Dave
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No it isn't.
[Movies] Talk about the last movie you saw 2: Electric Threadaloo
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Brace yourself. Disagrees incoming.
We're The Millers is worth it for the "Waterfalls" scene and the last outtake / prank in the credits based on that scene alone.
I loved that so much.
Are you ready for 22 Jump Street this year?
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
The missus wanted to see this.
Not too bad. Not amazing, and I'll probably forget about it in a few weeks, but its premise is interesting and relateable enough.
In particular, though, I appreciate how the movie makes you wonder what is real and what is not. Spoilers ahoy:
The missus wanted to see this.
Not too bad. Not amazing, and I'll probably forget about it in a few weeks, but its premise is interesting and relateable enough.
In particular, though, I appreciate how the movie makes you wonder what is real and what is not. Spoilers ahoy:
I personally think everything from the Greenland trip onwards is a massive daydream. There are too many unrealistic events, such as getting cell phone reception in the middle of the Himalayas, the over-dramatic shark attack, skateboarding perfectly down a lengthy and bendy road, and heck, even trading the Stretch Armstrong for the skateboard. However, I think the movie knows audiences are looking out for these inconsistencies, so they also have a bit of fun with it, making sure everything stretches plausibility, but never outright shatters it.
I'm actually kind of annoyed knowing that you won't be able to determine what is real and what isn't. I feel that the film would be better knowing that he actually does something with his life, rather than sit there contemplating whether or not he actually did.
Lone Survivor is tense as fuck, I actually needed to decompress after watching it. Also, possibly the best soundwork I've heard in a movie in a very long time.
Despicable Me 1 & 2
By god, I love these movies. Watched the second one just now and saw the first one last week. They're the perfect combination of heart, hilarity, and MINIONS!
By god, I love these movies. Watched the second one just now and saw the first one last week. They're the perfect combination of heart, hilarity, and MINIONS!
Those are some good kids flicks right there, can't wait for the Minions spin-off movie!
We're the Millers
Okay, that was pretty good. Wasn't crazy about some of the overly crude humour or over-reliance on the "Fuck Crutch" as a writing teacher called it once, but still pretty good. It got a couple of good laughs out of me, most especially that last outtake at the end of the movie as others have mentioned.
Okay, that was pretty good. Wasn't crazy about some of the overly crude humour or over-reliance on the "Fuck Crutch" as a writing teacher called it once, but still pretty good. It got a couple of good laughs out of me, most especially that last outtake at the end of the movie as others have mentioned.
It's a good thing Jennifer Aniston has a sense of humor, or that outtake could have gone a completely different way.
GasBandit
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Punch Drunk Love
I've seen this movie before, but it really is worth seeing again. If anyone ever wants to know if Adam Sandler can actually act, they need to watch this.
From the title, and from the fact that it stars Adam Sandler, you'd think it's a goofy, silly romcom. You'd be wrong. While there is a romantic element, it's also pretty dark, and deals with a guy that is highly troubled. Imagine if the average Adam Sandler character existed in the real world, and what a fascinatingly troubled mind that would make.
If you haven't, go watch it. It's streaming on Netflix.
I've seen this movie before, but it really is worth seeing again. If anyone ever wants to know if Adam Sandler can actually act, they need to watch this.
From the title, and from the fact that it stars Adam Sandler, you'd think it's a goofy, silly romcom. You'd be wrong. While there is a romantic element, it's also pretty dark, and deals with a guy that is highly troubled. Imagine if the average Adam Sandler character existed in the real world, and what a fascinatingly troubled mind that would make.
If you haven't, go watch it. It's streaming on Netflix.
It's directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, the creator of Boogie Nights, Magnolia, There Will Be Blood, and The Master.
I laughed my ass off at all the anticipated explosions during the highway chase.
Dave
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He's also excellent in "Reign Over Me". It seems that when he's got a real director and dials back the stupid shit he's actually really good. Too bad he hardly ever takes jobs where he can show it.
I watched "Oblivion" last night and was pleasantly surprised. I expected it to kind of suck and while it didn't break any new ground, it was a satisfying film.
What I thought the "big twist" was I thought was painfully obvious, but this turned out to not be the case. I mean, it was the case, but it wasn't the big twist I was thinking they were going for. It's worth a look now that it's not in theaters.
That's what I like so much about Dark City. It's like a pulp novel translated directly to the screen.
There's a good chance I'll get to see a movie in the next week, hopefully it will be Hobbit (ending B).
--Patrick
You mean the movie Matrix ripped all of it's ideas from?
Seriously, big fan of Dark City.
I was watching Caillou with my son the other day, which is heavy with voice-over, and I realized that voice-over is okay for little kids. Sometimes they need things explained to them. But a good film needs no voice-over. That's my new mantra: Voice-over is for babies.
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I would argue that it is easy to abuse, and is thus usually abused. Just about any rule of writing can and has been broken to great effect, but the "rules" are more like guidelines to good writing. Only an experienced writer is likely to be able to bend or break the rules because they have a deep understanding of the form.
The Batman movies need voice overs. Hell, thought balloons made up nearly half the dialogue of the Batman Comics that I used to read. That was the interesting part, being in the head of the greatest detective.
The VO at the beginning of Disney's Beauty and the Beast (read by David Ogden Stiers) is entirely appropriate. The opening of the movie is done in a storybook illustration/stained glass style, and the narration and Ken Burns effects evoke a feeling of being read to, allowing the audience to get sucked into the story.
The VO at the beginning of the theatrical Dark City foreshadows and spoils all the mystery the movie was about to build, and takes away its ability to keep the viewer's interest. I know it's there because someone thought the plot would be too far above the heads of the usual audience*, but the plot was supposed to unfold and inspire such WTFery that the audience would have to stay, compelled to see how it ends. Instead what we get is as if Iago addressed the fourth wall at the start of Othello to say, "Watch now as I taunt a man until he kills his beloved, and then himself. I am going to be such a dick!"
--Patrick
*THE MOVIE WAS NOT CREATED FOR THESE PEOPLE!
The VO at the beginning of the theatrical Dark City foreshadows and spoils all the mystery the movie was about to build, and takes away its ability to keep the viewer's interest. I know it's there because someone thought the plot would be too far above the heads of the usual audience*, but the plot was supposed to unfold and inspire such WTFery that the audience would have to stay, compelled to see how it ends. Instead what we get is as if Iago addressed the fourth wall at the start of Othello to say, "Watch now as I taunt a man until he kills his beloved, and then himself. I am going to be such a dick!"
--Patrick
*THE MOVIE WAS NOT CREATED FOR THESE PEOPLE!