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Wasabi Poptart
Finally got around to watching "Pineapple Express". After 20 minutes I shut it off. I thought it was going to be a really funny and entertaining movie. It was disappointing.
Talk about the last movie you saw
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Honestly it's a little slow to start, too. I recommend giving it a full viewing.WildSoul said:
Juski, I love ya, but I have to say I enjoyed Knowing a great bit. I thought Cage was fine, and the disaster porn throughout was really great and some of the best I've seen (Final Destination 4, take note). I thought the tone was very nice and creepy and well-done, and it actually had something to say about faith and predestination and all that.
The ending lost a lot of people, but I thought it was really good and well-executed.
The ending lost a lot of people, but I thought it was really good and well-executed.
Watched The Hurt Locker today, partially based on recommendations from here. T'was very good and a mostly well-paced, tense film. It kind of had a Band of Brothers vibe, that I really liked, but it also didn't have a strong plot, that I sometimes liked but sometimes didn't. It was very much a character piece (good) that didn't put the main character in the opening scenes (bad). Overall, it is a very worthwhile film to watch and I definitely recommend it. It gives a very good sense of Iraq circa 2004 and the mindset of people that put themselves into very, very dangerous situations regularly.
'Fanboys'
Meh...fitfully amusing, but too derivative and annoying to be truly entertaining. Although I suspect its a lot better than it had any right to be, given the pre-release hell it went through.
'Babe' and 'Babe: Pig in the city'
Played them for my daughter. She loved 'Babe' and laughed at all the cute talking animals. 'Pig in the city' made her cry and I turned it off about the point the guard dog was slowly and graphically drowning in the river, just after Babes life flashes before his eyes in a surreal slo mo sequence interspersed with disturbing flash frames of screaming adults and pigs udders.
Its an odd movie. :bush: Still like George Miller though...you never quite know what you're going to get with him.
Meh...fitfully amusing, but too derivative and annoying to be truly entertaining. Although I suspect its a lot better than it had any right to be, given the pre-release hell it went through.
'Babe' and 'Babe: Pig in the city'
Played them for my daughter. She loved 'Babe' and laughed at all the cute talking animals. 'Pig in the city' made her cry and I turned it off about the point the guard dog was slowly and graphically drowning in the river, just after Babes life flashes before his eyes in a surreal slo mo sequence interspersed with disturbing flash frames of screaming adults and pigs udders.
Its an odd movie. :bush: Still like George Miller though...you never quite know what you're going to get with him.
I actually loved Fanboys. There was nothing really awesome about it except, despite knowing every little weird trivia bit they put in there, I still felt like the least nerdiest Star Wars fan there (and I'm a nerdy frickin' Star Wars fan).
Also I admit I have a celebrity-crush on Kristen Bell ever since watching Veronica Mars.
Also I admit I have a celebrity-crush on Kristen Bell ever since watching Veronica Mars.
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Wasabi Poptart
Maybe I'll give it another shot when I'm less sleep deprived and have more patience for a movie that isn't what I expected right from the beginning.ElJuski said:
I just got done watching Dead Man's Curve. I pretty much have to spoiler tag anything to talk about the movie, but it was good. I really do enjoy Matthiew Lillard.
[spoiler:1u7t0szz]The only problem is that there were so many double/tripple crosses that it started getting kind of absurd.[/spoiler:1u7t0szz]
[spoiler:1u7t0szz]The only problem is that there were so many double/tripple crosses that it started getting kind of absurd.[/spoiler:1u7t0szz]
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Krull (1983): This 80s "gem" is fairly terrible. I somehow missed this one the first time around, and I'm kind of glad. This movie pretty much defines "slow pace" coming in at 2 dragging hours. Most of the running time is absorbed in uninteresting drawn out battles and scenes, like riding horses, that just take far too long for the content. A 31 year old Liam Neeson is in the movie, but mostly as a background character with few lines. The FX are subpar for 1983, and the music is fairly overwrought and terrible, being heavily derivative of "Mars" by Holst. The antagonists, an alien Beast and his Slayers, and not frightening or interesting. All in all, the movie tries hard but falls short. You want to like it, but you can't because it never feels like it gets off the ground.
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Really examine why you liked it, especially because you agreed with the viewpoint of the film. Did you like it because it presents well-thought out arguments, or did you like it because you agreed with it? Without knowing anything about you, I would say it's probably the latter, because I completely disagree with the former.Lally said:
I agree with it, but I didn't like it. There are some very good moments, like when he's talking to the guys at the Vatican, but most of it just seems to be a smirking mockery of religion without actually examining it at all. I especially felt that the self-righteous doomsday-prophesying sermon at the end undid anything that he might have accomplished with the rest of the film. This film is not one that will promote discussion about religion, and it will not change anyone's mind, and that's the greatest insult one can levy at a film like this.
I'm not saying that your reaction is "wrong" or that you are bad for having that reaction. However, it may behoove you to examine your reasons for liking it and see if they are really what you think they are. I would say this of anyone and any documentary, no matter the reaction.
I honestly find Religiulous to be as stupid a documentary as that one Ben Stein doc promoting creationism. I think there needs to be a division made between real documentaries that try to show the facts, arguments, promote discussion, and the documentaries that are just hour+ propaganda for their side.Kissinger said:
Topic shift: Who's going to go see 2012?
This remix of the trailer made me almost want to go see it.
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Almost.
This remix of the trailer made me almost want to go see it.
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Almost.
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What I liked about the documentary was that aside from a few people (the Jew for Jesus guy comes to mind) he wasn't directly laughing in people's faces and saying how ridiculous they were, he was just asking them why they believed things, and letting them hang themselves with their puzzled faces, non-answers, or stupid answers. Unfortunately, I think it's a message that is only going to appeal to the very open-minded (and the first people I think of when it comes to open-mindedness are the staunch fundamentalists, let me tell you), regardless of the execution.Kissinger said:
I absolutely agree with you about his doomsday monologue at the end. Usually, I am right there with Maher when he goes into his smarmy, condescending diatribes (see my recommendation to watch the monologues from the special features portion of the DVD), but that one put me off a bit. However, even though that's what he considers to be the final message to take away from the documentary, the final message I took away, and I think everyone should take away is, THINK. It's not sufficient to say "I believe this because the Bible says so" or "I believe this because I just have faith" because that's a copout answer, and it's a way to bury your head in the sand and get away from having to think about why you do the things you do.
So, ultimately, I guess what I'm saying is I like it because it has well-thought arguments. However, I agree with you that this movie is not going to start any real discourse about religion. At our current moment in history, a film like this, no matter how well-thought the arguments are, is not going to start any real discourse about religion, so I don't think that's a failing of the documentary.
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May see 2012. Here at the theater in my college town since its not part of a large consolidated empire like Reagal or any other similar variants.
On Tuesday nights if you show your univeristy i.d. you only have to pay 4.00's so it's not a total waste.
So he's done aliens, global warming and now he's going to do a myan apocolyptic movie huzza :eyeroll:
On Tuesday nights if you show your univeristy i.d. you only have to pay 4.00's so it's not a total waste.
So he's done aliens, global warming and now he's going to do a myan apocolyptic movie huzza :eyeroll:
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Got three dvds on offer, regretted my purchases but one.
Knowing
Awesome start, good middle then it turns shite and dissapointing. Add a worthless documentary in the DVD.
Liar Liar
How the hell did a movie shown widescreen get a normal tv format on DVD? The movie was great, but the dvd image, grainy, and having two vertical black bars sucked.
Lars and the Real Girl
Cute movie, the kind of comedy I like, making you laugh over situations , Luiza loved it, although when one thinks about it, [spoiler:3rc40byz]couldnt Lars also kill Margo if he finds another girl?[/spoiler:3rc40byz]
Knowing
Awesome start, good middle then it turns shite and dissapointing. Add a worthless documentary in the DVD.
Liar Liar
How the hell did a movie shown widescreen get a normal tv format on DVD? The movie was great, but the dvd image, grainy, and having two vertical black bars sucked.
Lars and the Real Girl
Cute movie, the kind of comedy I like, making you laugh over situations , Luiza loved it, although when one thinks about it, [spoiler:3rc40byz]couldnt Lars also kill Margo if he finds another girl?[/spoiler:3rc40byz]
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Black Blooded Brides of Satan.
Yes, that's the name of the last movie I saw. Black Blooded Brides of Satan, by Blood Ceremony Films, a cheapo indie film production company. They gave a midnight screening of the film on Saturday at Ropecon (the biggest RPG, TCG, LARP, general nerdity convention in Finland), with an introduction that included the following phrases:
"We're not making horror movies, we're making terror movies. So if you feel the need to leave the auditorium while cursing loudly, please do so. It's a compliment to us."
"We're losing money with every film we make"
"If anyone's interested in acting, wardrobe, modelling or whatever, we've got business cards here."
Basically it was like watching an utterly, horribly malformed '60s exploitation movie with Satanic rituals (including authentic plastic skulls and the high priest's office with the necessary skull throne), snuff film-making with three fat gimps, a maniacally laughing fat goth chick with a chainsaw, utterly horrendous acting, and about two farms' worth of pig-blood. Some left because it was so utter shite, but most of us stayed and laughed our asses off at the completely idiotic acting. In essence, these guys were giving Ed Wood a run for his money for the title of "Worst Movies Ever".
I hear their next project is about 18th century vampires. Anybody wanna guess if they got Brad Pitt for the lead?
Yes, that's the name of the last movie I saw. Black Blooded Brides of Satan, by Blood Ceremony Films, a cheapo indie film production company. They gave a midnight screening of the film on Saturday at Ropecon (the biggest RPG, TCG, LARP, general nerdity convention in Finland), with an introduction that included the following phrases:
"We're not making horror movies, we're making terror movies. So if you feel the need to leave the auditorium while cursing loudly, please do so. It's a compliment to us."
"We're losing money with every film we make"
"If anyone's interested in acting, wardrobe, modelling or whatever, we've got business cards here."
Basically it was like watching an utterly, horribly malformed '60s exploitation movie with Satanic rituals (including authentic plastic skulls and the high priest's office with the necessary skull throne), snuff film-making with three fat gimps, a maniacally laughing fat goth chick with a chainsaw, utterly horrendous acting, and about two farms' worth of pig-blood. Some left because it was so utter shite, but most of us stayed and laughed our asses off at the completely idiotic acting. In essence, these guys were giving Ed Wood a run for his money for the title of "Worst Movies Ever".
I hear their next project is about 18th century vampires. Anybody wanna guess if they got Brad Pitt for the lead?
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JCM
Jet Li vs Jason Statham? Seemed like a great movie, only then you get a short mediocre fight scene at the end, and a twist that isnt played out well. *ugh*
Yeah, this one sucked. I felt really terrible for getting duped into seeing it. Augh.JCM said:
Jet Li vs Jason Statham? Seemed like a great movie, only then you get a short mediocre fight scene at the end, and a twist that isnt played out well. *ugh*
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Just saw two, Curious Case, which I liked, very long but I just liked the general theme of it, some parts seemed dragged on but overall I enjoyed it and enjoyed the lightning scenes 
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Doubt I liked this movie a fair amount but for some reason to me it didn't feel like it was very well fleshed out more of like an episode of Law and Order, with the time they had it seemed like it hopped, and then just ended rather than be a huge struggle.
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Doubt I liked this movie a fair amount but for some reason to me it didn't feel like it was very well fleshed out more of like an episode of Law and Order, with the time they had it seemed like it hopped, and then just ended rather than be a huge struggle.
Watched Wall-E. After seeing Ed's criticism of it, I've come to the conclusion that back in Ed's day, they didn't have hearts. They had rocks.
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Ed hated Wall-E?
Hated Benjamin Button, loved Doubt.crono1224 said:Just saw two, Curious Case, which I liked, very long but I just liked the general theme of it, some parts seemed dragged on but overall I enjoyed it and enjoyed the lightning scenes
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Doubt I liked this movie a fair amount but for some reason to me it didn't feel like it was very well fleshed out more of like an episode of Law and Order, with the time they had it seemed like it hopped, and then just ended rather than be a huge struggle.
I wanted to liked Curious Case, honestly. I really did. But, a few things about it:
1) It was probably one of the most blantant displays of "Oscar Bait" I'd ever seen in my entire life.
2) It was about 30 minutes too long.
3) I swear, every single character in the movie would say something like "My goodness, Benjamin! You look to be getting older". Yeah, okay. WE GET IT. He's getting younger. GET ON WITH IT.
4) I'm not sure if the whole hosptial scenes in the present were needed at all. Especially the tacked on bit with adding the New Orleans flooding into it, which just seemed to be fishing for sympathy from the Oscar judges or something. It added nothing to the overall story.
1) It was probably one of the most blantant displays of "Oscar Bait" I'd ever seen in my entire life.
2) It was about 30 minutes too long.
3) I swear, every single character in the movie would say something like "My goodness, Benjamin! You look to be getting older". Yeah, okay. WE GET IT. He's getting younger. GET ON WITH IT.
4) I'm not sure if the whole hosptial scenes in the present were needed at all. Especially the tacked on bit with adding the New Orleans flooding into it, which just seemed to be fishing for sympathy from the Oscar judges or something. It added nothing to the overall story.
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I'll say the hospital scenes were unnecessary but I still liked it, it added a bit more drama to who he was and the sad part that he could never become a father at a certain point. I suppose a tad of strangeness of the possibility of meeting your father and being older than him (of sorts).
I never watched Benjamin Button because I've already seen Forrest Gump.
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