the Mist. Ok movie, awesome ending

I know a few who hate this movie, but I agree that the ending was bad ass. Most people think it was horrible, but really, how would you react if you say shit like a twenty story cthulu-oliphant hybrid walking about in front of you. You would probably do the same shit.


Spoilers...



Not by killing my child! i would have just bounced out of the car and run around like a mofoe.
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Post by: Fiero on Mar 15, 2010, 05:18:59 PM
There is a spoiler tag.
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Post by: Derrick on Mar 15, 2010, 10:21:09 PM
Dude AA is like the worst airline EVER. I haaaate it! I remember the first time I took a flight it was an international one and yet for lunch I only got an orange and a fucking bagel. Wtf is that, I felt sooo insulted and mind you I was only 17 but I already had my fair share of flying around so I knew whatsup, and THAT definitely wasnt it.
Also, he only chatted with the pilot for like 45 seconds? He should have chatted with him waay more than that, since there's no one better than a pilot to talk about spending most of your life on a plane around the world. and how to be a hoe.
Well, AA is the only airline with a direct non-stop flight from Boston to Miami after 7pm. I don't know how come there aren't red-eye flights up and down the Eastern seaboard aside from AA. What's even worse now, I have almost a billion AA frequent flyer miles. Yet, I still have to pay 100 bucks to get a coach flight PLUS the FF miles.
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Post by: Rama on Mar 16, 2010, 12:49:35 AM
There is a spoiler tag.

There wasn't originally and I read it and you totally spoiled the movie for me. I now hate you.
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Mar 16, 2010, 07:33:28 AM
LOL son I'm a busy woman, I don't have time for tagging and shiet. I put spoilers didn't I? like the good ol' times.


Well, AA is the only airline with a direct non-stop flight from Boston to Miami after 7pm. I don't know how come there aren't red-eye flights up and down the Eastern seaboard aside from AA. What's even worse now, I have almost a billion AA frequent flyer miles. Yet, I still have to pay 100 bucks to get a coach flight PLUS the FF miles.
I have so many miles on AA too of all the times I went to Singapore, but I've never reclaimed them. For all I know they are lost forever. Anyways why would you take a flight so late to Miami? Everytime I go I take the earliest one, that way I get there and go directly to the beach B-)
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Post by: Derrick on Mar 16, 2010, 07:54:19 AM
Because I was in Miami at the time and needed to come home, and if I couldn't make the 9pm flight, I'd have to stay over at the MIA hotel over night and fly out @ 5am.
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Mar 22, 2010, 08:11:59 AM
Why stay at a hotel? didnt you have an apt there?

Yesterday I saw Top Gun for the first time ever. SO.GAY.
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Post by: Derrick on Mar 22, 2010, 10:41:25 AM
I moved to Rhode Island, but the University made it so I have to visit from time to time or else I won't get my degree.
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Post by: Rama on Mar 22, 2010, 02:27:36 PM
Why stay at a hotel? didnt you have an apt there?

Yesterday I saw Top Gun for the first time ever. SO.GAY.


Wha?

But...but....I got a need. A need for speed!!!!
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Post by: Derrick on Mar 22, 2010, 04:13:38 PM
YOU CAN WATCH MY TAIL ANY TIME!

*plays some shirtless volleyball*
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Post by: B E C K on Mar 22, 2010, 10:52:24 PM
I saw:

Cars - What a fucking stinker.  It does have some chuckle-worthy moments but overall this is such a stupid-ass movie.
Princess and the Frog - I actually loved this.
Mulan - Kinda just had this in the background.
Snow White and the Seven Drawves - I can't spell drawf in the plural.  I kinda skipped out on the middle.
Intolerable Cruelty - George Clooney + Catherine Zeta Jones SHOULD = win.  But it doesn't.  I ff through most of it.  Intolerable!
The Forbidden Kingdom - Already saw it, nice way to kill an afternoon.
Kuch Kuch Hota Hai - I might've mispelled that.  This was great but those long Bollywood dance numbers kill me sometimes.
Willow - ....you idiot.
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Post by: Fiero on Mar 23, 2010, 03:09:05 PM
You did not like Cars? What the fuck?
My mom says Princess and the Frog has too much witchcraft, I say what Disney movie does not?
I like Mulan and Snow White. It is spelled dwarfs, oddly enough. Also the singular is dwarf.
Did not watch the rest except for Willow which I have always loved but do not really remember.
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Mar 23, 2010, 03:22:12 PM
It's dwarves lol and dwarf in singular.
Princess and the Frog has too much witchcraft? LOL! i havent watched it yet. Never watched Mulan either. I just stopped watching Disney movies after Pocahontas came out, since it sucked so much.
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Post by: Bernie AKA on Mar 23, 2010, 03:58:16 PM
Cheri.  I may have to buy that one.
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Post by: Fiero on Mar 23, 2010, 08:04:13 PM
It's dwarves lol and dwarf in singular.
Princess and the Frog has too much witchcraft? LOL! i havent watched it yet. Never watched Mulan either. I just stopped watching Disney movies after Pocahontas came out, since it sucked so much.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/dwarves <- It is actually both dwarves and dwarfs.
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Mar 23, 2010, 08:14:44 PM
Thank you for not using wikipedia
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Post by: Fiero on Mar 23, 2010, 08:17:26 PM
If I am going to prove something about a word, I sure as hell better use a dictionary.
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Post by: Derrick on Mar 24, 2010, 06:57:35 AM
What about a Becktionary? ODELAY!
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Post by: Rama on Mar 24, 2010, 04:11:09 PM
2012.

All of Roland Emmerich's movies are the same movie. It's just plug and play.
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Post by: Derrick on Mar 24, 2010, 04:12:07 PM
Back to the Future 3. I don't know why everyone hates this.
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Post by: Rama on Mar 24, 2010, 04:39:09 PM
I don't get it either. It was better then Back to the Future 2.
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Post by: Fiero on Mar 24, 2010, 05:11:58 PM
How can anyone hate ANY BTTF movie?

On another note, I can not WAIT for to own a Minimates Dolorean (http://www.minimateheadquarters.com/?p=1034).
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Post by: B E C K on Mar 24, 2010, 09:00:17 PM
You did not like Cars? What the fuck?

Yeah, I thought it was immensely retarded.  I'm fully aware that I'm not in the target audience but even as a child I still would've hated it.  The middle of the movie is just the worse.  The thing just draaagggs.

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My mom says Princess and the Frog has too much witchcraft, I say what Disney movie does not?

It's the voodoo crap.  I notice it puts a lot of people off.  I bet if it were "normal" witchcraft or a bunch of stupid goths, it wouldn't have been so bad.  But, you know, all voodoo's evil and I've got a lock of your hair and dance.

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I like Mulan and Snow White. It is spelled dwarfs, oddly enough. Also the singular is dwarf.

I just know that word will confound me for years to come.

Never watched Mulan either. I just stopped watching Disney movies after Pocahontas came out, since it sucked so much.

John Smith voiced by Mel Gibson got me through that.  Hunchback is tolerable and Emperor's New Groove is decent.  While I understand why people like Lilo and Stitch, I personally didn't give a damn.  Everything else was stink stink stink, clunk clunk clunk.  I saw Tarzan, Atlantis, Treasure Planet, Chicken Little and Bolt and they were all retarded.  Mulan makes me sad because it could've been good but became racist and started sucking its own nuts halfway through.  I liked Princess and the Frog though.  I don't think Imma gonna like Tangled aka Rapunzel.  They should've done what they did with PatF and Enchanted and moved it present day or the future or some shit.  "Omg, it's a fairytale and it's goofy!"  Yeah, whatever, we've all seen fucking Shrek already.
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Post by: Fiero on Mar 25, 2010, 03:20:53 PM
You know what was great? Titan A.E. That shit was awesome.
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Mar 25, 2010, 06:45:38 PM

John Smith voiced by Mel Gibson got me through that.  Hunchback is tolerable and Emperor's New Groove is decent.  While I understand why people like Lilo and Stitch, I personally didn't give a damn.  Everything else was stink stink stink, clunk clunk clunk.  I saw Tarzan, Atlantis, Treasure Planet, Chicken Little and Bolt and they were all retarded.  Mulan makes me sad because it could've been good but became racist and started sucking its own nuts halfway through.  I liked Princess and the Frog though.  I don't think Imma gonna like Tangled aka Rapunzel.  They should've done what they did with PatF and Enchanted and moved it present day or the future or some shit.  "Omg, it's a fairytale and it's goofy!"  Yeah, whatever, we've all seen fucking Shrek already.
Oh shit yeahhh I watched the emperor's new groove! that movie is awesome! i love david spade so so so much :3


I watched The Lovely Bones the other day -_- Peter Jackson's copy of What Dreams may come.
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Post by: Fiero on Mar 25, 2010, 10:39:38 PM
I watched The Lovely Bones the other day -_- Peter Jackson's copy of What Dreams may come.

Hmm. Sounds good.
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Post by: The D on Mar 26, 2010, 01:04:34 PM
I watched the Mist. Ok movie, awesome ending

I know a few who hate this movie, but I agree that the ending was bad ass. Most people think it was horrible, but really, how would you react if you say shit like a
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walking about in front of you. You would probably do the same shit.

Wait, so the entire movie ends with a
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sounds pretty sweet to me.
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Post by: Fiero on Mar 26, 2010, 05:50:09 PM
No, not exactly. The characters that survive from the store
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It could have been the start of a great video game.
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Post by: B E C K on Mar 26, 2010, 06:13:56 PM
You know what was great? Titan A.E. That shit was awesome.

Didn't think it was terrible but didn't particularly like it either.  Still, I'd rewatch it on a rainy day with nothing else to watch.

I saw the Curse of Golden Flower, directed by Zhang Yimou starring Chow-Yun Fat and Gong Li.  This movie is the shit.  First of all, it is absolutely gorgeous: the patterns, the textures, the colors, the fucking hair.  Even if you come out not liking the rest of the film, you can't deny it's beautiful to look at.  It does have some martial arts but they don't take over the movie until the end with... well.. woo.  You gotta fucking see it.  Chow Yun Fat is a monster in this film, I'm so used to him playing a good guy in everything I see with him in it so it was amazing.  Also, all of the jiggly boobs made me want Jello.
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Post by: Fiero on Mar 26, 2010, 07:33:58 PM
I FUCKING FORGOT ABOUT THAT MOVIE! I never got around to seeing it. I really should watch it. Oh, wait, I just forgot about it again.
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Post by: Derrick on Mar 26, 2010, 09:10:16 PM
Also, all of the jiggly boobs made me want Jello.
Jiggly boobs you say.
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Post by: Rama on Mar 28, 2010, 02:14:14 AM
Tron
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Post by: Bernie AKA on Mar 28, 2010, 07:16:19 AM
Totally agree on Golden Flower.  Amazing.
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Post by: Sam on Mar 30, 2010, 11:44:00 AM
I watched Zombieland again this past weekend.
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Post by: Fiero on Mar 30, 2010, 03:15:24 PM
I have friends who think Zombieland is bad. I think perhaps I should not be their friends anymore.
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Post by: Bernie AKA on Mar 30, 2010, 03:49:33 PM
Found The Adventures of Baron Munchausen in the $5.99 bin at Kroger, so that's what I'll be watching tonight.  ;D
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Post by: Fiero on Mar 30, 2010, 05:06:08 PM
I have that! I think I even watched it!
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Post by: Bernie AKA on Apr 01, 2010, 10:09:52 AM
A red-haired nude Uma Thurman in her prime on the half-shell?  I hope you watched it!
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Post by: Derrick on Apr 01, 2010, 12:19:12 PM
Those hands.
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Post by: Rama on Apr 01, 2010, 01:13:38 PM
I got Legend for 6 bucks at Wal-Mart and watched that.
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Post by: Bernie AKA on Apr 01, 2010, 01:38:09 PM
Damn, wasn't Mia Sara gorgeous in that?  :love:
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Post by: Rama on Apr 01, 2010, 04:27:46 PM
Yeah...she really was. Especially when she went all Goth as the Bride of Darkness.

But how this movie never gave me Nightmares as a kid is beyond me.
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Post by: Derrick on Apr 01, 2010, 04:56:15 PM
Her boobs were fantastic in the Setup and Undertow.
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Post by: B E C K on Apr 02, 2010, 10:36:41 PM
Also, all of the jiggly boobs made me want Jello.
Jiggly boobs you say.

Yes, I say.  Nearly every woman in the film makes it her mission to push those babies up.

Totally agree on Golden Flower.  Amazing.

I went ahead and bought it after I mailed Netflix back their copy.

Also, I picked up Kindergarten Cop, but haven't opened it and watched it yet.  Been meaning to buy that movie for a while and there it was.
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Post by: Derrick on Apr 03, 2010, 12:18:58 AM
IT'S NOT A TUMAH!
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Post by: B E C K on Apr 04, 2010, 11:05:27 PM
It never occurred to me how stupid it is that he uses his actual name as his name as a teacher.
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Post by: Derrick on Apr 05, 2010, 05:00:35 PM
I love how they try to portray him as a normal WASP American with no one ever commenting on his accent.
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Apr 07, 2010, 08:53:57 AM
Trying to watch Sherlock holmes but everytime I intend to, I remember how much the first 20 minutes sucked and turn it off :-(
2012 was awesome, but John Cusack should never have a lead role unless its in a romantic comedy, ala Serendipity
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Post by: Fiero on Apr 07, 2010, 01:02:07 PM
2012 was awesome? Was it actually?
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Post by: Bernie AKA on Apr 07, 2010, 01:23:18 PM
We see enough of that in the hood what with ancient flood control standards and new McMansions taking up a giant permeable landprint.  :goddammit:
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Post by: Fiero on Apr 07, 2010, 03:32:34 PM
I am sorry, but none of your sentence made any sense to me.
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Post by: Rama on Apr 07, 2010, 04:00:25 PM
I got it.
 
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Post by: Bernie AKA on Apr 07, 2010, 04:07:15 PM
The 2012 movie featured massive uncontrollable floods.  All the small houses on our streets are being replaced by giant houses that take up most of the lot, hence more concrete and less water absorption during the next monsoon.  Houston is also woefully behind in updating flood control vs. development. Don't get me wrong; it's a great place to live if one has a 3-story pier & beam house on a hill.  :mad:
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Post by: Fiero on Apr 07, 2010, 07:49:44 PM
Ohhhh. See, there was other stuff (I am guessing) that happened in that movie, so singling out flooding was not obvious to me. Although, you did say flood in your sentence. Hmm. Oh well.
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Post by: Rama on Apr 08, 2010, 12:10:48 AM
Just watched So I Married an Ax Murder.

Right now I'm watching Enter the Dragon. Which I was very happy about getting for only 5 bucks. Been wanting this movie forever, but didn't want to be pay a lot for it.

I actually got a great deal picking up those two movies as well as Police Academy and the Hammer studio version of the Mummy for like 17 bucks, all new.
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Post by: Bernie AKA on Apr 09, 2010, 03:10:48 PM
We're finding all kinds of cheap Hammer and Vincent Price movies in bookstores - got the Witchfinder General (AKA The Conqueror Worm) the other day for $4.99.
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Post by: Rama on Apr 09, 2010, 03:52:37 PM
Close Encounters of the Third Kind.

A nice little gem before Spielberg became a total hack. Got the Ultimate Edition for 9 bucks. Includes the theatrical, Special Edition, and Directors Cut of the movie. Wasn't a bad deal actually.
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Post by: B E C K on Apr 09, 2010, 07:48:39 PM
We're watching that now actually.  I've never seen that movie before.  Actually, I'm really bored by it.

What's the diff between all of the editions of the movie?
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Post by: Rama on Apr 09, 2010, 11:43:45 PM
It's not a fast paced movie at all, but a well crafted one.

SE had some sequences that were cut out, and bunch of stuff from inside the ship.

Directors cut seems to have most of the SE stuff, but cuts the inside the ship stuff back out.


Have to watch all three one right after another to note the differences. Only watched the Director's Cut since it was the only one I hadn't seen. The changes to all three is minimal, which is why I am glad I didn't pay the 30 bucks this thing cost when it first came out.

Watching Logan's Run at the moment.
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Apr 10, 2010, 07:11:14 AM
2012 was awesome? Was it actually?
Hell yea. The best thing is that they didn't focus the movie in NY, like ALL disaster movies, but they focused it in California.
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Post by: Fiero on Apr 10, 2010, 10:30:24 AM
You mean like the rest of disaster movies? I think the only disaster movie I watched that was not Cali or New York was about an asteroid that hit Dallas.
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Apr 10, 2010, 11:46:40 AM
I think this is the only one I've seen that was situated in Cali. Oh shit wait, Volcano did too right. Ok those two. The rest are all in NY, including monster movies
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Post by: Rama on Apr 11, 2010, 01:32:56 AM
Watching Blade Runner at the moment. Lucky for me it's the non-voice over version.
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Post by: Fiero on Apr 11, 2010, 11:54:21 AM
Watched MST3K The Movie last night. Fucking awesome. Naughty boy naughty, naughty naughty boy.
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Post by: Rama on Apr 11, 2010, 12:19:44 PM
You know they cut so much out of "This Island Earth" that the unriffed version of the film is actually longer?

"Breach Hull...All Die. Even had it underlined."
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Post by: Rama on Apr 11, 2010, 10:50:50 PM
Boondock Saints 2.

I actually liked this one better then the first, which I thought was overrated.
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Apr 12, 2010, 08:02:46 AM
Dude the first one is AWESOME. Does the 2nd one has the same two main guys as the 1st one?
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Post by: Rama on Apr 12, 2010, 12:50:34 PM
Yeah. It was really great. Funny as hell. Good story, even though I figured it out pretty early on. Still good and at least it had a story, unlike most action flicks these days. I actually liked it so much I'm considering buying it. (watched the movie at a buddie's house.)

"Who ordered the whup ass fajita?" 



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Post by: Derrick on Apr 12, 2010, 01:05:00 PM
fah-JAI-ta?
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Apr 15, 2010, 06:48:49 AM
Watched The Graduate. How did Dustin Hoffman got so famous? his acting SUCKSSSS in that movie. Also, if I hear "hello darkness my old friend" one more time I'm going to kill someone
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Post by: Derrick on Apr 15, 2010, 08:46:00 AM
Anne Bancroft and her daughter were both extremely fuckable in that movie.
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Post by: Fiero on Apr 15, 2010, 04:04:46 PM
You know what was a great movie?

The Faculty. There was this one scene where the lady splashes water on herself. If I could loop it I would.
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Apr 16, 2010, 08:24:25 AM
Anne Bancroft and her daughter were both extremely fuckable in that movie.
The "old" woman does look good, but her fake tone of voice, to make it "sexier", annoys me. It sounds so fake.
I didn't understand the ending though.
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Post by: Rama on Apr 16, 2010, 11:50:36 AM
You know what was a great movie?

The Faculty. There was this one scene where the lady splashes water on herself. If I could loop it I would.

I still can't believe Robert Rodriguez directed that thing, but the Soundtrack has an Oasis and Garbage song on it. So it gets a few extra points in my book just for that.
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Post by: Fiero on Apr 16, 2010, 05:19:35 PM
You know what scene I am speaking of, right?
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Post by: B E C K on Apr 16, 2010, 10:27:56 PM
Capture the frames, make one long animated gif, run it on your comp while you wank?


Last movie I saw was Red Cliff, directed by John Woo and based on the Records of the Three Kingdoms which takes place before the Han dynasty.  The flick is epic.  I refused to watch the cut version, which chops it pretty much in half.  The original's nearly a five hour movie and while I see why certain things were snipped, too much was relevant imo to miss out on.  In fact, I dare say the ending felt slightly rushed.

I've also been watching Bride and Prejudice several times.  I wub that movie.
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Post by: Rama on Apr 17, 2010, 01:18:35 AM
Weird Science. RIP John Hughes. *Pours out some of his forty*
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Post by: B E C K on Apr 17, 2010, 02:01:20 AM
Did WS ever get a John Hughes commentary?
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Post by: Rama on Apr 17, 2010, 02:21:45 AM
The copy I got didn't. Basic as hell. Only extra was the Trailer. No idea if there is a super special version out there, but if there is this wasn't it.
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Post by: Rama on Apr 19, 2010, 12:26:43 AM
Groundhog Day.
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Post by: Derrick on Apr 19, 2010, 06:25:45 AM
On the Weather Channel?!

Seriously, me and Kary shat bricks when we saw Bill Murray on the Weather Channel.
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Apr 19, 2010, 07:01:13 AM
I hate that stooopid tradition
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Post by: Rama on Apr 19, 2010, 08:22:00 AM
On the Weather Channel?!

Nah, I pulled it out of a 5 buck bin.


Never watch the Weather Channel cause my area of the country only exists to them if we are all going to die in a flood or a tornado. Other then they just kinda skip right over us. It's like "And it'll be sunny in Denver, and now on to Chicago." It's like we don't even exist.
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Post by: Derrick on Apr 20, 2010, 05:43:21 AM
Well, they call it flyover country for a reason.
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Post by: Rama on Apr 20, 2010, 01:04:54 PM
Yeah, but I'll be laughing my ass off when you are all drowning in the Tsunamis.
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Post by: Fiero on Apr 20, 2010, 03:17:35 PM
And I will be laughing my ass off when the bears eat you.
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Post by: Rama on Apr 20, 2010, 03:28:13 PM
There ain't no fucking bears here.

Coyotes could eat me, but it'd take a pack of them. They aren't as big as you'd think.
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Post by: Derrick on Apr 20, 2010, 03:37:01 PM
Yeah, but I'll be laughing my ass off when you are all drowning in the Tsunamis.
I'm well enough inland and high enough from sea level where it's not a concern. If it's a concern for me, the whole world has issues.

Now, the Yellowstone Caldera... good luck with that one.
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Post by: Rama on Apr 20, 2010, 03:52:31 PM
Well we'd all be fucked if that happened.
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Post by: Rama on Apr 20, 2010, 11:57:29 PM
American Graffiti

Now this is a pretty boring movie. A hell of a lot better then the prequels (this movie was also written and directed George Lucas), but still kinda meh. It kinda suffers from the same problem all "One night with a group of High School Kids" movies have in that it wanders too much and has a pretty weak story. Dazed and Confused does that too, but it pulled it off better then this one did.

Right now I'm watching The Jerk.
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Post by: Wickedly Yours E on Apr 21, 2010, 01:39:46 PM
Balls of Fury.

Stupid, but pretty funny.

"I'd like you to Join the Triad. I feel you could contribute greatly to it."
"Really?"
"No."
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Post by: Derrick on Apr 21, 2010, 09:36:03 PM
Burn After Reading, I enjoyed it.
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Post by: Rama on Apr 22, 2010, 12:50:19 AM
Return of the Jedi (Original 1983 theatrical version)

It's kinda funny that I own all three of these "Limited Editions" and the original versions of these films are pushed back to the bonus disc on all three, despite the fact that this was the main selling point of them. In fact I've never even put disc 1 in my DVD on any of them. I liked the original Max Rebo number thank you very much. And it's funny that that this is the only Retard Wars movie I saw in the theater during it's first run.
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Post by: Fiero on Apr 22, 2010, 02:51:41 PM
I personally love the Ewok party.
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Post by: Rama on Apr 22, 2010, 05:21:57 PM
Yub Yub forever bitches.
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Post by: Derrick on Apr 22, 2010, 05:22:37 PM
I liked the new Ewok song. The original felt as goofy as the new Jabba number.
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Post by: Rama on Apr 22, 2010, 10:03:14 PM
Casino Royale (1967)

This thing was a cluster fuck. I think it would have helped if I was high when I saw it, but not much. Turns out this thing had four directors and four scripts and Orson Wells refused to Peter Sellers, who also got fired before finishing all his shots.

What's sad is that despite all this, it sticks closer to the source material then movies like Moonraker or The Spy Who Loved Me did. This movie is also the reason that it took till 2006 for the first Bond Novel to be adapted into a proper Bond film.
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Post by: Derrick on Apr 22, 2010, 10:26:57 PM
But the 2006 version had poker instead of bacarat!

You can only imagine the psychos who think that matters.
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Post by: B E C K on Apr 23, 2010, 05:17:53 PM
I watched most of Aladdin online and then we Netflixed The Little Mermaid.  It was uber-retarded too because we originally wanted Aladdin and it's unavailable.  FAIL.
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Post by: Rama on Apr 23, 2010, 08:18:17 PM
The Fourth Kind.

This movie would have OK if it hadn't lied to me. It was pretty clear from the first non-regression "Actual Footage", which was a man going nuts and killing his family seen through a police dash camera, that it was all BS. It just got worse as more and more stuff appeared on film that was just too good.

I think if it had just gone all fiction and then gave me some stats on "Fourth Kind" encounters then it would have worked better.
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Post by: Derrick on Apr 23, 2010, 08:23:28 PM
Watching Terminator Salvation now!
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Post by: Fiero on Apr 23, 2010, 08:38:35 PM
First time? I actually think it was decent, but not exceptional.
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Post by: Derrick on Apr 23, 2010, 09:01:31 PM
Yeah, first time. So far so good, though Christian Bale seems more of a side character right now.
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Post by: B E C K on Apr 23, 2010, 09:22:46 PM
If only he would be a side character more often.
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Post by: Derrick on Apr 24, 2010, 01:49:15 PM
I disliked the ending. OMG HIS HEART DOESN'T WORK! OMG! I WILL GIVE HIM MINE!!!

So many things wrong with it, especially after Marcus displayed how badass he was and how kickass he would be as an ally. I did enjoy the Arnold-like cameo. The fight between John and the T-800 was nicely done to acknowledge the fight from the first two. I also liked how it kindof ignored the third film, though I don't know if that was intentional. If anything, I hated how John and his wife/squeeze were supposedly in their 40's (2018, with John being a little kid in the 90s) yet both looked like late 20s early 30s even after two+ decades of a war.


The most interesting characters were the pilot and Marcus. I really wish he'd survived to continue the franchise. What would really have been interesting would have been if he sired a child.
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Post by: B E C K on Apr 24, 2010, 06:06:31 PM
I disliked the ending. OMG HIS HEART DOESN'T WORK! OMG! I WILL GIVE HIM MINE!!!

Boo, not one of those.   ::)
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Post by: Rama on Apr 25, 2010, 12:12:41 AM
Yeah and you saw it coming a mile away too.
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Apr 25, 2010, 02:52:25 PM
If only he would be a side character more often.
Surely you are not talking about the same guy who acted as Patrick Bateman
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Post by: B E C K on Apr 25, 2010, 07:05:59 PM
Yes, am I.  He's a turd.  And not because he beat his mom, sister, or whoever.  They probably had it coming.
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Post by: Derrick on Apr 25, 2010, 11:28:34 PM
Oh I am sure they did. Who doesn't have shitty relatives always looking for a handout because they share some of your DNA?
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Post by: Fiero on Apr 26, 2010, 03:40:48 AM
Christian Bale was AWESOME as Patrick Bateman and as Alfred Borden. He was pretty good in Batman Begins, and kind of meh in the Dark Knight. In Terminator Salvation, he was just being Batman again. Noticed that his name in American Pyscho was Bat(e)man, and his character in the Prestige was Alfred. Crazy foreshadowing there.
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Apr 26, 2010, 04:34:03 AM
EHM HELLOOOO WHAT ABOUT AS TEDDY IN PRETTY WOMEN? FUCKING AWESOME IF YOU ASK ME
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Post by: Fiero on Apr 26, 2010, 12:33:06 PM
Did you mean Little Women? I did not see that.
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Post by: Rama on Apr 26, 2010, 01:09:50 PM
She must. Bale would have been 16 when Pretty Woman came out.
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Post by: Sam on Apr 27, 2010, 08:52:51 AM
Yub Yub forever bitches.

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Post by: Faye Valentine on Apr 27, 2010, 09:29:35 AM
Did you mean Little Women? I did not see that.
sorry got too excited. Yes, Little Women
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Post by: B E C K on Apr 27, 2010, 10:05:39 PM
She must. Bale would have been 16 when Pretty Woman came out.

Of course he was in it.  He was the tool telling Julia Roberts that shit in the store was "very expensive"  But that was a big mistake.  Big.  HUGE.
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Post by: Rama on Apr 30, 2010, 01:12:08 AM
The Razor: Sword of Justice, aka, Hanzo the Razor: Sword of Justice, aka Goyôkiba.

Imagine Shaft set the Edo period, right down to the waka wacha waka music and the hero sexing confessions out of the ladies.
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Post by: Fiero on Apr 30, 2010, 01:41:42 PM
Awesome.
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Post by: B E C K on Apr 30, 2010, 10:44:58 PM
I finally saw Ponyo.  It lost steam for me at the end.  I was glad at least someone called out that the damn fish had a fucking human face.  Sheesh.
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Post by: Fiero on Apr 30, 2010, 11:41:03 PM
I thought it was great.
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Post by: Faye Valentine on May 01, 2010, 08:37:57 AM
I finally saw Ponyo.  It lost steam for me at the end.  I was glad at least someone called out that the damn fish had a fucking human face.  Sheesh.
DUDE PONYO IS FUCKING AMAZING. i love that darned movie. I wanted to name my baby Ponyo but her dad didnt let me do it :-(
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Post by: Fiero on May 01, 2010, 11:48:06 AM
Not even a middle name?
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Post by: Extra Zero on May 01, 2010, 01:47:10 PM
I saw Kick Ass twice.  Awesome movie, albeit a lot darker than I was expecting.

Also finally saw Law Abiding Citizen which was pretty rad.
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Post by: Derrick on May 01, 2010, 07:03:14 PM
I'm seeing Zach and Miri tonight. Hopefully it's good.
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Post by: B E C K on May 01, 2010, 10:10:50 PM
Saw Rocky III today and some of Rocky IV.
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Post by: B E C K on May 01, 2010, 10:37:04 PM
I finally saw Ponyo.  It lost steam for me at the end.  I was glad at least someone called out that the damn fish had a fucking human face.  Sheesh.
DUDE PONYO IS FUCKING AMAZING. i love that darned movie. I wanted to name my baby Ponyo but her dad didnt let me do it :-(

Aw, suck.  You should've overruled him.

I actually find though I tend to enjoy the non-Miyazaki Ghibli more: Isao Takahata's stuff (specifically Only Yesterday and Pom Poko, I won't touch Grave of the Fireflies and I haven't gotten to the Yamadas one yet) and Kondo's wonderful Whisper of the Heart.  (I don't count Goro Miyazaki because, well, nobody else does.  Ho ho.  Anyway, I haven't seen Earthsea yet.)
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Post by: Fiero on May 02, 2010, 12:45:42 AM
I'm seeing Zach and Miri tonight. Hopefully it's good.

I thought it was fucking great.
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Post by: Rama on May 02, 2010, 01:37:14 AM
I saw the new Sherlock Holmes. Not bad, but not great.
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Post by: Faye Valentine on May 02, 2010, 06:15:53 AM
I'm seeing Zach and Miri tonight. Hopefully it's good.

I thought it was fucking great.

I hated that movie, lame as fuck and i wanted to puke during seth rogen and that miri girl's sex scene.


I wanna see Grave of the Fireflies too, but I heard its a baw-fest
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Post by: B E C K on May 02, 2010, 04:01:02 PM
Yeah, that's exactly why I didn't want to see it.  I've heard it's fantastic but a tear-jerker.  I don't like jerky things of the tear variety.
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Post by: Derrick on May 02, 2010, 04:40:55 PM
I'm seeing Zach and Miri tonight. Hopefully it's good.

I thought it was fucking great.

Yeah, my only problem with it was the wierdness of the plot as it moved along. I got the story as a whole. I thought it was a nice love story mixed in with a heavy amount of Kevin Smith/Judd Apatow comedy. Not bad at all.

One odd thing, Elizabeth Banks is nearly ten years older than Seth Rogen yet they play two people the same age. It's odd, because usually the woman is portrayed as older than the actress is and the man as younger. To see the roles reversed was refreshing.
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Post by: Fiero on May 02, 2010, 06:51:18 PM
I had no idea she was that old. Holy shit. She is still hot.
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Post by: Rama on May 03, 2010, 01:27:10 AM
Kevin Smith should just Make Clerks 3, or Mallrats 2. He's much better in his own element. Example: Jersey Girl/Cop Out.
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Post by: Fiero on May 03, 2010, 02:18:47 AM
I think I would enjoy a Mallrats 2. I do not think they should do another Clerks ... but then again I did not think the should do the second one, either, and I loved it. Plus Rosario Dawson's tits  bouncing when she was teaching him how to dance was memorizing. I could watch that scene on a loop for hours. Days even, maybe weeks.
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Post by: Faye Valentine on May 03, 2010, 10:05:41 AM
Watched Enemy at the Gate. Ed Harris rocks my socks
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Post by: Derrick on May 03, 2010, 10:33:18 AM
I think I would enjoy a Mallrats 2. I do not think they should do another Clerks ... but then again I did not think the should do the second one, either, and I loved it. Plus Rosario Dawson's tits  bouncing when she was teaching him how to dance was memorizing. I could watch that scene on a loop for hours. Days even, maybe weeks.
I also enjoyed those nice bouncing tits. I'm pissed that Rosario had to turn down Zach and Miri because she was contracted to another, and even shittier film. If she had been in it, we would've seen Miri newd.

Mall Rats 2 would never be made. Now, a Dogma 2 would be epic.
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Post by: Rama on May 03, 2010, 12:47:02 PM
There actually WAS going to be a Mallrats 2, but since the first one tanked the plans where scrapped. What really sucks for me is that a mall in KC was all set up to be the Mall in Mallrats, but when the owners got the script they backed out cause of it's rude and perverted content.

And yeah I was iffy about Clerks 2. Especially when he was calling it "The Passion of the Clerks.", but now it is my favorite of all of Kevin Smith's movies. Even going so far as to say it's better then the first Clerks.
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Post by: Fiero on May 03, 2010, 01:53:38 PM
What about the working title: "barely clerking?"
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Post by: Faye Valentine on May 05, 2010, 09:49:41 AM
Watched Pineapple Express for the 43902490th time
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Post by: Fiero on May 05, 2010, 03:46:13 PM
Love that movie.
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Post by: Merla on May 05, 2010, 11:05:58 PM
The last movie I saw was New Moon.  I thought it sucked.  I didn't care for Bella's major depression and bouts of screaming fits.  I worry that young girls will think this is normal break-up behavior.
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Post by: Derrick on May 06, 2010, 12:56:38 PM
Moon with Sam Rockwell was amazing.
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Post by: Faye Valentine on May 06, 2010, 02:59:08 PM
I just watched The Lakehouse and now I have a bigger crush on Keanu Reeves. Damn that Charlize Theron (sp? whatevs) is a lucky hoe
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Post by: Rama on May 06, 2010, 04:54:49 PM
Moon with Sam Rockwell was amazing.

I keep meaning to rent that, but somehow never do. I heard it was really good.
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Post by: Derrick on May 06, 2010, 06:07:40 PM
A 'lil depressing.
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Post by: B E C K on May 06, 2010, 10:21:44 PM
I just watched The Lakehouse and now I have a bigger crush on Keanu Reeves. Damn that Charlize Theron (sp? whatevs) is a lucky hoe

I didn't even know she broke up with Stuart Townsend.   :o  Dude!  And I also liked The Lakehouse.


I read spoilers for Moon specifically because I didn't want to see it.  Heard it was good... but no.


I saw Emma with Long-necked Paltrow as the lead.  Ew, tons of miscast.  Most too old, some too young.  Total fail.
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Post by: Faye Valentine on May 07, 2010, 04:42:22 AM
Lol I read the spoilers before watching The Lakehouse. I didn't want to be surprised, although the ending made me a little teary-eyed :'(
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Post by: Sam on May 07, 2010, 12:48:51 PM
I watched Cloverfield last night.  Pretty good flick, though I think I was better off watching it on a mall computer screen instead of in the theatre.  JJ Abrams needs to cool it with the shaky cam a little.
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Post by: Rama on May 07, 2010, 01:34:43 PM
And the lens flare.
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Post by: Derrick on May 07, 2010, 02:26:56 PM
I'm going to the Drive-in tonight to watch Iron Man 2. I've heard mixed reviews but I remain optimistic.
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Post by: Fiero on May 07, 2010, 04:26:30 PM
Already saw it.

I loved it!

The only review I agree with is the one that says there is
Spoiler (hover to show)
and that
Spoiler (hover to show)
.

I am about to go buy Iron Man minimates because I liked it so much.
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Post by: Faye Valentine on May 07, 2010, 08:50:22 PM
Ok so who saw the trailers for Super 8 and Machete? they look AWESOME.

Also, Fight Club.
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Post by: Fiero on May 07, 2010, 09:06:40 PM
The Machete trailer looked fucking preachy as fuck and it was actually pretty obnoxious. I expected that movie to be about SENSELESS VIOLENCE but now it is about IMMIGRATION. GOD DAMN IT.

Super 8 ... not sure.
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Post by: B E C K on May 07, 2010, 11:04:49 PM
Seen neither trailer yet.
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Post by: Rama on May 08, 2010, 12:55:38 AM
Already saw it.

I loved it!

The only review I agree with is the one that says there is
Spoiler (hover to show)
and that
Spoiler (hover to show)
.

I am about to go buy Iron Man minimates because I liked it so much.

Did you stay after the credits? Pretty epic from what I heard.
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Post by: Faye Valentine on May 08, 2010, 07:51:53 AM
The Machete trailer looked fucking preachy as fuck and it was actually pretty obnoxious. I expected that movie to be about SENSELESS VIOLENCE but now it is about IMMIGRATION. GOD DAMN IT.

HATERS GONNA HATE
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Post by: Fiero on May 08, 2010, 03:00:56 PM
I WANTED SENSELESS VIOLENCE FOR NO FUCKING REASON STARRING DANNY TREJO
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Post by: Derrick on May 09, 2010, 01:33:40 AM
I enjoyed Iron Man 2. I didn't think it suffered from too many new characters (it only had three, two villians and a new hero) nor was it too confusing. Tony's Dad had a partner he kinda screwed over and the son decided to get revenge while Tony's financial competitor decides to back him. How confusing is that? Tony continues to be an amaing bastard, though I am pissed because I was told we would have cameos of Thor and Captain America in the film. Showing their weapons does not count! Having Iron Man at the end of the Hulk movie counted. BLAH!

Otherwise, good job. We also saw 'How to Train Your Dragon' (drive-in double feature), which was awesome. I enjoyed it. Iron Man 2 was still better.
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Post by: Rama on May 09, 2010, 01:44:33 AM
Drive-In? Color me Jealous.
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Post by: Fiero on May 09, 2010, 04:27:12 AM
For definitely, I agree on the aspect of jealousy.
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Post by: Faye Valentine on May 09, 2010, 07:21:19 AM
I enjoyed Iron Man 2. I didn't think it suffered from too many new characters (it only had three, two villians and a new hero) nor was it too confusing. Tony's Dad had a partner he kinda screwed over and the son decided to get revenge while Tony's financial competitor decides to back him. How confusing is that? Tony continues to be an amaing bastard, though I am pissed because I was told we would have cameos of Thor and Captain America in the film. Showing their weapons does not count! Having Iron Man at the end of the Hulk movie counted. BLAH!

Otherwise, good job. We also saw 'How to Train Your Dragon' (drive-in double feature), which was awesome. I enjoyed it. Iron Man 2 was still better.
I dont know, I cant see Robert Downey Jr as a badass. He looks nerdy. And not Tobey Mcguire in Spiderman nerdy, but like Michael Cera in Superbad nerdy
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Post by: Fiero on May 09, 2010, 01:42:29 PM
Robert Downey Jr as nerdy?

What the fuck?

Well, the character of Tony Stark is a god damn genius, but he is also a millionaire playboy.
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Post by: B E C K on May 09, 2010, 02:12:49 PM
Okay, watching the Yamadas right now and it's boring as fuck.  I get what it's supposed to be, but I could read this shit faster than I could sit down watching it.  As a short here and there it would've been cute, but as a movie it draaaaags.
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Post by: The D on May 12, 2010, 01:14:05 PM
Drive-In? Color me Jealous.

We have a drive-in double feature here as well. It's where I saw the last Harry Potter film.

Watched The Graduate. How did Dustin Hoffman got so famous? his acting SUCKSSSS in that movie. Also, if I hear "hello darkness my old friend" one more time I'm going to kill someone

I love how the ending of Wayne's World 2 is a total spoof of this movie. Family guy also did a spoof of it (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/When_You_Wish_Upon_a_Weinstein), when Peter tries to turn Chris Jewish.

And while searching for that episode, I found this TL;DR movie (http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x9uw2j_family-guy-jewish-psychological-war_news) that claims that Family Guy is Jewish Propoganda. I actually DID listen to it, and the guy's full of crap, using bad evidence and slipping in a couple minutes to deny the Holocaust. And then there's a photo of a person at the end which I think is him, which explains everything as he looks like a typical white rural redneck militia ayran klansman. I guess when you live in the middle of nowhere there's nothing much else to do than hate jews and blacks and plot the downfall of the US.
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Post by: The D on May 12, 2010, 01:35:42 PM
Oh, and I last watched Excalibur, this somewhat okay movie from the very early 80s. It's described as epic, maybe in 80s terms. The battle scenes were anything but epic.

The movie does star some big names though, including Patrick Stewart as Leodegrance, Guinevere's father and Arthur's main supporter; Liam Neeson as Sir Gawain, the guy who reveals Lancelot's affair with Guinevere; and Helen Mirren as the evil Sorceress Morgana and Arthur's half-sister.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on May 14, 2010, 08:03:28 AM

I love how the ending of Wayne's World 2 is a total spoof of this movie.
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omg yes! i totally forgot about this!
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on May 23, 2010, 12:59:24 AM
I saw a sucky, dragging movie called Vanaja.  Actually, I ff most of it. 

I also ff through most of Confessions of a Shopaholic.  On this movie, I have to say that visually it's beautiful.  (Not up to Curse of Golden Flower standards, but damn good looking.)  In addition, Isla Fisher looks so cute and Leslie Bibb is beyond hot.  So much of this movie is purty to look at it but, man, the "story" is weak and personality of the main character is very irritating.  The picture below doesn't do Leslie Bibb or that dress she's wearing justice but it looked dynamite in the film.  Pity the sum of the product was a piece of shit.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on May 23, 2010, 03:08:13 AM
Return of the Jedi (Non-Special Edition). I watched the whole trilogy today in honor of Empire's 30th.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: blanktoe on May 23, 2010, 10:31:26 AM
 just watched The Dark Crystal on mute. Never gets old. Where the Wildthings Are should have been just as good.

Return of the Jedi (Non-Special Edition). I watched the whole trilogy today in honor of Empire's 30th.
I don't enjoy Empire as much as I used to. It feels like something is missing.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on May 23, 2010, 10:38:27 AM
Ok so I watched the Human Centipede and I'm so disappointed.

Also watched Shutter Island. The ending was soooooooo predictable, I dont know why people love this movie
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Derrick on May 23, 2010, 12:23:43 PM
I don't enjoy Empire as much as I used to. It feels like something is missing.

Ewoks? Gungans? More Lightsaber fights?
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on May 23, 2010, 01:52:36 PM
just watched The Dark Crystal on mute. Never gets old. Where the Wildthings Are should have been just as good.

You didn't like Where The Wild Things Are?
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: blanktoe on May 23, 2010, 03:57:32 PM
No I didn't.  I thought the characters were more annoying than they should have been. Spike Jonze was probably going for that but it really took all of the fun out of the movie.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on May 23, 2010, 10:50:19 PM
I still haven't seen it yet.  To be honest, I never thought the book as all that in the first place so the movie never interested me that much.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: The D on May 24, 2010, 06:29:39 PM
Speaking of Empire, I rented and watched Something Something Something Dark Side. Not quite as good as the first one I thought, but had some funny moments.

Ironically, they premiered the entire movie, edited and cut for TV, last night on Fox.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on May 24, 2010, 08:10:04 PM
I love WTWTA. I prefer the Robot Chicken St*r WarzzZZ specials to the Family Guy ones.

The Dark Crystal is in my top five all time things I love to watch.

I liked Shutter Island because it ended pretty much the way I expected it, but while watching it threw some curves that made me question my decision. Ultimately, I should have known the whole way through, but little things threw me off.

Human Centipede looks fucking stupid, but the coffee mug looks awesome.

I love all St*r WarzzZZ movies. Some of them just not nearly as much.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on May 24, 2010, 11:31:53 PM
I love all Retard Wars movies. Some of them just not nearly as much.

Heretic! Burn him!!!!
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Derrick on May 25, 2010, 05:25:10 AM
[Fanboy] ALL SIX MOVIES ARE PERFECT! [/Fanboy]

or

[toocoolfortheroom]The movies are clearly not good, and Lucas should not have been allowed to make the new trilogy.[/toocoolfortheroom]
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on May 26, 2010, 08:13:52 AM


Human Centipede looks fucking stupid, but the coffee mug looks awesome.

What coffee mug? Yeah I thought it was going to be MIND BLOWING but it ended up being sooooo stupid. But the theory in itself is nice. Making a human centipede, ass to mouth? the guy was a genius
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: blanktoe on May 26, 2010, 12:11:09 PM
I hate that I even know what that movie is about and that some point in my life curiosity is going to get the best of me and I will watch it.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on May 26, 2010, 05:33:30 PM
ah yes
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on May 26, 2010, 06:45:25 PM
http://www.zazzle.co.uk/human_centipede_mug-168009264867539656
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on May 26, 2010, 06:46:08 PM
What coffee mug? Yeah I thought it was going to be MIND BLOWING but it ended up being sooooo stupid. But the theory in itself is nice. Making a human centipede, ass to mouth? the guy was a genius

You never go ass to mouth!
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on May 26, 2010, 08:21:12 PM
You guys are so repressed.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on May 26, 2010, 10:21:35 PM
That Human Centipede thing looks sick.  I'm passing on that so hard I just shot myself into space.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: blanktoe on May 27, 2010, 07:03:30 AM
The Mist, I think I'm the only fool in the world who loves that movie.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on May 27, 2010, 08:13:37 AM
Nono, I love the Mist too!
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on May 27, 2010, 08:13:12 PM
I loved the Mist. It was pretty awesome. I know a lot of people hated the ending. Did we not already have this conversation sans Toe?
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on May 28, 2010, 08:30:43 AM
I think we did
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on May 30, 2010, 10:26:46 AM
I saw Kung Fu Hustle.  Some parts made me lol, but on the whole the movie could've been better.

Now I'm watching Bride and Prejudice again for the millionth time.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on May 30, 2010, 08:03:14 PM
Bride and Prejudice?

I thought Kung Fu Hustle was great, but I know what you mean.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on May 31, 2010, 01:45:38 AM
It's a adaption of Pride and Prejudice with an Indian twist. I've seen parts of it, but never sat through the whole thing.

I've also seen Kung Fu Hustle. The whole thing seemed kinda choppy. Like it was a bunch of TV episodes strung together.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Max Con on May 31, 2010, 05:22:52 AM
I SAW LEAP YEAR TONIGHT. Ugh.


I wish my girlfriend would understand that something (or, in this case, a genre: CHICK FLICKS) I hate doesn't turn into something I enjoy just because I'm doing it with her.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: blanktoe on May 31, 2010, 06:30:23 AM
I'm about to watch Amelie again, since it doesn't look like I'll be able to see Micmacs anytime soon.
 





I've also seen Kung Fu Hustle. The whole thing seemed kinda choppy. Like it was a bunch of TV episodes strung together.
Never thought about like that. I might have to go rewatch it now.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on May 31, 2010, 11:55:54 AM
I couldn't stand Amelie.  Now I realize it's not that I couldn't stand Amelie, I can't effin' stand Audrey Tautou.  She's got this uppity pretentious "ha ha, i'm so weird but everybody wants me" smug little face I can't stand.  In fact, the Da Vinci Code was the only film I've seen with her where I could sit through the whole thing without wanting to kick something.  Well actually that's not true... rather the only film I've seen with her where I could through the whole thing without wanting to kick something because of her.

I saw this French flick called On Guard and it was good overall but it had a bit of squick in the end. 
Spoiler (hover to show)
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on May 31, 2010, 07:48:04 PM
It's a adaption of Pride and Prejudice with an Indian twist.
God I hate indian movies.

I watched the Werewolf and it sucked.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Sam on Jun 01, 2010, 10:28:03 AM
I saw Ironman 2.  It was entertaining.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Jun 01, 2010, 09:18:04 PM
It was entertaining. Nothing you would show to film students, but very, very entertaining.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Jun 02, 2010, 08:09:30 AM
Saw the last 30 minutes of the Godfather 3 . 'twas the first time in my life ive seen anything related with that trilogy. Stoopid movie is stoopid
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Sam on Jun 02, 2010, 10:42:28 AM
Saw the last 30 minutes of the Godfather 3 . 'twas the first time in my life ive seen anything related with that trilogy. Stoopid movie is stoopid

Aw man, that's like dropping by the kitchen after a banquet and seeing the leftovers they're scraping into the garbage.  You need to be when the delightful first and second courses are brought out!
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Jun 03, 2010, 10:04:34 PM
I've never seen any of those movies.  Been meaning to actually, but never got around to it.
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Post by: B E C K on Jun 03, 2010, 10:29:26 PM
Oh yeah and I saw the Proposal today.  Expected it to be kinda crappy but it made me laugh.  It gets a thumbs up.  Also, Sandra Bullock's face definetely showing her age now.  Still makes her better off than Ryan Reynolds who--depending on the angle--sometimes looks like Alfred E. Newman.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Jun 03, 2010, 11:57:10 PM
I'm watching this really awful late 80s horror movie called The Gate. Just gotta love the cheese.

Edit: O.K. If any of you ever summon demons to this world, just shoot a model rocket into their chest and not only will it banish them from this world, but it will bring your dead dog back to life.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Jun 04, 2010, 08:42:00 AM
Oh yeah and I saw the Proposal today.  Expected it to be kinda crappy but it made me laugh.  It gets a thumbs up.  Also, Sandra Bullock's face definetely showing her age now.  Still makes her better off than Ryan Reynolds who--depending on the angle--sometimes looks like Alfred E. Newman.
Who cares about his face! HAVE YOU SEEN HIS BODY?? OOOOOO
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Jun 04, 2010, 06:52:33 PM
Yes, I've seen his body and I love his body.  I would prefer close ups of his body instead of his face please.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: blanktoe on Jun 07, 2010, 04:32:17 PM
Just watched The Road and um, yeah, I don't need to ever watch that again. It wasn't bad but it's really not entertaining to watch people walk around and starve to death for two hours.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Derrick on Jun 07, 2010, 04:45:05 PM
It sounds like the end of Casino stretched. I'd rather not watch Pesci get beaten to death.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: The D on Jun 08, 2010, 02:50:27 PM
Memorial Day I watched three movies.

Stardust came from Netflix and I watched it with my mother. I remember one of these boards, here or Bonr, saying it was a great movie. Was it an okay movie? Was Robert De Niro a crossdressing buttpirate?

Went out to see Shrek 4. Now this is a movie I liked. I was actually happy to see Fiona kicking butt again. I love the fact that the trilogy shows that you don't have to thin or sexy to be a hero or heroine, but in the last two movies Fiona started to become.... domesticated... and stopped kicking lots of ass. As if the movies were saying "It's okay to be an overweight ugly green-skinned woman, so long as you make babies and stay in the fucking kitchen." In this one, Fiona becomes the warrior leader of a group of rebel ogres and kicks ass.

Then we watched OotP on cable and I was reminded that the HP movies have started to fail horribly the latest movies. It's as if the producers and directors were replaced with high school students, because half the time in that entire movie I can't even hear what the actors are saying, the dialog sucks, the camera angles are utter shit. It's like they didn't even try. "Oh well, this movie's going to make millions anyway, it's HP. everyone's going to see it whether it sucks or not, so let's not even try." But I think we've heard this tune before.

Makes me fear for the next movies.

And I finished up and sent back Something Something Something Dark Side after watching the commentary and other bonuses. First off, the commentary kind of sucked, because half the time they went on a tangent and talked about random shit rather than the movie. And there was a table read that showed me what jokes they removed, and some of the original jokes were BETTER. For instance:

-when they were attacking the AT-ATs, one of the rebel pilots was supposed to ask "Why don't we attack them from the rear where they have no guns," and Chris says "ATTACK PATTERN DELTA NOW!" which of course highlights the thought I had every time I watch Empire, is "why do they attack the AT-ATs head on?", which the answer is: "because Lucas touches himself at night."
- They cut out Lois/Leia kissing Chris/Luke, after which she says "Feels like kissing my brother" and chris says "It's cool, I'm from a farm planet." So so joke but better than some of the shit they left in.
- A great joke they cut out was one of the guys in front of hoth base using one of those red viewmasters (http://www.google.com/search?q=viewmasters&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a) from the 80s instead of binoculars.
- A march of the penguins joke where the last penguins get stepped on by an AT-AT was also removed.
- A joke where Chris/Luke says after crashing on Daogbah "Gee, I hope we crashed somewhere near Yoda's house", highlighting the near impossible odds of having the luck of crashing near Yoda on a giant planet. Also removed.
- Removed a bit when Luke fights the fake Vader on Dagobah, and Luke/Chris calls the whole scene a bunch of symbolic bullshit.
- removed a hummer logo on the super-star destroyer.

There were others but the movie was less funny that I expected it to be, and I feel they could have nit-picked some of the errors in Empire more. Like, say, why if the Ion boob cannon on Hoth could easily disable that Star Destroyer, why didn't they use it more... or why the guy in the lead AT-AT says twice to Vader "shield generator will be down soon" and it takes like 20 minutes for them to take it down...


Has anyone seen McFarlane's Cavalcade of whatever? Is it any good? Are 90% of the voices done by Seth McFarlane as usual, because his ego is so big he has to voice EVERYONE? Is it just another McFarlane wankfest while we watch him become like another George Lucas?

Wow... TL;DR post is long.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Jun 08, 2010, 04:18:44 PM
God Stardust sucked arse.

Watched Halloween 4 the other day. What a waste of time.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Jun 08, 2010, 05:50:09 PM
I watched that Ron Burgundy movie where he plays basketball.

It sucked.

It was like a really, really bad ripoff of Slapshots with a different and shittier sport.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Jun 08, 2010, 06:14:06 PM
Semi-Pro and I've avoided it.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Jun 08, 2010, 08:47:32 PM
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Stardust came from Netflix and I watched it with my mother. I remember one of these boards, here or Bonr, saying it was a great movie. Was it an okay movie?

Merla and I both watched it a while back and neither one of us cared for it.


I watched:

"What A Girl Wants" with Amanda Bynes.  Cute.  Not a masterpiece by any means but a cute film for its target audience of tween and teen girls.
"But I'm A Cheerleader" which started off funny and got soapboxy and meh.
"Pride and Prejudice", the b & w one with Laurence Oliver as Darcy.  It was okay.
"The Firm", hadn't seen this one in years.  I never realized how much it drags.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Jun 14, 2010, 01:21:00 AM
I saw The A-Team today, and it was awesome!! They actually fixed some of the things people were bitching about. B.A. doesn't once say "Homie." and there were "fools" a flying. They also put back in "Stockade." and "Soldiers of Fortune."
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Jun 14, 2010, 08:47:03 AM
A-Team and """""Karate Kid""""" deserve to suck.

I watched the Fugitive!
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Jun 14, 2010, 03:04:42 PM
Fuck Kung Fu Kid.

A-TEAM WAS FUCKING AWESOME

This is the way you do it right, people. Observe this shit. Keep that shit as close to original material as possible and you get happy costumers.

Seriously, fucking awesome.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Jun 14, 2010, 03:19:19 PM
It's pissing me off that Karate Kid made almost twice the buck that A-Team did. I can't believe that a movie that shit on the franchise and just slapped the name on to something, made more money then a good movie that respected the source material.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Jun 14, 2010, 03:25:32 PM
It's pissing me off that Karate Kid made almost twice the buck that A-Team did.

Yuck, seriously?  I think I just farted in my mouth.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Jun 14, 2010, 03:35:12 PM
Karate Kid: $55,665,805
The A-Team: $25,669,455

KK made OVER double what A-Team did.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Jun 14, 2010, 03:58:31 PM
Farting in your mouth would actually be pretty impressive.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Jun 14, 2010, 04:13:57 PM
I'm watching Rocky Balboa right now.  It's pretty good.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Jun 14, 2010, 04:24:43 PM
I like all Rocky movies except 5. And that is really only because of the shitty music and characters, the basic plot I liked.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Jun 15, 2010, 03:27:06 PM
Fuck Kung Fu Kid.

A-TEAM WAS FUCKING AWESOME

This is the way you do it right, people. Observe this shit. Keep that shit as close to original material as possible and you get happy costumers.

Seriously, fucking awesome.
Mr T complained about the A-team movie saying there were too many deaths and lots of sex and that thats not how the series were. So I refuse to watch it.

I hate Rocky 5 since the son is a p***y
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Jun 15, 2010, 05:26:01 PM
Rocky 5 sucked.

Mr T is great and all, and I am not surprised that a dude that shows up on bible-thumper TV channels would speak out against those sorts of things, but dude, the movie is AWESOME.

EDIT: I think he is probably just old and does not remember it right, anyway.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Jun 16, 2010, 09:25:26 AM
Rocky 5 sucked.

Mr T is great and all, and I am not surprised that a dude that shows up on bible-thumper TV channels would speak out against those sorts of things, but dude, the movie is AWESOME.

EDIT: I think he is probably just old and does not remember it right, anyway.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Jun 16, 2010, 08:03:32 PM
You are hating on the movie. The movie which you have not even seen.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Jun 17, 2010, 05:17:22 PM
Nono this is a problem about you
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Jun 17, 2010, 09:30:16 PM
NO U
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Jun 19, 2010, 01:27:33 AM
Avatar. It wasn't terrible, but in no way was it worth all the hype. I actually started to zone out as soon as the big blue people showed up. I mean it was kinda like watching a Toy Story movie from that point on. It was almost all CGI. And man did they beat you over the head with the message. A blind deaf mute would still have got the message of the movie. And yeah it was just Dances with Wolves in space.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Jun 21, 2010, 09:25:37 AM
loling @ you for wasting your time watching that Ferngully remake!

hubby made me watch Pootie Tang yesterday. wtf. I think I need to get high before I watch that next time. Also started watching the Hot Tub Time Machine and it was terrible. It has John Cusack in it and i hate him so I knew it was going to suck, since every movie with him sucks. Except for Serendipity, I loved that movie <3
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Jun 22, 2010, 10:00:53 AM
And man did they beat you over the head with the message. A blind deaf mute would still have got the message of the movie.

Yeah, I had enough of his pontificating to last a lifetime with the Abyss.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Jun 22, 2010, 10:13:08 AM
I saw that animated Wonder Woman thing.  Not bad.  Kerri Russell wasn't terrible but Marg Helgenberger really phoned her performance in.  At least she only had a few lines.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Jun 22, 2010, 11:36:25 AM
And man did they beat you over the head with the message. A blind deaf mute would still have got the message of the movie.

Yeah, I had enough of his pontificating to last a lifetime with the Abyss.

Cameron is about to join Lucas, Spielberg, and Burton on the list of directors that have "Lost it".

And speaking of Burton, I saw "Alice in Wonderland." and it was so meh, I had to go to the store and buy a new bag of meh just so I could finish watching it. It didn't keep my attention at all. I kept zoning out while trying to watch it. It really focused more on strange visuals and CGI then actually trying to make a enjoyable movie.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Jun 22, 2010, 12:34:37 PM
I saw that animated Wonder Woman thing.  Not bad.  Kerri Russell wasn't terrible but Marg Helgenberger really phoned her performance in.  At least she only had a few lines.

I have enjoyed the recent DC Animated films, but I totally feel you on this one.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Jun 22, 2010, 04:50:17 PM
Have you seen the Green Lantern one?  I'm on the fence about that.  Stuck the Batman one in my queue.

Cameron is about to join Lucas, Spielberg, and Burton on the list of directors that have "Lost it".

And speaking of Burton, I saw "Alice in Wonderland." and it was so meh, I had to go to the store and buy a new bag of meh just so I could finish watching it. It didn't keep my attention at all. I kept zoning out while trying to watch it. It really focused more on strange visuals and CGI then actually trying to make a enjoyable movie.

Ha ha, and when it's gone, brother, it's GONE.  Seriously tho, why hasn't he joined it already?  His Terminator/True Lies days are over.  He's possibly doing TWO Avatar sequels.  Game over, man.

Tim Burton is really relying too much on being effin' weird.  Sorry buster, that doesn't replace a piss-poor story and characters.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Jun 22, 2010, 04:53:57 PM
I saw About a Boy with Hugh Grant.  It started off kinda slow but picked up for the latter half.  Couple of things: Toni Collete is so freakin' odd-looking.  Damn, woman.  Secondly, the DVD is not closed-caption and the English subtitles are friggin' HUGE.  At points they ate up nearly a quarter of the screen.  I don't want to image how much screen they would've taken up if I had a widescreen TV that better fit the aspect ratio of the film.  They already over-flowed out of the black space and obscured parts of the picture.  Shit, man.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Jun 22, 2010, 07:47:18 PM
I watched The Men Who Stared at Goats last weekend. I found it quite entertaining if a little bit silly.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Jun 23, 2010, 01:26:16 AM
Quote from: B E C K

Have you seen the Green Lantern one?  I'm on the fence about that.  Stuck the Batman one in my queue.


I've seen it. It's ok, but then I thought the Wonder Woman one was just ok too. I really liked Justice League: New Frontier though if you haven't seen that one.

Ha ha, and when it's gone, brother, it's GONE.  Seriously tho, why hasn't he joined it already?  His Terminator/True Lies days are over.  He's possibly doing TWO Avatar sequels.  Game over, man.

Tim Burton is really relying too much on being effin' weird.  Sorry buster, that doesn't replace a piss-poor story and characters.

With Cameron I think it is just because it's been so long since I saw a movie directed by him. The last one was Titanic. And I tend to give a director a pass on one movie I didn't like. I'm sure the next Avatar movie will be worse then this one and then he'll be on the list at that point.

Burton's pass was Mars Attacks. I hated it! Loathed it! But then Sleepy Hollow came out and I really liked it. So I thought all was well in the world, but nooooooo then came Planet of the Apes, then Sweeny Todd, and now Alice in Wonderland. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory was ok, just ok. 

Lucas' pass was The Phantom Menace, Then Attack of the Clones happened, then Revenge, then IJ and KOTCS. Lucas would have to do a lot to get off the list at this point. It was just one suck after another, and he had more to live up to then say Burton or Cameron did.

Spielberg's pass was A.I. But then came Minority Report, War of the Worlds, and KOTCS. Spielberg isn't in as deep as Lucas because he had a few good ones in there too like Saving Pirvate Ryan, and Catch Me if you Can. Course KOTCS  was so bad he might not ever get off the list either.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Jun 23, 2010, 11:20:16 AM
Saw the trailer of the Green Lantern, and it looks boring
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Post by: Fiero on Jun 23, 2010, 07:54:14 PM
Which Green Lantern?
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Jun 23, 2010, 08:16:03 PM
o shit no wait, the green hornet, sorry
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Post by: Fiero on Jun 23, 2010, 08:37:45 PM
I KNEW IT! Yeah, it looks okay.
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Jun 24, 2010, 06:44:59 PM
quit the bs fiero. it look like its going to suck, and you know it. Seth Greene (sp?) as a hero? please.
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Post by: Fiero on Jun 24, 2010, 07:26:28 PM
I loved him as a 'hero' in Observe and Report.
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Post by: The D on Jun 24, 2010, 07:48:01 PM
Well, let's see.

I rented Legion from the dollar movie dispenser at the grocery store. It was mildly entertaining but was more of a horror flick than the action flick I was hoping for. Almost everyone dies. The angels looked pretty badass but you only saw two of them for more than a second. I was more expecting this flick where God decides to start the apocalypse and legions of angels and demons just start kicking each other's asses in the sky, angel and demon blood flying everywhere.

I watched the two Robot Chicken St*r WarzzZZ specials and the third one is coming soon. I actually found these a lot funnier than Family Guy's spoofs of St*r WarzzZZ.

And I watched Evolution for the first time ever. And what an entertaining movie it was. Not sure why I missed this until now.
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Post by: Fiero on Jun 25, 2010, 01:50:14 PM
I watched the two Robot Chicken Retard Wars specials and the third one is coming soon. I actually found these a lot funnier than Family Guy's spoofs of Retard Wars.

QFT
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Post by: Rama on Jun 25, 2010, 02:16:53 PM
Hee Hee...Naboobies.
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Post by: Rama on Jun 25, 2010, 02:36:47 PM
I saw Delírios de um Anormal. English title: Hallucinations of a Deranged Mind. Now this is a Zé do Caixão, or Coffin Joe, movie. It's actually the 2nd one I've seen as I've watched Estranha Hospedaria dos Prazeres (The Strange Hostel of Naked Pleasures) last Halloween. I once called that one of the worst movies I'd ever seen. This one however was worse.

Pretty much it's just a bunch of, what had to be LSD inspired visuals of hell, strung together with only a loose story. It's actually about 70 mins of badly edited shots of people being tortured in hell with bad SFX, and about 16 mins of story in which were are told that these are the nightmares of a crazy man they are trying to cure. I think that would I have been high at the time of viewing things would have made more sense, but then I couldn't have read the sub...not that it would have mattered much since there was so little story here.
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Post by: Fiero on Jun 26, 2010, 12:35:32 AM
Does the naked hotel one have a lot of nudity?
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Post by: Rama on Jun 26, 2010, 01:31:00 AM
No...not a lot. It has some, but not nearly as much as the title would suggest. It's actually about Coffin Joe collecting evil souls in Hostel which was like a waiting room for hell.
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Post by: B E C K on Jun 26, 2010, 01:42:15 AM
quit the bs fiero. it look like its going to suck, and you know it. Seth Greene (sp?) as a hero? please.

Ha ha, I read that as "an hero".  And it's Seth Rogen.  Seth Green's the skinny little Robot Chicken/Chris Griffin/Buffy Werewolf guy.
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Post by: Rama on Jun 26, 2010, 01:44:53 AM
The star of the Masterpiece "Without a Paddle."
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Post by: Derrick on Jun 26, 2010, 10:37:44 AM
Grown Ups looks miserable. I won't be watching it any time soon.
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Jun 27, 2010, 08:14:31 AM
quit the bs fiero. it look like its going to suck, and you know it. Seth Greene (sp?) as a hero? please.

Ha ha, I read that as "an hero".  And it's Seth Rogen.  Seth Green's the skinny little Robot Chicken/Chris Griffin/Buffy Werewolf guy.
oh shoot thats right! i knewww that that last name didnt sound jewish enough.
Watched a jap movie called Fireworks
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Post by: Fiero on Jun 27, 2010, 12:32:08 PM
And what did you think of it?

Without a Paddle was somehow awesome.
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Post by: B E C K on Jun 28, 2010, 01:18:24 AM
I finished watching the Batman: Gotham Knight thing.  It was cool.  I wanted to see Catwoman though.  Poo.  I'd like them to do moar.

I also saw a movie called The Maid that was in some form of Spanish.  It started off interesting and promised to be out of the ordinary.... then wore its welcome half-way through and ended rather predictably.
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Post by: Rama on Jun 28, 2010, 01:25:50 AM
BASEketball. A cult film from the late 80s staring the creators of South Park. I actually really like this movie. It's one of my guilty pleasures.
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Post by: Derrick on Jun 28, 2010, 11:09:37 AM
BASEketball. A cult film from the late 80s staring the creators of South Park. I actually really like this movie. It's one of my guilty pleasures.
More like 90s.

That and Orgasmo are some of the funniest movies ever.
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Post by: Rama on Jun 28, 2010, 12:42:39 PM
Yeah sorry...meant 90s, typed 80s.
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Post by: Fiero on Jun 29, 2010, 05:22:22 PM
Yeah they would have been wee boys in the 80s.
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Post by: Rama on Jun 29, 2010, 05:51:35 PM
You know watching this movie has got me wondering if anyone out there actually plays BASEketball. It actually seems like a really fun game.
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Post by: B E C K on Jun 29, 2010, 11:40:59 PM
No, but they play FREEBASEketball, where they go to a baseball game with a basket full of drugs.
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Post by: Derrick on Jun 30, 2010, 06:43:57 AM
I played that for a while. Now, I attend meetings so I don't.
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Jun 30, 2010, 08:49:40 AM
And what did you think of it?

Have you seen it? I don't really know what to think of it. For some reason I think its a weird movie, but not really. Is it good? it's ok.
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Post by: Fiero on Jun 30, 2010, 04:28:32 PM
I have not, I was curious. I usually enjoy Japanese films.

I watched a movie which I think translated to a man, a woman, and a wall, something like that. It is on Netflix streaming. This guy is basically snooping on his hot neighbor with microphones, finds out her boyfriend is also snooping on her with microphones and cameras, and is calling her to get her scared so he can masturbate in the car and then come and comfort her. Crazy fucking movie. The next door neighbor snooper ends up with her in the end. It was interesting.
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Post by: Rama on Jun 30, 2010, 06:00:57 PM
What I'm hearing is that if you stalk and spy on a girl she'll end up loving you.
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Post by: Fiero on Jun 30, 2010, 07:20:49 PM
Only if her current boyfriend also does this in an attempt to get her wet.
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Post by: B E C K on Jul 02, 2010, 12:57:07 PM
What I'm hearing is that if you stalk and spy on a girl she'll end up loving you.

Also, chicks really dig it when you break into their bedrooms and watch them sleep.  Especially if you wear a pair of fangs and cover your chest in glitter.
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Post by: Rama on Jul 02, 2010, 03:59:12 PM
Awesome! And I already have the body glitter. Bonus!
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Post by: Fiero on Jul 02, 2010, 04:10:58 PM
Awesome! And I already have the body glitter. Bonus!

You know how I know you are gay?
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Post by: Rama on Jul 02, 2010, 04:15:39 PM
The video I stared in that you spank too?
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Post by: B E C K on Jul 02, 2010, 04:53:19 PM
That doesn't mean anything.  Who doesn't own a copy of Howard the Duck?
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Post by: Derrick on Jul 02, 2010, 08:40:04 PM
Duck titties are awesome.
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Post by: B E C K on Jul 02, 2010, 11:14:34 PM
Truer words were never spoken.
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Post by: Rama on Jul 03, 2010, 01:53:44 AM
It's still not something I'm proud of.
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Post by: Derrick on Jul 03, 2010, 12:33:18 PM
George Lucas, also.
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Post by: B E C K on Jul 04, 2010, 12:23:13 AM
I watched this French movie, Blue Beard.  Man, it sucked blue balls.  There were several sequences of nothing happening in the goddamn thing.

I also saw Justice League: The New Frontier.  Very decent.  Batman's voice really put me off.  That laryngitis was more serious than Bale's.  I'm glad he didn't talk much.  Seriously, I think Kevin Conroy should be given the role until he is either mute or dead.
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Post by: Derrick on Jul 04, 2010, 12:48:35 AM
Watched ZombieLand and Extract today.

I prefered Extract, though Zombie Land wins for best cameo.
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Post by: Rama on Jul 04, 2010, 01:17:10 AM
I'm actually watching SW at the moment. But it's the shitty SE. The Greedo shots first scene is so laughable that I don't even know why he bothered with it.
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Post by: B E C K on Jul 05, 2010, 05:44:26 AM
Honestly, he kinda ruined those movies for me.  I don't think I've sat down and watched a St*r WarzzZZ anything since Attack of the Clones.  Actually, I think the very moment they were ruined for good was when I saw that still from Jedi that inserted Hayden Christensen (sp?).  I think I actually felt my dead future self rolling over in my grave.  Only now I wonder why I wasn't cremated per my wishes and then I recall that the idea of being burned like that is scary.  But being stuck in the ground is also kinda scary.  And what if I'm not really dead when they burn me?  Or my soul or whatever is still inside of my body and goes through the horrors of being burnt, embalmed, or buried?  I'm glad I ultimately don't have a say in this.  What were we talking about again?
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Post by: Rama on Jul 05, 2010, 11:58:50 PM
I try to act like the SE and Prequels don't exist. It's hard to do since all three SE and two prequels are in my DVD shelf, but I have found peace if I just act like they are not there and only watch the originals. It gives me a nice warm feeling inside, instead of the "Hole where my soul should be feeling" that the SE give me. Hell some times I pop in my old CBS/FOX VHS copies for that real nostalgia high.

And wasn't there a Tales from the Crypt like that?
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Post by: B E C K on Jul 06, 2010, 12:31:39 AM
I'm certain there was.  I used to watch a lot of those in syndication.
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Post by: Rama on Jul 06, 2010, 01:59:31 AM
Yeah so did I. I remember the poor stiff (pun intended) got put on meat hook at one point.


And I just saw To Kill a Mocking Bird(1962). I had read the book in Junior High, but never saw the movie version till tonight.
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Jul 06, 2010, 09:30:46 AM
Watched Ju On (the jap version/ original of the Grudge) and surprisingly it sucked. The american version is waaay better. It's still scary though. And no I dont like Buffy but yes I like Bill Pullman
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Post by: Fiero on Jul 06, 2010, 12:35:38 PM
I watched The Good, The Bad, and the Weird. Pretty fucking awesome. I think it had the guy from the Axe Gang from Kung Fu Hustle.
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Post by: B E C K on Jul 06, 2010, 09:34:21 PM
Watched Ju On (the jap version/ original of the Grudge) and surprisingly it sucked. The american version is waaay better. It's still scary though. And no I dont like Buffy but yes I like Bill Pullman

I liked Ju-On.  To be fair, neither one was really my kind of movie.
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Jul 07, 2010, 10:01:32 AM
Do you mean the original one or the americano?
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Post by: Fiero on Jul 07, 2010, 11:23:34 AM
The American version is not called Ju-On, so I think she means the Japanese.
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Post by: The D on Jul 07, 2010, 06:23:17 PM
Let's see, what have I seen lately?

Ah, I rented Curse of the Golden Flower because Nuri mentioned it. It was pretty good, but seriously disappointed in the ending.

Spoiler (hover to show)
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Post by: B E C K on Jul 07, 2010, 07:36:02 PM
Do you mean the original one or the americano?

The American version is not called Ju-On, so I think she means the Japanese.

"Neither one" meaning neither Ju-On or The Grudge.
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Post by: Fiero on Jul 07, 2010, 10:08:18 PM
But you said you liked Ju-On! How confusing!

After reading Doug's spoiler, I think I have already seen Curse of the Golden Flower but forgot.
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Post by: B E C K on Jul 09, 2010, 09:11:53 PM
I did like it.  I just don't generally care for those sorts of movies.  I liked it in a "well, that wasn't a total waste of time and I'm pretty entertained" kind of way.  Not in a "omg, this thing rocks, imma gonna buy it and watch it again" kinda way.
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Post by: B E C K on Jul 09, 2010, 09:15:54 PM
Oh and I saw Superman/Batman: Public Enemies.  So far, this is my favorite one of the DCUAOMs.  (Damn, that's one fucking long acronym.)  Supes, Bats, and Lex, all in one place and all voiced by the right people.  It did feel a bit on the short side and sometimes felt like one awesome TV episode instead of a movie.  But I watched it a couple more times.  Gets the Nuribeck seal of approval.
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Post by: Rama on Jul 09, 2010, 10:24:37 PM
I liked that except for the end with toyman. A giant robot? Really?

Anyway I'm watching Dracula. The 1931 one with Bela Lugosi. One good thing about this whole Twilight thing is Wal-Mart is trying to cash in as much as possible and have a whole display of Vampire and Werewolf movies. Most of it is crap, but I was able to snag the old Universal versions of Dracula and The Wolf Man.
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Post by: Fiero on Jul 10, 2010, 07:57:51 AM
How can you be surprised that a universe that has telepathic gorillas and star conquering starfish would also have giant toy robots?
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Jul 10, 2010, 02:39:19 PM
I did like it.  I just don't generally care for those sorts of movies.  I liked it in a "well, that wasn't a total waste of time and I'm pretty entertained" kind of way.  Not in a "omg, this thing rocks, imma gonna buy it and watch it again" kinda way.
But...I bought it...and watched it.
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Post by: Rama on Jul 10, 2010, 05:11:47 PM
How can you be surprised that a universe that has telepathic gorillas and star conquering starfish would also have giant toy robots?

Eh...I think it was the way it was done and reeked of deus ex machina. The movie had been pretty serious up till that point. I know it was based a on comic, but have no idea if that's how the comic ended.
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Post by: B E C K on Jul 10, 2010, 09:39:28 PM
I haven't read the comic but it appears that is in fact what occurred.  I could buy it.  It's not as if the robot was pulled out of someone's ass.  It was implied both Bats and Lex already knew the Toyman in Japan was already working on it, but it wouldn't succeed without proper data on the meteor.  And if it hadn't been for Batman manually piloting the thing and Superman preventing Lex from interfering with the launch, the robot wouldn't have succeeded.  So there were factors that impacted the success of the robot.  Far more believable than the telepathic gorilla.  I don't think Merla even knew who Grodd was so she was really confused by him, going all "WTF?  Monkey shines!"  Captain Marvel kinda threw her for a loop, too.  "Magic?  HUH?"  But she didn't so much as bat an eyelash at the freaky robot.  She did feel it was a stretch that Batman lived after the impact though, but it's not like she thought he was gonna die either.
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Post by: Rama on Jul 11, 2010, 12:38:52 AM
Yeah that magic bit was a real fan wank there. You not only have to know that Captain Marvel is magic, but that Superman is weak to magic. Since I knew that it didn't bother me.

Anyway I saw Predators. It was Good, but not amazing. It could have been. They are really trying to use the look and feel of the first movie, but you are thrown right into the middle of it at the start. No long intro like the first movie or anything. I was also throw off by the apathy of our heroic lead. He was a little too Anti-Hero for me.

And at the moment I'm watching The Wolfman (2010) so far I'm really liking it. It's a good remake so far and those are hard to find.
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Post by: B E C K on Jul 11, 2010, 07:37:45 PM
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...but that Superman is weak to magic.

Ha, I completely forgot all about that.

I wish they had (1) chosen someone other than Adrien Brody for the hero; (2) it wasn't so damn obvious certain parties were going to live to a sequel; (3) they had done something different that try to milk the first one so blatantly.  I used to like anti-heroes but they're really interesting me less and less because everyone fricken does them.  It's like "hey, there's still room for regular heroes, you know."  And why would the predators take such a ragtag bunch instead of beaming in or whatever another military team or some shit?
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Post by: Fiero on Jul 11, 2010, 10:29:21 PM
military team

I wondered about that. Would the Predators not have a bigger challenge trying to hunt a team that already knows how to work together? Let us see how they go against a full team of Navy Seals or something equally bad ass.
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Post by: Rama on Jul 11, 2010, 11:28:35 PM
Brody didn't bother me as much as I thought. And yeah it was clear he and Braga where going to make it till the end, but at the same time I pretty much knew Arnie would make it to the end of Predator. So it wasn't bad enough to ruin it for me. And If they didn't try to get Arnie of Danny Glover for the Laurence Fishburne role then it was a waste. That guys whole role was a waste if it wasn't for a super cool cameo. And I thought it was a joke then the director's name came up as Nimrod.

As for why they didn't take a team. I'm guess it was an idea that each would fight back differently. A team would all fight as a unit. The same. So it wouldn't be as much a variety of prey. Plus in the movie it says that one of the reason they do this is to learn. They hunt and if one of them dies they learn from it. So they'd want more types of people to hunt to make sure they got more exp.
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Post by: Fiero on Jul 12, 2010, 04:20:19 PM
I think you would get more XP hunting a tight unit.
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Post by: Rama on Jul 12, 2010, 11:15:23 PM
Been there, done that.
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Post by: B E C K on Jul 13, 2010, 01:36:45 AM
Or several units.  Or even other sentient life.  Made even cooler by the fact that the "winning" group gets to go home (except they don't) so the teams are actually interfighting.  Ninjas vs SEALS vs rip-off Klingons vs Predators.  One thing I liked about Pred2 was that you had the cops, the dealers, the military group... it made for a nice menagerie of prey.

Also, I think knowing Arnie was going to live is different because he's effin' Arnie.  The little bitch from The Pianist?  He didn't really have to live and he could've died in a cool, creative way that would've been all "WTF, you mean he didn't live?  Duuuuude!'.  Also, have more than one woman fer Christ's sake.  First we have the chick that's not armed in the first one and the prego cop in the second and now this one?  The pattern?  The primary sole female evades death!  Enough of that shit.  And I don't mean adding another chick like that panicky one like in Alien, like a fucking Vasquez from Aliens.  Even the marines from Aliens had three chicks in their group.

Someone more badass than Brody should've carried the film and, yeah, that Fishburne role should've been a cameo by someone more connected to either franchise.  Hell, even a Bishop.  That would've been mountains of win.  Unless Fishburne had been playing his character from CSI, ha ha.  "The sperm's glowing under the light!  Nah, that's just pred blood."
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Post by: B E C K on Jul 13, 2010, 02:13:45 AM
I saw Troy on Sunday.  Not as bad as I thought it'd be--much better than Alexander--but certainly nothing I'd ever have to watch a second time.  I also fast-forwarded through a bunch of filler--namely Brad Pitt's ass.  Nice and tapable as it is, I didn't really give a shit.  Again, that people from what is now modern day Greece and Turkey speak with British and Aussie accents is bit effin' weird.  I mean, why fucking bother since it makes no sense?  I'm getting annoyed by it.  Frankly, I understood with Lord of the Rings (which I only bring up because it seems everyone's trying to make the "next" one).  Those were films based on stories by a British writer directed by a Kiwi filmed in Kiwi-land.  This fucking film is directed by a German filmed in the Republic of Malta in the Mediterranean and based primarily off of the work of an epic Greek poet.  Yet they're so British they shit the Queen!  Except for Eric Banana who apparent said, "Fuck this, mate" and boomeranged out full-on Kangaroo-pouch native Oz.  Hilarious when the rest of his relations had no such accent.  Also, while I don't agree with their choice of Helen anyway, they could've at least made her look less like a club skank that lets random doods do jello shots on her ass-crack.  ** out of ****


Today I finished The Warlords.  Apparently it was renamed from "The Blood Brothers" which is a faaaarrr more fitting name but ran into effin' issues so it was stuck with the ill-fitting name "The Warlords".  While delivering on the war and the lords, it's instead about three men struggling with their pact as--wait for it--blood brothers.  The first half starts off pretty steady but then the film got poked in the eyes sometime into the second half and poddles around blindly.  It does a lot of "1 Year Later", "3 Years Later", "At This Chinese Place", "At that Chinese Place" nonsense that you really wish they just didn't.  It doesn't regroup itself until the end.  Also, it was woefully low on Takeshi Kaneshiro and Jet Li looked like he was a cancer patient.  **1/2 out of ****  If the beginning and end hadn't been decent, I would've rated it less than Troy.
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Post by: Rama on Jul 13, 2010, 02:16:52 AM
Bishop wouldn't have worked. That's from Earth future. Still think it should have tried to get Arnie for that. Would have made sense. First human to kill a Predator (that we know of). That he'd be the first one they'd abduct would have made sense.

As  far a Brody, since the role wasn't written for him it was just case of the heroic lead living till the end and killing the Predator. Just like Arnie. Brody wouldn't have been who I picked, but that's cause he never came across as a bad ass hero. I think he did OK role, even if he wouldn't have been my first choice. What is far more confusing is a Latina actress, with a cliche Hispanic name as a IDF solider. That was just strange.
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Post by: Derrick on Jul 13, 2010, 06:39:54 AM
As  far a Brody, since the role wasn't written for him it was just case of the heroic lead living till the end and killing the Predator. Just like Arnie. Brody wouldn't have been who I picked, but that's cause he never came across as a bad ass hero. I think he did OK role, even if he wouldn't have been my first choice. What is far more confusing is a Latina actress, with a cliche Hispanic name as a IDF solider. That was just strange.
You do know a majority of Jews have Spanish names because Jews ran to Muslim Spain because they were more tolerant than the rest of Europe, right?
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Post by: Fiero on Jul 13, 2010, 12:51:14 PM
I knew that. And then later on when Spain was not so tolerant it is said they changed their traditional names to the ones ending on z. Not all z names are Jewish, though.
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Post by: Rama on Jul 13, 2010, 01:17:37 PM
No I didn't know that actually. So I guess it does make sense. I just figured it was a laziness on the writers part. Finding an actress he liked, but didn't change the role to fit her. Given Hollywood's pension for doing just that. (Chinese actors playing Japanese roles come to mind) I just figured that was what had happened.
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Post by: Fiero on Jul 13, 2010, 03:31:56 PM
Of course the other part is that when Israel became a nation, Jewish people from all over the world went there, including from Spain.
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Post by: Rama on Jul 13, 2010, 04:30:45 PM
That I knew about.
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Post by: Rama on Jul 14, 2010, 12:08:17 PM
I watched Predator. After seeing Predators, I wanted to go back and re-watch the first one.
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Post by: Derrick on Jul 14, 2010, 12:41:22 PM
Last Christmas I watched Predator with Kary (it was her first time). Love that movie, but I think the second one is better.
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Post by: Fiero on Jul 14, 2010, 05:11:20 PM
A lot of people do, apparently.

It is not a movie, but I finished the first and only season of Happy Town. I felt like this show could have evolved into something amazing. It had SAM FUCKING NEILL for fucks sake, and he was awesome, and a little creepy, just the way I like him.

Well, the last episode at least answered a few things, but there was so much left unsaid. What is the Blue Door about, what is this so called darkness that invades the town, why did Magic Man do it, and why do it the way Magic Man did. So fucking confusing. Oh well.
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Post by: Derrick on Jul 14, 2010, 05:35:51 PM
Gas Land. Holy shit is that depressing. Basically the documentarian goes out looking at how Natural Gas removal is destroying America with Hydralic fracturing fluids. These fluids poison the earth and are killing animals and people. Fucking depressing save I don't live near prospective sites. The closest is the Catskills of New York, which could poison NYC, Philly, and New Jersey water supplies. HA!
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Post by: B E C K on Jul 14, 2010, 11:22:15 PM
Last Christmas I watched Predator with Kary (it was her first time). Love that movie, but I think the second one is better.

Dude, RLY?  I don't think anything in the franchise touches the first Predator.  Me and Merla must've seen that movie a hundred times over the last few years alone.  Granted, I liked a lot of things about 2 but I'm still about the first one.

Merla and I saw this doc on PBS the other day called "China Blue" about sweatshop jean factories in China and the shitty-ass treatment and pay.
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Post by: Rama on Jul 15, 2010, 12:16:59 AM
Yeah I'm in agreement there. First one was way better.
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Post by: Derrick on Jul 15, 2010, 05:58:25 AM
I prefered the second one, personally. I don't think the first is inferior, just I like the idea of the first and the greater depth it added.

That said, AvP (both of em) felt more like a vidya game than a movie.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Jul 15, 2010, 01:56:04 PM
The first AVP was just kinda meh, but not something I was pissed about after seeing. The 2nd AVP however was a steaming pile of horse crap.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Jul 16, 2010, 01:18:54 AM
The first AVP left enough of a taste in my mouth that I just wrote off everything else AVP.  I wasn't throwing things at the TV after I saw it but I'll definetely never be seeing it again.  Glad a relative owned it and it was a borrow.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Jul 16, 2010, 05:13:58 PM
saw "Date Night" with the guy from 40 year old virgin and Tina Fey. I dont know why people say it sucks, I thought it was pretty funny
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Merla on Jul 17, 2010, 05:27:05 PM
Last Christmas I watched Predator with Kary (it was her first time). Love that movie, it's the best!

Merla and I saw this doc on PBS the other day called "China Blue" about sweatshop jean factories in China and the shitty-ass treatment and pay.

Reminds me of the 18 and 20 year-old work studies who had never heard of the Predator!!!  I nearly killed over before I realized they only babies when the movie came out.  Makes me feel so old  (Shut-up Rama!!). 

Yeah that China Blue thing makes me feel bad about my walmart denim purchases. 


Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Jul 18, 2010, 12:04:06 AM
I want to correct spelling and grammar but I just am too tired. You escaped, this time!
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Jul 18, 2010, 12:43:05 AM
Makes me feel so old  (Shut-up Rama!!). 

I say nothing. I'm 30 now. I think I have to cut out the age jokes at this point. So unless you are at least a decade older then I, which you are not, then I wouldn't expect anymore old jokes from me. Course if they bug you that much I might just keep them up for funs.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Jul 18, 2010, 02:33:18 AM
I saw Inception.  I might actually make a new thread or something because I have a lot to say about it.  It was a pretty, shiny movie.  Some scenes were awesome.  The acting was top-notch.  The story REALLY needed some help.  Not a waste of eight dollars or whatever, but I'd rather watch the Matrix again.  I think it will do good box office.  Whatever further sinks Airbender is cool with me.  I kinda want to see Salt but it looks like it'll get the same grade.  Shit will explode, stunts will be had, and I won't give a damn either way.  My God, Jolie's lips get puffier every year it seems.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Derrick on Jul 18, 2010, 10:53:04 AM
Saw 2012 on Demand. Where did all that water come from? Also, it felt like the Mayan stuff was forced in by the Studio.

I still love John Cusak.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Jul 18, 2010, 03:51:07 PM
The movie showed a polar flip, which is different the smaller shifts. The pole has actually moved a lot in the last hundred years. Course people think a sudden flip like they showed in the movie couldn't happen, that it would take thousands of years, but if it did it's possible the polar ice caps would melt and then refreeze someplace else. That could flood a lot of the areas shown in the movie like LA and Washington D.C. COULD, doesn't mean it would. Truth is no one really knows what would happen since it last happen before recorded history.

And maybe the Mayan stuff was forced, but the 2012 date comes from the Mayans. So if that was the title from the start, then that's what they were playing off of from the start. But a lot of thought doesn't usually go into the movies made by these guys.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Jul 18, 2010, 06:06:55 PM
I doubt a lot of thought exists at all between them.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Jul 18, 2010, 08:06:24 PM
Saw 2012 on Demand. Where did all that water come from? Also, it felt like the Mayan stuff was forced in by the Studio.

I still love John Cusak.
holy shit I never thought about that! global warming probs.

I hate John Cusack
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Derrick on Jul 19, 2010, 12:11:31 AM
Well I could care less.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Jul 19, 2010, 12:44:47 AM
Could so be Tsunamis from large underwater quakes. Lots of crazy shit some people say could happen if it actually did take place. Then others say nothing at all would happen other then compasses would be useless.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Jul 19, 2010, 02:13:03 AM
Still waiting for California to fall into teh sea.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Derrick on Jul 19, 2010, 06:14:42 AM
Could so be Tsunamis from large underwater quakes. Lots of crazy shit some people say could happen if it actually did take place. Then others say nothing at all would happen other then compasses would be useless.
But Tsumamis wouldn't occur simultaneously all over with the volume reaching the tops of the himalayas, there's just not that much water.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: blanktoe on Jul 19, 2010, 03:26:48 PM
I saw Inception.  I might actually make a new thread or something because I have a lot to say about it.  It was a pretty, shiny movie.  Some scenes were awesome.  The acting was top-notch.  The story REALLY needed some help.  Not a waste of eight dollars or whatever, but I'd rather watch the Matrix again.  I think it will do good box office.  Whatever further sinks Airbender is cool with me.  I kinda want to see Salt but it looks like it'll get the same grade.  Shit will explode, stunts will be had, and I won't give a damn either way.  My God, Jolie's lips get puffier every year it seems.

Yeah, Inception was ok.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Jul 19, 2010, 04:34:11 PM
I want to watch Jolie's lips on my dick.

I really enjoyed Inception, even with the problems. I do not equate it with the Matrix. They have some similar concepts but do not ring as the same sort of movie to me.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Jul 20, 2010, 09:27:03 AM
I feel like this should've been the tag line:

"For the people who liked being dicked around by LOST comes Inception:  Where ethnic people and women are casted only as necessary, none of your questions are answered, it all may have been a dream, and the primary job of a guy called The Chemist is to drive a van down by the river."
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: The D on Jul 21, 2010, 07:38:53 PM
The movie showed a polar flip, which is different the smaller shifts. The pole has actually moved a lot in the last hundred years. Course people think a sudden flip like they showed in the movie couldn't happen, that it would take thousands of years, but if it did it's possible the polar ice caps would melt and then refreeze someplace else. That could flood a lot of the areas shown in the movie like LA and Washington D.C. COULD, doesn't mean it would. Truth is no one really knows what would happen since it last happen before recorded history.

And maybe the Mayan stuff was forced, but the 2012 date comes from the Mayans. So if that was the title from the start, then that's what they were playing off of from the start. But a lot of thought doesn't usually go into the movies made by these guys.

A polar flip as in the magnetic poles flipping, or the rotational axis shifting? Because if the earth suddenly started rotating along a different axis I could see the poles possibly melting, when they're facing more towards the sun. If it's just a magnetic flip I don't see how that would melt anything, since the poles would stay in the same place.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Jul 22, 2010, 08:42:40 PM
I saw the Runaways last night.  It has thirty minutes of story in the entire thing.  The rest of it is time wasting fluff.  They have sex.  They do drugs.  They have arguments where they use the f-bomb like five year olds learning it for the first time.  They unconvincingly write song lyrics like every other word is fucking brilliant.  The film should've focused more on the other Runaways even if the movie itself is based on a book by Cherie Currie.  Lita Ford and Sandy West may as well not have existed.

Right now, I'm watching the end of The Search for Spock.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Jul 22, 2010, 09:12:25 PM
I did not know David Marcus died for reals.  Twenty years ago, no less. (http://findadeath.com/Deceased/b/merrittbutrick/johnnyslash.htm)
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Jul 23, 2010, 12:44:04 AM
Was he killed by Klingons? If they did, I'll never forgive them...for the death of my boy. I'm sure that statement won't come back to haunt me.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Max Con on Jul 23, 2010, 04:36:48 AM
I'm sitting on a DVD Screener for Toy Story 3. Now, I've never seen it, but I ... I just don't think I give a fuck. I can't think of the last movie I wanted to see without a superhero in it.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Jul 23, 2010, 03:45:40 PM
Buzz Lightyear is a superhero.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Max Con on Jul 23, 2010, 04:01:16 PM
He's an astronaut with wings. Astronauts aren't super!
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Jul 23, 2010, 04:36:22 PM
That one is. He is an intergalactic cop. There is a precedent for intergalactic cops as superheroes.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Max Con on Jul 23, 2010, 05:35:31 PM
Not without jewelry or fancy headgear.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Jul 23, 2010, 08:51:27 PM
He does have fancy headgear.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Jul 23, 2010, 11:34:59 PM
...Toy Story 3. Now, I've never seen it, but I ... I just don't think I give a fuck.

Ha ha, same here.  It's not like I hated the first two (though the second one did kinda make me want to punch someone in the arm) but I don't see what they could possibly do to make me sit through more of the same shit.  Yes, the toys talk.  They have a world of their own.  They are, gasp, toys you and I may have even played with.  How fucking fascinating.  Well, the novelty's gone now so fuck off Lasseter.  And tell Randy Newman to stop sucking your wang.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Max Con on Jul 24, 2010, 04:40:15 AM
I've never seen the second one completely from start to finish, despite several half-hearted attempts over the years to do so.


I've become more and more apathetic towards cinema in general, anyway. Like I said, if it doesn't have a superhero in it, I don't want to see it.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Jul 24, 2010, 07:22:47 AM
I watched RoboGeisha today. Fucking awesome.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Jul 24, 2010, 06:33:12 PM
So I did a yard sale (first one in my life, what a pain in the ASS that was) and sold all the dvds I had except Clueless. I don't understand why, that movie is a masterpiece
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Jul 25, 2010, 01:26:52 AM
How many DVDs did you sell?  And why didn't you just toss in Clueless as a bonus to the last customer's purchase?
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Jul 25, 2010, 11:29:06 AM
Because why the fuck would you get rid of Clueless?
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Derrick on Jul 25, 2010, 11:47:50 AM
I wish Stacy Dash showed boobs in that movie.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Jul 26, 2010, 03:59:26 AM
Re: Toy Story.  I thought this shit was kinda funny....

Meet The Only Two People Who Hate Toy Story 3 (http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Meet-The-Only-Two-People-Who-Hate-Toy-Story-3-19118.html).  Apparently, because of them, Toy Story's 100% streak on Rotten Tomatoes was broken.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Jul 26, 2010, 07:52:29 PM
How many DVDs did you sell?  And why didn't you just toss in Clueless as a bonus to the last customer's purchase?
Hmm lets see. I sold National Treasure, The Entity ( I might regret selling this one later), ....omg I cant remember now. Anyways they weren't that many, we are taking most of them with us.
I did put Clueless in the "for free" bin after a couple of hours. Still, no takers haha.I was selling the dvds for liek 2 dollars anyways
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Jul 26, 2010, 08:44:31 PM
Why would you get rid of Clueless, and why get rid of it FOR FREE? ARE YOU CRAZY?
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Jul 27, 2010, 03:44:09 PM
It was an act of desperation
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Jul 27, 2010, 03:45:53 PM
NEVER GET RID OF CLUELESS

Shit, I need to go buy that shit right now.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Jul 27, 2010, 03:48:40 PM
If you come to NY to pick it up you can have it for free
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Jul 27, 2010, 03:58:08 PM
WHAT DID I JUST TELL YOU? OH YEAH!

NEVER GET RID OF CLUELESS
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Derrick on Jul 27, 2010, 07:36:11 PM
Homeless Children of Orange County. So fucking sad. :(
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Jul 28, 2010, 11:31:12 PM
WHAT DID I JUST TELL YOU? OH YEAH!

NEVER GET RID OF CLUELESS

I'm sorry some woman took it today (finally!). I want to see Inception but I'm waiting for someone to put it up online
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Jul 29, 2010, 01:13:48 AM
But ... but ... Clueless ...
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: blanktoe on Jul 29, 2010, 05:27:10 AM
WHAT DID I JUST TELL YOU? OH YEAH!

NEVER GET RID OF CLUELESS

I'm sorry some woman took it today (finally!). I want to see Inception but I'm waiting for someone to put it up online

it is online. http://www.vcdq.com/release/movies/07-26-2010/inception-cam-xvid-bazinga
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Derrick on Jul 31, 2010, 07:08:03 PM
The Reader, I cried like a bitch at the end. Good movie, though.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Aug 01, 2010, 05:18:26 PM
I'm watching the Bone Collector, which I've already seen but I don't remember it.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Aug 02, 2010, 01:13:57 AM
I saw Batman: Under the Red Hood. It was pretty good. They didn't really try to hide who the Red Hood was, but in the end it didn't matter. They mystery of the Hood wasn't the point of the movie. It was strange to hear Bender as The Joker though.

I also saw Hot Tub Time Machine. It was pretty good. Not as good as the hype, but nothing ever is. Still good though. What gets me about these time travel movies is they always tell you not to mess with the time line. But when you ignore that and do it anyway, things are always better when you get back to the future. I'd totally mess with the time line if I travel into the past.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Aug 02, 2010, 03:01:13 AM
I put Under the Red Hood in my queue but it's one of those that takes a while before Netflix can send it.  Or whatever.  It isn't Conroy anyway so I don't care about waiting.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Aug 02, 2010, 10:11:59 AM
I'm lucky. A buddy of mine buys all the DC DTV movies like as soon as they come out and then he always lets me borrow them. I think deep down he wants to get me back into comics or something. Because like drinkers don't like to drink alone, comic geeks don't like to hit up comic shops alone. But I did my time in the 90s like everyone else. I've been clean for years now.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Aug 02, 2010, 03:51:06 PM
The stuff DC has done over the last few years has been pretty awesome, at least on the Lantern front. I hear the Batman stuff has been pretty good, too.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Aug 05, 2010, 01:24:59 AM
Kick-Ass. It was pretty good. But don't get fooled by the title, this movie is really about Hit Girl.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: blanktoe on Aug 05, 2010, 05:44:44 AM
Kick-Ass. It was pretty good. But don't get fooled by the title, this movie is really about Hit Girl.

yeah the movie is better than the comic. Atleast he gets the girl in the end.

Just watched Amadeus from 1984. It was ok. I wish they played  "Rock Me Amadeus" atleast once during the movie.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Sam on Aug 05, 2010, 10:13:52 AM
I'm working my way through the LotR trilogy extended editions and all the supplimentary material.  Fellowship and Towers are watched along with all the behind the scenes stuff for Fellowship.  Next comes the extras for Towers, then I move on to Return.  After that's done, I'll watch all three with each of the 4 commentary tracks.

It's a bit crazy how much material they crammed on these discs.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Aug 05, 2010, 12:01:24 PM
I saw Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths.  I think saving another Earth was a huge enough undertaking as it was without the added plot of nutso Owl Pellets trying to destroy all existence because of *shrug* "meh, because".  That knocked off a star for me.  It felt like the threat of the Made Men and the five family heads became hugely diminished at that point.  One of the extras on Superman/Batman: PE says how the writer had written it for a Justice League episode and it shows because half of it felt like a shitload of awesome and the other seemed to not mesh with that.  Also Batman seemed off to me.  How they drew him, how they wrote him, how he sounded, how he acted.  But at least Baldwin Batman didn't sound like he was gargling like in New Frontier.  Also it annoyed me that not every character voice was credited.  Some of us are interested in that crap.  I shouldn't have to go to IMDB to find out.

Also...

Manhunter gettin' action was kinda ew.  Sorry, it was.
Merla was also disturbed by his head, but that didn't bother me so much.
The president was a pirate and his daughter was almost unreasonably hot.  Ha ha.
I really liked good Lex and Superwoman.  Jester was awesome too.  I'd like to see them in something else.
Ultraman reminded me of a guido.
Showing that Batman cared for the Flash was a really sweet touch but him eating that pretzel earlier... ftw.  lol
I don't know if it was the shoulders or the forehead or the feet but Wonder Woman looked kinda weird.
Use of Invisible Jet was cool.

I think it's hilarious that villains in relationships (Owlman/Superwoman) are always oversexualized because sex is evil.  They were really hammering that home.  And in that S/B:PE extra about this feature, Gina Torres is all talking about Superwoman being a strong female who is sexualized and knows what she wants like Superwoman is a positive role model or something.  (And a minute earlier, Andrea Romano is talking about Superwoman being a sociopath.)  It would mean so much more for a mentally sound character like Wonder Woman, Supergirl, Hawkgirl, or someone more prominent to not be afraid of their own sexuality and know what they want.  In an evil character, it's kinda meaningless.  It's like "oh, it's another evil slut" along with "oh, another good virgin/chaste hero".  It's in the same family as villains being given LGBT contexts because gay is evil.  Like Ultraman's "Get your hands off my boy!"  I rofled because it sounded funny but then it was like "wait, was that supposed to be gay?"  He and Jimmy did seem to cohabitate.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: blanktoe on Aug 05, 2010, 01:18:08 PM
I put Under the Red Hood in my queue but it's one of those that takes a while before Netflix can send it.  Or whatever.  It isn't Conroy anyway so I don't care about waiting.

Why wait for Netflix when you can watch it on youtube now.

DC Showcase Jonah Hex-


Under the red hood-
playnext=1&videos=XmD_2WiaOlA
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Aug 05, 2010, 04:03:50 PM
Thnx for the link, good blank.  If I like it, I still may want to watch it on TV anyway.  I'll see how much I enjoy it on a computer screen first.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Aug 05, 2010, 06:50:18 PM
Holy fuck, Toe!  I finished Red Hood and that shit was ti-zight.  You get over 9000 pellets, my man.  OVER.  9000.  I'll pull that out of my Netflix queue and put it on my Amazon wishlist because that's an eventual buy.

Quote
They didn't really try to hide who the Red Hood was, but in the end it didn't matter. They mystery of the Hood wasn't the point of the movie. It was strange to hear Bender as The Joker though.

I'm glad it wasn't because it was too damn easy.  I thought I wasn't gonna like Greenwood and, er, Bender, heh... (don't remember his name.  Dimaggio or something)  Both were great though.  Conroy and Hamill belong in the parts, but I think I prefer not hearing them in a movie this dark and heavy.  I like them in the lighter fare.  Gotham looked pretty sweet, too, the cityscapes and all.  I would've actually liked to see this in the theater.  Too bad they didn't do at least a limited run with it.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Max Con on Aug 07, 2010, 12:14:27 AM
It was pretty good, but I still liked the comic arc better. The best parts were Jason screwing over Bats/Black Mask in various ways.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Aug 07, 2010, 12:16:20 AM
Oh yeah, finally watched the Jonah Hex short today, too.  That shit was rad.  Too bad the movie flopped like a Shamu on acid.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Aug 07, 2010, 12:25:13 AM
I'll admit that I would have much rather seen, or rather heard, Hamill as Joker. He really has become the voice of Joker.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Aug 07, 2010, 01:56:09 AM
But then when I hear him, I'll picture him beating the shit outta Jason instead of tossing Harley Quinn out of a window and that's not the image I want.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Aug 07, 2010, 03:21:31 AM
Some reason when you said "tossing Harley Quinn" my mind went sexual. I was like "When did he do that?" 
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: blanktoe on Aug 07, 2010, 04:45:16 AM
  You get over 9000 pellets, my man.  OVER.  9000. 

I'd like to go for the bonus Alex!

Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Max Con on Aug 07, 2010, 05:05:26 AM
Conroy, Daly, and ... no Ironside. Darkseid just doesn't sound right without Ironside putting that sadistic charm behind him.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Aug 07, 2010, 08:12:07 AM
Watched The Bounty Hunter. omg I cant believe that piece of crap was more than 2 hours long.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Derrick on Aug 09, 2010, 11:28:04 AM
Watched The Bounty Hunter. omg I cant believe that piece of crap was more than 2 hours long.
Jennifer Aniston's vagina is smelly.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Aug 09, 2010, 10:49:40 PM
I'd like to go for the bonus Alex!


+3000.  Good show, chap.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Aug 09, 2010, 10:54:23 PM
I saw a few things:

Ip Man - Excellent.  Loved it.  The story, the acting, the fight scenes were all top-notch.

Deja Vu - Movie w/ Denzel Washington that went all sorts of places, over-explained time travel or whatever, then had a sappy Hollywood-style ending.  Also committed the crime of cutting out a few minutes of footage which would have given parts of the film more meaning.

A Town Called Panic - It's like odd, French Gumby which cheap toys instead of clay  It's a full movie but runs out of steam fairly early.

The first few minutes of Salt... someone's bootleg copy.  I wasn't interested enough in trying to finish it.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Max Con on Aug 10, 2010, 04:08:46 AM
Salt? I'm surprised you worked up the effort to press play.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Bernie AKA on Aug 10, 2010, 04:30:33 AM
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.  Devoured the books.  Fell in love with Lisbeth both in print and on screen, which is rare.  :love:
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Aug 10, 2010, 12:58:38 PM
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.  Devoured the books.  Fell in love with Lisbeth both in print and on screen, which is rare.  :love:

ENNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNVY!  I've had that at the top of my queue forever now and it's "very long wait".  Which really stinks because I wanted to see the sequel but don't want to jump in out of order.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Max Con on Aug 10, 2010, 02:53:58 PM
(http://a.imageshack.us/img248/1210/pirate.gif)
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Aug 10, 2010, 02:58:48 PM
Ha ha, got your msg.  Thanks.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Max Con on Aug 10, 2010, 03:11:55 PM
I go where I'm needed.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Aug 10, 2010, 03:17:17 PM
I give you pellets, sir.

Watched The Bounty Hunter. omg I cant believe that piece of crap was more than 2 hours long.

Forgot to mention how much this made me rofl.  Schmoo Netflixed this and it was literally sitting above our DVD player when I read Faye's post.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Max Con on Aug 10, 2010, 03:22:29 PM
Hot dog!

I'm gonna fill a bath tub with'em.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Aug 10, 2010, 05:27:44 PM
Mind your pooper.  They like to get stuck in there.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: blanktoe on Aug 11, 2010, 05:14:57 AM
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.  Devoured the books.  Fell in love with Lisbeth both in print and on screen, which is rare.  :love:

ENNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNVY!  I've had that at the top of my queue forever now and it's "very long wait".  Which really stinks because I wanted to see the sequel but don't want to jump in out of order.

I see that it's on netflix streaming, so, I'm going to give the movie a try. If it sucks I'm pinching both of you really hard, like really really hard!
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Aug 11, 2010, 11:06:25 AM
I saw it the Red Box, but passed it over.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Aug 12, 2010, 12:20:08 AM
Why do I get pinched?  I never said you had to see it.  :(

I finished Green Lantern: First Flight.  It was really good.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Aug 12, 2010, 12:36:17 AM
Could be he just wants to pinch you. Probably on the butt. That's what I'd do.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Aug 12, 2010, 12:56:11 AM
Why do I get pinched?  I never said you had to see it.  :(

I finished Green Lantern: First Flight.  It was really good.

I freaking LOVED IT! I can not remember, was ol' big head Hector Hammond in it? If he was not, he SHOULD have been.
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Post by: blanktoe on Aug 12, 2010, 06:13:22 AM
Why do I get pinched?  I never said you had to see it.  :(

 
It was implied.
I finished Green Lantern: First Flight.  It was really good.

DC/Warners has been kicking ass with these movies. Marvel needs to step their game up. You would think Pixar would gearing up to put out a shit ton of Marvel animated movies.
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Post by: B E C K on Aug 12, 2010, 02:42:08 PM
Yeah, all in crappy CG.    :-[
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Post by: Fiero on Aug 12, 2010, 03:29:59 PM
I do not think the Pixar team is interested.
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Post by: Bernie AKA on Aug 12, 2010, 07:42:46 PM
I adore Lisbeth big time.  Read the movie.  Watch the book.  Whatever.  Pull up the poster for The Girl Who Played With Fire - holy fucking shit.... :streamoftears:
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Post by: B E C K on Aug 13, 2010, 12:18:07 PM
Did you already puke at this?

Quote from: Wikipedia, everyone's most reliable source
David Fincher is set to direct a Hollywood adaptation of the book, for release in December 2011.[11] According to The Guardian, George Clooney, Johnny Depp, and Brad Pitt were all interested in playing the central role of Mikael Blomkvist, but Daniel Craig was officially confirmed as the lead in July.[12] Twilight's Kristen Stewart and Juno's Ellen Page have expressed interest to play Lisbeth Salander, as well as Carey Mulligan. Also, Emma Watson of the Harry Potter films was said to have chopped her hair off in the hope of getting the role. It is not yet clear which actress will be hired for the role. Producer Søren Stærmose of Yellow Bird, who holds the screen rights to the books, has been approached by directors including Quentin Tarantino, Ridley Scott, and Martin Scorsese.[13][14] On December 16, 2009 leading Swedish newspaper Svenska Dagbladet reported that Sony Pictures Entertainment are in final negotiating with Yellow Bird about the film rights according to Yellow Bird Managing Director Mikael Wallén. Steve Zaillian has been in discussions to adapt the first book.[15][16] [17]

First "Let The Right One In" and now this shit?  It pisses me off that they Hollywoodize something that's not even old yet!
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Post by: blanktoe on Aug 13, 2010, 05:56:04 PM
Should I watch " The Girl Who Played With Fire"?
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Post by: B E C K on Aug 14, 2010, 11:28:13 PM
Have you seen Girl With The Dragon Tattoo yet?  They're in order.
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Post by: blanktoe on Aug 15, 2010, 12:29:56 AM
Will watch when the powet comes back on.Saw Scott pilgrim too.Great fucking flick.
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Post by: Fiero on Aug 15, 2010, 11:23:18 AM
I saw Scott Pilgrim. Pretty fucking fun. I need to watch out for the vegan police.
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Post by: blanktoe on Aug 15, 2010, 03:15:26 PM
HOLY SHIT!! YOU DO GET SUPER POWeRS?!!
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Post by: Derrick on Aug 15, 2010, 03:28:44 PM
I dislike Michael Cera.
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Post by: Bad Ass Pac Man on Aug 15, 2010, 05:14:19 PM
Me, too.  Career needs to die now plox.
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Post by: Fiero on Aug 15, 2010, 07:56:55 PM
I agree about Mr. Cera, but he was not quite as obnoxious in this one.
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Post by: blanktoe on Aug 15, 2010, 10:06:12 PM
Speaking of Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, why did Edgar Wright have to go and say the movie takes place in Scott's imagination? That one statement kinda ruins the whole movie for me.
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Post by: Fiero on Aug 15, 2010, 10:26:57 PM
I am not interested in his statement.
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Post by: blanktoe on Aug 15, 2010, 11:23:47 PM
cool.
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Post by: Derrick on Aug 16, 2010, 05:19:39 AM
Speaking of Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, why did Edgar Wright have to go and say the movie takes place in Scott's imagination? That one statement kinda ruins the whole movie for me.
Because it's hipster bullshit?
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Post by: Derrick on Aug 16, 2010, 10:05:27 AM
Wow, it cost 90 million and only took in 10? Thank you, Michael Cera.

I demand Spider-girl be made with Selena Gomez be made now.
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Post by: B E C K on Aug 16, 2010, 11:33:32 AM
Box Office Bob-omb: 5 Reasons Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World Failed To Find An Audience (http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Box-Office-Bob-omb-5-Reasons-Scott-Pilgrim-Vs-The-World-Failed-To-Find-An-Audience-20168.html)

Summarizing the points of the article using actual quotes:

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1. People over 30 don't get it.  "Seriously, you're out there working for a living, you've got two screaming kids, do you really want to go spend your hard-earned money watching a kid whine about how he has to be in bands and stuff and hang out a lot? ...for the most part it's happy to be about lazy, narcissistic, 20-year-old hipsters. And if you're over 30, that just ain't cool.

2. People under 30 don't get it.  "The film is steeped in video game culture which, while that might seem like something the kids can latch on to, in this case isn't. ...  20-year-old hipsters weren't even born back when me and my now thirty-something friends first dragged out all the cables to hook our first ever Nintendo up to the television for a round or two of Duck Hunt."

3. Geeks don't get it.  "And maybe geeks do read the comic its based on, but Scott Pilgrim is not exactly a geek film. This is a movie about a slacker musician who's biggest problem is choosing which of the two hot girls he's dating he most wants to sleep with. "

4. People hate Michael Cera.  "The box office performance of his films has grown progressively worse since Superbad, almost in concert with the number of angry “I hate hipsters” comments sure to be left on any internet story invoking his name. Scott Pilgrim just had the misfortune to be there at the place where the whole Michael Cera thing all bottomed out."

5. It's a musical w/o music.  "Even if you didn't realize that's what Wright was doing with the movie" [using fights instead of musical numbers for the same purpose], "the same things which people hate about musicals are present in the trailers and, whether they knew it or not, probably had a hand in keeping them away. ...  Normally that's ok since there's a dedicated crowd of moviegoers who do get it, and show up for a musical anyway, but the musical moviegoer isn't showing up for a fight movie and neither did anyone else."

Anyone agree?  I know #4 is true.  I just don't like him.  Even looking at him makes me feel like an abused stepchild with special needs.  Superficial reason or not, I would've been one of the first in line if they have casted someone hot and adorable in the lead role.  We ladies need some fine guize to look at, too.  And where did those ladies go btw to look at mens?  To see the Expendables--it reportedly had a 40% female audience--and even beat out chick-schlock Eat, Pray, Love.

Also telling, imo, Merla just asked me "Who the heck's Scott Pilgrim".  I imagine a lot of people had a similar reaction.
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Post by: Derrick on Aug 16, 2010, 12:08:57 PM
I was so happy when this movie flopped. In related news the next X-Men movie will suck horrible, horrible ass.
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Post by: Fiero on Aug 16, 2010, 03:14:39 PM
I actually have found that I like that one guy that was first said to be Michael Cera wannabe to be a much better actor, so far. I am interested to see how he does in the Facebook movie, but I am not sure I am interested in actually watching it.
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Post by: blanktoe on Aug 16, 2010, 04:40:37 PM
jesse eisenberg comes off as more of an asshole than cera. go listen to the zombieland commentary.
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Post by: Derrick on Aug 16, 2010, 05:35:23 PM
I hated him in that. I wish they would've had someone else play his role. The other three mains were perfect, though.
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Post by: Fiero on Aug 16, 2010, 05:43:24 PM
Perhaps he has an asshole, but I still say he is a better actor. Oh, how I love me some Emma Stone.
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Post by: Derrick on Aug 16, 2010, 06:15:19 PM
Gimme some delicious Abigail Breslin.
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Post by: Fiero on Aug 16, 2010, 06:41:13 PM
She is 14 and you are a cliche. And so am I.
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Post by: Derrick on Aug 16, 2010, 07:58:46 PM
Booooo.
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Post by: Fiero on Aug 17, 2010, 12:38:54 PM
http://www.newser.com/story/98280/meet-the-girl-with-the-dragon-tattoo-rooney-mara.html

For the people who were talking about it before.
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Post by: B E C K on Aug 17, 2010, 04:09:14 PM
Thank you for the link.  I was curious who they were gonna cast but I see it's just another rich, connected chick buying herself some credentials.  For anyone confused, the above doesn't concern the film Bernie was raving about or the one I'm dying to see.  It concerns the useless Hollywood remake.  What is with Hollywood raping Sweden?  First Let the Right One In and now this one.  LTROI came out in 2008.  The original Dragon Tattoo came out last year.  AND THEY.  ARE.  REMAKING.  IT.  Boooooo.
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Post by: Rama on Aug 17, 2010, 04:27:54 PM
Maybe they are still trying to launch a counterstrike for ABBA.
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Post by: Fiero on Aug 17, 2010, 05:38:53 PM
Beck, it is pretty damn simple. Hollywood can no longer think for itself.
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Post by: blanktoe on Aug 18, 2010, 04:28:54 AM
That's not true. It's just that all the movies with halfway original ideas flop.
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Post by: B E C K on Aug 18, 2010, 11:27:46 AM
I don't know, I consider a lot of these movies to have just that: "halfway original ideas".

Sad that few seem to want to accept that some of this shit flops because its shit, not because they're original or not.  

My objection isn't really with how original an idea is when it makes it to the cinema but it galls me to take from such recent, GOOD films when there's plenty of older films, books, comics, etc dying to be made or remade or even given a sequel or prequel.  Stuff from this century should still be off-limits unless it sucked somehow.  Both Swedish films were critically acclaimed.  Their only crime was not being in English.

It would also be a different thing to take The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and make it completely American.  Let Me In, equally needless remake of Let The Right One In, at least changed to an American locale.  However, Girl's still being filmed in Sweden.  HUH?  We already had this just last year in authentic Swedish.

It would also be different to remake both films with major stars.  The Girl remake has Daniel "saddlebag face" Craig--not really among the Clooneys, Jolies, and such as a major box office draw.  The eponymous girl and the two kids in Let Me In are nobodys.  In fact, the major stars in Let Me In are... Richard Jenkins and Elias Koteas.
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Post by: Fiero on Aug 18, 2010, 12:12:55 PM
You know what I would kind of like to see? Tank Girl. Yeah I know they did that one film, but after reading the comics I think it is shit. I want the Tank Girl will the gore and the tits flashing everywhere. I do not remember thta being the Tank Girl we got. Plus apparently Martin and Hewlitt totally fucked it up anyway, they have admitted it. Shit script and they animated major scenes that they simply, "forgot to film." Rant over.

I am slightly curious to see Let Me In ... but no fuck that.
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Post by: gwynn on Aug 19, 2010, 08:23:37 PM
(http://www.filmsnmovies.com/media/posts/000911.jpg)

Haters gonna hate.
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Post by: B E C K on Aug 19, 2010, 10:05:52 PM
Tank Girl was enjoyable enough for me but, I never read the comic.  Yeah, I'd like to see someone take that on and do it closer to what it should be.

And, yes, Let Me In can go fuck itself.
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Post by: Rama on Aug 20, 2010, 12:30:24 AM
I hated Tank Girl...and I never read the comics.
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Post by: Fiero on Aug 20, 2010, 03:39:32 PM
The comics are ten times what the movie is. If you like that weird anime where people were having sex for no reason then you should enjoy a comic where they shoot people and run around the outback with their tops off for no reason.
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Post by: Rama on Aug 21, 2010, 01:40:29 AM
I didn't say I liked that Anime. I said I watched it.
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Post by: Fiero on Aug 21, 2010, 07:27:05 AM
Well read this.
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Post by: Derrick on Aug 21, 2010, 10:04:49 AM
I did, now what?
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Post by: B E C K on Aug 21, 2010, 04:46:21 PM
Weird anime huh huh?
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Aug 25, 2010, 09:01:09 PM
I watched Eclipse and I'm ashamed of myself
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Post by: B E C K on Aug 25, 2010, 11:16:58 PM
As you should be.
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Post by: Rama on Aug 26, 2010, 01:49:14 AM
I saw Clash of the Titans.

Wasn't nearly as shitty as I was expecting. Was even pretty good in some places.
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Post by: Fiero on Aug 26, 2010, 01:53:43 AM
We watched it in 3D, and that was where most of the disappointment was. I fucking love the scorpions.
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Aug 26, 2010, 08:57:14 PM
Did they release Piranha 3D in the uS? Im dying to see that one
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Post by: Derrick on Aug 27, 2010, 02:21:40 PM
Yeah, I gotta see it.
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Post by: Fiero on Aug 27, 2010, 04:38:13 PM
Yeah, I do actually want to watch that. WTF is wrong with me?
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Post by: Derrick on Aug 27, 2010, 06:04:51 PM
Topless pr0n girls and Ving Rames doesn't make you erect?
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Aug 28, 2010, 02:24:00 AM
The Losers

They should have just made a movie about Jensen. Then it would have been a lot better. Wasn't bad, just wasn't great.
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Post by: Fiero on Aug 28, 2010, 09:31:49 AM
I could not even finish that movie.
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Post by: blanktoe on Aug 29, 2010, 04:29:44 AM
Trying to finish watching Hamlet.
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Post by: B E C K on Aug 29, 2010, 10:38:24 PM
Which Hamlet?
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Post by: blanktoe on Aug 30, 2010, 01:57:32 AM
A BBC production from 2008 starring David Tennant and Patrick Stewart. It took me a month to watch it all the way through.
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Post by: Rama on Aug 30, 2010, 02:15:40 AM
A month? Why?
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Aug 31, 2010, 12:15:25 AM
Jennifer's body -_-
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Post by: Fiero on Aug 31, 2010, 12:44:41 AM
Why would you do that to yourself?
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Post by: Rama on Aug 31, 2010, 01:09:04 AM
A View to a Kill
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Post by: B E C K on Aug 31, 2010, 01:47:12 AM
I watched a bit (literally under 10 min) of G. I. Joe: The Rise in Cobra in Spanish because I curious about the Cover Girl death scene.  Then I realized among the other ways they retard the Baroness, they made her a natural blonde, too.  FFFFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUU

Snake Eyes was really cool in the pieces I saw.  Pity he was stuck in this steaming shit of a movie.

And Ripcord was a fucking Scrappy.  Every scene I saw, he popped in like a fucking rabbit.  He sexually harassed Scarlet, who just sat back and took it like an idiot.  My God, if I found out he had died hilariously in the film, I might've actually sat down and suffered through the entire thing.
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Post by: Fiero on Aug 31, 2010, 02:36:45 AM
Did you at least watch the Cover Girl death?
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Post by: B E C K on Sep 02, 2010, 05:46:09 AM
Yes and it was disturbingly sexual.  They could've at least had her fight Zartan and die in combat instead of getting cheaply stabbed through the back and doing a blowjob mouth in reaction.
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Post by: Fiero on Sep 02, 2010, 11:41:01 AM
That is why it was funny.
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Post by: B E C K on Sep 02, 2010, 05:26:04 PM
I didn't find it funny.  Women's deaths are constantly oversexualized in movies like this and I've always noticed it and loathed it.  Granted, I'd have no issue if men were sexualized as often in the same manner but they aren't.  At the risk of sounding BAAAWWWWWW, it was akin to a rape scene.
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Post by: Fiero on Sep 02, 2010, 07:34:38 PM
It is a little BAAAAWWWWWWWW, but I get you. I see you. 0_0
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Post by: B E C K on Sep 03, 2010, 01:55:24 AM
I see you. 0_0

Where's my pelican!?   :nono:
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Post by: Rama on Sep 05, 2010, 01:30:04 AM
G.I.Joe the movie. Not the bad live action one, the bad animated one from the 80s.
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Post by: blanktoe on Sep 05, 2010, 06:31:52 AM
Sorcerer's Apprentice- bad but watchable.
The Other Guys- meh.
Prince of Persia- better than you'd think but the ending was predictable.
Karate Kid- better than the original but that's not saying much.
Star Trek 2009- still good because redlettermedia.com tells me sooooooooooo. pizza rolls...
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Post by: Fiero on Sep 05, 2010, 11:30:54 AM
Duke is d... In a coma!
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Post by: Derrick on Sep 05, 2010, 01:06:01 PM
The Men who stare at Goats.

I enjoyed it.
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Sep 05, 2010, 08:18:09 PM

Karate Kid- better than the original but that's not saying much.

WTF are you talking about?? that piece of shit will smith dared to call karate kid is a joke. I think I'm going to get an aneurism right now.
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Post by: blanktoe on Sep 05, 2010, 09:15:42 PM
it wasn't that bad. it wasn't bad at all really but whatever.
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Post by: Derrick on Sep 05, 2010, 11:03:20 PM
it wasn't that bad. it wasn't bad at all really but whatever.

:tom:
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Post by: Fiero on Sep 06, 2010, 08:17:33 PM

Karate Kid- better than the original but that's not saying much.

WTF are you talking about?? that piece of shit will smith dared to call karate kid is a joke. I think I'm going to get an aneurism right now.

I can not remember, did you watch it?
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Post by: B E C K on Sep 06, 2010, 10:05:44 PM
I've heard it was good but I have no plans to ever watch it.  Unless it comes out for free somewhere and I'm bored and without options.

I rewatched Coraline.  Meh, twice was enough for me.  I couldn't bring myself to care all that much.
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Post by: blanktoe on Sep 07, 2010, 01:20:57 AM
i feel the same way. the animation nice but i didn't care for the story.
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Post by: blanktoe on Sep 07, 2010, 02:25:41 AM
Dinner for Schmucks- enjoyable.
Paprika- I don't know why it took me so long to see this. Had known Satoshi Kon worked on this and Paranoia Agent, I would have watched ages ago.
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Sep 07, 2010, 07:48:55 AM

Karate Kid- better than the original but that's not saying much.

WTF are you talking about?? that piece of shit will smith dared to call karate kid is a joke. I think I'm going to get an aneurism right now.

I can not remember, did you watch it?

ehm no, the trailer was enough. Having Danny be like what, 10 years old, and not only that but change his name to DRE? fuck no. And I'm sure I've talked about how its bs that Jackie Chan teaches kung fu, etc, etc, etc
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Post by: Derrick on Sep 07, 2010, 08:53:03 AM
He just likes it because, well you know. Which is why we hate it.

But they started it by changing the races of both major characters.
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Post by: Fiero on Sep 07, 2010, 10:28:49 AM
I have no intention of watching, but it might not be as awful as we think.

MACHETE, however, I did intend to watch and it fucking delivers. It was exactly what I expected, making fun of extremes, pretty sweet knife fighting, chaingun on a motorcycle.

Watch for the palates cart when they raid the fort. Haha.
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Post by: The D on Sep 07, 2010, 05:44:27 PM
Karate Kid- better than the original but that's not saying much.
LOL WHUT?

I can't imagine any sequel/remake being better than the original. I lul at "arranged marriage". And Daddy wizard was planning on destroying mankind and having Precambrian nature take over the planet, is that plan off now that Ponyo has a future husband? Or is flooding half the dry land on the planet good enough? Is any of that water going to recede? What about people's possessions, now drowned? What about people's flooded houses? What about the rest of the world... is Tokyo and New York and LA and Mumbai and Amsterdam now underwater? Is the moon going to kamikaze the earth still? Answers dammit.


Kick ass- The title is my feelings on this movie. I was expecting a Disney teen comedy style where tweens and young teens try to fight evil and fail in humerus ways, or succeed by sheer luck. I should have known better by the R rating. What I didn't expect was a gothic loli running around with swords and a gun stabbing and capping people like it's human hunting season. More violent and way more awesome than I expected. Only thing was the villain seemed a bit cliche, and his son didn't seem the evil type... the spoiled type yes, but not the evil type. Which makes it more strange that it seems he becomes an evil villain at the end.


Ponyo - It was okay, but kinda rushed and meh at the end. And what's with
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Post by: The D on Sep 07, 2010, 06:24:19 PM
Well, see, this is a prime reason Nuri should give my post editing rights back. I totally fucked up that last post. And instead of being able to fix it, now you'll have to look at my horrible error for all eternity and suffer!!!  :razz:  >:D

The way the first and second paragraph were supposed to be:
Quote
LOL WHUT?
I can't imagine any sequel/remake being better than the original.

PARAGRAPH.

Ponyo - It was okay, but kinda rushed and meh at the end. Daddy wizard was planning on destroying mankind and having Precambrian nature take over the planet, is that plan off now that Ponyo has a future husband? Or is flooding half the dry land on the planet good enough? Is any of that water going to recede? What about people's possessions, now drowned? What about people's flooded houses? What about the rest of the world... is Tokyo and New York and LA and Mumbai and Amsterdam now underwater? Is the moon going to kamikaze the earth still? Answers dammit.


I'm working my way through the LotR trilogy extended editions and all the supplimentary material.  Fellowship and Towers are watched along with all the behind the scenes stuff for Fellowship.  Next comes the extras for Towers, then I move on to Return.  After that's done, I'll watch all three with each of the 4 commentary tracks.

It's a bit crazy how much material they crammed on these discs.

I have wanted to watch every commentary for every movie but that's 10-12 hours per commentary track, so about 36 hours of total commentary. I would kill myself of boredom before I got done.
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Sep 07, 2010, 08:21:16 PM
He just likes it because, well you know. Which is why we hate it.


LOL I didn't want to say it but that's what I thought too!
MACHETE, however, I did intend to watch and it fucking delivers. It was exactly what I expected, making fun of extremes, pretty sweet knife fighting, chaingun on a motorcycle.


Do you feel sad that George Clooney's movie got more money than Machete? Cause I sure do. I can't stand his suave ass for anything. Angry mexican all the way! Also I'll be waiting for a torrent since movies arrive in Japan like 2 years after they come out in the US.


D, is Ponyo. It's a kids movie. Let it go. Also I love that damn movie, Ponyo is SO CUTE. Last week I got a Ponyo doll <3

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Post by: Fiero on Sep 08, 2010, 12:45:58 PM
Do you feel sad that George Clooney's movie got more money than Machete? Cause I sure do. I can't stand his suave ass for anything. Angry mexican all the way! Also I'll be waiting for a torrent since movies arrive in Japan like 2 years after they come out in the US.

I was going to say Machete cost a lot less to make, but apparently I am wrong.
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Post by: Rama on Sep 08, 2010, 01:09:46 PM
Actually Machete looks like it would have cost more to make then the American.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Sep 08, 2010, 01:45:48 PM
Box Office Mojo says otherwise. They are the same.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Sep 09, 2010, 08:17:21 PM
Still George Clooney won. I cant stand him
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Post by: Derrick on Sep 09, 2010, 09:24:16 PM
I love Clooney. He was amazing in the Men who Stare at Goats.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Sep 10, 2010, 01:27:11 AM
Balls of Fury. I don't know why I love this movie I do. Enter the Dragon with Ping Pong.

I also watch The Living Daylights. Dalton gets a bad rap for his time as Bond. He was one of the best.

I also re-watched Wild Wild West with Will Smith. I don't know why this movie gets shit on so much. I really like it.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Sep 10, 2010, 06:32:44 AM
Well, see, this is a prime reason Nuri should give my post editing rights back. I totally fucked up that last post. And instead of being able to fix it, now you'll have to look at my horrible error for all eternity and suffer!!!  :razz:  >:D

Or I could, you know, just delete it.  I'm not going to tho'.  Just saying.


I love Clooney. He was amazing in the Men who Stare at Goats.

Clooney is awesome.  Too bad the last movie I saw with him in it was a steaming piece of crap.


I finally saw The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo.  Movie is the shit.  Nothing I would ever want to see over again anytime soon but I can't deny its brilliance.  I just don't see the remake matching this, though now that I've finally watched the original I can now relent that saddlebag-face Daniel Craig was correctly cast.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Sep 10, 2010, 01:30:57 PM
Clooney is great when he is not in a lovey dovey bullshit
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: blanktoe on Sep 11, 2010, 03:58:40 PM
Spider-man 3- not as bad as I remember.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Sep 11, 2010, 09:11:45 PM
I agree.  It might help that I haven't seen it.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: blanktoe on Sep 12, 2010, 04:10:24 AM
If you do watch it, just ignore every scene that involves Peter Parker dancing. You'll enjoy the movie a lot more.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Sep 12, 2010, 06:03:43 AM
Good lord, how many of those are there?
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: blanktoe on Sep 12, 2010, 03:12:27 PM
THREE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Sep 13, 2010, 09:35:03 PM
Finally watched The Devil Wears Prada. I didn't like the movie that much, it was like meh. But Glenn Close...oh....and her character. AMAZING. If she's based on Anna Wintour I have a new found respect for her, cause if she's like that in real life she must be the SHIT. I want to be like that someday :'( I was a LIIITTLE bitchy when I was working but not that bad. It's an inspiration.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Sep 13, 2010, 10:01:18 PM
It was Meryl Streep.  Congratulations, you're already on your way there.


I saw the Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman thing.  I'd already seen parts of it years ago but never sat down and just watched the whole thing.  Not bad.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: blanktoe on Sep 14, 2010, 02:14:38 PM
Just saw Midnight Run which happens to feature the worst Danny Elfman score possibly ever. "Midnight Run is one of Danny Elfman's most infamous scores as it ushered in a "sound" for buddy/cop/roadtrip comedy/action capers that would follow."-http://elfman.filmmusic.com
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Sep 20, 2010, 12:57:35 AM
I've seen in this order:

Prince of Persia: This thing couldn't hold my attention. If something shiny came by I'd just watch that instead. I can't say anything bad about it, but I can't say anything good either.

Daybreakers: This was a lot better then I expected. I really expected shit and it wasn't. It wasn't a real good script, but it was shot very well. Had a real noir feel. Probably not something that someone who hates Vampire movies would like, but if you don't mind them it's pretty good.

Flash Gordon(1980): This is a bad movie, but it's done so tongue-in-cheek that I can't help but love it a little. But, but unless you like cheesy movies don't for any reason watch this movie.

Cop Out: Eh...it's not very good. Kevin Smith should always write the movies he directs. No matter how many "Cocks" "Mother Fuckers" and "Ass to Mouths" it doesn't make it a Smith film. Thing is full of bad writing and stereotypes and the like. Plot is all over the place too...I mean as far as I can tell this is about a Cop who is more concerns with getting a baseball card back then doing his job. And why does he want this baseball card? So he can sell it and pay for his spoiled daughters 50K wedding before his ex-wives' new rich Husband pays for it instead. IT STINKS!
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Sep 20, 2010, 04:17:14 AM
Daybreakers is pretty good. An underrated film, for sure.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Sep 21, 2010, 12:10:57 AM
I haven't been watching any movies lately.  Anyone go see Devil?  I was kinda tempted.  Then I just started looking around for spoilers.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Sep 21, 2010, 05:07:05 AM
Today I watched Obsessed. Good movie , but you can see that it was obviously produced by Beyonce. I hate the "powerful woman" parts in it. too much, Beyonce tries to look like a badass.

Last week I FINALLY watched Sex and the City 2( no comments) and 10 things I hate about you, which reminded me of how much I love Heath Ledger <3 :'(
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: blanktoe on Sep 21, 2010, 04:03:37 PM
Sex and the city 2 sucked that bad huh?
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Derrick on Sep 21, 2010, 05:39:10 PM
You had doubts?
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Sep 22, 2010, 11:14:26 AM
Today I watched Obsessed. Good movie , but you can see that it was obviously produced by Beyonce. I hate the "powerful woman" parts in it. too much, Beyonce tries to look like a badass.

That movie was all kinds of dumb.  Made even freakier by the fact that the man and the crazy chick had NO RELATIONSHIP WHATSOEVER.  Be careful who you get mixed CDs from, fellas.  It means she wants to RAEP J00!  And then no one believes the guy that the chick's crazy.  I don't know if it was just me, but I got the feeling the guy was supposed to have an affair or lead her on and Beyoncé said "I would never get cheated on!" and had it written out.  The dude comes off almost ridiculously squeaky clean and I was left thinking that there was no way in hell even a batshit insane psycho bitch would believe she had a remote chance with him.  You're right about Beyoncé, she was trying too hard (like J.Lo in Enough, now that's comedy).  Beyoncé should've played the crazy chick.  And dance and sung and shit.  You know that would have rocked.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Sep 22, 2010, 08:05:27 PM
Well they did say that people had doubts about him telling the truth since he had a past history of screwing around with his secretaries (Beyonce was his secretary before they got married, remember?).  But yeah at the end it got so batshit crazy that al I could think was "wtf?".

And yes Fiero, it sucked balls. It got to the point that I was thinking they looked pathetic (except my gurl Samantha of course). And i LOVE SATC but I'll just stick to the series and pretend the movies never existed.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Sep 22, 2010, 11:29:14 PM
Land of the Lost.

Eh...it just seemed like one Will Ferrel style joke after another strung together, or maybe more accurately contained, by the plot of the 1974 show. I was really surprised this thing was produced by Sid & Marty Krofft. Really wouldn't think the people that made the kids show, would like Cha-Ka humping Will Ferrel's leg, but whatever.  
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Sep 23, 2010, 02:23:29 AM
Well they did say that people had doubts about him telling the truth since he had a past history of screwing around with his secretaries (Beyonce was his secretary before they got married, remember?).

From what I understood, Beyoncé was the only secretary he messed around with.  I think it would've been different if there were in fact other secretaries or he was a notorious flirt or philanderer.  His marrying his secretary shouldn't immediately have branded the guy a liar.  I think the movie just made him too clean for it to be believable that no one gave him the benefit of the doubt, his own wife included.


I saw "Training Day" for the first time today.  Liked it, but Ethan Hawke is so douchey.  "I HAVE A LITTLE GURL!  BAAAAW!"  I still don't see how a white cop--a really clean-cut looking one at that--was supposed to successfully work in that narcotics division.  Dude stood out like a sore thumb.  The ending also borders on ridiculous.  Hawke flying in from the air to dive bomb Denzel's ride and then Denzel getting over-shot all to hell.  Oh, those lovable Ruskies.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Sep 23, 2010, 06:37:25 AM
Superman/Batman: Apocalypse - Quick thoughts.


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Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Sep 23, 2010, 11:23:43 AM
And yes Fiero, it sucked balls.

I am sure I thought about it, but when did I say anything?
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: blanktoe on Sep 23, 2010, 04:30:35 PM
Superman/Batman: Apocalypse - Quick thoughts.

  • I miss Michael Ironside.  This Darkseid kinda blows.



Yeah, Andre Braugher voice isn't deep enough for Darkseid but he is a really good actor.

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  • The character design styles are weird.  I'm sure they look good in a comic, but the faces and bodies seemed pretty stiff animated.


I guessing the character models were based on Michael Turner's art. He learned to draw figures by looking at super models. So, yeah I guess his designs translated to animation would look alittle stiff.

I thought the movie itself was just ok. This story doesn't deserve to be a movie. They might have been better off just making up a story if they just wanted to another Superman/ Batman movie.

Speaking of stories that deserve to be movie but the animation looks like shit...


http://www.mtv.com/videos/movies/575735/all-star-superman.jhtml
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Derrick on Sep 23, 2010, 07:31:58 PM
Thief was an awful tv show.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Sep 23, 2010, 09:24:37 PM
Yeah, Andre Braugher voice isn't deep enough for Darkseid but he is a really good actor.

It just sounded like a random dude with deep voice speaking into a mic: MY VOICE IS DEEP SO I DON'T HAVE TO ACT.  Maybe he is a good actor but he phoned this in.

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the character models were based on Michael Turner's art. He learned to draw figures by looking at super models. So, yeah I guess his designs translated to animation would look alittle stiff.

I know why they did it but, yeah, it didn't translate right.  The female characters had beautiful faces.  Batman and Supes weren't doing it for me tho'.  Meh.  I thought it was funny that all of the women had basically the same proportions despite their varying heights.  Maybe proportion isn't the right term.  Man, WW and Barda look almost too long in the middle and their boobs were up real high.

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I thought the movie itself was just ok. This story doesn't deserve to be a movie. They might have been better off just making up a story if they just wanted to another Superman/ Batman movie.

I think the story had the chops to be a great movie.  The execution just felt a little off.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Derrick on Sep 25, 2010, 09:06:04 AM
Well don't worry, Michael Turner is DEAAAAAAAAAAAD!
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: blanktoe on Sep 25, 2010, 06:00:58 PM
Speaking of dead, what happened to Mr. Miracle?
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Sep 27, 2010, 12:42:31 AM
Well don't worry, Michael Turner is DEAAAAAAAAAAAD!

:lmao:

Speaking of dead, what happened to Mr. Miracle?

He was runnin' around somewhere... nekkid! :o
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Sep 27, 2010, 12:43:31 AM
On the other hand, Barda did just come out of the shower and we never got a look inside the bedroom.  Post-coital nap then?  :nuriyes:
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Sep 27, 2010, 12:47:42 AM
Well they don't call him Mr. Miracle for nothing.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Sep 27, 2010, 01:27:06 AM
And they don't call him Scott Free for nothing either.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: blanktoe on Sep 27, 2010, 02:00:15 PM
Predators-not as good as Aliens but better than anything with the word Predator in the title.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Sep 27, 2010, 05:08:29 PM
Woah woah ... Better than the original Predator movies? Not even.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Sep 28, 2010, 01:00:16 AM
Yeah that might be pushing it. It was good, but not that good.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Sep 28, 2010, 01:49:16 AM
i saw a little bit of the Expendables today. I want to watch the rest, maybe this weekend.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: blanktoe on Sep 28, 2010, 04:56:15 AM
that's not what I meant but whatever fuck Arnold.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Sep 28, 2010, 06:02:29 PM
I thought he meant the AvP movies.


Saw Iron Man 2.  wtf  Over two-thirds of it was a truly awful movie.  Truly awful.

Here's the retarded exec chell list:
- show no woman on screen that doesn't serve as tits and ass for fanboy wank.  women who don't show titties are useless, people.
- Iron Man gettin' drunk and blowing shit up with no serious reprecussions because he's rich and fucking Iron Man and suffering actual consequences would be BORRRRING
- slicks beats, yo.  gotta sell a soundtrack here.
- exotic locales.  look at monaco, ain't it badass.  here's new mexico, see, nothing's here!
- hysterical female screaming
- Mickey Rourke
- racecar track fight because the only thing cooler than racecars is fucking up racecars for no good reason
- Mickey Rourke
- bad Russian accents because bad Russians are both evil and sound awful
- Audis yo
- lots of shiny shit that does nothing
- cameos of people no one cares about. this will hopefully distract from the huge lack of coherence.
- people repeatedly fawning and sucking their own dicks repeatedly over Iron Man
- Michael Bay-ish love affair with firearms
- Iron Man showing off his wealth in useless scenes that contribute nothing to the narrative
- Iron Man nursing hard-on
- wealth of back story no one seriously gives two shits about
- cornball obligatory "daddy hates me, no daddy loves me" thing
- evil douchebag with too much fucking screen time
- let's sell those Avengers movie tickets now people!
- Pepper Poops alternating between being strong and an utterly pathetic waste of air
- horrible Black Widow hair.  Sorry, had to go there.
- character pile up.  let's load this full of peoples!
- sad-looking Thor hammer because the movie will be terrible and Thor looks like a fucking hillbilly


For the record, even though I don't like drunk Iron Man, the movie should've started off with drunk puking Iron Man.  Instead they kept showing a couple of crazy-ass Russians.  I'm watching for Iron Man, bitches.

Black Widows fight scene was cool but getting dressed in the car?  rly?  Whatever.

RDJr. is a good actor, I could see him trying real hard with the material he had, but come on.  Wasted?  That's not exactly acting for that guy.

Cheadle's Rhodes felt lifeless until the end.

The last act of the movie really saved it imo.  The rest of it for the most part was ew.  It probably could've been much improved with more editting.  Over 2 hrs long?  This story?  No effin' way.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Sep 28, 2010, 09:12:28 PM
I liked it, but certainly nothing to show in film school.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Sep 28, 2010, 09:14:28 PM
I disagree.  They should show it and have the students write papers about what was wrong with it.  For those who see nothing wrong with it, they can write an alternate paper about how it feels to be a retarded adult.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Sep 28, 2010, 09:52:18 PM
I see what you are saying, but I also think you know what I meant.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Sep 29, 2010, 12:41:10 AM
There are far greater offenders to show in film school to show what "Not" to do, then Iron Man 2. And I can say that without having seen Iron Man 2.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: blanktoe on Sep 29, 2010, 05:24:34 AM
Transformers 1-3 maybe?
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Sep 29, 2010, 07:01:22 AM
There are far greater offenders to show in film school to show what "Not" to do, then Iron Man 2. And I can say that without having seen Iron Man 2.

Sounds like you should go watch Iron Man 2.

Though to clarify, I wasn't saying Iron Man 2 should be shown to film students because it's so fucking horrible i.e. the worst offender.  I don't believe it is.  I'm saying it be shown to students because under the bad stuff was the bones of good flick and all of the crap ruined what should've been on par with the first Iron Man which--despite my issues with it particular to the treatment of women--was a very decent movie.

Transformers 1-3 maybe?

Wow, that's just cruel.

Edit: Sorry! Hit "Edit" instead of "Quote" by mistake. So I had to go back and fix what I fucked up.



Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Sep 29, 2010, 01:55:52 PM
There are far greater offenders to show in film school to show what "Not" to do, then Iron Man 2. And I can say that without having seen Iron Man 2.

Sounds like you should go watch Iron Man 2.

Though to clarify, I wasn't saying Iron Man 2 should be shown to film students because it's so fucking horrible i.e. the worst offender.  I don't believe it is.  I'm saying it be shown to students because under the bad stuff was the bones of good flick and all of the crap ruined what should've been on par with the first Iron Man which--despite my issues with it particular to the treatment of women--was a very decent movie.

 

Well I'll see Iron Man 2 this weekend, so I'll weigh in on it then.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Sep 30, 2010, 03:18:30 AM
Don't eat before you watch it.  That way you can get up and make yourself a sandwich.
Don't poop either.  That way you can get up and make yourself a poop sandwich.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Sep 30, 2010, 03:57:34 AM
Oh, and I saw Moon.  Even though I said I wasn't gonna.  It moves a bit too slow for my tastes but it's pretty good.  About what I expected.  Saw the short-film Whistle, too.  I wouldn't mind a more action-oriented take on this concept actually.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Sep 30, 2010, 11:46:37 AM
And yes Fiero, it sucked balls. It got to the point that I was thinking they looked pathetic (except my gurl Samantha of course). And i LOVE SATC but I'll just stick to the series and pretend the movies never existed.

According the crazy Noth, the press killed the franchise.  It couldn't have possibly been that movie was bad.  Har har.  http://www.digitalspy.com/movies/news/a278473/chris-noth-sex-and-the-city-is-dead.html
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Sep 30, 2010, 01:08:17 PM
Well looks like I won't be seeing Iron Man 2, instead I'll be helping replace an alternator. Yay.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Sep 30, 2010, 07:47:12 PM
I was watching Jared Leto's No one man or whatever the title was, but stopped after 25 minutes. Looks boring, dont waste your time
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Oct 01, 2010, 02:17:19 AM
Mr. Nobody.  Speaking of Jared Leto...


AAAAAAAAAAAAARGH!  NO! Y!!!!
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Derrick on Oct 01, 2010, 05:22:01 AM
SHIT RUN! HE'S GOING SUPER SAIYAN!
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Oct 01, 2010, 07:12:46 AM
lol, I just noticed his hair is making a big old shadow on the wall.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Oct 01, 2010, 11:57:59 AM
"Yeah here come the rooster, yeah. You know he ain't gonna die."

Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Oct 01, 2010, 08:21:46 PM
I used to date this guy only cause he looked like Jared Leto with long hair. Hot stuff. He looks so hawt in his The Kill video.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Oct 02, 2010, 12:25:04 AM
Saw Superman/Batman: Apocalypse.

How many endings did this thing need. I was like "Ok, now it's over. No...ok. Oh I see now it's over...nope...is this it? No...oh alright good."

And how come when a naked lady shows up it's always some guy going "Hey baby! Come on over here" and never a concerned guy going "What happened to your cloths? Are you alright?" It never is. Did like the Supergirl/Darkseid fight. That was boss.

And yeah Darkseids voice sure was weak. Needed someone with some more bass or something. Someone like Tony Todd would have been a good choice.

I liked Public Enemies better then this one.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Oct 02, 2010, 01:03:48 AM
Eh, it's an adaptation of a Jeph Loeb story. It can only be so much.

Saw and was rocked by Iron Man 2 Tuesday night. Awesome.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Oct 02, 2010, 01:17:28 AM
And how come when a naked lady shows up it's always some guy going "Hey baby! Come on over here" and never a concerned guy going "What happened to your cloths? Are you alright?" It never is.

I know I've seen something where the man was concerned but the chick was too frightened and ran away or attacked him or something.  Don't remember what it was though.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Oct 02, 2010, 02:07:44 AM
I'm watching a movie called Psychomania. It's terrible...and so of course I'm enjoying it. It's the right kind of goofy bad that makes it so good. I love Oct. They always show movies like this leading up to Halloween, and I love me some Halloween.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Oct 05, 2010, 01:15:59 AM
Saw Iron Man 2. Still don't know why Black Widow was even in this flick? Eye Candy? Cause she really wasn't that important. And Shit Tony Stark was unlikeable at the start of this movie. I was actually identifying with Hammer and Whiplash more then Stark. And geez is Don Cheadle like the go to black guy in Hollywood. He doesn't even look like the first guy, other then he is black! Is that like close enough now?

Anyway this thing wasn't nearly as good as the first one...in fact my favorite parts where seeing the Shield Logo, Seeing Cap's shield, and Thor's Hammer.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Oct 05, 2010, 01:48:18 AM
Black Widows was 1. Eye Candy and 2. Avengers setup.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Oct 05, 2010, 02:09:04 AM
TOTALLY Avengers setup. Asking why she was there is like asking why Samuel L. Fury was there...though he did service the story by giving Rodimus Stark the Matrix of Chemistship from his dad, Howard Prime, so he could beat Vankotron and destroy Hammercron.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: blanktoe on Oct 05, 2010, 06:02:02 AM
speaking of Thor, that movie is gonna suck...anyway, I finally saw Toy Story 3. Great fucking flick but it seemed kinda pointless. They kinda just retold the second movie. It would have made more sense if this was the second movie.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Oct 05, 2010, 12:19:40 PM
Stupid me for expecting a character in a movie to actually have something to do with the movie they are in. I don't know what I was thinking.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Oct 05, 2010, 01:51:03 PM
Stupid me for expecting a character in a movie to actually have something to do with the movie they are in. I don't know what I was thinking.

Yeah, I don't mind linking the universes and setting up an Avengers flick but it was really sloppy here.  The writer/director/whoever was way too focused on showing us the villain and setting up Tony Stark as a drunken, oversexed lout than they were on telling a coherent story.*  Black Widow should have been more immersed in the story and Nick Fury possibly less because he barely seemed to belong.  They should've paid what Terrance Howard wanted to at least bring him back for the sequel.  They could set him up as War Machine and have him fly off into the sunset at the end and frankly we never would have to have seen him again.  Don Cheadle is a good actor and he was far from the worse thing in this movie, but the other guy had more of a spark to him.

*Hollywood has this fricken bug in their craw where they have this urgent need to tell us as much backstory as possible when more times than not it's just not needed or wanted.  I want to see Iron Man... BEING Iron Man.  I mean, the other dude's pissed off because he's crazy and daddy's idea was stolen.  That motivation DID NOT need as much screen time as it got.  "Where's my bird?"  Who gives a fuck about the bird?  Why were they so in love with showing us this damn bird that didn't have anything to do with anything?  If they opened up the film with puking Iron Man, it would have established that he had substance issues without that utterly ridiculous party scene.  And WHY, why did the reporter have to come back to be a sexual punchline?  I not watching a superhero movie for catty bullshit like that.

Also, new Marvel Whiplash >>> than this stupid movie Whiplash.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Oct 05, 2010, 04:51:01 PM
That Bird shit was all Mickey Rourke's idea. They caved in and let him throw that in, and it was stupid. It's almost as hard to believe that Rourke was physicists in this, as it was that Denise Richards was in "The World Is Not Enough."
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Oct 05, 2010, 09:21:32 PM
Stupid me for expecting a character in a movie to actually have something to do with the movie they are in. I don't know what I was thinking.
lol Rama you are such an emo
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Oct 05, 2010, 09:41:03 PM
Oh, good grief. The bird thing was goofy but was involved in a grand total of three scenes and a few minutes, all told. And Cheadle > Howard any day of the week. Ten minutes of Terrance Howard as Rhodey was more than I could stand. It's like they hired Mike Tyson for the ADR. I agree that Fury shouldn't have had so much face time, either, but they pretty much had to once they decided to make him the guy who hooked Tony up with his fahjah's master plans. Which was hokey as all get out, but still...that was SHIELD's role here.

And I have to say that Tony being a drunken lout IS Iron Man being Iron Man. Though I do get your point and agree that, yeah, we want to see Iron Man beating the crap out of other ferro-people.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Oct 06, 2010, 12:31:59 AM
Stupid me for expecting a character in a movie to actually have something to do with the movie they are in. I don't know what I was thinking.
lol Rama you are such an emo

These skinny jeans and splitting my balls.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Derrick on Oct 06, 2010, 05:50:51 AM
Lies! You wouldn't wear skinny jeans if you had balls. Physically impossible.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Oct 06, 2010, 09:49:15 AM
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Though I do get your point and agree that, yeah, we want to see Iron Man beating the crap out of other ferro-people.

Yes, that.

That Bird shit was all Mickey Rourke's idea. They caved in and let him throw that in, and it was stupid. It's almost as hard to believe that Rourke was physicists in this, as it was that Denise Richards was in "The World Is Not Enough."

They probably went to the same school.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Oct 07, 2010, 06:58:53 PM
Lies! You wouldn't wear skinny jeans if you had balls. Physically impossible.
He can. They'd just recess into the body. You know, like babies
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Oct 07, 2010, 11:56:18 PM
That explains why I have 3 adam's apples.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Oct 09, 2010, 01:52:49 AM
Pitch Black. Got this for 4 bucks at Wal-Mart. I'd seen it before, but it has been a long time. I'd forgot so much about it that it was almost like watching it for the first time.

Battlestar Galactica: Razor. Watching this just reminds me how much I miss this show. Caprica just isn't as good and I don't watch that. I also got this four bucks.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Oct 09, 2010, 02:13:40 AM
Pitch Black was a pretty cool movie, but one I'd only watch once.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Derrick on Oct 09, 2010, 08:45:46 AM
16 blocks. I forgot about how good this movie was.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: blanktoe on Oct 09, 2010, 11:06:59 AM
Babies...yeah
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Oct 09, 2010, 02:03:17 PM
Battlestar Galactica: Razor. Watching this just reminds me how much I miss this show. Caprica just isn't as good and I don't watch that. I also got this four bucks.

Re: Caprica: I really liked the first set... I am unsure about how to think of the new episode.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Oct 09, 2010, 08:55:24 PM
Inside Man.  Always saw parts of it.  Never got to sit down and actually watch the whole thing through. Oh, and Spike Lee's commentary lol.  Inside Man has that descriptive service for the blind on it (I love it when they have that) and Spike Lee's commentary sounds like a poor man's version of it: "And there's Clive bumping into Denzel.  Oh, OH, Denzel's opening the box now.  And then they drive off."  Dude!  Tell us something we don't know.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Oct 10, 2010, 01:25:30 AM
Karate Kid....



I'm going to have to eat crow a little bit there and it's not easy to bear with me. This films wasn't actually that bad. And I now see why it had to be called "The Karate Kid", and that's cause, apart from China and Kung Fu part, it's a pretty faithful remake of The Karate Kid. Why we couldn't have set it in Japan instead of China, and had a Japanese actor as the teacher, and then have him actually learn Karate I don't know. If you can look past all that it's not bad. But I will say the 13 year old Chinese girl doing a sexy dance was just...awful to watch. I actually turned away cause I though watching it might make a doug. Just...so, so, bad.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Oct 10, 2010, 08:52:11 AM
The Expendables. Funny in some parts, good action but most of the movie is about how badass Sylvester Stallone can be, even though hes old as fuck. Also, some things dont make sense.
Only Sylvestr Stallone would hire the guy who played the russian in Rocky 4 to be in that movie with him. I was expecting Mr T and Apollo too
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Oct 10, 2010, 10:16:55 AM
Apollo's fat now.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Oct 10, 2010, 01:48:07 PM
The Expendables. Funny in some parts, good action but most of the movie is about how badass Sylvester Stallone can be, even though hes old as fuck. Also, some things dont make sense.
Only Sylvestr Stallone would hire the guy who played the russian in Rocky 4 to be in that movie with him. I was expecting Mr T and Apollo too

Dolph Lundgren has been in way more action movies than Mr T or Carl Weathers. The point was to have action stars, and that guy did a lot of action movies (just not many hits).
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Oct 10, 2010, 01:50:17 PM
Yeah he was in Masters of the Universe AND The Punisher...how can you over look that?
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Oct 11, 2010, 06:03:16 AM

Dolph Lundgren has been in way more action movies than Mr T or Carl Weathers. The point was to have action stars, and that guy did a lot of action movies (just not many hits).
My penis was in a lot of action movies and yet it wasn't in that movie. NOW WHAT?!
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Oct 11, 2010, 11:10:07 AM
You lie.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Oct 11, 2010, 02:46:26 PM
Carl Weathers should've made a cameo selling popsicles.  Then his arms should've fallen off, cut off by a ninja wielding popsicles sticks.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Oct 11, 2010, 02:55:31 PM
The Frighteners.

Seen this movie a bunch of times, but I broke down and bought it.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Oct 12, 2010, 05:36:22 PM
The Other Boleyn Girl or some shit like that.  Meh.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Oct 12, 2010, 07:47:19 PM
Carl Weathers should've made a cameo selling popsicles.  Then his arms should've fallen off, cut off by a ninja wielding popsicles sticks.
Did anyone see Carl Weathers' appearance in Arrested Development? it was hilarious.

Watched some stupid paranormal activity ripoff on livestream. it was called... (dr evil pose....).... Paranormal Entity
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Oct 13, 2010, 02:10:35 AM
IT Crowd.

I saw it Faye Faye. Loved it.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: blanktoe on Oct 13, 2010, 05:02:57 AM
There's an IT Crowd movie?
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Oct 13, 2010, 05:44:20 AM
IT Crowd.

I saw it Faye Faye. Loved it.

"And man you got yourself a stew!"
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Oct 13, 2010, 03:41:55 PM
You know because of this thread when I saw The IT Crowd on IFC I watched it. I really liked it.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Oct 13, 2010, 04:52:25 PM
Great fucking show.

This Outsourced show NBC doing pales in comparison.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: blanktoe on Oct 13, 2010, 09:38:05 PM
The Son of Rambow
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Oct 18, 2010, 02:14:58 AM
How to Train Your Dragon

-Pretty good. I actually rather liked this one.

And I saw Howard the Duck.

-I swear this is the movie from which all furries sprung. Don't know WHY George Lucas denied this movie. Also the lowest point in Tim Robbins life, until he married Susan Sarandon.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Oct 18, 2010, 02:45:57 PM
Persepolis.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Oct 18, 2010, 03:31:14 PM
Good film, Beck.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Oct 19, 2010, 04:11:11 AM
The Crazies. It was ok. Very predictable.  Don't waste your money renting it though.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Oct 19, 2010, 04:01:04 PM
I liked the Crazies, but I did not pay for it. A fun horror movie, and yes, very predictable.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Oct 19, 2010, 06:42:03 PM
Fun? where? The guy was hot though.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Oct 19, 2010, 08:28:47 PM
I had fun so f u
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Oct 20, 2010, 08:00:08 AM
I had fun so f u
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Oct 20, 2010, 03:56:01 PM
You'll probably laugh or something.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Oct 20, 2010, 04:13:18 PM
She'll laugh and then take a bite of her Siberian Tiger burger.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Oct 20, 2010, 06:19:32 PM
She'll laugh and then take a bite of her Siberian Tiger burger.

 >:(
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Oct 20, 2010, 08:55:46 PM
Did you guys know that there's a restaurant in Berlin that is specialized in HUMAn meat? like cannibalism and shit.
And I'm going to Germany in December...hm.....
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Oct 20, 2010, 09:29:36 PM
I have to admit a disturbing fact.

I would do that.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Oct 20, 2010, 09:59:45 PM
:nurinono:  Ew, NO.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Oct 20, 2010, 10:49:20 PM
People meat is supposed to be tough, sinewy, and have a sour taste.

I'm disturbed that I know this, even if I simply read it somewhere.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Oct 20, 2010, 11:18:37 PM
I've heard something similar but I don't know where.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Oct 21, 2010, 01:51:17 AM
The Razor: Who's Got the Gold.

I think I've mentioned the Razor in this thread before. Shaft in Feudal Japan. More of the same.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Oct 21, 2010, 04:52:42 AM
I've heard something similar but I don't know where.
Me, I said before it tasted like pork.

Watched the Exorcist (with my baby on my lap lawl) and now watching the shining
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Oct 21, 2010, 01:55:37 PM
That poor baby!  :lmao:

I just finished watching Black Dynamite.  Hilarious movie. SPOILERS....




















Black Dynamite kung-fu fighting Richard Nixon and then there's Lincoln's ghost omg!  :rawr:
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: blanktoe on Oct 21, 2010, 02:29:04 PM
^ like
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Oct 21, 2010, 03:11:51 PM
Someone told me I should see that movie and I've just never got around to it.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Oct 21, 2010, 05:22:19 PM
I am going to watch that.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Oct 21, 2010, 10:54:29 PM
"Take your filthy black hands off the presidential dinnerware, you moon-cricket!"

<a href="
feature=related">"Donuts don't wear alligator shoes."[/url]
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Derrick on Oct 25, 2010, 05:18:22 AM
THE RENT IS TOOOOOOOOOO DAMN HIGH!
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Oct 25, 2010, 03:41:34 PM
That guy who says rent is too damn high.

You know why?

Because rent is too damn high!

He worked something out with his landlord, apparently.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Oct 26, 2010, 01:15:09 AM
Man, that guy is fucking awesome. You really owe it to yourself to visit the Official The Rent Is Too DAMN High Web Site. It's like somebody took the shittiest web design of the late nineties and threw it together and glued it all together with a touch of crazy to create the single greatest web site that ever lived.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Oct 26, 2010, 02:23:18 AM
Oh man that is so awesome.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Oct 26, 2010, 04:10:36 AM
wtf is going on? is this a viral thing like the new haircut one?
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Derrick on Oct 26, 2010, 05:17:08 AM
I'm buyin'.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Oct 26, 2010, 10:27:51 AM
wtf is going on? is this a viral thing like the new haircut one?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rent_Is_Too_Damn_High_Party

Unfunny SNL skit: http://www.observer.com/2010/politics/snl-does-rent-too-damn-high
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Oct 26, 2010, 07:35:02 PM
SNL? Nevermind. Everything from that show is unfunny.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Oct 26, 2010, 07:45:32 PM
I still like Weekend Update and What's Up With That?
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Oct 26, 2010, 09:46:43 PM
NO! Go to the real thing (http://www.rentistoodamnhigh.org/). It's funny on its own. And you should indulge yourself by watching the Youtube video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4o-TeMHys0#) of his part in the gubernatorial debate.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Oct 26, 2010, 10:16:03 PM
I did go there, and it was funny,
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Oct 27, 2010, 04:11:51 PM
NO! Go to the real thing (http://www.rentistoodamnhigh.org/). It's funny on its own. And you should indulge yourself by watching the Youtube video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4o-TeMHys0#) of his part in the gubernatorial debate.

Thanks for posting that.  The SNL skit was the first link I came across so I posted it.  The real thing is much betterer.  That's right: betterer.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Oct 31, 2010, 12:18:31 AM
I saw Shutter, the original Thai one not the remake.  Creepy but thankfully not as scary as I'd thought it'd be. 4/5

I also saw District 13.  I loved the beginning and the two leads were smokin' (want Leito/Damien slash fiction!) but it became way too obvious that it was a very flimsy story holding together action sequences.  I could have overlooked this were it not that the story was being dumped on us and the action sequences became less frequent and impressive as the movie progressed.  Not to mention shit that made no sense, like the bad dude gettin' whacked yet his followers continue to chase after the leads instead of immediately calling a truce and getting Damien to defuse the bomb.  Or that Damien and Leito face this huge Hagrid-giant when the guy's boss is already dead.  Shouldn't that have happened before?  It's like the director was all "oh shit, we need another bad guy.  toss in this pot-bellied monster!".  Otherwise, good. 4/5
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Oct 31, 2010, 02:58:19 AM
There is a sequel, as well.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Oct 31, 2010, 08:13:44 AM
I watched the Knight's tale and it sucked ass. Everything from the horrible soundtrack to the main girl and her hideous hairstyles/dresses. Why Heath always have ugly girls? why?
Anyways to save my brain from all that bullshit I watched afterwards Disney's Sleeping Beauty. I remembered some parts even though last time I watched it must have been at least 15 years ago :'(
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Oct 31, 2010, 10:05:29 PM
There is a sequel, as well.

I know, it's still in my queue.

I watched the Knight's tale and it sucked ass.

:lol:
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Nov 01, 2010, 12:21:55 AM
oh lawl I just noticed that
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Nov 01, 2010, 01:41:41 AM
Rocky Horror Picture Show. Halloween tradition.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Nov 01, 2010, 07:19:15 PM
Saw the exorcist again. It was on a stream I was watching so I just put it as a background"noise" while I was cooking.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Nov 02, 2010, 01:13:58 AM
Woman, what is with you and the Exorcist?


I saw Rush Hour.  It was even crappier than I remember it to be.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Nov 02, 2010, 01:29:01 AM
Maybe hearing "Let Jesus fuck you, let Jesus fuck you. Let him fuck you." in the background is soothing for her.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Nov 02, 2010, 06:31:02 PM
you fail, she never says those words in that order!

It wasnt my fault, I said I was on a stream and all the streams are showing halloween movies. I complained cause I wanted to watch Abduction in Lake County but nobody paid attention :-(

Watched 8mm, forgot Joaquin Phoenix was in it. Good movie about an interesting topic (snuff films)
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Nov 02, 2010, 06:42:54 PM
Was that the one about Hogan from Hogan's Heroes?
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Nov 03, 2010, 01:10:18 AM
8mm is the Nick Cage film about trying to find out if a snuff film is real.

You're thinking of Auto Focus.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Nov 03, 2010, 01:24:17 AM
You should ashamed that you know that.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Nov 03, 2010, 01:48:57 AM
Was that the one about Hogan from Hogan's Heroes?
wtf ? lol

Rama is right.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Nov 03, 2010, 02:14:42 AM
you fail, she never says those words in that order!


Actually she does. And I can post the screen grabs with subtitles to prove it. I went back and checked cause I was sure she did, and sure enough that's exactly what she says and in that order.

You should ashamed that you know that.

I'm not.

Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Nov 03, 2010, 02:20:47 AM
Haha, sorry.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Nov 03, 2010, 02:21:01 AM
you fail, she never says those words in that order!


Actually she does. And I can post the screen grabs with subtitles to prove it. I went back and checked cause I was sure she did, and sure enough that's exactly what she says and in that order.

You should be ashamed that you did that.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Nov 03, 2010, 02:25:39 AM
I'm not.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Nov 03, 2010, 02:36:12 AM
More shame, damn you.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Nov 03, 2010, 02:40:26 AM
I will not feel ashamed of what I am Woman!


Toy Story 3. Was pretty good.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Nov 03, 2010, 08:20:46 PM


Actually she does. And I can post the screen grabs with subtitles to prove it. I went back and checked cause I was sure she did, and sure enough that's exactly what she says and in that order.



PICS OR GTFO. Actually , forget pics i want the video
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Nov 04, 2010, 12:15:01 AM
I saw this Hong Kong flick called So Close.  It was actually pretty good.  Just needed a bit of editing I think but I'd prefer to be able to skip over footage than to have it all cut out anyway.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Nov 04, 2010, 01:22:14 AM
PICS OR GTFO. Actually , forget pics i want the video

I can't post a video. I don't have a program to capture it with. But it's at time code 1:18: 43, on the North American DVD release. Course this is the version of the film that restores the spider walk, so it'll be earlier on versions that don't have that scene restored.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Nov 04, 2010, 01:33:39 AM
And since I know you won't bother actually watching the scene in question. From the original shooting script:  

Quote
Chris races up the stairs and runs to Regan's room.

REGAN
No! Please! No!

Chris opens the door and sees objects rapidly flying around the
room. We hear a last gasp scream from Regan until Chris turns to
Regan and covers her mouth with horror.

REGAN/DEMON
Let Jesus fuck you!

Regan has the crucifix gripped in her hand and is plunging it
into her bloodied vagina. There are fresh cuts all over her face,
streaming with blood.

REGAN/DEMON
Let Jesus fuck you! Let him fuck you!!!

Chris runs over to Regan and tries to pry the crucifix from her
hand. They struggle for the crucifix. Regan then grabs Chris'
head and pushes it into her bloodied crotch.

REGAN/DEMON
Lick me! Lick me!


I win. You fail. WOOT!
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Nov 04, 2010, 02:14:59 AM
O SHIT you are right! lol @ you ending it at "lick me! lick me!"
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Nov 08, 2010, 08:22:04 PM
I saw "The Prodigal Son", a 1982 film with wing chun.  And I also saw "Jaane Tu... Ya Janne Na", which was a real good movie but being an Indian musical movie it's of course too damn long.  Still very good though.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Nov 08, 2010, 10:48:58 PM
EVERYBODY WANG CHUNG TONIGHT
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Nov 08, 2010, 11:47:29 PM
No, you!  No!  :mad:
/me taps you with a stick
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Nov 09, 2010, 04:18:29 AM
me?
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Nov 09, 2010, 06:28:07 PM
Watched Martyrs. FUCKED UP. i like it
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Nov 09, 2010, 10:45:36 PM
me?

No, I meant Fifi.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Nov 13, 2010, 07:31:09 PM
Watched:

The Man in the Iron Mask w/ DiCrapio... really turned into a pile at the end.
Gone in 60 Seconds - Didn't really pay close enough attention to it but then again I don't think I had to.

Finishing:

The Quick and the Dead - I've always loved this movie, warts and all.

Under Siege is starting and I'm debating whether or not to just go get my DVD and skip commercials.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Nov 13, 2010, 10:10:28 PM
I love the The Quick and the Dead. I tried to watch Scott Pilgrim, but I couldn't find it to rent.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Nov 13, 2010, 10:33:46 PM
Saw Kick-Ass last night, and was surprised by how fun it was.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Nov 13, 2010, 10:40:49 PM
I added Scott Pilgrim to my NF queue but it's one of those titles where you have a wait a month until it's available.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Nov 13, 2010, 10:50:17 PM
Yeah, I got a feeling it'll be awhile before I see it as well.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Nov 14, 2010, 02:52:12 AM
Watched half of Inception. its ok, i feel like I need to get high to understand all the shit going on, like the Matrix.
Also I think I know how its going to end, damn you Leo and your predictable endings
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Nov 14, 2010, 07:17:38 PM
Ha ha, yeah.  I think all of his crap is predictable.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Nov 14, 2010, 10:42:13 PM
Jonah Hex. It wasn't great...but not bad as I expected. There wasn't nearly as much Megan Fox as the preview let on. And it shared almost the exact same plot for Wild Wild West. Crazed ex-Confederate building a super weapon to destroy the U.S.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Nov 14, 2010, 11:15:12 PM
The sad part is, Jonah Hex would make a damn fine TV show if anyone had the balls to give it a shot. I have yet to see the movie, given that it'd probably piss me off more than anything that they let Hex go to waste.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Nov 14, 2010, 11:23:13 PM
I would trade the Walking Dead for a Jonah Hex series.

Because they wouldn't really have an overall template to work with, so they'd have more freedom to do their own fun shit.

Although maybe that's what went wrong with the movie.

Bah.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Nov 15, 2010, 03:10:46 AM
There wasn't nearly as much Megan Fox as the preview let on.

Yeah, I remember hearing ppl surprised with how little she was in it.  But anyway, best to blame that disaster of a movie on her.  At least this way, the franchise will escape some of the blame.  Also, Megan Fox thinks Wonder Woman's lame so screw what happens to the rest of her "career" aka "a slew of appearances in Maxim and some racy B-flicks before her tits sag and she ends up on the latest revival of Hollywood Squares".
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Nov 15, 2010, 12:59:27 PM
I do think she had at least something to do with its failure. People where Megan Foxed out. But really, I mean they put like every scene she was in, in the preview. I can only think of one scene she was in that you didn't see in the preview and it wasn't a very long one. It's like someone in marketing thought she'd be a major draw for the film and was really wrong.

The movie it's self, while not hamlet or anything, wasn't terrible. It was shot well, everyone played their parts well. The plot was a summer action movie plot. It was like a million other action movies. And since a lot of those movies did well and this one bombed,there must be some factor that turned people off and I do think it was Megan Fox.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Nov 15, 2010, 07:05:22 PM
I added Scott Pilgrim to my NF queue but it's one of those titles where you have a wait a month until it's available.
OMG PLEASE NURI DONT WATCH THAT PIECE OF SHIT. I WATCHED IT YESTERDAY THROUGH LIVESTREAM AND I SWEAR GOD I RAGED SO MUCH I THINK I GOT ULCERS. its like hipsters heaven, i fucking hate it.

Also, watched the rest of Inception. The ending was exactly how i predicted it, fuck Leonardo DiCaprio.
Watched Fight Club, awesome as always
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Nov 15, 2010, 08:16:31 PM
Oh wow, Faye Caps Rage.  :lol:


I rewatched Chasing Amy.  Heads and tails way above Mallrats but now that I've seen it again, the ending's actually pretty shitty.  And the beginning's much better than the rest of the film.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Nov 16, 2010, 12:06:15 AM
I liked both Scott Pilgrim AND Inception, and they were both exactly as I expected them to be.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Nov 16, 2010, 12:18:50 AM
Oh wow, Faye Caps Rage.  :lol:


I rewatched Chasing Amy.  Heads and tails way above Mallrats but now that I've seen it again, the ending's actually pretty shitty.  And the beginning's much better than the rest of the film.

Don't be hat'in on the Mallrats.
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Post by: Fiero on Nov 16, 2010, 02:15:36 AM
I like Chasing Amy AND Mallrats.
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Nov 16, 2010, 09:54:42 PM
Oh wow, Faye Caps Rage.  :lol:


I rewatched Chasing Amy.  Heads and tails way above Mallrats but now that I've seen it again, the ending's actually pretty shitty.  And the beginning's much better than the rest of the film.
Its cause of that damn movie. its so terrible it made me think about how fucked up the world is becoming. who could spend money going to the theater to watch this crap? YA RLY.
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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Nov 16, 2010, 10:36:53 PM
Yours are the first negative remarks I've heard of it. Everybody else was either meh or yay.
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Post by: Fiero on Nov 16, 2010, 10:43:35 PM
Faye is sayer of nay.
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Post by: B E C K on Nov 17, 2010, 12:10:13 AM
Oh wow, Faye Caps Rage.  :lol:
Its cause of that damn movie. its so terrible it made me think about how fucked up the world is becoming. who could spend money going to the theater to watch this crap? YA RLY.

But didn't Scott Pilgrim flop?  So apparently, not that many people went.
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Post by: Rama on Nov 17, 2010, 12:36:18 AM
Predators.
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Post by: B E C K on Nov 17, 2010, 01:05:20 AM
Persuasion with Amanda Root.
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Nov 23, 2010, 12:58:33 AM
Started Tortured but couldn't finish, it made me queazy.
Watched the ending of Paranormal Activity 2 but couldnt understand much cause I was on a stream and the fcker OP was talking the WHOLE time.
Exorcist, yes again, yes, on a stream. But I didnt really watch it I just put it for background noise.
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Post by: The D on Nov 23, 2010, 07:44:40 PM
It's been so long since I've been here I've seen a bunch of movies since then.

Just finished Robin Hood. I liked it as a movie but it had nothing to do with Robin Hood's legend. It was all about Robin Hood BEFORE he became an outlaw. I was wondering why, 90 minutes into the movie, he hadn't began theving yet. It's 2 1/2 hours of a traitor trying to ignite civil war in Britian so that the French could invade, and they end up running at the end of the movie. The real worthwhile part of the movie was King John, which was a total douche but a damn good douche.

There were times when the movie seemed way too condensed even considering how long it was, and shit happened without explination. For instance, the villian leading a sack of Nottingham and then suddenly disappearing, only to reappear on the beach an instant later, like how the fuck did he travel miles in a second. Or everyone in the British army knowing Robin's true identity during the final battle without him telling them even though he was using someone else's identity through the entire film.
I also smell a sequel. I'd like to see one just so we can actually see some god damn outlawing and theiving.
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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Nov 23, 2010, 09:59:00 PM
Great, now I have a hankering for some Adventures of Robin Hood.

Detroit Metal City (raperaperaperaperaperaperaperaperaperape)
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Post by: B E C K on Nov 23, 2010, 11:55:40 PM
I saw a Bollywood movie with a title I can't be bothered to look up.  It was decent but unlike past Bollywood flicks I've seen, it had very little story to hold it together.  There was a romance and the lead guy was downright dislikable for the first half of the movie.

I also saw "Agora".  Since I had never heard of Hypatia and was not terribly familiar with that moment in Egyptian history, it was all quite new to me.  A great movie.
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Nov 24, 2010, 02:04:05 AM
Whats agora about? (when i read the first sentence I thought it would be a brasilian/ portuguese movie, since agora means now in that language)
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Post by: B E C K on Nov 24, 2010, 11:22:21 PM
It's also a Greek word and was the name for an open place of assembly like a Roman forum.  It's an English-language Spanish movie about Greek scholar Hypatia (played by Rachel Weisz) who teaches in Alexandria during the rise of Christianity in the Roman empire.  The cover looked interesting to me so I Netflixed it and it was very good.
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Post by: Fiero on Nov 26, 2010, 04:11:06 AM
Shaolin Soccer. This movie was great.
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Nov 26, 2010, 06:41:50 AM
Red Dragon. Didnt notice before that Ed Norton has a very feminine voice. he sounds like David Spade
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Post by: Rama on Nov 26, 2010, 12:26:07 PM
Except Ed Norton's career didn't follow Chris Farley to the grave.
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Post by: Fiero on Nov 26, 2010, 06:58:47 PM
Except Ed Norton's career didn't follow Chris Farley to the grave.

QFT
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Post by: B E C K on Nov 26, 2010, 09:24:42 PM
LOL, that is so sad. David Spade is awesome but he was only Robin to Farley's Batman.
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Nov 28, 2010, 08:10:49 AM
Whaat David Spade is AWESOME. Havent you guys seen the Emperor's new groove? he makes it SO FUNNY. And what about Just shoot me? i loved that show
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Post by: Fiero on Nov 28, 2010, 09:15:36 AM
While those things are funny, his career really has not been the same since.
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Post by: B E C K on Nov 28, 2010, 03:04:09 PM
I can't see ENG all the way through either.  Even though I like him in it... I just can't.
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Nov 28, 2010, 06:27:09 PM
:-(

Flinch <3
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Post by: B E C K on Nov 28, 2010, 08:52:26 PM
Now, now, don't be a sad llamer.
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Post by: Sam on Nov 30, 2010, 11:40:19 AM
I can't see ENG all the way through either.  Even though I like him in it... I just can't.

Wait what?  Emperor's New Groove is one of the best animated films Disney's done.
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Post by: Fiero on Nov 30, 2010, 01:11:35 PM
Now, now, don't be a sad llamer.
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Post by: The D on Nov 30, 2010, 06:32:33 PM
I was trying to figure out some of the actors who looked familiar in Robin Hood, including this guy (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0243806/), who was on Lost a few times and also starred in Legion and Xmen-Wolverine. 

However, the one I was trying to figure out the most was the villain, Godfried. No wonder. The guy who plays him, Mark Strong (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0835016/), seems to enjoy being typecast as the antagonist.

He played the villain in Sherlock Holmes. He played the villain in Kick-ass. He played the evil prince in Stardust. And he's playing the villain Sinestro in the upcoming Green Lantern movie.


Over the holiday I watched Scott Pilgrim for the first time. The actress who played Ramona is hot.  :love:
I think I was slightly, ever so slightly disappointed in the movie only because I watched the movie with such high expectations that it could never meet. But, it wasn't a bad movie and I did like it, I just didn't think it was as mindblowingly epic as I expected.

And I meant to watch Clash of the Titans and will probably watch that later. Starring Ralph Fiennes as Voldemort Hades.  :aroused:
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Post by: Fiero on Nov 30, 2010, 06:43:40 PM
Regarding Clash of the Titans: 3D ruined that movie for me. I swear I will not watch post-production 3D again.
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Post by: gwynn on Dec 01, 2010, 06:36:13 AM
However, the one I was trying to figure out the most was the villain, Godfried. No wonder. The guy who plays him, Mark Strong (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0835016/), seems to enjoy being typecast as the antagonist.

He played the villain in Sherlock Holmes. He played the villain in Kick-ass. He played the evil prince in Stardust. And he's playing the villain Sinestro in the upcoming Green Lantern movie.

Dood found a niche and he plays it well. I like the idea of him as Sinestro.
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Post by: blanktoe on Dec 01, 2010, 07:39:12 AM
harry potter and the deathly hallows part 1 or harry potter goes camping and hermione gets hot.
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Post by: Fiero on Dec 01, 2010, 02:04:01 PM
She's been hot for little while already, IMHO.

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Post by: B E C K on Dec 05, 2010, 11:00:26 PM
I saw most of Tangled.  So... animation looks good.  Character designs were hit and miss for me.  Backgrounds looked great.  Music was decent.  Voices were good.  I dunno, the jokes kinda sucked.  It had a lot of "been there, done that" to it.  I was tired of "Flynn Ryder"--shit, that sounds like a pr0no name--taking over the movie.  And it was like they couldn't decide on his name.  He looked gay.  And like a douche bag.  I commend them for trying to give him a personality but his fell flat for me.  This movie should've been called "Rapunzel" and it should've been Rapunzel's movie.  The horse got on my nerves.  I'm sure the kiddies love this and that's what counts.  To me, it's like "Beauty and the Beast" mated with "Shrek" and this is their bastard child.  Also, I liked Rapunzel's hair at the end.  Speaking of which, the parents were asking for it.  I mean, that bad chick just wanted to be young and she found the flower first.  It was her's.  She was minding her own damn business.  But hell, the queen's sick.  So when the rich and powerful get sick, they should be allowed to take whatever they want without a care in the world.  And lame stabbing was lame.
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Dec 06, 2010, 08:53:17 AM
I wanna watch that movie! I also want to watch Toy Story 3 but I'm a dilemma, since my husband want to watch it too but I don't wanna baw like a little biatch in front of him (and everybody tells me they cried when they watched it). And I'd feel guilty if I watched it by myself :(
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Post by: Fiero on Dec 06, 2010, 12:50:05 PM
Why can't you cry in front of your husband? If you can't cry in front of your husband, then you two have issues.
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Post by: blanktoe on Dec 06, 2010, 05:07:46 PM
I saw most of Tangled.  So... animation looks good.  Character designs were hit and miss for me.  Backgrounds looked great.  Music was decent.  Voices were good.  I dunno, the jokes kinda sucked.  It had a lot of "been there, done that" to it.  I was tired of "Flynn Ryder"--shit, that sounds like a pr0no name--taking over the movie.  And it was like they couldn't decide on his name.  He looked gay.  And like a douche bag.  I commend them for trying to give him a personality but his fell flat for me.  This movie should've been called "Rapunzel" and it should've been Rapunzel's movie.  The horse got on my nerves.  I'm sure the kiddies love this and that's what counts.  To me, it's like "Beauty and the Beast" mated with "Shrek" and this is their bastard child.  Also, I liked Rapunzel's hair at the end.  Speaking of which, the parents were asking for it.  I mean, that bad chick just wanted to be young and she found the flower first.  It was her's.  She was minding her own damn business.  But hell, the queen's sick.  So when the rich and powerful get sick, they should be allowed to take whatever they want without a care in the world.  And lame stabbing was lame.

I was digging the movie till they started singing. I think I stopped watching after the second song.

I wanna watch that movie! I also want to watch Toy Story 3 but I'm a dilemma, since my husband want to watch it too but I don't wanna baw like a little biatch in front of him (and everybody tells me they cried when they watched it). And I'd feel guilty if I watched it by myself :(

It was a good movie but you aren't missing anything.
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Post by: Fiero on Dec 06, 2010, 05:21:54 PM
My roommate, Jeff, was watching Ready To Rumble... /facepalm
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Dec 06, 2010, 06:25:30 PM
Why can't you cry in front of your husband? If you can't cry in front of your husband, then you two have issues.

Sorry forgot to mention I don't like to cry in front of anyone, period. I still remember when I cried like a bitch in front of my ex (then not ex) when watching the end of the last samurai. I cringe everytime I think about it, the HORROR.
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Post by: Fiero on Dec 06, 2010, 07:15:36 PM
But ... he's your husband. If you should feel comfortable crying in front of anyone, it's the man you intend to spend the rest of your life with and raise children with and all the other "with"s that might apply.
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Post by: Rama on Dec 06, 2010, 10:11:10 PM
If you've farted in front of him, you can cry in front of him.
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Post by: Fiero on Dec 06, 2010, 10:40:36 PM
If you've farted in front of him, you can cry in front of him.

QFT

And if you don't feel you can fart in front of him, again,  you guys have some issues.
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Post by: Rama on Dec 06, 2010, 10:48:47 PM
Wait till you cry so hard you fart.
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Post by: B E C K on Dec 06, 2010, 11:43:21 PM
I'd totally fart and cry in front of all of youse.  Both loud ones and s&d.
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Dec 07, 2010, 08:04:31 PM
But ... he's your husband. If you should feel comfortable crying in front of anyone, it's the man you intend to spend the rest of your life with and raise children with and all the other "with"s that might apply.
I have no problem crying in front of him for anything BUT a fucking movie. Oh god no. Not even in front of my father. I just hate it.

Also, got PONYO ON DVD! FTW! and i just watched it, its so fucking cute :3
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Post by: blanktoe on Dec 08, 2010, 06:38:24 AM
Jackass 3D- Not as good as the first movie but worth seeing. It looks like a few of the guys are getting tired and they mostly repeat the same stunts they've done before.

I Love You Phillip Morris- This might be a favorite Jim Carrey movie of all time.

Despicable Me- Better than I thought it would be. Almost better than How to Train Your Dragon or Toy Story 3.

Megamind- Better than it should be but not better than Despicable Me.

Legend of Guardians- Fucking awesome! Lots of action, great animation but a cookie cutter storyline. I don't why people hate on Zack Snyder so much. Besides from Watchmen all of his movies have been great but I guess haters are gonna hate.


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Post by: Fiero on Dec 08, 2010, 11:23:07 AM

Legend of Guardians- Fucking awesome! Lots of action, great animation but a cookie cutter storyline. I don't why people hate on Zack Snyder so much. Besides from Watchmen all of his movies have been great but I guess haters are gonna hate.


When I first saw the teaser, I was not expecting owls at the end. That really threw me off. I am not sure I can deal with it now. I liked Watchmen.
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Post by: Rama on Dec 08, 2010, 12:05:20 PM
I liked Watchmen too.
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Post by: blanktoe on Dec 08, 2010, 12:51:52 PM
I thought it was ok. A lot of the cool moments from the book were rushed and there's a whole lot of bad acting going on.
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Post by: Fiero on Dec 08, 2010, 01:01:23 PM
I thought it was ok. A lot of the cool moments from the book were rushed and there's a whole lot of bad acting going on.

I wanted the squid things.
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Post by: Rama on Dec 08, 2010, 01:17:48 PM
I didn't. What they did in the movie made a lot more sense then what they did in the comic.
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Post by: Fiero on Dec 08, 2010, 04:45:21 PM
It was a movie about superheroes. The squid things ending would have been fine.
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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Dec 08, 2010, 08:27:07 PM
I preferred the movie ending. It made more sense, though it was less of a compromise than the comic ending, which made Rorschach's unyielding black and white viewpoint and death less potent.

Snyder's doing Superman next by Nolan's say-so. I feel much better with this arrangement than with the Abortion on Infinite Earths that was Returns.
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Post by: blanktoe on Dec 08, 2010, 08:43:38 PM
I still don't trust Nolan. I didn't like Batman Begins. The Dark Knight was good mostly because of the Joker.  I think that had more to do with Heath Ledger than Nolan's directing.
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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Dec 08, 2010, 10:12:26 PM
Nolan has stated that he's completely handed off to Zach Snyder now, and that it's his movie. Apparently the Nolans were wowed with what Snyder had in mind and decided to let him have at it while they focus on the third Batman flick.
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Post by: B E C K on Dec 08, 2010, 10:25:53 PM
I still don't trust Nolan. I didn't like Batman Begins. The Dark Knight was good mostly because of the Joker.  I think that had more to do with Heath Ledger than Nolan's directing.

Thank you!  Sheesh, I say I don't like Batman Begins and people look at me like I just gave them cancer.

We were supposed to take Merla to go see that owl movie when it came out but never got the chance to.
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Post by: Rama on Dec 09, 2010, 01:48:08 AM
Scott Pilgrim VS The World.

And Sorry Faye, but I liked this movie. I mean I really liked this movie. Like I plan to buy it. If you knew how much I had to like a movie to pay more then five bucks for it, then you'd know how much I liked this movie. I really want Wallace to be my friend, but I don't think I'd want to share a bed with him.
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Dec 09, 2010, 02:47:55 AM
Rama -1 point
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Post by: blanktoe on Dec 09, 2010, 10:26:05 AM
Why does the hipster thing bother you so much?
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Post by: Fiero on Dec 09, 2010, 01:30:27 PM
It's pretty funny, especially Wallace.
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Dec 09, 2010, 07:10:50 PM
cause they are retards
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Post by: Fiero on Dec 09, 2010, 09:01:12 PM
That can be said about literally every group of people. The embarrassing portions of a group stand out.
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Post by: B E C K on Dec 09, 2010, 10:16:39 PM
Too true.
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Post by: Rama on Dec 09, 2010, 11:09:23 PM
It is more difficult to pick out the retards in a group of retards though.
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Dec 10, 2010, 07:42:07 AM
Watched a little of Rogue. A stupid movie about a stupid crocodile
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Post by: Fiero on Dec 10, 2010, 03:28:34 PM
It is more difficult to pick out the retards in a group of retards though.

I will admit that I like some portions of the hipster style.

The attitude is what pisses me off.
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Post by: Rama on Dec 10, 2010, 03:54:15 PM
Funny thing is it wasn't called Hipster style in my day. I must have seen a hundred girls dressed just like Ramona, but they weren't called Hipsters.

It reminds me of the time when I was called "Emo" by a girl cause I was wearing Chuck Taylors. And I was like, "What the fuck is Emo?" I really had no idea at the time. I'd been wearing that brand of shoes since 1992.
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Post by: Fiero on Dec 10, 2010, 04:02:37 PM
I used to love my Chuck's. But I will not give money to Nike now.

The fact that they would call that emo is ridiculous. They were worn by punk rockers quite a while before that, and there was even a time basketball players actually wore them (and they have come back into style with rap today).
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Dec 10, 2010, 06:52:24 PM
Yeah those girls were tripping. those shoes have never been emo
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Post by: Rama on Dec 11, 2010, 01:18:07 AM
I didn't know Nike owned Converse. Learn something new everyday.
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Post by: B E C K on Dec 12, 2010, 04:41:16 AM
I bought some cheap shoes that look like Cons, which is good because $10 is all I'd ever pay for a shoe with that type of fit.  It's a piece of rubber with a canvas.  And I'm talking about real Cons because I really like the look of them but they aren't the most comfortable shoes for me.
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Post by: Rama on Dec 12, 2010, 02:28:17 PM
Get those at Wal-Mart? If so they are very convincing. When I saw them I was like "When did Wal-Mart start carrying Cons."

I only paid 14 bucks for my first pair of Cons. In fact that's why I bought them. They've gone up every time I've had to buy new ones since. 19.99, 24.99, 29.99, 35.99, etc...That's what happens when you are a trend setter like me I guess.
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Post by: blanktoe on Dec 13, 2010, 11:35:00 AM
Tangled! Good and short.
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Post by: B E C K on Dec 14, 2010, 02:37:02 AM
Yup, Wal-mart.  Dude-shoes too because girl-shoes like this are balls and even narrower on me than the dude-ones I got.  And they still look cute on me.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Dec 15, 2010, 06:30:12 PM
Yesterday I watched one of my favorite movies: Showgirls. And realized that either I had watched until now a cut version or I just watched the extended versions,c ause there were some scenes that were...DAMN. pron, pron everywhere. I even have to cover my baby's eyes, they were too much!
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Post by: Rama on Dec 15, 2010, 10:59:31 PM
Like the sex in the pool scene where Elizabeth Berkley isn't so much having sex, as more of a seizure.
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Dec 16, 2010, 02:43:57 AM
YEAH LIKE THAT ONE. Or when she was giving the lapdance to Zack,  holy shit.
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Post by: Derrick on Dec 16, 2010, 06:15:54 AM
I just used a hacked password to get into Brazzers. All the good pr0n, alot less bad acting from Gina Gershon.
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Post by: B E C K on Dec 19, 2010, 10:12:06 PM
I finally saw "Scott Pilgrim vs The World" and this film would've been CONSIDERABLY better with a cuter guy that doesn't come off like he's missing a chromosone as the lead.  Also, the entire thing felt like it was in the closet. (http://b-e-c-k-e.blogspot.com/2010/12/scott-pilgrim-vs-world-gayest-movie-to.html)
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Post by: Derrick on Dec 19, 2010, 10:59:50 PM
I hate Scott Pilgrim and I hate Michael Cera. I was so glad when it tanked.
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Post by: B E C K on Dec 20, 2010, 12:13:53 AM
Ditto if only because not tanking would've prolonged Michael Cera's career.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Dec 20, 2010, 01:33:02 AM
Boo on you for not liking it! Boo I say! Although I do think it would have been better without Micheal Cera. I agree with you on that.

I saw Tron today...They were only showing it 3D. Which was bullshit, but it's a long trip to the movie theater from my house and so I saw it anyway. The glasses where all messed up and gave me a massive headache. Actually it might be my eyes and not the 3D that wasn't working right, but all I saw were 3D elements that didn't combine right and it looked like there was a glare on the screen all the time. The most impressive 3D was actually in the preview for the new Pirates of the Caribbean movie. But there was lots of sword pointing there.

And about 30 mins of this movie wasn't even in 3D. I didn't even put my glasses on till he got to Tron world. They tried to do this whole Wizard of Oz thing where all the real world stuff was in 2D and Tron world stuff was in 3D. So I just pushed my glasses up on my head till the screen got fuzzy.

The movie wasn't bad...it was fun to look at, but predictable. We weren't trying to shatter the mold story wise. The CGI young Jeff Bridges was good...at a distance, if he didn't talk. Problem was there was like a bunch of close ups and he talked constantly. So it was real clear it was CGI when he did that. And Tron was barely in this thing at all...the guy who played Tron was in the movie a lot, but just not as Tron. BAH! The Light Fighter where cool though.
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Dec 20, 2010, 02:27:55 AM
Dude Rama , its like half the board against you. Give it up, that movie sucks and you are a closeted hipster!
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Post by: Rama on Dec 20, 2010, 02:54:11 AM
Half the board=3 people?

Sadly that is correct.
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Post by: Fiero on Dec 20, 2010, 04:02:53 PM
Boo on you for not liking it! Boo I say! Although I do think it would have been better without Micheal Cera. I agree with you on that.

I saw Tron today...They were only showing it 3D. Which was bullshit, but it's a long trip to the movie theater from my house and so I saw it anyway. The glasses where all messed up and gave me a massive headache. Actually it might be my eyes and not the 3D that wasn't working right, but all I saw were 3D elements that didn't combine right and it looked like there was a glare on the screen all the time. The most impressive 3D was actually in the preview for the new Pirates of the Caribbean movie. But there was lots of sword pointing there.

And about 30 mins of this movie wasn't even in 3D. I didn't even put my glasses on till he got to Tron world. They tried to do this whole Wizard of Oz thing where all the real world stuff was in 2D and Tron world stuff was in 3D. So I just pushed my glasses up on my head till the screen got fuzzy.

The movie wasn't bad...it was fun to look at, but predictable. We weren't trying to shatter the mold story wise. The CGI young Jeff Bridges was good...at a distance, if he didn't talk. Problem was there was like a bunch of close ups and he talked constantly. So it was real clear it was CGI when he did that. And Tron was barely in this thing at all...the guy who played Tron was in the movie a lot, but just not as Tron. BAH! The Light Fighter where cool though.

I think CG young Jeff Bridges looked a little bit like Christian Bale when he talked.

Speaking of Jeff Bridges, I took The Men Who Stare At Goats as a white elephant gift and it was a popular item for the stealing. Also, True Grit looks like a lot of fun.
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Post by: Rama on Dec 20, 2010, 04:15:59 PM
Yeah, I really want to see True Grit.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Dec 20, 2010, 09:18:53 PM
I saw Toy Story 3 the other day and whoever said it was as good as the first one was wrong.  It's a solid movie, don't get me wrong, but solid in a "wouldn't be adverse to buying it with the other two in a cheaply-priced box set" way and not in the "oh boy, I'm gonna watch this again and again and recommend it to everyone I know" way.  Also, the Jesse/Buzz romance contributed nothing to the story other than the awkwardness of watching two toys having the hots for each other.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Dec 20, 2010, 09:55:04 PM
that better dont be some spoiler up there, Nuri. I skipped it just to besafe.

Also, watched District 9. Those fookin prawns!
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Dec 21, 2010, 11:49:20 AM
Did you like District 9? A group of us went to watch it all at once, and most of them hated it. They said it wasn't what they expected (based on the trailers) but that doesn't mean it's not a good movie. Fuck people.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Dec 21, 2010, 06:05:05 PM
I love District 9! went to see it to the theaters. I think its much better than Avatar (I'm making the comparison cause I went to see both movies when preggers and it was uncomfortable but totally worth it with D9, NOT avatar)
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Dec 21, 2010, 07:31:02 PM
Did you watch Avatar in 3D? Yeah, I would have suggested against that while gesticulating.

I don't get why they can't see past their preconceived misconceptions. I like it, still.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: The D on Dec 23, 2010, 08:58:52 PM
The major thing I didn't like about Scott Pilgrim was Cera as the lead. How someone that dorky and shy can suddenly do kung-fu and kick everyone's ass is beyond me.

And then there was Ramona. She's hot in the movie. But then I look up her info online, and she suddenly becomes not hot:
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0935541/
http://www.google.com/images?q=Mary+Elizabeth+Winstead&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=univ&ei=GgwUTdewCJrtnQfK1rGQDg&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&ct=title&resnum=1&ved=0CC8QsAQwAA&biw=950&bih=639

Okay, some of those pictures are kinda hot, like the third one. But she ends up looking like a generic run of the mill supermodel. Nothing special, nothing I can't find at Miss USA or Playboy.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: The D on Dec 23, 2010, 09:01:26 PM
Oh, and to add to the actual topic, I saw Hellraiser 1 and 2. But this was back during Halloween.

Best 80s horror movies ever, though. I swear. Compared to the teen slasher shit that's 90% of the horror shit back in the 80s through today (Jason, Saw, Scream, Freddy), this movie series is actually pretty awesome. And the villians actually creep me out.

I actually wanted to go as Pinhead for Halloween. "Angels to some, demons to others!"
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Dec 24, 2010, 01:39:37 AM
The major thing I didn't like about Scott Pilgrim was Cera as the lead. How someone that dorky and shy can suddenly do kung-fu and kick everyone's ass is beyond me.

And then there was Ramona. She's hot in the movie. But then I look up her info online, and she suddenly becomes not hot:
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0935541/
http://www.google.com/images?q=Mary+Elizabeth+Winstead&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=univ&ei=GgwUTdewCJrtnQfK1rGQDg&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&ct=title&resnum=1&ved=0CC8QsAQwAA&biw=950&bih=639

Okay, some of those pictures are kinda hot, like the third one. But she ends up looking like a generic run of the mill supermodel. Nothing special, nothing I can't find at Miss USA or Playboy.

She looks hot, but maybe some of the photographs don't give the best look at her.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Dec 24, 2010, 01:51:57 AM
All I could think about was that she was Gwen Grayson in Skyhigh.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Dec 25, 2010, 12:32:41 AM
that better dont be some spoiler up there, Nuri. I skipped it just to besafe.

I don't think any of it is a spoiler.  The one event I mention specifically was pretty much foreshadowed in the trailers.

Quote
The major thing I didn't like about Scott Pilgrim was Cera as the lead. How someone that dorky and shy can suddenly do kung-fu and kick everyone's ass is beyond me.

OMG yes.  I think it would have been different if we were shown that video games and kung-fu were the only two things in the world he was any good at but he just looked terrible at EVERYTHING expect playing half-way decent guitar which only came into play like two freakin' times.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Dec 25, 2010, 12:33:16 AM
And Ramona with a giant hammer rocked my fuckin' socks.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: blanktoe on Dec 25, 2010, 01:34:41 AM
The movie was good Faye. Just let it go. 

Anyway, just saw Banksy's movie Exit Through The Giftshop, the original True Grit from 1969 and 3 Godfathers.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Dec 25, 2010, 01:39:33 AM
I watched True Grit (2010). I liked it.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Dec 25, 2010, 02:14:12 AM
I saw some Star Trek movie.  The one where those people were going to be taken off of the planet or something and the ugly ones they were fighting were the children from their world or some shit.  Merla's been marathoning them so I didn't really see the whole thing.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Dec 25, 2010, 08:56:53 AM
Ugh...that was Insurrection. I actually had to apologize to someone for making them watch that movie once.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Dec 27, 2010, 12:12:54 AM
Yeah and now she's on the one with the duder from Inception who's like a Picard clone.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Dec 27, 2010, 01:15:11 AM
Nemesis...almost as bad. Ironically I'm watching the original Star Trek Series and it is awesome. Well except it's on DVD and it's the version were they replaced all the old ships with new CGI shots.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: blanktoe on Dec 27, 2010, 11:24:23 AM
meh, I can't get into OG Trek. Kirk bothers me.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Dec 27, 2010, 05:03:59 PM
Relevant link to this thread

http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=299

LULZ
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Dec 28, 2010, 01:12:50 AM
Ha ha.

I think Merla may have already gone through OG Trek earlier this year.  Or last year.  So she's going through TNG movies and ST:TAS.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Dec 28, 2010, 12:26:21 PM
Star Trek: The Animated Series?

Wow...most people don't even bother with that.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Dec 28, 2010, 04:04:18 PM
I certainly have no plans to.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: The D on Dec 28, 2010, 07:54:31 PM
Why the hell has VG cats changed their look?

I saw Toy Story 3 and Voyage of the Dawn Treader. TS3 was a good ending for that series. And no it didn't make me cry.

As for the other movie, I still have to page through the book to find out what those fucks in hollywood changed from the book to the movie. I swear, "Creative License" should be a banned word, and all who utter it should be executed in the most painful manner.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Dec 28, 2010, 10:03:40 PM
Green Mist...
Stowaway...
Duffers...
Telmarine Swords...

Look, they have it here: http://narnia.wikia.com/wiki/The_Voyage_of_the_Dawn_Treader_%28film%29
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Dec 28, 2010, 11:53:52 PM
Dumb and Dumber.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Dec 29, 2010, 12:03:42 AM
I certainly have no plans to.

It's like He-Man combined with Star Trek.  It's full of win!
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Dec 29, 2010, 12:10:43 AM
There is a Flash Gordon series like that too. Thank you Filmation.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Dec 29, 2010, 12:11:23 AM
They said "you're welcome".   >:(
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Dec 29, 2010, 12:13:52 AM
And Ghostbuster...but not the good Ghostbusters, but the lame one with the monkey.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: The D on Dec 29, 2010, 06:59:55 PM
Yea, green mist? Seriously, when I saw that shit I almost flipped out.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Dec 29, 2010, 08:28:36 PM
It certainly was dumb, but they needed a way to personify the 'villain' of the film.

And while we have Ghostbusters fresh on our minds... I was entirely expecting Stay-Puft when the sea serpents showed up.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Jan 02, 2011, 12:33:25 AM
I watched Aladdin and was shocked to find--and I can only assume this comes from being 30 now--that Robin Williams really gets on my fucking nerves.  He never did before.  And I was left speculating why the hell Disney was so keen to get the duder from Full House to voice the main character when that guy was never particularly famous and wasn't good enough to sing the part.  Also, A Whole New World in Greek is awesome.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Jan 02, 2011, 04:41:07 PM
I watched Aladdin and was shocked to find--and I can only assume this comes from being 30 now--that Robin Williams really gets on my fucking nerves.  He never did before.  And I was left speculating why the hell Disney was so keen to get the duder from Full House to voice the main character when that guy was never particularly famous and wasn't good enough to sing the part.  Also, A Whole New World in Greek is awesome.

Did not know until now that Steve Hale (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0918334/) was Alladin. Wow.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Jan 02, 2011, 10:24:36 PM
I watched Aladdin and was shocked to find--and I can only assume this comes from being 30 now--that Robin Williams really gets on my fucking nerves.

He always got on mine. Good to see people are finally catching up.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Jan 04, 2011, 12:35:52 AM
Now I'm gonna have to rewatch Jumanji and Mrs. Doubtfire to see if this trend continues.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Jan 05, 2011, 01:31:48 AM
The Last Exorcism. Pretty good up till the end. The end was kinda meh, but it had me till then. Great to see a horror movie that isn't really a gorefest (thing was only rated PG-13) that hooks you. Except that end...eh. But I guess it did something right since I looked it up and cost 1.8 Million to make and brought in 64 Million. It made it's money 32 times over even before it came out on DVD.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Jan 05, 2011, 01:34:26 AM
I watched Come Drink With Me.  I had no idea it starred the chick who played Jade Fox in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Jan 06, 2011, 01:40:15 AM
The Black Swan. Fucking awesome movie, i n every sense of the way. Thinspiration at its best. I feel like a fat whale now.

Watched Eat Pray Love and stopped after 35 minutes. Boring as fuck, i cant believe this movie had so many good reviews.

Easy A- very funny.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Jan 06, 2011, 06:13:45 PM
The Black Swan. Fucking awesome movie, i n every sense of the way. Thinspiration at its best. I feel like a fat whale now.

Did you fap to the lesbo scene?
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Jan 06, 2011, 07:50:40 PM
Why of course I did. 15 times.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Jan 06, 2011, 09:59:42 PM
HOT
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Jan 07, 2011, 12:52:17 AM
Before now Padme could make out with Jackie Burkhart only in my nerd mind.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Jan 07, 2011, 06:47:27 AM
HOT
- _-

I also watchd the Never ending story. Good memories, I remembered I had a crush on Atreyu. of course.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Jan 07, 2011, 03:38:32 PM
Did you fap?
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Jan 07, 2011, 10:43:00 PM
Hellz no, he was underage there!
This is what he looks like now http://naughty-office.coastalplainstexas.com/1292695542/Repair_Manual_Cv-p10mx_Portable_Air_Conditioner.html

no.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Jan 07, 2011, 11:07:43 PM
He needs a makeover.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: blanktoe on Jan 09, 2011, 11:33:52 PM
Finally saw Black Swan, True Grit, Tron Legacy and Salt. Think I like the masturbation scene in Black Swan more than the lesbo scene. True Grit  2010 is a lot darker than the John Wayne. I guess darker is better. Tron Legacy was about as good as the original. Still don't see why people were so hyped.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Jan 10, 2011, 01:50:43 AM
That's a long time.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Jan 10, 2011, 06:35:57 PM
Heard they're doing a remake of the big lebowski, just fyi
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Jan 10, 2011, 08:42:49 PM
JESUS FUCK NO
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Jan 11, 2011, 07:39:31 PM
Quote
http://naughty-office.coastalplainstexas.com/1292695542/Repair_Manual_Cv-p10mx_Portable_Air_Conditioner.html

"Malware Blocked".  :lol:

I watched An Empress and the Warriors.  Lovely looking movie and Donnie Yen has scenes of total fucking pwnage but what a bummer film.  Not a complete downer but I wanted it to be a little happier.  Like having at least ONE person the Empress cared about FUCKING LIVE.

I also re-watched Nikita.  It was more boring than I initially remembered.

I've been watching You've Got Mail a lot for some reason.  It's a good background movie I guess.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Jan 12, 2011, 02:06:46 AM
I LOVE YOU'VE GOT MAIL. I have it on dvd and i watch it aaaaaall the time! Oh you reminded me I watched Sleepless in Seattle on the plane :3

Yo did you guys know Mila Kunis was blind from one eye for a loooong time till 2 months ago? I wanna watch Black Swan again just to see if it shows lol

Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Jan 12, 2011, 01:28:11 PM
End of the World with Christopher Lee.

A really bad B-Movie romp where Lee is an alien posing as a priest who is going to bring about the...wait for it...End of the World.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: The D on Jan 12, 2011, 07:31:01 PM
What? WHAT?

Mila Kunis and Natalie Portman, two of my favorite female actresses (mostly Mila, really), doing naughty lesbian stuff?! FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!!!

*runs to car and drives to movie theater at mach 1*


In any case I went and saw Tron 3D.

I think the 3D movies are becoming too gimmicky. Too many movies are coming out as 3D, and many of them should have never seen the light of day. Step up 3D was a prime example of why a large group of people in Hollywood should be tortured in a concentration camp. Next thing you know we'll have 3D romance comedies.

That said, the last 3D movie I saw was Avatard, and I figured that this is Tron and deserves to be seen in 3D. Frankly, after seeing it, I think I may have enjoyed it better in 2D. In fact, all the real world scenes were 2D, only the virtual scenes were 3D. And there were some bits where someone shot something at the camera so it popped out at us.
Also the trailers were in 3D. Like POTC 4.

The movie itself was a bit bland. The special effects and visuals were pretty and shiny and interesting. The plot kinda sucked. It was one of those "We have to get to X through enemy territory" kind of things. There was a portal to the real world. There were plenty of enemies between them and the portal. They had to get there to escape and save the world. They never did explain why the portal to the real world was so far. I assume it was so the programs couldn't get to it, but then why was there a TRAIN going to it??? How could the bad guy get to it so easily?!

And then there was the subplot of the villain being a tyrant, and committing genocide of poor innocent programs, and planning on taking over the real world. Explain to me how a program would escape a virtual world and enter the real world? And explain to me how he would rule the world with his tiny ass army?

There was no tension, there was no sense of dread or danger, and the main character was an obnoxious, cocky, typical 20ish character with no flaws and the ability to learn everything in 5 seconds. God damn, Hollywood needs to stop making characters like that.

So yes, the plot and characters failed. Except for that pale ass guy who ran the nightclub at the top of the city. He was cool. Also, Daft Punk was the DJs in that scene, which was awesome.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Jan 12, 2011, 09:43:26 PM
What? WHAT?

Mila Kunis and Natalie Portman, two of my favorite female actresses (mostly Mila, really), doing naughty lesbian stuff?! FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!!!

*runs to car and drives to movie theater at mach 1*


In any case I went and saw Tron 3D.

I think the 3D movies are becoming too gimmicky. Too many movies are coming out as 3D, and many of them should have never seen the light of day. Step up 3D was a prime example of why a large group of people in Hollywood should be tortured in a concentration camp. Next thing you know we'll have 3D romance comedies.

That said, the last 3D movie I saw was Avatard, and I figured that this is Tron and deserves to be seen in 3D. Frankly, after seeing it, I think I may have enjoyed it better in 2D. In fact, all the real world scenes were 2D, only the virtual scenes were 3D. And there were some bits where someone shot something at the camera so it popped out at us.
Also the trailers were in 3D. Like POTC 4.

The movie itself was a bit bland. The special effects and visuals were pretty and shiny and interesting. The plot kinda sucked. It was one of those "We have to get to X through enemy territory" kind of things. There was a portal to the real world. There were plenty of enemies between them and the portal. They had to get there to escape and save the world. They never did explain why the portal to the real world was so far. I assume it was so the programs couldn't get to it, but then why was there a TRAIN going to it??? How could the bad guy get to it so easily?!

And then there was the subplot of the villain being a tyrant, and committing genocide of poor innocent programs, and planning on taking over the real world. Explain to me how a program would escape a virtual world and enter the real world? And explain to me how he would rule the world with his tiny ass army?

There was no tension, there was no sense of dread or danger, and the main character was an obnoxious, cocky, typical 20ish character with no flaws and the ability to learn everything in 5 seconds. God damn, Hollywood needs to stop making characters like that.

So yes, the plot and characters failed. Except for that pale ass guy who ran the nightclub at the top of the city. He was cool. Also, Daft Punk was the DJs in that scene, which was awesome.

They did explain why it was so far. It was inside the digital city, which was controlled by young Jeff. Old Jeff escaped the city and lived on a cliff in digital country.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: The D on Jan 13, 2011, 08:17:10 PM
They did explain why it was so far. It was inside the digital city, which was controlled by young Jeff. Old Jeff escaped the city and lived on a cliff in digital country.
Not really. Unless the city encompasses the city and everything around it. The Portal did seem like it was "IN" the city, until they hopped on the train and flew over canyons and mountains to get to it. Not to mention flying an airplane there.

Another thing that bugged me, and maybe Jeff's character acted this way in the first movie, but he acted like a damn washed out hippy the whole movie, with "dude" this and "dude" that all over the place. It got annoying fast.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Jan 13, 2011, 09:13:57 PM
They did explain why it was so far. It was inside the digital city, which was controlled by young Jeff. Old Jeff escaped the city and lived on a cliff in digital country.
Not really. Unless the city encompasses the city and everything around it. The Portal did seem like it was "IN" the city, until they hopped on the train and flew over canyons and mountains to get to it. Not to mention flying an airplane there.

Another thing that bugged me, and maybe Jeff's character acted this way in the first movie, but he acted like a damn washed out hippy the whole movie, with "dude" this and "dude" that all over the place. It got annoying fast.

Well, old Bridges said it was in the city.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Jan 13, 2011, 11:14:46 PM
Dude, you don't know why he says, "dude"? Duuuuuuude.

(http://bonr.shwiggie.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=1101.0;attach=4381;image)
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Jan 14, 2011, 12:43:30 AM
I LOVE YOU'VE GOT MAIL. I have it on dvd and i watch it aaaaaall the time! Oh you reminded me I watched Sleepless in Seattle on the plane :3

Yo did you guys know Mila Kunis was blind from one eye for a loooong time till 2 months ago? I wanna watch Black Swan again just to see if it shows lol


Why was she blind in one eye?

Not a movie, but I watched the Comedy Central Roast of Bob Saget.  Stamos frenching Cloris Leachman = hot.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Jan 14, 2011, 01:45:22 AM
The A-Team. Still like this movie, don't care what anyone says.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Jan 14, 2011, 10:08:09 AM

Why was she blind in one eye?

Not a movie, but I watched the Comedy Central Roast of Bob Saget.  Stamos frenching Cloris Leachman = hot.
Swollen cornea or something like that
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Jan 14, 2011, 01:25:41 PM
The A-Team. Still like this movie, don't care what anyone says.

I fucking loved it.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Jan 14, 2011, 09:41:45 PM
I saw it twice in theaters. Haven't picked up the DVD yet, though.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Jan 14, 2011, 09:52:16 PM
I saw it twice in theaters. Haven't picked up the DVD yet, though.

I also saw it twice in theatres.

While visiting Sacramento for work I decided I'd rather watch a movie than go sightseeing because the place looked and felt just like Dallas. Where's the fun in that?

The second time was with my buddy who actually grew up watching it. I watched reruns only.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Jan 14, 2011, 10:39:59 PM
Saw it myself on a lark, then I took my nephews and some of their friends after an afternoon of bowling.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Jan 15, 2011, 12:47:09 AM
I'm waiting for the Blu-ray to come down in price before I bite, but I do plan on adding it to my rather larger DVD collection in the near future.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: blanktoe on Jan 16, 2011, 01:25:06 AM
Why do you have to mention that you have "larger DVD collection in the near future"? FUCK YOU RAMA!
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Jan 16, 2011, 01:35:55 AM
To brag?
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Jan 16, 2011, 10:46:36 PM
I used to buy the crap out of DVDs. Then I grew out of the Pokemon mentality and became pretty judicious about what I picked up.

Unfortunately, I don't save much since I started buying around four or five magazines off the newsstand a month, not counting comics.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Jan 17, 2011, 12:41:02 AM
I've slowed down in my buying, but mainly because I don't like to pay more then 7.50 for a movie and it has to be wide screen and it has to be something I've seen before and liked. After about 12 years of DVD ownership, that list of movies  is getting pretty small. Especially when I only have Wal-Mart and Target to buy from.

I don't waste my money on comics or magazines anymore.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Jan 17, 2011, 07:36:59 AM
Last DVD I bought (in like 2 years) was Ponyo :3
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Jan 17, 2011, 03:50:50 PM
I spend way more on comics than DVDs. I only buy a DVD if I really really want it and want to help support the production company (or I find something I like cheap at one of the used stores).

I watch almost everything online. The quality has improved a lot over the years, so if you have a decent connection (haha Rama fail :)) then you never need to buy a DVD ever again except to help out the ones you like.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Jan 17, 2011, 07:25:10 PM
True, that's what I never get dvds either (except Ponyo. I want to have the whole collection of Ghibli films. ) I only used to buy dvds too when they were cheap
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Jan 17, 2011, 11:07:24 PM
Same here.  It has to be something I plan to wear out or really, really want to keep.  I spend less money this way and I save on space, which I really want more of and get by getting rid of crap I don't use.

I saw The Shop Around the Corner, the movie that You've Got Mail was based on.  (Although both owe their existence to an earlier play, some lines were lifted directly from TSATC and I tend to think they originated in that particular adaptation since I'm not certain the original play was even in English.)  Anyway, it actually had some lol moments, but given there's a suicide attempt due to an infidelity and the male love-interest plays a rather mean joke on the leading lady near the end, I have to say it's sure as hell not better than YGM.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Jan 17, 2011, 11:18:12 PM
Yeah, I quit buying DVDs when one day I glanced over at my wall of unopened anime that I now hate and will never watch.

Recently I bought Scott Pilgrim because I lurve it so damn much and watched it a bajillion times, and I also grabbed Toy Story 3 on a whim 'cause I hadn't seen it yet.

Toy Story 3 was great but I doubt I'll rewatch it much. Not really worth owning. Hardly anything is. And I mean that on a grand scale, not just DVDs.

I'm gonna join a monastery like Tony Jaa and learn kung-fu and eat rice three meals a day.

Oh holy shit, me and my cousin went and saw Season of the Witch because neither of us could reconcile with the sheer ridiculousness of the trailer. And then at that we saw a trailer for another Cage masterpiece called "Drive Angry" and we were all, "Oh shit, not again!"

But yeah, Season of the Witch is ass.
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Post by: Rama on Jan 18, 2011, 01:11:39 AM
I watch almost everything online. The quality has improved a lot over the years, so if you have a decent connection (haha Rama fail :)) then you never need to buy a DVD ever again except to help out the ones you like.

You son-of-bitch!!!

Anyway I got this weird thing about actually having something in my hands. I don't read books or comics online either. If I really want to read a comic I usually pick up TPB.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Jan 18, 2011, 01:28:27 AM
I know this makes me a bad person, but I download all the comics.

And I mean ALL of the comics. Most of them I don't even read, they get skimmed and chucked in the trash. Man, most comics are terrible.

But there are good ones, and it's so easy to get a hold of them, and I don't why everyone doesn't do it and kill the comic book industry.

I mean, the number of people who read comics, compared to the number that actually pay for them must be a fucking joke. I don't know how the companies haven't collapsed already. I guess it's because they're owned by Disney and Warner, respectively.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Jan 18, 2011, 01:43:57 AM
Last comics I read where when Dreamwave had Transformers.

I haven't picked up a Marvel title since the mid-90's and it's been even longer for D.C.

I really want Comics to go back to the like the old pulp paper and like 8 colors...that won't happen though. They'll just die.
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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Jan 18, 2011, 01:56:52 AM
I saw the Scott Pilgrim flick the other night. It was...cute. But one-watch-only cute. Don't see what the big deal is, neither the nerd-love nor the Faye-hate.

I download comics, since the only way to know what's going on is to read mass quantities of them. And I can't afford that. I only buy the main IDW Transformers book right now, and occasionally something else, but most comics, like joe says, are terrible now...despite their full color glossy stocked special artist cover variants.

Therefore, like Rama, I wish they'd go back to being simpler (re: less expensive) luxuries. When you pay $4 for a book, you're going to hoard it, and I'm out of money AND room for them at this point. If they were 75¢ like when I was a kid, maybe they could be selling 100,000 of a popular title a week again, instead of the 10,000 they're lucky to get today. And if they were more all-ages, maybe then I could recommend comics to kids...something I can't do nowadays.

You pay for what you get? Don't think so: most of the art sucks, and almost laminated magazine pages don't contribute to a story. I didn't need that crap back then when I got into comics, and I don't need it now. I'd still rather pull out an old Mort Weisenberg or Curt Swan-drawn Bronze-Age Superman book and read it today than the crap that passes for Superman now. And who the hell could beat Neal Adams or Jim Aparo on Batman?
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Post by: Rama on Jan 18, 2011, 02:06:47 AM
I do think I comic that was well written and at least decently drawn on that old paper with old coloring method sold for between $.75 and $1.25 would sell well. If for nothing else because of the price people would pick it up and give it a shot. If you could then hook them, and not jump the price to $4.25 with next issue it might do well.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Jan 18, 2011, 02:35:39 AM
Bad art is a huge concern. For all I know, all the comics today are brilliantly written, but I can not get past the rush job pencils. A lot of it is just plain disgusting. There are very few artists who take real pride in their work anymore. I am not using that as an excuse to steal comics. I just steal them. If tomorrow I was unable to steal comics, I would not start buying them. I just would not read them anymore.

My apostrophe key is fucked if anyone is wondering about my syntax.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Jan 18, 2011, 03:58:11 AM

I saw The Shop Around the Corner, the movie that You've Got Mail was based on.  (Although both owe their existence to an earlier play, some lines were lifted directly from TSATC and I tend to think they originated in that particular adaptation since I'm not certain the original play was even in English.)  Anyway, it actually had some lol moments, but given there's a suicide attempt due to an infidelity and the male love-interest plays a rather mean joke on the leading lady near the end, I have to say it's sure as hell not better than YGM.

WAT!! that was actually a movie?? NO WAI. Who's in it????
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Jan 18, 2011, 03:23:11 PM
I watch almost everything online. The quality has improved a lot over the years, so if you have a decent connection (haha Rama fail :)) then you never need to buy a DVD ever again except to help out the ones you like.

You son-of-bitch!!!

Anyway I got this weird thing about actually having something in my hands. I don't read books or comics online either. If I really want to read a comic I usually pick up TPB.

I should mention I watch almost everything legally through the likes of Hulu and Netflix and Crunchyroll.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Jan 18, 2011, 03:26:12 PM
I've most certainly cut quite a few titles out. IDW's Transformers and GI Joe have both gotten around to being disappointing to me and they are about to go.

I've mostly moved on to Green Lantern and his associated books, and I have started on Flash and Green Arrow. Superman and Batman bore me the majority of the time. Wonder Woman I've never really given a chance, I suppose. I've also started picking up R.E.B.E.L.S which is, quite frankly, awesome.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Jan 18, 2011, 07:57:28 PM
Green Lantern is good. I've been waiting until enough stuff has built up after Blackest night for me to have a marathon reading session.
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Post by: Fiero on Jan 18, 2011, 08:30:34 PM
I find myself actually wanting to read Aquaman after part of Brightest Day, but GL is my favorite right now.

Also Tank Girl.
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Post by: B E C K on Jan 20, 2011, 11:54:27 PM
I kinda like the idea of having a group of monthly titles in one book similar to what the Japanese do.  Five bucks for a flimsy little thing is why I pretty much dropped comics to begin with.


Re: Faye & The Shop Around the Corner, the movie has James Stewart and Magaret Sullavan.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shop_Around_the_Corner
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Post by: jonhammstein on Jan 21, 2011, 12:01:14 AM
I think I have the most recent Tank Girl. The cover is a picture of her topless with one of those kangaroo dudes cupping her boobs in order to hide her nips, but he's making a half-assed job of it.
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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Jan 21, 2011, 02:20:33 AM
As for movies, Trigun: Badlands Rumble. Mentioned and reviewed in the anime thread.
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Jan 21, 2011, 02:29:30 AM


Re: Faye & The Shop Around the Corner, the movie has James Stewart and Magaret Sullavan.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shop_Around_the_Corner
It sounds cute!

Saw Tremors with delicious Bacon
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Jan 21, 2011, 02:33:30 AM
Forgot to add. Now Will Smith is in talks to do a remake of Annie, and guess who the fuck is going to be Annie? YES, HIS FUCKING DAUGHTER. FUCK EVERYTHING.

Goddamn I hate Will Smith, I got 2 ulcers from just writing this
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Jan 21, 2011, 02:58:58 AM
Annie? Like, Little Orphan Annie?

I didn't know Wilsmif's kid was white with red hair...
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Post by: Rama on Jan 21, 2011, 01:13:27 PM
The Pink Panther Strikes Again
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Jan 21, 2011, 06:17:01 PM
Annie? Like, Little Orphan Annie?

I didn't know Wilsmif's kid was white with red hair...
Yes, Little -the-sun-will-come-out-tomorrow-Annie.
Dude what do you expect from Will Smith, he fucked up Karate Kid and made his son Danny. fffff. I should have punched him in his face when I saw him filming Hancock in NY.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Jan 21, 2011, 07:29:48 PM
Have you watched it yet?

It might not be that bad.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Jan 21, 2011, 11:47:57 PM
Forgot to add. Now Will Smith is in talks to do a remake of Annie, and guess who the fuck is going to be Annie? YES, HIS FUCKING DAUGHTER. FUCK EVERYTHING.

Goddamn I hate Will Smith, I got 2 ulcers from just writing this

:lmao:  Well, gotta give him props on being determined to make his kids famous even if it comes off as horribly miscasted and desperate.  Someone hand Mr. Smith some original stories plox.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Jan 22, 2011, 11:22:31 PM
Have you watched it yet? It might not be that bad.

I know the Governator has an opinion on the trailer! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdrFwikfJNk) :D
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Post by: jonhammstein on Jan 23, 2011, 02:12:28 AM
Gold. I watched the rest of his trailers while I was there. Pure gold.
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Post by: blanktoe on Jan 23, 2011, 04:49:56 AM
I finally watched The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo or as I like to call it I Hate Women the movie.
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Jan 23, 2011, 07:03:38 AM
A fish named Wanda. Surprisingly hilarious, Kevin Kline is funny as fuuuck
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Post by: jonhammstein on Jan 23, 2011, 01:12:26 PM
Oh shit, I went on a rampage last night.

First was Michael Jackson's Moonwalker. Who's seen it? Weirdest shit ever. Do yourself a favor and skip to the middle for the Smooth Criminal video, which is the only good thing in the movie, but also truly awesome in its own right.

Next I watched Jackie Chan's Mr. Nice Guy. Not one of his better outings, but still more entertaining than most of his Hollywood crap. The way the movie ends on the slow motion giant dump truck tantrum is lame though. No boss fight = huge let down.

Then it was time for Yojimbo. I've never seen an entire Kurosawa flick before, and this seemed as good as any to start with. A little long in the tooth, and it dragged in parts but overall I liked it enough to consider checking out some of his other stuff. The swordplay is hilarious, but it gets the point across.

And talk about ending on a bad note... Fist of the North Star, with a cast comprised entirely of B-movie all-stars from across the ages, and Malcolm McDowell, who you must admit has done his fair share of trash over the years, but he's also got plenty of good work under his belt, so you can kind of forgive the guy. Anyway, if you haven't seen this, you pretty much have to. It's really bad, but you can tell they actually put some effort into making it, with the sets, the costumes, and the special effects. It was made in a time before all your problems could be solved by some quick and dirty CG, and the film's complete lack of it really works in its favor. Yes, the acting is still unforgivably awful, and within the confines of the film the story and character motivations really make no sense, but if you're looking for some cheesy '90s magic, you could do a lot worse.
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Post by: Rama on Jan 23, 2011, 09:22:09 PM

Then it was time for Yojimbo. I've never seen an entire Kurosawa flick before, and this seemed as good as any to start with. A little long in the tooth, and it dragged in parts but overall I liked it enough to consider checking out some of his other stuff. The swordplay is hilarious, but it gets the point across.

I love Yojimbo. I've seen a few Kurosawa movies and this is by far my favorite. And it was even good when it was remade as "A Fistful of Dollars."
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Jan 24, 2011, 07:02:02 AM
Yojimbo...sounds familiar somehow.

Watched the Poughkeepsie tapes. Good shit.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Jan 24, 2011, 10:44:10 AM
I was going to tell you what it was all about, but I'm lazy and going to let Wikipedia do it for me.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yojimbo_%28film%29
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Post by: Fiero on Jan 24, 2011, 03:38:37 PM
I feel like it's been forever since I've watched a movie.

The closest thing was last night, watching the three episodes of Young Justice so my roommate might decide he wants to watch it.

I was mostly pleased with Miss Martian, but she's got to stop admonishing herself out loud in the third person. I hate that shit.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Jan 24, 2011, 06:49:34 PM
I was going to tell you what it was all about, but I'm lazy and going to let Wikipedia do it for me.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yojimbo_%28film%29
Then no I haven't seen it. If you like samurai movies there's a set called ...shit I forgot I'll get the name later. But anyways its about a blind samurai that goes around getting into problems. Its funny too. I know they had it in hulu
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Jan 24, 2011, 06:49:49 PM
nm the name is Satoichi!
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Jan 24, 2011, 09:47:02 PM
...the three episodes of Young Justice so my roommate might decide he wants to watch it....

I didn't realize the series had started. Fooey...here I come, Demonoid.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Jan 25, 2011, 12:28:17 PM
The first two episodes are the 'premier' event that aired in December. Third episode aired last week.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Jan 26, 2011, 01:15:32 AM
I watched To Live and Die in LA, which overall was better than I was expecting it to be.  Music by Wang Chung, OMG.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Jan 26, 2011, 01:39:58 AM
The first two episodes are the 'premier' event that aired in December. Third episode aired last week.

For the interested, view it until it's pulled:

"Do you know what I pay for a suit in my size!?"  LOL
Wish it had a real theme song though.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Jan 26, 2011, 11:37:22 AM
nm the name is Satoichi!

I might look that up. Japanese films (that aren't Godzilla...or Gorjira rather) are really hit or miss with me. Some I love, some I hate.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Jan 26, 2011, 08:09:13 PM
Watch it. My husband loves Satoichi and he's very picky with his japanese films
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Jan 26, 2011, 09:00:24 PM
Is it the classic Zatoichi and not the lame Beat Takeshi update?

I remember rewatching Johnny Mnemonic not long ago and noticing for the first time that Beat Takeshi is the leader of the yakuza. Or whatever those dudes were. Japanese organized criminals, must have been yakuza, right?
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Jan 26, 2011, 10:10:15 PM
Vic Romano was in Johnny Mnemonic?
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Post by: jonhammstein on Jan 26, 2011, 10:33:39 PM
Ha. Shwiggie knows.

I own a movie of his called Brother. I'm almost positive you can Netflix it. It's one of those films, when you're finished watching it, all you can think is, "This thing should not exist."
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Jan 26, 2011, 11:46:12 PM
Madmen of Mandoras. AKA: They Saved Hitler's Brain.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Jan 27, 2011, 06:41:44 PM
Is it the classic Zatoichi and not the lame Beat Takeshi update?

I remember rewatching Johnny Mnemonic not long ago and noticing for the first time that Beat Takeshi is the leader of the yakuza. Or whatever those dudes were. Japanese organized criminals, must have been yakuza, right?
Clasic
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Post by: Fiero on Jan 27, 2011, 07:58:15 PM
Madmen of Mandoras. AKA: They Saved Hitler's Brain.

Well, that tells me about all I need to know about that.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Jan 27, 2011, 09:37:22 PM
Yeah it was changed to the 2nd title later and it kinda ruins the shock of seeing Hitler's decapitated head in a jar about 2/3 of the way through the movie.

Terror. It's Grindhouse style movie from the 70's. So lots of 70's gore...which is different then today's gore, and some boobies for good measure.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Jan 27, 2011, 09:59:34 PM
gore without boobes makes for sour young men
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Post by: B E C K on Jan 31, 2011, 04:12:11 PM
I saw this doc called "This Film Not Yet Rated" about the fucked up MPAA system.

I also watched the final Millenium trilogy movie, Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest.

And "In The Good Ol' Summertime", another remake of the "Shop Around the Corner" play that takes about as many liberties as "You've Got Mail" but instead it comes out like TOTAL CRAP.  EW.  I've never wanted to kick Judy Garland this badly.

Also saw the beginnings of bunch of other films (Eraser, Breakfast With Scot, and a few others...) that I've either already seen or plan to finish/dump later.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Jan 31, 2011, 06:33:10 PM
Watched Devil by Night Shmskdnajksa. Meh. Made me miss Philly
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Jan 31, 2011, 11:11:43 PM
Not really a movie-movie, but I had started seeing Kevin Smith: Too Fat For 40! and after all his talking about gay-bears and smoking weed and his poopens, I decided I'd rather see something else.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Feb 01, 2011, 07:41:59 AM
Everytime someone says Kevin Smith the only one that comes up to my mind is delicious Hades, RIP.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Derrick on Feb 01, 2011, 10:05:43 PM
Severence, awesome British Horror film.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Feb 03, 2011, 08:10:27 PM
Tremors. Jurassic Park.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Feb 03, 2011, 11:44:12 PM
Prime Evil.

So, so...bad. And that's me saying that. It's shitty, but missing all the stuff that makes some bad movies fun to watch.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Sam on Feb 04, 2011, 12:07:27 PM
Watched American Psycho again for the first time in years.  I don't know why it sat idle for so long.  I fucking love that movie.
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Feb 04, 2011, 06:53:10 PM
FUCK YEAH.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Feb 04, 2011, 08:44:44 PM
Tremors. Jurassic Park.
American Psycho

Damn fine choices.Damn fine choices.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Feb 05, 2011, 06:55:05 PM
Especially American Psycho!

Watched Lake Mungo. Only ONE moment was scary as fck, the rest, meh. So don't watch it.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Feb 05, 2011, 10:51:05 PM
Killers From Space
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Post by: B E C K on Feb 07, 2011, 01:53:36 AM
Everytime someone says Kevin Smith the only one that comes up to my mind is delicious Hades, RIP.

He was Ares (and also Iphicles).  Hades was a different dude.


I watched Kwaidan today.  And part of Red Shoes but I got kind of bored.  Is it too much to have a movie full of the shoes killing people?  What does some divorcee's bullcrap lifestory have to do with it?
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Feb 07, 2011, 02:05:22 AM
The Lucifer Complex
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Feb 07, 2011, 06:38:50 AM
Everytime someone says Kevin Smith the only one that comes up to my mind is delicious Hades, RIP.

He was Ares (and also Iphicles).  Hades was a different dude.


OH SHIT you are right! poor dude. poor delicious dude


Also, 30 days of night. One of my fave movies
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Post by: Fiero on Feb 07, 2011, 11:33:14 AM
And part of Red Shoes but I got kind of bored.

Is this anything like The Man with One Red Shoe?
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: blanktoe on Feb 07, 2011, 06:05:07 PM
Let Me In and 30mins of The Social Network. pointless and boring all around.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Feb 07, 2011, 08:27:06 PM
So Let Me In was crap, right? I hope so.

I heard good things about The Social Network, but I can't bring myself to actually watch it.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Feb 09, 2011, 07:47:03 AM
I JUST SAW THE ROAD WITH ARAGORN, AND FUCK ME ITS LIKE THE MOST DEPRESSING MOVIE EVER. SRSLY I TEARED UP SO MANY TIMES I LOOKED ASIAN BY THE END OF THE MOVIE. I TIHNK I WENT TO SLEEP SUCKING ON MY THUMB I WAS SO DEPRESSED
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Feb 09, 2011, 12:40:54 PM
So pretty good, huh?
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Feb 10, 2011, 04:46:36 AM
FUCK YES its pretty good. I recommend it to everyone (that wants to get depressed)
Maybe it just affects me this much cause I have a child already, I don't know. Or maybe I was just pms-ing
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: blanktoe on Feb 10, 2011, 04:51:58 AM
dude that shit is just torture to watch. i've said this before, no one want to watch people starve to death for two hours.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Bitey the Snail on Feb 10, 2011, 11:19:33 PM
Rewatched Red Sonja.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Feb 11, 2011, 12:57:03 AM
Kingdom of the Spiders
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Feb 11, 2011, 07:36:47 PM
176 hours (or was it 172??) with James Franco. It's an ok movie for such a great actor, I almost fainted near the end
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Feb 11, 2011, 11:04:54 PM
No response on Facebook.

Rama. Have you seen Computer Beach Party?
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: blanktoe on Feb 12, 2011, 04:15:13 PM
176 hours (or was it 172??) with James Franco. It's an ok movie for such a great actor, I almost fainted near the end

127 hours
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Feb 13, 2011, 12:14:28 AM
No response on Facebook.

Rama. Have you seen Computer Beach Party?

I responded on Facebook...and way before I did here. And no...I haven't seen it.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Feb 13, 2011, 09:59:25 PM
The Book of the Dead - some Japanese thingy.  Can't say I cared for it.  The ending flew over my head.

Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Feb 14, 2011, 05:20:39 PM
Last Action Hero
JCVD

Snore.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Feb 14, 2011, 06:55:41 PM
Last Action Hero owns your ass!
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Feb 15, 2011, 12:09:15 AM
Snore to both, he meant?  I didn't find LAH snore.  I expected to but didn't. 
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Feb 16, 2011, 08:07:49 AM
Noroi again! spooky ass shit, def recommendable
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Feb 17, 2011, 01:09:16 AM
Invasion of the Neptune Men.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Feb 17, 2011, 01:11:31 AM
You were quoting St*r WarzzZZ. Therefore I assume you were watching it.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Feb 17, 2011, 01:14:06 AM
I AM watching it...as in currently, but the LAST movie I watched was Invasion of the Neptune Men.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: blanktoe on Feb 18, 2011, 10:25:09 AM
Last Action Hero
JCVD

Snore.

You didnt like JCVD?  thought it was pretty good in parts. The ending was fuckng stupid but I liked it for the most part.

watched GET LOW.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Feb 18, 2011, 12:14:54 PM
A-Team uncut version.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Feb 22, 2011, 12:39:42 AM
I watched "Maxed Out" and got a wee bit depressed.  Smarter for it, I think, but yeah...
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Feb 22, 2011, 05:14:02 AM
Hard Candy. Good movie
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: blanktoe on Feb 22, 2011, 05:28:15 AM
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang and All-Star Superman

5 fucking stars two thumbs up and a buy it NOW!
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Feb 22, 2011, 12:17:02 PM
They Came From Beyond Space
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Feb 22, 2011, 01:30:34 PM
I'm not watching a movie. I am watching Scrubs. It's still dumb, but yet I continue to watch it.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Extra Zero on Feb 23, 2011, 11:08:47 AM
I'm making it a point to see Big Mama's House 3 in the theater just so I can say I did.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Feb 23, 2011, 07:06:45 PM
I'm not watching a movie. I am watching Scrubs. It's still dumb, but yet I continue to watch it.
House> Scrubs
Also this is not a TV thread
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Feb 23, 2011, 07:12:30 PM
Fuck it.

I agree about House vs Scrubs, but I can watch a season of Scrubs quite quickly, and I don't feel that I really have to be paying attention. I watch most of my TV while working.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Extra Zero on Feb 23, 2011, 08:32:45 PM
Dougie Houser M.D. > House & Scrubs Combined  :poo:
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Feb 23, 2011, 08:34:57 PM
Dougie Houser M.D. > House & Scrubs Combined  :poo:

No one can win against NPH.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Feb 24, 2011, 01:39:57 AM
Word.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Feb 25, 2011, 12:01:33 AM
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang and All-Star Superman

5 fucking stars two thumbs up and a buy it NOW!

To both?
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Extra Zero on Feb 25, 2011, 12:08:01 PM
Probably going to see that new Lliam Neeson movie that looks like Taken, but isn't Taken tonight.  Then theater hop over to Biga Mama's.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Feb 25, 2011, 09:54:50 PM
You should be paying for the privilege to see Big Momma's!
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Feb 26, 2011, 03:01:13 AM
I watched half of Machete last night. Mexploitation! Fuck whitey!
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Post by: Fiero on Feb 26, 2011, 11:00:13 AM
I watched half of Machete last night. Mexploitation! Fuck whitey!

Best part is where there raiding the whitey hicks fortress, and a paletes cart chases in after them.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Feb 26, 2011, 12:51:54 PM
Finished watching it today. The best laughs I got from it were the gatling gun motorcycle (naturally, the best part of the trailer, too) and the "Machete don't text" thing.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: The D on Feb 28, 2011, 06:56:23 PM
Dude, you don't know why he says, "dude"? Duuuuuuude.

(http://bonr.shwiggie.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=1101.0;attach=4381;image)
I just noticed this.
But dude, Tron isn't the Big Lebowski. Bridge's character in Tron shouldn't act like his character in Lebowski.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: The D on Feb 28, 2011, 07:32:11 PM
It's been two months since I saw it but I forgot to do a formal review of The Dawn Treader. So this is it.

It kinda sucked.

My biggest problem was the mist. In the original book the purpose of the journey was to find the 7 old wise men or whatever. Sounds like a perfectly fine plot, BUT NOT FOR HOLLYWOOD. Leave it to the greedy jews? executives to screw up something else. (why do they say Hollywood is run by Jews anyway? I think Mel would say otherwise).

So to add a more "exciting" plot they threw in this "evil green/black mist" that's menacing the seas and kidnapping people. A mist. A god damn fucking mist. As if a mist is really menacing. Oh no, it's a mist, where's a brisk breeze when you need it? So they have to find the 7 old men because they have 7 swords that can fight the mist.

 And then when they finally come to the location of the mist, the "Dark Island" that in the book was just an area of pure darkness, it's a giant island of rock and smoke. And then they're fighting the serpent inside the island (which happened in a different part of the book) and Lucy calls for Aslan to help, he sends a dove. Now, in the Book, when they're in the darkness, the dove leads the boat out of the darkness into safety. In the movie, the dove does jack shit. Absolutely fucking nothing. Yea, send a dove to fight a giant sea serpent, good idea. "Aslan help us!" "here's a dove, lol" "WTF, we're being killed by a sea serpent and you send a fucking dove? What the fuck is your problem? An army of killer mermaids would help us a lot more than this shit. I mean, you're fucking Jesus Lion. Why don't you just kill the serpent with one swipe of your claw or something?" "Sorry, lol. Too busy to send help lol."

They made too many changes to make me happy, so I suspect the rest of the movies will probably be trainwrecks as well.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Feb 28, 2011, 08:36:38 PM
Also, did you see my joke about the Staypuft Marshmallow Man?
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Feb 28, 2011, 10:18:31 PM
I forgot all about the Dawn Treader movie, too.  I had meant to see it but I wasn't enthused when people were all "meh" when I asked what they thought of it.

I saw:

Exam - Someone else please stream this on Netflix and let me know what you thought of the ending.  I think this was a good movie overall, but that ending was a little too asspull to be satisfying.  But I'd love to discuss it with someone.

Up - Okay.

And some vid about obesity being a killer or whatever.  Meh.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Mar 01, 2011, 02:24:42 AM
Big Trouble in Little China.

Yup. Just checked. It's still a classic.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Extra Zero on Mar 01, 2011, 10:44:53 AM
I finally watched Pootie Tang, you may know it as the movie that caused 9/11.  What a huge fucking waste of time that was...but I can't stop quoting it.  "Cole me on the panny sty. "   :puke:
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Mar 01, 2011, 11:57:21 AM
Big Trouble in Little China.

Yup. Just checked. It's still a classic.

That's the last one I saw as well. It was on AMC and I watched it even though I own the flick. Then I got in a debate on what was the line that was most quotable from that movie, which I was backing "It's all in the reflexes."
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Mar 01, 2011, 12:05:32 PM
I paused it for a couple hours so I could blow through the ads, but wound up changing the channel inadvertently. So I dug out the DVD.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: blanktoe on Mar 02, 2011, 11:00:05 AM
Less Than Zero and Summer Wars
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Mar 02, 2011, 11:23:25 AM
War of the Robots
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Mar 02, 2011, 03:12:52 PM
Did I mention I saw Summer Wars? I always forget what I post on here. It was a blast.

Also saw All-Star Superman the other day. Holy shit that was fantastic.

I mean, literally fantastic. As in every twenty seconds something fantastic and utterly ridiculous was in the film. I fucking loved it.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Mar 02, 2011, 11:24:20 PM
I saw some of Prince of Persia.  And I laughed.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Mar 02, 2011, 11:53:51 PM
So that's two of you who've watched Summer Wars. What's it about, and I mean the non-pretentious reviewer version.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: blanktoe on Mar 03, 2011, 04:44:12 AM
a digimon takes over the internet and now a family of anglo japanese people must save the world.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Extra Zero on Mar 03, 2011, 09:36:51 AM
With music by Linkin Park.

Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Mar 03, 2011, 12:43:49 PM
a digimon takes over the internet and now a family of anglo japanese people must save the world.

^ That.  Frankly, I liked the first half of the movie better than the second half.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Mar 03, 2011, 03:31:57 PM
I thought it was pretty awesome, but I liked the real world parts more than the digital world parts.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Mar 05, 2011, 12:31:34 AM
Wow, it was just the opposite for me.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Mar 05, 2011, 09:48:17 PM
Sounds like a thanks-but-no-thanks for me.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Mar 06, 2011, 01:59:04 AM
I laiekd aboth
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Extra Zero on Mar 06, 2011, 05:48:31 PM
I laiekd aboth

Que?

Anyway, I saw Rango last night.  Holy shit was that good.  Probably one of the best looking and creative animated movies I've seen in awhile.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Mar 06, 2011, 09:39:35 PM
Sounds like a thanks-but-no-thanks for me.

Maybe try watching some of it and see if it hooks you?

What's Rango about?  That has, like, Jack Sparrow in it or some junk, right?
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Extra Zero on Mar 07, 2011, 12:18:38 AM
Rango is about a chameleon who is stranded in the Mojave desert after his owners get into a car accident.  He is completely socially defunct, having spent most of his life in an aquarium by himself, and often puts on one-man plays the escape his reality.  He happens into a town full of other animals and realizes that he can put his acting skills to the test to finally be someone.  He puts on the role of a hardass gunslinger and takes it upon himself to help the town with the water crisis, but winds up getting to caught up into being this character and starts to forget who he really is.

It's by far one of the most original things I've seen in awhile and does try to shove some fucking stupid "Green" message up your asshole, then insert its animated dick.  Not to mention that it actually has balls and isn't afraid to be violent or toss in the occasional swear, like animated movies from the late 80's/early 90's.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Mar 09, 2011, 12:49:19 PM
Hmm, mayhaps I'll chell it out.

I re-watched Cliffhanger, Passenger 57, and Executive Decision.  Simultaneously, I wanted to punch John Lithgow for being a ham, rofled @ little old white lady Arsenio fist pumping Wesley Snipes, and am freaked out by Kurt Russell's droopy-ass eyes.  I never realized fucking Hercule Poirot was playing the terrorist in that movie.  "My little grey cells say I AM THE FLAME THAT TMEMPERS ALAHS SWERD!!Edowenflb.."
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: The D on Mar 09, 2011, 05:17:58 PM
I heard that "family movie review websites" (read: Christian websites trying to tell you what movies are bad for your soul) were complaining that Ringo had tobacco use. And half the shit from Bugs Bunny and Loony Tunes didn't?
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: The D on Mar 09, 2011, 05:30:53 PM
So I saw "It's a Trap!" which is Family Guy's take on Return of the Jedi. Now, the first one was great, the second one was good with some funny moments, and the third one... the scroll at the beginning of this one was right when it said they ran out of material. It was hit or miss.

Some moments were funny, like when Stewie (voiced by McFarlane) was talking crap about Seth Green to Chris (who's voiced by Green). But some were just damn stupid. Over the Sarlac pit, they had this thing where all the characters nodded at each other for about 5 god damn minutes.

The movie was also pretty bloody, which they said was to counteract all the cute crap with the ewocks.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Mar 09, 2011, 06:23:40 PM
Over the Sarlac pit, they had this thing where all the characters nodded at each other for about 5 god damn minutes.

That was the only part of the movie that I truly hated. I know it's an old school Family Guy shtick.... but it is the STUPIDEST of their shticks. I could happily deal with an entire season of Giant Chicken fights if they didn't do this once in the whole year.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: blanktoe on Mar 09, 2011, 06:43:31 PM
Well didn't they say in the opening scroll that this one wasn't any good?
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Mar 09, 2011, 08:32:29 PM
Hope you didn't pay for something that says it sucks from the get-go.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Extra Zero on Mar 09, 2011, 11:22:56 PM
I heard that "family movie review websites" (read: Christian websites trying to tell you what movies are bad for your soul) were complaining that Ringo had tobacco use. And half the shit from Bugs Bunny and Loony Tunes didn't?

Yeah, Rango has a lot of stuff that the old Warner Bros cartoons had, smoking, drinking, etc.  It's really not PC at all, has stereotypes and everything.  I was surprised that he kept calling the blackbird his "Indian friend".  There's a bit of swearing too.   
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: blanktoe on Mar 10, 2011, 05:35:08 AM
Rango sounds cool but it's sad that Cars 2 is gonna beat it at the oscars next year.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Extra Zero on Mar 10, 2011, 02:32:34 PM
Did the first Cars even win anything though?  It's probably the only
Pixar movie that I flat-out hate and the only one that I don't own.

Speaking of bad movies, I watched Airborne on Netflix last night.  It's fucking scary that Seth Green and Jack Black have not aged much since 1994.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Mar 11, 2011, 01:48:39 AM
Holy shit! I remember that movie. Although, I think it actually WAS 1994 the last time I saw it.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Extra Zero on Mar 11, 2011, 02:00:34 AM
Do you have teh NetFlix?  If so, relive teh memories.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Mar 11, 2011, 01:06:24 PM
No, I don't. I have considered getting it though. Airborne, however, would be very low on my list.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Extra Zero on Mar 11, 2011, 02:00:03 PM
You can play hackey sack with that list, brah.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Mar 11, 2011, 04:06:44 PM
Totally.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Extra Zero on Mar 11, 2011, 04:55:26 PM
Still, you should get Netflix.  If you have a Wii, PS3 or 360, the two-week trial is totally worth your while. 

Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Mar 11, 2011, 06:36:51 PM
He still has 56k or some other ridiculously slow speed connection.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: IDE on Mar 11, 2011, 09:07:44 PM
Move somewhere relevant.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Extra Zero on Mar 11, 2011, 09:49:38 PM
Oh that's right.  I forgot Rama still lives in 1998.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Mar 12, 2011, 01:30:07 AM
I am 1.8 miles from High Speed...I measured it.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Mar 12, 2011, 05:07:29 AM
Mercury Man.

A real piece o' shite, that.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: blanktoe on Mar 12, 2011, 05:09:57 AM
Black Lightning aka Spider-man the movie with a car.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Mar 14, 2011, 09:31:19 PM
I saw most of this Swedish movie called "Evil".  It was all right.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Mar 15, 2011, 12:44:59 AM
Angels and Demons.

Figured this one out with an hour and 40 mins left.

and I saw Moon.

Figured this one with an hour and ten to go. But to be fair to this one, they reveal the twist pretty early on.

Moon was by far the better of the two.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Mar 15, 2011, 12:46:59 AM
I thought Moon was spectacular, and the twist didn't make the movie. It was a solid movie that happened to have a twist.
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Post by: Rama on Mar 15, 2011, 12:51:27 AM
That's true..it was more about the emotional impact of the twist, then it was the twist it's self.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Mar 15, 2011, 12:57:38 AM
Did you see the short film that was on the Moon DVD?  About the assassin?  I thought that was a good one, too.

I kinda slept through Angels and Demons.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Mar 15, 2011, 01:03:41 AM
Nah. I saw Moon on Starz. We got a free preview. But after seeing it, I'm thinking of buying the DVD.

I also saw A Life Less Ordinary. So that was two Ewan McGregor movies in one day without one of them being a SW Prequel.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Mar 16, 2011, 01:44:11 AM
Strange Days.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Mar 16, 2011, 02:47:00 PM
The Men Who Stare At Goats. This movie is just awesome. I'm loving this movie. Oh and third Ewan McGregor movie in less then three days that wasn't a SW movie.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Mar 16, 2011, 03:41:32 PM
TMWSAG IS FREAKING AWESOME
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Extra Zero on Mar 16, 2011, 05:28:45 PM
The Men Who Stare At Goats. This movie is just awesome. I'm loving this movie. Oh and third Ewan McGregor movie in less then three days that wasn't a SW movie.

Of those three movies, how many times did you see his penis?
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Mar 17, 2011, 12:50:46 AM
None.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Extra Zero on Mar 17, 2011, 03:11:47 PM
So you did not watch Trainspotting.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Mar 17, 2011, 05:55:02 PM
I've seen it, but it wasn't one of the three. It was Angels and Demons, A Life Less Ordinary, and The Men that Stare at Goats. None of those movies stars little Ewan.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Mar 17, 2011, 07:45:25 PM
I don't like watching anything spotting. Gross, man.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: The D on Mar 18, 2011, 03:47:30 PM
I saw HP7. I can't even fricking remember what happened in the books, so half the movie was "did this happen in the book? Did this happen in the book? I think I remember this part..." But I think they were pretty faithful to the book because everything seemed familiar.

Also watched inception. Great movie, although I think it could have been better.
See, I can't speak for others, but when I dream the laws of reality and physics bend and break. In the movie it was impossible to tell the dream world from the real world. I was expecting a movie where reality was constantly changing, because the people in the dream were aware they were dreaming so were able to manipulate their world. Think of something and it appears. Want a bridge over a river, think it into existence and it appears. The world around you warps and changes.

The scene where Ellen Paige is showing off her skills, folding the city in half and stuff is the general idea of what I'm getting at, just taken to an extreme. However, they never too that idea to the rest of the dream sequences. It was like the producers said "Yea, we have millions of dollars to make this movie but we'll make a lame ass excuse that changing the dream angers the subconscious because we don't want to spend any of our millions on special effects.

The movie had a lot of potential that I believe was wasted.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Mar 18, 2011, 05:33:07 PM
Someone brought this up, but I haven't had a chance to watch the movie again.

People are saying the top is his totem instead of hers, but in the last scene he is not wearing his wedding ring. Supposedly in every other scene where you know for sure it is reality he is also not wearing his wedding ring. Can anyone confirm that?
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: IDE on Mar 19, 2011, 12:47:25 AM
Watching Boondock saints 2.  This is really shitty compared to the first one.  It has a few moments where it seems it's the same writers (I haven't looked to see if it actually is).  I can't recommend watching this to anyone.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: IDE on Mar 19, 2011, 12:50:16 AM
Also good call by everyone on men who stare at goats.

Just watched The Other Guys.  It had it's moments and I can say go ahead and watch it for free.

Dinner for Schmucks is great.  Very few things can make me actually ROBL (B is for bed because I don't roll on floors). And the scene where he goes turbo penguin is one of those things.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: IDE on Mar 19, 2011, 12:55:51 AM
Dinner for schmucks
Adventure Time
The Mighty Boosh

These are the only things that have forced a genuine laugh out of me in the passed 3-4 years.  Everything else has gotten a "oh that was kind of funny I will laugh now" laugh.
These other things are genuinely funny to the general populace but to someone like me they're only passable.  Maybe I should go sniff glue to dull my superior sense of humor.

Yes this was a triple post, to quote Rob Bass and DJ EZ-Rock "You don't like it, so what I don't care".   

Obama got elected and I didn't get my post editing privileges back even though they were wrongfully taken from me during the bush administration.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: blanktoe on Mar 19, 2011, 03:02:56 PM


The movie had a lot of potential that I believe was wasted.

Amen, I had such high hopes for that movie. Inception should have been The Matrix times ten.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: blanktoe on Mar 20, 2011, 01:17:23 PM
Red and The Adjustment Bureau.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Mar 21, 2011, 12:29:04 AM
Watching Boondock saints 2.  This is really shitty compared to the first one.  It has a few moments where it seems it's the same writers (I haven't looked to see if it actually is).  I can't recommend watching this to anyone.

Same writer/Director combo. It seems anytime you try to make a sequel to a movie that has failed at the Box Office, and then gained cult status on video that sequel always sucks. Best example I can think of is The Crow: City of Angels. You just shouldn't make sequels to cult movies, they always fall short of the first one.

Commenting on this now, cause I watched a little of this movie tonight, but I had see it before.

I'm watching at this moment Micheal Jackson's This is It.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Mar 21, 2011, 01:29:03 AM
Someone brought this up, but I haven't had a chance to watch the movie again.

People are saying the top is his totem instead of hers, but in the last scene he is not wearing his wedding ring. Supposedly in every other scene where you know for sure it is reality he is also not wearing his wedding ring. Can anyone confirm that?

I... can't.


The movie had a lot of potential that I believe was wasted.

Amen, I had such high hopes for that movie. Inception should have been The Matrix times ten.

AMEN.  ----->>  http://b-e-c-k-e.blogspot.com/2010/08/movie-review-inception.html
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Extra Zero on Mar 21, 2011, 05:49:32 PM
My biggest problem with Inceptcion is 1/3 of the movie was wasted hitting the nail over the head, telling the audience how it worked, via Ellen Page.   Ellen Page's character served no purpose other than a vehicle for the audience. 

It sucks.  It really sucks.  I loved The Prestige, a movie the just assumed the audience got it, where as Nolan wrote this movie so even a pig fucker in Arkansas could understand it.  What's worse is that said pig fuckers seem to think their smart because they "got it" this time.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Mar 22, 2011, 01:19:12 AM
I saw most of Les Diaboliques the other day.  It had a good start to it but then it started to bore me.  After I watched the ending, it was perfectly clear that in those 40-something minutes in between I missed exactly nothing.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: blanktoe on Mar 22, 2011, 07:00:49 PM
I recently watched Rango and Limitless. Rango is by far the best animated movie I've seen in years. I really hope it beats Cars2 for Best Animated Movie. Now Limitless, I'm gonna jump the gun and call it the best super hero movie we get this year. Unless X-men Firist Class proves me wrong. I hope it does but that movie was so rushed somethings bound to go wrong.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Mar 22, 2011, 09:50:01 PM
What about Cap? Thor? Green Lantern? And there must be other stuff that I'm forgetting.

Just kidding about GL. It just looks so depressing and unnecessary. How did it come this far? There's actually going to be a Green Lantern movie in theaters. Really think about that for a moment.

I predict GL will perform horribly, causing Ryan Reynolds to drop out of Deadpool in a "Fuck comic book movies"-style hissy fit.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Mar 22, 2011, 10:18:00 PM
I want Green Lantern to do well... I'm a big fan of the character. But it does look quite bad. Quite really bad. I still have hopes that it will look better when I'm there.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Mar 22, 2011, 10:35:43 PM
Maybe I'm way off base here. Maybe I just really don't care for Green Lantern, or the Corps, or any of that mythos. I mean, as far as I'm concerned, GL is WAY down the list when it comes to movie-worthy DC characters.

I'd rather have a Booster Gold movie. If I was sitting in a theater right now, and a Booster Gold trailer came up, I'd shit my pants.

Green Lantern? Blech.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Mar 22, 2011, 11:52:40 PM
Someone needs to watch this and tell us about it.

(http://i54.tinypic.com/9ie1ya.jpg)

Rama? Toe?
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Mar 23, 2011, 12:17:28 AM
I can tell you about it.  It's a box with a red x.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Mar 23, 2011, 02:33:14 AM
Fixed.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: IDE on Mar 23, 2011, 04:07:00 AM
Is that real?

Haha I'm gonna stream it if it is.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Mar 23, 2011, 02:57:26 PM
If I can find that for rent, I will watch it...and I'll come back and tell you about it.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Mar 24, 2011, 12:17:57 AM
Who's the chick?
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Mar 24, 2011, 01:19:31 AM
Sofia Pernas. Never heard of her before.

I saw "Paul" today. It was pretty good. I was the only one in the theater, which was nice. I love it when I'm the only one there cause I can actually enjoy the movie without other people fucking it up for me. Also saw the preview for X-Men First Class which looks pretty awesome.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: IDE on Mar 24, 2011, 01:21:37 AM
Here it is: http://www.videoweed.com/file/rg6kw2lgcgjqk (http://www.videoweed.com/file/rg6kw2lgcgjqk)

I'm watching it now.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: IDE on Mar 24, 2011, 02:33:34 AM
haha it's fucking moby dick with a white dragon.  They even kept the names.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Mar 24, 2011, 12:00:11 PM
Stan Helsing.

Shit.


That is all.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Mar 24, 2011, 02:16:39 PM
Stan Helsing.

Shit.


That is all.

There was something in this movie that made me laugh quite hard the first time, but now I can't remember what it was at all.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Mar 24, 2011, 11:50:51 PM
Is that streamable on Netflix?

I finally saw All-Star Superman.  It was okay but I don't feel the need to ever watch it again.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Mar 25, 2011, 01:03:44 AM
But couldn't you say the same for most of the stuff you watch? I know I could. Generally I'd rather spend free time watching something I haven't seen before. There are exceptions.

Such as The Fifth Element. Any time I'm flipping channels and that's on, I'll watch it. I love that movie. It's just so fucking weird, it never ceases to amaze me that it actually exists.
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Post by: Rama on Mar 25, 2011, 01:06:37 AM
Clerks 2 is like that for me. I watch it no matter what...even the lame ass edited version they show on TV.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Mar 25, 2011, 01:14:53 AM
Clerks 2 is pretty damn good.

Unlike Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back. Bleugh.

Dogma's okay in my books, if only because it features Severus Snape and hot, middle-aged Linda Fiorentino.
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Post by: Rama on Mar 25, 2011, 01:09:26 PM
Jay and Silent Bob has it's moments, but it does lack the edge that the other movies have. Seem he was going for that more mainstream feel. It is the only Viewaskiverse movie I don't own though...so I must agree with you.

And oddly enough I just watched 5th Element.
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Post by: blanktoe on Mar 25, 2011, 02:17:08 PM
I need to watch Clerks 2 again so I can remember why I hate it.


But couldn't you say the same for most of the stuff you watch? I know I could. Generally I'd rather spend free time watching something I haven't seen before. There are exceptions.

Such as The Fifth Element. Any time I'm flipping channels and that's on, I'll watch it. I love that movie. It's just so fucking weird, it never ceases to amaze me that it actually exists.

yeah, I'm the same way. Whenever Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory or The Fifth Element is on tv I have to watch them. Nevermind that at anytime I could watch either of them on DVD or on Netflix.
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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Mar 25, 2011, 08:50:00 PM
I fit Fifth Element in the same category as Raiders of the Lost Ark and Big Trouble in Little China in that it's simply a fun movie that I can watch anytime and be glad I did.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Mar 26, 2011, 03:17:22 AM
Sucker Punch.

First off, the title. I didn't like it when they first announced it, I still don't like it after actually seeing the movie. It's nonsense. It has nothing to do with anything.

The movie itself was flashy as hell. It was cool to watch. But to be perfectly honest, it could have begun and ended with the first fight sequence, and it would have made a neat little short film. As it is, Sucker Punch is a collection of awesome music videos strung together with a bunch of "dramatic"... stuff... which I found very difficult to care about.

Basically, I just didn't feel for any of the characters. It had no emotional impact. In one scene the girls are all downtrodden and you're expected to empathize with them, but in the next they're kicking the shit out of everyone and everything, so...? And it goes back and forth like that. I feel like I learned absolutely nothing about who any of these women are supposed to be.

So if you want something that makes you go, "Ooh, shiny!" then by all means chell out Sucker Punch. Just don't expect to care about any of the characters.

C+
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Post by: blanktoe on Mar 26, 2011, 04:33:32 AM
so should I just wait for it to come out on DVD or cable?
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Post by: jonhammstein on Mar 26, 2011, 05:06:27 AM
I dunno. I'm not saying it isn't worth watching. It's just soulless.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Mar 26, 2011, 05:20:20 AM
Whoa. Screened was far less generous than I:

http://www.screened.com/sucker-punch/16-82088/staff-review/
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Post by: IDE on Mar 27, 2011, 03:18:49 AM
I'm still gonna see sucker punch, because just like it I am flashy and cool to watch, but am severely lacking any emotional content.

The clit commander scene in strikes back was at the time one of the funniest bits I'd ever seen.  The only reason its not funny anymore is because I rewound and watched it 3913824 times.
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Post by: Fiero on Mar 27, 2011, 11:56:29 AM
I can give Suckerpunch a C. No depth, little story, poor acting. Tits and ass in slow motion. The action scenes are pretty okay, but would have worked better on there on as advertisements for energy drinks.
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Post by: blanktoe on Mar 27, 2011, 10:48:55 PM
I guess the good news is no matter how bad Sucker Punch does it wont derail the next Superman movie.
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Post by: B E C K on Mar 27, 2011, 11:59:45 PM
But couldn't you say the same for most of the stuff you watch? I know I could. Generally I'd rather spend free time watching something I haven't seen before. There are exceptions.

Nope. When I find something I like, I will watch it over again.  If I find something I love or even just really like, I will literally see it a 100 or so times.  Unless a new movie has some lure like an actor/actress, a setting, a director, or some interesting plot point I'd like to see, I have no reason to watch it.  Not even when I'm bored.  I can tell most of the time when I like something or not by the synopsis.  [Dump most movies on this alone.]  Or I'll go read spoilers if the synopsis is somewhat interesting to see if I really want to commit the time.  [Did this with Shutter Island, decided to pass.  Did this with the Grudge and rented it and watched it.  It really can go either way.]  Sometimes, I will shut movies off in the first five minutes and never go back to it again.  [Charade.  Ink.  Ong Bak 3.]  Other times, I will see about thirty minutes of the movie itself and have forwarded through the rest.  [Les Diaboliques.  Beyond a Reasonable Doubt.]  Actually seeing an entire movie without forwarding through it or getting up and making a sandwich or taking a pee break without pausing it as I did with All-Star Superman is in the minority.

I did more or less this exact entire process with "Before the Devil Knows You're Dead" (the movie I saw last night) except I ended up seeing more than five minutes and forwarded the heck out of parts of it.

Today I watched Suspicion with Cary Grant.  It did not end the way I was expecting it to.  Good show, Mr. Hitchcock.
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Post by: B E C K on Mar 28, 2011, 12:00:57 AM
Jay and Silent Bob has it's moments, but it does lack the edge that the other movies have. Seem he was going for that more mainstream feel. It is the only Viewaskiverse movie I don't own though...so I must agree with you.

It is now the only Kevin Smith movie I DO own.  And probably the one I've seen the most. 
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Post by: B E C K on Mar 28, 2011, 12:51:25 AM
Was reading up on teh best resource in the world, Wikipedia, and apparently Hitchcock hated the ending to Suspicion and it was supposed to be a completely different film closer to the much darker book it was derived from.  And while a remake may be good...

Quote
In February 2010 Will Smith announced that he will produce[2] and star in the remake of the film which is planned for a 2011 release.[3]

 :vaderno:
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Post by: Max Con on Mar 28, 2011, 01:23:49 AM
Unless a new movie has some lure like an actor/actress, a setting, a director, or some interesting plot point I'd like to see, I have no reason to watch it.  Not even when I'm bored.  I can tell most of the time when I like something or not by the synopsis.  [Dump most movies on this alone.]  Or I'll go read spoilers if the synopsis is somewhat interesting to see if I really want to commit the time.  


I resonate with a lot of this. I'll throw another bit out there: If I've never heard of the movie (despite its ratings or reviews or whatever) I instantly could not give any less of a fuck.


However, I hate watching things more than once. One and done, never want to see it ever again. This applies to movies, video games, comics, TV, etc. Once it's over it loses all entertainment value and gets put in the boring pile.

I never want to see a movie if it doesn't involve a superhero.

And when I say I don't "want" to see something, I don't mean "I don't want to see it but I don't not want to see it", I mean I want to not experience this movie in any capacity what-so-ever.
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Post by: Rama on Mar 28, 2011, 02:42:42 AM
Jay and Silent Bob has it's moments, but it does lack the edge that the other movies have. Seem he was going for that more mainstream feel. It is the only Viewaskiverse movie I don't own though...so I must agree with you.

It is now the only Kevin Smith movie I DO own.  And probably the one I've seen the most. 

Then we have to hook up our DVD collections. Maybe they could go to dinner and see a movie...then there is awkward where they discover they both have a little Commando in them.
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Post by: Rama on Mar 29, 2011, 12:26:04 AM
Black Dynamite.

This is one of the funniest movies I've seen in a long, long time.
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Post by: Fiero on Mar 29, 2011, 03:27:17 AM
I've been wanting to watch that. I've also been wanting to watch Slap Shots again.
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Post by: gwynn on Mar 29, 2011, 07:46:01 AM
Jack Falls. It was like a poor man's Sin City the way it was in all B&W with little doses of colour.
It was entertaining enough that I kept it on the the background while I did other stuff.
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Post by: IDE on Mar 29, 2011, 03:27:55 PM
I'm almost done with superman 1.  It's still great after all this time, gonna move on to 2 after.
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Post by: IDE on Mar 29, 2011, 03:40:03 PM
However, I would've replaced Lois's inner monologue flying sequence with him flipping her dress up and boning her in mid air above the statue of liberty.
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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Mar 29, 2011, 10:07:52 PM
I still dislike Supes TMP.
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Post by: IDE on Mar 30, 2011, 10:55:36 PM
Really?

But then I don't watch it from the vantage of being a dyed in the wool supes fan.  It's just a feel good movie to me.
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Post by: IDE on Apr 01, 2011, 04:04:03 PM
Into supes 3.

Still loving it. 
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Post by: IDE on Apr 01, 2011, 04:17:21 PM
I wonder what Lana looks like now.  That's the problem with 80s movies.  You wanna bang the actresses but you forget its been 30 years.
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Post by: IDE on Apr 01, 2011, 04:20:15 PM
I shouldn't have looked...
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Post by: Fiero on Apr 01, 2011, 05:47:55 PM
I shouldn't have looked...

She could look worse. Also, LOL now she's Martha Kent.
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Post by: B E C K on Apr 01, 2011, 10:22:34 PM
^ :lol:
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Post by: blanktoe on Apr 03, 2011, 04:25:20 PM
Sucker Punch...I liked it.
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Post by: Rama on Apr 04, 2011, 11:25:49 AM
Godzilla vs. Gigan
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Post by: B E C K on Apr 04, 2011, 12:29:05 PM
I watched Opa!  It was meh.
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Post by: blanktoe on Apr 04, 2011, 01:20:45 PM
oprah?
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Post by: Rama on Apr 04, 2011, 02:37:07 PM
Godzilla: Final Wars

I like this one...they didn't fuck around and give us a shit load of story about some swinging bachelor and the whiny/bossy girl that he'll end up with at the end like a lot of Zilla movies. We get right into Monster destroying stuff within the first 15 mins. And damn are there a lot monsters in this one. I'm use to like 4 at most. This one has like 15 in it.
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Post by: Fiero on Apr 04, 2011, 03:28:56 PM
Godzilla: Final Wars

I like this one...they didn't fuck around and give us a shit load of story about some swinging bachelor and the whiny/bossy girl that he'll end up with at the end like a lot of Zilla movies. We get right into Monster destroying stuff within the first 15 mins. And damn are there a lot monsters in this one. I'm use to like 4 at most. This one has like 15 in it.

*puts on list*
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Post by: jonhammstein on Apr 04, 2011, 04:09:40 PM
Final Wars, huh?

Wait a minute. Isn't that the one with the mutant humans that physically look like normal humans, only they can run, jump, and fight as if they were in the Matrix?

http://cinemassacre.com/2008/10/31/godzilla-final-wars/

Haha. Yup. Be warned, that review is riddled with spoilers.
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Post by: Rama on Apr 05, 2011, 12:28:36 AM
Yeah that's the one. It doesn't take up too much of the script though. It's more so they can have a super powered martial arts fight at the end of the movie.
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Post by: B E C K on Apr 05, 2011, 12:37:58 AM
oprah?

No, some movie that tried to be a romance movie with Matthew Modine in it as some dork.
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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Apr 05, 2011, 10:07:37 AM
Evangelion 2.22: You Can (Not) Advance.
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Post by: Chopper Face 69 on Apr 05, 2011, 10:30:25 AM
Black Swan!  Good movie and it gets my penis stamp of approval.  Having recently watched Princess Tutu it was interesting to see something else vaguely inspired by Swan Lake.
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Post by: IDE on Apr 07, 2011, 03:03:59 AM
Watched supes IV.  Think I'll do norton hulk next still havent seen that one.
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Post by: Fiero on Apr 07, 2011, 03:43:14 PM
Watched supes IV.  Think I'll do norton hulk next still havent seen that one.

Norton IS the Hulk.
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Post by: Rama on Apr 08, 2011, 01:42:15 AM
That movie was so much better then the first one.

Godzilla vs. Megaguirus

This one got wrong everything that Final Wars got right. We get a whole story about a geeky guy building a black hole weapon to destroy Godzilla and his sloppy attempts to bed a army woman with a grudge against Godzilla. After the opening Godzilla attack we go almost 40 mins with only slight glimpses of giant monsters. The fight at the end is kinda short and that's mainly cause they wasted the rest of the movie setting it up. Could have tightened up the script and got at least another 20 mins of monsters smashing stuff out of this thing.
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Post by: IDE on Apr 08, 2011, 02:41:32 PM
Watched supes IV.  Think I'll do norton hulk next still havent seen that one.

Norton IS the Hulk.

I heard he isn't anymore though :/

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Post by: Fiero on Apr 08, 2011, 09:27:08 PM
Watched supes IV.  Think I'll do norton hulk next still havent seen that one.

Norton IS the Hulk.

I heard he isn't anymore though :/



It's true, and disappointing.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Apr 08, 2011, 11:31:23 PM
Your Highness.

I thought it would be a parody of adventure films, and it does satirize a lot of the elements found in that genre, but really it just is an adventure film. The gags were solid, there just needed to be more of them.

And despite the very title, it's not a stoner flick, and the weed jokes were kept to a bare minimum. The way they went about advertising was very misleading.

Also, the theater was far from full.
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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Apr 09, 2011, 10:57:43 AM
Tron Legacy. Fun movie. Probably won't watch it again though.
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Post by: Extra Zero on Apr 10, 2011, 12:56:26 AM
Watched supes IV.  Think I'll do norton hulk next still havent seen that one.
Norton IS the Hulk.

I heard he isn't anymore though :/





It's true, and disappointing.
Mark Ruffalo is now the Hulk.  You can thank your shitty big budget Avengers movie [that will either put Whedon back on the map or finally kill his career] for that.

I just watched Tron Legacy on BluRay.  I saw it in the theater, wanted to see it again but never got around to it.  I think it's a lot more watchable in 2D--also enjoyed it a lot more the second time around.  Clu's motive actualy was clear this time since I didn't have the distraction of a crying baby and a family jabbering in Spanish the whole movie.



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Post by: jonhammstein on Apr 10, 2011, 02:29:46 AM
I agree, the 3D in Legacy was nothing but a distraction, with only one or two worthwhile moments.

I watched Daybreakers tonight. I remember thinking the ads looked like shit, and most critics said it was crap, but it really wasn't terrible. I didn't feel like I had squandered two hours when it was over, so that's a success in my book.
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Post by: B E C K on Apr 11, 2011, 10:42:46 PM
I saw Musa: The Warrior.  It was very nice to look at and seemed decent, but the length was its enemy, methinks.  After attentively watching for about 70 min, it felt like it was stalling for time instead of a flick like Red Cliff's International version which actually had shit happen in its 3+ hours.  So I got this "oh, I guess they all die honorably or some shit and nothing much really happens" vibe, fast-forwarded, and that's pretty much what happens.  The acting is great, the scenary and costumes are top-notch, but they needed to seriously edit this puppy or somethin'.  Also, the fight scenes are a little too frentic (in that we see a flash of feet, hands, and faces but not much actual action on screen).
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Post by: B E C K on Apr 11, 2011, 10:44:17 PM
Oh, and someone tell Zhang Ziyi to stop making the same damn, glazed-eyed, pouty-face.  She's a pretty girl but damn.  Every film she comes out in has her pulling the same damn face.
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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Apr 11, 2011, 10:52:26 PM
I just made another kind of face. Oh, my GOD.
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Post by: Rama on Apr 11, 2011, 11:18:18 PM
Godzilla and Mothra: Battle for Earth.
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Post by: IDE on Apr 12, 2011, 01:53:52 AM
Don't we all make the same faces over and over? 
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Post by: B E C K on Apr 12, 2011, 11:11:29 PM
But her's is like "I jus saws me ghost" or somethin'.
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Post by: IDE on Apr 13, 2011, 12:13:14 AM
Yeah that particular look isn't that great.
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Post by: blanktoe on Apr 13, 2011, 05:07:50 PM
Hot Tub Time Machine, a lot funnier than I'd thought it'd be.
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Post by: Fiero on Apr 13, 2011, 07:44:00 PM
Hot Tub Time Machine, a lot funnier than I'd thought it'd be.

This movie took my expectations and ripped them in half, then sewed them together and somehow made them into something so beautiful I have no words for it.
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Post by: B E C K on Apr 13, 2011, 11:03:03 PM
Hmm... now I am somewhat interested.
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Post by: Rama on Apr 14, 2011, 10:15:42 AM
You'll be disappointed.

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone.

Wal-Mart had a great deal on the previous 6 movies in order to hype the release of the first part of 7. So I swung in and picked those up.
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Post by: blanktoe on Apr 14, 2011, 07:29:54 PM
Hanna, more than worth your seven bucks!
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Post by: Fiero on Apr 14, 2011, 08:02:19 PM
Hanna, more than worth your seven bucks!

<- wants to watch that

<- wants to know where you find $7 movie tickets
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Post by: jonhammstein on Apr 14, 2011, 08:18:48 PM
The Blank Market.
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Post by: Rama on Apr 14, 2011, 10:38:48 PM
I can still get in for like 6 bucks if I go to matinee non-3D film. If it happens to be a 3D flick then it's 9. Another reason to not like this 3D craze.
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Post by: B E C K on Apr 15, 2011, 10:25:21 AM
Hanna, more than worth your seven bucks!

<- wants to watch that

<- wants to know where you find $7 movie tickets

In GA?  Or maybe matinee or student discount?
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Post by: IDE on Apr 15, 2011, 02:24:38 PM
I get tickets for 7.50 or 6.50 if the movie has been out more than 2 weeks.  But that's a discount from work.
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Post by: Fiero on Apr 15, 2011, 03:24:01 PM
Also, apparently Costco sells 2 movie tickets for $15.
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Post by: IDE on Apr 15, 2011, 08:38:44 PM
Watching The Adjustment Bureau, it's pretty good.
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Post by: Fiero on Apr 15, 2011, 11:01:27 PM
Playoff hockey. Basically just rooting for whatever former Dallas Stars are in each game.

Hmm. that's not a movie.
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Post by: blanktoe on Apr 15, 2011, 11:09:06 PM
watching Battle LA or Battlefield LA. Whatever the fuck it's called it's boring.
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Post by: Rama on Apr 16, 2011, 01:36:05 AM
Godzilla: King of Monsters
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Post by: B E C K on Apr 17, 2011, 12:47:45 AM
Saw half of The Promise.  Will see other half tomorrow.  It reminds of me of a cartoon with live action peeps in it... kinda like Kungfu Hustle but with no humor.  At least not the intentional sort.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Apr 17, 2011, 02:39:36 AM
Paul.

I expected better from a Nick Frost/Simon Pegg joint.
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Apr 17, 2011, 08:58:08 AM
I saw some HORRIBLE new movie with Owen Wilson and Reese Witherspoon. Cant remember the name but it was SO BAD. Oh yeah and Paul Rudd.
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Post by: Rama on Apr 18, 2011, 12:15:12 AM
Paul.

I expected better from a Nick Frost/Simon Pegg joint.

I actually rather enjoyed Paul. But from the empty theater I saw it, I think I was the only one that did.
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Post by: B E C K on Apr 18, 2011, 03:34:24 PM
Finished "The Promise".  Overall, it was good.  Kinda like a fairytale in a way.
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Apr 19, 2011, 09:16:12 AM
Just watched Meet Joe Black. Cried like a bitch at the end, whats new
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Post by: B E C K on Apr 19, 2011, 12:46:38 PM
Saw a Columbo movie.  It was just all right.  Kinda draggggggged.
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Post by: Rama on Apr 19, 2011, 01:14:08 PM
Terror of Mechagodzilla
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Post by: Fiero on Apr 19, 2011, 03:20:10 PM
I have this odd feeling that Rama-san is on a daikaiju trip.
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Post by: Rama on Apr 19, 2011, 03:51:35 PM
Oh I was..but that was the last one I had. So no more of that for awhile till I get some more. There was even ones I watched, but never mentioned like Invasion of the Astro-Monsters and Godzilla's Revenge. But I was very much on a kick with the kaiju. I will go back and re-watch most of these with Subs insteads of Dubs to see what stuff I missed.
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Post by: Fiero on Apr 19, 2011, 05:09:05 PM
Godzilla vs Mothra is on Netflix streaming. I've been eying it.
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Post by: Rama on Apr 19, 2011, 05:38:22 PM
If it's the one from the 60's it's really slow.
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Post by: blanktoe on Apr 29, 2011, 12:17:15 PM
Rubber- fuckedupably awesome.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Apr 30, 2011, 03:24:13 AM
Fast Five.

Pure movie magic. Oscars all around.
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Post by: Fiero on Apr 30, 2011, 10:09:11 AM
I've actually heard that from a few sources that seem to be serious about it.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Apr 30, 2011, 01:57:03 PM
Well, to be perfectly honest, Fast Five is fucking dumb as hell, but it's entertaining from beginning to end.

And really, why do we watch movies if not to be entertained?

Also, it has multicultural appeal! No race left behind!
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Post by: blanktoe on May 01, 2011, 12:43:47 AM
Django the western the gave birth to a billion ripoffs.
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Post by: blanktoe on May 01, 2011, 11:03:30 AM
Thor... in russian. Meh, it was ok. It might be better in english but the look and feel of the movie is too much like the Masters of the Universe movie.
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Post by: Extra Zero on May 01, 2011, 08:53:21 PM
Saw a bootleg of 13 Assassin's this weekend.  Not bad, but not great either.   I prefer Miike movies to be weird.

Also watched Afro Samurai Resurrection on Netflix.  Suprisingly better than I expected, but not as good as the first movie.
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Post by: B E C K on May 01, 2011, 09:12:09 PM
I tried watching the series a while back and couldn't get into it.
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Post by: Extra Zero on May 01, 2011, 09:25:50 PM
Not so much a series as it is a movie chopped into "episodes"
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Post by: blanktoe on May 02, 2011, 12:26:26 AM
Gantz, I've had it downloaded on my computer since February. I don't know anything about the anime (I'm downloading it now) but I thought the movie was pretty damn good. I thought the characters could be a little stupid at times but given the situation they were in it's  little bit understandable.
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Post by: Faye Valentine on May 02, 2011, 08:56:18 AM
American Psycho 2. Horrible sequel.
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Post by: Bitey the Snail on May 02, 2011, 02:03:48 PM
lol i didnt know they even made one.
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Post by: Fiero on May 02, 2011, 02:17:01 PM
Fast Five. My buddies wanted to watch that or Dylan Dog: Dead of the Night. i watched the two trailers for the second film there and decided if they were watching that, I simply was not going to go with them. It looks fucking terrible. MST3K riffing terrible. Really, it's that bad. You want to know how bad it is? The only theatres that were showing it yesterday were discount theatres and one regular theatre (which had one showing and no showings of it the rest of the week). The trailer has a shitty voice over that explains what's going on. And the most telling fact? Taye Diggs.
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Post by: Rama on May 02, 2011, 02:59:08 PM
As irony would have it, I am now watching the movie version of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy." If I remember right this movie was, and you won't hear me say this much, better then the book. It's like they took all the good clever stuff, and threw out all the crap.
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Post by: Fiero on May 02, 2011, 03:31:47 PM
Have you seen the BBC series? It's not bad, either.
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Post by: Rama on May 02, 2011, 04:07:19 PM
No, I haven't. I'd like to though.
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Post by: Fiero on May 02, 2011, 04:30:21 PM
It's on Netflix, that's where I watched it. They also have every season of Red Dwarf. I think I got to six and then I started having problems with it.
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Post by: Faye Valentine on May 02, 2011, 08:58:03 PM
lol i didnt know they even made one.
Yes they did, with Mila Kunis. She was definitely not the good one for the role. Oh and William Shatner who was as awesome as always
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Post by: Rama on May 02, 2011, 11:48:08 PM
It's on Netflix, that's where I watched it. They also have every season of Red Dwarf. I think I got to six and then I started having problems with it.

All of Red Dwarf almost makes it worth getting Netflix.
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Post by: Fiero on May 03, 2011, 03:53:52 PM
But you have to admit there was a season or two where it just fell apart for awhile. I still haven't gone back to get past those parts. The early seasons are pure gold.
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Post by: The D on May 03, 2011, 05:00:49 PM
Did I mention I saw Clash of the Titans?

Yea, I can't remember a lot of the movie but I thought it was kinda boring and sucked. Dialog was horrible.

And then I saw God on Trial, which is a PBS Masterpieces tv movie based on a legend that in Auschwitz some Jews put God on trial for breaking his covenant with them. A very good, interesting, and intellectual movie. It was a bit slow because, well, the entire movie was dialog and there was no action or anything, but still a good movie.

Now I have Dark City rented and ready to watch because I keep hearing very good things about it.
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Post by: Fiero on May 03, 2011, 05:43:56 PM
Now I have Dark City rented and ready to watch because I keep hearing very good things about it.

I've been meaning to watch that for so long.
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Post by: Fiero on May 03, 2011, 05:58:55 PM
http://www.newser.com/story/117710/ex-playmate-found-in-home-mummified.html

MST3K Fans should know this woman. Shitty way to go, but better than, say, being shot by navy seals.
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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on May 03, 2011, 07:27:49 PM
And then I saw God on Trial, which is a PBS Masterpieces tv movie based on a legend that in Auschwitz some Jews put God on trial for breaking his covenant with them.

I liked the novel it was based on better...back when it was called the Book of Job.
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Post by: B E C K on May 03, 2011, 10:18:04 PM
http://www.newser.com/story/117710/ex-playmate-found-in-home-mummified.html

MST3K Fans should know this woman. Shitty way to go, but better than, say, being shot by navy seals.

Suck ass, it took that long to notice?
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Post by: Rama on May 03, 2011, 10:27:36 PM
But you have to admit there was a season or two where it just fell apart for awhile. I still haven't gone back to get past those parts. The early seasons are pure gold.

Well anything after Rimmer left, but before he came back isn't nearly as fun for me. He was by far my favorite character on that show. Man it's been a long time since I saw this show. I wish PBS would put it back on, or BBCA would throw it on.

http://www.newser.com/story/117710/ex-playmate-found-in-home-mummified.html

MST3K Fans should know this woman. Shitty way to go, but better than, say, being shot by navy seals.

Oh yeah...from Attack of the Giant Leeches. I own that episode, so I'll have to watch it in her honor.
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Post by: B E C K on May 03, 2011, 10:29:27 PM
If it was really in her honor, you'd put the DVD under some old mail and dig it out to watch a year later.
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Post by: Fiero on May 03, 2011, 10:40:22 PM
Certainly you also have Attack of the 50-Foot Woman?
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Post by: Rama on May 03, 2011, 10:46:59 PM
If it was really in her honor, you'd put the DVD under some old mail and dig it out to watch a year later.

That's doable to.

Certainly you also have Attack of the 50-Foot Woman?

Actually I don't. I've had plenty of chances to buy that movie, but haven't. Since it wasn't riffed by MST3K, it has never been a movie I've gone out of my way to get.  Course if I found it for 2-3 bucks someplace I'd grab it up.
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Post by: blanktoe on May 04, 2011, 01:27:29 AM
Just saw Thor in english and it's...ok! I like what they did with Loki. He isn't evil, he's just misguided. He wants to prove he's just as deserving as Thor is. I think his story might end up being the most interesting thing in the Avengers
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Post by: Fiero on May 04, 2011, 01:43:28 AM
Oh... I thought they had done that one, too. They should.
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Post by: IDE on May 04, 2011, 02:19:52 AM
The incredible Hulk

loved it, it really sucks they're not keeping norton, but it's probably a money issue.  Now that I have a better understanding of the business I see why you can't just take a pay cut cause it can devalue you for future projects but whatever.   In the end it's the hulk we want to see not bruce banner.

I also watched most of sucker punch, couldn't finish it cause it was pretty trite and predictable.  HOWEVER! If I was on drugs I think I'd fuckin love it.  It's pretty much all visuals with only half the characters being developed, not a bad concept but could've been executed better.
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Post by: Rama on May 04, 2011, 12:55:49 PM
I heard with Norton it wasn't a money thing, but a control thing. That Norton wanted a lot of say in the Avengers movie and they already had too many hands in the pot as is. Maybe he just dared to disagree with the great and all powerful Whedon, and thus had to go.
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Post by: Fiero on May 06, 2011, 03:55:38 AM
Thor.

Fucking loved it. Except Loki is not a badass with a staff.
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Post by: Faye Valentine on May 06, 2011, 09:23:05 AM
Mean Girls
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Post by: Fiero on May 06, 2011, 03:27:54 PM
Mean Girls

Is it okay for guys to like this movie? Because I don't like it...



















I FUCKING LOVE IT!
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Post by: IDE on May 06, 2011, 03:46:20 PM
I heard with Norton it wasn't a money thing, but a control thing. That Norton wanted a lot of say in the Avengers movie and they already had too many hands in the pot as is. Maybe he just dared to disagree with the great and all powerful Whedon, and thus had to go.

That sounds kind of crazy, I wonder if there is any truth to it.

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Post by: jonhammstein on May 07, 2011, 12:51:42 AM
As to the Norton Hulk thing, I seem to remember reading there was some sort of falling out there even before that movie was released.

Saw Thor. Liked it. Although I will say it easily had the lamest post-credits teaser sequence thus far. Maybe Cap's will pick up the slack.

Also, Big Man Japan. I felt cheated by the ending, even if I understand nothing in the movie was ever meant to be taken seriously.
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Post by: B E C K on May 08, 2011, 11:26:25 PM
I saw this sappy thing called "The Good Witch".  It actually wasn't terrible but I liked it better when the "magic" used was mere psychology instead of the implication at the end that the heroine was an actual witch.  I mean the main dude's all "how did that weird broom get thar, it was at ur house" and I wanted her to just shrug and say she has two of the same kind of broom.
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Post by: B E C K on May 08, 2011, 11:28:35 PM
Oh and Mel and I finally saw the Guardians of Gahooleyo3igrbn with the owls and shit.  There was too much slo-mo fighting, which I assume is the director's trademark.  Also, it bothered me how the evil owl brother was more of less just written off by his family.  Everybody's all happy at the end and not one fuck was given that day.  It was kinda sad.
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Post by: jonhammstein on May 09, 2011, 12:24:34 AM
I always forget that Owls of Ga'Julio'Iglesias is a Zack Snyder joint. So weird. I mostly liked it though.

Also, Legend of the Guardians has got to be one of the most generic titles of all time. It's like if Wall Street had been called Executives of the Boardroom. Or Lord of the Rings could have been Journey of the Travelers.

The Fast and the Furious would be known as Dudes Drive Cars, Yo. Subsequent iterations would replace the Yo with Bro, Dawg, Pimp, Playa, etc.

Every Clint Eastwood movie ever would be renamed Grizzled Loner Becomes Irritated.
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Post by: Rama on May 09, 2011, 01:04:59 AM
Thor.

Really liked this one.
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Post by: Faye Valentine on May 09, 2011, 07:29:36 AM
Mean Girls

Is it okay for guys to like this movie? Because I don't like it...



















I FUCKING LOVE IT!

FUCK YEAH! It is kinda sad to watch how good of an actress Lindsay Lohan is/was.
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Post by: blanktoe on May 09, 2011, 01:36:35 PM
Mean Girls was the best anything Tina Fey ever wrote. Wish she had stuck with movies instead tv.
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Post by: Extra Zero on May 09, 2011, 02:36:47 PM
Thor, which was surprisingly, pretty fucking entertaining.

"I LIKE THIS DRINK! *SMASH* I'LL HAVE ANOTHER!"
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Post by: IDE on May 10, 2011, 12:05:59 AM
I'm glad thor seems to be delivering.

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Post by: B E C K on May 10, 2011, 12:58:11 AM
I saw Fearless with Jet Li.

I'm iffy on if I'll see Thor.  Ironman 2 was so much disappoint, I'm not sure I trust Marvel movies as of late.  The previews didn't really impress me either.
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Post by: Rama on May 10, 2011, 11:50:00 AM
You know what I'm not trusting the look of from the previews? Green Lantern. I think that's gonna be a rent.
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Post by: Rama on May 10, 2011, 02:05:00 PM
Donnie Darko. Never seen it before and was less then impressed with it as a whole, but the pay off made it worth it in the end.
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Post by: Fiero on May 10, 2011, 04:18:51 PM
I saw Fearless with Jet Li.

I'm iffy on if I'll see Thor.  Ironman 2 was so much disappoint, I'm not sure I trust Marvel movies as of late.  The previews didn't really impress me either.

Thor is superior to both Iron Man movies, IMHO.
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Post by: Fiero on May 10, 2011, 04:19:14 PM
Donnie Darko. Never seen it before and was less then impressed with it as a whole, but the pay off made it worth it in the end.

Don't watch the director's commentary.
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Post by: Rama on May 10, 2011, 05:23:05 PM
Eh...I saw it on STARZ so not much chance of that.
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Post by: blanktoe on May 10, 2011, 06:13:14 PM
Donnie Darko. Never seen it before and was less then impressed with it as a whole, but the pay off made it worth it in the end.

Don't watch the director's commentary.

HA!
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Post by: IDE on May 11, 2011, 12:01:30 AM
Next Avengers: Heroes of Tomorrow

It's about their kids after they've all died and ultron is taking over the world.



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Post by: blanktoe on May 11, 2011, 09:21:28 AM
Horrible animation and character design for the win.
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Post by: Faye Valentine on May 11, 2011, 09:48:04 AM
The Descent
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Post by: Fiero on May 11, 2011, 10:18:25 AM
The kid Avengers movie really was not that bad.
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Post by: IDE on May 11, 2011, 06:16:32 PM
Horrible animation and character design for the win.

Horrible?

Really? It wasn't that bad.  Wasn't any worse than teen titans anyway.
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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on May 11, 2011, 10:01:59 PM
Adventures of Robin Hood on Blu-ray. I was a bit disappointed...the DVD had less grain and seemed more vivid to me. But it's still one of the greatest movies of all time.
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Post by: blanktoe on May 12, 2011, 01:56:35 PM
Horrible animation and character design for the win.

Horrible?

Really? It wasn't that bad.  Wasn't any worse than teen titans anyway.

what's wrong with teen titans?
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Post by: Fiero on May 12, 2011, 05:47:07 PM
Horrible animation and character design for the win.

Horrible?

Really? It wasn't that bad.  Wasn't any worse than teen titans anyway.

what's wrong with teen titans?

I think that's his point, sort of. Maybe.
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Post by: Faye Valentine on May 12, 2011, 07:44:50 PM
Super Mario Bros
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on May 12, 2011, 08:20:26 PM
Super Mario Bros

Haha goombas.
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Post by: B E C K on May 12, 2011, 10:33:48 PM
I saw a doc called 'Trained in the Ways of Men'.
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Post by: jonhammstein on May 15, 2011, 12:27:07 AM
Priest. Not bad, but it deviated so much from the manwha I don't know why they licensed the source material in the first place.

The Proposition. A cowboy flick set in Australia. Entertaining, but bleak as hell.
The Centurion. Pretty generic warrior movie.
Winter's Bone. Not at all what I expected, but still interesting.

Drive Angry. What a fucking piece of shit. Good Lord, Nick Cage is the Modern Master of Schlock.
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Post by: IDE on May 15, 2011, 01:19:07 AM
Good Lord, Nick Cage is the Modern Master of Schlock.

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Post by: B E C K on May 16, 2011, 04:26:12 PM
Winter's Bone.

<Wayne and Garth> Winter's Bone.  ;D </Wayne and Garth>
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Post by: Fiero on May 16, 2011, 04:40:40 PM
schawing

Wait, I think I did it wrong.
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Post by: spooie on May 16, 2011, 06:52:52 PM
Winter's Bone.

<Wayne and Garth> Winter's Bone.  ;D </Wayne and Garth>
That was one of the few SNLs worth watching this season.
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Post by: jonhammstein on May 16, 2011, 11:39:20 PM
That particular sketch was worth watching, I'll give you that much.
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Post by: IDE on May 18, 2011, 02:40:06 PM
Thor: Tales of Asgard.

Liked it a lot.
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Post by: jonhammstein on May 23, 2011, 01:25:00 PM
Pirates!

I will say that I enjoyed it more than 2 and 3, but less than the original. Still, it was mostly entertaining. I wouldn't be offended if they decided to do more, which is probably inevitable.
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Post by: Fiero on May 23, 2011, 04:05:40 PM
I'm okay with them doing more if they don't try to force another trilogy. Let the stories stand on their own for the most part, please.
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Post by: Extra Zero on May 23, 2011, 04:41:13 PM
Pirates!

I will say that I enjoyed it more than 2 and 3, but less than the original. Still, it was mostly entertaining. I wouldn't be offended if they decided to do more, which is probably inevitable.

Really?  I haven't fallen asleep at the movies since King Kong.  And while I hated Pirates 3, it was atleast wasn't this boring. 


Did anyone catch the trailer for that Hugh Jackman Rock Em Sock Em Robots movie?
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Post by: Fiero on May 23, 2011, 05:22:22 PM
Pirates!

I will say that I enjoyed it more than 2 and 3, but less than the original. Still, it was mostly entertaining. I wouldn't be offended if they decided to do more, which is probably inevitable.

Really?  I haven't fallen asleep at the movies since King Kong.  And while I hated Pirates 3, it was atleast wasn't this boring. 


Did anyone catch the trailer for that Hugh Jackman Rock Em Sock Em Robots movie?

I am not sure that I want to.
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Post by: blanktoe on May 23, 2011, 06:53:06 PM
it looks stupid as fuck but it looks better X-men origins Wolverine. Now have you seen the Green With Envy trailer?
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Post by: IDE on May 23, 2011, 11:15:57 PM
The Mechanic.

Wasn't bad.  Probably wouldn't watch it again though.
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Post by: B E C K on May 24, 2011, 11:46:50 PM
Pirates!

I will say that I enjoyed it more than 2 and 3, but less than the original. Still, it was mostly entertaining. I wouldn't be offended if they decided to do more, which is probably inevitable.

Really?  I haven't fallen asleep at the movies since King Kong.  And while I hated Pirates 3, it was atleast wasn't this boring. 


Did anyone catch the trailer for that Hugh Jackman Rock Em Sock Em Robots movie?

I am not sure that I want to.

Ha ha, Real Steel.  A co-worker was showing me that shit on his iPhone when the trailer first came out and I swear I thought it was a joke.
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Post by: jonhammstein on May 25, 2011, 01:01:10 AM
I don't know what Jackman was thinking. Was he having a dry spell, or was the money-to-effort ratio just too good to pass up, or what?
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Post by: B E C K on May 25, 2011, 10:47:34 PM
Probably a little of Column A and a little of Column B.
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Post by: IDE on May 26, 2011, 10:39:44 AM
Watching Superman Batman Apocalypse

Everything was fine until I heard Darkseid's voice.

It's just some black guy talking.  That's what they came up with for his voice.


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Post by: IDE on May 26, 2011, 10:44:52 AM

The writing and voice for batman are awesome though so I'm going to keep watching.
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Post by: Fiero on May 26, 2011, 04:07:18 PM
Watching Superman Batman Apocalypse

Everything was fine until I heard Darkseid's voice.

It's just some black guy talking.  That's what they came up with for his voice.




Yeah. I'm not sure why Michael Ironside wasn't available. Looks like everything he's done since then is character bits.


The writing and voice for batman are awesome though so I'm going to keep watching.

That's because it's the god damn Kevin Conroy voicing him, the man who's voiced Batman for the past 20 or so years in almost every project.

The director has been working on superhero stuff for about 7 year, including what is actually my favorite of the DC animated films so far: Wonder Woman.

The writer really hasn't done anything like this before, so props to him (though apparently he did story for Gorillas in the Mist, huh).
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Post by: B E C K on May 26, 2011, 10:46:08 PM
Watching Superman Batman Apocalypse

Everything was fine until I heard Darkseid's voice.

It's just some black guy talking.  That's what they came up with for his voice.

Yeah, I really wish they wouldn't just get random voice actors like that.  Ironside had that locked.  There was no room for improvement.  I just wish Conroy was also in Young Justice.  Bruce Green-face-dilly ain't bad, but he ain't no Conroy.
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Post by: IDE on May 27, 2011, 08:10:14 PM
Who voiced the old old darkseid.  Like the one from the 80s early 90s?
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: IDE on May 27, 2011, 08:11:13 PM
I can't even remember what show it was, but it hadfirestar? The guy firestar from dcu? Was that his name? It was like superfriends revamp or maybe it was the later seasons of super friends?



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Post by: Fiero on May 27, 2011, 08:43:37 PM
Firestorm, probably.

Michael Ironside was the voice of Darkseid in the Justice League, Justice League Unlimited and Superman animated series.
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Post by: Rama on May 27, 2011, 10:20:10 PM
It had to be Firestorm. Firestar is a Marvel character that first showed up in Spider-Man and his Amazing Friends.
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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on May 27, 2011, 10:37:16 PM
Who voiced the old old darkseid.  Like the one from the 80s early 90s?

If you're thinking The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians, it was Frank Welker. He used his Dr. Klaw from Inspector Gadget/multiple evil ghosts from Real Ghostbusters/non-altered Soundwave voice for his Darkseid.

But that flick should have been called Superman/Batman: Apocalypse. The guy was barely in it.
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Post by: jonhammstein on May 27, 2011, 11:14:24 PM
Bangkok Dangerous.

Amazingly, not the worst Cage movie out there. But his frequent inner monologues were fucking hilarious.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on May 28, 2011, 01:43:48 AM
Green Hornet and Guliver's Travels.

Neither was a bad as people said. Not to say they were good...just their badness was a little played up. Although Guliver's Travels was the worse of the two, but Green Hornet would have been a lot better without Seth Rogen.
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Post by: IDE on May 28, 2011, 03:05:53 PM
Who voiced the old old darkseid.  Like the one from the 80s early 90s?

If you're thinking The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians, it was Frank Welker. He used his Dr. Klaw from Inspector Gadget/multiple evil ghosts from Real Ghostbusters/non-altered Soundwave voice for his Darkseid.

But that flick should have been called Superman/Batman: Apocalypse. The guy was barely in it.

Yeah!  I think that voice suits darkseid best.

Batman may have been in some scenes even if we didn't see him.  He's batman.
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Post by: B E C K on May 28, 2011, 09:40:36 PM
Yeah, felt a little ripped off by the lack of Batman but appeased by the combination of WW and Big Barda.  :aroused:
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on May 29, 2011, 01:15:42 AM
Hangover 2.

It was just aight for me, dawg. I think I may have laughed out loud once, the rest were mild snickers and grins.
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Post by: B E C K on May 29, 2011, 09:49:20 PM
I actually managed to sit through a good amount of Eat, Pray, Love, a film which basically amounts to author self-wank.  The woman has success, men who love her, and she's all "boo hoo, but WHO ams i" and flees to Italy, India, and Bali where she meets other self-important tourists with nothing better to do and all the little natives are so goddamn grateful she's there for whatever fool reason.

Right now I'm re-watching Chronos.

I also saw this film called Falling For Grace which was decent.
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Post by: blanktoe on May 29, 2011, 10:08:06 PM
Purple Rain, terrible movie with an amazing soundtrack.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: IDE on May 30, 2011, 01:57:43 AM
Hangover 2.

It was just aight for me, dawg. I think I may have laughed out loud once, the rest were mild snickers and grins.

This is what I'm expecting as my reaction too.


I saw most of kung fu panda 2 on a pirate stream site. 

It's ok, but not as good as the first one.
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Post by: Faye Valentine on May 30, 2011, 09:05:53 AM
I don't know why people think Hangover 1 was funny . It wasn't. Maybe I have to get high next time I watch that for it to be funny.

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Post by: Fiero on May 30, 2011, 10:50:12 AM
I don't know why people think Hangover 1 was funny . It wasn't. Maybe I have to get high next time I watch that for it to be funny.



Some might argue you need a different set of chromosomes. I thought it was pretty damn funny.
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Post by: Rama on May 31, 2011, 12:40:16 AM
Pirates 4.

It wasn't bad. There were like two too many stories going on this thing. The whole beating the Spanish, and Mermaid Human love thing could have been dropped and the movie still would have held up. But at least we didn't have the constant side switching of Pirates 3, and had a much more straight forward story. The also had a couple lose ends that weren't tied up neatly either. And there was lots of corny pointing stuff at the screen cause it was in 3D shit. First time I've ever seen a modern 3D movie do that.

And speaking of 3D, I wish this craze would fucking end already. $9.50 for a Matinee? Are you kidding me? Ugh!
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Post by: Faye Valentine on May 31, 2011, 08:07:38 AM
One Hour Photo. Fucking amazing, not many thrillers in which you end up feeling bad for the "bad " guy. Robin Williams is amazing
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on May 31, 2011, 11:13:43 AM
One Hour Photo. Fucking amazing, not many thrillers in which you end up feeling bad for the "bad " guy. Robin Williams is amazing

I can't believe I still haven't watched that. I really enjoy when comedic actors try a different sort of role. Which is why Endless Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and Punch Drunk Love rank in my favorite movies. Robin Williams in that role has to be incredibly interesting.
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Post by: Rama on May 31, 2011, 11:17:53 AM
It is a really good flick. I saw it a few years back.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Jun 01, 2011, 09:05:19 AM
One Hour Photo. Fucking amazing, not many thrillers in which you end up feeling bad for the "bad " guy. Robin Williams is amazing

I can't believe I still haven't watched that. I really enjoy when comedic actors try a different sort of role. Which is why Endless Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and Punch Drunk Love rank in my favorite movies. Robin Williams in that role has to be incredibly interesting.
DO IT, WATCH IT NOW. NOW. GO.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Jun 04, 2011, 12:21:27 AM
X-Men: First Class! Fucking great movie! I still can't believe it!

Kung Fu Panda 2! Another great movie! The commercials do not do it justice!
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Jun 04, 2011, 01:23:08 AM
Evil Dead 2. Never seen it, and I'm continuing my trend of watching these movies backwards. I saw Army of Darkness back in the 90's and now I've seen Evil Dead 2, but haven't seen Evil Dead.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Jun 04, 2011, 01:28:32 AM
I was a fan of Army of Darkness, like most organisms with a pulse, and my buddy was all, "You gotta watch Evil Dead, bro!"

And then a woman was raped by a tree, and I was all, "This is gross, I don't want to watch anymore."
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Jun 04, 2011, 01:39:25 AM
Well I'm sure she had it coming with the way she was dressed.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Jun 04, 2011, 01:47:25 AM
Man, I just had an idea.

You know how websites and magazines post pictures of famous chicks in their designer outfits, then grade them and shit?

We should gather all those up and post them here, then ask IDE which outfits are rapeworthy, and which don't make the cut.

Someone can make a graphic that looks like a stamp of approval that reads, "I'd rape that!" in bold red letters, and we'll call the column IDE's Rape Roundup.

Blammo. We're all rolling in the dough. We'll collectively be the next Perez Hilton.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Jun 04, 2011, 01:57:33 AM
I love it! BRILLIANT!
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Jun 04, 2011, 05:14:50 PM
X-Men: First Class! Fucking great movie! I still can't believe it!

Are you shittin' me?  It looks like all sorts of wrong!  You mean to say you enjoyed this?
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Jun 04, 2011, 06:57:09 PM
X-Men: First Class! Fucking great movie! I still can't believe it!

Are you shittin' me?  It looks like all sorts of wrong!  You mean to say you enjoyed this?

I've heard the same. I talked to a comic shop employee who has lots of comic reading friends, and the majority really liked it. It's got an 87% on Rotten Tomatoes and a 65 on Metacritic. Who would have guessed that?

I saw a screening of Super 8 this morning. I rather liked it. The story has some cheese to it, but you can almost see it as a new ET where the aliens not as a friendly and is also a Corpser from Gears of War.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: spooie on Jun 04, 2011, 08:08:17 PM
I have read that Xmen: Frirst Class is second only to X2.  I'll probably go see it in the next two weeks or so.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Jun 04, 2011, 11:21:15 PM
See, I don't get that. My cousin was saying something about everyone online being in love with X2, and I was like, "What? Why?"

I liked the first X-Men movie. Everything between that and First Class was garbage as far as I'm concerned.

I'm assuming the upcoming Wolverine movie scraps everything that happened in Origins, because First Class is a raging maelstrom of retcon.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Jun 05, 2011, 01:56:28 AM
You know I didn't really want to see First Class, mainly cause it's not really First Class other then Beast. But I've heard a lot of good stuff about it, so I might take it in next weekend. I hope I can see this one NOT in 3D for a change. I've got a pretty good collection of useless horn rimmed glasses going on. Could I put them in the little bin on the way out? Yes, but after paying 9 bucks for a movie I'm keeping those bitches.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: IDE on Jun 05, 2011, 04:33:53 AM
Do they repackage them to make people think theyre new and sanitized?

Cause I bet theyre swimming with bacteria from mexico.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Jun 05, 2011, 11:00:22 AM
Good news, everyone! X-Men: First Class is not available in 3D, at all.

And God bless them for that.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Jun 06, 2011, 02:49:11 AM
The Thing

Btw they are doing a prequel and its coming out this year. Surpisingly, no one from the Smith family will be in it
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Jun 06, 2011, 11:27:51 AM
Yay! For X-men not being in 3D.

Fright Night.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Jun 06, 2011, 02:21:48 PM
See, I don't get that. My cousin was saying something about everyone online being in love with X2, and I was like, "What? Why?"

I liked the first X-Men movie. Everything between that and First Class was garbage as far as I'm concerned.

I'm assuming the upcoming Wolverine movie scraps everything that happened in Origins, because First Class is a raging maelstrom of retcon.

Pretty sure they already said it has nothing to do with the other movie, but I could be wrong. Either way, I'm assuming that it doesn't.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Jun 06, 2011, 02:42:54 PM
Fright Night.

Dude, how?! That shit doesn't come out until the end of August! Are you bros with Colin Farrell?
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Jun 06, 2011, 02:57:06 PM
The original Fright Night with Roddy MacDowall, not the one with David Tennant.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Jun 07, 2011, 11:14:32 PM
The Thing

Btw they are doing a prequel and its coming out this year. Surpisingly, no one from the Smith family will be in it

:lmao:
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Jun 09, 2011, 02:32:49 AM
I saw Megan is Missing and O-M-FUCKING-G. The last 20 minutes are tough man. I'm never letting my children use a computer, liek, evar.

You guys should watch it
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: IDE on Jun 09, 2011, 02:58:19 AM
I skimmed through human centipede.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Chopper Face 69 on Jun 10, 2011, 12:46:15 PM
X-Men First Class was pretty good.  I'd fuck that Mystique chick when she was beige, blue, whatever.  I'd fuck her and then she could make a dick and I'd let her fuck me.

Anyway I also watched a whole 16 minutes of Transformers: Dark of the Moon and that was pretty cool because Shia Labeouf.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Jun 10, 2011, 09:46:21 PM
I saw a part of Despicable Me.  I knew I wouldn't like it anyway.

Also streamed about half of From Dusk Til Dawn on Netflix.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Chopper Face 69 on Jun 11, 2011, 09:40:07 AM
Watched the original Fast and the Furious yesterday or Point Break with cars as I think of it.  Oh how I want to fuck Jordana Brewster...
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Extra Zero on Jun 11, 2011, 06:21:23 PM
Saw First Class yesterday and thought it fucking blew.  Seeing Super 8 tomorrow, hoping it's atleast enjoyable.  I couldn't stop lol'ing at Kevin Bacon in that dumb fucking helmet, so I made this:

(http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n281/extrazero/SebastianShaw.jpg)
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Jun 11, 2011, 08:18:29 PM
Im DYING to watch Super 8.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Jun 11, 2011, 10:31:38 PM
Saw First Class yesterday and thought it fucking blew.

I was quite impressed how 1st Class was actually enjoyable and wasn't the festering pile of mutant excrement I fully expected it to be.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: blanktoe on Jun 13, 2011, 09:41:04 AM
I thought it was good. Better than the last 2 X-men movies atleast.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Jun 13, 2011, 07:26:18 PM
Better than the last 2 X-men movies atleast.

I don't find that sentiment too encouraging.  :lol:
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: The D on Jun 13, 2011, 08:24:31 PM
A while back I saw both PotC 3 and then 4.

Watched 3 on tv when I was feeling out of it and couldn't pry myself out of my bed to change the channel. Actually only watched the second half of it. But it reminded me why I hated that movie.
1) Everyone keeps changing sides. There's no way to tell who's working for who and it seems that everyone's out for themselves. That may be accurate for real buccaneers, who really were looking out for themselves (as opposed to pirates that worked for hire). But I thought Hollywood dumbed down their movies, not made them unnecessarily confusing.
2) Two giant fleets of ships at the end and only two of them duke it out? Here I had expected an epic battle of massive proportions which might have saved the movie and it ends up two ships sailing around a sink drain while the other ships sip tea and are like "we'll just let them fight and then claim credit afterwards." I mean, the other pirate lords were cheering at the end like they actually DID shit.
3) And other shit.

POTC 4 was only mildly more entertaining. No massive ship battles had me disappoint, but I had the sense this was supposed to be a "treasure hunt" type of movie. I hate to say this but the first two may have been more entertaining than this one.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: The D on Jun 13, 2011, 08:33:37 PM
And more movies:

Thor
It was........*twists mustache* smashing.


Dark City
Possibly one of the greatest movies I have ever seen in a long time.

Basic Plot: In a film-noir city, a guy wakes up in a hotel bathtub with a dead hooker behind the bed, and he can't remember shit. He has to find out who he is while avoiding a gumshoe, white vampire-like guys in black suits with strange powers, and a constantly-changing city that falls asleep for a while at midnight.

One of the best performances in this movie was by Jack Bauer Keifer Sutherland, playing a mad scientist of sorts. Keifer's character was just downright creepy. And he had you guessing his true motives until the end.

The other thing I loved about the movie was the atmosphere. The special effects weren't the best, this being a small-studio production, but this is trivial. What they did with what they could work with was astounding. The '40s Noir atmosphere was spot on with a perpetually shadowy city, and the buildings changing during "tuning" was cool.

Some mild complaints of the movie would be the fact that with the clues provided I had a pretty good idea what was going on before it's revealed. Plus, the ending turned into a bit of an matrix-like action sequence, although I still was entertained and rooting for the good guy.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Jun 13, 2011, 08:45:26 PM
Going to see GL on Wednesday. I got connections.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Jun 13, 2011, 10:41:45 PM
Good. Be sure and let us know if it sucks major ass so we don't all waste our money on it.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Jun 14, 2011, 04:21:48 AM
Good. Be sure and let us know if it sucks major ass so we don't all waste our money on it.

I will let you know, because if I like it then I'm going to pay for it the next day to watch it with some buddies. If not, then I won't.

Keep in mind that I'm a bit of a GL fan.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Jun 14, 2011, 11:48:36 AM
That can only serve to make you more reactive to its potential shittiness.

And apparently shittiness is not a word, or possibly Firefox's spell chell simply doesn't think so.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Jun 14, 2011, 12:17:45 PM
Or in being a a big GL fan he'll make excuses for it shittiness and deny that it was actually shit because he wants so badly for it to be good. I know I made excuses for The Phantom Menace for like a month after I saw it, but the feelings of disappointment in my soul were just too large and broke loose and I had to admit that it was a huge pile of steaming shit.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Jun 14, 2011, 12:32:50 PM
Ugh. Man, you're right. I'll never understand that school of thought, because I'm the exact opposite. If I really want to like something and it lets me down, I fucking reject it outright.

It's like if I buy a game for $60 and it sucks, I'll be pissed. But then there are people who will convince themselves the game isn't that bad... because they paid $60 for it.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Jun 14, 2011, 01:05:59 PM
I only ever did it for The Phantom Menace. Any other movie that I would have wanted to be good so bad has either been that good (Iron Man, Thor) or I knew ahead of time was going to be crap (G.I.Joe, Transformers) But TPM was in my days before the net. Now I am proud of myself  that I haven't gone the very sad route of hating all SW, just because the PT sucked. How someone can now hate the movie they grew up on and loved just because the Prequels fell short is beyond me. I don't hate The Exorcist, because all it's sequels (and prequels) sucked...same goes for Jaws.

Never done the game thing. I usually don't buy a game till it's 20-30 bucks. Only paid full price for two games in my life: Halo 3 and Halo: Reach. And I liked both of those.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Jun 14, 2011, 01:12:55 PM
If I buy a game for $60 and it sucks, I go sell it as soon as I beat the 'story' or whatever, if it's even good enough for that.

I will be honest about what I don't like and do.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Jun 14, 2011, 09:26:20 PM
I'm a big TF fan, and I still recommended people see the first movie just because it was the Transformers and, while not a good movie, was worth seeing. I still say that. But the second one was a festering leprous sore on the ass of modern cinema, and I proclaimed it such...but only after paying to see it, which remains one of my biggest regrets.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Jun 14, 2011, 09:38:08 PM
I thought the first one was actually pretty good. There were things I liked about the second ... but fucking a, that was a poorly made film.

I'm curious what the third will be like. Firing Megan Fox will not be enough to alleviate the problems, I am sure.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Jun 14, 2011, 11:32:41 PM
I'll never forgive TF for the huge glut of useless crappy humans that had no business being in a movie that should've been primarily about sentient robots.  Also, "what's crackin', lil bitches".  No, son.  No.   :nono:

Phantom Menace I actually didn't think was too terrible when I first saw it.  I think in part I because I just thought of it as "okay, this is kinda odd but it's building into something great, you'll see" and then the great part never happened.  EVER.   :mad:

Bring good news about GL, Fifi.  I don't want it to suck.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Jun 14, 2011, 11:34:22 PM
I'll never forgive TF for the huge glut of useless crappy humans that had no business being in a movie that should've been primarily about sentient robots.  Also, "what's crackin', lil bitches".  No, son.  No.   :nono:

Also, Bay's action sequences are giant clusterfucks.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Jun 15, 2011, 01:14:45 AM
Phantom Menace I actually didn't think was too terrible when I first saw it.  I think in part I because I just thought of it as "okay, this is kinda odd but it's building into something great, you'll see" and then the great part never happened.  EVER.   :mad:

You know looking back it is the most like the OT, in pacing and story. It got messed up in other places. Course I knew there was no hope after Attack of the Clones when he CGIed armor on Clone Troopers. Still hired the guys for the motion capture, but put CGI armor on them. It was pretty clear then he wasn't using the tech as a way to tell the story he always wanted to tell, but instead just had a huge hard on for CGI.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Jun 15, 2011, 01:19:38 AM
I'll never forgive TF for the huge glut of useless crappy humans that had no business being in a movie that should've been primarily about sentient robots.  Also, "what's crackin', lil bitches".  No, son.  No.   :nono:

Phantom Menace I actually didn't think was too terrible when I first saw it.  I think in part I because I just thought of it as "okay, this is kinda odd but it's building into something great, you'll see" and then the great part never happened.  EVER.   :mad:

Bring good news about GL, Fifi.  I don't want it to suck.

I'll do my best.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: IDE on Jun 15, 2011, 02:24:26 AM
I'll never forgive TF for the huge glut of useless crappy humans that had no business being in a movie that should've been primarily about sentient robots.  Also, "what's crackin', lil bitches".  No, son.  No.   :nono:

Also, Bay's action sequences are giant clusterfucks.

2nd Unit Camera guy is an epileptic.  Who are you to say he doesn't have a right to work just like the rest of us!
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Jun 15, 2011, 12:54:14 PM
Early review of GL are starting to come in and it is not looking good.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Jun 15, 2011, 01:16:26 PM
Early review of GL are starting to come in and it is not looking good.

I'm not surprised.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Jun 15, 2011, 08:06:34 PM
I'll never forgive TF for the huge glut of useless crappy humans that had no business being in a movie that should've been primarily about sentient robots.  Also, "what's crackin', lil bitches".  No, son.  No.   :nono:

Also, Bay's action sequences are giant clusterfucks.

2nd Unit Camera guy is an epileptic.  Who are you to say he doesn't have a right to work just like the rest of us!

Can't he just go milk the government?  They love giving out peanuts for that disability shit.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Jun 15, 2011, 08:13:15 PM
Re GL: I'll never get it when movies deprive us of the villain we want to see on the big screen.  Sinestro, bitches.  Don't set up everything to be a goddamn trilogy.  Nobody's that interested in GL to sit there for three movies.  Same with Wonder Woman.  Give her one awesome fucking movie and then let's get both of their asses in the goddamn Justice League asap.  Shit ain't that damn complicated.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: IDE on Jun 15, 2011, 10:04:05 PM
They can deprive us of sinestro all they want.  Because most of us have no fucking clue who sinestro is.  Us being the general public. 
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Jun 16, 2011, 04:36:35 PM
So I saw Green Lantern and I can say that it was okay, I'd even pay to watch it again.

The screening was actually in 3D, which worried me but not for long. This had some of the best 3D effects I've seen in a movie. I think Hollywood is starting to reach a smart point with the 3D effects. Subtle effects work even better than extreme in your face ones, and this movie did a good job of a mix of both.

Now, enough about the effects. The story was somewhat mediocre at best, but worked for what it was. It didn't try to be more than just another comic book movie, so I think they were able to set the tone well for the mixed target audience they have. The main villain, Parallax and his little buddy Hector Hammond definitely differed from their comic storyline (which didn't really relate to each other), but in a way that didn't feel inexcusably forced. Most of the Green Lantern designs that I originally hated looked much better in motion, such as Kilowog. Sinestro was a strong point of the film and a bonus scene during the credits show his path will go down the one you expect it to if you know anything of the Green Lantern mythos (a scene which I proclaimed was in ways better than the entire film). A couple of plot points hinged on things that didn't really make sense to me (Hal asks the Guardians for help to save the humans, and then asks permission to defend Earth on his own, which is something he shouldn't have to do as it lies in the sector he is supposed to be defending) and some others that are a bit more of a spoiler to discuss. Many of the characters were written well, and matched their comic personalities. Hector Hammond (who again, should have nothing to do with Parallax or the 'yellow powet of fear') was better characterized than I expected, his extreme jealousy showing even while possessed.

Sadly, the two disappointing characters were in the main cast: Hal Jordan and Carol Ferris. Hal started the film as cocky as he should be, but then his required daddy dying flashback and pretty much pusses out for most of the film, occasionally showing how courageous he is, but mostly being a big fat wuss who cries about how the ring shouldn't have chosen him. He had done this at some point during the comics, but he wasn't such a fucking baby about it. I think they took some inspiration from a Kyle Rayner storyline for that, which is also dumb because fuck that. Carol was closer to right, I think. She gets pissed off at Hal when he does something dumb, but when she finds out he turned into a glowing space cop and saved the world, it was if he never did a stupid, inconsiderate, asshole thing to her before. Granted, the biggest thing they referenced was him forgetting her birthday, which really isn't that fucking bad, but whatever. His biggest fuckup actually happens in the movie (along with the aforementioned pussyfying flashback, but it works out fine and that being a fuckup pretty much doesn't matter.

Again, I would pay to watch it again, even with 3D surcharges. Ryan Reynolds did better than I though he would as Hal, and I still think Nathan Fillion would have made more sense, and had more of the voice that I hear in my head for Hal, but I can live with. Hopefully they'll get his characterization right in the next film if one comes (I fully expect it). All the aliens were well done with some unimportant exceptions of characters that they did things that I was disappointed with (re: killing them, but someone has to die for there to be a real threat, right?).

I'll give it a 6.9/10.

Of the comic book movies I've seen so far this year, I'd rate them so:

Thor 9/10
X-Men: First Class 7/10
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Jun 16, 2011, 10:24:20 PM
They can deprive us of sinestro all they want.  Because most of us have no fucking clue who sinestro is.  Us being the general public. 

You don't know who Sinestro is?  Because if you do, then stop saying "us" like you're the Queen of England at tea time.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: IDE on Jun 16, 2011, 11:24:07 PM
I said who "us" is.

/sips tea with pinky out
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: IDE on Jun 16, 2011, 11:26:36 PM
So I saw Green Lantern and I can say that it was okay, I'd even pay to watch it again.

The screening was actually in 3D, which worried me but not for long. This had some of the best 3D effects I've seen in a movie. I think Hollywood is starting to reach a smart point with the 3D effects. Subtle effects work even better than extreme in your face ones, and this movie did a good job of a mix of both.

Now, enough about the effects. The story was somewhat mediocre at best, but worked for what it was. It didn't try to be more than just another comic book movie, so I think they were able to set the tone well for the mixed target audience they have. The main villain, Parallax and his little buddy Hector Hammond definitely differed from their comic storyline (which didn't really relate to each other), but in a way that didn't feel inexcusably forced. Most of the Green Lantern designs that I originally hated looked much better in motion, such as Kilowog. Sinestro was a strong point of the film and a bonus scene during the credits show his path will go down the one you expect it to if you know anything of the Green Lantern mythos (a scene which I proclaimed was in ways better than the entire film). A couple of plot points hinged on things that didn't really make sense to me (Hal asks the Guardians for help to save the humans, and then asks permission to defend Earth on his own, which is something he shouldn't have to do as it lies in the sector he is supposed to be defending) and some others that are a bit more of a spoiler to discuss. Many of the characters were written well, and matched their comic personalities. Hector Hammond (who again, should have nothing to do with Parallax or the 'yellow powet of fear') was better characterized than I expected, his extreme jealousy showing even while possessed.

Sadly, the two disappointing characters were in the main cast: Hal Jordan and Carol Ferris. Hal started the film as cocky as he should be, but then his required daddy dying flashback and pretty much pusses out for most of the film, occasionally showing how courageous he is, but mostly being a big fat wuss who cries about how the ring shouldn't have chosen him. He had done this at some point during the comics, but he wasn't such a fucking baby about it. I think they took some inspiration from a Kyle Rayner storyline for that, which is also dumb because fuck that. Carol was closer to right, I think. She gets pissed off at Hal when he does something dumb, but when she finds out he turned into a glowing space cop and saved the world, it was if he never did a stupid, inconsiderate, asshole thing to her before. Granted, the biggest thing they referenced was him forgetting her birthday, which really isn't that fucking bad, but whatever. His biggest fuckup actually happens in the movie (along with the aforementioned pussyfying flashback, but it works out fine and that being a fuckup pretty much doesn't matter.

Again, I would pay to watch it again, even with 3D surcharges. Ryan Reynolds did better than I though he would as Hal, and I still think Nathan Fillion would have made more sense, and had more of the voice that I hear in my head for Hal, but I can live with. Hopefully they'll get his characterization right in the next film if one comes (I fully expect it). All the aliens were well done with some unimportant exceptions of characters that they did things that I was disappointed with (re: killing them, but someone has to die for there to be a real threat, right?).

I'll give it a 6.9/10.

Of the comic book movies I've seen so far this year, I'd rate them so:

Thor 9/10
X-Men: First Class 7/10

I rate this review helpful.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Jun 17, 2011, 04:08:07 AM
I was fully prepared to hate Green Lantern after the initial shot of bad reviews, but it wasn't bad. I wouldn't pay to see it again.

Caught Super 8 beforehand, and I'll say I preferred it to GL, but it's not the transcendental Spielbergian revelation that a lot of critics are making it out to be.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Chopper Face 69 on Jun 17, 2011, 07:22:57 AM
Ugh. Man, you're right. I'll never understand that school of thought, because I'm the exact opposite. If I really want to like something and it lets me down, I fucking reject it outright.

It's like if I buy a game for $60 and it sucks, I'll be pissed. But then there are people who will convince themselves the game isn't that bad... because they paid $60 for it.
Cognitive dissonance!  You're predisposition to like something increases when you've already made a financial investment.  Ideas are hard to change.

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I'll never forgive TF for the huge glut of useless crappy humans that had no business being in a movie that should've been primarily about sentient robots.  Also, "what's crackin', lil bitches".  No, son.  No.   
WTF?  Shia is great!

Anyway I didn't have TPM back in the day.  As the later movies came out I hated it more and more as the prequels as a whole became a dissapoinment, most strongly when the 3rd one sucked and failed to serve as the proper bridge that could have saved the whole series.  Now I just consider myself a Star Trek fan...

Anyway I saw Battle Los Angeles the other day and it was pretty good.  The trailer gives a pretty godd idea of what to expect so if that isn't your bag, don't waste your time.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Jun 17, 2011, 01:05:10 PM
I would have liked Transformers more if Shia was one of the ONLY humans shown. Do it like G1, only a handful know what the fuck is really up in the butt.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: IDE on Jun 17, 2011, 10:06:20 PM
This last question will cement whether aDam is insane or not.

Did you think shia was good in Indy 4?
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Post by: B E C K on Jun 17, 2011, 10:17:23 PM
This last question will cement whether aDam is insane or not.

Did you think shia was good in Indy 4?

That's a trick question!  That entire movie was balls balls balls!

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I'll never forgive TF for the huge glut of useless crappy humans that had no business being in a movie that should've been primarily about sentient robots.  Also, "what's crackin', lil bitches".  No, son.  No.  
WTF?  Shia is great!

I'm no Shia fan but I feel the need to clarify that my issue wasn't that it had human main characters, but that it had too many and they dominated too much of the movie.  Didn't it take like a half an hour for a robot to even show up?  Bleh.
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Post by: Fiero on Jun 18, 2011, 12:56:53 AM
I thought Shia was fine in Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. The movie was not good overall, but I don't see him as the weakest link.
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Post by: Rama on Jun 18, 2011, 02:29:24 AM
Gah...please don't mention Indy 4. In my mind that was 10 times worth then the prequels. I'm trying to pretend that never happened and you guys talking about it is making it hard to do.


Rope Snake...you assholes.
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Post by: Fiero on Jun 18, 2011, 02:45:52 AM
I thought it was okay, but definitely not on par with the rest.
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Post by: IDE on Jun 18, 2011, 03:17:37 AM
How could you think he was good in Indy 4?! 

/holds hand in front of Fiero and taps finger into palm while whispering to the men in white coats that he's "one of them".
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Post by: Fiero on Jun 18, 2011, 10:42:46 AM
The whole movie was bad. I didn't think he was any worse than the film.
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Post by: Rama on Jun 19, 2011, 02:11:01 AM
Yeah that whole movie was bad. Saying Shia was bad in that movie is like saying the Indian is the gayest Village Person.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: blanktoe on Jun 19, 2011, 07:40:08 PM
Just watched Super 8, more a Spielberg ripoff than a homage. If you liked Goonies, ET, Gremlins, and Cloverfield this movie is for you.
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Post by: B E C K on Jun 19, 2011, 11:28:41 PM
and Cloverfield?
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Post by: jonhammstein on Jun 20, 2011, 12:54:49 AM
...and Cloverfield?
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Post by: Rama on Jun 20, 2011, 01:46:12 AM
Quote from: blanktoe

If you liked Goonies,

Yes...

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ET,

...YES...

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Gremlins,


....OH YES! YES! YES!....


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and Cloverfield this movie is for you.


....oh I suddenly have a headache.
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Jun 20, 2011, 04:19:09 AM
I'll give it 6 months till it comes to the great Nihon.

I should start searching for a stream
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Post by: Chopper Face 69 on Jun 20, 2011, 08:45:58 AM
This last question will cement whether aDam is insane or not.

Did you think shia was good in Indy 4?
Oh man... tough question.  Shia is good, but that movie is so horrible.  I can't seem to seperate the performance from the movie in my mind.  I'd have to rewatch.  Generally though, he's always excellent. He was not the problem with that movie.  I have 3 Mutt Williams toys...

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Goonies, ET, Gremlins, and Cloverfield
ET sucks.  That alien has to be retarded.  How exactly is this a member of a space farring race?  Imagine a human in his place.  Imagine Captain Jean Luc Picard.  He's on an alien planet, and a child of the race of the planet he's surveying, and should have knowledge of, shows up.  He hides in stuffed toys, freaks out and knocks shit over in a shed.  Does reason win him over and get him to come out?  No no no... this advanced being is lured by little chocolate treats.  Imagine a Jean Luc Picard, knowledgeable of the hostile environment he's in, throwing caution to the wind because of a trail of alien candies, but otherwise being a stupid bitch.  Fuck that movie.
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Post by: Fiero on Jun 20, 2011, 02:26:29 PM
I always got the impression that ET was also a kid.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Jun 20, 2011, 11:13:16 PM
He'd pretty much have to be, right?

Black Plague, with Sean Bean! Not terrible for something so under the radar.

Death Race 2, also with Sean Bean! Although not nearly as much. It's a prequel to Death Race, which is completely unnecessary. Hell, Death Race was unnecessary. As was Death Race 2000.
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Post by: Rama on Jun 21, 2011, 01:01:45 AM
Hellboy: Sword of Storms.
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Post by: Chopper Face 69 on Jun 21, 2011, 11:58:35 AM
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I always got the impression that ET was also a kid.
That's a pretty colossal fuck up on his parents' part to leave him there!

Black Plague, with Sean Bean! Not terrible for something so under the radar.
Oooooh, I totally hated that movie.
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Post by: blanktoe on Jun 21, 2011, 12:01:55 PM
...and Cloverfield?
and Cloverfield?

yeah...the alien looked like the Clovefield alien's little brother.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Jun 21, 2011, 12:39:18 PM
I disagree. I think the alien in Super 8 looks like a spider-gorilla.

They could have just fitted Ron Perlman with extra arms and saved millions.
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Post by: Fiero on Jun 21, 2011, 03:35:15 PM
...and Cloverfield?
and Cloverfield?

yeah...the alien looked like the Clovefield alien's little brother.

Except the monster in Cloverfield was not an alien, it was a prehistoric sea creature. Mr. Abrams has  refuted it any time someone says it's an alien.

However, they do have some similarities. The first few times you see it, they seem almost the same, but their differences show more later on.
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Post by: The D on Jun 21, 2011, 08:38:37 PM
About Phantom Menace, I actually liked it when it first came out. I think it was partially because of what Beck said, about the anticipation of something greater, and also due to soaking up all the excitement from the crowd (I went opening night surrounded by people in costumes). And seeing stuff on the big screen was pretty intense.

It's not entirely bad. I enjoyed the pod race the first time, and the lightsaber duel and the battle scenes weren't bad. But, the more I thought about it, the more stupid the plot seems. I think the Red Letter Media guy does a great job of explaining why none of that movie made any sense. Why the fuck would you blockade a planet no one would give a fuck about? Why do you only blockade it around the equator, and why do the heroes leave the system through the blockade instead of flying "up" or something? Shit like that.

The second movie had some somewhat exciting battles after about 3/4ths of the way in but even when I first saw it I thought Hayden was a whiny ass bitch. I wanted to punch him through the screen.

By the time the third movie came around I was hoping for something BETTER and got shit. I actually walked out of the theater more disappointed than I was with the first two when I first saw them.

As for Transformers, I like the first one. It's not the greatest ever, and I do think it needed more robots, but I did like it. I hated the jiggle camera at the end though. The second one should never be mentioned again, and should be buried in the vaults in Nevada where they were originally going to bury nuclear waste. RotS can go down there too.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Jun 21, 2011, 09:31:57 PM
RotS?
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Jun 21, 2011, 11:35:20 PM
Revenge of the Sith.


Saw Rango.  Enjoyed seeing a cartoon with tobacco, guns, and death but that isn't a total downer, artsy fartsy, or "fer adultz only", the latter of which usually translates to "hey, let's add a dick joke!"
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Post by: IDE on Jun 22, 2011, 12:35:02 AM
Funny you should mention rango, I've never actually seen it but it was on in the background while I was poundi...just kidding!  (Not really kidding) 

I just watched Green Lantern Emerald Knights.  It was decent.  I don't really like things that are a bunch of vignettes, and I'm not thrilled about this being that but I got to learn some lantern lore which was fun.
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Post by: Fiero on Jun 22, 2011, 04:29:36 PM
Revenge of the Sith.

Ohhhhh, see, because it being there with Transformers confused me, especially as hew as already talking about RotF so I knew it wasn't just a typo on the last letter.

I also watched Emerald Knights and thoroughly enjoyed it. Also, they showed a new preview for the new GL animated series ... fucking CGI bullshit, but maybe it will be a surprise and be awesome like Mainframe and Beast Wars.
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Post by: IDE on Jun 23, 2011, 01:00:35 AM
Just saw the new Studio Ghibli film Arietty.  It's basically "The Littles" anime movie.

Which is ok with cause you can't stop the littles...
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Post by: IDE on Jun 23, 2011, 01:01:32 AM
ok with "me"

Damn I keep leaving out 2 and 3 letter words from sentences I type.  I'm convinced it's all the drugs I've done.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Jun 23, 2011, 01:22:05 AM
Wow. I didn't even know Ghibli had a new movie. I still haven't seen Ponyo.
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Post by: Rama on Jun 23, 2011, 01:51:47 AM
Last Man Standing.


Just another remake of Yojimbo starring Bruce Willis. At least this one gave credit to Kurosawa, unlike Fist Full of Dollars.
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Post by: Fiero on Jun 23, 2011, 04:06:42 PM
Last Man Standing.


Just another remake of Yojimbo starring Bruce Willis. At least this one gave credit to Kurosawa, unlike Fist Full of Dollars.

I like Fist Full of Dollars, but I like For a Few Dollars More and The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly a tiny bit more. You know, I haven't seen Yojimbo. No idea why. Seven Samurai, either.
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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Jun 23, 2011, 08:54:47 PM
...I got to learn some lantern lore which was fun

They might as well have called it "Tales of the Green Lantern Corps", since that's where most of it came from.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Jun 23, 2011, 10:56:04 PM
You can with your foot.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Jun 24, 2011, 01:02:12 AM
You can with your foot.
?
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Post by: Rama on Jun 24, 2011, 01:28:03 AM
Last Man Standing.


Just another remake of Yojimbo starring Bruce Willis. At least this one gave credit to Kurosawa, unlike Fist Full of Dollars.

I like Fist Full of Dollars, but I like For a Few Dollars More and The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly a tiny bit more. You know, I haven't seen Yojimbo. No idea why. Seven Samurai, either.

You should see both, they are both good. Yojimbo makes my top 20 all time fav. movies easy.

I liked A Fistful of Dollars best, but mainly cause it is a faithful to Yojimbo. The thing that bugs me with For a Few Dollars More and The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly is that Lee Van Cleef plays almost the same guy in both movies. Sure one if good and out to avenge his sister, were as the other is just in it for the money, but both are pretty much the same and then when it is played by the same actor the same way...it is just odd. I'd actually say that The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly is my least favorite of the three.
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Post by: IDE on Jun 24, 2011, 12:23:26 PM
Saw the actual lantern movie.  It was just ok...it definitely wasn't worth the 300 mil it cost to make.   When you go big like that you gotta deliver an Iron Man quality movie.
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Post by: B E C K on Jun 25, 2011, 11:18:02 PM
You can with your foot.
?

Ha ha, that was in reply to 'you can't stop the littles'.  Dunno why I didn't see the other replies before me.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Jun 30, 2011, 01:18:38 AM
Dark of the Moon!

Too long. But it was entertaining.

I saw it in IMAX 3D, and the ticket cost $15.25...

The picture was definitely a lot clearer than regular 3D, but I don't know that I needed the 3D at all.

If you have the option, I'd say see the vanilla version, as in no 3D. But I'm admittedly anti-3D.

Oh, it was about these transforming robots, in case anyone was wondering.

Speaking of robots, I saw the new trailer for Real Steel that actually made me want to see the movie. I could hardly believe it.
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Post by: Rama on Jun 30, 2011, 01:23:11 AM
Resident Evil: Afterlife.

These movies hardly seem to be about zombies or trying to scare you anymore. Should just call it Badass Chicks 4 and be done with it.
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Jul 01, 2011, 09:29:56 AM
Limitless. Good movie.
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Post by: Rama on Jul 02, 2011, 12:24:03 AM
Alien Nation.

Better then I was expecting, as I had only seen the TV show which never impressed me.
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Post by: blanktoe on Jul 03, 2011, 02:27:53 PM
Dark of the Moon!

Too long. But it was entertaining.



Fight scenes were ok. Alan Tudyk was great. The rest is bullshit. and to all of those people who loved this movie fuck you.
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Post by: B E C K on Jul 03, 2011, 10:22:43 PM
The rest is bullshit. and to all of those people who loved this movie fuck you.

:nuriyes:
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Jul 03, 2011, 11:08:02 PM
Once Upon a Time in the West.

I had never seen this before, or even heard of it, honestly. A lot of elements were unintentionally funny, but overall it was a great fucking movie.

There was something about it that just made it seem really modern for a film that came out in '68.
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Post by: The D on Jul 05, 2011, 07:47:28 PM
The Sky Crawlers

This is a movie that came out in 2008 made by Mamoru Oshii, known best for the Ghost in the Shell and Patlabor franchises.

At first I thought this movie was just a really awesome looking WW2 fighter anime, but I discovered it was more complex than that.

The good:
 The CG in this movie has to be the best part of it. The visuals of planes flying around in the skies are just amazingly realistic and beautiful. The animation was also amazingly good, besides the fact that all the characters had enormous round pupils and it made their eyes creepy as hell.

The not so good:
 There just wasn't as many awesome CG battles as I expected. For the fact this movie appears to be a movie about aerial combat, there's not as much as I was hoping.
The thing is, this movie is less about aerial combat and more about people. It's a character drama through and through. And there's not much of a plot at all. No conflict, no enemy to fight against. I actually found myself bored with the movie halfway through because there was no sense of tension or conflict whatsoever.

*Some spoilers*

This series is set in an alternate world where Kildren, people who are perpetually teenagers, work as fighter pilots for companies. It takes forever for the movie to explain exactly what's going on, which they did on purpose. They didn't want to reveal the true nature of the Kildren's world but rather let the viewer figure it all out. I pretty much had it figured out by the beginning.

In this world, two companies, the hero's company based in Europe, and the enemy's company based in the UK, fight areal warfare with the Kildren. The reason they do this, explained gradually through the movie, was to keep peace in the world. As long as the kildren were fighting their battles for the entertainment of the masses, real war wouldn't break out. "We are at war with Eastasia. We have always been at war with Eastasia." The reason the kildren are perpetually adolsecent is to keep them at the age where they're in their peak form. The whole point of the Kildren is they were genetically engineered to fight each other and kill each other to maintain world peace.

But that's not it. The Kildren never "die". Why waste a perfectly good pilot with death? It's not explained how, but when a Kildren dies, their body is made anew, their memories are wiped, and they're given a new name. The kildren also are engineered so they don't remember anything after a week or so. The whole thing reminds me of Dark City but worse.

But that's the thing. The whole movie is from the point of view of the main character, who is assigned to an airbase, not remembering his past, as he tries to figure out what's going on and what his purpose is. There's no real plot. No climax. When he finally figures out what's going on, he doesn't try to fight the system, he just accepts it.

As a character drama, it's not bad. The social commentary about war and young people was somewhat interesting. But it's no action film. And if you're watching it like I was, expecting lots of epic air battles, you'll be disappointed.

TL;DR
A slice-of-life character-driven drama disguising itself as a CG WWII-style action movie. If you don't mind waiting for the few awesome-looking CG battles, or you don't mind a story with no climatic ending or resolution, and you don't mind watching a thinking man's movie, you might enjoy this. If you expect a mindless action flick go somewhere else.

Also, Basset Hounds.
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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Jul 05, 2011, 08:54:00 PM
I won't be intentionally watching any new Oshii movies. I wish I'd never bought GitS 2 Innocence.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Jul 05, 2011, 11:29:06 PM
Enter the Dragon.

The fights were great, the rest of it not so much.

Bloodsport.

Hadn't watched this in years, but man does it ever hold up. It can't escape the cheesy '80s vibe, but overall it's just a funny, entertaining action movie. Van Damme was the shit back then.

The Transformers: The Movie.

This thing will always be good.

Snake in Monkey's Shadow.

I didn't recognize any of the guys in this, but that didn't keep me from enjoying it. Good old-fashioned Kung Fu is always welcome.
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Post by: B E C K on Jul 06, 2011, 12:26:58 AM
Date Night - I have to rewatch it since a lot of stuff was going on in the room while I was trying to watch, but what I saw was pretty good.  I want Tina Fey to come out in more movies.
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Post by: Rama on Jul 06, 2011, 01:04:21 AM
The Addams Family (1991)

Went to Wal-Mart to try to track down a copy of The Addams Family tv show because I am trying to draw a floor plan of the Addams Family house. They didn't have the show anymore, but I found the movie in the 5 dollar bin as a consolation prize. This movie has held up well and appeals to my morbid sense of humor.
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Post by: B E C K on Jul 06, 2011, 09:41:08 PM
I have never seen that.  Should I?
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Post by: IDE on Jul 06, 2011, 09:44:00 PM
I am trying to draw a floor plan of the Addams Family house.

Good to know you're being productive and advancing your career.
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Post by: B E C K on Jul 06, 2011, 09:53:38 PM
*snaps fingers to Addams Family theme music*
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Jul 07, 2011, 12:29:32 AM
I have never seen that.  Should I?

I liked it. It was actually my first encounter with the Addams Family. I then retroactively watched the old shows. Better get ready for some MC Hammer though...he did like the whole soundtrack. Anytime it isn't the original theme or the films score. It's all Hammer.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Jul 07, 2011, 12:58:15 AM
Is this a side effect from going bankrupt?
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Jul 07, 2011, 01:15:37 AM
I don't know. Maybe there is an Addams Family Soundtrack curse. Explains why no one showed up on the Addams Family Values soundtrack.
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Post by: Rama on Jul 09, 2011, 01:49:27 AM
Munsters Go Home. Pretty fun little movie full of 60s camp.
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Post by: B E C K on Jul 10, 2011, 05:29:12 PM
OMG PLZ STOP SEEING BAD MOVIES.

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'Transformers' at the top of the heap again with $47 million

http://www.cnn.com/2011/SHOWBIZ/Movies/07/10/boxoffice.ew/  EW indeed.
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Post by: IDE on Jul 10, 2011, 07:19:59 PM
No it's a good thing.  It needs to be seen as a money maker.

Because years from now someone will reboot transformers properly ala batman begins.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Jul 10, 2011, 10:59:46 PM
Bridesmaids: Thought I'd hate it, but it was pretty great.

Ace Ventura Pet Detective: Fucking awful. This movie has not aged well at all.

Orphan: Another one I'd been avoiding, although it was also decidedly worthwhile.

The Chinese Connection: Some more Bruce Lee. Boring as shit outside of the fight scenes, and there's a lot of it.

Mortal Kombat: Blech.

The Great Mouse Detective: Not as scary as I remember it from a quarter century ago, but not bad overall.
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Post by: B E C K on Jul 10, 2011, 11:13:21 PM
No it's a good thing.  It needs to be seen as a money maker.

Because years from now someone will reboot transformers properly ala batman begins.

Or they could reboot it as a piece of crap because people will pay to see crap as the Bayformers trilogy has demonstrated.
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Post by: Chopper Face 69 on Jul 11, 2011, 08:32:51 AM
No it's a good thing.  It needs to be seen as a money maker.

Because years from now someone will reboot transformers properly ala batman begins.
Wow.  This is absurd.  I like to remind people who bitch about Michael Bay that the alternative isn't to have Christopher Nolan direct.  It's to have Paul W. S. Anderson, Stephen Sommers or Uwe Boll direct.  It's Transformers.  It's not pulling in major bucks because of the amazingness that was established in the 80s.  It's pulling in major bucks because Michael Bay made it into something marketeable.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Jul 11, 2011, 12:15:27 PM
Please don't scare me by saying Uwe Boll...
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: IDE on Jul 11, 2011, 03:40:27 PM
No it's a good thing.  It needs to be seen as a money maker.

Because years from now someone will reboot transformers properly ala batman begins.
Wow.  This is absurd.  I like to remind people who bitch about Michael Bay that the alternative isn't to have Christopher Nolan direct.  It's to have Paul W. S. Anderson, Stephen Sommers or Uwe Boll direct.  It's Transformers.  It's not pulling in major bucks because of the amazingness that was established in the 80s.  It's pulling in major bucks because Michael Bay made it into something marketeable.

Yeah how foolish of me it's all Bay, there's nothing awesome about giant robots who transforms into vehicles and fight each other with lasers and swords.

Only the mighty Bay could take such a worthless concept and make it marketable!
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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Jul 11, 2011, 08:56:14 PM
Though both aDam and IDE have seen this, I have a perfect point to make on this that I've already made elsewhere (http://bonr.shwiggie.com/index.php/topic,5811.msg137803.html#msg137803):

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What I'm seeing from non-fans who love the movies is that they love watching big-ass robots blowing shit up...not because they love Sam's folks, not because Shia's so funny, not because of the love story, not because of the military. A little T&A didn't hurt, either.

It's hard to get this formula wrong. It's also why this last movie is greater than the second and at least as worth a watch as the first...the action was done much better than ever before, thanks to 3D forcing them to get over the extreme close-up fighting that resulted in a confusing blur of the shrapnel-fest that passes for Bayformers. It's just easier on the eyes.

Imagine that sort of action with less busy robot designs (not saying as simplified as G1 designs, but come on), an actual story to move things along, and meaningful human interaction and character development for both Earthlings and Cybertronians. It can be done, and there's no reason for it not having already been done.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Jul 11, 2011, 11:21:36 PM
Any time there's a human on screen, I fucking hate it. The whole concept just nosedives.

What they need to do is move the timeline way forward so that humanity is a spacefaring race, and we get all these other weird aliens and space battles and shit thrown into the mix.

Get the fuck off Earth.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Jul 11, 2011, 11:37:42 PM
Sorry, what I should have said is that's what I'd like to see happen. There's precedent for it in both the cartoon and comics, and I thought it worked well in both.

No more human soldiers emasculating Decepticons, thanks.

I should also add that I enjoyed all three movies to varying degrees, the second being the lowest on the totem pole, obviously, but the third still had more than a few elements I could have done without.
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Post by: Fiero on Jul 11, 2011, 11:57:32 PM
Sorry, what I should have said is that's what I'd like to see happen. There's precedent for it in both the cartoon and comics, and I thought it worked well in both.

No more human soldiers emasculating Decepticons, thanks.

I should also add that I enjoyed all three movies to varying degrees, the second being the lowest on the totem pole, obviously, but the third still had more than a few elements I could have done without.

And they could add Headmasters and shit like that.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Jul 12, 2011, 12:19:34 AM
I streamed some of 'The Ramen Girl' and 'The Civilization of Maxwell Bright' on Netflix, both of which I found boring enough to dump after about five minutes.

I also watched 'Black Swan'.  Found it kinda meh.  The 'dancing with the focus on the neck and the shoulders' bothered me more than I know it should've.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: IDE on Jul 12, 2011, 12:34:38 AM
/danceswithfocusonhisneckandshoulders
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Jul 12, 2011, 01:26:38 AM
Good, we can't see your penis that way.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Jul 12, 2011, 01:55:22 AM
But it's got that one scene with the stuff happening /me hasn't watched the rest of the movie
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Jul 12, 2011, 03:08:18 AM
And they could add Headmasters and shit like that.

Megan Fox was already in the first two.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: IDE on Jul 12, 2011, 03:11:40 AM
zing
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Jul 12, 2011, 03:14:30 AM
Ha!

Also, Powermasters, Pretenders, and Beastformers aka Battle Beasts.

Leave no stone unturned.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Jul 12, 2011, 11:49:17 AM
MASTERFORCE!
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Jul 12, 2011, 12:34:37 PM
2001: A Space Odyssey

I watched the "trippy part" near the end at about 4x speed and it still took forever. I have to wonder if Kubrick even had an editor and if he just put every single piece of film he shot on the screen. It is hard believe that this was cut down to 140 mins from 160. You mean there was 20 more minutes of this stuff?
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Post by: jonhammstein on Jul 12, 2011, 12:51:36 PM
The Hobbit: Still pretty great after all these years. It's eerie how much of it informed the eventual creation of Thundercats.

The Lord of the Rings: Fucking awful. I don't care what anyone says, rotoscoping is not animation. Fuck, half the time they don't even bother to draw over the actors. Lazy garbage.
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Post by: Fiero on Jul 12, 2011, 01:21:46 PM
The Hobbit: Still pretty great after all these years. It's eerie how much of it informed the eventual creation of Thundercats.

The Lord of the Rings: Fucking awful. I don't care what anyone says, rotoscoping is not animation. Fuck, half the time they don't even bother to draw over the actors. Lazy garbage.

Man. The Hobbit was fucking wonderful. I was also dissapointed in LotR rotoscope stuff.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Jul 12, 2011, 04:53:51 PM
It just reminded me of something else I hate.

You know those comic book "artists" who take photographs of people and then trace over them? "Look at me, I can draw!"

BULLSHIT.

Even worse are the ones who take existing comic book art and trace over that.

It's called plagiarism.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Jul 12, 2011, 05:23:45 PM
It just reminded me of something else I hate.

You know those comic book "artists" who take photographs of people and then trace over them? "Look at me, I can draw!"

BULLSHIT.

Even worse are the ones who take existing comic book art and trace over that.

It's called plagiarism.

LOLOLOL Elementary school is what it's called.
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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Jul 12, 2011, 07:21:22 PM
Also, Powermasters, Pretenders, and Beastformers aka Battle Beasts.

Leave no stone unturned.

MASTERFORCE!

BREASTFORCE.

F.
T.
W.
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Post by: Fiero on Jul 12, 2011, 08:21:50 PM
Also, Powermasters, Pretenders, and Beastformers aka Battle Beasts.

Leave no stone unturned.

MASTERFORCE!

BREASTFORCE.

F.
T.
W.

Liokaiser as enemy in next movie? Yes, please. I could also do with some Predacons.
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Post by: B E C K on Jul 12, 2011, 09:31:17 PM
Omg, I hates that rotoscoping.  Bleh.
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Jul 13, 2011, 05:33:23 AM
So Steven Spielberg was going to make a remake of Old Boy, and guess who was going to be the main character? Fucking Will Smith. Goddamn. Im so glad they didn't do it. Fuck you Will Smith
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Jul 13, 2011, 12:24:34 PM
Will Smith could probably play any of the founding fathers.
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Post by: Rama on Jul 13, 2011, 12:43:13 PM
He should play Thomas Jefferson.


"Uh...yeah...yeah....big Jeffy style all in it."
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Post by: jonhammstein on Jul 13, 2011, 01:06:48 PM
Whenever I hear about Will Smith these days it's in association with some unnecessary sequel.

Independence Day 2. Men In Black 3.

What? Are they afraid we've forgotten who he is and that we all need to be eased back in with something familiar?

Wild Wild West 2.

Haha. No, not that one.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Jul 13, 2011, 02:18:06 PM
I'd watch Wild Wild West 2...I'd be the only one, but I would.
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Post by: Rama on Jul 13, 2011, 02:54:07 PM
From Hell

I think this is one of the better Horror movies I've seen in last decade. ( Although it is kinda more a true crime type movie then it is horror) It really is a gem that flew under most people's radar.
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Post by: Fiero on Jul 13, 2011, 04:09:26 PM
I'd watch Wild West 2 if it has more crazy robot things.
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Post by: Fiero on Jul 13, 2011, 05:41:08 PM
http://www.bigshinyrobot.com/reviews/archives/30124

AKIRA SHELVED
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Post by: spooie on Jul 13, 2011, 08:13:35 PM
I watched Star Trek: The Motion Picture for the second time, and first in 15 years or so, last night.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Jul 13, 2011, 10:18:05 PM
http://www.bigshinyrobot.com/reviews/archives/30124

AKIRA SHELVED

Good.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Jul 13, 2011, 11:24:54 PM
http://www.bigshinyrobot.com/reviews/archives/30124

AKIRA SHELVED

Good.

Holy shit, even the damn bike was too Asian for them!  Good riddance.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Jul 13, 2011, 11:42:45 PM
Crisis averted!

I skimmed through Return of the King tonight, and I don't think it's worth watching. It was done by the same guys as The Hobbit, only it looks a lot sloppier. Also, it seems to follow the hobbits almost exclusively, with Sam getting way too much screen time.

The Sword in the Stone: Quality Disney. It's kind of weird that the entire movie is spent with Arthur and Merlin taking the form of various animals, only to have Arthur become king in the last five minutes, but it's still great. And the fight between Merlin and Mim is legendary.

Rock and Rule: Not bad. It kinda drags in places, but overall not bad at all. The super-detailed backgrounds are totally reminiscent of anime films of that era, which was probably intentional. Hell, it's even possible it may have inspired an anime or two.

Fire and Ice: Ralph Bakshi and his fabulous rotoscope machine back in action. It works a lot better here though, with the characters blending a lot better with the painted backgrounds, and the facial animations seem to be hand drawn more often than not. Pretty derivative, but surprisingly watchable. Probably the best thing I've seen from Bakshi, but it helps that Frank Frazetta was along for the ride.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: IDE on Jul 14, 2011, 01:47:45 AM
Joe chell out Star Chaser: The Legend of Orin.

I think I've seen Rock and Rule and I know I've seen Fire and Ice but I don't remember either.

I like the Rankin Bass ROTK but I love LOTR so much and also that reminds me of my childhood a lot (Where there's a whip! WHHAAPIISHH! There's a way!) I might be jaded.

I just watched tropic thunder.  There was a moment where I laughed out loud which is rare.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Jul 14, 2011, 06:51:06 PM
Ju On 1 and 2. It sucks. FOr once, the american remake is better
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Post by: Fiero on Jul 14, 2011, 08:54:50 PM
Ju On 1 and 2. It sucks. FOr once, the american remake is better

I've heard that.
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Post by: Fiero on Jul 14, 2011, 10:06:01 PM
http://www.bigshinyrobot.com/reviews/archives/30245

NOT SHELVED IS AKIRA

FFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUU

But latest script is written by Harry Potter adapter ... hmm .. maybe.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: IDE on Jul 15, 2011, 03:24:19 AM
They better not change the motorcycle and they better get Otomo on board.

What a bunch of dickwads.  I'll be pirating this piece of shit if/when they fuck it up.
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Post by: Chopper Face 69 on Jul 15, 2011, 07:44:51 AM
I can't accept that this movie is written by the writer of Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, one of the worst damned movies ever made.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: IDE on Jul 15, 2011, 11:57:28 AM
I don't remember it sucking. It was just another installment in the series.
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Post by: Fiero on Jul 15, 2011, 04:00:16 PM
I can't accept that this movie is written by the writer of Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, one of the worst damned movies ever made.

Worst of the Harry Potter movies I can agree.

One of the worst movies EVER? No, not really.
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Post by: Chopper Face 69 on Jul 15, 2011, 06:06:10 PM
Thank you for alerting me to this news Fiero.  I have put together this elaborate photoshop...

(http://powet.tv/powetblog/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/leonardo_dicaprio_is_akira.jpg)

http://powet.tv/powetblog/2011/07/15/leos-live-action-akira-movie-has-a-writer-and-a-director/
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Post by: Fiero on Jul 15, 2011, 06:07:47 PM
I think I can die happy now.
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Post by: B E C K on Jul 15, 2011, 10:47:35 PM
Saw the new Harry Potter.  It was okay.  This shit ain't really a spoiler, but...












*doot doot doot* ...Voldemort's death and the whole end-bit was really anti-climatic.  It's like no one gave a shit.  I've seen the Hogwarts kids looking happier when Harry won a random game of Quidditch.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Jul 16, 2011, 12:45:54 AM
Yeah, right? They didn't care and neither did I.

When the credits rolled, I was just like, "Oh well, that's the end of that."

And wasn't a lot of that Snape flashback shit supposed to be in HP6? I could swear...

At least they got around to it. I mean, they kind of fucking had to.

Or maybe it's just been way too long and it's all jumbled up in my memory.
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Post by: IDE on Jul 16, 2011, 12:56:40 AM
Starchaser: The Legend of Orin
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Post by: jonhammstein on Jul 16, 2011, 01:00:20 AM
I started watching that the other night and then suddenly it changed from English to some other non-English language. I'll have to try downloading another one.
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Post by: IDE on Jul 16, 2011, 07:08:12 PM
I actually watched it on youtube 10 minutes at a time, which was shitty, but if you have an account you can log into I think you can take all the videos and add them to a play list.

I however can't log in because I refuse to give them my phone number.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Jul 16, 2011, 11:31:24 PM
Yeah, right? They didn't care and neither did I.

When the credits rolled, I was just like, "Oh well, that's the end of that."

And wasn't a lot of that Snape flashback shit supposed to be in HP6? I could swear...

At least they got around to it. I mean, they kind of fucking had to.

Or maybe it's just been way too long and it's all jumbled up in my memory.

I was hoping we'd get some epic end credits, too, but they were just... normal end credits.  Black with text.  Nothing special.  Boo.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: IDE on Jul 17, 2011, 12:17:17 AM
I skimmed through this thread to find out who didn't like X-Men 1st class.

Could only find Zero.

I thought it was a great movie.

Even if you don't think it's great you would have to say it's good.

To say "it blew" is just insane.  If that is your mark of shit then you probably enjoy very few films.
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Post by: IDE on Jul 17, 2011, 12:17:42 AM
and should never waste your money seeing anything theaters.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Jul 18, 2011, 01:29:25 AM
I saw "Onmyoji".  It kinda lost me really.  I just skipped to the end 30 minutes in and called it a day.
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Post by: Fiero on Jul 18, 2011, 01:42:35 AM
and should never waste your money seeing anything theaters.

There is an experience to watching movies in theatres that is very expensive to emulate in the home. It's just not possible.

That said, I tend to go to matinees, or at least go to Studio Movie Grill, which has real food and movie tickets about $2 cheaper than everywhere else.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: IDE on Jul 18, 2011, 02:54:14 AM
Yeah but you didn't think X men sucked either so it's sort of a safe bet for you to spend money at theaters.


I just saw Rambo 4 for the first time...

it was exquisite.

It's almost exactly like the movie I imagine in my head after someone doesn't tip well.



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Post by: Fiero on Jul 18, 2011, 03:55:13 PM
Sometimes I want to call him Rambone.
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Post by: blanktoe on Jul 21, 2011, 06:27:45 PM
spoilers

Harry Potter and the deathly hallows part 2- I thought it was pretty damn good. Maybe the best movie I've seen this summer. I like how they flipped the script on Snape and Dumbledore. Snape wanted nothing but to protect Harry and keep him safe while Dumbledore just wanted to keep alive long enough to use against Voldemort.

I Saw The Devil - Awesome Korean action/drama/torture pr0n movie starring the guy from Old Boy as the villain. Check it out on Netflix streaming.

El Topo- weird and boring. I ended up fast forwording through most of the movie.

Hunter Prey- a pretty good low budget scifi movie from guy who made the Batman vs. Predator vs. Aliens fan trailer a few years back. Also on Netflix sreaming.

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Post by: jonhammstein on Jul 22, 2011, 12:32:31 AM
Hey, I watched Rambone tonight, and it was great! A 90 minute action movie with no bullshit filler? Fuck yeah!

Also, Way of the Dragon, which is not only an excellent Kung-Fu movie, but just an excellent movie, period. Whenever I hear about Bruce Lee, it's always in relation to Enter the Dragon, but Way of the Dragon is way fucking better!
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Post by: Rama on Jul 22, 2011, 12:43:03 AM
Speaking of Bruce Lee...I saw Game of Death. Not better then Enter The Dragon, not better then Enter the Dragon at all.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Jul 23, 2011, 12:12:54 AM
Captain America.

Eh...
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Post by: Rama on Jul 23, 2011, 01:25:28 AM
I also saw Captain America and I really liked it.
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Post by: Fiero on Jul 23, 2011, 07:38:04 PM
Might be seeing Cap tomorrow morning. My two roomies both said it was awesome. I trust their collective opinion, but only one of their opinions is harder to trust.
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Post by: B E C K on Jul 23, 2011, 08:23:31 PM
I'm waiting to stream that along with Green Lantern.  On Netflix.  Yeah, I can wait.   ;D
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Post by: blanktoe on Jul 23, 2011, 11:25:27 PM
A year isn't too long of wait. Avengers will probably out by then.
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Post by: Rama on Jul 23, 2011, 11:58:03 PM
I actually bet Thor, Lantern and Cap will be out around Christmas if not before. Only movies that seem to take a year to make it to DVD these days are Christmas movies that are released at Christmas. They always seem to hold the DVD back till the next Christmas after release.
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Post by: B E C K on Jul 24, 2011, 12:18:07 AM
For streaming it'll take longer.  I don't I care that much to use up a spot in my dvd queue for that.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Jul 24, 2011, 03:48:11 PM
Captain America was awesome and so was Harry Potter.
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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Jul 27, 2011, 09:44:09 PM
Cap was great. I saw it in 3D...that part was meh. TF3 was far better in that sole regard.

X-Men 1st Class will be out on DVD September 9th; Thor, September 13th.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Jul 28, 2011, 12:35:15 AM
I really wish I had seen Avatar in 3D, because maybe then I would have some sort of appreciation for it. As it stands, it all just seems like a worthless pile of crap to me.

In practically every 3D movie I've been to in the past year or so, I cease to recognize the 3D effect after about 15 minutes. It's like, okay, some stuff obviously stands out from other stuff, but who fucking cares?

Then halfway through the movie Cap throws his shield at the camera to remind me I paid extra for my ticket and that I'm wearing uncomfortable, goofy-looking glasses on my face.

And it's called the evolution of cinema.
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Post by: Rama on Jul 28, 2011, 12:43:02 AM
I was lucky. I was able to see Cap in Non-3D. Seems the souring on 3D has started. When I saw Thor earlier in the summer, they didn't even offer a non-3D option. Same with Tron. Now they have 3D and non-3D. The last time I saw that was back when 3D started to get big and theaters where still unsure and offered both.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: IDE on Jul 28, 2011, 04:32:28 AM
Here in the civilized world they have always offered both.
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Post by: Fiero on Jul 28, 2011, 06:22:20 AM
They off both here, especially on films that were not really intended for 3D, such as Cap.
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Post by: Chopper Face 69 on Jul 28, 2011, 10:19:12 AM
Source Code was great.  Check it out.  While you're at it watch Moon if you haven't already.

Watching Prince of Darkness yesterday.  Not so great. Kind of silly.  Great John Carpenter synthesizer soundtrack...
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Jul 28, 2011, 02:11:06 PM
Judge Dredd.

Fuck.

FUCK.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Jul 28, 2011, 02:45:42 PM
Judge Dredd.

Fuck.

FUCK.

I knew you'd say that.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: IDE on Jul 28, 2011, 08:41:51 PM
I AM THE LAWWRR
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Post by: jonhammstein on Jul 29, 2011, 12:51:53 AM
Heavy Metal. Much better than I remember. The final segment takes the cake, but overall it's pretty entertaining, despite some obvious rotoscopiness.

Ironclad. Boo.

(http://i55.tinypic.com/bjg0h3.jpg) (http://i52.tinypic.com/2uyom6q.jpg)
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Post by: Fiero on Jul 29, 2011, 01:50:53 AM
That looks crappy.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Jul 29, 2011, 02:01:40 AM
Paul Giamatti has no business playing a role in that time period. No business whatsoever. :nono:
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Jul 29, 2011, 10:18:46 PM
Who IS Paul Giamatti anyway?
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Jul 29, 2011, 10:36:54 PM
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/paul_giamatti/
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Jul 30, 2011, 12:33:34 AM
Just tell me.  Why are you making me work for it?   :fingershake:
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Jul 30, 2011, 12:58:58 AM
He was Santa Claus in Fred Claus. He was also the bad guy in Shoot'em Up. He was also in that Wine movie with the guy from Wings, whose name escapes me at the moment.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Jul 30, 2011, 02:36:08 AM
He was Pig Vomit in Howard Stern's Private Parts.

That's the first I recall seeing him.

Cowboys and Aliens. The movie begins as a western, and it's good. Then the aliens arrive and the movie turns into an unbearable festival of invasion clichés. Daniel Craig god modes his way through the proceedings. Finally, the movie ends, I exit the theater, and it's good again.

I will say this, Harrison Ford isn't just Harrison Ford in this movie. He actually plays a character. I was shocked.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Jul 30, 2011, 11:52:01 PM
I read some review in the paper that said it would've been better off as a straight western than adding in all of dem ay-lee-ans.

Did anyone see the Smurfs?  They added new Smurfs.  Was that really necessary?  REALLY?
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Aug 01, 2011, 09:42:11 PM
I read some review in the paper that said it would've been better off as a straight western than adding in all of dem ay-lee-ans.

Did anyone see the Smurfs?  They added new Smurfs.  Was that really necessary?  REALLY?

NO. Unless some of them were females. That was a serious sausage fest. The guy at Gamestop said it was pretty good but he works at Gamestop so what does he know.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Aug 01, 2011, 11:34:44 PM
He knows... games?  :)

I'm just annoyed that they couldn't manage to take two other Smurfs that were already on this list and tweak them for the movie:
http://wiki.bluebuddies.com/List_of_Smurf_characters
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: IDE on Aug 02, 2011, 12:37:10 AM
I read some review in the paper that said it would've been better off as a straight western than adding in all of dem ay-lee-ans.

Did anyone see the Smurfs?  They added new Smurfs.  Was that really necessary?  REALLY?

NO. Unless some of them were females. That was a serious sausage fest. The guy at Gamestop said it was pretty good but he works at Gamestop so what does he know.

This made me lol.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: blanktoe on Aug 02, 2011, 03:38:15 AM
LTTP- Saw Cap America last night. I didn't like the ending with Nick Fury. They should have saved that scene for the Avengers movie. The rest of the movie was good or at least better than Green Lantern aor Thor.
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Post by: Chopper Face 69 on Aug 02, 2011, 10:20:45 AM
OMGWTFBBQ SMURFS really?  REALLY?  Why did this fucking movie need to be made?  Every time some innocuous property makes a movies and goes "to the city" or "to Manhattan" it will suck the sac until the sac is a big festering purple hickey.  Also do we really need these trailers which start out sounding epic and serious, then do a record scratch, then AllStar plays, and we see CG characters in an odd setting?  Really... fuck this movie.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Aug 02, 2011, 02:35:13 PM
I never got that whole "get sucked into New York" thing. I'm sure some movie executives thought it would make it more relate able to have it set in real world New York, but I'm willing to bet that the medieval fantasy world the Smurfs come from is more relate able to a lot more kids then New York would be. When I was a kid New York might as well have been some far away fantasy land.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Aug 03, 2011, 12:00:25 AM
Rango!

Good stuff. I hope they never ruin it by making a sequel.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Aug 03, 2011, 10:35:00 PM
I really enjoyed Rango but at the same time I have no reason to see it again.  (Which is usually not true of things I enjoy.)  Heh.... "Rango 2", starring some Asian critters.  That's right, they'll just remake Shanghai Noon with animals.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Aug 03, 2011, 11:37:21 PM
"I once found a human spinal column in my fecal matter."

I could see myself revisiting Rango somewhere down the line. There's such a ridiculous amount of detail in all the characters and sets that I know for a fact I didn't catch everything the first time through.

Tangled!

I consider this the first "true" Disney CG movie. It's got all the charm of the classics. Just visually, so much of it could have come straight out of Sleeping Beauty, or Sword in the Stone. I like it.
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Post by: IDE on Aug 03, 2011, 11:39:18 PM
Joe have you seen Ghandahar?  I was watching a stream on youtube but they're missing part 3 of the dub.

So I watched Wizards instead...which is kinda crappy.

Ghandahar has a moment where a flower gives a birth to a weird looking armadillo and then a human female picks it up and nurses it with her bare blue breasts.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Aug 04, 2011, 12:00:13 AM
Wizards is so bad. It came out on DVD 7 years ago, and I was so thrilled to get my hands on it.

Then I watched it.

Blugh.

This Gandahar sounds interesting, and I'm surprised I've never come across it before. Apparently the English dub was retitled "Light Years", and the guy who directed it had another animated movie a few years prior called "The Time Masters".

I'm grabbing both.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Chopper Face 69 on Aug 04, 2011, 09:28:09 AM
Tangled!

I consider this the first "true" Disney CG movie. It's got all the charm of the classics. Just visually, so much of it could have come straight out of Sleeping Beauty, or Sword in the Stone. I like it.
I agree.  Felt a lot like Beauty and the Beast to me too.  It really felt like the CG was trying to emulate the style of a classically cel animated film, but still in nice looking 3D.  It was great.

I watched a movie called Brick yesterday.  It was kind of stupid but I guess I liked it enough...
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Aug 05, 2011, 09:49:40 PM
Anchorman on BluRay. Wasn't worth seeing in HD.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Aug 05, 2011, 10:44:41 PM
Anchorman on BluRay. Wasn't worth seeing in HD.

But it is worth watching.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Aug 05, 2011, 10:56:17 PM
Really?  I've never seen it.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Aug 05, 2011, 11:21:11 PM
No, not really.

Seriously, don't watch it.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Aug 06, 2011, 12:35:19 AM
I rather enjoy it, myself. As do many of my friends, colleagues, and family members.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Aug 06, 2011, 12:46:42 AM
Why do I have the feeling you're talking about, like, two people who fit all three categories?
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Aug 06, 2011, 10:08:47 AM
I'm not.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Aug 06, 2011, 12:25:43 PM
Yes, he is.

Seriously, don't watch it.

Or do. And then come back and tell Fiero what you think of his friends, colleagues, and family members.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: IDE on Aug 06, 2011, 01:19:44 PM
Anchorman is definitely worth watching and loved by millions.  How can you say it's unwatchable?
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: The D on Aug 06, 2011, 03:27:04 PM
Tron - Looks good despite its age. Or maybe BECAUSE of its age, it has a sort of retro feel to it now.

Dark of the Moon - Was seriously lacking in a lot of departments.
It was funny, becasue I was like "boring Sam shit" and then "ooohhh robot battle........ borrringgg Sam shit..." and then "...omg Washington DC alien ivasio... wait where did all the decepticons go?" and "booorrrinn..." and then "OMG CHICAGO..... oh god more humans running around and shit...... YAY ROBOT... more humans....YAY ROB...that was it?"

First off, Apollo 11 did not land on the dark side of the moon. Every time they mentioned that, I cringed.

Second, the movie started off very boring, with lots of Sam shit. I feel his pain that he wanted to do something to save the world, but it seemed strange that no one seemed to know there were giant robots on the earth at first. Everyone was like "What giant robots?" I can't imagine the US government covering up GIANT ROBOTS rampaging over the Pyramids or in LA or something. They're kinda hard to hide.

However, I did like Shia's acting in this one. Instead of being a little bitch that even the women in the series have more balls than he does, like some harem anime, he actually grows a pair and flips his shit a couple times. Now, flipping his shit at a bunch of armed guards was pretty damn stupid.

And there's part of the problem. In the beginning of the Chicago scene Sam has more testicles to walk into a Decepticon trap than that chubby black dude that was an ex-special forces. Sam having more balls than a Special Forces dude? And here I thought Bay got chubbies from the US military looking badass.

Speaking of that, during the Chicago bit, I'm surprised the US military didn't throw more at them. It's like they threw a couple of cheap shots at the Decepticons, but didn't really try. I expected more like a ID4 scene with 1000 jets and throw in some tanks and shit.

I really didn't expect the Sentinel thing at all. And it doesn't entirely make sense, either. Spoiler: Sentinel wanting to enslave mankind? That doesn't sound like anything an Autobot would do. And poor Ironhide. (BTW wasn't there a spoiler tag?)

And then there was that scene in Washington DC. A bunch of Decepticons invade.... and then disappear. Uhhh.... (plus, why was there so many decepticons on the moon and why weren't they in any of the previous movies?)

And then we come back to Chicago again. That part exited me a lot at first, but then failed to keep me excited. Mostly on the fact that once again they spend more time on the humans than the robots. Okay, there's a building falling over and everyone's inside. Who cares. During that entire sequence we don't see a lot of Autobots. The autobots disappear. And then Bumblebee appears out of nowhere and saves Sam. Then a second later him and the other autobots are held prisoner, like a SECOND later. Like it didn't even give them enough time to BE captured. Then Optimus appears, then Optimus disappears. Then 20 minutes later some other autobots appear and then disappear a minute later. And the whole time it's showing Sam and his whore gf and the cowardly special forces. I DON'T WANT TO SEE HUMANS DAMMIT.

The times where the Autobots did show up were allright for the most part. Although Optimus really seemed to have no problem killing Decepticons almost GLEEFULLY.

And, like all Michael Bay movies, the movie felt packed together. Where the camera rapidly switches between two characters or angles and people talk real fast. Armageddon was real bad for that shit.
And like the other Transformers movies, the camera angles sucked half the time during battles. Less jiggle cam, but plenty of "Hey, there's a giant robot doing something, but all we can see is the robot's foot, and the humans running around underneath. I wonder what the robot's doing, but Bay would rather focus on stupid Sam and his hijinks."

All and all, certainly better than movie 2, but not by much.
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Post by: B E C K on Aug 06, 2011, 05:15:21 PM
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I DON'T WANT TO SEE HUMANS DAMMIT.

This is why I quit after the first one and saved myself about five hours and sixteen dollars by removing myself from that shitty franchise.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Aug 07, 2011, 01:04:47 AM
Rise of the Planet of the Apes.

This movie has everything:

It's not in 3D.
It's under 2 hours.
It features James Franco grinning and squinting like James Franco.

Seriously though, this movie is great. If you're like me, and thought, "A Planet of the Apes prequel? Blech!" then think again, because CG apes rebelling against mankind is cooler than Bruce Lee, Cobra Commander, and Jesus riding a tandem bicycle.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Aug 07, 2011, 01:22:31 AM
Spoiler: the humans lose.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Aug 07, 2011, 01:27:31 AM
...but not for the reason you might imagine!

Actually, they lay the groundwork for it pretty early, so when it finally happens during the credits, you're like, "Yeah, no shit."

But still, I like how they explained it.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Aug 07, 2011, 01:50:15 AM
I read some spoilers.  Seems more like The Decline of Man than the apes doing any real rising.  They just kinda rose a little and we fell all on our own.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: blanktoe on Aug 07, 2011, 03:06:50 AM
fuck! I now I have to go see it.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Aug 08, 2011, 11:20:05 PM
Just picture Outbreak with smarter monkeys and a dead Draco.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Aug 10, 2011, 02:43:58 PM
I went on a B-Movie binge the last couple of days thanks to picking up the "Pure Terror" boxset at Wal-Mart.

So I've seen:

Horror Rises From the Tomb
The Curse of Bigfoot
Mutant
My Mom's a Werewolf
Grave of the Vampire
Fangs of the Living Dead
It Happened at Nightmare Inn
and half of Bloody Pit of Horror.

Edit: Seen so many in such a short amount of time I keep forgetting some.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Aug 11, 2011, 01:13:00 PM
The Thirsty Dead
Blood Sabbath
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Post by: jonhammstein on Aug 13, 2011, 01:11:33 AM
30 Minutes or Less.

Pretty fucking funny. Aziz Ansari and Danny McBride in top comedic form.
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Post by: Fiero on Aug 13, 2011, 01:35:03 AM
I'd like to watch that, Aziz is a funny man. Parks and Recreation would be very different without him.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Aug 13, 2011, 02:52:13 AM
Why would you even suggest such a thing?

If Aziz left P&R, I don't even know that I'd want to watch it anymore.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Aug 13, 2011, 10:17:07 AM
Why would you even suggest such a thing?

If Aziz left P&R, I don't even know that I'd want to watch it anymore.

As long as Aubrey Plaza is still there, I'll have a reason. I'd like to visit that plaza, I tell you what.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Aug 15, 2011, 01:15:53 AM
Werewolf of Washington
They Saved Hitler's Brain
The Devil's Nightmare
Death Warmed Up
The House By the Cemetery (I wouldn't watch this one again if you paid me.)
Point of Terror
Monstroid (This one was the the good bad.)
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Chopper Face 69 on Aug 15, 2011, 09:39:12 AM
Rise of the Planet of the Apes was fucking awesome, yo!
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Aug 20, 2011, 12:17:32 AM
Fright Night 2011

Solid. I wonder if I'd like it more or less if I hadn't watched the original on Netflix a couple weeks back. Now I'll never know. There were enough differences that it avoided the potential been-there-done-that sensation. My one complaint is that it wasn't gory enough, as modern CG just can't duplicate that good old '80s horror nastiness.

Conan the Barbarian 2011

Not bad. I feel like the beginning of the story wrote a check that the rest of the movie couldn't cash, but it was still mostly entertaining. Momoa's Conan is more authentic to the source material in pretty much every way that matters. Still, the original is a classic and I doubt this one will ever be held in the same regard.
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Post by: B E C K on Aug 20, 2011, 12:19:09 AM
I'm curious about new Fright Night and reading your comments has me thinking I should watch the new one first since I've never seen the original.  I think I'll skip out on the new Conan though.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Aug 20, 2011, 02:20:41 AM
I'm planning on taking in Conan and skipping Fright Night...so after I do that I'll copy the part of my brain that has the movie on it and then you can eat it. Since I don't plan on seeing Fright Night, you can do the same for me. I've also seen the original Fright Night so you can have that as well. Now I just need to find the right bit for the drill.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: IDE on Aug 20, 2011, 07:16:23 PM
apes was great

I wanna see conan pretty bad but I still need to see cap and hp first.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Aug 21, 2011, 12:31:26 AM
I'm planning on taking in Conan and skipping Fright Night...so after I do that I'll copy the part of my brain that has the movie on it and then you can eat it. Since I don't plan on seeing Fright Night, you can do the same for me. I've also seen the original Fright Night so you can have that as well. Now I just need to find the right bit for the drill.

You've got yerself a deal thar.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Aug 21, 2011, 04:51:52 AM
apes was great

I wanna see conan pretty bad but I still need to see cap and hp first.

Cap is okay, but the Hewlett Packard movie is totally overrated.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Aug 22, 2011, 01:20:01 AM
*poops you a pellet*
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Aug 22, 2011, 03:39:22 AM
Rise of the Planet of the Apes was fucking awesome, yo!
Is James Franco yummy in it? any full frontal nudity by him?
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Aug 22, 2011, 11:28:41 PM
No, but they give you plenty of the ape to compensate.
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Post by: Fiero on Aug 23, 2011, 12:00:54 AM
No, but they give you plenty of the ape to compensate.

I was gonna say that.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Aug 23, 2011, 08:20:12 AM
So he's playing the part of an ape? wtf. what a waste of a beautiful face
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Aug 23, 2011, 12:26:35 PM
So he's playing the part of an ape? wtf. what a waste of a beautiful face

No. She's saying you get to see a lot of ape penis.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: IDE on Aug 23, 2011, 04:04:16 PM
I don't remember any ape dongs.  The truth is those apes would be masturbating and banging like fiends.  But I guess the general public wasn't ready for the truth.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Aug 23, 2011, 05:11:35 PM
I don't remember any ape dongs.  The truth is those apes would be masturbating and banging like fiends.  But I guess the general public wasn't ready for the truth.

Please take into account that neither I nor Beck has actually seen the film (at least, I am assuming she has not based on context).
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Aug 23, 2011, 05:30:04 PM
Nope, sure haven't.   ;D
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Sep 03, 2011, 11:19:55 PM
I'm watching The Expendables.  Some of the action with the camera whipping around is annoying (like where Stallone and Lee take down those dudes on the island while on recon) and we get too many closeups of eyeballs and Stallone's freaky over-manscaped brows.  And I wanted to punch the Statham character in the face.  Shit, they shouldn't even have tried to give the fuck a story with the girlfriend crap.  We should've had more on Jet Li and Dolph to fill the time instead.  I hope someone seriously kicks Statham's in the sequel but it probably won't happen.  Otherwise, yeah, the movie delivers what it means to.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Sep 03, 2011, 11:44:19 PM
Oh no...  Not "The Boys Are Back In Town" for the credits.  Now you've just made me want to watch Toy Story.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Sep 04, 2011, 05:08:32 AM
I forgot to post about Don't Be Afraid of the Dark last Friday.

It wasn't the worst, but it was pretty hackneyed all around for the genre, and I wouldn't exactly call it scary.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: The D on Sep 06, 2011, 04:09:07 PM
Oh no...  Not "The Boys Are Back In Town" for the credits.  Now you've just made me want to watch Toy Story.

The only movies that should ever use that song for ANYTHING should be the toy story franchise.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Sep 06, 2011, 04:30:17 PM
Oh no...  Not "The Boys Are Back In Town" for the credits.  Now you've just made me want to watch Toy Story.

The only movies that should ever use that song for ANYTHING should be the toy story franchise.

What about a movie where boys come back to a town .... as men (in a deep booming voice).
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Post by: B E C K on Sep 10, 2011, 11:25:56 PM
I don't think that's ever happened in any movie I've ever seen.
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Post by: blanktoe on Sep 18, 2011, 11:07:07 PM
Finally watched The Last Airbender this morning and yes it was shit but I did enjoy most the Zuko scenes. Slumdog is pretty good actor.
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Post by: B E C K on Sep 19, 2011, 02:42:48 PM
I watched some of that on Netflix and, yeah, Patel and the guy playing Iroh were pretty good.  But what a steaming pile.  And nearly everyone else was terrible.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: blanktoe on Sep 20, 2011, 06:11:52 AM
I'd really like to know what M. Night was thinking when he cast those kids. In his past movies he's done a pretty good job with selecting his cast. Then again he was probably just there to get a pay chell and didn't care who the studio put in the movie.
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Sep 21, 2011, 08:00:44 AM
Watched Super 8. Cute movie, its kind of like the Goonies. Loved the little David Spade look-alike weirdo. He was so cute! It was pretty funny. Also Elle Fanning is stunning for being only like what, 13? im jelly
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Sep 22, 2011, 02:10:59 AM
I'd really like to know what M. Night was thinking when he cast those kids. In his past movies he's done a pretty good job with selecting his cast. Then again he was probably just there to get a pay chell and didn't care who the studio put in the movie.

I still say the rich girl who played Katara had her daddy get her casted.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: blanktoe on Sep 22, 2011, 05:17:54 AM
I'd put her in my movie for some free Snapple. That shit is GREAT!
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Sep 23, 2011, 12:49:59 AM
I didn't realize they still sold Snapple.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Sep 23, 2011, 01:02:12 AM
That's something you could learn from a Snapple lid.

"Did you know they still sell Snapple?"
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Post by: Fiero on Sep 23, 2011, 05:09:40 PM
I didn't realize they still sold Snapple.

I know we both live in the same state and surely that means you are presented with the Snapple ads that are presented to me. I hear or see one at least once a day, and I don't even watch TV.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Sep 23, 2011, 10:33:02 PM
Killer Elite: Typical Statham. Plenty of action, but dumb as hell. A little slow in spots, and about twenty minutes too long. Old Man De Niro got to kick some serious ass, which was awesome and hilarious.

Drive: Watch it. However you can, watch it.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Sep 23, 2011, 11:44:03 PM
I didn't realize they still sold Snapple.

I know we both live in the same state and surely that means you are presented with the Snapple ads that are presented to me.

Not neccessarily.  Just saying.

That's something you could learn from a Snapple lid.

"Did you know they still sell Snapple?"

:lol:
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: IDE on Sep 24, 2011, 02:44:31 PM
Watched 4 feathers and full metal jacket.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: blanktoe on Sep 26, 2011, 04:45:26 AM
Attack the Block- wanna be street thug kids save the world from an alien invasion.  Think, Evil Dead 2 mixed with some Ghost Busters a little Boyz In The Hood and two scoops of Alien sprinkled with Shaun of the Dead.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Sep 26, 2011, 11:55:08 AM
So was the movie good then?
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: blanktoe on Sep 26, 2011, 12:12:40 PM
It's fucking awesome.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Sep 26, 2011, 11:13:24 PM
*Google*  And it went up 10 pts just by being British.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Sep 27, 2011, 12:36:55 AM
X-Men: First Class and Frankenstein (1931)
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Sep 27, 2011, 10:29:10 PM
Fuckin' cool, the X-Men fight Frankenstein.  I didn't even know the X-Men were around in 1931.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Sep 28, 2011, 12:12:18 AM
Just Wolverine, but that was after everyone got a hard on for him and he got real played out.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Oct 04, 2011, 01:56:00 PM
Freaks (1932)

Transformers: Dark of the Moon.


Freaks is vastly over rated. I always heard it was this amazing horror film and was banned in so many places, but really it is just a lot of backstage crap at a traveling circus. The only thing that is the least bit unsettling is that they use actual Freak show preformers in the movie. I'm sure in 1932 when these people where locked away from the public mostly, this was shocking. But in a world with discovery channel, it really loses a lot of shock value. Then it turns into just a day at the circus with a little bit of gold digger storyline about a pretty tightrope walker, marrying one of the circus's midgets for his money while having an affair with the strong man, thrown in. Course you have to wonder why a guy who is rich, would still degrade himself by being in a Freak Show. But whatever. It was pretty meh, for the rep it has.

Transformers: Dark of the Moon made my brain hurt. I actually forgot I rented it. I got it out of the redbox on a whim, then started watching TV and forgot all about it. Goes to show how much of impact the idea of watching the movie had. I think  was curious how bad it was gonna be. I wasn't let down of course.

The first hour is just.....ugh...I don't even know if I can put it into words. It was more like a pantomime of real life. The last hour was just a big Micheal Bay whack off fest. Lots of explosion, lots of slow mo of Military guys walking, lots of slow shots of things flying places. Ugh...I feel I lost about 1/3 my brain cells just watching this thing. And to top it off I got to see one of the guys that taught me right from wrong when I was kid, double tap a unarmed and beaten man who was begging for mercy. Thank God this is the last Transformer movie....please say this is the last Transformers movie.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: IDE on Oct 04, 2011, 03:05:43 PM
DOTM wasn't that bad compared to part 2 and the part where the decepticons sacked the city was pretty cool.

All of the human parts sucked.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Oct 04, 2011, 03:20:59 PM
That statement seems pretty arbitrary. I could just as easily say, "ROTF wasn't that bad compared to part 3 and the part where optimus ripped off the fallen's face was pretty cool."

They're both awful movies, each with a smattering of entertaining moments. But overall, garbage. Saying this garbage isn't as garbagey as that garbage is meaningless.

I'll agree that humans are the absolute worst part of anything pertaining to Transformers. Always and forever.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Oct 04, 2011, 03:38:20 PM
That statement seems pretty arbitrary. I could just as easily say, "ROTF wasn't that bad compared to part 3 and the part where optimus ripped off the fallen's face was pretty cool."

They're both awful movies, each with a smattering of entertaining moments. But overall, garbage. Saying this garbage isn't as garbagey as that garbage is meaningless.

I'll agree that humans are the absolute worst part of anything pertaining to Transformers. Always and forever.

But I liked the Headmasters in the comic books!
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Oct 04, 2011, 04:44:52 PM
I saw "Better Luck Tomorrow" about some Asian-American students that decide to do some stupid shit.  I kinda like parts of this film and the main character was an interesting guy.  Once it began expanding on the other characters, it got dull imo.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: IDE on Oct 04, 2011, 04:50:38 PM
That statement seems pretty arbitrary. I could just as easily say, "ROTF wasn't that bad compared to part 3 and the part where optimus ripped off the fallen's face was pretty cool."

They're both awful movies, each with a smattering of entertaining moments. But overall, garbage. Saying this garbage isn't as garbagey as that garbage is meaningless.

I'll agree that humans are the absolute worst part of anything pertaining to Transformers. Always and forever.


What? Saying something is less garbage than some other garbage does have meaning! It's how we rate different ranks of garbage! What are you gonna do? Just lump all the garbage into one big garbage heap?!

No man! You gotta sift through that garbage! Smell it! Pick the cr0n kernels out of the shit and revel in them!

I have no idea what I'm talking about anymore! STTTTTTTTTTAAAAAAAACCCCCCKKKKERRRRRRR 222222222222222222222 ENERGGGGYYYYYYY SHHHOOOOTTTZZZZ!
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Oct 04, 2011, 05:40:55 PM
Seeing as the vast majority of modern media is composed of varying degrees of expendable rot, ranking it makes plenty of sense for no other reason than to point out the stinkiest and stay away from it.

That said, DOTM was a crummy movie, but compared to ROTF it was Ben-Hur...which I plan to see this Saturday if not before. I love that movie, and I've had the Blu-Ray for a week and haven't had a chance yet....
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Oct 04, 2011, 06:31:02 PM
I couldn't say which was worse...ROTF or DOTM. I know I zoned out completely in ROTF. I couldn't even tell you what was happening. It is like my brain couldn't take it and retreated into it's self. I guess that means it is worse then DOTM, but I couldn't tell you how. I didn't like the first TF movie, but shit...it is gold compared to these other two.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Oct 04, 2011, 07:13:10 PM
That said, DOTM was a crummy movie, but compared to ROTF it was Ben-Hur...

Hyperbole. If DOTM is Ben-Hur compared to ROTF, then what is Ben-Hur compared to ROTF?

The correct answer is Pee-wee's Big Adventure.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Oct 05, 2011, 01:53:01 AM
Woah, woah, woah. Let's not go bringing Pee-Wee's Big Adventure into this.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Oct 05, 2011, 03:50:48 AM
All I'm saying is, compared to Pee-wee's Big Adventure, Ben-Hur is Kramer vs. Kramer.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: blanktoe on Oct 05, 2011, 04:32:33 AM
You guys make my head hurtes...anyway, I watched Drive last night. I liked it. You should too.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Chopper Face 69 on Oct 05, 2011, 07:24:27 AM
Fast Five.  Wow this movie... was like an 80s cartoon or something.  The Rock's character was like a parody of itself.

Cop: Do you want the good news or the bad news first?
The Rock: You know I like to eat my dessert first.
Cop: Bla bla good news.
The Rock: All right, now give me the veggies.

At one point he slaps are moving car as if to ask it to move faster.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Oct 05, 2011, 12:12:49 PM
Fast Five.  Wow this movie... was like an 80s cartoon or something.  The Rock's character was like a parody of itself.

Cop: Do you want the good news or the bad news first?
The Rock: You know I like to eat my dessert first.
Cop: Bla bla good news.
The Rock: All right, now give me the veggies.

At one point he slaps are moving car as if to ask it to move faster.

It's part of what made the movie entertaining.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Chopper Face 69 on Oct 05, 2011, 01:52:01 PM
Oh yeah, I loved it.  I guess I didn't mention that...
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Oct 05, 2011, 04:32:25 PM
Comparing something to 80s cartoons is a huge compliment in my eyes.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: IDE on Oct 08, 2011, 04:12:02 AM
I just saw SUPER.

It was fucking great.  It bombed at the box office because people called it a kick-ass rip off but this is a different darker movie.

official website: http://www.thecrimsonbolt.com/

link to movie: http://www.putlocker.com/file/7EC12CBF94610C98#
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Oct 08, 2011, 09:48:44 PM
I had never heard of this movie.

Quote from: Bitchy-pedia
Budget $2.5 million
Box office $324,138

YIKES.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Oct 09, 2011, 01:24:56 AM
It's a James Gunn movie. Worth a look.

Most of that budget probably went towards paying Kevin Bacon's salary.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Oct 09, 2011, 09:57:38 PM
Mmmm, bacon.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: IDE on Oct 09, 2011, 10:30:32 PM
Click the 2nd link and watch the movie!
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Oct 11, 2011, 12:18:29 AM
Black Dynamite...again. I just love this movie. Every time I see it on I have to watch it. I should just go ahead and buy the DVD.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Oct 11, 2011, 12:27:16 AM
I saw most of Rio, which was actually less shitty than I thought it'd be.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Oct 11, 2011, 12:28:43 AM
Black Dynamite...again. I just love this movie. Every time I see it on I have to watch it. I should just go ahead and buy the DVD.

♫ ♪ Dynamite ♫ ♪
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Oct 11, 2011, 01:13:16 AM
"My momma said my daddy's name was Black Dynamite."
"So did my momma!"
"Err, uhh, hush up little girls. A lot of cats have that name. "
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: blanktoe on Oct 11, 2011, 05:19:24 AM
What happened to the animated series? It was the only Adult Swim show I was looking forward to watching.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: blanktoe on Oct 11, 2011, 11:52:51 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=nX72FLkZJU4

Here's the first Avengers trailer and holy god does it make this movie look dull.  Needs more Hulk and less Iron man "Buffy" speak.
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Post by: Fiero on Oct 11, 2011, 12:25:31 PM
It does look a little meh, but it also seems to be mostly on par for the current Marvel movies, so I think it should be pretty decent.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Oct 11, 2011, 01:35:44 PM
It'll probably be about as good as Rise of the Silver Surfer.

Well, maybe not that good.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Oct 11, 2011, 04:17:09 PM
It'll probably be about as good as Rise of the Silver Surfer.

Well, maybe not that good.

Damn, dude. That is HARSH.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Oct 11, 2011, 11:56:14 PM
I saw Megan is Missing and O-M-FUCKING-G. The last 20 minutes are tough man. I'm never letting my children use a computer, liek, evar.

You guys should watch it

It's available on streaming now on Netflix and I couldn't sit through all of it.  Yeesh.  I just skipped around the thing.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: gwynn on Oct 12, 2011, 10:52:15 PM
That Avengers trailer has me a little pumped, I gotta owe some of that to the NIN song though.

Here's my new movie of the year that I've been talking about on my FB, it's hitting DVD on the 18th I think.
Seriously, it's magnificent.

feature=player_embedded#!

Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Oct 13, 2011, 12:12:36 AM
Hey, I just watched a review of The Last Circus on Half in the Bag (http://redlettermedia.com/half-in-the-bag-robot-and-the-last-circus/) today.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: IDE on Oct 13, 2011, 02:42:39 AM
Last Circus looks good I'll watch it.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: blanktoe on Oct 13, 2011, 07:59:02 AM
I need that movie in my life.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Oct 13, 2011, 08:20:01 PM
Think I'll pass on this one.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Oct 13, 2011, 09:30:52 PM
I think I likely will as well.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Oct 13, 2011, 10:15:13 PM
Never say never.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Oct 13, 2011, 10:53:28 PM
Never say never.

I didn't say never, I said unlikely.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Oct 14, 2011, 01:29:21 AM
I'm saying it's more likely than unlikely.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Oct 14, 2011, 01:37:20 AM
Tron: Legacy.

I know not a lot of people liked this movie, but I really enjoyed it. Other then the 3D headache I got the first time I saw it.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Oct 14, 2011, 06:45:29 PM
Tron: Legacy.

I know not a lot of people liked this movie, but I really enjoyed it. Other then the 3D headache I got the first time I saw it.

I liked it.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: IDE on Oct 14, 2011, 10:01:58 PM
Everyone I know liked Tron.  The only people that didn't like it were some online nerds.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Oct 14, 2011, 11:49:36 PM
Do I need to see Tron to see Tron Legacy?
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: IDE on Oct 15, 2011, 01:08:37 AM
Yes.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Oct 15, 2011, 01:36:50 AM
Yeah I'd say you would. I mean they try to give you some of the back story to it all, but it is really just easier to understand if you see Tron. Which I really liked Tron, so I'd suggest seeing it anyway.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Oct 15, 2011, 01:40:32 AM
The Shining.

Nothing like seeing Jazz take an Ax to the gut. Oh and the scariest thing in this movie is Shelly DuVall's face.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: IDE on Oct 15, 2011, 04:48:26 AM
There is a new animated batman movie.  I liked it.  It started kinda slow but it delivered in the end.  It's more about Gordon than batman.

Here's the link:

http://www.movie2k.to/Batman-Year-One-watch-movie-899764.html
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Oct 15, 2011, 07:08:35 AM
Aww, that's heinous. I'll wait for a Blu-ray rip.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Oct 15, 2011, 01:01:20 PM
I'll be picking this up along with Arkham City on Tuesday.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: IDE on Oct 15, 2011, 01:36:55 PM
Aww, that's heinous. I'll wait for a Blu-ray rip.

Really?


A dvd rip is offensive to your eyes?

Are you sure bluray is good enough?   Don't you want to hold out for technologies that haven't been invented yet?
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Oct 15, 2011, 03:03:43 PM
GE has a 500GB disc technology (http://www.pcworld.com/article/163899/ge_crams_500gb_of_data_on_dvd_with_holographic_tech.html) that will very likely never see the light of mass-market day thanks to fucking streaming. So Blu-Ray's probably the best you'll see until 1440p becomes common in about thirty years.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Oct 15, 2011, 03:35:34 PM
I'll probably just settle for a Blu-ray rip.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: blanktoe on Oct 15, 2011, 09:49:12 PM
There is a new animated batman movie.  I liked it.  It started kinda slow but it delivered in the end.  It's more about Gordon than batman.

Here's the link:

http://www.movie2k.to/Batman-Year-One-watch-movie-899764.html

Cranston was pretty damn good as Gordan but he's good in everything he's in.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Chopper Face 69 on Oct 17, 2011, 09:05:59 AM
I download 720p versions of shows and movies whenever possible. Standard def is for bitches.  It's not 1999 anymore.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: blanktoe on Oct 17, 2011, 03:01:21 PM
but..but...Price said to party like it's 1999...
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Oct 17, 2011, 04:16:54 PM
but..but...Price said to party like it's 1999...
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: blanktoe on Oct 17, 2011, 09:06:40 PM
d'oh!!
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Oct 17, 2011, 10:46:39 PM
I'd like to hear "Pussy Control" in Vincent Price's voice.  :(
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: IDE on Oct 17, 2011, 10:56:13 PM
I remember dvd being a lot better than VHS but I don't really think that bluray is that much better than dvd. 

Am I wrong? 
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Oct 17, 2011, 11:14:56 PM
Doesn't it depend on how good the quality was in the first place?  Like a shitty master of something will just be grainy on Bluray?  But as to how that transfers to dls and streams, I don't really know either.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Oct 18, 2011, 12:17:59 AM
I remember dvd being a lot better than VHS but I don't really think that bluray is that much better than dvd. 

Am I wrong? 

This depends greatly on the production of the bluray disc. Some of them are at or below DVD standards, but they can sell them for a higher price because "OH LOOK SHINY BLUE BOX!" A good production bluray should beat the DVD everytime.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Oct 18, 2011, 01:25:04 AM
I've got both the DVD version of Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow, and the BluRay...there is a huge difference between the two. But unless they have the original masters to make the HD transfer then it won't do it much good.


Just tonight I've seen "Horror of Dracula", "House On Haunted Hill (1959)", "The Tingler", "House of Wax." and "Curse of the Demon". All in one really long sitting. Man, I love Halloween.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: blanktoe on Oct 18, 2011, 01:42:06 AM
I've got both the DVD version of Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow, and the BluRay...there is a huge difference between the two. But unless they have the original masters to make the HD transfer then it won't do it much good.

Whatever happened to the guy who wrote and directed that movie? He should be the one directing the new Superman movie or better yet working on something with Marvel Studios.

Nevermind, I just looked him up on imdb. The guy hasn't done shit since Sky Captain flopped.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Oct 18, 2011, 02:00:10 AM
Why do you own both?
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Post by: Rama on Oct 18, 2011, 02:23:37 AM
Oh I bought the DVD years and years ago...when I first got the BluRay I was looking for some cheap disks to buy to try it out and I found that one for a like 8 bucks, so I bought it cause I liked the movie so much. I had planned on selling off or trading in the old DVD one but just haven't got around to it.

At least I didn't buy them both, new, shrink wrapped together like I've seen at Wal-Mart a few times. I don't get that. If you are going to buy the BluRay, you are either upgrading from the DVD, or don't own the movie at all. Why the fuck would you want to buy both at the same time?
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Oct 18, 2011, 02:47:08 AM
Because you only own one Bluray player and you might want to watch it in another room?
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: IDE on Oct 18, 2011, 02:57:01 AM
I mean high def makes a difference when watching live sports but I don't remember seeing that big of a difference between dvd and bluray, certainly not big enough of a difference to the point where I would be like "nope! waiting for der burrdurrrrrr!"

I'll have to look at them both again.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Oct 18, 2011, 07:34:47 AM
Look, say you have two digital cameras. One takes pictures at a resolution of 704x480. The other takes pictures at a resolution of 1920x1080. Which camera will yield the better pictures? It's obvious.

Now apply that same principal to video. That's the difference between DVD and Blu-ray, and the difference is astounding.

You say you can appreciate HD sports. Guess what? HD broadcasts top out at 1280x720, well below the Blu-ray standard.

When it comes to visual clarity, Blu-ray reigns supreme. This is not an opinion, it is a fact.
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Post by: Chopper Face 69 on Oct 18, 2011, 09:24:45 AM
I remember dvd being a lot better than VHS but I don't really think that bluray is that much better than dvd. 

Am I wrong? 
Depends on the standard.  DVD was about a cleaner picture, but ultimately at the same resolution as VHS.  Blu-Ray is really just a much higher resolution.

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This depends greatly on the production of the bluray disc. Some of them are at or below DVD standards, but they can sell them for a higher price because "OH LOOK SHINY BLUE BOX!" A good production bluray should beat the DVD everytime.
I bevelie statements like this are largely false.  While some Blu-Rays look better than others, I've never seen one that looks worse than a DVD.  I think people just watch too many Blu-Rays and see a bad one and forget what DVD looks like. Similar completely untrue statements include "Old movies don't look better on Blu-Ray".
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Post by: Fiero on Oct 18, 2011, 10:08:53 AM
Oh I bought the DVD years and years ago...when I first got the BluRay I was looking for some cheap disks to buy to try it out and I found that one for a like 8 bucks, so I bought it cause I liked the movie so much. I had planned on selling off or trading in the old DVD one but just haven't got around to it.

At least I didn't buy them both, new, shrink wrapped together like I've seen at Wal-Mart a few times. I don't get that. If you are going to buy the BluRay, you are either upgrading from the DVD, or don't own the movie at all. Why the fuck would you want to buy both at the same time?

There is one case where this makes sense to me: Kids. If it's a movie your kids will watch, let them get their grubby hands on the DVD, and keep the bluray hidden in a special place so that when the whole family watches it will be even better. This is still not really a good excuse.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Chopper Face 69 on Oct 18, 2011, 12:00:40 PM
Yeah for kids movies there are lots of reasons.  A second TV a self respecting person wouldn't watch their movie on, grubby hands, watching movies in the car or whatever.  I'm glad for companies that do the combo pack thing.

For adults, other than going to a friend's place or lending a movie out, not much benefit.  My wife is weird and likes watching movies on her computer so that's good I guess.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Oct 18, 2011, 02:11:42 PM
Because you only own one Bluray player and you might want to watch it in another room?

You know what. You can take your "logic" and shove it. Watch DVDs in another room that doesn't have a BluRay...I mean really.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Oct 18, 2011, 02:36:26 PM
Similar completely untrue statements include "Old movies don't look better on Blu-Ray".

Exactly. As long as the original masters are preserved, old (pre-digital) movies will always look good, regardless of the current technology, because they were shot using analog film.

Which makes me wonder... now that a lot of new movies are being shot digitally, what resolution are they shooting at?

Won't there come a day when the standard outstrips the current one, and "old" (digital) movies actually won't look as good anymore?

Or am I thinking about it the wrong way?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_cinematography

For example, it says that Knowing, District 9, and The Social Network were digitally shot in 4K. So, assuming technology will continue to improve, perhaps one day movies will be shot in 8K. Doesn't that leave everything that came before it in the dust? If something is shot at a maximum resolution, and resolutions keep going up, won't that previous max resolution eventually become obsolete?
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Oct 18, 2011, 02:41:32 PM
I can't wait until I can see everyone's nose pores!  :happy:
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Oct 18, 2011, 02:42:00 PM
Argh....

I may have been paraphrasing a certain friend that tends to exaggerate some things.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Oct 18, 2011, 02:46:33 PM
Human beings never exaggerate. It's just not in our nature.

Never.

Never.

NEVER.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Oct 18, 2011, 05:34:36 PM
Human beings never exaggerate. It's just not in our nature.

Never.

Never.

NEVER.

I really, really, really think you've proved your point.

But this guy ... Let's say there are ten people at a gathering, well, this guy ... he'll say there were at least a hundred.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Oct 18, 2011, 05:36:24 PM
Then there are epic exaggeration fails...like when I said I had to use a heavy duty jack on my car because "it weighs like 400 pounds."


Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Oct 18, 2011, 06:06:49 PM
I'd drive that car! On a windy day you could just shut off the engine and raise the sails!
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Oct 18, 2011, 07:53:18 PM
As for whether Blu-ray is better than DVD, I'll share a quick exchange from my board:
Quote from: BONR
X-Warlock - I swear nothing beats high definition hockey. (http://bonr.shwiggie.com/index.php?topic=3494.msg78077#msg78077)
SparkStalker - Hi-Def pr0n does. (http://bonr.shwiggie.com/index.php?topic=3494.msg78218#msg78218)
Matt - do the scars and the red bumps turn you on? (http://bonr.shwiggie.com/index.php?topic=3494.msg78223#msg78223)

So there are downsides.

And it depends largely on the conversion process itself and the quality of the original materials being mastered. I've got a lot of newer movies on BR, but I have not yet watched one that looks more awesome than The Ten Commandments. But I confess to not having taken the three-and-a-half some-odd hours to break out that collector edition of Ben-Hur yet....
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Oct 18, 2011, 10:33:49 PM
Man, we've gone pretty far off the rails this time.

I saw Dream House a few weeks back. Maybe I already posted about that. Anyway, it was dumb.

On the weekend I went to The Thing and Real Steel. The Thing wasn't bad, but CG gore is worthless. I think there may have been some of the good old fashioned stuff as well, but mostly I just noticed the lackluster CG. Real Steel was actually pretty good, despite how nauseating the ads made it look. The runtime of just over two hours might have been a little much. Condense that shit. 90 minutes is the sweet spot, never forget.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: IDE on Oct 19, 2011, 02:09:53 AM
I'll steal both those movies asap.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Chopper Face 69 on Oct 19, 2011, 12:43:50 PM
Won't there come a day when the standard outstrips the current one, and "old" (digital) movies actually won't look as good anymore?
True, but I don't see any other major change happening with resolution while we're still in the 2D world.  1920x1080 is really at the top of what the human eye can really appreciate.  DVD was outdated when it hit the shelves.  Not that people had TVs that could do better, but the technology was out there, and theatres just looked better.  A movie will look better on film than in HD, yes, but it's not a big enough difference that you could really see it, especially on a TV.  I mean even with a 60" TV, do you really think a human could see the difference between 1920x1080 and say some theoretical doubling of that, around 3840x2160?  I'd be surprised if most people could...

That being said, aside from the non resolution native to film, stuff like digital video does have advantages like better in low light situations, better colour dept/contrast and such.  I don't think we have to worry about how bad Cloverfield will look compared to Indiana Jones in 100 years.  I think it will still look better.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Oct 19, 2011, 02:13:22 PM
I remember way back when they first started talking about theaters installing digital projectors, I thought, "Oh, that's cool," and I just assumed the theater I frequent had them.

But in the past year or so I'm noticing most new movies I go to have (DIGITAL) after the title, and the picture is just so fucking crisp and clean, I can scarcely believe it.

Also, all our auditoriums now have widely spaced, reclining leather seats, which is glorious, although completely unrelated to picture quality.

I'm assuming you have SilverCity locations in Ontario and know what I'm talking aboot.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Oct 19, 2011, 02:48:43 PM
I remember way back when they first started talking about theaters installing digital projectors, I thought, "Oh, that's cool," and I just assumed the theater I frequent had them.

But in the past year or so I'm noticing most new movies I go to have (DIGITAL) after the title, and the picture is just so fucking crisp and clean, I can scarcely believe it.

Also, all our auditoriums now have widely spaced, reclining leather seats, which is glorious, although completely unrelated to picture quality.

I'm assuming you have SilverCity locations in Ontario and know what I'm talking aboot.

The only Silver City in Dallas is a strip club. They probably have leather chairs.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Oct 19, 2011, 06:03:01 PM
The runtime of just over two hours might have been a little much. Condense that shit. 90 minutes is the sweet spot, never forget.

90 minutes is the length of a television special. Anything less than two hours in the theater seems like a waste to me. Of course, if it sucks, 90 seconds is too long....
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Oct 20, 2011, 12:32:14 AM
I remember way back when they first started talking about theaters installing digital projectors, I thought, "Oh, that's cool," and I just assumed the theater I frequent had them.

But in the past year or so I'm noticing most new movies I go to have (DIGITAL) after the title, and the picture is just so fucking crisp and clean, I can scarcely believe it.

Also, all our auditoriums now have widely spaced, reclining leather seats, which is glorious, although completely unrelated to picture quality.

I'm assuming you have SilverCity locations in Ontario and know what I'm talking aboot.

The only Silver City in Dallas is a strip club. They probably have leather chairs.

Probably more like leather stippers.  Ha ha.  High five?  Anyone?  Bueller?
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Chopper Face 69 on Oct 20, 2011, 07:27:08 AM
Yes I have a Silver City in town, and a pre-Silver City Colloseum which is of a similar quality.  I'm mixed on digital projection.

The first movie I saw was St*r WarzzZZ in digital.  The picture was crisp and colours were very clear, but I felt like if I looked really close I could see the pixels.  This makes we wonder if that's just the same source they use for the film  stuff and that I just don't see them because it's not as crisp.  Not sure.

Recently I went to my local kind of cheap but walking distance theatre to see a non special effectsy movie and it was clearly a digital showing.  I think it was not as nice because I noticed that it was digital, though again hard to get a frame of reference.  It was mostly just obvious for landscapes and shots of the sky for some reason.  I felt like maybe they were just doing it for this movie because it wasn't super popular and people wouldn't care but I don't really know.

Anyway with film there's little dust, scratches and the picture sometimes shakes a little, which I'm happy not to have.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Oct 28, 2011, 12:50:20 AM
I watched the The Troll Hunter.  Since it was a decent movie from Scandanavia with a great idea, of course the US is going to remake it.  Christ.  ::)  At least unlike the Swedish films Girl w/ the Dragon Tattoo and Let The Right One In, The Troll Hunter does have room for improvement.  I hope they don't add more gore or some stupid shit like that and maybe do an extra troll scene and some more dialogue to add to the mythos, since learning shit about the trolls was pretty awesome.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: IDE on Oct 28, 2011, 01:59:46 AM
I saw a preview for troll hunter and am going to watch it soon.  How the fuck are they going to remake that over here? What are they're going to say that there are American trolls? 

The trolls is scandananvanians!  /Squisgard
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: blanktoe on Oct 28, 2011, 05:09:31 AM
If they do remake it they need to lose the found footage angle and just focus on the Troll Hunter himself.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Oct 28, 2011, 11:12:00 AM
I kinda like the found footage angle: "...and these bitches were never found."  As pretty as the landscape was though, I'd like far fewer of those shots.  They could still keep it in Norway similar to how the English-lang Dragon Tattoo movie was keeping shit in Sweden.  I agree that I don't think the trolls could be relocated.  Har har, maybe in Canada, eh?  And instead of Hans, they'll have joe.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Sam on Oct 28, 2011, 12:39:31 PM
I bought Captain America this week.  It was pretty decent.  I'm excited for Avengers now.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Oct 28, 2011, 02:06:06 PM
...but instead of tracking mythical creatures, I'll be going door-to-door, accusing people of antagonizing others over the internet.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Oct 28, 2011, 10:57:50 PM
^ I would watch that.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: IDE on Oct 29, 2011, 03:22:22 AM
This stars me right?
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: IDE on Oct 29, 2011, 04:00:43 AM
as I hit post I saw the post time.  I didn't do that on purpose, actually I have no idea what time the board is on it's not even 2 here.

But just look at that conjoined 222s.


Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Oct 30, 2011, 10:53:56 PM
The Three Musketeers. In case you hadn't already heard, this movie is fucking terrible to the point of hilarity, and they even had the gall to end it with a setup for a sequel.

Sample dialogue:

Christoph Waltz: This alliance would be advantageous.
Orlando Bloom: Yes, but advantageous for whose side? Yours?
Christoph Waltz: Ours!

:joe:

Seriously, not even IDE could have saved this turd.

Puss in Boots. I liked it. The plot was not at all what I expected, but that's okay. Easily better than all the Shrek sequels.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Chopper Face 69 on Oct 31, 2011, 07:45:06 AM
I kinda like the found footage angle: "...and these bitches were never found."  As pretty as the landscape was though, I'd like far fewer of those shots.  They could still keep it in Norway similar to how the English-lang Dragon Tattoo movie was keeping shit in Sweden.  I agree that I don't think the trolls could be relocated.  Har har, maybe in Canada, eh?  And instead of Hans, they'll have joe.
I'd buy it.  I've never even seen anything north of Quebec city.  I'm sure there are vast expanses of the North West that have never had a human set foot on them.

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Puss in Boots. I liked it. The plot was not at all what I expected, but that's okay. Easily better than all the Shrek sequels.
Special olympics.  I like cats but I hate Antonio Banderes and the Shrek franchise so I don't think I can watch this.  How many scenes have out of place post 1970s music that the characters interact with?
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Nov 03, 2011, 05:07:08 PM
The Rocky Horror Picture Show.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Nov 03, 2011, 09:18:47 PM
I don't even know what the last movie I saw was.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: IDE on Nov 07, 2011, 04:44:01 PM
New Conan movie is bullshit.

You're watching and you're thinking...hey this ain't so bad and then the final show down comes and you're like wtf.


I've had more epic show downs in my personal life where I've burst forth from an SUV, roared into the night, and turned the tide of battle with my band of adventurers (i.e. drunk frat boys) than the crap that was the end of this movie.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Chopper Face 69 on Nov 07, 2011, 06:58:11 PM
I really enjoyed "In Time".  Here's my full review and thoughts:
http://powet.tv/powetblog/2011/11/06/in-time-presents-an-appealing-mother-daughter-grandmother-scenario/

MDG baby!
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: IDE on Nov 07, 2011, 07:06:53 PM
I've seen a staged pr0n MDG.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Chopper Face 69 on Nov 07, 2011, 08:05:50 PM
What were the numbers like?  I just can't get myself to want to do a chick over 50, and unless the D is underaged, it's almost impossible to make the math work on my favour.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Nov 07, 2011, 08:13:22 PM
I watched the Mel Brooks Dracula movie not long ago.

It has its moments.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Nov 08, 2011, 12:32:13 AM
Transylmania....


Does anyone know how to destroy about two hours of memory? Cause I really want to do that.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Nov 08, 2011, 12:33:23 AM
I watched the Mel Brooks Dracula movie not long ago.

It has its moments.

Dracula: Dead and Loving It is pretty much when Brooks jumped the shark.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Chopper Face 69 on Nov 08, 2011, 11:45:48 AM
I really hated that movie.  Peter MacNicol is horrible in everything.  He fails at life but acheived some kind of success doing it.  He's on the short list with the likes of David Arquette in the realm of people who suceed dispite not only have no ability, but being overtly offensive to more senses than most humans thought they possessed.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Nov 08, 2011, 01:17:15 PM
He was great in Harvey Birdman.

Then again, he did play a failure...X the Eliminator.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Nov 08, 2011, 03:48:49 PM
I really hated that movie.  Peter MacNicol is horrible in everything.  He fails at life but acheived some kind of success doing it.  He's on the short list with the likes of David Arquette in the realm of people who suceed dispite not only have no ability, but being overtly offensive to more senses than most humans thought they possessed.

I actually thought he was the best thing in the movie, but that is saying almost nothing.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Nov 12, 2011, 02:18:44 AM
I didn't watch the whole thing but the movie Enough.  I forgot how much that fuckin' sucked.  And now I remember.  Again.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Nov 12, 2011, 03:06:15 AM
A Very Harold and Kumar 3D Christmas was excellent. Defying all logic, this series manages to improve with each new iteration. I hope they keep making them until the end of time.

Immortals was a horrible piece of shit. And I'm pretty sure IDE was in it.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: IDE on Nov 12, 2011, 04:09:03 AM
A Very Harold and Kumar 3D Christmas was excellent. Defying all logic, this series manages to improve with each new iteration. I hope they keep making them until the end of time.

Immortals was a horrible piece of shit. And I'm pretty sure IDE was in it.

IDE likes this post.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: IDE on Nov 12, 2011, 04:10:51 AM
I'm sad about immortals sucking though.  I really wanted it to not suck but the previews didn't look promising to me.

That guy isn't a battle RAAAWWRRR type of actor.

I am though.

Which is why I should play Kratos if they ever make that movie.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: blanktoe on Nov 12, 2011, 04:15:08 AM
Is Immortals atleast watchable?
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: IDE on Nov 12, 2011, 04:16:44 AM
I'm sure its watchable on pirated movie sites.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Nov 12, 2011, 12:48:36 PM
Any time there isn't some sort of action going on, which is most of the time, you'll want to puncture your ear drums and tear out your eyes.

If you consider that watchable, then yes, it's watchable.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Nov 13, 2011, 01:54:29 AM
Battle Los Angeles.   Not nearly as shitty as I was expecting. But this thing was barely about Aliens. They could have been fighting anyone...they could have been fighting a terrorist organization determined to rule the world and it wouldn't have changed the movie any.

I also saw some of Tangled...not bad, but not great either.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Nov 13, 2011, 11:13:07 PM
I also saw some of Tangled...not bad, but not great either.

I'm just happy to see someone else agree.  I can not believe the praise that thing gets.  The Princess and the Frog was a better movie and that's really not saying all that much.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Nov 13, 2011, 11:27:54 PM
I did like the Princess and the Frog better.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: IDE on Nov 14, 2011, 01:45:19 AM
I liked tangled a lot more than princess.  That Flynn guy hits close to home.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Chopper Face 69 on Nov 14, 2011, 07:43:10 AM
Tangled was amazing!
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Nov 14, 2011, 12:30:18 PM
I thought both Flynn and Rapunzel where both pretty annoying. Flynn just seems like a total douche. I mean I know we get a scene later on that lets us know he acts that way due some deep rooted insecurities (much like IDE), but still the guy needs to be at least kinda like able if we are to believe he is gonna end up with the girl here. I mean that stuff he does is funny, but he needs to at least show some cracks of his later potential. Instead it is all "Here comes the smoulder."

And speaking of the girl...I think she might be bi-polar. That scene where she goes back and forth from extreme joy to extreme depression due to her new found freedom...wow. I mean I know you would be having those emotions, but if I had seen her doing all that I wouldn't have taken her to see the lanterns, I'd be taking her to the nearest mental health office.

And I liked Rapunzel better with short brown hair. I know that short defeats the purpose of a Rapunzel story and I don't care. But really Blond=Magical. Ugh. And I think Flynn should have stayed dead. I know it is a Disney flick and he has to come back for the happy ending, but it totally negates his sacrifice. I think it would have had more meaning had he stayed dead.

If I don't think about it and just watch it, it isn't a terrible way to waste an hour and half though.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Nov 14, 2011, 01:26:19 PM
I liked Tangled. I was so distracted by the fact that Disney was finally doing CG right that I probably overlooked a lot of problems.

The Princess and the Frog? Didn't care for it. Probably wouldn't watch it again. What bothered me most was how the villain, who was introduced as this complete badass, was ultimately a little bitch who pretty much shot himself in the foot. The heroes didn't vanquish evil so much as evil bit off more than it could chew and had to forfeit.

Also, and this is really just nitpicking, but putting "Princess" right there in the title is some of the laziest shit ever. I get that the story is a spin on The Frog Prince, and that the title was originally The Frog Princess, but come on.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Nov 14, 2011, 02:35:08 PM
Also, and this is really just nitpicking, but putting "Princess" right there in the title is some of the laziest shit ever. I get that the story is a spin on The Frog Prince, and that the title was originally The Frog Princess, but come on.

I didn't mind it so much because she does become a princess in the end although I kinda wished she had been a princess longer.  She becomes a princess and the movie ends.  Meh.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: IDE on Nov 14, 2011, 10:53:51 PM
Don't like Tigra, Don't like Flynn...Rama it's time to accept that you are a beta male with repressed feelings towards alphas "douches".

Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Nov 15, 2011, 12:37:23 AM
He probably is but those two are still douches.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Nov 15, 2011, 01:11:12 AM
I like plenty of Alpha Males. Shit I have a full on man crush for John Shepard from Stargate Atlantis. And I love James Bond. You can't get anymore Alpha Male then that. My problem is with poor writing, and your problem seems to be me not agreeing with you...which I guess means I don't fall in line behind you as a beta dog and if I'm not doing that I must be threatening your self proclaimed Alpha Dog position.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Nov 15, 2011, 01:20:19 AM
Oh and Green Lantern. This thing couldn't keep my attention at all. Even with all the space and aliens...and space aliens, still couldn't focus on this thing.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: IDE on Nov 15, 2011, 02:02:22 AM
You probably hate Han Solo too.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: IDE on Nov 15, 2011, 02:05:03 AM
You don't like the boasting hero with a heart of gold.  And that guy is fucking entertaining, there's no 2 ways about it.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: IDE on Nov 15, 2011, 02:07:15 AM
He seems like he's just out for money and vagina but when the chips are down he sells everyone out for money and vagina...but then when the chips are REALLY down he gives up his vices and plays an integral part in saving the day.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Nov 15, 2011, 02:26:22 AM
Oh no...I love Han Solo. But really Han Solo wasn't the Alpha Male of SW. In A New Hope Obi-Wan Kenobi was, then in ESB and ROTJ Luke was. Actually now that I think about Tygra isn't the Alpha either...Lion-O is, and even if he wasn't Panthro would be. And Flynn...well actually he wasn't either. He was a loner, then he let Rapunzel boss him around. Even that horse made him his bitch.

I guess I just like my Alpha Males more Indiana Jones, and less Right Said Fred.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: IDE on Nov 15, 2011, 04:42:16 AM
I don't care if you take it in the ass from indy or fred, but we're not talking about animals. It's a personality type.

There can be more than one alpha male role in a movie/show. 

Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Chopper Face 69 on Nov 15, 2011, 08:54:19 AM
I thought both Flynn and Rapunzel where both pretty annoying. Flynn just seems like a total douche. I mean I know we get a scene later on that lets us know he acts that way due some deep rooted insecurities (much like IDE), but still the guy needs to be at least kinda like able if we are to believe he is gonna end up with the girl here. I mean that stuff he does is funny, but he needs to at least show some cracks of his later potential. Instead it is all "Here comes the smoulder."
Flynn was your typical bad boy, and I thought it was funny how quick everyone was to forgive a thief.

Rapunzel's hot.  Mandy Moore can't be associated with anything and not make it hot.

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And I liked Rapunzel better with short brown hair. I know that short defeats the purpose of a Rapunzel story and I don't care. But really Blond=Magical. Ugh.
Well yeah you can't just make it not be a long blond haired Rapunzel.

And Pascal is awesome!

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I liked Tangled. I was so distracted by the fact that Disney was finally doing CG right that I probably overlooked a lot of problems.
I liked Bolt as well!
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Nov 15, 2011, 03:21:07 PM
The Christmas Martin. Some of your Canadian fellows might have seen this one as a kid. I was watching it for what is currently being called "Untitled Bad Movie Project starring Vlad". Hopefully that will make sense soon. The movie was exactly the right kind of cheese. Having two problems with this one though.  One is tracking down the rights. The video is OOP, but that doesn't mean it is Public Domain in the US. The fact that it is Canadian might though. I know a lot of Italian films are PD just for the fact that they are Italian and the required number of years have passed. The 2nd problem is getting a good copy of it. It has only been released on VHS, and never on DVD. So the copy I have was downloaded and was clearly a rip from a less then stellar VHS copy.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Nov 15, 2011, 04:00:29 PM
And Pascal is awesome!

I liked that little critter.  Him and Rapunzel.  I wish the movie had been more about them and less about the Flynn character and those other losers.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Nov 15, 2011, 05:38:07 PM
The chameleon was cool, but I constantly found myself wishing he could speak. He'd be voiced by Ludacris, and there would be a rap segment inserted unobtrusively somewhere in the middle of the film. He'd stare at Rapunzel's ass frequently and have various exclamations such as, "Dayum, girl," and "What-what," and at one point he'd ask her if the carpet matches the drapes, "Cuz dat would be nasty!"
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Nov 15, 2011, 10:18:20 PM
But we already had a Mushu.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Chopper Face 69 on Nov 16, 2011, 09:52:59 AM
The chameleon was cool, but I constantly found myself wishing he could speak. He'd be voiced by Ludacris, and there would be a rap segment inserted unobtrusively somewhere in the middle of the film. He'd stare at Rapunzel's ass frequently and have various exclamations such as, "Dayum, girl," and "What-what," and at one point he'd ask her if the carpet matches the drapes, "Cuz dat would be nasty!"
So a Dreamworks movie?
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Nov 16, 2011, 02:20:57 PM
I guess that would be expecting a little too much.

Bwahaha!
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Nov 17, 2011, 01:56:43 AM
The chameleon was cool, but I constantly found myself wishing he could speak. He'd be voiced by Ludacris, and there would be a rap segment inserted unobtrusively somewhere in the middle of the film. He'd stare at Rapunzel's ass frequently and have various exclamations such as, "Dayum, girl," and "What-what," and at one point he'd ask her if the carpet matches the drapes, "Cuz dat would be nasty!"
So a Dreamworks movie?

Wait, why do I hear "All Star" playing in my head now?  :joe:
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Nov 17, 2011, 04:25:35 AM
It's because you have a secret crush on the lead singer from Smash Mouth.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Chopper Face 69 on Nov 17, 2011, 07:42:17 AM
The chameleon was cool, but I constantly found myself wishing he could speak. He'd be voiced by Ludacris, and there would be a rap segment inserted unobtrusively somewhere in the middle of the film. He'd stare at Rapunzel's ass frequently and have various exclamations such as, "Dayum, girl," and "What-what," and at one point he'd ask her if the carpet matches the drapes, "Cuz dat would be nasty!"
So a Dreamworks movie?

Wait, why do I hear "All Star" playing in my head now?  :joe:
http://www.collegehumor.com/video/.../honest-indiana-jones-4-trailer

Anyway... I watched a documentary last night called "Waiting for Superman".  It's about problems with the US public school system.  Actually it's an anti union movie that makes horrible arguments, uses shit logic and tells the viewers that we should hate the teachers union.  I did not care for it...
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Nov 17, 2011, 08:54:11 PM
http://www.collegehumor.com/video/.../honest-indiana-jones-4-trailer

I got "page not found" so I watched Aladdin's Mistake (http://www.collegehumor.com/video/6629803/aladdins-mistake) instead.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: blanktoe on Nov 21, 2011, 06:10:57 PM
Here's my new movie of the year that I've been talking about on my FB, it's hitting DVD on the 18th I think.
Seriously, it's magnificent.

feature=player_embedded#!



sooo, I watched about a third of The Last Circus on the Netflix and I turned it off. Damn you and mostly damn that trailer for making me think that movie was going to be good.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Nov 21, 2011, 08:12:55 PM
Horror Express
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Nov 21, 2011, 10:17:03 PM
Maverick. Better than expected.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Nov 21, 2011, 11:41:35 PM
Here's my new movie of the year that I've been talking about on my FB, it's hitting DVD on the 18th I think.
Seriously, it's magnificent.

feature=player_embedded#!



sooo, I watched about a third of The Last Circus on the Netflix and I turned it off. Damn you and mostly damn that trailer for making me think that movie was going to be good.

Oh, yeah, I saw it listed on there.  But I watched Motives with Shemar Moore instead.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Nov 22, 2011, 12:10:54 AM
lol, the trailer for Motives not only makes it look like a total piece of shit, it's spoils the fucking movie!  wtf.

Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: The D on Nov 23, 2011, 07:29:20 PM
Hmm, I've been gone for 3 months and can't remember what I've seen so I'll just go by what I saw recently.

At a con a couple weeks ago I saw Last Airbender in their MST4k panel and dear god did I hate the acting in that movie. There was this one actor... one of the firebenders.. that... I just wanted to beat him to death with a brick, he was so wooden he made Keanu Reeves look emotive. I could't even tell WHY the fire nation wanted to destroy everyone else, there was no "grr angry" moments, just "we're bored so let's attack these people. yawn." Gah. Oh, and best commentary paraphrased: "I now know why they chose that kid to play the airbender. His acting blows."


Enthiran
So I'm at the thanksgiving party, the one where we're watching the shitty new Loony Toons that I ranted about in the other thread, and someone decides to put on something better.

Enthrian is a Bollywood movie about a robot. Yes, it's THAT Indian robot movie. The one with the 9 minute video on youtube where the robot does matrix shit on a highway, then replicates and becomes a giant sphere and stuff. And it's GOOD. Well, good in a "it's so bad it's good" way.

My only big complaints were that it was too long. It's 3 hours long, and about 3/4ths of that are either talking scenes or bollywood dance numbers. And it can be slow at times. But there's enough outrageous moments to keep a group of people entertained. Including a bit where the robot talks to a gang of mosquitoes that talk all gangsta. Or a bit where they suddenly start dancing AT Machu Pichu. And the dance numbers were mostly boring, but some of them were over the top enough to be enjoyable.

The really good part of the movie doesn't start until 30-40 minutes before the end. And it's good because it's just so way over the top. I'd say this movie is best watched with friends, and even better watched with friends while drinking. You could even make it into a drinking game.
If they use shitty engrish, drink a shot
if the subtitles are badly translated, drink a shot
if you can practically SEE the wirework, drink a shot
if the audience goes "what the fuck!" or shows signs of shock or awe, drink a shot
if the movie starts a bollywood musical number, drink the entire fucking bottle.

My only changes if I did the movie would be to shorten it and remove the dance numbers.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Nov 24, 2011, 03:38:35 AM
Conan The Barbarian (2011)

Not as bad as I feared, but not as good as I hoped as a Conan fan. The one silver lining was I really liked Jason Mamoa as Conan. I was a little unsure about that when it was first announced, but the guy looks and acts like Conan of the books. One bit of casting I didn't like was Ron Pearlman as Conan's father. Not cause I don't like Ron, but just cause every time he was on screen all I was thinking was "That's Ron Pearlman." and couldn't just think "That's Conan's dad." Kinda wish they'd got a lesser name for that role. I didn't have the same problem of thinking "Oh there is Ronan Dex" when Mamoa was on screen...or thinking "Hey it's that chick that use to fuck Marylin Manson." when Rose McGowan was either.

And if you are gonna spend the kinda cash it takes to get Morgan Freeman to be the Narrator, why not just get ,the original Thusla Doom, James Earl Jones to do it? Fuck when he started in with the whole "In the time between when the oceans drank Atlantis...and the rise of the sons of Aries..." I half expected him to start in on the life of Penguins during the Hyborian age.

Another thing I didn't like is that is almost the same story as the first Conan film, but they did throw in some references to the original stories I did like. Like saying that Conan was the one that stole the "Elephant's Heart"(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tower_of_the_Elephant (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tower_of_the_Elephant)). Also many of the towns and places where taken straight from the stories too. I kinda wish they had based the screen play more on existing stories. Maybe combine several of them into one grander tale. Oh well...
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Chopper Face 69 on Nov 24, 2011, 07:28:27 AM
Watched "The Beaver" with Mel Gibson last night. I thought it would be pretty silly kind of stupid comedy about a man who talks through a puppet.  I was wrong.  Dead wrong.  It's not a comedy on any level, it's a serious drama about depression and it's one of the worst movies I've ever seen in my life.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: IDE on Nov 25, 2011, 05:57:28 PM
The ending of Conan 2011 was terrible.


Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Dec 07, 2011, 02:27:09 AM
Clerks 2.


I think this is my new favorite Kevin Smith movie, replacing Mallrats. In Mallrats defense though when it was my fav. There were only three Kevin Smith movies. Also I saw it like 97 and really all I cared about was doing the kinda stuff Brodie Bruce did, so I could relate to the film. But as time went on and grew up a bit things changed a bit, and by the time Clerks 2 came around I found I related much more to the story in that movie then I did Mallrats. I understood this movie and where it was coming from better, and thus liked it more. Course sadly this was also the peak and shit started going downhill after this one and now I have no desire to see another Kevin Smith movie.


Plus any movie with a Pussy Troll, and two people declaring their love for each other during a donkey show, must be good.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: blanktoe on Dec 07, 2011, 06:05:15 PM
Is that on Netflix? I really need to watch it again to see if I like now. I really hated it the first time I saw it.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Dec 07, 2011, 06:53:17 PM
No idea. I own it.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Dec 07, 2011, 09:16:47 PM
Is that on Netflix? I really need to watch it again to see if I like now. I really hated it the first time I saw it.

Available on DVD only.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: IDE on Dec 08, 2011, 11:05:25 AM
Watching Immortals.

I watch some, then I pause it.

Then I watch some more, then I pause it.


Sort of like dunking your head in a piranha barrel.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Sam on Dec 08, 2011, 04:00:51 PM
I finally got around to watching the new True Grit.

Good flick.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Dec 13, 2011, 12:00:25 AM
I watched this doc called "Reel Injun" about how Indians/you know, the folks that were here first/Native Americans were fucked over by the film industry in regards to fair portrayals.  It's okay, but tries too hard to educate the viewer on native peoples in general which makes like a boring episode of Nature combined with a more interesting discussion about native people in film.  I guess you need the background information, but those parts dragged enough to almost make me shut it off a couple of times.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Dec 13, 2011, 12:38:37 AM
Deathly Hallows Part 2. I was happy that they showed some stuff that was kinda not explained in the book...but then they changed stuff that didn't need to be changed too. So it was...eh, but a good eh.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Dec 13, 2011, 12:48:51 AM
Merla still hasn't bought it so she can have it for me not to rewatch it.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Dec 13, 2011, 09:58:38 PM
Condorman.

I remember loving this movie as a kid. It is a kind of Batman meets James Bond thing made by Disney back in the early 80s.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Chopper Face 69 on Dec 14, 2011, 07:45:16 AM
I watched Gremlins last night.  Good movie.  Some thoughts...

Judge Reinhold can't catch a break. He pines after Phoebe Cates in 2 movies in the early 80s.

The Mogwai/Gremlin species defies all logic and natural selection.  How does a species have a one way metamorphosis, which it is constantly compelled to do, but then the metamophosised version spawns that same version, not the original.  How do Mogwai still exist?
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: blanktoe on Dec 14, 2011, 05:07:04 PM
The Dark Knight Rises or some shit http://www.twitvid.com/AMDF4
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Dec 18, 2011, 11:45:06 AM
I watched:

Two Can Play That Game w/ Vivica A. Fox where she has a set of rules for keeping men in line and "has" to use them on her boyfriend.  It wasn't terrible but I just found her guy so stupid it took away from my enjoyment of it.  I would've like it better if he hadn't tried to follow stupid Anthony Anderson's advice on everything.  He calls the Vivica character out on her shit but not until the end of the damn movie.  Get your own damn brain, fool, you're supposed to be an educated man.  Like Motives, an inferior-looking sequel was made that takes out a main character.  Bleh.  Imma gonna pass on that.

I then saw We Are The Night or Wir sind die Nacht, which is a German film that the director says is his take on the vampire story Carmilla.  It kinda came off to me like an older, German version of The Craft with vampires.  It has one of those open-assed endings, which I didn't care for in this movie.  To me it seems like the director just ran out of ideas or didn't know how to end things.  It came off lazy.  I would still recommend this movie though.

I also saw the director of the above's other film The Wave (Die Welle).  Or actually, I saw about 40 minutes of it: 20 minutes of the beginning and 20 of the end.  I do this when the movie's kinda interesting but I'm getting fuckin' bored.  Even though both films are German this one was in German on Netflix streaming while the other above appeared to be English-dubbed.  Anyway, it's about a highschool class doing an experiment in autocracy which results in a mini Nazi-light dictatorship led by their teacher with the others as followers.  I found it kinda boring, so I don't mind blowing the entire goddamn movie and saying it changes almost everyone for the worst.  The teacher's marriage falls apart, a boyfriend and girlfriend fight, people are ostracized or some shit, and the teacher decides all of this shit is bad so he gathers up all the students.  He ends the experiment saying that he's sorry and what happened was an example that a dictatorship can still occur in modern day Germany.  Everyone is humbled except for the fuckin' outcast who finally believed he belonged.  He gets a gun and shoots one of his friends before killing himself.  The teacher is arrested (huh?) and taken away in front of all of the sad, dissappointed students, families, and staff.  The fucking end.  I guess I'm not German enough to appreciate this one.  I was hoping we were in for a more clever experiment like in The Exam but we're not.

I then saw Burglar, an eighties film starring Whoopi Goldberg.  It was decent but moved kinda slow and has the classic "look, it's one of them evil homosexuals!" twist.  I don't care if I just spoiled that, the movie's over 20 fuckin' years old.  And my God, I'm certain Bobcat Goldthwait's voice has induced mass suicides.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: The D on Dec 19, 2011, 01:55:48 PM
Equilibrium:
Heard this is a cult classic, decided to give it a chance. I personally give it a thumbs sideways.

It was okay but not great. Moments of somewhat boring drama interspaced between moments of semi-entertaining gun battles. Okay, the gun battles were crappier than the Matrix. This movie came out back during the WE MUST CAPITALIZE ON THE MATRIX'S SUCCESS BY MAKING CRAPPY MATRIX CLONES era.

The idea of the story is WW3 happened years ago, and a utopian city was formed with a giant wall to keep out all the nutters outside. And everyone inside the city takes daily drugs to suppress their emotions, because emotions=BAD. It stars Batman... I mean Christian Bale, and Sean Bean. Sean Bean was the better actor in the movie, he's an emotion cop who starts having emotions at the beginning of the film. And Christian Bale is this emotion cop, the best of the best, who kills people who start having emotion. And he too misses a dose of his drug and starts having emotion.

There are some good moments, like when Bale is told to kill a cute puppy because it might stir emotions. But I kept wondering why people who show emotion are killed rather than just injected with happy drugs again (you keep that shit up, and the entire population will be dead). And then some people SHOW emotion, like Bale's black sidekick who seems to enjoy his job, even grinning and laughing a little a couple times. And the leader of the city himself shows emotion all the time, including getting so angry he throws something and punches his desk. While everyone’s investigating Bale to see if he has emotion, HAS ANYONE NOTICED EVERYONE ELSE HAVING EMOTION TOO? Or are they just really shitty actors?

Stargate: Continuum
The local station that syndicates SG1 all the time has been playing Arc of Truth to death, even after they reset the series back to the first season. Then they finally played this. And it wasn’t bad. Although, not quite sure why the US didn’t at least TRY to fire nukes at Baal’s fleet when they attacked. And… *SPOILER* I knew Teal’c would blow himself up near the end. Still awesome. Because, you know, it’s Teal’c, and he’s awesome. Although I expected him to throw in an “indeed” there when he did it, one for the road.

Well, I now have the very strange Bunraku here, and hopefully National Lampoons Christmas for Christmas.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Dec 20, 2011, 01:38:08 AM
Mad Monster Party
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Chopper Face 69 on Dec 20, 2011, 09:45:36 AM
Equilibrium:
Heard this is a cult classic, decided to give it a chance.
Cult classic?  Is that what we call movies that are unpopular or unknown these days?  There was way too much sense crime by every character in this movie.
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Post by: B E C K on Dec 20, 2011, 10:41:56 PM
Yeah, I was kinda wondering about him calling it that.  Never heard about Equilibrium being referred to as a cult classic or with any words other than "gunnnnnnnn-fu!"
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Dec 21, 2011, 12:32:37 AM
Jerry Lewis: Method of the Madness.
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Post by: IDE on Dec 21, 2011, 04:25:43 AM
I just saw The Hobbit trailer.  It was epic.
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Post by: Rama on Dec 22, 2011, 12:47:17 PM
The Help.

I got it for my Mom for her birthday and she wanted me to watch it with her. Pretty good movie. 1960's Mississippi really was like another world. So many times I caught myself thinking "Oh that can't be real." but sadly it was. Although the most disturbing thing was how crazy Emma Stone's face was in this movie. I kept thinking "This was the chick that I thought was kinda cute in Easy A? Cause they don't even look like the same person."
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Post by: B E C K on Dec 27, 2011, 12:22:40 PM
I saw What Dreams May Come.  My god, Robin Williams is fucking annoying.  Why did I never see this before?  I don't know why I was so immune before but watching him now he seriously makes me want to punch something.  He can be good when the director or whoever reins him in but that's not often enough.  And Cuba Gooding Jr.--who seems to be here only for affirmative action just like Rosalind Chao (even though I LOVE her and it pains me to say so)--is like "shit, bitches, I need to outdo this motherfucker" and thus is equally annoying.  I have not read the book but can confidently say, from what I know about it, it was completed raped with this movie.  Most of it was dull.  This is a film that needs a remake bad.  Someone fix this shit.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: IDE on Dec 27, 2011, 12:26:36 PM
Family guy made a joke about What Dreams being a really shitty movie.

I actually like it.  I think maybe it's the story itself that makes me not notice the crap you're talking about...I don't know.

I love, bitches.

I love hard.
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Post by: B E C K on Dec 27, 2011, 12:37:46 PM
But... but Robin Williams!!
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Post by: IDE on Dec 27, 2011, 12:46:06 PM
SPOIOILLERRER ALART!! (not that you're going to see it anyway)
































When he goes down to hell and realizes his son is standing by him and then he gets there and is like fuck this I'm not leaving.  I just start blubbering like a little kid lost in a department store.  It just really gets to me because I know there is no woman out there that deserves that kind of devotion.  Tag'm and Bag'm! That's all they're good for! Why can't you see that Robin!!  WHYYYYYYYYYY!? /sob /cry
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Post by: B E C K on Dec 27, 2011, 12:57:40 PM
I don't think they were trying to make you cry for that reason.  :P  Anyway, if they followed the book, she would've gotten out on her own in 20-something years anyway:  She was never confined there for eternity, she was forced to spend what would've been the rest of her life on earth there since she ended it prematurely with suicide.
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Post by: IDE on Dec 27, 2011, 01:07:37 PM
haha really?

Was he still risking spending an eternity there?  Did he know she was gonna get out in 20 years?

Oh wait you haven't read it.   

Poop.
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Post by: B E C K on Dec 27, 2011, 01:44:28 PM
Yeah, it's on my list of shit to read.  I'll get to it and let you know.  But he apparently gets her out but discovers she does not join him in Heaven or whatever.  She's already been sent back to earth and will die young as an alternate punishment or something.  Anyway, the book sounds cool.  Apparently, the author did a lot of research for it.  He's the same guy that wrote I Am Legend and Stir of Echoes.  He's also responsible for the gremlin-airplane episode of The Twilight Zone with Shatner.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Dec 27, 2011, 09:08:13 PM
Halloween (The Rob Zombie one.)


He really humanized Mike Myers too much. Like it better when he was just killing machine with a very loose back story.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: IDE on Dec 27, 2011, 09:19:27 PM
The book does sound cool.  A lot more Neil Gaimany and less heart wrenching.

I just saw the new Mission Impossible.  It was a decent watch.  It has more funny human moments than any of it's predecessors and I think that makes it more entertaining. 
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Post by: Fiero on Dec 27, 2011, 10:53:09 PM
Halloween (The Rob Zombie one.)


He really humanized Mike Myers too much. Like it better when he was just killing machine with a very loose back story.

I really liked the story.
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Post by: B E C K on Dec 27, 2011, 11:04:31 PM
I just saw the new Mission Impossible.  It was a decent watch.  It has more funny human moments than any of it's predecessors and I think that makes it more entertaining. 

I'm just glad that movie took the top spot instead of the Girl With The Dragon Tattoo.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Dec 28, 2011, 12:09:03 AM
Halloween (The Rob Zombie one.)


He really humanized Mike Myers too much. Like it better when he was just killing machine with a very loose back story.

I really liked the story.

I didn't have a problem with the story...more I don't want to feel sorry for the crazed killing machine Monster of the film. I just need a loose story to tie in why he is killing people. This movie showed me in depth. Hell the first half hour of the movie was that. Anyway I didn't get to finish it, so I don't know how it ended anyway.
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Post by: Chopper Face 69 on Dec 28, 2011, 12:16:08 PM
City of Ember.  I thought this movie would be shitty based on the poster alone so I ignored it assuming it was fantasy. Then my cousin is like "You should watch this, you'd like it" to which I gave no thought until she said "It's kind of like... after the Apocalypse" so I watched it that very night and it was pretty cool.  The city they're in kind of reminds me of Rapture...

Mission Impossible 4.  If you like Mission Impossible movies, you will like this movie.  If you don't, you should not even consider watching it.  Simple enough...
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Dec 29, 2011, 12:53:40 PM
Is it like MI3: good enough to sit down and see once and never watch again?
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Post by: Fiero on Dec 29, 2011, 04:42:08 PM
Is it like MI3: good enough to sit down and see once and never watch again?

That's what I've heard.

Also I think there's a Batman preview, for those who care.
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Post by: B E C K on Dec 30, 2011, 12:18:36 AM
Looks MEH.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Dec 30, 2011, 10:54:15 AM
TGWTDT.

Read the book. Haven't seen the Swedish original. Saw the American version in a group and we all seemed to enjoy it.

But man, it is getting smoked at the box office.
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Post by: Rama on Dec 30, 2011, 12:04:59 PM
The Dragon Lives Again.

I talked a little about this movie on Facebook, but I just scratched the surface one this one. I might have to actually update my blog to talk about this one complete with screen caps. I really thought I had seen it all when it came to "WTF" movies before this one came along. I was wrong...really wrong.


This movie is known as a Bruceploitation film. Movies that took advantage of the void in Marital Arts movies when Bruce Lee died, by using a string of look a likes named Bruce. (Bruce Li, Bruce Le, Bruce Lei, etc.) I actually have a few of these already, like Bruce Lee Fights Back From the Grave. Which isn't what this movie is called, but really should have been.

The movie starts with Bruce Lee waking up in Hell to find himself in front of the King of Hell. (Which I have to tell you Chinese hell isn't that bad. They got noddle shops, Kung Fu classes, and cute girls wanting to bone you. Doesn't sound much like Hell to me.) There is a whole bit about Bruce Lee's Nunchucks making it look like he has a boner in the very first scene of this movie. .

Anyway, The King of Hell has a gang of bad guys that start to give Bruce Lee trouble. This gang includes James Bond, The Man with No Name, Dracula, Zatoichi, and soft core legend Emmanuelle. But Bruce finds allies in the form of Caine from the show Kung Fu, and Popeye. Now these aren't just look a likes in the movie...they actually call them by name. Bruce also befriends an old man that has a talking skeleton in his house for some reason. So Bruce has to fight his way through all these bad guys to get to the King of Hell and get back to Earth. Along the way he also fights guys dress in skeleton costumes and Mummy outfits just like Power Rangers fighting putties.

Anyway this has got to be on the craziest movies I've ever see and that is saying a lot.

Edit: Forgot to say what is going on in the pic below. That is Bruce Lee using his "Third Leg of Bruce" to kick Dracula square in the face
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Dec 31, 2011, 01:39:16 AM
Dracula (1992)

This is the best of the batch of Universal Monster redos of the 90s and 00s, and this one isn't even a Universal movie. I wish that 1994's Frankenstein, 1999's The Mummy and  2010's The Wolfman had been done as well as this movie.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Dec 31, 2011, 06:21:44 PM
Duck Soup
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Jan 02, 2012, 02:35:09 AM
The Phantom of the Opera (1925)

I've owned this movie for awhile now, but never watched it cause it was silent. Silent movies are hard for me to watch cause I tend to do other things while watching a movie and sometimes just listen to it. However, since I am on a Universal Monster kick at the moment I decided to watch one of the oldest of them all. The strange thing about this movie is that about half way through it goes color for the Masque. I'm sure this was to show off the Phantom in his "Red Death" costume, but was too expensive to do the whole movie in. So building an exact scale replica of the Paris Opera house wasn't too expensive, but using color film was. Just goes to show you how rare a thing it was...and considering 40 years later they were STILL using B&W for some movies and TV shows it stayed expensive too.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Chopper Face 69 on Jan 03, 2012, 08:26:06 AM
Is it like MI3: good enough to sit down and see once and never watch again?
It's a lot like MI3, which I apparently liked a bit more than you...

Oh I watched Cherry 2000 the other day and it was super cool.  The start of the movie is this really awesome movie about robot sex and the future and stuff.  Then for about an hour and 20 minutes it's people driving around the desert shooting things and doing stunts, then there's a brief conclusion to the robot movie...
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Jan 03, 2012, 09:43:17 PM
I rank them this way:  MI, MI3, MI2.  I remember hating MI2 but I forget why other than the lousy slow-mo fight scene at the end.


I'm rewatching the Matrix.  What is the conclusion for the whole "the idea for the Matrix was stolen" thing?  Like as in all of your opinions on this?
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: IDE on Jan 04, 2012, 05:21:17 AM
City of Ember was good.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Chopper Face 69 on Jan 04, 2012, 11:10:35 AM
I'm rewatching the Matrix.  What is the conclusion for the whole "the idea for the Matrix was stolen" thing?  Like as in all of your opinions on this?
I think it was all bull shit.  It looked similar to  Dark City.  Yeah, because they reused some sets from Dark City.  The idea of a world in a computer was not new, but they didn't claim it was.  I don't see people complaining that every movie with a relationship is a rip off of the last...
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Jan 08, 2012, 01:34:30 AM
The Mummy (1999)
The Planet of the Apes (1968)
Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
Creature From the Black Lagoon (1954)
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Jan 09, 2012, 12:44:29 AM
Let's Make Love with Marilyn Monroe and Yves Montand.  Decent, I guess.

Mujhse Dosti Karoge!  Bollywood movie that, like most of those movies, was too damn long.  Stars Hrithik Roshan a.k.a. "that Bollywood star with the two thumbs".  Started out good but got retarded.  Two people end up jilted by the lead characters and they're all "we haven't lost a potential spouse, we've gained new friends!"  Bleh.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Jan 09, 2012, 12:57:20 AM
The Wolf Man (2010)

This movie was better then I remember from the first time I've saw it...mainly cause I've now seen the original 1945 version and now know how faithful this one was to it. There are a few scenes of extreme gore which seems out of place in a movie like this that doesn't really depend on gore to sell the scare. I wish they could have pulled back on that and done more with letting things go unseen. (I agree with the thought something you don't see is scarier then something you do.) Plus I liked what Rick Baker did with the makeup and updating the look of the Wolf Man, which looks a lot better then the over the top CGI Werewolves like you find in the Underworld movies.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Jan 09, 2012, 09:05:54 PM
(I agree with the thought something you don't see is scarier then something you do.)

So do I.  Usually, what I imagined is scarier than what a movie actually shows me (assuming it's a "showing" movie).
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Jan 10, 2012, 12:09:03 AM
You are always let down by what they show you, because you've already come up with something worse in your own mind.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Jan 12, 2012, 11:30:30 PM
I watched Boomerang, that '92 flick with Eddie Murphy.  It was decent but it almost felt like the ending was tacked on last minute.  I wonder if they originally hooked up Murphy's character with the Robin Givens character but then changed their minds.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Jan 15, 2012, 03:03:50 AM
Cowboys and Aliens:

This one was just O.K. Daniel Craig was really good in this, and so was Clancy Brown and Keith Carradine. Sadly the latter two were not in the movie much. Harrison Ford seemed to just be phoning it. The concept was pretty good, but the execution could have been better.


Rise of the Planet of the Apes:

Pretty much a remake of Conquest of the Planet of Apes...only on the surface in that is about how the Planet of the Apes became The Planet of the Apes. There are a few things that annoyed me. Like how a chimp handler didn't that one of the animals under his care was preggers. There was a storyline about the same virus that made the apes smart deadly to humans. I'm guessing this was a way of explaining how a group of like 50-70 Apes was able to survive long enough to take over the world. Problem is this storyline seems really tacked on.

And can Draco EVER be a good guy in a movie? Well at least he got to say the famous "Get your hands off me you damn dirty ape!" line. And there was other cool stuff that was only mentioned in passing like a lost manned mission to Mars which might be commanded by one Charlton Heston.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Jan 15, 2012, 11:19:04 AM
The Secret World of Arrietty last night with the GF and a friend of hers.

Not bad, but I was tired and it was a very peaceful film and I fell asleep right before the credits.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Jan 15, 2012, 11:00:18 PM
Ghibli stuff has that effect on me in general.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Jan 16, 2012, 01:59:03 AM
Horrible Bosses...which was actually a lot better then I expected.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: IDE on Jan 16, 2012, 04:53:27 PM
Beauty and The Beast 3D.  The best part about the 3D was the settings which actually produced some awe inspiring moments.  I found myself wishing they'd just hang on the shots and let us look at them more.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: IDE on Jan 16, 2012, 04:54:24 PM
Also, afterwards I kept the 3D glasses and popped the plastic lenses out.  Now they're faux hipster/LMFAO party glasses.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Jan 16, 2012, 08:31:59 PM
I always keep the glasses. If I have to pay that much more for the 3D movie then I'm keeping the glasses.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: blanktoe on Jan 18, 2012, 07:19:33 AM
You can keep the glasses? didn't know that.

Watched Ides of March-typical political boring shit. and Time Crimes-a cool ass Twilight Zone-ish time travel flick.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Chopper Face 69 on Jan 18, 2012, 09:24:04 AM
Fuck 3D versions of 2D movies.  I make myself some 3D to 2D glasses with 2 pairs I had and will use those to see Beauty and the Beast.  I'll wear proper 3D glasses only for the Tangled short.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Jan 18, 2012, 12:11:34 PM
Technically, all movies are 2D...

But you know that, Adam!
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: IDE on Jan 19, 2012, 03:17:48 PM
How can you hate them?  Some of the shots are really beautiful in 3D.  If anything 3D versions of 2D movies are the best because they can't do any "poke you in da face" moments because there were none there to begin with.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Chopper Face 69 on Jan 20, 2012, 07:35:50 AM
How can you hate them?  Some of the shots are really beautiful in 3D.  If anything 3D versions of 2D movies are the best because they can't do any "poke you in da face" moments because there were none there to begin with.
Uh... where do I start?  It's a 2D movie, they made all this 3D after the fact, it's George Lucasey history of film raping at it's finest.  It's completely unnecessary, a gimmicky cash grab, it's a total insult to the film and history of movies on a fundamental level.

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If anything 3D versions of 2D movies are the best because they can't do any "poke you in da face" moments because there were none there to begin with.
Nonsense.  Just because they don't have another problem other bad movies have doesn't make them good.  Any good 3D movie should just be a 2D movie shot in 3D, but that's not what people do, because they're idiots.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: IDE on Jan 22, 2012, 11:09:17 PM
So what if it was put in after the fact? There is no film raping going on here.  It looks really cool, breathtaking in some parts.  There is no way you could look at it side by side and say the 2D looks better.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: IDE on Jan 22, 2012, 11:12:14 PM
If adding the 3D makes it that much more visually stimulating as it does in the case of BnB then it is not unnecessary.   Now for a film like UP I don't see why that needed to be in 3D it doesn't have the settings that could use 3D treatment like BnB did.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Jan 23, 2012, 12:25:15 AM
Ginger Snaps.


Nothing worse then seeing a hot girl slowly turn into an ugly monster...and without the aid of booze even.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Chopper Face 69 on Jan 23, 2012, 01:03:02 PM
So what if it was put in after the fact? There is no film raping going on here.  It looks really cool, breathtaking in some parts.  There is no way you could look at it side by side and say the 2D looks better.
Better?  It's a change to the movie.  It's unecessary.  If they want to make a "better" looking movie, make a new one, don't fuck with a classic.
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Post by: IDE on Jan 23, 2012, 06:27:57 PM
Only a Sith deals in absolutes. Not everything should be ported to 3D but it's not completely wrong to evaluate whether it would be a good idea to add the effect on a case by case basis.  It's not like the classic version is being taken away like star wars.  That would be fucked up, but adding and improving upon an existing work isn't sacrilege or an affront to that piece of work. And besides, this change wasn't ham fisted lucas butchery.  It was just one effect that allowed you to see a classic in a new and interesting way.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Chopper Face 69 on Jan 24, 2012, 07:23:03 AM
The main reason I'm so opposed to changes to movies is what George Lucas did to St*r WarzzZZ, so you won't be convincing me with a quote from the very worst of his movies, uttered by a bitch coward of a character who tucks tail when things aren't going his way.

I appreciate that the original is still available, as the alternative is simply absurd, but still I would much rather just see the original film in theatres than this stupid 3D rerelease, and if audiences had better taste, doing so would be more viable.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: IDE on Jan 24, 2012, 12:46:37 PM
I think they actually are showing the classic non 3D version along side it.  Does this appease you?

http://www.mrmovietimes.com/movie-theaters/century-8-north-hollywood.html
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Jan 24, 2012, 01:21:09 PM
I appreciate that the original is still available, as the alternative is simply absurd, but still I would much rather just see the original film in theatres than this stupid 3D rerelease, and if audiences had better taste, doing so would be more viable.

Yeah, but what is available is a shit transfer from the 1994 Laserdisc. They never bothered to clean it up, since I'm sure no one in their right mind would want to watch the original instead of his amazing Special Editions...or at least that's what he thinks. GL can fuck those films up all he wants as far as I'm concerned, I just wish he'd release the original unchanged version on the same format at the same time. The fact that he refuses to do that is where my problem lies. Course I'm sure it would hurt his ego if the originals outsold his edits.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Chopper Face 69 on Jan 24, 2012, 02:38:34 PM
I think they actually are showing the classic non 3D version along side it.  Does this appease you?

http://www.mrmovietimes.com/movie-theaters/century-8-north-hollywood.html
I love that they're doing this, but wish it were so in my local theatre.


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Yeah, but what is available is a shit transfer from the 1994 Laserdisc. They never bothered to clean it up, since I'm sure no one in their right mind would want to watch the original instead of his amazing Special Editions...or at least that's what he thinks. GL can fuck those films up all he wants as far as I'm concerned, I just wish he'd release the original unchanged version on the same format at the same time. The fact that he refuses to do that is where my problem lies. Course I'm sure it would hurt his ego if the originals outsold his edits.
Well yeah, but that's really his problem.  Could have cleaned them all up in the first place.  I agree, release both and there's really no harm no foul.  No one bitches about ET, though it's a shit movie.

Probably going to see Underworld tonight.  I love those movies.
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Post by: The D on Jan 25, 2012, 08:10:29 PM
Watched Carrie last weekend. Didn't pay much attention to it until the spot where she flips out and starts killing everyone. Sadly, she ends up killing even the people who actually cared about her. Whoops.

When I was sick I caught the end of Buckaroo Banzai. Haven't seen that since I was a kid. I was amazed at how many big name actors were in this. Peter Weller as Buckaroo (he's best known as Robocop). Jeff Goldbloom. John Lithgow as the villian. Christopher Lloyd. I think I had more fun identifying actors than enjoying the shitty special effects and crappy plot.

Before that I watched Christmas Vacation, or "I want to look him straight in the eye and I want to tell him what a cheap, lying, no-good, rotten, four-flushing, low-life, snake-licking, dirt-eating, inbred, overstuffed, ignorant, blood-sucking, dog-kissing, brainless, dickless, hopeless, heartless, fat-ass, bug-eyed, stiff-legged, spotty-lipped, worm-headed sack of monkey shit he is! Hallelujah! Holy shit! Where's the Tylenol?"
I remember this being funnier than it was. Apparently 80's humor is just too old-fashioned because I didn't laugh much in this movie. About the time I actually did laugh was when the cat got fried. Laughing at a cat being fried? What kind of sick fuck am I? I also laughed when Clark did his rant above, especially when he said "Hallelujah holy shit!"

Before that I watched Bunraku. Great visuals, generic plot, boring characters. Gackt over-emoted like an emo douche. Unlike Buckaroo Banzai I spent most of this movie mistaking actors for other actors. I thought Ron Perlman's character looked like Will Ferell. The bartender reminded me too much of Jason Statham. And the main character reminded me too much of Brad Pitt with a pedo 'stache. Oh, and the second in command reminded me too much of Alex from Clockwork Orange.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: The D on Jan 25, 2012, 08:15:50 PM
Actually, I meant to say that Ron Perlman's character looked like Will Ferrell cosplaying Rob Zombie. But I can't edit that.
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Post by: B E C K on Jan 26, 2012, 06:17:19 PM
It's okay, everyone who saw that was wondering what the fuck they did to Ron Perlman.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Chopper Face 69 on Jan 27, 2012, 08:17:09 AM
Finally got to see Underworld.  I enjoyed it thoroughly, though I had some issues.  Here are my full thoughts...

http://powet.tv/powetblog/2012/01/26/underworld-awakening-is-a-good-time-but-leaves-us-wanting-more/
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rumble on Jan 27, 2012, 12:02:40 PM
I want to see Underworld, but I'll probably wait till it's out on blu-ray
I hate going to the cinema
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Feb 01, 2012, 01:46:38 PM
I watched Redline again the other night. I liked it a lot more the second time.

The Grey: Another awesome action flick under Liam Neeson's belt.

Haywire: The thing that really stood out to me in this were the fight scenes. None of that shaky camera bullshit, just solid angles where you can see exactly what's going on. There was no music during any of these scenes, just ambient noise, and the impact sound effects of fists pummeling flesh and bodies thumping into walls weren't exaggerated. There was a realness to it all despite the obvious choreography.

I totally posted this in the wrong thread the other night. Luckily, I'm able to modify and/or remove my posts.

God bless America.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Feb 02, 2012, 12:27:31 AM
I finally saw Kung-Fu Panda 2.  That was kinda dark for a kid's movie.  Like w/ the panda genocide and dat rhino being shot in the face and dyyyyyying.  I also thought the music seemed a bit off.  But, whatever, it was mostly good.  Van Damme needs to voice more shit.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Feb 02, 2012, 11:15:44 AM
I saw Kung-Fu Panda 2 in the theatre, and it was twice as entertaining as it should have been, courtesy of this dad two rows back who reacted verbally to practically everything that was happening on-screen.

"Oh no! What now?"

"Ah! Here he comes!"

"Ohoho noooooo!"

And his kids were still young enough to laugh about it instead of just feeling awkward and embarrassed.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Feb 02, 2012, 03:42:39 PM
Yeah, that's a nice age to be.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rumble on Feb 03, 2012, 12:39:01 PM
Panda genocide?
Damn now I wanna see the movie
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: blanktoe on Feb 04, 2012, 09:22:49 AM
CHRONICLE!!! HOLY SHIT, I know it's too soon but Chronicle might be the best ,most original movie of the year! You all NEED to go see it this weekend and again next weekend.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Feb 04, 2012, 11:30:24 AM
:raiseeyebrow:

I'm skeptical.

I saw that new Impossible Mission thing on Thursday. It was actually pretty great. I think I'm ready to forgive Tom Cruise for being a fucking weirdo.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Feb 05, 2012, 01:04:47 AM
Forgive but never forget.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Feb 05, 2012, 10:48:33 AM
I'm interested in Chronicle, but I'm just not sure.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Feb 05, 2012, 11:30:59 AM
I'm more interested in that new Harry Potter movie. Supposedly it takes place in an alternate timeline where Harry has no magical powers, and he investigates ghost sightings. Sounds pretty sweet.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Feb 06, 2012, 01:07:16 AM
Apollo 18.

This is one of those Blair Witch found footage movies, but at least this time it makes sense why everything was filmed. Astronauts have cameras everywhere. On the ship...outside the ship...on the rover...on their space suits...so it makes sense why they filmed everything. Unlike say Cloverfield where everyone is dying around you, but by God don't you dare put that camera down.


On thing I don't understand however...


spoilers ahead.....










is that everyone dies in this one. Even then guy in the orbiter dies. So how the fuck did the footage get back to earth to found and released? I mean yeah some of it was feeds to Houston, but a lot of it was shot from the hand held camera that take normal film. That film would have had to have made it's way back to earth to be used in the making of the movie...but it all got blown up in the end of the movie and probably orbited around the moon for awhile before falling back down. And you never really get to see the aliens either. You see alien rock babies, but never the full grown big ones that are always doing stuff like attacking the lander or turning over the rover. You just see the aftermath of those attacks.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Feb 07, 2012, 11:23:29 PM
I'm more interested in that new Harry Potter movie. Supposedly it takes place in an alternate timeline where Harry has no magical powers, and he investigates ghost sightings. Sounds pretty sweet.

I hear he's drunk in that one, too.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Feb 08, 2012, 02:31:10 AM
I saw that Potter movie tonight. It's called Lady in Red and Chris de Burgh provides the theme song. I wish they had left the ending ambiguous. As it is... ugh. But not bad overall.

Then I saw Chronicle. It was... pretty damn good. I felt like I was gonna have an anxiety attack for about the last half hour of the movie, but I didn't want to leave the theater and miss the ending. Super intense.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Feb 08, 2012, 09:14:43 PM
Did I read shit right and in The Woman in Black, Kipps already has a wife and son and the wife died in childbirth?  I wonder why they did that.  MEH.  That kinda fucks up the ending.  :-\

I felt like I was gonna have an anxiety attack for about the last half hour of the movie

Why?
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Feb 08, 2012, 09:32:49 PM
I don't know. It happens to me in some movies. I just get nervous as hell about what's happening on screen. The fact I had overdosed on Fruitopia didn't help matters either.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Feb 08, 2012, 09:38:23 PM
Really?  Fruitopia?  It still exists?
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Feb 09, 2012, 02:31:54 AM
Interview With The Vampire.

Finished the books and decided to watch the movie. Still one of the best book to movie adaptions ever made. Too bad it's sequel Queen of the Damned didn't fair as well...course that book wasn't as good either.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Feb 12, 2012, 02:18:24 AM
I tried watching it the other day but couldn't sit through it for some reason.  I think I've let Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise color my enjoyment.  Maybe I'll try again if it's still on stream.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Feb 13, 2012, 03:28:44 PM
See I was lucky in that I first saw this movie in the middle to late 90's. So I just have found memories of the movie and that other stuff doesn't affect me to much. Unlike say Angelina Jolie...which has ruined some movies for me just cause she is in them.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: IDE on Feb 13, 2012, 03:32:08 PM
I liked the movie and the books i just filtered out all the gay in my head while reading them.
never understood her being immortal equals gay dynamic
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Feb 13, 2012, 03:50:36 PM
It does seem that Vampires have super Gaydar since it seems every single one of the guys is either gay or bi...but somehow none of the chicks are.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Feb 14, 2012, 12:31:56 AM
Well, I didn't see Interview that far off from when it first came out.  Within the first year it was first available on video is probably when I saw it and I have good memories off it.  And I don't hate Brad Pitt and can still watch stuff with Tom Cruise w/o factoring in the crazy.  But for some reason it was just meh.  Yeah, I don't like the whole vampire = homo thing either.  In fact, I wish they wouldn't sexualize it so much.  Like vampire = wants to do everybody.  Can we have vampires with other focuses besides screwing their lunch.

It does seem that Vampires have super Gaydar since it seems every single one of the guys is either gay or bi...but somehow none of the chicks are.

"We Are The Night" has a lesbo-pire story.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Feb 15, 2012, 02:38:09 AM
Oh the Lesbian vampire goes all the way back to the novella Carmilla by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu published 1872...who beat Bram Stroker to the game by about 25 years. But in Anne Rice's world it just seems all guy vampires are gay or bi...and the chicks are either straight or have no sexual inclination at all. It seems to go against the laws of probability.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: IDE on Feb 15, 2012, 04:36:04 AM
Rice was a fanfic yaoi mania who was lucky enough to get published.
what is it with nerdy cicks and this shit?
how far does it go...actually im in bed right now with one of them ill ask her...
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Feb 18, 2012, 12:08:02 PM
Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance

Okay, this movie is crap, but! If you're a fan of Cage's unique weirdness, he has some truly batshit insane line deliveries here. It's concentrated Cage all the way. Also, the scenes where Ghost Rider tears shit up are all really great. He comes across as a truly terrifying, speechless monster in the first half, but then they have to go and ruin that by giving him goofy one-liners later on.

And the 3D was worthless. Why was it even in 3D? I just don't know.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Feb 18, 2012, 07:56:57 PM
Shit? Really? Worse then the first? Man the previews made it look pretty good.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Feb 19, 2012, 12:22:43 PM
It's definitely better than the first Ghost Rider, but that doesn't necessarily make it a good movie, you know what I'm saying.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Feb 20, 2012, 12:55:14 AM
Yeah. I actually didn't think that the First Ghost Rider was that bad...just not as good as it could have been.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: IDE on Feb 20, 2012, 05:06:23 AM
Are mephisto and/or blackheart in the sequel?

In their true forms?
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Feb 20, 2012, 12:30:35 PM
Nope. The name "Mephisto" isn't even mentioned, and I honestly can't remember anyone saying "Devil" or "Satan" at any point in the film, but someone must have. He's just an old man in a suit. Blackheart isn't in it at all.

Blackout is, but they've altered his origin and power set significantly. His appearance is roughly the same.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Feb 21, 2012, 07:11:16 PM
Oh the Lesbian vampire goes all the way back to the novella Carmilla by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu published 1872...

Yes.  The director of We Are The Night acknowledged his film as his take on Carmilla.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Feb 21, 2012, 07:13:34 PM
Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance

Okay, this movie is crap, but! If you're a fan of Cage's unique weirdness

No good, I just start screaming at the screen aloud about why the fuck that hack has a career.  Then I remember he's a Coppola but he didn't want to be a Coppola or whatever which is bullshit because he's a fuckin' Coppola.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Feb 21, 2012, 10:40:23 PM
Pee-wee's Big Adventure.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Feb 22, 2012, 02:27:14 AM
To this day I have never seen that.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Feb 22, 2012, 02:44:57 AM
It is a lot better then the crap that Tim Burton puts out these days. And it was also before him and Johnny Depp were joined at the hip.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Feb 22, 2012, 03:07:48 AM
You know what I think?

Disney should have Tim Burton direct the next Pirates movie.

That would be fucking poetic as hell.

And Helena Bonham Carter can play either a minor villain, or a reluctant sidekick to Jack Sparrow.

Art!

I finally watched Sherlock 2 tonight. I'm surprised it hasn't made its way to the cheap seats yet, it must be pulling in cash consistently from week to week.

Anyway, it's so fucking boring. Good Lord. There's this one scene that sums up most of the movie nicely. Iron Man, Gigolo Joe, and Lisbeth Salander are sitting at a table outside a cafe discussing the plot of the film and what they're going to do next, and it's cutting back and forth from Gigolo Joe to Iron Man and Salander. Only Salander has no dialogue in this scene, she just sits there and sips coffee and nods while pretending to care what Iron Man is saying, and I just wanted to take a nap.

Then the scene from the ads where they're running through the forest being shot at in slow motion shows up and I'm suddenly awake for the rest of the movie, which is mostly entertaining from that point onward.

Two hours was too much.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Feb 23, 2012, 12:47:42 AM
Sorry to hear that.  I was kinda curious about it since it had Noomi Rapace in it but I'm not gonna sit through a steaming pile to see her.  I'd rather rewatch the Dragon Tattoo stuff.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Feb 23, 2012, 01:36:35 AM
She had some cool shit to do in the movie, but hopefully she'll play a much more interesting character in Prometheus.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Chopper Face 69 on Feb 23, 2012, 08:20:37 AM
Drive.  Very enjoyable.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rumble on Feb 23, 2012, 04:14:05 PM
The gf brought home Rise of the Planet of the Apes yesterday.
It was way more entertaining than I expected it to be
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: IDE on Feb 24, 2012, 12:27:51 AM
Troll Hunter was fun.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Feb 24, 2012, 02:19:11 AM
Go audition for the remake.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: IDE on Feb 26, 2012, 09:35:50 PM
I will as soon as I bulk back up to 222 lbs.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Feb 27, 2012, 12:56:11 AM
No, not for a troll!  :-P~~~~
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Feb 27, 2012, 01:45:04 AM
Moneyball. This was a really, really good movie. After seeing it I can say I am sad it didn't win best picture. Probably the best movie I've seen in a long time.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Chopper Face 69 on Feb 27, 2012, 09:01:49 AM
Rewatched Transformers Dark of the Moon last night for the first time since theatres.  I still really dig the movie.

The hypocracy on execution is so bad.  In movie 2 Optimus excecutes a defenseless decepticon by shooting him right in the head while he's immobilised.  Then in movie 3 he says "We will kill them all" and then when the Decepticons take prisoners, something the Autobots never do, and then are convinced by Patrick Demsey to execute them, we are supposed to think they are horrible for that.  Later Optimus excecutes Sentinel Prime who is defenseless and beaten.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rumble on Feb 27, 2012, 03:40:27 PM
I just wondered why they kept Megatron around for the third movie if that was all they were gonna use him for
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Feb 27, 2012, 05:47:50 PM
The mischaracterization of Optimus Prime has caused me to disavow the live action TF flicks.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Feb 27, 2012, 09:30:37 PM
The Live Action TF flicks caused me to disavow the Live Action TF flicks.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Sam on Feb 29, 2012, 04:43:03 PM
Hangover 2: Hangovier.

Still, I was entertained.  I appreciate that they were so shameless about following the exact same formula as the first movie.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Mar 01, 2012, 08:20:01 PM
The Live Action TF flicks caused me to disavow the Live Action TF flicks.

I think we've talked about this before, but in a nutshell I'm largely in agreement. The first was the fulfillment of a dream I'd had 25 years ago of a live action TF movie. Not a perfect one (mechanical designs, too fleshling-centric), but I was glad to see it made. But the second was one of the worst movies I've ever seen. The third had promise, but damn if they didn't dash that to hell half-way through...and it was largely through the demolition of Optimus Prime's character that it was accomplished.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: IDE on Mar 02, 2012, 03:29:57 AM
I feel the same as squirrel on this.

But I'd also like to add...

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Post by: jonhammstein on Mar 02, 2012, 04:58:36 AM
Too bad it wasn't the real deal.

That guy is just awful.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Chopper Face 69 on Mar 02, 2012, 02:02:04 PM
What is that from? Shia is the greatest!

I really enjoy the films, though I'm not as big of a fan of the shows/toys as some of you.  My 2 biggest issues with the franchise are the Autobots being ... well kind of evil, and the whole Skids/Mudflap thing.  Other things like too many silly jokes or really bad plot holes in TF2 I can get past because the other stuff is cool.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Mar 02, 2012, 06:48:42 PM
I've only walked out on one movie in my lifetime (Matrix 3), but had it not been Transformers, I'd have walked out on TF2.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: IDE on Mar 02, 2012, 07:01:06 PM
It's like aDam is posting from an alternate universe where Shia is awesome and De Niro is ballsack...

That picture is a still from Indiana Jones 5 where it's revealed that I'm actually Indy's son and he's the illegitimate child of an epileptic chimp.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Mar 03, 2012, 01:54:03 AM
Cat Women of the Moon

and

Gorgo
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: blanktoe on Mar 04, 2012, 12:51:57 PM
I'll never understand the Shia LeBeouf hate. I always thought the guy was a pretty good actor.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Mar 04, 2012, 01:34:44 PM
Must be jealousy.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Chopper Face 69 on Mar 06, 2012, 08:22:46 AM
Watch some Even Stevens and you'll see how great he is.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: The D on Mar 06, 2012, 07:34:53 PM
adam just has the gay hots for Shia.

Then the scene from the ads where they're running through the forest being shot at in slow motion shows up and I'm suddenly awake for the rest of the movie, which is mostly entertaining from that point onward.

Two hours was too much.
That slow motion scene had to be the worst part of the movie. To actually DRAG a bullet-time scene on for 10 fucking minutes. 5 minutes in: "is the bullet-time over? No?" 10 minutes in: "Can I kill myself now?"

The movie was somewhat entertaining. But then you had the bullet time shit. And times where "Iron Man" would seemingly predict the future (like that a guy was going to pull a gun on him) but was just really using his intellect to make really good guesses. Or the times where they'd try to show how he was figuring things out by showing his thought process with the camera, but unless you were REALLY paying attention you'd just get dizzy and confused.

The original Holmes was supposed to be a guy who deducts stuff and at the end suddenly reveals the real criminal, but this series seems to have dumbed down Holmes into a really intelligent action hero for typical retarded American audiences that NEED everything dumbed down.

The third had promise, but damn if they didn't dash that to hell half-way through...and it was largely through the demolition of Optimus Prime's character that it was accomplished.
They dashed it to hell by having it be human-centric again... and having the autobots disappear for most of the chicago part, only to pop up briefly out of nowhere for a 5 second cameo.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: The D on Mar 06, 2012, 07:37:58 PM
...although I'm glad I wasn't the only one who was disturbed by Optimus almost ENJOYING killing.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rumble on Mar 09, 2012, 04:00:54 PM
I love Transformers, but I never got all the love for the Autobots. I always found them a bunch of boring generic characters and back in the original cartoon there were new ones popping up every week. I had trouble keeping them apart.
I was always a Decepticon kid. The thing I missed the most in the movies was the classic Megatron/Starscream dynamic.

That said I knew I was going to see Michael Bay movies. So I went in expecting tons of explosions and cool specials effects and little to no plot.
So I got my money's worth
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: blanktoe on Mar 09, 2012, 05:57:01 PM
John Carter=rent. Save your money wait for it come out on DVD.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Mar 10, 2012, 12:09:08 AM
I love Transformers, but I never got all the love for the Autobots. I always found them a bunch of boring generic characters and back in the original cartoon there were new ones popping up every week. I had trouble keeping them apart.
I was always a Decepticon kid. The thing I missed the most in the movies was the classic Megatron/Starscream dynamic.

It is kinda odd. Back in the day I always liked the bad guys more. I liked Skeletor better then He-Man...like Cobra better then the Joes, but when it came to Transformers I was always an Autobot guy. I loved the Autobots and still do.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Mar 11, 2012, 12:59:09 AM
Did that have anything to do with Starscream being a whiny bitch?
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Mar 11, 2012, 01:34:28 AM
Not really. No doubt he was. And Soundwave was such a kiss ass. I can't really explain why, but I just do.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rumble on Mar 11, 2012, 11:28:59 AM
Starscream was fun, he declared himself leader of the Decepticons every time Megatron stubbed his toe.
And Soundwave was just badass


The only Autobots I ever cared for were the Dinobots
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Mar 11, 2012, 05:45:36 PM
I liked John Carter. It wasn't boring or obnoxious.

And that's all I've ever asked of my entertainment.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: blanktoe on Mar 11, 2012, 06:14:48 PM
but it copied from St*r WarzzZZ and Superman...you must hate it!
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Chopper Face 69 on Mar 12, 2012, 07:34:11 AM
I enjoyed John Carter quite a bit.  As a fan of the book I was pretty annoyed at the changes and I can't really tell how much sense the whole thing would make to someone not familiar with the source material.

Here's my full review:
http://powet.tv/powetblog/2012/03/12/john-carter-is-lots-of-fun-but-deviates-a-lot-from-the-source-material/
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Sam on Mar 12, 2012, 10:43:00 AM
National Lampoon's Vacation.

I've watched this movie countless times, but it's always been on TV (or the VHS copy I recorded from TV).  I grabbed it from a $5 bin at Walmart the other day and was mildly surprised to find a bunch of sex and drug humor that was cut.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Mar 12, 2012, 02:46:13 PM
The Big Year (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1053810/)

Owen Wilson. Jack Black. Steve Martin. You would think this is a comedy. Hell, it's classified as a comedy. But this is incorrect.

The Big Year is a drama with a few jokes and some goofy bits. I challenge anyone to watch this movie and laugh. It can't be done. You see, this movie isn't funny, and in some ways it's even a little depressing.

I wish I hadn't watched it.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Mar 12, 2012, 09:54:57 PM
I saw the Lorax.

It was not great. It was fine, I guess.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Mar 23, 2012, 05:21:32 PM
21 Jump Street. I laughed. A lot. And when I wasn't laughing, I was grinning. This movie is just plain fun.

The Hunger Games. I honestly didn't care for it. The movie completely failed to make me empathize with any of the characters. It's as if the the director said, "Shit, everyone coming to see this thing is already aware of all the personalities and motivations, why bother wasting any screen time on that stuff?" I would hesitate to call it outright boring, but it was definitely dull.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Mar 23, 2012, 08:36:02 PM
Beauty and the Beast.


It was on TV and I hadn't seen it in a long time. It really is the ultimate "I can change him" story.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Mar 24, 2012, 01:42:13 AM
The Hunger Games. I honestly didn't care for it. The movie completely failed to make me empathize with any of the characters. It's as if the the director said, "Shit, everyone coming to see this thing is already aware of all the personalities and motivations, why bother wasting any screen time on that stuff?" I would hesitate to call it outright boring, but it was definitely dull.

You know what constantly looks dull?  The look on Jennifer Lawrence's face.  Seriously.  As far the promotional material or preview footage goes, this chick doesn't ever look angry, sad, motivated, or even hungry.  She's always got this weird, fish-lipped "I'm lost at teh Wal-mart" or "I hope I can blame that fart on the the dog" look on her face.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Mar 24, 2012, 01:56:17 PM
Yeah, she was pretty bland. Admittedly, part of that is just the character being one of those no-nonsense, serious business types, but it doesn't make for a very compelling on-screen persona.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rumble on Mar 26, 2012, 12:26:35 PM
I saw Cap America the other day.
Wasn't as bad as I thought it might be, but there are just too many superhero movies coming out these days.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Mar 26, 2012, 12:50:35 PM
I saw Cap America the other day.
Wasn't as bad as I thought it might be, but there are just too many superhero movies coming out these days.

It does make it harder to enjoy the actually good ones.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Mar 26, 2012, 12:59:40 PM
Was Captain America good? The first half, maybe.

And I can't help but notice how fucking goofy Cap looks standing next to everyone else in those Avengers trailers. His helmet is especially awful.

If you're going to remove Hawkeye's mask and Thor's helmet, you might as well let Cap keep his off as well. It looks like shitty cosplay.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Mar 26, 2012, 01:00:59 PM
Was Captain America good? The first half, maybe.

And I can't help but notice how fucking goofy Cap looks standing next to everyone else in those Avengers trailers. His helmet is especially awful.

If you're going to remove Hawkeye's mask and Thor's helmet, you might as well let Cap keep his off as well. It looks like shitty cosplay.

I wasn't necessarily saying that Cap was good, just that all the poor ones make it hard to enjoy the good ones. I liked Cap, but things like Green Lantern and Daredevil and Spider-Man 3 make me not want to bother with any masked heroes ever again.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Mar 26, 2012, 01:23:20 PM
I wasn't really accusing you of bad taste, just stating my own opinion of the Captain America movie. I felt like as soon as he took an active role on the battlefield it all just went to shit.

Green Lantern sucked. Daredevil really sucked. Spider-Man 3, I've actually grown fond of with subsequent viewings. The entire sequence where the symbiote turns Peter into an emo hipster and he's strutting around the city while that jazzy rendition of the Spider-Man theme song plays is quite possibly the greatest thing in the history of cinema.

Also, this:

Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Mar 27, 2012, 02:59:18 PM
I wasn't really accusing you of bad taste, just stating my own opinion of the Captain America movie. I felt like as soon as he took an active role on the battlefield it all just went to shit.

Green Lantern sucked. Daredevil really sucked. Spider-Man 3, I've actually grown fond of with subsequent viewings. The entire sequence where the symbiote turns Peter into an emo hipster and he's strutting around the city while that jazzy rendition of the Spider-Man theme song plays is quite possibly the greatest thing in the history of cinema.

Also, this:


One of my friends swears by the director's cut of Daredevil. I have refused to watch it. I haven't even seen the released film all the way through because I could tell it was a steaming pile quite quickly. I don't think we can agree on SM3 except for the video you linked, but that's because of James Franco more than anything else. James Franco is awesome.
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Post by: Rama on Mar 27, 2012, 03:54:45 PM
Spider-Man 3 should have just been Sandman's movie...with a set up of Venom for 4. We didn't need new Goblin at all in that movie. And it doesn't help that he turned into Extreme sports Green Goblin. They tried to cram too much in there, and they didn't do it well. Course I might be more upset cause Spider-Man has always been my favorite...so I take more offense when they fuck it up then I do Green Lantern or Daredevil.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Mar 27, 2012, 04:05:59 PM
I'm not arguing that 3 is in any way a good movie, just that it has some moments I really enjoy. Any scene featuring Jameson, for instance, is pure gold.
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Post by: Rama on Mar 27, 2012, 04:36:14 PM
Yeah I don't know how they could cast a better J.J. then they did in those movies. That was so spot on it wasn't even funny.
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Post by: Rumble on Mar 27, 2012, 04:43:29 PM
I like most of the Marvel movies, but none are all that memorable. They all play it really safe, sticking to pretty much the exact same formula for every movie. It's all light hearted family fun  :sick:

I'd rather they do something like DC's Dark Knight for a change.
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Post by: Rumble on Mar 27, 2012, 04:44:50 PM
Yeah I don't know how they could cast a better J.J. then they did in those movies. That was so spot on it wasn't even funny.

I dunno, I kept waiting for JJJ to rape Beecher and burn a swastika in his ass
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Post by: Rama on Mar 27, 2012, 05:10:10 PM
As long as he did it with Cigar in his mouth and blamed it on Spider-man...
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Post by: The D on Mar 27, 2012, 07:52:41 PM
I am now seriously creeped out. It's been so long since I saw the movie I forgot that part even existed.

Spider-Man 3 should have just been Sandman's movie...with a set up of Venom for 4. We didn't need new Goblin at all in that movie. And it doesn't help that he turned into Extreme sports Green Goblin. They tried to cram too much in there, and they didn't do it well.
all of this... where's my like button?
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Post by: The D on Mar 27, 2012, 07:54:30 PM
I don't think we can agree on SM3 except for the video you linked, but that's because of James Franco more than anything else. James Franco is awesome.
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Post by: Fiero on Mar 27, 2012, 09:35:04 PM
I don't think we can agree on SM3 except for the video you linked, but that's because of James Franco more than anything else. James Franco is awesome.

I KNOW THAT FACE
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Post by: jonhammstein on Mar 27, 2012, 10:57:24 PM
See? Spidey 3 has its merits, and they are many.

Strawberries...
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Post by: Chopper Face 69 on Mar 30, 2012, 09:55:42 AM
Beauty and the Beast.


It was on TV and I hadn't seen it in a long time. It really is the ultimate "I can change him" story.
No.  Belle is not in love with the Beast when he is horrible person.  He does change, but that's not the point.  She doesn't tough out the bad for the good.  She's there for the bad with no choice, and only falls in love with the good man he becomes.

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You know what constantly looks dull?  The look on Jennifer Lawrence's face.  Seriously.  As far the promotional material or preview footage goes, this chick doesn't ever look angry, sad, motivated, or even hungry.  She's always got this weird, fish-lipped "I'm lost at teh Wal-mart" or "I hope I can blame that fart on the the dog" look on her face.
I've got something to perk her up.

As for Captain America, I put it on a short list with Superman IV, Batman and Robin and Spider-Man 3 with the worst comic movies of all time.
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Post by: Rumble on Mar 30, 2012, 12:08:10 PM
I thought Thor was much worse than Cap America, so I saw it as a step up for Marvel
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Post by: jonhammstein on Mar 30, 2012, 12:28:57 PM
I used to put Thor ahead of Cap, but thinking about it now, Thor was consistently mediocre, whereas I loved the first half of Cap and hated the second, so on average they're essentially equal in my eyes.

I'd say the pair of Iron Man movies trump both of them, because they were made with a particular vision in mind, and not in anticipation of The Avengers.
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Post by: Rumble on Mar 30, 2012, 02:57:14 PM
What did you dislike so much about the second half of Cap?
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Post by: jonhammstein on Mar 31, 2012, 12:10:41 AM
Basically, I liked the movie more in the beginning when everything was heartfelt and a little goofy, and less towards the end when everything was laser guns and explosions. It just became this hackneyed action flick with a bunch of elements hijacked from other, better films.

I saw Wrath of the Titans tonight, and get this: It was good. In fact, it was pretty damn good. Clash of the Titans sucked, but this movie couldn't have existed without it because they build on a lot of the stuff introduced in that one here. I saw the vanilla version, 3D is for chumps.

And another thing, this movie had an ending. As in, it ended. There were no overt allusions to unfinished business. I don't know how they would justify it, but I actually wouldn't mind if they made another sequel.

If someone wanted to go to a movie, and their options were John Carter, The Hunger Games, and Wrath of the Titans, I would recommend Wrath without hesitation.
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Post by: Rama on Mar 31, 2012, 01:02:38 AM
I was thinking of taking in Wrath of the Titans tomorrow just because I'm hard up to go to the movies.
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Post by: Sam on Apr 02, 2012, 12:48:19 PM
Caddyshack - still hilarious.
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Post by: Chopper Face 69 on Apr 05, 2012, 09:28:59 AM
Wizards.  Quite enjoyable.  I hadn't seen this movie since I was a kid.  A very bizarre mix of still images, animation and rotoscoping none of which look at all like each other, but all around a decent product.

I bought both Fritz the Cat movies yesterday so we'll see how those go...

I also watch Moneyball yesterday.  Decent but too much baseball.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Apr 13, 2012, 01:29:07 AM
The Raid: Redemption. If it's playing somewhere near you, and you're a fan of martial arts and over-the-top violence, you should really consider checking it out.

Really.

Really, really.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Apr 14, 2012, 02:02:22 AM
The Cabin in the Woods. A neat idea well executed. I usually don't go for the derpy horror movies, but this was something else entirely.
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Post by: blanktoe on Apr 14, 2012, 05:30:58 AM
The Cabin In The Woods was REALLY REALLY REALLY GOOD! REALLY! Seriously though, I can't say I loved it but I enjoyed it a lot. Some the reviews have been calling this movie a game changer. I kinda agree because after you see this movie all horror films will kinda be ruined or atleast you'll think about them differently. I don't mean earth shatteringly different just like what if this is really something else and you'll probably just laugh to yourself for a moment.
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Post by: Chopper Face 69 on Apr 16, 2012, 12:22:55 PM
The Hunger Games.  What an absurd concept.  I just can't get past the ridiculous premise to be able to try to enjoy this.
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Post by: B E C K on Apr 16, 2012, 11:26:51 PM
Does everyone get to eat in the end?
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Post by: Rama on Apr 17, 2012, 01:35:06 AM
If the Hunger Games doesn't end with Arnie shooting Richard Dawson out tube into a billboard on a jet sled then I don't want to see it.

"That hit the spot."
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Apr 19, 2012, 07:37:05 AM
I watched the Gray and holy mother of all shit it was AMAZING

Oh no wait, I watched M:I yesterday. Tom Cruise is still doable
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Post by: Rumble on Apr 19, 2012, 12:06:02 PM
Not by a woman he isn't
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Post by: B E C K on Apr 19, 2012, 05:39:27 PM
:lol:
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Apr 19, 2012, 06:17:13 PM
It's something about his nose. Sometimes I like guys with big noses
That and I'm sorry but he has a banging/able body still, even though he's like what, 60?
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Post by: B E C K on Apr 19, 2012, 07:06:56 PM
50.   :stickdance:
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Post by: Rumble on Apr 19, 2012, 07:07:50 PM
How much is that in human years?
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Apr 19, 2012, 07:36:19 PM
Enough to get in mah pants!

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Post by: Fiero on Apr 20, 2012, 04:38:05 PM
I'm sure his and Katie's children were grown in a laboratory on a spaceship.
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Post by: Rama on Apr 20, 2012, 11:54:09 PM
Ladyhawke.

I hadn't seen this movie since the 80's when it was made and I forgot how much I liked this movie.

I also miss the film stock they used in the early 80's for movies. It gave a pleasing look to the movies that is missing these days where the film is a little too crisp and clear.
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Post by: Chopper Face 69 on Apr 23, 2012, 12:13:48 AM
Lockout! You have to watch this shit, it's brilliant!  Snow is the greatest action hero of all time.
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Post by: Rama on Apr 30, 2012, 12:02:00 AM
Iron Man
The Incredible Hulk
Iron Man 2
Thor
Captain America

A buddy invited some friends over to watch all the movies in order to get ready for Avengers. Out of those Iron Man 2 is clearly the most weak. It has major problem, but after seeing Thor and Captain America it isn't as bad because of all the ties you see to those two movies, plus Hulk. But it is more fun cause it is like a scavenger hunt. The movie and story didn't really improve any. Just kinda fun.
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Post by: Rumble on Apr 30, 2012, 11:54:41 AM
Of those movies I liked the two Iron Mans best.
Thought they were way better than the other three.
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Post by: Rama on Apr 30, 2012, 12:33:55 PM
I keep going back and forth with Thor or Cap being the best. Iron Man in a solid third, then Hulk and then Iron Man 2.
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Post by: Rumble on Apr 30, 2012, 01:40:58 PM
For me its iron man 1, 2, hulk, cap and then thor.
Hulk gets a few extra points cause its actually a character I like, but thor was by far the weakest movie of the bunch imo
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Post by: Rama on Apr 30, 2012, 03:23:58 PM
I forgot to mention this, but at this party one of my friends other guests started making racist jokes whenever the "Ten Rings" guys from Iron Man were on screen. And if that wasn't bad enough, he was making fun of the wrong race. Let me explain. When the terrorist would be on screen he would makes jokes about them working at 7 Eleven and saying stuff like "Thank you! Come again" and I just about said "They are Middle Eastern, not Indian you fucking moron!" but I was a guest, and so I didn't say it. What was worse is he thought that the reason that no one laughed was because he didn't say it loud enough, and thus repeated the jokes at a louder volume.

Later he confirmed his idiot status by saying he thought that 3D was here to stay. Thankfully he left about half way through Thor. I don't think he liked me very much, because he said bye to everyone but me, but I was fine with that because I didn't care much for him either.
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Apr 30, 2012, 08:48:14 PM
The Princess and the Frog... is that the name of that disney movie with the black girl and the creepy ass prince? anyways it sucked.
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Post by: B E C K on Apr 30, 2012, 11:51:16 PM
lol, "creepy ass prince".

And Iron Man 2 was torture.  So much so that I'm not even bothering with anything that came after it.  BLEH.
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Post by: jonhammstein on May 01, 2012, 12:14:30 AM
Whaaaaaat?! But it stars Don Cheadle as War Machine!

Don Cheadle!

As War Machine!

You know, they should have had Don Cheadle play Watson in those new Sherlock movies while they were at it.
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Post by: Rama on May 01, 2012, 02:36:26 AM
I liked Terrance Howard so much more. I just couldn't get behind Cheadle in that role at all. War Machine was cool looking, but I just would have rather had Howard. And I could have done without Mickey Rourke completely. Also didn't help that despite the whips, that guy was more like Crimson Dynamo then Whiplash. Don't know why they just didn't make it Crimson Dynamo. Guy ends up in a suit of armor that he built, using an arc reactor he also built...so they could have been interchangeable. There was no reason it HAD to be Whiplash.
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Post by: Faye Valentine on May 01, 2012, 08:05:35 AM
lol, "creepy ass prince".

And Iron Man 2 was torture.  So much so that I'm not even bothering with anything that came after it.  BLEH.
Dont you think he's fucking creepy? and the bad guy, whatever his name is, looks exactly like Raul Julia. Wtf is up with these ethnic cartoons, I hate it. It's like they try to cover all ethnicities on purpose, just to show off
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Post by: Rumble on May 01, 2012, 11:30:05 AM
Are the eskimos represented?
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Post by: B E C K on May 01, 2012, 09:05:18 PM
Whiplash was terrible.  I would have rather seen a War Machine movie starring Terrence Howard honestly than dumb Iron Man 2.

And the villain in the Princess and the Frog was a black guy.  I get not liking other things about the movie because it wasn't perfect by any means, but what's wrong with a movie starring an ethnic cast?  We're not gonna run out of white & white-looking cartoon characters anytime soon.
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Post by: jonhammstein on May 02, 2012, 12:35:49 AM
I didn't think Dr. Facilier looked Puerto Rican in the least. He looked like an exaggerated version of the very black Keith David, who provided his voice.

Frog Princess looked really nice, and there were some decent songs, but I've never been a fan of stuff set during that period, and overall the story and characters were a little weak. I know I've mentioned this somewhere before, but the way the villain basically defeats himself was a total anticlimax, although his comeuppance was pretty terrific.
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Post by: Rama on May 02, 2012, 01:23:26 AM
I thought the Frog Princess was OK. The best thing about it was that it wasn't CGI.
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Post by: jonhammstein on May 02, 2012, 03:58:43 AM
Tangled is CG, and it kicks the shit out of Frog Princess. Also, everyone in Tangled is blessedly Caucasian. Amen. :razz:

I watched Safe tonight. For a Statham flick, it was a little bland. It had its fair share of action, but there was a distinct lack of focused martial artistry and elaborate fight choreography. After his stunning display of chair kata in Killer Elite, I was expecting something flashier. And I felt completely robbed by the final confrontation.

After that I went to The Raven, which was kind of a snooze. The entire plot revolved around discovering the identity of the killer, and when they finally revealed who it was, I was just like, "Huh? Really? That's it?" John Cusack is in full-on Nic Cage emulation mode here, which leads to a lot of audience laughter at inappropriate moments. Definitely not worth the price of admission.
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Post by: B E C K on May 04, 2012, 02:39:43 AM
Quoth the Raven "nevermore"?

And was I the only person just not impressed with Tangled?  I was bored.  Princess and the Frog at least delivered some laughs, some possibly unintended, but still...  I couldn't stand Flynn Winona Ryder or whatever his name was.  I wanted to make a table out of bricks and bash his face into it.
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Post by: blanktoe on May 05, 2012, 05:56:36 AM
Saw the Avengers yesterday and I actually cried a few times during the movie. Seeing all of those character just talking to each other was really just fucking mind blowing. Joss just fucking nails it. Marvel should just skip CAptain America 2 and Thor 2 and just make Avengers movies. It's going to be really hard waiting for Avengers 2 and if Joss isn't involved they should even bother.
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Post by: Rama on May 05, 2012, 09:28:57 PM
I also saw Avengers...and I think I'm in the minority in that I wasn't totally blown away, geekgasim, I needed a smoke after watching this movie. Now, before you jump down my throat I want to say I loved the movie. It really is something I have wanted to see since I was 12 and it didn't disappoint. My problem seems to be more with Whedon. I have never liked the stuff he did. Buffy, Firefly, Dollhouse, I didn't like any of it. I think he is a good writer (although there are times it could be better), but I don't like him as director.

That and I didn't get the post credits (or mid credits in this case. I loved the post credit, but it didn't set anything up.) that I wanted. But eh...

The crime here is if they don't green light another Hulk movie. People were going crazy for Hulk. I've never been in a theater where people cheered and clapped. They did it during this movie twice and both times it was for something Hulk did.
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Post by: jonhammstein on May 06, 2012, 04:01:15 AM
Yeah, but that's because Hulk was sharing screen time with everyone else. They used him sparingly, and whenever he actually did something, it mattered. There was weight to his actions.

When you do an entire movie about Hulk, it becomes diluted to the point that he's just another action hero, and you stop appreciating him for what he really is.

I think all of these characters work better in bite-size doses, complimenting one another. That's why it's going to be really tough for any of their subsequent solo outings to generate the same kind of fervor as The Avengers.

Like Toe said, I don't give a shit about seeing another Thor, or another Captain America, or even another Iron Man, which is already a sure thing. What kind of bullshit contrivances will they have to come up with to explain why these guys aren't calling in their bros for backup?
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Post by: Chopper Face 69 on May 06, 2012, 08:32:15 AM
I liked the movie but I'm kind of lukewarm on it.  It's on par with Thor and a bit better than Iron Man 2.  Good characterisations for sure, but the epic action scene was a poor man's Transformers 3.

The Hulk was great in this.  It was a better Hulk movie than the two other full Hulk movies were, which was lame.  It would have been nice to get some explanation for Banner's ability to control the Hulk beyond "I'm always angry".  Wait, what does that mean Bruce?  Should we be killing you now?  Bruce?

Big annoyances ... Hawkeye is a bitch.  He can't nail a shot with a gun to save his life.  He is a Storm Trooper caliber marksman whenever he's shooting at good guys.

Dogding things with a plane?  We're still doing this?

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And was I the only person just not impressed with Tangled?
YES!  It's great.
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Post by: Rama on May 06, 2012, 01:02:18 PM
Yeah, but that's because Hulk was sharing screen time with everyone else. They used him sparingly, and whenever he actually did something, it mattered. There was weight to his actions.

When you do an entire movie about Hulk, it becomes diluted to the point that he's just another action hero, and you stop appreciating him for what he really is.

I think all of these characters work better in bite-size doses, complimenting one another. That's why it's going to be really tough for any of their subsequent solo outings to generate the same kind of fervor as The Avengers.

Like Toe said, I don't give a shit about seeing another Thor, or another Captain America, or even another Iron Man, which is already a sure thing. What kind of bullshit contrivances will they have to come up with to explain why these guys aren't calling in their bros for backup?

I don't think I agree about the Hulk. I think what has hurt him in both movies, is that both movies where so serious and such downers. It is all about "Oh my daddy beat me and killed my mom" or "Oh this is such a curse and I can never let this out." And people just can't get behind something like that. In this you had that at first, but later on in the movie it wasn't like that, and that was when people were liking the Hulk. People don't like Hulk the unstoppable monster that will smash anything that happens to be in front him. They do like Hulk that smashes bad guys and saves other people.

And I can't wait to see the other solo movies. One of the best parts about this movie was the build up to it, without those solo movies to build it up again you won't have that. I think the reason this movie has been such a huge success is the anticipation of it. I wouldn't want them to take that way by fast tracking a sequel to this. Slapping it out there like it just like another Transformers sequel. Get it out there and make as much money as possible before people wise up. I'd rather them expand the universe even more, maybe even with the success of this green light some other super hero movies that then can be brought into Avengers like the long rumored Black Panther movie.

On the Avengers movie it's self. I actually don't think it is a better film then Iron Man, Thor, or Captain America. But it is a more fun film and that mainly has to do with the fact that all these guys are on screen at the same time. I do feel Thor got shafted a little in the humor and time on screen dept. But the rest where pretty balanced and had good interactions with each other.
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Post by: Fiero on May 08, 2012, 03:05:08 PM
Saw the Avengers and really enjoyed it. Mostly senseless plot-less action, but that's what I payed for, so I'm good. Hulk vs Loki FTW.
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Post by: Rama on May 14, 2012, 12:44:44 PM
Tomorrow Never Dies
Ghost Rider
and
Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II
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Post by: jonhammstein on May 14, 2012, 06:13:28 PM
Dark Shadows.

Bleh.
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Post by: Rama on May 14, 2012, 07:04:38 PM
That's what I heard about it. Bleh.
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Post by: B E C K on May 14, 2012, 10:57:09 PM
Bernie must be mucho disappoint.
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Post by: jonhammstein on May 14, 2012, 11:28:58 PM
I don't know. Maybe she would like it.

I can't figure out why it cost $150 million, though. Johnny's and Tim's salaries, perhaps? That's probably a little cynical, but...

Just speaking personally, the first half was mostly promising and fun, and then in the second half the whole fucking production just collapses in on itself. I was not at all satisfied with the resolution of the story, and there was even a Godawful sequel tease! Barf.

I'm unfamiliar with the original series, but apparently it was a soap opera that ran for five years and over 1200 episodes. Maybe the problem is that they tried to squeeze too many elements from the unwieldy source material into a mere two hours?

I don't know.

I think the breaking point for me was the overly long Alice Cooper cameo, where he's supposed to be portraying himself at that point in time, only they did a piss poor job of making him up and he looks old as shit, which is exactly what he is.
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Post by: Rama on May 15, 2012, 01:12:57 AM
The ironic thing is that Barnabas Collins wasn't even in all of Dark Shadows.  He didn't show up till the show had been on air for almost a year. There was something like 200 episodes in the can before he even showed up.
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Post by: B E C K on May 15, 2012, 11:44:56 AM
From the previews, it looks like another installment of "Johnny Depp being a weird, quirky dork" and getting paid too much for doing so as usual.  You know, Johnny, you're rich and famous now.  Feel free to try something else in your next movie.
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Post by: jonhammstein on May 15, 2012, 11:56:06 AM
(http://s15.postimage.org/7okchtwnv/Johnny_Depp_Tonto_face.jpg)

Háu!
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Post by: B E C K on May 16, 2012, 11:39:00 PM
Barf!
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Post by: Rama on May 17, 2012, 02:15:27 AM
It does look like America might be choosing to turn on Depp, much like they did Megan Fox. This movie is doing really poorly in the box office. It isn't even close to making it's money back.
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Post by: Rama on May 17, 2012, 02:39:33 AM
Godzilla: Final War.

I've seen it before, but it has a good plot. Human finally catch Godzilla and seal him away in the Arctic ice and then of course Aliens show up and take over all the other monsters. So of course they have to go let Godzilla out who then goes on a world ass kicking tour. There is this stupid subplot about a farmer, his grand son and Minizilla that could have been cut out. And the fights are short, but that is because the G-Man fights his entire rogues gallery with some absences *cough* Mechagodzilla. *Cough*. Oh well...still a good flick.

and

The Lost Boys

"My own brother a goddamn shit-sucking vampire! Oh you wait till Mom finds out!"

Hadn't seen this in a while and just broke it out as something to watch. One of the better Vampire flicks out there. A lot better then Twilight...or so I heard. The one time I tried to sit through Twilight I couldn't make it.
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Post by: B E C K on May 17, 2012, 02:43:55 AM
I was able to stomach the first Twilight but that was it.
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Post by: Rama on May 17, 2012, 02:51:16 AM
I think I made it about 20 mins. I got to the part where he is all "You have to see me in the sunlight" and then opens up his shirt and was all sparkly and I changed the channel. I've sat through to some bad, bad movies, but I couldn't make through this one.
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Post by: B E C K on May 17, 2012, 11:35:58 PM
Oh, on tv?  Merla had borrowed the dvd.  Now that you mention that part, I think I may have forwarded through that scene.
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Post by: Rumble on May 18, 2012, 05:22:53 AM
I saw a trailer for Twilight which was enough for me to decide I can do without seeing the movie
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Post by: Chopper Face 69 on May 18, 2012, 10:45:17 AM
I felt it was important to watch Twilight so I could have an informed opinion and because it was an important part of popular culture.  It was probably worse than I expected it to be...
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Post by: B E C K on May 19, 2012, 12:30:28 AM
I thought it was better than I expected it to be, but maybe I just expected it to be far worse than you expected it to be good?
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Post by: Faye Valentine on May 20, 2012, 05:52:03 AM
The Girl with the Dragon tattoo. I don't know why people think its good. It was so boring and the ending was predictable :-/ I kept looking at how much time it was left (too long)
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Post by: B E C K on May 20, 2012, 11:36:08 AM
Which one?  The original or the Yankee one?
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Post by: Faye Valentine on May 20, 2012, 06:58:13 PM
The one with the Bond guy
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Post by: B E C K on May 20, 2012, 10:56:23 PM
Oh, okay, the remake one.  Have you seen the original one?
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Post by: Faye Valentine on May 20, 2012, 11:31:48 PM
Non. I guess I should watch it then? why do you think its better than the remake?
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Post by: B E C K on May 21, 2012, 11:36:47 PM
It's not fair to say it's better since I haven't seen the remake but I liked the original.  I liked it enough to have no reason to see the remake and firmly believe there was no reason to remake it in the first place other than Daniel "Saddlebag Face" Craig needed a summer job.
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Post by: B E C K on May 21, 2012, 11:40:20 PM
Also, original Lisbeth is mai waifu.
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Post by: Faye Valentine on May 22, 2012, 06:24:47 AM
She looks OOOOOLD

I thought that Bond guy ws ugly until I saw him hooking up with the Lisbeth girl. Now I think he's in the 8.5/10 would bang category.
The bitch is THIIIN though, Im jealous. And there's so much propaganda for Coca Cola and McDonalds
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Post by: Faye Valentine on May 22, 2012, 06:37:37 AM
Have you guys watched the teaser for Anchorman 2? 

I almost shed a tear
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Post by: B E C K on May 22, 2012, 10:33:21 AM
I thought that Bond guy ws ugly until I saw him hooking up with the Lisbeth girl.

That doesn't make him less ugly.
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Post by: jonhammstein on May 22, 2012, 12:22:45 PM
Battleship was hilarious.
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Post by: B E C K on May 22, 2012, 06:39:52 PM
Did they sink their battleship?
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Post by: jonhammstein on May 22, 2012, 09:00:16 PM
The battleship did in fact sink, and yet the line was never uttered.
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Post by: B E C K on May 23, 2012, 09:44:27 AM
The battleship did in fact sink, and yet the line was never uttered.

 :joe:

























 :vaderno:
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Post by: Faye Valentine on May 27, 2012, 09:19:19 AM
Deliverance! and, even better, in youtube!!
feature=relmfu

ps: burt reynolds is the shiznit
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Post by: jonhammstein on May 27, 2012, 01:26:32 PM
MiB3. Gutter trash. Would you believe it's even worse than 2? The only good thing about it is Jemaine Clement's character Boris the Animal, but even he can't save this absolute piece of shit. It's also worth noting that in the four years since his last movie, Will Smith has apparently forgotten how to act. To add insult to injury, this is the movie that has finally dethroned Avengers from its weekend reign. What a God damn travesty.

Chernobyl Diaries. For a G-rated, unforgivably clichéd "horror" movie, this was actually pretty entertaining. Vastly superior to MiB3 in every conceivable way.
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Post by: B E C K on May 27, 2012, 10:41:31 PM
Ha ha, so it looked as bad as the previews?  Maybe we'll get to see this thing subsequently crash and burn as people come out of the theater full of disappoint.
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Post by: jonhammstein on May 28, 2012, 12:30:08 PM
But that's the thing, MiB3 has already made over $200 million worldwide. People were showing up in droves to see it on Saturday when I was there. It was gross. What is wrong with the human race?

And of course, having paid for a ticket, I'm part of the problem.
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Post by: Chopper Face 69 on May 28, 2012, 01:19:50 PM
I learned that MIB sucked when the first film came out, and I have a man crush on Will Smith.

Anyways... I watched "Westworld" the other day.  That was pretty awesome, though a little cheap.

I watched "The Secret of Arrietty" again last week.  That's a really awesome sauce movie.
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Post by: jonhammstein on May 28, 2012, 06:40:20 PM
I'm way behind on Ghibli. Haven't seen Earthsea. Haven't seen Ponyo. Haven't seen Arrietty.

I genuinely enjoyed the first Men in Black movie. Also, the animated series was wonderful.
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Post by: B E C K on May 28, 2012, 11:37:11 PM
Agree with the above about MiB.  I tried watching Earthsea and I just couldn't make myself sit down and pay attention to it.
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Post by: Chopper Face 69 on May 29, 2012, 08:04:28 AM
I'm way behind on Ghibli. Haven't seen Earthsea. Haven't seen Ponyo. Haven't seen Arrietty.
I'd skip Earthsea and Ponyo.  Earthsea isn't horrible but is kind of a mess in many ways.  Ponyo's just kind of stupid and juvenile.
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Post by: Rama on May 29, 2012, 08:16:40 PM
I've seen Earthsea and part of Ponyo. Wasn't blown away by either.
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Post by: B E C K on May 29, 2012, 10:33:25 PM
I liked Ponyo but I agree that it was lukewarm as a whole.  It was nothing I'd ever see again.
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Post by: Chopper Face 69 on May 30, 2012, 08:24:50 AM
I watched Starman last night. Hadn't seen it since I was a kid so I found it throroughly enjoyable.  It's getting pulled from Netflix on Friday so I'd recommend checking it out if you like John Carpenter and/or sci fi.
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Post by: jonhammstein on May 30, 2012, 11:39:30 AM
I had no idea Starman was a John Carpenter film. It's pretty unusual for him when you set it next to all his other stuff.
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Post by: Rama on May 30, 2012, 11:58:55 PM
Batman Returns
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Post by: Chopper Face 69 on May 31, 2012, 07:21:34 AM
I had no idea Starman was a John Carpenter film. It's pretty unusual for him when you set it next to all his other stuff.
Yeah I had no idea until I saw his name in the credits.  There are  similarities, but it's certainly a very different kind of movie to his other stuff.

Anyway, thinking about Westworld a bit this morning.  It's written and directed by Michael Crichton.  From this I have deduced that Jurassic Park is Westworld with dinosaurs.
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Post by: Rumble on May 31, 2012, 10:51:27 AM
I saw Underworld Awakening the other day, which was fairly entertaining
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Post by: Chopper Face 69 on May 31, 2012, 12:59:42 PM
Way too short though!  I want more Underworld!
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Post by: Rumble on Jun 04, 2012, 02:20:46 PM
I have no doubt there will be, the ending definitely implied there will be more sequels
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Post by: jonhammstein on Jun 06, 2012, 06:39:54 PM
I saw Bella Swan and the Odinson aka Snow White and the Huntsman last night. The one thing that you just can't ignore about this movie is that it is unashamedly extravagant. The costumes and the sets and the CG all look really, really expensive. And that's cool, everything looks nice.

But aside from that it's just an okay movie.
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Jun 07, 2012, 05:46:05 AM
I liked Ponyo but I agree that it was lukewarm as a whole.  It was nothing I'd ever see again.
I looooove Ponyo! I always get a little misty-eyed at the end. And the song at the beginning ( Umi no Okaasan) is beautiful :3

I watched Rec. Wait is the original/spanish version Rec or Quarantine? Anyways I watched the original and I think the remake is better. Also I hate spaniards and their retarded accent so maybe that's why I think it sucks

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Post by: B E C K on Jun 07, 2012, 09:40:37 AM
Also I hate spaniards and their retarded accent so maybe that's why I think it sucks

:lol:
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Post by: B E C K on Jun 07, 2012, 09:46:23 AM
I tried watching Ramona and Beezus and while I liked the characters, the story they were put in was dull as fuck.  Even though it was background fodder since I was playing Facebook games while watching, I still had to shut it off and put in something more interesting.
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Post by: Chopper Face 69 on Jun 08, 2012, 09:22:59 AM
I thought it was pretty good, though a bit juvenile.  Interesting perspective to see something like that from a kid's perspective which you don't really see every day.  I expected it to be about both Ramona and Beezus based on the advertising, but it was a Ramona movie with a little bit of Beezus tacked on.  The magic wand reference was funny...

Anyway... I watched BATTLESHIP and it was totally awesome.  Very funny jokes and although it was very cliche it was really cool.

Also watched "Man on a Ledge".  It's like Oceans 11 only there are 9 less nice looking guys and 2 more nice looking ladies.  The main problem with the plot is that the Man on the Ledge didn't really need to be ont he ledge for the caper to work, which kind of invalidates the entire plot of the movie...
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Post by: blanktoe on Jun 08, 2012, 02:26:46 PM
Ramona and Beezus

Is that on Netflix or cable?
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Post by: jonhammstein on Jun 17, 2012, 11:37:16 AM
I went to Prometheus last night, unfortunately I didn't get to finish watching it due to anxiety, so I can't really give an opinion on it having not seen the entire thing.

Based on what I did see, however, I can't say I would recommend it.
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Post by: B E C K on Jun 17, 2012, 11:44:30 AM
Ramona and Beezus

Is that on Netflix or cable?

A DVD from Netflix.

I went to Prometheus last night, unfortunately I didn't get to finish watching it due to anxiety

...because you were so excited about seeing a Ridley Scott movie?  Did it give you a renob like Zero?
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Post by: jonhammstein on Jun 17, 2012, 12:12:08 PM
I honestly don't know why it happened. I've always had this problem over the years, I think it has to do with over-stimulation or something, I don't know. It's like I psych myself into thinking what's happening onscreen is way more intense than it actually is, and then I just kind of lose my shit. I feel like I've had it under control recently, but this was the worst it's ever been.

I was already starting to feel uncomfortable, but then then there's this one scene that involves a medical operation, and I couldn't stand it anymore. I got up to leave, tripped over a dude's foot and almost took a header in the aisle. Then when I got out into the hallway my vision was swimming and the world was just a blur of colors and lights. I started stumbling towards the washroom, overshot it by few strides and collapsed on the floor.

I don't know how long I was laying there, it probably wasn't even a minute before some of the theater employees were asking if I was alright or if I needed anything. I pushed myself up into a sitting position and that's when I noticed I was drenched in cold sweat. I managed to get myself into a stall in the men's room and just sat there until I started to feel normal again.

I tried heading back into the theater to finish watching the movie, but my head started to feel wonky again so I just walked out and hung around in the lobby waiting for my cousin.

I didn't notice it until afterward, but I'm missing skin on my knuckles and my head hurts on the right side from when I went down.

I always told myself I would never be one of the those fucking pill-poppers, but after this I think I'll be looking into a prescription.
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Post by: B E C K on Jun 17, 2012, 01:07:58 PM
OW.  And I thought I got anxious sometimes in those situations but nothing like that.  Be careful: some of those meds are addictive.
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Post by: Chopper Face 69 on Jun 18, 2012, 08:51:04 AM
Wow.  Serious business. That was probably the best scene in the movie but it was pretty fucking intense.

Anyway I've seen Prometheus twice now and I'm really digging it.  I think it's a lot like Alien.  A lot of people complaining about unanswered questions but I think they're all being bitches because they saw the Lost guy's name in the credits and are looking for a parallel that isn't there.

I saw Snow White and the Huntsman yesterday.  It was all right.  KStu smiles 3 times.
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Post by: Fiero on Jun 18, 2012, 12:04:43 PM
A friend got me to watch MIBIII with him.

Entertaining at least, but fucking hell there's time travel and that just makes me want to explode in rage. They didn't explain the holes in the plot that time travel causes. I guess I shouldn't expect that from a MIB movie ... but fuck ... it made me want to start stabbing strangers and telling them I was from the past to see if I could get away with it.
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Jun 18, 2012, 07:28:58 PM
Watched Coraline, got bored near the end. Is it supposed to be a kids movie or something? it looks a bit too dark

I might go watch Grave Encounters to the theater but I have to find out how scary it is before going (dealwithit)
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Post by: Rama on Jun 19, 2012, 12:57:43 AM
Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance.


Ghost Rider looked great in this move. Way better then the last batch CGI they used in the last movie. Sadly that's the only good thing I can say about this movie, and this is from someone that liked the first Ghost Rider.
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Post by: B E C K on Jun 19, 2012, 10:04:39 AM
I always wanted Lorenzo Lamas to star in a Ghost Rider movie.  Maybe it was from watching too much Renegade.
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Post by: Fiero on Jun 19, 2012, 11:53:03 AM
Watched Coraline, got bored near the end. Is it supposed to be a kids movie or something? it looks a bit too dark

Beetlejuice was supposed to be a kid-friendly movie, too. I think also Edward Scissorhands. It depends on the age of the kid.
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Post by: Rama on Jun 19, 2012, 12:10:55 PM
I always wanted Lorenzo Lamas to star in a Ghost Rider movie.  Maybe it was from watching too much Renegade.

I think almost anyone would have been better then Cage, especially in this one.
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Post by: Fiero on Jun 19, 2012, 06:33:02 PM
I always wanted Lorenzo Lamas to star in a Ghost Rider movie.  Maybe it was from watching too much Renegade.

I think almost anyone would have been better then Cage, especially in this one.

Especially in anything except Raising Arizona.
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Jun 19, 2012, 07:35:18 PM

Especially in anything except Raising Arizona.

How DARE you!!!

3 of the best movies ever are:

1) Conair
2) Face Off  and
3) Leaving Las Vegas

all of them with the Nick. Hater
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Post by: B E C K on Jun 19, 2012, 10:53:34 PM
I haven't seen the last one but neither of those other movies were good because of Nic Cage.  He was easily the worst thing about Con Air.
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Jun 20, 2012, 04:46:44 AM
Leaving Las Vegas is a darn good movie! Its about a guy (Nic Cage) that becomes an alcoholic (maybe after) his wife leaves him and takes their son, he gets fired from his job so he decides to sell everything he has, get the money and go drink himself to death in Las Vegas. Elizabeth Shue is in it too

edit: I was just reading the IMBD page and Julian Lennon is in it. Wat.
 I have the dvd if you want you can borrow it lol

edit 3: so Cage won an Oscar for this movie and a Golden Globe. Brb watching the movie again. Bye haters
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Post by: Chopper Face 69 on Jun 20, 2012, 09:28:43 AM
Leaving Las Vegas is a stupid piece of shit movie.  Who wants to watch some movie about a failure who gives up on life?  Ooooh it's unpleasant.  People "like" unpleasant.  WTF?  I don't watch movies to feel bad.  Fuck this movie.

Face Off and Con Air are indeed incredible.  I will add The Rock to that list.  There was a period where Nic Cage did nothing but great action movies.  That time is long, long gone.
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Post by: Rumble on Jun 20, 2012, 11:29:43 AM
I'm of the exact opposite opinion as Adam.
Leaving Las Vegas was a great movie, Face Off and Con Air were forgetable pieces of shit
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Post by: B E C K on Jun 20, 2012, 02:44:37 PM
Who wants to watch some movie about a failure who gives up on life?  Ooooh it's unpleasant.  People "like" unpleasant.  WTF?  I don't watch movies to feel bad.  Fuck this movie.

Yeah, that's basically why I never saw it.  It very well could be an excellent piece of cinematic work.  But it's a downer-flick so fuck it.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Jun 20, 2012, 02:47:55 PM
I watched Moonrise Kingdom last night. It was cute and it didn't give me a panic attack. Thumbs up!
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Post by: Rumble on Jun 20, 2012, 02:59:53 PM
Yeah, that's basically why I never saw it.  It very well could be an excellent piece of cinematic work.  But it's a downer-flick so fuck it.

It definitely isn't an upbeat movie, but there is quite a bit if very dark humour in there. I remember laughing out loud a few times at some of the lines

Besides LLV, the only other memorable movie I've seen Cage in is Lord of War.
Every other movie I see him in I usually find myself wishing they'd cast another actor
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Post by: Fiero on Jun 20, 2012, 07:29:39 PM

Especially in anything except Raising Arizona.

How DARE you!!!

3 of the best movies ever are:

1) Conair
2) Face Off  and
3) Leaving Las Vegas

all of them with the Nick. Hater

Good movies.

But Nick Cage was not required for those roles.
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Jun 20, 2012, 08:35:31 PM
Leaving Las Vegas is a stupid piece of shit movie.  Who wants to watch some movie about a failure who gives up on life?  Ooooh it's unpleasant.  People "like" unpleasant.  WTF?  I don't watch movies to feel bad.  Fuck this movie.

Face Off and Con Air are indeed incredible.  I will add The Rock to that list.  There was a period where Nic Cage did nothing but great action movies.  That time is long, long gone.

I'm sorry but I wouldn't trust the taste of a guy who is obsessed with Sailor Moon
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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Jun 20, 2012, 09:19:07 PM
My favorite Cage movie was The Rock. That's totally despite his "acting" and Michael Bay's "directing". It's the last true 007 movie featuring Sean Connery.

Never cared too much for Con Air or Face/Off, though.
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Post by: Chopper Face 69 on Jun 21, 2012, 09:31:48 AM
I'm sorry but I wouldn't trust the taste of a guy who is obsessed with Sailor Moon
Too bad, 'cause it's the best show EVER!

I watched Alien last night.  What an amazing movie.  Jonesy the cat is the best!
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Jun 21, 2012, 12:46:18 PM
Hot Tub Time Machine.

Eh, I laughed a couple times.
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Post by: Fiero on Jun 21, 2012, 03:32:32 PM
Hot Tub Time Machine.

Eh, I laughed a couple times.

It went in expecting garbage. I came out enjoying a movie I thought would be garbage. It wasn't good, but it was funny.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Jun 23, 2012, 04:21:12 AM
Watched Queen of the Damned for the 9209202th time. Cheesy as fuck movie but with great movie and the best eye candy ever

Now I want to read the Vampire's Chronicles.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Jun 23, 2012, 06:53:51 PM
I always think of that interview Aaliyah gave where she planned to wear her Queen of the Damned contacts or fangs or something for Halloween.  And then she died before Halloween came.  :(
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Post by: jonhammstein on Jun 24, 2012, 09:50:37 PM
Saw Brave this afternoon. It went a long way towards getting the stank off Pixar after Cars 2, but it was accompanied by a trailer for a Monsters, Inc. sequel that looks posi-fucking-tively atrocious.
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Jun 25, 2012, 07:05:47 PM
But was it a good movie? was it funny??

I always think of that interview Aaliyah gave where she planned to wear her Queen of the Damned contacts or fangs or something for Halloween.  And then she died before Halloween came.  :(

who kept the costume tho? i would wear it
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Post by: jonhammstein on Jun 25, 2012, 10:08:57 PM
It was a good movie. It definitely had a lot of funny bits, but the jokes weren't non-stop or anything. Whenever it tried to be funny, it was funny.
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Post by: Rama on Jun 26, 2012, 06:43:03 AM
Watched Queen of the Damned for the 9209202th time. Cheesy as fuck movie but with great movie and the best eye candy ever

Now I want to read the Vampire's Chronicles.

I was so pissed when that movie came out. That was the only movie I've ever seen someone walk out of.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Jun 26, 2012, 07:14:55 AM
I saw someone walk out of The Other Guys. Also, Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Chopper Face 69 on Jun 26, 2012, 07:42:16 AM
Hot Tub Time Machine was so hilarious!

Anyway I have personally walked out of a number of movies.  Off the top of my head I recall walking out of the Deep Blue Sea and the end of Wild Wild West, just to say I did.  I also wanted to walk out of American Psycho and The Black Mask but for each my seating situation wasn't condusive to it so I just closed my eyes and waited for the end.

It wasn't until years later that I learned that when I checked out of American Psycho and closed my eyes for the cat killing scene that he didn't actually kill the cat.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Jun 26, 2012, 10:56:27 AM
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor was a horrid piece of shit.  It would've been the first movie I walked out of if it weren't for that it was part of a birthday outing and I didn't have a ride home.  I don't remember if anyone else walked out but I'm sure someone did.  I recall people walking out of Cool World.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Jun 26, 2012, 07:28:06 PM
I never walk out of a movie for any reason. It could be Nazis in speedos pushing kittens into meat grinders and I wouldn't walk out. I'd hate the movie...and call it a POS, but I wouldn't walk out. I paid my money...I'm staying.

A Friend told me he walked out of Godzilla (98), but I didn't witness it.


And ahhhhhhh I liked Cool World. It wasn't a good movie, just more a guilty pleasure.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Jun 27, 2012, 12:57:56 AM
Cool World is funny

Rama if it makes you feel better, even the studios that did the movie knew they were going to fuck it up. THey only had like some months left before the license for the Vampire Chronicles ran out so they just pulled the whole concept of the movie (two books into one movie) out of their ass

Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Jun 27, 2012, 10:09:04 AM
I went to Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter last night. It was... entertaining. I don't regret spending money on the ticket.

The elaborately choreographed axe-kata fight scenes alone make this movie worthwhile. Just expect to part ways with a few brain cells for the rest of it.

Some of the action sequences are so over-the-top and ridiculous that it borders on comedy. I suppose the original source material is satirical in nature, so maybe this movie should be seen as a tongue-in-cheek poke at modern action movies. Considering the director though, it was probably meant to look awesome and just failed miserably.

Also, whoever was in charge of making Mary Elizabeth Winstead look middle-aged needs to think long and hard about their chosen career path.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Jun 27, 2012, 11:00:09 AM
I've some friends who saw it. Ability to assume suspension of disbelief is definitely a requirement.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Chopper Face 69 on Jun 27, 2012, 12:37:55 PM
Mary Elizabeth Winstead
Oooh I didn't know she was in this!

B==================D~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Post by: Fiero on Jun 27, 2012, 04:06:58 PM
Mary Elizabeth Winstead
Oooh I didn't know she was in this!

B==================D~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

I know, right?
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Jun 27, 2012, 09:23:52 PM
I've never walked out of a theater, but I came very close to it with Revenge of the Sith and Matrix 3.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Jun 28, 2012, 12:31:23 AM
YOu shall never walk out of a Keanu Reeves movie, YA HEAR?!
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Jun 28, 2012, 02:19:54 AM
My brain did.  And then it returned once Trinity finally died.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Jun 28, 2012, 05:12:19 AM
They have 10% of my daily intake of calcium ok? its serious stuff
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Jun 28, 2012, 10:39:00 AM
Cool World is funny

Rama if it makes you feel better, even the studios that did the movie knew they were going to fuck it up. THey only had like some months left before the license for the Vampire Chronicles ran out so they just pulled the whole concept of the movie (two books into one movie) out of their ass



Oh I know. I've read those books, and I heard about what was going on with this film back then. I still don't know if it was a quick cash grab because they were losing the rights, or they made a crap movie quick and cheap in order to keep the rights.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Jun 28, 2012, 12:05:41 PM
They have 10% of my daily intake of calcium ok? its serious stuff


Daily nutritional values are either way too small or way too large for most people's diets. Ignore the percentage completely and focus on what you actually need.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Jun 30, 2012, 09:42:24 PM
This is what was supposed to be in the other thread! am i developing Alzheimer's ?

Fiero don't get your panties in a knot, I was obviously just kidding. It was a craving I had and they are soooo goood
Now I want fruit rollups
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Jul 02, 2012, 02:39:41 PM
DO NOT GIVE INTO THE (IMITATION) FRUIT SIDE
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Chopper Face 69 on Jul 03, 2012, 07:55:53 AM
This weekend I watched two great old movies.  Total Recall and Disney's the Kid.  Good times.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Jul 03, 2012, 11:45:44 AM
Went to Spider-Man last night. I liked it!
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Jul 03, 2012, 05:59:00 PM
I still don't know about ASM...I really like the old ones. Well 1 and 2 at least. This one hasn't won me over with the previews.


I saw Sherlock Homes: Game of Shadows. It was good, but forgettable.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Chopper Face 69 on Jul 04, 2012, 08:07:41 AM
I watched Chopper Chicks in Zombietown yesterday.  It was a Troma film so pretty much what I expected.  I only watched it because it has the chick with 3 boobs from Total Recall in it.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Jul 04, 2012, 02:48:15 PM
I watched Chopper Chicks in Zombietown yesterday.  It was a Troma film so pretty much what I expected.  I only watched it because it has the chick with 3 boobs from Total Recall in it.

Wait, does she actually have three boobs?
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Jul 04, 2012, 04:08:40 PM
"Is this some sort of bust?" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVEIotzy3_A)
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Jul 05, 2012, 09:40:11 AM
I watched Chopper Chicks in Zombietown yesterday.  It was a Troma film so pretty much what I expected.  I only watched it because it has the chick with 3 boobs from Total Recall in it.

Wait, does she actually have three boobs?

Not the chick from Total Recall.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Chopper Face 69 on Jul 05, 2012, 10:20:30 AM
I watched Chopper Chicks in Zombietown yesterday.  It was a Troma film so pretty much what I expected.  I only watched it because it has the chick with 3 boobs from Total Recall in it.

Wait, does she actually have three boobs?
No. The actress has 2 boobs.  The one on the left (viewer's right) is the prosthetic I believe.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: The D on Jul 05, 2012, 05:44:01 PM
I've never walked out of a theater, but I came very close to it with Revenge of the Sith and Matrix 3.
Wanted to with Sith, but was with other people. I just spent the time laughing at how bad the movie was, when no one else in the theater was laughing. I exploded with laughter during the NOOOOOOOOO scene.


Saw Spiderman. It's fucking awesome. Better than 1 and 3 of the last trilogy, but not as good as 2. I almost want to say it's better than the Avengers. If they keep this up with making better and better comic movies this year, when I see batman they'll have to scrape my brains off the theater walls because my head will have exploded from the epic.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Jul 10, 2012, 12:52:58 AM
I saw ASM tonight...


oh boy..just. Ugh. Is hate to strong a word for how a feel about Andrew Garfield? No...hate is about right. This movie...while not terrible is inferior to the first Spider-Man in almost every way possible. It only outshines it in very few places and they are so few an far between that it doesn't make up for it as a whole at all. I would have really just liked to have seen Spider-Man 4 instead of this reboot.

It doesn't have J. Jonah in it, and the words "With great powet, comes great responsibility." are never uttered. Nuff said.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Jul 10, 2012, 06:31:31 AM
Watching Half in the Bag (http://redlettermedia.com/half-in-the-bag-the-amazing-spider-man/)'s review has helped me see ASM in a different light, but I can't retroactively not enjoy it, you know? I sat in that theater and I was entertained.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Jul 10, 2012, 01:55:46 PM
Well I guess I was looking for more then to just be entertained. I wanted a good movie, and in my book that takes more then being just entertained. Plus it was living in the shadow of 2002's Spider-Man, which in my book is one of the best comic book movies of all time.

The movie it's self wasn't awful, it just wasn't as good as that film. If you are going to reboot, if you are gonna start over this close to the last one, then you better make damn sure it is a better film then that one...and this one just isn't.

Oddly the costume didn't bug me as much as I thought it would.(which was one of my few complainants about the original...although it was Green Goblins.)  I really didn't like it coming into this, but I understand they wanted to distance themselves from the Raimi movie and that costume was almost taken directly from the pages of the comic. In the end that suit was overshadowed by bigger issues for me. With number one being Andrew Garfield as Peter Parker. Not at one point did I believe this was Peter Parker and not generic modern kid number 1. They could have just changed his name to "Picked On Kid" in the script and it would have had the same effect. His delivery was like a spazing third grader had a baby with Jeff Goldblum.

At the end of the day I'm huge Spider-Man fan and this movie didn't do it for me. And I hope in time it will be seen for what it is and be as reviled as Bay's Transformers movies. Well...maybe not that bad.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rumble on Jul 10, 2012, 02:11:22 PM
I haven't even seen a trailer yet for spider-man, and I can't be bothered to look for it on youtube. I've seen way too many superhero movies the past few years. I need a break from the genre
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Jul 10, 2012, 02:14:49 PM
I haven't even seen a trailer yet for spider-man, and I can't be bothered to look for it on youtube. I've seen way too many superhero movies the past few years. I need a break from the genre

So does Hollywood.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Chopper Face 69 on Jul 11, 2012, 09:30:37 AM
Saw Spider-Man.

Uhhh.... so underwhelmed.  My B======D has a major B=======================D~~~~~~ for Emma Stone but aside from that this movie just failed to evoke anything from me.  Scene after scene I was just kind of dissapointed about how things played out.  Obviously I'd seen all of this before too much and too recently, and it failed to do anything better or at least innovative enough for me to give a shit.

Andrew Garfield is a total fucking waste of my time.  Worst Spider-Man ever.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Jul 11, 2012, 11:09:53 AM
I don't get all the love this movie is getting...I really don't.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Jul 11, 2012, 07:40:35 PM
Is James Franco in this movie?

The dude that plays Spiderman looks like the dictionary definition of douchebag
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Jul 11, 2012, 10:34:03 PM
Nope. No James Franco.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Jul 11, 2012, 11:49:46 PM
Oh, wow.  That sucks to hear that it wasn't even passable to #1 Spider-Fan Rama or aDam.  I believe joe in that it was good popcorn entertainment.  But so was Eight-Legged Freaks.

In the end that suit was overshadowed by bigger issues for me. With number one being Andrew Garfield as Peter Parker. Not at one point did I believe this was Peter Parker and not generic modern kid number 1. They could have just changed his name to "Picked On Kid" in the script and it would have had the same effect. His delivery was like a spazing third grader had a baby with Jeff Goldblum.

I actually think that's what they wanted when they casted him.  Bleh.  What I still don't get is why they couldn't cast a fuckin' kid.  That would've been something different from all of the other superhero flicks that have been popping out.


Also, I drew this on the back of my Cocoa Krispies box a week or so back and laughed at it until I cried:
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Chopper Face 69 on Jul 12, 2012, 09:13:26 AM
Spider-Man hates Mondays!
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Bitey the Snail on Jul 12, 2012, 10:24:09 AM
...and loves lasagna!
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Jul 12, 2012, 11:36:05 AM
And the movie is not in New York, it is actually in Muncie, Indiana.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Jul 12, 2012, 08:34:07 PM
Nope. No James Franco.
Did he die in the last movie?
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Jul 12, 2012, 09:41:55 PM
Nope. No James Franco.
Did he die in the last movie?

It's a reboot, Faye.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Jul 12, 2012, 11:57:25 PM
What he said...but also yes...he did die in the last movie. So even if it wasn't a reboot he wouldn't have been in Spider-Man 4 anyway.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Jul 13, 2012, 02:12:14 AM

It's a reboot, Faye.

shit I replied with a comment about Batman lol im tired
What do you mean by reboot?
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Jul 13, 2012, 04:36:16 PM

It's a reboot, Faye.

shit I replied with a comment about Batman lol im tired
What do you mean by reboot?

The new Spiderman is not in the same series as the previous three.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Jul 13, 2012, 10:53:22 PM
The Crow.

This movie came out way back in 1994, and tonight, eighteen years later, I've finally seen it. And I must admit it was pretty damn good. It doesn't even seem all that dated.

Are any of the sequels or the TV series worth a look?
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Jul 13, 2012, 11:17:04 PM
As far as I know, they're not.  But now I don't remember if I've even seen any of them.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Jul 14, 2012, 02:18:48 AM
Yeah there's a sequel for the Crow but it obvs sucked
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0115986/

o shit the guy who played the Crow in the second movie was also in Queen of the Damned

Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Jul 14, 2012, 02:25:23 AM
There are actually 3 sequels to The Crow.

City of Angels
Salvation
Wicked Prayer

plus a TV show called Stairway to Heaven.

I've seen City of Angels and some of Wicked Prayer, but I never saw the show or Salvation. The ones i saw were shit though.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rumble on Jul 14, 2012, 06:32:26 AM
I saw 'He was a quiet man' the other day.
It was....... interesting
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: blanktoe on Jul 22, 2012, 08:50:55 PM
Dark Knight Rises and I liked it.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Jul 22, 2012, 10:34:18 PM
I liked it, but was it as good as TDK? Probably not. Tough act to follow and all that.

Also, too long. Two hours, forty-five minutes? Too long.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Jul 22, 2012, 10:38:52 PM
I saw it too and it wasn't as good TDK.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Jul 22, 2012, 10:43:47 PM
I'll be honest: the DKR lost me when it got casted.  So... when can we expect the next reboot?
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Jul 22, 2012, 10:47:24 PM
I'd say 2-4 years from now.


Although I noticed Nolan gave himself an out. That way if they come to him with more money then God has he can still make another sequel.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: blanktoe on Jul 22, 2012, 11:52:15 PM
I wpuldn't mind a fourth movie but it'll never happen.  I do see DC putting out comic series taking place after the movie. Like they did for Smallville season11.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Jul 23, 2012, 01:26:26 AM
Oh I don't see him doing it either, but I just thought it was funny that he didn't paint himself into a corner.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Jul 23, 2012, 01:57:33 PM
I'll be honest: the DKR lost me when it got casted.  So... when can we expect the next reboot?

I'm curious about what casting you didn't like. I didn't like Maggie Gyllenhaal, but I didn't like Katie Holmes either. Was so glad they killer her off. It made way for Anne Hathaway as Catwoman who was awesome. And I always disliked Bale as Wayne/Batman...but I thought the rest of the cast was pretty good.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Jul 24, 2012, 01:56:05 AM
Firstly, Liam Neeson and Maggie Gyllenhaal had already left a sour taste in my mouth.  And I do not like Bale as Batman.  So then we had Hathaway as Catwoman, which I wasn't wild about.  Next we get Tom Hardy, Marion Cotillard, and JGL.  Because it's all, "hey, I'm directing Batman, let me invite all my friendsafklgvwkr;b".  Even if it means utterly whitewashing two characters (Hollywood, this shit is tiresome) and making up a you-know-who [Yeah, I'm trying to avoid spoilers, btw, because forbid someone enters this thread and is U SPOILD BATMN!!!EIRDlk] when he had several pre-existing ones to choose from.  (Since when was that part of the character's real name anyway?  Bleh.)  I don't doubt the cast has good actors in it but they aren't the only good actors out there.  I think Bane and, ahem, Miranda could've used more fitting actors.

If you needed to be reminded, I found Batman Begins as a giant borefest.  TDK was decent, but it was Nolan's first Batman that I had watched.  While entertaining for what it was, I was not exactly hungering for more.  Me seeing the last Batman depended on Nolan casting people I'd actually feel like sitting through one of his movies to watch and this cast didn't cut it.  I was curious enough to read a crapload of spoilers and none of what happened in this film interested me in the least.  I'm ready for a new Batman and new director at the helm.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Jul 24, 2012, 03:37:42 AM
I think they could have chosen a better Catwoman. Someone like Michelle Pfeiffer who was the best catwoman EVER.

The other day I was practically forced to watch Sucker Punch (and by forced I mean they turned the tv on, put it on a channel and left- the control and cable was in japanese so it was practically entrapment). It was bad. So bad that after 20 minutes I just turned the tv off (I never do that, I rather watch the whole movie just to say I did). Holy fuck I can't believe people paid to watch this movie
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Jul 24, 2012, 11:23:38 AM
I think they could have chosen a better Catwoman. Someone like Michelle Pfeiffer who was the best catwoman EVER.

Lol. She's old now.

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The other day I was practically forced to watch Sucker Punch (and by forced I mean they turned the tv on, put it on a channel and left- the control and cable was in japanese so it was practically entrapment). It was bad. So bad that after 20 minutes I just turned the tv off (I never do that, I rather watch the whole movie just to say I did). Holy fuck I can't believe people paid to watch this movie

I paid money to watch it in 3 fucking D. We were one of the first to see it and did not know what we were getting in to. I did not leave the theatre merely because god damn that is some nice eye candy.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Jul 24, 2012, 05:59:31 PM

Lol. She's old now.

But, don't you know? No one ages in Hollywood
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Jul 24, 2012, 06:01:44 PM

I paid money to watch it in 3 fucking D. We were one of the first to see it and did not know what we were getting in to. I did not leave the theatre merely because god damn that is some nice eye candy.
This made me literally laugh out loud. Thank you
Last night during a bout of insomnia (fuck you mosquitos) I was thinking about how bad that goddamn movie sucked, and then I remembered there was a guy in it I thought was David Carradine and then was relieved to find out it wasn't him.
Then I started thinking how much it must have sucked to be him, hanging from the ceiling moments from passing away, dick flapping in the air and thinking "holy shit is this how im about to die?"
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Jul 24, 2012, 06:15:25 PM
It's okay.  Bruce Lee is kicking his ass in heaven.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Jul 24, 2012, 06:31:30 PM
It's okay.  Bruce Lee is kicking his ass in heaven.

Auto-erotic masturbaters get a free pass to heaven because fucking hell that's pathetic.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Jul 24, 2012, 07:29:00 PM
And he wasn't trying to kill himself, just his non-orgasmic-filled boredom.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Jul 24, 2012, 09:11:18 PM
That's the most embarrasing way you could kill yourself (by accident tho). Wait, maybe asfixiation by choking on your own dickey would win
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Jul 24, 2012, 11:05:54 PM
That's the most embarrasing way you could kill yourself (by accident tho). Wait, maybe asfixiation by choking on your own dickey would win

I don't see how this could be an accident.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Jul 25, 2012, 12:05:09 AM
Firstly, Liam Neeson and Maggie Gyllenhaal had already left a sour taste in my mouth.  And I do not like Bale as Batman.  So then we had Hathaway as Catwoman, which I wasn't wild about.  Next we get Tom Hardy, Marion Cotillard, and JGL.  Because it's all, "hey, I'm directing Batman, let me invite all my friendsafklgvwkr;b".  Even if it means utterly whitewashing two characters (Hollywood, this shit is tiresome) and making up a you-know-who [Yeah, I'm trying to avoid spoilers, btw, because forbid someone enters this thread and is U SPOILD BATMN!!!EIRDlk] when he had several pre-existing ones to choose from.  (Since when was that part of the character's real name anyway?  Bleh.)  I don't doubt the cast has good actors in it but they aren't the only good actors out there.  I think Bane and, ahem, Miranda could've used more fitting actors.

If you needed to be reminded, I found Batman Begins as a giant borefest.  TDK was decent, but it was Nolan's first Batman that I had watched.  While entertaining for what it was, I was not exactly hungering for more.  Me seeing the last Batman depended on Nolan casting people I'd actually feel like sitting through one of his movies to watch and this cast didn't cut it.  I was curious enough to read a crapload of spoilers and none of what happened in this film interested me in the least.  I'm ready for a new Batman and new director at the helm.




Ok spoiler here...cause I want to rant and I can't do that with out spoiling. So be warned...
























Alright here we go. First off I want to say that the white washing of Bane was the least of the problems with him. First off I'm gonna say I hate Bane. I always have and always will. But here I swear that Sean Connery came in  to do the ADR for Bane. This movie shouldn't have been Bane...it should have been Two-Face. Dent's shadow looms over this movie in the first half, I think I would have rather seen Two-Face at the heart of this plot, seeking his revenge after he has been made a symbol. I would have loved to see that Dent wasn't dead and escaped and sought to destroy the Gotham that his false image has helped create. It also doesn't hurt that Two-Face is my 2nd favorite Batman bad guy behind Joker. So Bane is just all kinds of wrong here for me.

2nd...after only a year of being Batman he takes 8 years off? Do what? Ugh...just ugh.

And then having Talia being the child that climbed out of the prison totally killed the fact that Bruce had to also climb out of that same prison to become Bane's equal. Totally killed it. It didn't have any meaning after that.

Ok, no mention of Joker. I didn't think this would be problem, but in this movie it is. If all this happened Joker would do something. Joker would have opposed Bane, so something had to have happened to the Joker. Either he died in the last eight years, Bane killed him, or Bane left him in the prison cause he was too dangerous, like Bruce, to have running around. But he isn't even mentioned. A different story you could have got away without mentioning him..but this story it is hard to believe that he isn't brought up. Especially since Scarecrow shows up again.

Given all of that...the Anne Hathaway Catwoman was a saving grace. I didn't like her much before this, but it was a bright spot of this movie and I wish her role had been bigger...but whatever. Also that burning the Bat into the bridge was stupid and very crow like. He should have used the Batsignal...but he didn't. ugh....just ugh. And when JGL showed up and talked to Bruce (which I liked JGL in this actually) and as soon as he did I was like "So what...he is gonna be Robin" and Bam..he is. I just couldn't have picked apart TDK like this, but I can do it here and it is just not as good.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Jul 25, 2012, 12:21:34 AM
That's the most embarrasing way you could kill yourself (by accident tho). Wait, maybe asfixiation by choking on your own dickey would win

I don't see how this could be an accident.

Trip on a rope and your dick pops out?

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2nd...after only a year of being Batman he takes 8 years off? Do what? Ugh...just ugh.

Yeah, that's stupid.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Jul 25, 2012, 01:11:06 AM
I watched New Jack City for the first time today.  It was decent.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Chopper Face 69 on Jul 25, 2012, 07:32:24 AM
Batman Begins - Amazing movie, never ceases to amaze me.  Gotham looks like Gotham.  The story is great.  The characters are great.  The greatest comic book movie ever made, one of the greatest movies overall. Katie Holmes actually doesn't suck.

The Dark Knight - Had only seen this twice before I think.  Did not hold up well at all.  Gotham looks like Chicago, the style of the movie from Begins is almost completely absent in this film.  Maggie Gylenhall is no only a 6/10 to Katie's 9/10 but she's a shit actress in this. She doesn't act at all like the established character and almost seems drunk.  Joker's plans border on Palpatine's from St*r WarzzZZ: Episode I though I don't expect a Red Letter Media review of the Dark Knight.  Really... here's part of Joker's plan.  Predict Batman will take a bullet from a wall, use impossible tech to pull of the finger print, trace it back to someone who's not actually the Joker, find a building that person owned, set a trap for him there... not to mention the whole cel phone thing.

The Dark Knight Rises - Better than The Dark Knight but not as good as begins.  Loved Catwoman and JGL.  Hated Bane.  Hated the 1% story.  Didn't care for a lot of the middle bits.  Nice enough reveal at the end.  Gotham still isn't Gotham.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Jul 25, 2012, 02:06:12 PM
Oh I couldn't disagree more. I'd say Rises was the worst, then Begins, and the TDK as the best. But to each his own.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Jul 26, 2012, 01:17:14 AM
Fire and Ice.


If Teegra didn't run around her next to nothing underwear in this whole movie I would have turned it off. I liked the look and style of this movie, but this script for this is awful. They don't bother to explain anything. I don't even know why Darkwolf wanted to help or why he had such a grudge again Nekron...because they never explain it.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Jul 26, 2012, 07:38:54 PM
I remember trying to watch that and pretty much falling asleep.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Jul 26, 2012, 08:37:06 PM
Tucker and Dale Versus Evil

Two hillbillies are in the woods and a bunch of college kids end up killing themselves. It was pretty damn funny.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Jul 26, 2012, 08:57:58 PM
Fire and Ice is GREAT. The fact that it's nothing but stream of consciousness nonsense is the best part!
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Chopper Face 69 on Jul 27, 2012, 08:02:50 AM
I thought Tucker and Dale was hilarious.

I watched Young Adult the other day. It was pretty funny and had a very interesting premise.  All around good movie.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Jul 27, 2012, 01:19:02 PM
Melancholia last night. I was a bit sleepy from the pain meds but managed to greatly enjoy this film.

Also, Kirstun Dunst's boobies.

But the film was good for other reasons. If nothing else, beautiful cinematography.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Chopper Face 69 on Jul 28, 2012, 09:21:43 AM
Also, Kirstun Dunst's boobies.
B======D
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Jul 28, 2012, 05:20:26 PM
Tucker and Dale Versus Evil

Two hillbillies are in the woods and a bunch of college kids end up killing themselves. It was pretty damn funny.
I thought Tucker and Dale was hilarious.
Werd. I've lent this movie out so many times that I don't even know where it is anymore.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Aug 01, 2012, 11:46:42 PM
Went to Beasts of the Southern Wild today. I liked it better in the beginning when I wasn't entirely sure what I was watching, and in the end the metaphorical junk just ended up being heavy-handed and goofy. Overall though, I'd have to say I mostly enjoyed the story and its message.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Aug 02, 2012, 11:11:41 AM
I'm upset that this girl won't go watch Moonrise Kingdom with me because apparently all the theatres are dropping it this weekend and I don't like going to theatres by myself.

Fuck.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Chopper Face 69 on Aug 02, 2012, 01:50:28 PM
The Watch was pretty funny.

Watch A Clockwork Orange yesterday and found it to be a pretty unenjoyable experience.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Aug 02, 2012, 01:59:04 PM
I rewatched a 2000-something adaptation of Persuasion that had aired on PBS and was reminded on why I had dismissed it as being inferior.  Wow, just so many problems.  Do not fuck with Austen's material.  Just make it as she wrote it and you won't go wrong.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Aug 02, 2012, 02:05:14 PM
I rewatched a 2000-something adaptation of Persuasion that had aired on PBS and was reminded on why I had dismissed it as being inferior.  Wow, just so many problems.  Do not fuck with Austen's material.  Just make it as she wrote it and you won't go wrong.

Unless you add zombies or sea monsters.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Aug 02, 2012, 02:16:52 PM
Sorry, sorry, I was referring to a straight adaptation of her novels (of which there are several mistakes out there).  Zombie and sea monsters are okay if that's what's being adapted for screen.  Weren't they supposed to make a Pride & Predator movie?  What happened with that?
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Aug 02, 2012, 02:57:36 PM
Sorry, sorry, I was referring to a straight adaptation of her novels (of which there are several mistakes out there).  Zombie and sea monsters are okay if that's what's being adapted for screen.  Weren't they supposed to make a Pride & Predator movie?  What happened with that?

PREOIDE AND POARDERTEAR? AOMHGFFFGGGG
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Aug 05, 2012, 10:20:37 PM
Total Recall (2012)

I'm not sure why this one is getting so much hate. It didn't blow me away or anything, but it was far from a bad movie. Most of the action scenes were really well done. There was one plot point at the very end that bothered me, but other than that it had a cohesive story. C+
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Aug 06, 2012, 10:32:30 AM
Total Recall (2012)

I'm not sure why this one is getting so much hate. It didn't blow me away or anything, but it was far from a bad movie. Most of the action scenes were really well done. There was one plot point at the very end that bothered me, but other than that it had a cohesive story. C+

I was entertained.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Aug 06, 2012, 11:23:56 AM
I'm just gonna come out and say it... SPOILER ALERT!!!

When Colin Farrell wakes up in the ambulance at the end and Jennifer Biel is waiting for him, only it's actually Kate Beckinsale, why didn't she just fucking kill him when he was unconscious?! That entire scene was ridiculous.
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Post by: Fiero on Aug 06, 2012, 02:16:16 PM
I'm just gonna come out and say it... SPOILER ALERT!!!

When Colin Farrell wakes up in the ambulance at the end and Jennifer Biel is waiting for him, only it's actually Kate Beckinsale, why didn't she just fucking kill him when he was unconscious?! That entire scene was ridiculous.

Because she was clearly a sociopath.
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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Aug 06, 2012, 07:09:44 PM
I didn't notice before because I was avoiding Batman spoilers (I gave in and got someone from work to tell me about it), but if you're upset because Bane was turned into a white guy, don't be. Be glad they didn't put him in a luchadore mask and dropping random bits of Spanish all over the place. Bane is a terrible character in general, and he's a terrible stereotype in particular. And if you're upset that Talia's white, does her role in the movie even make it worth counting? I wish they'd found a good actor of Mideastern descent to fill the role of Ra's, but Ken Katsuragi absolutely could have done it instead of his actual role as Red Herring (http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3231/3129762025_2c913f2ecb.jpg), and his daughter should have looked something, anything, like him. But then that feeds into the old "villains are colored" issue, so...damned if you do, and damned if you don't.

Anyway. Opinions, noses, and/or assholes. There's mine.

Incidentally, I haven't watched a movie in quite a while. Just haven't had time. I think I'm saving myself up for Expendables 2, which had better rock my face off.
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Post by: B E C K on Aug 07, 2012, 02:05:29 AM
Whitewashing supercedes the issue of "villains are colored" in this example.  It always will when the villains aren't movie-created but already have a history in a franchise be it a book or comic and become erased by a Caucasian portrayal in a film version.  Nolan could've casted the correct actors for the parts and not have changed a single thing about his movie.  Casting a Latino actor doesn't mean the character suddenly has to ribbit out Spanish and wear his Luchadore mask.  Nolan could've still casted the right woman for Talia and it could still be believeable that Liam Neeson was her daddy.  Not only does he look racist for not doing so, he's an obvious cronyist (meh, not a real word?) because here are his Inception pals to play those parts.  Bleh.

Somewhat related comic to the point above: http://empressfunk.deviantart.com/art/Whitewashin-and-Racebendin-200316526

I hope Liam Hemsworth dies in the Expendables 2.  I doubt he will.  The little punk.
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Post by: Rama on Aug 07, 2012, 02:20:12 AM
I don't like whitewashing, blackwashing, yellowwashing, or whatever. I don't like things to go against source material.
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Post by: Chopper Face 69 on Aug 07, 2012, 07:31:46 AM
I'm just gonna come out and say it... SPOILER ALERT!!!

When Colin Farrell wakes up in the ambulance at the end and Jennifer Biel is waiting for him, only it's actually Kate Beckinsale, why didn't she just fucking kill him when he was unconscious?! That entire scene was ridiculous.
Because it's all a dream in Rekall so nothing can happen when he's not conscious.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Aug 07, 2012, 07:37:26 AM
I'm white myself, so I can't relate to the plight of the common POC.

And I'm not about to apologize or feel guilty for something some other white people are responsible for.

I'm just gonna come out and say it... SPOILER ALERT!!!

When Colin Farrell wakes up in the ambulance at the end and Jennifer Biel is waiting for him, only it's actually Kate Beckinsale, why didn't she just fucking kill him when he was unconscious?! That entire scene was ridiculous.
Because it's all a dream in Rekall so nothing can happen when he's not conscious.

This could work, except... when have you ever been unconscious in a dream? And besides that, could you even be killed inside a dream? Speaking personally, it's never happened to me.
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Post by: Chopper Face 69 on Aug 07, 2012, 09:46:33 AM
This could work, except... when have you ever been unconscious in a dream? And besides that, could you even be killed inside a dream? Speaking personally, it's never happened to me.
Should we accept this to be the interpretation of the film, which I do, then any "unconsciousness" in the dream world would just be you blacking out.  This isn't really a dream, it's artificial sensory perception caused by some kind of computer system, so yeah it makes sense that you perceive sleep or unconsciousness.  Can you be killed in a dream?  Not in our world, you'd probably just wake up, despite the urban legends that claim otherwise.  Of course you can die while sitting on a chair in Rekall.  That's what happens to Arnie in the first movie.
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Post by: Fiero on Aug 07, 2012, 11:04:59 AM
This isn't really a dream, it's artificial sensory perception caused by some kind of computer system

Don't forget, there were also chemicals involved. That makes it more exciting. And the chemicals are what give you the memory ... or something.
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Post by: Chopper Face 69 on Aug 07, 2012, 01:43:50 PM
Just a hand waving excuse to say it seems real.  It's like the Matrix basically...
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Post by: B E C K on Aug 07, 2012, 07:18:18 PM
I'm white myself, so I can't relate to the plight of the common POC.

And I'm not about to apologize or feel guilty for something some other white people are responsible for.

No one's asking you to.  Even if you wanted to, neither is productive or fixes anything.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Aug 07, 2012, 08:41:09 PM
I actually do feel quite guilty.

I'm sorry.
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Post by: Fiero on Aug 07, 2012, 10:06:22 PM
I actually do feel quite guilty.

I'm sorry.

Now that you should feel guilty for.
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Post by: B E C K on Aug 08, 2012, 12:56:12 AM
I saw Sabrina.  The old one with Audrey Hepburn.  Wow, what an annoying movie.  No wonder the writer of the play it's based off of quit that thing.  I fast-forwarded like a third of it.  To think I consider Daniel Craig a saddlebag-face but he's Jocelyn Wildenstein compared to Humphry Bogart and that other guy.  Meh, I guess I just don't appreciate the humor of breaking eggs in your hands and glasses with your ass.
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Post by: Fiero on Aug 08, 2012, 10:55:11 AM
glasses with your ass.

1 guy 1 cup?
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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Aug 08, 2012, 01:02:58 PM
Humphrey Bogart was the man. I however didn't realize he was in Sabrina.
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Post by: B E C K on Aug 08, 2012, 01:31:54 PM
glasses with your ass.

1 guy 1 cup?


No, two glasses one guy.  Then the guy sat on them.  And it was supposed funny somehow.  And later his father sits on olives or something?
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Post by: Fiero on Aug 08, 2012, 01:42:56 PM
glasses with your ass.

1 guy 1 cup?


No, two glasses one guy.  Then the guy sat on them.  And it was supposed funny somehow.  And later his father sits on olives or something?

But did you watch 1 guy 1 cup?
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Post by: B E C K on Aug 08, 2012, 01:58:28 PM
I didn't know there was a 1 guy 1 cup.
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Post by: Fiero on Aug 08, 2012, 02:22:21 PM
I didn't know there was a 1 guy 1 cup.

There is. It's terrible. Now go watch it.

EDIT: Actually, don't. You really shouldn't.
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Post by: B E C K on Aug 08, 2012, 02:36:25 PM
I don't want to anyway.

I watched G.I. Joe Resolute.  I liked it.  Funny how it was four actors doing the voices for everyone.  The only thing I didn't like was the whole Scarlett/Duke thing.  Scarlett is with Snake Eyes dammit.  Get your own woman, blondie.
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Post by: Rama on Aug 08, 2012, 02:53:58 PM
I really liked that too and I remembered there was hope that would become a series. Instead it became another victim of G.I.Joe: The Rise of Cobra.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Aug 08, 2012, 09:24:53 PM
Oh shit.

I typed Jennifer Biel. It's Jessica. Jessica Biel.

Did anyone even notice?
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Post by: B E C K on Aug 08, 2012, 11:47:55 PM
No, but it's because no one cares about her.  Anyway, it was close enough.   ;D


I really liked that too and I remembered there was hope that would become a series. Instead it became another victim of G.I.Joe: The Rise of Cobra.

It needs to be one.  But Snake Eyes + Scarlett plz.  Dook iz overrated thank you.

So Fifi, did you ever say why you don't like Duke?
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Post by: Rama on Aug 09, 2012, 01:36:31 AM
Well then who is Duke suppose to plow? Flint has Lady Jaye, Falcon has Jinx......oh Cover Girl. Never mind.
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Post by: B E C K on Aug 09, 2012, 03:03:05 AM
He could plow female Doc or female Dialtone.  Ho, ho, ♪ awkward~~ ♪
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Post by: Rama on Aug 09, 2012, 03:21:12 AM
I think I'd rather see him plow male Doc and male Dialtone.


Could do Bombstrike or Agent Helix as well...
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Post by: jonhammstein on Aug 09, 2012, 06:23:27 AM
I thought Cover Girl died in the first movie.

You know, it's that scene where they walk right into Dennis Quaid's office, wound him, but allow him to live so he can sound the alarm thereby making their escape a matter of life and death and costing them a dozen Vipers.

I can understand they needed an action sequence there, but the setup for it was fucking bonkers.
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Post by: Chopper Face 69 on Aug 09, 2012, 07:33:27 AM
Oh shit.

I typed Jennifer Biel. It's Jessica. Jessica Biel.

Did anyone even notice?
Jennifer Biels of Flashdance fame?
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Post by: Rama on Aug 09, 2012, 01:48:35 PM
I thought Cover Girl died in the first movie.

You know, it's that scene where they walk right into Dennis Quaid's office, wound him, but allow him to live so he can sound the alarm thereby making their escape a matter of life and death and costing them a dozen Vipers.

I can understand they needed an action sequence there, but the setup for it was fucking bonkers.


Did she? I've tried to forget that movie. But we are talking about the Resolute universe which is a different thing. In that I think Bazooka and someone else died....but I think Cover Girl is still alive.
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Post by: Fiero on Aug 09, 2012, 03:55:31 PM
No, but it's because no one cares about her.  Anyway, it was close enough.   ;D


I really liked that too and I remembered there was hope that would become a series. Instead it became another victim of G.I.Joe: The Rise of Cobra.

It needs to be one.  But Snake Eyes + Scarlett plz.  Dook iz overrated thank you.

So Fifi, did you ever say why you don't like Duke?

Just look at that stupid fuck. How am I supposed to like him?
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Post by: B E C K on Aug 09, 2012, 06:05:53 PM
But he's not a bad guy.  :(  What did he do wrong?  :(

I thought Cover Girl died in the first movie.

You know, it's that scene where they walk right into Dennis Quaid's office, wound him, but allow him to live so he can sound the alarm thereby making their escape a matter of life and death and costing them a dozen Vipers.

I can understand they needed an action sequence there, but the setup for it was fucking bonkers.


Did she? I've tried to forget that movie. But we are talking about the Resolute universe which is a different thing. In that I think Bazooka and someone else died....but I think Cover Girl is still alive.

Yeah, we were talking about Resolute.  Don't remind me of Cover Girl's death.  Damn that shit pissed me off.  One of three iconic female Joes among a sea of males and they have to kill her.  And they kill her before giving her any sort of badass scene or letting her at least shoot up some Cobra bitches in her tank.  At least they could've had her in a disguise that fooled the audience and helped the Joes somehow and then Zartan gets the drop on her.  But no.  They casted a fuckin' Victoria's Secret model and made her a useless doll to follow around General Fucker Dennis Quaid and her death is in that movie is nothing but cheap, sexualiized, shock tactic snuff to intimidate him and pop a few boners in their coveted 18-34 male audience.  Fuck them for doing that.  They have my eternal rage.  RAGE.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Aug 10, 2012, 06:24:02 AM
Okay. I read "movie" and thought you meant Rise of Cobra, because I watched Resolute in pieces and always considered it more of a mini-series.
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Post by: B E C K on Aug 10, 2012, 11:47:38 PM
It was initially released in pieces over the internet wasn't it?  But yeah, I basically saw all the pieces strung together in one sitting, so I'd consider it a movie.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Aug 11, 2012, 04:04:19 PM
Our two ideologies are far too disparate and will never be reconciled. Let us wage holy war until one or both of our peoples are extinguished from this mortal coil.
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Post by: B E C K on Aug 11, 2012, 07:49:06 PM
Makes sense to me.  I roll first.
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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Aug 11, 2012, 09:13:00 PM
I found it in movie form. 2:1
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Aug 13, 2012, 04:46:27 AM
Dumb and Dumber for the 4904920th time

I'm so excited they are making a 2nd one with both Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels (cause the prequel sucked ass)
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Post by: jonhammstein on Aug 13, 2012, 12:25:26 PM
Wow. Really.

I guess Jim Carrey is at that point in his career.

Ace Ventura 3, anyone?
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Post by: jonhammstein on Aug 13, 2012, 12:26:57 PM
Nevermind. I just checked my facts, and apparently there already was an Ace Ventura 3, sans Carrey.

What in the fuck.
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Post by: Rama on Aug 13, 2012, 12:44:12 PM
Was that the one with the Son of Ace Ventura?
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Post by: Fiero on Aug 13, 2012, 01:44:36 PM
Nevermind. I just checked my facts, and apparently there already was an Ace Ventura 3, sans Carrey.

What in the fuck.

Wasn't there also a third Mask without him?
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Post by: Rama on Aug 13, 2012, 03:54:29 PM
There was a 2nd Mask without him. Son of Mask. I don't think there was a Mask 3.
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Post by: Fiero on Aug 13, 2012, 04:59:04 PM
There was a 2nd Mask without him. Son of Mask. I don't think there was a Mask 3.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mask_%281961_film%29 Actually the first one was without him.

There was also an animated series, that's what I was thinking of.
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Post by: B E C K on Aug 14, 2012, 02:34:26 AM
The animated series starred Rob Paulsen as the Mask, otherwise known as the same character Paulsen's played in about 80 other shows.
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Post by: Rama on Aug 14, 2012, 02:52:31 AM
There was also this thing: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mask_%28film%29

Also Ace Ventura Jr: Pet Detective. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0844029/
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Aug 14, 2012, 05:16:35 AM
There was also this thing: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mask_%28film%29

That was actually a good movie imo
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Post by: Rumble on Aug 17, 2012, 11:43:47 AM
The best thing abou Ace Ventura was the Cannibal Corpse cameo :headbang:
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Post by: Fiero on Aug 17, 2012, 01:13:00 PM
The best thing abou Ace Ventura was the Cannibal Corpse cameo :headbang:

Yep.
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Aug 21, 2012, 02:29:37 AM
Saw the Dictator. Funny movie (but I think Borat is better!) Now I have to watch Bruno
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Post by: jonhammstein on Aug 21, 2012, 06:17:04 AM
I went to The Expendables 2 on Sunday. Money well spent.
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Post by: Rama on Aug 21, 2012, 12:17:13 PM
Saw Dr. No. Going to try to watch all the James Bond Movies before Skyfall comes out in Nov.
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Post by: B E C K on Aug 22, 2012, 03:27:10 AM
I went to The Expendables 2 on Sunday. Money well spent.

Because I still haven't put the spoiler tag back I'll leave some space and be as vague as possible....

















Yes!  So glad that punk died.
LOL, Daily Mail apparently spoiled it a few days ago. (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2189504/Expendables-2-review-Sly-Arnie-prove-theyre-ready-bus-passes-yet.html?ito=feeds-newsxml)
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Aug 22, 2012, 04:38:24 AM
Going to see Prometheus on Friday. I expect to fall asleep in the middle of the movie
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Post by: B E C K on Aug 22, 2012, 04:14:47 PM
Ha, the trailer was threatening to put me to sleep.  So good luck with that.
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Aug 23, 2012, 03:01:25 AM
I'll get a big coke
It's going to be in 3d too
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Post by: Rama on Aug 23, 2012, 04:11:06 AM
The Live Action Scooby-Doo.


I swear the screen writer for this thing was paid in Arby's.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Aug 23, 2012, 06:20:14 AM
Dude!

You know it was James Gunn (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0348181/), right?

James Gunn!
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Post by: Rama on Aug 23, 2012, 02:28:35 PM
Yes...I knew. I knew.
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Post by: B E C K on Aug 24, 2012, 12:54:51 AM
They probably would've been better off with Tim Gunn.
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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Aug 25, 2012, 09:37:36 AM
At least it would have been stylish.

I went to The Expendables 2 on Sunday. Money well spent.
Amen. I went last Saturday. It was what is was. And that was much fun.
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Aug 25, 2012, 07:41:47 PM
So I saw the movie and I have to say I was pleasantly surprised. I thought it was going to be a boring poc like Pandemonium but alas, I was wrong and I'm glad.
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Post by: Fiero on Aug 26, 2012, 11:28:58 AM
So I saw the movie and I have to say I was pleasantly surprised. I thought it was going to be a boring poc like Pandemonium but alas, I was wrong and I'm glad.


So what kind of boring was it?
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Aug 26, 2012, 07:11:52 PM
It wasn't really boring, I actually liked it. Maybe it was cause of the nice eye candy (fassbender) or because I got a big ass tub of candy pop cr0n :3
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Post by: Fiero on Aug 27, 2012, 10:28:32 AM
It wasn't really boring, I actually liked it. Maybe it was cause of the nice eye candy (fassbender) or because I got a big ass tub of candy pop cr0n :3

candy pop cron?
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Post by: blanktoe on Aug 27, 2012, 08:08:12 PM
I went to The Expendables 2 on Sunday. Money well spent.
Amen. I went last Saturday. It was what is was. And that was much fun.

I hope you guys are joking. I can't sit through more than 10 minutes of the first movie.
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Post by: B E C K on Aug 27, 2012, 11:32:32 PM
B-but I liked the first movie.  :(
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Post by: jonhammstein on Aug 28, 2012, 07:24:37 AM
This is obviously a facetious attempt at trolling. Rodimus Toe absolutely adores The Expendables, and he's been to see the sequel three times already.

I read all about it on his blog, Toeing the Line.
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Aug 28, 2012, 09:31:30 PM
It wasn't really boring, I actually liked it. Maybe it was cause of the nice eye candy (fassbender) or because I got a big ass tub of candy pop cr0n :3

candy pop cron?
I don't remember how to call it in english.... it's when they put sugar with the cr0n when they're popping it... Anyways they had that, plain, butter and curry (puke)
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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Aug 28, 2012, 10:35:31 PM
I went to The Expendables 2 on Sunday. Money well spent.
Amen. I went last Saturday. It was what is was. And that was much fun.
I hope you guys are joking. I can't sit through more than 10 minutes of the first movie.
You got to Dolph exploding the terrorist and couldn't watch anymore? Your loss. The best movie up yours in recent memory occurred not thirty minutes later when they nuked the bridge.
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Post by: Rama on Aug 28, 2012, 11:19:42 PM
I saw The Three Stooges, and now my head hurts. What is most disappointing is that the three actors they had play the stooges just really got into their roles and I totally believed them as the stooges. The problem was a just abysmal script...it was just sooooo bad. I mean anytime you have Moe end up in the company of the cast of Jersey Shore then you know you've made a wrong turn some place. And how can you have the stooges go to a hospital and not have the line "Dr. Howard, Dr. Fine, Dr. Howard" uttered. I mean really. I liked this movie when it was the stooges being the stooges. Like when they are trying to fix the bell at the orphanage. That was great...but most of this film is just shit, and really smelly shit at that. This could have been good if you set in the 30s and just spliced some of the stooges best shorts together into some kind of story. I would have loved it...but this was just painful. Then then had to end the movie on a disclaimer showing all the kids that the stuff the stooges do is fake...you know in case the one person in the theater tried to do it and hurt themselves.

I also saw John Carter. A lot of people told me this movie was actually good and didn't deserve to bomb...well it wasn't really good. And I saw this right after I watched the Stooges. I'd hate to see how this movie would fair if I watched it after a good movie. That being said, it was the total crap fest that Stooges where...but it didn't really blow me away as a good movie either...or as a mindless action flick.

Glad I waited on Redbox for the both of these.
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Aug 29, 2012, 02:54:04 AM
I saw The Three Stooges, and now my head hurts. What is most disappointing is that the three actors they had play the stooges just really got into their roles and I totally believed them as the stooges. The problem was a just abysmal script...it was just sooooo bad. I mean anytime you have Moe endd up in the company of the cast of Jersey Shore then you know you've made a wrong turn some place.
Holy shit.

BUt you know, it could have been worse. Fuckin' Will Smith could have played one of the stooges, with his two wonder-brats playing the other two
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Post by: Fiero on Aug 29, 2012, 10:32:12 AM
It wasn't really boring, I actually liked it. Maybe it was cause of the nice eye candy (fassbender) or because I got a big ass tub of candy pop cr0n :3

candy pop cron?
I don't remember how to call it in english.... it's when they put sugar with the cr0n when they're popping it... Anyways they had that, plain, butter and curry (puke)

Kettle cr0n.

EDIT: I feel like I'm talking about a Transformer: KETTLECRON WILL DESTROY YOUR TEETH!
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Aug 29, 2012, 07:18:21 PM
Why is it called kettle cr0n? just cause there's sugar in it? it doesn't make sense
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Post by: B E C K on Aug 29, 2012, 11:31:10 PM
Why is it called kettle cr0n? just cause there's sugar in it? it doesn't make sense

Because it was originally made in a kettle.

I saw The Three Stooges, and now my head hurts. What is most disappointing is that the three actors they had play the stooges just really got into their roles and I totally believed them as the stooges. The problem was a just abysmal script...it was just sooooo bad. I mean anytime you have Moe endd up in the company of the cast of Jersey Shore then you know you've made a wrong turn some place.
Holy shit.

BUt you know, it could have been worse. Fuckin' Will Smith could have played one of the stooges, with his two wonder-brats playing the other two

LOL

Rama's Stooges review reminds me of Julie & Julia.  Meryl Streep as Julia was beyond superb and it should've been a Julia Child movie instead of involving all that other Julie shit no one gave a crap about.
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Post by: B E C K on Sep 03, 2012, 10:43:32 PM
Ugh, I watched GI Joe Valor vs. Venom and still have no idea what the fuck I was watching.  Honestly, I tuned it out.  Yuck.
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Post by: Rama on Sep 04, 2012, 01:12:08 AM
I could have told you not to bother with that. Did you watch Spy Troops too?


I saw Live and Let Die, The Man with the Golden Gun, and The Spy Who Loved Me...as I keep marching on to see all the Bond films before Skyfall in Nov.
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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Sep 04, 2012, 10:00:37 PM
Live and Let Die was the best of the Moore Bond movies, though MwtGG and SWLM were fun. Spy was a sentimental favorite, as that was the only one I'd ever seen for a long, long time, as I'd caught it on ABC on video one night and rewatched it several dozen times.
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Post by: Rama on Sep 04, 2012, 11:48:05 PM
I can agree that Live and Let Die was the best of the Moore movies.

I'm on to Moonraker which is my least favorite Bond film...still holding it's title over Quantum of Solace.
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Sep 05, 2012, 05:15:11 AM
I like Goldeneye only because of the n64 amazing game
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Post by: Rumble on Sep 05, 2012, 12:09:37 PM
I've never seen more than the first half hour of any Bond movie. The entire franchise bores me to tears.

The title song of 'The world is not enough' by Garbage is great tho
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Sep 06, 2012, 08:55:59 PM
Word.
I think I've only seen a couple of other JB movies but they don't attract me at all.

I bought the dvd of Grave of the Fireflies cause I've heard is super sad and depressing. But now I don't want to watch it cause of the same reasons lol but I'll get to it
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Post by: jonhammstein on Sep 06, 2012, 11:18:32 PM
Premium Rush. Easily my favorite bike courier movie. I was going to say top five, but no, it's definitely number one.
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Post by: Rama on Sep 06, 2012, 11:29:51 PM
So you like it better then Quicksilver.
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Post by: B E C K on Sep 07, 2012, 12:20:04 AM
I streamed Haywire.  Great movie.

I also streamed most of Mission Impossible 3.  Which I did like decently enough the first time I saw it.  But it made me realize how damn good Haywire was and joys of watching an action picture without all of that flash, CG, and all of those shiny people.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Sep 07, 2012, 07:22:40 AM
Haywire was great. I was surprised to actually feel bad when you-know-who ate it, because at the beginning of the movie it was like, "Oh my God, he's beating the shit out of her!"

But then of course she beat him even worse, so it was all good.
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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Sep 07, 2012, 07:53:27 AM
I bought the dvd of Grave of the Fireflies cause I've heard is super sad and depressing. But now I don't want to watch it cause of the same reasons lol but I'll get to it
The best way to describe it is thus: the story starts with a nuclear explosion, and it's all downhill from there.
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Post by: Rama on Sep 07, 2012, 02:14:00 PM
I saw Octopussy. Not that bad actually...one of the better Moore films, but man is he looking old here. I'm really surprised he did any after Moonraker. Even more surprised he did another one after this.

I also saw Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure just to have a break from Bond.
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Post by: Fiero on Sep 07, 2012, 02:35:39 PM
I bought the dvd of Grave of the Fireflies cause I've heard is super sad and depressing. But now I don't want to watch it cause of the same reasons lol but I'll get to it
The best way to describe it is thus: the story starts with a nuclear explosion, and it's all downhill from there.

You've told me more about it than I've known before so perhaps I'll finally get around to it now.
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Sep 07, 2012, 05:58:13 PM
I bought the dvd of Grave of the Fireflies cause I've heard is super sad and depressing. But now I don't want to watch it cause of the same reasons lol but I'll get to it
The best way to describe it is thus: the story starts with a nuclear explosion, and it's all downhill from there.
I've read the synopsis so I know how it starts and ends...but I still can't get myself to watch it :'( I was almost crying when reading the damn synopsis, I can't imagine how it will be when I watch the actual movie
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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Sep 08, 2012, 12:32:19 AM
It's easily the saddest movie I've ever seen. But it's been years since I saw it...I don't remember that much about it other than how it felt. Don't think I'll put myself through it again anytime soon, though.

Honestly I enjoyed all the Moore Bond movies except View to a Kill. I prefer Connery as Bond, though.
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Post by: Chopper Face 69 on Sep 09, 2012, 11:45:15 AM
Yeah I recently learned that Grave of the Fireflies is on Blu-Ray.  I would get it but... I don't think I can ever get myself to watch that movie again.
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Post by: Rumble on Sep 09, 2012, 04:48:03 PM
I never even heard about this movie. But based on all these reactions I'm gonna download it as soon as I get home
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Post by: Fiero on Sep 10, 2012, 04:38:43 PM
Have any of you seen Now and Then, Here and There? That shit depressed me, I imagine this will be much worse.
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Post by: Rama on Sep 11, 2012, 12:57:02 PM
Goldeneye...probably my favorite Bond film of them all.
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Post by: Fiero on Sep 11, 2012, 04:28:02 PM
Goldeneye...probably my favorite Bond film of them all.

Good movie. GREAT GAME.
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Post by: B E C K on Sep 12, 2012, 01:01:12 AM
Haywire was great. I was surprised to actually feel bad when you-know-who ate it, because at the beginning of the movie it was like, "Oh my God, he's beating the shit out of her!"

But then of course she beat him even worse, so it was all good.

I was surprised I felt bad about him dying, period.  Nothing to do with his character for the rest of the film, just because he kinda annoys me in general.  That this movie transformed him into a character I could actually have any measure of empathy for in such a short time added an entire star to the film for me.  I also found that to be another nice contrast with MI3, where that film worked so damn hard to get us to feel bad about Keri Russell but had so much less impact than a guy we were only supposed to like for a couple of minutes before he carked it.


Goldeneye...probably my favorite Bond film of them all.

Good movie. GREAT GAME.

QFT.

Honestly I enjoyed all the Moore Bond movies except View to a Kill.

But that one has my favorite Bond song.  Also, Grace Jones. ♥
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Post by: B E C K on Sep 12, 2012, 01:01:51 AM
Also, I rewatched Clueless today.  Yay for it making it to Netflix streaming.
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Post by: Rama on Sep 12, 2012, 01:24:36 AM
Honestly I enjoyed all the Moore Bond movies except View to a Kill.

But that one has my favorite Bond song.  Also, Grace Jones. ♥

It's my favorite of the Moore Bonds, and my favorite of the songs as well. I mean it has Jones and Walken and a Dolph cameo too...it's just all kinds of great.

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Post by: Rama on Sep 12, 2012, 02:05:32 AM
Also I saw Tomorrow Never Dies.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Sep 12, 2012, 12:29:14 PM
I don't know why you guys like Goldeneye.

Pierce Brosnan is just awful.
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Post by: Fiero on Sep 12, 2012, 01:47:31 PM
Also, I rewatched Clueless today.  Yay for it making it to Netflix streaming.

Fucking hell I love that movie so much, and I can't explain it. I also have a soft spot for 10 Things I Hate About You. Ledger-Joker preview in that one.
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Post by: Chopper Face 69 on Sep 12, 2012, 03:47:40 PM
Clueless and 10 Thing I Hate About You are great!
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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Sep 12, 2012, 09:04:11 PM
I don't know why you guys like Goldeneye.

Pierce Brosnan is just awful.

Goldeneye was the best Brosbond flick. It had problems, but it wasn't bad. I found Brosnan was too night-and-day in his portrayal, either playing it too brooding or too giddy.

My Bond preference list: Connery>Moore>>Lazenby=Brosnan>½>Dalton>∞>Craig. I can explain it to some degree, but it's largely preference.
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Sep 13, 2012, 07:17:57 PM
inb4 Robert Pattison as the next Bond
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Sep 13, 2012, 07:19:22 PM
Clueless and 10 Thing I Hate About You are great!
I <3 u

Funny, last night I dreamed I was with a friend talking about actresses and she said Julia Stiles looked pretty and I said she looked like the exact definition of white trash, and there was some lady that looked at us and left angry
Its true tho, she looks like the prom queen of the trailer camp
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Post by: B E C K on Sep 14, 2012, 12:36:00 AM
I don't know why you guys like Goldeneye.

Pierce Brosnan is just awful.
 
At least he's not Daniel Craig.  *snort*  Anyway, I think many things about that movie just worked.  Squirrel's right tho, it's his best one.  The rest of 'em are a downhill ride.

I watched Mean Girls.  And What Women Want.  But as it turns out, what I wanted wasn't that movie.  Ho ho.
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Sep 14, 2012, 12:39:44 AM


I watched Mean Girls.  And What Women Want.  But as it turns out, what I wanted wasn't that movie.  Ho ho.

I <3 u 2

What WOmen Want is aweeesome. Mel Gibson is so hot and perfect for the part
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Post by: Fiero on Sep 14, 2012, 12:23:02 PM
Mean Girls also goes on my list of 'Movies about high school drama that I probably shouldn't like but do because they are awesome' list.
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Post by: Chopper Face 69 on Sep 14, 2012, 12:33:55 PM
I think Julia Styles is decently hot but for whatever reason men don't generally seem to find her attractive.
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Post by: Fiero on Sep 14, 2012, 01:12:22 PM
I think Julia Styles is decently hot but for whatever reason men don't generally seem to find her attractive.

Like the fist of an angry god.
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Post by: Rumble on Sep 27, 2012, 01:56:24 PM
Saw the Avengers the other day.
Glad I didn't see it in the theater this summer. I mean it was an ok film, but really not worth all the hype IMO
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Sep 27, 2012, 10:01:12 PM
Down with the american superheroes! its time for the Vikings to shine!
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Post by: B E C K on Sep 28, 2012, 12:11:18 AM
Saw the Avengers the other day.
Glad I didn't see it in the theater this summer. I mean it was an ok film, but really not worth all the hype IMO

I saw some animated Avengers thingies on Netflix and was so glad what's-his-face died.  I actually cheered and clapped.  The Avengers do not excite me even a little bit.  Although I did like that line in the first animated movie where one of them saw Thor and was all "who's the chick with the hammer".  Ha or whatever.  But Cap and Thor are bland.  Widow's just tits and ass with a gun.  Fury's your typical angry black man.  Antman and Wasp: who gives a fuck.  I hate the Hulk.  Iron Man... I don't know what the fuck happened with Iron Man.  I used to like the guy.  Now I just like seeing them get their asses kicked.  Give me my Justice League movie already.
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Post by: Rama on Sep 28, 2012, 01:56:40 AM
There won't be a JL movie till DC and WB can make something worth a shit without Batman in it...which they can't. Hell Marvel did in like 6 years what DC has been trying to do since Batman and Robin bombed. Have to wait and see on Man of Steel...but I just loath Superman. Justice League as a whole is rather boring collection of guys to me. One thing I do give give DC credit for is having an iconic female Super Hero in Wonder Woman, which Marvel has tried to do but can't pull off, but other then that is a whole lot of blah. I guess I'm saying Make Mine Marvel.
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Post by: Rumble on Sep 28, 2012, 08:12:12 AM
Down with the american superheroes! its time for the Vikings to shine!

Have I told you recently that I love you?
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Post by: Fiero on Sep 28, 2012, 10:56:13 AM
Down with the american superheroes! its time for the Vikings to shine!

Have I told you recently that I love you?

If you really loved her, you wouldn't have to tell her.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Sep 28, 2012, 12:52:56 PM
I can't remember if we've talked about it here before, but if you want to watch a good Viking movie, check out Valhalla Rising.

Shit is bleak as fuck.

And that's a direct quote from Roger Ebert.

Not really.
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Post by: Chopper Face 69 on Sep 28, 2012, 12:59:25 PM
I did not like that movie at all!
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Post by: Rumble on Sep 28, 2012, 04:58:55 PM
I can't remember if we've talked about it here before, but if you want to watch a good Viking movie, check out Valhalla Rising.

Never heard of it.
I'll go look for a torrent
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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Sep 29, 2012, 11:28:46 AM
Watched Avengers last night. It's amazing how much more you can enjoy a movie when you're able to pause it when you have to go take a leak.
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Oct 01, 2012, 02:27:49 AM
Just watched the Grave of the fireflies.
Fuck this shit.
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Post by: Fiero on Oct 01, 2012, 11:09:27 AM
Just watched the Grave of the fireflies.
Fuck this shit.

What does that even mean?
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Post by: Rumble on Oct 01, 2012, 11:26:15 AM
Just watched the Grave of the fireflies.
Fuck this shit.

What does that even mean?

It involves a pile of poo and your wiener
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Post by: Fiero on Oct 01, 2012, 12:01:48 PM
Just watched the Grave of the fireflies.
Fuck this shit.

What does that even mean?

It involves a pile of poo and your wiener

Not that there's anything wrong with that.
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Oct 01, 2012, 11:10:12 PM
Just watched the Grave of the fireflies.
Fuck this shit.

What does that even mean?
SADDEST MOVIE EVER. Even though I read a synopsis of it and KNEWWW what was going to happen, i still cried like a little bitch. Oh yeah and hours later i was still thinking about how fucked up and sad it was. Goddamn
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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Oct 03, 2012, 05:18:39 PM
You did it to yourself.

I rewatched Batman: Dark Knight Returns Pt. 1 the other day. I do believe they pulled off what nobody thought they could...I can't wait for round two.
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Post by: Fiero on Oct 03, 2012, 05:24:00 PM
You did it to yourself.

I rewatched Batman: Dark Knight Returns Pt. 1 the other day. I do believe they pulled off what nobody thought they could...I can't wait for round two.

I still haven't seen that. I guess I should.
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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Oct 03, 2012, 05:27:38 PM
They did a good job, and it didn't even have Joker or Superman in it yet.
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Post by: Rama on Oct 04, 2012, 12:48:04 AM
I saw V/H/S. It is a found footage anthology. I'm not really a fan of found footage movies (only one I really like was "The Last Exorcism") and I'm not really a fan of anthologies, but it was on TV and I didn't have anything better to watch. I missed the first segment called "Amateur Night" and I only saw the end of "Second Honeymoon", but I did see the rest of the movie from there.

The weakest of the ones I saw was "Tuesday the 17th" was just so...so bad. Saying the word fuck a hundred times in 15 mins and showing a lot of gore does not a good segment make. There wasn't even any bobbies in this one...just man ass.

"The Sick Thing That Happened to Emily When She Was Younger" was kinda trippy, and I liked it. But it was real lite on explaining what was really going on. This one was kinda rushed and could have used a little more build up to it, and again you are not told what was really going on in the end. Just given hints that what you thought was happening wasn't happening, but something even more freaky was.

The best and thus last one was "10/31/98". Honestly they could have expanded this to a whole non-found footage movie and I would have watched it. Good foreshadowing, good build up, good SFX, good acting, and a story that held together pretty well considering how little time they had to tell it in.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Oct 04, 2012, 12:24:45 PM
Looper and Dredd. Looper was good, Dredd was better.
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Post by: The D on Oct 04, 2012, 07:35:35 PM
After reading a discussion several pages back about the latest Batman movie, someone said something that reminded me of something I've noticed in these three movies.

Batman Begins was filmed... wherever, Dark Knight was filmed in Chicago and kinda looks it, and DKR seems to have been filmed in New York.

Um wat?

I get that Nolan's trying to make his Batman feel a lot more realistic in the last two movies, but, as someone pointed out, I think the Gotham in Batman Begins WAS Gotham. It was dark and gritty and gothic, whereas the other two movies had too much of a lighter feel to them.

Plus, where the hell did those Monorails from the first movie go? They were nowhere to be found in the other two movies.
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Post by: The D on Oct 04, 2012, 07:36:18 PM
Oh yes, and I watched the Avengers again. While I do think the movie's pretty good I don't think it's entirely worthy of the hype the second time around.
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Oct 05, 2012, 01:57:52 AM
Misery <3
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Post by: jonhammstein on Oct 05, 2012, 07:23:13 AM
...so then you'd give it a 1 or a 2? Out of 5? Or 10? You gotta be more specific!
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Post by: Chopper Face 69 on Oct 05, 2012, 10:09:51 AM
Yeah I really didn't care for the look of Gotham in the 2nd and 3rd films, especially since Batman Begins captured it's essence so well.

They were going for more of a "what if this was in a real city" vibe I suppose.
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Oct 05, 2012, 06:32:11 PM
...so then you'd give it a 1 or a 2? Out of 5? Or 10? You gotta be more specific!
I lol'd a little
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Post by: B E C K on Oct 05, 2012, 11:51:18 PM
...so then you'd give it a 1 or a 2? Out of 5? Or 10? You gotta be more specific!
I lol'd a little

So did I.  :P
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Oct 10, 2012, 01:36:19 AM
So I watched Darjeeling Unlimited and it was a funny movie. Would I watch it again? not really. I might be a little biased since I think India is the nastiest country on the planet (and maybe, why not, universe) so yeah. It did make me want to watch Wedding Crashers again tho. Owen Wilson is hilarious. It's kinda sad that he's always playing the positive guy part, while in real life he's having all those problems (suicide attempt, depression etc)
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Post by: Rumble on Oct 10, 2012, 02:37:01 AM
 What's wrong with India?
They got the best food on the planet
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Post by: jonhammstein on Oct 10, 2012, 09:55:51 AM
Indian food is people.

The Darjeeling Limited is a decent Wes Anderson effort. Have you seen Fantastic Mr. Fox and/or Moonrise Kingdom, Faye? Those are also good, along with everything else he (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0027572/) directs.
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Post by: Fiero on Oct 10, 2012, 12:28:55 PM
I still haven't seen Moonrise Kingdom or Fantastic Mr Fox. I think I'm a bad person because of that.

But my favorite movie is The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou.
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Post by: Chopper Face 69 on Oct 10, 2012, 01:13:33 PM
Darjeling was like a comedy without enough comedy.  Once the laughing stops and it's all estranged relationships with fathers and dead kids I wasn't having a good time any more...

As for India...

Pros:
Girls with big eyes

Cons:
Music
Clothes
Movies
Sound of language
Religioin that everyone sucks the dick of but fuck it it's still a religion
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Oct 10, 2012, 07:55:19 PM
Indian food is people.

The Darjeeling Limited is a decent Wes Anderson effort. Have you seen Fantastic Mr. Fox and/or Moonrise Kingdom, Faye? Those are also good, along with everything else he (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0027572/) directs.
No but Fantastic Mr Fox is one of my favorite childhood books! Is it computer-animated??
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Oct 10, 2012, 07:56:11 PM
Darjeling was like a comedy without enough comedy.  Once the laughing stops and it's all estranged relationships with fathers and dead kids I wasn't having a good time any more...

As for India...

Pros:
Girls with big eyes

Cons:
Music
Clothes
Movies
Sound of language
Religioin that everyone sucks the dick of but fuck it it's still a religion

The women are ugly as fuck. Food is ok although kinda lame, the country is an entire shithole etc etc I'd rather die than go there etc etc
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Post by: jonhammstein on Oct 10, 2012, 08:03:39 PM
Indian food is people.

The Darjeeling Limited is a decent Wes Anderson effort. Have you seen Fantastic Mr. Fox and/or Moonrise Kingdom, Faye? Those are also good, along with everything else he (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0027572/) directs.
No but Fantastic Mr Fox is one of my favorite childhood books! Is it computer-animated??

Hell nah, girl. They animated that shit by hand. Stop-motion all the way, and it looks amazing.
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Post by: B E C K on Oct 11, 2012, 01:39:40 AM
I saw Hanna.  I know where this movie went wrong.  Where she's escaping and the camera does this seasick crap.  If you've seen this movie, you know what part I mean.  That's when I knew what started out as a good movie was gonna feel like a chore when it was finished.  Blech.  I liked her interactions with that family she meets.  But the then the movie was all "oops, this is a little too entertaining.  let's have a couple of douches try to kill her now!111"  Cate Blanchett was pretty good in it tho'.  Eric Bana was channeling too much Liam Neeson for my liking.
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Post by: Rumble on Oct 11, 2012, 10:41:52 AM
I saw Prometheus the other day.
Not a bad movie, but it raised more questions then it answered (then again I never saw the Alien movies). So it left me a bit unsatisfied
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Post by: Chopper Face 69 on Oct 11, 2012, 03:35:31 PM
I saw Hanna.
This is a serious review of the film:
http://powet.tv/powetblog/2012/01/11/hanna-extended-edition-review/
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Post by: B E C K on Oct 11, 2012, 10:51:17 PM
Ha ha!  That improves the movie significantly if I look at it that way.  And that comment, "Get a proper job."  If the Powet-thing actually was your job, why would you go get a job at McDonald's because some a-hole on the internet thinks you need a "proper" one?  Getting paid for making vids > flipping burgers.  What a stupid asshat. 
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Oct 11, 2012, 11:38:59 PM

Hell nah, girl. They animated that shit by hand. Stop-motion all the way, and it looks amazing.

say whaaaa??
sounds good, ill find a stream online, thx
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Oct 11, 2012, 11:41:21 PM
I saw Prometheus the other day.
Not a bad movie, but it raised more questions then it answered (then again I never saw the Alien movies). So it left me a bit unsatisfied

You should read the stuff they've posted online about the many meanings. One of the theories was that Jesus was one of the giants and it blew my minddddd
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Post by: Rama on Oct 12, 2012, 02:19:07 AM
I saw Battleship.

Terrible movie if you want plot and characters. Great if you want to see shit blow up good. Only refreshing thing here was seeing an alien that wasn't completely unbeatable and human actually could fight back. Other then that it was shit, but some of it was a kind of "Hee hee...cool" shit.
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Oct 12, 2012, 04:00:01 AM
I saw Battleship.

Terrible movie if you want plot and characters.
What were you expecting from a movie that has that crazy ho Rihanna in it?
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Post by: Rama on Oct 12, 2012, 12:36:43 PM
I wasn't expecting much...in fact I was surprised I didn't hate it as much as I thought I would. I loath it far less then Transformers or G.I. Joe, but it was still oh so so bad...but I'll admit I was like "Hell yeah!" when the Mighty Mo unloaded on that alien ship. But they spent the first half hour of the movie trying to make you like the characters so you'd actually be worried about them when the Aliens attacked...but I was really just "Hurry up Aliens and kill these completely unlikeable people please."
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Post by: jonhammstein on Oct 12, 2012, 09:30:14 PM
And how about those aliens? They were basically humans, but with spiky chins! Brilliant.
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Post by: Rama on Oct 13, 2012, 01:26:18 AM
And frog eyes...don't forget the frog eyes.
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Post by: Rumble on Oct 13, 2012, 10:21:17 AM
I saw The Dictator yesterday.
Not as funny as I hoped it was gonna be, but I still had a few good laughs
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Post by: B E C K on Oct 14, 2012, 11:51:47 PM
I saw Battleship.

Terrible movie if you want plot and characters. Great if you want to see shit blow up good. Only refreshing thing here was seeing an alien

seeing an alien

an alien

alien

(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mJ4lc_Q9Q6k/SbqQ2scWIoI/AAAAAAAAcP0/NHNOiAbjmYU/s400/futurama_fry_looking_squint.jpg)
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Post by: Rama on Oct 15, 2012, 12:51:34 AM
Yeeeeeeeeeeeah. That happened.


Anyway I saw Dark Shadows. I still don't know if I like this movie or hate it. It has a lot of good parts, and a lot of bad parts. The good parts were really good and the bad parts were really bad. I'm so confused. I'd have to go with bad...I mean when a werewolf shows up without any mention of werewolves it is just a little too Deus ex machina for me. But I will say that the house of Collinwood was amazing. I think I was more taken with the house then the movie.
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Post by: Fiero on Oct 15, 2012, 11:11:11 AM
Yeeeeeeeeeeeah. That happened.


Anyway I saw Dark Shadows. I still don't know if I like this movie or hate it. It has a lot of good parts, and a lot of bad parts. The good parts were really good and the bad parts were really bad. I'm so confused. I'd have to go with bad...I mean when a werewolf shows up without any mention of werewolves it is just a little too Deus ex machina for me. But I will say that the house of Collinwood was amazing. I think I was more taken with the house then the movie.

Apparently there was a TV show. It might explain some of the bad parts. I did not watch it so I do not know.
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Post by: Rama on Oct 15, 2012, 12:15:26 PM
Yeah I knew about the TV show. They use to show it on Sci-Fi during the early 90s. But given this movie is for the layman that might not have ever seen that show it is the writer's job to explain those sort of things. Which they didn't.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Oct 15, 2012, 12:26:54 PM
Yeah I knew about the TV show. They use to show it on Sci-Fi during the early 90s. But given this movie is for the layman that might not have ever seen that show it is the writer's job to explain those sort of things. Which they didn't.

I didn't say it was acceptable, I said it might make some sense of it.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Oct 15, 2012, 12:44:22 PM
Well I looked it up and a lot of these stories do line up with the old show, but some don't. But since there are over 1200 episodes of Dark Shadows...I don't think I'll be getting to the bottom of what is or isn't right anytime soon.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Oct 15, 2012, 01:34:24 PM
Well I looked it up and a lot of these stories do line up with the old show, but some don't. But since there are over 1200 episodes of Dark Shadows...I don't think I'll be getting to the bottom of what is or isn't right anytime soon.

Holy balls, fuck that. Was it a soap opera?
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Chopper Face 69 on Oct 15, 2012, 03:58:27 PM
Ha ha!  That improves the movie significantly if I look at it that way.  And that comment, "Get a proper job."  If the Powet-thing actually was your job, why would you go get a job at McDonald's because some a-hole on the internet thinks you need a "proper" one?  Getting paid for making vids > flipping burgers.  What a stupid asshat. 
Ha.  Seriously.  I wonder how actors feel when they get bitched at for sucking.  "Hey I got $20 million for my last flick.  You get a real job!"

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Terrible movie if you want plot and characters. Great if you want to see shit blow up good. Only refreshing thing here was seeing an alien that wasn't completely unbeatable and human actually could fight back. Other then that it was shit, but some of it was a kind of "Hee hee...cool" shit.
Battleship was great!!!
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Oct 15, 2012, 04:26:11 PM
Well I looked it up and a lot of these stories do line up with the old show, but some don't. But since there are over 1200 episodes of Dark Shadows...I don't think I'll be getting to the bottom of what is or isn't right anytime soon.

Holy balls, fuck that. Was it a soap opera?

Yes it was. Ran on ABC daytime TV from 67 to 71. And Barnabas Collins didn't even show up till episode 202.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Oct 15, 2012, 04:34:27 PM
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Terrible movie if you want plot and characters. Great if you want to see shit blow up good. Only refreshing thing here was seeing an alien that wasn't completely unbeatable and human actually could fight back. Other then that it was shit, but some of it was a kind of "Hee hee...cool" shit.
Battleship was great!!!

Well I said it wasn't as bad as Transformers of G.I.Joe. That's s compliment...from a certain point of view. But Battleship wanted to be Transformers almost as much as Megan Mullally wants to be Tina Fey.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Oct 15, 2012, 09:26:36 PM
Rama, you're going to find that many of the truths we cling to depend greatly on our own point of view.

Dark Shadows is one of my brother and sister-in-law's favorite shows while growing up...and I think they have the whole thing on VHS. I wish the 1991 show had panned out; it wasn't bad, but it never had a chance.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Oct 16, 2012, 03:58:39 AM
So I saw "The Loved Ones" (aussie movie). I thought it was going to suck but then I realized the kinda movie it was going to be and I loved it. Gory as fuuuuuck. As a synopsis (no spoilers). Hot guy gets invited to prom by some loser girl. He says no (kindly) so bitch goes wild on his ass, literally. Think Hostel prom-version.

Also saw Yellow Brick Road( another horror movie) and it sucked. I did recognize the main blonde girl as Andy's foster sister in Chucky 2 tho.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rumble on Oct 16, 2012, 11:47:22 AM
Now you've spoiled the movie for me
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Oct 16, 2012, 05:31:58 PM
Well I looked it up and a lot of these stories do line up with the old show, but some don't. But since there are over 1200 episodes of Dark Shadows...I don't think I'll be getting to the bottom of what is or isn't right anytime soon.

Holy balls, fuck that. Was it a soap opera?

Yes it was. Ran on ABC daytime TV from 67 to 71. And Barnabas Collins didn't even show up till episode 202.

FYI for anyone who cares but it's available on Netflix streaming.  Don't know how much of it is there though.

I saw most of this Fangoria Frightfest thing called Pig Hunt.  I basically saw the first thirty minutes and the last thirty minutes and nothing of value was lost in between.  It probably could've worked better as a short hour-long movie.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Oct 17, 2012, 11:31:38 PM
Saw Justice League: Doom.  It was decent but it also felt kinda rushed, like we're just going through the motions in order to fit it into its 77 min time frame.  I liked Claudia Black as Cheetah.  Vandal Savage... meh, I don't know why they bothered wasting time explaining his story.  I don't think it was needed.  The fact that it should've been Ra's al Ghul and he was easily supplanted should illustrate how little the master villain mattered in the course of things.  If someone actually required that explanation, then they were watching the wrong fuckin' movie.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Oct 18, 2012, 01:42:32 AM
I watched The Grey again and I've already said something about it in this thead. But I remember this second time on during his monologue in the beginning how it must have SUCKED to say all the shit (taking into account what happened in Liam Neeson's personal life- not trying to spoil here)
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Oct 18, 2012, 02:27:04 AM
I saw The Horror of Dracula, The Curse of Frankenstein, The Mummy (Hammer version), The Gorgon, The Devil's Bride, and Madagascar 3.


One of these things is not like the others...one of these things just doesn't belong.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Oct 18, 2012, 06:11:23 AM
TCM definitely didn't air Madagascar 3 last night.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Chopper Face 69 on Oct 18, 2012, 09:37:55 AM
Saw Moonlight Kingdom last night.  Very good movie.  When Wes Anderson writes an adult they sound retarded.  When he writes children they sound witty and quirky.  Much better...
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Oct 18, 2012, 10:23:51 AM
Saw Moonlight Kingdom last night.  Very good movie.  When Wes Anderson writes an adult they sound retarded.  When he writes children they sound witty and quirky.  Much better...

That one's on my to-do list. I like Wes Anderson's stuff. The Life Aquatic is one of my favorites.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Oct 18, 2012, 11:21:16 AM
TCM definitely didn't air Madagascar 3 last night.

HA HA...Nope. I actually saw that first on DVD. I actually own Horror of Dracula and The Mummy, but I couldn't help it. Just started watching and didn't stop.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Oct 18, 2012, 10:10:59 PM
Are they still milking "I Like to Move It"?  What am I saying, of course they are.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Oct 19, 2012, 01:12:55 AM
Yeah, but they wait till the end to use it and it plays over the credits.

I actually really like the Madagascar movies, and 3 was better then 2.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Oct 19, 2012, 11:04:36 AM
Yeah, but they wait till the end to use it and it plays over the credits.

It sounds like they are telling you to GTFO.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Oct 19, 2012, 11:45:21 PM
:lmao:


Yeah, but they wait till the end to use it and it plays over the credits.

I actually really like the Madagascar movies, and 3 was better then 2.

I thought the first one was cute but the second felt a little tiresome.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Oct 20, 2012, 01:16:31 AM
It had it's moments,but it is my least favorite of the three.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Chopper Face 69 on Oct 22, 2012, 09:35:01 AM
Here's my really real review of Madagascar 2:
http://powet.tv/powetblog/2008/12/02/madagascar-2-fake-movie-review/
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Oct 24, 2012, 11:40:11 PM
Taken 2 was pretty good. I've never seen Taken. Weird, right?
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Oct 25, 2012, 08:42:56 PM
Word to the weird! Taken was really good; if you get a crack at it, take it.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Oct 29, 2012, 02:44:17 AM
Starship troopers in youtube
feature=relmfu
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Oct 29, 2012, 11:25:47 PM
Young Frankenstein
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Oct 30, 2012, 10:01:30 AM
Young Frankenstein

Winning.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Oct 31, 2012, 11:07:59 PM
The Nightmare Before Christmas.  It's a tradition.  And then we watch it again around Christmas.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Nov 01, 2012, 12:14:49 AM
Speaking of Halloween traditions movie...


The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Nov 04, 2012, 08:16:48 AM
Cloud Atlas. Liked it. Probably won't watch it ever again. Way too long.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Nov 04, 2012, 10:25:50 PM
Silent Hill: Revelation 3D -- Bad.
The Man with the Iron Fists -- Great.
Wreck-It Ralph -- Excellent.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Nov 05, 2012, 12:22:39 PM
Moonrise Kingdom. I enjoyed it.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Nov 05, 2012, 06:52:06 PM
Fuck yeah, you did. You had no choice in the matter.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Nov 06, 2012, 05:48:19 PM
Machete again. it's just too good. Last year I said I was going to be Machete for Halloween but I couldn't find a good beard. This year...well, obvs I couldn't but next year... NEXT YEAR
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Nov 06, 2012, 08:31:56 PM
Man, did I ever dislike Machete. The first ten to fifteen minutes were amazing, everything after that was just awful.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Nov 07, 2012, 01:34:45 AM
shut your whorish mouth

It's so gooooood, so stereotypical, so amazing. Oscar material right there
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rumble on Nov 07, 2012, 02:04:41 AM
I saw 'Als je begrijpt wat ik bedoel' again this weekend.
The only full length Dutch animation movie ever made
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Nov 07, 2012, 11:56:29 AM
Man, did I ever dislike Machete. The first ten to fifteen minutes were amazing, everything after that was just awful.

Your statement is impossible because the guy selling ice cream from a cart at the end of the battle is definitely the best part of the movie.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Nov 07, 2012, 04:18:10 PM
I don't remember that at all.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Nov 07, 2012, 05:19:21 PM
I don't remember that at all.

It happened.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Nov 08, 2012, 12:52:55 AM
I saw The Punisher.  The '04 one.  By "saw", I mean I let it play in the background for about five minutes although that shit-accent Thomas Jane tried to put on told me what kind of stale ball of cheese this was gonna be already.  So I skipped forward through the damn thing and read a Wikipedia summary so I could know kinda what the fuck was going on.  It took like thirty minutes for his family to die.  Get to the fuckin' point.  He punishes people because they kill his family, why did it take that long?  UGH.  Was I supposed to feel sorry for the bad guy at the end?  Say what you will about John Travolta but that bitch can act and entertain in whatever pile of crap he's in.  Thomas Jane was a wet piece of cardboard.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rumble on Nov 08, 2012, 02:03:21 AM
All the Punisher movies were teh suck
They should make a movie of one of Ennis' Punisher Max stories
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Nov 08, 2012, 07:41:49 AM
I don't remember that at all.

It happened.

I saw it a couple of days ago and can't remember it either. What happened with the ice cream?
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Nov 09, 2012, 01:27:08 PM
All the Punisher movies were teh suck
They should make a movie of one of Ennis' Punisher Max stories
The Thomas Jane movie was based on Ennis' first storyline, "Welcome Back, Frank". Thank you, Hollywood creative license. Not having a mob-stress being mauled and quartered by an irate polar bear just ain't the same.

I did like the movie after that one with Ray Stevinson or whatever his name is.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rumble on Nov 09, 2012, 03:39:44 PM
Never read Welcome Back Frank, only read the Max run.
Can't read a Punisher story if there isn't a lot of swearing and gore in it. And a guy ending up with his balls in a paper cup of course
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Nov 10, 2012, 02:05:19 PM
"Welcome Back, Frank" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Punisher_(2000_series)) was the first run by Ennis and Dillon. It was "welcome back" because it was the first Punisher story since Marvel killed him off sometime before. I only read it because it was Ennis, whose Hitman title is my all-time favorite comic.

And this was the best scene from WBF:
(http://www.shwiggie.com/boards/sig_pics/punisher-vs-polarbear.jpg)
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Nov 12, 2012, 01:40:28 PM
Prometheus


It was ok....I can see why people where pissed at this thing though. This thing was clearly meant to be a direct prequel to Alien and was probably so right before they started shooting. I mean it really seemed they just went through the script and just replaced words like "Eggs" with "Vases" and "LV-426" with "LV-223" then rewrote the last five pages of the script. "Oh...another ship. How deus ex machina of you." I think people would have been a lot happier if they had just left this a direct prequel to Alien like it was clearly intended to be.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Nov 12, 2012, 03:46:12 PM
I'm reading some shitty fantasy book by M.R. Mathias called the Sword and the Dragon. It's pretty generic fantasy trope, but damnit I'm still enjoying it. I like the bad guy wizard a lot. He's a pretty swell dude, and there's this guy who has a bird as a familiar / animal companion and might have magic. Also, there was a previous wizard like this kid that people called Dahg Mahn. which translates to Dog Man. Because his familiar / animal companion was a wolf. This humors me.

To explain why I'm reading, because his books are cheap on Kindle.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Nov 12, 2012, 04:19:23 PM
I think you should explain why you are telling us what you are reading in the "The last movie I saw was..." thread. '__'
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Nov 13, 2012, 01:17:52 AM
I think you should explain why you are telling us what you reading in the "The last movie I saw was..." thread. '__'

Ha ha, I was thinking the same thing.

Also, there was a previous wizard like this kid that people called Dahg Mahn. which translates to Dog Man.

It translates from... uh..., Jamaican?  "He's a dahg, mon!"
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Chopper Face 69 on Nov 14, 2012, 08:07:03 AM
Prometheus


It was ok....I can see why people where pissed at this thing though. This thing was clearly meant to be a direct prequel to Alien and was probably so right before they started shooting. I mean it really seemed they just went through the script and just replaced words like "Eggs" with "Vases" and "LV-426" with "LV-223" then rewrote the last five pages of the script. "Oh...another ship. How deus ex machina of you." I think people would have been a lot happier if they had just left this a direct prequel to Alien like it was clearly intended to be.
Nothing about the film makes it inconsistent with being a direct prequel to Alien aside from the size of the Space Jockeys which is really a non issue.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Nov 14, 2012, 12:57:48 PM
Spoilers.........




















The Space Jockey from Alien was sitting in the pilots seat when they discovered it...this one was in the life raft. IE: in order for this to be a direct prequel the dead Space Jockey would have to get up....walk back to she ship, put his helmet back on and then sit back down in his seat.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Nov 14, 2012, 03:54:58 PM
So they ever give this guy a Space Horse or what?
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Nov 14, 2012, 10:04:02 PM
Nah...he just rides inside a giant space dick.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Nov 15, 2012, 12:24:28 AM
I guess that's, uh, almost as good.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Nov 15, 2012, 08:04:02 AM
Watched Inception the other night. It put me to sleep.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rumble on Nov 15, 2012, 01:07:45 PM
Watched Inception the other night. It put me to sleep.

That movie has been on my to-watch list for ages, but I still haven't gotten around to it
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Nov 16, 2012, 12:07:23 AM
Watched Inception the other night. It put me to sleep.

Sounds about right to me.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Nov 16, 2012, 07:32:14 AM
I still haven't watched Inception either.

Does it even matter at this point?
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Nov 16, 2012, 04:35:18 PM
It was probably an okay movie. For some reason the thing started and reminded me of Memento, but once I figured out about halfway through what they were doing I was already about to give out. The rest is a blur, but I assume everyone lived happily ever after.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Chopper Face 69 on Nov 16, 2012, 06:53:23 PM
Depends on your interpretation.  I enjoyed the movie.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Nov 16, 2012, 11:23:20 PM
I still haven't watched Inception either.

Does it even matter at this point?

Nope.  I liked Joseph Gordon Levitt in the movie.  He was awesome.  Cared for nothing or no one else.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Nov 17, 2012, 10:47:26 PM
Went to see Skyfall today. The good news is that it was far better than Quantum of Solace. The bad news is...well, I don't have any bad news. I rank it above average among Bond flicks...it's no Thunderball or From Russia With Love, but it's no View to a Kill, either.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Nov 17, 2012, 11:27:56 PM
Went to see Skyfall today. The good news is that it was far better than Quantum of Solace.

That shouldn't have been difficult to pull off.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Nov 18, 2012, 12:19:53 PM
QoS is worse than Moonraker.

I think someone here has already stated that, but I'm just reiterating.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Nov 18, 2012, 10:15:09 PM
Impossible...nothing is worse then Moonraker. It did suck a big one though.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Chopper Face 69 on Nov 19, 2012, 08:39:17 AM
The Other Guys
Anchorman
Step Brothers

Late to the game on all counts.  All three movies were great and apparently directed by the same guy, which was a total coincidence.  I was just watching "Will Ferrell comedies".
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Nov 19, 2012, 10:51:56 AM
I am extremely humored by different opinions on Bond movies.

I've not seen Casino Royale or Quantum of Solace. We watched Skyfall last night.

My room mates think QoS is better than Skyfall.

I liked the film, but have nothing to compare it to.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Nov 19, 2012, 12:26:41 PM
Moonraker had an element of ridiculousness to it that made somewhat fun. Certainly not good, but it was fun. Having both my favorite Bond girl (Goodhead? Yes, please) and Bond gadget (dart watch ftw) helped.

QoS was worse than View to a Kill, which was my previous least liked Bond flick. Daniel Craig is totally uncrasimatic in that movie, and that could have elevated QoS to at least being watchable. I liked what little chemistry he had with Moneypenny in Skyfall, though.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Nov 21, 2012, 08:52:46 PM
I am extremely humored by different opinions on Bond movies.

I've not seen Casino Royale or Quantum of Solace. We watched Skyfall last night.

My room mates think QoS is better than Skyfall.

I liked the film, but have nothing to compare it to.

I'm sorry to tell you this, but your flatmates are awful people. Just AWFUL.

Skyfall kicked ass. I think I might like it even more than Casino Royale. It certainly has the most memorable Bond villain in over two decades.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Nov 21, 2012, 11:55:22 PM
Did you know there was a Scorpion King 3: Battle for a Paycheck Redemption (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Scorpion_King_3:_Battle_for_Redemption)?  It has Ron Perlman and Billy Zane: playing brothers because that shit's totally believable.  Perlman is actually barely in it.  He plays Clay Morrow, his biker character from Sons of Anarchy, except he wears a hair band and the hair to go with it.  Billy Zane plays a homeless hippy.  Both are kings or some shit and are at war or some shit.  It's stars some guy who reminds me of Opie from Sons of Anarchy except he's not and he's the Scorpion King.  I wish I could remember why we give a fuck about the Scorpion King in the first place.  Anyway, playing his sidekick is a generic Jack Black who has seventeen daughters.  The budget for this thing is exactly what you know it is.  Everyone is wearing bedsheets and rags.  Nothing looks like Egypt.  Terrible, terrible acting everywhere.  Somehow, this mangled pile managed to entertain me.  It had hot chicks, stupid jokes, and fuckin' ninjas.  Thank you to whoever made this movie.  You knew what you were working with and you made the best of it.  You threw in what you liked without giving a fuck.  And when Perlman and Zane were clearly phonin' that shit in, you didn't give even two fucks to rub together.  You were like "fuck that shit; print it." You get a gold star for trying, champ.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Nov 22, 2012, 08:26:55 AM
I thought Scorpion King was Akkadian, not Egyptian? Or are we just being borderline racists again and mashing the lesser known cultures into the bigger ones?
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Nov 22, 2012, 11:25:23 PM
He is Akkadian but the setting in the movie and majority of other characters are supposed to be Egyptian.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Nov 25, 2012, 01:24:37 AM
Skyfall.


And wow....just wow. I actually wanted to applaud at the end of this movie, but since I live in the Mid-west where such things are not done, I didn't. I wanted too, however. I don't think it is best Bond ever, but it is up there. It gave me everything I wanted from a Bond film and I left with a smile on my face. Although at times it was channeling the Dark Knight a little too much for my tastes, but that can be forgiven since I really liked that movie too.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Nov 25, 2012, 04:25:18 AM
The Other Guys
Anchorman
Step Brothers

Late to the game on all counts.  All three movies were great and apparently directed by the same guy, which was a total coincidence.  I was just watching "Will Ferrell comedies".

Anchorman is one of the funniest movies EVAR. Ive been planning on watching Step Brothers for a while tho
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Chopper Face 69 on Nov 26, 2012, 07:48:43 AM
Forgetting Sarah Marshall and Zac and Miri.  Both were just comedies I was catching up on.

I appreciated the subject matter of Forgetting Sarah Marshall given my current situation.

Zac and Miri was really confusing.  I didn't understand that they weren't a couple until quite a bit into the movie and at that point the eventual hookup could not have been more obvious.

In both movies I saw the penis of a male comedian named Jason.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Nov 26, 2012, 11:56:17 AM
I watched the special edition of Forward Unto Dawn. It's like a movie, sort of. I enjoyed the fuck out of it.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Nov 26, 2012, 01:43:43 PM
Skyfall.
www.shwiggie.com/skyfall-anti-chicken-little/
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Nov 26, 2012, 03:54:50 PM
Skyfall.
www.shwiggie.com/skyfall-anti-chicken-little/

I agree with a lot of what you said there. Although I think 3 between the sheet romps is up to par for Bond, although I'm still not sure if followed through on the Eve one...at the time I thought he did, but that changed at the end of the film to maybe he didn't.

And I also liked how things where back to way they should be at the end of the movie. That office's look and Moneypenny sitting outside it with hat rack and all gave me warm fuzzies inside, and I think they could go in and make a full out remake of Dr. No now if they wanted to with the pieces they've put in place...course I know they will not do that. I am really looking forward to the next one with the way this one ended.

I have always thought Craig didn't so much look the part of Bond and wished they'd gone with the other front runner Henry Cavill, who more looks the part but lost out to being too young. Course he might come in and fill the role when Craig leaves. There is a track record of that in Bond.

And I was glad they left Quantum behind. When they started talking about a organization behind everything at the end of Casino Royale that it would be SPECTRE. When QOS came and it was just SPECTRE like, I was upset. I was pretty sure I heard they got the full rights back to Thunderball and didn't have avoid them anymore.  Guess that info was wrong...oh well. I'd just rather have SPECTRE instead of something SPECTRE like.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Nov 26, 2012, 06:54:39 PM
With Kevin McClory dead, I don't think they have to worry about it anymore. Remaking Thunderball again died with him.

I've said it before: I can stomach a bad movie if it's fun. And that's what these last three 007 movies have really been missing. The old movies were fun, even if they weren't particularly good. It's how I can tolerate the likes of Moonraker.

They're forcing "dour" onto Bond. They did it with Timothy Dalton--an otherwise great actor--and tried it on Pierce Brosnan--who shone through the push for sullenness). So I think it's more directorial than it is the actor...there were some moments where I thought Craig would break through, but all we'd get is a knowingly sideways comment with a nod and half a smirk.

Only Black Dynamite can pull that one off! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JC7uIPBXcf4)
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Nov 26, 2012, 11:46:54 PM
I'd heard that the rights themselves came over with the Spider-Man deal with Sony though. Same deal that got us a real Casino Royale movie in the first place, but then they didn't use them. I doubt we will get anymore threats of remakes or suing over it...still if they don't have the rights they don't have the rights and still can't use them, which is sad.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Dec 04, 2012, 11:32:53 AM
Watched Paranormal Activity with a Rifftrax and watched Fellowship of the Ring with a Rifftrax. Both humored me. I would never watch the formal without a riff.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Dec 04, 2012, 12:43:42 PM
You know I've never used a Rifftrax before. Which is odd considering how much riffing material I actually own.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Dec 04, 2012, 12:50:42 PM
You know I've never used a Rifftrax before. Which is odd considering how much riffing material I actually own.

I know this won't happen because of your little internets, but you can torrent movies with the riffs already applied. It's completely illegitimate and I would never condone it, of course.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Dec 04, 2012, 01:32:31 PM
Actually I do torrent, but only when stealing high speed from someone else. Maybe once I week I get an hour or two of high speed access and I save up everything I want to watch or download and do it then.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rumble on Dec 05, 2012, 07:20:38 AM
So not only do you steal copyrighted materials, you even steal the high speed internet to do it with.

You sir are my new pirate idol
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Dec 05, 2012, 11:59:15 AM
I like to think of myself as a privater who fights the injustice of cheap companies that don't want to put up single dime of their own money to run cables out here.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Dec 06, 2012, 01:27:18 AM
So not only do you steal copyrighted materials, you even steal the high speed internet to do it with.

You sir are my new pirate idol

+1
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Dec 11, 2012, 11:26:48 AM
Bambi, Tinkerbell, Simsala Grimm and Kung fu panda. Someone please kill me
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Dec 11, 2012, 07:51:46 PM
You should've asked the guy who killed Bambi's mom to off you before Tinkerbell.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Dec 12, 2012, 04:04:15 AM
Bambi 2

 Bambi had actually some funny parts. Bambi 2 is bullshit (his dad sounds like a pr0n actor circa the 80s)
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rumble on Dec 12, 2012, 11:42:14 AM
Exactly how I would expect the dad of someone called Bambi to sound
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Dec 12, 2012, 01:07:25 PM
Bambi 2

 Bambi had actually some funny parts. Bambi 2 is bullshit (his dad sounds like a pr0n actor circa the 80s)

There are some things that just shouldn't have a fucking sequel.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Dec 12, 2012, 04:11:53 PM
Killing Them Softly.

I liked it, but it wasn't terribly original. It paints the familiar picture of organized crime being populated by unglamorous, mundane fuckers that we've seen plenty of times already over the past twenty years. I did enjoy the final scene, which basically plays out as a condemnation of all humankind. At least that's how I took it.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rumble on Dec 13, 2012, 02:42:15 PM
I saw Ted the other day.
It had some funny moments but I've seen it all before. Then again my expectations were low since I'm not that big a fan of Seth McFarlane's tv shows either
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Dec 13, 2012, 07:47:12 PM
Do you know how much money Ted has made?

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=ted.htm

WRYYYYYY!
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Dec 13, 2012, 11:21:57 PM
I wish I was seeing the Hobbit tonight as I loved LOTR movies and this was a movie I was REALLY looking forward too, maybe even more then Skyfall. Sadly...my money has to go to X-mas presents and gas, so no Hobbit for me till next Friday.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Dec 14, 2012, 08:37:56 AM
DID YOU GUYS SEE THAT NEW PIC OF LEGOLAS?!!??! HOT AS FUCK
(I think hes going to appear in the 2nd movie)
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Dec 14, 2012, 08:39:13 AM
Exactly how I would expect the dad of someone called Bambi to sound
lold


Killing Them Softly.
I liked it, but it wasn't terribly original. It paints the familiar picture of organized crime being populated by unglamorous, mundane fuckers that we've seen plenty of times already over the past twenty years. I did enjoy the final scene, which basically plays out as a condemnation of all humankind. At least that's how I took it.
At first I thought you were talking about Dave Chappelle`s standup show
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Dec 14, 2012, 10:57:47 PM
I saw the doc Heckler (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heckler_(film)) today.  It started off very, very good when it was about stand-up comics and hecklers.  Then it got to film critics, treating them as hecklers which was already a stretch in my opinion.  But then it moved on to the internet, treating them as hecklers as well.  Yes, there's a lot LOT of shit on the internet but jeez.  And it wasn't as if the film explored people who go to official fan pages and such to troll.  Or even internet bullying or stalking of a performer.  It started in about people reviewing shit from their own domains and blogs.  Kinda like when Jay and Silent Bob go and beat up people talking smack on them on the internet except with Jamie Kennedy and some other goobers whining about feelings and shit.*

I mean, really?

Navigate away from the fuckin' page.  If you think the person writing it is a basement-dwelling loser virgin with no right to an opinion, then why are you on their website reading their opinion and being so hurt about it?  Yet you're free to make sexist and racists jokes because it's a part of your craft?  Whatev.  That really brought down Heckler because one minute we're exploring a reaction like that guy from Seinfeld who attacked hecklers with the n-word; the interview segments that were subsequently shown in Heckler kinda defended that in the "well, it's stand up comedy" and "who isn't racist bullshit" and "he just reacted to a heckler" vein of things.  None of that being verbatim, but that's what I got from it.  And that's a legitimate angle to see it from.  The problem is that we go from something like that to "asshole film critics and internet twats are insulting my craaaaaft baaawww my feeeeelings".  And I think dealing with a person who comes to your show and makes live disruptions is apples to the oranges that is mostly-anon internet bullshitting.  Also, Jamie Kennedy apparently made Heckler in the first place due to negative reactions to his apparent masterpiece Son of Mask.  I won't even comment on that last part because god forbid Jamie Kennedy googles himself one day, sees it, and cries.


*Jon Lovitz had a valid reaction being kinda horrified at a blog apparently dedicated to killing him.  But as for the rest, it was mainly people doing movie reviews for shits and giggles.




tl;dr - Heckler was good until it started whining and equated viewers not liking shit to getting heckled live while on stage.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Dec 17, 2012, 06:07:30 AM
The Hobbit.

I don't know what to think about all the stuff they added that wasn't part of the original story. I'm pretty sure I didn't like it. Also, some scenes were way too fucking verbose. It was really obvious how much they were stretching out the running time.

But overall, not bad. My favorite scene was easily the escape from Goblin-town. To me, it evoked the greatness of LoTR more than anything else in the movie.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Dec 20, 2012, 09:53:35 PM
Life of Pi. Not bad.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Dec 21, 2012, 12:15:21 AM
I saw the Hobbit. I liked damn near everything in the movie.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Dec 21, 2012, 07:18:25 AM
The Hobbit.

I don't know what to think about all the stuff they added that wasn't part of the original story. I'm pretty sure I didn't like it. Also, some scenes were way too fucking verbose. It was really obvious how much they were stretching out the running time.

But overall, not bad. My favorite scene was easily the escape from Goblin-town. To me, it evoked the greatness of LoTR more than anything else in the movie.

spoilers, goddamnit




Dumbo. SAD AS FUCK. Really, i didnt remember that movie being so fucking depressing and sad, no wonder the poor thing got drunk
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Dec 21, 2012, 11:37:46 PM
Dumbo's on Netflix's streaming service and I won't touch it.

Merla and I are conflicted about seeing the Hobbit.  I want to and I will see it eventually.  But the bloat that has to be there concerns me.  I'm worried about something like this even though I know this is a joke (http://www.theonion.com/articles/the-hobbit-to-feature-53minutelong-scene-of-bilbo,30727/).
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Dec 22, 2012, 10:32:06 AM
The Hobbit.

spoilers, goddamnit

The book's only been around 75 years. The statute of limitations on spoilers has expired.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Dec 27, 2012, 08:44:11 AM
bullshit, cant assume that everyone had read the books

anyways i saw the movie and i loved it :3
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Dec 27, 2012, 12:59:07 PM
But I can assume that, if they haven't, it's their own fault.

But it's good to see all the positive reviews. Planning to see it this weekend.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Dec 27, 2012, 03:19:00 PM
So its your own fault if you havent read all those other books which became movies later on. So then you cant complain about getting spoiled cause it`d be your own fault for not reading X book

Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Dec 27, 2012, 06:01:54 PM
Yeah, pretty much, however....

...I cop to having spoiled the SHIT out of myself by reading Return of the King before the movie! I wish I'd watched the movie first, so I wouldn't have watched it with that elitist, douchey air of "that's wrong, it's not like it was in the book."
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rumble on Dec 27, 2012, 07:39:27 PM
I read LotR and the Hobbit way before there was even talk of movies.
Don't mind being spoiled tho, it's not like there are a lot of intricate plot twists in the story.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Dec 28, 2012, 08:43:46 AM
I heard Tolkien decided to give the elves long blonde hair after seeing Rumble at a bar :3

Ive been wanting to read LOTR for a long time but when I had time to do it I couldnt get it in english. But I def want to read American Psycho before. I heard its gory and disgusting
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Dec 28, 2012, 08:57:37 PM
You might want to eat your Wheaties before taking on LOTR. It's a dense read, at least until you get used to the style. Tolkien really wanted you to know everything about a scene before getting to anything resembling relevance. But what it loses in tight prose it gains in atmosphere and the stimulation of imagination.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Dec 29, 2012, 02:34:51 PM
Yeah I kinda expect it to be something like 100 years of solitude x 30
ANyways I wanted to read THe Silmarillion when I was done with those but now I dont know (will just add to the brainfuck)
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Dec 29, 2012, 03:16:16 PM
Reading Silmarillion the first time was a real chore. But after that first time, that's the Tolkien book I read most often. If you're open to suggestion, I'd read Hobbit first, the three LOTR books second, and Silmarillion third. If you got that far, then you might try Children of Hurin, Unfinished Tales, and Peoples of Middle Earth.

Children... is a more complete account of what is found in Silmarillion and Unfinished... with regards to that subset of characters. Silmarillion tells most of the story in less space in the perspective of the entire work, whereas Unfinished... is a collection of episodes in various characters' stories from the Silmarillion.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Dec 30, 2012, 12:12:02 AM
I'm trying to get through Frankenstein again. I own it now...someone bought it for me, so I can put as much time as I need to drag through this thing and that's exactly what is going to happen.



Edit: And this post is in the wrong thread. I went and pulled a Fiero.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rumble on Dec 30, 2012, 08:58:53 AM
I heard Tolkien decided to give the elves long blonde hair after seeing Rumble at a bar :3

Not much left of that hair these days I'm afraid
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Dec 30, 2012, 09:03:09 PM
Django Unchained. I was really enjoying it until I had to leave with about twenty to thirty minutes remaining. Overzealous anxiety strikes again. :-\
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Jan 01, 2013, 08:14:10 AM

Not much left of that hair these days I'm afraid


:vaderno:
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Chopper Face 69 on Jan 02, 2013, 08:14:23 AM
Men in Black III.  Decent enough movie all things considered but the time travel rules were so inconsistently and horrible.

Kind of like Looper in that sense.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Jan 02, 2013, 09:23:30 PM
I saw the extended interviews from Forks Over Knives.  It was as scintillating as you'd expect it to be.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Chopper Face 69 on Jan 03, 2013, 09:14:33 AM
Brave.  Kind of what I expected.  Putting modern morals on a backwater time that any reasonable person disagrees with is lazy.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Jan 03, 2013, 10:26:32 PM
What?  The whole "I am woman, I make my own choices" schtick the previews were running with?
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Jan 03, 2013, 11:07:14 PM
Honestly, Pixar is pretty inconsistent, especially in the last several years, and that Monsters, Inc. sequel looks positively awful, quite possibly on par with Cars 2. Tangled and Wreck-It Ralph are arguably better than most of Pixar's recent output.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Jan 04, 2013, 03:21:07 AM
Just saw Antz yesterday. Didnt like it at all. Except for Sylvester Stallone <3
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Chopper Face 69 on Jan 04, 2013, 08:48:56 AM
What?  The whole "I am woman, I make my own choices" schtick the previews were running with?
Yeah.  Mulan.  I wasn't surprised by it.  Everything related to that plot was very well choreographed in the trailer.  Then they did a bear thing.  I just found it a little obvious and given it was from a movie studio that has not has a good female character in any movie to date I wasn't really impressed.  Disney did it better, repeatedly, for decades.  Pixar is a hotbed for male dominated stories.  Belle and Ariel did what Merid<hack> did more subtlely and better years ago.  Mulan did it just as poorly in almost the same movie a long time ago as well.

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Tangled and Wreck-It Ralph are arguably better than most of Pixar's recent output.
Haven't seen Wreck-It Ralph but I prefered Tangled and Bolt to anything they've put out since Wall-E.

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Just saw Antz yesterday. Didnt like it at all. Except for Sylvester Stallone <3
A poor man's "A Bug's Life".

Oh yeah so I saw the Hobbit.  WAY too fucking long.  Wanted the movie to finish like 6 times before it did.  I did not appreciate the dead animals.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Jan 04, 2013, 09:11:59 PM
I've never seen Bolt. At the time I just assumed it was more in line with Chicken Little and Meet the Robinsons than anything good. Admittedly, I've never seen either of those, but they look terrible. I'll give Bolt a shot.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Jan 05, 2013, 11:15:52 PM
Saw Hobbit 1 this afternoon. It sure was nice to visit Middle-Earth again.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Jan 06, 2013, 05:26:11 AM
A poor man's "A Bug's Life".

Oh yeah so I saw the Hobbit.  WAY too fucking long.  Wanted the movie to finish like 6 times before it did.  I did not appreciate the dead animals.
I lol'd. Havent seen A Bug's life yet. Is it at least funny?

Were you seriously expecting the Hobbit to be only 90 minutes long? I love that it was 3 hours, they went through so many good scenes that would have sucked if they were edited out.
Didnt notice any dead animals..where were they?
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rumble on Jan 06, 2013, 02:52:05 PM
I saw the Amazing Spiderman this afternoon. The only amazing thing about the movie is how they managed to cast the least suitable candidate voor the leading role. I won't be upset if there won't be any sequels.


Still haven't seen the Hobbit yet. Probably gonna wait till it comes out on blu ray.
People I know who have seen it weren't very enthousiastic and I hate going to the cinema anyway. I always make the mistake of ordering one or two big bottles of beer and then spend the last hour of the movie with my legs crossed trying to keep my blatter under control. I miss the time cinemas had intermissions for movies.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Jan 06, 2013, 10:48:22 PM
Dead animals... probably during the part with Radagast in Mirkwood trying to save the dying animals from the influence of the dark lord Sherlock Holmes.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Jan 07, 2013, 02:45:10 AM
I saw the Amazing Spiderman this afternoon. The only amazing thing about the movie is how they managed to cast the least suitable candidate voor the leading role. I won't be upset if there won't be any sequels.

Owl pellet for yoooooooooooou.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Jan 07, 2013, 10:13:40 AM
Oh yeah so I saw the Hobbit.  WAY too fucking long.  Wanted the movie to finish like 6 times before it did.  I did not appreciate the dead animals.
Were you seriously expecting the Hobbit to be only 90 minutes long? I love that it was 3 hours, they went through so many good scenes that would have sucked if they were edited out.  Didnt notice any dead animals..where were they?

Apparently, several animals involved in the movie died due to abuse and poor conditions. (http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/the-hobbit-movie-is-no-fantasy-for-animals-8411487.html)  I was telling Merla that when I do see the Hobbit, every time I see a horse or something, I'm gonna wonder if it was one of the ones that died.

Also, the movie's 169 minutes long and is part one of three.  Considering how stretched out the material must be, I think that's too long.  That's extended cut length.  It's longer than the first part of The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo and that one was based on a single book.  It's like watching the last episode of singing competition like AI or the Voice where they strettttttcccch out a five minute moment to two or three hours.  Somebody told me it takes Bilbo, like, 30 minutes to pack.  Can anyone verify that?
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Jan 07, 2013, 10:14:27 AM
Oh, and the last movie I saw was called Decoy Bride, starring the chick that voiced the girl from Brave and the 10th Doctor as love interests.  It was cute.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Chopper Face 69 on Jan 07, 2013, 01:37:07 PM
I lol'd. Havent seen A Bug's life yet. Is it at least funny?
A Bug's Life is great.  I haven't seen it in a while but I remember really liking it.

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Were you seriously expecting the Hobbit to be only 90 minutes long? I love that it was 3 hours, they went through so many good scenes that would have sucked if they were edited out.
I expected maybe 2 hours.  It's the Hobbit!  It's a little kid's book!

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Didnt notice any dead animals..where were they?
In the forest before they met the weird hippie with shit on his head.

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Apparently, several animals involved in the movie died due to abuse and poor conditions.  I was telling Merla that when I do see the Hobbit, every time I see a horse or something, I'm gonna wonder if it was one of the ones that died.
Even worse!  I  forgot about that. -_-;
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Jan 07, 2013, 01:45:11 PM
The Hobbit does confuse me on why it has to be three movies. I mean Jackson had to go to bat to get three movies made out of three books and now he can make three movies out one book? The Hell....
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Jan 07, 2013, 03:24:47 PM
Didnt notice any dead animals..where were they?
In the forest before they met the weird hippie with shit on his head.


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But they were obvs fake  :-\



Apparently, several animals involved in the movie died due to abuse and poor conditions. (http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/the-hobbit-movie-is-no-fantasy-for-animals-8411487.html)  I was telling Merla that when I do see the Hobbit, every time I see a horse or something, I'm gonna wonder if it was one of the ones that died.

Also, the movie's 169 minutes long and is part one of three.  Considering how stretched out the material must be, I think that's too long.  That's extended cut length.  It's longer than the first part of The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo and that one was based on a single book.  It's like watching the last episode of singing competition like AI or the Voice where they strettttttcccch out a five minute moment to two or three hours.  Somebody told me it takes Bilbo, like, 30 minutes to pack.  Can anyone verify that?

I remember hearing that about the animals but Peter Jackson said it wasnt true

Define "to pack". If you mean you see him packing his shit, then no, you cant see it. He does takes some time to get convinced tho. But dem dwarves be funny (one of them is hot too :3)
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Jan 07, 2013, 09:21:45 PM
But dem dwarves be funny (one of them is hot too :3)

Hell yeah! I know where you coming from, girl!

(http://i48.tinypic.com/35cmqvt.png)
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Jan 08, 2013, 07:48:29 AM
You know what they say about men with big noses
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Jan 08, 2013, 09:37:17 AM
Yeah, they have giant boogers.


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I remember hearing that about the animals but Peter Jackson said it wasnt true.

If it's true, he doesn't really have an incentive to admit it.  Kinda like Lance Dope-strong.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Jan 08, 2013, 09:48:46 AM
I'm watching Beauty and the Beast.  Our TV in the living room has a sound issue so most stuff sounds fine but sometimes in a show or movie, someone will say a line and it won't be audible because it's supposed to heard with the other speaker that doesn't work.  So some of the songs in Beauty and the Beast come out sounding "censored".  Ha ha.  And I keep wanting to type Beauty in the Beast, which I'm certain is a whole other movie.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Chopper Face 69 on Jan 08, 2013, 10:18:56 AM

But they were obvs fake  :-\
So?  I find the image of dead animals upsetting, whether they're real or not.

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Beauty in the Beast
I'd be looking for the other way around really...
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Jan 08, 2013, 11:23:09 AM
I was thinking maybe the Beast needed his daily suppository or somethin'.


Am watching Commando now.  He's about the drop that dude off the cliff right now.  "I lied."
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Jan 08, 2013, 11:32:45 AM
I watched Amazing Spider-Man.

I think it's better than Raimi's Spider-Man in ways I didn't expect.

But the first person shots need to GDIAF.

And I'm still not really sure about Emma Stone. I know I'd be all over it, but sometimes she seems out of place. Good for her.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rumble on Jan 08, 2013, 01:15:35 PM
For me, Emma Stone was the only good thing about the movie
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Jan 08, 2013, 01:48:26 PM
I'm watching Beauty and the Beast.  Our TV in the living room has a sound issue so most stuff sounds fine but sometimes in a show or movie, someone will say a line and it won't be audible because it's supposed to heard with the other speaker that doesn't work.  So some of the songs in Beauty and the Beast come out sounding "censored".  Ha ha.  And I keep wanting to type Beauty in the Beast, which I'm certain is a whole other movie.

The Disney one?

this reminded me, I used to loooove the Beauty and the Beast tv program, you know, the one with Ron Perlman. My mom too. I just found out the dude was Ron Perlman like a couple of months ago and my mind was blown
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Jan 08, 2013, 02:07:34 PM
I'm watching Beauty and the Beast.  Our TV in the living room has a sound issue so most stuff sounds fine but sometimes in a show or movie, someone will say a line and it won't be audible because it's supposed to heard with the other speaker that doesn't work.  So some of the songs in Beauty and the Beast come out sounding "censored".  Ha ha.  And I keep wanting to type Beauty in the Beast, which I'm certain is a whole other movie.

The Disney one?

this reminded me, I used to loooove the Beauty and the Beast tv program, you know, the one with Ron Perlman. My mom too. I just found out the dude was Ron Perlman like a couple of months ago and my mind was blown

That is blowing my mind right now.

For me, Emma Stone was the only good thing about the movie

I thought her acting was mediocre. I also thought Garfield's acting was mediocre. Also the guy who played the Lizard. Yet I still think I enjoyed it more than Raimi's, which the first two I did very much enjoy.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rumble on Jan 08, 2013, 04:57:32 PM
this reminded me, I used to loooove the Beauty and the Beast tv program, you know, the one with Ron Perlman. My mom too. I just found out the dude was Ron Perlman like a couple of months ago and my mind was blown

I remember my mom used to watch that show back in the day, never caught my interest. But now I know that was Perlman I might just look it up on the piratebay or something.

I thought her acting was mediocre.

Well... I wasn't really referring to her acting abilities
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Jan 08, 2013, 05:05:09 PM
I thought her acting was mediocre.

Well... I wasn't really referring to her acting abilities

Giggitty.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Jan 08, 2013, 07:45:45 PM
I was watching the Disney one.  I used to watch the Perlman one way back in the day.  But it's one of those shows where I don't remember much about it.  It was on Netflix streaming once upon a time but I don't know if it's still there.

Was re-watching the Matrix earlier and am re-watching Pitch Black right now.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Jan 09, 2013, 12:00:07 PM
Shiet so no one knew it was Perlman until now? lol

We used to watch Silk Stalkings too
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Jan 09, 2013, 12:24:35 PM
No, I always knew it was him.  It's the first role I knew him for.  My cousins used to watch Silk Stalkings, but I never got the USA channel when it was airing.  (I didn't realize it ever even came out on CBS until just now.)
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rumble on Jan 09, 2013, 12:48:06 PM
Until Sons of Anarchy, the only thing I knew Perlman from was the voice of the intro and outro of the Fallout games
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Jan 09, 2013, 01:23:21 PM
I knew him from B&tB, then Hellboy, then for his voicework (I ♥ his voice), then in the movies Alien Resurrection and Cronos, then for Sons of Anarchy, then for some other movies that actually deserved to be named even less than Alien Resurrection.  Perlman was one half of why I watched Sons to begin with.  The other half consisting of Katey Sagal and motorcyles.

Oh, yeah... can't wait for this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_Rim_%28film%29
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rumble on Jan 09, 2013, 01:34:39 PM
Heh, the only reason i started watching soa was because Sutter used to be one of the main writers for the shield
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Jan 09, 2013, 02:14:31 PM
First thing I remember him from was Beauty and the Beast too...although I saw "Ice Pirates" when I was a kid and he was in that, I don't remember him from it.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Jan 09, 2013, 02:20:16 PM
I knew him from B&tB, then Hellboy, then for his voicework (I ♥ his voice), then in the movies Alien Resurrection and Cronos, then for Sons of Anarchy, then for some other movies that actually deserved to be named even less than Alien Resurrection.  Perlman was one half of why I watched Sons to begin with.  The other half consisting of Katey Sagal and motorcyles.

Oh, yeah... can't wait for this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_Rim_%28film%29

I'm also very interested in Pacific Rim.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Jan 09, 2013, 10:25:38 PM
Am watching Commando now.  He's about the drop that dude off the cliff right now.  "I lied."
One of Arnold's all-time greats. I nearly whizzed myself when I found it at Walmart in a three packed bluray with Predator and Terminator for ten bucks.

I remember Perlman as Vincent from BatB...my dad watched it a lot because he liked Linda Hamilton. I always thought it was fun to figure out who he was in his movies because he's almost constantly unrecognizable apart from his size and voice.

I watched Dredd last night. I liked it pretty well...it's such a far cry from the cinematic disasterpiece that was Stallone's Judge Dredd. Eomer/Bones did a good job in his role...too bad it didn't do well enough to guarantee some sequels. While I believe they overdid the "slo-mo" effect (for that matter, the F-word, too...without that one figure of speech--is it even a mere word anymore?--I could probably count all the other werty derds on my hands), it was nicely paced, quite violent, and totally satisfying.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Jan 10, 2013, 12:17:37 AM
I watched You've Got Mail.  Sorta.  For the 10,000th time.  Except I finally bought it on DVD and got it just today.  So the VHS can kinda retire.  Although disappointed that the songs are not captioned or subtitled in any way.  I like to think in the event I go completely or mostly deaf, my DVDs and shit can accomidate me.  So I tend to be annoyed by little things like that.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Jan 10, 2013, 06:09:58 AM
Jack Reacher.

You know what? It was fucking good. I'm gonna give the books a try.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Jan 10, 2013, 09:59:54 AM
Jack Reacher sounds like a perv in a movie theater.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: blanktoe on Jan 10, 2013, 10:00:58 AM
John Dies At the End

There's some neat ideas in this movie but dont waste your time. And John doesn't die at the end.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Jan 11, 2013, 11:38:59 AM
I watched You've Got Mail.  Sorta.  For the 10,000th time.  Except I finally bought it on DVD and got it just today.  So the VHS can kinda retire.  Although disappointed that the songs are not captioned or subtitled in any way.  I like to think in the event I go completely or mostly deaf, my DVDs and shit can accomidate me.  So I tend to be annoyed by little things like that.
I LOVE LOVE LOVE that movie.
f-o-x
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Jan 11, 2013, 03:22:30 PM
I watched You've Got Mail.  Sorta.  For the 10,000th time.  Except I finally bought it on DVD and got it just today.  So the VHS can kinda retire.  Although disappointed that the songs are not captioned or subtitled in any way.  I like to think in the event I go completely or mostly deaf, my DVDs and shit can accomidate me.  So I tend to be annoyed by little things like that.

There are songs in that movie?
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Jan 11, 2013, 09:56:17 PM
Yeah.  As in music that plays in the background and sets the mood, not like Tom Hanks singing or something.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Jan 14, 2013, 03:59:26 PM
Yeah.  As in music that plays in the background and sets the mood, not like Tom Hanks singing or something.

Oh, thank god.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Jan 15, 2013, 07:03:15 AM
I think that might have been one of, if not the last movie Meg Ryan did before transforming herself into a monstrosity with the modern miracle of cosmetic surgery.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Jan 15, 2013, 11:02:27 PM
Ha ha, yeah.  Merla, Schmoo, and I always talk about that when I play that movie.


I re-watched X-Men and X2 recently after not seeing either one in years.  And 40 minutes or so into X-Men, our dvd player went kaput so I had to go buy a new one.  I never really paid attention until today just how godawful the wigs were.  And Wolverine is so tall.  I think Jackman did a good job but yeah.  Movie Storm is just bleh.  I'm not the biggest fan of Halle Berry to begin with but neither do I think she's a complete shit actor, I just think they needed someone who could something better with the role.  The dude playing Cyclops needed a nice clean shave.  The stubble looks like a dirt on his face.  Gross.  And Mystique needed her white dress.  Didn't like the naked look at all.  Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart were outstanding as ever though.  I think they really carried these movies more than anyone else.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Jan 21, 2013, 11:30:02 PM
The Last Airbender.

This movie had problems. I'm not going to touch on the whole racebending thing that got many people's panties in a twist. (Twisted panties? Hello nurse! Man, I'm strange.) because this was the wrong cast even if every mother fucker on that show HAD been white or Indian. And that's because no one in this cast could act! Or at least none of the main characters could.

It might be easier to say what I did like. The production design was good, and the FXs were good. That's about it. This movie was written badly, directed badly, edited badly, and acted badly. It was just bad. I knew the whole thing was in trouble when there were lots of voice overs explaining what was going on. There is a rule in movies that you never tell something that you could show...and this movie was telling me a lot. Then there was also exposition spouted at almost random by characters. They were trying to cram too much, into a small time frame and it showed. I mean we are all over the place and things are happening before we get a chance to care about them happening. Like the Princess with the white hair...we are never given time or a reason to care about her, so when she makes a noble sacrifice the audience doesn't care because they were not given a reason to care. It just bad...I think Beck said that Iron Man 2 should be shown to film students how NOT to make a movie. I disagree...this film should be.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Jan 21, 2013, 11:43:30 PM
I'm also watching The Wolfman (2010) but I've talked about that one here before.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Jan 23, 2013, 12:38:06 AM
I saw this cheesy romance made-for-TV movie called The Christmas Kiss, which was decent for what it was.

And then I saw this thing called Vegancised or Vegansized or something or other where the film maker attempts to get three people to become vegans.  It was also decent.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Jan 23, 2013, 01:33:11 AM
Die Hard

and I learned three things about Die Hard I didn't know.

1. That this was suppose to be a sequel to a 1968 movie called The Detective starring Frank Sinatra, and that movie was based on a novel. And that Die Hard was offered to Frank, who turned it down.

2. That Die Hard is also based on a book, that was a sequel to the above novel.

3. That when Frank passed they wanted Arnie for the part and actually started to rewrite the script to make it a sequel to Commando.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Chopper Face 69 on Jan 23, 2013, 11:53:09 AM
I've been curious about the book for a while.  I would be interested in reading it to get insight into the movie but it doesn't sound fatastic.

I'm glad they finally went with Bruce Willis.  He really nailed the part of John McClane.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Jan 23, 2013, 10:30:46 PM
Die Hard is a third of my favorite Christmas movie triumvirate along with Christmas Vacation and Lion in Winter.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Jan 23, 2013, 11:36:51 PM
I don't know if I'll ever watch Die Hards 4 & 5.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Jan 24, 2013, 12:10:08 AM
I've 4...it just has a different feel and that's not a good thing. Die Hard is one of those almost perfect movies  and making a sequel feel different then that is a mistake.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Jan 24, 2013, 09:06:28 PM
Four was good.... not as good as one, better than three (never saw two) if you watch the uncut version.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Jan 24, 2013, 10:21:12 PM
Die Hard is a fucking gem. Everything that came after it? No thanks.

But from the trailer, 5 at least looks alright. But you know what they say about looks and deception and all that jazz.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Jan 24, 2013, 11:34:37 PM
I can rewatch 2 & 3 but to me they also represent a steady decline of the franchise.  1 & 2 almost feel like a set to me, like they match each other and 2 has this whole "whhhat, AGAIN?" thing to it.  Samuel L. Jackson salvaged 3 for me because that entire film just looked like a mess.  I saw part of 4 while channel surfing and was just horrified.  It was an action sequence involving a truck or something and was almost--dare I say--Bayesque.  YUCK.  5 lost me when it became "and son".  They should've made the sequel involving Reginald VelJohnson's son.  Black sidekicks seem to be lucky for John McClane and it'd be an excuse to see Al again.  Or a sequel with fuckin' Argyle.  That shit would've been fun.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Jan 25, 2013, 01:38:29 AM
I really liked three...two was ok, but not as good as three. Course Iron's American accent left something to be desired.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rumble on Jan 25, 2013, 06:33:33 AM
I've enjoyed all the Die Hard movies, even 4
And I expect I'll enjoy 5 too
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Jan 25, 2013, 11:36:07 AM
I'll Die Hard before I watch Die Hard 5. This joke was a lot funnier in my head. Also, I probably will watch it.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Jan 27, 2013, 09:21:18 PM
Hansel and Gretel: Crap.

The Last Stand: Surprisingly decent.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Jan 27, 2013, 11:39:42 PM
How much was Famke in H&G?
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Jan 28, 2013, 07:29:03 AM
Quite a bit, she was the main villain. Although, half the time her face was heavily altered by unattractive witch makeup, so if your intention is to admire her good looks, be warned.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Jan 28, 2013, 11:23:52 PM
Eh. Famke's high point was Goldeneye.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Jan 29, 2013, 03:58:08 AM
I love the thinking behind Hansel and Gretel. "Hey remember when we made that movie The Brothers Grim and it was a huge flop? Let's do that again! I don't know it could go wrong a second time."
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rumble on Jan 29, 2013, 10:42:01 AM
I liked The Brother's Grimm
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Jan 29, 2013, 07:55:24 PM
It also made it's money back...barely...so it wasn't really a flop either. Huh.

Anyway I thought it was ok. Nothing to write home about.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Jan 30, 2013, 11:27:19 AM
Apparently Hansel and Gretel also made it's money back.

It's at $6 mill over budget currently.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Jan 30, 2013, 11:36:25 AM
If dollars earned was the final determinant in whether or not a movie is good, we'd all be talking about how much we love the Twilight series right now.

Fuck that noise.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Jan 30, 2013, 01:42:20 PM
Dollars earned doesn't make a movie good or bad. It does, however, determine if it is a flop or not.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Jan 30, 2013, 04:23:24 PM
Dollars earned doesn't make a movie good or bad. It does, however, determine if it is a flop or not.

^This is the only reason I brought it up.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Feb 02, 2013, 07:29:55 AM
Is that "Movie 43" or something 43 out already in the US? I want to watch it cause 1) Farrelly Bros, and 2) Richard Gere
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rumble on Feb 03, 2013, 04:06:48 AM
Richard Gere is still alive?
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Feb 03, 2013, 07:54:13 AM
Richard Gere is still alive?
And more delicious than ever

(also doing Orangina marketing in great Nihon)
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: The D on Feb 11, 2013, 07:27:47 PM
In theaters? Hobbit for the second time, this time in HFR 48fps 3D.
On video? Bolt.

Quote
Tangled and Wreck-It Ralph are arguably better than most of Pixar's recent output.
Haven't seen Wreck-It Ralph but I prefered Tangled and Bolt to anything they've put out since Wall-E.
Bolt was a Disney-only production.

Before leaving the house I saw that Bolt was playing on TV and only watched a little of the beginning. Later I went to rent Brave from redbox and found that I couldn't find it available, so I rented Bolt from Blockbuster, which amazingly still had my account info years after I last frequented the place.

I actually enjoyed Bolt a lot. It was a rather cute movie. My only beef was with how they actually convinced the dog that he was in a superhero world. There's no way any of those highways or streets at the beginning were real, more likely sets or CG, and there would be points where they'd have to switch sets, or stop filming and change something, and the dog would notice something was up. What, every time they change sets for a new location they drag the dog into the trailer and he's like "Hey, there's badguys out there still alive, why are we in this trailer?!" And then when he pops out of the trailer everything's changed? For instance they're at an airport. He does his bark. Goes into the trailer. Isn't the dog wondering why they're not catching the flight the girl said she would catch? All of it seemed too improbable to create this fake universe around this dog, and Truman did it far better. But it's a nitpick about only the first 10 minutes of the movie so whatever. It was made up with the rest of the movie.

Oh yea, and another complaint was that the pigeons didn't get enough screen time. They only pop up for about 5-10 minutes.


The Hobbit!!!
Saw it twice. I agree that it feels dragged out a bit. I'm not exactly sure how they can make this into 3 movies. Two, maybe.

The idea they're going with is putting some of the extra material that Tolkien wrote, like the stuff at the end of Return of the King book. I actually recognized the sub-plot of the movie about the necromancer at the fortress in Mirkwood (who is actually Sauron trying to regain his strength... whoops spoilers!). However I spent the first time seeing the movie nit-picking about whether or not certain things were actually a part of Tolkien's actual writings or shit that Jackson just made up. For instance, with Azog the white orc, who never appeared in the Hobbit (his son lead the orcs in the battle of 5 armies) but is a major character in the movie. Also, the fat goblin king was off putting, he seemed way too comical rather than dangerous. However, this kinda goes along with the theme of the Hobbit that many of the villains (like the mountain trolls) are silly rather than dangerous.

A friend of mine complained about something I also noticed...that Gandalf saves the day way too much. Which seems to go against the books, where Bilbo saves the day EVERY Time.. from the trolls, the spiders, the wood elves, even at the end of the book he saves Thorin from himself.

Also, where the hell is Kili's beard?! He looks more like a tween idol than a dwarf.

But all of that is nitpicking about the movies compared to the books. I enjoyed it quite a bit despite feeling the movie dragged on quite a bit. I think Thorin's character is the best in this movie and I'd follow his beard to the ends of Middle Earth. Also, I accurately predicted where the first movie would end... I knew the best place was after the Eagles picked them up, and then dropped them on the rock pillar, right before they meet Beorn. And I was right. I'm not sure where they'll end the second movie... I assume after they slay Smaug. Won't give them a lot of material for the third movie though, although I think they'll also have the wizards driving Sauron out of Mirkwood in the third movie.

And the 48fps wasn't as bad as people were saying it was. Some of the action scenes were a bit blurry, like the Elves attacking the orcs.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Feb 18, 2013, 10:36:25 PM
A Good Day to Die Hard was really, really dumb. John McClane should have died a dozen times over in this movie, but instead he just coughs and walks it off. He's like an invulnerable cartoon character.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Feb 20, 2013, 04:42:39 PM
LOL, that sounds horrible.  Yeah, I'm just gonna abide by my decision to avoid the Die Hard franchise from 4 onward.

I watched Love Affair with Irene Dunne and Charles Boyer.  I really like this movie.  Far away superior to An Affair to Remember with Cary Grant and miles in the stratosphere above that mess that was the 90's version with Warren Beatty and Annette Benning.

I tried watching Bridesmaids.  Now, don't get me wrong, there's a lot of funny ladies in that movie and I see why other people find it funny but I could barely manage a sparse chuckle or two for this thing.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Feb 22, 2013, 01:19:37 AM
I want to watch Django but its 3 hours

(http://i.imgur.com/0j6NB4X.gif)
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Feb 22, 2013, 07:03:39 AM
Really. You don't have to watch it all at once. It's separated into acts like most of Tarantino's stuff.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Feb 22, 2013, 09:34:22 AM
Really. You don't have to watch it all at once. It's separated into acts like most of Tarantino's stuff.
But once I start watching a movie I need to watch all of it! :(

I saw Constantine and LOVED IT. Cant believe it took me so long to watch it. And Im not only saying that cause Keanu is my husbando <3
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Feb 23, 2013, 10:26:15 AM
Faye, I know this will be very upsetting for you, but...

Keanu Reeves is a terrible actor, and a horrible person.

I'm so sorry.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Feb 25, 2013, 12:35:43 AM
:lol:


I saw Babe: Pig in the City because Merla was curious about the sequel.  It was even more horrible than I could've imagined.  I laughed until I cried.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Feb 25, 2013, 12:37:04 AM
Oh, yeah, and Merla and I also saw some Godzilla vs Mothra thingy.  All this time, I never knew Mothra was a good guy.  I just thought he did a bunch of horrible moth-shit but, you know, at a giant-moth-sized scale.  :blink:
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Feb 25, 2013, 02:06:58 AM
Oh yeah...Mothra was really the only good girl (because Mothra is actually a chick) in that world. Most of the other good guy monsters were only good when they wanted to be, or it was more like a pissing match between two monsters. Mothra was always actively coming to man kinds rescue because she wanted to actually save man kind. Unless you to take her eggs, then she will bust a cap in your ass. I love me some Mothra. I even catch myself humming that twin song from time. "Moth-o-ra! HA! Moth-o-ra!" and it is never like the same Mothra twice either...it is always like a new a Mothra.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Feb 25, 2013, 02:29:36 PM
Faye, I know this will be very upsetting for you, but...

Keanu Reeves is a terrible actor, and a horrible person.

I'm so sorry.

Its fine if you think hes a terrible actor....but a horrible person ?? do you know anything about his life?? (wiki that shit up)l. Keanu Reeves is a saint

that i want in mah pants
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Feb 26, 2013, 07:47:50 AM
I met him once. I was out walking my dog when he approached me. This is how the conversation played out.

Keanu: That's a beautiful dog.

Me: Thanks, Keanu. You know, I really liked the Matr...

Keanu: I'd like to fuck it now.

Me: Excuse me?

Keanu: Your dog. I'd like to fuck your dog.

Me: ...

Keanu: Is it a boy dog or a girl dog?

Me: ...he's a boy.

Keanu: I would really, really like to fuck your dog. Name your price.

At that point I walked away. Shortly after, this picture was taken.

(http://i50.tinypic.com/2ai1pw2.jpg)
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Feb 26, 2013, 10:13:37 AM
I never noticed that "haters gonna hate" bird at the bottom of that picture.  Has it always been there?

Unless you to take her eggs, then she will bust a cap in your ass.

lol, ha, totally didn't know she was chick though.  That's what I get for only sticking around during that three-way fight with Godzilla, Mothra and some other joker.  Merla thought Mothra was so cute.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Feb 27, 2013, 02:31:25 AM
I never noticed that "haters gonna hate" bird at the bottom of that picture.  Has it always been there?

Unless you to take her eggs, then she will bust a cap in your ass.

lol, ha, totally didn't know she was chick though.  That's what I get for only sticking around during that three-way fight with Godzilla, Mothra and some other joker.  Merla thought Mothra was so cute.

So I'm guessing this is the 1992 one and not the 1964 one? That was the one with the evil Mothra, Battra? Or was this some other guy?

Mothra is one of those monster that got their own movie first and then appeared in a Godzilla movie in a Avengers like cross over. Rodan and King Ghidorah did the same thing.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Feb 27, 2013, 11:21:40 PM
Yeah, it had that Battra thing in it.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Feb 27, 2013, 11:23:48 PM
Merla and I saw Paranorman.  I thought it was quite decent.  I don't think Merla felt the same way.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Feb 28, 2013, 05:54:47 AM
Really? I'll have to give that a look, then. I thought the trailer made it look like absolute shite, so I've been avoiding it.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Chopper Face 69 on Feb 28, 2013, 08:55:23 AM
Watched this movie called Starbuck about a sperm donor with like 500 kids.  Pretty good movie.  A movie made in Montreal without any reference to hockey or any tragedies was a nice change of pace.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rumble on Mar 03, 2013, 06:52:35 AM
I saw Wreck it Ralph, which was quite dissapointing.
Not a lot wrong with it, pretty standard Disney fare, but it didn't get a single laugh out of me.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Mar 04, 2013, 10:25:11 AM
I saw Wreck it Ralph, which was quite dissapointing.
Not a lot wrong with it, pretty standard Disney fare, but it didn't get a single laugh out of me.
Have you watched Grave of the Fireflies already?

Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Mar 04, 2013, 10:26:38 AM


(http://i50.tinypic.com/2ai1pw2.jpg)
fuuuck i wish i knew he lived in nyc when i was living there. i would have so stalked his sexy ass
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Chopper Face 69 on Mar 04, 2013, 12:04:10 PM
A friend of mine has a can of hard candies with Grave of the Fireflies on it.  I ask him if they're real candies or if it's just marbles.  He tells me he doesn't get that because he hasn't seen the movie.  Well if he had he would probably not want to keep that candy can in his kitchen which reminds me every time I see it of a child starving to death.

Good movie I never want to watch again because I can't get that shit out of my head.

I watched Die Hard 4 last night.  Better than I remember.  My criticisms of John McClean in it stand but there's still a good movie in there.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Mar 04, 2013, 04:53:17 PM
I started to watch The Goonies with a female friend at her place, but we didn't finish it.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Mar 04, 2013, 05:42:09 PM
What the fuck were you doing that was more important then watching Goonies? I mean really?








Although if you if you waited till the end for the Cyndi Lauper song to play you could be all "So was that 'Good Enough baby?'"
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Mar 05, 2013, 03:08:54 AM
A friend of mine has a can of hard candies with Grave of the Fireflies on it. 
Where did he get it? I have a can of candies from the same co. but different colour.
I have the dvd but i aint watching it again. i even had dreams of the damn movie
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rumble on Mar 05, 2013, 01:31:56 PM
I saw Wreck it Ralph, which was quite dissapointing.
Not a lot wrong with it, pretty standard Disney fare, but it didn't get a single laugh out of me.
Have you watched Grave of the Fireflies already?


Haha, nope. In fact I completely forgot I downloaded that movie
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Post by: B E C K on Mar 05, 2013, 03:50:05 PM
Ha ha, I will never see that movie.

I did finally see Green Lantern.  It was just a bad movie.  Not enough cool battles.  The villain was fugly and annoying as fuck.  The ring looked cheap.  Lantern was completely unlikeable but suffered little to no consequences for being a dick.  There were lots of characters that were useless and added nothing to the story.  The narrative was disjointed.  And I wanted a spicier, hotter Carol Ferris.  In fact, all of the superhero love interests of late tend to be very vanilla and bland.  Anyway, I'm certain there were other things, but you get the point.

Earlier today, I saw this movie called Millennium Dragon.  It wasn't terrible and I liked it more of less visually with the exception on how the people were drawn.  It's like someone was trying to draw them ugly.  And sometimes they looked like hobbits but they were just supposed to be teenagers.  Meh.  And then the "oni" turned out to be treehuggers which was a huge amount of disappoint.  I heard the English dub is horrific but I saw it in Japanese so I can't say.

And I saw Red Riding Hood.  Some of the acting was bad but it had the bones of a decent werewolf story.  I didn't get why these guys were so in love with the Amanda Seyfried (sp?) character.  She's a creepy-looking girl and there was nothing about her character that gave them any reason to fall all over her.  Hell, she was two-timing the one she was engaged to and he's all "it's cool" and then he's prepared to die to save her, knowing she's just gonna bone the other dude later.  And then that other dude get's stabbed by the Seyfriefweklvgm-whatever character and still comes to save her.  She could've castrated both of them and they'd still come to save her.  But I still liked it beaucoup more than Green Shit-lern.
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Post by: B E C K on Mar 06, 2013, 09:17:23 AM
And now I'm finishing up Stranger Than Fiction aka that movie where Emma Thompson's a writer going to kill off Will Ferrell and he hears her voice narrating in his head.  The clever parts were clever but there's not really a whole lot of those.  I like the beginning and end and there's parts where Emma Thompson imagines her own death and stuff like that but the rest is like writer-wank: this movie plays with its own dick in order to pass the time and thinks you won't notice.  Anyway, this would've been a very awesome short film at maybe half the length.  But the story doesn't sustain two hours.  You just want it to get to the fuckin' point.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Mar 06, 2013, 11:43:47 PM
Saw Hotel Transylvania.  Cute movie.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Mar 07, 2013, 12:08:39 AM
I saw that too and I liked it as well.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Mar 14, 2013, 06:35:20 PM
I saw several movies in "Nothing of Value Was Lost" style.  This where I watch the first several minutes, anywhere from 10 to 22, and then forward to the equivilent at the end of the movie and see if anything of value was lost.

Half Light - Has Demi Moore not looking totally wrecked, which is a good thing.  Was predictable.  Her husband is a struggling novelist and she's a successful one.  And her best friend is sooooo helpful.  You know where this went.  They made her think she was crazy using a story about some dead guy and the ghost comes and helps her out.  I was able to gleam everything I needed to from the story w/ approx 40 minutes of viewing.  Not terrible.

Irresistible - w/ Susan Sarandon.  Apparently, it's another drive-the-successful-wife-crazy plot.  I can surely pick 'em.  Except here Susan Sarandon plays a children's illustrator and the woman terrorizing Susan Sarandon turns out to be her long-lost daughter given up for adoption.  At the end, we find out she's actually not.  Susan Sarandon was her best friend's mom and the friend died in a fire but had always promised to share everything she had.  So crazy lady decided her dead friend can also share her mother and proceeds to continue being crazy.  Meh.  Less 'not terrible' than Half Light.  Luckily, I spent significantly less time with this one.

Rapt - French movie.  Rich businessman gets kidnapped.  Here, I actually did miss something from my abbreviated viewing.  But I also didn't care enough to go back and see what it was.

Werewolf: The Beast Among Us - I wish this had been a better film because I wanted to like it more.  The things like the doctor training the werewolf, the love interest, the creepy Robert Downey Jr.-esque vampire with the knives that was part of the hunting party... that shit was kinda cool.  But this dragged somewhat and several of the main characters made me roll my eyes--the werewolf, the main hunter, the chick with the chest armored tailored for her tatas, werewolf's chesty-mcbusty mother.  No... they dragged a lot of this down.

I also saw a film called Amanda the other day that was just plain insulting.  This dumb guy's new bride comes out as a transwoman after the wedding so the entire thing goes into a spiel about acceptance and "love has no gender" blah blah (they repeat that to death) and dumb guy's like "nooOOOOoo" and is all miserable and shit so dramarama ensues until he decides to return to her and just accept the truth.  But it turns out she's not a transsexual.  She was testing him so they could collect on a trust from her uber-rich daddy because her mom and dad made a bet.  And so the girl's mother's all "she's really a girl" and he's all "i love dis person! love has no gen---what?  She's a woman!  SCORE," wipes his brow, and they celebrate at their $200M McMansion.  It is heavily implied the chick did all of this just to get to the money.  BLEH.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Mar 14, 2013, 06:49:39 PM
Oh, and Rapt is apparently based on this (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89douard-Jean_Empain) duder getting kidnapped.  It's cool to steal from real life.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Mar 15, 2013, 12:32:32 AM
Gamera: Guardian of the Universe- You know I really like Gamera. He is seen a poor man's Godzilla, but I love the fact that Gamera is almost always a good guy. A giant monster shows up and starts wrecking shit and he comes in and saves the day. He is like a giant mutant turtle superhero. Godzilla can go either way. He is like a anti-hero, so he might be a dick or he might save you. However, if does save you it is just because he was there and don't think it means anything. Gamera actively tries to save humans and I like that.

Gamera: Attack of the Legion-More of the same as above only this time with a giant bug, instead of giant birds.

Gamera: Revenge of Iris-This one isn't more of the same. This one focuses on a girl whose parents were killed in the first Gamera movie during the big fight and she blames Gamera. She then befriends a baby monster and raises it to fight Gamera. Of course Iris turns out to be evil and the girl sees the evil of her ways and Gamera saves her. Oh and Gamera fire blasts his own hand off to win the fight, which was pretty badass.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Mar 15, 2013, 03:19:59 AM
I started watching Mallrats but the movie was cutting every 10 seconds so I stopped it
Jason London was such a cutie (compared to the mess he is atm)
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Chopper Face 69 on Mar 15, 2013, 08:24:07 AM
Wreck It Ralph.

This movie was so glorious. I wasn't super excited for it when I first heard about it but while I was watching it I was just thinking "Why wasn't I more excited to see this movie? It's everything I love wrapped into one thing.".

Amazing refereces, great comedy, awesome looking animation, cute touching story.  All good.

The Wizard of Oz.

The old one!  I don't know if I ever watched this movie as a kid.  A lot of it seemed familiar to me.  I didn't really like this movie for the most part.  Some of the visuals at the end were okay like the flying monkeys but all in all it looked like a shitty play.  I think when I see colour I have a certain expection of quality based on a certain era of movie and maybe because this was so old it kind of threw me off.  Ah, so much singing and dancing.  Why is Dorothy so old?  She acts like a child but is clearly an adult.  Very odd.  And I don't really care for the "it was all a dream" thing.  Maybe this was one of the first to do it though?  Are we supposed to believe Dorothy at the end when she says it's all real?  She was clearly hit in the head and was clearly just dreaming all of this.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Mar 15, 2013, 10:19:21 PM
Ha!  lol.  You know, it's been so long I never thought about how old Dorothy looks.  Can't unsee now.

I keep wanting to refer to "Wreck It Ralph" as "Wreck Her, Ralph."  Totally different movie.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Mar 18, 2013, 10:55:29 AM
I heard "Fire in the Sky" is on netflix. Nuri you should watch it. Its based on a true story (I want to believe)
Scary as shit. And this aint no the 4th kind kinda crap, this stuff did happen
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rumble on Mar 18, 2013, 12:23:23 PM
Is that movie based on this song?
http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=-y-3YCmF55Q&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D-y-3YCmF55Q
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Mar 18, 2013, 01:22:00 PM
I own that movie. It is based on the case of Travis Walton, that took place back in the 70's I believe. One of the more famous cases.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Chopper Face 69 on Mar 18, 2013, 01:46:28 PM
That movie presented a very uncompelling case for UFOs being aliens.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Mar 19, 2013, 03:14:44 AM
That movie presented a very uncompelling case for UFOs being aliens.
I WANT TO BELIEVE

also thats bullshit
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Chopper Face 69 on Mar 19, 2013, 09:22:24 AM
What's bull shit, the movie or me not buying the bull shit movie?

Polygraphs tests are not admissable in court for a reason, they're unreliable.  This was the only "evidence" presented in the movie.  The rest was nonsense.  From how it was presented it sounds like the UFO could have been something as mundane as the moon.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rumble on Mar 19, 2013, 01:19:38 PM
This Dutch comedian broke it down once:

If there's alien life they're either more intelligent than us so they'll find us first, or they're dumber than us in which case I want nothing to do with them.
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Post by: B E C K on Mar 19, 2013, 11:51:05 PM
If I were an alien, I totally wouldn't tell you bitches I'm here and shit.  In fact, I'd probably kidnap you guys and do experiments first and then return you safely home.  This way, when I finally make myself known, you won't want to nuke my ass since I didn't actually hurt anybody.  Sounds like they might be doing things right...  In fact, sounds like the same crap we do when we tag wild animals.
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Post by: Rama on Mar 20, 2013, 01:54:25 AM
That's always how I thought about it. If Aliens were showing up and taking people. I doubt they doing it to impart some cosmic wisdom. Nope, we are more likely just the wild animal in the reserve that needs to be tagged and bagged. Take some blood, get some eggs or semen and then dump you back off someplace wondering what the fuck just happened. Just like we do to animals.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Mar 20, 2013, 02:39:16 AM
Oz the Great and Powerful was Francotastic!
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Mar 20, 2013, 04:56:17 AM
What's bull shit, the movie or me not buying the bull shit movie?

Polygraphs tests are not admissable in court for a reason, they're unreliable.  This was the only "evidence" presented in the movie.  The rest was nonsense.  From how it was presented it sounds like the UFO could have been something as mundane as the moon.
omg please dont even let me start on that
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Chopper Face 69 on Mar 20, 2013, 07:48:26 AM
If there's alien life they're either more intelligent than us so they'll find us first, or they're dumber than us in which case I want nothing to do with them.
If they're dumber than they won't be here.  Even if they're more intelligent they still might not be able to get here.
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Post by: B E C K on Mar 20, 2013, 05:51:35 PM
Or won't want to stop here.  Like how there's a seedy gas station less than 1/2 a mile down the street but we'd rather drive to the Shell or the Chevron further away instead.


Oz the Great and Powerful was Francotastic!

So, yuck?


That's always how I thought about it. If Aliens were showing up and taking people. I doubt they doing it to impart some cosmic wisdom. Nope, we are more likely just the wild animal in the reserve that needs to be tagged and bagged. Take some blood, get some eggs or semen and then dump you back off someplace wondering what the fuck just happened. Just like we do to animals.

I bet they're all studying migratory patterns and shit.  Maybe they're actually wearing masks and doing this shit like we did to the crows: http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2010/02/is-that-a-caveman-or-dick-cheney.html
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Mar 20, 2013, 07:27:34 PM
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rumble on Mar 20, 2013, 08:44:46 PM
If I were an alien, I'd blow up the Earth to make room for an intergalactic highway.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Mar 24, 2013, 02:52:19 AM
The Hobbit

I have very, very few complaints about this movie, and neither of them are "It was too long" or  "It was boring." I could have sat through another 3 hours of this no problem. The things I didn't like were a little bit of editing. And a little too much CGI. I think that they could have used make up effects for a lot of the Orcs and goblins that they did with a computer. Just do that more like the first Lord of the Rings. The rest I loved. In fact this is one of those few movies that I really, really enjoyed. I hope there is a extended version of those movie like there was for the LOTR movies, because I'd like to see more.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Mar 24, 2013, 09:45:17 PM
Merla picked up a copy on Friday so I've actually been watching the Hobbit, too, but in parts and out of order.  Like a Tolkein Memento.  Sometimes it felt too stretched out or contrived.  Like when that whitey orc wants to finish off Thorin, but then has one of his duders do it instead.  Like, I thought you wanted to kill him.  And did the hobbit get taller?  And dwarves get taller and some of them hotter?  There's hot dwarves?  Disappointed we didn't get the see the entire dragon yet.  I guess they want a big reveal or whatever.  I thought it was funny that all this money went into this movie and shit but a bunch of the dwarves looked like they had their makeup done discount.  Like the hair and prosthetics looked really, really cheap.  None of Gimli's crap looked cheap but it's like someone was all "shit, we've got thirteen of these fuckers now.  time to go to Costco for the hair."  And I recall the dwarves having different color hoods, caps, belt or boots and whatever.  So why are they all drab-looking?
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Mar 25, 2013, 12:56:00 AM
You know what bothered me the most? That Radagast the Brown had bird shit in his hair.
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Mar 25, 2013, 09:27:00 AM
  And dwarves get taller and some of them hotter?  There's hot dwarves? 
DAMN RIGHT. Fili and Kili (especially the latter)are hawt. Cant wait till the 2nd movie with my favorite elf is in it.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Mar 25, 2013, 10:46:10 PM
You know what bothered me the most? That Radagast the Brown had bird shit in his hair.

Ha ha, I didn't even notice it until Merla pointed that out to me.  I kept missing the part where the birds flew into his hair.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Mar 26, 2013, 07:01:56 AM
I'm not trying to create any animosity here, but the more I reflect on The Hobbit, the less I like it. I'm still looking forward to seeing Smaug, but I'll have no trouble waiting.

And when something is Francotastic, that means James Franco's performance is mostly hilarious (intentionally or otherwise) and enjoyable, but the rest of the movie is relatively lackluster.

That's Oz in a nutshell. Go for the Franco, just don't expect much else.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Mar 26, 2013, 08:16:12 AM
So, yuck.  (Wouldn't go see a move for that clown.)

I'm actually liking the Hobbit the more I watch it.  When I saw the last third or so (the first part of it I watched), I was annoyed that scenes appeared to drag out.  (Just jump over Gollum already!)  But now I can appreciate the other bits.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Mar 26, 2013, 02:05:23 PM
Let's see I saw:

Batman: The Dark Knight Returns part 1 and 2
Justice League: Doom
Superman vs. The Elite

Out of those I liked Doom the best. A lot of people were going on about how great The Dark Knight Returns is, and it is good...but I mean I was never crazy about the comic like everyone else was so maybe that has something to do with it. Eh...not really a DC guy anyway so whateves.

I really liked Doom though. I should really read Tower of Babel that it was based on because I think I'd like it too. The idea that Batman figured out how to take out each of his team mates was pretty awesome and something Batman would totally do. And the fact that the others were so surprised he did it at the end means they don't really know Batman.

Superman vs. the Elite. Whole lot of meh. Don't know why they picked this one to adapt into a film. That would be like making a Spider-Man animated move and picking the Clone Arc to adapt. Why would you do that when there as many better stories out there that could be done? Oh well...I didn't pay to see, so what do I care.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Mar 26, 2013, 09:09:05 PM
I actually haven't seen the DKR ones yet.  I guess I'm still washing Batman Year One out of my brain.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Mar 27, 2013, 01:41:20 AM
The Croods.

Surprisingly decent.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Mar 27, 2013, 01:04:00 PM
Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters vs. Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger: The Movie

Eh...getting a little tired of the whole "Well you think we are bad, but we were actually good all along" thing. They already did that with the Gokaigers in Kamen Rider × Super Sentai: Super Hero Taisen, and it was done better there. Oh well...anything to see the Luka again. Although you hardly see her in this flick.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rumble on Mar 31, 2013, 01:49:15 PM
I just saw a Liar's Autobiography.
The untrue story of Graham Chapman. It was pretty good. But I'm ashamed to say I never heard of this movie until I recently stumbled upon a youtube vid on the Monty Python channel.

Fuck Eric Idlle though for being the only one not to be a part of this. Whatever happened between him and the rest of the Pythons? And didn't he just make a shitload of cash with the Spamalot musical? So he obviously hasn't forgotten his Python roots.

In do wonder though where they got all the Chapman audio material. Maybe I should have googled this shit before posting on it.




P.S. Since my gf pre-ordered the bluray I should finally see the Hobbit pretty soon, so I'll be back on your page :)
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Mar 31, 2013, 09:11:55 PM
Spoilers: They don't make it to the Lonely Mountain yet.  I ruins it 4 u ho ho ho.dewbnu,;/
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Mar 31, 2013, 09:24:26 PM
I saw some thing called "Vamps" with Alicia Silverstone trying to relive Clueless as an old vampire.  It didn't work for me.  The whole thing about stem vampires made me roll my eyes from the getgo and it lost me at her vampire friend getting pregnant by the guy from Downton Abbey.  Yuck.  Pregnant vampires.  It had some funny parts and some potential but, no, then it lost me at pregnant vampire.
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Post by: B E C K on Mar 31, 2013, 09:35:33 PM
Oh, and I also saw The Muppets finally.  Parts of it bored me but otherwise it was okay.  I chuckled a few times.  But I wouldn't see it again though.  The Muppets share too much screen time with humans a.k.a. Transformers Syndrome.  Celebs need to get their cameos, BE FUNNY, and then they get the fuck off the screen.  I'm not watching a movie called "The Muppets" to see some boner and his piece of ass eat up screen time just because the new Muppet is inexplicably his brother.  No one gives a shit about Jack Black.  His part should've been done by Jane Lynch.  She would've been hella funnier.  I don't know why they had Selena Gomez and Whoopi do a walk-on with some tubby kid just so he could do a throw-away Ninja Turtle "joke".  Does Kermit look like a fuckin' turtle to you?  Really?  Are you retarded?  Ugh.  Rashida Jones and Prada woman had good cameos.  And the tour guy dude.  But a lot of the other humans... a song number with almost nothing but humans?  UGH.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Apr 02, 2013, 05:45:01 AM
I just watched Twister. I love this movie. I actually went to see it to the theater with my dad when it first came out
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Chopper Face 69 on Apr 02, 2013, 08:57:35 AM
Muppets was so fucking horrible.  I didn't even see the part with Selena Gomez in it.  Wish I'd caught that as the part of that piece of shit train wreck I was exposed to.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Apr 02, 2013, 09:56:30 PM
I just watched Twister. I love this movie. I actually went to see it to the theater with my dad when it first came out

Ha, I was just thinking about that movie today.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Apr 02, 2013, 09:56:55 PM
Muppets was so fucking horrible.  I didn't even see the part with Selena Gomez in it.  Wish I'd caught that as the part of that piece of shit train wreck I was exposed to.

Why was it horrible for you?  I'm interested in knowing.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Chopper Face 69 on Apr 03, 2013, 09:25:35 AM
Muppets was so fucking horrible.  I didn't even see the part with Selena Gomez in it.  Wish I'd caught that as the part of that piece of shit train wreck I was exposed to.

Why was it horrible for you?  I'm interested in knowing.
There were no jokes aside from it being Muppets.  The trailer was the same.  Here's a very standard story and *record scratch* MUPPETS!!!  So?  Who the fuck cares.  They're Muppets.  The Muppets need to do something funny to be funny.  The mere presence of  Muppets does not make anything good.  And the singing.  Ugh.  Horrible singing.  This movie just did nothing to engage me on any level.  I do not love Muppets so there's nothing here for me.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Apr 03, 2013, 11:48:44 AM
I see your point.  Muppets are the only thing to enjoy about it and if you don't enjoy Muppets... well that's that.  Did you even like The Muppet Movie?  Have you seen it?  Did you watch Sesame Street as kid or just shake your fist at the screen?  I'm assuming Sesame Street got ported to Canada somehow because it seems obvious to me...
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rumble on Apr 03, 2013, 01:16:36 PM
Spoilers: They don't make it to the Lonely Mountain yet.  I ruins it 4 u ho ho ho.dewbnu,;/

(http://nooooooooooooooo.com/vader.jpg)
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Apr 05, 2013, 03:30:50 AM
So I saw Scream 4. gory as fuck, like they really surpassed the other 3 movies. It might have been a mistake to watch it with my daughter....

Also, Austin powers Goldmember. Its hilarious.  I love everytime they surprise you with some celebrity. The only thing I hated was Beyonce and her character
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Apr 05, 2013, 07:31:55 AM
I thought your daughter was an infant.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Apr 05, 2013, 09:57:19 AM
No, man, her daughter's like 8 or 18 or something.  Kids grow up so fast.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Apr 05, 2013, 04:38:50 PM
No, man, her daughter's like 8 or 18 or something.
18? i wish

Joe my older daughter just turned 3 last week :3
My younger daughter is going to be 3 months old next week :3 :3
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Apr 05, 2013, 06:47:16 PM
What's your younger daughter's name?  I didn't realize she had already popped out.  Ha ha.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Apr 06, 2013, 10:06:17 AM
Probably something like... Wasalu Muhammad Jaco. That would be so Faye.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Apr 07, 2013, 06:22:27 AM
wot
Her name is Arwen!
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Apr 07, 2013, 06:22:58 AM
Im jk her name is Vivienne and she looks more asian than her dad lol
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Apr 07, 2013, 07:37:33 PM
So your kiddles are Lilli 'n Vivi?  :)
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Apr 08, 2013, 01:48:58 AM
Police Academy 2-4.

I use to love these movies as a kid, but now I am mostly underwhelmed by these flicks.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Apr 08, 2013, 06:18:32 AM
So your kiddles are Lilli 'n Vivi?  :)
yes lol
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Apr 10, 2013, 10:13:09 PM
So Hunger Games appeared on Netflix streaming and I decided (despite my issues with it) "why the fuck not" and watched it.  Thoughts:

1.  It's too damn long.
2.  Jennifer Lawrence has one facial expression: chubby-cheeked, semi-gaping duck-pout.
3.  I don't see why Jennifer Lawrence is hot shit.  If this movie is anything to go by, she kinda stinks.  This movie would've been better with an actress that fit the part.
4.  Several supporting characters did a great job with what they had.  These include clown lady, weird-beard, tv-host pony-tail dude, fellow tribute/love interest guy, Thor's brother, little dead girl, Lenny Kravitz, Donald Sutherland.  Donald Sutherland also clearly phoned this in, but he's so good at the type of role he was given that he could've done it in his sleep.  Woody Harrelson (however you spell it) felt kinda purposeless in this movie.  He also had a cheesy fake wig.  Almost everyone else kinda sucked.  Katniss, her sister, her mother: no fucks given.
5.  The game itself felt rushed and edited.  Kids die, no impact felt, who the fuck cares.  Meh.
6.  The movie felt incomplete.  Yeah, there's gonna be three sequels but each movie should serve to function on its own as well like LOTR.  We were given a frayed narrative.  Seemed more like those "movies" that are actually strung-together episodes of a tv series.

tl;dr - Not horrible but average.  Jennifer Lawrence gets a giant MEH.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Apr 11, 2013, 04:30:48 AM
So Hunger Games appeared on Netflix streaming and I decided (despite my issues with it) "why the fuck not" and watched it.  Thoughts:

2.  Jennifer Lawrence has one facial expression: chubby-cheeked, semi-gaping duck-pout.
3.  I don't see why Jennifer Lawrence is hot shit.  If this movie is anything to go by, she kinda stinks.  This movie would've been better with an actress that fit the part.

Im surprised, I thought she was supposed to be a good actress? (not watching that movie anytime soon tho)
I think a lot of people like her for her personality. Did you see that video of her and Jack Nicholson? I thought it was cute (him more than her)

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Post by: Chopper Face 69 on Apr 11, 2013, 07:39:17 AM
I see your point.  Muppets are the only thing to enjoy about it and if you don't enjoy Muppets... well that's that.  Did you even like The Muppet Movie?  Have you seen it?  Did you watch Sesame Street as kid or just shake your fist at the screen?  I'm assuming Sesame Street got ported to Canada somehow because it seems obvious to me...
Probably as a child but I was an idiot.  I recall liking Sesame Street but I never recall having a fondness for anything but the Muppet Babies as Muppets go.

We got your Sesame Street when I was younger.  As I got a bit older and my sister was watching it they brought in some unique Canadian characters and replaced the Spanish with French.

Jennifer Lawrence is hot
This.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Apr 11, 2013, 07:54:53 AM
G.I. Jones: Resuscitation! Better than the first. Definitely less cheesy. Still cheesy, mind you. The advertising used Bruce Willis to draw viewers, but he honestly wasn't in it that much. If you've seen the trailer, you'll already be familiar with most of his dialogue. Dwayne Johnson really Dwayne Johnsoned it up, I'd consider him the main protagonist, and he did a pretty standard job. And at the risk of sounding like a pig, that Adrianne Palicki lady looks holy cripes amazing throughout the entire movie. Every scene she was in I was just @_@...

I give it
(http://i50.tinypic.com/2mcgmfl.jpg) (http://i50.tinypic.com/2mcgmfl.jpg) (http://i50.tinypic.com/2mcgmfl.jpg) (http://i50.tinypic.com/2mcgmfl.jpg)
out of 5.
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Post by: B E C K on Apr 11, 2013, 10:46:44 PM
My eyes!!!  Why do they burns-es us!?
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Post by: B E C K on Apr 11, 2013, 10:50:22 PM
Im surprised, I thought she was supposed to be a good actress? (not watching that movie anytime soon tho)
I think a lot of people like her for her personality. Did you see that video of her and Jack Nicholson? I thought it was cute (him more than her)

HG was the first time I've seen her in anything.  Maybe she's better with other material but I felt the Katniss character was actually pretty bland.  And no, didn't see that vid.
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Apr 12, 2013, 04:50:15 AM


My eyes!!!  Why do they burns-es us!?
lold. totally read that in Gollum's voice.

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Post by: jonhammstein on Apr 12, 2013, 07:07:19 AM
That's how I read all Beck's posts. Aloud. In public.
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Post by: Fiero on Apr 12, 2013, 11:06:37 AM
Adrianne Palicki

She was the female that was going to play Wonder Woman in the NBC show.
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Apr 12, 2013, 03:36:51 PM
Saw Howl's Moving Castle.
Fucking Ghibli movies man, they give me FEELS
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Post by: B E C K on Apr 13, 2013, 11:00:15 PM
That's how I read all Beck's posts. Aloud. In public.

(http://i704.photobucket.com/albums/ww49/BalrogofMorgoth/gollum.gif)
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Apr 15, 2013, 04:32:17 PM
(http://i.imgur.com/8FXuyCw.jpg)
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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Apr 16, 2013, 07:32:51 AM
Jennifer Lawrence was young Mystique in the X-Men first class movie. She was good in it, and much hotter.
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Post by: Rama on Apr 17, 2013, 02:00:04 AM
The Hobbit...again.


I really, really like this movie. As well as the LOTR films. I don't know what it is but I can just lose myself in these movies like I can't others and I find that enjoyable.
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Post by: B E C K on Apr 17, 2013, 04:47:16 AM
Yeah, I was able to sit through the Hobbit a few times.  Goddammit, I wanna see the damn Sherlock dragon already.
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Apr 17, 2013, 03:12:58 PM
Watching National Treasure at this moment.
Makes me miss Philly :(
I cant believe they went to Urban-fucking-Outfitters. Jesus christ superstar
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Post by: Fiero on Apr 18, 2013, 10:05:19 AM
Yeah, I was able to sit through the Hobbit a few times.  Goddammit, I wanna see the damn Sherlock dragon already.

Sherlock dragon?
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Post by: jonhammstein on Apr 18, 2013, 09:24:53 PM
Yeah. You know. Benatar Cumberbund. He's in everything these days.
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Post by: B E C K on Apr 19, 2013, 12:13:47 AM
Yeah. You know. Benatar Cumberbund. He's in everything these days.

Oh, man, I wanna see them combine now.


Yeah, I was able to sit through the Hobbit a few times.  Goddammit, I wanna see the damn Sherlock dragon already.

Sherlock dragon?

Oh-em-gee, Fifi, don't tell me you haven't been watching Sherlock?  :-[
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Post by: Rama on Apr 19, 2013, 01:27:29 AM
Well you kinda saw him as the Necromancer. He didn't talk.....or look like him, but that was him.
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Post by: Rama on Apr 19, 2013, 02:02:30 AM
Oh and LOTR: The Fellowship of the Ring. Just got a jones on for LOTR. Bet I watch the other two movies and start reading the books again soon. (which is ok, because I read those books at least once a year anyway.)

But as for the film...I really wish I owned the the extended versions of these. I only have normal versions. This movie does hold the honor of being the movie I saw the most times in the theater. You'd think it would be a SW film (I've seen ROTJ a total of 5 times in a theater and it holds the record for a SW flick), but nope...it is this one at 8 times.

And I hadn't read the books at this point either. I went out and bought FOTR after seeing the movie. I remember that after I finished FOTR I wanted to keep reading so bad that I went out and got in my car at like one in the morning, drove to Wal-Mart, bought a paper back of The Two Towers and returned home and started reading again.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Apr 19, 2013, 07:25:07 AM
When you say "Sherlock", you are of course talking about Elementary starring Lucy Liu, yes?
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Post by: Chopper Face 69 on Apr 19, 2013, 09:00:36 AM
Spring Breakers.

B=======D

Seriously.
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Post by: Rama on Apr 19, 2013, 01:29:21 PM
When you say "Sherlock", you are of course talking about Elementary starring Lucy Liu, yes?

No..it is the BBC one. With Martin Freeman as Watson. It is just called Sherlock. Guy with the high cheekbones that'll be playing the bad guy in the next Trek movie.

Unless you know all that and are just saying that to get Beck's goad and if that's the case...uhhhhhhhh...then forget everything I just said.
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Apr 19, 2013, 02:44:42 PM
Spring Breakers.

B=======D

Seriously.
What does that means? Do you get to see James Franco's john thomas?
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Post by: Rumble on Apr 19, 2013, 03:34:18 PM
I was all set to watch The Hobbit and then the pc which I have connected to my tv died. And it's the only blu ray player I got.

So no hobbit for me until I fix this :(
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Post by: B E C K on Apr 19, 2013, 11:00:42 PM
Spring Breakers.

B=======D

Seriously.
What does that means? Do you get to see James Franco's john thomas?

It probably means he popped a mad boner for the little girls.
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Post by: B E C K on Apr 19, 2013, 11:01:23 PM
When you say "Sherlock", you are of course talking about Elementary starring Lucy Liu, yes?

Oh man, I really wanted to like that show.  Too bad it stinks.
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Post by: B E C K on Apr 19, 2013, 11:02:51 PM
but nope...it is this one at 8 times.

Goddamn, feller.  Once in the theater was enough for me.  And then fifty-something hundred times once it came out on DVD.
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Post by: B E C K on Apr 19, 2013, 11:03:10 PM
^ I should've made all of that one post but I didn't.  Nyah.
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Post by: Rama on Apr 20, 2013, 02:45:42 AM
but nope...it is this one at 8 times.

Goddamn, feller.  Once in the theater was enough for me.  And then fifty-something hundred times once it came out on DVD.

Well the reason for that was mainly my cousin got me two books of movie passes for Christmas. There wasn't much out there I wanted to see other then LOTRs. So I ended up seeing it that many times just because I could. I mean if I had got that present this year I could have ended up seeing like Skyfall 8 times. I did buy the DVD for FOTR the day it came out though, but I've only watched the movie at home a hand full of times.

I did see The Two Towers like three times in theater too, but ROTK only once.
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Post by: B E C K on Apr 20, 2013, 07:05:25 PM
Merla and I rewatch the Rings trilogy to death.  Except two-thirds of those times don't count because we totally skip a shitload of the Frodo x Sam material now.  Oh, man, the other night she had on ROTK and I was just yammering through the twenty different endings to that thing and cracking us the fuck up.  "Go back to your fuckin' tree and make me some fuckin' cookies, you fuckin elf!"  Ha ha... oh, well, guess that's not as funny if you're not there.  But I totally did that shit in a fucked-up accent an' everything.  Ah, good times.
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Post by: Rama on Apr 21, 2013, 01:02:19 AM
If I was there I just would have been "but...they aren't elves. They are Hobbits. I bet they do make good cookies though." that or I would have talking about Clerks 2 where Randall said the logical ending to that movie was for Sam to saunter over and let Frodo brick right in his mouth.
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Post by: Rama on Apr 21, 2013, 01:13:56 AM
Oh and I saw "This is 40" which was pretty good...too much Megan Fox in this movie for her not even being a main character. Also the major conflict of the film isn't even resolved. I guess maybe the idea is that in real life stuff like that doesn't fix it's self easily, but still...why even bring it up? It barely drove the story and there was plenty of other stuff that could keep the movie moving forward. There was a really good cast in this movie though...I mean apart from all the Megan Fox stuff.
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Post by: Rumble on Apr 21, 2013, 05:50:20 AM
Well after singlehandedly fixing my pc (God, I'm great), I finally watched the Hobbit.


I have to say I liked it far better than I thought I would. I was very skeptical of turning the Hobbit into a huge movie trilogy, but it turned out pretty well so far. There are still lots of scenes I would have cut out (like most scenes with Radagast the Poopstained), but overall it's a very entertaining movie. It also helps that New Zealand is as beautiful as ever and the music was excellent throughout the entire movie.

When part 2 comes out I might actually go watch it in the cinema
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Post by: B E C K on Apr 21, 2013, 08:21:42 PM
If I was there I just would have been "but...they aren't elves. They are Hobbits. I bet they do make good cookies though."

Except I was talking to Arwen... as Eowyn.  Because, you know, she never had a shot at Aragorn's Lonely Mountain or whatever.  It was literally the part right before she put her hair in a ponytail and removed her earrings.


I have to say I liked it far better than I thought I would. I was very skeptical of turning the Hobbit into a huge movie trilogy, but it turned out pretty well so far. There are still lots of scenes I would have cut out (like most scenes with Radagast the Poopstained), but overall it's a very entertaining movie. It also helps that New Zealand is as beautiful as ever and the music was excellent throughout the entire movie.

When part 2 comes out I might actually go watch it in the cinema

Ha ha, poopstained.  But yeah, those were pretty much my thoughts, too.  Right down to going to the theater to see the next one.  Maybe.
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Post by: Rama on Apr 22, 2013, 12:46:56 AM
If I was there I just would have been "but...they aren't elves. They are Hobbits. I bet they do make good cookies though."

Except I was talking to Arwen... as Eowyn.  Because, you know, she never had a shot at Aragorn's Lonely Mountain or whatever.  It was literally the part right before she put her hair in a ponytail and removed her earrings.

Well that would have been nice to know ahead of time. I'm not there you know! I mean really.

But shit what does a girl have to do? She killed the Witch-king of Angmar. That's impressive. What did Arwen do but tell guys she was washing her hair for two thousand years before Aragorn showed up with a hard on for cougar tail. Eowyn should have been able to walk up to him and just go "You're my bitch now!" and he'd have to just say "Yes ma'am".
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Apr 22, 2013, 06:26:46 AM

It probably means he popped a mad boner for the little girls.
wtf all the bitches in that movie are fugly. serena (or is it selena) gomez looks like a maid i had. vanessa hudgens(sp?) has a moustache etc etc


I watched like 5 minutes of "Little Buddha". Keanu Reeves as a hindu, wtf Hollywood? (inb4 David Carradine) . I didnt even know Keanu was in that movie but when I saw him he looked hot as fuck with a nice tan. Aesthetics 10/10 would bang
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Post by: Rumble on Apr 24, 2013, 05:11:58 PM
I saw Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter.

Wasn't expecting much, but it turned out to be a pretty damn entertaining film. Some very cool scenes. Also, it didn't have that horrible Lincoln ending the book had. Which is a big plus.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Apr 24, 2013, 10:11:32 PM
The Place Beyond the Pines | Ryan Gosling and Bradley Cooper in the same movie? Sign Faye up! Also, Eva Mendes, who is Faye's aunt in real life. Good stuff!

Oblivion | Tom Cruise! Science fiction! Kind of bland! Kind of derivative!
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Post by: B E C K on Apr 24, 2013, 11:59:05 PM
Oblivion | Tom Cruise! Science fiction! Kind of bland! Kind of derivative!

So it's basically Minority Report?


I watched History of Violence.  It was equally as boring as real history.


Quote from: Faye Faye
I watched like 5 minutes of "Little Buddha". Keanu Reeves as a hindu, wtf Hollywood?

Ha ha, yeah.  Why not just remake 47 Ronin starring Keanu Reeves?  Ho ho... OH, wait a minute (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/47_Ronin_(2013_film)).
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Post by: jonhammstein on Apr 25, 2013, 05:56:47 AM
I feel bad for Keanu. He really is shit now. Nobody wants him in their movies anymore, so he has to do his own thing.

Just let him do his own thing, 'kay?
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Post by: Chopper Face 69 on Apr 25, 2013, 12:59:17 PM
What does that means? Do you get to see James Franco's john thomas?
I don't know what that means but yes.

Quote
It probably means he popped a mad boner for the little girls.
Not sure I'd phrase it that way.
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Post by: B E C K on Apr 25, 2013, 10:19:46 PM
Why not?  You're, like, her mom's age, right?  If you had tapped Selena Gomez's teen mom, you could've been her daddy.   ;D
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Apr 26, 2013, 02:17:31 PM
So not only she dated Bieber, but her mom is prettier than her.

I feel bad for Keanu. He really is shit now. Nobody wants him in their movies anymore, so he has to do his own thing.

you shut your filthy mouth!
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Post by: Chopper Face 69 on Apr 26, 2013, 05:38:58 PM
Why not?  You're, like, her mom's age, right?  If you had tapped Selena Gomez's teen mom, you could've been her daddy.   ;D
She's like 1 or 2 years older than me by my math.  I'd do the Mother/Daughter on that family.
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Post by: B E C K on Apr 26, 2013, 09:35:40 PM
Ha ha, two pieces of Texas toast with Canadian bacon.
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Post by: Chopper Face 69 on Apr 28, 2013, 08:50:16 AM
 8)
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Post by: Fiero on May 02, 2013, 01:16:06 PM
Ha ha, two pieces of Texas toast with Canadian bacon.

I didn't realize she was Texan, yet now it seems obvious.
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Post by: Chopper Face 69 on May 03, 2013, 08:30:17 AM
She references it in one of her more popular songs.

I mean um, I don't listen to that stuff.
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Post by: Fiero on May 03, 2013, 04:37:28 PM
She references it in one of her more popular songs.

I mean um, I don't listen to that stuff.

HOLY SHIT

She actually has popular songs?
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Post by: Faye Valentine on May 04, 2013, 04:37:44 AM
Watched half of Django yesterday. TOO LONG
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Post by: jonhammstein on May 05, 2013, 10:22:11 AM
Pain and Gain | It had its moments, but overall... eh.
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Post by: Rama on May 05, 2013, 05:35:42 PM
I saw Iron Man 3...liked it for the most part, except how they handled the Mandarin. Other then that it was fine.

And A New Hope for SW day. Non-SE of course.
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Post by: B E C K on May 05, 2013, 11:11:08 PM
Watched half of Django yesterday. TOO LONG

Bet you were ready to re-chain him, huh?  Ho ha ha heh... eh... hmmm.
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Post by: Chopper Face 69 on May 06, 2013, 08:32:13 AM
Oblivion was fantastic.
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Post by: B E C K on May 06, 2013, 09:38:20 PM
I saw Iron Man 3...liked it for the most part, except how they handled the Mandarin.

I don't know what's worse: That they couldn't even cast a remotely Chinese-ish person instead of Ben Kingsley or spoiler spoiler spoiler white guy.  You know what I put there.  Yuck.
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Post by: Rama on May 06, 2013, 11:29:09 PM
That was my pet peeve as well. I like the Mandarin (in the comics that is) and I think they could have pulled him off well...I mean those rings wouldn't be that crazy in a world where Thor was smacking around inter-dimensional aliens and I think there are plenty of Chinese actors that could have pulled that role off well and actually posed a real honest to God threat to Iron Man. The kinda guy that could have taken everything from Stark and brought him to edge...instead he was just a fucking joke. That and the needless change of War Machine to Iron Patriot were my biggest problems with this flick.
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Post by: Faye Valentine on May 07, 2013, 03:11:49 AM
Watched half of Django yesterday. TOO LONG

Bet you were ready to re-chain him, huh?  Ho ha ha heh... eh... hmmm.
I was ready to call it quits when I saw Samuel Jackson playing....Samuel Jackson
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Post by: jonhammstein on May 07, 2013, 06:25:38 AM
I thought he was supposed to be Uncle Ben, but no one was eating his rice.
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Post by: B E C K on May 07, 2013, 11:40:20 AM

I was ready to call it quits when I saw Samuel Jackson playing....Samuel Jackson

Isn't that most of his roles now?  And I didn't know he was coming out in the new RoboCop.  I didn't even know there was a new RoboCop comin' out.  But alas, they're gonna reboot everything.  And now The Crow's reboot has been casted with the guy who's gonna play Bard the Bowman in the Hobbit.  Allrighty, then.  I mean, don't try to find the next Brandon Lee or anything.  Let's get the guy from the Fast & The Furious 6.
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Post by: Rama on May 07, 2013, 12:55:04 PM
I can take Sam Jackson in Robocop, but only if he is the voice of ED-209

"Halt Citizen....I said HALT Mother Fucker. Are you fucking deaf? I'll blow your fucking head off if you take one more damn step. I think you better know right now that you are messing with one bad Mother Fucker. I got Mother Fucking guns for arms bitch! Now what the fuck is all this...stairs? Shit! Fuck these stairs and Fuck you Mother Fucker." 
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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on May 07, 2013, 08:56:09 PM
The Mandarin thing was bullshit, but I have no problem with his not being Asian since it wasn't the actual Mandarin in the first place.
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Post by: Rama on May 07, 2013, 09:22:06 PM
That is a good point.
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Post by: jonhammstein on May 08, 2013, 01:55:34 AM
I liked Iron Man 3. I loved the Mandarin. He was like a big middle finger to the pretension of DKR's Bane.

Undoubtedly the best Iron Man, and arguably the best contemporary Marvel film.
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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on May 08, 2013, 10:35:24 AM
Wouldn't call it *best*. Better than 2, at the very least.

I just watched Evangelion 3.33 last night. Holy shit. I'll have to elaborate in the Anime Thread at a later date.
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Post by: jonhammstein on May 08, 2013, 10:39:58 AM
Rodent, what is *best* in life?
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Post by: Rama on May 08, 2013, 12:55:36 PM
Yeah, better then 2....best Marvel film? Ehhhhhhhhhh....Course you are talking to a guy that loved Thor which a lot of people didn't seem to like. So what do I know?
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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on May 08, 2013, 02:24:55 PM
Rodent, what is *best* in life?

Trick question!
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Post by: Faye Valentine on May 08, 2013, 03:07:30 PM
Wouldn't call it *best*. Better than 2, at the very least.

I just watched Evangelion 3.33 last night. Holy shit. I'll have to elaborate in the Anime Thread at a later date.
DO NOT
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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on May 08, 2013, 09:15:36 PM
Don't worry. I'll have to watch it at least another two or three times to form a somewhat coherent opinion on it. It was a mind-job, all right.
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Post by: Faye Valentine on May 09, 2013, 01:41:37 PM
Don't worry. I'll have to watch it at least another two or three times to form a somewhat coherent opinion on it. It was a mind-job, all right.
lol whats new? eva has always been a mind fuck
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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on May 09, 2013, 08:09:55 PM
On the Standard Evangelion WTF Scale from 1-to-10, this whole movie hovers precariously around 15.
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Post by: B E C K on May 10, 2013, 12:21:03 AM
I tried watching Pirates Band of Misfits but gave up.  I think I might've liked it if it had come out, like, ten years ago.  I just don't feel Aardman's brand of humor much these days.
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Post by: Faye Valentine on May 10, 2013, 01:15:50 PM
On the Standard Evangelion WTF Scale from 1-to-10, this whole movie hovers precariously around 15.
REALLY??? Do you know if its being streamed somewhere or just downloads atm?

Finally finished to watch Django. So much unnecessary blood, Tarantino over did it. Also didnt like it much cause again IT WAS TOO DAMN LONG. But Christoph Waltz is amazing
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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on May 10, 2013, 08:08:39 PM
REALLY??? Do you know if its being streamed somewhere or just downloads atm?

Just googled this one (http://eyeonanime.com/evangelion-3-0-you-can-not-redo-movie/evangelion-3-0-you-can-not-redo-movie-episode-1/). There seem to be others.
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Post by: Faye Valentine on May 11, 2013, 02:27:48 AM
thank youuuuuu!! ill save the link and watch it later!


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Post by: Fiero on May 13, 2013, 10:32:22 AM
Finally finished to watch Django. So much unnecessary blood, Tarantino over did it. Also didnt like it much cause again IT WAS TOO DAMN LONG. But Christoph Waltz is amazing

So it was a Tarantino film?
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Post by: jonhammstein on May 13, 2013, 12:21:32 PM
Tarantino films are just the right length and have just the right amount of blood.

SO I DUNNO WHAT U GUYS R TALKIN BOUT!!1
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Post by: B E C K on May 14, 2013, 12:38:02 AM
Finally finished to watch Django. So much unnecessary blood, Tarantino over did it. Also didnt like it much cause again IT WAS TOO DAMN LONG. But Christoph Waltz is amazing

So it was a Tarantino film?

hahahaha qft
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Post by: Faye Valentine on May 14, 2013, 07:21:47 AM
I dont think Inglorious Basterds nor Pulp Fiction are bloody
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Post by: B E C K on May 14, 2013, 02:42:56 PM
There was blood in the anal rape scene.  You know it was there.
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Post by: Faye Valentine on May 15, 2013, 08:07:09 AM
Only saw lube
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Post by: blanktoe on May 15, 2013, 04:05:08 PM
How did I miss that? I love a good anal rape scene.
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Post by: Rumble on May 15, 2013, 04:11:21 PM
There's two anal rape scenes in Pulp Fiction if you also count what that watch did to poor Christopher Walken
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Post by: Rama on May 15, 2013, 07:24:56 PM
How have we got this far without someone calling for the Gimp.
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Post by: jonhammstein on May 15, 2013, 09:52:54 PM
That scene made me feel sick. In retrospect, I think it may have been a mild panic attack. I was all up in that shit way before Tony Stark made it cool!
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Post by: Rumble on May 16, 2013, 10:08:55 AM
I saw Battlestar Galactica - Blood & Chrome.
I thought it was pretty good, too bad it never became a tv series
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Post by: Faye Valentine on May 17, 2013, 09:32:43 AM
I was all up in that shit way before
Christopher Walken's ass?
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Post by: Faye Valentine on May 17, 2013, 01:07:11 PM
Can you guys please tell me where the f--- is the accent of Rapunzel's mother from? My daughter loves the movie and I think its cute and funny but everytime I hear the (fake) mother's accent I want to kill myself. Sounds kind of bostonian- staten island mix. Terrible terrible
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Post by: blanktoe on May 17, 2013, 04:10:47 PM
Star Trek Into Darkness great fucking still not really a Star Trek movie no one has a fuck to give other that diehards. Abrams is a really bad liar. The shit with Sulu is annoying after a while. Robocop was a pretty good villian. Not enough half naked white women in this movie. The Kligons seemed badass. Maybe they'll get to do some evil shit in the next movie. There's a robot guy on the Enterprise at the end that comes out of nowhere. And Abrams is a liar. More Sherlock please.


BONUS! NOT KIRK VS NOT KHAN
start at 0:53

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Post by: B E C K on May 17, 2013, 09:32:27 PM
Oh, man, what he did with Benedict Arnold "Smaug" Pumpkin Patch pissed me the fuck off.  I'm not touching that film unless it hits streaming like Hunger Games did.  Fuck an Abrams.  I'm sick of him, I'm sick of Bay, I'm sick of Whedon while we're at it.  They can go triangle jerk.  Really, that was the only person they could find to direct the new S. Wars?  No other directors were available?  Ugh.  Whatevs.
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Post by: blanktoe on May 17, 2013, 09:38:31 PM
What's wrong with Whedon? I think Avengers has major flaws but it was the best we could hope for.
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Post by: Rumble on May 18, 2013, 06:07:14 PM
Saw Django.
Despite another awful performance by Pitt, I quite liked it
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Post by: B E C K on May 18, 2013, 11:22:47 PM
What's wrong with Whedon? I think Avengers has major flaws but it was the best we could hope for.

I think he's overhyped like Abrams.  I haven't seen the Avengers, I likely never will, and nothing of value will be lost.
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Post by: Faye Valentine on May 19, 2013, 10:38:39 AM
Saw Django.
Despite another awful performance by Pitt, I quite liked it
TOO LONG
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Post by: Rumble on May 19, 2013, 02:07:39 PM
Maybe it's just that your attention span is too short dear.

Not that mine is any better, cause I just realized it wasn't Pitt but DiCaprio that was stinking up Django.
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Post by: jonhammstein on May 19, 2013, 09:14:01 PM
Ha. I thought you were making a joke about them both being utterly uncharismatic and interchangeable.
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Post by: B E C K on May 19, 2013, 10:27:59 PM
Maybe it's just that your attention span is too short dear.

Not that mine is any better, cause I just realized it wasn't Pitt but DiCaprio that was stinking up Django.

Ha ha, and I was wondering about Pitt making a cameo or something.
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Post by: Rama on May 21, 2013, 12:17:54 AM
In my mind Pitt came in for a 30 min cameo make out session with DiCaprio.
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Post by: jonhammstein on May 22, 2013, 10:16:34 AM
Went to that new Star Trek movie last night. And I think I'll have to say it's all right.

Whatever Abrams ends up crapping out for Disney, I have every confidence it will be infinitely better than the prequels. Perhaps even on par with the originals...? Hmm-hmm! Hmm! Hmm! Hmm-hmm! (http://youtu.be/TdiJt19PZlY)
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Post by: Fiero on May 22, 2013, 03:04:04 PM
Went to that new Star Trek movie last night. And I think I'll have to say it's all right.

Whatever Abrams ends up crapping out for Disney, I have every confidence it will be infinitely better than the prequels. Perhaps even on par with the originals...? Hmm-hmm! Hmm! Hmm! Hmm-hmm! (http://youtu.be/TdiJt19PZlY)

That mirrors my feelings.
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Post by: B E C K on May 23, 2013, 10:57:37 PM
In my mind Pitt came in for a 30 min cameo make out session with DiCaprio.

I like the cut of your mind's jib.
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Post by: Rama on May 25, 2013, 12:17:05 AM
Star Trek Into Darkness.

Star Trek 2 was a love letter to Star Trek 2.

That's all I'll say on it now. I've saving up my real review for something special.
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Post by: Rumble on May 25, 2013, 03:16:18 PM
I was forced to sit through Snowwhite and the Huntsman.
I guess it wasn't that bad of a movie, but I totally wasn't feeling it and hated every minute of it.

Also it was total BS that the huntsman never got to have wild monkeysex with Snowwhite
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Post by: jonhammstein on May 26, 2013, 07:54:20 AM
http://redlettermedia.com/half-in-the-bag-star-trek-into-darkness/

Haha! They aren't wrong, but I still enjoyed the movie.
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Post by: jonhammstein on May 26, 2013, 09:23:18 PM
Epic. Not very.

Furious 6. Still great. Can't wait for the next one.
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Post by: Chopper Face 69 on May 27, 2013, 11:46:26 AM
Can you guys please tell me where the f--- is the accent of Rapunzel's mother from? My daughter loves the movie and I think its cute and funny but everytime I hear the (fake) mother's accent I want to kill myself. Sounds kind of bostonian- staten island mix. Terrible terrible
I get a New England vibe out of it but then I'm not American so I'm not too keen on all the nuances.

Star Trek was good but not really a Star Trek movie but then Trek hasn't really been Star Trekey since TNG.

Hangover 3 was pretty funny.
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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on May 27, 2013, 11:38:08 PM
I went to see Star Trek into Khan today. I described it to a cousin as being "quite enjoyable but annoying". It was fun in the same vein as the previous flick but so beholden to Wrath of Khan that it became a huge distraction. I would go so far as to say it was a total remake of TWOK, but since that was a damn good movie, at least they drew from a good source.

Speaking of TWOK, I just finished rewatching it a few minutes ago. It was the better movie, in my estimation, but I still enjoyed STiD.
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Post by: Fiero on May 28, 2013, 12:42:01 PM
I went to see Star Trek into Khan today. I described it to a cousin as being "quite enjoyable but annoying". It was fun in the same vein as the previous flick but so beholden to Wrath of Khan that it became a huge distraction. I would go so far as to say it was a total remake of TWOK, but since that was a damn good movie, at least they drew from a good source.

Speaking of TWOK, I just finished rewatching it a few minutes ago. It was the better movie, in my estimation, but I still enjoyed STiD.

Agreeing with you on all points.

Who else thinks this new Superman movie might ACTUALLY be good? I have hopes.
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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on May 28, 2013, 06:35:35 PM
I'm not expecting it to be good, but the trailer is so inspiring that it makes me want to believe, not that a man can fly, but that another good Superman movie has finally been made.

We'll see.
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Post by: B E C K on May 28, 2013, 07:55:18 PM
The trailer doesn't really have me all too excited.  Lois looks dull.  They should've vamped her up.  I don't care for the costume either.  And he's, like, hitchhiking.  I dunno.  I'm kinda on the line with this one.  I may very well enjoy it, but I don't know what to make of it yet.  It's gotta be better than Green Shitlern at least.
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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on May 28, 2013, 10:31:53 PM
...I don't go to a Superman movie to see Lois.

One of the reasons I so fondly remember Superman 3 is because of Annette O'Toole as Lana. It made up for Richard Pryor's ass being in it.
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Post by: Rama on May 28, 2013, 11:13:25 PM
It's a DC movie that isn't Batman. One shouldn't expect it to be good. Then you won't be disappointed when it isn't.
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Post by: jonhammstein on May 29, 2013, 07:39:30 AM
Man of Steel will be good. Not as good as Dark Knight, but a lot better than that Dark Knight Rises feculence.
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Post by: Chopper Face 69 on May 29, 2013, 08:25:48 AM
 Lois looks dull.  They should've vamped her up.
I would love to see a Vampire Lois Lane!

Quote
One of the reasons I so fondly remember Superman 3 is because of Annette O'Toole as Lana. It made up for Richard Pryor's ass being in it.
Wasn't that only 4, also known as the worst movie of all time?
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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on May 29, 2013, 06:03:11 PM
Superman 3 was the one set mostly in Smallville and involved the money virus aped in Office Space and the evil Superman. Superman 4 was a sheer abomination.
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Post by: Rama on May 30, 2013, 12:06:26 AM
It had Nuclear Man and Ducky!
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Post by: Faye Valentine on May 30, 2013, 01:43:26 AM
I saw the beginning of Avengers and I thought it was boring.
Then again Im not much of a fan of superheroes
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Post by: Chopper Face 69 on May 30, 2013, 08:09:42 AM
But Lana was in 4, right?  I'm not totally confused?

I saw a Woody Allen movie yesterday called "The Purple Rose of Cairo" which was pretty fantastic.  To explain why it is fantastic might give spoilers so if you're interested don't look up anything about the movie just go watch it.
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Post by: Rama on May 30, 2013, 11:17:12 AM
Lana was in three...there was some chick named Lacey in 4 that was the daughter of the guy that bought the Daily Planet. Apparently Lois was in 4 too, but I don't seem to be able to remember her in it.
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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on May 30, 2013, 12:31:37 PM
No, that was Mariel Hemingway playing a totally different character.
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Post by: jonhammstein on May 30, 2013, 07:21:30 PM
How about Supergirl? Remember that one? Yeah, you do. Just admit it.
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Post by: B E C K on May 30, 2013, 09:46:09 PM
I watched these three Masterpiece Mystery movies about two Navajo cops based on some book series.  I liked it.  Too bad they only made three.  It was nice seeing Wes Studi actually play the stern but good-hearted hero as opposed to the freakish "savage" role he's best known for.  Like evil Last of the Mohicans Indian.  Or fierce Dances With Wolves Indian.  Or fuckin' blue Space Indian from Avatar.  Or... um... fuckin' Sagat.
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Post by: Rama on May 31, 2013, 01:05:11 PM
How about Supergirl? Remember that one? Yeah, you do. Just admit it.

Vaguely. I remember Supergirl coming up from underwater and that being trippy, but that is about the extent of my memory of Supergirl.
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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on May 31, 2013, 09:35:08 PM
I loved Helen Slater in Supergirl. I thought she was perfect for the role...a female Chris Reeve. And Peter O'Toole is always fun.

But it was an absolutely horrible movie.
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Post by: B E C K on May 31, 2013, 09:59:27 PM
I always thought it was a travesty that Helen Slater and Christian Slater weren't related.  A travesty.  They should've fixed that somehow.
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Post by: Rama on May 31, 2013, 11:36:09 PM
They could have got married...and no one would have had to buy new towels.
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Post by: blanktoe on Jun 01, 2013, 09:35:11 AM
I watched these three Masterpiece Mystery movies about two Navajo cops based on some book series.  I liked it.  Too bad they only made three.  It was nice seeing Wes Studi actually play the stern but good-hearted hero as opposed to the freakish "savage" role he's best known for.  Like evil Last of the Mohicans Indian.  Or fierce Dances With Wolves Indian.  Or fuckin' blue Space Indian from Avatar.  Or... um... fuckin' Sagat.

Are they on netflix?
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Post by: B E C K on Jun 01, 2013, 10:34:24 PM
I wish!  I had to rent them old-school on these disc things.  I forget what they're called.  And Netflix sends them in a cute red envelope an' everything.

Hmm, looks like some kind soul may have put the first one on YouTube in seven parts.  If you can't find the next part in the sidebar, Skinwalkers appears to be the only upload from that particular user:

Skinwalkers (Leaphorn and Chee) Part 1 -
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Post by: Chopper Face 69 on Jun 04, 2013, 09:42:35 AM
A buddy of mine is marrying a girl who has the same last name as him.
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Post by: B E C K on Jun 04, 2013, 12:24:02 PM
Ha ha.  I couldn't do that.  I'd always wonder if we were related.  Then again, my last name isn't the one I should have since my grandfather was taken in by another family when he was young.  Then again, I think they were still relatives of his.  So I actually have two paternal last names to be concerned about.  I guess.  Aside from my maternal family's last name.  So... um, three.  Then again, I think the same thing happened to my maternal grandfather.  Then again again, I think those people were also his relatives.  And they could've had the same last name.  Or not.  I'm lost.


Anyway, I finally saw Clerks II.  I can see why that critic asshole reviewer walked out of it.  I liked most of the characters, the basic premise, some of the jokes.  Others fell flat and everything seemed lazily put together.  And the donkey thing.  Yech.  That reeked of being put in for a dare or as director wank of some kind.  Overall, the movie really needed someone to put their foot down and edit it better.  And what was with Jason Lee?  It was like someone sucked the life outta him or something.  Shit.
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Post by: Rama on Jun 04, 2013, 04:19:57 PM
Well good news! Kevin Smith is writing Clerks 3 as we speak.
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Post by: B E C K on Jun 04, 2013, 08:31:20 PM
April Fools!  Hang on, we're in June.
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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Jun 04, 2013, 09:55:02 PM
I meant to watch Arnold in The Last Stand when it was in theaters, but I waited an hour after it debuted and missed it. So I picked up the bluray last week and just got around to seeing it last night...very fun movie. No, it's not high cinema by any means, but I thoroughly enjoyed it. Not the typical Schwarzenegger film--until the last thirty minutes, anyway.
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Post by: IDE on Jun 05, 2013, 04:23:36 AM
Jack the Giant slayer.  It didn't suck as bad as I thought it would.
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Post by: Rumble on Jun 05, 2013, 07:01:43 AM
Anyway, I finally saw Clerks II.  I can see why that critic asshole reviewer walked out of it.  I liked most of the characters, the basic premise, some of the jokes.  Others fell flat and everything seemed lazily put together.  And the donkey thing.  Yech.  That reeked of being put in for a dare or as director wank of some kind.  Overall, the movie really needed someone to put their foot down and edit it better.  And what was with Jason Lee?  It was like someone sucked the life outta him or something.  Shit.

I enjoyed Clerks 2, unlike a lot of other Kevin Smith movies
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Post by: Rama on Jun 05, 2013, 11:48:23 AM
I also really liked it. It is my favorite of all the films he has done.
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Jun 05, 2013, 02:56:41 PM
Stepbrothers. Thought it was pretty funny but not as much as most people say
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Post by: B E C K on Jun 05, 2013, 10:51:34 PM
I also really liked it. It is my favorite of all the films he has done.

Yeah, a lot of people seemed to like Clerks 2.  I still like Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back much, much more.
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Post by: Rama on Jun 05, 2013, 11:32:28 PM
I like that one a lot too....I get called crazy a lot but my least favorite of his films is Chasing Amy. I'm not saying it is bad or that I hate it. I love that flick, but out of his stuff (that I've seen) it is my least favorite. But I haven't seen like Jersey Girl, or Red State. I just recently saw Zak and Miri Make a Porno, and I really liked that one. But I mean if you think the Donkey Show was done a bet then this one...wow.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Jun 06, 2013, 12:00:32 AM
I hate Strike Back. Hate it.

After Earth is a decent movie. Shyamalan is not yet creatively bankrupt.

Mud, on the other hand, is bloody excellent. Apparently McConaughey is capable of acting afterall.
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Jun 06, 2013, 08:05:55 AM
I just recently saw Zak and Miri Make a Porno, and I really liked that one.
That movie, to me, was a 101 min long (yeah i checked it) cringe
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Jun 06, 2013, 08:06:28 AM


After Earth is a decent movie. Shyamalan is not yet creatively bankrupt.


I have to say I almost squealed with glee when I heard the critics completely destroyed the movie
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Post by: Rama on Jun 06, 2013, 10:45:42 PM
I just recently saw Zak and Miri Make a Porno, and I really liked that one.
That movie, to me, was a 101 min long (yeah i checked it) cringe

I have bulldog skin when it comes to cringe stuff, but there is one scene that made that happen to me too. And it wasn't Jason Mewes dick either.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Jun 06, 2013, 10:52:12 PM
Going by what most critics had to say, and the fact that Shyamalan directed it, I fully expected After Earth to be absolute garbage. The thing is, it's not. There's so much worse out there.

I didn't love it, I don't know that I'd even say I liked it, but I certainly didn't hate it.

For instance, if you want to compare it to something else Will Smith has done, it's a better movie than both Men in Black II and III. Those movies were fucking trash, II especially.
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Post by: B E C K on Jun 06, 2013, 10:52:42 PM
I like that one a lot too....I get called crazy a lot but my least favorite of his films is Chasing Amy. I'm not saying it is bad or that I hate it. I love that flick, but out of his stuff (that I've seen) it is my least favorite. But I haven't seen like Jersey Girl, or Red State. I just recently saw Zak and Miri Make a Porno, and I really liked that one. But I mean if you think the Donkey Show was done a bet then this one...wow.

I know I've seen Jersey Girl.  Oh wait, it's coming back to me.  George Carlin was in Jersey Girl.  And Raquel Castro who later came out in the Voice played the kid.  *GOOGLE*  Okay, and Liv Tyler.  You know, I remember liking it but talk about being forgetable.  I recall now that it was decent but people watching it and expecting all the madcap shit from a regular Kevin Smith film are going to likely be pretty fuckin' disappointed.  Which probably explains why it bombed.

After Earth is a decent movie. Shyamalan is not yet creatively bankrupt.
I have to say I almost squealed with glee when I heard the critics completely destroyed the movie

Ha ha, when I read the reviews and the box office disappointment, I swear I could feel the warmth of your smile.
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Post by: Rama on Jun 06, 2013, 10:57:56 PM
I know I've seen Jersey Girl.  Oh wait, it's coming back to me.  George Carlin was in Jersey Girl.  And Raquel Castro who later came out in the Voice played the kid.  *GOOGLE*  Okay, and Liv Tyler.  You know, I remember liking it but talk about being forgetable.  I recall now that it was decent but people watching it and expecting all the madcap shit from a regular Kevin Smith film are going to likely be pretty fuckin' disappointed.  Which probably explains why it bombed.

Kevin Smith is like that band that became famous for it's sound and then suddenly wants to branch out and change their sound and then can't understand why none of theirs fans are buying their stuff anymore.
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Jun 07, 2013, 03:09:59 AM


Ha ha, when I read the reviews and the box office disappointment, I swear I could feel the warmth of your smile.
mfw
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Jun 07, 2013, 03:15:59 AM

I have bulldog skin when it comes to cringe stuff, but there is one scene that made that happen to me too. And it wasn't Jason Mewes dick either.
fucckk i forgot that one! brb searching it in youtube

Oh yeah yesterday I watched the live action movie of Rurouni Kenshin and it was AMAZING. i fangirl-ed so hard. So hard. The fight scenes were 10/10, hotness of characters 10/10 (except Kaoru she looked like an anorexic pig). Saitou is a DILF. Only disappointing things were that Aoshi wasnt in it even though a member of the Oniwabanshuu was and that they just grabbed the first 30 episodes, mixed them up and put them in a 2 hours movie. Also some things arent cannon like the way Sano meets with Ken, Yahiko etc etc but all in all a fucking great movie
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Post by: Chopper Face 69 on Jun 07, 2013, 09:55:00 AM
I thought Jersey Girl was great.  Not your standard Kevin Smith movie by any stretch but a very touching story.
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Post by: Rama on Jun 10, 2013, 10:25:23 AM
I saw Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires and Watchmen: The Director's Cut. Which the Director's Cut wasn't that much different then the theatrical cut. I thought this was the one that had all the Black Freighter stuff added in, but nope.
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Post by: IDE on Jun 10, 2013, 06:26:36 PM
Princess Bride
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Post by: Rumble on Jun 11, 2013, 05:54:36 AM
I saw Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires and Watchmen: The Director's Cut. Which the Director's Cut wasn't that much different then the theatrical cut. I thought this was the one that had all the Black Freighter stuff added in, but nope.

You'll want to look for the 'ultimate cut', that's the one that has the Black Freighter stuff
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Jun 11, 2013, 01:23:17 PM
The desolation of Smaug trailer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=dUlxoZRwUS0

LOOKS GOOD
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Post by: Rama on Jun 11, 2013, 04:06:30 PM
I saw Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires and Watchmen: The Director's Cut. Which the Director's Cut wasn't that much different then the theatrical cut. I thought this was the one that had all the Black Freighter stuff added in, but nope.

You'll want to look for the 'ultimate cut', that's the one that has the Black Freighter stuff

Yeah I found that out afterwards. But Watchmen is still a pretty awesome movie and I only paid 3 bucks for it, so I'm not complaining.
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Post by: IDE on Jun 12, 2013, 03:18:58 PM
The desolation of Smaug trailer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=dUlxoZRwUS0

LOOKS GOOD

Fuckin awesome!



Last movie I sort of watched was braveheart, but it was really just on in the background while I was nailing this chick.  But after she passed out all I could think of was how Murrin reminded me of my ex.
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Post by: Rama on Jun 12, 2013, 04:04:44 PM
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.
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Post by: The D on Jun 12, 2013, 08:56:14 PM
The desolation of Smaug trailer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=dUlxoZRwUS0

LOOKS GOOD
FUCK YEA LEGOLAS.


The last movies I've seen included:

Tucker and Dale Vs Evil - I finally was able to rent this movie. All in all a decent, mostly enjoyable spoof of a horror movie. It stars the guy who played Wash in Firefly as Tucker, Alan Tudyk. It also looked like it starred that one tall black guy from Mad TV, but apparently it was some other unknown actor.
My biggest issues included the fact that you figure out very quickly that the woodsmen are nice guys, and you find out very quickly who the real psycho is. The whole movie is told from the perspective of the woodsmen, so you know they're not really bad. Plus, the timing of the movie was a bit off. At first college kids die on a regular basis, but then there's a rather long stretch where no one dies, then all of a sudden several people die at once as if they ran out of ways to kill people and the writers were just like "Let's blow everyone up!".

Still, a good movie. The main female character was just so damn hot. A little bit of fanservice with her as well, but no nudity, which is a pity because I heard in the commentary that she wanted to do a nude scene. WHY didn't they let her do a nude scene?! ;_;
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Post by: Rama on Jun 24, 2013, 01:03:39 AM
Man of Steel.

 :nono:
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Post by: B E C K on Jun 24, 2013, 10:28:28 PM
Oh, come on, where's the Rama-style blathering rant?  Don't just shake your head!  What a rip off.   :fingershake:
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Post by: Rama on Jun 25, 2013, 04:15:33 PM
It'll come when I can put it into words.
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Post by: B E C K on Jun 26, 2013, 09:32:43 PM
I saw the Avengers and Brave.  The Avengers I enjoyed just a little more than I initially thought I would.  However, my bar was low as I did go in expecting another Iron Man 2 and crossing my fingers otherwise.  Decent popcorn movie.  Was never compelled to skip through it or anything and it moved at a good clip.  The dude playing Loki sucked and Thor's accent sucks but who really gives a shit about those things anyway.

I also had a low bar for Brave and Brave limbo'd right under that.  It just felt like a dumb pointless waste of space.  The plot was not a feature-length plot.  There was nothing likeable about the character other than her skill with a bow.  I wanted to kick her in the face.  I'd 've rather seen a movie about the witch instead.  The feminine bear joke got old quick and I did forward parts of the movie in the second half, which dragged like molasses.  And the music... ugh.  I felt like this movie was gonna try to sell me tampons with music like that.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: IDE on Jun 29, 2013, 04:03:09 AM
Brave was pretty mediocre.  That's funny you don't like Loki, I find that attractive for some reason.  I can't stand all the squeeing fan girls that guy has.
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Post by: B E C K on Jun 30, 2013, 10:15:31 PM
Squeeing?  No shit?  Loki looked like death warmed over.  It was like Draco Malfoy, Stewie Griffin, and Wormtongue had an oily baby together.  His posturing was right outta some kid's fanfic.  "An ant has no a quarrel with a boot"?  Well, no, but the goddamn boot doesn't stop and chat with the ant either, you dumbass.  He would've been more productive if they had slapped a worn Everlast logo on him and let Cap punch the shit outta him.
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Post by: IDE on Jul 01, 2013, 02:21:21 PM
Squeeing like nobody's business, on tumblr (God I hate the culture of that site). Also, in real life I had to be around some of these squeelings.  They are almost as a rule fat and wear glasses.
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Post by: The D on Jul 01, 2013, 08:29:35 PM
I can't stand all the squeeing fan girls that guy has.
THANK.
YOU.


Hmm, there's no option for theater.
The Intergalactic Nemesis...
...is a stage show that's a mix of a live or voice acted graphic novel, and a radio show. So they take this graphic novel, project the panels on a screen filling the entire rear of the stage (minus speech bubbles), have voice actors on stage voice the characters, a Foley artist (a sound effects artist, creating sound effects with everyday objects), and background music provided by a piano and synthesizer. So the play SOUNDS like an old radio show, but has the visual effect of the graphic novel panels.

I did enjoy the play. I found the thing did drag on a bit at around 2 hours long (with an intermission). Plus, the play really milked the 1930s space drama tropes to the max, with stereotypical characters and way too many over-the-top sudden twists (with the accompanying dramatic music)... stuff like "I'm not really a janitor, I'm a robot from the FUTURE! *cue dramatic music*". I know they did it on purpose though to get that authentic 1930s feel. I'll give the play props for having a strong female lead, something you'd never see in the 30s. Plus, there were parts where, because of character's accents, or characters talking too fast, or multiple characters talking, I'd have no idea what was just said.

The most interesting part was the sound effects being made in real time. Sound effects in Hollywood are made by a Foley artist who uses ordinary objects to make the sounds you hear in a movie, but in this case the sounds were actually being made by the objects on the stage, rather than being pre-recorded. It was fun to watch the various objects employed.

One of the things I wondered was whether the graphic novel was really a 30s comic or created specially for the show, but it appears to be a comic created specifically for the stage show. They're in the process of creating two other shows, and I'd love to see those as well. I rather enjoyed the show, even if it was a bit too long.
The first 15 minutes of the play (http://youtu.be/Bf9YTDemjNA)
The cast on Conan (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZI7ANN9qYUg)


Iron Giant
I had only seen bits and pieces of this, and all I knew it was about a boy and his giant robot. Then I sat down and watched it. I didn't realize it got all action packed and war of the worlds at the end. Both action and feels from the same movie? A giant robo going up against 1950's American military hardware? Better movie than I expected. But who the hell names their kid Hogarth?


I've also seen Superman, Star Trek, and Iron Man 3 and may put my thoughts on those into words later.
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Post by: B E C K on Jul 02, 2013, 06:31:41 PM
I saw My Babysitter's a Vampire.  Kinda cute, I guess.

I also watched some Bill Bellamy stand up thing.  That's kinda a movie, right?
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: The D on Jul 06, 2013, 04:53:56 PM
OH SEXY GIRLFRIEND!!!
BONZAI!!!

Ah, 80s racism at it's best.

So I saw 16 candles at the outdoor public festival I've been going to for a while here. Forgot this thing had frontal nudity and swearing. Perfect family flick for a public outdoor theater.
Anyone else miss all the nudity the 80s had? they seem to not have any nudity in modern movies anymore.

And Long Duk Dong. A Chinese guy who's the comic relief. Too bad he was the most interesting character. And if his dong is like a duck's, then most ducks have penii that are longer than their bodies when uncoiled, so he'd have to wrap his Dong jr. around his body a few times.

As for the movie, it was okay. Sam came off as whining about every little stupid thing and it got annoying. And if this was supposed to be a relationship movie, then why did Sam and her crush not hook up or even MEET until the credits? Where the hell is the chemistry?
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Chopper Face 69 on Jul 08, 2013, 01:10:41 PM
Anyone else miss all the nudity the 80s had? they seem to not have any nudity in modern movies anymore.
For sure but there was way too much bush in the 80s.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Jul 10, 2013, 10:44:39 PM
Expendables 2.  I'm pleasantly surprised by the Expendables movies.  Probably because they meet my expectations exactly and that's so damn rare.  They're both very solid and I saw no sequel decline here at all.  They're perfect popcorn movies.  You know the people making these films knew exactly what they were supposed to bring to the table and did it.  I admire their execution.  Rumor mill has Mel Gibson as the villain for Expendables 3.  Could be very, very cool if they do it right and don't try to make Mel too serious.  Glib, jokey Mel is the Mel we all want to see.  I know Sly tries to push for as many people as possible for these films, but if you get Mel you HAVE to cameo Danny Glover.  Blown up on a toilet at the beginning of the film.  DO EET.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Jul 11, 2013, 11:14:25 AM
Extract. Has actors I like. Enjoyed. Laughed.  Cousin is staying with me. Watching lots of stuff I never would have... like... What to Expect While Expecting. OMFG that movie is awful.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Jul 12, 2013, 12:13:45 AM
Watching lots of stuff I never would have... like... What to Expect While Expecting. OMFG that movie is awful.

To be fair, I'd've expected an awful movie.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: IDE on Jul 12, 2013, 03:20:45 PM
Has anyone seen pacific rim?  I've heard good things.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Jul 12, 2013, 03:49:58 PM
I want to real bad, but I planning on going next weekend.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Jul 12, 2013, 09:51:42 PM
Everyone I've talked to says FUCCK YES
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: IDE on Jul 13, 2013, 04:32:25 PM
I've heard it's like cheering in the theaters good.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Jul 13, 2013, 10:38:28 PM
I tried to get the day off a month and a half ago at work so I could go see it on Friday or Sat and all the slots were taken.  Boo.  I might see it next week.  I really want to see it though.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Jul 14, 2013, 02:01:45 AM
For the last few days Ive been watching the trilogy of the Matrix and its blowing my mind. Last time i watched The first Matrix I was a sophomore in the uni and high as fuck so I couldnt remember much and then I remember watching a little bit of the 2nd one but didnt really care for it. But now, HOLY SHIT THE MOVIES ARE FUCKING AMAZING. Especially the first one.
Of course I cant talk about the movie without talking about Keanu Reeves's exquisite ass in the 2nd one
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: IDE on Jul 14, 2013, 04:35:25 AM
Interesting fact about the matrix.  I don't know if any of you were familiar with that lady (that at the time I thought was a nut) who said they stole her script.  Turns out they did steal it and she sued and won.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Jul 14, 2013, 11:25:19 PM
I recently re-watched The Matrix (just got it on blu-ray). It still holds up rather well. But I'm not paying perfectly good money on the two train wrecks that followed it.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Jul 15, 2013, 02:19:41 AM
Yeah I think the ending was a little anti climatic. I wonder if they were planning to do a 4th one (since the Oracle said she thought they were going to see Neo again and stuff). Also, can you explain me why was the indian girl able to "make" a sunrise? i thought she was just a program with no special abilities
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Jul 15, 2013, 11:36:50 PM
Interesting fact about the matrix.  I don't know if any of you were familiar with that lady (that at the time I thought was a nut) who said they stole her script.  Turns out they did steal it and she sued and won.

Nope: http://www.snopes.com/politics/business/matrix.asp
For the record, I do believe they stole the Matrix.  I just don't think they stole it from this person.  Either they stole it or they had lot of contributions or ghost writers who made the first one great, but then shut those same people out for the sequels resulting in the inferior mess that followed.

But I'm not paying perfectly good money on the two train wrecks that followed it.

That's why I got the DVD with all the Matrix stuff on it for 10 bucks at Target.  :)  I spend 10 bucks on a lot of things I don't need and I felt like seeing the sequels because I had watched the Matrix like 50 times in a row one week and wanted to change it up.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Jul 16, 2013, 02:01:24 PM
omg Nuri I didnt know you had a crush on Keanu too. Its ok I understand
ps: Keanu fan club meets every thursday at 9pm
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Jul 16, 2013, 04:09:16 PM
I feel a rebuttal coming on.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Jul 17, 2013, 05:45:09 PM
Well, I don't hate Keanu.  That's almost the same as a crush.  Right?  Right?


I saw Pacific Rim today and... somewhat spoiler below...



















































...I wish more of the pilots have gotten to use escape pods.  Especially the Aussie at the end.  Would've liked him to have bobbed up at the end of the movie and everyone else be all "wtf?" and his dad to cry tears of relief.  Just seemed like it should've happened.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Jul 20, 2013, 12:21:41 AM
I agree with that. That whole escape pod thing was kinda a WTF kinda thing because I didn't even know they had them.

Oh and I guess I should say I saw Pacific Rim. I can't say too much about it without spoiling it. What I can say is that I enjoyed it...but I did have some thoughts that mainly has to do with the two main character, but on the whole I enjoyed it it a lot. (I sat by myself at the very back of the theater and that was a good thing since I got into some of these fights and was even saying stuff like "Come on! Punch that bastard!" which is something I don't normally do at the movies.)

I do have one nitpick though. The opening credit says that Kaiju means "Giant Beast" in Japanese. It doesn't. It means "Strange Beast." aka Monster.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Jul 21, 2013, 01:09:19 AM
Maybe they'll fix it in the DVD/Blu-ray.  Thing is... minor spoilage here so some space even though I'll try not to be too blatant...



















They should've at least referenced the escape pods during the Hong Kong fight.  Something to the effect of not being able to use them due to the damage or even having the pilots attempt escape only to be monster-mashed.  Otherwise, yeah, it just seemed to come out of nowhere later.

Anyway, I'll make a Pacific Rim Spoiler Thread.  Feel free to post there.  I'd like to read your thoughts on it because most people I know sadly haven't seen it.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Jul 21, 2013, 01:49:52 AM
I was already thinking someone would escape from the robots...but I thought the whole head would eject because they made such a big deal about the head being a different part that attached. None of the mechs did that so I figured it had to play in some how...but nope.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Jul 21, 2013, 01:51:18 AM
Oh and I saw Godzilla vs. Biolantte and Godzilla 2000. Went to Entertainmart today and they have a few Godzilla movies I didn't have.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Jul 21, 2013, 04:01:01 PM
Just finished watching the Lakehouse (yeah Im on a Keanu roll, dealwithit)
I dont like chick flicks much but I love this movie :3

Also Im waiting for my dvd of Howls Moving castle that my bae is bringing from Tokyo <3
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Jul 21, 2013, 10:00:11 PM
Iron Sky and 30 Nights of Paranormal Activity with the Devil Inside the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.

The former was FUCKING AWESOME and the latter was utter garbage (with a few funny bits).
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Jul 21, 2013, 11:33:01 PM
I actually really want to see Iron Sky. It sounds awesome.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Jul 21, 2013, 11:41:12 PM
Hmm, might chell out Iron Sky if it's still on streaming.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Jul 23, 2013, 05:09:19 PM
Hmm, might chell out Iron Sky if it's still on streaming.

That's how we watched it, but my room mate has been proxying a lot to Canada, so I'm not sure which library it was on. I think it was the US one.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Jul 23, 2013, 11:27:37 PM
I've seen it listed on the US one before; just don't know if it's still there.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Jul 24, 2013, 04:12:32 PM
ZOMG ITS THE 47 RONIN TRAILER WITH MY HUSBANDO KEANU

Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Chopper Face 69 on Jul 25, 2013, 08:39:52 AM
Admission is a mediocre comedy starring Tina Fey and Paul Rudd who are both better in other things.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Jul 25, 2013, 04:35:06 PM
ZOMG ITS THE 47 RONIN TRAILER WITH MY HUSBANDO KEANU


Why... are they calling that movie 47 Ronin?  Why not make a new property?  It's not like 47 Ronin is so damn popular over here it needs the draw of the name.  smh
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Jul 25, 2013, 04:36:00 PM
Admission is a mediocre comedy starring Tina Fey and Paul Rudd who are both better in other things.

It looked it.  I like those actors but had no desire to see this movie.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: IDE on Jul 26, 2013, 03:14:24 AM
Ghostbusters

But I didn't really watch it.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: The D on Jul 26, 2013, 07:52:30 PM
Hmm, I forgot if I mentioned The Raid - Redemption.
The title of this movie makes me think it's a sequel of some sorts although I think it's the only movie. It just annoys me when people throw on a subtitle. Then I think there was a movie before it.

In any case, The Raid is I think from Singapore. It's a pure action movie about a SWAT team ascending a building in a slum to capture a slum lord. I figured it would be a mindless action film but was surprised to find some actual plot and story in the movie as well as a few twists and revelations. My biggest beef was that there was a bit of a lull in the action in the middle. The first part of the movie was nothing but gun battles, the second half was nothing but martial arts. There was also some pretty good knife fights thrown in. Also, not expected in a foreign film, but a Wilhelm scream was in this one.

Pretty much a badass action movie, and worth watching.

There's a sequel in the works... and an American remake? I'm not exactly sure why it needs to be remade.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: IDE on Jul 26, 2013, 11:57:10 PM
Yeah why would they remake that?  It's basically the plot of Dredd anyway.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: IDE on Jul 30, 2013, 04:03:37 AM
Krull
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Jul 30, 2013, 11:16:50 PM
I saw Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox a couple of days or so ago.  I also rewatched the Wonder Woman animated movie.  FP was pretty decent (didn't care for Aquaman and Wondy banging each other and then going to war but whatever) but I remember liking the WW movie when I first saw it.  On a repeated viewing though, the WW movie's actually misogynistic and kinda atrocious.  I wish it had been more about WW and the Amazons--Hippolyta's conflict with Ares, Persephone betraying her people, Artemis and Alexa's differences, WW encountering man's world--and less about that pig Steve muthafuckin' Trevor getting his mack on.  What an ass-clown.  Ugh, he was cool in the Justice League series but here he was disgusting.  Ares was less gross than Steve Trevor and Ares was the fuckin' villain.  What the hell?  It's like some constantly-rejected angry guy was all "here's your Wonder Woman movie, you fuckin' feminists, now stfu" and shat out this movie.  And I actually bought the WW movie at Target for 5 bucks and was charged 7.99.  Boo.  Worst $8 spent ever.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: IDE on Jul 31, 2013, 03:41:44 AM
Why would you not care for them banging and going to war?  You have a better plot device? No you don't.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Jul 31, 2013, 09:09:30 AM
Didn't know Flashpoint was out yet. Thanks for the heads up.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Jul 31, 2013, 01:32:35 PM
I'll see Flashpoint as soon as my buddy buys it and then lets me borrow it. He sees/buys every superhero movie no matter how shitty it might be. Gives me the chance to only buy the ones I like.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Jul 31, 2013, 04:02:43 PM
Why would you not care for them banging and going to war?  You have a better plot device? No you don't.

Because nothing can be criticized unless the critic has a better solution.  Gimme a break, swampie.  Besides, there's a million cooler, less petty reasons for two supers to go to war.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Jul 31, 2013, 10:34:22 PM
Besides, Wondy should always be banging Superman...though I did like the JLU dynamic of Diana and Bruce.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Aug 01, 2013, 12:06:27 AM
It must really suck for Superman that the only chick he can have sex with without killing is either his relative or Wonder Woman. Actually...that doesn't suck. I'd have sex with Wonder Woman.


Course he still has it better then Hulk who the only female Hulk out there is his cousin. (Although I think there are a lot more Hulks now...got kinda crazy there.)
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: IDE on Aug 01, 2013, 05:47:17 AM
Why would you not care for them banging and going to war?  You have a better plot device? No you don't.

Because nothing can be criticized unless the critic has a better solution.  Gimme a break, swampie.  Besides, there's a million cooler, less petty reasons for two supers to go to war.

The reason they went to war flowed naturally.  A botched marriage of alliance was nothing to be nonplussed over. Does heterosexual sex piss you off or something? 
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: IDE on Aug 01, 2013, 05:49:00 AM
Didn't know Flashpoint was out yet. Thanks for the heads up.

I think it got leaked cause I saw it awhile ago on a pirate site.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Aug 01, 2013, 01:28:36 PM
It must really suck for Superman that the only chick he can have sex with without killing is either his relative or Wonder Woman. Actually...that doesn't suck. I'd have sex with Wonder Woman.
I always thought he should have taken up with Maxima when she turned into a marginally "good guy". Angry tsundere redhead? Sign me up!

I guess there was always Power Girl, as they're not actually related. And who wouldn't hit that?
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Aug 02, 2013, 01:31:10 PM
I watched Monsters Uni a couple of weeks ago. It was funny (couldnt understand a lot since it was in german unfortunately). Havent seen the first one completely so I wonder if it was funnier than this one or not

Now my girl wants to watch the Smurfs 2, fuck.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Aug 03, 2013, 09:36:15 PM
...though I did like the JLU dynamic of Diana and Bruce.

That's my OTP!

Does heterosexual sex piss you off or something? 

No, but it pisses me off that you think that.  ♫ Irony ♫

And yeah, I actually saw a leak.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Aug 03, 2013, 09:37:42 PM
I watched Monsters Uni a couple of weeks ago. It was funny (couldnt understand a lot since it was in german unfortunately). Havent seen the first one completely so I wonder if it was funnier than this one or not

Now my girl wants to watch the Smurfs 2, fuck.

Looks like you're stuck with Smurfs 2 until they release The Kiddy Centipede.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Aug 03, 2013, 09:39:09 PM
Oh, oh yeah, I saw Snow White and Huntsman.  LOL  K-Stew can only make that one disgusted face.  Someone stop giving this chick work.  And the little people with regular-heighted people's faces digitally pasted on... er-mah-god... AWKWARD.  Stupid Thor sounded like he was talking with mashed potatoes in his mouth.  Mirror Mirror was the waaay better Snow White movie.  Too bad it didn't do as much business as this crappy, snory one did.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: IDE on Aug 04, 2013, 04:00:17 AM
Yeah huntsman was balls. 
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rumble on Aug 04, 2013, 07:39:33 AM
I saw Reservoir Dogs and Snatch again this weekend, I love those movies
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Aug 05, 2013, 03:21:11 AM
Oh, oh yeah, I saw Snow White and Huntsman.  LOL  K-Stew can only make that one disgusted face.  Someone stop giving this chick work. 
Maybe when she stop sucking the directors' dicks.

Watched Wrecked it Ralph and it was SO BORING. It became even worse after I found out Sarah Silverman (who i cant stand for shit) was the voice actress for that little pain in the arse brat
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rumble on Aug 05, 2013, 03:38:43 AM
Yeah Wreck-it Ralph was a dissapointment for me too. Don't think I got a single laugh from it. I was glad when it was over
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Aug 05, 2013, 03:20:02 PM
Oh, oh yeah, I saw Snow White and Huntsman.  LOL  K-Stew can only make that one disgusted face.  Someone stop giving this chick work. 
Maybe when she stop sucking the directors' dicks.

Hmmm, maybe this explains the face...
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Aug 05, 2013, 04:46:19 PM
I saw The Conjuring a week or two ago. It's pretty good.

I thought I had watched another movie since then, but I can't think of what it was.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Aug 06, 2013, 09:44:14 PM
I subjected myself to some of Titanic since it's now on streaming.  I can't believe this movie was such a huge hit.  It's LOTR length for no good reason.  And there wasn't any other shit for his ass to float on?  He just *had* to stay in the water and freeze?  There were so many things wrong.  Don't worry, I washed it out with some DS9.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Aug 07, 2013, 06:35:43 AM
I saw The Conjuring a week or two ago. It's pretty good.

I thought I had watched another movie since then, but I can't think of what it was.
shit im dying to watch that one but the only movie theater near here shows all their movies in german :(
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Aug 07, 2013, 06:36:10 AM
I subjected myself to some of Titanic since it's now on streaming.  I can't believe this movie was such a huge hit.  It's LOTR length for no good reason.  And there wasn't any other shit for his ass to float on?  He just *had* to stay in the water and freeze?  There were so many things wrong.  Don't worry, I washed it out with some DS9.
Did you know theres "Titanic 2"? Think about that for a sec.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Chopper Face 69 on Aug 07, 2013, 09:18:38 AM
I can't believe this movie was such a huge hit.  It's LOTR length for no good reason. 
Sounds like 1/3 of the Hobbit.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Aug 07, 2013, 10:08:08 AM
I'm halfway through A Tale of Two Sisters. It's been fairly creepy so far. That is a good sign.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Aug 07, 2013, 12:35:13 PM
Hansel and Gretel Witch Hunters. Not nearly as bad as I'd heard, but not a shining example of high cinema. But it wins the award for worst use of Famke Janssen who acted under heavy makeup for the majority of her screen time.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: blanktoe on Aug 08, 2013, 06:27:48 AM
 "I Declare War" and "Justice League Flashpoint Paradox" The best two movies I've seen this summer. Hollywood really let me down this summer. I still have hope for Elysium though.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Aug 08, 2013, 09:58:41 AM
Hansel and Gretel Witch Hunters. Not nearly as bad as I'd heard, but not a shining example of high cinema. But it wins the award for worst use of Famke Janssen who acted under heavy makeup for the majority of her screen time.

But have you watched Hansel and Gretel: GET BAKED?
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Aug 08, 2013, 01:12:38 PM
"I Declare War" and "Justice League Flashpoint Paradox" The best two movies I've seen this summer. Hollywood really let me down this summer. I still have hope for Elysium though.

I wouldn't put too much hope in that flick...but even if it is good that movie has flop smell all over it.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Aug 08, 2013, 03:33:16 PM
A Tale of Two Sisters.

Great Korean psychological horror thriller.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Aug 09, 2013, 10:55:38 PM
"I Declare War" and "Justice League Flashpoint Paradox" The best two movies I've seen this summer. Hollywood really let me down this summer. I still have hope for Elysium though.

I wouldn't put too much hope in that flick...but even if it is good that movie has flop smell all over it.

Oh, OH, are we taking bets?  I think it'll just about break even.  Not enough to be a hit, but enough to merit a shitty sequel without Damon in it.   Or if he dies, the sequel will be certain to have Damon in it.


And I saw Wreck-It Ralph last night.  I liked it.  Cute.  It had a good pace to it.  Unfortunately, it's not a stand-out film by any means.  But something I'd sit down and watch again if it happens to be on TV or streaming.  Kinda wary of the talk about a sequel for this one though.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Aug 10, 2013, 12:48:30 AM
Oh, OH, are we taking bets?  I think it'll just about break even.  Not enough to be a hit, but enough to merit a shitty sequel without Damon in it.   Or if he dies, the sequel will be certain to have Damon in it.

Hmmmm 115 Million budget...I might have to rethink my bet. I assumed this was a 200 mill plus movie. I could see it breaking about even with that budget unless it pulls down a R.I.P.D type opening weekend. I mean if this thing only pulls in 10 mill over the weekend then it's fucked.
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Post by: Rama on Aug 10, 2013, 07:52:38 PM
Well 11 mill on Friday...so that's like a 33-35 mill weekend. If it doesn't drop off too much in the 2nd week it might make the break even and even point. Maybe even a little bit of profit. Really thought Planes would put up more of a fight.

Oh and I saw G.I. Joe: Retaliation and I have to say it wasn't half bad. Wasn't expecting much after Rise of Cobra was such a cluster fuck, but this one wasn't nearly as bad. Think it might have suffered because of it was a sequel to a shit movie.
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Post by: IDE on Aug 10, 2013, 11:28:46 PM
I saw retaliation recently also.  Can they please make a Joe movie that doesn't consist of the entire joe team getting wiped out leaving only a few to fight against seemingly insurmountable odds?

I want a full ensemble cast of all the joes vs all of cobra.  Huge battles, insane vehicles, etc. Just like the fucking cartoon.
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Post by: blanktoe on Aug 11, 2013, 04:12:52 AM
So, Elysium was pretty good. There won't be a sequel but Blokamps next movie is about a robot cop similar to the ones in Elysium.

Well 11 mill on Friday...so that's like a 33-35 mill weekend. If it doesn't drop off too much in the 2nd week it might make the break even and even point. Maybe even a little bit of profit. Really thought Planes would put up more of a fight.

I thought Planes would have better too but it's a non Pixar movie based on a Pixar movie. So, that probably killed it. It's been a real bad summer for animated movies not named Despicable Me 2.
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Aug 11, 2013, 07:02:15 AM
SO re watched Rocky 4. Everything was cool except Apollo's dance before fighting Ivan. I mean wtf were they thinking, so cheesy. And dont even let me start with that damn robot.
Also rewatched Rocky 5. Why is Paulie still with them I cant understand this. Also RIP Sage Stallone
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Post by: Rumble on Aug 11, 2013, 10:33:47 AM
I saw 'Ik ben Joep Meloen' a classic Dutch comedy from the early eighties.
Hadn't seen that movie since I was 5 or so. It held up suprisingly well
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Post by: B E C K on Aug 14, 2013, 12:12:05 AM
I want a full ensemble cast of all the joes vs all of cobra.  Huge battles, insane vehicles, etc. Just like the fucking cartoon.

It'll never happen in live action because of teh monies and teh lazy.
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Post by: Rama on Aug 14, 2013, 06:56:26 PM
Yeah, plus from a story stand point it is impossible to do an engaging story with such a large cast. Even the Joe toon and comic only focused on a handful of Joes at a time despite the large cast. The great thing with the toon and comic is that you can just focus on someone new next time, which is a luxury a movie doesn't have. Although I wouldn't be opposed to like a huge cameo battle at the end of the movie not unlike the opening of the 87 Sunbow Movie.
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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Aug 14, 2013, 08:41:42 PM
What would have been cool would have been to have GI Joe 1 be about Hawk, Duke, Ripcord, Scarlett, and Snake Eyes whooping up on Destro and Baroness and 2 be about Roadblock, Flint, Lady Jaye, Jinx and John McClane beating Zartan, Firefly, and Storm Shadow, and then have them all join up for the conclusion of a trilogy to kick Cobra Commander's ass. But they didn't plan anything ahead with this, and we're left with an incredibly bad piece of celluloid crap and one somewhat north of marginal movie.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: blanktoe on Aug 15, 2013, 10:35:04 AM
Anyone seen the Guardians of the Galaxy comic con trailer? I still don't understand what this is suppose to be. Are they super heroes, space pirates or some kind of Firefly ripoff?
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Post by: Fiero on Aug 16, 2013, 05:18:38 PM
Anyone seen the Guardians of the Galaxy comic con trailer? I still don't understand what this is suppose to be. Are they super heroes, space pirates or some kind of Firefly ripoff?

It's in their name. They guard the galaxy. They are defending against cosmic threats. They are a ragtag group of miscreants, though.
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Post by: Rama on Aug 16, 2013, 09:54:06 PM
These aren't the Guardians of the Galaxy I remember. 

These are the ones I remember:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guardians_of_the_Galaxy_%281969_team%29
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Post by: B E C K on Aug 16, 2013, 10:28:54 PM
What would have been cool would have been to have GI Joe 1 be about Hawk, Duke, Ripcord, Scarlett, and Snake Eyes whooping up on Destro and Baroness and 2 be about Roadblock, Flint, Lady Jaye, Jinx and John McClane beating Zartan, Firefly, and Storm Shadow, and then have them all join up for the conclusion of a trilogy to kick Cobra Commander's ass. But they didn't plan anything ahead with this, and we're left with an incredibly bad piece of celluloid crap and one somewhat north of marginal movie.

That would've been boss.  Kinda surprising they didn't do that since the industry is soooo in love with damn trilogies.

Anyone seen the Guardians of the Galaxy comic con trailer? I still don't understand what this is suppose to be. Are they super heroes, space pirates or some kind of Firefly ripoff?

When you find the answer, let me know.
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Aug 18, 2013, 04:12:36 AM
New Miyazaki film, "Kaze Tachinu", "Wind Rises" (based on a true story)
Trailer
at=234

Ah yes just what I needed. Yet another Ghibli  film that will tear my heart out
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Post by: B E C K on Aug 18, 2013, 11:19:01 PM
Miyazaki stuff if very same-face.  I can't unsee the previous characters of the earlier works from the later films.
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Aug 19, 2013, 01:44:43 AM
Miyazaki stuff if very same-face.  I can't unsee the previous characters of the earlier works from the later films.
I thought the same thing! When I was first saw Jiro I was thinking "thats so lame he looks like Mei's dad in Totoro" but then I looked at a pic of the real Jiro and holy shit thats exactly how he looks like


edit: I dont remember if it was Ghibli or Miyazaki, but ""that"" look is trademarked by them thats why all the characters look similar
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Post by: B E C K on Aug 19, 2013, 10:11:47 PM
I wish they'd be more adventurous but I can't blame them for using what works either.
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Post by: Chopper Face 69 on Aug 20, 2013, 08:40:09 AM
Watching a Miyazaki movie is like watching a live action Asian movie.  All the actors look the same and you can't tell them apart because they have Asian names.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Aug 20, 2013, 02:57:27 PM
Watching a Miyazaki movie is like watching a live action Asian movie.  All the actors look the same and you can't tell them apart because they have Asian names.
lold

Koreans are ugly as hell tho.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Aug 22, 2013, 11:04:54 AM
Watching a Miyazaki movie is like watching a live action Asian movie.  All the actors look the same and you can't tell them apart because they have Asian names.
lold

Koreans are ugly as hell tho.

No they aren't.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Aug 23, 2013, 03:05:44 AM
Fiero you have a severe case of yellow fever.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Aug 23, 2013, 01:21:01 PM
Fiero you have a severe case of yellow fever.

No, I like women from everywhere.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rumble on Aug 24, 2013, 04:56:34 AM
I saw Die Hard 5 yesterday, the extended cut (apparantly).
Don't really understand what all the bad press was about. Other than me wanting to punch Willis every time he said he was on holiday, I thought it was quite a decent and entertaining movie.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: blanktoe on Aug 24, 2013, 11:12:52 PM
So, apparently Neill Blomkamp  is racist. - http://takimag.com/article/elysium_neill_blomkamp_fools_the_critics_again_steve_sailer#axzz2cBplGiAm
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: The D on Aug 26, 2013, 08:11:26 PM
Pacific Rim
Will probably talk more about it in the other thread.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: IDE on Aug 27, 2013, 05:27:34 AM
I haven't seen elysium but illegal immigrant mexicans turning california into shit is not a racist issue.  It's simply the truth. 

I fucking dare anyone to refute what I just posted.  Bring it and I will cool story bro you into next month with cold hard facts. 

Do it nigga! I dare you!
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: IDE on Aug 27, 2013, 05:29:01 AM
I wouldn't care if it was the irish or the english.  This has nothing to do with race.  Get the fuckkkkkk outtttttttt you cockroach mothersfuckers
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: IDE on Aug 27, 2013, 05:32:28 AM
WAIT! I take that back!

It DOES HAVE TO DO WITH RACE! If you're mexican and pro amnesty!  Because you're racist ass wants to bring more of your foreign horde over here to the dettriment of our people!  If it was the irish you would be all "Yo soy tu eres gtfo!"  or whatever spanish is for gtfo, because you actually are a racist piece of shit. 

Courting the "Latino" vote over immigration is racism at it's finest. Fucking scumbag democrats. Both parties need to agree to not sell out the american people for votes...votes from people WHO SHOULD NOT BE ABLE TO VOTE!  IF your parents were illegal and you were born here you should not be a citizen...END OF LINE.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: IDE on Aug 27, 2013, 05:40:24 AM
International law should state that if you are born to parents that are in a country illegally, neither of whom is a citizen of said country, then said child becomes a citizen of the mother's country of origin or the father's or both whatever seems fair, but to make them a citizen of the country that both parents are illegaly in is FUCKING INSANITY!
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Post by: IDE on Aug 27, 2013, 05:41:01 AM
Anyone who disagrees gets punched in the balls.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: IDE on Aug 27, 2013, 05:54:35 AM
They're coming to inspect all the apartments on sept 11.  I'm not supposed to have a cat.  IF they fucking send my cat back the pound to die I will do something so drastic it will change the world.  Specifically the eastern seaboard.  They better not fuck with my cat.  I'm a level 11 intellect they will fucking pay brainiac style if something happens to that cat.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Chopper Face 69 on Aug 27, 2013, 09:02:09 AM
Why don't you hide your cat?
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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Aug 27, 2013, 10:37:25 AM
You'll never work in Hollywood with those politics!

But in fairness to the illegals, I think California was already a mess before they got there.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Aug 27, 2013, 01:28:55 PM
I saw The World's End.

Loved it.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Chopper Face 69 on Aug 27, 2013, 02:07:34 PM
So, apparently Neill Blomkamp  is racist. - http://takimag.com/article/elysium_neill_blomkamp_fools_the_critics_again_steve_sailer#axzz2cBplGiAm
This article really sounds like total bull shit.

So the movie is talking shit about the people of Earth?  They are portrayed as the victims. Matt Damon is one of them in every sense.  Race is not an issue. It's about class warfare.  There are mostly latino people on Earth.  This is not meant to villify them.  It's meant to portray them as marginalised minorities because in our modern society this is who we see as the poor.  They are the ones the movie is making a point about being marginalized, treated like second class citizens.  Why is Matt Damon white?  Because he's Matt Damon.  They wanted a big fucking star.

Why are the people of Elysium white?  It's not to tell us white people are better, it's to tell us white people are rich.  Jodie Foster isn't some kind of hero.  Fucking nonsense.

This article is pure ignorant trash at best and at worse an intentional attempt to decieve people into thinking the movie is about something it's not.  There is no wisdom here.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Aug 30, 2013, 09:13:34 PM
They're coming to inspect all the apartments on sept 11.  I'm not supposed to have a cat.  IF they fucking send my cat back the pound to die I will do something so drastic it will change the world.  Specifically the eastern seaboard.  They better not fuck with my cat.  I'm a level 11 intellect they will fucking pay brainiac style if something happens to that cat.

Get one of the chicklets you're banging to take care of your cat for a few days.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: IDE on Aug 31, 2013, 05:14:44 PM
I think that's what I'm going to do but there's a crazy pomeranian at her place, it's a really sweet dog but it gets to go out in the backyard, does that mean it automatically has fleas?  I don't want Bruce to get fleas.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Aug 31, 2013, 07:54:39 PM
Can you get him some Revolution or Advantage or something?  Those little packets that you pop and put the juicy stuff in between their shoulders to prevent fleas.  Works for our brood.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Aug 31, 2013, 09:25:36 PM
Throw it in a carrier and put it in your car with a fan &  some food. Problem solved, unless you don't have a car.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: IDE on Sep 03, 2013, 01:42:32 AM
Yeah I think I might just drive him around for a moment.
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Sep 09, 2013, 02:12:17 AM
Ive watched Sleeping Beauty at least once everyday for the last week since its on Disney channel.
Dude Aurora was a cheap ho. One second shes all like" NO i dont know you! go away, can never see you again" and not even 2 seconds later shes like "ill see you tonight"
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Post by: Fiero on Sep 18, 2013, 03:11:27 PM
Did I mention I went to that Starship Troopers Rifftrax Live event like a month ago that was supposed to be Twilight but they couldn't get the rights?

Well, it was pretty awesome.
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Post by: Rama on Sep 19, 2013, 11:53:02 AM
I was going to go to that, but ended up being Ron Weasely poor the day of and couldn't make it. If it had just been on a Friday instead of a Thursday. I'm also going to miss probably the last time Cinematic Titanic that will ever be close(because they are going to stop touring) to me too due to a family commitment. (which I made before I knew that would be the day they'd be back in MO)
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Sep 27, 2013, 05:21:17 PM
Why would you want to watch Titanic? We have the capability to see the good scene on the Internet now.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Sep 27, 2013, 11:10:35 PM
Different Titanic...

But I do plan to hit up the Rifftrax Night of the Living Dead on Oct. 24th.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Chopper Face 69 on Sep 30, 2013, 10:09:50 AM
Why would you want to watch Titanic? We have the capability to see the good scene on the Internet now.
Propeller guy?
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Oct 01, 2013, 12:12:44 AM
SO Nuri, did you like the Lakehouse? I was kidding when I said it deserved an oscar, but I really liked the movie and I thought they had a great chemistry
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Post by: B E C K on Oct 02, 2013, 08:36:24 AM
Why would you want to watch Titanic? We have the capability to see the good scene on the Internet now.
Propeller guy?

:lol:

SO Nuri, did you like the Lakehouse? I was kidding when I said it deserved an oscar, but I really liked the movie and I thought they had a great chemistry

I liked it.  I agree about their chemistry.  We really need to see more movies with them together.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Oct 12, 2013, 09:12:57 AM
Why would you want to watch Titanic? We have the capability to see the good scene on the Internet now.
Propeller guy?

Yep.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Oct 14, 2013, 12:23:15 AM
Dracula (1931)
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Oct 14, 2013, 07:28:06 PM
Saw Nosferatu (1921) in a silent showing at a historic local venue with a live organist.  It was awesome.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Oct 14, 2013, 10:38:53 PM
Color me jealous.

I also saw Nosferatu, but it was on TCM. Also saw a movie called Vampyr. Which wasn't a silent movie, but it might as well have been. It was visually amazing, but story wise I found it lacking.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Oct 15, 2013, 09:44:21 AM
Why would you want to watch Titanic? We have the capability to see the good scene on the Internet now.
Propeller guy?

Yep.
Please explain


Saw the Conjuring. Scary shit. Ive always been a fan of the Warrens
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Oct 15, 2013, 09:57:15 PM
Why would you want to watch Titanic? We have the capability to see the good scene on the Internet now.
Propeller guy?

Yep.
Please explain

Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Oct 15, 2013, 11:08:07 PM
Why would you want to watch Titanic? We have the capability to see the good scene on the Internet now.
Propeller guy?

Yep.
Please explain


Saw the Conjuring. Scary shit. Ive always been a fan of the Warrens

Weren't they the ones that were saying that Amityville was real though?
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Chopper Face 69 on Oct 16, 2013, 10:02:40 AM
I watched "This Is The End" on Thursday, Friday and Saturday.  Great movie.

Then I watched Hot Rod.  Weird but funny.

Then I watched Dewie Cox.  Weirder but funny.

Then I watched Gravity.  Decent and pretty.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Oct 18, 2013, 09:39:41 AM
Then I watched Hot Rod.  Weird but funny.

COOOOOL BEANS

Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Oct 18, 2013, 11:40:54 AM
Carrie (1975)
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Oct 19, 2013, 02:27:20 AM


Weren't they the ones that were saying that Amityville was real though?
One of the family members still say its real and the dad never denied it either.

Carrie is the shiznit. I only expect disappointed when watching the new one with that girl that has no appeal whatsoever

edit: Watched Notting Hill the other day. Why is Hugh Grant considered a sex symbol? His face is like a Picasso, good from far away, not so good from close up. His eyes are weird not even aligned etc etc and he acts like such a beta in that movie
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Oct 19, 2013, 01:37:53 PM
Watched Pacific Rim yesterday. Fun movie.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Oct 23, 2013, 11:06:22 AM


Weren't they the ones that were saying that Amityville was real though?
Carrie is the shiznit. I only expect disappointed when watching the new one with that girl that has no appeal whatsoever

I thought Chloe Grace Moretz has looked pretty good in teasers for it. It's not going to live up to the original, but I think it will be better than the other 4 or 5 remakes.
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Oct 23, 2013, 06:37:35 PM


Weren't they the ones that were saying that Amityville was real though?
Carrie is the shiznit. I only expect disappointed when watching the new one with that girl that has no appeal whatsoever

I thought Chloe Grace Moretz has looked pretty good in teasers for it. It's not going to live up to the original, but I think it will be better than the other 4 or 5 remakes.
No I don't think so. Fucking Hollywood man, why do they remake all these good moviessssss! let the movies alone!
Saw Dark Shadows. Didnt like. I like the name Barnabas tho, pretty badass
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Oct 24, 2013, 10:11:52 PM
I doubt the new one has a slow motion high school girl locker room with 70s bush.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Oct 25, 2013, 12:25:37 AM
No I don't think so. Fucking Hollywood man, why do they remake all these good moviessssss! let the movies alone!

Because they done run out of idears.  Nah, it's because they don't want to take a chance on anything anymore.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Oct 26, 2013, 05:22:26 AM
I doubt the new one has a slow motion high school girl locker room with 70s bush.
Nor the main actress' tittays

Wait is that new girl underage?
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Oct 27, 2013, 09:29:11 PM
Ehhhhhh she was when she played Hit Girl the first time. Let me look it up.

Ok, yeah she is. Born 1997. So she is 16.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Oct 28, 2013, 06:47:21 AM
So no tittays in this movie.
Maybe Julianne Moore will show hers
The only thing I want to see from this new movie is how the little Jesus statue looks. You know, THE one. Scariest thing ever
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Oct 28, 2013, 08:05:53 PM
Funny story...that's not Jesus. I thought it was too at first, but I watched a making of the movie that came on the DVD and it is actually St. Sebastian. And they went back and filmed those scenes after the scene where Carrie's mom is impaled with the knives. They went back and found that saint and made the statue to resemble her and then filmed that stuff in the closet. In the original script Carrie was suppose to stop her moms heart with her mind...which is what happened in the book.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: IDE on Oct 30, 2013, 06:14:06 AM
The Wolverine...it was kind of less than ok.  It didn't suck balls but it just didn't get the job done.  Plus they really need to figure out how to show the gore for wolverine movies.  If they had showed him chopping limbs and blood everywhere ala kickass this would have gone from less than ok to pretty good.  I mean isn't that what we all want to see?  A fucking Berserker Barrage with pieces of ninja flying everywhere?

Well that's what I want to see anyway...ahh college, those were the days.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Oct 31, 2013, 04:02:54 AM
Funny story...that's not Jesus. I thought it was too at first, but I watched a making of the movie that came on the DVD and it is actually St. Sebastian. And they went back and filmed those scenes after the scene where Carrie's mom is impaled with the knives. They went back and found that saint and made the statue to resemble her and then filmed that stuff in the closet. In the original script Carrie was suppose to stop her moms heart with her mind...which is what happened in the book.
He looks pretty bang-able in the google images.
That freaking statue gave me nightmares. I always cover my eyes when its shown during the movie, like when they show the owl/alien face in The 4th kind or that last scene when the dude's mouth opens up...you know, -that-scene
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Nov 04, 2013, 01:01:08 PM
I watched Legend of the Kung-Fu Rabbit which was actually not completely terrible.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Nov 05, 2013, 06:40:11 AM
Just saw the 3rd trailer for The Desolation of Smaug and looks amazing
I think my elf crush is shifting from Legolas to his father. I dont know what it is, maybe his eyebrows? Legolas looks like he got bad botox

list=PLVfin74Qx3tWTTKPhek0ZFyTcIjvbAjDC
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Nov 05, 2013, 11:20:52 AM
I saw both Free Birds and The Croods.

Saw Free Birds because I wanted to see something in the new Movie Theater in town just to chell it out, and sadly Carrie wasn't playing. And Scott Mosier was the writer/producer and he is best known for being the producer on most of Kevin Smith's movies.

Free Bird was pretty meh....The Croods was better, plus I got that out of the Red Box and thus is only cost me a buck twenty five, instead of eight fifty.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: The D on Nov 09, 2013, 04:41:14 PM
"All right team, which way is the enemy's gate?"
"THE ENEMY'S GATE IS DOWN!!!!"

Yea, the enemy's gate is down and Ender's Game is a bit down, as in a bit of a downer. I liked it, but I didn't love it, as it felt like it was missing things. Like an actor that can emote better.

First off, I'd have to say I'm impressed on how close it stuck to the novel as much as it did. I was expecting them to go more off on a limb. Yea, there were changes, like the Bugger's first attack being on Earth, which was probably to add to the tension, or the fact that the Command school was on a Bugger planet (yea, I know they're called Formics but the book used the slang Bugger most of the time and I'm used to it).

My biggest issue was length, not that it was too long, but too short at less than 2 hours not counting credits and stuff. This movie needed to be at least 2.5 hours. And this is because of all the things they had to cut from the book.
I understand that the movie had to be cut down as not to bore your typical stupid audience member, and had to be dumbed down for them as well. The studios are making the movie for everyone, not for the hardcore fan.
However, the movie felt rushed, like too much was packed in. Ender was just 10 minutes on the station and he was already in Salamander Army, and then 10 minutes later he was in Dragon Army, with no time for character development. One of the things that made the book was the Battle Room and all the battles that Ender participated in. This is where Ender's genius really shined through. The teachers would throw all sorts of obstacles at Ender in the Battles to make him lose and he would outsmart them every time. But in the movie there's only two Battle scenes, one with Salamander and one with Dragon. There's no chance to see Ender really using his genius. They really needed to add another half hour of battle room scenes at least.

The other problem had to do with the choice to put the command school in another planetary system rather than the asteroid belt like it was in the book. The Ender Game universe is hard-scifi, and the ships don't travel faster than light. So it takes years, centuries to travel from system to system. In the movie you see a shot of Graft's office and it says the fleet would arrive at the Bugger's homeworld in 30 days. And yet, when Ender goes to command school he travels to a different system. That system would have to be at least 4-5 light years away, if not MORE, which means it would take Ender's ship at least that many years to get there. So, am I to assume that the ships at the Formic planet just sat there for 5+ years to wait for Ender to get to the command center? Or did a Hollywood movie yet again ignore relativistic travel?

Final score 7/10, and only because I'm being generous as it was a decently entertaining movie and they followed the book okay, if not perfectly.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Nov 09, 2013, 09:02:30 PM
Thor: The Dark World.

It was good, but I didn't like it as much as the first one. More Loki and Darcy...less Jane Foster. Would have made the movie a lot better.
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Post by: Fiero on Nov 11, 2013, 10:07:03 PM
Thor: The Dark World.

It was good, but I didn't like it as much as the first one. More Loki and Darcy...less Jane Foster. Would have made the movie a lot better.

The middle sentence is what you wanted? Yeah, me too.
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Post by: Rama on Nov 13, 2013, 11:10:32 AM
Yeah...I actually made the point that you didn't even need Jane Foster at all in the plot in the latest Scrambled Brains. She was a living breathing McGuffin. Portman didn't even want to be in this movie anyway and I'm fine with that. She was the weakest part of both of these films.
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Post by: B E C K on Nov 13, 2013, 11:58:12 AM
Maybe she should've put on her Black Swan get-up and done a little dance.

I watched the first Pirates of the Caribbean since it's on streaming.  Even years later, I still think the movie's too damn long.  It would've been a four-star movie with proper editing.
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Post by: Rama on Nov 13, 2013, 05:29:59 PM
Portman shits up anything she is in. The weakest part of V for Vendetta, weakest part of Your Highness (which is saying a lot because that whole movie was shit.), weakest part of The Professional, not the weakest part of Mars Attacks, but that was the script and directing, but after that...weakest, and a tie for Hayden as the weakest part of Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith.
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Nov 13, 2013, 08:16:58 PM
Portman shits up anything she is in.
Dude have you seen Closer? if you havent, watch it. By far my favorite movie ever and she kills it.

Finally finished watching Oblivion. Good movie but so predictable. I was calling their shit up 10 seconds before it happened, for the whole movie (husband had watched already so I wasnt spoiling it to him)
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Post by: The D on Nov 14, 2013, 07:30:49 PM
Maybe she should've put on her Black Swan get-up and done a little dance.

Done a little dance means stripping it all and going lesbian with Mila Kunis, right? And with Mila being the dom/man, right?
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Post by: B E C K on Nov 16, 2013, 08:18:37 PM
Portman shits up anything she is in. The weakest part of V for Vendetta, weakest part of Your Highness (which is saying a lot because that whole movie was shit.), weakest part of The Professional, not the weakest part of Mars Attacks, but that was the script and directing, but after that...weakest, and a tie for Hayden as the weakest part of Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith.

Agree.  I liked her in the Black Swan but I think a lot of actresses could've fit the the parts she plays.  She's never struck me as being anyone special.
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Post by: Rama on Nov 16, 2013, 09:29:09 PM
I have never seen Black Swan or Closer...maybe she is better in those, but to me it's like watching cardboard act.

And for the pete's sake stop putting her in thongs in movies...she doesn't have the ass for that.
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Nov 18, 2013, 09:04:12 PM
I have never seen Black Swan or Closer...maybe she is better in those, but to me it's like watching cardboard act.

And for the pete's sake stop putting her in thongs in movies...she doesn't have the ass for that.
Dont watch Closer then. Lots of thong action in that movie. But youre right she has no ass.
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Post by: Rama on Nov 19, 2013, 09:39:39 AM
I know. I haven't seen the movie, but people couldn't stop talking about it and posting screen grabs of it back when it happened. She also sported one in Your Highness and she looked good in neither.
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Post by: B E C K on Nov 19, 2013, 08:26:06 PM
I have never seen Black Swan or Closer...maybe she is better in those, but to me it's like watching cardboard act.

Yeah, "cardboard" was what was mostly required of her for Black Swan.
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Nov 19, 2013, 11:41:46 PM
I liked Black Swan. it had scary parts. I do not like the guy who plays the teacher tho. Why do people think of him as a sex symbol? he looks like he was born with some disability
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Post by: B E C K on Nov 20, 2013, 07:11:35 PM
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_b_U2WXd7_bk/S9s4G_NTYvI/AAAAAAAAAcw/9548l224cUo/s1600/vincent+cassel.jpg)
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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Nov 20, 2013, 09:53:45 PM
Huh. Give him some white facepaint, ruby lips, and green hair, and you can finally forget Heath Ledger.
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Nov 23, 2013, 06:24:27 PM
Wait a second wasnt he the retard in The Village too?
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Post by: B E C K on Nov 27, 2013, 06:40:33 PM
Adrien Brody.  No, I didn't remember that.  I looked it up.
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Dec 01, 2013, 10:22:33 PM
Finally watched World War Z. Meh.
I read the summary of the book and it sounds sooooo much better
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Post by: The D on Dec 04, 2013, 08:05:47 PM
This is Spinal Tap.
Can you believe I actually thought Spinal Tap was a real band ages ago? You can? Nevermind then.

If I were to give this a score out of 10 stars... I'd have to give it an 11.



Seriously, though, I'd probably give it a 6 out of 10.
It had its funny moments, but it wasn't like it was a side-splitting laugh-a-thon from beginning to end. Maybe people's tastes in humor have changed or maybe that's just the way 80s comedy films were. In any case it was an okay movie.


Thor: The Dark World

This one wasn't too bad but I'm debating whether or not it's better than the first. In terms of scope, definitely. And Hemidall is still badass.
First off, the dark elves and their leader. While looking rather... creepy with the white marble masks on, they just didn't feel that threatening. It was obvious the majority of the dark elves were defeated/killed by Odin's dad, so why exactly is this tiny little band of elves a threat? And they're able to break through Asguard's defenses? Really?
The main villain was too generic and one dimensional. So he's from the realm before the big bang and he wants to destroy the universe so existence will go back to darkness before the big bang..... and? AND? Who gives a shit? Really. Yea, the villains in this movie seemed to be there JUST so Thor would have something to pound with his "hammer". Badass looking but boring.

As for the nine realms thing and the convergence thing, that was pretty dull as well. You're lead on to think it's this awesome event, when all that happens is 9 tiny little portals appear in the sky over London. Really? REALLY? Some stupid fucking portals? I mean, I fully expected you to be able to see the shadows of 9 planets floating over the Earth or something. Not some stupid fucking portals. Bleh. And don't give me this "budget" thing, it's Marvel, they don't HAVE a budget. They could have easily made 9 CG planets.

I was also quite confused at why the old scientist guy had become so nutty. Yea, I get that he had the tessaract and loki in his brain in the Avengers, but having him run around naked? Bleh. At least it added comic relief.

And then Loki. Easily the best acting job in the entire movie. He is a fun character to watch. Loved the Captain America nod. When something bad happens to him later in the movie, I was like "Well maybe now the fangirls will shut the fuck up.... oh, nevermind." I have to admit that I saw Loki's scheme a mile away... no, not the bit where he chops the hand off, but the one way after that. I knew who Odin was at the end before it was revealed. But, again, the fangirls kinda ruin Loki for me.

The ending was a bit anti-climatic, but that I already ranted about in the convergence rant above.

That being said it was a fun movie that was at least as good as the first. Go ahead and see it in theaters, just don't bother with 3D, I heard the 3D in this one sucks.
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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Dec 06, 2013, 08:44:07 AM
The Wolverine. Started slow but was fun anyway. Wasn't the shnikt-fest I thought it would be.
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Post by: Rama on Dec 08, 2013, 11:08:30 PM
I also saw The Wolverine. It was a hell of a lot better then Origins, still flawed...but better. The setting in Japan did a lot to win me over too.
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Dec 10, 2013, 05:45:30 AM
Happy Feet 2. I was at the gym and it started on tv. At the beginning I was laughing at the absurdity, I mean its a fucking movie about fucking pinguins dancing, come ON. And one of the pinguins is voiced by Pink. Its so absurd. But then...but then Robin Williams started talking as the latino pinguin and I was in love. Fucking hilarious.


Machete Kills
LOVED IT. Whoever thought of putting Charlie Sheen, Im sorry, Carlos Estevez as the president was a genius
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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Dec 14, 2013, 11:32:01 AM
I saw Hobbit 2 yesterday. Overall: a very pretty bastardization of the book.

I feel the same way about this movie as I did the Two Towers. I disliked TTT because it had no beginning or end. But that was the nature of being the second part of a three part series. This movie, however, fared worse: there was nothing at the start to tie it to the first one (aside from the "chance meeting" that started the quest), and the ending was a total cut-off cliffhanger.

Half the stuff in-between was made up out of whole cloth (pretty much everything dealing with the wood elves, the budding "romance" there, the dwarves being left behind, almost the entire Smaug encounter), and what was drawn from the book was mangled (Beorn is just thrown in for five minutes and barely a blip, Bard and the story of Dale, the scenario in Dul Guldur which inexplicably has Radagast in there). I hate being that guy who nitpicks, but you can tell they really struggled to draw this thing out for three films. I mean, they had Gandalf and Radagast going to the tomb of the Witch King, which I don't remember actually being told in the LOTR appendices. And it was a wasted moment, since they didn't really explain what they were doing (you can gather it from context) and did little to nothing there.

Miscellaneous thoughts:
I will say that the return of elf-fu was fun to watch and done better, obviously, than it was with LOTR given the advances in CGI. This is despite it having been totally made up for the purposes of stretching out the movie.
I always thought the mere mention of Radagast in the original books was a waste...at least Tolkien gave him a name, as opposed to the blue wizards. So I'm not so bothered by them giving him more of a role, even if I could do without the bird poop all over him.
They treated Beorn and the sojourn at his house as just a quick relief. He had only a few minutes of screen time. He was probably seen more in bear form than as a man. Gandalf plays him up as a disinterested bad-ass, but there was no sequence regarding the arrival of dwarves.
Bombur never fell into the water of Mirkwood and went unconscious, either. And the Mirkwood elves are more sullen dickheads than merry d-bags. Less wise and more dangerous, indeed. Thranduil was a real asshole, and so was Legolas.
This thing was mighty violent for a movie based on a children's book. There were corpses everywhere, and the heads flew all over the place. Also, I hope you're not an arachnophile, because they were brutalized.
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Post by: B E C K on Dec 17, 2013, 12:03:03 AM
I haven't seen Hobbit 2 but I thought two movies was a stretch.  With three it's just, ugh.  Merla and I are awaiting the DVD.
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Dec 17, 2013, 04:56:26 AM
Goddamnit there are still no ads whatsoever of when the Desolation will be shown in HCMC. What the fuck. Im going to be so pissed if the goddamn thing never comes out on cinemas and only on pirated dvds

I WANT LEGOLAS ON 3D GODDAMNIT
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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Dec 17, 2013, 09:42:15 AM
The 3D was pretty good on this one, I have to admit.
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Post by: Fiero on Dec 24, 2013, 07:32:46 PM
I saw Desolation of Smaug. IT was pretty. Lots of unnecessary elven additions, but it was mostly entertaining.

This is an interesting perspective from a budding screenwriter about why so many films these days have to be overly epic. http://io9.com/why-so-many-movies-seem-so-much-the-same-1489291670?utm_campaign=socialflow_io9_facebook&utm_source=io9_facebook&utm_medium=socialflow
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Jan 06, 2014, 04:54:22 AM
In the last week Ive watched Mononoke Hime at least 15 times. At least. Why, do you ask? My daughter has been on vacation (THANKGODTOMORROWISBACKTOSCHOOL) and shes been sick for the last week, and coincidentally last Monday she watched that movie for the first time, and since then she has been watching it, or not even watching it she likes to have it as a background noise, ALL DAY. She calls it "Kokokoke Hime".
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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Jan 06, 2014, 07:56:52 AM
Could be much worse. I was sitting with my cousin's sick children this weekend and all they wanted to watch was Adventure Time or something. The animation was shitty.
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Post by: Rama on Jan 06, 2014, 11:47:38 PM
Oh I hate that show.
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Jan 08, 2014, 01:39:28 AM
Could be much worse. I was sitting with my cousin's sick children this weekend and all they wanted to watch was Adventure Time or something. The animation was shitty.
Goddamn she likes to watch it too.
I think the worst thing is that my ex's name is Jake, and of course Jake is her favorite character.
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Post by: Rama on Jan 08, 2014, 10:25:33 AM
R.I.P.D.- This movie bombed and it deserved too. It was shit....seems like they got enough big star that they thought they didn't need a script worth a shit. Terrible movie.

The World's End- Funny...but it is just Shaun of the Dead, with Alien Robots instead of Zombies....oh and 10 bars instead of 1.

Barbarella- There are not enough drugs in the world to make this movie make sense. But BOOBS! and maybe some bush....

The Lone Ranger- this one hurt. Because it could have been good, but they went in weird ways and Tonto was kinda the star instead of the Lone Ranger. It is just sad because they got the Rangers origin so close, but then put in strange stuff like a guy eating another dude's heart which then played NO PART in the rest of the story. Ugh. It could have been great.
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Jan 09, 2014, 08:34:43 PM
Homie of course Tonto was the star. The Depp would accept nothing less than being the main character especially if he's paying for most of it.

Im going to watch the Desolation of Smaug today. Unfortunately I can't watch it on 3D because the movie starts too late (around 8pm in all the cinemas in HCMC) so Id be home by 11 and thats too late for the maid :( So Ill have to settle with 2D :'( But..is it even worth it to watch it in 2d? i can just go and buy it for 50 cents around the corner and have a 2d experience at home.....shit man
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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Jan 10, 2014, 11:12:37 PM
I didn't see it in 2D, so I can't help you much there.
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Jan 11, 2014, 04:14:53 AM
THE MOVIE WAS SO GOOD I CANT EVEN BEING TO EXPLAIN IT. And Legolas holy fuck im crushing hard on him again. Seriously, he has the best fight scenes, total badass. Would bang him and his dad at the same time, not a fuck given (even tho his dad is an ass, nice eyebrows tho)
I seriously wish I went to watch it in 3D. Actually thinking about going again in the next 2 weeks, there are so many scenes that probably look amazing on 3D

Spoilers

fuck Tauriel and fuck her stupid romance with Kili. So gay. Damn you Peter Jackson for making that romance story. And even worse, getting my pure Legolas involved.


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Post by: Rama on Jan 14, 2014, 12:04:19 AM
I also saw The Hobbit 2 this weekend.

It was pretty good, but they kept changing stuff that didn't need to be changed and it was mostly to shorten stuff. which is ironic in this flick.
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Jan 15, 2014, 05:38:59 AM
I also saw The Hobbit 2 this weekend.

It was pretty good, but they kept changing stuff that didn't need to be changed and it was mostly to shorten stuff. which is ironic in this flick.
Wait until they release the extended versions in a couple of years.

Was Legolas that much of an ass in the book?

I squeeled with elementary-school-girl-glee when Legolas was asking Gloin about the pics and he mentioned Gimli
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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Jan 15, 2014, 12:50:59 PM
Was Legolas that much of an ass in the book?
Legolas wasn't even in the Hobbit book!
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Post by: Rama on Jan 15, 2014, 12:58:30 PM
Nope. Just his dad was in there. Gimli's dad is in this movie and the book as well. Gloin...the one that won't give up the money till he sees the Lonely Mountain.
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Jan 17, 2014, 01:39:19 AM
Yeah Gloin was funny af

Was Legolas that much of an ass in the book?
Legolas wasn't even in the Hobbit book!
Darn I just remembered I knew that (someone mentioned it before). I feel dumb now.

I actually went to buy the Fellowship book yesterday and they were sold out :(


Went to watch 47 Ronin and I dont know why that movie has so many bad reviews. It has lots of fantasy elements in it yes but the story itself was pretty good. Not 100% true to the real story but gives out the same idea. The story itself is amazing, no wonder japanese are so proud of their heritage.
Keanu was exquisite as always.
When I lived in Tokyo I lived pretty close to the Sengaku-ji temple, it was in my same district (thats where the ronin tombs are). Literally 10 minutes away on bike.

now I miss Tokyo again :(

Btw I saw the trailer for this new chinese movie called The Monkey King with Mr Ip Man himself but it looks so stupid.
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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Jan 18, 2014, 12:46:35 AM
In fact, Gimli was around 65 years old when the events of the Hobbit took place. He was considered too young for the quest...the next youngest, Kili, was 77.
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Jan 18, 2014, 07:14:56 PM
For some reason I assumed Fili and Kili were twins
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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Jan 18, 2014, 09:24:51 PM
Brothers, but not twins. Fili was the older of the two and was actually Thorin's heir. Filil was 82, and Kili was 77.

And I was wrong about Gimli's age. I looked it up...he was 62 at the time of the Quest of Erebor. Not that it really matters, but still.
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Post by: Rama on Jan 18, 2014, 11:12:42 PM
In fact, Gimli was around 65 years old when the events of the Hobbit took place. He was considered too young for the quest...the next youngest, Kili, was 77.

Fuck I wish I was a Dwarf...or an Elf...or a Hobbit...anything but a human that have shitty short life spans.
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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Jan 19, 2014, 10:12:58 PM
For that matter, Aragorn was 10 during the Quest for Erebor, 88 when crowned king, and 210 when he died. He like the rest of those of Numenorean descent seemed to age as antediluvians.
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Jan 21, 2014, 02:26:26 AM
Brothers, but not twins. Fili was the older of the two and was actually Thorin's heir. Filil was 82, and Kili was 77.

And I was wrong about Gimli's age. I looked it up...he was 62 at the time of the Quest of Erebor. Not that it really matters, but still.
wait why was Fili Thorin's heir? are they related?
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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Jan 21, 2014, 03:00:46 PM
Fili and Kili are Thorin's nephews, and he had no son. Fili was the older of the two, so he was next in line.
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Post by: B E C K on Jan 21, 2014, 05:28:16 PM
Key word: WAS.  *snerk*
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Jan 22, 2014, 05:04:34 AM
Fili and Kili are Thorin's nephews, and he had no son. Fili was the older of the two, so he was next in line.
intredasting

Yeah Ive begun reading the book and I love it already. Thorin was definitely less anal in the book than in the movie
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Jan 26, 2014, 08:52:06 PM
Ok So I watched some chickflicks yesterday,

Bridget Jones 1 and 2: I thought it was going to suck but I loved it. Funny as hell and Darcy pulls on my heart strings (sucks that hes dead in the 3rd book now). I still dont understand why Hugh Grant is considered a sex symbol. His character was funny I have to admit.

Notting Hill: It was ok I guess. Still don't understand why Hugh Grant is so zomg hot af

Runaway Bride: Can never go wrong with the Gere/Roberts pairing. They could do a shit movie, I would still love it.(same for Tom Hanks/Meg Ryan movies)
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Post by: Rama on Jan 26, 2014, 11:25:15 PM
Key word: WAS.  *snerk*


SPOILERS!
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Post by: B E C K on Jan 28, 2014, 10:31:43 PM
They could do a shit movie, I would still love it.(same for Tom Hanks/Meg Ryan movies)

This reminds me, I've been meaning to re-watch Joe vs. the Volcano.  I saw it when it first came out but remember nothing about it.  Because I was nine.  And probably too busy partaking of a king-sized Reese's to pay attention.
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Post by: B E C K on Jan 28, 2014, 10:32:27 PM
Key word: WAS.  *snerk*


SPOILERS!

>:D
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Post by: Rama on Jan 29, 2014, 10:14:13 PM
They could do a shit movie, I would still love it.(same for Tom Hanks/Meg Ryan movies)

This reminds me, I've been meaning to re-watch Joe vs. the Volcano.  I saw it when it first came out but remember nothing about it.  Because I was nine.  And probably too busy partaking of a king-sized Reese's to pay attention.

You saw it in the theater? So did I.

But I remember a Hawaiian lamp that got taken away at work...and an awesome set of floating luggage.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Jan 29, 2014, 11:16:26 PM
You should remember more.  You have no excuse, sir.  You were 10.  10.  That's already a man in Missouri.
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Jan 30, 2014, 09:45:44 PM
The first movie I saw at the theaters was either Hook or Beauty and the Beast. Not sure.

Watched "The Impossible" and it was a good movie with good effects. But the story, man, no wonder its called the Impossible. When it finished I thought it was all bullshit and checked online for the story cause the ending was just plain impossible. But alas, it did happen the way they show it in the movie.
Its a movie about the Thai tsunami btw
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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Jan 30, 2014, 10:36:14 PM
The first movie I saw was either Bambi (a re-release in the early eighties) or E.T....I didn't realize there were wirty derds in the latter until I watched it again as a teen.

The first movie I remember seeing and enjoying in a theater was He-Man: Secret of the Sword.
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Post by: B E C K on Jan 30, 2014, 11:15:05 PM
I have no idea what my first theater movie was.  The earliest I remember is maybe the Aristocats when it was reissued in '87.  I loved that damn movie but, shit, it didn't age well at all.  What a piece of crap.  They recycled fuckin' Baloo.  And stole animation from other movies and drew on top of it.  All the songs except "Everybody Wants to be a Cat" are crap.  Also, some uncomfortable racism there.  Looking at you, alley cats.  The plot was so stupid.  Wait 'til the old bat is dead and then off the damn cats, you stupid butler.  Grow a fucking brain.  No wonder my dad fell asleep during the damn thing.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Jan 31, 2014, 10:54:09 AM
I remember seeing Return of the Jedi. That would have been 83....maybe 84. Unless it was a re-release. But I also remember having ROTJ action figures and bubble gum cards.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Jan 31, 2014, 11:04:11 AM
Looked it up and there was a re-release in 85. So it could have been that.
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Jan 31, 2014, 08:14:57 PM
I remember seeing Return of the Jedi. That would have been 83....maybe 84. Unless it was a re-release. But I also remember having ROTJ action figures and bubble gum cards.
Shit man I was born in 83. How old are you exactly?
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Post by: Rama on Jan 31, 2014, 09:33:29 PM
34. I was born in Jan of 80. I would have been really young when I would have seen it, and I just have a long memory.
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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Feb 02, 2014, 06:53:39 AM
I got a light saber from the ROTJ market blitz. It was one that made low whistling noises when swung. But I was never much into Retard Wars...my brother actually used it for herding cows, since they apparently didn't cotton to the sound of the thing. I didn't care...watching him chase castle around while swinging a toy sword was entertainment enough.

I still have that light saber, come to think of it.

Okay I corrected this thing about three times before I realized it was the swear filter...well played, hat rabbit...well played.
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Post by: B E C K on Feb 03, 2014, 11:01:14 AM
**giggles histerically**
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Post by: Rama on Feb 04, 2014, 11:37:11 AM
Wild at Heart



This movie.....was ASS!!!! Don't see this movie...just don't. A David Lynch directed Nic Cage. Nuff said.
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Post by: Rumble on Feb 09, 2014, 04:24:05 PM
I saw the desolation of Smaug today.
Yeah I know it's late, but I'm not much of a moviegoer

Anyway great movie, although Stephen Fry could have been a little less Stephen Fry (learn how to act old boy).
Still amazed that they managed to turn a little book like the Hobbit in a major blockbuster trilogy, but it's working. Looking forward to the third part.


Oh, and they showed a trailer for the new 300 movie, I probably want to go see that as well at some point.
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Post by: B E C K on Feb 10, 2014, 10:49:41 PM
I saw the desolation of Smaug today.
Yeah I know it's late, but I'm not much of a moviegoer

Ha, Merla and I are waiting for the DVD.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Feb 11, 2014, 06:58:58 PM
Just read the book again.
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Feb 23, 2014, 09:29:46 PM
I saw the desolation of Smaug today.
Yeah I know it's late, but I'm not much of a moviegoer

Anyway great movie, although Stephen Fry could have been a little less Stephen Fry (learn how to act old boy).
Still amazed that they managed to turn a little book like the Hobbit in a major blockbuster trilogy, but it's working. Looking forward to the third part.


Oh, and they showed a trailer for the new 300 movie, I probably want to go see that as well at some point.

Pls grow your hair again, dress like Legolas and come visit me
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Post by: Rama on Feb 25, 2014, 11:45:51 AM
Robocop (2014)

Better then I expected.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rumble on Feb 25, 2014, 12:29:53 PM
Pls grow your hair again, dress like Legolas and come visit me

Unfortunately, barring some hair impant surgery, my best hair growing days are behind me.
Well aside from my sweet beard that is
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Feb 25, 2014, 07:07:05 PM
You have a beard now and are balding? You're becoming a dwarf?????
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Post by: Rumble on Feb 26, 2014, 02:57:26 PM
Well I'm not shrinking in size yet, but yeah the years have not been kind to my scalp sadly
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Feb 27, 2014, 12:07:32 AM
Grow enough beard hair to whip that puppy up and swing it over the top of your head.
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Post by: Rumble on Feb 27, 2014, 05:28:43 AM
Yep, that's the plan
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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Feb 27, 2014, 07:00:18 PM
That's gonna be one epic comb-over!
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Feb 27, 2014, 11:42:54 PM
Bottom off that bad boy with a pink silk bow.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: The D on Mar 03, 2014, 08:55:19 PM
Gravity was the last movie I saw.

I liked it, but I swear to god as a space nut I nitpicked the hell out of the movie.

For instance, when Sandra Bullock takes off her spacesuit she's wearing tight biker shorts and a tanktop. Which, as far as I can tell, is not standard NASA equipment, and I figured the only reason she was wearing all of that was so they could show off her ass and boobs, and I was fairly disappointed. Astronauts wear a special cooling suit UNDER the outer space suit. But that's not sexy.

Also, some bit of spoilers after this.

- When Bullock started spinning out of control her spacesuit should have stabilized her, they all have built in stabilization/propulsion systems. She could have also used it to reach the shuttle again.

- When she reached the shuttle, even having only 5% oxygen left she didn't bother looking for oxygen in the dead space shuttle. Uh, wat?
- Getting to the ISS would require more than just pointing your spacesuit at the station and hitting your thrusters.
- George Clooney's death was pointless. The cables that snared Bullock's leg should have stopped BOTH their movements, he wouldn't have continued "pulling her". Basic space physics WAT?
- Where did Bollocks get her training, anyway? This girl acts like she didn't get a lick of training at NASA before going up.
- You deal with fires on space stations by sealing the area where the fire is and venting it to space, you moron!
- Chinese space station? The chinese have a space station?
- Once again, aiming the soyuz capsule at the chinese space station and hitting thrusters is not how you steer in space. If you're off by even a little you could shoot past the space station by several miles and be screwed.
- Once again, leaping out of a moving capsule and launching oneself at a space station requires more than just counting down from three. I'm shocked she even made it, technically odds were a million to one that she timed it wrong and completely missed the station and burned up in the atmosphere.

Did anyone in Hollywood understand basic physics or are they stupid?
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Mar 04, 2014, 04:23:07 PM
They're stupid.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Mar 05, 2014, 01:03:36 AM
And they don't care if they're stupid.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Mar 06, 2014, 08:25:34 PM
They're too stupid to care if they're stupid.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Mar 07, 2014, 09:47:24 PM
Stupid is as stupid does.  :happy:
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rumble on Mar 08, 2014, 02:13:54 AM
Unless they're too stupid for that
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rumble on Mar 15, 2014, 03:56:06 AM
I saw Star Trek: Into Darkness yesterday
Pretty good, but I still prefer Wrath of Kahn
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Mar 25, 2014, 09:14:03 AM
So just bought Spirited Away when I was in Japan (came back a week ago) and have watched it already more than 13 times (at least once a day) courtesy of my daughter of course. Cant say I havent enjoyed it. I love it. Then again I love every single Ghibli movie. And that ending theme, right in the feels. Miyazaki is a genius in every single aspect. No wonder it got an Oscar
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Apr 06, 2014, 03:19:56 AM
Gravity: it was a cool movie. You know Sandra is an amazing actress when she can carry a whole movie almost by herself (George Clooney helped a little I guess). Hate that it ended were it ended. I wanted to see what happened afterwards.

Frozen: cant believe this shit won 2 oscars. Cant believe Let it go won an oscar for best song, it sucks. Why is a 60 year old granny doing the voice of a 21 year old? She seriously makes her sound like a grandma and her singing voice sucks in my opinion. Everytime she would sing crescendo I was waiting for her voice to crack.  YES I know shes a broadway star but that just proves that you need two things to success in that field: 1) be good at sucking dicks, and 2) be a jew.
Also it was completely unfunny, only laughed a couple of times and that was because Olaf is a little weird. Also a song every 5 minutes? fuck that. The main guy was ugly af too and the faces of the two girls made me want to punch them. 2/10 (1 point for Olaf and one for the girls' dad who is/was a total dilf).
tl;dr: will hide the dvd so my daughter doesnt make me watch this pos again


Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Apr 07, 2014, 02:19:13 PM
Captain America 2 was great fun.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Apr 08, 2014, 11:04:16 AM
Anchorman 2.

This movie was half good...but then the writer discovered LSD half way through writing it and went off the rails something awful.


and Captain America 2. Which was pretty fucking awesome.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Apr 12, 2014, 09:48:05 PM
Frozen: cant believe this shit won 2 oscars. Cant believe Let it go won an oscar for best song, it sucks. Why is a 60 year old granny doing the voice of a 21 year old? She seriously makes her sound like a grandma and her singing voice sucks in my opinion. Everytime she would sing crescendo I was waiting for her voice to crack.  YES I know shes a broadway star but that just proves that you need two things to success in that field: 1) be good at sucking dicks, and 2) be a jew.
Also it was completely unfunny, only laughed a couple of times and that was because Olaf is a little weird. Also a song every 5 minutes? fuck that. The main guy was ugly af too and the faces of the two girls made me want to punch them. 2/10 (1 point for Olaf and one for the girls' dad who is/was a total dilf).
tl;dr: will hide the dvd so my daughter doesnt make me watch this pos again


THANK YOU.  Thank you for saying this.  My God, people suck this movie's dick left and right and it looks and sounds like shit.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Apr 14, 2014, 09:17:23 AM
Yeah and thanks for saying Jews run entertainment! About time someone made that connection!
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rumble on Apr 14, 2014, 04:35:28 PM
Only thing the jews run here is the local sparerib joint.
Which I actually do find kind of suspicious
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Apr 14, 2014, 05:54:19 PM
I saw "Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas" by Dreamworks yesterday.  It was decent but I didn't see the point in calling it "Sinbad."  Or "Legend of the Seven Seas."  I liked the Catherine Zeta-Jones character though.  And the diversified crew.  I don't know if the original plot elements planned for the movie would've necessarily made it any better tho'.... (see #5) http://www.wordplayer.com/columns/wp47.100.Million.Mistake.html

^^ Very long but an interesting read using five films (including Sinbad) as examples for when story is fucked with.  The implication being those fuck ups cost the film at least $100 million dollars.  But really... I like to think it was just marketed wrong.

Quote from: From that article I linked above
At the premiere, I was surprised to learn the movie was now being marketed to the 'seven and under crowd.'

I remember this, too, actually.  I imagine kids seven years old and younger would be very bored with this flick.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Apr 15, 2014, 03:54:29 PM
I was thinkin' about it and maybe what made this movie bomb was that Sinbad broke the golden rule:  Bros before hos.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: IDE on Apr 23, 2014, 05:35:18 AM
I just watched the scene from "Whose the Boss a xxx parody" where pornstar tony fucks pr0n star angela.

It was cathartic!  I feel like everything is right with the world now.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Apr 25, 2014, 12:59:27 AM
I'm so tempted to look for that.


So, back to teh thread...

I saw Frozen because Schmoo wanted it in her Netflix queue.  It's like watching a bowl of oatmeal.  So bland that it's utterly devoid of personality.  All of the songs besides Let It Go are utterly forgettable.  Nothing like Aladdin or the Little Mermaid where you come away humming two or three of those tunes.  I don't know why people suck this movie's dick, I really don't.

I also saw Desolation of Smaug.  Which should be renamed Desolation of Snore.  Tauriel needed to be scaled back and Legolas scaled back even more.  Half of this movie should've been cut.  It could've just been put into the inevitable Extended Edition anyway.  The Orcs or whatever have entire scenes to themselves.  I don't want to watch the fuckin' Orcs have a fuckin' dialogue.  And that "one ring" music.  You know the music.  It makes me want to strangle someone.  We freakin' get it: Frodo has the one ring and shit and he's like tempted or whatever.  Even the dragon's shit was too drawn out.  The dragon reminds me of those old people I sometimes get on the other end of the phone at work and you know they have no one to talk to and they're fuckin' lonely so you just listen to them talk out of pity but, really, you'd rather be making a sandwich instead because they have nothing worth saying.  And did the Bard say he was "born and bred" on the water.  He was bred on the water.  I know what he meant but the line came off weird.  Like he wasn't even allowed a bed or sack of potatoes to do his business on.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: IDE on Apr 25, 2014, 06:13:09 PM
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: IDE on Apr 25, 2014, 06:16:09 PM
Scaled back? Scaled back how?  You mean less Elf-fu?  No way sister! More Elf-fu! Elf-fu for days!
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Apr 26, 2014, 11:40:51 PM
I saw the GI Joe sequel because it's on Netflix now.  Not the most horrid movie ever but yeesh.  So much awful in it.  There was this thing with eyebrows... like some makeup artist got their first job ever.  The editing was terrible.  Yeah, there's a lot of problems but I'm gonna bitch about editing.  Because there's no reason multiple scenes needed to cut into each other.  Like the night scene when Storm Shadow breaks out Cobra Commander, we leave that scene and return to the joes--who are somewhere else in broad daylight--like three freakin' times.  Just have the dude break out Cobra Commander and THEN have the scene with the joes without cutting away.  And RZA, get the fuck out, you weeaboo.  Also, they wasted Walton Goggins.  And Cobra Commander was channeling Christian Bale's Batman voice.  In other words, the voice sucked.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Apr 27, 2014, 08:01:01 PM
and Legolas scaled back even more.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Apr 27, 2014, 08:06:11 PM

I also saw Desolation of Smaug.  Which should be renamed Desolation of Snore.  Tauriel needed to be scaled back and Legolas scaled back even more.  Half of this movie should've been cut.  It could've just been put into the inevitable Extended Edition anyway.  The Orcs or whatever have entire scenes to themselves.  I don't want to watch the fuckin' Orcs have a fuckin' dialogue.  And that "one ring" music.  You know the music.  It makes me want to strangle someone.  We freakin' get it: Frodo has the one ring and shit and he's like tempted or whatever.  Even the dragon's shit was too drawn out.  The dragon reminds me of those old people I sometimes get on the other end of the phone at work and you know they have no one to talk to and they're fuckin' lonely so you just listen to them talk out of pity but, really, you'd rather be making a sandwich instead because they have nothing worth saying.  And did the Bard say he was "born and bred" on the water.  He was bred on the water.  I know what he meant but the line came off weird.  Like he wasn't even allowed a bed or sack of potatoes to do his business on.
A lot of what is in the movie wasnt in the book and viceversa so I can see why people that loved the book dont really love the movie.
Legolas was obviously brought in for fan-servicing , as Tauriel (even though I cant find one single person that likes her. Interracial relationship, really? ), as Galadriel, Saruman and the dwarves being hot. They want to appeal people thats why they did it and they got it right.

 Smaug was fucking awesome though, dont you deny it!
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rumble on Apr 28, 2014, 08:46:51 AM
I like what they've done with the Hobbit.
Sure they added a ton of shit that wasn't in the book but you already knew that when they first announced they were making a little book like that in a major blockbuster trilogy.

At least the second part didn't have all that stuff with Radagast the poopstained
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Apr 28, 2014, 08:41:35 PM
I like what they've done with the Hobbit.
Sure they added a ton of shit that wasn't in the book but you already knew that when they first announced they were making a little book like that in a major blockbuster trilogy.

At least the second part didn't have all that stuff with Radagast the poopstained

Of all the characters I thought you would like Radagast the most! why, he loves to consume the shrooms and god knows what else
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Apr 28, 2014, 11:21:00 PM
I also saw Desolation of Smaug.  Which should be renamed Desolation of Snore.  Tauriel needed to be scaled back and Legolas scaled back even more.  Half of this movie should've been cut.  It could've just been put into the inevitable Extended Edition anyway.  The Orcs or whatever have entire scenes to themselves.  I don't want to watch the fuckin' Orcs have a fuckin' dialogue.  And that "one ring" music.  You know the music.  It makes me want to strangle someone.  We freakin' get it: Frodo has the one ring and shit and he's like tempted or whatever.  Even the dragon's shit was too drawn out.  The dragon reminds me of those old people I sometimes get on the other end of the phone at work and you know they have no one to talk to and they're fuckin' lonely so you just listen to them talk out of pity but, really, you'd rather be making a sandwich instead because they have nothing worth saying.  And did the Bard say he was "born and bred" on the water.  He was bred on the water.  I know what he meant but the line came off weird.  Like he wasn't even allowed a bed or sack of potatoes to do his business on.
A lot of what is in the movie wasnt in the book and viceversa so I can see why people that loved the book dont really love the movie.

I've never read the book.  I couldn't get past X number of pages.  This just came across as a bloated movie.  Bloat is my enemy and I'm tired of watching movies that are crammed with filler that contributes nothing the momentum of the film.  I just want the thing to get to the bloody point.  A lot of the fanservice came across as this movie stroking itself.  I think they could've had a better balance of everything they wanted to include in this movie and what they wanted this movie to be.  Some of you feel they have achieved this and I do not.  So we'll just disagree.  I'll still watch the last one.  On DVD.  And hopefully someone will cut this sucker into a shorter film for folks like me after the last part comes out.


I saw the 2nd Captain America today.  I liked it for the most part.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Apr 29, 2014, 05:19:44 PM
I'm dreading the Hobbit 2 Extended Edition. All the first EE had was more of the same extraneous additional stuff that I hated. The only exception was the single scene which should have been included in the theatrical version where Elrond explained to Lindir why he didn't support the Erebor mission. You know, something that's kinda sorta important...way more than watching 12 nasty-ass dwarves skinny-dipping in an elven fountain. I don't think I'm going to buy another EE with more of the shit I hate to get the one odd scene that should have been included to start with.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Apr 29, 2014, 10:05:00 PM
Wondering... but what was Elrond's reason?
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Apr 29, 2014, 10:16:21 PM
Elrond's logic was that Thorin's grandpappy was crazy, Thorin's pappy was crazy...so Thorin's probably crazy, too, and will kill himself, his company, and piss off a proven destructive dragon who could ally with the Enemy. Which foreshadowed his angry asshole turn in Immolation of Smaug nicely.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Apr 29, 2014, 11:09:34 PM
Yeah, okay.  That would've been good to see then.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Apr 30, 2014, 08:55:53 AM
I'm dreading the Hobbit 2 Extended Edition. All the first EE had was more of the same extraneous additional stuff that I hated. The only exception was the single scene which should have been included in the theatrical version where Elrond explained to Lindir why he didn't support the Erebor mission. You know, something that's kinda sorta important...way more than watching 12 nasty-ass dwarves skinny-dipping in an elven fountain. I don't think I'm going to buy another EE with more of the shit I hate to get the one odd scene that should have been included to start with.
Wait who is Lindir? In which page can I find it? ( I dont remember reading this at all, holy shit my memory is getting worse and worse)
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Apr 30, 2014, 12:22:53 PM
http://lotr.wikia.com/wiki/Lindir
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on May 01, 2014, 11:12:04 PM
47 Ronin.

It was terrible. *Thumbs up*

And Riddick...it was the same movie as Pitch Black...and terrible *Thumbs up*
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on May 19, 2014, 10:08:31 AM
Godzilla. Not bad...not as good as I expecting, but not bad.  Although the ads are a lie pretty much from top to bottom.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on May 20, 2014, 12:45:27 AM
47 Ronin.

It was terrible. *Thumbs up*


Wait so does that means that you liked it?
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on May 21, 2014, 08:21:38 AM
No...no that's not what I meant. The opposite in fact.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on May 22, 2014, 06:31:10 AM
b-but thumbs up are supposed to be a positive, approval sign
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on May 22, 2014, 11:40:08 AM
Not when it is done sarcastically.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on May 22, 2014, 06:34:49 PM
Isn't a thumbs up in the Middle East the same as saying "stick it up your ass"?
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rumble on May 22, 2014, 06:40:10 PM
Those crazy Arabs'll stick anything up their arses
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on May 26, 2014, 09:14:41 AM
Stranded, with Christian Slater.
It was so bad I grabbed the dvd and threw it in the trash (cost 50 cents lol gotta love vietnam)
It is SOSOSOOOOO bad, the scenes that show the outside of the "moon base" are ooooobviously miniatures, I mean its like they didnt want to spend more than 5 dollars on those. You guys should seriously chell any of those scenes out, it is worth it just to cringe.
The only good thing of the movie was Christian Slater. The dude has not aged at ALL, he looks exactly like he looked in Interview with the Vampire, it is seriously amazing.
All the actors suck ass.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on May 26, 2014, 11:13:41 PM
Godzilla and X-Men: Days of Future Past.


Godzilla was good, but not as good as I wanted it to be. Although the trailer makes you think you are going to see one movie, but then this isn't that movie. Ads kinda lied to you.

X-Men: DOFP is pretty much what I expected. Good, but I like the Marvel Studio stuff better.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on May 29, 2014, 11:30:59 PM
I saw The Road to El Dorado.  The Dreamworks cartoon.  What a snorefest.  Chel was the best part of the movie.  Fuck those two dudes that ending up starring it.  The whole movie should've been about Chel.


(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-6xix-Vy6YkY/U17eFRDxcEI/AAAAAAAABHQ/dcg0yaY7Ibs/s1600/chel2_by_kuropop-d6kku6h.gif)
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on May 30, 2014, 08:56:26 AM
Now I want to watch the John Wayne El Dorado.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on May 30, 2014, 10:12:53 PM
I read some article today where they brought that movie up and figured that you would comment about it here.  Because of the Duke.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Jun 02, 2014, 12:08:06 PM
Watched Maleficent and X-Men: Days of Future Past. Both were enjoyable that I didn't feel bad for spending money on them and I had a rad pizza while watching them at the Alamo Draft House.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Jun 02, 2014, 01:02:36 PM
Godzilla vs. Destoroyah

This is the one were they kill off Godzilla to make room for the 98 Godzilla movie. Which worked out real well...
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Jun 02, 2014, 10:28:03 PM
Kinda wanna see Maleficent.  But I also want to see Belle.  Don't know if I'll be able to catch the latter before it leaves the theater.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Jun 03, 2014, 02:43:41 PM
Godzilla vs. Destoroyah

This is the one were they kill off Godzilla to make room for the 98 Godzilla movie. Which worked out real well...

Didn't they later have one where they stated the 98' Godzilla wasn't really Godzilla, but some dinosaur thing?
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Jun 04, 2014, 11:15:54 AM
Final War.

He was called Zilla in that. The producers said because he had taken the God out of Godzilla. The real Godzilla killed him in about 30 seconds.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Jun 04, 2014, 03:46:02 PM
I think I saw Zilla at Wal-mart.  Well actually it was just a huge person spilling out of their motorized wheelchair.  But they were Zilla in my heart.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Jun 07, 2014, 09:00:35 PM
All this talk about Godzilla has made me want to watch Cloverfield again
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Jun 07, 2014, 09:32:42 PM
I was watching some of motion-stabilized Cloverfield the other day.  Looks like it's already been taken down.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Jun 08, 2014, 11:50:57 PM
Well they don't want you to see that it just the Kraken from the first Clash of the Titans.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Jun 11, 2014, 05:49:22 AM
Dumb and Dumber To's official trailer is out!

feature=youtu.be

I AM EXCITE
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Jun 12, 2014, 03:23:16 AM
SIN CITY 2 TRAILER IS OUT


Also Frank Miller did an AMA on Reddit today, just fyi

Movie looks fucking amazing as expected. Dat Jessica Alba body. Too bad she has herps
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Jun 24, 2014, 08:00:07 PM
Relevant.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Jun 24, 2014, 08:01:00 PM
On-topic, I watched The Heat.  I'll give it a B.  I had some problems with it but I did laugh at some parts.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Jun 25, 2014, 09:17:30 PM
Relevant.
Wow everybody hooks up with everybody in Hollywood huh. Who's that asian girl on the far right?
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Jun 25, 2014, 09:58:37 PM
Vanessa Minnillo.  Half-Filipina.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Jun 26, 2014, 05:19:38 AM
Who's that guy with the purple background, is that Fez? (whatever his real name is)
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Jun 26, 2014, 08:56:39 PM
I have no idea so I'll say yes.  Yes, it is.  He has herpes.  :)
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Jul 10, 2014, 08:42:34 PM
The Bling Ring.
So stupid. So boring.

Emma Watson's american accent made me want to rip my ear drums off
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Jul 16, 2014, 08:03:22 AM
The guy with the Purple Background isn't guy from the Big Bang....looks more like Fez from The 70's Show.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Jul 21, 2014, 11:21:08 PM
I watched some Lego Batman thing.  It was entertaining.  Clancy Brown reprising as Lex was fuckin' A.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Jul 22, 2014, 08:46:33 AM
Who's that guy with the purple background, is that Fez? (whatever his real name is)

The guy with the Purple Background isn't guy from the Big Bang....looks more like Fez from The 70's Show.

Which is what you said....strange. I thought you said something about the guy from Big Bang and then when I came back and read it again it said Fez...and no sign of an edit. So I can only conclude that I am in fact going insane again. Which is too bad because the shrink just said I wasn't anymore.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Jul 22, 2014, 12:15:35 PM
Or maybe you just misread it, which happens to a lot to people sane or otherwise.  :)
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Jul 22, 2014, 07:03:10 PM
I've considered your theory and found it lacking. I am clearly crazy. 
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Jul 25, 2014, 05:59:39 AM
ill leave this here
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Jul 26, 2014, 10:44:27 PM
I read that "thran-dull."  :lol:


I saw the Lego Movie.  I didn't expect to be as disappointed as I was with it.  It came off like it was trying too hard.  And like it had ADHD.  And then it had an after-school special ending.  It had a sweet message.  It was unique.  So those were pluses.  But I was bored.  Also, it was full of crackers.
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Post by: B E C K on Jul 31, 2014, 11:05:06 AM
Batman: Assault on Arkham a.k.a. "Let's Make Deadshot a Pathetic Gary Stu."  Deadshot...

Bests Waller.
Bests the Joker twice (even gettin' the awe and admiration of Captain Boomerang and Killer Frost which made no sense)
Schtups Harley (who wanted to boink him and no one else because he's so damn hot or whatever)
Appoints himself leader without adequate dissent except Captain Boomerang's nagging
Bests the Penguin.
Proceeds to figuratively pee all over everyone else (but especially Captain Boomerang who's dripping yellow at the end of this thing)*
Doesn't get taken down by Batman when Batman had plenty of chances.
Gets a happy ending he didn't frickin' deserve.

*How the frick does he threaten King Shark with a gun but King Shark's suddenly a tank who runs into a flurry of bullets later?  Christ.

Liked the fight scenes and animation.  Didn't like how Frost and Harley were practically palette swaps of each other.  Also they had weird Aeon Flux-esque bodies.
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Post by: Fiero on Jul 31, 2014, 01:48:01 PM
This reads like Deadshot's wet dream.
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Post by: B E C K on Jul 31, 2014, 10:44:46 PM
Quote from: Credits from Batman:Attack on Arkham
Written by Heath Corson

a.k.a. Deadshot.
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Post by: The D on Aug 01, 2014, 03:43:37 PM
Captain America 2
I rather enjoyed this a lot.
Really, it should have been called "Black Widow kicks everyone's ass" because I swear I enjoyed the times where she was being badass more than the whole rest of the movie.

Hunger games
Not QUITE as enjoyable as I've heard people say it was. However, when that thing happened to the little black girl (I will not spoil it) I had major feels. So, a decent movie.

Shawshank Redemption
Why the hell did this not win an oscar for best picture?
This will probably be the best movie I have seen all year. If you have not seen this movie, see it.
What a wonderful ending, too. It was enjoyable watching all the dicks in the movie get what was coming to them.

New Spiderman 2
I was dragged to this by mommy dearest because I think she has a crush on Andrew Garfield.... she's becoming quite the creepy cougar.

First off. I like Garfield as Spiderman. I hate Garfield as Peter Parker.

Second, all the comparisons of this movie with Spiderman 3 I think are a bit off. 3 suffered from too many villains. This, not as much. The main villain in this movie is Electro and he appears for most of the movie. The Green Goblin doesn't show up until the end after Electro is defeated, and really, they would have been better off having him appear in the next movie rather than this one. Rhino only appears at the very end of the movie in a 2 minute clip. I also did not like what happens to Gwen. Really.  :nono:
Decent. About the same as the first one. Not as good as the first Trilogy. Better than Spiderman 3 at least.

Blue is the Warmest Color
Everything I've heard about this movie is that it's like a porno with a plot. I figured those comments were from a bunch of virgin neckbeards who have never seen a scene with two women making out before, so I went into the movie not expecting too much.
- Okay, girl masturbating with clothes on... nothing I haven't seen in an R-rated movie before...
- Guy fucking girl... standard R-rated fare, although I see a penis so I guess that makes it X-rated in the states... but standard fare in France.
- ...10 MINUTES OF LESBIAN FUCKING HOLY FUCKING SHIT.....
I actually researched it and watched it to figure out how they faked the lesbo orgy... in most of it the camera angles are such so you can't tell if there's actual genital contact... I also read that they wore "prosthetic labia"... yep.
The sex scenes are only about 10% of the entire film and while it was kinda hot, I've seen better in real pr0n. The rest of the movie was a standard drama about a lesbian couple, somewhat interesting.



I have heard good reviews of Guardians so perhaps I will see this soon.
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Post by: B E C K on Aug 01, 2014, 11:22:56 PM
I'm surprised to see someone who hasn't seen Shawshank.  I probably shouldn't be because there's gotta be a lot of people who haven't seen it.  Anyway one of those movies where it all comes up so nicely in the end.

I'm mixed on Guardians.  I've heard good things about it I reeeeeeeally can't stand Chris Pratt (yay, another Marvel white guy lead), Zoe Saldana, or Bradley Cooper (but at least it's only his voice here).  The former two make me want to punch babies.  I'd really not give them my money.  Still the movie looks sorta fun.  I'm thinking about this.
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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Aug 02, 2014, 11:57:48 AM
Cap2 was awesome. Maybe better than Cap1. These are my two favorite Marvel movies thus far, and it's not very close. I have high hopes for the Agent Carter movie.

The Shawshank Redemption is one of the greatest movies of all time. Everyone should see it.

I'm going to see Guardians in a few minutes. Expect to see my opinions on all the popular forums...that being here and BONR.

I quit watching Spidey movies after the one with Satipo as Doc Ock. 3 sounded like dick and the others are just Sony being ridiculous.

Hunger Games 1 was tedious. I picked up 2 a couple months ago but haven't watched it yet.
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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Aug 02, 2014, 05:29:27 PM
Regarding Guardians: it was fun, but it didn't bowl me over.  I don't see myself watching it again.
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Post by: B E C K on Aug 02, 2014, 08:18:01 PM
I think Cap2 was my favorite Marvel movie.  Although I actually haven't seen them all yet.  Just Cap2, the Avengers, and the Iron Mans, er, Men?  Heh.  As far as Thor goes, don't know if want.  And Hulk was never my thing.  I don't know if I care enough to see Cap1.
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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Aug 02, 2014, 11:59:08 PM
Cap1 was my favorite Marvel movie. Cap2 might top it, but I'll need to watch them back to back to say for sure...they're definitely my top two. Iron Man 1 is probably tied at third with Avengers, which I'd follow with Guardians. GotG being in my personal top five...it wasn't so bad, now that I think about it, but it wasn't great (just like the first Iron Man, basically). Still better than the latter two Iron Men, both Thors, and any Hulks.

Re: Guardians, the cast was good. I was surprised at Dave Bautista's Drax...he did a great job on the role. But I shouldn't have been shocked, since wrasslers are already half-actors and half-jocks. Rocket wasn't as over the top as others have said: I thought it was well done, though Bradley Cooper was a little too shouty most of the time. Groot was well done, too: probably the best use for Vin Diesel anyone's ever come up with. Zoe Saldana was predictably good in her role: a bit more physical than usual for her, but she pulled it off well. Star Lord was played too silly, but then again that might have been the comic character's personality, too. It was annoying, though. It was good to see Michael Rooker back in movie work. I hate that I only know him from Cliffhanger, where he played a puss.

Ronan was an interesting villain (can't believe it's the same guy who's playing Thranduil in Hobbit), but based on what little I know from the comics, I think he was dispatched too easily, despite the difficulty they had in doing so. He's a recurring Marvel character, so I would expect him to crop up at some point in the future, maybe in Phase 3. Not enough Thanos. His bad bald daughter will be cropping up again, too.

Howard the Duck looked like crap, but much better than the 80's movie version.
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Aug 03, 2014, 09:28:37 PM

trailer of the 5 armies

I have just come to the realisation that Thranduil >Legolas
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Post by: B E C K on Aug 04, 2014, 09:06:24 AM
Lord of the Rings Legolas > Hobbit Legolas
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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Aug 04, 2014, 10:44:02 AM
My dog > Orlando Bloom. The man has no acting ability that I can discern.
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Aug 04, 2014, 09:32:43 PM
Lord of the Rings Legolas > Hobbit Legolas
I actually think he looks more badass in the Hobbit movies. Dem moves
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Aug 04, 2014, 09:32:54 PM
My dog > Orlando Bloom. The man has no acting ability that I can discern.
Hello there Justin Bieber
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Post by: B E C K on Aug 05, 2014, 10:36:49 AM
:lol:




Stuck Cap 1 and the Thors into my Netflix queue.  Gonna chell 'em out.
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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Aug 05, 2014, 04:41:17 PM
Thor 1 was all universe-buildy, but it was a fun exercise...not really a good movie, but I thought it was fun. Of course, Loki was the real star in it, as he was in Thor 2, which gets a solid "meh" from me. It wasn't bad, but it was less good. Suffers mainly from the fact that Loki is Thor's only good nemesis.
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Post by: B E C K on Aug 07, 2014, 11:43:25 PM
What about a comb?  A comb also appears to be his nemesis.
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Post by: B E C K on Aug 07, 2014, 11:46:02 PM
Oh, and I saw a doc the other day presented by Chris Rock called Good Hair.  It's about black women's hair.  It was very interesting but it spent too much time on the whole hair competition thing.  Cutting hair upside down and from inside an aquarium and to a marching band?  WOW.  I had no idea weaves were so goddamn pricy.  Or the horrendous chemicals that go into relaxers.
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Aug 08, 2014, 06:51:22 AM
Oh, and I saw a doc the other day presented by Chris Rock called Good Hair.  It's about black women's hair.  It was very interesting but it spent too much time on the whole hair competition thing.  Cutting hair upside down and from inside an aquarium and to a marching band?  WOW.  I had no idea weaves were so goddamn pricy.  Or the horrendous chemicals that go into relaxers.
One week in Philly will automatically make you an expert on all things wigs
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Post by: Rama on Aug 08, 2014, 06:14:28 PM
I really liked Cap 1...and Cap 2. Thor was pretty good too...Thor 2 ehhhhhhhhh not so much. And Iron Man 3 was just shit.


I saw Dawn of the Planet of the Apes and Guardians of the Galaxy. I liked both, but on different levels. I felt more emotion from Dawn, but GOG was more fun.
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Post by: Fiero on Aug 12, 2014, 04:19:11 PM
We're going to watch Jumanji with some friends tonight. Their kid hasn't seen it. I don't love this movie, but I do feel like watching Robin Williams, you know, since he died and all.
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Aug 13, 2014, 02:49:30 AM
I do feel like watching Robin Williams, you know, since he died and all.ight.
Really? To me is the exact opposite. Ive been meaning on watching Hook for a while now (got the dvd in London) but I definitely don't want to watch it anytime soon. RIP
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Post by: B E C K on Aug 14, 2014, 01:09:49 AM
Last I checked on Instant Watcher, a lot of people are queuing Robin Williams movies.  I don't have that feel.  He was a talent and I didn't dislike the man but I recall reading about his depression years ago and you could see (or hear, whichever) the total desperation in the man which really made his performances uncomfortable.  And I'm not even referring to his dramatic roles.
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Aug 14, 2014, 05:55:28 AM
Last I checked on Instant Watcher, a lot of people are queuing Robin Williams movies.  I don't have that feel.  He was a talent and I didn't dislike the man but I recall reading about his depression years ago and you could see (or hear, whichever) the total desperation in the man which really made his performances uncomfortable.  And I'm not even referring to his dramatic roles.

Have you ever watch the movie One Hour Photo? it is so incredibly good, and sad.

I also have What Dreams May come (which is one of my top fave) but that would DEEEEEFINITELY  not be a good choice to watch.
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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Aug 15, 2014, 01:29:02 PM
Never cared for Robin Williams. Thought he was overrated. I hate he died, but I honestly hate Lauren Bacall's passing more, since I actually liked her. Maybe I'll watch The Big Sleep again this weekend....
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Post by: B E C K on Aug 18, 2014, 12:39:58 AM
I read what One Hour Photo was about when it first came out and passed on it.


Incoming tl;dr on Predators:

I saw Predators this weekend.  Not bad but it had room for improvement.  Firstly, the characters were all stock characters pulled out of other movies.  Adrian Brody bordered on being a Gary Stu.

I had a hard time believing the Predators went looking up each and every one of these fuckers--like, REALLY?  Stalking these fucks?  Predator don't care about your spotter, bitch.  Predator don't care you rape hos or get your gangsta on.  Carefully hand-picked prey like that was just nonsensical.  I would think the Predators would just kidnap handfuls of people fighting here and there and then toss them on the planet and hunt them.  Everyone was too random.  Like Carmen Sandiego Predator picked them out on her travels.  If they had been from two (or three) conflicting factions, that might've been far more interesting.  It would've made more sense to have some of these sickos looking out for each other in an instance like that.

Also, I would've liked it better if the Fishburne character was sane and still decided to kill them all.  I understood why he freakin' snapped but it didn't add anything to the movie that way.

The music at end didn't belong.  I know why they did it.  But it didn't belong.  Maybe if they had gotten Marilyn Manson or Rob Zombie or someone like that to cover Long Tall Sally... maybe that would've passed.  As it was, both pieces of music tacked onto the end was very desperate.  "Please like me.  I'm also a movie about Predators.  I'm just as good as the original."  No.  No, you're not just as good.  You're okay.  I won't be calling you again though.
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Aug 19, 2014, 08:53:45 AM
So I watched Bram Stoker's Dracula and Keanu Reeves'  english accent is the WORST one I've heard in my entire life! So bad, even mine is better
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Post by: B E C K on Aug 19, 2014, 10:27:25 AM
I'd watch Bram Stoker's Daniella.
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Aug 20, 2014, 07:28:43 AM
If Keanu is there Im in.

Btw did you know Monica Bellucci was on it? She's one of my three women crushes Id go lesbo for (other two are Gillian Anderson and Gina Gershon)
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Post by: B E C K on Aug 21, 2014, 12:37:13 AM
Didn't realize that.  We share two out of three though.  High five!  (Nothing against Gillian Anderson but she doesn't do it for me.)
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Aug 21, 2014, 08:21:46 PM
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Post by: Rumble on Aug 22, 2014, 06:13:32 PM
Saw Transformers Age of Extinction the other day.
Still the usual Michael Bay bullshit and Optimus was even more killcrazy than in the last one, but hey who doesn't love giant robots?
And no Shia LaBeouf,  and that alone makes it the best TF movie to date
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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Aug 23, 2014, 10:23:57 PM
...Optimus was even more killcrazy than in the last one...

And this is why I will never watch another Michael Bay movie.
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Post by: B E C K on Aug 28, 2014, 02:26:43 PM
I stopped at TF.  Eff a Bay.

So I saw Thor the other day.  Decent film.  Not something I'm ever likely to re-watch.  Great for people who didn't know who Thor was or didn't otherwise follow any Marvel continuity.  It didn't tell me anything new and I wasn't missing anything of value by seeing The Avengers before this one.  I should be getting second Thor next.
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Post by: B E C K on Sep 10, 2014, 11:22:07 PM
I saw 14 Blades.  I was kinda bored.  Not a bad movie or anything but I guess it sorta runs together with stuff I've seen before.  I guess.
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Post by: Fiero on Sep 18, 2014, 11:41:13 AM
My SO was watching The Mighty Ducks last week, then we watched Goon and The Color of Magic.
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Post by: B E C K on Oct 04, 2014, 07:42:52 PM
Saw Mulan.  Not Disney Mulan but a live-action Mulan from 2009 called Mulan: Rise of a Warrior.  It was okay.  Didn't blow me away or anything.  I liked 14 Blades better.
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Oct 06, 2014, 01:34:00 AM
Saw Kaze Tachinu. Was prepared to cry like a bitch but it didn't happen. I knew what was going to happen to the girl to begin with so maybe thats why.

forgot to add: it was an ok movie....i guess. I can't see someone that doesn't enjoy ghibli movies liking this one though
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Post by: B E C K on Oct 06, 2014, 07:50:23 PM
I'm in no hurry to see it myself. 


I saw half of Puss in Boots.  Chuckled a few times.  Don't know if I really want to finish it.
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Post by: B E C K on Oct 14, 2014, 05:44:13 PM
Turns out I didn't.  I mailed it back without completing it.  Nothing of value was lost.  The egg was too annoying.  I wasn't gonna sit through a whole movie of that.


Merla and I watched Megamind.  The first six minutes or so should've been snipped.  Because it was stupid.  What's the point of a movie where you end up rooting for the villain but you make him pathetic and sad in order to gain audience approval?  I mean, this is the same method movies use to get us to root for the "good guy."  He should've just been evil, period.  Then he falls in love.  And now he's good.  There's your movie.  None of this Superman backstory and school yard nonsense.

Also the Jonah Hill character disturbed me.  He was super rapey.  Probably the rapey-ist cartoon character ever.  And I kinda thought, 'well, so are Gaston and Pepe LePew.'  But I think in Megamind, that particular character just reminded me too much of actual guys I've met or actual news stories that end up with the woman raped or killed.  In fact, he wanted to kill the woman who rejected him.  And he almost did several times. I mean, I've never met a guy who declares I'll be birthing him six or seven strapping boys like him.  But there are several delusional dudes that think because you're nice to a girl, she's your girlfriend or you can claim her.  Or if you somehow save her, she owes you.  And the movie plays that shit for laughs.  And I guess I'm supposed to laugh that Megamind is a murderer, stringing Fake Lois Lane along and kissing her.  I just shook my head the whole time.

I was able to finish it.  Will Ferrell was awesome as Megamind.  They had a good start here.  But the story needed work.  And whoever thought the continued violation of a woman's trust was humorous (because she is betrayed by the hero, the villain, and the other villain in really horrible ways) needs to be barred from the story process.  They probably aren't though.
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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Oct 14, 2014, 10:34:44 PM
Watched Ghost in the Shell: Arise 4. I thought it should go in the anime thread, but these have a feel more like the original movie, but better. Kusanagi looks off in her "younger" body, but she still got skills. The supporting cast seems to have more characterization in these videos, too, which is a nice turnaround, even if Togusa is still the perpetual rookie.
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Post by: B E C K on Oct 14, 2014, 11:22:39 PM
I have 1 & 2 in my Netflix queue.  Just haven't gotten to them yet.
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Post by: B E C K on Oct 16, 2014, 10:18:47 AM
Merla and I saw The Thing for the first time.  Yes, the 1982 John Carpenter one.  It was showing as part of Alamo Drafthouse's Tough Guy Cinema.  So our first time watching it was on a giant movie screen.  Which was neat.  She didn't recognize Keith David.  Meanwhile, I was all "duuuude, Keith David!"
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Oct 17, 2014, 01:57:56 AM
Why oh whyyy is Scarlett Johansson being considered for the lead of Ghost in the Shell? She doesn't have the body or anything for the matter. Ah Hollywood. Well at least it wasn't any fucking person from Will Smith7s family.

Watched Annabelle. I like it, the ending sucked tho. Also had many of those jumpy moments (don't remember how you call those). I wish they would have chosen to use the real doll (well not the real real one but one that looks like the original) because IMO that one is much scarier since it looks innocent
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Post by: Rumble on Oct 18, 2014, 06:30:41 AM
Saw cap america 2 yesterday.
Enjoyed it quite a bit more than I thought I would
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Post by: B E C K on Oct 20, 2014, 10:03:44 AM
Why oh whyyy is Scarlett Johansson being considered for the lead of Ghost in the Shell? She doesn't have the body or anything for the matter. Ah Hollywood. Well at least it wasn't any fucking person from Will Smith7s family.

Then I hope you're not a fan of the Suicide Squad.  But omg, ScarJo as Motoko pisses me off.  Fuckers never heard of Maggie Q?
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Post by: Rama on Oct 21, 2014, 08:35:29 AM
I don't think I want Ghost in the Shell to be live action period.


I saw the Conjuring....eh. I actually spent most of the time going "This is a nice house. I really like this place." Instead of being scared so much.
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Oct 22, 2014, 01:28:53 AM
Watched Sinister. LOVED it. Super scary, good acting. Totally recommend it.

Will be watching my husbando Keanu Reeves in John Wick either this week (comes out on Friday) or next.
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Oct 24, 2014, 01:45:01 AM
So the movie was AWESOME. Violent as fuck but overall amazing. Hope they make a franchise out of it
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Post by: B E C K on Oct 25, 2014, 10:30:41 PM
So did he wish the dog back to the life with the Dragonballs or what?
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Oct 27, 2014, 09:18:27 AM
No Spoilers

But seriously, go watch it. Its worth it
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Post by: B E C K on Oct 30, 2014, 09:42:32 AM
I was on some website reviewing that movie and they were all "woah, he's 50?!" and I was all "duh, he's immortal."
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Oct 30, 2014, 08:28:07 PM
Ive seen the movie twice already :3

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Post by: B E C K on Nov 03, 2014, 10:33:02 AM
Oh, you and your husbando.

I watched Snowpiercer because a handful of tumblrs and sites I go to were raving about it.  It was a good concept but it couldn't decide what kind of movie it wanted to be.  It builds upon tension and horror so well but then it had some really stupid things happen.  Like, "let's stop our mass revolt for freedom and celebrate the new year" stupid.  For being a huge train supporting humanity, the setting actually felt very, very small.  As in too small to be able to support humanity.  And apparently we're supposed to be horrified that the protein bars are large, clean-looking bugs.  Firstly, where the fuck did all of those bugs even come from?  Second, bugs are kinda one of the least horrific things someone could end up having to eat in a post-apocalyptic society without a steady food source.  Thirdly, treating this as a vomit-inducing horror is pretty damn insulting to all the cultures that actually do eat insects.  Fourth, what the fuck did he think the protein bars WERE?  It had to be protein from somewhere.  Various set-ups and situations just left too many questions, which made the movie feel kinda sloppy.  Loved some of the actors in it.  Tilda Swinton really sells her performance.
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Nov 03, 2014, 08:00:19 PM
Tilda Swinton is awesome in Constantine, just fyi


Watched the extra scenes from the extended version of the Desolation of Smaug. I am glad they showed what happened with Thorin's dad (they should have shown that in the cinemas) and I am also glad they showed the real (and funny as hell imo) way Gandalf introduced the dwarves to Beorn.
Luke Evans is super hot btw.
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Post by: Rama on Nov 04, 2014, 07:56:39 AM
The Wicker Man (The Nick Cage one) and it was terrible.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Nov 05, 2014, 12:27:35 PM
The Wicker Man (The Nick Cage one) and it was terrible.

You dare to tell me there are bad Nic Cage movies?
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Post by: Rama on Nov 06, 2014, 08:06:16 AM
More then one my friend...more then one.
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Nov 07, 2014, 05:03:15 AM
Official Main trailer for Battle of 5 Armies
list=UUjmJDM5pRKbUlVIzDYYWb6g

Yasssss Thranduil slaaaayyy

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Post by: Rama on Nov 20, 2014, 11:51:43 AM
A Million Ways to Die in the West: Actually a lot better then I expected. Had an actual story unlike most episodes of Family Guy.

Transformers 4: ugh...so bad. I've never walked out of a movie before, but had I saw this in the theater I might have done it here. I actually turned the movie off with over a half hour left in the flick. Did I mention that they spent 10 mins explaining why it is ok to fuck an underage girl in Texas thanks to a loophole in the law. Yeah they did that. Me..I think it would have just been easier to make the character 18 and avoid all pervy aspects of the thing, but I think the screenwriter wanted to tell us why it is ok for him to deflower high school girls.

Django: Unchained: By far the best movie I have seen lately. Really awesome all the way around.

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Post by: B E C K on Nov 26, 2014, 03:00:48 PM
Django's on Netflix.  I might chell it out.

I saw Yes Man.  It was okay.  Jim Carey wasn't too annoying.  Zooey did that quirky cute shtick 95% of her career is built off of.  Von Iva as her backing band made her singing tolerable.  Bradley Cooper's face was even manageable.  I chuckled a few times.  Jim and Zooey as a couple was pretty squick though.  And I'm saying that for a movie where a little old lady gave Jim Carey and his friend hummers.  It gets a B, I guess.
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Post by: Rumble on Nov 30, 2014, 07:04:44 PM
Haven't seen any movies but I saw the new St*r WarzzZZ trailer
I'm actually excited
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Post by: Rumble on Nov 30, 2014, 07:06:31 PM
Lol @ the auto correct

Starr Wars
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Post by: B E C K on Dec 02, 2014, 07:42:25 PM
I think I've pretty much checked out of SW at this point.  Unless I hear of something about it that really interests me and draws me back in, I probably won't bother with it.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: The D on Dec 03, 2014, 08:50:31 PM
Guardians of the Galaxy - Saw it back in the summer. Saw part of it again a month ago. Not the best Marvel movie but still one of the better ones and certainly one of the best movies this year.

X-men - Days of Future Past.
Not sure why people say this is the best X-men ever... I still like First Class better. Wasn't a horrible movie. Was pretty enjoyable. But I can't figure out Magneto's obsession with moving large American landmarks for no major reason (Golden Gate bridge in Xmen 3, the stadium in this movie). Was that really necessary?

Also, another thing that bugged me in this movie was the technology that popped up. This movie's set in the 70s. And yet we have Cerebro with EYE SCANNING technology, Dinklage with a holographic screen, ROBOTS that can scan people's DNA.... da fuck? Dinklage's mutant DNA scanner shouldn't even existed in the early 70s. The Sentinels, while I'm glad they finally showed up, looked too futuristic for early 70s technology.


Transformers Bore... i mean 4.
Because seriously, I was falling asleep halfway through this crapfest. I actually refused to see this in theaters and was glad when friends said they hated it "I told you! I told you not to waste your damn money!" I ended up renting it on a free Redbox rental so none of my money goes to Bay-child.

So, let me see, what to hate about this movie.
This movie suffers from way too many Bayisms. What's a Bayism? Something that's in EVERY FUCKING Bay (and every Transformers) movie because that manchild thinks it's good cinema. For instance:
- Racism. There's a fucking Samurai robot. Really? And the black chick at the beginning. Add to that:
- Jokes about old people. There's a scene with the main characters running through a Hong Kong building, robots are battling outside, and they get blocked by a bunch of old grandmas walking slow and oblivious to their surroundings. Oh hur hur, that's real funny Bay. Remember when I called him a manchild?
- Annoying fucking main characters. Seriously, why is it in every Bay movie there's this annoying main character who talks ALL THE TIME, stutters, never shuts his fucking mouth, and is usually a coward? Comic relief? Really? A prime example of that is the conspiracy nut in the first three movies. There were two in this movie, Yeager's assistant (who thankfully dies early in the movie), and the CEO of the robot company. Especially the CEO of the robot company... why is there always a character like this in a Bay movie? No one fucking acts like this in real life!
- Product placement. ALL THE FUCKING PRODUCT PLACEMENT. God damn the product placement.
- Robots that talk during battle. I don't know why Bay does this but about the only time the Transformers actually talk is during battle, and it's so muffled you're not even sure the other characters caught it, let alone you. It's like Optimus and Bumblebee is having this intricate conversation while dodging missiles and shooting back.
- GM product placement. Bumblebee was awesome as the old black Camaro, and then halfway through they were like "LOL BRAND NEW GM CAMARO BUY THIS SHIT WHEN YOU LEAVE THE THEATER" and then Bay gets his god damn chell from GM.
- Jailbait in whore clothes! This times 1000. Yeager's daughter is this the whole damn movie. Bay loves to trot around underage ass in the most skimpy whore clothing you could ever fucking imagine. That's probably why he stuck that "Romeo & Juliet" law shit in there, to justify his ephebophilia.

Also, Yeager's overprotective dad bit just got old real fast, and the Dinobots were tacked on at the end for no reason. Blah.

There were some good things about the movie. Shia wasn't in it, so that was a plus. Neither was Megan Fox. Also, despite Walberg's character being kinda annoying with the whole Dad bit, he was world's better of a main character than Shia ever was. Also, Kelsey Grammer's character was somewhat interesting as a CIA director willing to violate people's freedoms (and murder, apparently) just to keep America safe. Although the fact he was actually doing it for money kinda killed that. Also, NO JIGGLE CAM THIS TIME!
Also, there were many Cameos of Detroit areas in the movie. The first battle with Optimus and Lockdown (the bounty hunter) is filmed at the old Packard plant, and the battle in China is filmed in downtown Detroit (the elevated train is the Detroit People Mover). Also, I have to admit I'm a bit curious about the "Creators" that Lockdown alludes to several times.

In the end the movie wasn't quite as crappy as 2, and was probably somewhat less good than 4.

Hell just ignore my ranting and watch these:
(So bad they needed two Sins videos)
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rumble on Dec 04, 2014, 06:03:45 AM
Yeah Transformers 4 was yet another horrible installment of the movie franchise, but I'm still gonna see the next one because giant robots.

I thought X-men DoFP was ok, but I thought the end was a bit stupid. I didn't get why Magneto was all like 'ok you foiled my plans now I just quietly float away', at that point he could have just dropped a ton of metal on the politicians anyway and still won the day.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Dec 10, 2014, 09:22:29 AM
I've been watching a lot of Muppets lately. It's a good thing.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Dec 10, 2014, 10:06:54 AM
Oh, this is rich!

http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/12/09/transformers-age-of-extinction-stumps-for-best-picture-oscar-nomination?utm_campaign=fbposts&utm_source=facebook
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Dec 16, 2014, 11:22:50 AM
HaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHa!!!!!!!!!!




Oh...they are serious?
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Dec 16, 2014, 05:55:08 PM
Never saw TF4. Probably never will.

So...who's seeing teh third Habbitt movie this week? I'm probably going to wait until the week after Christmas when I'm off-work.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Dec 16, 2014, 06:11:09 PM
I'll probably see it post Christmas as well. Just because I think I'm getting movie passes for Christmas and this way I don't have to pay to see it.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Dec 16, 2014, 08:13:36 PM
Never saw TF4. Probably never will.

So...who's seeing teh third Habbitt movie this week? I'm probably going to wait until the week after Christmas when I'm off-work.
Meeeeeeeeee! It comes out on Friday so Im planning to see it twice on that day, morning and night (the 2nd time with my husband). Im leaving for Germany on Sunday so I def won't have time to watch it again on the theatres, hence why Im going twice on the same day.

Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Dec 19, 2014, 07:49:32 PM
Saw the movie. and Goddamn. It was SO GOOD. I knew how was it going to end and holy fuck it still shocked me and gave me a million feels. Martin Freeman's  acting was gut wrenching at the end, I still get shivers just thinking about it.

Im not going to spoil anything but fuck you Peter Jackson for making the Tauriel+ Kili "thing". I literally shook my head and snorted at a couple of scenes because of these two.

Dain (and his war hog) was BOSS.

20/10

Also I wasn't able to watch it again last night. Hopefully I'll be able to watch it while in Germany but if I can't Ill do so when I come back (one week left of showings when I get back)
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Dec 22, 2014, 10:04:49 AM
I've been watching a lot of Muppets lately. It's a good thing.

I saw Muppet Christmas Carol.  Well, maybe a third of it.  And then I shut it off.  It was Merla's idea and I told her, "didn't we see this a long time ago and didn't it actually suck" but she couldn't recall.  So we saw it.  And the suckage was great.  Making Scrooge human instead of one of the Muppets was the hugest gaffe imo.  The star of a show with Muppets should always be a Muppet.  I don't know why the concept is so difficult sometimes.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Dec 22, 2014, 10:07:53 AM
I may end up watching Hobbit 3 but only when Merla inevitably buys the DVD release.  Kinda like SW and Transformers, I just don't care like I used to.  What I am interested in is someone making all three Hobbits into one solid Hobbit film.  Or even two, I suppose.  If any of you see that shit floating around online sometime, hook me up.  Because somebody has to do it.  So it must be done.  They could even cut that Tauriel bs for Faye-Faye.  I'm totally down for an editted Hobbit.  But bloated-ass films don't cut it for me.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Dec 22, 2014, 10:08:34 AM
Also, Frankenweenie's been sitting by my TV for the last two weeks.  I'll probably get to it this week though.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Dec 30, 2014, 01:52:28 PM
Welp, I still haven't seen Frankenweenie.  Gonna toss it in right now since I have the day off today.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Dec 30, 2014, 06:35:23 PM
Saw the movie. and Goddamn. It was SO GOOD. I knew how was it going to end and holy fuck it still shocked me and gave me a million feels. Martin Freeman's  acting was gut wrenching at the end, I still get shivers just thinking about it.
Freeman's a good actor, but way too quirky for my liking. But he did nail that part.

Im not going to spoil anything but fuck you Peter Jackson for making the Tauriel+ Kili "thing". I literally shook my head and snorted at a couple of scenes because of these two.
I totally didn't care for this aspect of it and don't understand the genesis of it. Sure, I understand wanting to throw an important female character in there, but why? So she can get saved by Legolas or Kili or whatever? That's totally negating the point of her inclusion.

Dain (and his war hog) was BOSS.
Word! I could watch a whole movie of irritable Scotsmen hollering BUGGAH and riding armored boars through trolls and shit.

I may end up watching Hobbit 3 but only when Merla inevitably buys the DVD release.  Kinda like SW and Transformers, I just don't care like I used to.  What I am interested in is someone making all three Hobbits into one solid Hobbit film.  Or even two, I suppose.  If any of you see that shit floating around online sometime, hook me up.  Because somebody has to do it.  So it must be done.  They could even cut that Tauriel bs for Faye-Faye.  I'm totally down for an editted Hobbit.  But bloated-ass films don't cut it for me.
There are fan cuts of the first two that are allegedly awesome (here's one for instance) (http://www.fanedit.org/ifdb/component/content/article/79-fanedit-listings/fanfix/962-the-hobbit-an-unexpected-journey-arkenstone-edition), but I haven't been able to find out where to download them yet.

All told, this movie was just proof that Hobbit should have been two movies rather than three. Aside from the Smaug attack and people mobilization at the beginning, the whole movie was nothing but slow development of the battle, and the battle itself was far more drawn out than it should have been. And when it's over, Bilbo just...goes home. No stopping by Beorn's, no stopping at Rivendell, no getting treasure at the troll hoard...I guess we were lucky to get him home in time for the auction, and then fading out to Ian Holm. No Gandalf & Balin visit, no showing king Dain and king Bard coming into their own...they're just left behind. Maybe they'll include that in the extended edition; I'm expecting a huge EE for this movie, since excluding the credits it was barely over two hours long.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Dec 30, 2014, 07:06:39 PM
That stuff about the Hobbit ending is just... ugh.  That stinks.  Maybe a superior cut will need to be done once the EE for the third one comes out.

Frankenweenie was kinda a bummer.  I just finished rewatching Pacific Rim right now, which is less of a bummer than Frankenweenie but still a bummer in its own way.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Dec 30, 2014, 11:25:07 PM
I figure they got zinged so hard by armchair directors over the ending of Return of the King that they decided to use the KISS principle. I figure, since they added so much bullcrap to the movies as it was, why not show the long, drawn-out ending? The Master of Lake-town just disappeared. The last time we saw the people of said town, they were smarting from getting an army of orcs shoved up their butts and their new (old) home being more-or-less razed. The dwarves were left standing at the gate waving bye-bye to Bilbo...nothing about Balin going to Moria, nothing about Bombur being so freaking fat that three little dwarves had to carry him, nothing about Thorin being buried with the Arkenstone and Orcrist at the base of the mountain, nothing about the restoration of Dale, nothing about the cleansing of Mirkwood, nothing about the carcass of Smaug, nothing about Beorn (despite his divebombing a phalanx of orcs during the Eagle sequence) starting a new race of Beornings that could henshin into motherloving bears...just, screw you guys, I'm going huuuumm to Bag-damn-end!

Again, I expect some elaboration in the EE...sometime late next year. What a load of jackassery.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Jan 01, 2015, 05:45:16 PM
Jose Crackers, how the eff did they miss so much when they jumbo-sized the movies?  How annoying.


Merla caught some of Pacific Rim when I watched it the 30th.  She never bothered with it even though I bought the movie when it first came out on DVD.  Yesterday, she was literally watching it all night.  Ha ha.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Jan 05, 2015, 12:48:00 PM
How can you ignore it....Giant Monsters vs Giant Robots. Nuff said. That should be an instant watch right there.


I saw the last Hobbit movie and it was ok...but bloated. Still better then those SW prequels.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Jan 05, 2015, 09:53:07 PM


All told, this movie was just proof that Hobbit should have been two movies rather than three. Aside from the Smaug attack and people mobilization at the beginning, the whole movie was nothing but slow development of the battle, and the battle itself was far more drawn out than it should have been. And when it's over, Bilbo just...goes home. No stopping by Beorn's, no stopping at Rivendell, no getting treasure at the troll hoard...I guess we were lucky to get him home in time for the auction, and then fading out to Ian Holm. No Gandalf & Balin visit, no showing king Dain and king Bard coming into their own...they're just left behind. Maybe they'll include that in the extended edition; I'm expecting a huge EE for this movie, since excluding the credits it was barely over two hours long.

I need more Beorn. Thats all.

I am 100% sure they will show Thorin being buried cause you can see near the end a scene with all the Dale people looking towards Erebor with tears in their eyes and stuff (saw the movie again yesterday :3  ) and a horn being blown.

The Lake-master was on his boat when a dead Smaug fell on top of him (and his boat) and obviously killed him. You probably missed it, it was like a 1.5 seconds scene (i totally missed it the first time I saw the movie).

When Dain called Thranduil a woodland sprite, oh god it was hilarious. Dain was so fucking funny Im still giggling about it. I wish he was my uncle.


Loved  the little Bilbo-Lobelia confrontation and him taking his silver spoons back.


As I said before I loved this movie, even if they didn't show all. Except the Tauriel-Kili shit. OH YES and (spoilers....) the way Kili and Fili died? in the book they died defending Thorin, in the movie their deaths sUCKED.
Also that last talk between Thranduil and Tauriel? Fucking Thranduil going all romantic and shit? fuck you Peter Jackson. Thranduil talking about Legolas' mom ? Like Dain said, OH COME ON.


Didn't like the last thing Gandalf told Bilbo either. Very cold of him and it kinda didn't make sense.


special edit to mention Elrond's BAD-ASS fighting scene. Watch it if only for Agent Smith kicking ass. Hell even Saruman is amazing in that scene. I squealed a little when he said "Leave Sauron to me".
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Jan 07, 2015, 11:18:21 AM
The master did not die in the book until a while after the battle.

Here's a text message discussion I had with my nephew about this movie:
Quote
Me: Well...they should have stuck with just two movies  12:48 AM
 Me: This thing was barely over two hours long (discounting the massive credit sequence)  12:49 AM
 Me: First fifteen minutes was killing Smaug  12:49 AM
 Me: Next fifteen was Elrond and Saruman ninja-ing Dul Guldurian orcs to death, Galadriel hulking out and beating the Necromancer, and Doctor Birdpoop whisking Gandalf to his love shack long enough for the old fruit to remember he sentenced Bilbo to death by sending him dragon hunting  12:52 AM
 Me: Then it was lake townies getting to Dale, being fed by the moose-borne ninja master of Mirkwood himself, and Legolas and token female elf heading off to Gundabad for some reason. Or to mack, or something.  12:54 AM
 Matthew: Ouch...at least it wasn't the second one, amirite?  12:55 AM
 Me: Then it's a lot of grimacing and threatening until Dain showed up on a freaking ARMORED BO HOG and started whooping head!  12:55 AM
 Me: Easily the coolest part of the hexology  12:56 AM
 Matthew: Besides the rabbit sled, you mean  12:56 AM
 Me: No that was ghey  12:57 AM
 Me: Rhosgobel = faggotry  12:57 AM
 Me: So any way, Thorin gets a cool battle to the death, but they messed it up by having Azog whack Fili and Bolg snuff Kili first  1:00 AM
 Me: None of the other dwarves had any worthwhile part in this show  1:00 AM
 Me: I really liked Bard in this movie...he was a boss  1:03 AM
 Matthew: Please tell me there aren't any more thinly veiled penis jokes  1:03 AM
 Me: OH... Forgot about the Beorn bombardment.  1:03 AM
 Me: No none I remember  1:03 AM
 Matthew: Bard was pretty meh in the last one...glad they redeemed him a bit  1:04 AM
 Matthew: And the wind lance crap in the last one was stupid too  1:05 AM
 Me: But anyway...Beorn rides in with the eagles, jumps off, maximizes into Beast Mode in midair and immediately begins mailing everything in town  1:05 AM
 Me: Wind lands were nowhere to be found... It was actually cool what they did  1:06 AM
 Me: But the freaking war hogs and beast wars air force...I really enjoyed those parts  1:07 AM
 Matthew: Sounds like fun  1:16 AM
 Me: Thorin's use of battle goats was fun, too... just not enough  1:16 AM
 Matthew: And it sounds like it wasn't as ridiculously long and tedious as the first two  1:17 AM
 Me: I could watch a whole movie of nothing but those three thing  1:17 AM
 Me: No, no...you'd be wrong, there  1:17 AM
 Me: It was quite tedious except for this fleeting parts  1:18 AM
 Me: The ending was crap  1:18 AM
 Me: After the battle, Bilbo literally just says later dudes, then he and Gandalf ride home in time for the very abbreviated auction  1:19 AM
 Me: And then it switches back to Ian Holm as old Bilbo in time for Gandalf to arrive for the 111st birthday  1:19 AM
 Me: Tha end  1:20 AM
 Me: No burial of Thorin, no installment of Dain and Bard as kings, no visit at Bagend with Gandalf and Balin  1:21 AM
 Matthew: But I'm sure the extraneous Billy Boyd song at the end made up for all of that  1:22 AM
 Me: It was unobtrusive  1:22 AM
 Me: If I hasn't known it was going to be done, I wouldn't have noticed  1:22 AM
 Me: I figure the armchair directors that bitched and moaned so much about the end of ROTK influenced that  1:23 AM
 Matthew: Yeah after 9 hours of movies, how dare they drag out an ending by making it meaningful  1:26 AM
 Matthew: I hope Christopher Lee got a nice sendoff  1:27 AM
 Matthew: At any rate  1:27 AM
 Me: He was totally ninja  1:28 AM
 Me: Didn't look nearly as crusty add he did in hobbit part uno  1:28 AM
 Me: Then again they might have said screw it let's CGI him up  1:29 AM
 Me: I mean, over half of Legolas' screen time was CGI  1:29 AM
 Me: Going to bed now... I'm so old  1:32 AM
 Me: Hope I dream of armored bo' hogs...  1:33 AM
 Me: And skydiving bears  1:33 AM
 Me: And battle goats  1:33 AM
 Me: http://www-images.theonering.org/torwp/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/OpZ8mZy.jpg (http://www-images.theonering.org/torwp/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/OpZ8mZy.jpg)  1:34 AM
 Matthew: Legolas kinda looks a bit like Barbie these days  1:39 AM
 Matthew: It's nice that they gave Holm a refit though  1:40 AM
 Me: The war hog was like a Rohirrim low rider  1:40 AM
 Matthew: And oh my, Billy Connolly  1:40 AM
 Me: Holm didn't look so old and decrepit in this as he did in the old LOTR pitchers  1:41 AM
 Me: Scotsmen screaming "BUGGA", swinging war hammers and riding bo' hogs should be a movie by itself  1:42 AM
 Matthew: Oh sorry, Lee not Holm. Dunno why I was thinking Bilbo. Though he could've used a touch up as well  1:42 AM
 Me: Braveheart with souce  1:42 AM
 Me: Lee looked not a day over 70  1:43 AM
 Matthew: He looked pretty grim in part one. They musta done a lotta work given how ancient he looks irl  1:45 AM
 Matthew: He has some videos on YouTube and he looks/sounds a thousand  1:45 AM
 Me: Those were from the EE extras  1:53 AM
 Me: He was pretty feeble  1:53 AM
 Me: Like I said they may have just CG'ed him up this time.  1:53 AM
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Jan 10, 2015, 08:43:07 AM
too long son


The master did not die in the book until a while after the battle.


I was talking about the movie since you said "he just disappeared". He didn't.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Jan 10, 2015, 01:29:45 PM
Everything I post is worth reading, daughter! I just re-read that and laughed again.

Granted, that part about the master, I might have blinked and missed it, because it was quick.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rumble on Feb 02, 2015, 06:00:56 PM
Damn I still haven't seen the last part of the Hobbit yet.
Everyone so far has warned me against it, but fuck it I've seen the first two parts might as well finish it.
Maybe I'll see it this Sunday
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Feb 03, 2015, 09:08:44 AM
Dreamcatcher. The movie was adapted from the Stephen King book, which I recently read. It was ok...but some of the changes they made were strange, and they cut a lot of the middle of the book completely out. And the ending....whew. It isn't a good sign when a movie based on a book advertises alternate endings right on the box.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Feb 03, 2015, 12:29:02 PM
I saw Belle.  It's about a lady in the 1700's or so.  And I say "lady" as in considered a lady in society, not "lady" as in another word for a "woman".  Except she's half black so she has shit to deal with.  It stars Gugu.  I don't recall the rest of her name but she's cute and she played Martha Jones's sister.  And Malfoy's in it as racist Malfoy with a receding hair line.  It was a good movie.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rumble on Feb 12, 2015, 10:42:54 AM
I saw Muppets Most Wanted.
Twice.
May see it again tonight, it's a fun movie
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Feb 12, 2015, 02:14:11 PM
Pale Rider
Westworld
Back to the Future Part 2
Abbott and Castello meet Frankenstein
Delivery Man
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Feb 13, 2015, 01:12:07 AM
Watched Spring Breakers. Piece of crap. Had to double chell to make sure Sofia Coppolla wasn't the director on this one cause it looks very similar to the Bling Ring (also a piece of crap)
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Feb 13, 2015, 06:16:07 PM
Isn't James Franco in Spring Breakers? I believe they mentioned that a time or two during his CC roast.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Feb 16, 2015, 12:24:53 AM
Cap1 was my favorite Marvel movie. Cap2 might top it, but I'll need to watch them back to back to say for sure...they're definitely my top two. Iron Man 1 is probably tied at third with Avengers, which I'd follow with Guardians. GotG being in my personal top five...it wasn't so bad, now that I think about it, but it wasn't great (just like the first Iron Man, basically). Still better than the latter two Iron Men, both Thors, and any Hulks.

Now that I've finally seen Guardians, I have to say I agree with your assessment of it.  It's in the top five just by virtue of being less shit than the shit below it.  And I can't explain where this opinion's coming from right now, but I felt the movie looked sorta cheap-looking and derivative.  It felt too much like I had seen it before.  And I've never seen an ensemble cast like this where so many of the characters are so damn unlikable.  I didn't feel invested in any of them.  I wish the movie allowed me to hate them outright instead of trying to shoehorn in some sympathy for them here and there.  The best thing anyone in this film did was die.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Feb 16, 2015, 08:48:59 PM
My feeling toward GotG has softened...I actually enjoy watching the movie more now than I did the first go-around. I'd put it over Iron Man 1 at this point, but still below the Capflicks. Still think Ronan was totally wasted, though.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Feb 21, 2015, 07:00:16 PM
Isn't James Franco in Spring Breakers? I believe they mentioned that a time or two during his CC roast.
Yes, he played the white rapper guy, looked exactly like that one that is kinda famous (can't remember his name right now but he looks trashy af).
I can't believe this movie has a "cult following", wtf
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Feb 26, 2015, 12:55:26 PM
Back to the Future Part 3
Django (the original non-Jamie Fox one from 1966)
Kung Fu From Beyond the Grave (again)
The 5 deadly Venoms

and a bunch of other Kung Fu movies whose titles I can't remember.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Mar 02, 2015, 10:35:06 AM
Oh, I didn't even know Django was a remake.  I have Book of Life sitting by my tv.  Just gotta pop it in.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Mar 03, 2015, 08:24:33 AM
It's kinda not....It's strange actually. Django was a name they just slapped on Westerns coming out of Italy to make them sell. There are 31 Django films, but only one is an official sequel to the original. It is kinda like Hercules or Dracula in that way...tons of Dracula films that have nothing to do with each other except they have Dracula in the title. Django Unchained was inspired by those movies. Although the opening credit song is lifted straight from the 1966 original film.

For Your Height Only-  A spoof of James Bond starring a 2' 9" little person as Agent OO. Whole movie is on YouTube for anyone that is curious.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Mar 03, 2015, 09:42:26 PM
For Your Height Only-  A spoof of James Bond starring a 2' 9" little person as Agent OO. Whole movie is on YouTube for anyone that is curious.

In the later part of that, did he actually sneak in that place with three bullets in his gun?  It seemed like he shot three guys once and then ran out of bullets.  Oh well, that's what I get for skipping around but it was still funny to see that.


I saw Book of Life.  I actually think it wasn't Mexican enough.  There were certain things... like the songs.  Or the fact they never called Day of the Dead Dia de los Muertos once.  Or the dead mother calling her son mijo but never having the grandma addressed as abuela or abuelita.  Which is all nitpickery but there was noticeable inconsistency in the use of Spanish.  Ice Cube's character--the Candle dude in the afterlife--was very, very jarring.  It's not about him being black or not being Latino.  Firstly, they played up the sassy urban stereotype that Hollywood is so fond of doing with black actors, which came out odd for the setting.  Second, the character itself didn't work very well.  You could tell someone was very desperate to make him funny.

The visuals were very beautiful.  Especially when we went to afterlife.  I felt all original songs would've been a huge improvement.  Too much of the "humor" fell flat for me but I'm sure it was okay for the target audience.  I guess it was a bit frustrating because the touching moments--Maria's message on the guitar, the song to the bull, Joaquin's unrequited feelings for Maria etc.--were so well done and then *wham* it got dialed back for some unfunny gag or stupid joke character.  Parts of the film really gave it the potential to be on par with the Nightmare Before Christmas.  It's not but it was still a decent film. 
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Mar 04, 2015, 09:33:54 AM
For Your Height Only-  A spoof of James Bond starring a 2' 9" little person as Agent OO. Whole movie is on YouTube for anyone that is curious.

In the later part of that, did he actually sneak in that place with three bullets in his gun?  It seemed like he shot three guys once and then ran out of bullets.  Oh well, that's what I get for skipping around but it was still funny to see that.


I don't remember...but there is a lot more high strange moments in that movie then that. Like when he jumps out of a 20 story building with an umbrella. (funny to watch actually). And there is a great bit where Agent OO just looks at a woman and says "Wanna do it?" and let's not mention how many nut shots happen...it is like the guys go to move.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: The D on Mar 15, 2015, 11:51:39 PM
I watched the first Amazing Spiderman on cable... and yea, compared to it's sequel it's quite a bit better (still not as good as the first two ones).

nothing about Beorn (despite his divebombing a phalanx of orcs during the Eagle sequence) starting a new race of Beornings that could henshin into motherloving bears...just, screw you guys, I'm going huuuumm to Bag-damn-end!

I agree with everything you've had to say about the third Hobbit. I was wondering how they'd extend it into 3 movies, well it was damn easy when 3/4ths of the entire movie is the effing Battle of 5 Armies! Seriously? I was actually starting to get a little bored halfway through. And then bam, it's over. 5 minutes after the battle and Bilbo's home and the credits are rolling. Just blew my mind. Also, Beorn needed more screen time, he was only in the movie for about 10 seconds. :(
It wasn't all bad though. The elf-fu fighting the nazgul was pretty awesome. Watching Thorin descend into madness, the dwarf on the giant pig, Bard being one of the best characters in the entire movie. And while I didn't think the whole elf-dwarf relationship had much chemistry, I felt a bit sad when [censored] died.
But, The battle was just too drawn out. The deaths of the dwarves seemed silly. It wasn't as epic feeling as Return of the King. The ending was too short. So yea.


Judge Dredd, Dredd
So a while back I decided to watch the Dredd movies.
The first one is terrible, but in a "you can watch it with a riff track or as a drinking game" terrible. It did have some enjoyable moments. My biggest beefs with this movie are thus:
1) Rob Schneider. He ruined the entire fucking movie. Take him out and the movie would have been quite a bit better. 2) Keep your helmet on, Stallone! 3) Stallone's accent. Too hard to understand at times. Was he hit too many times during the filming of the Rocky series? "I AM THE LAWL!!!" or "I fought the LAHH and the LAHH won..." 4) Ending was kinda stupid. Clones woke up, did shit. 5) Keep your helmet on! Crappy 90's special effects. 6) LAWW!!! 7) Why doesn't Rob Schneider's character die anytime during the movie?!
Still, if Schneider hadn't been in it, and if Dredd would have kept his helmet on, may have been better. The uniforms, helmets, bikes, and guns matched the comic quite well, the plot was okay, and while the dialog sucked most of what sucked was Schneider's lines. It was enjoyable but in a very very bad way.

The second Dredd, on the other had, was marvelous. Urban keeps his damn helmet on all the time. True, the bikes and uniforms didn't look like the comic (possibly due to licensing issues), but both looked more realistic this time around. Still had the badass gun with all the features. And yea, the plot was not complex and seemed ripped off completely from Raid: Redemption (let's go up a tall apartment building crawling with gang members), but it was fun. A huge improvement over the first one and a great action movie.

Warm Bodies
This was actually quite an amusing little movie about a teen zombie who falls for a human girl and rather than eating her, drags her to his airplane crib (kidnapping... charming). It's pretty funny at times although the humor slows down in the second half for action and plot. A good and funny movie.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Mar 16, 2015, 01:16:45 AM
And while I didn't think the whole elf-dwarf relationship had much chemistry

They aren't supposed to have any chemistry at all, they have hated each other since almost the beginning
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Mar 16, 2015, 10:18:58 AM
The only elves the dwarves ever gave a crap about were Finrod Felagund and Celebrimbor the ring forger and builder of the Moria gate, mainly because they were the only elves who didn't treat them like shit.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Mar 17, 2015, 09:17:34 PM
Thingol was also ok with them but we all know how that ended
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: The D on Mar 17, 2015, 10:55:35 PM
And while I didn't think the whole elf-dwarf relationship had much chemistry

They aren't supposed to have any chemistry at all, they have hated each other since almost the beginning
I meant Kili and Tauriel. Not much actual chemistry there.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Mar 18, 2015, 09:41:48 PM
Thingol was also ok with them but we all know how that ended

Nauglamir FTL.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: The D on Mar 23, 2015, 12:40:46 AM
Odd Thomas (the movie)

Not a bad movie. Not the greatest movie, but this was a small budget indie-type so yea, and also there were things I'll explain in a minute that bugged me. The movie was a pretty good adaptation, they kept quite a lot of important things in there, and had nods on the things that they didn't include. Obviously they couldn't include everything, and I am aware of that. I liked the guy playing Odd, he was a pretty good fit for the role.

Now, on for the issues:

- The ghost of Elvis is a major character in the books. Here, he didn't even show up. Either there was licensing issues with the Graceland estate, or they just couldn't find anyone to do a good enough Presley (an Elvis fest, maybe?).

- In the books the police chief is described as a stereotypical chubby donuts and coffee slamming cop. In the movie, he was Willem Dafoe. No, seriously, Dafoe played the cop. Dafoe did a good job and all, I just would have rather seen a chubby cop.

- Ozzy, one of my favorite characters in the books (even if he shows up for only the first 2), makes a 2 minute appearance here, and they do a pretty bad job of portraying him. No Shakespeare quotes, no excellent cooking. Boo.

- I always imagined Stormy as a black-haired hippy/goth type, and kinda Luna Lovegood-ish. In the movie, she was a supermodel in hot pants. The movie spent way too much time showing off her tanned legs.

- The film company seemed insistent on having at least a few 20 year old supermodels around with fake tans and hot pants. I'm no prude but really?

- And if you think I'm exaggerating, there was a scene where Stormy was wearing a thong so tight she had serious cameltoe, for no fucking reason. And then they threw in an ass shot as well.

- When Odd sees the tattoo on Fungus Man's chest, he immediately knows to go to the mall. This bugged me the most, because it doesn't explain HOW Odd knew he was supposed to go to the mall. I guess his psychic powers were probably the reason, but it seemed like the producers had run out of time and had to wrap the movie up quickly.

- There was quite a bit of foreshadowing... a little too much. Even if you didn't read the book you could probably guess who two of the killers were just because they acted like complete pricks the entire time.

- Also, a bit of a spoiler, but POD. The book/movie describes it as meaning "Prince of Darkness" but, um, usually POD means "Payable on Death", like the metal band. It's supposed to be a type of will. Or, it's supposed to mean (according to P.O.D.) your sins are payable on death, or Jesus paid for our sins on death. I've never heard of it being used for "prince of darkness".
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Mar 30, 2015, 09:25:59 PM
Got Kiki's Delivery service from Japan so i watched that. Cute film, but the scenes, colours and music are as always, impressive. Joe Hisaishi rocks my world
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Apr 27, 2015, 02:25:05 PM
Alicia convinced me to watch Get Smart. I chuckled a good bit. Not a waste of time but still could have been better.

And GOD DAMN does Anne Hathaway look great in this movie.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on May 01, 2015, 11:10:08 PM
Avengers: Age of Ultron

Not as good as the first, but not bad. Biggest problem with this movie was Ultron himself...which isn't good for a movie with his name in the title.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rumble on May 05, 2015, 05:17:53 PM
I'm kinda burned out on superhero movies. I probably won't see age of Ultron till it makes its way to Netflix.
Speaking of which I saw Guardians of the Galaxy there recently, whoch was enjoyable but not memorable
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on May 06, 2015, 03:53:28 PM
I watched AAOU. I thought Ultron was great, actually. Maybe not comics-true (I haven't really read much of the Ultron stories) but definitely a fun villain.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on May 11, 2015, 10:13:47 AM
There's just so many things about Age of Ultron that don't make me want to watch it.  I was so hyped about another Avengers movie because I really liked the first one but I'm turned off by so many things.  Hawkeye + Family?  I fucking hate Hawkeye.  Why hasn't he "tragically" died yet?  Why did we need his family here?  There's enough characters in the movie without having to talk about his stupid family.  Black Widow/Banner.  BLECH.  Wanda and Pietro?  Horrid casting + no need for those characters + spoiler everyone knows about so why did they bother.  And everything about the movie screams filler episode.  I'll just Netflix it or whenever.  Also, fuck an Ant Man.  If that movie's lucky, I'll play it in the background while I clean my toejam.  Nothing of value will be missed.  Cap III is the only one I'm excited for.  But then they added Martin Freeman.  I hope he dies in the movie.  Russo brothers don't let me down.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rumble on May 13, 2015, 07:13:45 AM
As per usual I'm way behind when it comes to watching movies, but I finally made a little dent in to-watch movie pile.
I saw the following:

Robocop
The movie was ok, but it took way to long before Robocop was Robocop.
Also what I liked most about the original movies was the dark humor in things like the OCP commercials. I guess in this movie that role was filled with Samuel L. Jackson's tv show, but that didn't quite do it for me.
Still all in all a decent action flick.

Sin City 2 - A Dame to Kill for
Again decent movie, but it didn't quite grab my attention like the first one. The stories were less interesting and I felt like some actors were just phoning it in. The only one who stole every scene he was in was Powers Boothe, but he always plays villains well.

300 - Rise of an Empire
Awful, awful movie, it's a miracle I made it through to the end. It's not like the first one had much going for it in terms of plot and acting but at least it had some interestingly filmed action scenes. This movie just bored me to tears. The only good thing I can say about it is that the lead actress has a nice pair of tits, but since I already saw them in the Sin City movie even that added nothing.
Also ending a movie just before the big battle is about to start is stupid. I guess they're planning to make a third one but I won't be seeimg it.

Swearnet the Movie
I still think the Trailer Park Boys is a hilarious show, but this movie didn't make me laugh once. Probably would have loved the movie when I was 12, but I need a little bit more now than just swearing and pantsless fat guys to make me laugh.
Stick to doing Trailer Park Boys guys.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on May 13, 2015, 03:05:28 PM
Hey look, a trailer for Jem and the Holograms.

Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on May 14, 2015, 10:30:17 AM
I saw the trailer. Wow.  Way to make a unique concept look like the most generic movie either.  How do you have a movie about musicians but then use someone else's music?  That should've been either a new Jem theme or a remix/cover of the old theme.  And no Misfits in sight?  BAH.


Last movie I saw was Edge of Tomorrow.  I would've preferred an Asian-American actor playing Kenji Kiriya instead of Tom Cruise's old, pasty ass whitewashing the role.  I also would've like to see the Native American woman mechanic character that was supposed to be there, too.  It wasn't an awful film by any means but it was clear that Tom was shoehorned into material he didn't belong.  I hope Emily Blunt gets a few more bad-ass roles out it at least.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on May 14, 2015, 11:33:24 AM
Sadly Jem still looks closer to it's source material then Transformers was.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: The D on May 14, 2015, 08:52:27 PM
So I watched the first half of Dawn Treader on tv...
Then I went to see what's happening with the rest of the book series.
Turns out they announced the next movie, the Silver Chair.... back in 2013. Currently it's shooting for a Xmas 2016 release but sounds like it's in development hell. Rumors say it's because of conflicts between the new studio and CS Lewis' estate, bitchy atheists complaining about the Christianity in the movie, bitchy fundies whining there's not enough Jesus in the movie, and I just wanna smack the shit out of all of them. Just get the damn movie made... I'm OCDing because there's still 4 movies left, and Eustace's actor is probably too old now.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on May 15, 2015, 02:31:27 AM
As per usual I'm way behind when it comes to watching movies, but I finally made a little dent in to-watch movie pile.
I saw the following:


300 - Rise of an Empire
Awful, awful movie, it's a miracle I made it through to the end. It's not like the first one had much going for it in terms of plot and acting but at least it had some interestingly filmed action scenes. This movie just bored me to tears. The only good thing I can say about it is that the lead actress has a nice pair of tits, but since I already saw them in the Sin City movie even that added nothing.
Also ending a movie just before the big battle is about to start is stupid. I guess they're planning to make a third one but I won't be seeimg it.


That woman has gone full frontal nude in so many movies, she doesn't give a fuck. But yeah her boobs are huge. Too big imo, she might have back problems
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on May 15, 2015, 09:24:12 AM
I would make it my lot in life to hold them up for her everywhere she goes.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on May 28, 2015, 03:49:17 PM
Jurassic Park actually...and I just noticed something for the first time. They evacuated everyone but a skeleton crew from that island because of the storm, but let the test group STAY? WTF man...it is like you wanted them be eaten by Dinosaurs.


Anyway I'll be watching Kung Fury tonight and hope to return with a most awesome review.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on May 29, 2015, 09:31:41 PM
I would make it my lot in life to hold them up for her everywhere she goes.
Ive heard big boobs get sweaty underneath
(no i don't have big boobs)
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on May 29, 2015, 10:35:03 PM
Kung Fury was pretty fucking awesome. And now you can watch it on youtube:

http://spinoff.comicbookresources.com/2015/05/29/watch-full-kung-fury-movie-is-now-online-bask-in-its-insanity/

I know that's not a youtube link, but it is all I could get to load....it'll get you there.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: The D on May 30, 2015, 04:57:23 PM
Already watched Kung Fury. Damn fun.

Kung Fury: The Trailer (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72RqpItxd8M)
Kung Fury: The Music Video (starring David Hasslehoff) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTidn2dBYbY)
Kung Fury: The Full Movie. 30 minutes of Fucking Awesome. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bS5P_LAqiVg)

What 80s tropes does this movie NOT have?
Explosions, Hitler, Nintendo Power Glove, fake VHS tracking, David Hasslehoff, Kung-fu, renegade cop, Nazis, Shiny chrome lettering, neon grids, 80s style CG and animation, laser raptors, viking chicks with chain guns riding T-rexes, Thor (real one not marvel one) product placement, 80s sports cars, obvious green screening, did I forget anything?

Also, Hitler in the movie is played by one of the Lonely Island guys. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3NzmHdsHwQ)

For something that's just 30 minutes it's worth it.


Ultron
Decent Marvel movie. I'm not sure if I'd say it's better or worse than the first Avengers. Definitely more action. And more character development. Still, quite a bit of the jittery camera effect during battles. A bit confusing and chaotic at times. Certainly at times felt like it was just a bridge between Avengers and Infinity War. Still, now 4 infinity stones have shown themselves and Thanos is shown with the gauntlet, so we know what will happen next. Also, there's a lot of tension between Stark and Capt, which is probably foreshadowing for Civil War coming up next year.
Still think Winter Soldier was better.


The Room
"After appearing in The Room, the Golden Gate Bridge committed suicide... by jumping off of itself." - Rifftrax

So, I watched a movie about.... tossing a football around, stock footage of San Fransisco and the bridge, and lots of sex scenes...
This movie was just painful to watch. I mean, yea, the acting's about the same level as most soap operas, no one really tries that hard, and the story's really simplistic, but it's not even that. I'd even give the movie props because Lisa's actually pretty hot.

It's just, Tommy Wiseau just fucking slurs his lines and says the most insane shit during the entire movie. And all his dialog sounds overdubbed. And that god damn laugh. "hahahahahaha". I don't believe for a second that Wiseau is actually "Eastern European", the accent sounds fake. And if he is, it was probably from some poor, shit country like Romania and he was born of some poor rural chick who was snorting blow and drinking whiskey while pregnant with him because his is quite the dumbfuck.

Not to mention half the movie is stock footage. Or sex scenes. Or tossing around a football because apparently that's what all Americans do when we socialize.

And the acting.... (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQ4KzClb1C4)
More bad acting (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSur2YRcXZc)
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Jun 01, 2015, 10:15:35 AM
Already watched Kung Fury. Damn fun.

Kung Fury: The Trailer (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72RqpItxd8M)
Kung Fury: The Music Video (starring David Hasslehoff) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTidn2dBYbY)
Kung Fury: The Full Movie. 30 minutes of Fucking Awesome. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bS5P_LAqiVg)

What 80s tropes does this movie NOT have?
Explosions, Hitler, Nintendo Power Glove, fake VHS tracking, David Hasslehoff, Kung-fu, renegade cop, Nazis, Shiny chrome lettering, neon grids, 80s style CG and animation, laser raptors, viking chicks with chain guns riding T-rexes, Thor (real one not marvel one) product placement, 80s sports cars, obvious green screening, did I forget anything?

Also, Hitler in the movie is played by one of the Lonely Island guys. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3NzmHdsHwQ)

For something that's just 30 minutes it's worth it.


I still can't believe there was a M.A.S.K reference in the animated section.

And I've been saying "FUCK! That's a laser raptor. I thought they went extinct thousands of years ago." at random for two days now.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Jun 09, 2015, 10:44:56 AM
I would make it my lot in life to hold them up for her everywhere she goes.
Ive heard big boobs get sweaty underneath
(no i don't have big boobs)

They do.


Jurassic Park actually...and I just noticed something for the first time. They evacuated everyone but a skeleton crew from that island because of the storm, but let the test group STAY? WTF man...it is like you wanted them be eaten by Dinosaurs.

THAT.... is pretty damn stupid now that you bring it up.  It never even occurred to me how damn stupid that is.


I watched Kung Fury the other day.  Heh, "Thor (real one not marvel one)."  The real one.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Jun 09, 2015, 10:54:31 AM
I would make it my lot in life to hold them up for her everywhere she goes.
Ive heard big boobs get sweaty underneath
(no i don't have big boobs)

They do.


But wouldn't they be less sweaty if held up away from the skin beneath them?
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Jun 09, 2015, 10:57:18 AM
Oh, I'm sorry.  I didn't know you had tits, Fifi.  Please tell me how to handle tit sweat since you know so much.  I shall defer to your wisdom.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Jun 09, 2015, 02:47:08 PM
Oh, I'm sorry.  I didn't know you had tits, Fifi.  Please tell me how to handle tit sweat since you know so much.  I shall defer to your wisdom.

It was a legitimate question from someone who wants to know.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Jun 09, 2015, 11:42:28 PM
Except you're describing a magic support system which holds large tits perfectly up and away from the body and allows cool, dry air to pass underneath.  It's like saying "Oh, you don't want to sweat in your armpits?  Why don't you hold your arms away from your body all day long under the AC?"  You're in Texas, too.  Don't your balls get sweaty?  Don't you have sweaty balls?  Sweaty Texas balls?  Balls that are sweaty in Texas?  Kinda a similar principle, ain't it?  Do they make tiny bras for balls?  That would be so cute.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Jun 10, 2015, 05:33:02 AM
Watched Inception 3,  almost had like 3 heart attacks goddamn. Kinda cheesy sometimes but its good, especially those jump-scares. And that dude from My Best Friend's wedding was in it. He's still a hottie.

 Watched the new Poltergeist last week, not good. Original is better
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Jun 11, 2015, 06:23:33 PM
Except you're describing a magic support system which holds large tits perfectly up and away from the body and allows cool, dry air to pass underneath.  It's like saying "Oh, you don't want to sweat in your armpits?  Why don't you hold your arms away from your body all day long under the AC?"  You're in Texas, too.  Don't your balls get sweaty?  Don't you have sweaty balls?  Sweaty Texas balls?  Balls that are sweaty in Texas?  Kinda a similar principle, ain't it?  Do they make tiny bras for balls?  That would be so cute.
Would you call it a bro, like on Seinfeld, except for bollocks?

But, anyway, sound like someone has some product testing to do given the parameters you just mentioned. That should be entertaining! And more than a little sticky, and little than more stinky.

Watched Inception 3,  almost had like 3 heart attacks goddamn. Kinda cheesy sometimes but its good, especially those jump-scares. And that dude from My Best Friend's wedding was in it. He's still a hottie.
I had no idea there was a second Inception flick, much less a third.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Jun 11, 2015, 09:18:04 PM
lol sorry Ive been sleeping very little for the last couple of weeks, my brain is fried.
Insidious 3.

Have any of you watched Sinister? it is the best horror movie i have watched in the last couple of years or so. Really really good
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Jun 11, 2015, 11:25:19 PM
Except you're describing a magic support system which holds large tits perfectly up and away from the body and allows cool, dry air to pass underneath.  It's like saying "Oh, you don't want to sweat in your armpits?  Why don't you hold your arms away from your body all day long under the AC?"  You're in Texas, too.  Don't your balls get sweaty?  Don't you have sweaty balls?  Sweaty Texas balls?  Balls that are sweaty in Texas?  Kinda a similar principle, ain't it?  Do they make tiny bras for balls?  That would be so cute.
Would you call it a bro, like on Seinfeld, except for bollocks?

But, anyway, sound like someone has some product testing to do given the parameters you just mentioned. That should be entertaining! And more than a little sticky, and little than more stinky.

Tea bags are supposed to help with odor.  Maybe hang a couple off yer Hanes.  Not chamomile tho'.  You'll put the boys to sleep.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Jun 14, 2015, 12:57:35 PM
I was talking about titsweat, actually. Let me know out the teabagging works out for you.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Jun 14, 2015, 09:35:04 PM
Saw Babadook. I didn't think it was scary, it was pretty obvious what was it from the beginning, can't believe it has 98% freshness in Rotten Tomatoes. Why.
Maybe because I watched it thinking it was going to be a good ol' horror movie but it really wasn't (more like psychological shit).
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Jun 16, 2015, 06:22:29 AM
Saw the Lego Movie.It had awesome parts but overall I was not very impressed. It had some really entertaining moments and the Lego bricks flying everywhere was pretty cool.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Jun 16, 2015, 10:55:08 AM
Saw the Lego Movie.It had awesome parts but overall I was not very impressed. It had some really entertaining moments and the Lego bricks flying everywhere was pretty cool.

Yeah, and it got weird in the end.


I was talking about titsweat, actually. Let me know out the teabagging works out for you.

Nah, man, there ain't good hanging space there.  Besides, odor isn't an issue.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Jun 17, 2015, 04:05:58 PM
Saw the Lego Movie.It had awesome parts but overall I was not very impressed. It had some really entertaining moments and the Lego bricks flying everywhere was pretty cool.

Yeah, and it got weird in the end.


Alicia thought so more than I did. They could have had a good positive message without bringing in IRL people.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Jun 18, 2015, 10:43:50 PM
Last movies I saw were Avengers 2 (meh...about like the first one, actually) and St*r WarzzZZ Despecialized Edition (SWEET).

Sweet, not sweat. Let's move on from that.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Jun 19, 2015, 10:05:48 AM
Bras with built in water pumping under tit cooling action! I'll be rich!
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rumble on Jun 26, 2015, 01:52:28 PM
I watched Falling Down for the one millionth time
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Jun 30, 2015, 01:09:36 AM
RoboCop. The new one. No good.

This is a thing that exists, and if any of you have seen it, I'd be really interested to hear what you thought:

(http://i.imgur.com/WxNRPWx.jpg)

From what I understand, it's played entirely straight...
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Jul 01, 2015, 10:30:08 PM
RoboCop. The new one. No good.

I'll be honest.  I see very few movies these days that I haven't already seen or haven't been carefully vetted beforehand.  A lot doesn't make the cut.  I'm not interested in Hollyweird making the same movie over and over again starring whatever schmucks are supposed to be hot shit these days.  New Robocop is one of those movies and Joel Kinnaman is one of those schmucks.  So I'm rewatching Pretty in Pink.  Charlie Sheen's brother just jumped Blacklist in the hallway and now homegirl's about to fuck up those two dresses to make her shitty Frankendress.  Them's good times.  However...

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This is a thing that exists, and if any of you have seen it, I'd be really interested to hear what you thought:

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From what I understand, it's played entirely straight...

I would've totally watched this if I had cable/satellite whatever and could've let it play in the background.
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Jul 03, 2015, 10:16:50 AM
so Jurassic world was fucking awesome. I was very disappointed on the lack of Goldblum but almost squealed like a fangirl in love when I saw the easter egg.

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Post by: Fiero on Jul 06, 2015, 03:15:32 PM
so Jurassic world was fucking awesome. I was very disappointed on the lack of Goldblum but almost squealed like a fangirl in love when I saw the easter egg.



Which easter egg? I noticed several.

Also, yes, great movie.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Jul 06, 2015, 05:35:05 PM
No, you guys. Jurassic World was so fucking dumb! How could you? :laugh:

I watched a Rapture movie called The Remaining yesterday. I didn't recognize any of the actors, so I assumed it had to be some kind of Christian interest group project. I really didn't get the message either. It was like, if you're not a devout Christian, you aren't getting in to Heaven -- fine. But then! If you do eventually find Jesus, you're brutally murdered by horrible monsters. Great?

BTW -- did anyone think that despite looking like absolute garbage the new Terminator might be mildly entertaining? Well you were wrong and I'm living proof. I really can't say what they spent making this turd, because the CG is strictly discount bin, but the only possible answer is too much.
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Jul 06, 2015, 11:22:56 PM
No, you guys. Jurassic World was so fucking dumb! How could you? :laugh:


>talking shit about Jurassic World
>talking shit about Dragon Ball

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Post by: Faye Valentine on Jul 06, 2015, 11:24:10 PM


Which easter egg? I noticed several.

Also, yes, great movie.

His book was shown when the dude from 10 things I hate about you was talking.
Btw him and Private Pyle was fucking awesome too.

Fuck Chris Pratt.



Watched Gone Girl. Entertaining movie, but was it necessary to show Batman's flaccid penis? And why? Btw I cant stand NPH at all.

Also watched Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind. Really liked it. I can't believe how much of an amazing actor Jim Carey is. I watched that movie where he's unknowingly in a tv show (can't remember the name) and he was good in it. But he's sooooo much better on this one. 10/10
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Post by: Fiero on Jul 08, 2015, 01:47:33 PM


Which easter egg? I noticed several.

Also, yes, great movie.

His book was shown when the dude from 10 things I hate about you was talking.
Btw him and Private Pyle was fucking awesome too.

Fuck Chris Pratt.



Watched Gone Girl. Entertaining movie, but was it necessary to show Batman's flaccid penis? And why? Btw I cant stand NPH at all.

Also watched Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind. Really liked it. I can't believe how much of an amazing actor Jim Carey is. I watched that movie where he's unknowingly in a tv show (can't remember the name) and he was good in it. But he's sooooo much better on this one. 10/10


Fuck Chris Pratt? Shit, if I have to...

Also, the one I noticed was the little Dino DNA guy from the video in JP.
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Jul 08, 2015, 08:14:30 PM
But that wasn't hidden at all....


I think Chris Pratt is ok but not that good. Also his pants were a biiiit too tight don't you think?
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Post by: Rumble on Jul 09, 2015, 11:38:32 AM
Finally got around to seeing New Kids Nitro
Have to admit it was pretty funny
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Post by: B E C K on Jul 09, 2015, 12:51:47 PM
Ha ha, Chris Pratt's one of those actors that looks like he's a totally chill and awesome dude and deserves all of his success but I hated him in Guardians of the Galaxy and he looks like he's playing a similar character in Jurassic World.  So fuck Chris Pratt.  Don't care to see JW, don't care to see new Terminator either.  Neither is anything I want.  I've tried watching movies and lately I can't get into anything. I think the last movie I saw was a Tinkerbell movie or something.
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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Jul 09, 2015, 08:56:01 PM
Mad Max: Fury Road was fun. I probably will never watch it again unless I'm hard up for something to watch on a sick day and TBS has it on. However the best part of the movie was the credits where you learn the names of all those weirdos. Doof Warrior!
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Post by: B E C K on Jul 09, 2015, 11:37:35 PM
I'll just skip the middle man and wait for a sick day and TBS.  "TBS" will probably have to be swapped out with "Netflix."  But the principle's the same.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Jul 10, 2015, 05:37:12 AM
I'm glad I saw Fury Road on the big screen. It was a "WOW" experience for sure. I see way too many movies in the theatre, most of them crap, but Mad Max actually made it feel worthwhile for a change.
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Jul 10, 2015, 06:16:33 AM
Have you guys watched the Conan skit he did about Fury Road? hilarious
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Post by: Rumble on Jul 11, 2015, 08:53:25 AM
Made the mistake yesterday to go see A Million Ways to Die in the West.
Typical case of a movie where all the good bits were already in the trailer
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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Jul 11, 2015, 11:36:39 AM
I'm glad I saw Fury Road on the big screen. It was a "WOW" experience for sure.

I wish I'd seen it in a theater. I saw a 720p version off moviez.se.

Speaking of that site and Chris Pratt earlier, I had hoped to be watching Jurassic World by this evening, but I'm not watching it with Korean subtitles.
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Post by: The D on Jul 13, 2015, 08:00:05 PM
Yeah, and it got weird in the end.
How so? The whole point of that was everything that was happening in the movie was actually the kid controlling the legos and playing with them. And the evil villain represents his dad who wants to keep his lego city exactly a certain way and doesn't want his kid playing with it.

I was very disappointed on the lack of Goldblum
Only reason I wanted to see this was in hopes he'd be in it.


Gremlins
Steven Spielberg and Chris Columbus? Howie Mandel as the voice of Gizmo? Okay I'm interested now.

I last saw this movie when I was but a wee lad, and I remember the movie scaring the shit out of me back then. I hadn't thought about watching it again until I found one of my old Gizmo stuffed animals.

I can kinda see why it creeped me out. It's not necessarily scary, just... gooey. Gremlins oozing out of their pods, gremlins vomiting, gremlins melting into a pile of goo. And, for a horror comedy, people die quite a bit in this movie. In any case, even though this is supposed to be a horror COMEDY, I didn't find it that funny at all. Certainly, the gremlins taking on various stereotypical roles based on what they saw on TV (like the trenchcoat flasher in the bar) was kinda amusing, but not laugh out loud funny. More like, silly satire.

I'm also not exactly sure how such a creature as a Mogwai can evolve let alone exist if water makes it multiply. How does it eat when most food HAS water in it? What about the water in air? What happens when it rains, does the Mogwai become a Duggar? Also, the movie implies that all the gremlins are dead, but near the end of the movie the radio DJ says the marines were fighting off the gremlins with "water hoses" so yea....
In any case I found the puppet animations of Gizmo to be quite good and he was pretty adorable.

Okay, so Kate hates Christmas because her dad tried to climb down the chimney in a Santa suit and broke his neck and died? What? Seriously, what chimney is big enough for a man to fit down? And has he ever heard of a flue? That was the dumbest part of the movie.

A decent movie though. I thought that Kate was cute, but she's the same age as my mother so she's in her 50s by now...


Lego Movie
Not the best movie I've ever seen but I found it fun anyway. Except for that stupid song they kept singing through the movie.
I was most impressed by the fact that the majority of the movie was filmed with actual lego pieces and stop motion. Seriously.


Ghostbusters
Seen it many times, own it, nothing more to add.

I may have said this before but I noticed that Dana is the "Gatekeeper" and Louis is the "Keymaster". And then they apparently make love when they meet. Think about it. Key=penis, gate=vagina. The man is the Keymaster, the woman's the Gatekeeper. That whole bit is oddly sexual. Or I'm just a perv.
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Post by: The D on Jul 13, 2015, 08:03:59 PM
Oh, and I want to add to the Lego Movie review:

What kind of dad is Will Farrell's character anyway? He has all those legos in his basement built into a giant city and he doesn't even let his son TOUCH them. What, he can't invite his son to come down and help him build the city? Even if he wants the city to be a certain way, he could still be like "Son, I'm building this skyscraper want to help me out?" The kid's an adolescent not a 5 year old he's old enough to be able to help you build things the way you want them, and then you could offer to have him design things for himself as well. "Thank you son for helping me build what I want to build. Now, is there anything you want to build for this? Any ideas you have?"

Farrell's character gets shittiest dad of the year award. Maybe shittiest dad of the century.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Jul 17, 2015, 02:12:20 AM
I was convinced Ant-Man would be Marvel's first major misstep, but it was actually pretty good. I mean, it could still end up bombing, but it won't be because it's a bad movie.

I'm curious what was added/removed following the departure of the original creative team. It definitely had that Edgar Wright flair throughout, so it couldn't have been too overhauled.
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Post by: Rumble on Jul 17, 2015, 03:56:26 AM
I saw Ghostrider: Spirit of Vengeance
It was every bit at shitty as I expected it to be
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Jul 20, 2015, 06:29:02 AM
Watched Inside Out. FUCK YOU DISNEY/PIXAR you tricked me again! I thought it was supposed to be a funny movie goddamnit


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Post by: Faye Valentine on Jul 20, 2015, 07:01:53 AM
Saw on the "coming soon" that theres a Keanu Reeves "erotic horror" movie coming. OH HELL YES. Its called Knock Knock and Ive already seen the trailer and yes there are some graphic sexy times showing. Its like Christmas is going to be in August

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Post by: Rama on Jul 20, 2015, 01:31:42 PM
Ant-Man....Had a rather lame bad guy that was a rip off of the one from Iron Man 1, but other then that pretty great. But then I have a man crush on Paul Rudd so he can do no wrong in my book.
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Jul 21, 2015, 01:21:48 AM
Ant-Man....Had a rather lame bad guy that was a rip off of the one from Iron Man 1, but other then that pretty great. But then I have a man crush on Paul Rudd so he can do no wrong in my book.
I used to have a crush on him during his Clueless years.
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Post by: Fiero on Jul 21, 2015, 08:11:40 AM
Ant-Man....Had a rather lame bad guy that was a rip off of the one from Iron Man 1, but other then that pretty great. But then I have a man crush on Paul Rudd so he can do no wrong in my book.
I used to have a crush on him during his Clueless years.

Man, Clueless was such a great movie.
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Post by: B E C K on Jul 21, 2015, 10:55:56 PM
I rewatched Wing Chun with Michelle Yeoh.  I hadn't seen it in years.  I forgot how cheesy that movie is but I liked it.  I will not be watching Inside Out or Ant Man.  Neither movie offers me anything I want.  When Faye mentioned Keanu, I remembered that I've been meaning to see Man of Tai Chi.  I hope it's still on Netflix.
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Jul 24, 2015, 02:16:30 AM
Went to the cinema to watch the new DB movie (Frieza one). Good one. Best part is that Chichi isn't in it.
Good trip down memory lane
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Post by: B E C K on Jul 25, 2015, 04:32:33 PM
I watched Cube.  Bleh.
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Jul 27, 2015, 09:05:23 PM
 All the Wrong Turn movies. (except the 1st and 2nd that I had watched before). Excessive gore but thats fine. Funny how they just insert as much nudity as they can (always women tho, god forbid they show dicks)
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Aug 02, 2015, 07:04:38 AM
Check out this amazing tribute to Miyazaki 
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Post by: jonhammstein on Aug 17, 2015, 06:56:51 PM
If anyone feels like checking out a movie, you could do a lot worse than The Man From U.N.C.L.E. It's actually really good, but it will probably never get a sequel because it's eating it at the box office right now. Not surprising as the marketing was abysmal bordering on non-existent.

Take it from someone who thought the movie looked like an unnecessary pile, The Man From U.N.C.L.E. is worth a look. It's kind of like James Bond or Mission: Impossible only it never goes all the way up its own ass. Not that recent entries in either of those are anything to scoff at, but they can be a little self-serious at times.

It's fun and it's funny, and that's all I'll say about it.

Actually, I'm surprised Armie Hammer can still get work after Lone Ranger, but I suppose you can hardly blame one guy for that train wreck. And he's good in this, everyone is.

Okay. Just watch.
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Post by: Rama on Aug 18, 2015, 07:52:00 AM
I was thinking about seeing The Man From U.N.C.L.E. Course I like that genre of films, and the previews actually sold me on it. Just waiting till I have the time to get away and see it.
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Post by: B E C K on Aug 18, 2015, 02:26:49 PM
Actually, I'm surprised Armie Hammer can still get work

He's from a rich family.  Lil Armie will always get work.  Just like Nicola Peltz and the Mara sisters.
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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Aug 20, 2015, 08:06:21 AM
Okay. Just watch.

I was sold on it by that 5 minute trailer they released at Comic Con. But like you said, publicity was abysmal... I forgot it was coming out already.
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Aug 20, 2015, 07:55:07 PM
I don't like superhero movies but I really want to watch Deathpool. Looks like it will be suuuupr funny
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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Aug 22, 2015, 12:18:53 PM
Okay. Just watch.

I was sold on it by that 5 minute trailer they released at Comic Con. But like you said, publicity was abysmal... I forgot it was coming out already.

Saw it yesterday. I found it to be a fun movie if you don't go into it expecting high cinema (seriously, why does anyone?). It's similar to the recent Sherlock Holmes movies in construction--duh, same production team--so, if you liked those you'll probably like this.
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Post by: Fiero on Aug 25, 2015, 02:13:06 PM
Watched Moonrise Kingdom. I like Wes Anderson films. I've seen this one before but it's still a little weird watching pre-teens dance in their underwear on the beach.
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Post by: The D on Sep 04, 2015, 07:49:48 PM
Edge of Tomorrow... I mean "Live. Die. Repeat." I mean Groundhog Day meets Starship Troopers (literally).
So the movie is about aliens who invade Europe from a meteor. The movie begins with a D-Day assault from London onto the beaches of France to reclaim Europe (the movie is heavy on Normandy imagery). Cruise's character Cage is a public relations officer with no combat experience, told to go to the front lines and film for propaganda reasons. He's a coward of epic proportions, refuses, and is demoted and forced in an infantry squad to fight on the beach. Where he and the military is slaughtered by a surprise alien attack. He's covered in alien goo and wakes up right back where he first joined the squad. And gets killed, relives the day, gets killed, relives the day, over and over. He meets another woman who once had the powet, turns out the aliens can time travel a bit and he has their powet. And they have to save the day and kill the aliens.

This very much feels like the gritty satire of Starship Troopers mashed with the comedy of Groundhog day, and yes there is comedy. Some rather Michael Bay-ish, but some funny. Making the same stupid mistake over and over again and stuff. Trying to kill yourself over and over again and failing. There's also quite a bit of drama in it as well.
And the exoskeleton suits are just plain awesome.

One of the things that bugged me about this is how, despite Cage being a coward, he gets dumped in this squad with no training, not even on how to operate one of the robo suits. The rest of his squad didn't seem that much more disciplined either. Considering how bad he was, he becomes a liability, he could shoot an ally in the back on accident, or hold back the team and get them all killed. A military unit is only as strong as their weakest link. Plus they did treat him pretty horribly even if he was a dick.

But this was a funny, dramatic and action packed movie and I loved it.


Dragonball Z Resurrection F
Does F stand for Fuck this shit?

So, a total fanservice movie. Hey look Frieza's back! Some of Frieza's minions resurrect him with the Dragonballs. He spends 4 months training to beat Goku. Frieza comes to Earth, blows up an entire city for fun. The Z gang, minus Goku and Vegeta, fight off Frieza's army quite efficiently in a rather entertaining battle. Krillin and Tenshin actually fought without dying uselessly. Roshi bulked up for a change. There was some pretty good CG in it as well. Then Goku and Vegeta show up to save the day.

Here's the thing I was thinking about the whole time during this movie. Frieza trains for 4 months and manages to create a new more powerful form of himself, Golden Frieza. Yet Goku and Vegeta have been fighting Gods and Play Dough blobs for YEARS since they fought Frieza and are now "God Sayans" (When you know they're godmodding the main characters lol). So, shouldn't have even been a contest. Yet, oddly enough, Frieza stands his ground for a while. Well, not that long.

Also, when Earth is saved in the end, the Z team says "We'll use the Dragonballs to restore that blown up city." Um, that's going to be in at least 6 months because the balls were just used to undead Frieza. Isn't anyone going to notice there's a giant city missing? "Well there was a city here, now there's a crater. That's odd." I think a missing city would be noticed by SOMEONE.

Still, it was a typical DBZ movie, and a decent one. Good action scenes and the battles didn't span 30 episodes.
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Sep 09, 2015, 05:38:36 AM
So I jumped on the bandwagon and watched the 4 Scream movies. Afterwards decided to start watching the most popular slasher films. So far the best one Ive watched has been the classic Black Christmas. Its a bit long but its SCARY. That film is also considered as the one that many modern slash films copied crap from (like the " who's calling? oh shit its someone in your own home", etc).  Also watched Prom Night and it SUCKED so don't watch that one.
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Post by: B E C K on Sep 11, 2015, 11:13:51 PM
I don't remember if I've seen anything past the first Scream movie.
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Post by: Rama on Sep 14, 2015, 07:57:51 AM
I saw parts of Scream 2 last Halloween, but I don't think I've ever sat through a scream movie start to finish in one sitting.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Sep 14, 2015, 02:20:48 PM
I saw Shamalamadingdong's The Visit last night, and while it's still dumb as hell, it's probably the most watchable thing he's made in a long while.

Apparently it cost a modest 5 million to produce, and it's already earned close to 30!
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Post by: Fiero on Sep 19, 2015, 08:02:28 PM
I saw Shamalamadingdong's The Visit last night, and while it's still dumb as hell, it's probably the most watchable thing he's made in a long while.

Apparently it cost a modest 5 million to produce, and it's already earned close to 30!

I didn't even know that existed. Neat. The SO loves his stuff (her favorite is Lady in the Water, if that tells you anything).
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Post by: B E C K on Sep 20, 2015, 09:29:02 PM
The SO loves his stuff (her favorite is Lady in the Water, if that tells you anything).

I hope this is completely non-inclusive to The Last Airbender.
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Sep 23, 2015, 07:19:45 AM
I saw Shamalamadingdong's The Visit last night, and while it's still dumb as hell, it's probably the most watchable thing he's made in a long while.

Apparently it cost a modest 5 million to produce, and it's already earned close to 30!
Damn. I hope they show that one here. Im still pretty pissed that these fuckers didn't show the latest Keanu movie.



I didn't even know that existed. Neat. The SO loves his stuff (her favorite is Lady in the Water, if that tells you anything).
heh some friends were extras in that movie


Watched "The Tunnel Movie". Another good docu-style horror movie. Watch it at night , wear diapers.
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Sep 23, 2015, 07:29:46 AM
Forgot to mention I watched the first 20 minutes of Dragonball Evolution. Holy shit what a piece of crap. Goku looked like a darn loser. Why did Roshi have blue eyes? Chichi as a slutty asian with token black rich bf? Please. What were they thinking?  Was it produced by Will Smith? I don't even want to chell. Probsbly not, he would have put his son as Goku.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Sep 24, 2015, 01:17:12 AM
Which Keanu movie? John Wick or Knock Knock?

I haven't seen Knock Knock, but John Wick is great.

Keanu's looking his age, but he's still got those moves.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Sep 24, 2015, 01:29:57 AM
Oh yeah, watched a movie called Turbo Kid on RLM's recommendation. It actually screened a couple nights at a local theatre, wish I had caught that.

I liked it. Not as much as I expected to, but it was still pretty good.

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Post by: B E C K on Sep 26, 2015, 06:21:28 PM
Was it turbotastic?
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Sep 28, 2015, 04:10:36 AM

John Wick is great.

Keanu's looking his age, but he's still got those moves.

(http://i.imgur.com/9jcon7u.gif)
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Post by: B E C K on Sep 28, 2015, 03:35:05 PM
Wait, Keanu's looking his age?  No immortality anymores?
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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Sep 28, 2015, 08:30:50 PM
I downloaded Terminator Genesys over the weekend.

Still don't really care enough to actually watch it. The first five minutes were pretty much the requisite retelling of Judgment Day, but I haven't gotten past that yet.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Sep 29, 2015, 01:55:04 AM
Genisys is trash. But I heard that because it did so well overseas, there's a possibility of even more sequels.

The fuck, you say.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Sep 29, 2015, 02:15:19 PM
The fuck!
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Post by: jonhammstein on Sep 29, 2015, 02:56:16 PM
Amen, sister.
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Post by: B E C K on Sep 29, 2015, 03:44:36 PM
They need to stop trying to rehash John and Sarah Connor.  I'd like to see them in other adventures.  There were other aspects to their lives and to the resistance they represented.  I mean, young Sarah Connor?  And Kyle Reese lives?  No one wants to see old Arnold.  Into the trash it goes.

Also: http://www.vcpost.com/articles/94793/20150928/terminator-genisys-sequel-updates-paramount-doubts-tv-show.htm
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Sep 30, 2015, 03:36:29 AM
Wait, Keanu's looking his age?  No immortality anymores?
Keanu looks just how Keanu is supposed to look. And that is delicioso
 
Forgot to say, the movie they didn't show was Knock Knock.Censorship here sucks ass.


Watched Everest, I liked it. Based on a true story so you know they didn't have impossible stunts and all like in other "climbing mountains" movie. I didn't know about the story before hand so some deaths surprised me (everybody that I thought was going to live , ended up dying and viceversa). Now I want to read the book about the incident but I have a huge backlog of books I need to read :-/
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Post by: B E C K on Sep 30, 2015, 12:24:14 PM
FYI, there's a second book written in response to the book Everest is based off of which is probably a more objective account of what occurred.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Climb_(book)
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Sep 30, 2015, 08:23:23 PM
Yeah I was aware of that one too. But you are right, I should skip Into Thin Air and read Anatoli's version. He was a badass (climbing with no oxygen tanks
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Oct 05, 2015, 10:55:50 AM
She-Wolf of London. a 1946 Universal film where it turns out that *Gasp* there never even was a Werewolf!
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Post by: B E C K on Oct 05, 2015, 07:21:45 PM
Read a synopsis and it seemed kinda interesting.  Is it any good?
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Oct 06, 2015, 05:45:25 AM
The Visit. Damn GOOD! Im happy my boy Night Shamadingdong is making bank with this movie. Good theme too I don't recall someone doing a movie about something like that, at least not recently. The little boy is HILARIOUS.  But------- kind of spoilers but not really ----> im a bit disappointed he didn't appear at all.

Saw the trailer for Crimson something with Tom Hiddle something. Looks good. Guy is buttugly i cant understand why so many women find him hot.

Sweeney Todd. How is this such a popular movie I have no idea. So so so so so boring, had to force myself to finish it.

Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Oct 06, 2015, 12:10:55 PM
Saw the trailer for Crimson something with Tom Hiddle something. Looks good. Guy is buttugly i cant understand why so many women find him hot.

Their panties are wet for Loki.

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Sweeney Todd. How is this such a popular movie I have no idea. So so so so so boring, had to force myself to finish it.

Yeah, I was bored with that one, too.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Oct 06, 2015, 10:37:06 PM
Depp has had far more turds than diamonds at this point. People give him a free pass for whatever reason. I can never take away his achievements, nor do I want to, but his track record is now garbage.

I know I should be excited for anything Guillermo poops out, but Crimson Peak looks like fucking pure Ambien. Maybe I'll just pretend it's the Castlevania movie that will never actually happen.

Watched Sicario and My Favorite Martian this weekend. Martian was good, Sicario was great.

Saw The Intern today. Haha! I liked it. What the hell, right? De Niro can make practically anything work.
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Post by: B E C K on Oct 07, 2015, 02:11:21 PM
I'm so over Johnny Depp.  I'm trying to pinpoint when that happened and suspect that Alice in Wonderland is what pushed me over the edge.  I still think he's a good actor, but his eccentric/weirdo shtick is overplayed and he's too big a star now for someone to just slap him and tell him to knock it off.  The last film I've liked him in the past five years was Rango.
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Oct 11, 2015, 08:07:30 PM
Watched Hotel Transylvannia at home and then the 2nd part at the movies yesterday and they were suuuuper funny! I couldn't even recognise Adam Sandler's voice at first but once I read it was him I could not not picture him speaking! Of course the first one I recognised was my boo David Spade. 10/10 will watch again


I'm so over Johnny Depp.  I'm trying to pinpoint when that happened and suspect that Alice in Wonderland is what pushed me over the edge.  I still think he's a good actor, but his eccentric/weirdo shtick is overplayed and he's too big a star now for someone to just slap him and tell him to knock it off.  The last film I've liked him in the past five years was Rango.

I got over him as soon as he left his gf of like 10 years for that young slut. Now he's fat too so that aint helping
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Post by: Fiero on Oct 13, 2015, 03:33:56 PM
Depp is derp now.

I've been wanting to force my GF to watch the '86 Transformers.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Oct 13, 2015, 04:02:19 PM
No need to force it. Just relax and let it happen.
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Post by: Rama on Oct 13, 2015, 11:17:15 PM
I'm so over Johnny Depp.  I'm trying to pinpoint when that happened and suspect that Alice in Wonderland is what pushed me over the edge.  I still think he's a good actor, but his eccentric/weirdo shtick is overplayed and he's too big a star now for someone to just slap him and tell him to knock it off.  The last film I've liked him in the past five years was Rango.

I think it was Charlie and the Chocolate Factory for me. Been over Depp for a while now.


I've been wanting to force my GF to watch the '86 Transformers.

Don't worry...you got the touch, you got the powet.
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Post by: Fiero on Oct 15, 2015, 10:46:22 AM
The SO loves his stuff (her favorite is Lady in the Water, if that tells you anything).

I hope this is completely non-inclusive to The Last Airbender.

No one can possibly like that movie. I don't believe it's possible.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Oct 22, 2015, 12:32:26 PM
Goosebumps -- If you're not a Jack Black fan, stay the heck away from this turd. He's the only entertaining part of the movie, but even he can't save it. Not even close.

Crimson Peak -- I feel like they were intentionally misleading with the promotional material for this one. It completely subverted my expectations. Definitely worth watching.
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Post by: Rama on Oct 22, 2015, 10:16:11 PM

Crimson Peak -- I feel like they were intentionally misleading with the promotional material for this one. It completely subverted my expectations. Definitely worth watching.

I saw this too, and I agree. But it is funny that they tell you right up front what the story will be in the actual movie.

"So it's a ghost story?"

"It's a story with a ghost in it."
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Post by: jonhammstein on Oct 24, 2015, 02:56:43 PM
The Last Witch Hunter -- This movie has no right to be so boring. It's Vin Diesel with a sword! How do you mess that up? TLWH is how.
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Post by: B E C K on Oct 24, 2015, 09:56:05 PM
So Hollyweird messed up Goosebumps and a movie with Vin Diesel wielding a sword?  Bleh.  I read a bit about Crimson Peak and I don't think I care to see it.

I saw Sha Po Lang aka Kill Zone or Kill Zone:SPL.  Really, the best parts of this movie are on the internet.  The fight between Donnie Yen and the assassin and then the ending.  It wasn't a terrible movie by any means, but not as entertaining as those two scenes were.  Donnie Yen deserved to be a bigger star over here. 
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Oct 25, 2015, 03:44:56 AM
Goosebumps -- If you're not a Jack Black fan, stay the heck away from this turd. He's the only entertaining part of the movie, but even he can't save it. Not even close.

Crimson Peak -- I feel like they were intentionally misleading with the promotional material for this one. It completely subverted my expectations. Definitely worth watching.

Cant stand Jack Black.
Will watch Crimson Peak soon.

So Im in Nihon and noticed they were still showing John Wick :3 Its like god decided to give me a 5th chance to watch it at the movies  #blessed
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Nov 02, 2015, 06:58:47 PM
So finally watched Crimson Peak. Not a memorable movie at all. I didn't get bored but it wasn't very interesting, except for the colours which were GORGEOUS ( btw if you want a good old ghost story- movie then skip this and chell out the Lady in Black). I have to say the highlight of the whole movie was when Tom showed his ass and some gay guy behind me squealed in excitement.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Nov 08, 2015, 11:45:45 AM
Spectre -- I think I liked it. Feels a little late to be casting Christoph Waltz as your villain; he's just okay. Mostly serious business, but as far as I can tell this is the closest Craig Bond has ever come to channeling Moore Bond. Lots of borderline-goofy reality-defying shenanigans.
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Post by: Rama on Nov 09, 2015, 08:07:48 AM
I also saw Spectre. And it was just kinda ok. I loved Skyfall and had high hopes for this one, but it doesn't feel in the same vein as rest of the Craig movies (even the not so great QOS), well it tried to be. There were parts that were very much Craig, but then they injected Roger Moore level wacky in there and it was jarring to have in there. I mean in the same movie we have Bond fall two stories and it saved by landing on a well placed couch, and then later on he is being tortured by having holes drilled in his head. It was to much of a shift back and forth.

Waltz was under used and not built up enough to have earned the conflict at the end. Bond seems to globe trot just to globe trot instead advancing the story. Things just happen for no reason and they don't let character building scenes go on long enough before breaking it up with the next pointless action piece (the trains sequence is the best example of this.). I mean I never got the impression that the Bond girl liked him...let alone loved him and that was because the film refused to show us that happening. I mean at this point why not just have the girl come with the room ala Moonraker. And the Sam Smith opening song was beyond awful. Made "Another Way to Die" from QOS sound like a masterpiece by comparison. At least the Gun barrel sequence is in this one.

Anyway a rather lackluster follow up to the great Skyfall.

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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Nov 12, 2015, 12:31:39 PM
I was not a big fan of Skyfall, but it was so much better than Quantum of Solace and reset the franchise so effectively that I enjoyed it (http://www.shwiggie.com/skyfall-anti-chicken-little/). The Craig version of Bond is too workmanlike for my liking. I miss the charm and wit of past Bonds, if not the cheese. So putting some Moore in there is not a deterrent for me. Looking forward to seeing it.
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Nov 12, 2015, 07:22:14 PM
So Im not a fan of Bond so when I went to the theatre a couple of days ago I looked at the other movies. None of them seemed interesting so as a last resort I decided for "The Last witch-hunter". Yeah give me some paranormal stuff and im good to go.
Took me less than a minute into the movie to realise fucking Vin Diesel was in it. I CANT STAND HIM. Then the female lead part was an ugly no-body, her voice was hot tho. Movie was oooook, would not go watch it again but its not cause it was bad but because of that douche.

Watched the Exorcist 3. Good movie, good sequel.
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Post by: B E C K on Nov 16, 2015, 12:20:56 AM
I remember when I thought Vin Diesel had talent.  Ha ha, good times. 
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Post by: Rama on Nov 16, 2015, 09:19:47 AM
You'll never get that five minutes of your life back.
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Nov 16, 2015, 07:05:00 PM
I remember when I thought Vin Diesel had talent.  Ha ha, good times. 
I really don't know why he has all these main characters? he's not attractive (at ALL), not funny,not super muscular. He's just huge and with a strong voice. Is that all it takes now?
I miss the good ol' days when you had to be super hot to get a main position in a movie :sighs:
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Nov 21, 2015, 07:20:17 PM
Watched Salem's Lot. Been meaning to watch it since I read the book and coincidentally i found out it was its 36th anniversary some days ago!
It was good. Good ol' Hutch was on it and that was a pleasing surprise! i used to LOVE watching Starsky and Hutch. What i didn't like is that they really compacted all the characters into just a couple, but i guess you wouldn't notice unless you read the book (probably necessary cause they were a LOT of characters in the book). The vampires were scary as fuck and thats always a plus!
3 hours tho.

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Post by: B E C K on Nov 27, 2015, 10:33:58 PM
You'll never get that five minutes of your life back.

Don't remind me.  I'm so bitter.

I remember when I thought Vin Diesel had talent.  Ha ha, good times. 
I really don't know why he has all these main characters? he's not attractive (at ALL), not funny,not super muscular. He's just huge and with a strong voice. Is that all it takes now?
I miss the good ol' days when you had to be super hot to get a main position in a movie :sighs:

He did such a good job in Pitch Black but I didn't know he was a one-trick pony.  Basically, he's "good" as long as he looks cool and talks as little as possible.  Every other movie I've seen with him in it is like trying to watch a mannequin trying to act.
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Post by: B E C K on Nov 27, 2015, 10:44:38 PM
Oh god, and Daniel Craig.  I can't stand his old leatherbag face.  It'd be forgivable if he had some sort of charm or charisma and he has neither.  I don't think Brosnan was the best Bond but he at least had some looks, charm, and charisma.  I can forgive missing one or even two of those things if you had the third one in a huge amount.  I could deal with a leatherbag face that was a hella charming, hella talented, or had hella charisma.  DC's such a blah actor.  The shoe on my fuckin' foot is a better Bond.  His wife would be a better Bond.  There.  I'm done talking shit 'bout Daniel Craig.  For today.  Anyway, his feelings ain't hurt.  He can console himself with his huge stacks of money for being a shit Bond.
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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Nov 30, 2015, 04:35:12 PM
From my review of Skyfall:

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One unavoidable aspect of any Bond review is the matter of Daniel Craig. I’ve heard people talk about raw sexuality and animal magnetism and stuff, but I don’t see it. It could have to do with my being neither female nor homosexual, but I can sense little charm or charisma present in the man.

Whether this is a professional failing or the fault of the director, I don’t know, as I’ve not seen him in any other capacity. With that said, I did sense some chemistry there between him and his partner at the start of the movie, and later a rapport with M herself. This inclines me to believe it’s to some degree a directorial matter. I think he did a much better job in this movie than in the previous two of making Bond have something less of a mechanical feel and a little more humanity if, sadly, none of the classic Bond swashbuckling wit.

(http://www.shwiggie.com/contents/uploads/2012/11/skyfall-bond-300x274.jpg)
Fact: you will see this and think either “intense” or “derp”…no middle ground.

BTW: you might want to reset stuff to a day or two ago. Something's broken.
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Post by: Rama on Dec 02, 2015, 09:38:28 AM
I've seen him in Cowboys vs Aliens and Munich and that is pretty much how it acts in all his movies. Doesn't have a great range.

I've liked some of his Bond movies, mainly Casino Royale and Skyfall, but he is far from what I picture in my head as Bond... Dalton was probably the one nearest to that.
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Dec 07, 2015, 11:52:20 PM
Agree with Rodent, something is broken and I cant even "quote".

Brosnan was definitely the best Bond for all the reasons you said Nuri. Daniel Craig looks too fucking weird (maybe his eyes?) and no charisma.

Saw "Unnatural". In short, its about a genetical modified bear that attacks people in Alaska. Good lord it sucked. SUCKED. Only reason I didn't walk out was because I was too lazy but it was that bad.The animatronic bear looked older than the ones from the 80s, I think it would have been much better if they would have used CGI.
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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Dec 08, 2015, 08:57:06 AM
ICD Soft just forced an update to PHP 5.5. The forum will have to be updated to SMF 2.0.7 or higher. My forum is fuct, too.

EDIT: I'm in the process of upgrading BONR. Already ran into problems. I am taking notes. This has only been coming for nine years....

EDIT 2: First thing first: remove all modifications before doing anything.

EDIT 3: Probably more important than killing the mods (if even necessary, TBH), if you have your server set to anything but localhost (mine was set to a special mysqlsock something or other) it will give you grief. There is an easy fix, but you have to run the repair_settings.php script from SMF to do it if you're in the middle of upgrading
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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Dec 08, 2015, 09:33:41 PM
Okay, I did it. My board is upgraded. Just having to find a new theme to go with it. I hate having to do it, but anyway. LMK if you need a hand. Here (http://wiki.simplemachines.org/smf/Upgrading) are the upgrade instructions.

Basically you download this file (http://download.simplemachines.org/index.php?thanks;filename=smf_2-0-11_upgrade.zip), upload it to your forum's directory through the ICDsoft control panel, and click on the file after it's finished uploading. Tell it to unzip to the folder, deselect subdirectory and tell it to overwrite existing files. Once this is done go to your browser and type in the main board url with "upgrade.php" at the end. It should ask for your login info and start getting after it. If you run into a problem with SQL syntax, upload this file, access it, and change that server to localhost and refresh the tab/page with the upgrade script running. Shouldn't have any problems after that, aside from getting the theme redone.
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Post by: B E C K on Dec 16, 2015, 11:08:53 PM
Cool, thanks.  I wish I had checked my board earlier so I could've gotten on top of this.  Oh, who am I kidding, I still would've put it off somehow.  But thanks.  I'll get to it when I can.  thumbsup.gif.  I typed that out because I don't know if anything I linked to would've actually appeared or not.

And omg, I always hear about Daniel Craig's "raw sexuality" and "animal magnetism."  Like, yikes.  I don't know how people see that in him.  My poo has more raw sexuality.
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Post by: Rama on Feb 11, 2016, 12:13:57 AM
So when is your Poo's cover shoot for Men's Health Magazine?
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Post by: B E C K on Feb 11, 2016, 11:54:59 AM
It's in the pipeline.  So to speak.
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Post by: B E C K on Feb 11, 2016, 12:30:11 PM
I've been feeling like shit so I just marathoned a bunch of feel-good movies.  Grease.  Girls Just Want To Have Fun.  Pretty in Pink.  Some Kind of Wonderful.  A few nights ago, I watched Ghost.  A lot of the ghosts in Ghost (as in the ones with speaking parts) are actual ghosts now.  Just waitin' on you, Tony Goldwyn.
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Post by: B E C K on Feb 11, 2016, 12:31:45 PM
Oh, yeah, and Ducky just gets creepier with every viewing.  If Hughes wanted him to end up with Andie so badly, he really needed to tone Ducky the fuck down.
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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Feb 11, 2016, 09:36:13 PM
So...anyone planning to drink in the Deadpool flick? I'm interested, but I'm not a longtime fan or whatever.
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Post by: Rama on Feb 11, 2016, 09:58:45 PM
I'm thinking of going Sat.
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Post by: Rama on Feb 13, 2016, 08:17:12 PM
Deadpool! It was awesome, but don't take the kids.
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Post by: Rama on Feb 15, 2016, 09:46:34 AM
Train Wreck: Funny...predictable...but funny.

Man from UNCLE: This movie was pretty good, but I love spy flicks. However, I just saw this as one big try out for Henry Cavill as the next James Bond, and it worked. That was all I could think about watching this movie. Never could buy him as Superman, but James Bond...I could see it.
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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Feb 15, 2016, 05:21:34 PM
I really liked The Man from UNCLE. It was one of the very few movies I went to the theater to see last year. It worked the cutesy funny thing too much, but when it worked, it worked.
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Post by: B E C K on Feb 17, 2016, 01:51:07 AM
Train Wreck: Funny...predictable...but funny.

Ever since I saw this movie, I keep having to remind myself Colin Quinn's still alive.
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Post by: Rama on Feb 17, 2016, 09:35:56 PM
But not his Career.





Oh WHAT! Oh no I didn't! Oh yes I did. Take that Colin Quinn!
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Post by: B E C K on Feb 19, 2016, 12:16:25 AM
Yeah, it's been pretty dead for years.  In fact, I just assumed it was Colin Quinn as himself in Trainwreck because he's always been super bitter like that.
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Post by: Rumble on Feb 22, 2016, 02:45:27 AM
Saw Avengers Age of Ultron on Netflix, hadn''t seen it yet.
Pretty decent flick but I liked the first one better
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Post by: B E C K on Mar 06, 2016, 10:17:49 PM
I saw Zootopia.  It was cute.  Bland, but cute.
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Post by: Rama on Mar 07, 2016, 08:09:06 AM
I also saw Zootopia and that Bunny and Fox were totally gonna fuck when that movie is over.

Oh and it had a not so well hidden social message, but Bunny/Fox sex is what I took away from it.
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Post by: B E C K on Mar 15, 2016, 12:45:01 AM
I also saw Zootopia and that Bunny and Fox were totally gonna fuck when that movie is over.

Oh and it had a not so well hidden social message, but Bunny/Fox sex is what I took away from it.

Did you steal Rama's account again, Doug?
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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Mar 17, 2016, 12:26:01 PM
Saw Creed last night. Pretty good movie, despite being a remake of the first Rocky.
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Post by: Rama on Mar 18, 2016, 08:14:30 AM
I also saw Zootopia and that Bunny and Fox were totally gonna fuck when that movie is over.

Oh and it had a not so well hidden social message, but Bunny/Fox sex is what I took away from it.

Did you steal Rama's account again, Doug?

Yeah....that's what happened.



Was a lot of sexual tension between that bunny and fox though.
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Post by: B E C K on Mar 24, 2016, 04:47:04 PM
I re-watched Heathers and now I'm re-watching Forbidden Kingdom.  I wish fantastical martial arts films in English language were more of a thing.  Sans the Mighty Whitey trope, of course.  I mean, they could've had a better story here without involving the kid and NY and just let the audience surrogate be the hot girl.
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Post by: B E C K on May 09, 2016, 04:11:30 AM
I saw the Jungle Book.  It was pretty decent.  The ending was kinda a cop-out.  I expected to be annoyed by Bill Murray but he was excellent.  The one that annoyed me was ScarJo.  She didn't sound like a giant snake.  She sounded like ScarJo.  Thankfully, she's not in the movie that long.
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Post by: Rama on May 13, 2016, 08:13:13 AM
I also saw Jungle Book and rather enjoyed it. Was totally waiting for him to leave the jungle and everything he knew and loved for some tail like he did in the animated one, but that didn't happen.


Anyway I also saw Civil War and it was pretty great. Still think Winter Solider and Avengers were better movies, but this one was really good. And I like Spider-Man...I mean other then him being way to fucking young. I always liked College/ Married era Spider-Man better then High School Peter.
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Post by: B E C K on May 13, 2016, 09:30:52 AM
I have a feeling they were going to go with the ending where he leaves and then they were all "but what about the sequel?  we need to think about the future of this ip, its ten sequels, video game, cartoon, plush toys, t-shirts."  They still could've done all that shit anyway and have him come and go from the village.  Now the question sequel-wise is will they go with following the animated Jungle Book 2.  Or will they do something daring like adapting "The King's Ankus?"  Ha ha, of course not.  They'll just remake this movie and slap a 2 at the end.  Which is supposedly what the animated Jungle Book 2 did anyway.  Maybe we'll be lucky and get "I Wan'na Be like You 2017" by Smash Mouth.  :puke:

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Post by: Rama on May 13, 2016, 10:04:41 PM
They already green lit that sequel.

In the sequel they send another Shere Khan to the past, but this time he is good!
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Post by: B E C K on May 14, 2016, 01:49:21 AM
They already green lit that sequel.

I know.

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In the sequel they send another Shere Khan to the past, but this time he is good!

No, no, it's going to be about Shere Khan's past.  He was loveable and misunderstood until a man cut off his wings and broke his heart.  And he wasn't trying to kill Mowgli, he was trying to saaaaaave him.
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Post by: B E C K on May 14, 2016, 04:16:59 AM
Oh, and I finally saw Deadpool.  I dare say it made Ryan Reynolds far more likable to me than he's ever been.  Like, he got about a hundred points alone for the Voltron ring.  I saw it trending the other day that Olivia Munn was supposedly offered Morena Baccarin's role.  Yuck.  They gave that role to the right person.  And people are right: this is the best X-Men move in years.
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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on May 16, 2016, 12:46:28 AM
Looking forward to Apocalypse later this month.

Anyway, about Cap3: this was a well put-together movie. Too bad it didn't star Captain America. Should have just called it Avengers 3. Spiderman was awesome. As someone too disillusioned with the character to even watch the last three Spidey flicks, this gives me hope for the next one. Hated the ending, which just made the movie feel like the first part of a two-part project. Seriously, they can't make a Captain America movie that deals primarily with Captain America and his associated cast? Anyway. I'll probably download a copy and watch it over again before the home release, just to give it a fair shake. It was a good movie, but I didn't like it as well as the previous two.
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Post by: B E C K on May 26, 2016, 06:00:48 AM
I saw Vampire Academy.  Well, most of it I guess.  I was doing other things and then decided to skip out on the ending.  I can see why this thing tanked.  It didn't know what kind of movie it wanted to be.  It overdid narration.  It felt too derivative of Harry Potter and Twilight.  It info dumped.  The action was shit.  Also, the lead guy was not hot.  He's fairly good looking in an image search but they made him look as homely and doughy as they could in the actual movie, which was not his character.
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Post by: Rama on May 28, 2016, 09:52:54 AM
Deadpool...again. Broke down and bought the DVD. I'm usually cheap and wait for them to drop under 10 before I buy, but I made and exception on this one...and even after the third viewing it held up.
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Post by: B E C K on May 29, 2016, 08:29:52 AM
Anything of note on the DVD or is it a barebones one with the movie and trailers for shit?
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Post by: B E C K on May 30, 2016, 03:39:44 AM
Anyone see the new X-Men yet?
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Jun 01, 2016, 09:17:24 AM
Anything of note on the DVD or is it a barebones one with the movie and trailers for shit?

I got the BluRay it has like Deleted scenes, outtakes, audio commentary, etc, etc, etc....
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Post by: Rama on Jun 01, 2016, 09:18:04 AM
Oh and I saw Zoolander 2 and it was total and utter shit.
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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Jun 02, 2016, 08:49:39 PM
Did Zoolander 1 not tip you off?
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Post by: Rama on Jun 02, 2016, 10:46:28 PM
I kinda liked it, but this one...I don't know where my line is but it crossed it.
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Post by: B E C K on Jun 03, 2016, 02:18:16 AM
No one watched Zoolander 1 thinking "damn, I wish the story could continue fifteen years later."
No one watched Alice in Wonderland going "I hope we get a sequel six years from now."
I don't think anyone saw Avatar and said to themselves "this needs four sequels.  I really want to get that first sequel nine years later."  Sure, Terminator got its first sequel seven years later.  And so did Alien.  Maybe Cameron should've aimed for seven. What story could he possibly have that warrants four sequels?
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Post by: Rama on Jun 04, 2016, 04:24:22 PM
I have a similar problem with Anchorman and Anchorman 2....kinda like the first one, second one was total shit.


Anyway...I saw "The Night Before." not great...not bad. Just kinda meh.
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Post by: B E C K on Jun 05, 2016, 02:22:21 AM
I have a similar problem with Anchorman and Anchorman 2....kinda like the first one, second one was total shit.

Remember those days when a studio would have a surprise hit or something and we would all go "man, that movie was so good.  too bad it never got a sequel."  And now Hollywood makes us sorry we ever thought those words.  It's sad how you can tell most of these sequels are scraping the bottom of the barrel for ideas.  And they can't find the right balance, because there's a lot of films that never get a sequel but you can tell they were holding back on us and saving the cool shit for the sequel that never comes.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Jun 05, 2016, 08:23:57 AM
What do you mean? I can't wait to see the Sinister Six in Amazing Spider-Man 3.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Jun 06, 2016, 05:08:54 AM
Pizzazz at the end of the Jem movie.  Azula at the end of The Last Airbender.  Sinestro in Green Lantern.  Granted none of those pieces of crap deserved sequels.  But the fuckin' nerve teasing that shit.  Especially when Pizzaz and Sinestro should've been the antagonists in the actual movies.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Jun 06, 2016, 04:05:28 PM
Come on those movies might get sequels yet..........Yeah your are right. Total waste.


I really don't like the trend of using a movie as a set up for another movie. Tell a complete story...you can drop in little things that will be play out later,  but don't leave huge unanswered plot points in the movie.  Like how they used the 10 rings in Iron Man. Course they blew that, but it wasn't in your face.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Jun 07, 2016, 03:54:27 AM
The story I'm setting up now is meant to stand alone for the first part and then the next two parts have greater connectivity but will be digestible as single volumes.*  Which is the format I think should be used for most movie series.  The Matrix actually did this and Pirates of the Caribbean attempted this, even though 2 and 3 were shit.  (I couldn't even sit through Pirates 3.)  And Star Wars did this too now that I think about it.  I'm following the lead of 1 - stand alone, 2 - a hanging thread in the overall plot but some form of resolution in a smaller plot, and 3 - conflict resolved.  Correct me if I'm wrong, but it seems most "failed" trilogies are the ones that buck this structure.  If you do 1 - stand alone, 2 - stand alone, then a third begins to feel excessive.  Maybe it has to do with a 2/3 combo feeling like an adequate raising of the stakes involved.

Kinda went off on a tangent here, but what I was getting at is that a lot of films these days seem to think that their first movie should contain the structure of a second movie and in the process, create some horrid hybrid of a film missing characters (because two films worth of people can't be in a single film) and no proper introduction to the people we DO have... which means we can't give a shit about most of the characters on screen.  I mean, if Empire were the first SW movie to come out, we miss out on really getting to know Luke and Han.  Leia and the droids too, but Luke and Han are the ones that suffer the most dramatically, so it's important that we have some connection to them.  The Vader reveal loses its punch.  Obi-wan's death would probably be some flashback but who the fuck cares?  He's just some random old man.

And then we have things like Terminator 2 and Aliens, some of the best sequels that, honestly, could've completed the series then and there.  I also felt Spider-Man 2 and X-Men 2 were satisfactory closers for me.  We've gotten nothing of value from any of those franchises ever since.  If their other films never existed, no one would suffer for it.  But probably the main difference is that action is probably more sequel friendly that a comedy.  Can you think of a comedy that got a part 2 that was as awesome as Terminator 2 was in comparison to its first film?  I don't know if something like Zoolander or Anchorman can have a successful 2.  But I'm biased because I severely dislike most modern comedy films anyway.  I liked The Proposal and The Heat.  Neither one needed a sequel though.


*I do actually have a part 4 but it's still raw in terms of how I'm going to structure it.

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^ Yeah, I wrote a lot.  It's 3:50 in the morning.  Maybe I had too much coffee.

Oh, and I saw Outlander.  Not the series with the chick who goes into the past, the sci-fi Beowulf film starring Jesus.  It was actually much, much better than I expected it to be.  Some parts of it are kinda paint-by-numbers and the faux-Viking village aspect of it is half-assed with actors have lots of weird accents.  They should've gotten some actually Nordic actors or changed the setting.  And the sci-fi part of it is played down more than it should've been.  I think Jesus blasts something with his space gun, like, once and then his space gear gets written out of the movie.  Still, I don't think it deserve to flop like it did.  It had some cool ideas.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Jun 12, 2016, 01:52:47 AM
I saw Apocalypse. It was dumb as hell, but I was completely entertained throughout. Like, what do you really want from a superhero movie? Do you want to have fun? Done. Apocalypse totally did it for me. Zero complaints.

Quicksilver! God damn it. Evan Peters as Quicksilver. If you thought he was awesome in the previous film, his main scene in Apocalypse blows that to kingdom come. If I owned Apocalypse on Blu-ray I would just have that scene playing on repeat in my house 24/7. Jesus Christ.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Jun 13, 2016, 05:53:12 AM
Is that movie successful or not?  Monetarily speaking, I mean.  It's so hard to tell these days.  It had a large budget but has yet to make back that budget when going by domestic numbers.  It made over $400 worldwide but, apparently, there's less profit from the foreign markets when you calculate overhead which is supposedly much more significant than domestic overhead.  And marketing is supposed to be equal to budget or something but no one ever leaks the exact number.  I've seen articles calling the film a flop.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Jun 14, 2016, 11:36:25 PM
These days it seems to be if the movie made what the studio projected it to make. Like Amazing Spider-Man 2 made 700 million on a 200 million budget. But since it didn't pass the 1 billion mark like Sony wanted it to they considered it a flop and partnered with Marvel to bring us yet another Spider-Man in the MCU. Despite the fact that the film made 500 million dollars in profit.

Likewise, Batman V Superman made almost 900 million on a 250 million dollar budget, but didn't make what they expected. And it didn't help that Civil War passed it, money wise, fairly quickly after it's release.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Jun 16, 2016, 04:45:38 AM
When you think about though, those two movies should've been fucking huge.  They should've broken cinemas worldwide.  If anything could've crushed Avatar, Retard Wars, and Titantic, it should've been Batman V Superman or a Spider-Man movie.  While I follow what you're saying because I know that's happened to other films--as in profitable but "not profitable enough", those two aren't the best examples.  Especially not Batman V Superman feat. Wonder Woman, which I've looked forward to my entire life but didn't even care to buy a ticket to.  If that were a solid movie, I'd've seen that at least twice.  If they had just copied the damn three-parter from Superman where he meets Batman, I'd've seen it thrice.  That they fucked that up enrages me.  That they fucked up Man of Steel enrages me.

Also, you'd think at lot of these franchises and would-be franchises would try to prioritize a love story more.  Not a straight-up love story, but one woven into a sci-fi or fantasy background.  Something like that could be huge.

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For movies that I last saw, I saw an animated French film called Dofus Book 1: Julith.  It was really cool film with an ending battle that felt a bit on the crap side.  It plays out similar to if Harry and friends stopped Voldemort with a rousing bout of Quidditch.  But otherwise a beautifully done film.  Still hard to actually recommend it to people.  The thing is that this movie ties into the Dofus and Wakfu series universe and I've seen all of Dofus and Wakfu, so I wasn't confused.  I don't know how someone who hasn't seen those would look upon the movie.  I don't know if they would care about the characters half so much or understand certain aspects about each race like how they each have their own god, etc.

(http://66.media.tumblr.com/ee0c7c4b50e8f5f20d7e11c605b1fb5b/tumblr_o1m588ayDI1see7ilo6_500.gif)


ETA: Also, Dofus is pronounced Doh-FOOSS.  I have no idea why the fuck someone thought it'd be a good idea to pronounce it "Doofus" in English.  It started out as an online game and the ads in English for the name call it "Doofus."  Who the fuck'd wanna play something called "Doofus?"
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Jun 16, 2016, 09:03:51 AM
Watching live action Cinderella now.  It feels so lazy.  Like any other film in its genre.  Another extension of Maleficent or Alice in Wonderland or Oz the Great and Stupidful.  The same fucking film with the same tinny lighting.  No creativity in its execution.  None of the cast is an inspired choice.  I don't want to see Lily James dumb eyebrows that don't match her hair.  The prince looked like "a young forty."  The father they casted for Cinderella is such a fucking simp.  I wanted to punch him.  He looked pathetic asking for Cinderella's permission to marry.  Cate Blanchett can go away.  I liked no one's face in this movie.  Almost everyone looks doughy or puffy.  And people had the balls to complain about the black guy in this movie.  At least he was someone different... albeit still doughy and puffy.

It's over-narrated; so much tell and not enough show.  SHUT THE FUCK UP.  STOP TELLING WHAT'S HAPPENING.  I WANT TO SEE IT.  THAT'S WHY I'M WATCHING A **M O V I E.**  Spending way too much time on the dreary or boring parts nobody cares about.  15+ minutes of Cinderella before she was even Cinderella?  Who the fuck cares?  Lingering on the obnoxious characters like the stepmother and stepsisters instead of giving us maybe a cutesy montage with the mice or a music montage of Cinderella singing and doing chores.  I don't want to see the stepmother being a bitch over and over again, I want to see fun shit.  Movies don't have enough fun.  We don't want to see Cinders get the news of her dead daddy, the camera hovering over the fucking farmer's rancid beard.  Or the stupid prince discussing boring-ass marriage prospects.

And I'm sick of the same stupid accents.  Fantasy Greek?  English accents.  Fantasy Sweden?  English accents.  Fantasy fantasy?  English accents.  I want delicious, saucy French accents for Beauty and the Beast.  But I know it's just going to be same fucking English accent.  Fucking Hermione's gonna be "Puh-PAH, would you like a croissant as you wuhk on ya inventions?   Oh, tea time?  I'll sip muh tea as I read muh book, thank you very much.  Fish and chips and all that rot."  FUCK. 

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Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Jun 16, 2016, 09:26:18 AM
"I don't belieeeeve anymore!  Boo hoo hoo hoo!"  Am I supposed to be feel bad for you, bitch?  She doesn't even look sad.  Like a spoiled brat throwing a tantrum over a few rips she could sew right up.  You were stupid enough to come down the stairs as if they would've brought you along.  It just looked like she's over-reacting.  WOW... Helena Bonham Carter.  First I thought she was the least annoying thing about this film but then she proved me wrong in a matter of seconds.  Why not an old lady for the Fairy Godmother, you fucks?
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Jun 16, 2016, 09:28:47 AM
"I caaan't drive.  I'm a goose."  Were the Voltron writers involved here?   :raiseeyebrow:
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Jun 24, 2016, 07:13:29 PM
I watched Blake Lively fight a shark instead of Matthew McConaughey liberating black people, or ID42.

I think I made the right choice.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Jun 25, 2016, 02:01:20 PM
Are there any patriotic movies with black alien sharks? I think this is a woefully untapped market.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Jun 25, 2016, 08:11:05 PM
I'd watch Blake Lively slow-reading poetry in a burlap sack over most anything else, quite frankly.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Jun 26, 2016, 10:03:48 AM
I read movie spoilers for Blake Lively shark flick, Into the Forest, and the Neon Demon. Damn, there're a lot of shit movies being made when Blake Lively shark flick looks like the best movie playing right now. Is anyone planning to suffer through ID42 or whatever. I mean, as much as I dislike Will Smith (although I dislike Jamie Foxx more but whatev), Smith was a huge part of the damn movie. The only excuse for killing him off is if he had died in real life. It's like if they made Finding Dory without Nemo in it. But from what I heard so far, Smith was better off not being near that trainwreck.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Jun 26, 2016, 11:44:32 PM
I was thinking about it, but I didn't even know it was out already.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Jun 26, 2016, 11:45:49 PM
oh and I saw John Wick. Pretty damn good for a Keanu movie that isn't Bill and Ted,
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Jun 27, 2016, 07:47:24 PM
Alicia is watching Labyrinth because it's 30 year anniversary today, apparently. It's a good thing I don't hate her favorite movie. I still prefer Dark Crystal, though.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Jun 28, 2016, 10:39:51 AM
I've been meaning to rewatch that--Labyrinth, I mean--but haven't gotten to it. While not entire movies, I've seen the ends to a few movies. Bridge to Terabithia (or however that's spelled). And I saw the end of Ghostrider with Nic Cage. Man, that guy's such a shit actor. Wes Bentley was a shit villain and Eva Mendes has great boobs or whatever. Because all she was in that movie was a pair of tits.

I also saw most of Underworld. I think the Scott Speedman character should've died. He was like the product of a bad fanfic and to this day is a completely unimpressive part of that flick. The story was always more powerful with Kate Beckinsale's Seline. Nitpick but the vampire guy that was lusting after her should've been cleancut. They gave him longish hair when it was clear vampire men had short hair and lycans were doing the homeless hipster thing.

Oh, and I saw the end of Shawshank. Because there's no way I can stumble on the end of that movie and not see it through.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Jul 04, 2016, 02:27:54 AM
I liked Neon Demon. BFG sucked. Holy fuck did it suck. Just insipid, braindead pablum. I don't know who this movie is supposed to be for. There's a scene that revolves around explosive flatulence. Spielberg, what the fuck, man? UNREPENTANT GARBAGE.

Neon Demon, though. Good. Keanu is in it, doing his best Nic Cage. It's actually pretty glorious. And I don't know if it's just that he's getting old, but the last couple things I've seen him in, he hasn't sounded like himself. It's almost like he heard one too many Keanu impressions, and was like, "Do I really sound like that?" And now he's making a concerted effort to never sound like that ever again.

Then I watched Only God Forgives, because I had missed that. I guess I should watch Bronson now, too.

I'm okay with Nicolas Winding Refn making bizarro movies for the rest of his life. The world needs more of that shit.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Jul 04, 2016, 03:38:55 AM
I want to laugh every time I saw an ad for BFG because I kept wanting to call that movie Big Fucking Giant.  It looked like a shit movie from the trailer.  I feel confused because on the surface, it seems something that should be interesting from the mere concept.  The giant was ugly.  The color palette was ugly.  Then overall narrative other than the presence of a creepy, big fucking giant was really unclear.  No one I cared came out in it.  The music didn't grab me.  I hadn't read the book.  I never even heard of the book before.  The movie looked like a poor man's LOTR.  I'm trying to find reasons.  I guess those were the reasons.  (http://rabbitinasuit.com/emoticons/R-T/shrug2.gif)
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Jul 04, 2016, 09:52:39 AM
I wasn't familiar with the book, either. And then on another website people were saying it stacks up unfavorably against the '89 version, and I was like whaaaaaat?

Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Jul 04, 2016, 11:13:44 AM
I want to laugh every time I saw an ad for BFG because I kept wanting to call that movie Big Fucking Giant.

This. I kept wondering, "why the HFIL are they marketing a movie to kids called 'Big Fucking Giant'? Did someone not notice, or is that the point?"
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Jul 05, 2016, 04:29:47 AM
I get that the book is called "The BFG" but this is one of those cases where the movie needed to be titled differently than the book.  A movie called "Big Friendly Giant" would've been far more efficient in selling this film.  It tells you what the movie is about and that the movie is marketed to kids.  For all Joe Viewer knows, The BFG's another Pan's Labyrinth or something with scary violence.  The average parent probably saw the trailer and the confusing title and said "fuck it, let's just go see Dory again."  The people behind this film shot themselves in the foot.  They also gave me some hearty laughs.  But they shot themselves in the foot.

Also.... why the ever-loving fuck was this made with a $140 million budget?  Has ANYTHING based on Roald Dahl's work merited a film of this budget? Fantastic Mr. Fox fantastically flopped.  The Witches?  James and the Giant Peach?  Matilda's success is considered moderate at best.  Yeah, okay, there's Willy Wonka/Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.  Charlie and the Chocolate Factory had a larger budget BUT it also had a 20+ year cult following from Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory AND the Tim Burton/Johnny Depp combo which was considerably less reviled back then.  I don't even think anyone even associated it with Dahl's work.  Completely apples to oranges with The BFG, a book no one in America remotely cares about starring Mark Rylance, an actor no one in America gives a shit about.  And Stephen Spielberg's still a profitable director and all, but I have a feeling fewer people care about him anymore i.e. I don't think him just slapping his name on something is enough to sell shit anymore.


I wasn't familiar with the book, either. And then on another website people were saying it stacks up unfavorably against the '89 version, and I was like whaaaaaat?


That is cool.  And it has Amanda Root, who played one of my fave Austen heroines.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Jul 05, 2016, 04:46:21 AM
Oh, oh, and I saw Finding Dory with Merla.  Merla's second viewing and she plans a third and fourth viewing already.  It was cutesy if not overly contrived.  But unlike most of the competition this year, it's a light-hearted film with adorable little creatures in it, so I see why it's making a mint.  I'll admit the tag pissed me off.

Spoilerly space even though it's not really a spoiler...



















Part of the tag from the film features Gill and his friends STILL in their plastic bags, which have caked up with green shit.  The film establishes the timeline as being a year later from Finding Nemo.  They'd be fucking dead.  What the fuck.  The assumption was clear that they were free from their bags when they swim around during the Finding Nemo credits.  Worst retcon ever.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Jul 06, 2016, 05:17:28 AM
I know this notion is firmly in tinfoil hat territory, but I don't think Spielberg had anything to do with BFG. I think he accepted a payout to let them stamp his name on it, because they knew what a turd they had on their hands, and they hoped to mitigate that a little.

I don't know what's worse, what I just suggested, or if Spielberg ACTUALLY made the movie.

I think I'd respect him more if the former were true.

Fantastic Mr. Fox is glorious. I love everything about that movie. I don't care how much money it did or didn't make. "Are you cussing at me?" :laugh:
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Jul 06, 2016, 11:56:58 AM
I couldn't sit through the second half of Fantastic Mr. Fox.  It just bored me.  My dad's gf's grandkids were watching that and they really liked it.  They sat through it multiple times.  I was really surprised it was holding their attention.

I wouldn't be surprised if you were right about Bignormous Fucking Giant.  I could totally see desperate executives throwing Spielberg's name on it for a truckfull of monies.  It seems weird to go from directing Lincoln and Bridge of Spies to a total dud.  The picture on this article seems to suggest Spielberg was directing it.  But it could've been a photo op, too.

http://www.slashfilm.com/steven-spielberg-brand/
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Jul 06, 2016, 12:04:07 PM
lol, that comment tho'... 

From: http://www.rollingstone.com/movies/news/why-did-steven-spielbergs-the-bfg-flop-20160705
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Jul 06, 2016, 10:40:46 PM
This probably happens to most creatives who strike it rich, but I just don't think Spielberg has anything left to say. The hunger has subsided. I don't even know what he's after anymore. He probably just keeps working because he doesn't know what else to do with himself.

He's making another Indiana Jones FFS. After Crystal Skull!
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Jul 07, 2016, 01:58:44 AM
I think when you get to that point, you should start mining for fresh talent.  He should be nurturing up and coming storytellers with fresh vision.  And, ideally, he would inspired in turn and have something new to say.  But yeah, that's anyone: Directors, writers, artists, musicians, comedians... make enough material and you run out of shit to say.  And it's obvious you have nothing new to say.  I was just thinking that with Hajime no Ippo, which I'm re-watching to the nth time.  The story is perfect at 76 episodes.  I love Season 1.  With all of the other material--two more seasons, OVA, and movie--there's nothing more to say.  A few things are entertaining and chuckle-worthy but this fucking manga's STILL going.  Since 1989.  Or Usagi Yojimbo.  I feel kinda bad for saying that one since Stan Sakai is such a talent and class act.  He works so damn hard.  But the damn rabbit's story isn't done yet?  Since 1984?  Eyeshield 21 should've ended after they won the damn Christmas Bowl.  It would've been perfect.  It took 300 chapters to reach that goal and the final chapters should've been an epilogue of them savoring their hard-won victory.  But no, we had to have 20+ more chapters of nothing.  Or the Simpsons.  The fucking Simpsons haven't had anything to say in twenty years.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Jul 07, 2016, 08:28:10 AM
Man, Usagi. When I was back heavy into comics several years ago, that was one I always looked forward to. But then it started to get stale. One time I actually thought I was accidentally reading an issue I had already read, but nope, it was just really, really similar to a previous story. Also, I really scrutinized the art because I liked it so much, and it had begun to look rushed and sloppy around the time my interest in comics was waning again.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Jul 07, 2016, 08:46:10 AM
I stopped somewhere around Book 23 after going on a massive binge and reading most of the series (or at least most of what was out at that time).  Never noticed the art looking wonkier than usual.  Was it past that point or before?  Where I stopped was shortly after Usagi stopped traveling with his son.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Jul 09, 2016, 12:13:59 AM
The last one I have is 21, but I'm pretty sure I read a whole lot of singles beyond that. I was probably just burnt out and used that as an excuse to judge everything more harshly than it deserved.

I watched Swiss Army Man earlier tonight. Fucking weird. I thought it would be weird and deep, but the weirdness was all pretty superficial. I don't know. Didn't hate it. Ramona Flowers was in there for a bit, so bonus points.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Jul 09, 2016, 12:20:51 AM
After googling that, I realized that's the flick with dead, gassy Harry Potter in it.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Jul 16, 2016, 09:53:56 AM
Ghostbusters!

Defying all expectations... it was good. It was actually good. A good Ghostbusters movie. Just a plain good movie.

I can scarcely believe it.

Practically everything that looked bad in the trailer worked perfectly within the context of the film. It's the exact opposite of what usually happens, where a trailer makes you think a movie will be awesome, but then ends up sucking.

No joke. I liked it.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Jul 17, 2016, 03:28:12 AM
That movie's been gettin' lots of good buzz. I'm surprised it's doing so well.

I saw a movie called Last Knights, which is some sort of pseudo-Medieval, 47 Ronin knock-off starring Clive Owen. The acting was horrendous and the writing needed some serious polish. I mean, is the kid who wrote Eragon time-traveling to the future to write movie scripts? It could've been a much better movie so easily. Even Morgan Freeman was hackish in this flick.

And I finally saw the movie Sneakers. It really lost me playing the blind character the way they did. At least Redford and Portier work so well with what they're given.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Jul 19, 2016, 04:32:09 AM
Oh, and another thing... all of this time, I thought it was called "Sneakers" in relation to shoes somehow.  I never realized it was another term for a hacker.  I even told my dad this and he was "me, too."  LOL
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Jul 19, 2016, 10:54:56 AM
I've been reading/watching negative reviews for Ghostbusters, and I know it's weird, but I actually feel kind of guilty for liking it now. Like, I'm talking about the people who reasonably explain what they feel is wrong with the movie, and I really can't disagree with a lot of what they have to say.

But I still liked it.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Jul 20, 2016, 04:38:04 AM
Ok, so I'm curious and looked for a negative review (http://variety.com/2016/film/reviews/ghostbusters-review-melissa-mccarthy-1201810318/) or two (http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2016/07/ghostbusters-backlash/491834/).  Was the ending as clusterfucky as it sounds?  It seems like the first reviewer liked the first half or so, even though it was lingering dangerously close to the familiar ground of the first flick.

So I found these quotes from me in a two year old thread.  Selective bolding is new:

And I forgot to post about Femme!busters.  Ghostbusters with chicks instead of dudes. I bet if this goes forward, they cast Melissa McCarthy, two other hotter white chicks (including Kristen Wiig maybe), and Maya Rudolph.  Maya will chell off so many diversity boxes pants will be wettened.  Hurr hurr.  And the plot will involve one of them obsessing over a ghost-boyfriend because "ommagawd so old i needz a man."

I can't stand Bradley Cooper's face.  lol.  I just don't like it.  Also, I would prefer more than one minority fem-buster.  But we all know that shit won't happen.  We'll be lucky if we actually get Aisha Tyler or a black woman at all.  We'll be twice as lucky if they don't pigeonhole her into the "sassy" box.

Was Leslie Jones sassy tho'?
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Jul 20, 2016, 07:22:36 AM
The ending was a hot mess, yeah. Big time.

I'm not sure if I should I be in awe of your future sight, or disgusted with Sony for being so pedestrian in their casting. :laugh:

I don't know about sass, but Leslie Jones definitely fills the boisterous black lady role.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Jul 22, 2016, 02:34:22 AM
Star Trek Beyond is beyond trash. Couldn't be worse than Into Darkness, you say. Guess what.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Jul 22, 2016, 04:21:07 AM
Oh no.  :lol:
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Jul 22, 2016, 09:02:02 AM
And yet it's certified fresh on RT.

Shake My Head
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Jul 23, 2016, 12:16:48 AM
Into Darkness was a cinematic abortion. I already wasn't seeing Beyond, so thanks for the confirmation.

Only thing I'm really looking forward to right now is Suicide Squad. Mainly because I loved the old comics, so I'm sure I'll be enormously disappointed.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Jul 23, 2016, 02:05:46 AM
Each Suicide Squad trailer makes me cringe more and more.

Oh, and another thing about Star Trek Beyond... there's a Rihanna song on the soundtrack.  Actually a Sia song performed by Rihanna.  For a Star Trek movie.  Maybe the next St*r WarzzZZ movie can use a Lady Gaga song written by Greg Kurstin.  Fuck.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Jul 23, 2016, 08:42:47 AM
You don't even know about the music in Beyond. You don't even.

There be spoilers ahead...









They use Sabotage by the Beastie Boys to defeat the antagonist's army.

I repeat, they use Sabotage to beat the bad guys.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Jul 23, 2016, 10:40:28 PM
Batman: The Killing Joke is available online. I'll let you know how it fares sometime tomorrow. Given some of what I've read, it goes too far in its additions to the original story.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Jul 24, 2016, 08:01:57 PM
I just attempted to post a long review of The Killing Joke, and it's stuck trying to preview. So I've probably lost it, and it's not worth retyping. 

Verdict: don't bother. It's unbelievably poorly-done, unless you liked the graphic novel and start watching at the 28 minute mark.

EDIT: Oh, wait, I was able to recover it without headache.  Here you go:

No, no, no. They completely screwed the pooch with Killing Joke. How the hell do you do that? By mashing a bad episode of Batman The Animated Adventures to a short graphic novel adaptation and making a movie out of it.  If you want to watch it as an animated version of TKJ, just start watching around the 28 minute mark. And from there it's a pretty fair adaptation, though I hated the way they translated the very ending...for the record, Kevin Conroy could possibly pull off a creepier Joker than Mark Hamill.

Now, granted, the original book wasn't the most enjoyable story, but it was important as the first attempt at giving the Joker an origin and attempting to humanize him to a degree, and later being the springboard for Barbara Gordon becoming Oracle. At its heart it's a tale of the Joker. What they did was try to make it a Batgirl story, but they really, really failed at it.

The first 28 minutes are about her being pursued by a crook who's infatuated with her, and when Batman tells her to back off she takes it as him being domineering. Which he is, and they wind up having angry sex on a building. So after he pushes her off the case and keeps her at arm's length afterwards she leaps headlong into finding the bad guy, finds out that Batman was right that she'd put herself into it too far, and walks away from crime-fighting in the end.

Now, aside from Batgirl screwing Batman--which is totally at odds with all comic continuity (this is not Animated Universe where such a relationship was hinted in Batman Beyond)--this would be perfectly fine if TKJ was a Batgirl story or if she had any meaningful involvement in the rest of the movie aside from what Joker does to her in an effort to drive the Commissioner insane. But it's completely tacked on and artificial, and when you see the fidelity to the source material in the rest of the show it just blows my mind that they thought it was a good idea in any way, shape, or form. Batgirl is now more or less a jilted lover of a guy who in the comics was far more of a father figure than ever a paramour. And that's pretty much what you're left with...unless you count the mid-credit scene where they suddenly remembered, "oh, right, we need to wrap up Batgirl's part in this movie," and they show her with her Oracle alias. Which is totally unexplained to the viewer unfamiliar with the character.

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Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Jul 25, 2016, 03:40:51 AM
I had no faith this would be competently adapted.  I haven't really enjoyed a DC animated movie since 2012 anyway and we're all aware of what the Killing Joke's best known for.  I had no need to see it on screen.  What was done to Barbara as a character in this adaptation--including forcefully tossing her into the spotlight of a story that wasn't her's to begin with--comes as no surprise to me.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Jul 25, 2016, 11:08:17 AM
Am I just picky, or has DC's straight-to-video animated stuff looked really crummy for quite some time now? Am I just remembering the older stuff as looking a lot better than it actually does?

The newest one I saw was Gods and Monsters, and it looked pretty good. The story was whatever, but the look of it was at least reminiscent of JLU, etc.

Maybe I'm too hung up on visuals.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Jul 25, 2016, 04:31:44 PM
I didn't expect them to be able to do the artwork justice in an animated feature, so I had no qualms with that. But I also didn't expect them to tack a long-assed fanfic to the start of the adaptation, either.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Jul 26, 2016, 04:07:12 PM
Am I just picky, or has DC's straight-to-video animated stuff looked really crummy for quite some time now? Am I just remembering the older stuff as looking a lot better than it actually does?

The newest one I saw was Gods and Monsters, and it looked pretty good. The story was whatever, but the look of it was at least reminiscent of JLU, etc.

Maybe I'm too hung up on visuals.

Nah, nah, I feel the same.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Jul 27, 2016, 09:05:01 AM
I also saw Ghostbusters and also really liked it. Like I was surprised how much I liked it. Considered going back and seeing it again liked it.


I didn't even know Star Trek Beyond was out already. That's how little impact that is having on my life.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Jul 27, 2016, 01:12:31 PM
I know you're a hardline Ghostbusters fan, so the fact you liked it is reassuring.

I'm not crazy afterall. Or maybe I am, but no crazier than Rama.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Jul 27, 2016, 08:53:05 PM
Or are you?


Although I would have liked it better as sequel then a reboot.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Jul 28, 2016, 05:36:16 AM
Well, yeah. The original cast cameos were kind of blech.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Jul 28, 2016, 08:03:25 AM
Those were the parts that took me out of the movie the most actually. Had they come back as the same roles as the first one then I think I could have dealt with it better. Just having them be some random person that isn't a Ghostbuster, it was hard for me to have the disconnect. I wasn't thinking "Wow. Murray nails another funny role!" I was more like. "Why is Venkman pretending he doesn't believe in ghosts?"
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Jul 29, 2016, 07:50:59 AM
You guys are right.  Granted, I haven't seen this movie but other franchises have done similar things where the originals do a cameo as another role.  Why the fuck couldn't this have been in continuity with the previous films somehow?
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Jul 30, 2016, 01:23:25 AM
I went to Captain Fantastic tonight. So good!
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Jul 30, 2016, 02:36:32 AM
I've never even heard of that movie.  Googling it, it sounds kinda weird.  Is it dramatic or played for laughs or something?
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Jul 30, 2016, 03:34:32 AM
It's sincere, with a good sense of humor.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Aug 04, 2016, 01:55:57 AM
HehehahahAHAHAHAHAHAHA.  What the fuck. (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/worst-suicide-squad-reviews_us_57a1e213e4b0693164c34744?)
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Aug 04, 2016, 08:00:37 AM
Saw Star Trek Beyond and it wasn't all that bad either. Better then Into Darkness at least.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Aug 04, 2016, 11:27:30 AM
No, man! Really? I hated it. I legitimately hated it. So disappointed in you right now.

Oh well, we'll always have Ghostbusters.

I'm going to Suicide Squanch tonight! I've been looking forward to it ever since they released that first cast photo, and I bought my tickets as soon as they went on sale.

I'll bet you I can find something to like about it.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Aug 04, 2016, 07:23:48 PM
Bad movie reviews don't necessarily mean anything to me. For that matter most people's opinions on cinema don't, either.

However, I have been cautiously optimistic about this one, given that it could be great, but it also is a DC movie, and you can just about count the decent-to-good DC movies on one hand.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Aug 04, 2016, 11:55:13 PM
Okay, so Suicide Squad isn't great. It might not even be good. But it's not absolutely terrible, either. Some people are actually placing it below Fant4stic? That's patently ridiculous.

I think the main problem is that they tried to cram waaaaaay too much into one movie, and everything comes across as really fragmented and rushed. There are flashbacks throughout, and they almost seem like clips from previous movies. It's like they're beating you over the head with backstory so that you can understand the current character motivations, and it's all just so much tripe.

I'm still trying to decide if it was better than BvS. Maybe not. I'm definitely disappointed.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Aug 05, 2016, 01:48:11 AM
I think the main problem is that they tried to cram waaaaaay too much into one movie, and everything comes across as really fragmented and rushed. There are flashbacks throughout, and they almost seem like clips from previous movies.

That's such a fuckin' peeve of mine.  Cramming too much, I mean, although I have no love for flashbacks either.  It seems all the more common now that everything's viewed as an IP with franchise potential.  Too many characters (always with too little to do) is a real turn off.  Even shows and cartoons are doing this.  Remember when we were kids?  And we'd see a cartoon with an awesome guest character?  And, if we were lucky, we'd actually see that guy or gal maybe one more time before they'd leave forever?  Because they were fuckin' guests.  And good guests LEAVE.  We need to go back to doing that.  Scrappy Doo wouldn't be half as hated if he had left after a two episodes.

Anyway, like, even Marvel disgusts me with this.  There's too many fucking heroes and you're throwing them in every other movie.  Kill people off.  Maim them.  Send them to another dimension.  Make them into a Vegito.  I don't give a shit.  Show us the stakes are high.  Get some fucking balls.  And I haven't been near a DC movie since The Dark Knight.  At least Marvel let it snowball instead of DC who wants to be rewarded for almost no build up.  So these folks are the Suicide Squad yet---

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...most of them LIVE.  That's not even a little suicidey.  That's, like, "We're gonna call ourselves the Hardcore Kamikazes.  We knit sweaters."
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Aug 05, 2016, 03:04:56 AM
It's weird. With DC stuff I'm always immediately like, "I have problems with this," but with Marvel it's always, "I love this unconditionally," followed by a subsequent viewing like, "This actually isn't very good, is it?"

DC has to figure out how to trick me into enjoying their garbage.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Aug 05, 2016, 02:17:06 PM
I had planned to see Civil War in the theater but in the end just didn't care enough.  I'm not sure I even care about Black Panther and Captain Marvel anymore.  Feels like too little way too goddamn late.  Especially with them being shoved over for another Guardians, another Thor, and another freaking Spider-Man.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Aug 05, 2016, 06:43:55 PM
I'm beginning to question the longevity. Right now they seem to have this "live forever" outlook, and I just can't see it. Fatigue will set in sooner or later. Dr. Strange could be the turning point.

Also, no way Guardians 2 repeats the success of the first. No way.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Aug 05, 2016, 06:56:01 PM
I still wanna see Guardians 2 pretty bad. Kurt Russell as Ego. Come on.

Word has it that Suicide Squad was a hot steamy pile of over-serious depression, and then someone watched a Marvel movie and tried to inject some fun into it after principle filming was completed. So I'm not surprised to hear that it's scatter-brained. That, and the number of characters was something I was worried about. But that could make it good fodder for fan-editors, especially if a disc comes out either with a lot of the cuts or an extended edition. We'll see.

Hopefully I'll enjoy them and hearken back to the comic enough to not drop into hypercritical mode. I mean, Amanda Waller was one of my favorite characters in all of DC, so I hope they nailed her character better than the Arrow show did.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Aug 05, 2016, 07:29:06 PM
This will spoil the overall plot, so avoid reading if you plan on seeing it.

Okay, so Amanda Waller makes this team to deal with potential meta-human threats. Her linchpin member is Enchantress, who is highly volatile. Okay. Enchantress IMMEDIATELY rebels and sets into motion the central conflict of the film. The rest of the team is sent into the danger zone to rescue a VIP. As it turns out, the VIP is... Amanda Waller.

Like, for real. I can't believe this is what they came up with. I just can not.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Aug 06, 2016, 06:36:30 AM
^ HAHA.  I rolled by eyes so far back they went to Italy.  What the shit?  If they were really gonna go for stupid, why didn't they just make the VIP Bruce Wayne?  Ho ho.  ♪ ♫ AWK-WARD ♪ ♫  That shit would've been HILARIOUS.  They all die except Harley and Boomerang and it turns out they're saving Batman.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Aug 06, 2016, 02:02:59 PM
So this director, this David Ayer, you look at his track record, and all you can really think is, Suicide Squad should have been something. It should have been something, said something. It's just nothing. There's no point to any of it.

The more I think about it, the less I like it. It's destined to be one of those movies I revisit years later only to laugh uncontrollably over how incoherent it all is.

Man, fuck this movie.

(http://i.giphy.com/3ornjJSq2s9xznhO80.gif)
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Aug 07, 2016, 06:04:23 AM
Yeah, the prelim buzz around SS was hopeful because of Ayer.  Executive meddling's written all over it.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Aug 07, 2016, 01:29:34 PM
The movie was stupid, retarded fun. It was not a good movie, but I'm glad I went. In fact, I would say that I'm the opposite of most reviews I've read: the first part was scatterbrained with no sort of organization at all, but it came together later and made a movie. The bit with Boomerang telling Slipknot the bombs are a lie to get him to rabbit and test the explosive in their necks was straight out of issue 9 of the Ostrander series. So I actually expected that and was amused when they actually did it.

That said, there wasn't nearly enough Digger dickheadedness in this movie, though. Boomerang was a massive douche lord in the old book, and it was fabulous. Rick Flagg was a puss. Totally didn't like how he was setup. In the comics he was basically GI Joe: a "he never gives up, he'll stay 'till the fights won" type of character. Now he's a love-struck soldier boy who seems in over his head all the time. Enchantress was an intriguing route to take for a villain: she always had the potential in the comics but never really was let loose. I just hated how she looked, as the comic version would have been hot on-screen. Instead she looked like one of Swamp Thing's moss-covered vegetarian ass nuggets.

I was disappointed that Smith's Deadshot had none of the fatalistic and suicidalist outlook of the comic versions...then again, it's Will Smith starring as Will Smith: dude's like Black John Wayne. I got the feeling that El Diablo would bite it early on since he was more or less repentant and probably wanted to die, but he was too much of an unknown that changing into a fire demon was just a deus ex machina twist. Harley was well-done, and I like how the Joker was used here despite that it wasn't enough. I still don't like his look, but Leto's Joker isn't bad at all. Looking forward to the two of them in the Batfleck movie, particularly when it was shown in the movie that Harley was an accessory to the murder of Robin whose outfit we saw in the Batcave with Joker spraypaint on it during BvS.

So, yes, I actually broke down and watched Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice Ultimate Warrior Director's Original Vision Version before going. And while that movie was crap based on the fact hat both B & S were idiots throughout dancing on a string for a hipster apparently Darkseid quisling Luthor, they do link together rather interestingly and form a basis for more films that hopefully will suck less due to increase focus and learning from past mistakes (yeah, right). SS shared the issue of BvS that they tried to shoehorn in some stuff and characters that they could have done without, but while the latter was a slog all the way through the former had some fun bits I could appreciate all the way through.

As for the Waller rescue, yeah, it was lame, but in context it made sense that Enchantress would do that in the same town as Waller since she wanted access to what she knew. But having a crew of SEALs and Task Force X come to pick her up: that's classic her. The Wall can talk about national security until the cows come home, but her deal is that she gets her jollies controlling and, more so, manipulating powerful people...which made the mid-credits scene all the more delicious given my favorite comic cover of all time:
(http://bonr.shwiggie.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=1101.0;attach=5759;image)

Anyway, the stream of consciousness thing is over for now. I'm sure I'll think of other things to say after awhile.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Aug 07, 2016, 01:34:04 PM
Oh, I forgot a couple. Katana was glossed over quite a bit. She's true to the character, and I loved her movie look. But they didn't do much with her, which given all the other characters and stuff going on it's not surprising. Hopefully she'll be back in some capacity soon.

As for Killer Croc: he's just big dumb muscle, but aside from his huge head and scaly body, I didn't find him very impressive physically. I guess I'm used to 7ft tall Crocs in the books and such. And I can't get this picture out of my head every time I see the SS version of him:
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Aug 07, 2016, 02:50:31 PM
Croc, by all rights, should have been their Hulk. But I guess they didn't want to deal with even more CG.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Aug 07, 2016, 08:54:03 PM
Apparently Suicide Squad needs to do $750 million (http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/suicide-squads-secret-drama-rushed-916693) just to break even.

Huh?

What?

Why even make movies anymore? Good Lord!
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Aug 09, 2016, 12:37:56 AM
Most movies these days--especially ones attached to an IP of any sort be it a comic, movie, series--are now ridiculous, over-priced gambles to make multi-billion dollar tentpole franchises without any real vision or (artistic) risk involved.  I'm more interested in everything that isn't the movie: the process to get it made, the casting, the drama, the reviews.  There need to be more Deadpools: films with "modest" $60 million or whatever budgets that are made without guarantee of a sequel.  Just make the film and let it stand on its own.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Aug 20, 2016, 12:08:18 AM
Kubo. Pretty good! I was a little apprehensive going in, but yeah. Pretty damn good.

I'm tempted to watch Laika's other films now, even though ParaNorman and Boxtrolls never really appealed to me. I liked Coraline, didn't love it.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Aug 20, 2016, 01:03:13 AM
I remember having the same reaction to ParaNorman.  Not one of my favorite films or anything like that, but enjoyable with a bowl of nachos or whatever.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rumble on Aug 26, 2016, 07:43:43 AM
Finally got around to watching the Hateful Eight.
Not the best Tarantino movie but I still found it quite entertaining.

And anything with Walton Goggins in it is almost an automatic win for me anyway
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Aug 26, 2016, 05:58:36 PM
Yup! You watch Justified?
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Aug 27, 2016, 01:25:56 AM
You watch Sons of Anarchy where he played a transsexual?  That did things for me.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Aug 27, 2016, 06:58:29 AM
I saw Don't Breathe.

Man, not fun. There's a scene in there that made me seriously uncomfortable. I was not expecting anything like that.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Aug 28, 2016, 02:37:05 AM
Heh, I went and read a synopsis.  Shit, dude, go buy a baby with some of that million bucks.  Reading about the picture, it's going to be #1 over Suicide Squad.  Heh.  With a nice $10 mil budget, it's already in the black, too.  Did anyone see Kubo and the Two Strings?  I guess not since it's tanking.  But the Laika guy's rich anyway so he doesn't care.  Just pump more of that sweet, sweet Nike money into Laika and move on with your next film.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rumble on Aug 28, 2016, 11:36:42 AM
Yup! You watch Justified?

You watch Sons of Anarchy where he played a transsexual?  That did things for me.

I saw both.
I've been following Goggins career with interest ever since The Shield
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Sep 01, 2016, 12:40:10 AM
I've been sitting on Dredd for a while now.  I think because I had planned to watch it with my dad but we never got to it so the movie's still in the wrapper.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Sep 01, 2016, 04:01:15 AM
I didn't know your dad had passed. I'm sorry to hear that.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Sep 01, 2016, 11:06:16 PM
Yeah, that'd be reason enough for me to keep it wrapped. But if you do watch it expecting Rob Schneider to pop up in there like he did in Sly's version, I'm happy to say that you'll be disappointed.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Sep 02, 2016, 02:47:39 AM
I didn't know your dad had passed. I'm sorry to hear that.

Hey!  Don't kill off my dad, dude!  :o  He's alive but I don't get to see him too often and he's a workaholic so we almost never get to watch movies together.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Sep 02, 2016, 03:57:17 AM
My bad, my bad.

Dredd is fantastic. It's a tragedy hardly anyone showed up for it, the ideas the director had for the sequel sounded amazing.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Sep 03, 2016, 05:20:20 AM
Kickstarter!









(Ho ho, no!  I kid.  ...Kind of.)
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Sep 11, 2016, 11:34:05 PM
I saw Morgan! With your favorite, Kate Mara! Honestly this was the perfect role for her. Zero emotion, zero personality.

The Tomatometer has cast it into the pit, but I liked it! Expected a trash teen horror flick, got a relatively competent sci-fi film. Surprised the heck out of me.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Sep 12, 2016, 03:11:32 AM
Read the synopsis and it unfolded exactly as I expected it would down the "twist ending."  :P
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Sep 12, 2016, 03:26:04 AM
Haha! It was pretty heavily telegraphed.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Sep 13, 2016, 04:00:27 AM
I'm kinda annoyed by things trying to have twists where twists aren't needed.  Not that I'm saying this one didn't need the twist but I was reminded of how the last few Disney things stick in some stupid-ass twist.  Hans was bad all along.  King Candy was Turbo.  The sheep was behind it all along.  Tadashi died for fuckin' nothing.  At least the King Candy thing was sorta telegraphed.  We knew he was bad earlier, the twist was more to his motive.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Sep 13, 2016, 05:26:11 AM
Oh man, BH6's villain was SHIT. Tadashi should have been the villain! I'd leave it to the writers to figure out how that would work, but yeah. That villain was SHIT.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Sep 13, 2016, 09:09:27 AM
Watched the Lego movie last night. I heard it was a good showcase for UHD setups.

Holy crap. I forgot it was basically a 3D animated retelling of the Matrix. Can't believe I watched something that looked like that in my house.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Sep 13, 2016, 02:48:57 PM
Omg, guise, I'm sitting through the Boxtrolls.  This shit's painful.  I just have it on as background noise but how didn't this flop hard?  Nearly everyone's gross, especially the villain.  At least the latter half picks up a bit.  The craftsmanship put into this drivel saddens me.

EDIT:  Looking at the box office numbers, it still looks like a flop.  Usually at least twice the budget, right?
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Sep 13, 2016, 05:11:45 PM
That's part of the reason I've never bothered to watch it. I remember seeing the trailers and absolutely hating how all the characters looked -- especially the protagonist! Looks like a British child actor.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Sep 14, 2016, 12:51:02 AM
Oh man, BH6's villain was SHIT. Tadashi should have been the villain! I'd leave it to the writers to figure out how that would work, but yeah. That villain was SHIT.

And, like, the powet of friendship and brotherly love or whatever talks him from the dark side.  I like it.  Probably what should've been the true plot of Frozen as well: Elsa goes whackjobs and her sister dumb red-headed pigtails or whatever uses the magic of sisterhood to save the kingdom.  And Hans isn't bad.  He's just the Walter of Sleepless in Seattle or the Frank of You've Got Mail.  "Love is an open door, Hans, and Kristoff walked through.  You know, maybe I'm too young to get married just yet."  "I understand, Anna Banana.  Save a dance for me, okay?"  [Cue musical number ending this shit.]  Yeah, that would've totally worked.  If the mouse house wanted to move in another direction, it should've moved away from black and white villainry.  Finding Dory didn't need any mustache twirlers for fuck's sake.

That's part of the reason I've never bothered to watch it. I remember seeing the trailers and absolutely hating how all the characters looked -- especially the protagonist! Looks like a British child actor.

They were British.  The VA for the MC even has the same wobbly-ass head (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Hempstead_Wright).  Thing is, I'm not even completely against something looking sorta ugly.  But when you do ugly, the charm has to be dialed up to 11.  These characters acted how they looked.  Some of the boxtrolls themselves managed to grow on me but none of the humans ever did.  The little girl in the movie was the stock "imma tough independent girl,  luk how stupid muh family is.  luk at what an utter ass i'm being to this feral child."

And there was this whole thing about it reading transphobic.  The disgusting bad guy dresses up as an equally disgusting woman and proceeded to have all of the men wagging their tongues over him.  It was very "look at this sicko dressing up as a lady.  isn't he an ugly lady?  he's a man in a dress, innit he?"  <<=== That was their schtick.  They totally ran with it.

The elephant in the room being that nothing is ever made of the bad guy dressing up as a lady in the book.  Yeah, this shit's based on a book.  In the book, it's a disguise he uses like Bugs Bunny would in that he's just perpetuating his scam.  The MC discovers the clothes and puts two and two together, but it never plays into the plot as heavily as it does in the film version.  In the film, the villain is actually being continually sexually harassed.  It's weird.  It's like they went out of their way to make it extra cringey.
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Post by: Rama on Sep 18, 2016, 09:07:43 AM
The Blair Witch

Pretty much the same problem as the Force Awakens. Almost exact same story as the original, but we more flash and less substance that makes it lesser then the film it is aping. Two many jump scares and you see the Blair Witch. They are quick glimpses, but you do see her like 3-4 times.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Sep 18, 2016, 12:13:37 PM
Oh, shit, that was actually a different film?  I saw Internet ads (text ads) and saw it was showing in some theaters here in town, so I thought they were just rerunning the old one for, like, Halloween or something.  Even tho' Halloween's over a month away but all the holidays keep creeping forward anyway so I thought nothing of it.
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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Sep 18, 2016, 02:37:19 PM
It'd be different if it were a classic being remade. TBWP does not count.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Sep 29, 2016, 11:49:01 PM
Miss Peregrine is probably one of Burton's better efforts in recent memory. Still, it's not great by any means. And there's a CG sequence towards the end that is just horrendous.

If I could communicate with my past self, I would recommend against it.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Sep 30, 2016, 10:01:18 PM
Spoiler: I was your future self.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Oct 02, 2016, 09:52:09 AM
That's a damn good plastic surgeon.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Oct 04, 2016, 07:45:53 PM
It wasn't a movie, but I saw The Book of Mormon on Sunday. It was really good!
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Oct 05, 2016, 01:53:44 AM
It almost made you want to wear a tie and ride a bicycle.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Oct 05, 2016, 06:47:15 PM
And put on that magical underwear and pray toward the Kolob star system!
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Oct 06, 2016, 11:24:30 PM
Emily Blunt train movie. It was good, but man. Fucking bleak.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Oct 07, 2016, 04:32:03 AM
Imdb has Emily Blunt reverting to her native accent as a "goof."  Are they serious?  The book was based in the UK.  She's taking the train to London.  Did they actually change the damn location and then hire a fabulous British actress anyway?   :raiseeyebrow:
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Oct 07, 2016, 09:29:51 AM
Yeah, it's New York in the movie.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Oct 07, 2016, 08:29:21 PM
Boo.  Screw New York.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Oct 14, 2016, 12:01:05 AM
The Accountant.

Man, I really liked it. Way more than I thought I would. There was some goofy circumstantial shit in there, but I can overlook it. So good.

I won't say exactly what it was, but very early on I leaned over to the people I was seeing it with and said, "How lame would it be if this ended up being that?" And they both groaned. But then by the end it totally happened. It didn't even matter though, because everything else was just great.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Oct 19, 2016, 06:54:39 AM
Shin Godzilla.  I wish it had more Godzilla smashing up shit.  I mean, all the Godzilla stuff was great but sooo much of the movie was the humans talking about Godzilla.  Stage 1 Godzilla was legit nightmare fuel.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Oct 19, 2016, 08:24:39 AM
Maybe I'm just an asshole, but that sounds like every Godzilla movie to me. I've heard others share your sentiments, so perhaps this one is even lighter on Godzilla action than the norm?
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Post by: B E C K on Oct 19, 2016, 10:25:10 PM
Granted I haven't seen a huge number of Godzilla movies.  Maybe three of them.  This movie did such a good job of making Godzilla scary.  Not "scary boo" (ok, maybe the first stage a bit) but scary as in he felt like a legit threat to humanity.  The human element didn't live up the fear that threat should've presented.  People should've been committing suicide and backstabbing each other.  Even in a structured culture like what the Japanese have, it remained too calm and orderly at times.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Oct 20, 2016, 07:16:01 AM
Third Impact Godzilla, courtesy of Anno. Maybe now he'll finish the Evangelion Rebuild movie series.
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Post by: B E C K on Oct 21, 2016, 10:53:45 AM
The movie probably could've benefited from some Evas fighting Godzilla.  Or at least some other kaiju.  It felt like there needed to be more large scale action.  There was a preview for another King Kong movie that played and it infuriates me that they revealed so much of Kong.  Like, you can get away with not revealing him.  Even though I didn't care for any of the actors, I was getting a bit hyped with how they were teasing it.  And then they revealed him and all the hype-air or whatever got sucked out at once.  Save the reveals for the fucking film.  Yeah, you know what he looks like but they actually gave him a serious height upgrade.  That would've been a cool thing for the casual viewer to be shocked at.  At least it wasn't Inferno aka the one with the DaVinci Code guy Robert Langdon played by Tom Hanks.  Merla had to shush me because I was all "Did they just show us the entire freakin' movie in the trailer?" all loud.  What makes it bad is that there's already been two Robert Langdon films.  The viewer's gonna recognize Tom Hanks as the character and know they're in for an adventure full of riddle-solving and intrigue.  And the fuckin' trailer was taking us step by step through everything.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Nov 04, 2016, 12:29:01 AM
Just got back from Marvel's Doctor Pepper. All things considered, it wasn't too shabby. There's one scene in particular that just looks like a fakey shitshow, and the humor comes across as forced more often than not, but it's not a bad movie by any means.

And I really expected it to be. I had this one pegged as the beginning of the end, but nope, the train rolls on.

I guess next up is Guardians Part Deux. That one is guaranteed to make money, even if it isn't great.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Nov 05, 2016, 07:31:20 AM
Yeah, pretty much.  I wonder how much—if any—steam Fantastic Beasts will take out of Doctor Strange.  Ha ha, I almost typed that out as "Fantastic Breasts."  This is gonna be a tough month for me.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Nov 05, 2016, 09:17:53 AM
People will show up in droves for Eddie Redmayne's Fantastic Breasts.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Nov 05, 2016, 01:03:36 PM
They already did, right?  For The Danish Girl?
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Nov 07, 2016, 09:39:11 AM
I really wanna see Shin Godzilla. I've actually see every Godzilla movie except one: Destroy All Monsters and have been jonesing to see this one. Sadly no where around here is showing it.

Anyway I saw Doctor Strange. It was ok. Nothing great, nothing bad. They seemed to be trying to make Strange into Stark 2.0 and I've always seen Strange as a far more serious character then that...in personality I mean.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Nov 08, 2016, 02:53:35 AM
So what was the deal with the Ancient One?  Wasn't the Ancient One originally from Tibet?  I know they're saying Ancient Tilda is just a form or something, but what did they say in turns of origin?  Where is the Ancient One from if not Tibet?
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Nov 08, 2016, 07:13:36 AM
I think they mentioned she is of Gaelic descent.

It was weird, they even did this fakeout thing where Cabbagepatch and by extension the audience was supposed to think this one stereotypical Asian mystic-looking dude was supposed to be the Ancient One, but then Tilda shows up. And it's like, Tilda had already been in the movie extensively at that point. Not to mention all the promotional shit that's been going on for the past year.

I don't know why they did that.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Nov 08, 2016, 09:57:11 PM
Because movie executives are stupid.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Nov 09, 2016, 03:32:38 AM
Well, hopefully President Dumps can make Hollywood great again. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Nov 09, 2016, 04:56:25 AM
Tilda Swinton isn't a 10 and no one wants to grab her pussy so there goes her career.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Nov 11, 2016, 09:45:57 AM
Gods of Egypt.

Not that bad....I mean it isn't a great movie, but it is mindless fun.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Nov 11, 2016, 12:23:25 PM
Yeah, man. That scene with the giant black and white cobras was great.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Nov 11, 2016, 06:02:26 PM
If only I weren't boycotting that movie, I might be curious enough to see what you're taking about.  I'll have to take your words for it, Levars.
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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Nov 11, 2016, 10:34:34 PM
I liked the Strange movie. Things happened a bit too quickly story-wise, which was exacerbated by the too-short runtime, but I enjoyed it. I remember there being several points where it felt like they cut scenes, so I'm expecting an extended edition/director's cut down the road. I didn't understand how they came up with a white English/Welch/Gaelic/Narnian Ancient One, but, meh. It's a movie, not high art or social commentary.

The biggest issue I actually had was, when he got the Cloak of Levitation, it had a mind of its own and kind of drug him along in helping him. But later, when they were fighting in NYC and the place went all Inception and folding in and out of itself, he was falling everywhere as if he wasn't wearing a cloak that imbues its wearer with flight. I kept thinking Bugs Bunny would poke his head in there and say, "I wonder if that silly duck'll remember he can fly..?" *THUD* "Nope, I guess not."
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Nov 11, 2016, 11:28:18 PM
I didn't even think about that. Neither did the writers, obviously. That cloak was just Carpet from Aladdin, yeah? I was surprised to see him again after all these years.

The Arrival was gooooooooooood. I didn't even mind Jeremy Renner all that much.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Nov 12, 2016, 03:22:25 AM
I swear, Jeremy Renner reminds me of oatmeal.  There's nothing interesting about him and it takes a lot of chocolate or butterscotch chips for me to notice he's there.

I didn't even think about that. Neither did the writers, obviously. That cloak was just Carpet from Aladdin, yeah? I was surprised to see him again after all these years.

Was Carpet still a bro?
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Nov 12, 2016, 05:02:26 AM
Trans, maybe?

I don't know!
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Nov 12, 2016, 09:31:16 AM
"Trans?"  What?  :lol:  Nah, man, was the carpet still a buddy.  A pal.  An amigo.  A true, blue friend.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Nov 12, 2016, 12:57:20 PM
Yeah, when first introduced it was like its own character. From then on it was just another prop. A prop that would magically attach itself to Strange's shoulders and freak out his former doctor girlfriend by just floating there, granted, but anyway.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Nov 12, 2016, 02:26:47 PM
He had his big scene and was then quickly forgotten.

"Trans?"  What?  :lol:  Nah, man, was the carpet still a buddy.  A pal.  An amigo.  A true, blue friend.

No, that was Genie ahahahaha! Admit it, you did that on purpose.

Robin Williams' ashes were scattered at sea.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Nov 13, 2016, 12:03:10 PM
Is the San Francisco Bay really considered "at sea?"  And I actually didn't do that on purpose.  Wow, I'm pretty funny.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Nov 20, 2016, 10:52:49 PM
So this is fucked up right here.

Fantastic Beasts is good. Really good.

I don't know what's real anymore.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Nov 21, 2016, 04:19:34 AM
It's getting good reviews and stuff but, yeah, I'm still not interested in ever seeing it.  How do you envision the four sequels going?  I recall reading that the 2nd one's taking place in Paris.  You think Newty-Boy will just Carmen Sandiego his ass around the world or somethin'?
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Nov 21, 2016, 09:59:47 AM
I don't think it's a spoiler to say that the movie begins with Newt getting off a boat, and ends with him getting back onto one, so yes to Carmen Sandiego.

Honestly, I didn't want to go either. In fact, I was ready to bail but changed my mind at the last second.

If asked to compare it to something else I've seen recently, I'd say it's way more enjoyable than Doctor Strange. Like, by several orders of magnitude.

Dumbfounded.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Nov 21, 2016, 05:13:37 PM
That's not surprising that something that's trying to start a new five-film franchise would be more enjoyable than another cog in the Marvel wheel.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Nov 23, 2016, 01:41:21 AM
Moana is also good. Big surprise there, eh? I liked it better than Zootopia inasmuch as it's a more traditional "Disney movie" than a prolonged sitcom.

Jemaine Clement is in it. I did not know this going in. He is awesome, as one might expect.
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Post by: B E C K on Nov 23, 2016, 02:41:56 AM
I'm glad to hear Moana's good.  I hope it sucks up a lot of the business from its competition.

I saw a flick on Netflix called "Skin Trade."  Why?  Because it starred Dolph, Tony Jaa, Michael Jai White, Peter Weller, and Ron Perlman using an accent.  What's there not to love?  Everything.  It's such an uncomfortable fuckin' film.  I mean, Ron Perlman does what Ron Perlman does best: he twirls that figurative mustache the best he can.  In fact, I gotta say that all the actors seemed to be doing their best to salvage this.  Loved Peter Weller getting all pissed off.  He needs to get his own series or something.  Heard a lot of criticism on Tony Jaa's English and honestly, I didn't get far enough in the movie to assess that.  But when a picture relies on Tony Jaa's English instead of Tony Jaa's ass-kicking prowess, I gotta question priorities.

The film's supposed to have a woman trafficking plotline but manages to exploit women as much as it can, even when it does nothing to serve the story.  It's so squick-inducing.  It was woman being ogled, woman being drugged, woman being kidnapped, woman being kept prisoner, woman almost getting raped, woman + a bunch of other woman rotting dead in a crate, obligatory strip club scene, another woman being ogled, also being set up to be raped, oh she's about to be raped, oh she got stripped but not raped, Dolph's character's has a comely daughter (oh no), now sex scene with Dolph's character's wife, does she get raped too, nope lol she died.  By then, I had it and checked out.  Reading the summary of what I missed, all of that shit was just the set-up  Talk about long and convoluted.  Dolph's character is supposed to travel to Thailand where he meets Tony's character.  Why didn't they just have Dolph and Michael Jai White as FBI partners that pursued Ron Perlman to Thailand and cut to the chase?  Where's this other shit coming from?  Just bleh.   I'm a fan of all of those dudes, too.  What a waste.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Nov 23, 2016, 11:55:18 AM
Perlman is in Fantastic Beasts, and unless they plan on going back to him throughout the series, it's a really worthless casting decision. His character could have been literally anyone else and it wouldn't have made a difference.
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Post by: B E C K on Nov 23, 2016, 07:51:30 PM
Like the Stabbington Brothers?  Well, I guess a bunch of his roles actually.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Nov 24, 2016, 01:17:47 PM
Holy shit, I actually had to look that up. And then I was like, "Did I realize at the time that it was him?"

And the answer is, I can't remember.

So yes, absolutely. If you're casting Ron Perlman in anything, you want him for his look. He's a big gorilla man in a suit, or whatever. His voice is distinctive, sure, but mostly when it's coming out of his Moai mug.
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Post by: B E C K on Nov 25, 2016, 01:44:14 AM
You know, I never knew he played Satan in that one episode of Animaniacs: https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2014/10/the-roles-of-a-lifetime-ron-perlman.html
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Nov 25, 2016, 12:39:26 PM
See? He was Clayface in B:TAS? WTF?
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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Nov 25, 2016, 01:08:33 PM
The first time I ever saw Perlman was with Linda Hamilton on TV's Beauty and the Beast. But after T2 I wasn't sure who's who, but anyway. You need a burly ugly dude to play the role of a burly ugly dude, he's your man.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Nov 26, 2016, 10:16:43 AM
See? He was Clayface in B:TAS? WTF?

Clayface, I actually knew about.  On second viewing anyway.  :lol:


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The first time I ever saw Perlman was with Linda Hamilton on TV's Beauty and the Beast. But after T2 I wasn't sure who's who, but anyway. You need a burly ugly dude to play the role of a burly ugly dude, he's your man.

But sadly (or not), he's got legit acting chops.  I wish he was given more roles that let him expand on that.  At least even an animated series where he's in a starring role.  I think Hellboy and Clay (in Sons of Anarchy) are probably the only roles in the last ten years or so that have allowed him to have any sort of depth.  Otherwise, he's just some throwaway character.  Don't make Perlman the throwaway character, Hollywood.  That's what the Hemsworth brothers are for.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Nov 30, 2016, 02:03:17 AM
Last one I watched in the theatres was "Shut In". It was ok. Ive noticed Naomi (is that her name?) has been showing her boobs more freely in her latest movies. Its like the older she gets the more she wants to show them off.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Nov 30, 2016, 03:42:57 AM
Do you mean Naomi "Her best role was Jet Girl in 'Tank Girl'" Watts?
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Nov 30, 2016, 03:55:10 AM
Yes yes. Ive never seen that movie but the last couple ones Ive seen of her , you can see her boobs at least once
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Dec 11, 2016, 05:22:24 AM
Watched Moana. Loved it. Even tho I cant stand the Rock.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Dec 11, 2016, 07:26:32 AM
Oh, God, I can't stand him either.  Which is sorta a shame if only because he seems like a genuinely nice guy.  But, yeah, I can't stand him.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Dec 11, 2016, 02:44:59 PM
The Rock is great in Moana. He sings. It's great.

Also, Jemaine Clement's scene is glorious.
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Dec 11, 2016, 07:36:12 PM
Oh, God, I can't stand him either.  Which is sorta a shame if only because he seems like a genuinely nice guy.  But, yeah, I can't stand him.
Yes everybody always talks about how nice he is, etc.
I have to say he was pretty funny on those short videos he made with Kevin Hart for their movie. You know the ones where they are on set and start screaming to each other.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Dec 11, 2016, 10:35:33 PM
The Rock is great in Moana. He sings. It's great.

Everytime the Rock sings, a jabroni gets its wings.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Dec 13, 2016, 03:30:50 AM
Also, Jemaine Clement's scene is glorious.

Shit, I just looked that guy up and he's fuckin' Nigel from Rio.  Ha ha.  I don't know what to think about this.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Dec 13, 2016, 12:32:07 PM
Yup. And his voice just is what it is. He never tries to disguise it or anything.

He was the only good thing about Men in Black 3.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Dec 14, 2016, 05:21:15 AM
I'm shocked MiB3 had a "good thing" at all.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Dec 14, 2016, 09:14:48 AM
It did! The villain, played by Jemaine Clement. I thought he looked like a demented Randy Savage. An even more demented Randy Savage.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Dec 14, 2016, 02:20:13 PM
Did he manage to save the movie or he wasn't enough?  Also, heh, Nicole Schresdkngbirger or whatever was apparently in that movie and nearly as orange as our PEOTUS.  Yikes.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Dec 14, 2016, 06:39:31 PM
No! God, no. MiB3 is trash. I place it above 2, but that was a complete disaster.

I've probably mentioned this before, but I really liked the MiB cartoon. It built off the movies, but it really did stand on its own. I've heard people say it's more like the comics, but I've never read those so I can't comment.

Men in Black. It was great, until it wasn't.

Oh, I'll bet the CG has aged horrendously. I suppose you can say that about most CG, including Jurassic Park! A lot of people like to claim Jurassic Park's CG is timeless, but to that I say BULLSHIT.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Dec 15, 2016, 12:36:04 AM
I like MiB but cant fucking stand Will Smith or anyone from his shit family.


It did! The villain, played by Jemaine Clement. I thought he looked like a demented Randy Savage. An even more demented Randy Savage.

I have no idea who this guy was until now. And even now I still don't know who he is. A singer? Actor?
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Dec 15, 2016, 06:52:36 AM
I've probably mentioned this before, but I really liked the MiB cartoon. It built off the movies, but it really did stand on its own. I've heard people say it's more like the comics, but I've never read those so I can't comment.

Yeah, the cartoon was neato.  I also heard that comparison to the comics but I've never read them either.


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Oh, I'll bet the CG has aged horrendously. I suppose you can say that about most CG, including Jurassic Park! A lot of people like to claim Jurassic Park's CG is timeless, but to that I say BULLSHIT.

Yeah, I can't wait until they add the feathers to the dinosaurs in the new Blu-Ray Encased in Amber edition.


I like MiB but cant fucking stand Will Smith or anyone from his shit family.

I used to tolerate him just fine but I can't figure out when that tolerance ended.  Watching stuff with Will Smith in it now is like when I started rewatching films with Robin Williams in them.  It's this painful experience where you see this desperate man grasping for a positive reaction wherever he can find one and I just pity him instead of enjoying myself.  Looking at Smith's filmography, it seems it happened around Wild Wild West.  Hollywood kept trying to make the Summer of Will happen year after year and that year was fuckin' enough.

For whatever reason, I didn't like him in the Fresh Prince of Bel-air.  He did a good job and I don't hate the show (and really the story lines and the rest of the cast save it), but I think he reminded me too much of this guy at (middle) school that liked to make me the butt of his jokes.  So the Will "character" (in quotes because he was freakin' Will) chafed me big time.  But I had no problems with him in Independence Day.  Well, before.  I can't watch that movie now.

And I don't know why his kids make me gag.  Ok, never mind.  Pulled this gem off of Wikipedia and it's shit like this:

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Smith's father, Will, revealed that his son sought an emancipation ruling, with the consent of his parents, as a fifteenth-birthday present. Will revealed to the media that Smith's primary motivation is the establishment of his own residence and also explained that his children are not subject to strict parenting conduct: "We generally don't believe in punishment. From the time Jaden was five or six we would sit him down, and all he has to do is be able to explain why what he did was the right thing for his life."[15] However, Smith and his father appeared together on The Ellen DeGeneres Show on May 15, 2013, and Smith said:

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The thing that people don't get is everything at his house is free. So I can get anything and everything at his house, so I'm going to be there for 20, 30 more years. He [Will Smith] says that as soon as I have a movie that's bigger than one of his movies I can get my own house.[16]

There are so many fuckin' things wrong with that... but this post is already too long and I don't want to add forty more paragraphs to it.

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It did! The villain, played by Jemaine Clement. I thought he looked like a demented Randy Savage. An even more demented Randy Savage.

I have no idea who this guy was until now. And even now I still don't know who he is. A singer? Actor?

He's a comedian from New Zealand.
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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Dec 15, 2016, 06:47:07 PM
I think I watched MiB3. Didn't they go back in time or something? That's about all I can remember of it. The only reason I remember more about that than 2 is because it's newer. The first movie was fun, and the cartoon was good...never read the comic.

Good CGI is always just five-to-ten years away from being bad CGI. And nowhere is that difference more profound than when watching old movies in HD or UHD. It's worse than bad compositing used to be.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Dec 16, 2016, 01:52:57 AM
I think I watched MiB3. Didn't they go back in time or something? That's about all I can remember of it.

I know I didn't watch it and I remember they go back in time.  Not sure why I retained any info about MiB3 but there ya go.

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Good CGI is always just five-to-ten years away from being bad CGI. And nowhere is that difference more profound than when watching old movies in HD or UHD. It's worse than bad compositing used to be.

On the flip side tho', it's even more jarring to me when I'm watching an old movie and they've "fixed" things with CG.  So now you have an old-ass movie with shiny graphics.  And even MORE jarring when you watch five years after that: the movie is dated and the graphics are dated but from different time periods.  And I don't know if it's just me, but the older CG and special effects stuff has a charm to it that can't be duplicated with modern era (2000-onward) CG.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Dec 16, 2016, 02:52:33 AM
Speaking of bad CG, you should see what they did in Rogue One. Holy fuck. I can hardly believe it. It's a real "What were they thinking?" kind of deal. Fuck, man. Just wait until you see it. Hilarious and embarrassing.

And I didn't care for the movie at all, just in general. When it wasn't boring me, it was pissing me off. Fuck Rogue One.

You know what was a good movie? Nocturnal Animals. Disturbing, but good.
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Post by: B E C K on Dec 17, 2016, 04:15:30 AM
I saw the ending to Rogue One on Reddit, ho ho.  Are you referring to the ghost of Peter Cushing?  I imagine if I had seen the movie and written a review, it would be this one giving the movie a C.  This person really hated fakey Tarks. (http://www.indiewire.com/2016/12/rogue-one-review-star-wars-1201757457/)
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Post by: jonhammstein on Dec 17, 2016, 06:12:40 PM
He looked like shit. Like, I can't even describe to you how ridiculous it was. And not only that! Peter Cushing was 5'10". David Prowse was 6'4". In St*r WarzzZZ, Darth Vader dwarfs Tarkin, anyone can see that.

In Rogue One, Tarkin stands a head above every character he interacts with! Like, what in the fuck even? How did they not notice this and correct it?

Compared to all the other trash that goes on in the movie though, that's just a minor nitpick.

But then as an added gut punch the movie ends with CG young Carrie Fisher LIKE ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME IT'S SO AWFUL.

I hate this garbage. I hate that it will make obscene amounts of money. I hate that people will begin referring to it as the "best" St*r WarzzZZ movie, and their "favorite" St*r WarzzZZ movie.

Fuck all of humanity.

And Season's Greetings!
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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Dec 17, 2016, 10:36:34 PM
Yeah, a friend of mine went to see it today and pronounced thereafter it the third best after Empire and New Hope. So anyway. I still have no desire to see it unless a passle of my folks want to go en masse and I go along out of sheer loneliness.
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Post by: B E C K on Dec 18, 2016, 01:17:06 AM
I hate this garbage. I hate that it will make obscene amounts of money. I hate that people will begin referring to it as the "best" St*r WarzzZZ movie, and their "favorite" St*r WarzzZZ movie.

Not to add to your list... well, actually, it DOES add to your list, but someone pointed out that in Vader's slaughter scene or whatever, he's very nimble.  He's not bouncing off walls or nothing but he moves like a young dude instead of the slow-ass, crusty albino-looking fucker we met in ANH.

I was wondering something maybe you could answer since you've seen this film.. would the movie have been helped by fewer rebels involved?  As in, do you think it would have benefited to cut characters and streamline the story?  It seemed like--at face value--the movie may have worked better with just two human rebel characters and the droid.  From what I heard, the droid and Felicity Jones's tight ass were the only real stars here.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Dec 18, 2016, 01:37:58 AM
I don't know. I really don't. I didn't like any of the characters. Every time the robot started to win me over, he would do or say some hackneyed bullshit that had all the Rhodes Scholars in the crowd hootin' and hollerin' to the rafters. Fuck right off. They telegraphed every gag from a mile out, how could anyone possibly find that shit funny?

As for the Vader thing? Haha! Yeah, it must have been his last hurrah. After that brutal onslaught, he was winded for the rest of his life.

Also, James Earl Jones is 85, and you can hear every year in his delivery. I mean, sure, it's authentic Vader, but...
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Post by: B E C K on Dec 18, 2016, 01:58:34 AM
Would it have helped if the group was already a cohesive team of old friends and jumped right into the mission of stealing the plans?  Because it also seemed like the movie was presenting an origin story (the formation of this rebel group) + their mission.  But they didn't have the space.  No pun intended.  Ho ho.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Dec 18, 2016, 12:21:02 PM
No, the way they came together was stupid. It was just all of a sudden they decided to rally behind her. Why? Who the fuck was she? Nobody! There's a scene towards the end where she makes this "rousing" speech during a meeting, and it's like why is anyone even suffering you to talk? But nope, a bunch of randoes decide she'll be their Joan of Arc stand-in, and charge off to their inevitable doom.

And don't even get me started on the part where "May the Force be with you" plays over the intercom while the pilots are manning their ships. Like get the fuck out with that!

Did you read about the part where they bumped into the ugly guy and the guy with balls for a mouth in the crowded street scene? You know the guys from the original, Obi-Wan cuts one of their arms off? Fucking why?! Why would they put them in this?!

"Membuh dose guys from Mos Eisley? You membuh?"
"I wemembuh! Dose guys was cool!"

AAAAAAAAAAAARGH.
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Post by: B E C K on Dec 18, 2016, 07:46:49 PM
I saw a post where someone was wondering how they got back to Mos Eisley so quickly afterwards.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Dec 18, 2016, 08:46:34 PM
I do like how someone can be so unattractive that even though he always hangs out with a dude with balls for a mouth, he still manages to be referred to as the ugly guy.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Dec 19, 2016, 06:36:28 PM

Thank God. I thought maybe I was becoming a curmudgeon. Well, maybe I am, but at least I'm in good company.
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Post by: B E C K on Dec 20, 2016, 01:40:11 AM
Oh my God, I've never agreed so much with a group of reviewers.  Those guys are my people.  I want to see that Oceans One: A St*r WarzzZZ Story they pitched.  I wouldn't even have minded a happy ending retcon: some of the rebels died but after delivering the plans, the others made it to a planet with no way off so they just lived out their days in peace and that's why the other rebels think they're dead.  Rogue One looks so depressing.  Who wants to see a dreary, bummer movie like this one?  Like the election of President Orange isn't downer enough and now we can't even rely on Disney to give us an uplifting movie at Christmas.  "We killed beloved fan favorite Han Solo last year, we need to one-up those tears, gentlemen."
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Post by: jonhammstein on Dec 20, 2016, 02:19:54 AM
Are you familiar with those guys at all? I can't recall if we've ever discussed the Plinkett prequel trilogy reviews around here in the past. Ever since watching those, I've been following Red Letter Media. More often than not, I tend to agree with their opinions, and their critiques and observations are pretty much always hilarious.
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Post by: B E C K on Dec 21, 2016, 04:54:39 AM
Are you familiar with those guys at all?

Nope, not a bit.  I just completely jived with what they were sayin' tho'.  :poo:


So I watched this doc on Netflix called "The Minimalists" and it was just so meh.  It's got the problem that really plagues the minimalism/decluttering/small space/simplyfying/tidying movement or as I like to call it (as of today) MDSST+: it is overrun by pretentious blogger hipsters.  I had trouble putting this into words earlier to Merla, so I made a handy Bingo card...

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/Gz6-Cwe-zR-pokKoCBSPQ_bQ-GNtn8F-Rx4pr_k8BoFJWUNMYQnzaW1-0vGigjP3dYdZYj_9OWRoNZlwePxVQSKSMIcv5TJHoqbKaF1QXUbzwSl3RsA38ZFQIIXXzdB3dZ7csw=w867-h662-no)
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Post by: B E C K on Dec 24, 2016, 05:58:48 AM
Correction to the above: the movie I saw was actually called "Minimalism: A Documentary About the Important Things."  What a pretentious title.  "The Minimalists" are actually two guys involved with the film.  They get to be "the minimalists," you know, 'cause the domain happened to be free and all.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Dec 30, 2016, 09:49:20 AM
A follow-up to their Half in the Bag review:

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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Dec 30, 2016, 01:36:51 PM
Correction to the above: the movie I saw was actually called "Minimalism: A Documentary About the Important Things."  What a pretentious title.  "The Minimalists" are actually two guys involved with the film.  They get to be "the minimalists," you know, 'cause the domain happened to be free and all.
It's certainly pretentious, not to mention....not minimalist.
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Post by: B E C K on Dec 31, 2016, 08:50:49 AM
Correction to the above: the movie I saw was actually called "Minimalism: A Documentary About the Important Things."  What a pretentious title.  "The Minimalists" are actually two guys involved with the film.  They get to be "the minimalists," you know, 'cause the domain happened to be free and all.
It's certainly pretentious, not to mention....not minimalist.

BWA-HAW-HAW, I didn't even think about that.  'Minimalism: A Documentary.'  'A Minimalism Documentary.'  Something like that would've been more apt instead of that bloated mess we got.


A follow-up to their Half in the Bag review:


He did a good job showing his point with that Episode IV edit.  You lose a lot without the banter.  But, man, now I want to see all kinds of movies with inappropriate laugh tracks added on to them.
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Post by: B E C K on Jan 03, 2017, 12:38:29 AM
I feel like those Half in the Bag guys were reading my mind in regards to Ghostbusters.  Their reaction was exactly my expectation.  Also saw their review of Star Trek: Beyond (the review kinda dragged... still think I'm happier not watching that movie even tho' they had mostly positive reactions) and Doctor Strange (where they displayed their complete discomfort and lack of understanding regarding industry whitewashing... but I still laughed at the rest of the review).
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Post by: jonhammstein on Jan 03, 2017, 03:18:18 AM
They liked Beyond, didn't they? I remember that pissing me off, because I fucking hated that movie. Or maybe just one of them liked it? I can't recall.

I'm kind of addicted to those guys. Sometimes I'll go to a movie I wasn't otherwise interested in because I suspect they might review it. Haha! I know I'm weird.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Jan 03, 2017, 04:42:15 AM
It's the gift that keeps on giving!

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Post by: B E C K on Jan 03, 2017, 03:22:24 PM
They liked Beyond, didn't they? I remember that pissing me off, because I fucking hated that movie. Or maybe just one of them liked it? I can't recall.

Yeah, they were sorta "neutral happy."  Not "this is the bomb" or "I love this" but a solid 3/5 reaction: this wasn't too terrible; superior to the other film but it's not like that's a high bar; not Orci but fuck Orci; could eat popcorn to it without regrets.  I wonder how Beardy (I don't know their names, har) would've reacted to it if he had actually been a Trekker.
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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Jan 03, 2017, 06:12:32 PM
I liked Beyond, but primarily because it wasn't Into Darkness.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Jan 06, 2017, 06:15:57 AM
They'll never stop!

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Post by: B E C K on Jan 06, 2017, 10:01:01 AM
I'm impressed with how long this is going on.  Also, loved their Hobbit reviews.  Especially when they reviewed the first one and totally called how the barrel scene would play out in DoS.
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Jan 14, 2017, 05:04:51 AM
Oh boy, it was Keanu's week at Chateau Faye so I watched:

Knock Knock: God, Keanu can be such a great actor in some movies (Matrix, John Wick, Constantine, and yes Lake House) but in others, when he actually has to show some emotion, he SUCKS. This movie is one of them. He plays a "devoted father". That doesn't fit him at all. Sex scenes were great tho, saved them on my "hard disk" (wink wink).

Neon Demon: Now this one was a surprise cause I didn't know Keanu was in it until I saw his name on the credits. its one of those artsy movies that makes you say "what the fuck" (but not in the "I'm impressed, this is amazing" kind of way). Elle Fanning sucks and her neck is way too long. Jena Malone is hot tho. I liked the music too. Keanu's acting was good, he was all rough and macho . Loved it (until he ----spoilers---- raped an underage girl).  Oh but its visually stunning so would recommend for that.


Oh and bought Bridget Jones' baby. I'm in love with the whole franchise and mr Darcy in general, so needless to say I recommend this movie 10/10 .
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Post by: Rumble on Jan 15, 2017, 12:31:14 PM
Saw the Jungle Book the other day on Netflix and it was awesome
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Post by: B E C K on Jan 16, 2017, 02:19:33 AM
I wish the ending to that didn't feel like a tacked on cop-out.  "Oh, he returns to the human village?  But what about our five sequels?"
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Feb 13, 2017, 03:39:28 AM
holy SHIT guys John Wick was SOOOOOO GOOD. GO AND WATCH IT NOW NOW NOW NOW

NOW
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Post by: jonhammstein on Feb 13, 2017, 04:20:58 PM
Haha. I noticed the movies thread had been bumped by Faye, and my immediate thought was, "I'll bet she saw the new Keanu!"

I want to see it. Maybe this week.

I went to Lego Batman the other night. It was good, but... I don't know. Something was off. It just didn't grab me like the Lego Movie. There are some really, really great scenes, but overall it was just okay.
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Post by: B E C K on Feb 15, 2017, 03:56:29 AM
Is it really any different from the other Lego Batman offerings?  "Lego Batman: The Movie – DC Super Heroes Unite" was cute so is this new one like the Lego movie and that other Lego Batman movie had a child?


holy SHIT guys John Wick was SOOOOOO GOOD. GO AND WATCH IT NOW NOW NOW NOW

NOW


Does another dog die in this one?  :(
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Post by: jonhammstein on Feb 15, 2017, 09:22:41 AM
I haven't seen any other Lego movies, but I'm willing to bet the production value is way, way more impressive in this than in that other one you mentioned.
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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Feb 15, 2017, 08:32:18 PM
holy SHIT guys John Wick was SOOOOOO GOOD. GO AND WATCH IT NOW NOW NOW NOW

NOW
Wick 2 was as awesome as the first...

Does another dog die in this one?
...with 100% less canine deaths.

This movie is the ultimate in cinematic firearm pornography. As you might imagine, I was thrilled. Especially given that Keanu is, in his private life, an accomplished gunner with substantial 3-gun competitive experience that I respect the hell out of. It didn't hurt that, after a crummy day at work Monday, I was fully in the mood to watch dozens of nameless henchmen get annihilated via gunmanship and Krav Maga.
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Post by: B E C K on Feb 17, 2017, 03:29:09 AM
You guys are actually kinda making me want to see JW2 in the theater.  Do you have to see the first one and can someone go into this pretty cold?

I haven't seen any other Lego movies, but I'm willing to bet the production value is way, way more impressive in this than in that other one you mentioned.

I dunno... I mean, on one hand I'm sure it'd have to be but on the other, I still enjoyed that other Lego movie.  At no point did I say to myself "I wish they only had a higher production value."  It sorta did, well, it's job with what they had.  Which is actually something I miss from film-making these days.
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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Feb 17, 2017, 09:55:03 AM
You guys are actually kinda making me want to see JW2 in the theater.  Do you have to see the first one and can someone go into this pretty cold?
It helps to have seen the first, but it's not like there's some major plot points you're going to miss. Essentially, he had to make a bad bargain to survive in the first movie, and now it's coming back to haunt him. And it opens with him reclaiming his car that was stolen in the first film.
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Post by: B E C K on Feb 20, 2017, 04:14:04 AM
Ok, cool.  Thanks.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Mar 03, 2017, 03:14:34 AM
Just got back from Logan.

It's gooooooooooood.

It's really gooooooooooood.

I guess the third time really is the charm.

I don't want to be dismissive of everything that came before it; obviously this story and these characters wouldn't exist without all the groundwork that's been laid these past 15 or so years, but God damn this is just the best X-Men thing. Just the best. Who knew letting Wolverine be Wolverine would work out so well? Sarcasm aside, I really enjoyed this film. I look forward to seeing it again somewhere down the road.

Still haven't seen John Wick, gosh darn it.
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Post by: B E C K on Mar 03, 2017, 06:44:53 AM
I know he's supposed to be done with Wolverine and all but they really need to get him in a Deadpool movie.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Mar 10, 2017, 02:07:15 AM
There was a Deadpool 2 "teaser" ahead of Logan that didn't do anything for me. I'm not gonna pretend that the Deadpool character is some nuanced icon of modern literature, but what they're doing with him in these movies just comes off as incredibly one-note. Like, they haven't even attempted to touch on the whole multiple personality disorder thing, I guess maybe they figured it would be too confusing? If Reynolds is happy coasting along in goofball mode the entire time and audiences gobble it up, I suppose that's all we'll be getting.

Finally caught John Wick. They pretty much have to do a third one now, right?
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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Mar 12, 2017, 09:01:19 AM
They'd better. That was a heck of a setup. John Wick 3: Everyone Dies & Return of the Boss.

Watched Risen this week. Interesting premise, but on the whole I wasn't really impressed. Then again I generally don't care for Jesus movies given my opinion regarding the second commandment admonition against graven images and the conflict of artistic license with the prohibition of adding to or taking away from the biblical record.

Also watched Dr. No for the first time in some years this week. It had its moments, but it really isn't much of a movie. Thank goodness for From Russia With Love, which was a far superior movie and probably saved the franchise ahead of the overhyped but good Goldfinger and awesome Thunderball.
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Post by: Rama on Mar 13, 2017, 12:49:44 PM
Saw John Wick and it was pretty good. Although a lot of sequel building in it, it wasn't too distracting from the flick.

Although I don't know what demo they thought was coming to this movie but I had to sit through previews for both Fast and the Furious 8 and Power Rangers.
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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Mar 13, 2017, 04:58:16 PM
I have never watched a Fast & Furious movie.
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Post by: B E C K on Mar 14, 2017, 07:53:59 PM
Sounds like they played to right demo.  I'm sure they want the John Wick crowd to watch those movies.

I saw the first Fast and the Furious movie years and years ago when it first came out on video or whatever.  It wasn't awful but I can't say it was good either.  I probably could've done other things with those two hours of my life.
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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Mar 14, 2017, 09:41:38 PM
They all look like the same exact thing which is fine if you like the formula. But there's no real push for me to go back and watch a bunch of cookie-cutter flicks just so I can get up to speed so as to shell out the dinero to observe the newest iteration at our local pathetic excuse for a theater.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Mar 15, 2017, 07:08:56 AM
They're some of the best bad movies out there. Have you seen the Japanese titles for each of them? They are GLORIOUS:

The Fast and the Furious = Wild Speed
2 Fast 2 Furious = Wild Speed X2
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift = Wild Speed X3: Tokyo Drift
Fast & Furious = Wild Speed MAX
Fast Five = Wild Speed MEGA MAX
Fast & Furious 6 = Wild Speed: Euro Mission
Furious 7 = Wild Speed: Sky Mission
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Post by: B E C K on Mar 16, 2017, 06:12:03 PM
"Wild Speed MEGA MAX" sounds so rad.  I doubt it actually was but it sounds cool.
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Post by: Rama on Mar 16, 2017, 09:35:28 PM
Saw Kong: Skull Island and it was pretty awesome.

The previews were a little better too, including Blade Runner: 2049.
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Post by: B E C K on Mar 19, 2017, 06:32:15 PM
Saw live action Beauty and the Beast.  The whole gay Le Fou thing is no fucking big deal at all.  It kinda makes sense he'd be gay for Gaston and that's why he lets himself be Gaston's little bitch.  The movie on the whole succeeds, but mainly because it's so close to the animated film.  It's like when I saw a stage production of The Little Mermaid.  Even with a few changes here and there, it's hard to fuck up a proven formula as long as you stick as close to it as possible.

Previews with it were the latest Diary of a Wimpy Kid sequel (EW) and Coco (MEH).
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Post by: B E C K on Apr 10, 2017, 07:06:23 PM
The Thor trailer looks interesting.  I guess.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Apr 10, 2017, 11:04:54 PM
Oh man am I pumped for Thor. That shit is right up my alley. I have no doubt this will easily be the best Thor movie, and probably even one of the better Marvel movies. Excited!
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Post by: jonhammstein on Apr 10, 2017, 11:08:38 PM
I forgot to mention, they're touting it as a teaser trailer? Since when is two full minutes a teaser? I feel like I've made this same complaint somewhere before. Maybe it wasn't here.

I guess it's because they release so many God damn trailers for a single movie these days, that it just makes sense for them to call the first one the teaser? I don't know. Dumb.
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Post by: B E C K on Apr 14, 2017, 05:19:02 AM
Yeah, the "teaser" thing was headscratchy.  Like, a teaser's just a tiny bit.  That trailer outlined the entire plot.  It ain't no teaser.

In movie news...  Josh Brolin is Cable and Jude Law will play young Dumbledore. (http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/deadpool-2-josh-brolin-play-cable-993232)  Call me underwhelmed.  Especially with the Brolin part.  Yuck.
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Post by: B E C K on Apr 14, 2017, 05:36:28 AM
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Post by: jonhammstein on Apr 16, 2017, 11:22:54 PM
I see there's also a two minute teaser for Last Jedi. Disney knuckleheads.

I have my fingers crossed for a Beta Ray Bill cameo in Ragnarok, even if it's just the briefest thing.
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Post by: B E C K on Apr 20, 2017, 07:51:35 AM
Still underwhelmed by SW.  Haven't even seen ROTS or TFA yet.  But the whole "Last Jedi" title pisses me off.  I thought they returned.  What the fuck?
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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Apr 20, 2017, 08:49:40 PM
Saw Teen Titans: The Judas Contract. This was the first movie they were supposed to do in the new line of straight to video animated features, and they just got around to it.

Granted, I never read the original story...just a shade before my time, but I'd like to, since I've always enjoyed the work of both Marv Wolfman and George Perez. I mean, Crisis on Infinite Earths is the most epic thing, ever. It wasn't bad, but that the big reveal didn't have a year of build up, and you could see it coming a mile away.  I do wish they'd freaking tried to imitate Perez's art to some degree...it's the same non-descript TV show look a lot of their other stuff has. Aside from a few situations and dialog choices, it's something you could watch on Cartoon Network with no problem. I wouldn't expect them to pull off his unique and iconic look, but they could have at least approximated it. But it's still recommended.
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Post by: B E C K on Apr 21, 2017, 10:01:55 AM
Saw Moana and the Huntsman Winter's War one.  On Easter.  And family were gushing about Moana and how much they loved it, but it felt so paint-by-numbers.  Like someone knew all the beats and moments the story was supposed to hit but couldn't craft the story to make those moments feel genuine.  I mean, she lives that close to the fucking water and never used a boat?  Would've been cooler if she happened upon the cave where the old boats were (by herself, when she was much younger) and made her own custom boat.  She could still be a novice sailor or whatever, but having her attempt to be more at home in the water and trying to teach herself with varying amounts of success would've been the character making strides for her own growth.  Instead, it was all "I'm trying but daddy won't let me."  I don't even recall anyone else on the island making attempts to stop her, it was just her dad.  The fucker's gotta sleep and poop sometime.  At least in The Little Mermaid, Ariel had a plausible reason for not being able to set foot on land beforehand but the water's right there for Moana.  That shit doesn't work in reverse.  Songs were lackluster but I did enjoy "Shiny."  Would've been nice to have a main antagonist: like have the coconut guys continue to pursue Moana throughout the movie or something.  For all the trouble that heart-thing supposedly brought, we didn't see that much of it.  Maui was kinda annoying and at times it felt like he was trying to steal the story, but always failing to because he was too obnoxious.  He probably would've made a better villain than a hero and Moana could've turned him good with her bravery or something.  It would've added more tension to the story and made his change of heart at the end much stronger.  I actually liked the Huntsman movie better than Moana.  :raiseeyebrow:
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Post by: jonhammstein on Apr 23, 2017, 11:56:16 AM
Nonononono. You can't mean that. Not really.

Winter's War is atrocious. ATROCIOUS.

Jemaine Clement is not in Winter's War, automatically making it the lesser film.
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Post by: B E C K on Apr 24, 2017, 09:17:25 AM
Winter's War had a fried baby in it, a betrayed sister who Icemanned her lover into itty-bitty pieces, a dead/not-dead love interest, frozen dwarf pals, and "but yer all muh brothers an' sisters, muh huntsmen."  These are called stakes.  Moana had dead coconuts, brown plants, and no fish.  That is called "me yawning."  If Jemaine Clement was in Moana more, you'd have a real argument.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Apr 24, 2017, 11:55:07 AM
I'll admit Moana was kind of limp. I'm not saying it was great or anything. But man, I fucking hated Winter's War so much. That movie was just ultimate trash to me. Maybe I wouldn't feel so strongly if I hadn't paid to see it in the theater.

Okay, I'll try to same something nice about it. Um. Emily Blunt is in it. I find Emily Blunt exceedingly attractive.

There!
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Post by: B E C K on Apr 24, 2017, 09:25:31 PM
I saw it for free so that probably helped.  I also saw the first one and was bored by it, so expectations weren't really high.  I played this movie expecting a dull piece of garbage and came out more entertained than with Moana.  Hemsworth invested in a few more acting lessons, it was great to get Charlize again and in a limited dose (I was grateful they kept her trapped in the mirror most of the time because too much of her would've been a mistake), Emily Blunt was Emily Blunt, there were feisty drawf chicks, Jessica Chastain sorta phoned it in but she was still decent, and the scenery and CG couldn't get annoyingly overdone (big peeve of mine) because this was a sequel to something that wasn't Titanic to begin with so they scaled back the budget more or less appropriately.  Costumes looked silly and cheap at times (especially Blunt's) but the film worked as forgettable popcorn fodder, which is all I asked of it.
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Apr 24, 2017, 11:52:15 PM
They'd better. That was a heck of a setup. John Wick 3: Everyone Dies & Return of the Boss.


I am SURE the third movie will be about him dealing with the chinese mafia. Pls no Jackie Chan in it. Pls.
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Apr 24, 2017, 11:55:05 PM
Saw Kong: Skull Island and it was pretty awesome.

The previews were a little better too, including Blade Runner: 2049.

Havent watched nor Im planning to. Everybody made a big deal of it over here, theaters were playing that damn movie in ALL their rooms, over and over again.
I find it hilarious that Gackt is dubbing the japanese version.
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Apr 25, 2017, 03:42:39 AM
KINGSMAN 2 TRAILER IS OUT

It looks amazing, and that last scene! I knew my bb was going to be ok after all <3
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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on May 06, 2017, 12:14:52 AM
Saw Guardians of the Galaxy 2, and probably the most previews I've ever seen before a movie. The showing was scheduled to start at 6:30, and the thing didn't start until 6:55.

If you've seen the first movie, you know something of what to expect, but it was much sillier (Or should that be "more silly"? Feel free to discuss). It was a lot of fun despite not having a lot in the way of plot. If you go to see it, be sure to stick around for the FIVE (5!) post-credit scenes, which were all worth seeing.
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Post by: B E C K on May 07, 2017, 09:03:14 AM
FIVE?  :lol:
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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on May 07, 2017, 12:45:55 PM
Not to mention the credits themselves were full of weirdness. I think they did it primarily to make fun of the whole post-credit thing the Marvel movies have popularized.
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Post by: jonhammstein on May 08, 2017, 05:17:22 AM
I fully expected this movie to disappoint. Nope. It was great all over again. Even better than the original in some ways. Definitely had a better villain, for instance.
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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on May 08, 2017, 10:16:15 PM
I had to run to the john in the middle of the movie, during which time I seem to have missed the part that explained why Drax was so "in your face" with the laughing and joking. While funny I felt it was out of place, and I've since read reviews that mentioned a certain Drax/Mantis moment, and I just don't remember seeing it.

Guess I should just load up and see it again! And not drink anything beforehand!
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Post by: Faye Valentine on May 09, 2017, 03:18:50 AM
I cant watch Guardians.

CANT stand that main guy. Whats his name? He was also in Jurassic World.


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Post by: B E C K on May 14, 2017, 05:28:35 AM
"Crisp Rat."  I can't stand him either.  I hate his smug face and I don't want him near any animals ever again.
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Post by: jonhammstein on May 15, 2017, 12:47:56 PM
I had to run to the john in the middle of the movie, during which time I seem to have missed the part that explained why Drax was so "in your face" with the laughing and joking. While funny I felt it was out of place, and I've since read reviews that mentioned a certain Drax/Mantis moment, and I just don't remember seeing it.

Guess I should just load up and see it again! And not drink anything beforehand!

This! This exact thing! All I can think of is that it's that scene where they're sitting in a circle and she's reading them all, and when Drax asks to be next, and he's laughing at Peter and Mantis touches him, I thought she was laughing too, but maybe she was weeping? She says something, and I didn't catch it, so maybe she wasn't actually laughing? I don't know.
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Post by: Faye Valentine on May 16, 2017, 03:15:01 AM
Watched Alien Covenant. Good movie but SUPER bloody, I mean way way more than any of the other Alien movies. Was a gore fest. But dem buns of steel of my buddy Michael tho....

"Crisp Rat."  I can't stand him either.  I hate his smug face and I don't want him near any animals ever again.
LOL yes that guy. Unfortunately hes going to be on the next Jurassic World. Fortunately Jeff Goldblum will be in it too so Im hoping he'll steal the show .
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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on May 16, 2017, 04:52:16 PM
You two sound like my brother. He doesn't like the guy, either, and he won't see the movie for that reason if none other. And he's like that about a lot of stuff...when I ask why he poo-poo's shows or movies with people he doesn't like, it's either because of how they look or they were in something else he didn't like or they're a bad person or whatever. It'd be one thing if it was just an occasional thing, but it's like half of everything is that way. And I don't get it.

See, I don't particularly care about the actors or any of the other staff as long as they play their part and put out good work. Celebrity is meaningless to me: generally speaking, I don't care what they do so long as it doesn't pertain to me or isn't some egregious failing. There are a few world-class turds out there I won't patronize by watching in a movie or TV show, but they're very few and far between. Hell, if I just went by what I thought of them personally based on political issues alone, I'd do multiple mag dumps in all my AV hardware and never go to a movie again. That doesn't even get into those who kick puppies or screw babies or don't recycle or whatever other reasons I might have to not like them.

In Chris Pratt's case I'd never heard of him before the first Guardians movie, and I haven't seen anything else he's been in, either. I just know I like the Guardians movies, and he hasn't detracted from them at all in my estimation.
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Post by: B E C K on May 16, 2017, 10:42:09 PM
I get what you're saying but I actually watched the first Guardians and didn't care for it.  While Crispy Rat was a detraction, my failure to be entertained by that movie doesn't all go on his shoulders by any means.  I mean, I couldn't even sit through Captain America Civil War and that one was Crisp Ratless.
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Post by: Faye Valentine on May 17, 2017, 04:46:58 AM
Same.

The reason I cant watch guardians 1) i dont care about the theme/anything about it 2) that guy as main guy doesnt help. But its not 100% because of that guy, although I understand my post made it sound like it.

I hate Tea Leoni and yet I think Deep Impact was good.
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Post by: Fiero on May 22, 2017, 02:28:59 PM
For the first time ever, the wife watched Alien, Aliens, and Blade Runner (Final Cut). Fun times. I remember preferring Aliens to Alien when I was younger but at this point, I'm not sure what I was thinking.
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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on May 22, 2017, 08:45:46 PM
I have never watched Blade Runner from start to finish. I've probably seen the entire movie in snippets, which is probably why I never cared for it.

Kind of like Usual Suspects. I watched it with some of my cousins late one night, and we all fell asleep midway...except I woke up in the last two minutes and thereby completely spoiled the movie for myself. I'll never watch it again.
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Post by: jonhammstein on May 23, 2017, 01:46:05 AM
Blade Runner is a classic, and it has some really powerful scenes, but man... is it ever boring in spots. I can totally understand that people have trouble getting through it.

They put Scott Pilgrim back on Netflix, so I watched that again even though I own it.

I love Scott Pilgrim.
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Post by: B E C K on May 25, 2017, 01:14:52 AM
For the first time ever, the wife watched Alien, Aliens, and Blade Runner (Final Cut). Fun times. I remember preferring Aliens to Alien when I was younger but at this point, I'm not sure what I was thinking.

Was totally gonna post this to you on FB and forgot, but she's stopping at Aliens, right?  You told her Hicks and Newt live happily ever after with Ripley and nothing else happens ever, right?

Oh, yeah, and Merla and I prefer Aliens over Alien but we'll never argue with anyone with reverse taste when it comes down to the first two movies.  Preferring anything that came afterwards is pure madness though.  I do admit Alien Resurrection became guilty pleasure of mine when I re-watched it around 2009.  I mean, we get Ripley of course and I loves me some sci-fi Katharine Parker but we also have Lydia Deetz; Top Dollar from The Crow; the Beast/Clay Morrow in space; Ding Chavez aka Ramirez from Under Siege; Mel Horowitz or one of the villains in Commando; Warrick Brown with fucken dreads; bitchy French guy playing the paraplegic who actually has quite a prolific film career but I don't know any of his other roles because they're all in French even though I've totally seen Delicatessen; random tech from Independence Day who came out in ER but I never watched ER; and the fuckin' Bedroom Killer from Ruthless People.  It was written by Joss "I'm totally a racially-aware feminist even though I'm actually kinda not" Whedon and directed by French guy who directed Delicatessen, Amelie, City of Lost Children--films I don't remember, barely enjoyed, and didn't enjoy (respectively)--and not much else.  It's like some magic goody bag filled with fun, weird junk and I can totally spaz out on it with popcorn and a quart of iced tea.

Blade Runner is a classic, and it has some really powerful scenes, but man... is it ever boring in spots. I can totally understand that people have trouble getting through it.

I recall it took me a long time to actually sit down and watch that one through.  I'd just watch certain scenes in the film--probably the same ones you're talking about--and be done with it.
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Post by: The D on May 25, 2017, 07:21:16 PM
Rurouni Kenshin movie #2 - Kyoto Inferno

It's been since the early 2000s since I watched Kenshin so I'm not sure how well they adapted this, but they seemed to have gotten it right. It was a decent movie though I found myself looking at my watch a little too much. My disappointment would be that Kaoru seems to be weaker in the movie, constantly being captured and needing rescuing, where in the anime she was tougher and could stand her ground. Also, at one point Sano says he's going to Kyoto to follow Kenshin, and then he just disappears for the rest of the movie before spontaneously appearing during the final battle. Like, where did you go during that time?

In the anime Saito was probably one of my favorite characters... I agree with his morals more than Kenshin's no-kill idealism. I like the actor they cast for him in the movies. Chainsmoking with one hand while cutting down bad guys with his other... can even kick ass one hand wielding.
(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/ce/38/e2/ce38e2b03a99909f9bcb11230dac0448.jpg)

Also, bonus points, but a friend was an extra in the movie.
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Post by: Faye Valentine on May 26, 2017, 04:34:02 AM
Rurouni Kenshin movie #2 - Kyoto Inferno

Havent read your review because I dont want to get spoiled but I just bought the three movies on DVD. Cant wait to geek the fuck out to all my old husbandos (although I already saw the guy who plays Aoshi and hes not hot at all). Ive seen the Kenshin-Soujirou fight scene on youtube and it looks fucking AMAZING.


Oh, yeah, and Merla and I prefer Aliens over Alien but we'll never argue with anyone with reverse taste when it comes down to the first two movies.  Preferring anything that came afterwards is pure madness though.  I do admit Alien Resurrection became guilty pleasure of mine when I re-watched it around 2009.


I love all of the Alien movies. I love Ron Perlman in Alien Resurrection , also thats the first time I realized my waifu Sigourney is so tall. Hot.
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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on May 26, 2017, 08:23:53 AM
Lego Batman. I would love to tell you about it, but I fell asleep halfway through. When I woke up, I rewound it and picked up at my last memory of it and fell asleep again before it was over.

What I remember of it was stupid, though.
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Post by: B E C K on May 27, 2017, 04:40:40 AM
I don't know if any of the Lego movies are meant to be retained in the memories of adults.

That Saito looks badass.  And Doug's friend looks cute.
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Post by: jonhammstein on May 29, 2017, 03:32:03 AM
I have no desire to ever rewatch Lego Batman, whereas I've watched Lego Movie probably half a dozen times.

Lego Batman is no Lego Movie.
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Post by: Faye Valentine on May 29, 2017, 08:21:25 AM
The newest Pirates of the Caribbean. It was good, entertaining, and a bit funny (not as much as the first ones though). I have to say whoever cast Henry did an excellent job, the guy looks like a man version of Keira Knightley, it is amazing. The main girl in the movie is fugly tho. Now I need to watch "On Stranger Tides" since thats the only one I havent watched yet.

Btw just noticed that the world-wide title is "Pirates of the Caribbean- Dead Men Tell no Tales" but here it is " Pirates of the Caribbean- Salazar's revenge". intredasting.jpg

Also watched the second 50 Shades movie, and it is as bad as the first one. Soooo BORING, and Dakota still cannot act. Hell, they make the Twilight series look like oscar-winning movies. Dont waste your time.
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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on May 29, 2017, 01:53:20 PM
Watched Logan last night. Dialog-wise it was a purely "fuck fuckity fuck-fuck mother fucker," affair...let's hear it for the R-rating! And it was much more vicerally violent than any other X-men movie...let's hear it for the R-rating! The story kind of drew you in, even if we never found out what happened to the other mutants...even if we never found out what Charles had done that was so bad to be classified as a WMD...even if we never found how how they got all the mutant DNA to experiment with....even if we never figured out the significance of Eden...even if we never saw how they made out after the big ending...and a lot of other dangling threads I'm surely missing right now. 

But I thought it was pretty good at any rate.
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Post by: B E C K on May 31, 2017, 06:42:56 AM
The newest Pirates of the Caribbean. It was good, entertaining, and a bit funny (not as much as the first ones though). I have to say whoever cast Henry did an excellent job, the guy looks like a man version of Keira Knightley, it is amazing. The main girl in the movie is fugly tho. Now I need to watch "On Stranger Tides" since thats the only one I havent watched yet.

I'm not even gonna try to sit through that thing.  I attempted to watch On Stranger Tides and bleh.  The first film was a gem and the rest are rubbish made to cash in on the franchise.  I looked that actress up and it's weird.  Like in every tenth photo she's hot and in the rest she's weird looking.  I think it's that Pillsbury Dough grin she has or something.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Jun 02, 2017, 05:27:11 AM
Wonder Woman. First half: Good. Second half: Godawful CG shitfest. I can't figure out why it's reviewing so well. It has a promising setup, but then it just completely falls apart. Disappointed.

Gal Gadot gave an excellent performance, too. No complaints there. She was wasted on this trash film.

Full disclosure, I think the Wonder Woman character has always been half-baked and is in no way on par with Batman or Superman, even though DC desperately wants us all to think so. Still, that doesn't excuse this from not rising above.

I don't want to spoil anything, but the villain is absolute dogshit. Like, "Holy fuck! What were they thinking?"-caliber dogshit. The final confrontation gives the Doomsday fight in BvS a run for its money. That shouldn't even be possible, and yet there it is.
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Post by: B E C K on Jun 02, 2017, 07:49:06 AM
Maybe the reviewers just saw the first half.  Heh.
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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Jun 02, 2017, 05:14:40 PM
I'm still going to see it.
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Post by: B E C K on Jun 03, 2017, 01:53:56 PM
I finally saw the rest of Captain America: Civil War.  I thought it was a steaming load of crap.  I get that "Captain America: Civil War" sounds super epic but they shouldn't have bothered.  There's too much material, too many heroes, blah blah blah.  Would've been better if they adapted the Civil War story differently and made the movie "Captain America vs. Iron Man" and somehow managed with fewer heroes until the next Avengers movie where we actually expect to see that many.  I wish they would just kill people already.  Hawkeye should've died movies ago.  Vision and Witch should've just fucked off somewhere.  Ant Man... I actually didn't have the problem with the size of his role in this film.  Spidey needed to be scaled back a wee bit but was otherwise fine.  Widow I'm tired of, but I know Marvel's not gonna touch Money-Tree Johanssen.  Panther... I mean, I liked seeing him, but there were already too many heroes.  He would've worked better without so many of the others there as well.  I really like Falcon but Hawkeye and Widow are hanging around taking scenes that should have had Falcon in them instead.  And I'm 90% sure Rhodey's up and dancing by the next time we see him.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Jun 04, 2017, 01:56:59 AM
I'm still going to see it.

By all means. You might even enjoy it. A lot of people seem to, for whatever reason.

I'm just pissed off because everyone said it was great, I wanted it to be great, it started out great, and then... PFFFFFFFFFFFFT.
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Post by: B E C K on Jun 04, 2017, 05:07:06 AM
Go ahead and post spoilers and tell us more about it.  I like reading you guy's opinions and I read spoilers 90% of the time anyway.  Just put SPOILERS and a shit-load of space, and anyone with half a brain will stop reading it if they don't want to be spoiled.  At worst, you'll spoil, like, two other people who might happen to come here a month from now and still not have seen the movie yet.
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Jun 05, 2017, 07:22:55 AM
Wonder Woman. First half: Good. Second half: Godawful CG shitfest. I can't figure out why it's reviewing so well. It has a promising setup, but then it just completely falls apart. Disappointed.

Damn thats completely the opposite of what everybody else is saying. 


Finally watched Beauty and the Beast. WHo would have guessed that Hermione STILL cant act for shit. The guy who played the Prince looked like her dad,  and Luke Evans' Gaston was waayy too nice, not as much as an asshole as in the cartoon.

Effing Hollywood and their agenda, why the hell did they make Lefou gay? Who will be turned gay in the Little Mermaid live action movie? Flounder?
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Post by: B E C K on Jun 06, 2017, 12:50:07 AM
Flounder felt a little gay in the stage musical version I saw considering he was played by an Ellen-looking chick and totally had the hots for Ariel.  Ha ha, the Prince did look like her dad now that you mention it.  But Dan Stevens is only seven years older than Emma.  Googling him now, it's the hairstyles.  They gave him shit hairstyles that really aged him.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Jun 06, 2017, 01:10:12 AM
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Jun 06, 2017, 07:17:15 AM
Flounder felt a little gay in the stage musical version I saw considering he was played by an Ellen-looking chick and totally had the hots for Ariel.  Ha ha, the Prince did look like her dad now that you mention it.  But Dan Stevens is only seven years older than Emma.  Googling him now, it's the hairstyles.  They gave him shit hairstyles that really aged him.
Maybe youre right. The hair was atrocious.
In one or two scenes at the end he looked good, but then one was a closedup and his skin looked reaaaaally bad . Like old. Maybe he went out to drink the night before or something. idk.
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Post by: B E C K on Jun 07, 2017, 04:28:08 AM
It doesn't help that his chin is weak-sauce, either.  Chins like that really need a beard.
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Jun 07, 2017, 08:03:29 PM
It doesn't help that his chin is weak-sauce, either.  Chins like that really need a beard.
True but a beard would have made him look even older!


Just saw on IG " news" that said a Daria irl movie is coming out and it stars a black girl. I hope this is a f*cking joke.
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Post by: B E C K on Jun 08, 2017, 02:26:11 PM
That's a pretty old rumor.  I doubt it'll happen.
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Jun 08, 2017, 08:47:05 PM
I know but the old rumor had Audrey Plaza as Daria. Although I cant stand her I think she would fit perfectly.
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Post by: B E C K on Jun 09, 2017, 05:29:10 AM
Google "Daria Alexandra Shipp."  The results are from around 2014 and 2015.  Not as old as the Aubrey Plaza thing from 2013, but still at least two years old.
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Jun 09, 2017, 09:03:17 PM
Ahhhh thank you for that!

You should work for Snopes.com
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Post by: B E C K on Jun 10, 2017, 07:50:26 AM
I work for them in my heart.


All righty, so I watched The Great Wall with Matt Damon.  The whitewashing claims were the actually the least of this film's problems.  Someone took "generic fantasy blockbuster" + "white person's view of China" + actual Chinese people + ("Chinese person's view of white people" x .10) + (("assload of CGI monsters" x 10) + "overconceptualized monster concept") = The Great Wall with Matt Damon.  The waifu material was the only awesome thing about the entire movie.  The only mark of Zhang Yimou was the usage of color.

Are you a lover of Western action fantasy films?  This film's too Chinese for you.
Hate subtitles?  There's a lot of Mandarin.  This film's not for you.
Love Chinese action sequences and martial arts?  This film's too Western for you: it's all toned down.
Love Zhang Yimou films?  This doesn't feel like one.
Love any fantasy?  This film's too grounded for you: the only really fantastical aspect are the creatures.
Love bad-ass fighting women?  Aside from the awesome Jing Tian, all of the other main characters are dudes.
Love fantasy films telling a complicated story?  This film's still not for you.  The movie's only 103 minutes and it shows.  There's too big a story for a film this short.

So people who dislike whitewashing and China are already not watching this and a bunch of other people this film could've appealed to have other reasons for not watching this.  The only group it would ever appeal to are people who watch generic fantasy flicks to alleviate boredom.  That's it.  They should've just made the film about Jing Tian's character and her chick brigade and they encounter Matt Damon somehow and then fight some monsters.  Instead there's plotlines about stealing gun powder and little Peng's bravery.  The screenplay gives credit to three guys and two of them worked on the screenplays for Prince of Persia: Sands of Time and The Sorcerer's Apprentice.  Is there any reason those two are still getting work on films with budgets this huge?
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Post by: jonhammstein on Jun 17, 2017, 01:04:49 AM
It Comes At Night!

Super happy fun movie with a feel good ending.

Ahaha just kidding. Entertaining as hell though.
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Post by: Rama on Jun 18, 2017, 01:09:45 AM
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell no Tales.

Cluster fuck at the start....cluster fuck at the end. Jack Sparrow wasn't even needed for the plot. A whole lot of meh.

Wanted to see Wonder Woman, but the movie had to be 10 days old to use my free pass, so I saw pirates instead.
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Jun 19, 2017, 05:27:06 AM
What do you mean by clusterfuck? I thought it was entertaining. But yeah as Nuri said before, the originals are the best ones.
I didnt even stay for the after credits (completely forgot about it btw).
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Post by: B E C K on Jun 21, 2017, 01:21:55 AM
I went ahead and watched Prince of Persia: Sands of Time.  Less horrible than I imagined it would be.  I was put off that everyone was spray-tanned Dumps-orange.  Missed opportunity to put in some really cool parkour chase sequences.  Like The Great Wall, it was an inoffensive popcorn flick for a lazy afternoon and nothing more.  It will be remembered for nothing other than the fact it got made at all.

I also watched The Seventh Son, which completely butchered the book it's based on and wasted Julianne Moore.  I still can't figure out what was with Jeff Bridges' lisp but I love imitating it.  More entertaining that Prince of Persia but that's not saying too much.

I tried to watch the Clash of the Titans remake and couldn't sit through it.  It was fucking boring so I put on Sing.  It was cute.  Didn't care for it enough to ever watch it again, but it was cute.
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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Jun 21, 2017, 06:17:38 PM
I was able to download and watch a full HD version of El Dorado this past weekend. I'd feel worse about downloading it if I'd not bought it on VHS and DVD so many times already. I think I have 2 discs of it floating around somewhere. But I love that movie...John Wayne FTW. I may just have to get the bluray of it and hope there's extras.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Jun 22, 2017, 12:10:23 AM
Just got back from the new Transmorphers, and hard as it might be to believe, it was actually... pretty good? Like, it didn't bore me and it didn't piss me off. Every time something seemed like it might be heading into groaner territory, they reined it in and stopped just short of it. It's almost as if they've learned some restraint over the past decade.

I don't want to give anything away, but there's a Decepticon roll call, and it's pretty great. There's baby Dinobots, and if Hasbro didn't make toys of those guys, they're fucking insane. Anthony Hopkins' character isn't hokey/unnecessary (Odin in Thor), and is in fact likable/entertaining throughout.

The whole thing just surprised the hell out of me, honestly.
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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Jun 22, 2017, 05:16:25 PM
There's another one?

I'm kidding. I gave up after the blasphemy of 3. In fact I have already dropped the only TF-related thing I was having anything to do with (a FB page) over movie stuff..."if you don't like the movies you're a geewunner dickwad" horse hockey. You'd have thought I'd have learned my lesson with regard to the intransigent douche-baggery inherent to the fandom over ten years ago.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Jun 22, 2017, 08:36:18 PM
Man, if you didn't like 3, try watching 4. Holy fuck. I think maybe that's another reason I liked Last Knight so much -- Age of Extinction was a disease.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Jun 24, 2017, 08:34:20 PM
Saw Wonder Woman. I agree with most people in saying that it was a good, fun movie, but you were right about the second half being a bit of a let-down. I had a hard time understanding how she was leaping around and using weapons the whole time and then throwing tanks and being Superfemme by the end, but the movie sets up in the beginning and culminates in the explanation that she was just not as powerful as she should be until she more or less awakened to her full potential at the end. It was a good origin movie, and it helps show Diana's growth from a wide-eyed innocent here to her James Bondish demeanor in BvS.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Jul 08, 2017, 03:16:34 AM
New Spider-Man is SPECTACULAR. Maybe it's just because I fully expected it to be absolute dogshit, but man did it ever impress. Recommended!
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Jul 14, 2017, 12:49:26 AM
Baby Driver is pretty damn good. Scott Pilgrim is still my favorite Edgar Wright movie though.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Jul 25, 2017, 06:49:25 PM
Still deciding whether I like Valerian or not. It's no Fifth Element, that's for sure.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Jul 29, 2017, 06:21:58 AM
Do you think it would've worked with different lead actors or were there more problems than that?  The backgrounds and stuff looked beautiful in the trailer but Howdy Doody and McEyebrows weren't doing it for me.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Aug 01, 2017, 12:57:45 AM
I mean, it's probably worth watching at least once for the visuals. The acting is adequate, I don't think alternative casting would have improved much. The overall tone was just way too saccharine, almost Disney-like. Fifth Element is goofy at times, but it also has a hard edge to it. I guess maybe I was expecting something a little darker.

Atomic Blonde is like a female version of John Wick, but somehow manages to be even more brutal. There's one fight scene in particular that is absolutely awful, in a good way.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Aug 01, 2017, 07:36:28 PM
I haven't bothered with a movie since I downloaded and rewatched Wonder Woman.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Aug 03, 2017, 10:27:07 AM
Still deciding whether I like Valerian or not. It's no Fifth Element, that's for sure.
Havent watched but Cara Delevigne(sp?) is overrated as hell and cannot act.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Aug 03, 2017, 11:14:06 AM
How is she overrated? Are you speaking strictly about her looks? Because I don't know that anyone has ever remarked favorably about her dramatic talents.

Yeah, she's kind of flat in this. Maybe a little robotic. Sort of like January Jones, or Kate Mara. They all struggle to convey emotion.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Aug 04, 2017, 06:17:40 AM
I think you might mean "overexposed," Faye. But, yeah, she's like some rich guy's kid, right? "Daddy, Daddy, you made me a model and now I wanna be a movie star." Really sad when you can see the industry is bending over backwards for someone like Cara when they could've found fresh talent. You had your shot, Caterbrows, so get lost.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Aug 04, 2017, 06:20:44 AM
Fyi, Kate and Rooney Mara are also rich people's brats. "But they just found the best actress for the role, guise."
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Aug 04, 2017, 10:18:55 AM
I remember you mentioning that before. Armie Hammer as well, right?

Although I must admit he was amusing in The Man from U.N.C.L.E. He did a pretty good job there, honestly.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Aug 06, 2017, 02:41:58 AM
I saw Dark Tower the other night. You might think, "Oh, most of the critics are crapping on that, you probably didn't like it." But actually, I did like it. It's not great, I didn't love it. It's a pretty good movie, though. I would have liked to see the rest of the series adapted as well, but fat chance of that happening now.

I don't blame the reviews. I'm willing to bet even if the reception had been overwhelmingly positive, people still wouldn't have showed up for it. It's just one of those things.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Aug 13, 2017, 10:26:47 AM
Downloaded Guardians of the Galaxy 2. I didn't remember just how 80's trippy it was, but the whole movie looked like a tie-dyed shirt. I also picked up a lot more of the humor since I could hear it better and had subtitles.  I'm probably going to watch it again after church.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Aug 17, 2017, 09:20:21 AM
I saw both Dark Tower and Ghost in Shell

Dark Tower wasnt all I hoped it would be, but Ghost In the Shell was surprisingly enjoyable.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Aug 20, 2017, 08:27:10 PM
Dark Tower is performing quite poorly, so I doubt we'll ever see it grow into a film franchise.

Maybe try again as a TV series? Animated? I don't know. I'd like to see the story adapted in some way, but it's not as if the books are ever going away, so whatever.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Aug 26, 2017, 11:39:54 PM
Shit I forgot I wanted to watch Dark Tower! I dont even think they have it in the movies anymore :(

Watched Annabelle. It was ok. Lots of jumpscares tho, i dont really like that.

Waiting for IT and Kingsman 2 :guitar: :guitar: :guitar:
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Sep 08, 2017, 03:07:30 AM
It was damn good coffee. I mean movie. It was a damn good movie.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Padd on Sep 08, 2017, 10:00:38 AM
Shit I forgot I wanted to watch Dark Tower! I dont even think they have it in the movies anymore :(

Watched Annabelle. It was ok. Lots of jumpscares tho, i dont really like that.

Waiting for IT and Kingsman 2 :guitar: :guitar: :guitar:

I went on Fandango to buy tickets to Kingsman 2 last night.  I had no idea it doesn't come out for two more weeks.  Ended up getting tickets for Logan Lucky instead.  Going tonight. 
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Sep 08, 2017, 05:06:12 PM
Lol, I keep getting confused every time people refer to It. "It was good." What was good?  ???
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Sep 08, 2017, 06:48:36 PM
It...it was good.


Actually I haven't seen it yet.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Sep 09, 2017, 08:54:22 AM
I have no need to see it. And by "it," I mean It. :-*
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Sep 09, 2017, 03:46:48 PM
Wait is it, it...or is it It?
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Sep 09, 2017, 07:58:37 PM
IM GOING TO SEE IT TOMORROW, SO PUMPED UP.

It already broke records! my boi Pennywise!

I hope they make some kind of homage to Tim Curry, I doubt the poor guy was healthy enough to have a cameo(except the doll you see in the trailer)
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Sep 10, 2017, 06:55:32 AM
>Title stylized as "It: Chapter One."
>The film's a hit

Get ready for a dozen movies of this thing. Don't think they'll stop at chapter two or three.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Sep 10, 2017, 01:49:13 PM
To be fair, the movie was only half the story. It was a pretty lengthy book.

I just hope it doesn't take forever. Strike while the iron is hot, as they say.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Sep 10, 2017, 04:00:31 PM
I know it's supposed to have another part, but I was more saying to not underestimate the industry's hunger for franchises to make dem megabucks. This thing's gonna be a franchise. They will squeeze blood from this clown-painted stone, mark my words.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Sep 11, 2017, 04:35:21 AM
Ugh. Like, new material that goes beyond the scope of Stephen King's original idea? Gross.

$35 million was all they spent making this movie, and by no means does it look cheap. Just goes to show that most over-inflated production budgets are going towards the salaries of "big name" actors. Feh!
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Padd on Sep 12, 2017, 11:49:54 AM
FYI -- Logan Lucky was good.  The accents were exaggerated but hilarious.  Channing Tatum and Adam Driver were funny, but hearing Daniel Craig talk like a West Virginia hick was the best. 

Besides the characters, the plot was also good.  It was a fresh take on an age old heist formula.  Imagine Oceans 11 in a West Virginia mining community. 
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Sep 13, 2017, 03:39:23 AM
I dont like Channing Tatum at AAALL, Im kinda angry hes in Kingsman 2.

IT was great, the clown was freaking scary but then again the actor himself looks scary as shit (like a young Steve Buschemi but with a lazy eye). The theater was half full (which is surprising for a Monday morning show) and I was worried they were going to act like animals (like some of them do during the movie tbh) but they behaved.

Only thing that shat on the experience is that they were selling 4 types of caramel popcorn, but didnt have salty popcorn WTF. They had a "cheddar" one but when I got it it was caramel covered in cheddar. DESGUSTENG.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Sep 13, 2017, 12:17:13 PM
Ewwww! Caramel AND cheddar? What is this sorcery?  :joe:
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Sep 13, 2017, 12:42:53 PM
That kind of sounds like Chicago style, only that's cheddar popcorn and caramel popcorn mixed together, not all-in-one.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Sep 13, 2017, 05:03:01 PM
There is only one kind of popcorn, and that's cooked in coconut oil with butter and salt all over it. It's a gloriously delicious heart attack packet.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Sep 14, 2017, 06:58:12 PM
I love white cheddar popcorn. But mix in caramel and that's a one-way ticket to Puke City.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Sep 19, 2017, 08:29:33 AM
That kind of sounds like Chicago style, only that's cheddar popcorn and caramel popcorn mixed together, not all-in-one.

That sounds equally disgusting
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Sep 20, 2017, 04:01:23 PM
Saw IT...and IT was pretty damn good.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Sep 21, 2017, 03:21:47 PM
mother!

What a weird fucking movie. :laugh:
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Sep 22, 2017, 04:15:59 AM
Just got back from Kingsman 2, which I liked a lot more than the first one. I actually didn't even want to go, but I'm glad I did.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Sep 22, 2017, 05:42:29 PM
Kingsman 1 was fun, but not one I'd care to see again. Glad to hear 2 was worth it.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Sep 27, 2017, 09:57:22 AM
Just got back from Kingsman 2, which I liked a lot more than the first one. I actually didn't even want to go, but I'm glad I did.
Kingsman 2 was fucking awesome. "Whisky" was fucking AWESOME. Idgaf about racism or shit but im pissed that Tatum got his name on the trailer when he was in the movie for a shorter time than the latin guy. Cause he was AWESOME. Tatum looks like a body impersonation of Herpes tbh.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Oct 08, 2017, 09:21:32 PM
Anyone see new Blade Runner?  People sayin' it's good as it flops on its ass. I'd rather watch wet cardboard than Ryan Gosling attempting to act. Along with Old Man Harrison, Robin Wright, and fuckin' Jared Leto, what's there to actually excite an audience?
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Oct 09, 2017, 03:15:02 AM
Blade Runner 2049 is good and everyone is good in it. Even Ford, who has been trash for decades, delivers the goods. It suuuuuucks that hardly anyone showed up for it.

It's almost... it's almost as if the majority of moviegoers is comprised principally of philistines... but that just can't be true!

OR CAN IT.

Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Oct 09, 2017, 05:55:23 PM
One of these days I have to watch Blade Runner all the way from start to finish. Every time I catch it, it's either already running, or I go to sleep in the middle. That's how I saw it the first time, wherein I spoiled myself with the ending. Exactly like I did with The Usual Suspects, come to think of it.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Oct 09, 2017, 08:36:02 PM
Blade Runner is a classic, but it's also very slow and at times even boring. 2049 is a much more watchable movie than the original.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Oct 09, 2017, 08:44:34 PM
One of these days I have to watch Blade Runner all the way from start to finish. Every time I catch it, it's either already running, or I go to sleep in the middle.

It took me years to watch Blade Runner for that very reason.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Oct 11, 2017, 08:34:10 AM
Cant stand Ryan Gosling, hes not a good actor.
Everytime I hear of Jared Leto all I can think about is how he likes to choke girls during sexy times and he has a humongous penor.

Watched "Your Name" and I seriously cant understand the hype. The movie was an anime version of the Lakehouse wtf, minus glorious Keanu.


Didnt know the poster for Eva 1.0+ 3.0 was out until I saw it at the Eva store yesterday. CANT WAIT (yes, again)
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Oct 11, 2017, 07:27:41 PM
Ha! I saw Your Name a while back and didn't get the hype either. It was a cute story but the characters were so cookie-cutter and bland I couldn't feel anything.

Jared Leto seems like the type of guy that likes to pretend his partner is himself when he's having sex.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Oct 12, 2017, 09:27:53 AM
Ha! I saw Your Name a while back and didn't get the hype either. It was a cute story but the characters were so cookie-cutter and bland I couldn't feel anything.

Jared Leto seems like the type of guy that likes to pretend his partner is himself when he's having sex.

word, word.

Re: Your Name. I cant believe it surpassed Spirited Away on sales. I mean the author practically copied The lakehouse (korean / original version of course ), no originality, graphics were good but thats all. Sometimes I cant understand the jap-hype.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Oct 12, 2017, 07:04:06 PM
Didnt know the poster for Eva 1.0+ 3.0 was out until I saw it at the Eva store yesterday. CANT WAIT (yes, again)

Oh, you'll wait. Wait, you shall. Wait, wait, wait.

Just like me. (http://shwiggie.com/boards/emoticons/atch.gif)
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Oct 14, 2017, 03:01:28 AM
Didnt know the poster for Eva 1.0+ 3.0 was out until I saw it at the Eva store yesterday. CANT WAIT (yes, again)

Oh, you'll wait. Wait, you shall. Wait, wait, wait.

Just like me. (http://shwiggie.com/boards/emoticons/atch.gif)

Bet Anno will have another fuccboi-esque meltdown soon.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Oct 15, 2017, 01:12:16 PM
I don't know why he's being such a drama queen about it seeing as he's just been cashing it in with Eva since 1995.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Oct 23, 2017, 10:47:01 AM
Definitely. And when he had his last meltdown he suddenly was able to pull out the whole Godzilla movie out of his ass and THEN not only milk it alone but he made a lot of Godzilla/Eva crossover merch (and still does, I've seen a lot of new godzilla-eva goodies in the store last week).
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Oct 31, 2017, 04:16:54 AM
I went and re-watched the Nightmare Before Christmas with Merla at the theater. I almost never have movie concessions because I typically go somewhere like Alamo Drafthouse and order a meal there on the rare occasion I actually go to the movies. Merla treated tho' so we had two drinks, a soft pretzel for Merla, and some churros for me. Despite being an old movie, it was still regular movie price. Even so, the damn food cost more than the movie. And the small Icee she bought me was freakishly enormous.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Nov 05, 2017, 08:34:10 PM
I'm planning to see Thor soon, but I'm in a bit of a conundrum. I would have gone this weekend, but I was on-call, and I refuse to go to a movie that I may have to leave at the drop of a hat. Particularly since I prefer going to Tuscaloosa to see movies these days, since it's not much farther to travel and has a far superior cinema than we have locally. So it would need to be next weekend.

However, there are special showings of Casablanca (my all-time favorite movie) on Sunday and Wednesday next week, and I'd like to figure out a way to see one of those as I've never seen it in an actual movie theater. But the closest theater showing it is an hour and a half away. Church catches me on Sunday, and work catches me on Wednesday. So I'm trying to figure that out.

And on top of that Justice League comes out next weekend.

So what I'm thinking is to just plan on going to see Casablanca next Sunday afternoon immediately after church, run back immediately to catch ensemble practice and night church, and then go see Thor the following weekend at Tuskyloser and wait on JL with the presumption that it will turn out to be a smoldering heap of raw sewage.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Nov 05, 2017, 09:42:38 PM
Thor was glorious.

Suburbicon was not.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Nov 06, 2017, 06:29:14 AM
Finally watched Event Horizon. It was good, gotta love a good space horror movie (except Leprechaun).

Saw Get Out like a couple of months ago. I dont get the hype, I really dont. I just watched "Get Out 2" (a funny gay version) and that was much better than that movie tbh.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Nov 07, 2017, 06:44:35 AM
I saw some cheesy by-the-numbers romcom called New in Town on Amazon Prime.  City Mouse comes to a small podunk town, falls in love with the people and meets that special someone blah-blah-blah.  Nothing special but a generally inoffensive way to kill time... other than them using fuckin' Papyrus font for their opening credits.

I wanna see Thor but I don't see myself having any time in the next few weeks.  I have no interest in Justice League and, believe me, those are words I never thought I'd be typing together in the same sentence. 

I'm conflicted about Coco and I only bring up that movie because I felt bombarded by ads for it. Coco looks so bland to me and I want it to bomb badly... but if it does, the media will be all "no one wants a movie with Mexicans" when the issue is the movie looks like every other Pixar movie, Disney is still a shit for actually trying to copywrite "Dia de los Muertos," and WE ALREADY HAVE THE BOOK OF LIFE.  Really, Coco, you have to have the same general tone, similar protags, and even seem to be pulling from the same color palette?  And it's not like I don't want more movies on this subject but there needed to be a greater shift away from The Book of Life.  This should've been a true musical (not featuring a music competition, but a Beauty and the Beast style musical with emotional Mexican or Spanish-language music) or it should've gone 'darker' like "Nightmare Before Christmas."  Would've LOVED a movie featuring a cool Catrina character or something like that instead of ANOTHER live young male's perspective.  But dumb Disney doesn't even think about switching it up.  There's also a "Dia Los Muertos" moving coming from Mexico but who knows if we'll see that one appear in the States.

And Murder on the Orient Express is coming out this week.  That one just makes me sad.  It looks like a total dud.  And I don't mean in the way Coco does.  Coco looks like a dud but it'll probably perform well regardless.  This Murder on the Orient Express looks corny.  Poirot's mustache looks goofy, the characters come off as over-acted, and I just don't feel like audiences will respond to this film.  And I would love big screen Poirot adventures, but not like this.

Kinda interested in seeing The Shape of Water next month.  I'm so used to having a million Guillermo del Toro projects announced and then nothing to show for it that I didn't realize he had made something new already.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Nov 08, 2017, 09:14:31 AM
Im stoked AF for The Shape of Water. As always good ol' Guille delivers, with those beautiful colors and music.

I hope Murder on the Orient Express does good, because 1) its one of my fave AC books, and 2) if it actually does good then they will probably do more AC-books movies.

The first Coco trailer made me cry to be honest ( I was drunk) . It looks like a cute movie. Love how the dog's name is Dante, thats a nice little touch.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Nov 13, 2017, 08:02:58 PM
Pixar is kind of dog shit now. Like, I wonder if Disney poached all their best people or something, because Disney's CG stuff has been way better than Pixar's recently. Did you guys see The Good Dinosaur? That one seemed like a total B-Team effort, and I get that same vibe from this Coco thing. And then if you look at all Pixar's recent and upcoming stuff, it's all sequels. Finding Dory, Cars 3, Incredibles 2, Toy Story 4. Reminds me of when Disney made all those trash sequels to their popular films.

Basically the Pixar name was essentially a seal of quality, and now it's just not. Like, even remotely.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Nov 14, 2017, 04:50:17 AM
Pixar is basically 2nd Dreamworks now.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Nov 14, 2017, 04:57:11 PM
Also, why is it that seemingly any and all CG kids' movies can worm their way into theaters regardless of obvious budget constraints? Have you seen this shit?


Like, how in the actual fuck?! Fuck you, Sony. FUCK YOU.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Nov 17, 2017, 02:45:48 AM
Pixar is kind of dog shit now. Like, I wonder if Disney poached all their best people or something, because Disney's CG stuff has been way better than Pixar's recently. Did you guys see The Good Dinosaur?
I've seen it, and the graphs are beautiful, and so is the music (reminded me of the music from the movie Contact). The story is meh.

So I watched Arrival. It was good. I can kind of see why people compare it to Contact. I wish I watched it in the theater tho.

Hellraiser 1, 2 and 3. I have to say, the first one was like meh but the second one holy shit so GORY. Had to close my eyes a couple of times because of it, yuck. Third one was terrible and I see there are like 5 more or so and a new one coming supposedly this year? I dont think I can watch anymore of it, its not entertaining.

Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Nov 19, 2017, 02:17:35 PM
Justice League is a big old sloppy mess, but it's not the worst thing ever.

If I had to pick one thing I really hated about it, I'd have to say it was Henry Cavill's CG shave. Like, holy shit. Now I can only wonder if I even would have noticed if I hadn't heard about it beforehand, but going in with that knowledge, God damn was it ever distracting.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Nov 23, 2017, 11:18:21 PM
I have to eat crow now, because holy shit Coco was fucking awesome God damn!
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Nov 24, 2017, 10:33:09 AM
FUCK dont say that! I want to go see it but Im not ready for the feels. Im really not.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Nov 24, 2017, 01:39:04 PM
You better prepare yourself, because the feels are REAL. I man cried.

I man cried.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Nov 25, 2017, 10:58:39 PM
I wanted Coco to fail but the fact that it's besting Justice League this weekend--a movie that would've creamed the competition in an alternate universe that actually contains logical production choices--gives me a hearty chuckle.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Nov 27, 2017, 06:49:25 PM
I keep hearing people talk about (and reading people type about...which totally doesn't sound right but is the exact same phrasing as the previous) how Justice League is proof that Hollywood has to rethink the whole superhero team-up movie and how the genre is tired and/or overwrought and there's too much and not enough continuity between movies and they have to do this sort of movie with this sort of hook or this color actor or whatever. I have an idea: quit making movies that suck. Just make good little movies that loosely tie together.

That's what Marvel did...a bunch of good and fun movies that stood on their own merits but tied into each other by way of SHIELD or what-have-you. After a few years and some uniformly decent-to-good movies, they had a universe to work in. None of the other cinematic universe abortions (DCEU, Universal Dark Universe, Hasbro Shared Universe, etc.) bothered to lay any sort of actual foundation to create a brand, a known quantity (with a degree of quality) that would draw people in. They want the payoff without the groundwork, and that's why they're falling on their faces.

And I think Warner is getting it. They're looking now at going more standalone with the post-JL movies and using Wonder Woman as the template. Aquaman and Shazam are both getting positive anticipatory buzz. Wondy 2 is coming. Possibly a Cyborg and GLC. The Rock as Black Adam may yet happen! Zack Snyder is out; Geoff Johns is in as the guiding hand of the whole enchilada. If they can put the Snyderverse behind them and just move ahead with cool movies with new characters and scenarios for mainstream moviegoers that simply don't suck (even if they aren't especially good, though it'd help), I think it'll work out great.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Nov 30, 2017, 12:44:08 AM
You better prepare yourself, because the feels are REAL. I man cried.

I man cried.

Watched and cried too. I hate how all these Pixar movies give you at LEAST one good cry per movie. I mean seriously , why not make a movie that is 100% happiness? its tiring.

Waiting to watch Murder at the Orient Express next week!


edit; Didnt know my boi Benjamin Bratt was the voice for Ernesto de la Cruz! mind- blown

edit2: oh shit and Gael Garcia Bernal did Hector. mind=blown x2. Hes a qt but unfortunately every time I see him I remember that disgusting scene from Y tu Mama Tambien where he jerks it off at the pool.  #smh
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Nov 30, 2017, 02:01:17 AM
Did you have to watch that garbage Frozen "short" ahead of it? God, that was trash.

I wonder if that was intentional? "Here, let's have them sit through this Frozen shit first, it'll make Coco seem EVEN BETTER!"

And hey, I liked Frozen. But this was just... abysmal. Pandering as all fuck, God.

Oh, but I hate Olaf. Olaf is easily the worst thing about Frozen. Even worse than those out-of-place rock troll things. The fuck, man.

It also got me thinking about Anna and Elsa and the whole body image thing. You know, like, for little girls and shit. Those sisters are these friggin' pristine Barbie dolls. That shit ain't real, man.

That shit ain't real.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Dec 02, 2017, 08:40:31 AM
Did you have to watch that garbage Frozen "short" ahead of it? God, that was trash.

 I was a bit late so I arrived when that short was just finished.

I read online that Disney thought it was a good idea to put it right before Coco to try to attract "white kids" to a "mexican" movie but it obviously ended up backfiring on their asses.

Its 22 minutes for a reason (it was originally made to be shown on tv). Btw Disney just sent a memo to the theaters that from Dec 8 onwards they stop showing the Frozen short. So yay I guess?
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Dec 05, 2017, 05:22:29 AM
22 minutes!?  Good gravy!  10 minutes at the most for a short in front of an animated movie.  The only excuse for 22 minutes is a 45-minute or even 60-minute feature but Coco is, like, 109 minutes long.  Sheesh.  Merla and Schmoo went to go see Coco and say they cried.  Still not interested in seeing it through.

I did watch A Silent Voice in its entirety on Saturday after work.  I cried for that.  Waaaay better than Your Name.  More real, no magic timeskip meteor-bullshit involved, just a story about a dude that used to be a bully and the deaf girl he picked on.  Pity it got financially clobbered by Your Name.  The only thing I didn't like about A Silent Voice was the weird friend.  That guy was on the fine line between funny and annoying and usually he teetered to the latter.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Dec 06, 2017, 09:26:55 PM
I just downloaded that one. Hopefully I can watch it this weekend. I won't have any time before then.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Dec 15, 2017, 12:24:26 AM
St*r WarzzZZ!

It was... pretty damn good. If I have one gripe it's that the attempts at humor, much like in Force Awakens, are still all over the place. Some of it is legitimately hilarious, other parts are strictly roll-your-eyes type stuff. But at the end of the day I do prefer levity over them being up their own asses, so whatever.

Aside from that, there was one scene in particular where I swear the entire crowd fell silent for the duration. Like, no one was expecting this thing and no one could believe it was happening. It was great.

Anyway, I enjoyed it. Big surprise, I know.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Dec 15, 2017, 07:16:47 AM
I went and read spoilers since I have no intention of seeing these movies. I have a comment that alludes to a spoiler for The Last Jedi:















































































Do you think the plan was always to kill off all of our heroes? I mean, we lost Han. Now with this movie... So were we meant to lose Leia anyway in the third film?

































































































Just in case you're Squirrel and jumped to the end of my comment, there's a Last Jedi spoiler in the middle of my post. :)
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Dec 15, 2017, 11:21:41 AM
St*r WarzzZZ was freaking awesome and my hard-on for Kylo just got stiffer.

That being said,

I was JUST talking (w/husband) about what Nuri said in thre spoilers. Id really hate if they did that but tbh they are more than half way there.

I dont agree with joe regarding the attempts at humor. I thought they were all well timed.

Only thing that annoyed me is 1) they made it a United Colors of Bennetton ad , 2) they didnt reveal what I thought was the important reveal.


Loved Laura Dern tho.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Dec 15, 2017, 03:44:50 PM
*** SPOILERS ***





























I was actually super surprised Leia didn't eat it this time around. The part where she definitely should have... but then she didn't was like, wow, what the hell? Now I'm guessing they'll need to have her pass on off screen between movies, because I don't think she shot anything for the next one.





























*** END SPOILERS ***
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Dec 15, 2017, 03:53:36 PM
This is super nitpicky, but Laura Dern's purple hair rubbed me the wrong way. Made her look like an over-the-hill YouTuber.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Dec 15, 2017, 07:08:42 PM
This is super nitpicky, but Laura Dern's purple hair rubbed me the wrong way. Made her look like an over-the-hill YouTuber.

She had white and then super fiery red hair in Twin Peaks and I thought she looked amazing!



***SPOILERS***














The scene of Leia floating like Superman at the end of his movies will live in infamy for the rest of our days. I thought it was SO FUNNY , because it was SO BAD.



Im 101% sure Kylo and Rey are at least half siblings. (Because of what Luke said about him never seeing the blackness trying to reach someone so hard- talking to Rey and referring to Ben, also because of what Kylo told Rey about her parents being nobodies, sounded totally fake).













***END SPOILERS ***



Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Dec 15, 2017, 11:40:26 PM
Who was Laura Dern's character Holdo supposed to be? They acted like we should know and that it should be totally obvious.

In any case, this movie sucked. Is it just me, or are they completely riffing off the original movies? TFA was a direct remake of ANH. This...what did they ever actually do?

Spoilers AHOY!
Quote from: Highlight the box to read my bitching
The Resistance is a bunch of poseurs. They beat the Dreadnaught early on in totally ridiculous fashion...with bombers...in space...yeah, think about that bullshit for a second. Then they jump to lightspeed, and then they sit around getting blasted at for two WHOLE hours. Granted, the thing about hitting hyperdrive straight into the First Order/Second Empire was freaking inspired...but why in the hell didn't they plan that from the get-go? And tell Poe about it so he doesn't commit mutiny? And being that he was demoted for not following orders earlier (which frankly should have been a court-martial if we're an actual military here) how is he not executed as a turncoat? And then they evacuate all super secretly to the nearby M-Class (heh) planet, while the 1st Order idiots obviously wouldn't have figured out without Benicio del Toro tipping them off.

Which brings me to the Collector Codebreaker thing. That was a complete and utter waste of time, a worthless jaunt that serves only to give Finn something to do other than whimper about Rey being gone. Oh, and it conveniently explains how 1st Order breaks the Romulan cloaking device the Rebellion/Resistance bought off an evil capitalist Ferengi from the planet newcomer Rose hates so bad. Was this nothing but a diversity diversion exercise or something? Give the token minorities something to do? And if that sounds insulting, it damn well should be. The only benefit was working Phasma the shiny blaster-proof bitch back into the story, only to (apparently) get the axe.

Since when is Leia a force user? She's always had a bit of force awareness, but never anything like force manipulation. That was completely out of left field. But ignore that: what pivotal role did Leia play in this movie at all? What a waste. They'll never have the chance at a do-over, either, and I find that a total shame. I figure in the next movie she'll be traveling throughout the Outer Rim drumming up Resistance allies, which will explain her absense without whacking the character (I think it'd be fitting if they made Leia live on in the SW universe).

Re: Luke, I'll go back to my overriding theme: What. A. Waste. He did nothing worthwhile except finally explain why Ben turned to the dark side. Yeah, he fucking failed him, all right! God damn, son, you are indeed the shittiest Jedi Master in the history of forever. The only thing he accomplished was delaying the invasion of the base at the end, and then after force projecting a ghost to "fight" with Ben, he gives up the ghost and dies watching twin sunsets like in A New Hope. Come on! What a pussy.

Then there's Rey, who had to deal with Luke's whiny ass and finally kick his ass in a fight before giving up and moving on. But she's a woke Warsie, wanting to sense goodness in a surprisingly-stout-built Ben Solo (seriously, his man-boobs look like Arnold Schwarzenegger's from twenty years ago), and she gets fooled by Ben and Snoke. So they face off a la Palpatine, Luke, and Vader in Return of the Jedi. But Ben pulls an actual awesome move in bifurcating his boss! But...dammit, who the hell WAS Snoke? It's like how many licks it takes to get to the center of the Tootsie Pop, the world may never know who that sumbitch actually is. Then they fight the Neon Genesis Crimson Guard in a cool battle...only for them to re-enact the "I am your father" faceoff from Empire Strikes Back, only this time with Ben Solo taking over the 1st order and Rey barely escaping. Then, no sooner does he become the new supreme leader, he reverts to being a screaming whiny child. You'd think he'd have grown up a little with Uncle Luke threatening to murder him in his sleep rather than regressed, but anyway.
Just...arghh! This movie was twice as long as it needed to be. They accomplished exactly NOTHING with this movie, unless you're talking about Ben Solo and Purple Hairldo. I destroyed a whole day off going to a good theater an hour-and-a-half away. At least the recliner was comfortable. Some of the trailers were fun, but I can't tell you what the movies' names are aside from the Avengers. I liked the one about the Matrix ripoff populated with video game characters in particular.

Also, while I don't particularly care for the humor of the Marvel CU-inspired dialogue, BB-8 is still reliably hilarious and one of the more useful members of the cast.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Dec 16, 2017, 07:21:26 AM

"We should all appreciate the minority actors who are all playing minor roles."

Yeah, here's a hint: if you see Kathleen Kennedy's name anywhere near a movie, minorities are getting shafted: shoved into tiny roles so you can point and say that they're there if they don't die or be villainous outright. I hate her. And she's President of Lucasfilm, so she'll be involved in the SW franchise until she's fucking dead.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Dec 19, 2017, 12:40:20 AM
I think it's funny that we're all trying to be considerate of one another with our spoilers even though no one who has posted about SW in the thread thus far actually appears to care about spoilers. It looks like you guys have already seen it and I never plan to watch it, so you don't have to worry about spoilers on my account.

So while I never plan on seeing any of these new SW movies, Merla on the other hand still watches and loves them. Merla was always the bigger SW fan than me. She's probably seen the OT about a hundred times within the last year alone (although even she was put off by the prequels and has never re-watched any of them aside from TPM). To a degree. I think she was pretty much "take it or leave it" with TFA but she reeeeeally liked Rogue One and she's already talking about rewatching TLJ despite every others 'Wars fan I've encountered talking of it like a delicious-looking pie that tasted like pure salt.

Anyway my point was...

...Admiral Ackbar dies! That's what she told me. She told me fuckin' Admiral Ackbar dies! WHY is no one else talking about it? That's the most tragic death in the film if you ask me. FUCK. :goddammit:
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Dec 20, 2017, 04:42:17 PM

I'm willing to bet a lot of people didn't even realize Ackbar died. It's such a blink and you'll miss it sort of thing. As far as I can tell his actual "death" happens completely off screen.

Also, none of the characters acknowledge that it happened.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Dec 22, 2017, 08:08:36 AM
He got blasted off the bridge when Leia did IIRC. Unfortunately he'd not harnessed the powet of the force in the intervening years like she apparently had. I wouldn't have known it was supposed to actually be him, except for someone addressing him in an earlier bridge scene.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Dec 24, 2017, 09:09:28 PM
Ho, ho, Merla asked if I'd go with her on her second viewing. I said yes. Love for my sister overrides avoiding this shitfest. I mean, it can't be worse than the third Mummy movie, can it?
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Dec 28, 2017, 03:07:02 AM
I saw The Shape of Water. Quality Guillermo.

Oddly enough, the guy who plays the merman is the same guy who played Abe Sapien in the Hellboy movies, Doug Jones.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Dec 28, 2017, 10:15:30 PM
Yeah, it's pretty much his Abe Sapien fan fiction. Despite what he says otherwise. He had planned to do a separate Abe Sapien film. I don't believe a bunch of his ideas for that didn't end up in this.


So on The Last Jedi... I mean, jeez. The rebellion is so unsympathetic. How many deaths were Poe, Finn, and Rose responsible for? Poe especially seems like a likable dude and means well, but he's such a damn impulsive idiot he doesn't deserve to live. He pretty much killed your sister, Rose, and you don't care? Hell, Poe doesn't seem to even give a shit how many lives he sacrificed. I think the only thing that salvaged him was the almost mother-son dynamic between him and Leia. Poe should've been Leia's son. It would've made more sense than Kylo.

Holdo was the hero the rebellion needed and didn't deserve. RIP Holdo. Love me some Laura Dern.

Kylo is such a shit villain and Snoke was shit, too. I just don't see how either of these characters was considered a good idea.

Finn needed to be move involved with the actual plot. Finn and Rose would've been better off involved in the mutiny than doing their own b-plot story that goes nowhere and accomplishes nothing.

Phasma has nothing to do.

Fucking casino planet and fucking space race-horses.

Benicio del Toro's character DJ was so unnecessary. I didn't hate him, I just didn't see what the point of him was. He was, in his own way, trying to provide some insight to Finn. If Finn had been swayed or reacted to what DJ was telling him, then I could see why the dude was even in the film. If Finn had been coaxed into indifference and cynicism while Rey rejected Kylo with conviction, it would've made for an interesting parallel. As it was, DJ's "betrayal" is just more of the Darwinism of the rebellion in action. You guys found his shady ass in prison, the fuck you expect to happen?

I liked those stupid bird-things.

Titty-monster needed to be cut out of the film.

You know, Rey's a cutie and she looks nice soaking wet, but she's bores me. I liked seeing her fight with a light saber, but who doesn't look cool with one of those?
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Dec 31, 2017, 02:22:33 PM
Yeah. Sometimes I just stand in a mirror with an glowing lightsaber and think, you know, you could have been somebody.

At least we know where Aunt Beru got that damn blue milk from. Imported from Jedi World complete with your daily supply of midiclorians.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Jan 02, 2018, 03:33:20 AM
Yeah, I'm glad we solved that ancient mystery.  Ha!  Seriously, that part of the movie was so weird.  Like someone at Lucas Film was indulging a fetish or, I guess, uh, lost a bet?  It could have been 100% scrapped and made zero difference.  Well, now that I think about it, that's actually several parts of the movie.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Jan 02, 2018, 07:16:53 AM
Majority of it, really. Poe's misbegotten mutiny, Finn and Rose's trip to Gamble World, most of Jedi World....
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Jan 02, 2018, 02:18:18 PM
Much like most of Disney's Marvel stuff, I really enjoyed Last Jedi in the theater, but as time passes and I ruminate on it, I realize that I don't care if I ever see it again.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Jan 03, 2018, 09:51:45 AM
I saw Last Jedi twice, I enjoyed it both times. I can definitely understand some of the criticisms but I still think it was a good film with some issues (mainly editing and an entire secondary plot that was pointless, unnecessary, and wasted two returning characters and two new ones).

Finally got around to Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. It was fine, I guess? Nothing really encourages me to come back for the next one and I'm so fucking tired of Johnny Depp. Multiply that with the allegations made by Green Ambler Heard and I just want him to not exist anymore.

I still need to watch Bladerunner 2049, Thor Ragnarok, Get Out, and I'm sure countless other films that I don't recall at the moment.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Jan 03, 2018, 04:41:04 PM
I lied. I would watch Luke's "Got Milk?" ad again and again for all time.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Fiero on Jan 03, 2018, 05:06:04 PM
I lied. I would watch Luke's "Got Milk?" ad again and again for all time.

Some have said this is Mark Hamil's best ever performance. They might be right but only if they're limiting to on-screen performance. Then again, there was Cockknocker.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Jan 03, 2018, 07:20:11 PM
I also need to see the new Thor. I really wanted to see it in the theater but didn't get around to it. It's still in a few theaters here in town but I don't know if I'll be able to catch it before it leaves.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Jan 03, 2018, 09:09:06 PM
I wanted to see Thor, but I wasn't going to my shitty local theater to see it, and the only day I had to see a movie last month was on the 15th, so I chose Last Jedi....


I downloaded a Korean rip of Justice League. I liked it way more than Last Jedi, but that's not to say that it was a good movie. But I will buy it the 4K bluray when it comes out.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Jan 12, 2018, 01:45:33 AM
Im laughing at all the memes about Kylo's shirtless (hot imo) bod. Like Ben Swolo, etc. I think his pants were just a bit high, that was it. He has a hot bod and I would 10/10 be on that like white on rice.

So Just finished watching "The Paperboy". Wanted to watch it cause I thought it was an easy going movie about a cougar (Nicole Kidman) and her boytoy (Zak Efron) and i was WRONG. Oh boy was I wrong. FUCKED up movie, but I did like it. Also I've never seen Efron act before so I was surprised that he was good. Also John Cusack is always a plus (first time I see him acting as a bad guy).

Watched Insidious the Last Key and it was boring. I hate movies that are all jump scares. Dont waste your time with this one.

The Dark Tower: Meh.  I dont know what is wrong with Matthew McConaughey's face, it always looks like its melting. Is it all makeup? But then again, why would they make him look the same way in all his recent movies? (he was in the Paperboy too). Is it bad surgery?

I'm pissed I missed The Shape of Water in the cinema. Ill have to buy the pirate version now :(
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Jan 12, 2018, 04:06:16 AM
I dont know what is wrong with Matthew McConaughey's face, it always looks like its melting.

:laugh:!!!

I think he might just be getting old...
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Jan 12, 2018, 08:28:16 PM
Do him and Daniel "Face of a Well-Loved Leather Satchel" Craig come out in any recent movies together? It'd be like Dueling Banjos except with ugly mugs. Adam "I'm just a nose and my lips are falling off and, also, muh skin" Driver can play their son. They can all be shirtless for Faye. In fact, they probably would need to be to distract from the faces.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Jan 14, 2018, 06:16:51 AM
Wow this is the first time Ive heard of someone talking about how big Adam's nose is, not his ears.

Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Jan 14, 2018, 09:10:46 AM
Think he'll have those pinned someday?
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Jan 15, 2018, 02:02:14 AM
Yeah.... by my legs HIYOOOOOO


I dont know but you can def notice how they try to hide dem Dumbo ears with his hair.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Jan 15, 2018, 07:40:31 PM
They could paint him green and he could stand in for Yoda.

"Big ears, I have, for resting your ankles, they are, hmmmmm!"
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Jan 16, 2018, 07:04:51 AM
Really, I think I'm so put off by how unattractive his face is that I never paid attention to the ears. :tired: They really are the least of his problems imo. :smoker:
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Jan 30, 2018, 06:09:51 AM
Finally watched One Flew Over the Cuckoos' Nest. Such a good movie. Cant understand why people call nurse Ratched the worst villain ever. I mean is there another movie with the same name/same character? Or what?

Watched the french movie called Raw. Good movie, a bit artsy (typical french film) but I would not qualify is as an "horror film".

"Dont Breathe" was good too, and it definitely shows a different perspective from all the other "home invasion" films. I enjoyed it a lot but also gave me lots of anxiety . Hated the ending tbh.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Jan 30, 2018, 11:14:19 AM
"Dont Breathe" spoilers ahead

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Exactly! The ending was so stupid! There was no reason for him to live! He has no way of ever getting to her again!

And they're making a sequel! AAAAAAAAAAAARGH!!!


Edit: sorry boo I had to edit your post to put spoilers on!
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Jan 30, 2018, 05:30:36 PM
Downloaded and watched Thor Ragnarok last week. I've already watched it twice. Lots of fun.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Feb 01, 2018, 07:19:42 AM


And they're making a sequel! AAAAAAAAAAAARGH!!!



Wtf?  WHY.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Feb 01, 2018, 09:24:02 PM
Batman: Gotham by Gaslight was adapated for animation. In a nutshell, if you liked the original book, then this movie will drive you batshit crazy. Except for the setting and the general progression, it's not close.  They completely and unnecesssarily changed who the villain was, and they turned Catwoman a main character when she wasn't even in the original. Why make adaptations that make half of it up from whole cloth? Just call it Bat Dodgers in the 19th Century if you can't resist gutting someone else's story and turning it into what is basically sanctioned fanfiction.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Feb 02, 2018, 07:43:49 AM
HAHAHA, I just went to read spoilers on who the villain is and WHAT. THE. FUCK. Just why? I don't get when adaptations do this shit.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Feb 02, 2018, 09:00:05 PM
Yeah. I started to suspect they were going that way when they failed to introduce Uncle Jake.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Feb 03, 2018, 11:57:27 AM
Oh wow. I was not familiar with the source material at all, but I thought the movie was dogshit anyway. Learning that it's a totally different story is just... well, I guess it doesn't matter.

You know what was distracting as hell though? All the fucking CG corner-cutting. Every fucking horse and buggy -- as well as the driver! All kinds of background elements. Man, these things must be dirt cheap to produce now. Almost entirely profit, I'll bet.

I can't recall if we talked about it here, but did you watch that Batman and Harley Quinn thing? Holy shit was that fucking weird. Tonally all over the place. One moment they want it to be "adult" and the next they're making protracted fart jokes. And then the climactic showdown was undercut by some slapsticky bullshit. Like I said, fucking weird as hell.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Feb 03, 2018, 04:08:54 PM
And all of a sudden, the ever-lovin' SWAMP THING saves the day, and he's so underground that he doesn't even care. But it had Bats and Harley in it, so the money prints itself.

I barely notice the CG stuff these days, since everything has it. The fact that they can't tell a decent story anymore drives me crazier than that.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Feb 04, 2018, 07:26:03 AM
As I get closer and closer to middle-age, I begin to hate the things I used to love twenty years ago. Batman and Harley Quinn are two of those things. I still <3 Kevin Conroy as Batman but I just roll my eyes at this new shit now. DC needs to exhume Dwayne McDuffie and throw him in the Lazarus pit because DC's animated offerings steadily sank into the toilet after he died. Maybe DC should just toss a sackful of money at Keagan Michael Key and see if those talents run in the family.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Feb 22, 2018, 05:55:18 AM
DUDE. So I watched Wild Things (original one) and jesus mary and joseph was I not expecting to see Kevin Bacon's bacon at half mast! Like WOW. I remember I watched this movie years ago but must have been a censored one because let me tell ya I was NOT expecting this at all. And Ive seen his weiner before in that invisible man movie. But this was different.
This was different.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Feb 22, 2018, 10:19:02 PM
I don't remember seeing his maple bacon in that movie either. Hmm.

Anyone see Black Panther yet?
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Faye Valentine on Feb 23, 2018, 07:34:57 AM
No, but Im getting pissed at (black )people's reaction to it. I dont want to sound racist but if white people made such a big deal about a movie with only white people in it, they would be called racist, nazis etc etc.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Feb 23, 2018, 08:38:22 AM
White people make big deals about movies with only white people in them all the time. It's just seen as normal fandom. Let black people have this. :-*
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Feb 23, 2018, 01:58:23 PM
Black Panther was pretty good, but it's not as good as some would have you believe. Most Marvel films have that in common.

Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Feb 23, 2018, 09:18:47 PM
Yeah, I totally saw that ep and I was like "yep, totally lines up with what I expected." My Marvel fatigue's set in a long time ago. I don't even remember the last Marvel film I actually watched in the theater. Cap 2, I think? Yeah, I think it was Winter Soldier. Don't think I've even watched anything that came after The Avengers. Oh, no, part of Civil War but I was so bored and not paying attention that I don't count that one.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Feb 24, 2018, 04:06:11 PM
I meant to see Thor 3 in the theater, but I wasted my almost quarterly theater trip on Last Jedi (again, BAH). Now that I've seen it (thank you iTunes leak) I wish I had seen it in the theater and will be buying the disc version. Before that I'd gone to see GotG2 and Wonder Woman.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Feb 24, 2018, 11:46:55 PM
I actually meant to see Thor 3 but it just wasn't a great time for me when it came out in the theater. By the time I had more time to go see it, it was out of the Alamo Drafthouse I would've gone to. I might still watch that one if it comes out on Netflix and I have a couple of hours to spare.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Mar 10, 2018, 10:59:03 PM
Ugh...Thor 3 was shit.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Mar 11, 2018, 12:13:37 AM
Why was it shit? Because Thor was in it?
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Mar 11, 2018, 01:38:21 PM
Because it was Guardians of the Galaxy starring Thor. I like Guardians in a Guardians movie, but not in a Thor movie.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Mar 12, 2018, 01:32:31 AM
I don't know. It was undeniably biting on Guardians, but I still liked it. I'd say the previous Thor movies were mostly trash by comparison.

And hey, no Natalie Portman in this one! That's gotta be a plus for just about anyone, right?
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Mar 12, 2018, 08:06:48 AM
Ok, no Portman is a good thing. But I liked the first Thor. This one just felt like a copy of something more successful.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Mar 12, 2018, 11:17:18 AM
But I thought that was every post-Avengers movie except the first GotG.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Mar 12, 2018, 01:36:59 PM
Some of them. Seems like Marvel is good at first movies for superheroes not so much at the rest. Only exception to that seems to be Captain America.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Mar 12, 2018, 09:46:42 PM
I almost wished they saved Civil War for another team-up movie and went another direction with Cap 3. Cap 2 was just the right balance but Cap 3 was so dull. MEH.

Merla and Schmoo saw Wrinkle in Time. I think they liked it. But Merla also liked Last Jedi so much she watched it twice willingly. So make of it what you will.
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Post by: Rama on Mar 12, 2018, 10:08:49 PM
Brain damage? You hit her in the head at any point in your childhood....or adulthood?
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Post by: B E C K on Mar 13, 2018, 04:47:48 PM
I very well might've. We fought as kids. And by "we" I mean me picking on her and instigating shit.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Mar 13, 2018, 06:46:31 PM
I didn't hate Last Jedi. There were things I didn't like about it, sure. Rose and Finn can both GTFO, for instance. Other stuff. Hmm. It was still better than the prequels!

Wrinkle, I haven't seen it, nor do I have the desire to, ever. I don't know how to describe my distaste for it without sounding incredibly pretentious. When I saw the trailer, everything about it just absolutely screamed that it was trying to be all things to all audiences. All that did was make it utterly repugnant to me. No thanks.

I have no doubt the source material was a big deal back in the day, but so was Edgar Rice Burroughs' Mars stuff. Doesn't mean that material makes for a good movie today.

Man. John Carter sucked.
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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Mar 13, 2018, 07:16:10 PM
I didn't hate John Carter, but I haven't rewatched it, either, so it must not have had much going for it other than my not hating it.

But I unrelentingly, religiously, unapologetically hate Last Jedi with the fire of a thousand suns.
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Post by: B E C K on Mar 13, 2018, 09:03:44 PM
When I saw the trailer, everything about it just absolutely screamed that it was trying to be all things to all audiences. All that did was make it utterly repugnant to me. No thanks.

Same. I'm trying to put into words why it felt that way. Not so much with how they casted in terms of race, but maybe who they casted (Oprah, Mindy, and Reese... eh, meh?) and how the movie feels like a celebration of something instead of a mystery or an adventure. Something that feels like it's celebrating without earning it chafes me. I remember kids reading A Wrinkle in Time at school and it was never something I ever had the urge to read or any curiosity about. The movie made me even less interested in the book, which I didn't know was possible.


I didn't hate Last Jedi. There were things I didn't like about it, sure. Rose and Finn can both GTFO, for instance. Other stuff. Hmm. It was still better than the prequels!

I actually liked The Phantom Menace more than I liked The Last Jedi. I feel bad for the actors playing Rose and Finn tho'. It's obvious they were stuffed in there because diversity111la. They didn't give them shit to do or any true place within the story. They could've been thrown off a cliff and it wouldn't have matter a jot. And the Reylo shit is genuinely stomach-turning.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Mar 13, 2018, 10:17:45 PM
I will say the sequence with the horse creatures running through the streets was very reminiscent of the pod racing scene.

That's a bad thing!

Also, I'm probably reading way too much into it, but the character Oprah plays in Wrinkle seems to lean a little too heavily into how I imagine Oprah actually views herself: an omniscient fairy godmother-like entity.

"I'm here to tell you how to think and feel, and you'll be grateful for it, trust me!"
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Post by: B E C K on Mar 13, 2018, 10:29:21 PM
Also, I'm probably reading way too much into it, but the character Oprah plays in Wrinkle seems to lean a little too heavily into how I imagine Oprah actually views herself: an omniscient fairy godmother-like entity.

"I'm here to tell you how to think and feel, and you'll get a car! And you'll get car! And you'll get a car!"

FIFY

But, yeah, you're probably right.
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Post by: Rama on Mar 14, 2018, 07:58:19 AM
TPM was structured the most like a SW movie of all the prequels. It had huge flaws, but it was at least familiar. The other 2 (which I maintain AOTC is the worst of the three) were not. Revenge looked more like the SW I knew, but it didn't feel like it.
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Post by: B E C K on Mar 14, 2018, 09:12:12 AM
AOTC was so bad. Not Mummy 3 bad where I wanted to legit walk out of the theater but bleh. Will never watch Revenge. Don't care. Still haven't seen TFA. Don't care. If Merla wants to pay for my ticket again, I'll go to the next one. Because I like spending time with my sister and keeping her company. Well... I take that back. I won't go to Solo. I just fucking won't.
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Post by: Rama on Mar 14, 2018, 12:34:38 PM
Sadly I keep going. Saw both TFA and TLJ. I'm still holding out hope for Solo.
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Post by: B E C K on Mar 14, 2018, 12:52:34 PM
"Holding out hope for Solo" is going around so much it's not funny anymore.
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Post by: Rama on Mar 14, 2018, 05:50:42 PM
I caught it from a drinking fountain.
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Post by: B E C K on Mar 15, 2018, 09:44:54 PM
Also, are there any musical pieces that even stand out in these new flicks? Even TPM had Duel of the Fates. That shit was badass. So sad TPM wasn't a much better film. I was gonna say "a much better, Jar Jar-less film" but Jar Jar was so fuckin' funny outside the context the actual movie... even though he was CG cancer inside of it.
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Post by: Rama on Mar 16, 2018, 12:24:09 AM
um....no. Not real stand out songs. Most of the music that resonated with me was stuff the lifted right out of the OT.
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Post by: Fiero on Mar 16, 2018, 10:14:47 AM
They should just go ahead and remake the prequels already. I never figured out why everyone is talking about St*r WarzzZZ but I didn't read the whole thread either.

Black Panther was excellent. The main reason for me was Killmonger. Yeah, they kept with the Marvel movie cliche of the heroes enemy basically being a different version of themselves, that's true. They did it with a character who's motivations seemed real and who's actions didn't seem all that evil, really.

Watched The Shape of Water as well. Not GDT's best work but still very much his sort of film. Discussing fish anatomy was an interesting scene.
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Post by: Rama on Mar 16, 2018, 05:13:06 PM
At this point I think they'd make the prequels worse, not better. And that is saying something.
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Post by: B E C K on Mar 16, 2018, 09:52:09 PM
I agree. They shouldn't touch anything anymore. They would honestly be better off just fucking off to another portion of the galaxy after Episode 8. Of course that won't happen because they gots toys to sell. But I'd rather follow some rando rebel in their xwing getting sucked into a wormhole and ending up in another part of the universe where the technology is different, we get more aliens and sentient droids, and there's a different sort of evil other than an empire with a damn space star that shoots a giant laser. I mean, movie plots can be on a smaller scale. It doesn't always have to be some "epic" save-the-world bullshit.
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Post by: Rama on Mar 18, 2018, 11:02:16 PM
I kinda agree. I do like these in between movies like Rouge One better then the big epic art of overall story movies.
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Post by: B E C K on Mar 21, 2018, 12:47:09 PM
Watching some of Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets. A visual treat in term of how cg was used but rancid in every other aspect. Story's a mess, dialogue's a mess, music's a mess, acting's a fucking mess. The two leads really killed this film more than anything else: they come off as two unlikable, arrogant brats. The guy's supposed to be kinda like this funny, charming rake and he's like that dude in your algebra class that needs to copy your homework because he was totally smoking weed after his job at Burger King but he doesn't even need to work because his parents will support him forever even if they need to take out a heloc. Dane Whatshisname has bags under his eyes, a doughy face and body, a shitty voice that sounds like his mouth is stuffed with tissues, and all of the comedic timing and wit of a drunk Amy Schumer. Meanwhile, Cara's just boring. Great body, but boring. No extremes to her emotions. Dane's character is about to die and she sounds like she's a Time Warner tech scheduling your cable install. We really needed a younger version of Mila Jojovich, a woman who could play the "cool but still flirty, strong, exotic beauty" trope. These characters are supposed to love each other and they have zero chemistry. At least if the leads were hot and charming and had chemistry, there would be a reason for the viewer to actually invest in them. As it is, you're left hoping for the next visual spectacle to appear because they're so dull and lifeless.
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Post by: B E C K on Mar 21, 2018, 01:08:21 PM
Ha! Got to Rihanna's part. She's on the screen for a minute and has more chemistry with Dane then Cara did in all of their scenes combined. Holy crap.
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Post by: B E C K on Mar 21, 2018, 01:14:20 PM
Omg, Dane's action scene with a sword was utter shit. Two degrees removed from Star Wars kid. They really needed to get a stuntman who knew his way with a blade and then shoop Dane's face on him.
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Post by: B E C K on Mar 21, 2018, 11:41:13 PM
Oh and I rewatched Heathers today. Kinda odd that this movie expects you to identify with a bunch of rich brats. Golly, you spoiled rich kids shur hav it tuf.
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Mar 25, 2018, 05:47:58 AM
"The Demon House", newest movie/docu by Zak Bro-gans. Def not another episode of Ghost Adventures. Was it scary? Hmmmm a little. I was disappointed that they didnt do the good ol "stay in the house overnight while using 20 different machines to detect ghosts" bits. It was more like Zak stayed there by himself just for a few hours, with almost no machine (did he even have one? I cant remember).
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Post by: jonhammstein on Mar 25, 2018, 01:32:22 PM
There's a relevant video for that!

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Post by: B E C K on Apr 05, 2018, 08:34:06 PM
Did anyone watch Ready Player One? I read some excepts from the book the other day and it was so rancid and cringey.

Edit: Cool, they did a review. At first I was disappointed they didn't cover it.

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Post by: jonhammstein on Apr 06, 2018, 02:45:06 AM
I haven't seen it, and I don't think I will. Not until it's on Netflix or whatever.

Still waiting for Isle of Dogs to come to town. No idea what's going on with that.
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Apr 06, 2018, 07:05:02 AM
There's a relevant video for that!

They be hatin' brah.
If you watch Ghost Adventures thinking youre going to get a National Geographic documentary then you're in for some disappointment.

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Post by: jonhammstein on Apr 08, 2018, 01:57:56 PM
Actually, the guy on the left (Mike) sounds like a fan of Ghost Adventures, and he shares your disappointment that the movie wasn't more like the show. That's what I got from it, anyway. The guy on the right (Jay) thinks it's all hilarious bullshit, though.

I ended up seeing Ready Player One after all. You know, it was okay. Towards the end you could tell they wanted the audience to feel uplifted and inspired, but it comes across as pure cheese. Definitely one of Spielberg's better recent efforts, however.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Apr 14, 2018, 10:30:03 PM
I saw Isle of Dogs. The animation was nice. It's weird to feel let down by a Wes Anderson movie. The story and its characters just never clicked for me.
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Post by: Rama on Apr 16, 2018, 07:50:49 AM
War of the Planet of the Apes. It wasn't bad, but it couldn't hold my attention. I installed a new light fixture and just left it running. Didn't even care enough to pause it.
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Post by: B E C K on Apr 18, 2018, 03:59:11 PM
I saw Isle of Dogs. The animation was nice. It's weird to feel let down by a Wes Anderson movie. The story and its characters just never clicked for me.

That movie looked like it would've made a terrific short but I wondered how it was gonna be an entire motion picture. That's also because it reminded of Fantastic Mr. Fox (in both visuals and general feel) and how fucking boring I found the second half of that film.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Apr 18, 2018, 05:55:31 PM
Ah! I love Fantastic Mr. Fox, that's why I had been looking forward to Isle of Dogs ever since it was first announced.

Way too many characters. Characters are introduced and then promptly forgotten until they're later briefly necessary to the plot. Said plot is all over the place, it just jumps around incessantly. The villains were toothless, with the final confrontation feeling like a complete afterthought.

I can't remember laughing once. I could tell when jokes were being made, but none of them were ever amusing.

Honestly, the dialogue was all the way up its own ass, and for a Wes Anderson film, that's saying a lot.

I am a bitter old cynic.
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Post by: B E C K on Apr 18, 2018, 08:45:33 PM
The cultural appropriation thing is tiresome, too, so that was another strike I had against this film. I pretty much use Scarjo in particular as a warning flag for shit not to bother with.
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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Apr 18, 2018, 09:07:39 PM
My best friend's son won a contest and brought home a prop from Isle of Dogs.

RE: the cultural appropriation thing. Everything is a synthesis of everything else, and, as long as the intention is not to demean, picking and choosing is a part of that. People are being willfully impossible to please...one should should be able to tell a story without being raked over the coals over whose voice was used or how exactingly detailed the ethnic portrayals are or are not. It's a movie. If it sucks, gripe away. If it doesn't, it's a chink in the armor that could well deserve comment and discussion but not the wave of freak-outs I've been reading about.
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Post by: B E C K on Apr 18, 2018, 10:58:38 PM
Intent doesn't have any bearing on whether it's cultural appropriation or not. Nice people can do it, too. That being said, I've sat through enough cringy love letters to other cultures that I'd just as soon rather not bother when I sniff one. Anyway, Wes Anderson just chose his friends and threw a few ethnic randoms in there so he'd get white strokes for "muh diversity." It's like, thanks, Wes, but I've already seen Kubo and the Two Strings.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Apr 19, 2018, 02:07:32 PM
I wasn't bothered by Wes Anderson telling a story set in Japan. The movie has way bigger problems than that.

One thing I found aggressively frustrating was that much of the Japanese dialogue is spoken and never translated... at all! As if the audience is meant to simply intuit what's being said based on character reactions, etc. Subtitles are used sparingly. Most plot-critical Japanese dialogue is delivered in English by various on-screen translator characters, over-top the Japanese speaker as if we're watching some live broadcast! And yes, that's how the story is framed, but I don't give a fuck!

It's like the director was afraid the audience might complain about Japanese characters delivering English dialogue, but then he was also afraid the audience might complain about having to read so much dialogue, and his solution was a bunch of non-committal garbage.

And it's funny you should mention Scarjo, she's barely in it. Introduced early on as a hot lady dog love interest for the main dog, then never seen again until the end where she is clearly the "prize" at the end of the adventure, even though their exchange goes out of its way to tell us, "Oh no no! She is most certainly not a played out film trope!"

Gag.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Apr 19, 2018, 02:14:07 PM
So, you might think the body of that post contradicts my opening statement, but see, he could have made it work, he just fucked it up. There was nothing inherently wrong with the attempt. He just fucked it up.
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Post by: B E C K on Apr 19, 2018, 10:10:09 PM
I wasn't bothered by Wes Anderson telling a story set in Japan.

So, you might think the body of that post contradicts my opening statement

I don't think it did.
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Apr 24, 2018, 03:48:27 AM
That's also because it reminded of Fantastic Mr. Fox (in both visuals and general feel) and how fucking boring I found the second half of that film.
Fantastic Mr Fox was one of my favourite books when I was a kid and I was pissed the movie did it no justice imo. Who the fuck was that little cousin anyways? Why add him?

Watched " A Quiet Place". It was ok, the last death was completely unnecessary and it pissed me off. Plus one of the main "big points" of the movie was stupid as HELL (cant talk about it since its not on the trailer but it has something to do with the woman).  Everything else was good. I recommend it. Oh yeah, except the main dude's bulbous nose, it was distracting. The guy (John something ) looks like a human-sized hobbit .

One more thing to bitch about: Before even buying the ticket to see this, I knew it was going to be a BIG mistake, since I had heard it was a mostly silent/focusing on the quietness movie and god knows how these effing people here can NOT keep quiet. So yeah there was a lot of talking, phone ringing, alarms and doritos bag-grabbing that spoiled a lot of it for me.
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Post by: B E C K on Apr 24, 2018, 07:16:19 AM
I already read spoilers a while back, so, yeah, that family's pretty much doomed now, right? Oh, and you know those two are husband and wife irl, right?
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Post by: jonhammstein on Apr 26, 2018, 11:50:28 PM
Avengers: Infinity War

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!!!!

It was pretty good.
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Post by: B E C K on Apr 29, 2018, 12:33:48 AM
I keep hearing that kids in the theaters were crying about all of the deaths. And... well... this is the only place I can openly say this: I FIND THAT FUCKING HILARIOUS.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Apr 29, 2018, 02:41:29 PM
Huh. I didn't even consider that. I don't think there was a single child at our showing. I mean, I suppose some parents do take their really small kids to these things sometimes. But come on, you get what you pay for, it's not like this is a Disney movie or something.











Oh...
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Post by: jonhammstein on Apr 29, 2018, 02:44:00 PM
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Post by: Rama on Apr 30, 2018, 10:25:04 PM
I also saw Avengers. And the tears of a child are one of the great joys in the world.
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Post by: B E C K on May 03, 2018, 08:46:59 PM
Let's see... last movie... Merla and I saw a showing of Howl's Moving Castle not too long ago. Decent for what it is. I don't think I'll see the new Avengers. Nor Deadpool 2 for that matter. I just don't think either one has anything to offer me. Will likely go see Antman and the Wasp with Merla tho'. Really just interested in going for the "and the Wasp" portion if I'm being honest about it.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on May 17, 2018, 11:59:30 PM
Deadpool 2!

You know, it was pretty great. I liked it even more than the first one.
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Post by: Fiero on May 24, 2018, 04:46:58 PM
Saw Infinity War and Isle of Dogs. They were both alright.

Kids crying at Infinity War reminds me of Transformers 1986 and all I can say is, yeah, life sucks.
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Post by: Rama on May 24, 2018, 11:29:26 PM
86.....Transformers..... :pout:


 :'( PRIME NOOOOOOOO!!!!!
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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on May 27, 2018, 10:10:48 AM
I might see Avengers next week. I won't be on call, and there's no major holiday and tropical storm scheduled to fuck everything up.
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Post by: jonhammstein on May 29, 2018, 12:14:39 AM
I saw Solo!

Embarrassing. Insulting.

Did you ever wonder why his name is Han "Solo"? Neither did anybody else! But this movie reveals the answer to the question no one asked.

I can't decide if it's worse than Rogue One. Maybe not quite.

You know, it really wasn't 100% garbage. There were definitely moments where it threatened to be a much better film, but these were few and far between.

I had to see it, though. I'll go to every St*r WarzzZZ they put out there.

They're gonna nail it one of these times.

Right?
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Post by: jonhammstein on May 29, 2018, 02:41:37 PM

Surprised they had such a measured response to it. Hell, Rich even enjoyed it! I fully expected them to tear the movie to shreds, but it seems only Jay outright hated it.
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Post by: B E C K on May 30, 2018, 12:48:58 AM
Rama just told me he liked it on FB Messenger so I immediately came back here and banned him.
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Post by: jonhammstein on May 30, 2018, 01:07:44 AM
Man, fuuuuuuck that guy.

Nah, he's alright.

But Solo is a dumpster fire.
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Post by: B E C K on May 30, 2018, 01:20:20 AM
Sooooo 'no' to Solo.
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Post by: jonhammstein on May 30, 2018, 02:52:10 AM
#NOLO
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Post by: B E C K on May 30, 2018, 04:55:29 AM
#SONOTOSOLOSOLOFILMO
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Post by: B E C K on May 30, 2018, 03:14:25 PM
Solo: A Star Wars Story: An Unbridled Rage
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Post by: Rama on May 30, 2018, 10:01:45 PM
Bah. Fuck all you guys. It was ten times better then The Last Jedi. Other the one or two things I really liked it.


I'm starting to think I might have crossed over from that Berestein Bears universe where good movie are bad and bad movies are good.  :mad:
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Post by: Rama on May 31, 2018, 09:23:21 AM
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Post by: Fiero on May 31, 2018, 07:47:47 PM
I thought Solo was plenty of fun. It was not a sterling example of what a good movie should be but it was perfectly fine.

The name thing was cheesy AF, though. I'll grant you that.
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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Jun 04, 2018, 06:01:48 PM
It was ten times better then The Last Jedi.

Faint praise: roadkill is ten times better than TLJ.

I don't care anymore.

BTW, Avengers was meh...it was well done, but it suffered from having far too many people that needed something to do as well as an obviously temporary ending. It'll probably hold up better once part two arrives, but anyway. Quill should have his ass kicked up around his shoulders by everyone present.
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Post by: Rama on Jun 05, 2018, 12:06:44 AM
That........is a good point about Last Jedi.   :-\

Man that thing was a steaming pile. It was insulting on so many levels.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Jun 05, 2018, 10:28:35 PM
Last Jedi was a turning point for me. Sitting in the theater, I was somehow able to ignore most of the outright dumb shit, and left feeling pretty good about the movie overall. Upon further reflection, it's kind of a mess.

Going into Solo, my outright dumb shit detector was already working overtime, and I was fully prepared to denounce the film within the first ten minutes. It only got worse from there.

St*r WarzzZZ is in a really weird place right now.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Jun 05, 2018, 10:29:50 PM
You know what surprised me by not being immediately repugnant, though? This:


I actually kind of want to see it now.
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Post by: Rama on Jun 06, 2018, 12:05:32 PM
Yeah. I recognized Starscream. Don't know the last time I recognized a bot from they way they look in a Bay film. It's usually just random name slapped on random bot.


Deadpool 2. It was enjoyable, but not as good as the first. There was a lot that could have been cut. Like Negasonic and her girlfriend. I mean other then a few jokes and showing up to do almost nothing at the end they were pretty pointless. A little sad they didn't use Shatterstar better. I always liked that guy. 
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Post by: Fiero on Jun 06, 2018, 09:29:55 PM
Yeah. I recognized Starscream. Don't know the last time I recognized a bot from they way they look in a Bay film. It's usually just random name slapped on random bot.

Probably because he's only a producer, I don't think he has much of an impact on that one.




I finally got around to seeing Star Trek Beyond. This might actually be the worse Trek movie (granted I haven't watched the worst of the older films in awhile).  The story was a mess, we don't really get a good idea of why the enemy is a threat, there was basically no emotional connection. It could have been a great send-off for Yelchin and Nemoy but ultimately felt pretty fucking meh.


Also, I don't remember if I ever made any comments about TLJ here. I don't exactly hate Rose like many people do, I thought the character was okay but not an incredible add. What wasn't okay was the entire dumb-ass side mission, dumb ass Poe who's been in a military organization for basically a decade pretending like the chain of command doesn't matter, the commanding officer not recognizing that he was a bit of a loose cannon who had a lot of people that could be under his sway, the entire fucking idea of the side mission, the shit fight with Plasma, and her dumb-ass choice to ram Finn. I don't blame Rose for any of that, I blame the writers, directors, and producers. Oh, and the Merry Poppins bullshit was awful. They could have done that a different way and made it work or done some re-cutting to make that her final scene (maybe that would have worked poorly as well, though, I'm not certain). Also, Holdo should have realized that Poe doesn't listen to orders considering THE VERY FIRST THING HE DOES in the film is not listen to orders and get all of the Resistance's bombers blown to fucking shit, including Rose's sister, who was probably more interesting.

EDIT: I forgot to say, I think better editing actually could have saved TLJ. I actually did not hate the film but I still like it better than TPM (excepting the Darth Maul fight). The Rey/Kylo stuff I very much liked. Would have preferred Luke's story ended differently but ultimately I can accept it, even if it was out of character how he was in the beginning of the film. The other dumb shit, though... ugh.
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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Jun 06, 2018, 09:43:26 PM
TLJ is irredeemable in any respect. I still mourn the cost of that matinee ticket.

Bumblebee actually looks interesting. I'm hoping that the new director can help lead the way toward a better live-action franchise, but I'm going to have to read some good reviews before I start watching them again (haven't seen any since 3 which absolutely disgusted me).

Regarding Deadpool 2, I just assumed the subtitle should have been "Deadpooler". The first time around was entertaining, but subsequent viewings weren't much fun to me. A new movie with more of the same just doesn't sound like something I'd be interested in. But that's basically my opinion of Solo and more TF movies, for that matter.
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Post by: B E C K on Jun 11, 2018, 05:28:39 PM
Rose was terrible. Nothing against the actress herself and none of this shit is her fault. She shouldn't have been attacked on Insta like that. But the character was insufferable and useless, almost rage-inducing at times, and added nothing of value to the movie. It's like nothing was learned from the implosion of Jake Lloyd: you can't stick shit-characters front and center in a franchise this loved or the actors suffer as a result. I still have a soft-spot for Holdo but at least Laura Dern is established and doesn't have to take shit from anyone. No one's gonna question whether Laura is a bad actress, they're just gonna say Holdo was terrible and they hated Holdo. The chick playing Rose though isn't in that same position, which sucks for her.

Poe's the only other new character I remotely liked. There's some sort of charm there with the actor. Like he easily should've been the spiritual successor to Han in the franchise: the hot, joke-cracking, cool flyboy. But he's written terribly. What a waste.

I agree with Squirrel: nothing could've saved the movie. It's a mess. My fish and chips I ate at the time tasted great tho'.

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Regarding Deadpool 2, I just assumed the subtitle should have been "Deadpooler". The first time around was entertaining, but subsequent viewings weren't much fun to me. A new movie with more of the same just doesn't sound like something I'd be interested in. But that's basically my opinion of Solo and more TF movies, for that matter.

Same. I told some of my co-workers I wasn't gonna see it and, I dunno, I got the impression they thought I was offended or something by the first one. Like, no, the first one was a perfect, fun, raunchy good-time. But at the same time I didn't need anymore of the same thing. Would've been more fun to start mashing him up with other things now. Make him more like a co-star or supporting character to someone else's story. I think he'd work better this way. I wasn't confident that the second one would deliver that. And to be honest, I was a bit put off by Domino. Don't care she's a black girl but I totally crushed on old school Domino so I wanted that look from her screen version. What we got looks like someone's OC.
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Post by: B E C K on Jun 11, 2018, 05:35:11 PM
Oh, finally saw Thor Ragnarok. Not bad. A bit too long. Felt at times like it was two different movies mashed into one. Hela seemed a bit too stiff as a villain but I think that's more due to having to cram so much into so little time. Didn't even frickin' recognize Kaul Urban. The Mark Mothersbaugh soundtrack was the shit, tho'.
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Post by: Rama on Jun 11, 2018, 07:17:48 PM
Same. I told some of my co-workers I wasn't gonna see it and, I dunno, I got the impression they thought I was offended or something by the first one. Like, no, the first one was a perfect, fun, raunchy good-time. But at the same time I didn't need anymore of the same thing. Would've been more fun to start mashing him up with other things now. Make him more like a co-star or supporting character to someone else's story. I think he'd work better this way. I wasn't confident that the second one would deliver that. And to be honest, I was a bit put off by Domino. Don't care she's a black girl but I totally crushed on old school Domino so I wanted that look from her screen version. What we got looks like someone's OC.

I don't think there is gonna be a Deadpool 3. Think they might just do X-Force movies from now on. And I still think that Thor 3 felt like Asguardians of the Galaxy.
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Post by: B E C K on Jun 13, 2018, 10:01:24 AM
While I enjoy some levity in my movies, at times the joke cracking was too much. Jokes are cool but I wished they pulled back a bit more. Meh, Asgard done blew up, now jokes. Meh, my friend's dead, now jokes. Might be stuck on this alien planet forever but muh quips.

And I didn't really mean X-force movies. It's like here we go again jumping into a team. I need more franchises to earn their way to team-ups.
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Post by: Fiero on Jun 14, 2018, 11:07:37 AM
Quips are where the character development seems to happen, though.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Jun 19, 2018, 03:02:09 AM
Incredibles 2.

There's a scene where the baby fights a raccoon that was phenomenal, but I felt like the rest of the movie kind of failed to justify its own existence.

Like, the central conflict was pointlessly manufactured. The movie starts out with all superheroes being outlawed, then a character has a plan to sway public opinion back in their favor, but a second character wants to use that same plan to discredit heroes forever! And all of that is just an excuse to prop up the importance of family values, or something?

Honestly, the villain's reasoning is completely fucked. They blame heroes for a tragic event in their past, but really it was the government's fault for banning superheroes in the first place, and the government is elected by the people, so... yeah, just blame the heroes, I guess.

But people seem to like it, so don't mind the old grouch.
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Post by: B E C K on Jun 22, 2018, 11:08:24 PM
I think I'll pass. Not really something I was ever looking for or needed in my life.

Smerla and I went to go see a screening of Pom Poko and of course she cried. She said she wasn't gonna but I knew she would because she always does. The ending gets her every time. Meanwhile, the ending just legit gets me fired up. Probably because this city's growing so fast and every forest and field is mercilessly bulldozed over so we can house the influx of people, their too-many kids, their too-big vehicles, and their too-much fuckin' stuff in their too-big house. Or made to erect shitty apartments and outdoor malls. And after all that, the idiots in charge of planning don't even make things walkable. Like, they make all these apartment complexes but don't give the people living there a place to buy a carton of eggs without forcing them to get into their car and drive somewhere. Or they build all of these damn office buildings without giving the workers a coffee shop nearby or a place to eat lunch that's in walking distance. Bleh. But I'm going off on a tangent, I suppose. Anyway, we had a couple of talkers on their cell phones and if we were only at Drafthouse, I would've gotten their asses booted. Also, having to wait ten minutes for churros is too damn long. At least they tasted good.

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But people seem to like it, so don't mind the old grouch.

Be the grouch, fuck the people.*

*Above statement assumes consent given by parties of legal age to provide it.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Jun 22, 2018, 11:58:59 PM
I bought all the Ghibli movies Disney released on DVD back in the day. I have Pom Poko, and I know I watched it, but I can't remember what the story was actually about other than the inflatable scrotal sacs.
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Post by: Rama on Jun 23, 2018, 10:59:30 PM
I think I'll pass. Not really something I was ever looking for or needed in my life.

Smerla and I went to go see a screening of Pom Poko and of course she cried. She said she wasn't gonna but I knew she would because she always does. The ending gets her every time. Meanwhile, the ending just legit gets me fired up. Probably because this city's growing so fast and every forest and field is mercilessly bulldozed over so we can house the influx of people, their too-many kids, their too-big vehicles, and their too-much fuckin' stuff in their too-big house. Or made to erect shitty apartments and outdoor malls. And after all that, the idiots in charge of planning don't even make things walkable. Like, they make all these apartment complexes but don't give the people living there a place to buy a carton of eggs without forcing them to get into their car and drive somewhere. Or they build all of these damn office buildings without giving the workers a coffee shop nearby or a place to eat lunch that's in walking distance. Bleh.


Are you SURE you want to  live in a city?

Anyway I saw Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom. It was pretty good. Didn't like it as much as the first Jurassic World and really felt like a retread of The Lost World.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Jun 26, 2018, 02:26:56 AM
I thought Fallen Kingdom was amazing. I went in expecting a total shitshow and what I got was some kind of fucked up sci-fi monster movie.

Now I'm looking forward to the inevitable Jurassic World War.
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Post by: B E C K on Jun 26, 2018, 09:48:33 AM
Are you SURE you want to live in a city?

Long term: I want to eventually downsize cities. Short term: Have to suck it up because circumstances. Also long term: We're growing so fast in this state that the "small" cities I'm thinking of will probably be crammed full of people, too.

I bought all the Ghibli movies Disney released on DVD back in the day. I have Pom Poko, and I know I watched it, but I can't remember what the story was actually about other than the inflatable scrotal sacs.

Local tanuki being mowed out of their forest by fucking humans so they attempt to fight back and save their forest.
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Post by: Fiero on Jun 28, 2018, 09:21:52 PM
Have to agree that the raccoon fight in Incredibles 2 was the best part of the film. The rest was fine but mostly a retread of what came before. The villain is not as compelling, though.

I also watched Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom. The stuff on the island was fantastic. Once they got back to civilization it was... eh... fine, I guess.

The opening scene was pretty cool.
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Post by: Rama on Jul 02, 2018, 01:19:56 AM
Incredibles 2. Starting to sound like a broken record, but I liked it but not as much as the first. Did feel like a retread. Like same exact shit happened....just to mom instead of dad.
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Post by: Fiero on Jul 02, 2018, 02:49:43 PM
Watched Star Trek: First Contact last night, my favorite of the TNG era movies. It's been awhile since I've seen it, probably 2+ years.

There were two actors that I did not realize were in this film and got excited about.

Neal McDonough, who plays Damien Dahrk on Arrow and Legends of Tomorrow, played Lt Hawke, the Enterprise-Es helmsman. Weirdly enough, he kind of looks just a little bit like Chris Pine here. He does not look at all like Chris Pine now, though.

Alfre Woodard, who plays Mariah Dillard (STOKES, MARIAH STOKES) in Luke Cage, Lafeyette's mom on True Blood, the lady who's kid died in Civil War, and a shit-load of other things I've never seen, plays Lily, the woman who gets taken to the Enterprise-E while it's being invaded by the Borg and yells at Picard until he relents into self-destructing the Enterprise-E (which is later cancelled).

Of course, this reminds me Tim Russ, who played Tuvok on Star Trek: Voyager. Literally every time I see him, no matter the role, I'm only thinking of his small line in Spaceballs: "We ain't found shit."
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Post by: B E C K on Jul 03, 2018, 10:08:35 PM
Of course, this reminds me Tim Russ, who played Tuvok on Star Trek: Voyager. Literally every time I see him, no matter the role, I'm only thinking of his small line in Spaceballs: "We ain't found shit."

I had no idea Tim Russ was in Spaceballs.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Jul 03, 2018, 10:15:47 PM
When they were "combing" the desert, right?
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Post by: Rama on Jul 03, 2018, 11:40:03 PM
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Post by: jonhammstein on Jul 03, 2018, 11:50:05 PM
Even after all these years, it still makes me laugh.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Jul 06, 2018, 02:18:32 AM
Went to Wasp-Woman and the Ant. Good enough.

Pretty low stakes as a followup to Infinity War. Really funny, at least.

If the MCU was ST:TNG, Infinity War is a season finale, and Ant-Man is one of those mid-season goofball episodes.
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Post by: B E C K on Jul 15, 2018, 10:50:38 AM
Merla and I were gonna go watch that but I think we've both gotten lazy about it because she hasn't brought up going yet and neither have I.
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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Jul 15, 2018, 01:05:10 PM
I wasn't big on the first Ant-man movie. I think I'm just going to let it go until the home release before bothering.

I did that with Black Panther and was pleasantly surprised that it didn't suck but was enjoyable (though not the second coming of superguy flicks that people want to believe it to be).
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Post by: Rama on Jul 15, 2018, 10:33:37 PM
Ant-Man and Wasp which was great, but mainly because I have a man crush on Paul Rudd.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Jul 18, 2018, 12:24:40 AM
The other night, I watched Death of Superman and Ninja Batman back-to-back.

Death of Superman was a fairly decent adaptation, but I just don't like the character designs, particularly Superman's suit and tree trunk neck. They've been using this template in all the recent Justice League-related animated films, and it's awful. They desperately need a new look.

Ninja Batman was a fucking mess. Like, everyone should watch it simply to make up their own mind, but it's so bizarre. It's not as if Batman is some hallowed property, it's really been put through the wringer over the years, but even then this one is still such a head-scratcher. Weird, man.
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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Jul 18, 2018, 06:18:51 PM
...I just don't like the character designs, particularly Superman's suit and tree trunk neck. They've been using this template in all the recent Justice League-related animated films, and it's awful. They desperately need a new look.
It's the New 52 aesthetic. It's the new normal. Give me red trunks any day. Can't beat the classic.

Like, everyone should watch it simply to make up their own mind, but it's so bizarre.
NO, this turd should be shunned like the leprous mass it is. Good God, man, it's bad.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Jul 20, 2018, 03:42:42 AM
Sorry to Bother You.

I ain't saying shit about this. If it's showing near you, go see it. Even if you don't like it, you'll probably still "like" it.

No spoilers!
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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Jul 20, 2018, 05:35:37 PM
Spoiler: it's nonsense and impossible to watch.

There, I just saved everyone 1.25 hours of their lives. You're welcome!

(http://www.shwiggie.com/boards/emoticons/joker.gif)
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Post by: B E C K on Jul 29, 2018, 09:45:30 PM
Finally saw Ant-Man and Wasp. My favorite part of the movie was explaining the tag at the end because Schmoo and Merla haven't seen Infinity War. These movies are too long. I was ready for my post-cinematic wee and we hadn't even made to the giant Pez dispenser yet.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Jul 30, 2018, 01:08:46 AM
Emptying my bladder takes precedence, always and forever.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Jul 30, 2018, 11:45:01 PM
Teen Titans Go! To the Movies. Great. Loved it. If you hate Teen Titans Go!, you'll really fucking hate this movie.

Mission: Impossible - Fallout. Not bad. Dragged in spots, but all the action was deadly. Tom Cruise is old. Superman's mustache is impeccable.
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Post by: Fiero on Aug 07, 2018, 01:36:00 PM
I also watched Ant-Man and the Wasp with the wife.

This week we decided to watch Them! She hasn't seen it (and we haven't finished it yet) but I forgot how much I love this cheezy shit.
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Post by: Rumble on Aug 08, 2018, 12:12:32 PM
I saw Ocean's 8 which was every bit the waste of time I thought it was gonna be
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Aug 27, 2018, 05:50:44 AM
I saw Ocean's 8 which was every bit the waste of time I thought it was gonna be
Why don 't you watch ME next time bb  ;)

Watched "The Meg". Ok first of all thats the stupidest name ever for a shark movie. Second of all, Ruby fucking Rose as a scientist? or as anything? The only reason she was passable in John Wick is because she was mute, thats it. Who gives this woman jobs? The movie was ok but they used every single shark movie trope.
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Post by: B E C K on Aug 27, 2018, 01:17:11 PM
She probably gets jobs by giving jobs. Just like the rest of Hollyweird.
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Post by: Rama on Aug 28, 2018, 01:27:14 PM
You need someone that little girls and millennials girls who also hate their fathers can look up too.   
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Aug 29, 2018, 03:58:10 AM
She probably gets jobs by giving jobs. Just like the rest of Hollyweird.
True true.

Watched "Down a Dark Hall" and it was such a terrible movie. Not even scary. Fuck I should have known better when I saw that girl who played young Carrie Bradshaw as the lead.
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Post by: Rumble on Aug 30, 2018, 11:04:09 AM
I saw Ocean's 8 which was every bit the waste of time I thought it was gonna be
Why don 't you watch ME next time bb  ;)

You already know where you can send your selfies 😏😆
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Post by: jonhammstein on Sep 14, 2018, 02:20:24 AM
The Predator.

What a letdown. Fucking hokey action/comedy flick. Predator is supposed to be horror, for fuck's sake.

Honestly, they should just give up. In the original movie, you're learning about the villain along with the hero, and by the end all is revealed and the Predator is defeated. That's it.

And the tease at the end of this new one would make it so that the Predators are even less of a threat in any potential followup, so it's like, what's even the point?

Bad.
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Post by: B E C K on Sep 15, 2018, 07:16:29 AM
What tease? Spoil me, Joe Joe.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Sep 15, 2018, 04:33:03 PM
It's so fucking dumb, and it doesn't make any sense. There are two Predators in this movie, one is pursuing the other, and we don't really find out why until the end. It turns out the "traitor" Predator was bringing technology to aid the human race (WHY?!), and I shit you not they literally refer to it as the "Predator Killer", as if they're reading off a label. It's a gauntlet that can latch onto anyone's wrist,  transforming them into this Cyber-Predator thing covered in guns and blades, not unlike current MCU Iron Man. The suit, I mean, not the weapons.

Which is just overkill because it's been demonstrated time and again that humans are already capable of besting Predators.
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Post by: B E C K on Sep 15, 2018, 09:32:17 PM
EW. No. We're the prey. The fun is seeing how the outgunned prey bests the predator. Why didn't they just use another alien instead of a "traitor" Predator? The "good" alien dies and then we steal its technology to fight Predators.
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Post by: Fiero on Oct 01, 2018, 01:27:16 PM
I think I forgot to mention watching The Ladies Man (1961). It was at least partially amusing. I don't think Jerry Lewis's humor is as timeless as some people say.
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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Oct 01, 2018, 06:30:49 PM
I went to see Transformers the Movie on Thursday night with some friends, one of whom had never watched it. A good time was had by all. I haven't seen it in a theater since August 1986, so I was really looking forward to it. Yet I was taken aback at how terrible the picture and sound was. They must have not been using the new HD elements on this presentation. A real shame, because it really detracts from an event you drove an hour-and-a-have to see when it looks and sounds far better in your living room.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Oct 12, 2018, 03:40:00 AM
Just drove back from a triple feature, and boy are my eyes tired.

Venom. Not terrible, which absolutely boggles the mind. Also, this plays over the credits:


Fucking surreal, man.

Hell Fest. Didn't know anything about this going in, expected a sleazy, revolting gore show. What I got was a mostly inoffensive slasher-lite teen "horror" flick. And honestly, if you were to tell me Hell Fest was an actual theme park and this movie is one long advertisement for it, I wouldn't be surprised. It just felt like that from start to finish.

Bad Times at the El Royale. Seems like they've been promoting the shit out of this, and I figured they had definitely given away the entire plot already, but amazingly that wasn't the case. I guess you could say it's a bit of a Tarantino knock-off, but it's solid.
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Oct 30, 2018, 07:58:58 AM
I agree with joe, Predator was a fuckfest. Why do they keep doing these movies??? Whyyy
Saw Goosebumps 2 with the kids. It was ok. Some funny parts (mostly the ones that included the asian old man who was a fan of the books in the movie)
" Mara" was total and absolute SHITE. I almost walked out because I was so bored. Only cool thing is that I discovered my ex bff's little sister is a Hollywood actress now. (although her part was very short in the movie). Im one step closer to my husbando Keanu <3
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Post by: Fiero on Nov 02, 2018, 09:52:19 AM
Wife really wants to watch El Royale so we might give that a go soon, somewhere among our holiday nonsense (we co-host a thanksgiving thing and then a Christmas thing for friends, plus go to multiple family things, and honestly it's pretty exhausting, plus we go to a week-long board game convention the week before thanksgiving). We also want to see the Freddie Mercury movie but I was hoping to hear from some buddies that have seen it first. I like Rami Malek well enough so that's a positive. I guess that's movies I want to see not ones I have seen, though.

Not really a movie but I just found out on Halloween this year about the David S Pumpkins animated special that SNL made last year. It was not exactly good but was good enough for what I wanted that day.

We also watched Halloween, it was the wife's first time seeing it. She's not big on horror movies. I forgot how much I love some John Carpenter's shots. He was good at doing some creepy shit like Michael Myers sitting up in the background of a shot, and him being in the backgrounds of some shots where you might not see him (or the car he stole). It also has a few jump-scares, which I fucking hate. Horror movies need more creepy shit and less jump scares. Then again, it also had some cheeeesy stuff, like the gravestone above the girl on the bed and really just that entire scene when Laurie finds their bodies. I guess we can explain some of it away by saying that Michael has the mind of a 6 year old but I feel like that only gets you so far.

And how about that asshole next door that not only turned on the lights, looked at her, and didn't let her in but also didn't bother to call the cops to say there was a screaming girl outside. Halloween night, I guess. So ignoring anyone who's in distress makes plenty of sense.

Something my wife brought up, what kind of shitty parents don't take their kids trick or treating on Halloween, and then go off to a party that isn't even a costume party, on Halloween? I guess things might have been different in the 70s but it did seem weird.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Nov 07, 2018, 05:16:28 PM
I watched that new Halloween. It was alright. Unremarkable, but not bad.
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Post by: Rumble on Nov 08, 2018, 11:09:06 AM
I thought Halloween was boring as hell
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Nov 09, 2018, 07:27:50 AM

And how about that asshole next door that not only turned on the lights, looked at her, and didn't let her in but also didn't bother to call the cops to say there was a screaming girl outside. Halloween night, I guess. So ignoring anyone who's in distress makes plenty of sense.

You obviously haven't lived in NYC lol
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Post by: Fiero on Nov 13, 2018, 02:33:52 PM

And how about that asshole next door that not only turned on the lights, looked at her, and didn't let her in but also didn't bother to call the cops to say there was a screaming girl outside. Halloween night, I guess. So ignoring anyone who's in distress makes plenty of sense.

You obviously haven't lived in NYC lol

But this wasn't NYC. It was Haddonfield, Illinois. While the city is fictional, the county it's in is real (Livingston County). Why should we assume people in a tiny town in Illinois would act like people in NYC?
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Post by: jonhammstein on Dec 18, 2018, 01:10:38 PM
Spider-Verse is amazing. I don't know how they achieved that stop-motion effect, but it just looks spectacular. I recommend everyone chell it out at their friendly neighborhood movie theater.

XD
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Post by: Fiero on Jan 03, 2019, 01:34:29 PM
I also saw Into the Spider-Verse and it is fucking fantastic. Real good shit.

Also on the super-hero front, I've wanted to watch Aquaman but hearing about the Toto remix that's in it has really put a damper on my excitement for that one. Also never got around to Venom but I heard I'm not missing much.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Jan 04, 2019, 02:30:56 AM
I saw Aquaman, Mary Poppins, and Bumblebee back-to-back-to-back, and unbelievably they shake out thusly:

1. Bumblebee
2. Aquaman
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3. Mary Poppins.

Bumblebee is so fucking good. Like, fucking how? It's a movie about Bumblebee, for fuck's sake. Easily the best live action Transformers movie, to which you might reply, "Faint praise." But really, it's just a great movie, period.

Aquaman, same deal. It's a totally serviceable superhero flick, and a competent DC movie, which is practically mythical at this point. How did this happen?

As for Mary Poppins? Boring. So fucking boring. Emily Blunt is great, I wish they could have given her more to do. Anytime the story shifted focus away from her, my enjoyment jumped off a cliff. Two hours end up feeling like four. More like Mary Poopins amirite ahahahahahaha FUCK.
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Post by: B E C K on Jan 05, 2019, 06:33:02 PM
I knew Mary Poppins was gonna be shit when they whored her out to Nissan to sell fucking cars. Nothing beautiful and magical is ever sent to hock sweet rides so viciously unless production is aware they're dealing with a piece of crap and need to squeeze our every shekel possible. Oh, oh, are we dancing with cartoon animals again? The novelty on that's fucking gone, you know.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Feb 08, 2019, 02:11:53 AM
Lego 2 was pretty good. Better than Batman. Not as good as the original.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Feb 19, 2019, 02:32:06 AM
Alita was good, but very much a first chapter, and based on how it's doing, I doubt we'll be getting another one, which is a shame.

It kind of makes me want to dig out my old books for a reread, though. I think I only own about half of Last Order, and I didn't even realize that Mars Chronicle was a thing.
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Post by: Fiero on Feb 21, 2019, 12:46:50 PM
Aquaman was great. I haven't seen Bumblbee yet but meant to get around to it.
My wife was watching Indy & TLC and I was amused by how whimsical the music is, I don't remember it being so whimsical.
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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Feb 21, 2019, 05:37:29 PM
Bumblebee in my estimation was a better movie than Aquaman but not as pretty. But I enjoyed both quite a lot more than I expected to. Really looking forward to the 4K releases: I was so busy over the past two months that taking time out to drive over an hour to a decent theater was impossible, and the Korean subbed versions I watched left much to be desired.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Feb 27, 2019, 03:00:17 AM
Fighting with My Family. I don't usually see dramas at the theater, but I was sold on the combination of Stephen Merchant and wrestling. I was previously vaguely aware of Paige, but I had no idea she was English.

Anyway, I really liked it. Who would have thought there would ever be a movie where Lena Headey and Nick Frost were a (believable!) married coupled.
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Post by: Fiero on Mar 05, 2019, 11:28:13 AM
Who would have thought there would ever be a movie where Lena Headey and Nick Frost were a (believable!) married coupled.

That makes me want to watch it. Bizarre.
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Post by: The D on Mar 06, 2019, 08:37:19 PM
Sausage Fest
People told me this was a very funny movie but I found it not funny at all. I don't know what I was expecting out of a Seth Rogan comedy but, of course, all the humor was sex jokes, drug jokes, and a massive amount of profanity just for the sake of profanity. Comedy-wise it was a let down. Story wise it was average.


this reminds me Tim Russ, who played Tuvok on Star Trek: Voyager. Literally every time I see him, no matter the role, I'm only thinking of his small line in Spaceballs: "We ain't found shit."
I now wish there was a scene in Voyager that goes like this:
Janeway: "Tuvok, scan the surface for life signs....
...have you found anything yet?"
Tuvok: "I ain't found shit Captain."

Wonder Woman. First half: Good. Second half: Godawful CG shitfest. I can't figure out why it's reviewing so well. It has a promising setup, but then it just completely falls apart. Disappointed.
Having not seen Aquaman yet I would say that Wonder Woman is probably the best of the current DC universe movies. BvS was mostly a piece of shit, being that the whole premise was to have Batman and Superman fight for fanservice and the rest of the story was just half assed thrown together. And holy fuck did I hate Lex Luthor. MoS was decent, the fighting scenes were magnificent but the drama felt too forced (am I supposed to feel sorry for Kent's dad just standing there and letting a tornado suck him up?). I tried to enjoy Justice League but it felt like it was missing something... maybe back story for most of the characters.

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Wonder Woman was at least enjoyable for most of the movie. Although I'll agree that it fell apart, just for me it was after Stryker was killed. So we have this moment when Diana finally realizes that war happens because humans are shitty creatures. And then fucking Lupin shows up and is like "I'm Ares and the reason why mankind fights." And then Ares is killed. So.... did anyone forget about WW2 which was far worse than WW1? If Ares isn't around then why do people still fight? It implies that wars are so horrible because Ares encourages people to be horrible, but now that he's dead, WW2 shouldn't have happened at all.
So, great movie, but ending was a let down.

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Post by: jonhammstein on Mar 06, 2019, 09:57:52 PM
Although I'll agree that it fell apart, just for me it was after Stryker was killed.

That was the exact moment. I was wrong to say the second half sucked. More like most of the third act.

Fucking flinging giant metal shards at each other or whatever. God that was the worst shit.
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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Mar 06, 2019, 10:46:52 PM
So.... did anyone forget about WW2 which was far worse than WW1?
TOTAL tangent time, here.

WW2 was a much bigger, spread-out conflict than WW1, with ferocious fighting in general. But, purely pound-for-pound, I don't think anything matches the charnel-house slaughter, wanton destruction, traumatizing horror, and political fallout of WW1.

As the first truly mechanized war (The American War of the States being the first modern war), the pure butchery of the Great War was unprecedented in human history. An entire generation of young Europeans were predominantly wiped out. Historic locales were forever altered or destroyed. Regions were razed and covered with craters, barbed wire, and trenches. Cities were evacuated and demolished. Civilians were decimated and displaced only to starve later. And recovery was weak, as it instigated a world-wide depression that only the United States was isolated from, and then only for about ten years. WW2 was bad and larger-scale, but WW1 was a God-forsaken grindhouse. And had it not been for the intervention of the United States, delayed though it was, they might still be taking pot-shots out of trenches over there, as it, itself, was a culmination of over a hundred years worth of build-up.

Following the war, the Japanese who were part of the Allied powers were slighted by their non-inclusion at Versailles, which pissed them off enough to build themselves into an industrialized powet that couldn't be taken for granted the next go-around...ultimately setting them back decades until the 80's. The German Empire was dismantled and its people punished for something they had no powet to prevent, which engendered the rise of the likes of Hitler and led to it being a checkerboard piece throughout the cold war. It's only been within my lifetime that the reunited Germany has reasserted its position in European affairs. Russia was distracted by the war to bring the Red and White Bolsheviks together long enough to fight, but finally the Reds would stab the Whites in the back and institute Lenin's Soviet Union, the first and greatest bastion for communism, a wart on the ass of human civilization for a hundred years now that has resulted in more human suffering than any other system second to Islam.

Speaking of which, the colonial system which had basically concentrated powet in Europe, was utterly destroyed (except the British Empire, but it would never recover) leading to destabilization world-wide as the empires holding things together largely disintegrated. This was most notable in the dissection of the Ottoman Empire which gerrymandered the Middle-East into straight-line bordered nations that yugoslavia'ed warring groups together and brought about a multitude of internal conflicts, coup d'etats, and the reintroduction of terroristic Islam to the world.

I'm forgetting a lot of stuff, primarily because I haven't studied it in a long time, and it's past bedtime (gotta be back at work around daybreak), and it's not welcome in this thread. But I'm always amazed at how much WW1 directly affects life today and how it's often overlooked because of the horrific scale and cost of WW2. But war's hell, regardless.
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Post by: Fiero on Mar 11, 2019, 02:54:56 PM
Saw Captain Marvel and liked it quite a bit.

It does suffer from similar issues as y'all are describing for Wonder Woman, the CGI-heavy portions harm the film overall.

Some of the 90s references were just awful and forced, including some possible anachronisms regarding music cues and arcade games, and also Stan Lee's cameo here is somewhat baffling if you really want to nerd it out to conclusion. Then again, we can't call their universe the same as ours so maybe some of those things happened differently in their universe.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Mar 14, 2019, 02:22:59 AM
Yeah, it kind of turned into a CG fuckfest at the end, just like Wonder Woman, didn't it?

It was pretty good, though. I was prepared not to like it, so it exceeded my expectations.

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Post by: B E C K on Mar 15, 2019, 09:01:32 AM
I saw this review already but I swear all I remember about it is Wisconsin.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Apr 05, 2019, 03:58:13 AM
Shazam. I was on board for most it, but it got a little bit too hokey at the end. Like, any sense of tension there might have been was completely undercut by how goofy everyone was behaving. Jokes are fine, and this movie is definitely funny, but try to keep that shit to a minimum in your climactic action scene.

Pet Sematary. Are you familiar with the premise? I feel like most of us are, even if only through cultural osmosis. I have no idea why they even bothered "remaking" this movie. It's seriously just the same old shit, recycled for no apparent reason. Beyond bland in its absolute predictability.
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Apr 05, 2019, 05:10:41 AM
"Us".

Overhyped. Not that scary. Stupid ending.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Apr 05, 2019, 06:04:16 PM
I couldn't decide what I wanted to say about Us. I liked it for the most part, but... something was off.
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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Apr 05, 2019, 07:47:31 PM
Going to see the real Captain Marvel movie tomorrow.
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Post by: B E C K on Apr 09, 2019, 06:53:34 PM
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Shazam. I was on board for most it, but it got a little bit too hokey at the end. Like, any sense of tension there might have been was completely undercut by how goofy everyone was behaving. Jokes are fine, and this movie is definitely funny, but try to keep that shit to a minimum in your climactic action scene.

THIS. This is what I hate about movies these days: this need to do this kind of snarky bullshit that ruins dramatic tension in a film. It reminds me of this video I saw the other day, which I thought was really good about this subject.

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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Apr 09, 2019, 10:05:52 PM
This is what I hate about movies these days: this need to do this kind of snarky bullshit that ruins dramatic tension in a film.
The thing was, there was not a whole lot of snark in Captain Marvel Shazam. It was just goofy, which I like because I'm all about this franchise being as goofy as humanly possible. I nearly shit my pants when
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And, yes, I just installed a spoiler tag.
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Post by: B E C K on Apr 10, 2019, 08:32:09 PM
Ha ha, I was wondering about that when I saw it. Thanks. :)
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Post by: jonhammstein on Apr 12, 2019, 11:21:33 PM
I went to Hellboy last night. I didn't really blow me away or anything. I kept waiting for it to really grab me, and it never did.

Also, they were all about telling those jokes. I don't think I laughed once. They tried to make Hellboy all snarky and flippant and it was just nah, man. No thanks.

There was one scene where he fought a group of giants, that was probably the stand-out moment of the movie. Unfortunately it happens pretty early on, and this flick is two hours long.

Speaking of length, they wanted to cram as many story arcs from the long-running comic book in there as they could, and as a result everything came off rushed. It's like they were afraid they wouldn't get a second crack at it, so they might as well just spill it all out there in one go.

Still no goat legs either, the cowards. Guess they don't want him looking too Satanic. Or maybe the required CG would inflate the budget too much, who knows.
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Apr 22, 2019, 09:58:01 AM
My daddy's movie is coming out in less than a month and I cant wait. I had a heart attack when I saw a pic of him and my gurl Anjelina Houston . HOW COULD THAT BE!?!? TWO OF MY FAVES AT ONCE?!?!?
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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Apr 22, 2019, 04:49:33 PM
I should take that day off just to drive the two hours to see it in a decent theater. As a 3-gun competitor the Wick movies are like instructional videos on course running and handling technique.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Apr 27, 2019, 05:19:50 AM
Endgame. Man, there was this one girl in the crowd, she couldn't have been that old, just sobbing uncontrollably. What a movie. I'll probably go again later this week.
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Post by: Fiero on Apr 30, 2019, 04:00:55 PM
Avengers: Endgame was mostly good. I enjoyed the heck out of it. It does include a particular plot device which I cannot stand but the movie kind of didn't take it that seriously so it worked out mostly okay. It's got some holes, though. Either way, I'm still excited to see whatever Marvel does next.
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Post by: The D on Apr 30, 2019, 07:20:02 PM
I saw the end battle of the first Transformer's movie on TV.

And I only mention it because of how badly it's held up. I remember mostly enjoying Transformers 1 in theater before the series went all downhill. But I seem to remember thinking the final battle was way too chaotic and suffered from too much jiggle camera, and it seems even worse watching it now. It's almost impossible to figure out what's going on half the time in the damn fight. And of course, now, every damn movie has to have chaotic jiggling camera shots at bizzare angles where you don't even know what the fuck's going on half the time.
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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on May 01, 2019, 05:27:00 PM
The whole movie doesn't hold up well.
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Post by: Fiero on May 02, 2019, 12:42:57 PM
I saw the end battle of the first Transformer's movie on TV.

And I only mention it because of how badly it's held up. I remember mostly enjoying Transformers 1 in theater before the series went all downhill. But I seem to remember thinking the final battle was way too chaotic and suffered from too much jiggle camera, and it seems even worse watching it now. It's almost impossible to figure out what's going on half the time in the damn fight. And of course, now, every damn movie has to have chaotic jiggling camera shots at bizzare angles where you don't even know what the fuck's going on half the time.

I thought you meant 1986 and I was very confused because all the battles in that were fantastic.
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Post by: jonhammstein on May 03, 2019, 03:33:24 AM
That reminds me...

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Post by: Rama on May 11, 2019, 12:24:21 AM
Endgame was ok...I think Infinity War was better. But "Hulk hate stairs!"  was fun.
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Post by: jonhammstein on May 11, 2019, 01:35:09 AM
Infinity War is better. Like, unequivocally.

But Endgame mostly did everything it needed to do.

Here's the thing now, though.

How the fuck do they top the guy who wiped out half of all life everywhere?

And will the next cycle be another decade? Or will it be accelerated because they've already laid all the groundwork?

I feel like now is the time for them to drop the ball hard.
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Post by: Rama on May 11, 2019, 09:46:34 PM
They almost have to go smaller. Although I heard a rumor that X-Men vs Avengers movie was in the planning stages now that the Fox deal went through.
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Post by: jonhammstein on May 14, 2019, 02:39:28 AM
I was never a Pokémon kid. I was already a little too old when that craze came around, but I did watch the show with my younger cousins, and I remember that fondly enough. I've dabbled with a few of the more recent games, but I've never gone the distance and reached the actual end of any of those. I'd say I can appreciate Pokémon about as much as the next person.

This Detective Pikachu movie, though? Man, what a bummer. It starts out strong, and then just kind of deflates. The plot is way too epic for its own good, and the villain's goal makes about as much sense as the Lizard's in Amazing Spider-Man. Like, it's almost one-to-one.

If you've seen the various trailers and TV ads, you've already witnessed all the best this film has to offer. Really disappointing.

But then again, I was never a Pokémon kid.
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Post by: Rama on May 14, 2019, 08:20:54 AM
Yeah I saw it too, and it wasn't all I hoped for really.
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Post by: B E C K on May 14, 2019, 09:12:02 AM
So I guess it goes without asking that Detective Pikachu doesn't get any gore or anything juicy for him to, uh, detectiveate. Like a dead body or something. Shining a giant sperm light on Snorlax or whatever.
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Post by: Rama on May 14, 2019, 01:33:59 PM
The movie is about a murder over a land deal and water rights in LA circa 1938.




Nah I'm shitting you. It's about Pokemon.....and stuff.
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Post by: B E C K on May 14, 2019, 02:47:21 PM
The first one would've been a fun Pokemon movie tho'. Detective Conan's for kids and he gets corpses 'n shit.
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Post by: jonhammstein on May 14, 2019, 05:58:10 PM
See, if it had been more grounded, like an actual fucking film noir detective story, that would have been great! Instead it turns into MCU lite at around the halfway point. BOOM! CRASH! ZAP! Don't look away, you might miss something!

I don't think I laughed. I laughed at the promotional scenes initially, but like I said, by the time the movie finally came around that shit was tired.

Again, I'm fully aware of my middle-aged manitude. I'm sure kids will enjoy this movie. I just thought it would be way more "something for everyone"-ish. And it's not.
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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on May 14, 2019, 07:23:15 PM
I've never gotten Pokemon, and I haven't tried. I always looked at it as a young children's franchise and below my consideration as I fawned over a different young children's franchise that preceded it by 10-15 years....
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Post by: Rama on May 14, 2019, 10:50:45 PM
Yeah it was hard to laugh at the funny stuff again, because you had seen it all like a million times....
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Post by: Fiero on May 15, 2019, 01:00:12 PM
I watched Harry and the Hendersons recently. It's still zany fun.

Rewatched Into the Spider-verse with the wife. It's also still zany fun, but more fun.
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Post by: Rama on May 16, 2019, 08:49:56 AM
Into the Spider-Verse was surprisingly good. I wasn't expecting much out of it and it was pretty fucking great.
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Post by: B E C K on May 16, 2019, 11:45:16 PM
Again, I'm fully aware of my middle-aged manitude. I'm sure kids will enjoy this movie. I just thought it would be way more "something for everyone"-ish. And it's not.

I felt it was too old for it when it came out back in the 90's but I found first seasons of the cartoon to be a cute enjoyable show. Nothing I'd go out of my way to watch but certainly something to eat my cereal to. And lots of people our ages still got into the games and everything. So there's anything to a twenty year gulf between the older fans and younger fans, not to mention the Gen Xers who also got into it or just found the monsters cute. Theoretically, whole families would be going to this movie where both the parents and the kids grew up on it. Therefore, a live-action film about it should certainly be geared towards kids but have something for everyone. But movie execs are too simple-minded for something smart like that.
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Post by: jonhammstein on May 18, 2019, 07:11:23 PM
You're right. Pikachu could have wowed me, it just didn't.

I watched Under the Silver Lake the other night. When it was over, my cousin says to me, "I can't decide if that's one of the best, or one of the worst movies I've ever seen."

If you get the chance, give it a look.
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Post by: Rama on May 19, 2019, 09:29:37 AM
ugh....Andrew Garfield. That's already a strike against it right there. I can't stand that guy.
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Post by: jonhammstein on May 19, 2019, 05:53:56 PM
I'm in the same boat, man. He didn't bother me in this, though. In fact, he was pretty amusing.
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Post by: B E C K on May 19, 2019, 07:47:14 PM
ugh....Andrew Garfield. That's already a strike against it right there. I can't stand that guy.

That's my cue.
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Post by: Rama on May 19, 2019, 10:25:37 PM
I was thinking about that as I typed that. 
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Post by: jonhammstein on May 20, 2019, 01:26:50 AM
That reminds me...

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Post by: B E C K on May 21, 2019, 12:12:15 AM
Ha ha! What the fuck? I have no words.
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Post by: jonhammstein on May 24, 2019, 04:04:58 AM
Right? Dude's channel is effed. I like it.

Saw John Wick 3. Great movie. Every action scene is excellent. Here's the thing, though. The best fight of the movie happens right off the bat, and nothing that comes after it can even hope to compete! Story-wise, it makes total sense, because he's fresh at the start and gets more and more worn down as things escalate, but still! That initial barrage had the audience gasping and laughing and groaning in quick succession, it was just relentless.

I don't know where they can even go from here. I feel like they've hit the ceiling for believable combat, if they go any further it's basically a super hero flick.
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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on May 25, 2019, 08:36:32 AM
I was honestly disappointed in it. The fights were fun, but
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Wick 2 was somewhat underwhelming. 3 was a letdown. I'm still on-board for 4, though, if for nothing else than the ass-kicking. If my dad were alive, the Wick flicks would probably have ranked as some of his favorites, and I think about that every time I see one.
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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on May 27, 2019, 12:13:06 AM
Batman vs. TMNT was deceptively fun with a crossover that actually made sense. The first fight between Batman and Shredder was freaking awesome, but the best part by far were the end credits and the modified comics covers.
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Post by: Faye Valentine on May 28, 2019, 09:30:22 AM
The best fight of the movie happens right off the bat, and nothing that comes after it can even hope to compete! Story-wise, it makes total sense, because he's fresh at the start and gets more and more worn down as things escalate, but still! That initial barrage had the audience gasping and laughing and groaning in quick succession, it was just relentless.

The book thing was great (asmuch as the pencil thing) but I thought the best fight was the dog fight (not really spoilers because you can see it in the trailer). Needless to say I think the movie was AMAZING. And can't wait for the 4th one. Also Im tots going to watch it again when it comes out in Japan (sept/oct I think).

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Post by: jonhammstein on May 28, 2019, 04:05:21 PM
Shit, I was referring to the knife fight in the antique weapon shop. That totally made me forget about the library. Let's say the entire opening of the movie ending with the horse stable was my favorite.
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Post by: jonhammstein on May 29, 2019, 02:55:13 AM
Brightburn. The overall plot was mostly predictable, but that didn't stop the individual scenes from being unsettling. I kind of liked it.
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Post by: jonhammstein on May 31, 2019, 05:04:48 AM
Godzilla: King of the Monsters. It was good. Better than the previous one, which I also enjoyed. Mothra, Rodan, and Ghidorah all looked fucking amazing. It's still your typical Godzilla movie though, so if you've got beef with the human stuff, this is no different.
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Post by: Rama on Jun 02, 2019, 12:58:40 PM
I saw Godzilla as well and I really liked it. I've been a Godzilla fan since I was a kid, and this things really did for it for me. You didn't have to wait an hour to see Godzilla or wait till the last 30 mins to see Godzilla kick ass like you did in the 2014 film. So I was happy. And I really need to get a better look at that screen when they are showing the 17 titans they have discovered. They all had names on them...I did notice one that said "Gojira" which was the original name for Godzilla in Japan. And the whole film had Easter eggs in there like that if you knew what to look for. Monster Zero, the oxygen destroyer, the Mothra twins. It was pretty great. And the sound track...not only did you get to hear the Mothra theme, but the original Godzilla theme shows up as well. And then that was pretty awesome cover of Blue Oyster Cult's Godzilla over the credits. So this was a vast improvement over the last one, and I think even better then Kong: Skull Island which was my favorite up till this point.
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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Jun 02, 2019, 01:32:57 PM
I watched Captain Marvel yesterday. Aside from the humor intrinsic to watching a de-aged Samuel Jackson love on a cat-like creature, I found it to be dull as hell.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Jun 02, 2019, 03:56:08 PM
I was relatively positive with my Captain Marvel impressions in this thread, but thinking back, I don't know that I could ever double dip on that movie.

@Rama, did you stay in Godzilla until the bitter end?
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Post by: Rama on Jun 03, 2019, 12:37:52 PM
I did. It wasn't really worth the wait though. The stuff that was one the screen during the credits was more interesting. It was kinda cool to the see the in memory of for one the original suit actors who died recently though. That was kinda cool.
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Post by: The D on Jun 03, 2019, 09:43:04 PM
Shazam.
Reasonably good movie. Enjoyed it. Don't have a lot of thoughts about it either way. Kinda felt the whole "I'm trying to find my mom" thing wasn't focused on as much as it should have... so he finds his mom and find out she deliberately lost him because she was 17 (even though she didn't remotely look 17) and the kid's like "oh... okay" and I didn't feel a lot of emotional impact from that scene despite it being an important plot point.

Endgame
So I had this spoiled pretty early for me, and anything I type after this is a spoiler so you've been warned, but I had seen people post that Nat and Tony die, and that Tony uses the gauntlet to snap Thanos into dust. But I hoped those were fake spoilers. Nope. So during the soul stone scene I knew what was going to happen even though I didn't want it to happen there. I still enjoyed the movie. Not surprised about the time travel aspect, I figured before that the movie would either involve the time stone or the quantum realm, and I was half right.

Some things that bothered me about the movie:
- 5 years after Antman 2, and Antman finds his daughter. Who's in college now? Wasn't she pre-pubescent in Antman 2 or am I remembering shit wrong? In order to be in college she would have had to been mid teens in Antman 2.

- Later in the movie Thanos blows up Avengers headquarters with a missile bombardment... and EVERYONE SURVIVES. You want to talk about plot armor? Some of the characters it makes sense. Thor and Hulk would survive. If Tony and WarMachine were wearing their armor they would probably survive. But what about the rest of them?

- 5 years pass before everyone's snapped back to life. That's quite a long time for people to be gone. Imagine you come back to life... for you it's been an instant. Your dog is dead, your wife is fucking some other dude, your house is fucking gone, your beloved mother with cancer is dead now. Fuck you, right?

- Also, how exactly does the powet of the Gauntlet work? Thanos snaps his fingers and the gauntlet destroys his arm, which makes sense as the amount of energy needed to erase half the life in the universe would be a lot. Same thing with Hulk bringing people back. But, would the gauntlet destroy your arm if you asked it to make a cup of coffee? Thanos uses it a lot in IW and never destroys his hand, yet Iron Man uses it to destroy Thanos and his army (a billion times less people than half the galaxy) and it basically does to him what it did to Thor and Thanos. I can only assume that if you use it to kill anybody it will destroy your arm or something.

- The time travel thing confused me at first. Because of the things that happened in the past, that Loki steals the Tessaract, that Thanos comes to the future, I thought "well, how does the tessaract end up in the gauntlet later and how does Thanos snap his finger in the past if he dies in the future". Took me a bit to realize those events spawn new universes, so now there's a universe where Loki has the Tessaract, and there's a universe where Thanos isn't around anymore because he ended up in the future of OUR universe.

- So, if Capt returned the Soul Stone to the past, does that mean Nat came to life again, or is she just fucked? There's a Black Widow movie coming out, so how does that work? Or are they doing a Capt Marvel thing and having it in the 80s?

- Speaking of Old Capt, why didn't he give the shield to Bucky? See, Bucky is the one who actually has the same super serum powers as Capt, so he could put on the Capt suit and no one would know the difference. Falcon doesn't have super powers, his suit is the only thing that gives him powet. So he would be Captain America but with no super strength at all... he'd be weak-ass Captain America.

- Nice little nod to having Tony's father's butler be named Jarvis.
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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Jun 05, 2019, 09:26:52 AM
- No idea about Antman's kid. But if she was in seventh grade in the previous movie and a freshman here, that makes sense. However, I just don't see people going right back to normal 5 years after an endtime apocolyptic event like the Snap.

- As Daffy Duck once stated after catching hell in a cartoon, "I'm the start of this picture!" They get that leeway.

- Yeah, pretty much. But I personally prefer being alive to never existing, and I figure most people would feel the same despite the pain in the ass it would be to effectively be Rip Van Winkled for half a decade.

- Remember that Tony is just a puny human with nowhere near the Constitution of either Thanos or Hulk. He had the will but not the powet to command the gauntlet.

- Yeah, pretty much.

- The new BW movie stars a new BW. Nat's dead, as they still had to procure the stone from Red Skull at the price of a life previous to the claimant.

- Bucky is a criminal. Falcon isn't. Bucky is a tremendously compromised person morally. Falcon isn't. Besides, they can always flim-flam a way to get the super soldier serum into Falcon.

- That was actually a nod to the Agent Carter series, where Peggy's partner was Jarvis, Howard's butler, who was played by the same actor in the movie.
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Post by: The D on Jun 06, 2019, 01:06:06 AM
- Bucky is a criminal. Falcon isn't. Bucky is a tremendously compromised person morally. Falcon isn't. Besides, they can always flim-flam a way to get the super soldier serum into Falcon.

Well, about the criminal part, I don't think that would be that big of a problem. Captain himself was a fugitive from Civil War to Infinity War, although he didn't exactly do a lot of superhero stuff during that time. And other heroes have had moments where they were considered "criminals", or the police tried (unsuccessfully) to arrest them (Batman for instance).


Oh, one more thing that really really bothered me about Endgame.

Did they really have to have that scene where Tony was checking out Steve's ass in the past? Normally I wouldn't care one bit about this moment, but this is going to have all those damn Tumblr fangirls screaming their overly-emotional heads off about how their fucking Tony-Steve gay bromance is now canon. "Omg omg I told you they were really gay for each other." Sweet Jesus that's going to be annoying.
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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Jun 06, 2019, 04:59:01 PM
- Bucky is a criminal. Falcon isn't. Bucky is a tremendously compromised person morally. Falcon isn't. Besides, they can always flim-flam a way to get the super soldier serum into Falcon.
Well, about the criminal part, I don't think that would be that big of a problem. Captain himself was a fugitive from Civil War to Infinity War, although he didn't exactly do a lot of superhero stuff during that time. And other heroes have had moments where they were considered "criminals", or the police tried (unsuccessfully) to arrest them (Batman for instance).
Be careful equating the two: Bucky was busy being a part-time assassin while Cap was busy being a full-time popsicle. Massive difference...just ask Tony.

Did they really have to have that scene where Tony was checking out Steve's ass in the past? Normally I wouldn't care one bit about this moment, but this is going to have all those damn Tumblr fangirls screaming their overly-emotional heads off about how their fucking Tony-Steve gay bromance is now canon. "Omg omg I told you they were really gay for each other." Sweet Jesus that's going to be annoying.
That's only because you're a homophobe.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Jun 07, 2019, 03:03:09 AM
Bad news, everyone. Dark Phoenix fucking stinks. Easily the worst X-Men movie. How? How can this be? It's worse than Last Stand. It's also written and directed by the same guy who wrote Last Stand. Fucking why?

Why does this movie exist?
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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Jun 07, 2019, 08:44:11 PM
Actually that's good. It means I won't feel obliged to watch it and can ignore it with impunity.
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Post by: Rama on Jun 08, 2019, 12:53:36 AM
Solo...for like the 6th time. This movie has a sweet spot for me, I love it. I tried to watch Last Jedi again, but I get to Holdo and I'm just like..."ugh....no. I can't do this. If she would just tell Poe...you know what, no. Not going to watch this." and turn it off.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Jun 08, 2019, 02:21:10 AM
Not a fan of Solo.

However.

Dark Phoenix makes Solo look like Citizen Kane.
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Post by: Fiero on Jun 19, 2019, 02:09:45 PM
Solo...for like the 6th time. This movie has a sweet spot for me, I love it. I tried to watch Last Jedi again, but I get to Holdo and I'm just like..."ugh....no. I can't do this. If she would just tell Poe...you know what, no. Not going to watch this." and turn it off.

I get that telling Poe was probably a good idea. I also think Poe should have followed orders anyway, especially after praising her for being the hero of whatever it was, meaning he understood her to be a capable leader. Everyone in that situation acted in a shit way.
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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Jun 19, 2019, 07:20:39 PM
The Last Jedi? I must have jettisoned any memory of such a thing from remembrance. All I know is that I don't watch new St*r WarzzZZ movies anymore.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Jul 03, 2019, 02:28:28 AM
Far From Home: Good.

Toy Story 4: GREAT.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Jul 09, 2019, 11:22:14 PM
Midsommar: Unsettling.
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Post by: B E C K on Jul 09, 2019, 11:28:16 PM
Ha ha, I didn't know Toy Story 4 was already out. And your post is several days old, so it's been out.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Jul 14, 2019, 10:39:14 PM
Toy Story 4 really is great.

Finally watched Zardoz. Holy shit. What an absolute gem. I can't even begin to imagine what was going through the average moviegoer's mind as they witnessed this for the first time back in 1974.
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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Jul 14, 2019, 11:15:21 PM
I remember only snippets of that one. I probably saw it in the mid-nineties or so.
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Post by: Rama on Jul 17, 2019, 09:25:10 PM
I saw Far From Home. It was ok. I mean still too much Iron Man, but I love how they handled Mysterio. I like Zendya a lot, but still not as MJ. But again...too much Iron Man. He's dead. Let him die.
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Jul 23, 2019, 09:11:16 AM
Midsommar: Unsettling.
Like Hereditary? I havent had time to go to the movies at ALL and I wont have time either so Im missing all the good horror movies D:
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Post by: Rama on Jul 25, 2019, 02:28:34 AM
I saw The Crow. First time I'd ever seen in the theater. Thank the lord for the Alamo Drafthouse. Just wish it was closer.
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Post by: Fiero on Jul 25, 2019, 09:18:39 AM
I saw The Crow. First time I'd ever seen in the theater. Thank the lord for the Alamo Drafthouse. Just wish it was closer.

Alamo Drafthouse is so lovely. Glad I've got one 15 minutes away. That's our first pick theater now.

I saw Venom and Shazam recently.

Venom is actually funny? I don't know that they meant it to be. The symbiote just buts in at certain points with lines that felt so out of place that I could not help but laugh.

Shazam was good fun. I actually would watch a sequel to this where BVS and JL I never want to see more of. Makes me slightly more excited about other DC movies to come.

Not a movie I've watched but the Marvel phase 4 plans announced at SDCC have me excited. I know Eternals was already announced but I'm more excited about such a ridiculous thing being put to film. Blood and Thunder will hopefully be at least as much fun as Ragnarok was. And excellent casting for the return of Blade. Would have loved to hear more about what's happening with X-Men, though.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Jul 27, 2019, 03:56:22 AM
Midsommar: Unsettling.
Like Hereditary? I havent had time to go to the movies at ALL and I wont have time either so Im missing all the good horror movies D:
I haven't actually seen Hereditary. I watched a review back when it came out, so I probably ruined it for myself.

I know I always have the same insipid shit to say about every movie I see, but Once Upon a Time In Hollywood was really good. Tarantino is an absolute master of setups and payoffs. So fucking good.
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Post by: Rama on Jul 28, 2019, 12:08:50 AM
I saw The Crow. First time I'd ever seen in the theater. Thank the lord for the Alamo Drafthouse. Just wish it was closer.

Alamo Drafthouse is so lovely. Glad I've got one 15 minutes away. That's our first pick theater now.

It really is. If it wasn't like an hour away I would go there every single time.
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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Jul 29, 2019, 05:43:43 AM
It really is. If it wasn't like an hour away I would go there every single time.
My go-to theater is exactly one hour away from my driveway. The more local has become so crappy that it's worth the extra hour round-trip travel time to get there.  And if you are a loser like me who only goes to a movie a couple times a year, it's even less of a big deal.
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Post by: Rama on Aug 01, 2019, 10:39:59 PM
Yeah, I go to the movies a lot, so it's not something I can do everytime. So I do it for special showings. Like The Crow or Raiders of the Lost Ark. And I see the current movies like Avengers at my local place. We just got a newer better theater, but it's still nothing compared to the Alamo.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Aug 03, 2019, 12:40:05 PM
Hobbs and Shaw had a good beginning and a good ending, but everything in between was pretty forgettable.
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Post by: B E C K on Aug 04, 2019, 02:06:45 PM
Finally saw Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. Pretty good.  I hope we get more of this type of stuff. Not necessarily an ass-load of direct sequels as studios are prone to do with any type of hit these days, but I mean more Sony animation projects with Spider-Man that don't tread what's already been done with the character and do interesting things with animation. Although I concede that the former is far more likely.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Aug 08, 2019, 11:43:34 PM
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark was okay.
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Post by: Rama on Aug 09, 2019, 12:17:05 AM
That's out?
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Post by: jonhammstein on Aug 10, 2019, 01:25:11 AM
Yeah, this weekend.

I know it's based on kids' books, but it would have benefited from the R. PG-13 horror always feels so toothless.
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Post by: B E C K on Aug 10, 2019, 09:51:48 PM
Of course Joe went to go see Dora, too, right?






















Right?
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Post by: jonhammstein on Aug 11, 2019, 01:31:56 PM
You talking about hot Dora (https://www.dailydot.com/upstream/dora-explorer-movie-sexist-review)?

I might watch that when I'm old enough... :laugh:
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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Aug 17, 2019, 10:29:33 AM
Yeah, that wasn't weird at all.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Aug 22, 2019, 12:24:10 AM
I don't want to oversell it or anything, but uh...

Ready or Not is REAL GOOD, you guys.
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Post by: Fiero on Aug 22, 2019, 04:01:11 PM
Finally saw Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. Pretty good.  I hope we get more of this type of stuff. Not necessarily an ass-load of direct sequels as studios are prone to do with any type of hit these days, but I mean more Sony animation projects with Spider-Man that don't tread what's already been done with the character and do interesting things with animation. Although I concede that the former is far more likely.

Well, now that Disney and Sony decided they don't want to share with each other anymore, maybe we will get more of that. It's arguably the best Spider-Man film Sony's made (I haven't seen Far From Home yet but I like it more than everything that came before that).
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Post by: jonhammstein on Sep 06, 2019, 03:33:25 AM
It Chapter Two is way too fucking long. Christ.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Sep 24, 2019, 03:00:20 PM
Rambo: Last Blood, on the other hand, feels way too short, despite being pretty much in line with the run time of other Rambo movies.

I think the biggest problem is that practically the entire movie is spent setting up a reason for Rambo to get his Rambo on, which he finally gets to do in the last ten to fifteen minutes. That's probably inaccurate, but that's how it felt.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Oct 07, 2019, 12:31:13 AM
I saw Joker.

It was fine.
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Post by: B E C K on Oct 08, 2019, 10:05:06 PM
But imagine how much better it would've been starring Jared Leto.















































And by "better" I mean "worse." :)
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Post by: jonhammstein on Oct 19, 2019, 12:04:43 AM
I saw Jay & Silent Bob Reboot.

You know, it was pretty decent.
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Post by: B E C K on Oct 20, 2019, 10:48:23 PM
I wish I had a daddy who could force-insert me into his legacy of comedies. :(
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Post by: jonhammstein on Oct 21, 2019, 11:42:31 AM
There's a joke about that in the movie!

Kev thinks of everything.
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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Oct 21, 2019, 08:42:11 PM
Hope his He-Man show is good.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Oct 22, 2019, 03:45:37 AM
Yeah, me too. Pretty tough to fuck up He-Man. Well, New Adventures was... bleh. It will almost certainly be better than New Adventures.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Oct 25, 2019, 02:00:53 AM
The Lighthouse is weird and good. And weird. Really, really weird. But good.
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Post by: Fiero on Oct 30, 2019, 10:24:20 AM
I haven't seen J&SB Reboot but I did see that Kevin Smith is doing a Clerks 3, lol.

Wife and I both want to watch the Lighthouse and Joker but priorities and shit, oh well.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Nov 02, 2019, 02:18:09 PM
Terminator: Dark Fate wasn't awful.

But it's way past time to retire the franchise.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Nov 16, 2019, 02:51:41 AM
Jojo Rabbit was amazing.

Doctor Sleep was surprisingly decent.
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Post by: Fiero on Nov 17, 2019, 09:28:45 PM
Watched the Phantom Menace as we're watching them all before IX. So many scenes that should have been cut or reshot.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Nov 18, 2019, 01:06:23 PM
Anybody else witness the yet again updated Han/Greedo scene? It's practically slapstick now.
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Post by: Fiero on Nov 18, 2019, 02:22:28 PM
Anybody else witness the yet again updated Han/Greedo scene? It's practically slapstick now.

I've heard about it but not seen it yet. We plan to watch it sometime in the coming weeks, much looking forward to this newly inserted insanity. It's also been confirmed this was added by George Lucas himself.

It turns out George Lucas is a lot like the great masters, never feeling that his masterpiece is ever truly finished.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Nov 18, 2019, 06:07:08 PM
Oh Jesus it just dawned on me that you're rewatching the movies in "chronological" order! Why, man? Why?!
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Post by: Fiero on Nov 18, 2019, 07:47:32 PM
Oh Jesus it just dawned on me that you're rewatching the movies in "chronological" order! Why, man? Why?!

Well, we just got this streaming service that's got all of them and we hadn't seen all of them in awhile...so... yeah.

Going to intersperse Clone Wars and Rebels episodes that might be important to the saga as well.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Nov 19, 2019, 01:16:58 PM
But wait! Does that mean you'll also be watching Rogue One and Solo prior to "A New Hope"?
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Post by: jonhammstein on Nov 23, 2019, 01:31:04 PM
Frozen 2 was better than Frozen. There's one scene in particular where they dunk on the ubiquity of "Let It Go" and it made me laugh out loud.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Nov 27, 2019, 11:37:09 PM
I was thinking about the whole St*r WarzzZZ marathon thing, and it probably is a better idea to get the really bad ones out of the way up front.

Knives Out was fucking amazing. FUCKING AMAZING.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Dec 20, 2019, 02:31:20 AM
I was satisfied with The Rise of Skywalker. Easily the best of the sequel trilogy. I had heard beforehand that it goes too hard on the fan service, and while that's true, it only bothered me a little bit once or twice.

Now maybe after some time has passed they can do something completely fresh with the franchise.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Dec 30, 2019, 12:10:23 AM
Jumanji 2 was great.

In fact...

Jumanji 2 is a better movie than The Rise of Skywalker.

For real.
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Post by: B E C K on Jan 10, 2020, 11:34:48 PM
I watched Klaus and Illumination's Grinch adaptation.  Great and meh respectively.

I put it at a 20% chance that Disney was gonna shove in Poe x Finn at the end of the LOS. Kinda like a Legend of Korra thing where they get their LGBTBBQ brownie points when it no longer fucking matters anymore. But then they apparently did it with two red shirts instead.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Jan 11, 2020, 12:21:56 AM
Oh yeah, Abrams wanted to make damn sure everyone knows that Poe and Finn are all about that puss.

Also, Palpatine. Ol' Palpy sowing those wild oats! Yuck.

Speaking of, what did you think of the strong implication that Cumbergrinch was porking Cindy Lou's mom? And even though you could see it coming from a mile away, I still couldn't believe they went through with it.

Or maybe it's like old Arnold's platonic relationship with the mom in that new Terminator movie. He just likes to be useful, no sex necessary!

Underwater is a better movie than it has any right to be. I expected trash, but it was solid all around.
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Post by: B E C K on Jan 12, 2020, 09:32:20 PM
I actually thought they were gonna go stronger with the whole "Grinch x Betty Lou" thing (as it have it more than implied they're a couple or something) and was surprised they didn't. Pleasantly surprised because I didn't want to see that shit, but surprised none the less.

Palpy having sexy times is fucking gross.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Jan 31, 2020, 02:55:04 AM
I saw The Turning last week. It was just whatever.

Parasite, though. Man, what a movie. Wow. I hope it takes home some Oscars, because it deserves accolades. Jesus.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Feb 07, 2020, 03:30:24 PM
Birds of Prey is amazing!
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Post by: jonhammstein on Feb 14, 2020, 02:10:37 PM
You know, Sonic the Hedgehog is not a bad movie. In fact, it's actually pretty good, all things considered.

Which is a shame, because I think hardly anyone is going to show up for it.
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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Feb 14, 2020, 09:52:31 PM
Which is apparently what happened to Birds of Prey, coincidentally.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Feb 15, 2020, 09:44:40 PM
Yeah, I heard about that. And then Warner had venues change the title from Birds of Prey: And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn to just Harley Quinn: Birds of Prey because they thought moviegoers were confused or something? Nah, guys. People didn't go because they're still scraping the horrible taste of Suicide Squad off their tongues. Doomed from the start.

Ah well.
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Post by: Fiero on Feb 17, 2020, 02:20:27 PM
You know, Sonic the Hedgehog is not a bad movie. In fact, it's actually pretty good, all things considered.

Which is a shame, because I think hardly anyone is going to show up for it.

It opened stronger than what was previously the strongest opening for a movie based on a video game (Detective Pikachu). It's also Paramounts best 4-day opening since MI Fallout (2018). They did something right with the marketing or maybe it really is something that people just want to see. Maybe even the thirst for Robotnik factored in.

Yeah, I heard about that. And then Warner had venues change the title from Birds of Prey: And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn to just Harley Quinn: Birds of Prey because they thought moviegoers were confused or something? Nah, guys. People didn't go because they're still scraping the horrible taste of Suicide Squad off their tongues. Doomed from the start.

Ah well.

I think there was some good logic to this decision, as far as name recognition. The listing mostly only had "Birds of Prey" because the full title is super fucking long. Harley Quinn is the main thing here, so while the full title is fine, they should have done this for showtimes to begin with. It isn't the only reason the movie didn't do well but I think it's a factor.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Feb 18, 2020, 04:37:43 PM
Good, man. Sonic is 10x better than Pikachu. 100x.

1000x.

Hyperbole, of course. I really did loathe that Pikachu movie, though.
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Feb 21, 2020, 08:36:45 AM
I haven't watched any new (as in the theather- new) movie since I left Vietnam. Paying around 14 bucks per movie now while in Nam I used to pay 2 dollars seems like an atrocity. I will definitely go to see Eva 3.0+1.0 when it finally comes out in June tho. And maybe the last Live action Rurouni Kenshin that is coming out pretty  soon.
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Feb 21, 2020, 08:38:22 AM
ACTUALLY I just remembered that I watched the last St*r WarzzZZ movie when I was in Germany during the Xmas holidays. That movie was super good (re: fighting scenes, cant give a shit about the whole SW universe inconsistencies tho, and that last scene between Kylo and Rey? wtf man). I would still bang tf out of Adam Driver and his BD energy.
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Post by: B E C K on Feb 24, 2020, 08:17:20 PM
Yeah, I heard about that. And then Warner had venues change the title from Birds of Prey: And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn to just Harley Quinn: Birds of Prey because they thought moviegoers were confused or something? Nah, guys. People didn't go because they're still scraping the horrible taste of Suicide Squad off their tongues. Doomed from the start.

Ah well.

I think there was some good logic to this decision, as far as name recognition. The listing mostly only had "Birds of Prey" because the full title is super fucking long. Harley Quinn is the main thing here, so while the full title is fine, they should have done this for showtimes to begin with. It isn't the only reason the movie didn't do well but I think it's a factor.

The prior name was super dumb and probably turned off a bunch of people. Also, ...don't care about BoP without Oracle.
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Post by: Fiero on Mar 29, 2020, 10:01:31 AM
Watched Kubo and the Two Strings. The animation is incredible but I couldn't help but thinking throughout about how white the cast is. Matthew fucking McConaughey as a samurai? Ugh. But the animation was so fucking good, and the story is decent.
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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Mar 29, 2020, 03:05:47 PM
Name recognition trumps white washing. Money money money.
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Post by: B E C K on Mar 31, 2020, 09:29:02 PM
Watched Kubo and the Two Strings. The animation is incredible but I couldn't help but thinking throughout about how white the cast is. Matthew fucking McConaughey as a samurai? Ugh. But the animation was so fucking good, and the story is decent.

I found that movie really bland but it served to entertain me for a while. Way more than the god-awful Box Trolls.
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Post by: Fiero on Apr 08, 2020, 12:01:07 PM
Alicia made me watch some scenes from Pinocchio with JTT. Fucking hell world.
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Post by: Rumble on Apr 11, 2020, 04:25:41 AM
Saw one of the Purge movies last night with the Mrs.
Don't know which one, they are all kind of the same 😅
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Post by: Fiero on Apr 21, 2020, 01:10:58 PM
Saw Onward and Toy Story 4. TS4 was fine, not great. Onward was actually pretty good and I cried when the brother was talking about his dad being hooked up to tubes and wires.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Jul 05, 2020, 03:45:43 AM
Artemis Fowl? MORE LIKE FOUL ARTEMIS AMIRITE?!?!?! :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke:

After years of hearing and reading about Hamilton this, Hamilton that, I finally experienced Hamilton for myself.

And at first, I was like, "Man, this is it? I knew I wouldn't like this sh..." but then King George shows up and I was riveted for the rest of it.

Also, the Thomas Jefferson dude is ridiculous. Steals every scene he's in.
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Post by: B E C K on Jul 05, 2020, 09:12:36 AM
I still haven't seen Hamilton. I don't have Disney+ nor plans to get it so likely won't see this rendition either.

I didn't know the Artemis Fowl film was out. (On Disney+ but still...) Too bad it's a turkey. Artemis Fowl had potential to be a fun and interesting film series. I just don't get this whole " let's snap up the rights to something and then middle-finger its built-in fanbase" mindset of the industry.
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Post by: Fiero on Jul 06, 2020, 12:59:48 PM
Daveed Diggs is great, he's in the Snowpiercer series and it's one of only two things tempting me to watch it (the other being it's loose connection to the film). I was really into Hamilton early on, and it is a really good production, but I'm just not that into it anymore. Wife was really excited to watch it but about 30 mins in I was distracted by my phone again. Jonathan Groff's performance as King George was fantastic, and maybe some of the best in the show (Groff is also Kristoff+Sven and Jesse on Glee). I hadn't seen it on stage or anything, and honestly what surprised me the most was how little people moved around in some of the songs. I expected a lot more movement. Then some songs they did incredible things with the moving stage (concentric circles that can rotate, but not all of them have to move at the same time) which was really impressive.

Wife was on a bit of a kick of an 80-90s action flick run. Terminator, Die Hard, Kindergarten Cop. She couldn't stand Robocop, though. Too gory early on, before the hook of the story even gets in.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Aug 24, 2020, 08:48:27 PM
I think Sonic is the last thing I saw in the theater. It's a sad thought.

Theaters are trying to get going again around here. I could go see Tenet or New Mutants this week, if I so choose to brave the 'rona.

The seating plans are fucking hilarious, have you seen them? Man, I cracked up hard when I was looking to buy tickets online.
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Post by: B E C K on Nov 01, 2020, 10:02:28 AM
Watch Hayop Ka, which being touted as the Philippines first adult animated film or something. It was decent. It's only on Phillipines and Japan Netflix but someone slapped it on YouTube.

And because I keep seeing this asked, there's not outright pr0n in the film or something. It's just a cartoony version of a story you'd see in soap opera. There's sex scenes but they're not a big deal.

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Post by: jonhammstein on Nov 02, 2020, 09:26:49 PM
Gretel & Hansel is pretty good. Beth from It is the main character, didn't know that going in. Thought it might be distracting, but nah, she was alright.
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Post by: Fiero on Nov 23, 2020, 11:37:58 AM
I haven't watched a movie in so long.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Nov 29, 2020, 11:56:26 AM
Tenet is a lot better than I thought it would be, but also so self-serious that it crawls all the way up its own ass.

And then it dawns on me that that describes pretty much every Nolan film.
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Post by: Fiero on Dec 15, 2020, 07:21:46 PM
Tenet is a lot better than I thought it would, but also so self-serious that it crawls all the way up its own ass.

And then it dawns on me that that describes pretty much every Nolan film.

Every time I read Nolan talk about his films, I lose some appreciation of those films. Tenet was already in the ground before I even considered watching it.
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Jan 20, 2021, 08:56:03 AM
Gintama- The Final. Loved it. I knew what was going to happen since it was exactly the same as in the last chapters of the manga, but somehow I still didn't expect the first 10 minutes to be a copy of Dragon Ball. Also it was so weird, in a cool way, seeing them walking through Kabukicho at the end of the movie and realizing that I was actually in Kabukicho and that THAT exact "kabukicho" gate in the movie was one block away  (and most of the Gintama-series are based in Kabukicho).
Now I'm salty that they canceled the release of Evangelion, yet again!
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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Jan 22, 2021, 06:37:27 PM
If it's anything like the third, we may be better off.
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Jan 23, 2021, 07:58:08 AM
True. Tbh for me, The End of Evangelion is the real ending, these movies are just a bonus that I won't take seriously.
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Post by: B E C K on Feb 13, 2021, 12:53:16 AM
Watched this flick, it was pretty decent. In a parallel universe, it made a lot of bank. It certainly had potential to and was easily on par with the better offerings by Dreamworks. In this universe, however, it wasn't the product of a major studio so it didn't have that strong advertising behind it. Then a poor marketing mistake had it become "the fat-shaming Korean movie" and people pissed all over it without watching it. Pity. I give it a 4 out of 5.

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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Feb 14, 2021, 12:44:52 PM
True. Tbh for me, The End of Evangelion is the real ending, these movies are just a bonus that I won't take seriously.
Rebirth was just a cash cow to fund Anno's other pet projects. He hasn't made any bones about it, which is one reason I haven't cared much for them. That, and the third one blew massive chunks.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Feb 26, 2021, 06:59:22 PM
Milla Jovovich's Monster Hunter featuring Milla Jovovich.

Can you guess?

That's right: TRASH.

I'm crossing my fingers for a Half in the Bag, but I fear it may be below their notice.
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Post by: B E C K on Feb 26, 2021, 08:47:03 PM
I looked up this movie and saw Tony Jaa was in it. I totally forgot about him after he went to the monastery. He's not only left the monastery years ago, he got married and had kids. Good for him. Time flies when you don't pay attention to other people.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Mar 05, 2021, 08:52:38 PM
Raya and the Last Dragon was pretty darn good. It actually managed to wring some emotion out of this desiccated husk.
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Mar 08, 2021, 02:45:04 AM
Watched the new Eva movie this morning (the 7am viewing was sold out so had to settle for the 8:30am lol). I was surprised it was THIS good. Perfect ending tbh, I think it might have been even better than EoE. The graphics/ CGI were out of this world! It would be a surprise if this movie doesn't get an Oscar (actually it wouldn't since Hollywood sucks ass). My boi Anno finally delivered, after 90459049 years of waiting. 10/10 will probably watch it again.
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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Mar 08, 2021, 08:23:41 PM
Does it make 3.0 worthwhile?
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Post by: Faye Valentine on Mar 09, 2021, 07:59:32 PM
Yes if only because you see how much Kaworu's friendship impacted him and you find out why some characters were acting a "certain" way around Shinji. To be honest I didn't even re-watch 3.0 before watching this last one because it bored the hell out of me, so I just read a synopsis just to remember the key points.
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Post by: Fiero on Mar 10, 2021, 11:36:25 AM
After watching WandaVision, my wife brought up the movie Inkheart (also has Paul Bettany but also Brendan Fraser). It's not "good" but is a lot of fun.
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Post by: Fiero on Mar 26, 2021, 02:39:52 PM
Finally finished Space Sweepers (started it like a month ago but got tired, not because of it, though).

An extremely fun movie with some great characters. My only sadness is that it's not an ongoing TV series.
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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Mar 28, 2021, 07:53:24 AM
The Snyder Justice League was better than the previous effort, but still felt bloated despite the dearth of character development. It was a bad implementation of a unified DC movie series from the get-go, but at least this gives the Snyderverse an actual send-off and rights the studio's wrongs.
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Post by: Fiero on Mar 30, 2021, 09:54:45 AM
The Snyder Justice League was better than the previous effort, but still felt bloated despite the dearth of character development. It was a bad implementation of a unified DC movie series from the get-go, but at least this gives the Snyderverse an actual send-off and rights the studio's wrongs.

Haven't you heard? Now it's time to #restorethesynderverse
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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Apr 01, 2021, 08:35:43 PM
I do not mourn what might have been or call for its continuation. Maybe now they'll actually build up to the franchise rather than shoehorn everything in a handful of bloated and overly grumpy art deco pieces.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Apr 02, 2021, 08:29:54 PM
Godzilla x Kong was okay. The humans were largely irrelevant. Godzilla was barely a character in a movie where he gets top billing. What I mean by that is... Kong had a discernible personality, whereas Godzilla behaved more like a force of nature. Maybe that was intentional, I don't know. Probably because the group of humans that was essentially "Team Godzilla" never interact with him directly for the duration of the film.

Remember the first Bayformers where there was that portion of the cast that was practically divorced from the proceedings entirely, they kind of just hovered around the periphery and reacted to shit as it happened? That's exactly what Millie Bobby Brown & Friends do in this.

The fights were good, at least. Good, not great.

Weird movie overall.
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Post by: B E C K on Apr 03, 2021, 09:55:06 AM
Does Godzilla have a personality? Granted, I haven't seen a whole lot of Godzilla movies. He's always seemed like a force of nature and nothing more. To me, anyway.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Apr 03, 2021, 01:23:41 PM
I mean, Godzilla definitely has a personality in a lot of his schlockier outings, but I guess I'm talking more about his behavior in 2019's King of the Monsters. Maybe it was me projecting, but I feel like in that movie you get the vibe that there's more going on in his lizard brain than just, "Destroy, destroy, destroy."

In this one he comes across as little more than Earth's janitor. Somebody makes a mess and suddenly he's there to clean it up, and then just as quickly gone again. I'm probably overthinking it.

Feels like an anticlimax after King of the Monsters, I suppose that's my major gripe.
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Post by: B E C K on Apr 03, 2021, 05:10:11 PM
"Godzilla: Earth's Janitor." I like the sound of that. Hmmm... "Mothra: Earth's Babysitter."
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Post by: jonhammstein on Apr 04, 2021, 01:11:22 AM
See, you bring up Mothra, and... KotM is just a way, way better movie. Like, I got fucking emotional when Mothra took that blast for Godzilla and then her fairy dust revitalized him or whatever. There's nothing as cool as that scene in GxK.

In fact, there's the opposite of that where there's this alley-oop team-up attack and it's just... ugh.
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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Apr 08, 2021, 02:54:41 PM
Then there's this.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Apr 08, 2021, 07:42:44 PM
Haha! Yeah, they came up with a very specific plot contrivance to address that exact situation. And then it ends up factoring into the aforementioned alley-oop.

The more I think about the movie, the less I like it.
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Post by: B E C K on Apr 11, 2021, 04:55:02 PM
I watched a review of this movie and it's dumb that Godzilla had a chance to kill Kong (in the city) and just fucks off. I hate when movies do this crap. Give us a reason this is done. Ass-pull someone saving Kong. But to have Godzilla do the equivalent of "Hmph, don't let me see you again, b-baka" is MEH.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Apr 12, 2021, 03:23:52 AM
Yeah, Godzilla basically beats the the shit out of Kong and leaves him to die. Like, he could have finished him, but he leaves him there to... slowly die in agony, I guess? Then human man has the idea to use one of their futuristic hover vehicles as a makeshift defibrillator to kickstart Kong's heart and save him. Uh?

Meanwhile, Godzilla is being absolutely wrecked by Mecha Godzilla, and when Kong shows up to help I'm pretty sure there was a reaction shot of Godzilla looking mildly confused as if to say, "Huh? Thought I killed you. Oh well, guess it's good that I didn't." Kongzilla double-team Mecha Godzilla -- THE END.

There was really very, very little thought put into any of it.
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Post by: B E C K on Apr 12, 2021, 02:34:53 PM
Mecha should've interrupted the Zilla-Kong fight and beat the shit outta both of them. Then they have to be unlikely allies to beat Mecha and part ways at the end with begrudging respect for one another.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Apr 12, 2021, 06:21:48 PM
But see, you're bringing intelligence and creativity into this. Forget all that.

I might be misremembering, but I don't think Mecha even reveals himself until after Kong and G-Money finish their fight. How considerate, right?

He must have read the script.

No, you know what? I forgot something super fucking important. When Kong revives, the little native girl from Skull Island uses ASL (this was introduced earlier in the movie) to inform him that G-Dawg is not, in fact, the enemy.

And I was like, "Man, what's the sign for 'Godzilla'? Cause knowing that shit came in handy!"
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Post by: Fiero on Apr 13, 2021, 10:49:01 PM
I also watched GvK. I enjoyed it but I can't disagree with any particular criticisms above. It could have been a much better movie, but I still had fun with it. I'm a little sad that Kong didn't decide to keep his propeller flail from Skull Island, that bit was great.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Apr 23, 2021, 03:51:37 PM
Mortal Kombat wasn't terrible. They kind of raced to the finish line in the back third, though. Like, really one-sided fights.
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Post by: Fiero on May 07, 2021, 12:24:45 PM
I'm shocked at how much people have bashed Mortal Kombat (2021). It's not spectacular but it's really not as bad as some make it out to be. Some of the characters were underused or used in a way that was disappointing, that's good criticism, and some of the fighting was weak.

At the same time, they could have made the movie about just Sub-Zero and Scorpion and it might have been a better decision.
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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on May 08, 2021, 01:44:30 PM
I haven't kept up with MK games for 20 years, but I was still kind of surprised they went right back into an origin of the franchise style movie. But given their spotty past MK '95 was shlocky fun, the '98 shitfest should have permanently buried the entire IP, the unexpectedly strong web series that didn't take off, and the recent animated movie that I'm sure wasn't a roaring success, I'm more surprised they did another movie at all. It was fun, but definitely not worth rewatching ever again.
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Post by: B E C K on May 10, 2021, 12:58:49 PM
I don't see the point of an MK movie with no tourney and a new character when there's so many to choose from. I feel bad for Lewis Tan because he seems really talented. If I were making a movie on one of my stories, I have the perfect lead character for him, too. But as it stands, there's a lot of "ffff Cole Young, screw the guy who played him" and I hope his career doesn't get pulled into that nonsense.

Also, yuck to that Mileena. I've given up ever getting a 10/10 Mileena.

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Post by: jonhammstein on Jul 11, 2021, 08:35:58 PM
I watched Black Widow.

It was ooooookaaaaaay.

I feel like the MCU is coming up on its first major hurdle. Shang-Chi and Eternals both look so, so bland.

But then, they could end up sucking and still make bank, it's not as if that's never happened before.

People seem to enjoy riding the Marvel train regardless of wildly variable quality.
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Post by: B E C K on Jul 12, 2021, 06:46:18 PM
Gotta love open registration.

Ha, yeah. Just thought I'd try it but I'll probably close it again soon.

I watched Black Widow.

It was ooooookaaaaaay.

I feel like the MCU is coming up on its first major hurdle. Shang-Chi and Eternals both look so, so bland.

But then, they could end up sucking and still make bank, it's not as if that's never happened before.

People seem to enjoy riding the Marvel train regardless of wildly variable quality.

Yeah. I don't expect Mickey's wild ride to end anytime soon.
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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Jul 12, 2021, 07:06:00 PM
Bills gots to be paid.
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Post by: B E C K on Jul 21, 2021, 10:55:42 PM
Cheese ain't free, you know.
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Post by: Fiero on Aug 23, 2021, 11:30:54 AM
I haven't watched BW but I think Shang-Chi actually looks like it's going to be pretty good (early reviews are positive as well but those are the most important ones to view skeptically, they don't want to lose their screening access).

Recently we've decided to watch the live action Disney remakes because we hate ourselves. Aladdin was terrible. The Jungle Book was okay.

But what the fuck is Christopher Walken's Louie on about with calling Papaya as "Pawpaw" and then saying it was a stolen word? Papaya comes from a Taino word but it appears to be pronounced fairly close to how most pronounce papaya. Pawpaw is sometimes used to refer to the fruit (and to another similar looking but very different fruit). Wouldn't pawpaw be more the bastardization of the original word?

Also, the gigantopithecus version of King Louie is absolutely fucking terrifying as a concept but the animation is bad enough on most of the animals that it takes a lot away.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Aug 23, 2021, 03:40:42 PM
I've been on a tear lately...

Space Jam New Legacy: abhorrent
Green Knight: great
Suicide Squad: great
Fast 9: dogshit
Jungle Cruise: not terrible
Inside Llewyn Davis (I know this this old, I somehow skipped it back in the day): great
Pig (You know, the recent Nic Cage film): surprisingly great
Free Guy: fucking awful
Snake Eyes G.I. Joe Origins: surprisingly decent
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Post by: Fiero on Aug 24, 2021, 04:22:30 PM
Oh yeah, I also watched a few of those that I forgot about.

The Suicide Squad was so much better than I expected and a needed step up in quality from Suicide Squad.
Space Jam New Legacy was incredibly bizarre. None of it made any damn sense. That could maybe also be said about the original but at least it was entertaining.
Luca was adorable.

Wife and I watched all of the Hunger Games movies. I'd never seen them. I don't think they're great but it was fun to watch them altogether in a run, and now I can finally understand dated references that no one is making anymore.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Oct 18, 2021, 01:03:51 PM
Dune.

Underwhelming.

Dare I say... downright disappointing?

I do dare.

You know, when someone comes around and they're all, "Hey, I want to bring back Dune. I've got some ideas for a modern take on Dune," you'd be forgiven for thinking, "Oh! This guy's got some all-new special sauce mixed up for us! He's got something cooking over here!"

But nah. Nah.
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Post by: Fiero on Oct 19, 2021, 09:03:33 AM
I'm watching Dune this weekend and I've been prepping myself by remembering how I upset I've been with basically every adaptation of any novel I've loved, so I'm hoping I'll at least enjoy it as it is without being too upset with whatever I don't like about it. Making myself anti-hype.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Oct 19, 2021, 08:26:22 PM
Are you a fan of Lynch's Dune? I am. Maybe that's my biggest problem with this new one.

See, Lynch's Dune is just Dune to me. Straight up. I would have been a little kid when I first encountered it, and it made one hell of an impression.

Later I played Dune II for the PC, and aesthetically that one lines right up with Lynch's film. It all just makes cohesive sense.

Then I read Herbert's book. Woof! No thanks.

Maybe Villeneuve’s is a more authentic take on the source material, but to me it just comes off as a lame new autotuned cover of an old song I love.
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Post by: Fiero on Oct 20, 2021, 11:04:06 PM
Are you a fan of Lynch's Dune? I am. Maybe that's my biggest problem with this new one.

See, Lynch's Dune is just Dune to me. Straight up. I would have been a little kid when I first encountered it, and it made one hell of an impression.

Later I played Dune II for the PC, and aesthetically that one lines right up with Lynch's film. It all just makes cohesive sense.

Then I read Herbert's book. Woof! No thanks.

Maybe Villeneuve’s is a more authentic take on the source material, but to me it just comes off as a lame new autotuned cover of an old song I love.

I read the book first but I still love Lynch's Dune. I think maybe that works in my favor. I also thoroughly enjoyed the two Sci-Fi channel mini-series that aired sometime in the 2000s (I think). My understanding from others that have seen it is that it's somewhat more faithful than Lynch's but takes different breaks from the book, like some characters having quips. I think Frank Herbert would have hated there being quips.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Oct 21, 2021, 08:47:21 PM
The dialogue is weird as fuck in this movie. Most of the time it's modern conversational English, then they'll have someone utter a direct quote from the book and it's just this complete tonal whiplash.

To be clear, I hate that they spend so much time speaking like contemporary people. I don't need it to be Shakespeare or anything, but come on.
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Post by: B E C K on Oct 24, 2021, 09:32:45 PM
I both want to and don't want to see Dune. I've actually never seen or read anything Dune. It never interested me in the slightest. I've always known what it was in the most general of terms. I checked out an e-book through the library a few days ago but I've been having headaches and trouble reading screens sometimes. So I might either get an actual paperback or chell out an audio version instead.

If I do see this new Dune, I'll do it when both parts are out. Assuming that ever happens. I'm wary that it wasn't greenlit already. If this is being done as a part one, isn't it cheaper to do the whole thing at one time? Shoot all of the parts you need to with all of the actors you have when you have them and so on and so forth? It doesn't make any budgetary sense imo. You're really going to go to Wadi Rum, send everyone back home, and--what?--do it all over again?  I'm sure it comes from the suits at the studio having little to no faith this will do well but, if so, why was it greenlit in the first place? They really should've gone all in with it.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Oct 25, 2021, 03:51:53 AM
You should watch 1984 Dune first so that you can be fucking biased against the new one like me!
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Post by: B E C K on Oct 25, 2021, 09:08:53 PM
I think I will.  Even if they do the sequel for the new one, it's gonna take forever to come out since the lazy asses haven't even started on it yet.
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Post by: Fiero on Oct 27, 2021, 05:55:44 PM
Be sure to watch the Sci-Fi miniseries as well. Even more things to compare.

I watched it. I was entertained. I was mostly annoyed at how loud and dark it was.

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Post by: jonhammstein on Nov 03, 2021, 02:10:49 AM
The French Dispatch was very disappointing. I don't think I've ever been bored by a Wes Anderson movie before. If you had told me he'd go on to make something I'd like even less than Isle of Dogs, I'd never have believed you in a million years, but here we are.

Last Night in Soho was pretty solid. Definitely way better than Baby Driver which was SHIIIIIIIIIIIIT. Undecided as to whether I love or hate the ending, though.
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Post by: Fiero on Nov 03, 2021, 10:45:47 AM
The French Dispatch was very disappointing. I don't think I've ever been bored by a Wes Anderson movie before. If you had told me he'd go on to make something I'd like even less than Isle of Dogs, I'd never have believed you in a million years, but here we are.

The French Dispatch was very boring. I liked some of the painter's story but overall the film just did not work at all.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Nov 05, 2021, 04:03:46 AM
Went to Eternals. Kinda glad I was aware of the bad press it's been getting, tempered my expectations quite a bit.

I thought it was fine. Definitely not the worst of the modern Marvel movies, by any stretch.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Nov 25, 2021, 02:16:30 AM
Welcome to Raccoon City was surprisingly good. Like, not even fifteen minutes in and I was ready to declare it superior to all that Milla Jovovich tripe. And it was! I hope they keep it going.

Ghostbusters, on the other hand...

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Post by: jonhammstein on Dec 17, 2021, 01:35:23 AM
Spider-Man was damn good. Wow. I didn't care much for the previous one, so I was a little apprehensive, but nope.

If I have one gripe, it's that the CG was kind of inconsistent. A lot of it looks cutting edge/as indistinguishable from reality as you can currently get, but then some of it is like... ugh... how did this get past quality control? Perfectly forgivable stuff, though. Easy to overlook.

Also, man, so much emotionally manipulative shit in this movie. Like, damn. But if it works, it works, I suppose.
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Post by: B E C K on Dec 17, 2021, 10:58:18 AM
I'm seeing comments where people are basically circle-jerking Andrew Garfield.  Was Garfield, in fact, superior Spider-Man in this?
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Post by: jonhammstein on Dec 17, 2021, 06:50:56 PM
See, that's the emotional manipulation stuff I mentioned. The way they utilize him in the movie is honestly brilliant, but at the same time... kind of pandering.

Like, he's essentially the "failed" Spider-Man, and they really make him into a three-legged dog here. You can't help sympathizing with him. And then they give him this phenomenal redemption scene.

It's pretty great.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Dec 17, 2021, 06:52:57 PM
Wait, were you asking if he was the best of the three, or if he's literally Superior Spider-Man?

Because he's definitely not the latter.
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Post by: B E C K on Dec 17, 2021, 11:54:19 PM
Nah, just in terms of this movie. Which you answered with your other post. I was seeing comments to the tune of "Andrew Garfield was great in this! He should have his own Spider-Man movie!" Not like the quality of the two he got was necessarily his fault, but I still found it funny.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Dec 24, 2021, 03:44:04 AM
I had zero interest in Disney's Encanto, but I watched it anyway and it was fucking awesome! I loved it!
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Post by: B E C K on Dec 26, 2021, 09:31:12 AM
The design of the characters just looks so unappealing! But I'm biased because I hate the Disney 3D look that's been going on since Tangled. Look at anything from Tangled onward (Moana, this one, Frozen, Big Hero 6, Zootopia) in 2D art like storybooks and other merch to see what I'm talking about. It just looks so much better to me. Meh. I'm just a fogey that prefers 2D. The gross plastic faces with the same expression on them are.... yuck.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Dec 31, 2021, 05:13:12 PM
I saw an 80s/90s era version of Ten Little Indians and just about puked in my mouth. Nevermind the change in setting, everybody's supposed to be dead in the end. Two people live and are hugging and shit. In a Christie adaptation? Fuck you, movie. Seriously! :lol:

Also rewatched Secret of Nimh since it's free on YouTube right now. Then I looked it up in Wikipedia because I recall news of another adaptation on this story... and just about puked in my mouth again. Something-something comical labrats, cg, franchise... you know, the basic ruining of things that happens these days.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Jan 01, 2022, 02:21:05 AM
Are you fucking serious about that Nimh shit? FUCK that. Seriously, fuck THAT. We already have Pinky and the Brain, you no-talent Hollywood hack-frauds.

Did you ever try to watch that Watership Down bowel movement that Netflix squeezed out? I couldn't bring myself to do it. How dare they? God, it looks like one of those asset store games you'd dredge up on Steam.

Back to that first thing you were talking about, you reminded of this thing HBO did a while back:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Happily_Ever_After:_Fairy_Tales_for_Every_Child

The show ran for five years, so maybe it's actually okay? I don't know, I just remember seeing the Snow White one where they made her and the dwarves Native American, and I was like, "Yo! WTF?"
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Jan 01, 2022, 09:56:32 AM
I never watched the remake Watership Down. I know I heard things about the quality of cg but, meh.

I think I've seen some of that fairytale show. I don't remember what I actually thought of it though.

And, yeah, I'm serious about Nimh. MGM wants an Alvin and the Chipmunks/Smurfs-type movie franchise. I wish I could rewatch 80s-era Alvin and Chipmunks. I enjoyed that show as a kid. I'm interested in how it'd hold up today. But that, Muppet Babies, Daria... shitty music rights and cheapo studios ruin everything.
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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Jan 02, 2022, 12:23:55 AM
Does anything from our childhoods really hold up today, though?

Anyway, I'm probably going to see Spiderman after church tomorrow since I drug my feet on it this whole past week while I was on vacation and accomplished nothing (which was glorious in itself, but anyway). Was going today, but it was muggy as crap and cloudy with a chance of twisters. Hopefully those things spin on out of town and it's not 80 degrees tomorrow...I mean, we cut the grass today. Otherwise I'm watching Daniel Craig's last boring-ass turn as 007 at the house, assuming there's not a more entertaining football game on between services.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Jan 02, 2022, 08:58:20 PM
I mean, I think Secret of Nimh kind of does. Jem also does imo. Like, as in "hold up" as decent kids' media. Where I feel the same way about them as I did when I was a child. Strangely enough, Talespin of all things held up the last time I watched it while Rescue Rangers was terrible and Gargoyles bored me. But good luck finding the episodes with guns in 'em. :lol:

Have you actually seen that 007 movie? As in, is this a rewatch or watching it for the first time? Spider-Man, like, I'd like to say I'll eventually watch it but... man, I haven't even seen the first two.

I did watch some movies for X-Mas: Die Hard 2 because that's the one free on Tubi. I rewatched it twice. Rewatched Home Alone with my sis along with Harry Potter 1 and 2.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Jan 14, 2022, 05:42:12 PM
I must have blocked it from existence, but I was recently reminded that they already besmirched Nimh with 1998's Timmy to the Rescue. Blech.

I watched Belle. It was nice, but how it eventually ends up was kinda... I dunno. Like, I understand what they were going for, I'm just not sure they got there.
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Post by: B E C K on Jan 15, 2022, 12:37:41 AM
I wanted to see that and I just forgot about it. But, yeah, I heard stuff that it was kinda lackluster. Like on first glance from the trailers, it looks like some Beauty and the Beast type story but the "beast" is an abused child. And she helps this kid by yelling at his dad or something? I mean, yeah, sure. Dunno if I'm recollecting this properly.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Jan 15, 2022, 02:54:09 AM
No, that's pretty much it exactly. Except the whole child abuse aspect is introduced and resolved in the last 40 minutes of a 2 hour movie. Like, they could have played it safe and gone the teen romance route instead, but I guess that just would have been bland?

I will admit the scene where she finally comes to terms with her mother's passing kicked my emotions in the balls.

Lots to like about it other than the weird tonal shift, though.
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Post by: B E C K on Jan 15, 2022, 09:16:17 AM
Should they have cut the abused kid entirely? It almost sounds like they should've.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Jan 15, 2022, 01:01:01 PM
Yeah, I guess it would have been a completely different movie at that point.

I'm not even sure what the moral was supposed to be. It's noble to sacrifice yourself to save another? Feels like the story's message gets all mixed up after a while.
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Post by: B E C K on Jan 16, 2022, 12:07:04 AM
Before I read that abused kid shit, I was a down for some "Summer Wars meets Beauty and the Beast." Pity.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Jan 16, 2022, 02:03:08 AM
It's still essentially that. I can't not recommend it. It could have been a near perfect anime film, but it falls a little short.
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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Jan 21, 2022, 10:37:25 AM
I never saw any of the movies I intended to go see. I just don't have time for it.
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Post by: B E C K on Jan 21, 2022, 01:56:29 PM
My entertainment these days aren't movies but the YouTube commentary videos roasting the movies that are longer than the movies themselves. I'm almost done with MauLer's four hour Black Widow video after watching the three available parts of his TFA series. I also thoroughly enjoyed Lobsterhero's three-hour Mulan takedown. 10/10 content.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Jan 21, 2022, 02:04:16 PM
I watched something. What was it? I'm trying to remember as I type...

Oh yeah. The House on Netflix. Ugh. Compelling, but still... ugh.
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Post by: B E C K on Jan 21, 2022, 06:17:27 PM
Schmoo keeps telling me to watch The Lost Daughter. No, woman!
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Post by: jonhammstein on Jan 21, 2022, 06:52:10 PM
I had to look that up.

Written by Hollywood nepotism baby Maggie Gyllenhaal!

Featuring Hollywood nepotism baby Dakota Johnson!

Hmm. Maybe you could review it.
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Post by: B E C K on Jan 21, 2022, 10:32:59 PM
I had to look that up.

Written by Hollywood nepotism baby Maggie Gyllenhaal!

Featuring Hollywood nepotism baby Dakota Johnson!

Yeah, that was the biggest turnoff before I even read the plot. I know that's most movies these days but MEH.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Jan 22, 2022, 12:13:25 AM
Speaking of Hollywood privilege, did you read any of that recent Joss Whedon interview? Sheesh.
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Post by: B E C K on Jan 22, 2022, 10:47:28 AM
Parts of it. So cringe! (https://www.vulture.com/article/joss-whedon-allegations.html) Go away, sir. You're done.

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Picking up a cup of tea, Whedon said he could no longer remain silent as people tried to pry his legacy from his hands. But there was a problem. Those people had set out to destroy him...

What?  Like fucking daleks?

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...and would surely seize on his every utterance in an attempt to finish the job. “I’m terrified,” he said, “of every word that comes out of my mouth.”

Shoot back some quips, m8te!

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...Whedon was asked over and over to explain why he wrote stories about strong women. For years, he would answer by talking about his mother. ...Whedon referred to his mother as “extraordinary, inspirational, tough, cool,” and “sexy.”

My cool sexy mother.  :lmao:

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Returning to the couch, he affected a sort of Vincent Price voice. “And now,” Whedon said, “tales of horror and woe.”

And then he swished his cape and returned to his coffin.

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“It took me a long time to realize I was writing about me,” [Whedon] told me [about writing Buffy the Vampire Slayer], “and that my feeling of powerlessness and constant anxiety was at the heart of everything.” His avatar was not a fearful young man, however, but a gorgeous girl with extraordinary courage. He wanted to be her, and he wanted to fuck her.

They actually used the word 'fuck' in the article as verb when it's not in someone's quote? Am I supposed to take this seriously or not?

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A high-level member of the Buffy production team recalled Whedon’s habit of “writing really nasty notes,” but that wasn’t what disturbed her most about working with him. Whedon was rumored to be having affairs with two young actresses on the show. One day, he and one of the actresses came into her office while she was working. She heard a noise behind her. They were rolling around on the floor, making out. “They would bang into my chair,” she said. “How can you concentrate? It was gross.” This happened more than once, she said. “These actions proved he had no respect for me and my work.” She quit the show even though she had no other job lined up.

Bet it was Dushku! No guesses right now on who #2 was.

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Had he made out with an actress on the floor of someone’s office? “That seems false. I don’t understand that story even a little bit.” He removed his glasses and rubbed his face. “I should run to the loo.” When he came back, he said the story didn’t make sense to him because he “lived in terror” of his affairs being discovered.

earlier in the article....

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“I’m going to run to the loo,” he said. Later, he would let slip that someone had advised him to pretend he needed to pee if he felt uncomfortable with a question.

HO HO.  He seems false.

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When I pressed him on why, he noted “it messes up the powet dynamic,” but he didn’t expand on that thought. Instead, he quickly added that he had felt he “had” to sleep with them, that he was “powerless” to resist. I laughed. “I’m not actually joking,” he said. He had been surrounded by beautiful young women — the sort of women who had ignored him when he was younger — and he feared if he didn’t have sex with them, he would “always regret it.”

:lol:



This summarizes it best...

Quote from: Ray Fisher
"Joss Whedon had nearly two years to get his story straight. He's likely spent tens (if not hundreds) of thousands of dollars on PR, crisis management, and coaching. And his response to the allegations is: 'They all misunderstood and/or are out to get me—also my mom is sexy'???"
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Post by: jonhammstein on Jan 22, 2022, 12:46:20 PM
The strangest thing of it all is that he surely wouldn't have even agreed to the interview in the first place if he hadn't believed this would be the beginning of his "redemption arc".

Like, for fuck's sake, man.
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Post by: B E C K on Jan 22, 2022, 02:23:46 PM
He's a special kind of deranged. :lol: I expected no less from creepy Xander (since that Buffy character was as good as a self-insert).
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Post by: jonhammstein on Feb 21, 2022, 07:40:42 PM
I was at Rotten Tomatoes the other day looking for something unrelated, and in their "New & Upcoming" section I noticed a movie poster that resembled one of those trashy '70s sci-fi novel covers. I clicked through and the freeze frame of the trailer is two guys in sailor suits wearing realistic rodent masks, and I was like, "Sign me up!"

What a letdown. It's just this crummy, retro-pandering student film. And yet on RT the critic and audience ratings are just shy of 90% approval.

I don't get it.

Maybe I have to try shoving my head further up my ass?

But I don't think it can go any deeper?
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Post by: jonhammstein on Feb 21, 2022, 07:44:16 PM
Jesus.

That movie's name is Strawberry Mansion, by the way.

I'm getting old.
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Post by: B E C K on Feb 24, 2022, 07:59:02 AM
And yet on RT the critic and audience ratings are just shy of 90% approval.

I don't get it.

Maybe I have to try shoving my head further up my ass?

Critics have always been full of shit. That audience rating is less than 50 people so probably the friends and family of the filmmakers.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Feb 24, 2022, 04:12:25 PM
It crossed my mind that the reason it was featured so prominently on the main page is because someone at RT is related to the director or some shit.
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Post by: B E C K on Feb 24, 2022, 06:01:35 PM
Most shit gettin' any piece of major facetime amounts to "someone who knows someone." 
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Post by: jonhammstein on Mar 05, 2022, 12:35:51 PM
Went to see Batman last night.

Fucking three hours long. THREE. HOURS.

When it's not boring, it's laughable. You should hear some of the dialogue in this, HOLY SHIT.

Gotta imagine they'll do at least one more. God forbid we get an actual Battinson trilogy.
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Post by: B E C K on Mar 07, 2022, 11:39:59 AM
The internet is circle jerking this movie hard. Like, I had no interest in seeing this already so I'm biased. Nothing against RBatz in particular... but the whole tone of this film and the take on Batman is not appealing to me. Frankly, I'm just surprised people are down for a three hour movie about Batman AND that a large portion of that audience appears to have really enjoyed it. Maybe it's also just that Return of the King had a large amount of story to convey and I remember I was antsy as hell in the theater when I watched it. (I do like the extended edition but watching at home is completely different.)
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Post by: jonhammstein on Mar 21, 2022, 12:39:26 AM
Went and saw Jujutsu Kaisen 0 in the THEATUH tonight. Pretty good, but I feel like it lacks any true "wow" moments to cement it as an all-time classic anime movie.

Or maybe I'm just old and calcified in my ways.

"Back in my day, anime used to stand for something, honey!"
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Post by: B E C K on Mar 21, 2022, 09:36:40 PM
Maybe I haven't seen enough anime movies in my lifetime but anime movies with any direct tie-in to a series have always been underwhelming and lackluster to me.
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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Mar 25, 2022, 08:43:48 PM
Re: Batman 2022.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Mar 26, 2022, 12:28:42 PM
"I am the night!"
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Post by: B E C K on Mar 26, 2022, 01:58:07 PM
Ugh, murky Batman.  That's most mainstream movies these days and it annoys the hell out of me.  It's a movie.  I want to actually SEE what's happening.
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Post by: Fiero on Apr 02, 2022, 07:36:45 PM
I don't remember when I posted last and I don't feel like looking. Spider-Man No Way Home was fun. All the surprises were spoiled for me by then but I didn't really mind that sort of thing. My wife didn't get spoiled and that was better for her, she also had a lot of fun. We actually went through and watched all of the MCU stuff (mostly, we didn't re-watch Wandavision or Loki and she had no interest in watching What If? or Ant-Man, but everything else). So, that's a bunch of movies. Most of them are fun and fine but there really is some rough stuff in there. And how often it feels like propaganda sucks (I mean, I guess it partially is propaganda).

We also watched Encanto, very catchy songs, good story. Then Turning Red, giant red pandas are something I can't not enjoy.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Apr 22, 2022, 03:19:30 AM
'The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent' is great. It somehow manages to celebrate and mock Cage simultaneously, while being equal parts hilarious and sentimental. It's so weird that this thing exists, but I'm glad it does.

'The Northman' is also really good. Definitely Eggers' most straightforward film so far, but that's not a bad thing.
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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Apr 23, 2022, 08:43:28 PM
Finally downloaded a copy of The Batman. It's not terrible, but it's way too long, and the Dusty Rhodes false finish just makes it worse. The dialog was meh, as joe mentioned, and I think that was a flaw from the extended length...you can't really have snappy dialog within a plodding plot.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Apr 27, 2022, 11:21:26 PM
Yeah, I'm just thinking about the scene where Batman and Gordon get the clue about the "winged rat" and they're bouncing ideas off each other like it's a party game or something. Winged Rat? Could they mean a bat? As in Batman? How about the Penguin? A penguin has wings! Could Penguin be the rat?

And I'm just thinking, like, could this absolute God-tier repartee have been pulled directly from an old comic book? This sounds like some dumb shit Jeph Loeb could have crapped out back in the day.

And then... AND THEN... later in the movie Falcone gets found out as the actual rat, and fucking Gordon has this smug AF "gotcha" quip where he says something like, "...falcons have wings, too..."

Maaaaaaaaaaaan. What. The. FUCK. So stupid. So, so stupid.

When I heard Foo Fighters had made a "horror" movie, I was like fuck that. That's gonna suck. I finally watched it the other night.

Holy shit, it's hilarious. A little on the long side, but God damn is it funny. Well-made, too. John Carpenter does the score, it's solid all around.

And I also watched Fresh. Woof! I recommend it. Don't do any research, just go in raw.
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Post by: B E C K on Apr 28, 2022, 12:36:58 AM
Yeah, I'm just thinking about the scene where Batman and Gordon get the clue about the "winged rat" and they're bouncing ideas off each other like it's a party game or something. Winged Rat? Could they mean a bat? As in Batman? How about the Penguin? A penguin has wings! Could Penguin be the rat?

And I'm just thinking, like, could this absolute God-tier repartee have been pulled directly from an old comic book? This sounds like some dumb shit Jeph Loeb could have crapped out back in the day.

And then... AND THEN... later in the movie Falcone gets found out as the actual rat, and fucking Gordon has this smug AF "gotcha" quip where he says something like, "...falcons have wings, too..."

Maaaaaaaaaaaan. What. The. FUCK. So stupid. So, so stupid.

EW!  :lol:  Co-written and directed by Matt Reeves who co-created Felicity with JJ Abrams.  Sir?  Sir, did you write this dialogue?  This dialogue has a JJ Abrams smell to it.
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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on May 05, 2022, 03:16:18 PM
Going to hit Dr Strange after work (i.e., in 45 minutes). Kinda hate now that I didn't watch WandaVision.
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Post by: jonhammstein on May 06, 2022, 02:38:40 AM
Doctor Strange was pretty cool. I thought his first movie was kind of whatever at the time, he's always been better as a supporting character in other movies. With Multiverse of Madness, he finally gets to kick ass in his own movie.

Also, the "new" character was great, I hope they utilize her more going forward.
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Post by: B E C K on May 06, 2022, 01:38:11 PM
Do you mean America Chavez or someone else?
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Post by: jonhammstein on May 06, 2022, 03:36:38 PM
Yeah, America. I guess I didn't need to be vague since she's been in all the marketing.

It was kind of a revelation, honestly, because although I've been aware of her existence in the comics for over a decade, I had no idea what her powers actually were.
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Post by: B E C K on May 06, 2022, 05:56:17 PM
I've never known what her powers were. Or Dr. Strange's for that matter. :lol:
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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on May 06, 2022, 07:35:04 PM
I was unaware of America Chavez before this movie. I've never been a follower of the Marvel comics.

I have to admit, the marketing for this had me fooled regarding the main antagonist. Also, the movie didn't feel as important as it was made out to be, but the multiverse aspect really served this movie well so it wasn't obvious. However it'll have massive repercussions down the road, especially in light of the Loki series ending and next year's Ant Man/Wasp movie when I figure this phase's big bad will be manifested.
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Post by: jonhammstein on May 17, 2022, 02:46:53 AM
I watched Morbius. What a fucking turd.

I also watched the new Firestarter, and it isn't nearly as bad as everyone is saying. Then again, maybe it just seemed okay because I watched it immediately after Morbius. Which is a total fucking turd, by the way.

Man, fuck everything about Morbius.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on May 19, 2022, 11:11:02 AM
I hadn't even heard about a Morbius movie until, like, five days ago. My questions: why Morbius? And why Jared Leto? How many people know who Morbius is? I completely forgot he even existed. And Jared Leto is literal box office poison. Why this nobody director with the writers of Gods of Egypt?

Meh, I shouldn't ask these questions. This was just another way for dirty Hollywood to move around illegal money.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on May 19, 2022, 07:36:32 PM
Sony is hellbent on having their own Spider-Man "universe" of movies, and because Morbius originated in the pages of one of the various Spider-books back in the day, he's technically a Spider-Man character and thus Sony owns the film rights to him.

That's literally the only reason: because he exists.
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Post by: B E C K on May 20, 2022, 03:04:05 PM
Make a Black Cat movie, you pieces of shit.

Ugh, I read Chip 'n Dale spoilers. HOLY SHIT. LET'S MAKE THE MOUSE FUCK THE FLY AND HAVE 42 KIDS. I'm sorry if I ruined this for someone but the salt is too great. Anytime Disney tempts me to get Disney Plus they pull bullshit. I'm so disgusted. Gadget fucked Zipper. OMG.  :puke:
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Post by: jonhammstein on May 20, 2022, 07:52:49 PM
Yeah, I just watched Chip 'n Dale because I fucking hate myself. I'd say it's just as bad as it looks, but it's so much worse. Absolutely rotten to the core. Distilled creative bankruptcy.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Jun 17, 2022, 01:05:32 AM
I know I'm late to the party, but I watched RRR last night on Netflix, and holy shit what a movie.
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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Jun 17, 2022, 08:46:57 PM
I tried watching Uncharted. Really, I did. 20 minutes in, I cut it off and haven't felt moved to resume it. So it'll reside on my Plex server as pending for a long time until I finally just purge it.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Jul 08, 2022, 03:09:55 AM
I watched that Jurassic Dominion or whatever, well, sort of. It was on. Two and a half hours of pure dreck. The well has run dry on dinosaur ideas. The main thrust of the film wasn't even about them, it was about cat-sized locusts, FFS. I don't even.
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Post by: B E C K on Jul 09, 2022, 11:01:03 PM
I haven't seen it or nothing (nor do I plan to) but I'm surprised how much this franchise jerks Dr. Wu of all characters. In that he's been so involved with the past few films.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Jul 09, 2022, 11:45:47 PM
Do you think it's a cynical play at diversity? Like, this one random dude from the first movie just happened to be Asian, so let's turn him into a legacy character as a feeble show of representation.

I think it could be. Although, I'm sure dude appreciates the work.
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Post by: B E C K on Jul 10, 2022, 12:13:56 AM
I actually don't. I think it's a case of "let's have a common thread in this franchise from the first movie but let's get the cheapest actor possible." Every other character that wasn't a star of the first film died, so it kinda leaves Dr. Wu as the useable extra.

Frankly, the kids from the first movie should've been the featured characters in the sequels along with Laura Dern. The franchise was already set up this way by giving the two sequels to specific characters. The Lost World was Jeff's movie and 3 was Sam Neill's. Laura Dern should've gotten one of her own, the "kids" get one, and then you bring everybody together again for a last one.

But I'm not too sour about it because these latest films look awful. And yeah, I get that Locust Park or whatever has some of the OG characters. But I consider the taint to be less than it would've been if Sam Neill would've been the face of the sequels over Worst Chris.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Jul 10, 2022, 12:27:05 AM
The weird thing is, Pratt definitely gets plenty of screen time in this new one, but it feels like he's riding shotgun the whole way. Not unlike Tom Hardy in Fury Road. Or maybe his highlight reel took place during the 30 minutes I stepped away to prepare and eat supper. :laugh:
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Post by: B E C K on Jul 10, 2022, 09:10:25 AM
The "'main character' along for the ride and doing little to nothing" seems to be what media gravitates to these days.
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Post by: B E C K on Jul 12, 2022, 08:43:02 AM
So Thor: Love and Thunder has a character named Love in it? Ew, that's so cringe.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Jul 12, 2022, 02:42:33 PM
Hahaha. I've read some pretty scathing pull quotes on Rotten Tomatoes.

I'll probably go see it sometime this week, but honestly? I'm ready for the hero film industrial complex to implode.

It's all just become too much. Fuck it.
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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Jul 12, 2022, 04:33:04 PM
The Thor franchise in particular has been trash the entire time, to boot.
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Post by: B E C K on Jul 13, 2022, 12:31:56 AM
I liked Ragnarok. I've seen a couple of take-downs on how that movie's shit. Objectively speaking, I didn't see any problems with these takes. But flaws and all, I still enjoyed it. It felt like a cape movie just having fun. I don't even remember what happened in the first Thor movie and in the second I recall being bored as hell.

I have no plans to see this Thor movie but from a review and the press materials, I don't know why Jane and Valkyrie are in this movie. Valkyrie looks like they don't know what to do with her. Jane's a complete no bueno. She's the worst part of the Thor movies. It's like watching a piece of wet cardboard that's gained sentience.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Jul 13, 2022, 04:29:22 AM
I was going to say, I remember being entertained watching Ragnarok in the theater, but I've never revisited it. I imagine my reaction would be the same as when I try to watch any Marvel movie a second time.

"Why did I like this, again?"

I mean, Goldblum was funny, but really he was just Goldblum-ing it up as per usual.
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Post by: B E C K on Jul 13, 2022, 11:04:54 PM
Yeah, it worked in exactly like that for me, too. I watched it. I didn't hate the time I spent watching it. But it left no impression on me. Cate Blanchett was kinda cool looking. Don't recall anything about the character itself other than she looked cool. I remember not being too impressed with Valkyrie. Get someone with some charisma. Jeez.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Jul 15, 2022, 12:25:20 AM
Saw it. Not a bad movie. Definitely had its moments. But I totally get where the negative critiques came from.

It's just wall-to-wall jokes. And maybe like 10% of them actually land. So many scenes of two characters having a conversation with obvious pauses for audience laughter... followed by silence from the theater.

Like, it can be funny. But smirk-funny, not guffaw-funny. I guffawed exactly once, and there were maybe a handful of us that reacted to that particular moment. And it was a blink-and-you'll-miss-it visual gag.

A mid-credits scene sets up yet another heretofore unseen character, and all I could think was, "Great. How many years before this actually pays off?"

And that's the biggest problem with "Phase 4" of the Marvel Cinematic Universe:

WandaVision
Falcon and the Winter Soldier
Loki
Black Widow
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
What If...?
Eternals
Hawkeye
Spider-Man: No Way Home
Moon Knight
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
Ms. Marvel
Thor: Love and Thunder

I have no fucking clue what kind of trajectory we're supposed to be on right now. There's so very little connective tissue here, it's just been a fucking mishmash so far. I suppose COVID is partially to blame for messing up the cadence of the schedule, but like...? I just don't know.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Jul 15, 2022, 12:35:58 AM
Oh, and I'm really curious what the film industry is going to look like ten years from now. Lightyear came out 5 weeks ago, Black Phone 4 weeks ago, and as of the past 24 hours they're both currently available to watch VOD.

Black Phone is a relatively small scale horror flick, but Lightyear? That one's got to sting a little for Disney.
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Post by: B E C K on Jul 15, 2022, 02:14:34 AM
There's that rumor going around that John "Squicky" Lasseter hated the Buzz Light-year of Star Command series. But being more like that series is probably what the movie should've been.
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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Jul 15, 2022, 07:11:56 PM
Oh, and I'm really curious what the film industry is going to look like ten years from now. Lightyear came out 5 weeks ago, Black Phone 4 weeks ago, and as of the past 24 hours they're both currently available to watch VOD.
You know they've figured out how to make money with streaming when they went there and stayed there after the pandemic's worst days had passed. What do I think it will it look like? Much the same, but without movie theaters at this rate. They can't charge enough for snacks to make up the shortage, no matter how hard they try... yet they most definitely will try.

Black Phone is a relatively small scale horror flick, but Lightyear? That one's got to sting a little for Disney.
I don't know but have heard tell that Lightyear was an utter flop. It's back to the converter conveyer belt of recycled ideas for them.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Jul 16, 2022, 04:04:16 PM
I haven't watched Lightyear yet, and maybe there's some kind of bait and switch going on, but from what I understand of the marketing materials, the premise is just fucking bizarre.

Retroactively, we're meant to believe that Buzz Lightyear from Toy Story wasn't just a toy line, the titular character was in fact based on a real world astronaut. But not an astronaut as we currently know them, but more of a deep space adventurer right out of sci-fi pulp.

So...? The Toy Story movies actually take place in the future? Even though there's never been anything to indicate as much? Just the opposite, in fact.

They could have made this setup work with Woody -- in that he could have been a real life folk hero from the Old West or some shit. Of course, Disney's probably pretty gun shy about making Westerns these days.

If they had instead done Toy Story 5 or whatever, would it have made more money? I mean, probably? I guess not many people were interested in a spin-off where one of the toys is now a real man.

Some people are blaming the swap from Tim Allen to Chris Evans, but I say fuck that. Nobody gives a fuck about Tim Allen anymore.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Jul 16, 2022, 05:29:50 PM
Of course, Disney's probably pretty gun shy about making Westerns these days.
Ha! Literally.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Jul 16, 2022, 08:43:54 PM
I haven't watched Lightyear yet, and maybe there's some kind of bait and switch going on, but from what I understand of the marketing materials, the premise is just fucking bizarre.

I remember seeing a review that called it "Interstellar for kids."  I haven't seen Interstellar aside from clips when Merla was watching it but I know it was long and bit mind-fucky.

What I can discern tho'... this movie looked dark and kinda depressing. Instead of seeing cheerful goofy Buzz, he was Chris Evans.  I don't mean just the voice acting.  He was Chris Evans in almost any movie starring Chris Evans. I don't care about Tim Allen but Tim Allen's Buzz was fun and cheesy with dutiful serious side.  This looked like Chris Evans in a boring space movie. There were no fun aliens. No colorful cool space ships. No galaxy hopping adventure to all sorts of quirky planets. All of the press I saw for this movie was "GAY GAY GAY LESBIANS BROWN PEOPLE !!TALKING CAT!! GAY. serious themes."

They could've done so much with a Buzz Lightyear movie. And they go an make a movie that could've easily been made as a live action sci-fi flick?
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Jul 17, 2022, 01:08:55 AM
GAY GAY GAY LESBIANS BROWN PEOPLE !!TALKING CAT!! GAY. serious themes.

I want them to sell this on a T-shirt at the Disney Store.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Jul 17, 2022, 11:46:56 PM
Mystery solved! This is how Lightyear opens:

In 1995, a boy named Andy got a
Buzz Lightyear toy for his birthday.



It was from his favorite movie.



This is that movie.


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Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Jul 19, 2022, 09:40:03 PM
Just to clarify, that's not some gag I dreamed up, it is literally how the movie begins. Three cards of white text against a black field.

Man, CG looked pretty fucking amazing back in '95, huh? Or wait... maybe for "Andy" the movie is perceived as live action? How old was Chris Evans at the time? 14? Or wait... I suppose Chris Evans as we know him is actually playing the fictional actor who recorded dialogue for the character of Buzz...

I've already spent too much time rationalizing this premise. Fucking more than Disney/Pixar ever will!

Anyway, the movie is lame. SURPRISE! About 15 to 20 minutes in I had begun to fool myself into believing the story might go somewhere interesting, but nope! Boilerplate fucking time travel bullshit.

Oh hey, Taika Waititi's in it! Guess he's a full-fledged member of the Disney cult *cough* FAMILY now. Get that money, Taika! Nothing his character does or says for the duration of the film can be categorized as "funny". I think maybe the robot cat might have squeezed a couple laughs out of me.

Honest to Christ, I cannot fathom a child of any age being anything but bored with this flick. It's just... not... anything. It's nothing. Buzz Lightyear is a nothing film.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Jul 20, 2022, 12:15:17 AM
Buzz was supposed to be, like, a Flash Gordon type character, right?  Why the fuck wouldn't they just copy Flash Gordon straight up. Or even old school Star Trek since he kinda had the original series Kirk vibes?  Not that I'm necessarily encouraging plagiarism but it doesn't exactly seem to be above Disney.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Jul 25, 2022, 03:48:45 AM
Yeah, exactly. This Buzz was too much of a hard sci-fi astronaut, when he should have been a space opera swashbuckler. Total misfire.

I saw Nope, and I really liked it. Actually surprised me, because I've seen a few lukewarm takes on it. Also saw some critics regurgitating the same shit they said about Us, "Wah! Where are the allegories for race politics? How can you have a story about Black Americans that isn't constantly beating you over the head about how Black Americans continue to be fucked over? Wah!"

Like, Get Out exists. He made that movie. And it was great! So why then are you demanding the same thing over and over again?

Anyway, no point giving anything away. Anyone who wants to know the plot can look that up easily enough. I will say towards the end the buildup of suspense triggered my anxiety a little. Thought I might actually have to duck out of the theater. That used to happen to me a lot, but it's been a while. I guess that's not really a good thing, but that's just to say how unsettling I found some of the subject matter.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Jul 26, 2022, 11:45:15 PM
Yeah, it's that thing mainstream Hollywood does where all non-white stories are expected to be about racism or la cultura or the fuck.

I read a synopsis on Nope and my first thought was "I don't get it."  I think it's just a bad synopsis.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Jul 27, 2022, 01:28:09 AM
Right? And you just know that the ones calling for these woke narratives are "enlightened" affluent white kids. I guarantee there isn't a single Black movie critic out there saying, "Damn, I sure wish Jordan Peele would only ever write scripts that focus on the Black experience in post-slavery America going forward."

That person does not exist!
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Jul 27, 2022, 12:48:39 PM
You mean to tell me that black and brown people just want real stories and not just those focusing on shit some insular proto-writer first heard in an elective sociology class? Scandalous!
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Aug 08, 2022, 07:29:17 PM
I watched a bit of Outlander with Jim Caviezel. It's been a movie I've always planned to watch and it's currently free to watch on Youtube. One thing I've noticed that really bugs me--and, man, it bothers me so much in a variety of films and tv shows--is the hair.  The trimmed beards, the manicured eyebrows, the fade on Jim Caviezel.  If you want me to believe your character is a rough, tough villager or warrior of old, the body hair can't be so damn neat looking. I get Jim's supposed to be an alien or something but I still can't with the hair. How do you have a bunch of stubble on your face but the sides of your hair is so damn short and trimmed at all times? That makes sense for a modern action hero but not for a stranded alien. The love interest has these perfect, arched brows you'd find in Allure magazine. Really messes with my suspension of disbelief.  I get it's a dumb thing to point out but I noticed it right away and could not unsee it.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Aug 09, 2022, 07:55:02 PM
I watched Lupin III: The First over the weekend, and while it was alright (Nazi bad guys are very played out, though) it was weird seeing the classic crew rendered in 3D animation. It was pretty well done, but something about Lupin struck me as being off the whole time.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Aug 26, 2022, 02:01:38 AM
Just got back from Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero. Fucking AMAZING. Like, holy shit. I can't even believe how good it is. They should just make movies going forward, God damn.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Aug 26, 2022, 09:30:38 PM
I was wondering how that would turn out. From the trailer it looked like it was animated using the engine from Dragon Ball FighterZ, but it didn't really show scenes longer than 1.5 seconds at a time.

I saw the Mazinger Z Infinity movie over the past week. It was alright, but hardly a conclusive ending, and it was a bit short on the super robot action I was expecting.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Sep 09, 2022, 09:07:17 AM
Good grief. I watched Mauler's vid on Dr Strange and the Multiverse of Madness and what the fuck. I'm offended Professor X and Reed Richards were killed and in such a stupid way. This entire movie's offensive. Disney actually disgusts me.

Also, that video's five hours long. I can't believe I got through it all.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Sep 09, 2022, 02:21:14 PM
Wait! Are you telling me you watched a five-hour critique of a two-hour film that you haven't even seen yourself?!

Now THAT is madness.

I'm still beside myself that they didn't use the Muse song for the opening credits.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Sep 09, 2022, 03:29:01 PM
Wait! Are you telling me you watched a five-hour critique of a two-hour film that you haven't even seen yourself?!

Now THAT is madness.

Would you call it....  :happy:

...a Multiverse of Madness?  :raiseeyebrow:






















Yeah, I wouldn't either.  :-\
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Oct 06, 2022, 02:51:05 PM
I watched Hocus Pocus 2....






Meh.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Oct 06, 2022, 04:29:09 PM
I've been thinking about that one, but my mind keeps going back to the original. Did I even watch it? If so, it made no impression whatsoever, because I don't recall fuck all about it.

You know what? 28-year-old Sarah Jessica Parker made 13-year-old me horny. That's all I remember.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Oct 06, 2022, 06:06:46 PM
Yeah...she was my favorite too.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Oct 06, 2022, 11:27:11 PM
Here's your next big screenplay idea: Hocus Focus, a film about three evil cameras. Make it happen.













But, yeah, I never ever saw Hocus Pocus. And I'd certainly hope SJP was the one making you guys horny. 'Cause if it was Bette Midler, I'd have questions.  :raiseeyebrow:














"The wind beneath your wings,' eh? Any by "wings" you mean "balls." And by "wind," you mean "more balls." :blink:

Okay, okay, so that's technically only one question.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Oct 07, 2022, 05:04:30 PM
Eh you know if the mood was right. I’m not counting it out

And I wish I was writing screenplays I’d be making a lot more money. Only make about 150 to 200 a show and that has to be split among 9 to 11 cast members. We mostly just put it back in the fund to pay for stuff like convention booths and things of that nature. Plus I have a writing partner so I have to share any profit I make anyway.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Oct 09, 2022, 10:25:04 AM
At least you're writing something. That's a good thing.


On topic, I revisited a couple of movies: The Witches of Eastwick and Interview with athe Vampire.

So Witches... I mean, I recall liking this movie. Never thought it was high art of anything like that but I enjoyed it. I think now it's because I just crushed on the hot witches. Jack Nicholson's a disgusting, repulsive man and I felt fucking dirty every time his ass popped on screen. I was watching it on Tubi 'cause it's there for free with commercials.

Well, the next movie that auto-plays after was Interview. Perfect. I've been wanting to watch it again anyway.  EHHHHHH....  Honestly, I think Tom Cruise brings this movie down. Nearly every scene he's in feels like a joke. Even the beginning parts of the movie felt like a joke. I was laughing my ass off. Like when Brad Pitt turns around dramatically for Christian Slater, it just looked so damn hammy.

Once Claudia is introduced, the movie picks up and it's way better.  Kirsten Dunst propped this movie.  Her character introduces the more interesting conflict, she's a better character than Lestat's (who frankly seems to be the real child of the story), and she plays off the two male leads better than they play off of each other.

Overall, I enjoyed the movie and I'd say it still holds up if you're willing to treat it like a dark comedy that gets serious in the latter half. Although even the ending feels like a gag. Lestat was literally Jerry Maguire as a vampire.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Oct 14, 2022, 12:57:41 AM
Clerks III is really bad. I didn't think it was even possible, but Kevin Smith has now made a worse film than Jay and Silent Bob Reboot.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Oct 14, 2022, 10:59:15 AM
Ugh....not what I wanted to hear, but what I feared.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Oct 14, 2022, 04:51:21 PM
Yeah, man. I was in the same boat. "It's gonna be good this time! It couldn't possibly be any worse! Right?"

And I just don't get it. I watch his Fatman Beyond podcast religiously, and he's always articulate and quick-witted, just entertaining as all hell. How does he keep cranking out these subpar films? The dialogue in Clerks III is so aggressively unfunny, it's practically anti-comedy.

I really don't understand. There's one scene where they're auditioning "strangers" for parts in the movie they're making (within the movie), and the people auditioning are all Kevin's real life friends -- Affleck, the various Comic Book Men, Supergirl, etc. And the shit they're going on about comes off as omega-cringe improv. It's the kind of shit any other production would include in the "Deleted Scenes" of a home release -- the kind of stuff you endure with a grimace, and then think, "Yeah, I get why that got cut."

Not to mention all the bi-polar tonal swings where moments prior Dante and Randal are cracking wise, then suddenly they're weeping and sobbing out their lines... fucking what the fuck is this movie?!
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Oct 14, 2022, 06:11:57 PM
Ha ha, I didn't even know there was a Jay and Silent Bob Reboot film. Or maybe I did but I forgot. Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back was the perfect endcap to the View Askewniverse. Even though I remember liking Jersey Girl and I recall people liking Clerks II. I read a summary of the Reboot film and those girls names alone are the most cringey shit I've read in a while. I'd say literally do anything else but then I remembered He-Man was a thing he... touched. I guess being the comic book nerd he is, he can't resist making this all-encompassing expansive universe with too many installments in it even though he has, like, nothing to say anymore? I mean, his early work was saying something. What is he saying now?

Never listened to his podcast. Is it just about comics or pop culture or something?
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Oct 14, 2022, 07:04:42 PM
I only listen to Fatman Beyond (formerly Fatman on Batman) which is just Kevin Smith and Marc Bernardin musing on all things pop culture. Sometimes they'll do it out of a St*r WarzzZZ-themed bar run by the guy who also produces the podcast. Apparently Kevin also does additional podcasts with other people, but I've never even looked at any of those. I have to imagine those others basically go over all the same kind of shit, because what else would he even talk about? Dude just loves talking about entertainment.

And according to IMDb, there's also a new Mallrats in pre-production...
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Oct 14, 2022, 11:30:31 PM
I recall he's been trying to make another Mallrats.  It was a movie and then a 10-ep series but nobody wanted the series so now it's back to being a movie starring his daughter's friend who was in Clerks III as Brodie's daughter "Banner" (another cringe name) and bringing back Shannen Doherty.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Oct 15, 2022, 10:29:09 AM
I watched about a two minutes of Elvira's Haunted Hills before shutting it off. Should I bother?
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Oct 15, 2022, 03:26:05 PM
I've never been a Kevin Smith fan, but I'm particularly pissy over his shoddy Masters of the Universe reboot. It wasn't as bad as the really loud pricks say it was, but it certainly wasn't good. I won't watch anything he's pushing at this point.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Oct 16, 2022, 08:20:44 PM
I blame Seth Rogen. He got Smith to be a wake and baker and that caused him to lose his angst and that was what made him so good. And I can back that up because the last funny movie Smith made was "Zack and Miri Make A Porno" and that was where he met Rogen. After that it was the "put my kid in a movie. Cry at shitty movie trailers. Write lackluster straight to video scripts." He got too happy all the time (which pot has never made me happy all the time, but I digress)

And I use to listen to Smodcast, Hollywood Babel-on, and Tell'm Steve Dave, but now I only listen to Steve Dave...the only one of those that Smith isn't on.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Oct 16, 2022, 08:21:22 PM
I'm also one of those that thought Clerks 2 was really good.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Oct 16, 2022, 08:43:17 PM
I liked Clerks 2! I'm trying to remember if I ever said otherwise around here. If I did, I was wrong! Clerks 2 is good.

Clerks 2 is an absolute masterpiece compared to Clerks 3.

The scene where Randal makes the LoTR fan vomit is an all-time classic.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Oct 18, 2022, 08:41:38 AM
Well anyone that can write a heartfelt proclamation of love between two characters in the middle of Donkey Show and make it still seem like it came from the heart is doing something correct. 
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Oct 19, 2022, 06:43:29 PM
I watched Tusk last night. You know, I can understand that people found the story distasteful or stupid or whatever, but it's still a competently made film. It clearly had a budget that allowed for visible production value, various locations, dynamic camerawork, etc.

In other words, still better than Clerks III. Way, way better.

You know, I hadn't really watched any of his stuff between Clerks II and Reboot. I'm working my way backwards, and having now seen Yoga Hosers and Tusk, I'm seriously beginning to wonder if Clerks III is just his worst movie hands down.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Oct 21, 2022, 02:52:47 AM
Saw Black Adam tonight. Not a great movie. Maybe not even a good one. But the critical consensus seems like a bit of a dogpile. It's not irredeemable by any means. In fact, I'd say overall it's probably a better comic book movie than Love and Thunder. Like, it never hits that movie's highs, but on average it's less fucking awkward, that's for sure.

As always, I'm curious to see how it'll end up performing.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Oct 21, 2022, 03:31:50 PM
Meh, it's the Rock. People love the Rock. Not me. But, like, other people. He could be taking a big stinky dump and flocks of fans will give him money and coo his praises. The movie should do fine.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Oct 21, 2022, 08:01:17 PM
That seems to be a common complaint about this movie, though, that he's very un-Rock-like here. Black Adam is kind of a stoic asshole of a character, and that's how he plays it, because why the fuck wouldn't he? That's the character.

"But nonono I want him to arch his eyebrow and shout cheeky catchphrases-desu!"
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Oct 22, 2022, 08:19:17 AM
I cared so little about this movie I didn’t even know it was out yet. And I like Shazam! But just no desire for this.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Oct 22, 2022, 02:47:59 PM
I want to see it if for no other reason than the Justice Society. Never thought I'd see them in live action...
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Oct 22, 2022, 07:03:21 PM
I really can't recommend it. I just thought the critical reception was overly harsh. Marvel routinely puts out movies of similar quality, but they seemingly have the benefit of some kind of review "buffer" that has their movies scoring higher than is reasonable. With Warner I guess it goes the other way.

Actually, I just remembered Eternals. That was crap that got called out as crap. And yet... it's still apparently better than Black Adam. According to Rotten Tomatoes, at least.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Oct 23, 2022, 08:19:59 AM
I recall overhearing some piece of celebrity news that Schmoo was watching that mentioned Black Adam is only a film because the Rock was playing Black Adam. As in, "we casted the Rock as this character but what a waste he's not the STAR of this movie. He needed to be the STAR so we made an entire different movie!11111 bluh bluh bluh"  Just, ugh.

On you point about the reviews, I'm sure Disney buys them and especially when a film is struggling. I think in these big studio's minds, certain franchises or certain movies with certain actors can in no way be seen with low imdb ratings or low Tomato meters.

Also, this film's directed by the dude who directed The Orphan?  Huh?

And finally: y no cast Oded Fehr as Dr. Fate?
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Oct 27, 2022, 08:21:01 PM
Eternals is was a steaming pile and those were not characters anyone was clamoring for. No idea why they went that direction.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Oct 31, 2022, 09:23:06 PM
Sometimes I think they just throw shit on the wall to see what sticks. Like, if even one of these characters had really caught on somehow, they'd have a new franchise to exploit.













Aw, who am I kidding? These flicks are all money laundering schemes for Hollyweird.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rama on Nov 03, 2022, 06:18:34 PM
I think maybe they were thinking it would be another guardians of the Galaxy because there’s another crew that not a lot of people are clamoring for but they did it well and with a lot of humor and heart which is exactly the opposite of what they did with eternal’s. So I don’t know why they thought that was gonna work. Because you took away the two things that may guardians work despite the fact nobody knew who they were
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Nov 06, 2022, 12:14:23 AM
Just got back from "One Piece Film: Red" and boy what a title. Saw it subbed because I don't hate myself nearly enough to sit through 2 hours of English dubbed One Piece. 2 hours, yeah, it was a bit much. It's kind of a sort of a musical, and the song sequences are probably the highlight, maybe? The singer girl has some real pipes on her, she really lets it rip a few times, almost sounded like it might hurt the old vocal cords.

Structurally, pretty weird. I'm trying to imagine someone trying to watch this just as a movie without any context, but why would anyone ever show up to a One Piece movie if they don't know One Piece? Normally OP movies are standalone affairs featuring original characters, and this has some of that, but what it really has is cameos from characters spanning the entire continuity of One Piece. Almost felt like the OP equivalent of Infinity War/Endgame.

Also, seems to be canon. Heavily retcons a previously mentioned world event involving a major character, so that was definitely something.

It was alright. Has the misfortune of showing up in the wake of Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero, and it doesn't hold a fucking candle to that one. And like I mentioned, if you're not an existing OP fan, you probably won't get much out of it, other than the music.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: B E C K on Nov 06, 2022, 12:35:32 AM
Structurally, pretty weird. I'm trying to imagine someone trying to watch this just as a movie without any context, but why would anyone ever show up to a One Piece movie if they don't know One Piece?

I mean, I wouldn't think so. I would imagine the people that do so are curious about One Piece or with their friend-group that likes One Piece. I watched a trailer for that movie and recalled the designs seriously put me off of One Piece. :lol: Among other things, of course. (Like the number of episodes.)
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Nov 06, 2022, 09:21:31 AM
Yeah, I'll never watch that show.
Title: Re: The last movie I saw was...
Post by: jonhammstein on Nov 06, 2022, 04:22:12 PM
See, as someone who's followed One Piece since practically the very beginning, even I would never recommend the show to anyone. It's absolutely lousy with filler, and the majority of the animation could be generously described as "budget".

You know when they adapt manga to anime, the conversion rate typically has you seeing multiple chapters of content per episode? In One Piece, it's now one-to-one, and it's been that way for years. You get the events of a single chapter streeeeeetched out to 22 minutes, with "filler" baked directly into the plot. And it's pretty much insufferable.

I still like the manga, even if its best days are probably behind it. If you're someone who's never touched it though, might as well wait until it ends and then binge it if you have any lingering interest.

Easier just to continue ignoring it forever, though. :laugh:

Just as I was about to hit post, I remembered another damning detail. OP intros are like 3 minutes long, and can be followed by "recaps" that eat up a significant portion of the episode's runtime. Truly vile shit. I'm sure someone somewhere is compiling a "true" version of the anime with all the disease excised.
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Post by: Rama on Nov 10, 2022, 01:39:06 PM
Yeah I think I saw one episode of that and I was like "Yep, not for me."
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Post by: jonhammstein on Nov 11, 2022, 12:19:41 AM
Just got back from Black Bantha Episode II, and it was REAL good. Full disclosure, not the biggest fan of the first one. Too many half-baked visual effects. This new one, though, good stuff. I have to imagine it will make all of the monies this weekend and beyond.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Nov 14, 2022, 07:07:25 PM
$330M worldwide opening doesn't seem like a lot for a Marvel movie. Wonder if it'll even manage to surpass Love and Thunder's $760M final.

I mean it definitely deserves to, it's a waaaaaaaaaaaay better movie. Perhaps widespread superhero fatigue is finally beginning to manifest?

Or! Is it possible that by sending Multiverse of Madness and Love and Thunder to Disney+ after only roughly two months, Disney have shot themselves in the foot for all future releases? Have they unintentionally created an "I can wait!" mentality among erstwhile theatergoers?
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Post by: Rama on Nov 15, 2022, 06:43:25 AM
Well Love and Thunder was the first Marvel movie I waited for Home to watch since like the phase 1 movies. Glad I did it wasn’t worth a theater visit but I did that because of Eternals and Shang Chi back to back disappointments. And I was really excited for Shang Chi. Been wanting him to show up since the Iron Fist Netflix show
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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Nov 15, 2022, 09:46:33 AM
I just don't get all the Taika Waititi fellation. The last two Thor movies, while having entertaining moments, just weren't good. They've basically turned Thor into a running gag, and while that's fine with Guardians of the Galaxy, it's not fine with Thor. The latest Dr. Strange movie more or less made Wandavision required watching to really understand what was going on, and I'm not interested in going down those Disney+ rabbit holes.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Nov 15, 2022, 06:35:45 PM
I thought Ragnarok was genuinely enjoyable, but I can easily acknowledge it begat a true stinker in Love and Thunder.

Taika Waititi: Oh, people like the funny stuff, do they? What if we made another one, but it was almost entirely the funny stuff? But then what if the funny stuff wasn't even all that funny anymore, because I've lost interest and I'm getting paid either way?

Anybody watch "Our Flag Means Death"? Fucking DRECK.
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Post by: Rama on Nov 16, 2022, 09:53:30 AM
Ragnarok did seem like Guardians of the Galaxy lite and not like a thor movie. I actually like the first Thor, not so much the 2nd.

Taika Waititi gets pass from me solely because of What We Do in the Shadows. The movie and TV show...although the last season of the show wasn't as funny, but it was still enjoyable.
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Post by: B E C K on Nov 22, 2022, 11:16:35 PM
I didn't even like Guardians of the Galaxy but enjoyed Thor Ragnarok. Not gonna bother with the last Thor. I'm pretty done with cape stuff.
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Post by: Rama on Nov 24, 2022, 08:00:05 AM
I’m not sure I’ve actually enjoyed a marvel movie outside of Spider man in years
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Post by: B E C K on Nov 26, 2022, 01:47:20 PM
I rewatched The Matrix the other day. Pity this never got a sequel. Not a single sequel. Or even an animated spinoff.
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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Nov 26, 2022, 09:17:24 PM
Yup, Matrix is one of the best one-shot stand-alone movies of all time.
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Post by: Rama on Nov 28, 2022, 06:56:40 AM
Kinda of shocked they never made a sequel, but then they never made any more St*r WarzzZZ movies after the first three and only the three Indiana Jones movies so I guess it’s possible.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Nov 28, 2022, 07:17:39 AM
They made movies based on the Young Indiana Jones Chronicles? I loved that show!
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Post by: B E C K on Dec 02, 2022, 08:09:29 AM
Just like they made movies based on that 90's cartoon James Bond Jr.
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Post by: Rama on Dec 03, 2022, 08:53:28 AM
Next you are going to tell me they made versions of stargaze and Highlander! That’s just crazy. I’d have heard of them if they’d done that.


You guys ever here of this thing called MASH? I think it must be supper obscure
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Post by: B E C K on Dec 06, 2022, 11:56:33 PM
I finally watched The Bad Guys because it's on Netflix, I had the day free, and I wanted something playing on TV while I made a meatloaf. I enjoyed a lot about this movie. I liked the art style in the backgrounds, props, and the characters. Usually computer animation that doesn't look 2D annoys me. Like Disney shit. I hate the way Disney shit looks. Some of the vehicles looked really nice. Wolf's car had no business being that sexy. The action was very well done. The music fit the story, the voice acting was excellent, and the comedy was decent. 

And now... uh, the stuff I didn't vibe with:

This story was kinda bad. Mr. Wolf was a strong character and I liked his internal conflict with being good vs being bad. But his crew with the exception of the snake were pretty weak in this story. I almost feel like it could've been a far stronger story without the other three characters eating screen time. At one point, they're surprised the snake can be nice every once in a while. But you guys are friends. That makes no fucking sense that you've, like, BFFs but also NOT nice to one another.

And then there's Foxy Sue. I like her but Foxington makes all of the Bad Guys look fucking lame. She's trying to make a difference in a government office, she's a kickass thief with tons of cool gadgets, and she's friendly and full of playful sass. But, er, hey, the Bad Guys have a farting piranha and a shark with really big teeth. Oh, oh, and they have a hacking spider. No, wait, fuck you, Bad Guys, Foxington is also a hacker. She literally does everything they do but better.  The movie made her so cool the Bad Guys become obsolete in their own movie. This becomes all the more apparent when the ending needs to asspull a veritable mille-feuille of contrivance upon contrivance; the movie couldn't have Foxington's plan work out but her plan was so good that going against it would've ruined the happy ending. So now a Rube Goldberg style set of circumstances make it allllll work out in the end.

Also, the villain was just stupid. Can we stop with the tweeeeest villains? I like a good twist as much as anyone but that's just it: a GOOD twist. If you can't make a good twist then stick a Scar or a Frollo or someone in your movie that's obviously bad so we can root for the hero properly.

My meatloaf was delicious. I use a seasoning packet so it's hard to fuck it up.
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Post by: Rama on Dec 08, 2022, 08:53:47 PM
I saw a bullet train with Brad Pitt and a bunch of other people and it was actually the best movie I’ve seen in a couple years. It is exactly what I wanted it to be. Just a fun, funny action filled movie.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Dec 16, 2022, 11:23:55 PM
Any Avatards in the house? I think I might go. I regret not seeing the first one in the theater, even though it really isn't a great movie in the grand scheme of things. I dunno. Maybe.
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Post by: B E C K on Dec 18, 2022, 08:05:42 PM
As in James Cameron's Smurfs 2?  I still haven't seen the first one.
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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Dec 18, 2022, 10:19:08 PM
Same.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Dec 19, 2022, 12:49:45 PM
Naisu. :laugh:
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Post by: B E C K on Dec 21, 2022, 08:30:05 AM
I refuse to believe Joe has not seen Avatar 2 by now. He's Joe! Joe's in the know! Come on, you saw Blue Pocahontas 2, right? How was it?
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Post by: jonhammstein on Dec 21, 2022, 12:18:44 PM
Tomorrow, baybee! :guitar:
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Post by: B E C K on Dec 22, 2022, 07:55:43 PM
Give us the sweet blue dirt on it after you do.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Dec 23, 2022, 01:34:36 AM
Hmm. Sorry to disappoint, but I don't really have any "hot takes" on this movie. It was alright? It's a three hour movie that doesn't feel like three hours, I guess that's a good thing?

The CG was inoffensive. What I mean by that is, I can't think of a single scene or moment where I was like, "Oh, this looks really bad." If anything, I just kind of stopped thinking of it as CG after a while. That's probably the best kind of CG, I suppose.

Good action. A couple well-earned tearjerker moments. Some subtle humor, none of this MCU beat-you-over-the-head-with-our-comedy nonsense.
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Post by: B E C K on Dec 24, 2022, 06:40:14 AM
B-but my hot takes. :(
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Post by: jonhammstein on Dec 24, 2022, 04:55:03 PM
I feel bad. I thought I'd really be able to go to town on it, but it's just not that awful. I saw one criticism saying that most of the film's momentum is generated by the stupid kid characters getting into trouble and then the adults having to go rescue them, and yeah, that's fair. That does happen a lot.

Please accept the following as my humble apology:

I watched Disney's Strange World last night. Fucking shite. But I'm a cishet white male, so that's probably just my inherent bigotry showing, right?

WRONG. I wanted it to be even GAYER than it was. The movie starts with the son and mom and dad in the kitchen for breakfast, and the parents are doing these little cutesy smooches, and the boy is all, "Ew! Nobody wants to see this, you guys!"

Then shortly after his friends show up to the farm in an old pickup, and the son very clearly has a crush on one of the dudes, and the affection is very clearly mutual. And I was like, "Oh shit, they're setting up for a big old boy kiss at the end of this movie!"

What do you think actually happened? They smooshed their gay little cheekies together for a selfie, accompanied by some good old fashioned sidehug for good measure. No kiss! Not even a real embrace!

FUCKING COWARDS.

"Oh, we're all about representation." No, you're about the illusion of representation, and it's sickening! Nothing but your garden variety capitalist pandering. Yuck.

But all that is beside the point. The movie is boring as FUCK. I'm not even sure what the fucking message was meant to be. We need to try harder to live in harmony with our environment? Yeah, no shit, isn't hindsight just a hell of a thing? Just the most milquetoast fucking activism you could come across.

I could go on and on. So much "meta" commentary. Like, one scene they're playing a board game and the grandpa's all, "What's the enemy we need to smash here?" And gay son is all, "It's not that kind of game, we're just trying to work together in order to succeed." And grandpa's like, "No villain?! That's just bad storytelling!"

Fucking hitting you over the head with a hammer that there's no traditional bad guy in the movie and that you're an idiot for wanting one! God damn, Strange World! The absolute BALLS.

I would say fuck this film, but the moviegoing masses already have. Ahaha GOOD.
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Post by: B E C K on Dec 28, 2022, 08:26:29 PM
I had no idea what movie you were talking about most of your post. I was all "what's this gotta do with Dr. Strange?" The egg in my brain hatched 3/4 into the post. Shipley or someone made a post on social media somewhere about this flick being poorly advertised. All I ever saw about this movie was Disney CG (that I'm biased and hate the look of) and Disney wanting a pat on the back for being non-white and gay. But who gives a shit about a gay Disney character? Remember that brouhaha with Le Fou? Just make a fairytale where a girl saves a princess and they get married. The most palatable gay story the mouse could ever shit out for their audience: a poor man's kiddified Utena.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Dec 29, 2022, 01:55:39 PM
Just to be clear, I'm not really that bent out of shape about it, I just felt like I owed you an unhinged film critique.

Strange World is crap, though.

YMS talked about Avatar, maybe you've already seen it:

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Post by: B E C K on Dec 29, 2022, 07:52:09 PM
You delivered.

I haven't seen that vid yet. I just realized I haven't watched him in four months because my last watched video on the channel's the Goofy one.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Dec 30, 2022, 12:09:42 PM
That channel had been a little quiet for a while. I don't really follow everything he does, just that one channel. I think he was still active, just doing other stuff.
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Post by: B E C K on Dec 30, 2022, 09:37:00 PM
I tried to watch him play some games a while back and he was gettin' so pissed it was uncomfortable. A little rage can make things interesting but too much makes it weird.
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Post by: Rama on Jan 07, 2023, 08:02:29 PM
Saw avatar two. If dances with wolves is avatar, one free Willy is avatar two.
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Post by: B E C K on Jan 08, 2023, 10:53:04 AM
I remember nothing about Free Willy other than the whale jumping over the boy. Perhaps that's as it should be.



Oh, yeah, and the time Willy had a loud orgasm in public.

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Post by: jonhammstein on Jan 13, 2023, 04:04:46 AM
Watched The Menu. Wonderful film. Made me feel sick. Just lovely.

No, really. It's quite good. Ralph Fiennes comes close to doing the Voldemort laugh a couple times.

Anya Taylor-Joy is so skinny. I hope she ate that whole cheeseburger for real. Fries, too.

I shouldn't have typed that. She's a beautiful person, and very talented. She was great in this, too.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Jan 20, 2023, 02:18:13 AM
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish is SUPER good. Never would have believed it if I hadn't seen it with me own two eyeballs.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Feb 24, 2023, 12:13:44 AM
Quantumania is kind of fucking bad, y'all. Like, I don't even know what the idea was behind this one. Oof. Big fucking oof.

Even worse than Love & Thunder, I think. That one at least had some highs to contrast its many lows.  This new Ant-Man is all lows, all the time.

I'm honestly wondering if its box office will end up being less than Black Adam's, which would be a special kind of dire.
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Post by: B E C K on Feb 24, 2023, 08:08:40 PM
You know, I kinda actually forgot Marvel movies are still a thing. :lol:
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Post by: jonhammstein on Feb 24, 2023, 08:34:49 PM
I think Guardians 3 still has the potential to be good, owing entirely to James Gunn's involvement, IMHO.

But after that? Really starting to feel like the MCU is running on fumes.

And I seem to remember reading not long ago that dude what runs Disney was talking about cutting back on Marvel spending, so...
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Post by: jonhammstein on Feb 24, 2023, 08:42:52 PM
Man, I can't find it now, but there was a pull quote from one critic along the lines of, "Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania is an awful film, but awful in a way that Marvel movies rarely are."

And I was like, "DAAAAAAAAAAAAMN!!!" :laugh:

Bill Murray was in it, but I couldn't tell you why. He's a fucking nothing character who has about 5 minutes of screen time, and then is implied to have died? I think? Just worthless.
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Post by: B E C K on Mar 01, 2023, 03:58:37 PM
Gotta give props to Ol' Billy pulling in those paychecks. He's just phonin' in these days, right? Sit there and be a cranky geezer so people can point at the screen and say they saw Bill Murray.
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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Apr 06, 2023, 08:35:19 PM
If you liked Shazam 1, you'll like Shazam 2. I liked it.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Apr 08, 2023, 05:04:48 AM
I'm fucking shocked. It's better than the first one. It's WAAAAAAAAAAAAY better than Black Adam.

Bummer that it flopped so hard. Definitely deserved more attention than that third Ant-Man movie bleugh...

I wonder if the Blue Beetle film will suffer the same fate?
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Post by: jonhammstein on Apr 09, 2023, 02:17:50 AM
The Mario movie was fucking whatever. I don't even know what to say. Calling it a "movie" seems far more generous than it even deserves.

The D&D movie, on the other hand, was fucking amazing! Like, holy shit. When I saw its RT score, I was like are these critics for real? As it turns out, yes. Yes, they are. I know, it beggars belief.

And it's yet another new movie that seems to have failed to find an audience, and can probably be considered a box office bomb. Which is a tragedy, but trust that it is in fact a really damn good flick.

A lot of people have accused it of aping the Marvel cinematic style, and yeah, it's totally doing that. Thing is, in my estimation, it's easily the best "Marvel" movie since... Endgame? It takes the formula and makes it feel fresh again.

Okay, enough gushing.

So good, though.
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Post by: B E C K on Apr 09, 2023, 10:28:58 AM
How much of that reaction do you think might just be bias against the D&D name?

Also, in the Mario movie, tell me there's not an a-ha song in it like I heard. Why do these movies do this shit? You have an entire catalog of bopping tracks to use and remix and you dig out fucking Bonnie Tyler. Fuck off. Eat shit. Argh, I'm so triggered. :lol:
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Post by: jonhammstein on Apr 09, 2023, 07:34:33 PM
Preconceptions about D&D? Definitely. I mean, I fully expected it to suck. Also, I'd be interested to know what actual tabletop gamers think about it. Maybe they've got a bug up their collective ass over it? You know how some fandoms react when their "precious" is appropriated for mainstream use, and it's all, "We were here first!" and the like. Although it kind of feels like D&D has been "cool" for a minute or two already, so... I don't know.

Mario movie is loaded with "tried-and-true" pop songs. It's nauseating.

The weird thing is that's directed by the Teen Titans Go! guys... but it's just the most paint-by-numbers, inoffensive fluff imaginable. I really wonder if Nintendo put the brakes on anything that could have been considered too "out there". Purely speculation on my part, but the film plays it so straight and safe, it's baffling considering the dudes at the helm.
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Post by: Rama on Apr 09, 2023, 09:15:42 PM
Mario movie was just kinda meh. Kid wanted to see it so it was that instead of D&D. It seemed like a lot was cut from the Mario movie. Like what was peaches back story? Oh well…why the hell was Luigi even there? Oh well. Just so much that could have been explored but wasn’t.


And I couldn’t make it all the way through Black Adam…just couldn’t
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Post by: jonhammstein on Apr 10, 2023, 06:13:13 AM
Donkey Kong and everything Donkey Kong-related shouldn't have even been in the movie. You're right that Luigi was barely in it, they shouldn't have been separated at the beginning, and the story should have focused on... you guessed it: The Super Mario BROTHERS.

It made a killing this weekend too, sadly reinforcing the notion that it's actually worth a fuck. No justice.
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Post by: Rama on Apr 10, 2023, 06:59:11 AM
I knew it was going to. That was the most full of theater had been since Covid. So I knew this move is going to make a ton of money.
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Post by: B E C K on Apr 12, 2023, 07:07:06 PM
I don't think Mario stuff has a high bar. All it had to do was not be the 1993 movie. Just look pretty and shiny and have the most basic Dry Bones skeleton of a story possible.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Apr 13, 2023, 12:29:15 AM
I rewatched Mario '93 tonight, because I've seen some people saying that the new one retroactively makes the old one a masterpiece by comparison, but it's still awful, just in different ways.

It's so inexplicably bizarre.
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Post by: B E C K on Apr 15, 2023, 06:30:14 AM
I'll always remember the theater cutting off the credits when I went to go see that movie and it still bothers me 30 years later. I've always been very OCD or whatever about watching the movie credits in the theater. Not because I actually care about reading them that much. It just doesn't feel like I've completely watched the movie if I don't. I guess the exception would be movies I didn't like or hated. Like, surely, I didn't stay until the end of the credits for that Mummy IV or whatever movie with Jet Li. Holy fuck, what a miserable experience. Or Journey to the Center of the Earth with Brenden Fraser. Merla made me watch both of those. Because Brenden Fraser.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Apr 15, 2023, 03:10:49 PM

There's a post-credits scene in that one, too! But would you have even known that then?

Not that it's anything noteworthy.
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Post by: B E C K on Apr 15, 2023, 07:11:58 PM
When post-credits scenes were becoming more and more popular, it started irritating me because I liked having the theater be relatively empty when I'd watch the credits. I mean, now I don't go to the movies at all so problem solved, I guess.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Apr 16, 2023, 02:08:40 AM
I was contemplating going to see Suzume, but apparently its screening was very limited in my area, so I missed out.
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Post by: Rama on Apr 16, 2023, 12:44:01 PM
First movie I remember seeing an after credits scene in was Masters of the Universe 1987

Ferris buller had one but I didn’t learn that till later in life
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Post by: jonhammstein on May 09, 2023, 12:20:04 AM
Guardians 3 was pretty good. I felt real human emotion stir within my cold, dead heart at several points throughout the movie. If nothing else, it serves as a great sendoff for the MCU.

Because I don't know that any of the stuff on the horizon is going to be worth a whole hell of a lot.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Jun 16, 2023, 03:32:22 AM
The Flash was super good, Across the Spider-Verse was even better.
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Post by: Rama on Jun 24, 2023, 12:34:11 PM
Across the spider verse was very good. Like very very good.
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Post by: B E C K on Jul 02, 2023, 04:21:51 PM
I tried watching Nimona but the humor kinda physically hurts me to sit through. Not even so much Nimona herself but, like, the other characters including extras and such. I would've preferred if everyone else was played straight (for the most part, heh) except for Nimona. The Puss in Boots super-dilated eyes a bunch of the characters have going on was off-putting. The music choices were a little... I don't want to say "terrible" because that's not the right word. I don't know if the song choices always fit. But that's fine. I guess this is like a 4/5 if I mentally delete all of the bad jokes.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Jul 02, 2023, 06:10:14 PM
I liked Nimona overall, but I had issues with it as well. The animation was nice, like when the characters are moving and emoting, it all looks really good. But the backgrounds/environments are all very flat/sterile. And I guess you could argue that's just the society they live in, but to me everything could have used another pass or two of added detail work. Same goes for secondary/tertiary character designs, very bland.

And the music you mentioned, I know it's nothing new to use pop songs from our real world culture in these imagined settings, but there was just something really jarring about it here. Maybe it was because despite going for the whole medieval/futuristic thing, everyone just speaks/behaves like they're from modern-day Earth? And they're playing what is clearly Monopoly, everyone's on social media, etc. Kind of all over the place, yeah?

I'm curious to read the comic book, because the artwork is VERY different.
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Post by: Rama on Jul 04, 2023, 12:06:28 PM
Indy five wasn’t as bad as I was expecting. That’s not to say it was good. It was still a fucking train wreck. Ironically, there is a train wreck in the movie.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Jul 14, 2023, 10:23:58 PM
That new Transformers movie with the beasts is just kind of a wet fart. I wouldn't be surprised if it ends up being profitable, or if it's even already profitable, because this movie looks CHEAP. This is the cheapest-looking one of these they've done so far by a long shot, and if they can keep costs down, good on them, I guess. But man, what a pile.

And the dialogue? OOF. I swear to Christ, some of the shit that comes out of Optimus Prime sounds like it was generated by a Peter Cullen chatbot. No exaggeration. Just some of the most unnatural line reads you'll ever hear.
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Post by: B E C K on Jul 17, 2023, 09:21:30 PM
I watched The Sea Beast. There was some good here. Background and water was pretty. I liked early action sequence on the ship, some of the character designs, and the design of the green sea monster. The movie felt so bloated though that I lost interest. 90 minutes max. 90 minutes max for a kid's movie. Why the fuck are you nearly two hours long? Get on with the goddamn thing already. The two main creatures had the laziest-ass designs ever. It was disappointing to so much as look at them. The motive behind the monster hunting and making shit up made no sense. The reviews overall praise this movie and it's getting a sequel. I guess worse things get sequels these days. Much worse things. Oh and I watched it with Japanese language inadvertently and didn't bother to change the language to English because at least the Japanese voices had next to no chance of making me cringe.
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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Jul 19, 2023, 10:57:20 PM
Watched the Flash tonight. It was much better than I anticipated...I especially liked that it was inspired by Flashpoint Paradox but not a beat-for-beat adaptation. I also liked the timeline explanation (though why Bruce Wayne knew that defies rationale) and that they were all in divergent timelines reflecting past versions of characters.

Spoilers follow:

On that note, I nearly cried out when I saw George Reeves and then Christopher Reeve and Helen Slater together on screen for the first time. I enjoyed how they addressed the alternate Batman actor conundrum.

On the other hand, they really could have mined continuity for more. They can have the unfilmed Nic Cage Superman, but not Henry Cavill...that just makes no sense side from the real-world reasoning. No Lynda Carter, no Brandon Routh, Tom Welling? They really could have swung for the fences here, but the fact that they had a nondescript Jay Garrick but not John Wesley Shipp or Grant Gustin just baffles the hell out of me. But then again...Reeve and Slater. Together.

Man, the CGI looked like absolute dogshit throughout this movie. For such a high dollar movie, there was really no excuse for it.

This movie also drive home the fact that I really hate the lame-ass characterization of Barry in the Snyder movies. I was thinking, great, having met younger Barry older Barry will realize how idiotic he acts and will mature accordingly! But, no, we get back to the regular (well, almost) timeline, and he's just as ridiculous as before.

The end credit scene was meaningless as far as I can tell, other than half-assedly setting up for Aquaman 2.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Jul 20, 2023, 03:10:15 AM
I didn't understand the Aquaman scene at all. Was that meant to be the Aquaman we already know? Or was it a new divergent timeline Aquaman that doesn't know that he's Aquaman yet? Because it seemed like that's what Barry was trying and failing to explain to him.

And what does that mean for Aquaman 2? Anything? Nothing?
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Post by: jonhammstein on Jul 20, 2023, 03:26:22 AM
I watched Asteroid City. It was fine. Wes Anderson's recent efforts just haven't been hitting with me. I feel like his older stuff was more fun, and funnier. I might have laughed once during Asteroid City. That's not to say it's humorless, but the comedy is so subdued now. Used to be a perfect blend of artfulness and jokes. Now he's chasing the artsy-fartsy stuff a little too hard. For my liking, anyway.

Maybe I've become a fucking philistine.
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Post by: B E C K on Jul 20, 2023, 02:09:15 PM
Duuuuuude... I thought Aquaman 2 already came out! I was like "Aquaman 2? Why would the Flash reference a movie that already came out?"  :laugh:
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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Jul 22, 2023, 10:34:37 PM
I watched the Venture Bros movie tonight that was supposed to basically end the series, and it's exactly the same as the past few seasons of the show. In short, the movie runs in place and never goes anywhere, and it's simply not funny at all. And that's what this show has done for a long time: dance around practically every setup they'd ever created, feed a little info to deepen the underlying mystery, and do its best not to pay off anything to any satisfaction. It genuinely peaked with the second season, and it's been downhill ever since (the movie would have effectively been season 8).

I'm frankly glad it's over. It is over, isn't it? You wouldn't really know by this movie.
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Post by: B E C K on Jul 23, 2023, 08:44:56 AM
Yeah, I'm sure it's not over. Nothing gets to end these days.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Jul 23, 2023, 01:59:50 PM
I thought the Venture thing was okay. I would have vastly preferred an actual season, but I'm glad they got the chance to "end" the story.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Jul 24, 2023, 03:16:04 AM
Barbie was so fucking good, holy shit. Loved it.
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Post by: B E C K on Jul 24, 2023, 07:59:07 PM
What did you like about it? I'm hearing mixed reactions.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Jul 24, 2023, 11:32:25 PM
Margot Robbie was great, but I feel like Ryan Gosling stole the show. His Ken is so messed up and pathetic, it's hilarious.

It was just fun all around. I laughed a lot. And I suppose it has a message as well, but I feel like it's not really my place to say whether it lands or not.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Aug 03, 2023, 12:49:51 AM
Mutant Mayhem was great. Probably the second best TMNT movie? Yeah, I think so.
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Post by: Rama on Aug 03, 2023, 09:50:18 PM
Ehhhhh….I didn’t think it was that great. It was a lot of noise and not a lot of substance. It gif a few laughs out of me but a far cry from the 1990 movie.

Oppenheimer on the other hand was amazing.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Aug 03, 2023, 10:51:34 PM
Nothing beats TMNT 1990, but I stand by my statement that Mutant Mayhem takes an easy second place.
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Post by: B E C K on Aug 04, 2023, 09:37:25 PM
I can't stand to look at it. The designs by themselves have a level of interest to them but seeing them moving around in an environment... I watched a trailer and it reminded me of a stomache ache. But I'm hearing good things about it so I will take pleasure in other people's joy. It's kinda wild how long those damn turtles have endured. I never thought I'd be middle-aged and still seeing kids still getting tv series and toys and shit of these guys. I didn't think the damn Simpsons would still be around either.
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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Aug 08, 2023, 05:05:32 PM
I saw a Fathom Events presentation of Princess Mononoke this weekend. It definitely gains a lot from the theater experience, but it has been at least 10 years since I last watched it and likely longer. I'd forgotten a huge amount of it, which was nice in its own way. I don't remember ever having watched it subbed, so that part was new...beggars can't be choosers, as I was in town on other business and happened to be there during this showing, so while I didn't have the option it was just as well I didn't.
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Post by: B E C K on Aug 08, 2023, 10:37:17 PM
The theater makes Princess Mononoke an all around more captivating experience... because it's harder to justify walking away. Don't get me wrong, I don't think it's a bad movie. I just can't sit through it at home. I can watch some of the cool parts and then I want to go wash dishes or something.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Aug 09, 2023, 12:05:37 AM
I feel like you could say the same about so many movies, though. All of the movies, in fact. I'm not disagreeing with you, either.

I really want to see The Boy and the Heron.
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Post by: B E C K on Aug 09, 2023, 01:15:58 PM
I feel like I have no interest in watching it. I read a plot synopsis was just "wtf." Tell us how it is whenever you get to see it.
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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Aug 10, 2023, 02:32:56 PM
Movies have to have dull parts, or the cool parts won't be as cool. Or something.
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Post by: B E C K on Aug 10, 2023, 05:59:42 PM
I mean, yes. But also, no. Princess Mononoke feels a bit too dull in the dull parts. But I like Earwig and the Witch so maybe my opinion don't mean shit. :lol:
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Post by: Rama on Aug 10, 2023, 09:52:10 PM
The great temple of cine makes everything better
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Post by: B E C K on Aug 16, 2023, 10:31:24 PM
Someone uploaded the unreleased (at least in the US) Gen 13 animated movie:


I've seen worse. It was passable. I didn't hate it. It sure brought back memories. Like how me spending $40 on Gen 13 issue #2 in the mid-nineties was a mistake. But I wanted to know what happened and I had the other issues in the mini-series but not fucking #2.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Aug 17, 2023, 12:17:26 AM
Gen¹³! Adam Warren was a real trailblazer with his bootleg anime titty girls. Did you ever read Empowered?

Damn, I consulted Wiki to make sure I wasn't talking out my ass, and apparently I was! Warren didn't even get involved until later, but his covers are always what I remember whenever someone mentions Gen¹³. And wow, the series he worked on was actually called "Bootleg". Too perfect.
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Post by: B E C K on Aug 17, 2023, 07:11:46 PM
I do not like Adam Warren art. It's the faces.  I thought the original first Gen 13 mini series was solid but after that, I immediately began slipping off the Gen 13 train and fell right off. It didn't feel like they had any solid story ideas after the first mini series. And then when J Scott Campbell left to focus on Danger Girl, my interest was done entirely.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Aug 17, 2023, 11:54:08 PM
Went to Blue Beetle tonight. It wasn't good. It wasn't bad, either. Probably closer to bad than good, though.

I'll be shocked if it makes any money.
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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Aug 18, 2023, 08:48:58 AM
I keep seeing promos for it, and all I get is, "go see it and support Latino representation in Hollywood!" I would imagine way more folks would support a good movie that has Latinos in it than would back a crap movie *just because* it has Latinos in it. If Hollywood wants to promote representation properly, do the folks the favor of not throwing them in shit flicks just so you can mark that off your diversity chell list.
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Post by: B E C K on Aug 18, 2023, 09:04:38 PM
There's a character in that movie named Milagro (Beetle's sister, I think) and that was the first time I realized Milagro was a legit Spanish first name. El Milagro is Schmoo's favorite corn tortilla brand.
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Post by: B E C K on Aug 19, 2023, 07:49:46 PM
I'm watching Puss in Boots: the Last Wish and I can feel the bloat on this movie. 102 minutes? For what fucking reason? Around 80 minutes for a kids movie max. Jesus Christ. And the dog is annoying. Personally, just because people that chitter on like this end me. He was needed to make the movie work but he was still annoying. I really liked the movie more pre-beard. I even laughed at a couple of parts. And the giant fight and wolf fights were cool. Goldi and her bears were hit and miss. I know I would've enjoyed this movie much more if it were more... concise, I guess. I rate this "needed more knock-off Jiminy" out of 10.
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Post by: Rama on Aug 21, 2023, 08:49:51 AM
I use to love Adam Warren


Anyway I saw The Last Voyage of Demeter and it was actually pretty good. Only the second time I’ve watched a movie with a main character named Clemens (spelled wrong of course) the other was Alien 3. Shame this movie of going to bomb hard.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Aug 21, 2023, 12:25:33 PM
I'm willing to bet Demeter is a much better movie than Blue Beetle. I chose... poorly.

I watched that new Monkey King thing on Netflix. Trash.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Sep 30, 2023, 02:37:06 AM
The Creator. Really good up until the last 15/20 minutes? It's like they weren't sure how to end it, and what they eventually settled on was just kind of meh.
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Post by: Rama on Oct 01, 2023, 10:10:55 PM
Be kind rewind.

I always heard about this movie but never set down to watch it. Came up on Max so I have it a chance. Not bad
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Post by: jonhammstein on Oct 22, 2023, 02:18:19 AM
Killers of the Flower Moon was really good, but 3½ hours is just too much movie for me these days. I just about freaked out near the end, but managed to powet through. Bloody hell.

Just to be clear, it wasn't anything in the movie itself that got to me, my mental endurance simply decided to try and flee the country after being subjected to 180+ minutes of sitting in a dark room staring at a wall.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Nov 10, 2023, 02:14:02 AM
Just got back from a 9:30 showing of Teh Mahvels. I think there might have been 7 of us in the room, total. Probably not a good sign.

The movie itself was... eh? I suppose it wasn't awful. Better than the first one. I seriously doubt this one has any chance of making over a billion dollars like the original did, though. Like, no hope in hell. Not that that's dictated by relative quality or anything. I think people are just fed up with superheroes in general.
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Post by: B E C K on Nov 10, 2023, 02:50:32 PM
Is there a story-reason why her outfit looks so fuckin' dirty? (I don't like Monica Rambeau's outfit either but at least it looks like she takes some 409 and a scrubbing brush to it.)
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Post by: jonhammstein on Nov 10, 2023, 06:39:52 PM
That part of the movie they all get a wardrobe change, and Captain Marvel looks like she picked hers up at Spirit Halloween. It looks like pajamas. Or some kind of track suit or something. Maybe she's going for a jog?

Yeah, her "updated" or "improved" costume or whatever you want to call it just looks cheap and bizarre. I can't explain it.
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Post by: Rama on Nov 12, 2023, 02:09:42 PM
I saw killers of the flower moon. It’s basically just 3 1/2 hours of Leonardo doing grumpy cat face.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Dec 01, 2023, 12:24:32 PM

I should hate this, but actually it kind of looks okay?
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Post by: Rama on Dec 02, 2023, 10:16:52 PM
Godzilla minus 1.


This movie was not bad. It was actually really good.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Dec 08, 2023, 03:03:53 AM
Godzilla was great. I'm having a really hard time imagining that upcoming Godzilla x Kong thing being even half as good as Minus One.

The Boy and the Heron was pretty good. Looked really nice. Not sure it's an all-time Ghibli, though.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Dec 29, 2023, 12:01:13 AM
Poor Things. Wonderful film. Surprised how much fucking there was. Probably the most fucking I've seen in a non-pornographic movie.

The Iron Claw. Another excellent flick. Super depressing, though. Like, God damn.
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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Dec 30, 2023, 09:34:37 PM
That whole story was legendary for its tragedy.
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Post by: B E C K on Jan 07, 2024, 11:02:20 AM
You guys sent me down the Wikipedia rabbit hole for this one and goddamn.
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Post by: Rama on Jan 07, 2024, 06:53:58 PM
I do want to see Iron Claw the midfortunes of the Von Erich’s are legendary
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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Jan 08, 2024, 11:55:51 AM
If Fritz had slipped in the tub and cracked his neck in the early eighties all of those guys would have likely been good but small-time wrestlers who wound up getting real jobs by the time they were 30, and all of them would likely still be living.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Jan 22, 2024, 11:56:18 PM
I watched Wish. Not great. A couple of the songs were a little catchy. The backgrounds/environments were all very flat/drab/dreary.

I don't think it's as insufferable as everyone says on its own, but when you factor in that it's supposed to be this grand centennial celebration of Disney's theatrical animated features... yeah. Kind of a dud.
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Post by: B E C K on Jan 23, 2024, 09:04:36 PM
Have you seen the concept art? The anthro star-man and the villain powet couple were such missed opportunities.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Jan 24, 2024, 01:51:22 PM
Wow. I hadn't heard about that, but having seen it now, it makes so much more sense how hollow the movie feels. What the fuck.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Feb 08, 2024, 03:00:45 PM
I watched American Fiction. It was really good, not sure what else to say about it. The trailer had me worried it might lean a little too hard into schmaltz territory, but that wasn't the case at all. I laughed a bunch, got choked up a time or two. I'm fairly confident it's a movie most people would enjoy.
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Post by: Rama on Mar 09, 2024, 03:47:44 PM
I really wanted to see American Fiction, but it is only playing one day here...and that's today...while I'm at work. So I won't get to see it. But the preview for that one looked like a winner.

I did see DUNE Part 2. I was super happy with Part 1, but as a fan of the book they did a few changes to the end of part 2 that I don't think make sense or I like.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Mar 09, 2024, 07:40:31 PM
Villeneuve's Dune movies are weird. They're really well made. Great performances. I was never bored. And yet, I'm not over the moon about them.

I hope he gets to make another one. I guess that's my endorsement?
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Post by: B E C K on Mar 09, 2024, 11:56:09 PM
But can you sleep to them like the Dune audiobook?
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Post by: jonhammstein on Mar 10, 2024, 03:46:59 AM
I originally came to Dune by way of Lynch's film, so when I tried reading the novel, I'll admit to finding it rather dry. :P
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Post by: B E C K on Mar 11, 2024, 07:41:12 PM
Well, it's great sleepin' material!  ;D
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Post by: Rama on Mar 11, 2024, 10:17:52 PM
Well, OK. I mean it’s my favorite book of all time but I guess you can sleep to it. But I tend to sleep to the Harry Potter books.
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Post by: B E C K on Mar 14, 2024, 12:52:57 AM
Look, a great sleepin' book is more than the content. It can't be a shitty book and it can't have a terrible audio book presentation either. One of my favorite books is Pride and Prejudice and I've only found a couple of versions that don't ruin it by shrieking Mrs. Bennett's lines. Kenneth Branaugh's reading of Death on the Nile was also a great sleeping book. I hated it when I had to turn that one in.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Mar 21, 2024, 06:21:02 PM

I'm so pathetically desperate for this to be amazing, but probably the most I can realistically hope for is that it's not awful.
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Post by: B E C K on Mar 24, 2024, 11:19:55 AM
Oh, God, I'm already cringing 12 seconds in. As pretty as slowed-down covers can sound, I'm over their use in movie and show trailers.

And why does Astrid Deetz look so boringly normal? Nobody wants that shit. She needed to be either gothy, punk, super fashionable or super girly. At least make her look like Wednesday, you lazy fucks. She's wearing shit off the rack from fucking Marshalls. She just looks like a normal kid. Boo! Beetlejuice was fun for the weirdos. No one wanted normies. That's why the stupid normies die at the beginning of the first movie.

Also, I think Lydia's progeny should've been a boy. A girl character threatens to repeat Lydia's role from the first movie where a boy would've been a fresher perspective.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Mar 29, 2024, 02:10:47 PM
Godzilla multiplied by Kong

It was fine. Much better than the previous one. So ridiculous, though. I was laughing at the absurdity of it.

Where do they even go from here, though? Aliens? And then the one after that they can send Godzilla and Kong into space to counterattack the alien planet. Or maybe they could do time travel. Backward or forward? Both?

It's all just so stupid.

Get Microsoft Copilot to write it.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Apr 18, 2024, 11:18:23 AM

I'm okay with them trying to make Transformers fun again.

And hey! No humans!
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Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Apr 21, 2024, 06:32:35 AM
Seems oddly like a Lego movie.
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Post by: jonhammstein on Apr 22, 2024, 07:47:46 PM

Cautiously optimistic...