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Off Topic and Technical Support => Off Topic => Topic started by: sir_spamalot on 09 February 2014, 00:03:47
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With the 50th page of the last thread arrived at.... why not get an early start on what you guys are watching? Saw RED 2 on DVD recently with a review in the works and Friday managed to see Lego movie, which was way better than even I thought it would be.
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Went to go see The Monument Men today. Was fun.
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I've finally gotten around to watching the live action Space Battleship Yamato - I've been promising myself I'd watch it for ages.
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I've finally gotten around to watching the live action Space Battleship Yamato - I've been promising myself I'd watch it for ages.
I really enjoyed it, especially since it stayed true to most non-Hollywood films when it comes to the fate of main characters.
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I've finally gotten around to watching the live action Space Battleship Yamato - I've been promising myself I'd watch it for ages.
That was a good love/hate movie. Wish it has been truer to source sadly but at least the main character (the ship) looked good.
Just made some house guests sit through 'Enemy at the Gates', the 1942 German war movie 'Stukas' (recently restored), the 2013 Polish war movie 'The Battle of Westerplatte', and 'Redtails' yesterday because I didn't want to watch the Olympics highlights and thus commandeered the TV for an impromptu movie day.
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I saw The 13th Warrior the other night. It was awesome.
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I saw The 13th Warrior the other night. It was awesome.
I can watch that movie over and over; it's one of my favorites.
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I saw The 13th Warrior the other night. It was awesome.
It certainly is! And its chock full of great lines. O0
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Space Battleship Yamato turned out to be a lot of fun, although it left me with the vague feeling that I may have seen some of the show it was based on years ago... although I may be mistaking it for something else animated that feataured a capital ship with a hugely powerful beam weapon in the prow and a Captain with a heroic beard.
I like 13th Warrior as well, although the bit that always throws me out of the film for some reason is the thought of exactly how many bears must've been killed to provide hats for the Pictish horde that appears at the end... are bears extinct in Scandanavia?
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The LEGO Movie - Everything is awesome. See this movie.
Monuments Men - Mawkish and poorly plotted with shallow characterization. I'm pretty disappointed with George Clooney over this one guys. The cast is all good, but they have a bad script to work with and the villains of the piece are barely there at all. Skip it.
RoboCop (1987) - I'd buy that for a dollar!
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Watched Pacte de Lupus yesterday. It is my favorite Kung-Fu/Monster/political thriller/mystery/romance/French Revolution period piece. Ever.
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Watched Pacte de Lupus yesterday. It is my favorite Kung-Fu/Monster/political thriller/mystery/romance/French Revolution period piece. Ever.
Been a while since I've seen anyone mention that one. Good call!
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Hm.. Seems a posting i made (in the other movie thread before it got closed down) disappeared.
Since last wednesday was my 40th bday, i treated myself to some movies from our local 'DVD buyback store'. Got some decent ones (mostly older titiles i have not seen in a while, like Most wanted with Waynes and Voight, and hollow man 1 and 2)..
But i saw a pair of other decent movies i decided to NOT get as i wanted peoples opinions.
First is Bad company with Chris rock and Anthony hopkins and the 2nd was
Bait with Jamie foxx and David Morse.
If you had to pick just one, which would you go with??
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Sorry, garhkal, I can't help you with either of those movies.
Received Oblivion in the mail from Netflix; even though I saw it in the theater, I wanted to watch it in the comfort of my own home.
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Caught Ender's game this evening. Some what strange in how it ended, but it set itself up for a sequal nicely.
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Recently watched Riddick, not bad, but certainly not great. Bit of a return to Pitch Black, but without the low budget flair of the original.
About a month ago I watched Now You See Me, fantastic movie, beautifully crafted, well acted, great script, over all just a fantastic movie.
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Got around to seeing World War Z. I had thought that Paul Verhoven's execrable Starship Troopers was the single worst adaptation of a book to a movie until now. It made, quite simply, NO SENSE. The whole fast-moving-zombies was inane as well as the fact that Brad Pitt's character survives way too many times in situations that felt forced/contrived (Jerusalem, the airliner etc). I wonder if the screenplay's writer wiped his keister with Max Brooks' novel >:(. Complete and total thumbs down.
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Recently watched Riddick, not bad, but certainly not great. Bit of a return to Pitch Black, but without the low budget flair of the original.
About a month ago I watched Now You See Me, fantastic movie, beautifully crafted, well acted, great script, over all just a fantastic movie.
Now you see me was one of my top 5 films for 2013.. Pity it has not yet gotten any nods for the oscars/academy awards etc..
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Watched Walk Hard last night O0
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Got around to seeing World War Z. I had thought that Paul Verhoven's execrable Starship Troopers was the single worst adaptation of a book to a movie until now. It made, quite simply, NO SENSE. The whole fast-moving-zombies was inane as well as the fact that Brad Pitt's character survives way too many times in situations that felt forced/contrived (Jerusalem, the airliner etc). I wonder if the screenplay's writer wiped his keister with Max Brooks' novel >:(. Complete and total thumbs down.
That pretty much sums up the movie.
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Finally caught a damn fine 'magicians' movie, the Prestige with Hugh Jackman and Christian Bale.. Man was it good!
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Got around to seeing World War Z. I had thought that Paul Verhoven's execrable Starship Troopers was the single worst adaptation of a book to a movie until now. It made, quite simply, NO SENSE. The whole fast-moving-zombies was inane as well as the fact that Brad Pitt's character survives way too many times in situations that felt forced/contrived (Jerusalem, the airliner etc). I wonder if the screenplay's writer wiped his keister with Max Brooks' novel >:(. Complete and total thumbs down.
I liked World War Z even though it was nothing like the book. I did realise that it would be nothing like the book well before I ever got to see it, so that made all the difference.
If you can forget that it shares the name with Max Brooks' book, the movie is not bad. Sure certain things are contrived, certain things are impossible, but on the whole, it was pretty standard for an action movie, and a cut above a lot of them. Funniest thing I saw about it though was on my forum at work, where one employee was complaining that the movie wasn't realistic. Not because of the plane crash or the wall, or anything like that, but because the zombies were able to run. :P
Another employee pointed out that its a zombie movie, realism headed out the door before the first draft of the script.
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I liked World War Z even though it was nothing like the book. I did realise that it would be nothing like the book well before I ever got to see it, so that made all the difference.
If you can forget that it shares the name with Max Brooks' book, the movie is not bad. Sure certain things are contrived, certain things are impossible, but on the whole, it was pretty standard for an action movie, and a cut above a lot of them. Funniest thing I saw about it though was on my forum at work, where one employee was complaining that the movie wasn't realistic. Not because of the plane crash or the wall, or anything like that, but because the zombies were able to run. :P
Another employee pointed out that its a zombie movie, realism headed out the door before the first draft of the script.
to mean world of Z only got good during the second half when they were in the hospital wish the whole movie was in that just one setting. I mention before what I didnt' like about it and I didn't read the book. Just know enough that it has very little to do with it. Some thing were ok but I never like fast zombies.
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Got around to seeing World War Z. I had thought that Paul Verhoven's execrable Starship Troopers was the single worst adaptation of a book to a movie until now. It made, quite simply, NO SENSE. The whole fast-moving-zombies was inane as well as the fact that Brad Pitt's character survives way too many times in situations that felt forced/contrived (Jerusalem, the airliner etc). I wonder if the screenplay's writer wiped his keister with Max Brooks' novel >:(. Complete and total thumbs down.
Like Nightlord, I rather enjoyed the movie, as I saw it as an offshoot in the same universe as the novel rather than an adaptation. The book was unfilmable, which isn't a criticism--I enjoyed the book far more than I thought I would, even with some of the more egregious wallbanger parts. But it wasn't a book that lends itself to adaptation to the screen.
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I never read the book for World War Z (my review here (http://www.paulsvalleydailydemocrat.com/artsstories/x703125171/-World-War-Z-less-graphic-but-still-a-thrilling-ride) if you want to see that), which may have helped my impression. I actually enjoyed the different take on zombies, more insect like and immediately threatening versus the slow and many times comical ones you could take out at will from a proper vantage point. ;)
That said, finally finished my review for RED 2 which I saw on DVD a couple of weeks ago.
http://www.paulsvalleydailydemocrat.com/moviereviews/x1708326780/-Red-2-milder-but-improved-villain
My full thoughts on the Lego movie coming soon.
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Finally caught a damn fine 'magicians' movie, the Prestige with Hugh Jackman and Christian Bale.. Man was it good!
The Prestige is a really great movie. It's something of a 'forgotten' Nolan film because people skip from Memento to Inception and the Batman movies when talking about him, but they really shouldn't.
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Never bothered with Memento, but loved Inception.
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I'm watching The Great Escape again. Watched it maybe three weeks ago, but I just read the book and now I want to watch the movie again.
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Never bothered with Memento, but loved Inception.
If you get a chance to watch it, Memento is a great movie. In fact, it certainly kept Nolan on my "must watch" list and have seen all of his movies.
I'm watching The Great Escape again. Watched it maybe three weeks ago, but I just read the book and now I want to watch the movie again.
Awesome movie. I might have to watch this tonight O0
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Awesome movie. I might have to watch this tonight O0
Its my top favorite movie. Were else can I watch Maverick (James Garner), John Hammond-the old dude from Jurassic Park (Richard Attenborough), Paul Kersey-Death Wish (Charles Bronson), Ernest Stavros Blofeld-James Bond (Donald Pleasence), Our Man Flint (James Coburn), and Illya Kuryakin-The Man from Uncle (David McCallum) all in one movie?
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If you get a chance to watch it, Memento is a great movie.
Yea, it is definitely something you need to see at least once.
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For Valentines day my wife rented Captain Philips for me. It was very romantic, until the movie started. :D heh. I really enjoyed it. Great tension, Hanks in fantastic (and should have gotten the Oscar nom, even if Twelve Years is going to sweep.) I know it isn't how it happened, but still a solid, film.
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Saw previews for a new Redford film, All is lost. So picked it up from redbox last night, and man should i have heeded the critiques on this one. Boring as heck, little to know dialogue, and real poor acting.
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Just got done watching "Turbo" - very fun movie, loved the various voice talent.
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Despicable Me 2 with my ill little girl.
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If you get a chance to watch it, Memento is a great movie. In fact, it certainly kept Nolan on my "must watch" list and have seen all of his movies.
The thing about Memento that drives home for me how good it is, is that if you watch the scenes in chronological order (a hidden special feature on the special edition DVD), it's still a strong and compelling film.
Saw previews for a new Redford film, All is lost. So picked it up from redbox last night, and man should i have heeded the critiques on this one. Boring as heck, little to know dialogue, and real poor acting.
What you describe is basically the opposite of the movie I and the critics I read saw. All Is Lost was one of my top 5 from last year. There is almost no dialog, but I don't know how you could consider the movie boring or Redford's acting poor. He has to sell every bit of his quiet determination and growing frustration and desperation with just his body language, and he does it masterfully. In fact, if I wanted to hold a master class in how to act, this would be a movie I'd feature.
After watching the original RoboCop last weekend, I revisited Starship Troopers to see what Verhoeven signatures I could see across both movies. Still one of my favorites, in part because of how misunderstood it frequently is.
Then I went to see RobertCop in theaters, and while it had some good instincts, it didn't come together in a satisfying way. Not a great movie, and clearly inferior to Original Recipe.
Lastly yesterday I watched Akira Kurosawa's High and Low, which was absolutely stunning. Kurosawa's mastery over camera movement and his use of TohoScope widescreen is really beautiful. This is now one of my favorite movies.
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Last night I watched The Numbers Station staring John Cusack. It was ok. Cusack certainly plays the role of a burnt-out CIA operative well, considering he's played similar roles before. Liam Cunningham was in it as well, but not enough screen time in my opinion.
I also started watching Decision Before Dawn, an early 50's WWII movie with Richard Basehart. I couldn't stay up to finish it, but the premise was interesting.
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What you describe is basically the opposite of the movie I and the critics I read saw. All Is Lost was one of my top 5 from last year. There is almost no dialog, but I don't know how you could consider the movie boring or Redford's acting poor. He has to sell every bit of his quiet determination and growing frustration and desperation with just his body language, and he does it masterfully. In fact, if I wanted to hold a master class in how to act, this would be a movie I'd feature.
From my (and my mother's perspective) his 'body language/facial expressions were almost the same through out.. The lack of dialogue was also grating to watch. For some movies it might be ok for 10 or so minutes to be all silent. BUt the entire movie? Sorry.
Last night I watched The Numbers Station staring John Cusack. It was ok. Cusack certainly plays the role of a burnt-out CIA operative well, considering he's played similar roles before. Liam Cunningham was in it as well, but not enough screen time in my opinion.
Numbers station i felt was decent enough.. 5.5/6 out of 10..
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Last night I watched The Numbers Station staring John Cusack. It was ok. Cusack certainly plays the role of a burnt-out CIA operative well, considering he's played similar roles before. Liam Cunningham was in it as well, but not enough screen time in my opinion.
Now that one was a very interesting movie. Subtle, a light thriller to spend the evening with. Even ended on a slightly good note. Not the best but definitely one that if it came up on the rotation or suggested to me to watch again, it would be back up on the screen.
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Got my Lego Movie review done..... http://www.paulsvalleydailydemocrat.com/moviereviews/x2039928060/-Lego-Movie-a-spectacular-adventure-empowering-message
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The 10th Kingdom.
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Got my Lego Movie review done..... http://www.paulsvalleydailydemocrat.com/moviereviews/x2039928060/-Lego-Movie-a-spectacular-adventure-empowering-message
Did you go see it for yourself, or cause you had kids that wanted to go?
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Did you go see it for yourself, or cause you had kids that wanted to go?
No kids, saw it because I wanted to. Why should I have to have kids to go an animated movie anyway? ;)
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No kids, saw it because I wanted to. Why should I have to have kids to go an animated movie anyway? ;)
I just saw it, I didn't have any kids with me.
I wanted to take my nieces with me, I don't think they would of liked the movie.
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No kids, saw it because I wanted to. Why should I have to have kids to go an animated movie anyway? ;)
You shouldn't. its just most people i know of DO only see those animated movies cause they have kids.. not just cause the want to/
Anyway, i rewatched imo a great tom hanks film, The Terminal, last night. One thing that bothered me about it.. He was seen using the sinks in one of the rest rooms to 'wash up (then assumed to continue to do so through out the rest of his 9+ months stay there), but was never seen washing his clothes.. So we are left to assume he had some means to wash/dry and iron them since we never saw him in wrinkled clothes..
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I watched Yojimbo last night, which is a great movie but (in my opinion) not Kurosawa's best.
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I have only seen one out of the several best picture nominations (Captain Phillips), but I love the Lego Movie inspired posters here.... http://cheezburger.com/202245?ref=whatspopular
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Now that Season 3 is out on DVD, I've watched Episodes 1 through 4 of "Game of Thrones." Definitely enjoying the season so far.
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Now that Season 3 is out on DVD, I've watched Episodes 1 through 4 of "Game of Thrones." Definitely enjoying the season so far.
Lol saw in my kindle spent the entire day watching it. I am satisfied. Season ending lack the big climatic end seen of the first two season. You know the dragons being born and seeing the ice zombies. (why do I want to call them walkers, I am thinking too much of walking dead)
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Everyday Music in our area is having a half-price for used videos sale. Picked up Heston's The Omega Man used on Blu-ray last night for two bucks. I loved this movie as a kid! I cannot tell you the number of times my friends and I would sleep out in the back yard with flashlights taped onto our toy guns. I looking forward to watching it again.
Also picked up Dog Soldiers at the same time. One of the most underrated action-horror films.
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GoT Episodes 5 and 6 in the bag; Baelish, you are a douche canoe.
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Star Wreck: In the Pirkinning.
Great spoof and even better space battle!
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Batman 1989
I am among those rare people that actually prefers Burton's vision of cape crusader over Nolan's vision. I really think that Burton's style fits better to comic book movie and that Keaton is good at being both Batman and Bruce Wayne while Bale was only good at being Bruce Wayne.
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Personally, I preferred the animated version to any of the live action versions of Batman.
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Platoon.
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Casablanca was on TCM Friday night, which was a treat.
Saturday I saw Taken 3: This Time It's Airborne. It was fine, but not special, and Lupita Nyong'o was criminally underused.
Yesterday I watched The Royal Tenenbaums. Wes Anderson doesn't work for everybody, but I'm glad he does for me because I loved it.
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Saturday I saw Taken 3: This Time It's Airborne. It was fine, but not special, and Lupita Nyong'o was criminally underused.
I've been told that Liams "Non stop" is taken in the air by others. Since i liked taken 1 and 2, i should like this..
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Its my top favorite movie. Were else can I watch Maverick (James Garner), John Hammond-the old dude from Jurassic Park (Richard Attenborough), Paul Kersey-Death Wish (Charles Bronson), Ernest Stavros Blofeld-James Bond (Donald Pleasence), Our Man Flint (James Coburn), and Illya Kuryakin-The Man from Uncle (David McCallum) all in one movie?
I agree, a classic film. On a related note I crack up every time I see the NCIS episode when one of the ladies asks Gibbs what Ducky (David McCallum) was like when he was younger and he almost cryptically replies "Ilya Kuryakin."
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Well I was catching up on some of my DVDs collection. I just finish watching some of them this past week. The first was Ender's Game 8) I like this film ,but never read the book 8 out of 10. The second was Man of Steel :o 8) I like this alot 10 out of 10. I'm not SuperMan fan boy ,but like this updated story and the actors and actress in it were great. Now third film World War Z [watch] good zombie flick 7 out of 10, the only problem I had with film was Jerusalem. I did not think IDF were that bad not have better cap over the walls of Jerusalem. That all for now
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Finally saw Catching fire.
I loved the roll that the recently deceased PSH had in the film, and mourn that we won't see him reprise it for the Mockingjay pair of films to round out the trilogy.
I didn't really like the 'PTSD issues she showed, even if they would have realistically been happening for someone so young thrust into the gape of killing others.
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Well I was catching up on some of my DVDs collection. I just finish watching some of them this past week. The first was Ender's Game 8) I like this film ,but never read the book 8 out of 10. The second was Man of Steel :o 8) I like this alot 10 out of 10. I'm not SuperMan fan boy ,but like this updated story and the actors and actress in it were great. Now third film World War Z [watch] good zombie flick 7 out of 10, the only problem I had with film was Jerusalem. I did not think IDF were that bad not have better cap over the walls of Jerusalem. That all for now
cities tend to be noisy and the zombies only start to climb when one sole radio started blasting. Yeah that part of the movies was the head scratcher. I think its main contribution was to get him from there to Russia.
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Finally saw Catching fire.
I loved the roll that the recently deceased PSH had in the film, and mourn that we won't see him reprise it for the Mockingjay pair of films to round out the trilogy.
Actually, we will. He apparently only had a week left of shooting on the two movies. That week was going to involve what was described as an important scene, but it's unclear to what degree he was important to that scene. They haven't announced how they plan to work around his death, but we probably shouldn't expect them to. At any rate, the role is not going to be recast.
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cities tend to be noisy and the zombies only start to climb when one sole radio started blasting. Yeah that part of the movies was the head scratcher. I think its main contribution was to get him from there to Russia.
IIRC it was not a radio playing, but that group of kids/refugees who just started singling loudly at "Being saved"..
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"Boondock Saints" - courtesy of Netflix, I finally got around to watching it. Brilliant piece of work, Dafoe really shines in it.
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"Boondock Saints" - courtesy of Netflix, I finally got around to watching it. Brilliant piece of work, Dafoe really shines in it.
Watch the second one if you can. Not as good as the first but I still loved it.
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"Boondock Saints" - courtesy of Netflix, I finally got around to watching it. Brilliant piece of work, Dafoe really shines in it.
I sprayed beer out of my nose and fell out of my chair the first time I saw the scene with the cat. It was just so unexpected...
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I sprayed beer out of my nose and fell out of my chair the first time I saw the scene with the cat. It was just so unexpected...
I had too rewind it to make sure what had happened; loved it! (Not that I have anything against cats, mind you.)
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And now finished with season 3 of Game of Thrones. Maybe it's because of all the hype about it, but the "Red Wedding" sequence didn't really wow me or piss me off. Yeah, a couple of favorite characters were offed, but none that I was really attached to.
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I picked up "Layer Cake" from the bargain bin today for $4. Great movie that was sorely overlooked when it came out.
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And now finished with season 3 of Game of Thrones. Maybe it's because of all the hype about it, but the "Red Wedding" sequence didn't really wow me or piss me off. Yeah, a couple of favorite characters were offed, but none that I was really attached to.
I am figuring you got spoil a bit by the time you got the red wedding so it wont have the same impact if you seen it the first time and without book knowledge. Me having read the books was already spoil, but I did enjoy it mostly cause it was years since I read the books and I lost track of some of thing that need to had happen. We do know that it start to get dicey soon unless the books start to pop out in rapid succession
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I am figuring you got spoil a bit by the time you got the red wedding so it wont have the same impact if you seen it the first time and without book knowledge. Me having read the books was already spoil, but I did enjoy it mostly cause it was years since I read the books and I lost track of some of thing that need to had happen. We do know that it start to get dicey soon unless the books start to pop out in rapid succession
The only amount of spoiling I had was that there was a lot of killing at a wedding. I purposefully avoided spoilering myself beyond that. The way some people had reacted, I expected a lot more of the main characters to have been offed.
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I'm watching Thor: The Dark World right now.
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"Ender's Game" - a decent adaptation of the novel, and I'm okay with the changes they made.
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O0 I to just finish watching Thor Dark world last nite.
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And now finished with season 3 of Game of Thrones. Maybe it's because of all the hype about it, but the "Red Wedding" sequence didn't really wow me or piss me off. Yeah, a couple of favorite characters were offed, but none that I was really attached to.
It's mostly that everyone who was a decent person was at the wedding and for once, whatshisface the old dude that married his daughters would be a decent person and NOPE! Thus crushing any hope of the North kicking down the door to the Lannisters and putting them in their place.
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Watching RED 2 right now. Good movie, but not quite as good as the first. In particular, Cathrine Zeta Jones's character seemed tacked on.
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It's mostly that everyone who was a decent person was at the wedding and for once, whatshisface the old dude that married his daughters would be a decent person and NOPE! Thus crushing any hope of the North kicking down the door to the Lannisters and putting them in their place.
I consider Tyrion to be a decent person.
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I have Pitch Black on right now.
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Saturday I watched The Dark Knight Rises and Thor: The Dark World. Both are enjoyable-if-flawed films, but I prefer the former's flaws to the latters.
Yesterday I watched 300: Rise of an Empire, which was honestly pretty boring and forgettable. Later I watched American Graffiti, which is probably Lucas' best film (much as I love Star Wars), and a really great companion piece to Dazed and Confused. I hope there's some similarly talented filmmaker out there working on a similar movie about high school when I was going through it.
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Since I haven't posted here in a while, here are the last two movies I reviewed....
Mr. Peabody and Sherman
http://www.paulsvalleydailydemocrat.com/moviereviews/x1984786673/-Mr-Peabody-and-Sherman-unexpectedly-a-heartwarming-treat
Gravity on DVD (one of many oscar nominated flicks I missed in theaters)
http://www.paulsvalleydailydemocrat.com/moviereviews/x787222242/-Gravity-a-volley-ball-free-Cast-Away
Hope to get my thoughts out on Ender's game soon.
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Saturday I watched The Dark Knight Rises and Thor: The Dark World. Both are enjoyable-if-flawed films, but I prefer the former's flaws to the latters.
I watched Thor: The Dark World on Sunday and again on Monday, I actually enjoyed it more then the first Thor, and the only real quibble I had with it was Firgga's death, which didn't really serve much purpose other then to get Loki on board with Thor's plan, and seems to have very little emotional impact.
Last night I watched Airplane!, one of my favorites. I had no idea it was on Netflix until last night.
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Just saw Lone Ranger a few days ago. I was in no mood to watch a movie, but the wife really wanted to, so I caved in. I was expecting a western with lots of special effects, but otherwise similar to the tv show. Wild Wild West is basically what I was expecting. I enjoyed it a lot more than expected, mainly because it didn't take itself seriously and played around with many of the iconic things of the original show.
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I watched Thor: The Dark World on Sunday and again on Monday, I actually enjoyed it more then the first Thor, and the only real quibble I had with it was Firgga's death, which didn't really serve much purpose other then to get Loki on board with Thor's plan, and seems to have very little emotional impact.
Last night I watched Airplane!, one of my favorites. I had no idea it was on Netflix until last night.
Yeah, that was a real Stuffed into the Fridge (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/StuffedIntoTheFridge) moment.
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I watched Thor: The Dark World on Sunday and again on Monday, I actually enjoyed it more then the first Thor, and the only real quibble I had with it was Firgga's death, which didn't really serve much purpose other then to get Loki on board with Thor's plan, and seems to have very little emotional impact.
Last night I watched Airplane!, one of my favorites. I had no idea it was on Netflix until last night.
your right that moment only serve two purposes first it establish that loki is a true mother boy. He taught him all he know about magic tricks and that it gave him motivation to help thor. Other than that she really had little impact to the movie. One has to remember in a 2hour movie you end up with throw away characters and in some occasion you wish they threw away, I am looking at you jar jar.
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Getting ready for Godzilla this summer, so I have been going through my old Toho classics to get the pallet ready. Hit up the 1959 classic Battle in Outer Space. One of my favs, I just love the entire flying saucers vs. rocket fighter ending. They don't make them like that any more! 8)
BTW last summer to get ready for Pacific Rim, I watched all the old Gamera movies. And I threw in season one of Ultraman. I still have that stupid Ultraman song in my head!!!! [rockon]
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I am watching Starship Troopers, all of them and in order. I think I can take the cornyness of these movies.
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I am watching Starship Troopers, all of them and in order. I think I can take the cornyness of these movies.
Will that include the animated movie, Starship Troopers: Invasion?
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Put up my review of Ender's Game yesterday.... http://www.paulsvalleydailydemocrat.com/moviereviews/x1984796390/-Ender-s-Game-a-fantastic-adventure-despite-associated-problems
Managed to survive Divergent (saw out of boredom and lack of other things playing in town)... going to have a bit of fun reviewing that one... :D ;)
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I have heard mixed stuff on divergent. So i will hold off till it hits redbox.
AS for me, got a new "Liv schriber" film, Last days on mars to watch tonight.
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Will that include the animated movie, Starship Troopers: Invasion?
Yep, I couldn't do a marathon without it. Not as corny, but it has its moments.
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Yep, I couldn't do a marathon without it. Not as corny, but it has its moments.
There was a cartoon movie for Starship Troopers?
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Watched Europa Report with the guys this week. Probably the best found footage movie ever made. Definitely a good space movie.
We did a little talk about it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtMi3IIDbPU (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtMi3IIDbPU) (Immature mature content)
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There was a cartoon movie for Starship Troopers?
Yup, not actually bad but really not the movie. Takes more cues from the books.
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Well got through the last days on mars ok, but was left wanting more at the end.. Did his message to mission control get responded to?? What WAS the deal with that bacteria??
Tried watching The Counciler (Brad pit, michael fassbender, camron dias) but could not get past 30 min in it was 'imo so damn boring..
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Watched a few movies in the last week.
13 Assassins - A pretty good Japanese period piece, with lots of swordfights and action.
Star Trek: Into Darkness - Better than the first movie, but still misses the mark of what made the original series so good and full of plot holes you could fly the Enterprise through.
Pacific Rim - Great action movies with excelent special effects. Not a cinema classic by any means but good mindless fun.
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Galaxy Quest for the 100th time.
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I'm incapable of thinking about that movie without wishing that Will Wheaton had been cast as a rabid fanboy who complained about how having a kid on the show totally ruined it.
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I'm incapable of thinking about that movie without wishing that Will Wheaton had been cast as a rabid fanboy who complained about how having a kid on the show totally ruined it.
hehehe that be great and I bet he would love to do it too giving his impression on his own character. He was just a young teen that didn't know how to work with writer into creating his character better. He got stuck showing off his I.Q. with people ignoring him and just ending up going see I told you so like a spoil brat. 90% of the writing to him was if there a problem, he will resolve cause he is smarter then everyone else, especially those that are train to do fix such problem. How can you NOT HATE that character??
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I'm incapable of thinking about that movie without wishing that Will Wheaton had been cast as a rabid fanboy who complained about how having a kid on the show totally ruined it.
What, galaxy quest? Why would they have ruined it with Will Wheaton being in it?
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No, Wil appearing as a character who was complaining about how having a kid on the show Galaxy Quest (in other words, the fictional show within the movie) ruined it.
Basically, have Wil Wheaton appearing in the movie as the kind of fans who complained about how Wesley Crusher ruined Star Trek TNG.
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Last night I watched "Sinister" [AAAH]
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I watched Sweet Smell of Success over the weekend, which is a deliciously acidic movie about the depraved world of publicity in 50's New York. It has some of the most crackling dialog I've ever heard.
"I'd hate to take a bite outta you. You're a cookie full of arsenic."
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Watched 'Gravity' last night. Of the 3 adults watching it, 1 really liked it (me, I personally thought it was amazing), 1 thought it was so-so, and one hated it. To those of you who have seen it what are your thoughts?
-Gunz
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Gravity is a phenomenal exercise in filmmaking, and one of the most inspiring technical examples of the art that I've ever seen. Cuarón and Lubezki (the director of photography) have such great vision and control of the camera in capturing those long takes and the grandeur & isolation of space. I'm just sad you didn't get to see it on a big screen.
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No, Wil appearing as a character who was complaining about how having a kid on the show Galaxy Quest (in other words, the fictional show within the movie) ruined it.
Basically, have Wil Wheaton appearing in the movie as the kind of fans who complained about how Wesley Crusher ruined Star Trek TNG.
That fanboy is Justin Long first movie. So do we thank or say no thank you to that cast director?
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Gravity is a phenomenal exercise in filmmaking, and one of the most inspiring technical examples of the art that I've ever seen. Cuarón and Lubezki (the director of photography) have such great vision and control of the camera in capturing those long takes and the grandeur & isolation of space. I'm just sad you didn't get to see it on a big screen.
I have it for tonights viewing pleasure.. So will let you know later.
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I'm just sad you didn't get to see it on a big screen.
Oh but I did! I watched it in blur ray on my HD projector. Is an 7' x 11' foot screen considered 'big'? ;D
-Gunz
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Last night I watched "Sinister" [AAAH]
I really liked that movie. A little warning, if you want to watch it avoid the trailer. It gives waaay too much away.
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Well got through Gravity. Solid 3 out of 5 stars for me. Was real surprised we
A) Never got any actual scenes in mission control (would have been nice to see Ed harris rather that just hear him)
B) never got to see the rest of the shuttle crew other than just in mention/their dead bodies later
C) never find out what happens to the good Dr? Does she survive (heck where the blazes did she land?)
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Oh but I did! I watched it in blur ray on my HD projector. Is an 7' x 11' foot screen considered 'big'? ;D
-Gunz
For most movies, yeah. For Gravity that's still pretty small. :) I still live in regret that I didn't have an IMAX theater in my area I could see it in.
A) Never got any actual scenes in mission control (would have been nice to see Ed harris rather that just hear him)
B) never got to see the rest of the shuttle crew other than just in mention/their dead bodies later
Showing them would have undercut the isolation which is at the core of the film. If we start bringing other people into the movie, the viewer is no longer able to share in that isolation and it robs the film of a lot of its impact.
C) never find out what happens to the good Dr? Does she survive (heck where the blazes did she land?)
She makes it back to Earth and solid ground alive. Her character arc is coming to terms with her daughter's death and learning that there's still a reason to live. At the end, we know she's found that and it's simply unnecessary to show anything else that happens. Does it really matter where she landed?
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Good point on the isolation, but in the intro/before the isolation part happened, it would have still been good to have had a scene or two in mission control.
As to the latter part. DO we KNOW she is rescued? She was stranded it seemed on an island, with no one around, and we heard on the radio transmission that the rescue was being aborted.
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Watching Wing Commander.....a bad movie but had some good Space Battle shots.
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Last night I watched Cheech & Chong's Next Movie. Haven't seen that one in years O0
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I am on a samurai kick. Zatoichi the blind swordsman. And yojimbo right now. The zatoichi movies are just so well done. And yojimbo is a must have for any kurosawa lover.
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And here's my review of Divergent...
http://www.paulsvalleydailydemocrat.com/moviereviews/x1316961198/-Divergent-only-as-terrible-as-the-audience-you-see-it-with
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Nice rundown..
I watched 2 tonight.
A van damme flick, welcome to the jungle. Lots of cuss words and general crastness to the film, but otherwise a decent 2.5 out of 5 stars.
And Saving Mr Banks. LOVED IT.. My only gripe is it seems Emma Thompson seems to always play the same type of character.. Brooding and eccentric.
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Good point on the isolation, but in the intro/before the isolation part happened, it would have still been good to have had a scene or two in mission control.
I disagree. I think it's important to set up the isolation from the very beginning; to know that there really is no one else that can help. What would it actually add to the film to have such a scene?
As to the latter part. DO we KNOW she is rescued? She was stranded it seemed on an island, with no one around, and we heard on the radio transmission that the rescue was being aborted.
It's thematically unimportant. She's already survived the crucible of space, in which - the movie plainly tells us - life is impossible. She's also come through the crucible of her grief and has an actual desire to survive. In light of that, mere terrestrial isolation is peanuts.
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Maybe for you it was enough.. For me and my mother, it was lacking.
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Having recently watched Pacific Rim and with the new Godzilla movie coming out this year I had a taste for some Kaiju action. So, I slipped the Gamera Trilogy into my player (Gamera: Guardian of the Universe, Gamera 2: Attack of Legion, and Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris). Some pretty entertaining stuff, if you're into Kaiju movies. ;)
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"Hot Fuzz" - great cast and a great deal of fun.
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Having recently watched Pacific Rim and with the new Godzilla movie coming out this year I had a taste for some Kaiju action. So, I slipped the Gamera Trilogy into my player (Gamera: Guardian of the Universe, Gamera 2: Attack of Legion, and Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris). Some pretty entertaining stuff, if you're into Kaiju movies. ;)
You could make the argument that those are the greatest Kaiju movies ever made. If you are a fan, read what you can on the director of those films. He wanted to do Godzilla movies but Toho wouldn't let him. They gave him Gamera instead. Of course when he knocked Gamera out of the park, Toho green lighted his Godzilla project. While his Godzilla movies are good, they are not as good as the Gamera trilogy. A wasted opportunity IMHO. On the other hand, if not for him Gamera would have joined Trigrapa(sp?) Gorgo(sp?) and Vivran (sp?) as forgotten monster moves.
BTW do you have the original ADV release? The Tiger Lily style redub is worth the price of admission alone. Hilarious!
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Watched Stand Up Guys with the guys. It's got Walken, Pacino, and Alan Arkin. There's something of a a slow start, but it's well acted and solidly constructed.
We discuss it at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wdgVgFrWz4 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wdgVgFrWz4)
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Stand up guys was only OK for me. With that list of 3 great names i expected it to be much better.
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Tucker & Dale vs. Evil!
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Tucker & Dale vs. Evil!
Any good? Its on my list.
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It's a fun movie.
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I had an auteur-driven weekend watching first The Grand Budapest Hotel and then Noah. I unreservedly recommend both.
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Shaolin vs. Wutong on my own, Frozen with my wife and daughter.
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Just arrived home from seeing Noah, and let me tell you that I could rant about that for days. PM me if you want details. It's quite confusing even for me to understand and I've even researched this stuff. I'd warn people that it's quite confusing and may not be suitable for children.
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I think that the director said it was supposed to be a survival-horror story.
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Just watched 47 Ronin.
Bland, not really all that entertaining, can't recommend it to anyone tbh.
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Just watched 47 Ronin.
Bland, not really all that entertaining, can't recommend it to anyone tbh.
Which just annoys the hell out of me. The Chūshingura is such a classic.
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Which just annoys the hell out of me. The Chūshingura is such a classic.
Well, it was an unfortunate mish-mash of western and oriental ideals, something had to give.
In this case, it was excitement. :P
It was the love story, and the prominence of the half breed that sunk it for me.
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Watching Gettysburg right now. One of my favorite Civil War movies.
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A very mixed feelings review of NOAH! ;)
http://www.paulsvalleydailydemocrat.com/moviereviews/x1316965754/-Noah-character-a-victim-in-flood-epic
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Well, it was an unfortunate mish-mash of western and oriental ideals, something had to give.
In this case, it was excitement. :P
It was the love story, and the prominence of the half breed that sunk it for me.
That's pretty great to hear. It looked that way from the trailer, but I had a small doubt that I was actually missing out on a hidden gem.
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Watching Gettysburg right now. One of my favorite Civil War movies.
Much prefered Glory to gettysburg.
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Much prefered Glory to gettysburg.
I've only seen Glory out of the two...
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I watched Modern Problems last night, a Chevy Chase movie from 1980. A fun movie, kinda cheesy at times but it has it moments. The funny thing is that I was thinking about this movie a couple of weeks ago, couldn't remember the title, then found it on Netflix last night.
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My wife took me to see Veronica Mars last night. I was a big fan of the series, and the movie was great for the Marshmallows, but I could see where someone jumping in at that point would be pretty lost. But friends who went and saw it and never new anything of the show other than "plucky girl detective" enjoyed the story for itself.
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Caught 2 'snoozers' last night. Jackie Chan's newest flick, Chinese Zodiac. Almost akin to his earlier work Operation Condor and the like. Poor acting and plotline, decent fight scenes. That's all it had imo going for it..
The 2nd was The bag man with John Cusak and Robert De niro. Man how both of them could put their names to such a poor movie is beyond me. Not even worthy of 2 stars out of 5.
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Watched Gravity over the weekend, really enjoyed it, and I wish I could have seen it in the theaters. I don't think my little 32" HDTV does it justice.
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Saw the last half of Iron Giant yesterday. Man, that's still such a great movie.
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Saw the last half of Iron Giant yesterday. Man, that's still such a great movie.
Agreed.
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Hellraiser was our movie of choice this week. It held up as well as you could want for a movie made in '87, but it's just so wicked crazy it's impossible not to be a little charmed by it. Also, it stars Andrew Robinson, who played Garak in Deep Space Nine, so that's a plus.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jYE0v_4iLA (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jYE0v_4iLA)
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Watched 'The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaugg' last night. Now I enjoyed the first movie well enough, and I loved the LotR Trilogy, but this movie just wasn't what I expected. Having read the book wwwwaaaaayyyyyy back in the day I am wondering how they are going to get a 3rd movie out of the last 30 pages or so of the book from where this movie left off.
-Gunz
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Saw Gravity in the cheap theater ($3 Whoo!) Glad to have seen it on the large screen, though this I would have liked to see in 3-D. It was fun, in an intense way, and my wife wished we had seen it at Cinetopia, because she could have used a drink, or two.
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Watching Gettysburg right now. One of my favorite Civil War movies.
It's up there for one of the great Civil War movies. It had some great parts in the movie.
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Watched 'The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaugg' last night. Now I enjoyed the first movie well enough, and I loved the LotR Trilogy, but this movie just wasn't what I expected. Having read the book wwwwaaaaayyyyyy back in the day I am wondering how they are going to get a 3rd movie out of the last 30 pages or so of the book from where this movie left off.
-Gunz
Two words: Peter Jackson.
It doesn't matter how little you give him to work with, he will still drag it out forever.
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80s binge!!
Past three days after work I've watched Robocop I, Diehard I, and Terminator I. Tomorrow is the first Indiana Jones movie.
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Just got done watching home front. Very good movie, though i would have liked to have seen Statham arrest the sheriff for turning a blind eye for as long as he did.
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Just watched The Passion of the Christ for the first time last night. I thought it wasn't half bad.
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Got a couple of reviews for my last two movies watched....
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
http://www.paulsvalleydailydemocrat.com/moviereviews/x1535563808/-CA-Winter-Soldier-a-salute-above-the-average-sequel
Rio 2
http://www.paulsvalleydailydemocrat.com/moviereviews/x493464277/-Rio-2-average-effort-but-still-a-family-win
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Got a couple of reviews for my last two movies watched....
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
http://www.paulsvalleydailydemocrat.com/moviereviews/x1535563808/-CA-Winter-Soldier-a-salute-above-the-average-sequel
Rio 2
http://www.paulsvalleydailydemocrat.com/moviereviews/x493464277/-Rio-2-average-effort-but-still-a-family-win
I watched Captain America: The Winter Soldier last night, and I agree with your review O0
Also picked up Gravity on Blue Ray the other day, so I watched that again and some of the special features.
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I caught Top Secret on cable!
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The Running Man!!!
Need my bad Arnold quotes!
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Saw out of the furnace and Grudge match. Out of the furnace was decent, 2 out of 5 stars. But man was it slow and the ending just was to quick imo.
Grudge match was a lot better, a solid 4 of 5 stars to me.
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I caught Top Secret on cable!
Really good movie example of the 80's teen comedy. We all watched License to Drive this week for the movie club (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PyFtHGdRoq0), and it was just...awful.
It's puzzling that thirty years ago there was this titanic genre massive enough to contain so much range, but it's nonexistent now.
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I watched about 10 minutes of Down Periscope last night before I remembered how much I hate Roy Schneider.
That guy is not funny. He's more like anti-funny: he's so unfunny that he destroys any humor that comes near him.
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Really good movie example of the 80's teen comedy.
Top Secret! is teen comedy? More like spoof comedy, IMHO.
I watched about 10 minutes of Down Periscope last night before I remembered how much I hate Roy Schneider.
That guy is not funny. He's more like anti-funny: he's so unfunny that he destroys any humor that comes near him.
I don't care much for him, either, but that movie is worth it just for Kelsey Grammer's dead-pan comedic timing.
Watched the first half of the second GI Joe movie. I guess I will finish it later but I wasn't very enthusiastic about the first half.
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Zatoichi meets yojimbo this is sheer samurai awesome goodness. I love toshiro mifune
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I watched about 10 minutes of Down Periscope last night before I remembered how much I hate Roy Schneider.
That guy is not funny. He's more like anti-funny: he's so unfunny that he destroys any humor that comes near him.
Normally i would agree. How ever he was decent in Down periscope. As was the rest of the cast.
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I caught Wing Commander on TV and decided to give the movie a chance. My resolve lasted for about a five minutes.
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I watched about 10 minutes of Down Periscope last night before I remembered how much I hate Roy Schneider.
That guy is not funny. He's more like anti-funny: he's so unfunny that he destroys any humor that comes near him.
I feel the same way about Chevy Chase and Will Ferrell. Fine for sketch comedy, but gawdawful in movies. :P
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Yeah, I don't like them, either.
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Watched last night "IronMan3".
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I haven't seen anything since Winter Soldier myself.
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I feel the same way about Chevy Chase and Will Ferrell. Fine for sketch comedy, but gawdawful in movies. :P
Will Ferrell is like some other comedy actors these days. They only seem to go in for how much crastness they can bring.. (such as the hangover trilogy, end of the world).. But i did like him in "stranger than fiction" and bewitched.
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Harry Potter: Deathly Hollows Part 1
This is first time that I saw this one and I will defenetly also watch Part 2.
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I feel the same way about Chevy Chase and Will Ferrell. Fine for sketch comedy, but gawdawful in movies. :P
I do not like Will Ferrell nothing he has been in did I find entertaining. However for Chevy Chase his best movie was Caddy Shack.
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I thought Rodney Dangerfield was much funnier than Chevy Chase in Caddyshack.
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Dangerfield was probably the best in that movie but Chase was good that is why I said that's his best movie
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I do not like Will Ferrell nothing he has been in did I find entertaining. However for Chevy Chase his best movie was Caddy Shack.
Well, if you aren't counting the Griswold Vacation movies... my favorite of those being Christmas Vacation. O0
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I watched the TMNT movie from 1990 last night. I knew Casey Jones looke familiar... he was the chief in The Killing. Oh, how time takes a toll.
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I watched the TMNT movie from 1990 last night. I knew Casey Jones looke familiar... he was the chief in The Killing. Oh, how time takes a toll.
I am actually looking forward to the reboot they are getting.
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I am actually looking forward to the reboot they are getting.
Why?
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Jaws and Jaws 2!
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CBGB (is that right?) a good movie about the music scene in NY in the 70s. Rickman was awesome as always.
Showing the kids MST3K a little at a time. We got The Blood Waters of DR Z last night. A great episode. Next up is Prince of Space.
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I watched the TMNT movie from 1990 last night. I knew Casey Jones looke familiar... he was the chief in The Killing. Oh, how time takes a toll.
I think he was also the protagonist for The Prophecy, not that the movie really needed one.
Top Secret! is teen comedy? More like spoof comedy, IMHO.
I might have been thinking Real Genius, which is a bit more in that idiom.
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Will Ferrell is like some other comedy actors these days. They only seem to go in for how much crastness they can bring.. (such as the hangover trilogy, end of the world).. But i did like him in "stranger than fiction" and bewitched.
I have been surprised at how much I like Ferrell's work in a few things. Elf, Stranger than Fiction and Blades of Glory I rather enjoyed. The list I have avoided or disliked is rather larger, though.
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Why?
I think Kevin Eastman said he is involved in this one. He and Peter Laird of late have been pushing for a tone similar to that of the original Mirage line. The 1990 movie had some elements of it, but also blended the over the top nature of the animated series. Generation Turtles is old enough to handle the grittier setting of the '84 series.
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I think Kevin Eastman said he is involved in this one. He and Peter Laird of late have been pushing for a tone similar to that of the original Mirage line. The 1990 movie had some elements of it, but also blended the over the top nature of the animated series. Generation Turtles is old enough to handle the grittier setting of the '84 series.
Last I heard, Michael Bay was directing and the origin of the turtles was being changed to space. How I desperately hope I heard wrong.
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Last I heard, Michael Bay was directing and the origin of the turtles was being changed to space. How I desperately hope I heard wrong.
Not directing. Producing, and the space thing not going to happen. As far as anything else... speculation. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teenage_Mutant_Ninja_Turtles_(2014_film)
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The "turtles from space" thing was actually that the movie was taking place in an alternate dimension the turtles crossed into, which in the TMNT universe sense, makes them aliens. But, that was supposedly a script that was scrapped.
I wonder if the "aliens" thing was confused for the Utrons part of their origin.
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Watched Transcendence, it was okay. Not good, not really bad, just blah. If you want to watch it in a theater, wait until it hits the discount theater (I went during the matinee time, instead of prime time).
There could have been so much more done to show what a person in a computer could do to out think people that is was quite sad, plus the ending could have been much better.
What should have happened:
The first attack can be a surprise, but Will should have been ready for the second. From there, use his nanotechnology fired from pressurized air cannons to auto-steer to hit the artillery. Clouds of robosquitos attack the group, and anyone with a flamethrower is attacked by the fired nanotech. The RIFT, mercs, and government types take shelter in the building they prepped with copper sheathing, and bunker down.
Will then goes to meet with Dr Tagger, and asks why he never called in the 2 years Will has been building his facility. The government agent replies that the only number available goes to an automated service. Will just looks at him in a 'you idiot' expression, and Dr Tagger facepalms. Will states that all armed RIFT members will remain within the building, the mercs can only go out if they are unarmed, while the government agent and Dr Tagger are welcome to wander around. Will explains that a year earlier he invested in an asteroid rendezvous launch, and the probe contained the necessary equipment to start Von Neumanning the rock. It has power to keep Will alive, a computer core for Will to think, and enough nanotech to slowly build. The facility shown in the movie was just the distraction to focus everyone's attention.
As they are talking, have one of the mercs decide to make a run for the main facility. The other mercs cover the fanatic, and Will cannot stop him. The merc has a USB hookup to upload the virus that was developed, and is goingto upload it into Will's main core. (somehow) the fanatic manages to get into the facility, and heads for the main core. Will turns to Bree, and explains that he cannot stop the fanatic. He tells her that if the fanatic reaches his core and uploads the virus, that ~50 million people are going to die within 24 hrs (plane crashes, critical medical support, etc). If she can delay her fanatic by a minute, Will can make those systems autonomous (with reduced efficiency, since Will was coordinating everything). Also, if the fanatic succeeds, it will cause the deaths of ~2 billion people over the next year.
She tries to call him over the radio, but her radio is broken (gunfire). Will lets her speak over the building comm systems, but the fanatic refuses to listen. Relaying through the fanatic's radio Bree tries again, but the fanatic tosses it away, thinking Will is trying to deceive him. The fanatic reaches the core, and uploads the virus. Will mentions that he only managed to get the number down to ~15 million within 24 hrs.
As the virus spreads, you see the world going dark. Will and Evelyn have uploaded to the asteroid, so are safe. The Agent and Dr tagger look at Bree, and tell her that her fanatic just killed humanity, as we will have to relearn everything. She looks at them, defiant, as they got rid of the AI threat. But then the mercs walk over. One of them mentions that he has a daughter on life support in a hospital, and her actions just killed his daughter. He shoots her, but not a killing shot. Several mercs follow, each of them giving a name, and that she killed their relative. Each gunshot also shows the expression that her fear and fanaticism in her beliefs has just killed humanity. She finally falls down, to die alone and miserable.
Followup:
Dr Waters travels to Will and Evelyn's house, and starts to take care of their garden. He had loved Evelyn, and had promised to take care of her. The least he can do now is take care of the garden.
Will is standing on the surface of the asteroid, with his wife, and they look out over the stars, seeing all the potential.
The employees of Will's company also come together, and they hold hands. You see the nanotechnology connect them briefly, and they say they will help humanity recover.
Lesson - fanaticism is the enemy, not technology.
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The review I read for Transcendence said that it looked nice, but there was a 404 error when you tried to find the plot.
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Why?
Cause that animated POS they had a few years back was crap. And i would like to see them back on the screen in live action. Have not seen many DVDs for the trio of films they had in the late 80s-early 90s..
The review I read for Transcendence said that it looked nice, but there was a 404 error when you tried to find the plot.
So another good idea, done in by directing/plot.
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Cause that animated POS they had a few years back was crap.
I take it you mean TMNT. Turtles Forever was a fun idea and showcases the evolution of the franchise.
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Crocodile Dundee 2. I haven't watched that movie in years.
Doesn't look as good streaming from Netflix, but still a good use of a Friday night.
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I take it you mean TMNT. Turtles Forever was a fun idea and showcases the evolution of the franchise.
Indeed.
Watched Planet of the Apes recently. Still a classic that's a hybrid of Star Trek and The Twilight Zone.
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I was feeling all intellectual and stuff, so I watched Mr Popper's Penguins. Then I watched the Avengers Assemble movie, because I didn't get to go to the comic fair today after all.
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I take it you mean TMNT. Turtles Forever was a fun idea and showcases the evolution of the franchise.
That i did..
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John Carter: A Princess of Mars O0
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I saw God's Not Dead on Friday. Other than the music, it was pretty good.
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John Carter: A Princess of Mars O0
I thoroughly enjoyed that movie in the theater, and it's a bummer it got such pitiful marketing support. I would have liked to see a sequel.
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Watching a classic Roman Holiday.
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I thoroughly enjoyed that movie in the theater, and it's a bummer it got such pitiful marketing support. I would have liked to see a sequel.
Same here. I thought they did a great job creating the world, its a shame they'll never revisit it. :(
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Watching the original Mad Max. I haven't seen it in over twenty years. Wow is it dated.
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Same here. I thought they did a great job creating the world, its a shame they'll never revisit it. :(
Just watched John Carter the other day, I always enjoy it. Agreed, would love to see a sequel but Disney totally blew it with marketing.
Watching the original Mad Max. I haven't seen it in over twenty years. Wow is it dated.
I have this on Blue-Ray. I thought it aged rather well, but that's just me.
Velocity was showing Senna last night to commemorate the 20th anniversary of his death, so that was my evening viewing pleasure O0
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Caught 47 ronin last night. A very good film. Though man did Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa look old.. Also, i didn't know he was an army brat (just checked his IMDB page)..
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I saw a preview for TMNT while at Amazing Spider Man 2 - the preview was horrible, the Turtles look BAD. They're all CGI and the character models are.. I really can't describe how horribly terrifyingly BAD.
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They look deformed.
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"Deformed" is clearly inferior to "mutated". Sad but true.
But I do totally agree. Rubber/plastic costumes appeared much more appealing than what the preview for this new installment showed.
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It's quite possible to do good looking CGI. The problem with the new Ninja Turtles is that they look like extras from the Toxic Avenger.
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Watching a classic Roman Holiday.
Great movie.
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Watched Paul walker's the Hours last night along with Legend of hercules. The latter was a decent film, but a little too much like the style of 300 and Immortals for my liking. Also not one actor in it did i recognize other than the ruskie who played the teacher/care giver to the princess (he was the fatherly baddie in taken 2).
Hours was an ok flick too.
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Finished Mad Max, followed up with Road Warrior, and now on Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome.
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The Houma Movie Club watched C.H.U.D. this week. I was really surprised at its quality. The acting, directing, writing, effects, and editing were all okay, but each had a handful of glaring errors that made the whole thing just shy of being a really solid film. I've never really wanted to see a movie remade until now and I mean that in the best way possible.
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I'm re-encoding videos for a convention, so I'm going to be at the PC all day again. I've just finished John Carter, which I always find entertaining, and I'm about half an hour into Mirror, Mirror which I've watched a couple of times before, and which I find somehow more appealing than the heavy grimdark of Snow White and the Huntsman which came out at roughly the same time here. Maybe I'm just in an odd mood, but I find the quirkiness of Mirror, Mirror rather appealing, right down to the giant dwarves and modern language.
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Watched Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone last night with the family. I have REALLY got to stop watching CinemaSins (Everything Wrong With...) on youtube... I'm starting to ruin some of my fav movies on purpose now.
-Gunz
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Finally got around to watching "Django Unchained" after it sat around on my coffee table for about two weeks. Figured it was time to watch it or send it back to Netflix.
Decent enough flick, decent acting all around. I was told today the scene where Leo cuts his hand and it's bleeding was supposedly unscripted.
I'm curious if others got the sense that Stephen was the one that actually ran Candyland, kind of like a puppeteer.
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Politics alert?
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Politics alert?
Never heard of it.
Watched The Family with Robert De Niro. After Meet the Fokkers and Analyze This, I safely assumed De Niro comedies were all insultingly bad. A friend of mine put on The Family and I was surprised that it had some dramatic meat on its bones. I would have preferred if they'd done some things differently, but it was good overall.
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Finally got around to watching The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug. Pretty good.
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Just got around to see Dark Knight Rises. It's not Dark Knight, but ok.
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Finally got around to watching The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug. Pretty good.
I found myslef really trying hard to like it more than I did...it just had a strange 'feel' to me vs the other movies of the series.
Been hooked on the series 'Grimm' on Amazon Prime. Had a rough start but has really gotten good about half way through the first season.
-Gunz
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I found myslef really trying hard to like it more than I did...it just had a strange 'feel' to me vs the other movies of the series.
Been hooked on the series 'Grimm' on Amazon Prime. Had a rough start but has really gotten good about half way through the first season.
-Gunz
Me too, I have one more disk and I am done with season one. Just finished the leave it to beavers episode. I like the humor on the show, like how the Vesen react to him.
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Agreed, though I wonder how they recognize that he can see the Vesen form. Did they all grow up second guessing anyone who looked at them weird as a grimm?
-Gunz
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Monroe said that when they beast out, he reacts to it. Maybe he emits a smell or he may just give a facial clue that gives him away. It has shown that they have to be close to each other for the vesen to pick up on the Grimm. In both the goat episode and the bird episode the villain went all beast and the Grimm saw them. But the Vesen didn't react to him or ever catch on to him till they got close.
Or in the Bat episode the Vesen assumed that both cops were Grimms. So maybe he could tell there was a Grimm, but not witch one of them was him. Now this was even after the Grimm "outed" himself when he arrested the bat.
Or it is more likely that the Vesen will react to the grimm however the plot demands. :D
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They explained this a couple of episodes ago in the currently airing season.
Spoiler tagged in case people don't want to know until they get to that point of the show.
Monroe and Rosalee tell Nick that his eyes are like bottomless black pools when they vulga (or however it's spelled when they beast-out). But they kind of implied they sometimes see that even when they don't.
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That makes sense...
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That would be a pretty good giveaway, lol. And also explain why they need to be close to tell. Just finished the first season last night, the cliffhanger with Juliette was pretty much how I expected it to go down but I DID NOT see the twist with the 'woman in black'. I am really enjoying this show. ;D
-Gunz
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I watched The Dictator, which was funnier than I expected it to be - Cohen can be a bit hit and miss for me - and then Dead Heads, which unfortunately was a comedy that didn't make me laugh once. It could be me - Super Troopers had the same problem - but I'm mulling over the comment on the cover from Screenjammer that declares it's "...sure to find itself becoming a cult classic".
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My kids were watching "Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2" the other day, and I would peek up at the screen from time to time. Is it just me, or did the famous scientist (and his lackeys) seem to be done in a style very similar to "Dexter's Lab"?
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Haven't shared my reviews lately.... been quite a few I've done...
12 Years a Slave
http://www.paulsvalleydailydemocrat.com/moviereviews/x1396847318/-12-Years-a-Slave-worth-a-look-not-a-stare
Dallas Buyers Club
http://www.paulsvalleydailydemocrat.com/moviereviews/x1985488839/-Dallas-Buyer-s-Club-soars-with-powerful-characters
Secret Life of Walter Mitty
http://www.paulsvalleydailydemocrat.com/moviereviews/x493485917/-Walter-Mitty-an-amazing-portrait-of-ambition
Saving Mr. Banks.
http://www.paulsvalleydailydemocrat.com/moviereviews/x493477402/-Saving-Mr-Banks-once-again-shows-how-art-shouldnt-always-imitate-life
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I haven't seen it yet, but i'm liking the trailer for Frank. I'm working on making his "most likeable song, ever" into my ringtone. I'm a tad embarassed to say I never heard of Frank Sidebottom prior to reading an article about Frank the movie. I'm enjoying the footage of RL Frank and his eternally cheerfull, childlike happiness.
Oh, and i'm going to see Foxcatcher this weekend.
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"The Lone Ranger" - good popcorn flick; got a bit of a "Princess Bride" vibe from it.
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Watched Pompeii and Monuments men sat night, and War inc tonight. The latter was one heck of a satirical look at commercialism and politics, and typical fare imo from Cusack and his wife. Monuments men was a decent historical war flick and had some good one liners. Pompeii was a very good film, and loved Kiefer's turn as being a bad guy.
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Just got done watching "42", and before that "Monuments Men". Enjoyed both very much :-)
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Watched the Starving Games, a spoof off of the Hunger Games.
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Watched the Starving Games, a spoof off of the Hunger Games.
Did it feature the late John Pinette? That would have been perfect.
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Watched the Starving Games, a spoof off of the Hunger Games.
There are 2 spoof films, that one and the hungover games. Neither looks interesting enough to me to watch as both seem to be akin to the hangover etc.
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Walter Hill's The Warriors. The original, non-comic booked version.
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Iron Man III; lots of fun and the post-credits scene didn't disappoint.
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Saw Tapped out, a MMA focused film with Michael Beihn, Lyoto Machida and Anderson Sylva. Not bad, but wished they had a bit more with anderson and lyoto.
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Rewatched Starship Troopers 3.
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Emperor.
This was a good movie. Took a chance on it and was rewarded. No one came off looking much better than they were... I was impressed by the movie.
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Watched Maleficent this weekend with a friend. She was more into it but even I agree it was a good movie and they did a good job of bringing a more adult spin on an old fairy tale. Jolie carried the movie, her acting was quite good. Though I rather expected it to get darker than it did and involve more revenge.
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I spent all weekend working on the booklet for a convention I'm helping run at the end of the month, so I had the tv on to listen to/watch while I was working. Watched Avengers Assemble again, which I always find entertaining, and then rewatched Firefly through followed by Serenity. There need to be more space cowboy heist movies.
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Since it was mentioned in either this thread or its predecessor, I added "Enemy At the Gates" to my Netflix DVD queue, and it arrived today (well, yesterday, technically). Watched it and definitely enjoyed it, though the end seemed familiar, so I may have watched it before, possibly in '07 when I was deployed to the UAE, and they had a lot of movies on the MWR hard drive.
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I always laughted at that. Seeing such catering to piracy and illegal downloading on bases in the gulf, and even having rules for how many MB of vids/music/games people could bring back with them.
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I saw RIPD the other night on tv. It wasnt as bad as some people have made it out to be, it wasnt GOOD but it wasnt terrible either.
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I saw RIPD the other night on tv. It wasnt as bad as some people have made it out to be, it wasnt GOOD but it wasnt terrible either.
I watched RIPD and thought it was ok, but I like the fact that it seems to be a Dark Horse comic turned into a movie - I think there are some other Dark Horse comics that could make very good movies, given a chance.
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I'm watching a old classic right now. I'm watching Cannonball Run.
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I'm watching a old classic right now. I'm watching Cannonball Run.
Such a fun movie. Watching the out-takes, it's a wonder they even got the movie finished.
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Jack Reacher. I enjoy the many subtitle nods in this. Particularly the classic feel to the car chase scene, and Robert Duval's character wearing spent brass for earplugs. Loved it just as much the second time as I did seeing it in the theater. The villain is a little hollow, but seeing his number one minion get what's coming, was very satisfying. If I'm being honest.
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With the hammerfisting the knee's jack does, i wonder what fighting style he uses?
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Just finished watching Manos: Hands of Fate - the MST3K version.
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Just watched Blackfish.
A very disturbing documentary, to say the least.
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Just watched Blackfish.
A very disturbing documentary, to say the least.
It was, I've also noticed Sea World has been having a difficult time getting acts to perform for them since then. And number of visitors has gone down as well.
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California just tried to pass a law completely banning orca shows last year. It didn't (to my knowledge) succeed, but I think the days of keeping performing orcas in captivity are numbered at this point.
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Or at least ones in the US.
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Just got done re-watching "The Man With One Red Shoe," courtesy of Netflix. Still one of my favorite movies; man, is Tom Hanks young...and he's using a Walkman - hehe. Oh, also important - Carrie Fisher in a leopard print bikini. [drool]
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"Expendables 2" - fun for what it was.
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The Monuments Men. Not a great film, not a bad film, just very episodic and disjointed. It would have made a better miniseries, but I don't think you would have had the outstanding cast for TV.
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With the stars it had i thought it would have been a lot better too.
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Finally watching The Guild on Netflix/Youtube.
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"Red Dawn" (the remake) - not bad, on par with the original, I think, and they did a good job of keeping it up-to-date as far as current tech.
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I was surprised how much i liked the remake of red dawn, but was surprised they killed the one brother the way they did.
Last night i watched Jack ryan, shadow recruit. Loved it!
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Just got through watching "The Usual Suspects", "Dread", "City Heat" and a bunch of Anime and TV Series I've got on DVD.
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Doesn't count as a "movie" per se, but I've started watching The Guild. I'm half way through season three.
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Watched Priest last night, going to watch Ghostbusters 1 and 2 on Wednesday.
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I just realized I posted watching The Guild on here twice.
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I just realized I posted watching The Guild on here twice.
Anything worth doing is worth doing...twice? ;)
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Time Bandits. O0
Worth watching twice.
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Recently went to check out Godzilla 2014. Much better than the Matthew B. version. Seems to have made good on keeping to our lovable lizard's true theme. Caught "Falling Down" on cable for the first time and marveled out how much and how little our society has changed.
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Recently went to check out Godzilla 2014. Much better than the Matthew B. version. Seems to have made good on keeping to our lovable lizard's true theme. Caught "Falling Down" on cable for the first time and marveled out how much and how little our society has changed.
Falling down to me, was a very under rated movie.
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"The Monuments Men" - excellent cast and an overall enjoyable movie.
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Well, looks like this thread could use a bump. It's a been a relatively quiet summer as far as movies go.... can't recall when so few big buzz movies were released (at least in the month of June). Anyhoo, though I really tried to enjoy it, here's my thoughts on the latest Transformers.... http://www.paulsvalleydailydemocrat.com/moviereviews/x611406915/-Transformers-4-causes-attention-spans-to-go-extinct
Also reviewed this since the last time I posted.... http://www.paulsvalleydailydemocrat.com/moviereviews/x1669975547/-How-to-train-your-Dragon-2-nearly-great-in-every-way-a-sequel-can-be
And these two:
http://www.paulsvalleydailydemocrat.com/moviereviews/x1760097300/-Maleficent-a-gorgeous-redefinition-of-classic-tale
http://www.paulsvalleydailydemocrat.com/moviereviews/x1760081814/-Days-of-future-past-joins-best-of-X-franchise
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Until they wise up and ditch Michael Bay, I'm not bothering with further Transformers flicks.
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Until they wise up and ditch Michael Bay, I'm not bothering with further Transformers flicks.
I just keep watching the '84 cartoon movie.
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I just keep watching the '84 cartoon movie.
ditto
[suspicious]And I did enjoy 'Dragon 2[/suspicious]
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I just keep watching the '84 cartoon movie.
That was my introduction to Weird Al Yankovic.
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Mine was Naked Gun.
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Saw Accepted this evening. A nice counter culture look at colleges. And i loved it they stuck it "to the man".
Though i am really disliking Jonah Hill. He seems to always play the same sort of character...
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Saw Dawn of the Planet of the Apes recently.... review to follow shortly, but first..... a stage adaptation of a classic animated movie! ;)
http://www.paulsvalleydailydemocrat.com/moviereviews/x1667068311/Lyric-s-Little-Mermaid-not-an-A-but-better-than-a-sea
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The wife and I went to see Lucy starring Scarlet Johansen.
Save your money.
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As soon as I heard the line about 10% of the brain in the trailer I figured that they weren't setting the bar terribly high.
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Why do you say save your money? What was wrong with it that its not worthy of seeing it in a theater?
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"How to Train Your Dragon 2" in wonderful 3D - absolutely worth the ticket price. As good as, if not slightly better than, the first movie.
Been re-watching some favorites:
"Down Periscope." (Still pretty damn funny.)
"Sneakers" (Also still pretty funny in places)
"Crimson Tide." (It's a damn shame Hackman retired from acting; he's superb in everything I've seen him in. Yes, that even includes his role as Lex Luthor opposite Christopher Reeve.)
"Mr. Mom." (Decently funny, but I picked up an undercurrent in the movie I hadn't before - basically that it seems Aaron Spelling and/or the scriptwriter were against women in the workforce.)
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Watched 'Noah' last night and it was actually really good. Oddly enough it felt like watching a mixture of Transformers and Lord of the Rings. ;D
-Gunz
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As promised, my thoughts on Dawn of Apes.....
http://www.paulsvalleydailydemocrat.com/moviereviews/x864251222/-Dawn-of-Apes-takes-franchise-to-best-level-yet
as well as Planes 2 for the heck of it....
http://www.paulsvalleydailydemocrat.com/moviereviews/x197376145/-Planes-Fire-and-Rescue-a-fun-flight-for-those-not-dead-inside
Hercules will be my next review.
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Watched 'Noah' last night and it was actually really good. Oddly enough it felt like watching a mixture of Transformers and Lord of the Rings. ;D
-Gunz
You're the first person I've seen that has liked it...
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Memphis Bells
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You're the first person I've seen that has liked it...
Without crossing into rule 4 territory lets just say I went into it as I would any other movie that is a work of fiction. I didn't have any preconceived notions as to what it should have been and instead just enjoyed it as a well put together movie with an interesting plot, well paced story and memorable scenes.
-Gunz
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"Sneakers" (Also still pretty funny in places)
I'd have loved to see them make a sequel to that. BUT it was still good for its time.
As for Noah.. I will be catching it either tomorrow or Friday.
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Why do you say save your money? What was wrong with it that its not worthy of seeing it in a theater?
Lucy was at best a graphics fest, and left out a number of potential threads that could have been used to wrap it up nicely. If you have a discount theater, go see it there, don't pay full price. (I watched it too, and was horribly disappointed.)
Towards the end of the movie Lucy was effectively a physical god, and there was no real competition to her. The only reason the crime boss got close in the end was because Lucy didn't use even a fraction of her power to simply splat him and his men.
A better ending would have been the crime boss thinking over, realizing where Lucy got the power from, and taking the drug himself. You then have a godwar, with Lucy as a party girl with extreme power on one side, and the crime boss with ruthlessness, focus, and creativity, but lower power on the other side. Lucy has to defend all of humanity, he just has to defend himself, and send off side strikes to keep her distracted (one example would be Tunguska). It would be a graphics fest, but it would put the hero (and all humanity) at risk.
There was also a comment about how Lucy was the name for the ancestor of all humanity, which would have been an interesting way for Scarlett Johnanson's character to end up. Powerless, alone, and the only solution is to change her body to fit history.
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Side note, but that's a widespread misconception about the Australiopithicus afarensis skeleton known as Lucy. She is not considered to be the ancestor of humanity, only a representative of what humanity's ancestors looked like at the time. We're not even sure if A. afarensis was a direct ancestor to H sapiens: it could have been a close cousin to the actual ancestral species instead.
Sorry, that's just something that pops up a lot and I wanted to address it.
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Watched 'Edge of Tomorrow' on Sunday, and it was fairly good. Lots of powered exoskeletons (not armor), scenes that show how the repeater tries to advance the plan along to win the war. Lots of stuff about how he does little stunt using his future knowledge (and sometimes how others react to it, such as with duct tape).
One thing about how it should have ended:
Tom Cruise at the end when he went into the repair/maintenance bay and the enlisted called out "Officer on Deck", he should have just given the order "as you were". This is basic courtesy, so the enlisted can keep on working (but they will still pay attention to the officer wandering around near weaponry/hydraulics/welding equipment). From there, when he goes to meet Sgt Faulkner, instead of her getting up slowly like every other time in the rest of the movie, she hops to her feet as he is an officer. He then states to her that he has been ordered to do a war interview with the Heroine of Verdun, and would like her to make time available later that week. As she accepts (it is still an order, just polite), he says, "Thank you Rose". Cue to her widening her eyes as she realizes the only way he could have known her middle name.
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Thought'd I'd give this thread a bump with a couple of recent reviews....
TMNT Reboot
http://www.paulsvalleydailydemocrat.com/opinion/article_7a798eb6-2d72-11e4-9217-001a4bcf887a.html
and
Robocop (2014) (just saw it on DVD)
http://www.paulsvalleydailydemocrat.com/opinion/article_659d6ab4-2f05-11e4-8acc-0019bb2963f4.html
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My wife treated me to the 30th Anniversary showing of Ghostbusters on an IMAX screen. If you forgive the 30-year-old sfx, (and you can, you know you can,) it holds up so well. The characters, actors, and chemistry is so strong. Ah, it makes me miss Ramis all over again.
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Watched Prometheus over the weekend again. I'm reminded of why I hate Damon Lindelof's writing style.
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My wife treated me to the 30th Anniversary showing of Ghostbusters on an IMAX screen. If you forgive the 30-year-old sfx, (and you can, you know you can,) it holds up so well. The characters, actors, and chemistry is so strong. Ah, it makes me miss Ramis all over again.
I would LOVE for them to finally get the third in the series off the ground, but since we lost one of the 4 core characters (egon!), i wonder who they would get to replace him should they DO get the third film off and running?
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And here's the latest: Expendables 3....
http://www.paulsvalleydailydemocrat.com/opinion/article_356945a8-3481-11e4-a3d7-001a4bcf887a.html
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"Space Pirate: Captain Harlock" (feature length CGI movie), now streaming on Netflix!
Really well done movie; great CGI (not surprising), and engaging story and characters, as well. I do have one thing about it I am particularly curious/confused about.
The scene towards the end where you see Nami's flowers growing amidst some building wreckage suggests that the now-ruined greenhouse was on Earth. If that's the case, then Logan knew all along what Earth actually looked like. The issue with that is he looked as shocked as everyone else (I remember it as such, anyway) when the Earth's true condition was revealed.
The "obvious" fix to that conundrum is that the greenhouse that Logan caused to explode wasn't on Earth. How did the flowers get there, then?
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Rewatching Spaceballs.
I was 8 when my mom took me to see that movie at the theather, and I think she was embarrassed when she took me to a movie with that much swearing and other things a 8 year shouldn't see.
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I would LOVE for them to finally get the third in the series off the ground, but since we lost one of the 4 core characters (egon!), i wonder who they would get to replace him should they DO get the third film off and running?
Considering they would have to replace both Egon and Venkman (as the main roadblock up until Ramis's death has been Bill Murray's steadfast refusal to take part,) and Ramis was the main writer (keeping Aykroyd's crazy-awesome somewhat grounded and accessible,) I don't think there should be a third film. But that is just me.
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Considering they would have to replace both Egon and Venkman (as the main roadblock up until Ramis's death has been Bill Murray's steadfast refusal to take part,) and Ramis was the main writer (keeping Aykroyd's crazy-awesome somewhat grounded and accessible,) I don't think there should be a third film. But that is just me.
I recently read an article that made a reasonable proposition that a "reboot" of the film with a female cast would be a good idea for several reasons.
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I recently read an article that made a reasonable proposition that a "reboot" of the film with a female cast would be a good idea for several reasons.
I have less a problem with an all female cast than I have with Feig directing it. (I have less a problem with stomach flu than I do with Feig's directing.)
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"Space Pirate: Captain Harlock" (feature length CHI movie), now streaming on Netflix!
I watched this the other night. I enjoyed it.
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SO anyone catch Draft day? Thinking of renting it tomorrow from redbox.
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It may be the only chance you ever get to see the Browns be relevant. I avoided it because I can suspend disbelief enough to enjoy giant robots wrestling extra-dimensional lizard creatures, but the Browns having an actual plan on draft day? No way.
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The last three movies I've watched and reviewed....
Batman: Assault on Arkham
http://www.paulsvalleydailydemocrat.com/opinion/article_04b94942-3dd4-11e4-b888-ab03d02843f2.html
Muppets Most Wanted
http://www.paulsvalleydailydemocrat.com/opinion/article_8d04d1f2-3935-11e4-85b4-cb64f84c4ecd.html
Dolphin Tale 2 (only because I was bored and needed a night away from the house)
http://www.paulsvalleydailydemocrat.com/opinion/article_6ce45d78-3f6d-11e4-aeb0-27a5d8b40baf.html
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"Tropic Thunder" - finally! (Don't judge me!) Definitely lived up to its hype.
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Watching Unforgiven for probably the 20th time. It's one of those movies that gets better and better every time I watch it.
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The last three movies I've watched and reviewed....
Dolphin Tale 2 (only because I was bored and needed a night away from the house)
http://www.paulsvalleydailydemocrat.com/opinion/article_6ce45d78-3f6d-11e4-aeb0-27a5d8b40baf.html
I watched the first Dolphin tale, and loved it.. So when #2 hits redbox i will be giving it a look see.
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I watched the first Dolphin tale, and loved it.. So when #2 hits redbox i will be giving it a look see.
Don't get me wrong, the first movie was pretty enjoyable, this one just felt so much flatter... maybe that's inevitable with something like this.
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I finally got a chance to watch the new Godzilla movie last night. Overall, I liked it pretty well, but I probably have to echo the common comment that Godzilla really needed more screen time. To my mind, too much time was spent on the Ford Brody plotline.
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To my mind, too much time was spent on the Ford Brody plotline.
The movie would have been far better if he had died and it was Bryan Cranston running around trying to save the family. Just saying. Actor vs actor they chose wrong.
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The movie would have been far better if he had died and it was Bryan Cranston running around trying to save the family. Just saying. Actor vs actor they chose wrong.
I can't argue that. I was really sorry to see him die so early in the movie, and IMO his death really didn't add anything to the story. I'm sure the choice was just a matter of trying to cater to the younger audience. ::)
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I'm sure the choice was just a matter of trying to cater to the younger audience. ::)
That, and to illustrate that mankind's inflated sense of mastery over the Earth was going to fail. The largest accomplishment of the military was torching the Muto eggs.
Godzilla needs some bigger feet. We've taken to calling this movie Stumpzilla or Fatzilla. Not a terrible movie. Franchise fodder, oh yeah. Maybe some better sequels are in the future.
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Godzilla needs some bigger feet.
Ha! I thought the same thing when he walked by outside the airport concorse windows. ::)
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Finally got around to watching I, Frankenstein.... while it wasn't without flaws, I didn't see why it became so bashed.
http://www.paulsvalleydailydemocrat.com/opinion/article_1dd411f4-434d-11e4-b6f4-470db1d41173.html
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I just rewatched Iron Man 3, which I haven't seen since it was in theaters, and something really struck me that I don't think I noticed the first time around: the utter lack of AC/DC from the soundtrack. Given the way that the first two movies and Avengers all pretty much established them as being Tony's apparently favorite band, the contrast was pretty strange.
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Maybe Downey couldn't get the ok to use them for this one..
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I think it has to do with Iron Man 3 having a different director than the first two.
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Natonial Treasure.
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Having picked up a slew of secondhand Blurays and DVDs at Dragondaze I've watched a few bits and pieces this week:
- Iron Man 3 (still enjoyed this as much as I did in the cinema - bookends the trilogy nicely)
- The Bourne Legacy (OK but not exceptional - worth the £1 I paid for it, though)
- Snow White and the Huntsman (Extended edition) (I didn't notice much that was different from the theatrical version)
- Wolfen (still as creepy as I remembered)
Up to watch today are Nikita, Super and Darkest Hour.
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Was at our local library which has DVDs for 'checking out' and saw an oldie but goodie i have not seen in about 5 years (unfortunately it was blue ray which i don't do).. Leap of Faith with Liam neeson, Meatloaf and Steve martin.
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Just saw Maze Runner. I'm sorry but that movie was bad.
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The previews strongly suggested that it was a quick attempt to cash in on the post-apocalyptic teenagers popularity of The Hunger Games.
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They must have hoped it did well, since according to movie insider, its already got a 2nd in the series scheduled for next year.
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The previews strongly suggested that it was a quick attempt to cash in on the post-apocalyptic teenagers popularity of The Hunger Games.
Is it just me are there to many movies that have that same idea. Post-apocalyptic, teenager, chosen one that can save the world??? Hunger Games, Divergent, Enders Game, Maze Runner are some of the movies I have seen that are almost the same idea.
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http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FollowTheLeader
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Is it just me are there to many movies that have that same idea. Post-apocalyptic, teenager, chosen one that can save the world??? Hunger Games, Divergent, Enders Game, Maze Runner are some of the movies I have seen that are almost the same idea.
And yet the progenitor of this genre, The Alchemist has not made it to screen just yet. The themes are all the same, an exagerated form of saying young people shouldn't be discouraged by the older generations. By the way, you can throw Harry Potter in with this lot, as well.
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I thought the general theme was "Old people screwed up the world, now we've got to fix it." :P
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And yet the progenitor of this genre, The Alchemist has not made it to screen just yet. The themes are all the same, an exagerated form of saying young people shouldn't be discouraged by the older generations. By the way, you can throw Harry Potter in with this lot, as well.
I just seems like it's almost a cookie cutter plot writing now.
Sorry from a book........check
Trouble teen.......check
Surviorvs of end of the world......check
Chosen one........check.
I'm sure there is more to the plots then just that.
It just seems that's the easy cash cow for writers.
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Started to rewatch all of Babylon 5 so I have decided to start with In the Beginning. It shows its age, but still good for all of that.
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Started to rewatch all of Babylon 5 so I have decided to start with In the Beginning. It shows its age, but still good for all of that.
I did that last year. Yea, it is aged, but it is still a darn good way to spend a few weeks.
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I'm sure there is more to the plots then just that.
It just seems that's the easy cash cow for writers.
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We are also looking past the parts of the story that make it appealing to read. The story of Icaarus, for example, is an iconic story about having more ambition than wisdom. It is a fairly rediculous story, in all honesty. But, the imagery of Icaarus's youthfull recklessness being his undoing is eternal. Storytellers will use rediculous or fantastic elements of their story in order to conveigh a relateable truth. It isn't enough simply to tell children to be clever, be kind, stick by your friends, forgive your enemies and stand up to bullies. It means more if that message is wrapped in a story. Every civilization engages in it. Young Adult Literature is, to be fair to the genre, filled with tropes because there is money to be made. The actual value of the genre is still there.
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rogue force
with michael rooker and robert patrick
oldie but goodie corrupt swat force makes its own brand of justice while hiding in plain sight
for action flick buffs no go good story with no super duper special effects to ruin a balanced story
f you had not seen it do so when you can rally takes you back to story telling genere instead of all glitz no substance
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Just saw Push again yesterday and I enjoyed it...again. I thought the different super powers were done well, subtle but also powerful as well.
Also, I am re-watching Justice League and Justice League Unlimited since I bought the DVD's for JL, JLU, the Superman animated series recently and should have all the Batman series by next week. Bruce Timm's animated universe was just great imo. I grew up with the Batman animated series as a kid and still love all the series to this day.
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DC's animated works have been surprisingly consistent in how good they've been, especially considering how awful their big screen works are.
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Just saw Push again yesterday and I enjoyed it...again. I thought the different super powers were done well, subtle but also powerful as well.
I am surprised i have seen nothing on either a Push sequel or one to Jumper.
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IIRC, neither one did well in the theaters.
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As bad as it may sound I watched "The Fault In Our Stars". I have to say WOW what a great movie! After loosing two dads to cancer I was kind of leery about watching it. It was not really about cancer, it was more about the life's of those dealing with cancer.
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rogue force
with michael rooker and robert patrick
oldie but goodie corrupt swat force makes its own brand of justice while hiding in plain sight
for action flick buffs no go good story with no super duper special effects to ruin a balanced story
f you had not seen it do so when you can rally takes you back to story telling genere instead of all glitz no substance
It's been ages since I have seen this movie. I agree that it has a solid story and even breaks a couple of tropes (I wont be giving spoilers about which).
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Is it just me are there to many movies that have that same idea. Post-apocalyptic, teenager, chosen one that can save the world??? Hunger Games, Divergent, Enders Game, Maze Runner are some of the movies I have seen that are almost the same idea.
To be fair, Ender's Game was a popular, award winning novel years before the Hunger Games was even written. I think in that case, a movie was justified based on the popularity and quality of the original story alone.
And yet the progenitor of this genre, The Alchemist has not made it to screen just yet. The themes are all the same, an exagerated form of saying young people shouldn't be discouraged by the older generations. By the way, you can throw Harry Potter in with this lot, as well.
Well, I would judge HP lacks the "dark future/post apocalyptic" setting of THG, Divergent, etc. If you are just looking for YA stories where the young hero saves the day when the adults couldn't, there are probably thousands of books that fit that criteria, going back at least as far as The Wizard of Oz. ;)
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Just introduced my nine-year old daughter to Star Wars - A New Hope. O0
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Just introduced my nine-year old daughter to Star Wars - A New Hope. O0
Well done!
I hope Han shot first in that version. :)
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Han fired the only shot. >:D
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She made me watch Gone With The Wind.
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At home or did you go to that new theatrical re-release?
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At home.
The day it was playing at the theather I had to work.
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Nicholas Nickleby.
Over the top at times but still hilarious and full of heart and hope. Loved it.
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Planes: Fire and Rescue.
The only time my two boys (7 and 3) have sat still for two hours in one hit. :)
Gives me hope for the future, that I may actually get to see a Marvel movie at the cinemas.
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Lucio Fulci's Zombie. Finally got around to picking up the Blu Ray and checking this movie out. I'd been wanting to see it for years now. Enjoyable movie! I must say that Fulci's Zombies look awesome, and in some cases, even better than some from later Zombie films.
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I watched The Lego Movie over the weekend. Enjoyed it.
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Better late than never, I watched "Kingdom of Heaven." Very enjoyable movie; I wonder how much was elaborated on, how much was legend and how much was close to the truth (aside from the broad historic strokes.)
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Ah, Kingdom of Heaven. Whenever I have to mention Orlando Bloom's lack of talent I point out how everyone essentially acted around him, despite being the protagonist. Everyone else in the movie is more interesting, says more interesting things or in any other way is more memorable. And it is hillarious to watch Bloom's scrunch faced disapproval of all the bad things going on. I love it.
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The only thing i liked about that movie was the action scenes.. Especially loved the 'angling' the Balistae to shoot into the sides of those 'towers' so they could pull them over.
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I have no issue with Orlando Bloom's performance. If you want to talk about someone being acted around, have a look at Toby McGuire in "Spiderman" 1 and 2 (I never saw 3).
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Or Nick Cage in anything.
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He has had some decent acting roles. But i do agree, most of his work seems off.
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I watched The Lego Movie over the weekend. Enjoyed it.
Lego movie was pretty good. I hope part 2 will be good too.
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What cracked me up about The Lego Movie was my 9-year-old saying "that was a two-hour commercial." :)
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Watched Earth to Echo (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth_to_Echo). Think E.T., but with a robot instead of an alien. Though the technology demonstrated makes me thing the Iron Giant (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Iron_Giant) is a relative.
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I am waiting on that one to hit redbox with baited breath.
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Battle beyond the Stars. If you remember it your a child of the 80's guaranteed.
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Battle beyond the Stars. If you remember it your a child of the 80's guaranteed.
Watched it this past summer on Netflix streaming.
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That's one of the golden oldies i feel could do with a remake.
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Lately I've watched "Riddik".
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My seven year old niece has been around a lot lately. It's like a movie cliche, the little girl with a sense of humor and endless energy gets the crotchety, jaded uncle to lighten up.
She got me to sit down and watch the Lego movie.
It's hard to stop singing "everything is AWESOME!"
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That's one of the golden oldies i feel could do with a remake.
Well, considering it is a remake of a (classic) remake of a (classic) classic... I loved Robert Vaughn playing exactly the same character. :)
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Never knew it was a remake OF a remake..
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It is a remake of The Magnificent Seven, where Vaughn played an on the run gunslinger with a price on his head. The Magnificent Seven, was a remake of Kurosawa's classic Seven Samurai.
I remember watching Battle Beyond the Stars at a drive-in as a kid.
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Back to back watched 'Ran' and 'Heaven and Earth' because someone was joining our L5R game and I wanted to give them a primer on what is expected of them. Mostly because the Shogun mini-series or one of the Taiga dramas are too long for someone to sit through in on go.
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It is a remake of The Magnificent Seven, where Vaughn played an on the run gunslinger with a price on his head. The Magnificent Seven, was a remake of Kurosawa's classic Seven Samurai.
I remember watching Battle Beyond the Stars at a drive-in as a kid.
If it was based off the magnificent 7 but in space imo that is not making it a remake. But an adaptation.
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Battle Beyond the Stars was enjoyable. It could definitely get a good reboot but I can't call it a golden oldie
Just watched Son of Batman and currently watching Batman Assault on Arkham. These new animated movies especially with Kevin Conroy reprising the role of Batman in Assault on Arkham really makes it great.
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Watching Marvel's Iron Man and Capt America Heroes United animated movie. Not impressed with it sadly, mainly because of the animation.
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Battle Beyond the Stars was enjoyable. It could definitely get a good reboot but I can't call it a golden oldie
Fare enough. Of the 70-80s sci fi films that came out, which (if any) WOULD you like to see get a reboot/remake?
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Fare enough. Of the 70-80s sci fi films that came out, which (if any) WOULD you like to see get a reboot/remake?
I would not mind seeing a better take on the movie 'Dark Star', there were some interesting concepts in that movie honestly. I also would not mind seeing a better produced and tighter scripted version of 'The Final Countdown'. Perhaps even another take on 'The Black Hole'... maybe just for the offhand chance someone might actually build another model of the USS Cygnus. That ship is always going to be one of the most interesting put up on screen.
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"A Knights Tale"
I didn't know what to make of this film when I first saw it but after seeing it more than once I think I get the crazy humor and I enjoy it. The combination of modern sports elements with medieval culture was blended quite well imo and the parts with Williams father were just awesome and felt heartfelt.
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Was scanning CNN's entertainment section and saw this..
http://www.cnn.com/2014/10/08/showbiz/movies/female-ghostbusters-paul-feig/index.html
Ghostbusters the reboot is a go, but with an all female lead cast. Melinda Mccarthy is slated to be one of the gals.
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Yeah, I heard that.
While I don't have a problem with female comedians, the way this has been promoted makes me worried that it's going to be full of cheap girly jokes with no actual effort or intelligence behind them.
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I would not mind seeing a better take on the movie 'Dark Star', there were some interesting concepts in that movie honestly. //snip//
The writer of Dark Star, Dan O'Bannon, felt the same way. He wanted a better made film, with an alien that looked real, rather than a spray painted beach ball. So he made some changes and came up with a new script: Alien.
Heh.
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Watching Trick R' Treat. One of the best horror films of recent years to really understand Halloween. Amazing cast, with Dylan Baker completely owning his role, but it also has great acting by Brian Cox and Anna Paquin.
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Yeah, I heard that.
While I don't have a problem with female comedians, the way this has been promoted makes me worried that it's going to be full of cheap girly jokes with no actual effort or intelligence behind them.
Plus with 2 of the 3 gals being of the 'heavy set' kind, i can't really see them doing as much of the 'leg work' the original team had.
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Yeah I had heard a rumor about a female cast for a new Ghostbusters but I don't know...
Just saw Hunger Games Catching Fire on Netflix tonight and while I can't say that I am completely excited about either the caste or the fictional setting itself I do feel like it is and was a decent film with some very fine scenes in it.
The complexity of trying to be one way to friends, another way in front of the camera and another way when fighting for your life would seem tasking for anyone much less young people and I think they pulled that off very well. I did feel like there was some good character growth compared to the first film and I liked that a lot.
Again, I wouldn't say I was blown away by the film but I can't ignore all the good parts either. Looking forward to the next part in the trilogy.
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Fare enough. Of the 70-80s sci fi films that came out, which (if any) WOULD you like to see get a reboot/remake?
The Black Hole, Battle Beyond the Stars, Flash Gordon
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Went and watched "The Judge" tonight with the wife; absolutely excellent movie. The cast and acting were all superb. While there are certainly some humorous moments, there is also a lot of heavy emotional stuff.
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"Homefront" starring Jason Statham. Decent enough, though formulaic. About what I would expect from a screenplay by Sly Stallone.
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Went and watched "The Judge" tonight with the wife; absolutely excellent movie. The cast and acting were all superb. While there are certainly some humorous moments, there is also a lot of heavy emotional stuff.
Wife wants to see that movie as well.
I watched a B movie dbl feature on Hulu and Netflix. the original The Fly and the Puppet Master
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Just got done watching an oldy but decent movie, Leap of Faith with Liam Neeson and Steve Martin.
Though i have seen it several times, my mother couldn't remember seeing it before, and loved it!
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Dog Soldiers. One of the few good werewolf films of the modern era.
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Just got done watching an oldy but decent movie, Leap of Faith with Liam Neeson and Steve Martin.
Though i have seen it several times, my mother couldn't remember seeing it before, and loved it!
Liam Neeson was in that movie....didn't even know that.
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Yup. He was the town sheriff. He was also in another oldie, Suspect with Cher and Dennis quaid. The strange part was his roll was a NON speaking one (he played a deaf mute).
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Dog Soldiers. One of the few good werewolf films of the modern era.
Amongst the movies that I watched the most, it's just behind the Kelly's Heroes and Where Eagles Dare.
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Just lately I found Mad Max on BD. This one (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ti6rG4NmsyM)
Order lies shattered in ruins of the civilization
It doesn't win oscars, but I enjoyed the ride anyway O0
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"Cloud Atlas" - the back and forth induced some mild whiplash, but certainly made it a challenge to follow. The actors/actresses involved all did superbly. Some of the makeup was fantastic and I didn't catch all of the appearances until the credits pointed them out.
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American Hussel,,,,pretty good...Now of to work.
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Got Hercules and Edge of tomorrow, to watch for tonight's viewing pleasure... will let you know what i felt about them tomorrow.
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Million Dollar Arm. Fun little film, pretty typical Disney Sports Genre. And watching Lake Bell for two hours is seldom a waste of time.
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I just watched Prisoners on cable. Pretty good, liked the end. Looking forward to "Lone Survivor" and " Lego Movie" coming up soon.
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Well i liked Hercules, better than i thought. BUT Edge of tomorrow was a little too repetitive with all the replaying of the same scenes for each "reset". I would have also liked to have seen them, when they finally figured out where the "Omega" was, to just have taken EVERYTHING there, rather than just one ships worth.
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The Rocketeer...not as good as I remember when I watched it as a kid but it was still a fun little flick. Now that I am older, I am wondering what kind of fuel that thing could have run on to last that long. I know it is fiction but still...
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god it has been a looonnngg time since i saw that. Almost as long since i saw Sky captain and the world of tomorrow, but now i remember i saw it back in june iirc.
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Well i liked Hercules, better than i thought. BUT Edge of tomorrow was a little too repetitive with all the replaying of the same scenes for each "reset". I would have also liked to have seen them, when they finally figured out where the "Omega" was, to just have taken EVERYTHING there, rather than just one ships worth.
Couldn't remember? The General in charge of the forces was a stubborn self serving prick, who wouldn't have ever believed them.
They had to go with what they had, although it would have been good to see the SO guys join up with them, noting the FMB was with them.
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Taking a break from watching Babylon 5 (Season 5! Finally!) and I started watching The Great Escape. Its in my top ten favorite movies.
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Watching Captain America: The Winter Soldier again.
I noticed something sort of funny. In The Avengers, Steve no-sells a Mjolnir strike from Thor with his shield. In this movie, he blocks a kick from Batarac and gets sent flying. He wasn't as well braced, but it still has somewhat silly implications regarding the relative striking power of the two characters.
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Watched Batman: Assault on Arkham last evening.
It was quite a decent film, actually. I was a little hesitant, given that it's set with the Arkham-series universe of console games... so being somewhat worried that an animated feature might spoil my pleasant memories of the video games, I went into watching this with a healthy level of concern. But it worked out rather well, fortunately.
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Edge of Tomarrow was OK.As to the repeating scenes,it's what gives you the "frustration" his character goes through to get to the end.The "Combat training" is a good ex sample of what I mean.Resetting every time he got a injury,,,,,I'd beg her not to shot me too.
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Watched Maleficent, and Annapolis last night.
Maleficent was a decent retelling of the tale of sleeping beauty, but man i could not STAND that trio of blue/green and red (or was it orange) Fairies.. They were annoying as heck.
Annapolis was a very good flick, and i was surprised Donnie Whalberg had such a small role in it.
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Watched Maleficent, and Annapolis last night.
Maleficent was a decent retelling of the tale of sleeping beauty, but man i could not STAND that trio of blue/green and red (or was it orange) Fairies.. They were annoying as heck.
From what I recall, the trio was just as annoying in the original movie, too.
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Watching Pompeii very good movie better than what I thought
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Watched Batman: Assault on Arkham last evening.
It was quite a decent film, actually. I was a little hesitant, given that it's set with the Arkham-series universe of console games... so being somewhat worried that an animated feature might spoil my pleasant memories of the video games, I went into watching this with a healthy level of concern. But it worked out rather well, fortunately.
Killer Frost and King Shark...unexpected but awesome pairing.
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Watched Batman: Assault on Arkham last evening.
It was quite a decent film, actually. I was a little hesitant, given that it's set with the Arkham-series universe of console games... so being somewhat worried that an animated feature might spoil my pleasant memories of the video games, I went into watching this with a healthy level of concern. But it worked out rather well, fortunately.
I loved that movie thought it was great having Kevin Conroy doing the voice of Batman again. Haven't been too impressed with the others who have followed
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I loved that movie thought it was great having Kevin Conroy doing the voice of Batman again. Haven't been too impressed with the others who have followed
Kevin Conroy has the most range out of all of them imo. He can do emotional Bruce Wayne, funny Bruce Wayne, Batman, angry Batman, singing Batman, sarcastic Batman etc. Most of the other VA's seem to be just trying for the unemotional side of him but I think that is a mistake. Of course, he has had a heck of a lot more time to refine his version of the voice so there is that.
The Joker VA's also seem to be in a similar situation compared to the now retired Mark Hamill. None of them seem that bad imo but, again, they seem to lack Hamill's full range in how he did the voice.
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Kevin Conroy has the most range out of all of them imo. He can do emotional Bruce Wayne, funny Bruce Wayne, Batman, angry Batman, singing Batman, sarcastic Batman etc. Most of the other VA's seem to be just trying for the unemotional side of him but I think that is a mistake. Of course, he has had a heck of a lot more time to refine his version of the voice so there is that.
The Joker VA's also seem to be in a similar situation compared to the now retired Mark Hamill. None of them seem that bad imo but, again, they seem to lack Hamill's full range in how he did the voice.
Couldn't agree more on all accounts
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Watching Pompeii very good movie better than what I thought
Some areas of that film were more like "toss your suspension of belief out of the window, rather than just suspend it".. but it was still a decent film..
Just got done watching 2 movies i checked out from my local Library, one of which i never heard of till i looked up what Liam neeson's early career was like. That was Kinsey. A damn good movie on Dr Kinsey's life, though some of it was slow and a little to pornographic imo. The other was a Charlie Thezron film, North Country. Man was that one good, but slow in parts as well.
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The Joker VA's also seem to be in a similar situation compared to the now retired Mark Hamill. None of them seem that bad imo but, again, they seem to lack Hamill's full range in how he did the voice.
Hamil's Joker captured the strange sense of humor of the 90s Joker. He was constantly making jokes that only he laughed at. He was an expert in lead balloons. The recent revisions are less Clown Prince of Crime and in some cases, like the John DiMaggio version in Red Hood, more crazy for the sake of crazy. It isn't a bad thing. But, the different versions of the Joker are more defined than the different versions of Batman. Most Batman VAs other than Conroy end up just sounding like a guy that wandered in to a sound studio with an open door. Batman is Conroy's.
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Killer Frost and King Shark...unexpected but awesome pairing.
I agree. I would've actually preferred to see that angle play out a little more, but King Shark met his end too early.
I loved that movie thought it was great having Kevin Conroy doing the voice of Batman again. Haven't been too impressed with the others who have followed
I think Bruce Greenwood has managed to achieve something of a unique Batvoice in some of the more recent animated features. To the point, perhaps, that I consider his take as a suitable secondary alternative to Conroy.
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"A History of Violence." Honestly a bit underwhelmed. Not sure what they were going for, impact-wise. Mortensen was decent, as were Bello, Harris and Hurt. I just felt no connection to any of the characters.
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marty feldman michael york in
the last remake of beau geste
one actor makes surprise appearence in it that is almost unrecognizable ill give you a hint he never appeard in person in any of the star wars movies yet he is a major part of them
young frankentein
mel brooks comedy with gene wilder and terry garr(?)( spelling may be off on her last name)
the original swedish version trilogy of
girl with the dragon tattoo
make sure it is not watched with kids under 14 i am not joking or kidding it is not for kids period or to be watched by kids.
monty pythons
life of brian
the best comedy ever no contest.
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Carpenter's The Fog. Great cast, creepy ghost story, solid tension, never needed a remake, much less a crappy one. Thinking of doing a Blake costume for next Halloween.
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"A History of Violence." Honestly a bit underwhelmed. Not sure what they were going for, impact-wise. Mortensen was decent, as were Bello, Harris and Hurt. I just felt no connection to any of the characters.
I watched that just cause of the cast, but also felt underwhelmed.
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"Charlie Wilson's War" solid performance by Hanks and Roberts, but Phillip Seymour Hoffman steals the show in this one. Overall worth the time to watch it.
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nymphomaniac...1 and 2
bit disturbing on psychological level acting was surprisingly good
tonights menu
girl with the dragon tattoo the original a swedish version not that tripe that had been americinized and watered down for the dumb people...
sorry its hollywood it had been making cow pies for past 30 years or so
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My wife and daughter are out of town, so I have been delving into the stuff they hate. :) Also hit the used DVD place this week.
Evil Dead 2, with the audio commentary on. Best pragmatic argument against streaming (or pirating,) in my book.
The Octagon. Found this gem of cheesy '80's gold this week. I remember watching it at a drive in when I was 13, and hooking me on the ninja mythos for life. Which leads me to:
Ninja Assassin. Got the Blu-ray used for $3. Big, noisy, silly while trying to stay serious. Still liked it. Not near as bad as people said.
Super 8. Another $3 used, but it hadn't been opened. I freaking loved this movie. One of the best coming of age films I have seen in a long time, mixed with ET, Close Encounters, and Alien. Loved it.
Manhunter. Yeay! The first of Harris' "Hannibal Lector) books to make it to the screen, it is an adaption of Red Dragon. Very underrated movie, and as much as I loved Sir Anthony in Silence (I refused to see any of the others which made Lector the hero,) Brian Cox really does a beautiful job.
Shawn of the Dead. Love this movie.
Zombieland. Missed this is the theater, got it for free. Hard to argue. See, the Inevitable Zombie Apoccalypse can be fun!
Vampires. I have loved this movie since I saw it in the theater. Replaced my old VHS copy with a DVD.
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"Shawn of the Dead" and "Zombieland" were both enjoyable. If you enjoy Simon Pegg, and haven't seen it, I definitely recommend "Hot Fuzz." ("Yarp!")w
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Saw Earth to Echo last night. What the heck is it with holly wood and all these 'shakey cam, follow you around with a camera films' these days??
If it wasn't for that and a few BIG spastyc moments imo, it would have been a much more decent film. As is it was at least a 2 on the 5 star scale.
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Saw Earth to Echo last night. What the heck is it with holly wood and all these 'shakey cam, follow you around with a camera films' these days?? /snip/
Dude, SteadiCam is expensive! There is only so much a small studio like Walt Disney can do for $13 million dollars. Sheesh.
(Actually I made a DIY movement stabilizer rig for my camera for $10 that works really well. Heh.)
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"Shawn of the Dead" and "Zombieland" were both enjoyable. If you enjoy Simon Pegg, and haven't seen it, I definitely recommend "Hot Fuzz." ("Yarp!")w
Paul is also good.
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Paul is also good.
one word about poul
jenga!
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Saw Earth to Echo last night. What the heck is it with holly wood and all these 'shakey cam, follow you around with a camera films' these days??
Actually, as counterintuitive as it sounds, most films with shakeycam are actually shot on a stable platform and have the shake added in post production. It gives the DP more freedom to shoot. A shot intended to be shakey may not look good once in the can (or in the editing suite if shot digitally) because all the movement didn't work with the lighting, the background colors, etc.
If it wasn't for that and a few BIG spastyc moments imo, it would have been a much more decent film. As is it was at least a 2 on the 5 star scale.
Unfortunately, it is really, really popular right now. So are "Inception Booms" and Dutch Angles seem to be en vogue again. There are movies like Children of Men that combine shakeycam with long shot format to really give credit to both techniques. Then there are movies like the first Hunger Games that features nauseating levels of shakeycam in the beginning for no obvious reason, then drops it two minutes in.
By far the most annoying shooting format, to me, is found footage.
I watched the remake of The Crazies last night. For a disposable horror movie it was actually fairly well put together.
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I can appreciate the Found Footage as a narrative form from the stand point of small companies trying to make a film on a shoestring (The Blair Witch Project and 6-5=2, a pretty good Indian film made for less that $50,000 USD,) and I think it has been done well in a few instances, within a specific genre (Cloverfield, Troll Hunter as the only two I can think of,) but for the most part, yeah, I agree. Found footage sucks.
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I hate to say it, but the worst example i've encountered was the old master George Romaro's Diary of the Dead, which combines found footage sequences as part of the storytelling. In addition to just being a bad movie, it kind of highlights the decline of the horror genre at the hands of a former master and the needless exploration of filming formats for the sake of remaining hip. Sad. So sad.
Or, I could have missed the point entirely and it was a commentary of how low budget filmaking is still putting out junk movies despite better, cheaper tools being available. Who better than Romaro to deliver that kind of message. Even in a real zombie appocalypse there would be people trying to make a cheap movie that couldn't capture actual tension even when zombies are eating the cameraman.
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Yeah, that was my first thought as well. Horrid movie, horrid idea, and done before. And while I would prefer your second theory, I have fears is is far more the first. :-[ Survival of the Dead argues that point.
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Chronicle and Cloverfield to me are the only 2 Decent 'found footage films' out there. Though looking it up, the new one Into the Storm looks like it also is a found footage film. Wonder if that will bias my mind since i actually LIKE the previews for it.
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I saw Cloverfield, and I really don't understand what was supposed to be so good about it. The characters were idiots, the monster never got enough screen time, and the "interlude" scenes made no sense.
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I saw Cloverfield, and I really don't understand what was supposed to be so good about it. The characters were idiots, the monster never got enough screen time, and the "interlude" scenes made no sense.
cloverfield....for some reason i wanted the idiots in that movie to go and try to hunt the monster and make bbq out of it while it killed them...it would had made the movie better
weird now i am in the mood to watch idiotcracy...go figure
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I saw Cloverfield, and I really don't understand what was supposed to be so good about it. The characters were idiots, the monster never got enough screen time, and the "interlude" scenes made no sense.
Cloverfield was iirc supposed to be about a bunch of partiers in NY having to try and escape via tunnels and such, from a massive rampaging monster and those funky spider like little beasts that seemed to somehow transform people it bit into something else..
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The problem was that they kept turning around and heading back into the city every time they had a clear escape route (well, except at the bridge, since that was destroyed). Also, the bite seemed to cause the victim to explode.
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Chronicle and Cloverfield to me are the only 2 Decent 'found footage films' out there. Though looking it up, the new one Into the Storm looks like it also is a found footage film. Wonder if that will bias my mind since i actually LIKE the previews for it.
My wife rented it over the weekend. Even for someone with decidedly low film expectations she said there was too much drama, not enough storm.
I saw Cloverfield, and I really don't understand what was supposed to be so good about it. The characters were idiots, the monster never got enough screen time, and the "interlude" scenes made no sense.
Idiots, yes. But, one of the points they make in the movie over and over is that they are conscious of the bad decisions they are making. People when threatened don't always make great decisions. They do make emotional decisions, like going back for loved ones because humans are emotional creatures with the occasional moment of rationale. I actually liked that aspect of the movie. Too many protagonists are making the right choices, ducking at the last second or heroicly making the dumb choice and succeeding.
I also don't think the movie was really about the monster. It was more like a metaphor for being powerless.
Cloverfield was iirc supposed to be about a bunch of partiers in NY having to try and escape via tunnels and such, from a massive rampaging monster and those funky spider like little beasts that seemed to somehow transform people it bit into something else..
J.J. Abrams said in an interview that he made the characters intentionally unlikeable from the start so that you would begin to sympathize with them as the movie went along. They were all pretentious twerps, who ended up being exposed as vulnerable and scared thanks to the circumstances. The one guy even endangered the whole group to go get to his girlfriend inside a toppled skyscraper. Not a brilliant move, but one that people could understand. When a disaster strikes we tend to think of our loved ones first. The running joke that everyone hated the cameraman for having the camera out the whole time, only to use the camera in the tunnels and to record their last words.
Overall, good storytelling choices, but not the most memorable movie.
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For me, anyway, his attempt backfired. Making the characters unlikable at the beginning just made me annoyed with the movie in general and the continually pushing of "we've got to go save my girlfriend who isn't really my girlfriend anymore" just made me wish that the other characters would wise up and leave him.
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For me, anyway, his attempt backfired. Making the characters unlikable at the beginning just made me annoyed with the movie in general and the continually pushing of "we've got to go save my girlfriend who isn't really my girlfriend anymore" just made me wish that the other characters would wise up and leave him.
Look at how many zombie flicks have that sort of issue arise, where someone just "Has to go rescue this or that loved one, who has dumped them repeatedly" just cause they feel if they rescue them they may get another chance. In many of them, i ALWAYS love it when that person is one of those who gets killed for said stupidity. But too damn often they are the ones who survive.
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I'd like to see a zom-com where the female lead ends up pushing the male lead to the zombies at the end of the movie because of his stubborn refusal to accept that they're no longer together.
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Anne Francis stars in...Forbidden Planet.
It's classic sci fi time. I've had this sitting on the dvr since 12/14. Time to watch it again and clear the space. I do like the opening narration where we finally reach the moon in the last decade of the 21st century. Maybe we'll get back by then. And look...the landing party consists of the captain, XO, and ship's doctor. How original. ;)
Meow Liao
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Anne Francis stars in...Forbidden Planet.
It's classic sci fi time. I've had this sitting on the dvr since 12/14. Time to watch it again and clear the space. I do like the opening narration where we finally reach the moon in the last decade of the 21st century. Maybe we'll get back by then. And look...the landing party consists of the captain, XO, and ship's doctor. How original. ;)
Meow Liao
One of my favorites! I have the blue-ray release, lots of cool extras.
Funny that this came up, I introduced my daughter to the hilarity of "Airplane!" this evening, another Leslie Nielsen movie.
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I'd like to see a zom-com where the female lead ends up pushing the male lead to the zombies at the end of the movie because of his stubborn refusal to accept that they're no longer together.
That would require a zombie movie to abandon the long standing tradition of Useless Woman Syndrome. It is a sad fact of the genre. Shaun of the Dead is the only one I can think of where everyone is equally inept.
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I'd like to see a zom-com where the female lead ends up pushing the male lead to the zombies at the end of the movie because of his stubborn refusal to accept that they're no longer together.
Not exactly a Zom-Rom-Com, but there is this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_3AoMf7SIo
:)
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I'd like to see a zom-com where the female lead ends up pushing the male lead to the zombies at the end of the movie because of his stubborn refusal to accept that they're no longer together.
Or the guy does it to the gal cause she keeps spurning his advances!
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I'm not going to touch that.
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Watched 'CHEF' last night and really enjoyed it. ;D Also watched 22 Jump street and not so much.....
-Gunz
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Watched 'CHEF' last night and really enjoyed it. ;D Also watched 22 Jump street and not so much.....
-Gunz
I can't be the only one who thought that Chef was nothing but a big screw you to all the Iron Man 2 haters, right? Great movie.
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"Oceans Thirteen" - better than 12, but not as good as 11, in my book.
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Where Eagles Dare
Also tried to watch 1941 last night on Netflix, they are going to pull it on Monday so I wanted to watch it again before it was gone. But, only got halfway through and Netflix was having "problems" with it. Going to try again tonight.
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"The Lego Movie." Wife and kids had seen it at one point, don't remember why I couldn't/didn't. When the DVD first became available, wife bought it; my daughter has a particularly bad habit of pressing down on the lid/cover of the portable DVD player we have while the movie is in it and playing, which inevitably leads to damaged/unplayable discs. She had done that with that movie, unbeknownst to me, so when I went to watch it, about 45 minutes in, it would no longer read the disc. Fast forward to today, when my wife had re-ordered it, courtesy of holiday sales, and I finally got to watch it all the way through.
Thoroughly enjoyed it.
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How old's your daughter?
Have you thought of moving the disk player to a higher spot so she can't do that?
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How old's your daughter?
Have you thought of moving the disk player to a higher spot so she can't do that?
She'll be 6 in a month, and it's a portable one we take with us in the car. She hasn't been allowed to use it much since that incident.
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Tried to make it thru Oz The Great and Prowerful. Fell asleep. Not in any big hurry to watch the rest.
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For the past 5 weeks or so, i have been checking dvds out from our local library, hitting some of the 'earlier work' in our top 20 male actor spot. Just watched angles in the outfield, which surprisingly had Mathew Mcconahay (which i never knew), and also watched his "fools gold". I loved both.
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black mirror
british mini series
pretty messed up on few levels
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I know I'm way behind the times with this, but I finally watched the "new" Total Recall movies last night.
It was... okay I suppose. Good effects and some cool action scenes, althought I'm not sure there was anything original it brought to the table to justify a remake of the old Arnold version. I thought the "Colony" looked look just like the old Bladerunner movie, and the white armored Federal forces were awfully reminicient of Storm/Clone Troopers from another popular movie. ::)
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Courtesy of Netflix CD delivery, I'm starting on Season 1 of Babylon 5. I was stationed overseas when it originally aired, and got to see an episode or two while home on leave. I'm looking forward to the journey, although I wish they had the series available for streaming.
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Courtesy of Netflix CD delivery, I'm starting on Season 1 of Babylon 5. I was stationed overseas when it originally aired, and got to see an episode or two while home on leave. I'm looking forward to the journey, although I wish they had the series available for streaming.
i wish i could join you it is worth seeing it again
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Courtesy of Netflix CD delivery, I'm starting on Season 1 of Babylon 5. I was stationed overseas when it originally aired, and got to see an episode or two while home on leave. I'm looking forward to the journey, although I wish they had the series available for streaming.
I did that last year. Lots of fun. Never realized how much Mass Effect ripped off B5 till then. I had just finished replaying Mass Effect when I rewatched B5. Never put the two together.
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I'm watching Guardians of the Guardian.
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Courtesy of Netflix CD delivery, I'm starting on Season 1 of Babylon 5. I was stationed overseas when it originally aired, and got to see an episode or two while home on leave. I'm looking forward to the journey, although I wish they had the series available for streaming.
I wish they would put that on the general download list for netflix.
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Courtesy of Netflix CD delivery, I'm starting on Season 1 of Babylon 5. I was stationed overseas when it originally aired, and got to see an episode or two while home on leave. I'm looking forward to the journey, although I wish they had the series available for streaming.
If its any help, Amazon does have the full series and movies available in their Instatant Video offerings.
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bill and ted duology set
excellent adventure and bogus journey
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Courtesy of Netflix CD delivery, I'm starting on Season 1 of Babylon 5. I was stationed overseas when it originally aired, and got to see an episode or two while home on leave. I'm looking forward to the journey, although I wish they had the series available for streaming.
I envy you on your journey. It's a great show and seeing the whole way through the first time is great.
Gotta make sure you catch the movies too. Thirdspace and A Call to Arms are awesome.
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I just watched Heavenly Sword on Netflix. It's a CGI movie based on the video game of the same name, but it's actually pretty watchable. Not a great movie, but entertaining enough.
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Watching Hackers, amazing how different the world was when I was that age.
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Watched Prometheus yesterday on FX.
It was an OK movie, but it didn't really mesh with the other Alien movies.
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Watching Hackers, amazing how different the world was when I was that age.
I have always had a liking for that movie. Was my first intro to Jolie.
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Watching Hackers, amazing how different the world was when I was that age.
"Hack the planet!"
Matthew Lillard was such goofball (and still is).
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"Hack the planet!"
Matthew Lillard was such goofball (and still is).
Has Lillard ever not been a goofball in any roll he has played??
I just liked how different Marc Anthony looked in that movie?
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1972 solaris the russian version
and test of pilot pirx polish version italian subs
robot jocks O0
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Has Lillard ever not been a goofball in any roll he has played??
I just liked how different Marc Anthony looked in that movie?
I love Penn Jillette sitting there like "I am getting paid for this goofy s**t!" Oh, and Fisher Stevens eating scenery like he was starving. Love that movie.
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I love Penn Jillette sitting there like "I am getting paid for this goofy s**t!" Oh, and Fisher Stevens eating scenery like he was starving. Love that movie.
Penn was funny just being there.
One of my favorite movies to day is Short Circut and Fisher Stevens played the Indian robot designer and not at one point did I think that was the bad guy in Hackers.
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Has Lillard ever not been a goofball in any roll he has played??
It served him well in SLC Punk.
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Just watched The Neverending Story over the weekend.
Somehow, wasnt as good as I remembered.....
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Penn was funny just being there.
One of my favorite movies to day is Short Circut and Fisher Stevens played the Indian robot designer and not at one point did I think that was the bad guy in Hackers.
I had to do a double take when i saw that on his IMDB page.. Man did he do a great job playing the Indian designer.
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Just watched The Neverending Story over the weekend.
Somehow, wasn't as good as I remembered.....
Trippy stuff. It falls in that vein of Krull, Beastmaster and other high fantasy films with subversive set design. I watched it constantly as a kid, mostly because my parents were partying in the other room and had a VHS babysitter. Still, when he losses his horse it still pulls at my heartstrings. That, and the rockbiter's speech about losing his friends despite appearances that he was strong enough to protect the,
It was also a West German production. Take from that what you will.
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rurouni kenshi kyoto inferno
live action
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Rewatched Ben Afleck in Sum of all fears. Only thing i hated about it was that since ryan was just getting engaged, how was it more in the future than hunt for red october was where he was already married?
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How was Casino Royale, which was when Bond just reciebed "00" status, more in the future than Dr No where he was a vetran agent? :-P
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Courtesy of Netflix CD delivery, I'm starting on Season 1 of Babylon 5. I was stationed overseas when it originally aired, and got to see an episode or two while home on leave. I'm looking forward to the journey, although I wish they had the series available for streaming.
I picked up the DVD with "In the Beginning" and "The Gathering", and watched both last night. It's been many years since I watch B5, and now contemplating picking up the seasons on DVD.
How was Casino Royale, which was when Bond just reciebed "00" status, more in the future than Dr No where he was a vetran agent? :-P
Casino Royale is a very good movie, I think better than most, perhaps my fourth or fifth favorite of all the movies. The basic plot sticks with the original novel, which is a nice change of pace, since there hasn't been a Bond movie that was based off of one of the original novels since the 70's. I believe the intention for Casino Royale was to make it a bit of a re-boot. How one chooses to incorporate that with the rest of the series is totally up to the individual.
The best Daniel Craig Bond movie at this point is "Skyfall", if you haven't seen it, I highly recommend it. I certainly hope that "Spectre" is just as awesome, if not more so, when it is released in just under a year.
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Last movie I watched was a Christmas movie. I believe it was Arthur Christmas.
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How was Casino Royale, which was when Bond just reciebed "00" status, more in the future than Dr No where he was a vetran agent? :-P
"James Bond" is either a code-name that's been possessed by multiple agents, or else it was a reboot of the series.
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I saw Dawn of the Planet of the Apes.
I was a fan of the original movies, but this is a quality reboot.
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Caught 2 good films last night. First up was Jersey boys. A damn good film from the mind of Clint Eastwood. Man does he know how to do a great film!
I loved the acting and singing best of all. And even though it was a minor role of sorts, Walken was great!
2nd up was Into the Storm. While initially i was skeptical cause of it using the "Found footage motiff", they actually made it work. And i LOVED the visual effects of the storms, especially when it hit the airport! O0 O0 O0
Though it made me wonder.. Where the heck would all those people in that airport have gone to, for safety? Do they have big basement storm shelters? And why was the school using only an inner corridor as it's storm shelter!?!?
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"James Bond" is either a code-name that's been possessed by multiple agents, or else it was a reboot of the series.
Did you see the graveyard scene in Skyfall? Did you notice the names on the gravestone? That can't be a codename, it mjst be hus real name
Thus, there is only one explanation. James Bond....is a Time Lord
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Didn't actually see Skyfall. I really don't enjoy Bond movies anymore: they're just too... repetitive? Not sure that's exactly the word I'm looking for but it'll do.
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I'd love to see a film where bond goes against Jack reacher, Jason Bourne, Aaron cross, and Ethan hunt. Though since Tom Cruse plays both Jack Reacher and Ethan hunt, i am not sure who we could get to sub in for him!
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Just about anyone.
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Paul Ruebens might have an open schedule.
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I'd love to see a film where bond goes against Jack reacher, Jason Bourne, Aaron cross, and Ethan hunt. Though since Tom Cruse plays both Jack Reacher and Ethan hunt, i am not sure who we could get to sub in for him!
Which Bond? Heh. (I am partial to David Niven myself...)
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Which Bond? Heh. (I am partial to David Niven myself...)
Craig. Connery is imo too old to do much of the physical stuff. Same with Moore and Dalton. Not so sure on Brosnan.
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I just watched Bounty Killer. Freakin' hilarious!
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Finished off a rewatch of all the Connery bond flicks. Man it was fun reseeing some of the old films. Got the Moore ones to see tomorrow.
Also used a coupon from Redbox to get The November man (with Brosnan) and Left behind (with cage).
I loved the November man, but i never got why his 'protoge' turned on his superior like that, especially after Brosnan sliced his GF's leg up.
As for Left behind, i much preferred the 2000s one to this one with Cage, though i did like some of the acting in the plane.
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Watched It's a Wonderful Life last night, as per my family tradition. Went to bed just as A Christmas Carol started.
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Got a copy of Captain America: The Winter Soldier as a gift, and am watching it now.
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With the 50th page of the last thread arrived at.... why not get an early start on what you guys are watching? Saw RED 2 on DVD recently
just got it @ the library hadn't put it in yet
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Just saw Guardians of the Galaxy. Great movie.
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My one major complaint about Guardians of the Galaxy was Gamora. She started out as this tough, powerful assassin but the longer the movie went on the more she turned into a generic female romantic interest. I was honestly starting to expect Ronan to incapacitate her via the standard female grab area (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/StandardFemaleGrabArea) in order to force Quill to rescue her at the movie's climax.
Otherwise good, but that part just bothered me.
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Just saw Guardians of the Galaxy. Great movie.
Just finished watching it as well, highly enjoyable. Also watched most of the special features on the blue-ray.
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Sweet, merciful Cthulhu. I just sat through Divergent. I think my dauntless fear test thingie would be having to sit through the next movie in the series.
I think I'll fire up original Tron now as I climb into bed.
Meow Liao
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Blade Runner: The Final Cut.
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"War of the Worlds: Goliath" (yay, Netflix streaming!)
Decent, compelling story, more than a few of the main characters were scenery chewers (Teddy Roosevelt is expected to be this, so he gets a pass). My only other real gripe was that any non-Asian male was built/drawn like he was permanently roided out. Still worth the roughly 90 minutes to watch.
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I've been watching anime movies lately, including Kiki's Delivery Service, Nausicca of the Valley of the Wind, and a few Pokémon movies.
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The Compleat Wrks of Wllm Shkspr (Abridged) - The Reduced Shakespeare Company. Christmas gift from my wonderful wife.
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Original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie from 90's. I had not seen it since I was kid so it was great to watch it again after so long time. It's light years better than Bay's version and I love how it actually takes elements from original B&W comic book.
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The original TMNT movie was surprisingly dark and gritty for a kids movie.
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"My Name is Bruce" - :))
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The original TMNT movie was surprisingly dark and gritty for a kids movie.
Original comic book that original movie takes a lot of was not really for kids either. Least not for as young audience that coofy and corny 80's cartoon was targeted towards. In original comic book they were trained to take revenge and they killed Shredder.
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Yeah. The first movie was a mix of the comic book and the cartoon, and honestly I thought that it did a pretty good job appealing to fans of both. The later movies were based exclusively on the cartoon- you can really tell based on how much the violence was cut down, Raph's character was softened up, and (in 2 especially) how little they actually used their weapons.
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Rather than go to a party for NYE, I went on a movie watching binge:
Grosse Pointe Blank - An old favorite of mine, though I actually haven't seen it in about a decade, back when I owned it on VHS! Such a fun movie, with a great soundtrack. On Netflix.
Jack Reacher - A good popcorn movie, but not much else. On Netflix.
Skyfall - My favorite of the Daniel Craig Bond movies. Blue-Ray. On top of everything else, the movie looks stunning in 1080p.
X-Men: Days of Future Past - I picked this up on blue-ray today, I didn't get a chance to see it in the theaters but decided to take a chance. I really enjoyed it.
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While i liked the whole 9 yards, i didn't like Gross point blank.
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spaceballs and life of brian...
had to start new year right
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spaceballs and life of brian...
had to start new year right
I see that you are a person of good character who enjoys the best things in life. Well done! 8)
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Got the second disc of "Babylon 5" Season 1 yesterday and watched two of the episodes. Episode 6, we meet "Bester." I suspect I'm going to both love and hate Walter Koening as that character.
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Got the second disc of "Babylon 5" Season 1 yesterday and watched two of the episodes. Episode 6, we meet "Bester." I suspect I'm going to both love and hate Walter Koening as that character.
just watched that whole season, start to finish, last week.
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Got the second disc of "Babylon 5" Season 1 yesterday and watched two of the episodes. Episode 6, we meet "Bester." I suspect I'm going to both love and hate Walter Koening as that character.
Yes, you will. He has a lot of fun with it as well.
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envious of you and yes bester is charecter to loath and like...
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Picked up Captain America: The Winter Soldier on blue ray, so I watched that last night. Awesome movie.
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I was drug to the newish Hunger Games movie last night
Meh, not worth $13 a seat for sure
I've had enough of teen scifi drama
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Picked up Captain America: The Winter Soldier on blue ray, so I watched that last night. Awesome movie.
I was surprised. some of my local redboxes had both it and Thor: dark worlds for sale for a fiver each. Bought them both!
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Million Dollar Arm. Fun, painless, and Lake Bell in a sari.
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I just watched The Watch on FX.
It would have been better if the language hadn't been edited.
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red dwarf marathon just finished season 1 starting on 2 through 10
my younglin seems to like rimmer better than lister go figure... she said she feels sorry for rimmer even if he is a total goit...(she does not know what goit means lol)
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red dwarf marathon just finished season 1 starting on 2 through 10
my younglin seems to like rimmer better than lister go figure... she said she feels sorry for rimmer even if he is a total goit...(she does not know what goit means lol)
yea - I agree with her - especially after seeing "Ace". He also did well at the end. did you see the RD movie?
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if you mean the 3 parter back to earth yah.
btw any hope of red dwarf movie happening are officially put to rest and should be treated as thanks for the memory eps from season 2
sorry my friend is total dwarf head and lives it to a point that he moded his smart car to look like star bug confirmed that for me...
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Finally sat down and watched Gravity the other day. It was better than I expected, although the concept of the debris from one satalite taking out the entire LEO infrastructure seemed far fetched. The coincidence of the Hubble, ISS and Chinese space station all being within 100 miles of each other seems unlikely too. If you get past that, though, I enjoyed the excitement and adventure of the story, and the visuals were stunning. I wish I had made time to go out and see this movie on a IMAX screen when it was in theaters. 8)
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Saw Earth to Echo last night. What the heck is it with holly wood and all these 'shakey cam, follow you around with a camera films' these days??
If it wasn't for that and a few BIG spastyc moments imo, it would have been a much more decent film. As is it was at least a 2 on the 5 star scale.
You were much kinder than I.... :D http://www.paulsvalleydailydemocrat.com/opinion/earth-to-echo-an-inescapable-portal-to-snore-nebula/article_e61d45ee-857f-11e4-b671-7f2f8a4b41ff.html
On another note, man, I hadn't realized how long it was since I last posted on the fora....
Here's a few of my recent reviews:
The Interview
http://www.paulsvalleydailydemocrat.com/opinion/the-interview-stupidly-funny-not-worth-annihilation/article_d4df02a8-9b7e-11e4-a01a-8bafb0ac4218.html
Final Hobbit Chapter
http://www.paulsvalleydailydemocrat.com/opinion/battle-of-five-armies-a-bittersweet-goodbye-to-middle-earth/article_0a2b3984-9609-11e4-b705-5f9ccbd2a764.html
Exodus: Batman and Egypt
http://www.paulsvalleydailydemocrat.com/opinion/exodus-gods-and-kings-more-average-than-painfully-bad/article_aa6de9d0-907a-11e4-b56b-5353d668ce66.html
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Oh Brother where art Thou & True Grit (2010).
Love that line:
Lawyer: "Mister Cogburn, in your four years as US Marshal, how many men have you shot??"
Rooster Cogburn: "Shot or Killed?"
Lawyer: "Let us restrict it to killed so we may have a manageable figure!"
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You were much kinder than I.... :D http://www.paulsvalleydailydemocrat.com/opinion/earth-to-echo-an-inescapable-portal-to-snore-nebula/article_e61d45ee-857f-11e4-b671-7f2f8a4b41ff.html
I gave it 2 out of 5, more cause i liked the special effects. If i was just going on acting, it wouldn;t even have hit 1.
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Just finished seeing the Angry Video Game Nerd movie, friggin hilarious. :D
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Watched Men in Black 3 last night on FX. It was the first time I'd seen it. I enjoyed it.
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Finished Disc 3 of Season 1 of Babylon 5. Some terrific episodes, all around. "Survivors" had some great Londo/Garibaldi interaction. Looking forward to getting Disc 4 next week.
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i am so jealous ...if you watch it for the first time
if you think, lando and garibaldi interactions are great wait till lando and gkar start going at it. some of the best writwn dialogue on tv happens there especially after kosh does something yo the very angry narn but that is in the future if you had not seen it you will enkoy it
katsulas can make you really feel for his charecter through all that makeup
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This is my first time through, for all intents and purposes. I had seen a few episodes when they were first aired, thanks to my dad taping them, and I'd watch them when home on leave from Germany.
Katsulas (RIP) is excellent as G'Kar (and also played a Romulan rather well in TNG); the interactions between G'Kar and Londo are delightful.
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This is my first time through, for all intents and purposes. I had seen a few episodes when they were first aired, thanks to my dad taping them, and I'd watch them when home on leave from Germany.
Katsulas (RIP) is excellent as G'Kar (and also played a Romulan rather well in TNG); the interactions between G'Kar and Londo are delightful.
One thing I loved best about B5 over ST was the plot pretzel, way more than twists. Instead of just "what planet are we visiting this week". Watch carefully, minor things happen in short scenes that seam of little interest, but latter it's "oh crap that's where that was going!" I was a big fan of Londo & G'Kar it was interesting where their relation ship went (no spoiler O0 ).
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Finished Disc 3 of Season 1 of Babylon 5. Some terrific episodes, all around. "Survivors" had some great Londo/Garibaldi interaction. Looking forward to getting Disc 4 next week.
Ah, the sci fi franchise that never took off. It had a good run. Always wondered why there was no spin offs. Enjoy.
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Ah, the sci fi franchise that never took off. It had a good run. Always wondered why there was no spin offs. Enjoy.
There was; Crusade (sucked - took everything B5 fixed from ST and made a series out of the bad stuff), One character, a techno-wizard, they tried to make mysterious. Nearly every episode ended with him leaving on some secret mysterious, mission & stating "expect me, when you see me" then the next episode starts, he's right there, never left ??? [drool] 13 episodes, horrible writing, & bad acting, I think that's what killed the franchise.
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There was; Crusade (sucked - took everything B5 fixed from ST and made a series out of the bad stuff), One character, a techno-wizard, they tried to make mysterious. Nearly every episode ended with him leaving on some secret mysterious, mission & stating "expect me, when you see me" then the next episode starts, he's right there, never left ??? [drool] 13 episodes, horrible writing, & bad acting, I think that's what killed the franchise.
It's too bad, the Pilot Episode was so awesome and that was about it.
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There was; Crusade (sucked - took everything B5 fixed from ST and made a series out of the bad stuff), One character, a techno-wizard, they tried to make mysterious. Nearly every episode ended with him leaving on some secret mysterious, mission & stating "expect me, when you see me" then the next episode starts, he's right there, never left ??? [drool] 13 episodes, horrible writing, & bad acting, I think that's what killed the franchise.
Not entirely true, after about the 3rd or 4th episode, TNT started trying to stick their fingers in the writers room. The head writer said in one of the notes from TNT, they really wanted Silk Stalkings in space not a space opera. B5 wasn't sexy enough for TNT so it was canned. I think it was the Pak Mara (sp?) porn episode when the series creator called the entire project "stillborn." It was a shame.
A movie was shopped around a few years ago, that was about David and the Rangers during the psych corp wars. It never went anywhere, after the Lost Tales DVD wasn't that big of a seller. The DVD was good, OK it half good
The ghost story sucked but the future war one was good
Watching Vorchans ripping apart Warlocks was worth the price of the DVD for me!
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I picked up the Indiana Jones movies on blue ray yesterday for $35. It's a fantastic collection in really nice packaging. I watched Raiders of the Lost Ark and Temple of Doom yesterday, will watch the other two today.
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I wound up deciding that I was in the mood to rewatch Captain America: The First Avenger last night.
I realized something: the Red Skull was sent through the portal, not disintegrated as I'd first thought. Anyone think he might show up in a later film?
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old but good and eat your heart out terminator westworld was there first!
so i just finished watching westworld and starting the sequel which i had not seen yet futureworld
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Caught A walk amongst the tombstones last night along with Maze runner.
My mother (a very avid reader), read the latter book, but before she realized it was part of a trilogy, so felt the ending was lackluster. Now she knows it has 2 more books in the series to come, watching the movie made more sense. For me, having seen hunger games and divergent before it, i actually felt it was a decent addition to the genre.
As for WatT. Compared to a lot of liam's other action films, i felt this was a little lackluster.
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old but good and eat your heart out terminator westworld was there first!
so i just finished watching westworld and starting the sequel which i had not seen yet futureworld
Didn't know there was a sequel. One of my favorite movies (I have on DVD) should'of had a sequel, 1941. Love that movie, and the very last scene ends with Dan Aykroyd (Sgt. Frank Tree) stating: "You know, this year wasn't the big year of the war, '41. I think the really big year is going to be 1942." A setup for a sequel that never came. :(
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I had the misfortune of watching The Zero Theorem over the weekend. I saw it was about to be removed from Cox On Demand, and since I like Gilliam's Brazil and 12 Monkeys (not to mention Monty Python) I decided to rent the movie. There were some amusing touches, but those few fleeting chuckles weren't enough and about halfway through I did something I rarely do and stopped the movie. I think just about the only thing that would have made it worse would have been if it had starred Steven Seagal.
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Didn't know there was a sequel. One of my favorite movies (I have on DVD) should'of had a sequel, 1941. Love that movie, and the very last scene ends with Dan Aykroyd (Sgt. Frank Tree) stating: "You know, this year wasn't the big year of the war, '41. I think the really big year is going to be 1942." A setup for a sequel that never came. :(
well back in 1980 apparently someone decided to try the westworld tv series
beyond westworld did not make it past one season
wonder how the new remake is doing?
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I think just about the only thing that would have made it worse would have been if it had starred Steven Seagal.
lol - It does with everything else. I think it may have been the loss of John Belushi that may have killed any thought of a "1942". I just finished watching a series I hadn't heard of "Life Unexpected" 6 discs (that should have told me something). There are man hating ultra-feminists out their who would say "all-right all-ready quit the whining, what an ultra-chick-flick." Nearly EVERY scene is whine whine whine :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'(. Their having a race on a camping trip & the over-music is someone whining with a guitar. 3 redeeming aspects are 1) The main character (the daughter) was played by (the then 20-21 yo) Britt Robertson - ultra gorges. 2) Emma Caulfield Buffy's "Anya" working out in spandex, nice & 7 episodes with Arielle Kebbel (Vamp Diaries' "Lexi Branson")! wow. That much was almost worth the whining. some PG-13 scenes.
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Watching The Goonies. I haven't seen it since I was in High School over twenty years ago.
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Watching The Goonies. I haven't seen it since I was in High School over twenty years ago.
Heh, I was just in Astoria this weekend. My wife and I ended up singing "(The Goonies are) Good Enough" as we drove into town. Took my kid to see the house that was used for the Goondocks (which is on a private drive, but they allow you to go up on foot. Nice folks.)
Watched The Ghosts of Mars for the first time. Best part: got he DVD for free. I am a big fan of Carpenter, but this is the worst of his films, which means if bumped Body Bags out of that spot on my list.
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Caught 2 oldies, one i have not seen since it initially came out, the other i somehow missed (cause it had 3 actors i love).
First up was the one i have not see in a while. Patch Adams with Robin Williams. Man I forgotten how good it was. I was almost in tears at the end when he was giving his speech at that 'court' (of sorts), and was clapping when the found in his favor. It also makes me wonder is the Gezuntite institute still open and if so how i can donate to it.
2nd up was Reindeer games with Gary Sinise, Ben Afleck and Charlize Theron. I did NOT see that ending coming, where Theron's character was a Triple timing backstabber, and both she and Sinise got killed..
Loved it!
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Caught 2 oldies, one i have not seen since it initially came out, the other i somehow missed (cause it had 3 actors i love).
First up was the one i have not see in a while. Patch Adams with Robin Williams. Man I forgotten how good it was. I was almost in tears at the end when he was giving his speech at that 'court' (of sorts), and was clapping when the found in his favor. It also makes me wonder is the Gezuntite institute still open and if so how i can donate to it.
The real Patch Adams was very different than Robin's portrayal. He reportedly hated the movie for several of the things they did: - portraying him committing felonies by pretending to be a doctor and stealing medical supplies
- how the character Carin was added to provide a romantic subplot- she was very loosely based on a male friend of the real Patch who died in a car crash).
- portraying the other doctors as being caricatured jerks with no bedside manners- he had frictions with some over how close a doctor should get to a patient, but not to the extent the film portrayed
- oversimplification of his methods down to "laughter is the best medicine"
It's a decent movie, but it's important to remember that it's not an accurate biography.
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"Signs and Portents." Darn good episode; hello, Mr. Mordent - I am pretty sure I know what you are, since I know a little about the Shadows.
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"Signs and Portents." Darn good episode; hello, Mr. Mordent - I am pretty sure I know what you are, since I know a little about the Shadows.
a shadows...and vorlons wait till you see what both of them are...ohh how i envy you
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Bullitt. Steve McQueen, Robert Vaughn, and the greatest car chase scene set on film. A classic for a reason.
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It's a decent movie, but it's important to remember that it's not an accurate biography.
Very few "based on a true story" films are accurate biographies of what did happen.
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No, but there are different degrees of accuracy possible when making a movie about someone, and audiences tend to assume that biographical movies are extremely accurate. When the person that the movie is based on has vocally criticized said movie, it's probably good to pay attention to that criticism.
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Point taken.
Just watched an old funny with De nero and Hoffman. Man was it a barrel of laughs!
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Just watched the Tom Cruise movie Edge of Tomorrow (aka Live, Die, Repeat) the other night. Not a bad popcorn flick and certainly an entertaining action movie.
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Just got done watching a somewhat historical based movie called Australia with Kidman and Jackman. Man was it good!
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Garibaldi:"No boom?"
Sinclair: "No boom."
Ivanonva: "No boom *today*. Boom tomorrow. There's *always* a boom tomorrow."
Garibaldi and Sinclair look at each other and walk away.
Ivanona: "What!? Look, somebody's got to have some damn perspective around here! Boom - sooner or later - BOOM!"
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Ivanona: "What!? Look, somebody's got to have some damn perspective around here! Boom - sooner or later - BOOM!"
Always liked her. did you see her at breakfast, when she dozed off? lol
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Always liked her. did you see her at breakfast, when she dozed off? lol
Damn good character, and well performed by Ms. Christian. O0
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Damn good character, and well performed by Ms. Christian. O0
If you do the Book of Face, she is entertaining to follow/like.
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Always liked her. did you see her at breakfast, when she dozed off? lol
garibaldi:3 2 1 0 ivanova: garibali you are a dead man!
pure classic ...
still i do like gkarr a lot the circular universe and patience argument was classic
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garibaldi:3 2 1 0 ivanova: garibali you are a dead man!
pure classic ...
still i do like gkarr a lot the circular universe and patience argument was classic
And now I recall the "Who am I? I am Death incarnate...." speech by Ivanova when she took her White Star squadron aginst the shadow modified Earth Destroyers.
And earlier, when she got the one alien race so sign on against the shadows by dissing them in comparison to the Vorlons ;D
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dirty rotten scoundrels
that is one movie that deserved a sequel or tv series...
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still i do like gkarr a lot the circular universe and patience argument was classic
Lando & G'Kar were always my favorites, though I like Garibaldi too.
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Waiting for the next B5 disc to arrive from Netflix, watched "Dredd." Urban was outstanding in the role, and the overall movie was very entertaining.
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dredd so under rated
only 2 things to pic since i do like the comics
1 mega city one would had been cooler if the visual style was closer to the souece material like judge minty
2 anderson never went to be assessed by dredd but hershey did and in comics she is just as viscious as dredd himself save she is not a street judge much
other than that movie is a great watch and is enjoyable
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Well, that was a helluva way to end Season 1 of B5. Sending off the disc today, taking a brief hiatus to watch "Pacific Rim" next. Saw it in the theater, but want to watch it again.
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I don't know if it's a movie, but Sons of Liberty.
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I just watched the "Extended Version" of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey last night. I know this has been out for a year or so, but I just got around to it!
I do have a question, though. In all the extended versions for the LOTR movies, there was significant and obvious stuff added to the theatrical version of the movie. I didn't do a side by side comparision, but I honestly didn't notice what was added to the extended version of the first Hobbit movie. Can anyone point something out? :-\
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Pacific Rim, some of it good, but the cockpit controles [drool] really? Yea right, that was just dumb.
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Decided I was in a mood to rewatch Hot Fuzz.
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Decided I was in a mood to rewatch Hot Fuzz.
A darn fine choice!
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Finally got to watch "Captain America: The Winter Soldier." A worthy sequel, for sure, and I loved how they introduced Falcon.
I have to admit I have no idea who the "twins" were they showed after the initial credits.
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Just put on The 13th Warrior. Love this old classic.
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Finally got to watch "Captain America: The Winter Soldier." A worthy sequel, for sure, and I loved how they introduced Falcon.
I have to admit I have no idea who the "twins" were they showed after the initial credits.
Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch. According to Joss Whedon, he wanted to add them because he wanted another female character for Avengers 2- he didn't like being stuck with only Black Widow in the first Avengers movie. Personally, I'd have preferred Wasp, Captain Marvel, or, well, they probably can't use Spider-Woman.
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A darn fine choice!
if liked that you should had watched SPACED simon pegg and nick frost at their finest...
but of course not o lot of people had even heard of that one...
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Phantom. in the '60s a Russian sub goes rouge. kind'a interesting.
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if liked that you should had watched SPACED simon pegg and nick frost at their finest...
but of course not o lot of people had even heard of that one...
Spaced hasn't aged as well as some other shows. That added to the fact a lot of its best jokes have been stolen by US sitcoms, and reused by Frost and Pegg in their movies. Despite all that, it really is a must see.
Heck it's worth watching for the Resident Evil and Robot Wars episodes. Even the Matrix and Pegg Breaks up with George Lucas episodes are good, even if they have been done a million times since Spaced did them. BTW if you where in your 20s during the 90s you knew a Tyres.....
Just watched Fury. The most shocking thing in Fury was not the extreme violence, but the startling reveal that Shia Labouf can act. Pretty good.
Speaking of Pegg, gonna watch Hector and the Pursuit of Happiness tonight.
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Fury.
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the oblongs....
sad that series ran short it had so much potential
helga and milo rally had been something...
bob screaming: gargoyle! gargoyle! gargoyle!
always brings a smirk to my face...
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the oblongs....
sad that series ran short it had so much potential
helga and milo rally had been something...
bob screaming: gargoyle! gargoyle! gargoyle!
always brings a smirk to my face...
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Watched an older Linsey Lohan one, "I know who killed me" about twins separated from birth having something similar to stigmata.. It was trippy but well done.
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Fury.
Just rewatched that one. Still good.
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Over the weekend I was happy to note the difference between 15 year old me that saw Starship Troopers for the first time, and present day me is that I realized that the material presented was satire. 15 year old me took it at face value. Oh, 15 year old me. You'd want to beat up present day me. And i'd have to sue your parents.
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Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch. According to Joss Whedon, he wanted to add them because he wanted another female character for Avengers 2- he didn't like being stuck with only Black Widow in the first Avengers movie. Personally, I'd have preferred Wasp, Captain Marvel, or, well, they probably can't use Spider-Woman.
Yeah, I really tend to think of both of them as X-Men characters, even though they have appeared in the Avengers, too. While the Avengers roster has generally been rather male dominated, there are certainly other choices available if they wanted to up the female participation.
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Over the weekend I was happy to note the difference between 15 year old me that saw Starship Troopers for the first time, and present day me is that I realized that the material presented was satire. 15 year old me took it at face value. Oh, 15 year old me. You'd want to beat up present day me. And i'd have to sue your parents.
I saw it when I was older than 15 and had a nose for satire. It did not come across as satire for me, and also did the source material a great disservice.
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Somehow, the delivery order for the B5 DVDs got switched around, so I got the last disk before the next-to-last, which I actually received last. Following along so far? Good.
"Voice in the Wilderness, Pt 1 and 2" were decent enough episodes; I'm curious to see if that planet will play any significant part in the future (no spoilers, please).
"Babylon Squared" was very interesting, since they revealed the fate of B4, as well as an important decision for Delynn.
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Last night I watched Almost Famous, the bootleg cut on Blue-ray. I haven’t seen the movie in years, so I don’t know what is different about it, though I did enjoy it very much. There’s a ton of cool special features as well.
I also watched two documentaries, both with a music theme:
The History of the Eagles – On Netflix. This was originally a two-part documentary, but both parts are shown together on Netflix. Part one is the beginnings up to the 1980 breakup, and part two covers the Frey and Henley solo stuff and then the reunion up to more recent times. They were able to interview all the former and current members of the Eagles, which I thought was fantastic. It’s a very well done documentary and highly recommended, especially if you like the Eagles.
Beware of Mr. Baker – On Netflix. A very well done documentary about Ginger Baker, best known as the often volatile drummer from Cream. Highly recommended, even if you hate the guy LOL
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I saw it when I was older than 15 and had a nose for satire. It did not come across as satire for me, and also did the source material a great disservice.
The director deliberately made changes based on some of his personal misgivings. The script was originally not related to Starship Troopers when it was greenlit. The name was eventually licensed and changes made to bring it more inline with the original story. However, the director's feelings on the source material (which i've come to share) was that it lacked any kind of depth, sense of irony or self awareness. A civilization built on propaganda and institutionalized violence would over time believe it's own nonsense. The Starship Troopers of the film was the director's vision of how the militarist future of the book would actually play out; a ridiculous farce that crushed common sense beneath a relentless administration of violence.
The missing power armor and such would have given the Federation too much credit. If what they had actually worked the message of the movie would have been that militarism works. The military arm of the Federation actually performs in a clownish manner because the Federation had become so arrogant and institutionalized to brutalizing other humans that it was inadequate to meet the threat of a non-human species. You see it time and again in the film. Whether it is the arrogance of "shoot a nuke down a bug hole, get alotta dead bugs" or the pointless knife throwing scene that is actually about doing things for the sake of doing them, and not questioning authority tells us that the Federation's military was far more concerned with being tough and in control than practical. The need of the military to assert itself in politics and eliminate opposing voices had actually blinded it from being able to do the job. Starship Troopers the book is lacking in that kind of criticism.
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Caught John Wick, really good, basic action flick.
Hector and the Pursuit of Happiness was ok. Not bad but it kinda left me with wishing for something a little less paint by numbers.
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However, the director's feelings on the source material (which i've come to share) was that it lacked any kind of depth, sense of irony or self awareness. A civilization built on propaganda and institutionalized violence would over time believe it's own nonsense. The Starship Troopers of the film was the director's vision of how the militarist future of the book would actually play out; a ridiculous farce that crushed common sense beneath a relentless administration of violence.
I could say you both missed the point of the book, but I suppose that's a very subjective judgement so I'll say I got something much different out of the book than you did.
In my opinion, the book was never meant to present a realistic or even recommended method of government. It was a framework in order for the author to address issues of responsibility, both to oneself and to society. All of the flash backs to Juan's citizenship classes (in the book) were about this very issue.
People refer to the government in SST as "militaristic" but the fact was in the book people in the military had no say in government whatsoever. It was only after they successfully completed their term of service that people became "citizens" and could participate in the political process. True, the book itself could be considered "militaristic" but the main character was a soldier and the story took place during a galaxy wide total war so that's kind of hard to avoid. The author was also a veteran himself and it was written at a time when military service was still generally considered in a positive personal choice and an honorable career.
The core idea of the book was not that the military should run the government, but that responsible people should run the government. So-called "federal service" (which was not always military service, although that was the largest branch of federal service) was the differentiators used. It allowed anyone to become a citizen, but they had to volunteer for dangerous, arduous or at the very least tedious service to qualify based on the idea that people don't value things that are given to them for free. Maybe it would not work in real life, but its an interesting idea.
But what do I know? ;)
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I could say you both missed the point of the book, but I suppose that's a very subjective judgement so I'll say I got something much different out of the book than you did.
In my opinion, the book was never meant to present a realistic or even recommended method of government. It was a framework in order for the author to address issues of responsibility, both to oneself and to society. All of the flash backs to Juan's citizenship classes (in the book) were about this very issue.
People refer to the government in SST as "militaristic" but the fact was in the book people in the military had no say in government whatsoever. It was only after they successfully completed their term of service that people became "citizens" and could participate in the political process. True, the book itself could be considered "militaristic" but the main character was a soldier and the story took place during a galaxy wide total war so that's kind of hard to avoid. The author was also a veteran himself and it was written at a time when military service was still generally considered in a positive personal choice and an honorable career.
The core idea of the book was not that the military should run the government, but that responsible people should run the government. So-called "federal service" (which was not always military service, although that was the largest branch of federal service) was the differentiators used. It allowed anyone to become a citizen, but they had to volunteer for dangerous, arduous or at the very least tedious service to qualify based on the idea that people don't value things that are given to them for free. Maybe it would not work in real life, but its an interesting idea.
Nailed it.
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Just rewatched that one. Still good.
Saw it sunday afternoon, and other than the cussing, and that one scene with the crew screwing over those 2 gals, i loved the film.
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just finished watching anime of starship troopers it was fun and the gorrila suits were dead on on description...sadly story toward end was not close to source material which was awesome in itself
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"Killing Season" with DeNiro and Travolta. Both turn in excellent performances, and the story and how it plays out is worth the watch. It's available streaming on Netflix.
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Rewatched a decent slasher type flick with Kane (WWE), See no Evil. Only question i had, was for a bunch of 'juveniles, they all seemed to be in their early to mid 20s...
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Watched few days ago "Nebraska". ;D
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Rewatched a decent slasher type flick with Kane (WWE), See no Evil. Only question i had, was for a bunch of 'juveniles, they all seemed to be in their early to mid 20s...
ok its a horror movie rule that teens will be played by people in their mid 20s to early 30s...
if you had not noticed it since early 80s what movies had you been watching?
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I could say you both missed the point of the book, but I suppose that's a very subjective judgement so I'll say I got something much different out of the book than you did.
In my opinion, the book was never meant to present a realistic or even recommended method of government. It was a framework in order for the author to address issues of responsibility, both to oneself and to society. All of the flash backs to Juan's citizenship classes (in the book) were about this very issue.
The method of "exploring" and the evidence presented in the book are both intellectually dishonest. Mr. Dubois misinterprets the basic tenants of Das Kapital, Labor Theory of Value, the Bill of Rights and the preamble of the Declaration of Independence . Not even in a philosophical way, either. The sneering disregard for the subject matter that clearly the teacher displays is also telling of a lack of understanding of the material he is insulting. It might have been a choice of Heinlein's to do this. Just how many blatant contradictions exist in the Terran Federation's socio-political organization, compared to preceding western Democratic systems might actually lead me to think it was all a big joke. But, Heinlein defended the Terran Federation well after publication.
People refer to the government in SST as "militaristic" but the fact was in the book people in the military had no say in government whatsoever. It was only after they successfully completed their term of service that people became "citizens" and could participate in the political process.
Which was built off the idea that they wouldn't be able to vote themselves out of going to war. The relationship of retired military to current military was explicitly spelled out. Retired citizens were the only ones who had the right to decide who went to war, when and against whom. It perpetuated the idea that those not involved in combat were making the decisions, even though more than once Johnnie tells us about only respecting those willing to put their own neck on the line.
True, the book itself could be considered "militaristic" but the main character was a soldier and the story took place during a galaxy wide total war so that's kind of hard to avoid.
I'm not looking to get into chicken/egg territory, but the effect of setting the Terran Federation against the Skinnies and Arachnids is to create a security threat without moral or philosophical tension. The Federation doesn't have to compare it's morality to any human nation because it dominated humanity through force. An inhuman opponent frees the Federation from having to reconcile it's draconian nature against another nation that may or may not work, but has resisted coercion with a conflicting set of ideals.
Maybe Heinlein wanted to make the parts about M.I. troopers in combat. Those sections certainly seem more his strength. Aliens give him a buy out. If the same tactics were used against other human beings the Federation would be guilty of genocide. As they are the unthinking hive mind of the Arachnids and the unwilling Skinnies that are being fought (the Skinnies in an act of pure ego are actually empowered to break away from the Arachnids after coming into contact with mankind) none of the questions of overuse of force or considerations for basic humanity need to be considered.
The author was also a veteran himself and it was written at a time when military service was still generally considered in a positive personal choice and an honorable career.
Which is fine. The problem with Starship Troopers is that the portrayed military mindset is so disrespectful of dissenting opinion. The Terran Federation was built because civilians could not be trusted to run governments. Individual rights were considered an impediment to functioning society, which collapsed because people didn't hit their children enough and capital punishment became passe. I have no problem with someone making an argument for earned citizenship vs universal suffrage. Just come at me with something that insists youth gang violence was going to be the end of Western Democracy. It comes off as an old man's angry letter to the world.
The core idea of the book was not that the military should run the government, but that responsible people should run the government. So-called "federal service" (which was not always military service, although that was the largest branch of federal service) was the differentiators used. It allowed anyone to become a citizen, but they had to volunteer for dangerous, arduous or at the very least tedious service to qualify based on the idea that people don't value things that are given to them for free.
The problem that is seldom seriously addressed is that the system is non voluntary. Enfranchisement is limited to those who have already gone through the system. But, paying taxes and being subject to the laws enacted by the Federation are non optional. Civilian rights are almost identical to Citizens. But, citizens have no say in changing the system they are forced to pay into and laws they are forced to obey. Universal suffrage at least has the benefit of giving every taxpayer the option to exercise their rights, or not. In the Federation that is an intolerable state, degraded by Mr. Dubois with examples of never-was understanding of how Democracy works.
Maybe it would not work in real life, but its an interesting idea.
The real problem is that Starship Troopers is not distopian in tone. It is utopian. Ok, fine. I've read more ridiculous utopias before. What is so bothersome is that Heinlein goes out of his way to degrade preceding traditions with an incomplete, arguably intellectually dishonest portrayal of the things his proposed system successfully replaced. The argument for the Terran Federation is based on falsehoods, but never a problem. The military veterans resorted to intimidation tactics to take over, and it was fine. To make matters worse, the suggestion that such a system would perpetuate itself through the perfection of taming all would-be revolutionaries, on the basis that getting them into uniform and inside the system defangs popular resentment.
But what do I know? ;)
That I read the book and have had these discussions at length?
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just finished watching anime of starship troopers it was fun and the gorrila suits were dead on on description...sadly story toward end was not close to source material which was awesome in itself
You talking about the Japanese version right? I started it but never finished it. What is different about the endings?
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Anyone seen the Roughnecks CGI series? It combined some elements of both the film and the book. Mostly the film, but the Skinnies and Bronski appear. Though, Bronski is a different character from the book altogether, much like Dizzy Flores.
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I have the DVD set of the show. It was a good watch. I need to give them another run through sometime.
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You talking about the Japanese version right? I started it but never finished it. What is different about the endings?
carmen and johnny get lovey dovey at the end and through out the series he plays the white night to carmens princess in trouble
only first episode sticks to the source
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In your opinion, is it worth finishing?
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take it or leave it it did have its moments...but it felt bit disjointed or not really together at times story wise
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Rewatched a decent slasher type flick with Kane (WWE), See no Evil. Only question i had, was for a bunch of 'juveniles, they all seemed to be in their early to mid 20s...
In "8 simple rules" 2002, "14yo" Kerry was played by Amy Davidson (born 1979 - 23) 6 years older than "big sister" Kaley Cuoco.
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Thanks elf, I think I'll just leave it be.
Just finished "Twin Peaks" season one. Gotta love all the 90s weirdness! !
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In "8 simple rules" 2002, "14yo" Kerry was played by Amy Davidson (born 1979 - 23) 6 years older than "big sister" Kaley Cuoco.
Pretty standard in the business. Unless you were a child actor most people don't have the opportunity to walk into a production at 18. Someone walking off the high school graduation platform into Hollywood can easily count on 2-3 years of being non union Extras or SAG Background Actors.
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The method of "exploring" and the evidence presented in the book are both intellectually dishonest.
I'll have to concede this portion of your argument, as I'll have to admit I lack the academic background or knowledge to even attempt to refute your statements in this matter. I will say that many of "Mr. Dubois" arguments resonated with me, even when I was a young man, but that certainly doesn't mean he was right on this issue. Obviously, Heinlein was a conservative (at least at this point in his writing career. Its hard to consider some of his later books "conservative" by any stretch of the imagination!) so he champions the idea that his conservative views would produce a better society. I'm sure most people, left, right, or center, would tend to do the same thing.
My main criticism of the movie was not the poor acting or the lack of power armor, but rather that it pretty much ignored this discussion, in favor of presenting a sort of caricature of the Federation from the books. I don't want to turn this into too much of a political debate, though, as that would be both off topic and potentially inflammatory. Actually, was the issue of voting even addressed in the movies? Its been a while since I watched them and I don't recall if it was ever mentioned.
the effect of setting the Terran Federation against the Skinnies and Arachnids is to create a security threat without moral or philosophical tension.
I can see this, and I rather think this is the same reason the Star Wars prequels introduced the drone armies of the Trade Federation. That situation avoided the moral quandary of the heroes of the movies slaughtering their opponents in job lots. They were only machines after all...
On the other hand, I don't see where this is particularly a flaw in the books. Heinlein wanted to present the protagonist with an irrefutably "evil" opponent specifically to avoid that very discussion. The the issues of the morality of war and genocide are certainly important, but they were not the issues that the author wanted to explore in this book. It certainly worked out in the movies, allowing for wholesale slaughter of the bad guys without moral or ethical consequences. ;)
The Terran Federation was built because civilians could not be trusted to run governments.
I might argue that the Federation was build not because civilians could not be trusted, but because not everyone could be trusted. On the other hand, as the screening process was predominately military service, I can see your argument and as described it was certainly the ex-military who founded the government of the Federation.
Individual rights were considered an impediment to functioning society, which collapsed because people didn't hit their children enough and capital punishment became passe.
I don't see that the Federation curtailed individual rights to any great extent, other than making the right of political participation conditional. Was there any indication in the books that freedom of speech, religion, assembly, etc. was in any way limited to non-voting citizens? If so, I don't recall it.
I would also argue that while corporal punishment was discussed in the classes as an example of what the previous society did wrong, I think what I really got out of the discussion was that the previous society collapsed not because people were not spanked, but because their was little attempt to hold individuals responsible for their actions.
The problem that is seldom seriously addressed is that the system is non voluntary.
On the contrary, I would consider it to be entirely voluntary. After all, it was stated that anyone could volunteer for "federal service" and would be assigned duties commensurate with their abilities. Admittedly, most of those were military in nature, but it was specifically stated that if people were unsuited physically or mentally for military service they were assigned other duties. They could wash out, but they could not be refused the chance to earn their citizenship.
Universal suffrage at least has the benefit of giving every taxpayer the option to exercise their rights, or not.
Again, every taxpayer in the Federation did have the option to exercise their rights. All they needed to do was volunteer for "federal service" first.
That I read the book and have had these discussions at length?
I never said you didn't, but despite our divergent opinions I have too.
I certainly don't argue that the "Federation" system as presented in the books is a workable blueprint for a successful society, and as appealing as it is in some respects I'm not sure I would really want to live there. It does spark some interesting intellectual discussions, though. Thanks for keeping it civil. 8)
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Planes - Search and Rescue. Never saw any of the other Cars or Planes films, but found this one pretty good. Had no expectations and was watching it with my kid, but found it enjoyable. Had fun playing "Guess the voice actor." (Bonus points for catching Erik Estrada in the clip from the TV show CHoPS.)
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My main criticism of the movie was not the poor acting or the lack of power armor, but rather that it pretty much ignored this discussion, in favor of presenting a sort of caricature of the Federation from the books.
This had to do with Paul Vanderhoeven being annoyed by his original project being saddled with a licensed title like Starship Troopers. His own feelings on the material (which he admits he never finished) celebrated a form of militarism that made him uncomfortable. Rather than rehab Heinlein's work into something more palatable, he chose to depict it in a way that was both brutish and baffoonish.
Actually, was the issue of voting even addressed in the movies? Its been a while since I watched them and I don't recall if it was ever mentioned.
Yes, briefly.
I can see this, and I rather think this is the same reason the Star Wars prequels introduced the drone armies of the Trade Federation. That situation avoided the moral quandary of the heroes of the movies slaughtering their opponents in job lots. They were only machines after all...
Interesting that you mention that. I just watched the Honest Trailer about SW: ep II where they say the same thing. "This disposable army faces off against THIS disposable army!"
On the other hand, I don't see where this is particularly a flaw in the books. Heinlein wanted to present the protagonist with an irrefutably "evil" opponent specifically to avoid that very discussion. The the issues of the morality of war and genocide are certainly important, but they were not the issues that the author wanted to explore in this book. It certainly worked out in the movies, allowing for wholesale slaughter of the bad guys without moral or ethical consequences. ;)
I'll say this about Heinlein's version. The M.I. and mankind in general is very business-like in their pursuit against the Arachnids. The movie has a sadistic streak.
I might argue that the Federation was build not because civilians could not be trusted, but because not everyone could be trusted. On the other hand, as the screening process was predominately military service, I can see your argument and as described it was certainly the ex-military who founded the government of the Federation.
The funny thing is that the desire for citizenship was so strong that the Federal Service had to come up with more jobs than it really needed in order to fulfill the demand. They ended up giving out so many non military jobs that it undercut the whole idea of earning it through hard work. Yeah, there was military, survival gear testing and medical testing. There were also a number of people that got citizenship through mopping floors and peeling potatoes. I doubt this observation was a mistake.
I don't see that the Federation curtailed individual rights to any great extent, other than making the right of political participation conditional. Was there any indication in the books that freedom of speech, religion, assembly, etc. was in any way limited to non-voting citizens? If so, I don't recall it.
No, not between citizens and non citizens. The thing is, law is significantly less humane in the Federation in comparison to current day law, and there are provisions against treasonous speech that even citizens fear. The tension comes from that reality. Civilians are brutalized by a system they can't change.
I would also argue that while corporal punishment was discussed in the classes as an example of what the previous society did wrong, I think what I really got out of the discussion was that the previous society collapsed not because people were not spanked, but because their was little attempt to hold individuals responsible for their actions.
You may want to go back and read that part. He's very specific about the merits of corporal punishment as an instinctual teaching method applicable to all ages. Institutionalized violence was deemed necessary because parents could not be counted on to do it. Once adults, the state refused to do it. But, Mr. Dubois also goes on at length about the failures of the imprisonment system that tried and failed because of good intentions and poor thinking. At least, that's his summation. There were too many cops, too many judges and too little results.
On the contrary, I would consider it to be entirely voluntary. After all, it was stated that anyone could volunteer for "federal service" and would be assigned duties commensurate with their abilities. Admittedly, most of those were military in nature, but it was specifically stated that if people were unsuited physically or mentally for military service they were assigned other duties. They could wash out, but they could not be refused the chance to earn their citizenship.
Again, every taxpayer in the Federation did have the option to exercise their rights. All they needed to do was volunteer for "federal service" first.
It's an open contradiction. You have the right by virtue of birth to prove yourself in an ideological purity test.
I never said you didn't, but despite our divergent opinions I have too.
I certainly don't argue that the "Federation" system as presented in the books is a workable blueprint for a successful society, and as appealing as it is in some respects I'm not sure I would really want to live there. It does spark some interesting intellectual discussions, though.
Yeah, as I read it I found my back getting up. Maybe that was also part of the idea. The lack of dissenting voice was supposed to be filled by the reader? Not sure. Was lots of fun to talk about in military college. It asked if you knew enough about your own beliefs to intellectually defend them.
Thanks for keeping it civil. 8)
Actually, thank you. I'm not sure how we got here, but it was fun.
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One of the things about the political aspect of Starship Troopers is that it's presenting an extremist viewpoint that was forty or so years out of date when the movie was made. If they'd kept it in, would it really have been something that resonated with a 90s audience?
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One of the things about the political aspect of Starship Troopers is that it's presenting an extremist viewpoint that was forty or so years out of date when the movie was made. If they'd kept it in, would it really have been something that resonated with a 90s audience?
It's not "out-of-date" today, it's out of vogue. It was the book, not "ahg me smash bug". the movie named "star ship trooper" had nothing to do with the book and should be erased, along with the career of the idiots who made it. (rest of comment omitted due to restriction on threads >:( )
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Not a movie, but having just ordered the second Yukikaze book, I just rewatched the last DVD from the OAV. Now I can go back to Orphan Black. Good lord, I hope the other disks are as good as the first one. This is one show that really has lived up to the hype. At least so far.
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Hot Shots and Hot Shots Part Deux. Got to give it to Lloyd Bridges in that movie.
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Hot Shots and Hot Shots Part Deux. Got to give it to Lloyd Bridges in that movie.
O0 Before CS cracked his eggs over a skillet. :idiot2:
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The Crazies again.
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About the only way I like to watch football is in the movies.
Watched "Varsity Blues" the other night, and "The Replacements" last night.
If I owned "Remember the Titans" and/or "Necessary Roughness" on DVD, I'd most likely be watching one of them tonight.
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About the only way I like to watch football is in the movies.
Watched "Varsity Blues" the other night, and "The Replacements" last night.
Never really like sports movies, you know who the "good" guy is & the good guy (almost) always wins. What they won, after having to make that impossible comeback! WOW big surprise! (course that's usually true of others as well, but hey...not a fan of "Holly Woodskigrad" anyway) - ever see "An American Carole"? - love it - "Where can we find a real Holly Wood director who hates America?" "Holly Wood, they all hate America" - :))
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The first Percy Jackson.
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An American Carol wasn't a movie so much as it was a two hour long political joke.
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Never really like sports movies, you know who the "good" guy is & the good guy (almost) always wins. What they won, after having to make that impossible comeback! WOW big surprise! (course that's usually true of others as well, but hey...not a fan of "Holly Woodskigrad" anyway) - ever see "An American Carole"? - love it - "Where can we find a real Holly Wood director who hates America?" "Holly Wood, they all hate America" - :))
That is why I liked the original The Bad News Bears. Underdogs fight hard, but lose. Never saw the remake, but I would hope it had the same ending.
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An American Carol wasn't a movie so much as it was a two hour long political joke.
Then you didn't get it - the Joke was...is Anti-American Holly Wood.
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I'm not going to touch what "anti-American" is supposed to mean, much less whether or not someone or something qualifies as such, with a ten foot pole and a suit of Kanazuchi battle armor on this forum.
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Hellboy: Sword of Storms. Animated Hellboy movie were he goes to Japan and fights some demons, including some from japanese stories like Kappa. Ron Pearlman who was live action Hellboy did voice for him in this one.
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just finished watching uzumaki(spiral) live action japaniese horror movie from the late 80s or early 90s a lot of stuff got imported into ring series
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The manga is way better, but the movie has it's charms. It is just so abstract of an idea.....
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The manga is way better, but the movie has it's charms. It is just so abstract of an idea.....
i have the manga i just had not had chance to read it yet
still reading judge dredd stories got to the hot dog run with land sharks about now so i have about 1k chapters more to go
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Got to watch "Guardians of the Galaxy" with the wife tonight; it did not disappoint.
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Vikings - really historical series - about as historical as Hogan's Heroes. >:D
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Well, what did you expect from the History Channel?
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"They hate us cause they ain't us! "
The Interview is a blast. Lots of fun.
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My kid picked the movie tonight. Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day. Not as horrible (etc.) as it could have been, but not my favorite of the year.
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Saw "Kingsman" a few days ago. The key to it is to not expect too much. It ain't highbrow, but I certainly enjoyed it. The fireworks were really amusing, but I think a few folks in the theater were cringing at that point.
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Watched both John Wick and Lucy. Loved wick. Thought Lucy was weird.
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Just saw Wreck-It Ralph for the first time.
I enjoyed it.
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Just saw Wreck-It Ralph for the first time.
I enjoyed it.
One of my favorite animated movies. Jane Lynch was *perfect* for her role. Alan Tudyk was a nice surprise as King Candy.
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One of my favorite animated movies. Jane Lynch was *perfect* for her role. Alan Tudyk was a nice surprise as King Candy.
if you watch closely there are over 300 or so references to other classic and inside jokes about the games and games themselves that only hard core gamer would catch
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if you watch closely there are over 300 or so references to other classic and inside jokes about the games and games themselves that only hard core gamer would catch
Oh, I caught a goodly number of them. I'm an arcade gamer from the 80s.
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I just found out about a series that definitely seems as if it has the potential to do some terrific storytelling, and it's streaming on Netflix. It's called "Black Mirror," produced in the U.K.
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I just found out about a series that definitely seems as if it has the potential to do some terrific storytelling, and it's streaming on Netflix. It's called "Black Mirror," produced in the U.K.
S#;@$ is about to get weird, good but weird.
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I just found out about a series that definitely seems as if it has the potential to do some terrific storytelling, and it's streaming on Netflix. It's called "Black Mirror," produced in the U.K.
awww man are you in for a ride!
twisted dark and stirring in a very odd way
too bad its only few episodes
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i claudius and stealth at same time
i still like i claudius better
brian blessed and william hurt along with patrick stewart and rest o fthe cast gave their all
as for stealth meh who cares ...
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awww man are you in for a ride!
twisted dark and stirring in a very odd way
too bad its only few episodes
"The Entire History of You" - who would even trust anyone any more? Yow.
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Can anyone remember seeing any adverts for "Birdman"? Anyone seen it?
I'd like to know to find out how in the heck it beat out the highest grossing film in years (American Sniper) for several Oscars..
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Flight of the Navigator. One of my fav movies when I was 7 and still a great flick if dated.
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I saw Interstellar finally.
A very good movie. And I love the different environments they created for the planets although the entire idea of the stellar system there was strange. I would love to hear input from someone more familiar with astonomy than I am if his is even remotely possible.
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I saw Interstellar finally.
A very good movie. And I love the different environments they created for the planets although the entire idea of the stellar system there was strange. I would love to hear input from someone more familiar with astonomy than I am if his is even remotely possible.
There's a thread about the movie further back in the "Off Topic" section you can search for. There were at least a couple articles linked in that thread.
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Can anyone remember seeing any adverts for "Birdman"? Anyone seen it?
I'd like to know to find out how in the heck it beat out the highest grossing film in years (American Sniper) for several Oscars..
Highest-grossing doesn't always equal best quality. I'm not saying that's the case for either movie, as I haven't seen either of them.
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starting on binge watching of asterix the gaul both animated and 3 live actions ones
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Can anyone remember seeing any adverts for "Birdman"? Anyone seen it?
I'd like to know to find out how in the heck it beat out the highest grossing film in years (American Sniper) for several Oscars..
Because it was freaking brilliant. Keaton was at the top of his craft, and the rest of that cast was solid. Well acted, well written, funny, and looked to be shot in a single take. The cinematography of pulling that off in this film is astounding.
Add in the politics of the Academy, and Sniper had little chance. Normally I would complain about that, but truly? Birdman was better in almost every way. Hard to argue the choice.
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Because it was freaking brilliant. Keaton was at the top of his craft, and the rest of that cast was solid. Well acted, well written, funny, and looked to be shot in a single take. The cinematography of pulling that off in this film is astounding.
Add in the politics of the Academy, and Sniper had little chance. Normally I would complain about that, but truly? Birdman was better in almost every way. Hard to argue the choice.
When the heck did it hit the Theaters? I don't even remember seeing any TV adverts for it last year, let alone any for it's imminent DVD release...
As for me, cause of chatter on an ADND site about films we like but were generally panned, i have decided to get a trio of older ones from my library.. The Shadow with Alec baldwin, The Phantom with Billy Zane, and Master of the Universe with Lundgren.
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I just watched "Scintilla" (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2798456).
For "Alien" fans. Was also similar (but different) to "Paragraf 78". A good watch, like the other two.
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Highest-grossing doesn't always equal best quality.
As demonstrated by Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, which set box office records despite having no identifiable plot.
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When the heck did it hit the Theaters? I don't even remember seeing any TV adverts for it last year, let alone any for it's imminent DVD release...
As for me, cause of chatter on an ADND site about films we like but were generally panned, i have decided to get a trio of older ones from my library.. The Shadow with Alec baldwin, The Phantom with Billy Zane, and Master of the Universe with Lundgren.
I saw it here in Stumptown at a Cinetopia in...November? Yeah, before Thanksgiving. It is out in a wider release again now, off the buzz. I heartily suggest it.
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What of Whiplash?
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awww man are you in for a ride!
twisted dark and stirring in a very odd way
too bad its only few episodes
"White Bear" was phenomenal in a dark and twisted way.
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"White Bear" was phenomenal in a dark and twisted way.
i really wish that this show would be extended for more than it got...as i see it it is meant to shake your preconceptions and what one would consider ethical or moral sort of like me i hate preconceptions and so called morals or ethics as people understand them.
i still had not gotten to watching the season 3 episode yet
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Last I heard they where attempting an American remake. I really don't like that idea, I think it loses some edge if it isn't British. Some things aren't transferable between cultures. IMHO
That or really messed up stuff sits better in an European accent.
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Last I heard they where attempting an American remake. I really don't like that idea, I think it loses some edge if it isn't British. Some things aren't transferable between cultures. IMHO
That or really messed up stuff sits better in an European accent.
please do not even say that it will be americanized...it will not be the same at all and far as i am concerned should not be attempted because it will turn to something that comes out of horses behind not in solid but more of brown and loose sort semiliquid state
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Last I heard they where attempting an American remake. I really don't like that idea, I think it loses some edge if it isn't British. Some things aren't transferable between cultures. IMHO
That or really messed up stuff sits better in an European accent.
Yes, unfortunately, some company has secured the rights to produce a version that's due to be released in the States next year (2016). I'm cynical that it will even come close to the hitting power of the original series. The networks seem to like to produce watered-down swill for the masses.
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Yes, unfortunately, some company has secured the rights to produce a version that's due to be released in the States next year (2016). I'm cynical that it will even come close to the hitting power of the original series. The networks seem to like to produce watered-down swill for the masses.
and people ask why i refuse to have cable or working tv other than for console or dvd player...
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From the Wikipedia article on the series:
In January 2015, Endemol Shine North America confirmed that Cris Abrego and Charlie Corwin produced the US version of the series.[29] The release is planned for 2016.
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From the Wikipedia article on the series:
hmmm i wonder if flogging is still outlawed...?
i can see the horror of it now as i see before my eyes the being human version for us audiences my skin just crawls
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There's always hope. Maybe it will be like Little Britain USA, really good. USA has my favorite skits, "Mr. Doggy. " Hilarious!
I know it's a long shot but maybe it will be good. Isn't it going to be on Showtime? Like I said I think it will lose something in translation.
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the American Shameless was even better, fit right in to Westside Chicago.
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There's always hope. Maybe it will be like Little Britain USA, really good. USA has my favorite skits, "Mr. Doggy. " Hilarious!
It helps that David Walliams and Matt Lucas were the stars in both. Great show, though.
I'm holding out for an adaptation of Mitchel and Webb. Not sure it would survive a localization. But, whenever we fire up the Sir Digby Chicken Ceaser clips it's a good time.
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Had a bit of a Brit-crime movie night Sunday when gaming plans fell through. Re-watched Snatch and Layer Cake. I love the way the Brits do crime movies.
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rewatching orphan black series one and two waiting till april is hard for third series especially when series is good
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Well, been while i posted in a movie thread.
I just watch two good movies.
The Kingsmen - Darn that was a fine film. It was more like the old James Bond Films that were little silly but still took everything in seriously what they were doing. It well balance, if they do a franchise I hope they maintain the value of the series. I don't recommend it to novel and newer James Bond people who like ultra serious and gritty Bond.
Jupiter Ascending - Okay, there been alot bad talk about it. I barely listen to it, but hard ignore them moving it from summer to now. It's currently dying in the theaters, i watched with my father and brother in matinee. It was a good science fiction movie, there were some liberties taken with it that made it little crazy but its was good and acting was just as good. I think though it's not for everyone, however amusing note is this movie could lightly be compared to two previous science fiction movies, Dune with way there royal houses and Flash Gordon (1980s movie), when they went in to rescue the princess onboard the ship on the cruiser, the hero flew in attacking the ship. All sudden i had Queen playing in my head, wedding (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVMLqeNwDlE), them attack in their fighterMech (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nd1EfVlRYEw) and wedding crashing (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsdEYdzxsuU). That stuff matches completely to the scene. plus those two former Legionnaries are in fact Hawkmen too... The film worth watching, just don't get too caught up with some things going on in it. It's popcorn have fun movie with scifi to it.
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Twice now i have wanted to go to the cimena for 5 dollar tuesdays. This week i couldn't go cause of weather, same as with last. PLUS i had to take my car in for an alignment and 2 new tires. Its almost as if the fates don't want me to go see it at the movies.
I will try again next tuesday (assuming it still is playing!)
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"How I Live Now" - adapted from a YA novel, it follows the story of an American teen visiting cousins in the UK as tensions are ratcheting up. While there, a terrorist coalition detonates a nuclear device in London, and the country locks down in martial law, and faces a surprisingly robust terrorist opposition. As it's from the perspectives of the teens/kids, a lot of the details you might expect in a movie of this genre (the reason behind the attack, exactly who is responsible, etc) is left out. Not a bad flick, and is streaming on Netflix at the moment.
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I watched that one a while back. Not a bad movie. Still the idea that they were cousins was a little disturbing.
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I watched that one a while back. Not a bad movie. Still the idea that they were cousins was a little disturbing.
I had to go back and check to see what shoes the mother was wearing in case the one Piper found later was hers. While the mom *could* have changed into something different for her trip, I don't think the director would have made it less than obvious if mom was in the plane wreck.
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I had to go back and check to see what shoes the mother was wearing in case the one Piper found later was hers. While the mom *could* have changed into something different for her trip, I don't think the director would have made it less tuhan obvious if mom was in the plane wreck.
I never caught that, I just figured she never came home. You never knew what happened to her, because the kids never found out.
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I never caught that, I just figured she never came home. You never knew what happened to her, because the kids never found out.
To clarify, the shoes she was wearing in her office were definitely different than the shoe found by the wreckage.
Finally started on Season 2 of "Babylon 5" last night - great season opener. Was there a RL reason Micheal O'Hare was replaced for Season 2, or was it part of the overarching plot? If the latter, please no specifics/spoilers.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_O%27Hare#Illness
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_O%27Hare#Illness
Thank you for that info.
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Yeah, it was a darned shame.
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I just watched the Exteded Version of The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug last night. I found myself enjoying it much more than I did when I saw it in the threater for some reason. I think the extra bits helped, but mostly I guess maybe I was just in the right mood to watch it. Now I have to rewatch it with the audio comentary, and then the 8-9 hours of extra features. ::)
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To clarify, the shoes she was wearing in her office were definitely different than the shoe found by the wreckage.
Finally started on Season 2 of "Babylon 5" last night - great season opener. Was there a RL reason Micheal O'Hare was replaced for Season 2, or was it part of the overarching plot? If the latter, please no specifics/spoilers.
yes he was suffering from schizophrenia and did not want the rest of the cast to know and it was kept secret until after his death
he only came back briefly to do war without end to take back B4 and reason script was amended it was by his request to write him out. it was complied with and they gave him hell of a send off
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1941 again (5-6th time) - love that movie - wish there had been the "1942" Dan Aykroyd hinted to at the end (guess JB ODing may have put that down, though his charicter was captured at the end, so it would have been easy to write him out if he was ever in) - just got a gags, the "Jap" Sailors trying to stuff the old radio into the subs hatch & one of them stating that they have to find a way to make them smaller.
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1941 again (5-6th time) - love that movie - wish there had been the "1942" Dan Aykroyd hinted to at the end (guess JB ODing may have put that down, though his charicter was captured at the end, so it would have been easy to write him out if he was ever in) - just got a gags, the "Jap" Sailors trying to stuff the old radio into the subs hatch & one of them stating that they have to find a way to make them smaller.
I love the movie, i won't want it as a sequel. They not done right anymore. Dan's not had good track record on doing sequels either. Caddyshack2 and Blue Brothers 2000
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its not a movie. But re watching some episodes of SeaQuest.
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"Revelations" and "The Geometry of Shadows" - both great Babylon 5 episodes.
Londo, Londo, Londo - I love you (as a character), but you're an idiot.
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Man, only 6 episodes of "Black Mirror" on Netflix. "The Waldo Moment" is a bit of a downer; anything more than that just might stray right into Rule 4.
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Man, only 6 episodes of "Black Mirror" on Netflix. "The Waldo Moment" is a bit of a downer; anything more than that just might stray right into Rule 4.
yah that one was abit of a downer...
still the ep where they can bring you back to life from what you did on line was bit sick....
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The Wrath of Khan later tonight. During the end of which I cried manly tears before Nemoy passed. This will be worse.
Close friends, a bottle of single malt Irish and The Wrath of Khan. It is a wake, of a sort.
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Started off watching "Space Battleship Yamato" (the live-action 2010 release), but decided I wanted something a bit darker, and changed over to "Space Pirate Captain Harlock" (the 2013 CGI movie). Great story, beautiful graphics, and relatively minimal fanservice (IMO). Enjoyed it as much as I did the first time.
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Just came back from the Theater and finally saw Jupiter Ascending. I ver much liked the film, and REALLY want a pair of those damn boots!
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Just came back from the Theater and finally saw Jupiter Ascending. I ver much liked the film, and REALLY want a pair of those damn boots!
I keep thinking that flash gordon's queen song when they crashed Ajax rocket into the Ming city fits when they crashed that Warhammer into the wedding.
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since i have trouble sleeping as per norm for me i finally got around to watching
mr magorium wonder emporium
and k pax again i wish sequel would be made after all there had been 3 books in total on PROT is really something
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Watching 2010
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I keep thinking that flash gordon's queen song when they crashed Ajax rocket into the Ming city fits when they crashed that Warhammer into the wedding.
I loved that 'mech suit' like fighter. And did anyone get a vibe of the 'mine field' from Star quest, when the ship released that barricade thinggy?
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Crumb.
Watched American Splendor yesterday.
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Rewatched Patriot's game last night, and still love it! IMO it was the best of the 4 Jack ryan focused movies.
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Better than Clear And Present Danger?
I sttill cannot decide. ;)
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Better than Clear And Present Danger?
I sttill cannot decide. ;)
I hope that's sarcasm - because they really mangled the book to get the movie.
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The only one I liked was Hunt for Red October. Because Baldwin was the one who really got the huge arrogance under all of Ryan's intelligence for me. *shrug* Ford was too old and looked befuddled to me, and Ben Affleck was too Ben Affleck.
To each his own.
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Better than Clear And Present Danger?
I sttill cannot decide. ;)
Yup. C&PD was imo a little TOO politically linked.
Anyhoo.. I have 3 movies awaiting me at the local library. Mockingjay part 1, The Judge, and Battlestar galactica 1980! YES i am going to give that a rewatch..
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I honestly liked them all... :)
The only one I feel stands out slightly is the newest one. Lacks that something to me.
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Yup. C&PD was imo a little TOO politically linked.
Anyhoo.. I have 3 movies awaiting me at the local library. Mockingjay part 1, The Judge, and Battlestar galactica 1980! YES i am going to give that a rewatch..
C&PD was a political book, if you recall. I'd go a bit more in-depth, but don't particularly want to creep close to Rule 4.
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I'm watching the four Pirates of the Caribbean movies now. Just finished off the first and starting on the second. I may just call it quits though and put on Dune.
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Netflix apparently just added Tank Girl to its line up.
It's like watching a snowplow crashing into a school bus- it's horrific and scarring your brain but at the same time you can't make yourself look away.
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I honestly liked them all... :)
The only one I feel stands out slightly is the newest one. Lacks that something to me.
Especially since it was supposed to be a reboot, but seemed more like a modern based film, than one where Ryan was early in his career.
Netflix apparently just added Tank Girl to its line up.
It's like watching a snowplow crashing into a school bus- it's horrific and scarring your brain but at the same time you can't make yourself look away.
I can!
Of Lori Petty's films, the only ones i liked were
Caddalac man, Point break, League of their own and In the army now
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Oy, I need to amend my earlier statements; for some reason, I was thinking of "The Sum of All Fears" when discussing "Clear and Present Danger." "Sum of All Fears" is the one they really butchered from the book. My apologies.
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I'm watching the BBC's Sherlock movies from a few years back. I don't know why I've never took the time to watch them before now. They are excellent. The second season is substantially better than the first. Its also nice to see Khan and Bilbo when they were younger. All the little Easter eggs scattered every where is a nice little treat for the fans of the books. Highly recommended.
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Three Days of the Condor with Robert Redford and Faye Dunaway.
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Saw The Judge last night, along with Mockingjay part 1.
Mocking jay was good, but not as good as catching fire or the first hunger games was.
The judge was good even though it lacked anything 'eye catching (violence etc). But why is it in all these "Person comes home" type movies, the family is always dysfunctional?
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Saw The Judge last night, along with Mockingjay part 1.
Mocking jay was good, but not as good as catching fire or the first hunger games was.
The judge was good even though it lacked anything 'eye catching (violence etc). But why is it in all these "Person comes home" type movies, the family is always dysfunctional?
Because pretty much any family has some degree of dysfunction in it. Also, it's a drama - wouldn't be much of a plot if the person came home with minimal fuss. There's also typically a reason the person went that far from home. My wife and I both really liked "The Judge."
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The judge was good even though it lacked anything 'eye catching (violence etc). But why is it in all these "Person comes home" type movies, the family is always dysfunctional?
Because if everyone behaved like rational adults, it would be a really short movie.
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Ehm... "Appleseed"... :-[
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Just watched Kingsman. It was a pleasure, you might even say a royal pleasure. ;D
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Ehm... "Appleseed"... :-[
Which one? I remember watching the original (fully animated darn it!) film/ova before decades came by the multiple of slight questionable quality CGI films came out.
I've never been happy on how the property was handled, the original film (i didn't have translation but read the manga.) was arguably confusing, but basis what was going on was understandable. Author seems to dropped out of lime light from any his properties now...
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Ehm... "Appleseed"... :-[
which version
90s anime
the 00s 2 movies
the XIII
or alpha
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Just watched Kingsman. It was a pleasure, you might even say a royal pleasure. ;D
I have that on my list of to watch films..
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The one from 2004.
And later that day, Alpha, which I like very much (gives a load of ideas on different approach to post-Succession-War campaigns where main fighting is with remains of war, not other humans. Automatic sentries killing people, sophisticated mines waiting for the prey etc...
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Got to watch Big Hero 6 last night. I was always a fan of obscure superheroes so I think I've read all the BH6 comics. While they took a few liberties with the source material, I think they did a good job of adapting it and came up with a very fun, well done movie.
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Watched Deep Impact over the weekend. Basically, it turned into one long rag on Ron Eldard's acting career.
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Smart missiles that follow you home, hide under your bed, and wait for you to get out of the cockpit?
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Ended up watching Romacing The Stone. It has it's good parts. The success of that movie gave Robert Zimeckes (sorry spelling) the credit to make Back To The Future!
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Got to watch Big Hero 6 last night. I was always a fan of obscure superheroes so I think I've read all the BH6 comics. While they took a few liberties with the source material, I think they did a good job of adapting it and came up with a very fun, well done movie.
I had no idea it was based on a series of comics; it is a very fun, well-done movie - agreed!.
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The one from 2004.
And later that day, Alpha, which I like very much (gives a load of ideas on different approach to post-Succession-War campaigns where main fighting is with remains of war, not other humans. Automatic sentries killing people, sophisticated mines waiting for the prey etc...
they are nice fount of ideas ...still animated one from the 90s i found more disturbing...than the cgi ones
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I had no idea it was based on a series of comics; it is a very fun, well-done movie - agreed!.
The characters are all from the original comics, although they have changed the back story on most of them to some extent. IIRC the team only appeared in a couple of short mini-series.
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I'm rewatching Paul right now.
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Watched Deep Impact over the weekend. Basically, it turned into one long rag on Ron Eldard's acting career.
I much preferred Deep impact for the acting, while Armageddon was just for the explosions.
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I'm rewatching Paul right now.
Lucky duck. I really need to get me a copy of that movie.
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The characters are all from the original comics, although they have changed the back story on most of them to some extent. IIRC the team only appeared in a couple of short mini-series.
I presume you watched all the way through the credits for the "bonus scene"?
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getting ready to binge watch comedies and other stuff by french comedian louis de funes
doubtful most of the folks heard of him but he is worth looking up not for movies alone but for his jazz playing too
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Watched the flic, Kill the Messenger last night, and LOVED IT.
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Not really a movie but the old Miniseries North and South. Been at least twenty years since I last watched it.
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Just watched The Signal. Not bad, but I couldn't help but crack Morpheus-style lines of commentary every ten minutes.
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HALO:Nightfall.
I really liked it.
Can't understand if this is a TV movie, TV -series or a movie though.
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Re-watched X-Men: Days of Future Past last night.
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HALO:Nightfall.
I really liked it.
Can't understand if this is a TV movie, TV -series or a movie though.
It was a web series. Is it better than the last one Forward on to Dawn?
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It was a web series. Is it better than the last one Forward on to Dawn?
No.
And as a web series, it would really bore.
I watched it as a TV movie and it was OK. Not very consistent though - introduction and last quotes in the background talking about being soldiers and gods, the actual movie has little to do with it, it's a survival horror in HALO universe setting.
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I just rewatched Avengers last night, since Age of Ultron is coming.
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I just rewatched Avengers last night, since Age of Ultron is coming.
I haz a sad - Avengers went off Netflix streaming a month or so ago.
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Just watched The Signal. Not bad, but I couldn't help but crack Morpheus-style lines of commentary every ten minutes.
I couldn't stand that films ending. Man what a let down.
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No.
And as a web series, it would really bore.
I watched it as a TV movie and it was OK. Not very consistent though - introduction and last quotes in the background talking about being soldiers and gods, the actual movie has little to do with it, it's a survival horror in HALO universe setting.
Well crud. I was really looking forward to it.
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It doesn't disappoint as a generic sci-fi survival horror/thriller with lots of sensible references to HALO universe and game plot. Hardcore fans will recognize the protagonists, there is a less-than-satisfying moment with some new alien race making this whole thing more Star-Trekish than HALOish, but in general, watchable.
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Movie-watching weekend for me, yesterday I watched:
X-Men: First Class
Lucy
Fury
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Well, two out of three ain't bad.
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Well, two out of three ain't bad.
I enjoyed all three, but Fury was my favorite.
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Star Trek into Darkness. I will never understand why this movie gets all the hate. I like it.
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There were two reasons I heard as the main reasons for the dislike of Into Darkness:
One, the recycling of Khan, like they couldn't come up with an original story so they just did a knockoff of Wrath of Khan.
Two, it was decent as a scifi action movie but missed the feel of Star Trek.
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There were two reasons I heard as the main reasons for the dislike of Into Darkness:
One, the recycling of Khan, like they couldn't come up with an original story so they just did a knockoff of Wrath of Khan.
Two, it was decent as a scifi action movie but missed the feel of Star Trek.
I know you aren't claiming these as your reasons.
One I can at least understand. Two, though, never ceases to amaze me. What, exactly, is this "feel" of Star Trek they are referring to? here have been plenty of episode and movie plotlines dealin with heavy-handed and/or shady governments, and that were much more combat/violence heavy. It seems to me as if those complaining that "it isn't 'Star Trek'" have managed to forget or ignore a significant portion of the Trek lore/canon/library. (Again, I realize you aren't claiming this, just saying what you've seen given as reasons.)
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Beats me. I never actually watched the movie- I wasn't terribly impressed by the previous Star Trek film so I never got around to watch Into Darkness. I don't really get the criticism myself, since at least half of the Star Trek movies have been action oriented (and aside from Star Trek IV, most of the non-action ones weren't regarded very highly either).
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Beats me. I never actually watched the movie- I wasn't terribly impressed by the previous Star Trek film so I never got around to watch Into Darkness. I don't really get the criticism myself, since at least half of the Star Trek movies have been action oriented (and aside from Star Trek IV, most of the non-action ones weren't regarded very highly either).
While there are some valid complaints about the movie, I don't think it's near as bad as the absolute wave of hate & disgust that it got. I figure a good deal of that was internet bandwagoning, which equates to a modern day witch hunt in some cases.
I've watched it a few times, it's not a bad movie, and I think it would be a bit more accessible for someone new to the series rather than someone who's been a fan forever and can't loosen their grip on the past.
Also, many of the complaints about it can be applied to the original series, which ripped itself off a few times, had more of an emphasis on action, and even the best episodes had a plot hole or two.
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Into Darkness was popcorn/bubble gum (leave your brain out your head) thrill ride.
I personally had some issues with it, it was fun ride.
However, it took some serious liberties if the entire universe was suppose to be a variant of the old one but still considered to be canon. Aside from the technology being too advanced at time period they were in, Into Darkness had Khan and before Kirk even found the guy. Klingons weren't made into human like versions that Federation, which hadn't really seen what Klingons look like. Again, that different take. Personally, if they just said it's was imagining/reboot of the franchise verse a alternate timeline. I would had been cool with the changes except for Kirk going from Cadet to Captain in matter of months.
I think though my biggest problem with this film was it was big remake of Star Trek II and not trying to do more original with it. Also the Starship battles were confusing and hard to follow too so it wasn't enjoyable to me. :-X
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I'm not trying to convince someone it was or wasn't a good film, or even a good or bad Trek film. All I am hoping for is some consistency in their evaluation. If the person claims there's too much action in "Into Darkness," yet holds up "Wrath of Khan" as their ideal Trek film, then they obviously aren't following an internal logic.
@Wrangler -
Your first actual paragraph is a good example, in my mind, of a "legitimate" gripe/deconstruction of what you didn't like.
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I'm not trying to convince someone it was or wasn't a good film, or even a good or bad Trek film. All I am hoping for is some consistency in their evaluation. If the person claims there's too much action in "Into Darkness," yet holds up "Wrath of Khan" as their ideal Trek film, then they obviously aren't following an internal logic.
Maybe Chris Pine just doesn't have the same flair for hand-to-hand combat as Shatner? ;)
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Maybe Chris Pine just doesn't have the same flair for hand-to-hand combat as Shatner? ;)
I'm probably going to be branded a blasphemer here, but I liked Pine better as Kirk. I don't dislike Shatner...dunno, something about Pine/Quinto really works well.
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Maybe Chris Pine just doesn't have the same flair for hand-to-hand combat as Shatner? ;)
It seems like Pine has no problem fighting with anyone. It seems like he likes fighting as Kirk. Fought at the bar, on the drill, Spock, on the Narada, and thats what I can remember from the first movie.
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I was actually commenting on Shatner's "unique" fighting style.
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Well, two out of three ain't bad.
Agreed. Lucy was totally brainless. Fury and DoFP were both awesome!
I'm probably going to be branded a blasphemer here, but I liked Pine better as Kirk. I don't dislike Shatner...dunno, something about Pine/Quinto really works well.
Shat's always going to be the man, but i will admit i am enjoying the Pine/Quinto pairing.
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Just got back from Chappie. I wonder what will happen when Chappie is introduced to the concept of LAN party, or at the least copy-paste of the identities. Eventually Ninja will die (unless they purchase the Tetravall factory, including the scanner), so if the trio want more robots, they will need to copy themselves.
Plus when Deon gets the idea to upload to the internet, or set up their own computer network at the 'home'.
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Appreciate the spoiler tags. O0
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Maybe Chris Pine just doesn't have the same flair for hand-to-hand combat as Shatner? ;)
Cowboy swings?
Introduced some friends to the bumbling, mumbling mess that is The Dark Knight Rises.
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Cowboy swings?
Introduced some friends to the bumbling, mumbling mess that is The Dark Knight Rises.
There were parts of that movie that are awesome and parts that were just boring.
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Constantine. Years since I've it, better than I remember.
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Constantine. Years since I've it, better than I remember.
because fan boys of hellblazer let it die
i remember when it came out most comic book fans were on verge of bringing pitchforks to the theater and few torches as well
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because fan boys of hellblazer let it die
i remember when it came out most comic book fans were on verge of bringing pitchforks to the theater and few torches as well
I enjoyed it, but I also had no emotional investment with the comic source material.
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Throwing out a couple of my recent watches....
Birdman (would have preferred Harvey Birdman)
http://www.paulsvalleydailydemocrat.com/opinion/birdman-not-annoyingly-artsy-but-not-best-of-year/article_949fe916-cce6-11e4-8ed6-c7ca05bf070b.html
Get on Up
http://www.paulsvalleydailydemocrat.com/opinion/get-on-up-carried-completely-by-talent/article_af4fe3dc-be00-11e4-aff0-47ea9098b441.html
Monty Python Live (would have been a sin not to see this)
http://www.paulsvalleydailydemocrat.com/opinion/monty-python-live-mostly-a-greatest-hits-revival-for-fans/article_e92f719a-ad7e-11e4-81e2-1f2a2867de5b.html
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Ended up watching How To Train Your Dragon 2 on Netflix. Decent, but there were some plot holes that stood out.
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Was looking at some up coming movies that might be good, and noticed one with Morgan Freeman and Clive owen, the Last Knight, which comes out Apr 3... but am surprised i have not seen ANY trailers for it on TV..
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I *really* want to see the movie, "Pixel," (http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi2398335257/) now.
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Did anyone see Interstellar? Just wondering if it's a rent or a buy
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Since it was wife's choice for movie night....
http://www.paulsvalleydailydemocrat.com/opinion/cinderella-well-crafted-more-of-the-same-princess-shtick/article_001e7b9e-cdc8-11e4-80b2-6f2ae7a36b7d.html
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Since I don't have HBO, I've been "binge" watching Season 4 of "Game of Thrones" - get disc in, watch both episodes that night, ship disc back out next day, wait 3 days for next disc. Just finished disc 4 (Episodes 7 and 8) last night. Man, oh, man.
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Finished season 2 of Orphan Black last night. .. WOW. Really wished I hadn't ruined the big reveal at the end by watching the season 3 trailer. To quote Wil Wheaton, "Please, please don't f#:# this up."
Watched In a World. .. as well. I thought a movie by Lake Bell would be more .... risky. It's a good watch but kinda standard romcom.
Edit due to auto correct. ..
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Did anyone see Interstellar? Just wondering if it's a rent or a buy
I am awaiting it coming out at the Library (already got it on reservation).
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I *really* want to see the movie, "Pixel," (http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi2398335257/) now.
I just hope it comes out better then Battleship.
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ok i am the only person that i know of that had not seen even one episode of game of thrones or sons of anarchy...
i just do not know why i do not want to see either at least not yet anyway
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I have caught 2 eps of Sons of anarchy. Hated them both. I get enough crime on tv as is with all the cop shows, i don't really want to watch a show glorifying it.
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I have caught 2 eps of Sons of anarchy. Hated them both. I get enough crime on tv as is with all the cop shows, i don't really want to watch a show glorifying it.
It really doesn't glorify it; that much is made clear not too long into the show.
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It really doesn't glorify it; that much is made clear not too long into the show.
I have never watched Sons of Anarchy and breaking bad and people ask me "how do you get buy?" And "you don't know what your missing" it's annoying. I don't watch some of the good ones I guess.
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There are some shows I don't watch that friends of mine rave about. I honestly don't watch much TV, in general.
Without spoiling anything, SoA's entire arc definitely shows that the outlaw biker lifestyle is not compatible with "normal" lifestyles. There are very real consequences all along the line for what the club is involved in.
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finally had a chance to watch the sting with redford and newman without interuptions...and watch it to the end! wahoo! ( doing the happy dance)
finished watching divergent...total opinion on it ? blah....nice concept just fell flat and into category it had been done before and flogged to death ressurected like demented messiah and killed again.
it seems that hollywood stopped making anything original after 1983
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with all the crud that is out there it got me thinking about some old sci fi stuff and how these guys in the 50s and 60s did a lot more for less
then i thought of invaders tv series and even tho the budget was crap and sets cheap as they can get without being blown away by merest gust of wind how the actors made the show shine through their sheer will of personality and acting. kind of made me wish for some rally good movies and tv shows that depended more on actors with ability than expensive fx that covered up bad acting.
any one else feels that way about todays shows and movies?
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Johnny Sokko and His Flying Robot. Wow... just wow. If your ever in the mood to watch a 10 year old Japanese boy slaughter evil henchmen with a pistol and giant robot set in the 60s, boy do I have a show for you.
It's like Ultraman if Ultraman was grossly inappropriate
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I started watching "The Dark Crystal" on Netflix the other night...and I couldn't get into it. I used to *love* this movie; I'm hoping it was just a case of it not being the right movie for the mood I was in.
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I started watching "The Dark Crystal" on Netflix the other night...and I couldn't get into it. I used to *love* this movie; I'm hoping it was just a case of it not being the right movie for the mood I was in.
it was the mood ...there are times i hate to watch anything even when it is my favorite thing in the world to watch!
on the plus side today was a mile stone for me!
after 30+ years of trying to watch return of the jedi without interuption it breaking or crashing or even emergency cropping up along with unannounced visit and or breaking itself in movie theater....
I WAS ABLE TO WATCH IT NON STOP! !!!!!
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I picked up the Star Wars movies on Blue Ray yesterday, the "Complete Saga" set. The set as a whole is amazing, though there's some omissions in the extras department. It comes with 3 bonus discs, one of which has several documentaries, but the "Empire of Dreams" documentary is missing (included on the DVD release of ep IV-VI boxed set), and I think there are a couple other documentaries that should have been included as well. Fortunately I still have that bonus disc so I can watch it anytime.
I've watched the movies in order but had to stop after Ep IV, so I still have ESB and ROTJ to go. I am impressed, they all look great in 1080p on my 40" HDTV. I also watched some of the special features, including some of the deleted scenes, some of which I had never seen before.
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Watched Dredd over the weekend again. Not really sure what to make of it after second viewing. There wasn't much Dreddism to it. Could have just as easily been generic cop vs the bad gus movie.
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And actually bears striking resemblance to Indonesian (?) 'The Raid'.
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IIRC the Raid got released first only because Dredd was in development limbo (or release limbo) for a very long time.
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So I have heard, too.
Still, their structure and stories are pretty similar, which is the statement on its own, no hidden suggestions intended.
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I've had several arguments about which is better. For my money, it's The Raid. But Dredd is really good. You can't go wrong with either one.
I was told that the Dredd story was from a old story line in the comics. I'm not sure if that's true or not.
I watched Paul Blart Mall Cop last night for the first time. I have to admit it was way better than I thought it was going to be.
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Hop. My theory is that Russel Brand was watching The Santa Clause 2 while smoking a lot of pot, had a craving for a chocolate bunny, then said "I have an idea for a movie!"
Worst kids movie I have had to watch all the way through.
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Just finished the 5th season of Justified - real good finale. O0 -
Daryl Crow: (As Marshal Raylan Givens walks in to the room where Daryl's sister Wendy's holding a gun to his pants) "She's got a gun!"
Raylan: "yup."
Daryl: "Well, ain't ya gona do somethin' 'bout it?!"
Raylan: "Nope"
Daryl: "Why not!"
Raylan: "That's 'family business' & you don't want me in your 'family's business'."
:)) oops - Carful what you wish for!
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Retro-Watching for me and little Miss.
Fletch
Be decades since i saw the movie. Chevy still funny, but man film hasn't age as well. It's like they wrote script around his tom foolery.
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Because I felt like re-watching it, and Robert Duvall does such a good job as the old, curmudgeonly Wise...Man, I watched "Deep Impact." Yeah, I have no doubt a goodly chunk of the science is a touch on the fuzzy side, but still carries a good message/reminder.
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just watched the new TMNT beyasised version
does any one have a gallon or two of visine?
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Its not a movie but watching Heroes from the start.
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Because I felt like re-watching it, and Robert Duvall does such a good job as the old, curmudgeonly Wise...Man, I watched "Deep Impact." Yeah, I have no doubt a goodly chunk of the science is a touch on the fuzzy side, but still carries a good message/reminder.
Just re watched this too. Ah, the 90s.
Ron Eldard.
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Rewatched Fantastic Four Rise of the Silver Surfer and yep it's as bad as I remembered. Plus side, I'd forgotten that the general is the same actor that plays the captain in Brooklyn 99. And the actor who played Alicia is the main character from Scandal.
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Just watched The Last Robin Hood. I've been really enjoying this new wave of 50's docu-dramas that Hollywood has been making the last few years. While it's not as good as the Hitchcock movie from a few years ago, it's an enjoyable watch. I never knew Flynn was so messed up and his final movie? Wow. I had to check IMDB to see if that was real. Its no wonder I've never heard of it before, the studio's must have buried that film.
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Went ahead and watched Big Hero 6.
Wish I'd done so before. Good movie and I loved the Stan Lee cameo.
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Went ahead and watched Big Hero 6.
Wish I'd done so before. Good movie and I loved the Stan Lee cameo.
It is a really well done movie; I presume your spoiler refers to the bit after the credits?
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Yup
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Funny thing is, my kids had watched the movie several times before I ever did - yet I was the one that discovered it. It is a fun movie, too.
Dunno if you've seen these:
(https://animationfascination.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/bh6-bolt.jpg?w=584&h=327)
(http://images6.fanpop.com/image/photos/37300000/Han-s-in-the-big-hero-6-hans-37328671-600-353.jpg)
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In the scene where Hiro knocks the shelf over, two of the toys that land on his head are a baby Cy-Bug and a chubby Hero's Duty armor (indicating that it might be Ralph). Fred had some different Marvel characters in his room, including Sleepwalker, Turbo, and Manphibian.
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And a huge Satan, excuse me Sateen in the background.
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Just picked up Interstellar from the Library!
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What did you think of it?
I think that movie is gonna be like a bad car wreck for me. I don't want to look, but I kinda have too.
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I watched Open Season with the kids. I know it's stupid, but it makes me laugh. The kids like it too.
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It was visually great, but the plotline was a little strange.
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"The 13th Warrior" (again) - don't think this movie will ever wear out for me.
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Finished "Game of Thrones" Season 4 last night on DVD. It's frustrating not having HBO (not currently an option, budget-wise, unfortunately), and knowing I'm going to have to wait a while for this upcoming season to be released on DVD. (Before anyone says it, yes, I know, I could read the books.)
Anyway, my thoughts on this season and possibilities for next.
1) Thank God they offed that little jerk, Joffrey; the plotline of the accusation and trial was very interesting
2) I wonder what "change" will be wrought in The Mountain courtesy of the treatment?
3) Tyrion and Varys (possibly making one of his smarter decisions) are heading to the Free Cities - will they meet up with Arya once there?
4) Speaking of Arya, now that Brienne knows she is alive, and will be seeing Sansa, then Sansa will also know Arya is alive.
5) Speaking of Brienne - her fight with "The Hound" is possibly one of the best since the fight between Rowdy Roddy and David Keith in "They Live."
6) Did not expect Tryion to kill Tywin - or at least try to, but good on him. Definitely curious to see if Tywin survived or not.
7) The old man under the tree and those skeletons - why does the force that controls the skeletons want to keep people away from the old man? I'm going to guess it has to do with the undead versus the forces aligned (?) with what the tree represents.
8 ) Ygritte dying in Jon's arms - dammit. At the hands of the boy, Olly.
9) The giants at the first battle of the Wall - holy crap.
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Just watched, Nightcrawler. Films about a young man who has nuthing, who starts out as thief to find his way into world of stringer/reporters. Run off with camera, beat other people to scene of crime.
Movie was well made, but wow it's doesn't hold it's punches. I doubt real journalism would allow this kind of business go on to gather these needed daily news. It doesn't have Hollywood ending, but it's ending not what thought it be which is a good thing.
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Let's Kill Wards Wife a really dark comedy from Scott Foley. It has its moments, but it was a little darker than I thought it would be. I still would recommend it. Fun movie.
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Saw a title with a lot of promise on Netflix streaming called "Parallels." Alternate Earths kind of thing. A little over an hour and a half long. Turns out it was a pilot for a series they never picked up, and the studio decided to turn into a "stand-alone" film. Nice thought, except that it ends on a total cliffhanger, and so far as anyone knows, there's no plans on a sequel.
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Saw a title with a lot of promise on Netflix streaming called "Parallels." Alternate Earths kind of thing. A little over an hour and a half long. Turns out it was a pilot for a series they never picked up, and the studio decided to turn into a "stand-alone" film. Nice thought, except that it ends on a total cliffhanger, and so far as anyone knows, there's no plans on a sequel.
I saw it a few weeks ago. It's wasn't bad, I think I would watch if it did become a series.
Last night I watched Interstellar. Awesome movie, just loved it.
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I saw it a few weeks ago. It's wasn't bad, I think I would watch if it did become a series.
Last night I watched Interstellar. Awesome movie, just loved it.
I agree - I think it would have had some promise as a series. To do what they did, though, was frustrating. If they had released that in the theatres, I'd have asked for my money back,
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Just watched THIS (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yLPpBtGnGo)
Those short, "amateur" movies are really getting better and better...
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Watched the Tie Fighter (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PN_CP4SuoTU) short comic, pretty decent for one person's work.
Just watched "Seventh Son". Jeff Bridges had too many marbles in his mouth to be easily understandable, but it was fairly decent. I'd hope they explained why Malkin and Master Gregory didn't marry. What would have been better is if Tom had explained that he will judge each creature on is own merits, rather than blanket justice (which Master Gregory might have understood at the end with his comment to Tom).
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Anyone seen Outcast with Hayden Christiansen and Nick Cage??
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Last night I watched Interstellar. Awesome movie, just loved it.
Good to hear! The BD is sitting on the table next to my recliner waiting for a chance to be watched. ;)
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Girls und Panzer - who-hooo :))
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Just got "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" from Netflix - hoping to watch it later tonight.
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The last Hobbit movie. It was funny seeing the dad from Boondock Saints leading the dwarfs. It was good, but I think I liked the middle one the best.
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Took my wife & daughter to see the new movie 'Home' yesterday........very good family movie O0
Last week i finally saw the movie 'Priest'
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The Dark Knight Returns Parts 1 and 2.
Having been a fan of the old Adam West show and the Timmverse Batman animated series since I was a kid, I finally decided to see this double feature. I basically already knew the plot and everything but the music, raw emotions and fight scenes really made it all work imo. I definitely prefer a different kind of Batman but I would definitely rank this two parter high up on DC's animated movie list. Also, I didn't think anyone else could voice Batman/Bruce Wayne like Kevin Conway but Peter Weller really did a good job as an older, darker Batman/Bruce Wayne.
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Last week i finally saw the movie 'Priest'
Of the 3 Bettany 'religious films (Legion, Priest and Gabriel) i have only seen Legion and loved it. How was Priest in comparison?
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"Rise of the Planet of the Apes" was excellent, and a very believable "prequel" to the "Planet of the Apes" of the future.
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I liked them both, too.
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The wife and I watched the last 10 minutes or so of David Lynch's Dune. Picked up right after they set off the atomics to bring down the shield wall. I've seen several versions of the film and have read the book. She was not familiar in the least. The experience was one of furrowed expression and audible confusion. And all I said was "Right?".
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The last Hobbit movie. It was funny seeing the dad from Boondock Saints leading the dwarfs. It was good, but I think I liked the middle one the best.
I think I liked the first movie best, followed by the second and the third. The last one seemed just a bit rushed (which is ironic considering they stretched a single book out into three movies!). It just jumped straight into the battle of Laketown, and then seemed to jump into the battle of Five Armies almost right away. Some spectacular battle scenes, though. That's one thing Jackson can do.
Maybe I'll like the third movie when I get a chance to watch it again. I know the second moive grew on my with repeat viewings. ;)
I think the biggest flaw in the trilogy as a whole was that, in an attempt to build up the parts for Thorin and the other dwarfs, the titular character (Bilbo) got kind of lost in the second and third movies.
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"Dawn of the Planet of the Apes." Not sure why, but didn't feel quite the same as "Rise," but it was still overall enjoyable.
I loved that they had Caesar return to Will's house, and you could see the old "Woody" parked out front. I presume that if they have the Icarus and its crew returning, it will be in the third one.
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Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.
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Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.
I know it's common for folks to hate that film, but I actually enjoyed quite a bit.
Not a movie, but I picked up the blue ray for the Foo Fighters series on HBO "Sonic Highways". Really enjoying it so far, it's hard not to geek out with Dave Grohl when it comes to discovering cool music things in the various cities they filmed in.
Also picked up "Sound City" on blue ray, which was another Dave Grohl produced documentary about the studio in Van Nuys that recorded so many fantastic albums from Tom Petty, Nirvana, REO Speedwagon, Fleetwood Mac, Buckingham Nicks, and so on.
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I know it's common for folks to hate that film, but I actually enjoyed quite a bit.
Not a movie, but I picked up the blue ray for the Foo Fighters series on HBO "Sonic Highways". Really enjoying it so far, it's hard not to geek out with Dave Grohl when it comes to discovering cool music things in the various cities they filmed in.
Also picked up "Sound City" on blue ray, which was another Dave Grohl produced documentary about the studio in Van Nuys that recorded so many fantastic albums from Tom Petty, Nirvana, REO Speedwagon, Fleetwood Mac, Buckingham Nicks, and so on.
It has its moments. The Aliens angle was a bit odd but I enjoy it. Putting Platoon on now.
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Sigh. I watched Transformers: Age of Extinction. One of the movie channels had it, so I gave in. It had some nice cars and a nice quote.
" I may have started the apocalypse, but you brought your family. And that's, you know, terrible parenting. "
And, still, the animated movie remains the best Transformers movie.
Meow Liao
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Yup, the animated movie was the best, and all the Bayformers movies are bad comedy. 8)
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"Dawn of the Planet of the Apes." Not sure why, but didn't feel quite the same as "Rise," but it was still overall enjoyable.
I loved that they had Caesar return to Will's house, and you could see the old "Woody" parked out front. I presume that if they have the Icarus and its crew returning, it will be in the third one.
That's assuming they are going to tie this one (and rise) into the one with Whalberg.
For tonight's pleasure i figured i would go with 2 comedies.
First up was the third installment of Night at the Museum. Secret of the tomb. Typical for the series, but i liked Ben Kingsly playing the pharo.
Next was Home Sweet Hell with Cathrine Heigel. Man was this funny as heck... Almost like the film Serial mom!
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Holy crap, I didn't realize Home Sweet Hell was out. It looks hilarious, I was afraid the trailer gave away all the laughs. Glad to hear it was good.
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That's assuming they are going to tie this one (and rise) into the one with Whalberg.
Actually, in "Rise"...
...we see the newscast on TV showing the launch of the Icarus. Later in the movie, I believe as they show the "simian flu" spreading, we also see a newspaper headline, "Lost in Space?" which presumably is in reference to the Icarus.
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Do you remember when (rough time) that news clip showed the Icarus launching?
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Sorry, no; I want to say it's while Caesar is still living with Will and his dad, but don't remember for sure.
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Watched The Ice Pirates (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087451/) again with the wife. We both enjoyed it as much or more than before.
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Watched The Ice Pirates[/i (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087451/)] again with the wife. We both enjoyed it as much or more than before.
2 words....
space herpee
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2 words....
space herpee
LOL. My brother bought for me as a joke. Still amusing movie done on shoe string budget and actors were unfortunately really under paided.
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Does watching the new Star Wars trailer about 18 times count as watching a movie?
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Ice Pirates is a classic. I'm watching The Pirate Movie right now.
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"Last of the Mohicans" for the nth time. Still just as good.
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Ice Pirates is a classic. I'm watching The Pirate Movie right now.
To be honest i can't ever remember seeing that in the past.
But i watched Exodus gods and kings last night, and the first 2 disks (8 eps) of house of cards season 2 tonight.
Exodus was a good film, and i am LOVING house of cards..
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"Last of the Mohicans" for the nth time. Still just as good.
Those landscapes...
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Those landscapes...
Richard Mann did wonders with the landscapes and cinematography. Just an overall well done film.
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solaris the russian 1972 version
rally puts the clooney one to shame 40+years down the road
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The Man with Iron Fists 2 - Cartoonish, campy, and fun if you like Kung Fu.
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Buckaroo Banzai just got pulled out and stuck in the dvd player.
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Buckaroo Banzai just got pulled out and stuck in the dvd player.
"Why's that watermelon over there?"
"I'll tell you later."
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Buckaroo Banzai just got pulled out and stuck in the dvd player.
Such a tragedy there were never any sequels to this movie. :'(
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I watched The Happening for scenes that took place in local areas, only to be confused by the off tone, poor direction, acting and pacing. What a weird, flop of a movie.
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Unbreakable was the last movie Shyamalan made that wasn't a big steaming pile of stupidity. After that, it's just been a race to the bottom.
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Signs is very quotable. "I am insane with anger!"
But, after that it is very bad.
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Finished Disk 2 of Season 2 of "Babylon 5." No real bad episodes, and "Soul Mates" was particularly entertaining - between Londo's 3 wives, and him taking great glee in giving G'kar headaches...
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Unbreakable was the last movie Shyamalan made that wasn't a big steaming pile of stupidity. After that, it's just been a race to the bottom.
of Shamalladingdon's movies (yes i name him that), the only 3 i liked was
After earth with both will and Jayden smith, Unbreakable and Last airbender.
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Well, I suppose that statistically there had to be someone who actually liked After Earth and Last Airbender.
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"Why's that watermelon over there?"
"I'll tell you later."
so what did lando called his wives? pestilence? wraith? and death? been a while...it is still one of the fun eps
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so what did lando called his wives? pestilence? wraith? and death? been a while...it is still one of the fun eps
Londo; Lando was in a different setting. >:D
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finally got some free time starting tomorrow ...mrs is taking the kids to see he aunt and i will have 2 free days to do nothing but to catch up on the stuff i wanted to watch in peace
on my binge to watch list
RED VS BLUE all 12 seasons and psa along with best of
cant wait i really need a good laugh
after that monty python movie trilogy
holy grail
life of brian
meaning of life
and to finish it all off
rocky horror picture show
in riff raff costume with few friends...
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of Shamalladingdon's movies (yes i name him that), the only 3 i liked was
After earth with both will and Jayden smith, Unbreakable and Last airbender.
I've got a copy of Unbreakable and its an interesting variation on the superhero movie that probably does not get as much respect as it deserves.
I've got to agree with popular opinion on the other two, though. ::)
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I've got a copy of Unbreakable and its an interesting variation on the superhero movie that probably does not get as much respect as it deserves.
Agreed. I especially like the aspects of discovering you are superhuman and not being happy about it.
I've got to agree with popular opinion on the other two, though. ::)
I'll give him a pseudo pass on After Earth. From what i've read, that train wreck was already well underway when he got involved. It is still a bad movie. But, so much of what I despise about After Earth isn't directorial. The writing is abysmal. Will Smith is not acting at the top of his game, but Jaden Smith has never performed well in anything, his own life included. Those casting decisions were made before Shyamalan stepped onto the set. If anything, Shyamalan's name being on the movie gives all other parties a scapegoat.
He is producing a show called Wayward Pines that looks like a Twin Peaks knock off. But, it stars Matt Dillon and Carla Gugino, who are usually good character actors.
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The advertising campaign for After Earth made special effort to not mention Shyamalan's involvement in the movie. That's how toxic he's become.
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who's ready for avengers age of ultron?
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who's ready for avengers age of ultron?
I'm well past ready and getting desparate for some more Avengers! [drool]
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Yup Avengers is all set for.
As for what I'm now watching. Errol Flynn in Captain Blood.
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who's ready for avengers age of ultron?
Im ready for it. I'm more of a fan of Avengers now then when Avengers I came out.
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Well, I suppose that statistically there had to be someone who actually liked After Earth and Last Airbender.
Guess i make that statistic then!
I'm well past ready and getting desparate for some more Avengers! [drool]
Same here. With Agents of shield setting up Avengers nicely, i am counting the days down.. though i will catch it on 5 dollar tuesday after it hits.
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Guess i make that statistic then!
Same here. With Agents of shield setting up Avengers nicely, i am counting the days down.. though i will catch it on 5 dollar tuesday after it hits.
Me too. Though I might wait a couple of days as well. I don't mind going to a busy movie theater, but opening weekend is a bit much for me.
Over the weekend I picked up the three Iron Man movies bundled together from Best Buy. Watched the first two. I'll watch number 3 this weekend.
Also watched Atari: Game Over, a short documentary about Atari, the ET game, and the demise of the company in the early 80's.
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As for what I'm now watching. Errol Flynn in Captain Blood.
Classic! O0
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my youngling has forced me to watch guardians of the galaxy
dont know what to think...
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watching another Errol Flynn movie. The Sea Hawks. Never seen it before.
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I just checked and Avengers 2 has already been released pretty much everywhere BUT the US. Only 2 countries get it after us, China and Japan.
I am getting sick and tired of this, to the point i am seriously considering boycotting ANY movie release at the theaters, and only catching them once they hit redbox or my local library.
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"Star Trek IV: The Undiscovered Country." Still as enjoyable; was tempted to nitpick it to death like some do to the "JJ Trek" movies, but figured I would just enjoy it.
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Had just enough time before the Predators game to watch X-Men Days of Future Past. I give it half a meh. Can't seem to summon the energy for a full one.
Meow Liao
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Watching Monuments Men. Glad I didn't spend the money at the theater.
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I watched Thor and Captain America yesterday while painting up some minis. :)
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Watched Snowpiercer last night. Had a slightly Matrix feel about it (story, not the action). I thought it was a very good movie but I'm not sure I really liked it. I confuse me sometimes.
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Watching Monuments Men. Glad I didn't spend the money at the theater.
Wife and I enjoyed it; sorry to hear you didn't.
I watched "Space Cowboys" last night - great cast, excellent chemistry. A rare treat to see James Cromwell in the a-hole role.
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I always love rewatching space cowboy. Though its the first film i can remember Tommy ever playing a character who dies..
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"We Were Soldiers" (not the first time watching it). Pretty faithful adaptation of the novel by (retired) Lt Gen Moore and Joe Galloway. While I can (obviously) re-watch it, it's not one that I can just watch whenever.
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planing a little fun for my eldest Pippi Långstrump she seen it before and enjoyed it a lot so friday night she will be watching all 4 movies with me...and yes i enjoyed them also after all i grew up on tv series
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"Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End." Thanks to tvtropes, I found out there's a short segment after the credits have finished.
Started watching "King Arthur" (Clive Owen as Artorius, Keira Knightley as Guinevere), and realized that Stellan Skarsgard (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001745/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t10) portrays the Saxon war leader...and also played "Bootstrap Bill" in the PotC movies, and is perhaps best known (to American audiences, at any rate) for his role as Erik Selvig in "Thor," "Avengers," and "Avengers: Age of Ultron."
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It was between Secertariat and Seabiscuit. Two horse movies, so I picked Secertariat. Better odds
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Home Sweet Hell was pretty funny for a dark comedy. Not for the kids, so just an fyi. It was a little better then Let's Kill Wards Wife, the last dark comedy I watched.
Got my tickets to see Ultron this weekend!
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"Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End." Thanks to tvtropes, I found out there's a short segment after the credits have finished.
Started watching "King Arthur" (Clive Owen as Artorius, Keira Knightley as Guinevere), and realized that Stellan Skarsgard (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001745/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t10) portrays the Saxon war leader...and also played "Bootstrap Bill" in the PotC movies, and is perhaps best known (to American audiences, at any rate) for his role as Erik Selvig in "Thor," "Avengers," and "Avengers: Age of Ultron."
I actually liked King arthur.
Home Sweet Hell was pretty funny for a dark comedy. Not for the kids, so just an fyi. It was a little better then Let's Kill Wards Wife, the last dark comedy I watched.
I likened it to Serial Mom 2 pages back..
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Went to see Avengers: Age of Ultron with my wife today.
It was very, very good. Hawkeye, Black Widow and Hulk had some great, great moments!
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Don't be a menace to South Central while drinking your juice in the hood, still hillarious.
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For tonight's viewing pleasure i have Dragonheart 3, and the Kidnaping of Mr Heinekin..
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Just watched the entire series “Tales of the Gold Monkey”. I wasn’t a bad series, but it really was badly named. Only the pilot episode actually dealt with the title subject. There was one other episode where it was mentioned and quickly went on. But if the title is ignored (along with a little bad acting in some), it is a decent show. Most of the characters are interesting & it’s an interesting setting. If I ever got to make a movie with a setting in the pre-war South Pacific I would likely include at-least a Goose with the right makings in the background somewhere.
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Well.. DH 3 was poor, but still imo better than the 2nd one. BUT i rather liked the Kidnapping of Mr Heineken.
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Night at the Museum. Ok for a Stiller flick. Maybe watch the other 2 soon.
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In the middle of The Warrior's Way again. It's on twice in a row on cable. Great flick.
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After the Age of Extinction incident I've been looking for the good movie. This last trip to the used book store I found it, and right now I am watching Transformers The Movie from the 20th anniversary special edition. Love it. Spike just cursed. :-X
Meow Liao
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just started to watch complete series of red vs blue marathon time this weekend
>:D
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After the Age of Extinction incident I've been looking for the good movie. This last trip to the used book store I found it, and right now I am watching Transformers The Movie from the 20th anniversary special edition. Love it. Spike just cursed. :-X
Meow Liao
Now if only that movie hadn't given us Wheelie it would have been perfect.
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Night at the Museum. Ok for a Stiller flick. Maybe watch the other 2 soon.
The third one for me was the worst of the 3, especially for having rebel wilson (i can't stand her, but then i can't stand many chubby as heck actors and actresses).
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Leon: The Professional is now available streaming on Netflix (American cut, so some stuff is left out). Still a very enjoyable movie. Natalie Portman still impresses.
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Now if only that movie hadn't given us Wheelie it would have been perfect.
They still had to make it for kids, so having Wheelie with a necklace of Sharkticon teeth might have been too much.
Still, he grew up hunted 24/7, so I'd expect him to be a lot more paranoid in his outlook (almost like Jack from Mass Effect 2), and far more willing to permanently deal with problems. In the fight against Unicron he would be brave, because he can see there is no way to hide, so it is the bravery of a cornered animal (so if someone panics he just abandons them). If it is a fight he might lose and there is a way out, he will retreat. As the series goes on, show how broken he thanks to the upbringing, and how much help he will need. You could even do research on child soldiers and what is necessary to deprogram them as part of the story line.
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Actually, that's not entirely unlike how he was portrayed in the IDW books.
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The Men who Made America - great miniseries.
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Watched "Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows" with the wife last night. It's been so long since we saw the first, we really didn't remember much of what had happened, though that certainly didn't spoil our enjoyment of this one. Downey's and Law's banter are superb, and Fry's portrayal of Mycroft was also delightful.
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"Mad Max: Fury Road."
This says it all:
(http://i.imgur.com/CXwRd1J.png)
Okay, not really; the movie is definitely worth watching, though. Tom Hardy and Charlize Theron both turned in excellent performances.
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I agree it is worth watching. It is a good movie, a "freak-show" kind of post-apo stuff with rollercoaster action (does it stop for even a minute?). I was expecting nothing but initially and then some critics ("critics"?) started to claim it is a great, deep movie with excellent character creations. It raised my expectations to the level I got slightly disappointed when finally seen a movie - from where I sat there was not much time to either appreciate or look for neither depth nor complicated plot.
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It's not a movie, but watching the RDM version of Battlestar Galatica. The girlfriend never saw it, and I'm realizing again just how much of a awesome show that is.
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Mad Max is awesome.
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Trying to think something else to say but... awesome!
I don't usually like action films. Or films in general, most seem to be very meh at best.
This is absolutely one of the best films i've ever seen.
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On one of my adnd sites, someone mentioned he and his 13 yr old boy went to see it over the weekend, and his kid commented that "Mad max, fury road" looks like the Fast and Furious grew some balls.
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I just watched "Predator: Dark Ages". (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRD8jAk274I)
Amazing job!
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Interesting film for a fan production.
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Just watched Fury Road. I agree with some of the comments I've seen that Furiosa was the main character, not Max.
But I have to say, I was half expecting a character to show up wearing T51-B armor at some point. And once the rockmobile showed up I started thinking of the bad guys as the Tainted Coil.
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"Transcendence" - glad it was a "rental" from Netflix; wasn't horrible, but paying typical theater prices might have been a touch steep. A touch on the predictable side, but all of the main cast turn in decent performances.
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I rewatched the 1979 All Quiet on the Western Front again. Even though it is in some ways inferior to the 1930 version, it is still a powerful film. Every time I see that poor kid slide into that crater and start choking on gas it gives me a knot in my stomach.
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it had been over 25 years or so but while cleaning came across this gem
guyver 1 and 2 live action
have to admit the working suits were made pretty tough and acting pretty much did walk a fine line between anime and live action still it was fun re watching it with my youngling
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"Edge of Tomorrow" - Tom Cruise and Emily Blunt, based on a Japanese novel, "All You Need is Kill." I thoroughly enjoyed the movie, since, for one thing, I thought the reveal of why he was repeating wasn't done too soon or too late. Most of the sequences, etc, seemed to follow the premise's internal logic, so nothing had me going "WTF"? The main characters and supporting characters were all well acted/portrayed.
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I recently watched "Rise of the Guardians" and "City of Ember" on TV.
I liked "Rise" better, but didn't feel that either were a waste of time.
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"Edge of Tomorrow" - Tom Cruise and Emily Blunt, based on a Japanese novel, "All You Need is Kill." I thoroughly enjoyed the movie, since, for one thing, I thought the reveal of why he was repeating wasn't done too soon or too late. Most of the sequences, etc, seemed to follow the premise's internal logic, so nothing had me going "WTF"? The main characters and supporting characters were all well acted/portrayed.
Yeah, I'm not normally a huge Tom Cruise fan, but I enjoyed that film, too. Interesting premis and fairly well done. The scenes of Cruise dying over and over again were fun, too! ;D
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Yeah, I'm not normally a huge Tom Cruise fan, but I enjoyed that film, too. Interesting premis and fairly well done. The scenes of Cruise dying over and over again were fun, too! ;D
O0
His multiple reactions are not overdone or underdone, either.
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I recently watched "Rise of the Guardians" and "City of Ember" on TV.
I liked "Rise" better, but didn't feel that either were a waste of time.
As someone who is usually not into cartoon films, i liked Rise. Loved the voice overs of some of my fave actors.
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Cyborg 009-1 the end of the beginning. This movie in my opinion was fun to watch but it has nothing to do with the anime and manga under the name Cyborg 009 at all.
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Cyborg 009-1 the end of the beginning. This movie in my opinion was fun to watch but it has nothing to do with the anime and manga under the name Cyborg 009 at all.
Was this the 2012 movie? All-CGI animation and trippy ending? World ends, but everyone alive in the afterlife?
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Anyone seen Chappie?
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Anyone seen Chappie?
will tonight..its on my to do list
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"Knights of Badassdom" - cheesy, but entertaining. I don't know if never having LARPed means my viewing experience was made better or worse for that lack.
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Just watched the 1st 3 seasons of Longmire. (Has female "Starbuck" as a Deputy)
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Just watched Exodus: Gods and Kings.....cant say that was good.
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So I sat down and watched The Cabin In The Woods the other night. Didn't know what it was, caught it on Syfy and went in expecting one of their cheap horror crapfests. Was terribly wrong.
Laughed my sides off.
Best horror movie I've seen in a very long time. DO NOT LOOK UP REVIEWS. There are huge spoilers for the movie, just go sit down and watch it and remember that you're seeing Joss Whedon's kick-in-the-arse to the entire horror movie genre in general.
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Just saw Mortdecai with Johnny Depp. It was funnier than I thought it would be, it was funny, reminded me the old Peter Sellers's Pink Panther films in way Depp comes off. A good fit for him.
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Just saw Mortdecai with Johnny Depp. It was funnier than I thought it would be, it was funny, reminded me the old Peter Sellers's Pink Panther films in way Depp comes off. A good fit for him.
Very true. I loved the banter between him and both Ewan and Paltrow.
Last night i saw "get on up" about the life of James brown. Only hate on it was how they shifted backwards and forwards in time so much. Otherwise was a great film.
Also caught the 4th in the Scorpion king series. Laughed my butt off.
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after searching state side for few years i finally got my grabby claws( no i have no fingernails when i grab things like this)
karl mays winnetou all 4 movies
i still would love to get the books and other movies like old shatterhand and old surehand
but americans are into really that keen on good literature...
just curious does any one in usa even know of karl may at all?
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Just watched the 1st 3 seasons of Longmire. (Has female "Starbuck" as a Deputy)
My wife and I love that show. Happy to hear Netflix picked it up for season 4.
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Just watched Halo:Nightfall.....was actually pretty good O0
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Saw 'A Good Day to Die Hard' on TV yesterday. I had not seen it before.
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I have the TV on and its showing the second Tomb Raider movie.
Its awful ;D
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Compared to the first one, i agree.
Well i have Black hat and Chappie for this evening's viewing pleasure.
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Line of Duty - Brit cop show, they had a cute little brunet cop - just got thrown out a 5th floor hospital window >:( - very well filmed though & you heard her scream for a while as the $#%* turned back around.
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Well.. i had to use my laptop connected to the TV to play the 2 videos i had as my player seems to be on the fritz (and its only 2 months old!!!)..
Blackhat was a little slow but decent otherwise.
Chappie was very well done. IMO one of the best "robot gets AI" since Short Circuit.
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I just got done watching "Olympus Has Fallen" on TNT. It was another movie I've never seen before.
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bit of old school french and funny as hell
all Fantomas movies with louise defunes
do not think that any american would even know it
but some may
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How to Train Your Dragon 2, not as good as the first one but still good. Toothless is a cool dragon.
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I just got done watching "Olympus Has Fallen" on TNT. It was another movie I've never seen before.
Both OhF and White house down were great "the white house has been taken films", but i much preferred Olympus to WHD..
And get this, they already have a sequel to it being released later this year.. London down!
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In my headcannon, that was Hawkeye being undercover as a Secret Service agent. >:D
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Finally got around to see equilibrium.........
Christian Bale (gun adept :D)
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Surprisingly i didn't like Equilibrium as much as i thought i would.
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Equilibrium was a rather bland movie.
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old Mork & Mindy - as a kid I hated when they got married and had a "grownup kid" but re-watching as an adult, he was kinda funny. the last 4 episodes though - eh.
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old Mork & Mindy - as a kid I hated when they got married and had a "grownup kid" but re-watching as an adult, he was kinda funny. the last 4 episodes though - eh.
Well, Robin Williams had said in the past he was trying to kill the show since it was becoming stifling.
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Well, Robin Williams had said in the past he was trying to kill the show since it was becoming stifling.
Really, didn't know that. weird, it was the only show where he could be his normal "nut-job" type without playing a nut-job. I was actually thinking, with all the studios having trouble coming up with anything new & relying on old rehash, no-one ever thought of "Merth"! 35 years later, Merth is now 35 (looks mid 20s - "Heavy" comedian?), "mom" (Mindi) is now 60 "Grandma" and "Grandpa" is a nutty 5-6 YO with Robin Williams voice! ;D getting a little forgetful & sometimes forgets not to sit on his face. Maybe start with a 7YO & if it takes off replace with a slightly younger actor each season or 2 (6.5-6-5.5)
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"Would You Rather?" - sorta horror flick, though, honestly, fairly predictable and basic. It seemed like it was an indy production with a small budget (that isn't necessarily a bad thing.) Jeffrey Combs was, well, Jeffrey Combs, and rather delightfully so. There are worse ways to spend 90 minutes, and it's available streaming on Netflix. 3 / 5 stars.
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just finished watching salamander
belgian production it was good but occasionally slipping between flanish(?) and french dialog drove me bit nuts at times
good story very nice and tight arc but last episode was meh we are not even trying
over all watch it its worth it.
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Watched Seventh son last night. Not a bad movie, but not a great one either. Solid 3 of 5 stars..
My only real gripe is with all the 'warlocks/witches etc' why did we not see more "Spell-battles" vice so much hand to hand?
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Because it's cheaper to just have two actors/stuntmen go slappers against each other than to CGI in decent looking spell effects.
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Just got done watching "Skyfall" on USA.
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"I Sell The Dead"...on bluray. :)
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Just watched Kingsmen and even thougb the fight scenes were very crouching tiger i enjoyed the movie
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"Inside Out" - very entertaining, kids loved it, as did the wife and I. Lewis Black is, of course, perfect for Anger.
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I also enjoyed watching Kingsman. A very well done movie.
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I also enjoyed watching Kingsman. A very well done movie.
Good to hear. This is on my "to view" list. I need to check if my cable company is carrying it on-demand yet...
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Ken Burns: The Civil War
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Watched two films this evening.
First up was Karl Urban's The Loft. Man was it keeping me guessing for a while who dunn it.. Loved it..
Second was Travolta's Forger. Not bad, though took a while to get real interesting.
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"Expelled From Paradise" (anime) - good story and well-done cinematography.
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I saw Oblivion on Netflix, the Tom Cruise movie. Yeah, it wasn't great, but the plot had the right amount of twists to keep it interesting. Also, the Drones in that movie looked terrific.
Saw Terminator Genisys last week and that was a fun movie too, especially if you're fans of the original two. Trying to watch Jackie Chan's Dragon Blade but I can't seem to get into it.
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Watched Sons of Liberty on July 4th, figured it fit good for the time.
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I'm going to be watching Jack Reacher tonight at 6PM on FX.
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Ken Burns: The Civil War
All his stuff is worth watching but I still think this is the best of his documentaries. O0
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I saw Oblivion on Netflix, the Tom Cruise movie. Yeah, it wasn't great, but the plot had the right amount of twists to keep it interesting. Also, the Drones in that movie looked terrific.
I enjoyed it, and the reveals were decently handled/timed (IMO).
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I am watching 2nd time Ironman 3. I think I like it now more than during 1st time.
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All his stuff is worth watching but I still think this is the best of his documentaries. O0
Certainly it's one of his better ones, and for him that's saying something.
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I am watching 2nd time Ironman 3. I think I like it now more than during 1st time.
My top 3 parts of that film, were
A) the interrogation of the Mandarin
B) the showing up of all the suits
C) When tony was captured and had his hand up 'awaiting the gauntlet showing up' and he kept on lookinf for it!
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"The Firm." Thought I had seen it before, so decided to watch it "again." Turned out I hadn't seen it before and enjoyed it.
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With a couple of requests from people and friends on this board.
Watching Pentagon Wars.
That movie is great.
I wonder if there is going to be something made for the F35 Lighting and the political BS is going on with that plane.
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Maybe in the next decade.
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3 Days to Kill.
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while watching that Mash=up linked several threads up, i decided to catch some other previews Youtube had, and i LOVED the previews for "The martian" with Matt Damon, and "Bridge of spies" with Tom Hanks..
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Just saw Jurissic Park Episode 4 and it wasn't that bad. Didn't have the awesomeness of the first movie, but then again I'm not 14-15 years old either. The acting of Star Lord Emmet and the Raptors were great, the genetic engineering kinda was dumb and the story line was dumb too, IMHO.
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Antman for me, saw it with my cousin and brother. It was good self-contained for the most part story. Mark Ruffalo did a good job with rest of the stellar staff.
I still get weird impression they'll have rough time topping this one, he one the more usual characters for the Marvel-Film-verse have active in it. With them mentioning guys crawling on the wall and stuff like that, it's hard not feel little more tided in to the rest of the galaxy of super heros.
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That comment was because it's already been confirmed that Spider-Man will be in Captain America: Civil War.
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Yesterday I watched Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters and enjoyed it.
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Watched "Edge of Tomorrow", "I Am David", and "Antman" recently:
EoT - Fairly predictable and had enormous plotholes. The quasi-Battle Armor was also a big letdown.
IaD - Very well done and intriguing; worth checking out. The ending was also pretty mind-blowing.
Ant - Funnier than I expected, but in some ways just another superhero movie
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"Star Trek: Insurrection" on Netflix because I hadn't seen it in a while. Having now watched DS9, some of the context and set-up made more sense.
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"Pacific Rim." Possibly one of the few movies I don't really need to "justify" watching on these forums. >:D
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Watched "Oblivion" on FX on Saturday and I liked it.
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"Star Trek: Insurrection" on Netflix because I hadn't seen it in a while. Having now watched DS9, some of the context and set-up made more sense.
I am currently doing a read through of Shatner's Mirror verse trilogy (on book 2 dark victory) and would love to know where it comes in the movie timeline...
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Right after First Contact, but before Insurrection or Nemesis.
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"Necessary Roughness" for the umpteenth time. Still a fun movie, and Kathy Ireland is in it, to boot!
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Birdman.
Fun parallels with Michael Keaton's own career. I wonder if the LA/NYC, Hollywood/Broadway cultural divide is as intense as depicted.
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"Chappie." Definitely worth a watch.
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"Necessary Roughness" for the umpteenth time. Still a fun movie, and Kathy Ireland is in it, to boot!
That always made me wonder why MORE US Football teams didn't grab a soccer player for their field goal kicker spot!
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Watching Wing Commander. Nice space battle shots, but really nothing else.
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Watching Wing Commander. Nice space battle shots, but really nothing else.
That's the movie with the main character my wife sarcastically labeled "Emotion Boy" because regardless of what's happening in the scene his expression never changes. ;D
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Watching Wing Commander. Nice space battle shots, but really nothing else.
Wing commander could have been a LOT better.
Personally i wouldn't mind them rebooting THAT series.
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Wing commander could have been a LOT better.
Personally i wouldn't mind them rebooting THAT series.
As someone who has loved the series since WC2, I kind of have to agree.
The movie itself I don't like, but if they ever decided to reboot the entire title I wouldn't cry.
Honestly I think Privateer should have gotten more love, that would have been a fun spin off series to make a movie for.
No I don't mean Privateer 2, even though that was mostly movie with some video game aspects. :P
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That's the movie with the main character my wife sarcastically labeled "Emotion Boy" because regardless of what's happening in the scene his expression never changes. ;D
Dull surprise (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DullSurprise), or as Rifftrax put it, "this face intentionally left blank."
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At Noon on the 8th of August I will be watching SyFys "Sharktopus vs. Whalewolf".
I am assuming that it will be gloriously, amusingly bad like the first two "Sharktopus" movies.
>:D O:-)
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my youngest who is about to turn two decided all of us will be watching guardians of the galaxy...
hell has no fury like scorned or ignored 2 year old she sat us down told us to watch it..and gads above and below help you if you need to go to the bathroom...
she just wants all of us to watch it with her...and yes she watches it to the end
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At Noon on the 8th of August I will be watching SyFys "Sharktopus vs. Whalewolf".
I am assuming that it will be gloriously, amusingly bad like the first two "Sharktopus" movies.
>:D O:-)
It was not as entertaining as the others were. I'm not sure what the difference was, but I found myself being bored with it.
That's not something a creature feature movie should ever do!
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The space battles in Wing Commander were great but that was about it. The story was dumb, acting was worse, and if you didn't know a darn thing about Wing Commander anything it was horrible.
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Just re-watched Xmen Days of future past. Still left with some questions..
1) When styker fished logan out of the Patomic, how did he know he was down there, and why didn't logan die from drowning?
2) How did trask get ahold of all those mutants he had experimented on after Cuba
3) Why is it when logan 'woke up' he didn't remember anything till that time (which actually looked more like close to the end of X3 with how old Bobby and Rogue looked)..?
And lastly.. How did both Scott and Jean get brought back to life? Did the events of X3 also get erased?
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moon over parador
tichard dryfus and raul julia are hilarious and play off each other in very rare way and lets not forget johnathan winters as cia contact lol
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Just re-watched Xmen Days of future past. Still left with some questions..
1) When styker fished logan out of the Patomic, how did he know he was down there, and why didn't logan die from drowning?
Plot hole.
2) How did trask get ahold of all those mutants he had experimented on after Cuba
He found them hanging out at a 7-11.
3) Why is it when logan 'woke up' he didn't remember anything till that time (which actually looked more like close to the end of X3 with how old Bobby and Rogue looked)..?
And lastly.. How did both Scott and Jean get brought back to life? Did the events of X3 also get erased?
History was changed, while Logan remembered the world as it had been before he time-traveled. Quite likely, none of the events of the previous X-Men movies occurred due to changing the past (at the very least, Mystique never joined with Magneto and the Brotherhood).
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"Fury" - a very intense movie. In some ways, not a typical Hollywood movie.
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"Fury" - a very intense movie. In some ways, not a typical Hollywood movie.
Fury was a intense movie. Not you standard glory WW2 movie. The fight between Fury and the Tiger at the end was great. I remember seeing the making of the movie and that shot, how they had to modifiy a APC to become the Tiger.
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Transformers: Age of Extinction. Great googly moogly, I knew it would be bad but I didn't think it would be painful.
Expendables 3. Not a good movie but still entertaining.
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Bay really seems to be in a competition with himself to see how much worse each subsequent Transformers title is compared to the last.
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Fury was a intense movie. Not you standard glory WW2 movie. The fight between Fury and the Tiger at the end was great. I remember seeing the making of the movie and that shot, how they had to modifiy a APC to become the Tiger.
According to what I read, the Tiger they fight where it wipes out the other 3 Shermans was the only operational Tiger I tank. It's also the only authentic Tiger tank used in any movie.
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Bay really seems to be in a competition with himself to see how much worse each subsequent Transformers title is compared to the last.
Yet he still rakes in millions upon millions of dollars in profits. He's a genius or a madman... or both. The man produces the kind of drek the masses apparently want to see.
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History was changed, while Logan remembered the world as it had been before he time-traveled. Quite likely, none of the events of the previous X-Men movies occurred due to changing the past (at the very least, Mystique never joined with Magneto and the Brotherhood).
What of the 2 Wolverine movies themselves? Did they also get 'errased'?
Transformers: Age of Extinction. Great googly moogly, I knew it would be bad but I didn't think it would be painful.
What about it did you find so bad?
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What of the 2 Wolverine movies themselves? Did they also get 'errased'?
Wolverine probably still has his metal claws and skeleton, but I wouldn't be surprised if the events of either of them played out differently in the new timeline.
What about it did you find so bad?
Well, there was the ultra-elite anti-Cybertronian squad that was able to take on 4 million year old warriors and kill them with no casualties, there was the way said 4 million year old warriors rolled over and begged for mercy without much of a fight, there was the angry anti-hero version of Optimus Prime, there was the way the Dinobots were heavily marketed yet barely showed up in the movie (and served more as glorified mounts than actual characters)...
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What about it did you find so bad?
I honestly can't think of a part that I didn't find to be bad. I watch Pixar and (new) Disney movies with my kids all the time and love them. Those are written for the whole family and contain interesting/witty dialog plus humor for adults and children. In my opinion, Bay makes the TF movies only for children... young children. There isn't an ounce of intelligent dialog or action that I can remember. It's big explodey things, adults saying things that young children think adults say, and a scene specifically staged to explain Texas' "Romeo and Juliet" law... which is kind of creepy considering the target audience.
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According to what I read, the Tiger they fight where it wipes out the other 3 Shermans was the only operational Tiger I tank. It's also the only authentic Tiger tank used in any movie.
I just remember watching some "making of Fury" TV show. They modified some APC to use at the Tiger. But reading more about it. That was the last working Tiger.
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Wolverine probably still has his metal claws and skeleton, but I wouldn't be surprised if the events of either of them played out differently in the new timeline.
Well, there was the ultra-elite anti-Cybertronian squad that was able to take on 4 million year old warriors and kill them with no casualties, there was the way said 4 million year old warriors rolled over and begged for mercy without much of a fight, there was the angry anti-hero version of Optimus Prime, there was the way the Dinobots were heavily marketed yet barely showed up in the movie (and served more as glorified mounts than actual characters)...
On the Anti-TF squad, it was to ME not strange they didn't fight back (well ratchet at least) as Prime in the 3 other movies kept harping on that "we don't harm humans" angle AND rachet is a medic.
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something i had not seen since i used to live in europe
la linea
a bunch of animated shorts that rally have to be watched to be appreciated
sadly state side no one seems to even heard of it....as i see it its their loss
showed it to my oldest youngling she was in stiches just watching the little guy being tormented by his creator and vice versa
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On the Anti-TF squad, it was to ME not strange they didn't fight back (well ratchet at least) as Prime in the 3 other movies kept harping on that "we don't harm humans" angle AND rachet is a medic.
The "we don't harm humans" was from when the humans weren't attacking them. In other media the Transformers have had no problems fighting back against humans who were attacking them, even using lethal force in a few instances.
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The "we don't harm humans" was from when the humans weren't attacking them. In other media the Transformers have had no problems fighting back against humans who were attacking them, even using lethal force in a few instances.
I don't remember that many incidences in the comics where autobots used force let alone lethal force against humans..
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I don't remember that many incidences in the comics where autobots used force let alone lethal force against humans..
There weren't many, but they did happen a couple of times. It was a bit more prevalent in IDW's run before the story permanently abandoned Earth, since there was an entire arc where the humans turned out to be the bad guys who were trying to reverse engineer Cybertronian tech. Jazz shot and killed a human who was trying to kill Bumblebee, for one. He got in trouble for it, but even Prime agreed that it was ultimately a necessary action.
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Must have been the newer comics then.
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That was in 2010. But there were human antagonists all the way back in the G1 cartoon and Marvel Comics.
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damn for si fi buff like me i cannot beleive i missed seeing this one
saturn 3
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just got started with my younglin on zorro by disney from 1957 to 1959
so far she wants a eppe like zorros but i told her to hold of for a saber when she gets oldeer
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That was in 2010. But there were human antagonists all the way back in the G1 cartoon and Marvel Comics.
Yes, like Josie weller (Circuit breaker) who even after attacking many autobots still didn't get shot by that many. Or the members of the R.A.T.T. group, who also didn't get blasted by the autobots.
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Just watched Fletch Lives for the first time. For old late 80s movie, it was pretty funny given how take dated it was. Amazing assortment of character actors, including R. Lee Ermey with hair no less! ;D
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Watched The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones the other day on SyFy.
It wasn't bad, and Lilly Collins is very easy on the eyes in it. O:-) >:D
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I liked the effects.. that's about it.
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SO last night, i watched 2 films. Big game with Samuel L as the POTUS being hunted in Finland. And then Pound of flesh with Van damme. I actually liked both, as the latter was so far the only film with VD as a hero type character where he died at the end.
The big game film, i loved cause its really the first time Sammy was somewhat of a wimp...
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I just watched Death at a Funeral, really funny movie that doesn't let down from start to the end. I'm kind of used to comedies having a slump in the middle, but not here. Simply brilliant.
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Watched a couple of episodes of Daredevil. It was ok, my GF loved it.
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star trek renegades
nice romp worth watching a lot of old regulars and guests came back worth watching O0
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Just now finished watching...
Jodorowsky's Dune.
Wow!? Incredible vision. I just can't quite decide how I feel about the idea of it being the original Dune. But I'm pretty sure it would have been better than what we got from Lynch. :-\
Meow Liao
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Just finished watching the pilot movie for Babylon 5 earlier. Still amazes me at what they could do with the cgi effects of the time. Makes me wonder what it would look like if it were made with today's technology.
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Just now finished watching...
Jodorowsky's Dune.
Wow!? Incredible vision. I just can't quite decide how I feel about the idea of it being the original Dune. But I'm pretty sure it would have been better than what we got from Lynch. :-\
Meow Liao
ok was good documentary but keep in mind that during lynches time at the helm studio screwed with his vision so much that the movie was nothing like it was supposed to be so he finished it and washed his hands of it. however there is a fan edit of dune that was done a while back and it is as close as lynch could had gotten it
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I've seen maybe 3 full on episodes of Babalon 5.. Should i get into it if i liked stargate?
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No.
At least not because You liked Stargate. Atlantis might be slightly similar.
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the next generation patlabor episodes 00 and 01
rather fun bunch of misfits cannot wait to see the rest of the episodes
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Re-watched Iron man 3. One thing id love it if they ever explained it.. When tony had 'operation clean sweep' activated, did it completely blow up each suit?
Also how is it in Avengers 2, he has more suits already AND a new chest piece.. Didn't he toss the old one at the end of 3?
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Re-watched Iron man 3. One thing id love it if they ever explained it.. When tony had 'operation clean sweep' activated, did it completely blow up each suit?
Also how is it in Avengers 2, he has more suits already AND a new chest piece.. Didn't he toss the old one at the end of 3?
He was quite addicted to his iron man suits. Can't take it away from him.
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Re-watched Iron man 3. One thing id love it if they ever explained it.. When tony had 'operation clean sweep' activated, did it completely blow up each suit?
Also how is it in Avengers 2, he has more suits already AND a new chest piece.. Didn't he toss the old one at the end of 3?
I thought the suits in IM3 were him basically trying to do self-therapy through building them. He would design and build a suit for a theme, and that would help him for a while. Then he would suffer the memories of the Chitauri attack and have to build another one. By detonating them at the end he was telling Pepper he was over that part of his life.
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Which i also see the correlation.
BUT when did he get the facilities to build the others we saw in Avengers 2?
Also, does anyone know if they ever explain it somewhere, as to HOW they contacted Thor for it? Or was he still on earth after the events of Thor 2?
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Which i also see the correlation.
BUT when did he get the facilities to build the others we saw in Avengers 2?
Looked like he had the facilities built directly into Stark Tower.
Also, does anyone know if they ever explain it somewhere, as to HOW they contacted Thor for it? Or was he still on earth after the events of Thor 2?
I'm not aware of it being explicitly stated, but it really looked like Thor decided to stay on Earth after the end of Thor 2.
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I'm watching..RAD!!! seriously awesome movie from the 80s.
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I know it's the end of the summer season but one of the best camping go up north movies. The Great Outdoors.
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I'm finally going to get to watch Pacific Rim this evening. It's going to be on FX.
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I am watching "Gunhed". Finally. I remember I was about to watch it several times back in the '80s but something always was coming up when I was going to video rental.
It's not that bad... :)
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I am watching "Gunhed". Finally. I remember I was about to watch it several times back in the '80s but something always was coming up when I was going to video rental.
It's not that bad... :)
it was as fun romp...pay attention to soundtrack it fits seamlessly
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I am watching "Gunhed". Finally. I remember I was about to watch it several times back in the '80s but something always was coming up when I was going to video rental.
It's not that bad... :)
one of my favs! have a party gunhed!
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Just rewatched Mad Max: Fury Road.
Still as awesome the second time around.
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Caught avengers ultron a 2nd time.. Loved it the second run though as much as i did the first.
I am left wondering when the other 2 gems will show up.
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Well for tomorrow night's viewing pleasure i have the film Age of Adaline.. Anyone seen it yet got a review of it?
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Watched Iron Man 3 last night on FX.
Will watch the last two episodes of the first season of Gotham tonight on FOX (I haven't seen them yet) just before watching new episodes of Z-Nation and Continuum and maybe a repeat of last Sundays Fear The Walking Dead.
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Watching season 10 of Supernatural.
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Watched Pacific Rim again over the weekend. Gets worse every time.
Watched The Guardian. So ineffective at drama. Do not resuscitate.
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Saw Age of Adaline.. Not bad, but could imo have been better had they actually spend time ON her in the past, rather than just as flash backs..
Also tried watching Cusacks new film, Mercy and love.. about the Beach boys... Had to turn it off after 35 min as it was just so boring.
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to all the friends across the pond in jolly good england
thanks for BAD ROBOTS lol my sides still ache
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Just seen the Red Dog. Really fun movie, but the ending was quite sad.
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had not seen godzilla final wars in 7 years just finished watching it...fun romp and it killed an hour plus
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ice pirates
two words
space herpie....
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Watched Pacific Rim again over the weekend. Gets worse every time.
I just rewatched it the other day on cable. Hardly a great accomplishment of cinema, but I still had fun with it. I'm actually looking forward to the rumored sequel.
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I just rewatched it the other day on cable. Hardly a great accomplishment of cinema, but I still had fun with it. I'm actually looking forward to the rumored sequel.
I still think the best accomplishment of that film is the portrayal of the Australian father and son team. the moment at the end where the son has to say he'll miss the dog in place of being able to say his goodbyes to his father seemed weirdly accurate as an outsider.
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Finally caught Furious 7.. I was almost brought to tears watching the final few minutes, with the song playing in the backround and Vin's speech
No matter where you are, whether you’re a quarter mile away, or half way around the world … you’ll always be with me. You’ll always be my brother. – Dominic Toretto
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mrs and the youngest left for the weekend to see her aunt oldest stayed to watch all 11 gamera movies...guess who is going to be raised as a nerdling?
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Going to watch Epic tonight on FX.
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just revisited avalon by oshii
still some of the concepts freak me out...still good to watch
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ok just watched rad and gleaming the cube
it got me thinking why movies like this are not made anymore?
by that mean kids not doing stuff on bikes and skateboards anymore...
it seems the sports went almost totally underground
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Just finished San Andres....just another big budget disaster movie with the Rock. Not worth it for me.
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Just finished San Andres....just another big budget disaster movie with the Rock. Not worth it for me.
I liked it for one big thing.. Seeing San fran getting demolished!
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Going to watch Epic tonight on FX.
Epic was enjoyable.
Watched Man of Steel on FX yesterday and I don't get the hate for it. If you (the generic you) hate it don't bother trying to change my mind as I enjoyed it.
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I liked it for one big thing.. Seeing San fran getting demolished!
That was about the only good thing in the movie. Seeing the Destroyer in between the buildings downtown was pretty neat.
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Saw The Martian yesterday with the fam. Plenty of humor to go with the drama. Everyone enjoyed it.
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Caught Maze runner: Scorch trials..
Good parts.. Loved the red-arms..
Liked that we had a good role for our good Nevil from revolution. Pity his group turned on him.
That's all i liked.
Hated/disliked.
Zombies yet again..
The whole morality of "we need to test, then kill/milk" the young for the greater good... Very off putting.
That gal who went turn coat.
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Going to watch Epic tonight on FX.
Is that the animated one about fairies/pixies and the scientist dude and his daughter? If so, was quite good.
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ok just watched rad and gleaming the cube
Cru is rad.
it got me thinking why movies like this are not made anymore?
by that mean kids not doing stuff on bikes and skateboards anymore...
it seems the sports went almost totally underground
Actually, mainstream and a little past that. Skateboarding is so policed in public spaces that kids often go to public, or pay to enter skate parks. Also, coverage of skateboarding competitions is on ESPN now. The underground aspects are pretty far gone. There's no need to make Rad, Airborne or The Endless Summer because those movies won't move tickets on the basis of subject matter alone anymore.
Not that most of those movies were ever profitable.
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Cru is rad.
Actually, mainstream and a little past that. Skateboarding is so policed in public spaces that kids often go to public, or pay to enter skate parks. Also, coverage of skateboarding competitions is on ESPN now. The underground aspects are pretty far gone. There's no need to make Rad, Airborne or The Endless Summer because those movies won't move tickets on the basis of subject matter alone anymore.
Not that most of those movies were ever profitable.
in other words movies like that will not be made anymore because of money and second it is not conforming enough to powers at large
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mrs and the youngest left for the weekend to see her aunt oldest stayed to watch all 11 gamera movies...guess who is going to be raised as a nerdling?
Sounds like a great parent/child bonding event! O0
Isn't there supposed to be a new Gamara movie coming soon? ???
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Caught Pixels last night. Thought it was ok, but nothing to claim is a master piece.
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Just watched Flashpoint, a strange, but interesting (and subtle!) 1984 movie about some border patrolmen, finding something very interesting out in the desert...
And my copy of Milleniuum came today!
Recently I also saw the latest Tremors movie! Tremors 5! It was good, but could have done with less Jamie Kennedy.
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Watching Tora Tora Tora. Great movie.
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Watched the Paul Feig,'s Spy film starting Melissa McCarthy was funny a romp, normally i don't like gross out and out-righteous elements.
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Did a rewatch of Guardians of the Galaxy.
Anyone got any idea on who they THINK Starlord's daddy is?
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I'm going to watch R.I.P.D. tomorrow for the first time.
Then later that evening I'm going to watch the season 2 premier of The Librarians.
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Did a rewatch of Guardians of the Galaxy.
Anyone got any idea on who they THINK Starlord's daddy is?
I'd say Firelord but I don't think that he's in the MCU due to his ties to Galactus and therefore the Fantastic Four, so Quasar or Captain Mar-Vell.
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Watching the Shining. I have never seen it before. So far its pretty meh.
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I saw the Shining a few years ago in a film class.
The problem with a classic horror movie like it is that by now, all the innovations have long since become cliches.
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I'm going to watch R.I.P.D. tomorrow for the first time.
Decent action, but the plot kinda sucked.
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I saw the Shining a few years ago in a film class.
The problem with a classic horror movie like it is that by now, all the innovations have long since become cliches.
True and the movie is outright dated. A laptop and some cell phones would have solved about half the problems.
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True and the movie is outright dated. A laptop and some cell phones would have solved about half the problems.
The fun part is if you tried to use mapping software in the hotel.
http://www.themarysue.com/impossible-shining/
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Magic Mike and I can't look away! :o
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Magic Mike and I can't look away! :o
I much prefered the 2nd one to the first one..
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I much prefered the 2nd one to the first one..
There is a second? Please tell me it isn't so....
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In honor of Halloween, I watched Brahm Stoker's Dracula last Saturday. Still a very good interperetation of the story, I think, and with a very simpathetic Dracula. In the big final battle, I was not sure who I was rooting for, Harkness or Dracula.
I just got the new, "Supereme Cinema" edition, with two audio comentary tracks, and lots of featurettes. Spent the whole evening watching the movie and all the supplementary material. It was actually surprising watching the interviews with the actors, seeing how much younger Gary Oldman was when this movie was made.
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In honor of Halloween, I watched Brahm Stoker's Dracula last Saturday. Still a very good interperetation of the story, I think, and with a very simpathetic Dracula. In the big final battle, I was not sure who I was rooting for, Harkness or Dracula.
I still like it. It has that over the top quality of Victorian era drama. Plus, Tom Waits.
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There is a second? Please tell me it isn't so....
Yup.. Magic mike XXL.
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That was just in theaters a month or two ago, wasn't it?
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"Avengers: Age of Ultron" - enjoyable, and Spader was perfect as the voice of Ultron.
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That was just in theaters a month or two ago, wasn't it?
It came out in theaters 1st july.
"Avengers: Age of Ultron" - enjoyable, and Spader was perfect as the voice of Ultron.
IMO the designers for the whole Marvel films hit paydirt with Spader as Ultron and with having Bettany as the voice of Jarvis/Vision.
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Though I haven't done so in a few years, in honor of today being November the 5th, I went ahead and watched V for Vendetta. You know, instead of studying my exam tomorrow. :-[
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binge watching earth final conflict...had not seen it in about 8 years...good story but season 5 pretty much killed the show
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I thought it was their habit of offing all the interesting characters that killed the show.
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I am doing similar with the first Heroes season disks.. Last night i got up to ep 21.. cumulating with the clip showing Sylar standing on the top of a building doing his 'flashy' stuff..
I am actually LIKING heroes.
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First two episodes of "The Man in the High Castle" on Amazon Prime; very good counter-factual (aka alternate history) series based on the Phillip K. Dick novel of the same name.
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First two episodes of "The Man in the High Castle" on Amazon Prime; very good counter-factual (aka alternate history) series based on the Phillip K. Dick novel of the same name.
second part is out? alright! gonna set some time aside tonight!
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Re-watched The Longest Day yesterday in honor of Veterans Day here in the US. Probably my favorite "war" movie of all time. [applause]
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dirty dozen and canons of navarone
had not seen those in 12 years or more
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Kelly's Heroes.
Why don't you knock it off with them negative waves?
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It's standing!
No it's not.
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I just bought John Wick and am planning on watching it before Arrow starts.
I've not seen it before.
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OF Keanu's post matrix films, it is one of his better ones.
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I'm glad I didn't waste any money renting John Wick.
Because EVERYONE that said how awesome this movie is were making understatements on the scale of the "Grand Canyon is a little bit of erosion". O:-)
Well worth the $10 I paid.
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I'm glad I didn't waste any money renting John Wick.
Because EVERYONE that said how awesome this movie is were making understatements on the scale of the "Grand Canyon is a little bit of erosion". O:-)
Well worth the $10 I paid.
I have it sitting in the Netflix sleeve on top of our DVD/Blu-ray player; will probably watch it tonight, then.
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I'm glad I didn't waste any money renting John Wick.
Because EVERYONE that said how awesome this movie is were making understatements on the scale of the "Grand Canyon is a little bit of erosion". O:-)
Well worth the $10 I paid.
Having watched it...man. I'm not sure how many stars of Elementals (augmented) it would take to stop him, but...sheesh.
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Having watched it...man. I'm not sure how many stars of Elementals (augmented) it would take to stop him, but...sheesh.
More than any clanner would be willing to bid!!
I mean, he's just one Freeborn Dark Caste. >:D
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binge this weekend since i am sick and mrs taking the kids to see her aunt...breaking bad all five seasons seems like a good idea...
had not seen it nor talked about it so no spoilers please :D
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Tried watching the Watchmen again. Visually it's a great movie, but still can't get into it again.
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My wife and I just watched Jurassic World. I wasn't sure what to think of it prior to it coming out. I wasn't a great fan of the movie franchise, only having seen the original movie in the theaters when it came out.
It wasn't bad, Chris Pratt played a good lead. Thou i personally, don't think being exSEAL makes you living Dinosaur handler. Combat fine, but animal handling something different. Least to me. I think it's hard top the original, there no more surprises but wonder. The film touches subject of over saturation of Dinosaurs being a common day thing. Climax of the movie was actually pretty good. They left openings for another movie, but it would be interesting to see where they could go.
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Clash of Titans ......could of been a lot better.
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Just finished watching Fast and Furious 6 on FX.
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My wife and I just watched Jurassic World. I wasn't sure what to think of it prior to it coming out. I wasn't a great fan of the movie franchise, only having seen the original movie in the theaters when it came out.
It wasn't bad, Chris Pratt played a good lead. Thou i personally, don't think being exSEAL makes you living Dinosaur handler. Combat fine, but animal handling something different. Least to me. I think it's hard top the original, there no more surprises but wonder. The film touches subject of over saturation of Dinosaurs being a common day thing. Climax of the movie was actually pretty good. They left openings for another movie, but it would be interesting to see where they could go.
After watching it Thursday night, i agree with many of those who commented, how did that gal keep running like she did with HIGH heels on??
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The script apparently called for her to ditch the shoes in her "action makeover" scene, but the first time they tried it, the actress decided that the only thing worse than running through the jungle in heels was running through the jungle barefoot.
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The script apparently called for her to ditch the shoes in her "action makeover" scene, but the first time they tried it, the actress decided that the only thing worse than running through the jungle in heels was running through the jungle barefoot.
Surprised when she went to get Owen (Pratt's character), they didn't have HIM mention it and offer up some trainers..
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After watching it Thursday night, i agree with many of those who commented, how did that gal keep running like she did with HIGH heels on??
There are high heel races every year in the drag community. A few women's charities have taken to the idea, as well. There was a woman who completed a Tough Mudder two years back wearing pumps.
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There are high heel races every year in the drag community. A few women's charities have taken to the idea, as well. There was a woman who completed a Tough Mudder two years back wearing pumps.
Drag queen races?? Interesting.
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Finished the first season of "The Man in the High Castle" today. No real bad episodes so far, the acting and everything else has been excellent.
1) Obergruppenfuhrer Smith's son being diagnosed with the congenital disorder that means he needs to be killed - how much do you like the Reich now, John?
2) I guess the title really says it all about who it is buying the films. Ironic.
3) I am curious where the films are coming from - obviously some are the same as what happened in our reality; are they all footage of alternate realities, somehow?
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IIRC in the original novel, it was someone from our world who had some means of crossing back and forth across parallel realities. He was bringing the films from our world to that one.
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IIRC in the original novel, it was someone from our world who had some means of crossing back and forth across parallel realities. He was bringing the films from our world to that one.
Ah, that would make sense.
Except the nuking of San Fransisco, and the footage of Joe shooting Frank.
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I didn't think Jurrisac World was that good of a movie. It was a overdone story with modified dinosaurs that go crazy. Let's make a scary dino by putting a t-Rex and a raptor together and other scary aminals too. Then the same awkward love story between hunter tracker dude like Pratt and the business lady. It reminded me of the two from Romancing the Stone movies love story. If it wasn't telling me that I was watching Jurrisac World every 5 minutes by product placement and other things this movie would of just a typical scary Dino movie.
Maybe I was going on way to high of hopes, with Starlord, raptors and T-Rex in a movie, I expected more.
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found an old vhs copy of light years aka gandahar
oldie but goodie
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my 8 year old youngling saw little shop of horrors for first time her reaction was priceless!
especially when she met the dentist for first time...
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my 8 year old youngling saw little shop of horrors for first time her reaction was priceless!
especially when she met the dentist for first time...
I grew up watching that film and still think it is nuts that my parents thought that was fine for a 6 year old. At the same time, I find it disappointing that no one my age gets my references to Steve Martin's song about sadism and dentistry.
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sad but true classics are a dying passion for most...
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my 8 year old youngling saw little shop of horrors for first time her reaction was priceless!
especially when she met the dentist for first time...
That is still a great movie.
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Watched LA Confidential last night with my wife. As she is a 1950s-phile it's now one of her favorite movies. I won big across the board last night.
Trying to get her to watch Mongol with me tonight.
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I have a feeling i'll be watching Prom Night on the horror movie DVD I got in an office secret Santa this weekend.
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Well after a disappointment finding out my copy of Kokoda was unable to play on my DVD player because it's the wrong region, I tried the copy of Power Play I got in the mail the other day.
Wow this movie is cool!
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Finally saw Mission Impossible, Rogue nation.
LOVED IT..
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Just watched Ant-man. A little disappointed in how they did the story but overall it was good
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I imagine there's going to be a LOT of people adding "The Force Awakens" to this thread later tonight.
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Looks like there's a thread specifically for that movie, so let's please keep spoilers over there.
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Adhering to our tradition, on Christmas Eve my wife and I shall be watching Hogfather. :)
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Soooo....after blocking every, EVERY image, promotion, chatter, jabber or mentioning of the film since they announced it's production. I've finally see Star Wars, The Force Awaken.
Then again, I've see this before....Oh its original movie redone 40 year later...sorry bitter Revelation. It was a good movie in own right, there was moments that were good. However, i just am sick and tired of revisiting old themes, old stories that happened to be recreated from the earlier movies. It was fun, it had issues. Aside from that it's worth 10 dollars to see.
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Decided to rewatch Avengers: Age of Ultron. Still like it, but I realized what really bothered me about the film- it's too self aware, especially Ultron's character. There are too many points where the dialog verges on being a parody of action movies, which is really not a good thing for a serious action movie.
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Soooo....after blocking every, EVERY image, promotion, chatter, jabber or mentioning of the film since they announced it's production. I've finally see Star Wars, The Force Awaken.
Then again, I've see this before....Oh its original movie redone 40 year later...sorry bitter Revelation. It was a good movie in own right, there was moments that were good. However, i just am sick and tired of revisiting old themes, old stores that happened to be recreated from the earlier movies. It was fun, it had issues. Aside from that it's worth 10 dollars to see.
I haven't gone into the full on ep 7 discussion thread, but the above pretty much hits my take on the head. Ep 7 is a good SW film, but doesn't match everyone's hype. About the only thing I would add it that there's too much going on.
Otherwise...
The GF & I saw Spectre. Lordy was that a fun Bond film. It played off of Skyfall decently. Plus, if Spectre is Craig's last Bond, it ended well.
I also saw the Man from U.N.C.L.E. film last weekend at a friends. I enjoyed it. Wonderful that the film was kept as a period (if you can call the 60's period...) piece.
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"Black Mirror," the "White Christmas" episode. Total mind...screw.
Thematically similar to "White Bear," but has its own twists and jabs. What happens to the guy that helps them get the confession? In th words of a friend of mine - it's brutal.
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Both Bill & Ted movies.
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I've got 3 for tonight and later this week to watch..
First up is Christian bales "Rescue dawn"..
2nd is the Nick Nolte / Robert Redford "a walk in the woods". Here's hoping its as good as folks have said.
Last up is the Transporter refueled..
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finished watching the transporter trilogy...still mindless fun as i remember it...
then my youngest decided to put in barney the purple dino...
not a good combination...still have nightmares and vague sense of forboeding when i see anything in color purple...
go figure...
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Decided to rewatch Serenity.
Still a good movie, but I just think I'm a little Whedoned out.
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finished watching the transporter trilogy...still mindless fun as i remember it...
then my youngest decided to put in barney the purple dino...
not a good combination...still have nightmares and vague sense of forboeding when i see anything in color purple...
go figure...
You could have just let him watch it on his own, so you didn't get that foreboding..
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You could have just let him watch it on his own, so you didn't get that foreboding..
she is 3 and knows how to torture her parents already...i still do not know where she found the disk with the purple nightmare...i thought i destroyed them all...
i found old brit show in my box brittas empire forgot how funny and enjoyable chris barrie can be
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my youngest finnally had decided to see all original star wars trilogy without the the "improvements" her verdict ? enhanced edit sucks major monkey butt!
hmm for an 8 year old she already has picked up a lot of my attitudes about the trilogy...i must be doing something wrong?
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Finished Season 4 of "Babylon 5." About to embark on Season 5.
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I watched Star Trek Into Darkness yesterday and did not think it was that bad.
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I watched Star Trek Into Darkness yesterday and did not think it was that bad.
Don't say that too loudly; the crowd with the torches and pitchforks might hear you. (Not saying I disagree with you.)
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Personally i can't stand those who dislike it just cause Kirk was the one to die, or that it was an Abrams film.
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Personally i can't stand those who dislike it just cause Kirk was the one to die, or that it was an Abrams film.
old school trekkies will hate the new movies on simple principle...they are way off from rodenberrys vision of star trek....
after he died a lot of effort was made with st tng to keep it close to it but it was not bringing in the ratings or money...
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Not a movie, but binge watching my The Maxx bootlegs.
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Not a movie, but binge watching my The Maxx bootlegs.
Wow! Haven't seen reference to that show in a lot of years. Enjoyed it while it lasted.
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old school trekkies will hate the new movies on simple principle...they are way off from rodenberrys vision of star trek....
after he died a lot of effort was made with st tng to keep it close to it but it was not bringing in the ratings or money...
To be fair, it was entirely unnecessary to use the original series characters for the new movies unless they wanted to draw in the old fans. They could have just as easily made the new movies about an entirely different crew.
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Wow! Haven't seen reference to that show in a lot of years. Enjoyed it while it lasted.
man did i enjoy the mtv block around that show liquid televison was bit weird tho
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man did i enjoy the mtv block around that show liquid televison was bit weird tho
The 80s and early 90s were a fun time for animation. The industry had contracted in the 70s, sold out to do product shilling, and there was a group of young animators that were unhappy with the conservative cringe of the major studios. Networks like MTV and Nickelodeon in the States were attempting format changes and gave their creatives a wide berth (Pete and Pete falls into this same category). Things like Liquid Television or Ren & Stimpy would never be possible today because their networks are so successful they can't take chances like they used to.
The Maxx was one of my favorites because of the use of stationary imagery. The backgrounds in The Maxx and the overall brooding tone still impress me like no other. There were instances of live action and CGI integration, too. Those were cute, but the willingness to linger on stationary scenes with voice over was interesting at the time, and downright heroic these days.
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ren and stimpy really broke the mold at that time...lol i still remembr reading how execs at nic went ape after seeing the first season of that particular gem
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ren and stimpy really broke the mold at that time...lol i still remembr reading how execs at nic went ape after seeing the first season of that particular gem
I was at least 18 by the time it came out. Some aspects of it amused me, but I could only handle it in small doses.
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Tried to watch American Hustle and just couldn't get into it, so I stopped at about 1.5 hours (it was on TV). I don't think I'm going to try to watch a repeat.
Watched World War Z and enjoyed it, but wished they hadn't claimed it was based on the book of the same name.
Rented Kingsman: The Secret Service and enjoyed it enough that I will be buying it when I get a job.
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Just watched Batman bad blood. Very good movie. Currently watching Justice League war.
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Just got done watching the Bill Murray film, Rock the Kasbah. Man was it fun, even Bruce Willis's role was good. But i never knew it was based on a UK documentary about a real to life afgan idol..
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I re-watched one of my favorites: Bend it Like Beckham. It's funny, I'm like the least sporty chick you'll evers meet, but this movie makes me happy. :) The themes of being yourself and going afters what *you* want in life I think can resonate with anyone, and the subtext - the original intent of Jules & Jess falling in love is obvious, but with Jessminder having obvious chemistry with both Juliet and the gorgeous Joe... XD - this movie really speaks to the Bisexual experience, as unintentional as it may be. :)
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Oh yeah, the original lesbian romance subtext between the two characters was so strong that it honestly felt forced when they switched to having both of them attracted to the same guy halfway through the movie.
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^ Studio interference. It's a shame.
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In some ways it's commendable that they wanted to go that route, given how overdone and cliche the lesbian athlete is in fiction. The problem was that the studio apparently only made that decision after about half of the film had already been shot and they didn't want to redo those scenes. So it's left like the two are on the verge of making out with each other only to fall into an awkward cat fight over a random dude that they hadn't shown any interest in until then.
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Well, I don't find it commendable in any way. I'm glad though that what is left of that helped a confused person - me - see a way to find peace with herself. I've met other Queer people that got a similar lift from the movie, and many more that got a huge lift from Queen Elsa in Frozen.
I wonder what would happen if we had more open Same-Sex attractions/relationships in mainstream media?
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I think that it's inevitable that we'll see it portrayed as a normal thing more often, just as we're seeing in the real world.
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It IMO is already going on.. Not one of the new comedy shows on tv for the past 3 years has NOT had a token LGBT character in it, and some are very overt..
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I wouldn't read too much into it, and find it strange that people do. I mean, why would all these terrible harpy women marry all these bumbling idiot men?
Saw World War Z finally. Not terrible, but not good. All that stuff in the last minute would have been fun to explore.
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I guess for me -and I really don't watch 'new' tv shows - is while it's good to have more Queer characters, I'm hoping for the day when, out of the 1000 boy-meets-girl movies Hollywood releases, we get a few movies that take a look at Same Sex relationships, as they really happen. Not just the quirky Gay friend, but movies where couples meet, fall in love, and either make the 'ship work, or not.
I'm still hoping for Out-and-Proud Queer characters in Star Trek, too. For all the strides towards equality Trek has made, the lack of LGBTQA characters as part of the main cast, is getting....annoying.
That's something I love about Food Network, the show 'Chopped' has loads of Queer chefs, and it's more "if I win, I'm going to take my [Same-Sex spouse] on a well-deserved Vacation." You know, it's just a characteristic of these chefs, not a controversial focus.
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It IMO is already going on.. Not one of the new comedy shows on tv for the past 3 years has NOT had a token LGBT character in it, and some are very overt..
Yeah, but I think what's being looked for is for it to be normal to have characters who are LGBT without that being their defining trait. For example, if a hypothetical character was pitched as "about a gay medical student who enjoys mountain biking" vs "about a mountain-biking medical student who's gay," one would reasonably assume that the first character's role in a show is going to be about their sexual orientation while the second character's role is likely to be about their hobby. I'm not really sure how much further this conversation can go without straying too far into Rule 4 territory, but I prefer to err on the side of caution.
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Yeah, but I think what's being looked for is for it to be normal to have characters who are LGBT without that being their defining trait.
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please excuse the ~snip~, but yes, this is very well put. :)
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On Wednesday I will watch The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug on TNT at 7:30 to 11PM.
I have not seen it yet.
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Justice league flashpoint paradox. DC \Warner Bros. Make great animated movies
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Yeah, but I think what's being looked for is for it to be normal to have characters who are LGBT without that being their defining trait. For example, if a hypothetical character was pitched as "about a gay medical student who enjoys mountain biking" vs "about a mountain-biking medical student who's gay," one would reasonably assume that the first character's role in a show is going to be about their sexual orientation while the second character's role is likely to be about their hobby. I'm not really sure how much further this conversation can go without straying too far into Rule 4 territory, but I prefer to err on the side of caution.
Exactly. It seems (to my POV) that most of those shows where they have them, they are in the first grouping, rarely in the 2nd. Such as Kurt in Glee.
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Justice league flashpoint paradox. DC \Warner Bros. Make great animated movies
Just watched that, watching Justice League: War right now.
I can't figure out how DC can consistently produce high-quality animated showings but terrible live-action films.
Green Lantern: You're not just some guy in a bat costume, are you?
Batman: [trollface]
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^ Agreed. I'm going to have to hear a lot of good about the new Batman/Superman, I'm not hopeful at all, with DCs track record to date on the live actions.
Watched El Dorado again last night. Now, I know it's a re-do of Rio Bravo; and if anyone wants to say the Duke did better movies than this, I can't argue. But - for sheer fun, make-me-smile, when I want to sit down and enjoy a Western, my go to movie is El Dorado. :)
Appealing characters, sharp funny dialogue, patented Howard Hawks cool chicks, and the Duke at the top of his game. James Caan is amazing and cute as 'Mississippi', and well, Robert Mitchum spends 80% of the movie looking drunk or hungover - J.P. Hara was the role Mitchum was *born* to play. XD
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Yeah, but I think what's being looked for is for it to be normal to have characters who are LGBT without that being their defining trait. For example, if a hypothetical character was pitched as "about a gay medical student who enjoys mountain biking" vs "about a mountain-biking medical student who's gay," one would reasonably assume that the first character's role in a show is going to be about their sexual orientation while the second character's role is likely to be about their hobby. I'm not really sure how much further this conversation can go without straying too far into Rule 4 territory, but I prefer to err on the side of caution.
Well-spoken, and that could easily apply to other identifiers (ethnicity, etc). I am hopeful that eventually Hollywood will eventually "get it."
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Well-spoken, and that could easily apply to other identifiers (ethnicity, etc). I am hopeful that eventually Hollywood will eventually "get it."
Agreed. If we could get a "people-are-people" thing going, I think that's what needs to be.
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^ Agreed. I'm going to have to hear a lot of good about the new Batman/Superman, I'm not hopeful at all, with DCs track record to date on the live actions.
Maybe DC comics are just not that big of a pull compared to Marvel?
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DC movies are not fun. Just look at Man of Steel. There is nothing lighthearted or fun about it. Sadly, everything is played with deadpan seriousness. Marvel at least had the good sense to remember that comics book movies are supposed to be fun.
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@ garkhal and false son - I agree, I didn't even see Man of Steel because the word-of-mouth made it sound horrid. The Marvel movies I've seen were so fun and epic, especially the Iron Man & Avengers series.
The guy that took me to see the Iron Man movies was an anime, manga, and comics fan that was just barely aware of Iron Man as a character, and he loved them too. It's kind of shocking that DC has had misfires with their most iconic characters, and Marvel has hits based on 'Ant-Man' and 'Guardians of the Galaxy'.
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@ garkhal and false son - I agree, I didn't even see Man of Steel because the word-of-mouth made it sound horrid. The Marvel movies I've seen were so fun and epic, especially the Iron Man & Avengers series.
The guy that took me to see the Iron Man movies was an anime, manga, and comics fan that was just barely aware of Iron Man as a character, and he loved them too. It's kind of shocking that DC has had misfires with their most iconic characters, and Marvel has hits based on 'Ant-Man' and 'Guardians of the Galaxy'.
Maybe DC should hire or get advice from the crew that cast the Marvel movies, from "Iron Man" on.
Note: this is not a swing at Affleck as Batman, since I haven't seen it yet; I'm willing to give him a chance. Maybe, just maybe, he will be to that role what RDJ is to Stark/Iron Man.
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The failures of The Losers and Green Lantern, which were the more lighthearted romps in the DCU make me believe that we are going to have darkness, oh so much darkness for the near future.
It is what it is. I don't mind the approach being different from Marvel. I'd just like something that doesn't make me feel gloomy after watching it. Edginess is so 90's, and I liked the 90's.
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I think it's the darkness-as-darkness that wears on me. From childhood til now, I've preferred Marvel to DC, just because of what you could call the "company tone".
I dunno...dark Superman? :( I so adored the first 2 Christopher Reeve 'Superman' movies. Supes is 'supposed' to be the Big Blue Boy Scout. As for Affleck, I have no issues with him, and I really hope this new movie is good. I'm just afraid it wont be.
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@ garkhal and false son - I agree, I didn't even see Man of Steel because the word-of-mouth made it sound horrid. The Marvel movies I've seen were so fun and epic, especially the Iron Man & Avengers series.
The guy that took me to see the Iron Man movies was an anime, manga, and comics fan that was just barely aware of Iron Man as a character, and he loved them too. It's kind of shocking that DC has had misfires with their most iconic characters, and Marvel has hits based on 'Ant-Man' and 'Guardians of the Galaxy'.
I absolute loved the MoS reboot for superman.. Even with it taking itself too seriously. Great acting all around imo.
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today was bit unusual my oldest youngling came home feeling sick so she planted herself across me like a cat so i put my laptop on me and let her watch time machince from 1960s and count of monte cristo 1975 with richard chambarlain...
she absolutley loved the count!
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I have Antonio Banderas's 33 for this weekend's viewing pleasure...
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Just got back from watching Deadpool. I was absolutely rolling with laughter during the film, I noticed my Wife chuckling a time or two, but, I don't think she enjoyed it near as much. I asked her how she liked it and all I got was: "Ehhh....Well, It was definitely crazy." *laughs* I'm looking forward to seeing it again sometime.
On the possible list for movies tonight? I might pop in Bone Tomahawk and see how it is.
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Got done watching both the 33 and spectre.
Absolutely loved the 33. Banderas, cote, LDP and gabriel byrne were all great.. Very well acted all around.
As for spectre. A good film, that did a nice job tying in all of Craig's prior three films to an old but good bond villain.
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I watched The Sons of Katie Elder, The Patriot, and Outlander yesterday while recovering. Good times.
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I watched The Sons of Katie Elder, The Patriot, and Outlander yesterday while recovering. Good times.
I watched The Sons of Katie Elder, too. :) I pretty much haven't gone a week without watching the Duke in over 20 years.
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I watched The Sons of Katie Elder, The Patriot, and Outlander yesterday while recovering. Good times.
The Patriot is one of my favorite movies, even if its historical accuracy isn't exactly the best.
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The Patriot is one of my favorite movies, even if its historical accuracy isn't exactly the best.
The hardest scene to watch is when his youngest daughter, who hasn't been speaking, pleads with him to not leave: "I'll say anything you want me to, just don't go away again!"
That scene was so very well done.
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The hardest scene to watch is when his youngest daughter, who hasn't been speaking, pleads with him to not leave: "I'll say anything you want me to, just don't go away again!"
That scene was so very well done.
That was one of the best scenes in the movie. I also liked when Mel Gibson told the story why people buy him drinks. That was great too.
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I'm partial to when Rene Auberjonois, as the preacher, dons his hat and grabs his rifle. The congregation are shocked, and his response is excellent - (EDIT: Thank you, IMDB!) "A shepherd must tend his flock. And at times... fight off the wolves."
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That movie makes me sad. Would have preferred a more nuanced approach. The Revolution was never that black and white.
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That movie makes me sad. Would have preferred a more nuanced approach. The Revolution was never that black and white.
I'll agree and endorse this.
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finally got around to finish watching ash vs evil dead and live action gatchaman...took me 3 years to get around to last one...
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I saw Deadpool earlier today and I really liked it !!!!
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Just saw RIPD (Rest In Peace Department) starting Ryan Reynolds and Jeff Bridges. Having never seen it before, it was pretty funny movie. Cartoonish, Action Comedy Supernatureal movie, set in Boston, fighting undead. I'm not sure if people won't like it, but it was entertaining!
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I liked it, which is why i can't understand why it bombed at the box office.
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Because it was to much like Men in Black. I don't really know but I'm in no hurry to see RIPD.
It's not a movie but watching some of House of Cards. Not bad don't like political shows, but at least everyone one is a bad guy in the show.
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I liked it, which is why i can't understand why it bombed at the box office.
Lousy trailers that made it look boring and Ryan Reynolds was in a career slump at the time after Green Lantern.
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Because it was to much like Men in Black. I don't really know but I'm in no hurry to see RIPD.
It's not a movie but watching some of House of Cards. Not bad don't like political shows, but at least everyone one is a bad guy in the show.
I am loving house of cards... Watched S3 of it last week on DVD, and am looking forward to S4 hitting the library once its done on HBO.
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Just saw RIPD (Rest In Peace Department) starting Ryan Reynolds and Jeff Bridges. Having never seen it before, it was pretty funny movie. Cartoonish, Action Comedy Supernatureal movie, set in Boston, fighting undead. I'm not sure if people won't like it, but it was entertaining!
sadly movie flunked but it was fun to watch...if y get achance see if you can get the comics...they are a lot more in depth and fun read
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I've been watching M*A*S*H on Netflix, starting with the 1st season. The more I watch, I am convinced of several things.
First and foremost, that replacing Burns with Winchester was absolutely the right move. Burns was a weasel, and more importantly, never had any hope of being a worthy opponent of Hawkeye and Trapper.
For similar reasons, I like Potter over Blake. Henry was a decent guy, and tried to do the right thing, but was far too much of a pushover. Sherman still brought a heaping dose of common sense and pragmatism, but wasn't easily snowed.
Thirdly, Radar is *far* from the innocent lad some folks think he is. He may not be wise in the ways of women, but he is a slick operator when it comes to Army bureaucracy.
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I prefer Col. Potter over Henry Blake as well. I think Burns was at least funny at first, but afters Hot Lips got married and such, it almost seemed like Hawkeye & BJ were tormenting a mentally disturbed man. Winchester could give as take, anyway.
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I'm partial to when Rene Auberjonois, as the preacher, dons his hat and grabs his rifle. The congregation are shocked, and his response is excellent - (EDIT: Thank you, IMDB!) "A shepherd must tend his flock. And at times... fight off the wolves."
Yes, that is also very good.
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Over the past 4 days now, i have been seeing more and more clips on tv, of previews for a new film Midnight Special (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2649554/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_10)
Who here is interested in seeing it??
Looks decent to me.
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It could be a good movie for all I know. But, the "this is SO mysterious" marketing is offputting. I guess i'll never know.
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I'll probably rent it when it gets to Redbox, but I'm not paying theater prices to see it.
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So i saw 3 movies on DVD this weekend (so far).
First up was a crime thriller, Secrets in their eyes with Nicole Kidman, Julia Roberts and Chiwetelu Umeadi Ejiofor. It was rather..... interesting to say the least. Hard to keep up with the consistent switching between the past and present, and how it ended just left me and my mother, scratching our heads. Going HU"???
From the previews it COULD have been a heck of a lot better. SO i rate it only 3.5-4 out of 10...
Next up was Creed. I actually liked it a lot more than the last one "Balboa".. And i was surprised that, unlike in prior films of that vein, our "Hero" (creed's illegitimate son) didn't win the fight he had..
I also gave the film a little bump up for showing one of my fave EPL footy grounds, Everton's Goodison park! So i rated it a solid 7 of 10..
Last up was the news reporter drama/historical film, Spotlight with a BIG list of good names, and it was damn well, well acted all around. A solid 8 of 10 for me....
For the other 3 i have to watch.. Concussion with Will Smith, Hateful Eight and Jarhead 3...
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Re-watched "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" this weekend. I have no emotional investment with the graphic novel it's based off of. I rather enjoy the movie, especially the depiction of Hyde and Jekyll.
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Well, watched hateful 8 last night, and was imo typical crast and violent fare you come to expect from Tarantino..
But Concussion, was VERY good imo. I was surprised smith DIDn't get even nominated for it..
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Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
Sure to be a very common answer for the next few days. O0
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Eye In The Sky
I know the movie's a touch political for these forums, but I didn't feel like it was trying to convince the viewer of what the correct answer to the situation was. Also, it has Helen Mirren and Alan Rickman. I definitely recommend it.
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finally started to watch daredevil season 2
on my plate pixels and ted 2 if i get a chance ill watch them tonight
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Not a movie, but a Netflix original series: The Ranch. Ashton Kutcher, Danny Masterson, Sam Elliot, Debra Winger, and Elisha Cuthbert. Nothing groundbreaking but the wife and I laughed hard through 8 episodes so far. Recommended if you like the first two in That 70's Show.
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Eye In The Sky
I know the movie's a touch political for these forums, but I didn't feel like it was trying to convince the viewer of what the correct answer to the situation was. Also, it has Helen Mirren and Alan Rickman. I definitely recommend it.
I am looking forward to that one, criminal (with harrison ford, Gary oldman and Kostner), as well as the redo of jungle book...
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Watched Fargo last night. You betcha.
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Just finished SW: The Force Awakens. I can honestly dislike Kylo Ren and the actor cast to play him.
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"He Never Died." Perfect role for Henry Rollins; fairly minimalistic film, and doesn't really need to be any more than what it is. For the best experience, go in with as little foreknowledge as possible.
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Just finished SW: The Force Awakens. I can honestly dislike Kylo Ren and the actor cast to play him.
Having not seen much of his other work (only his 2 L&O episodes, one SVU one regular), i can't say one way or another if he is a decent actor..
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Uncensored versions of both Airplane! and Airplane II.
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Has anyone seen that movie, Midnight special yet??
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"Inside Man" - well cast, well written, doesn't insult your intelligence. Worth a watch.
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Expendables 3. I hope Antonio Banderas had as much fun working on the film as I did watching him in it!
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the great outdoors john candy and dan akroyd...love the bear...and consour raccoons
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"The Martian" absolutely did not disappoint; Damon really showed his chops and Sean Bean didn't die! Although as noted on tvtropes, he did commit career suicide.
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Watched Hitman: Agent 47 last night.
I liked it, but not as much as the first one.
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the great outdoors john candy and dan akroyd...love the bear...and consour raccoons
One of those movies I try and watch before I go up north.
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Fifth Element!
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Fifth Element!
my oldest had not taken out the disk out of the ps3 in weeks so no ps3 gaming for me...
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Saw 2 last night.
First up Hyena road about Canadian military in Afgan. Very good war film, but had a few strangenesses to it.. And was shocked that the guy i thought was related to Billy zane, is actually Donald Sutherland's son??
Then came 5th Wave. Decent enough disaster/alien invasion flick with ONE thing missing. We never actually saw the aliens other than damn blasted ship...
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Fifth Element!
Wish i knew of more sci fi with a sense of whimsy.
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binge watched GANTZ live action movies
gantz, another gantz, and gantz perfect answer
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Wish i knew of more sci fi with a sense of whimsy.
One of the things I really enjoy about "Fifth Element" is that even though it's sci-fi, it isn't all in your face about it. It's a story first and foremost, and sci-fi as the setting and backdrop. Hopefully that makes sense.
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One of the things I really enjoy about "Fifth Element" is that even though it's sci-fi, it isn't all in your face about it. It's a story first and foremost, and sci-fi as the setting and backdrop. Hopefully that makes sense.
and that is what makes a good story...take alook at old 60s tv series backgrounds were there to support the story not be the story...invaders and original doctor who are good examples...you forgot about the backgrounds and sets best example for a movie would be forbidden planet all story and background seconded to be background as it is supposed to
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The Fifth Element wasn't a sci-fi movie. It was a fantasy with sci-fi trappings. Not unlike Star Wars.
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The Homesman with Tommy Lee Jones and Hilary Swank.
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Fifth Element!
A movie I can watch a couple of dozen times and still be great. Die Hard in space.
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Has anyone seen the new X-men yet? I've heard its alright, seeing it on my weekend (so Thursday)
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It's not out in the States yet.
Went to the new Jungle Book yesterday. It was good, though I felt that the musical numbers felt out of place given its darker and more serious tone.
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I'm going to watch Zero Dark Thirty for the first time tonight at 7PM EST on NatGeo.
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Well, i caught 2 over the weekend. BOTH i found sucky. First was the Revenant with De-caprio.. After hearing all the hype on it (as well as the awards it got), i can't see how it was buzzed up so much.. I thought it rather poorly done myself.. The acting was decent and the action scenes very well done, but other than that. It barely hit 2 out of 5 stars for me.
Next up was a comedy (well more like a "How crast and cussing can we make a film and still get a rating of R or lower") Dirty Grandpa with Deniro.. Man it was so frikken laden with cuss words and sexual inuendo, i had to turn it off after 30 minutes or so..
What makes me irked is it seems a LOT of comedies to me go that route, feeling the more crast and language ridden they are, the more funny they are...?? Sorry, but that's not what i call comedy.
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I just finished watching"Mission Impossible Rogue Nation".
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Next up was a comedy (well more like a "How crast and cussing can we make a film and still get a rating of R or lower") Dirty Grandpa with Deniro.. Man it was so frikken laden with cuss words and sexual inuendo, i had to turn it off after 30 minutes or so..
What makes me irked is it seems a LOT of comedies to me go that route, feeling the more crast and language ridden they are, the more funny they are...?? Sorry, but that's not what i call comedy.
I'm surprised you started watching it in the first place. It's not like the movie was at all subtle about what kind of film it was.
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The previews didn't make it seem like it was a Cuss/crast fest though.. They actually made it seem like it might be more slapstick than crude, rude and overbearing..
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You and I must have seen very different previews.
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funny that my wife is gone and i have the 2 younglings in my care all of us are now binge watching farscape...
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You and I must have seen very different previews.
Maybe.. The 2 previews i saw, had maybe 5 cuss words between them and that's it.. Not much in the way of 'sex talk' crastness.
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Has anyone seen the new X-men yet? I've heard its alright, seeing it on my weekend (so Thursday)
I just did. As an action movie it beats Civil War hands down. Civil War was too thinky for its own good. Minor non-plot related spoilers ahead:
some characters didn't get as much face or action time as I thought they should and the new X-Men are clearly being prepped for a sequel. That said, Quicksilver totally sold me, I was completely mindblown in the cinema.
Sansa Stark as Jean Grey initially struck me as blasphemy, but I can live with it. I wonder what this means for the timeline though, as at the end of this movie we're still in the DOFP 80s.
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Maybe.. The 2 previews i saw, had maybe 5 cuss words between them and that's it.. Not much in the way of 'sex talk' crastness.
I don't recall the previews I saw having a lot of profanity either, but I never got the impression that it wasn't going to be steeped in vulgarity.
Just saw X-Men: Apocalypse. Good movie, but I thought that Captain America: Civil War was better just because the cast had more chemistry together. I think that we might see X-23 show up in the next film.
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Funny, i never remembered reading about her..
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I saw X-Men, really enjoyed it but Civil War beats it out because the chemestry was there between the characters, but it was a good, solid and entertaining movie.
I'm also going to see the Warcraft movie tomorrow, i'll let folks know my thoughts about it tomorrow :) I know critics have been panning it but the Forbes review was done by them not even seeing it, the Guardian (ultra-liberal) said it was racist because it 'clearly is about the syrian refugee crisis' and I'm not kidding, and the Kotaku review was done by a bloke who hates blizzard :s
At the end of the day the only critic that matters is you.
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Just got back from watching X-Men: Apocalypse. I liked it.
I probably would have liked it more if I had seen X-Men: Days of Future Past though.
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Got done watching 2 very good sea based flicks. First up was White Squall with Jeff Bridges. Very slow but also very good.
Then came Chris pine in "The Finest hour". Man was that done well.
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Just got back from seeing the Warcraft movie.
I'm not really much of a WoW player, i'm not too aware of the universe and went with boyfriend to see it and he's a HUGE Warcraft geek and lover of the lore (I prefer Diablo 3 and Overwatch).
I was a bit hesitant to see it, most game to movie adaptations suuuuuuuuck, but here I was more than pleasantly surprised.
It was a really enjoyable movie, it was for me easily understandable and fine to follow, the CGI is absolutely amazing. It opens with a long shot of the face on Durotan, one of the main protagonists, and he's an Orc. And he LOOKS real, he looks very organic, he does not look like a CGI character. And that was also surprising, that you've got an Orc, typically a baddie race as having some good elements, but yeah he looked really real.
The story was simple but my boyfriend was making squee noises so I assume there's references that he was getting. He giggled when he saw these fish things, they were only there for a second and I assume they are from the game. The world of Azeroth itself looked and again, felt real. It was a living breathing world, not just a bad green and bluescreen (hello Star Wars Episode 1 - 3...)
The human actors were good, there was some rather good chemistry, and some rather funny moments that I did laugh at and yet the film is pretty violent if bloodless.
If there's one thing the CGI Orcs out acted the humans, and the humans were far from bad actors.
The music was also very good but it suffered from (in the cinema I was in at any rate) of being a bit too loud in places and it did drown out some of the speaking.
I liked the use of the magic in the film too, the magic was really dynamic and much more impactful than say LotR or even the Harry Potter series.
My main criticism is that it felt rushed, there's a lot to take in and perhaps it could have done with being 15 - 30 minutes longer, but it does not feel rushed in a bad way.
My boyfriend afterwards was gibbering about it and said that he liked the lore changes and that we both really enjoyed the movie. Most game to movie adaptations are well...crap, lets be honest, but I think that the Warcraft movie breaks this 'curse' and is a good solid movie that a pleb like me can watch and it also makes fans happy too.
I suggest giving this movie a try, its a genuinely good film :)
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"Captain America: Civil War"
Good writing, good acting, good timing (not too drawn out, not too rushed) - just an overall enjoyable film.
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I was watching again over the D-Day anniversary its called IKE: Countdown to D-day. It was a A&E movie with Tom Sellek playing Ike. Its not a bad movie, a lot of plotting and not a lot of action, but true to the form of how he got all the people and egos together.
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I was watching again over the D-Day anniversary its called IKE: Countdown to D-day. It was a A&E movie with Tom Sellek playing Ike. Its not a bad movie, a lot of plotting and not a lot of action, but true to the form of how he got all the people and egos together.
I'm not sure if I've seen all of it, but have definitely seen a goodly chunk of it. Very good movie; Selleck is really good in that role.
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So, anyone caught Now you see me 2?? how did it hold up to the first one?
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The Third Man, a classic that stood the test of time really well.
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Just saw previews for the norwegian movie, Wave.. It looks decent, but i have issues watching foreign films with subtitles.. Often i find myself missing what's ON screen cause i have to read the bottom of it to HEAR whats going on..
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More incentive to learn foreign languages. Understanding both English and German was good for watching The Third Man.
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had fun time watching big man japan....
bit of tongue in cheek humor but it works
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had fun time watching big man japan....
bit of tongue in cheek humor but it works
I have idea what that is about. But, my coworkers and i have been exchanging Mr. Baseball lines and now i'm tempted to watch it again over the weekend.
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I watched Return of the Jedi. I have been rewatching classic Star Wars trilogy. IMO those still hold even after all these decades. Granted that there really is no chance to watch original unaltered versions anymore so it's not pure experience like back in 90's when I saw those for very first time but things that really matter are still same.
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I watched Return of the Jedi. I have been rewatching classic Star Wars trilogy. IMO those still hold even after all these decades. Granted that there really is no chance to watch original unaltered versions anymore so it's not pure experience like back in 90's when I saw those for very first time but things that really matter are still same.
Yes they have held up. The first time I saw them, it was taped off the TV. Remember when the commercials were in there.
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I have idea what that is about. But, my coworkers and i have been exchanging Mr. Baseball lines and now i'm tempted to watch it again over the weekend.
Mr. Baseball is one of my favorite sports movies.
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Let's see, since my last post I've seen the following:
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows.....I liked it well enough.
Jupiter Ascending....Also liked it.
Lucy.....I just ignored the junk science in ScarJos solo superhero movie.
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Mr. Baseball is one of my favorite sports movies.
For me if i was to list 2my top 5 movies for each of the main sports
Soccer- Playing for keeps, That's the only one here..
American Football - Replacements, Necessary roughness, All the right moves, Any Given Sunday, Friday night lights,
Basketball - Way too many to narrow it to just 2.. You've got Eddie, Hoosiers, Blue chips, the air up there, celtic pride, Finding forrester (more drama than sports focused), Coach carter
Baseball - Angles in the outfield, Field of dreams
Hockey - Mighty ducks, Miracle, Mystery Alaska,
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Mystery Alaska
Another great attempt by Ron Eldard to "act".
Love that guy.
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Baseball - Angles in the outfield, Field of dreams
See, for me, the overall best baseball movie is "Bull Durham." After that, probably "Mr. Baseball" followed by "Major League."
American Football - Replacements, Necessary roughness
Both very good, but would put "Varsity Blues" and "Remember the Titans" ahead of both.
Obviously, tastes and preferences vary. 8)
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Just got back from seeing the new Independence Day. It was nonsense, but it was enjoyable nonsense. A nice salute to the 1st one and worth a watch :)
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See, for me, the overall best baseball movie is "Bull Durham." After that, probably "Mr. Baseball" followed by "Major League."
Both very good, but would put "Varsity Blues" and "Remember the Titans" ahead of both.
Obviously, tastes and preferences vary. 8)
I have never gotten in to Bull Durham. And i left major league off, as it was funny but imo not as good as the other 2..
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But... but... Major League is so quotable!
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But... but... Major League is so quotable!
It is...but "Bull Durham" has some really great moments and exchanges...especially Crash's speech to Annie about what he believes in. 8)
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I watched Tomorrowland yesterday while my internet was down.
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Rewatching Deadpool with the subtitles. So I can catch all the jokes and funniest parts of the movie.
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I watched The Man from U.N.C.L.E. movie on DVD, then I watched The Last Girl (well, not the first 25 minutes or so) on FreeForm.
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Which last girl.. 2002, 2012 short, 2013, 2015 short?
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I'm sorry, I misremembered the name (or I was too lazy to verify), it was not The Last Girl.
It was The Final Girls from 2015 with Nina Dobrev, Malin Akerman and Taissa Farmiga.
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Fare enough..
As a question for those who have already seen ID4 Resurgence.. Does it explain how Dr Okun is back from the dead??
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ok since my rugrats are off to see their great aunt and my mrs still looking after her ailing old man i finally got around to watching and finishing
girl with the dragon tattoo trilogy...
it helped that i am also on enforced bed rest by the doctors...
now working on full 5 seasons of andromeda...
i am gong nuts i need to go out and leave the bloody bed before i turn to mush from boredom
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You mean that's not just a side-effect of too much Kevin Sorbo?
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You mean that's not just a side-effect of too much Kevin Sorbo?
nope...never liked hercules but the actress playing the AI in the show makes up for it
met him few years back he is really a laid back guy with very nice and sharp wit with humor to match...
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Funny. I heard that he had an attitude and that was why most of the original cast of Andromeda quit after the first couple of seasons. Of course, I only saw a few episodes while it was on FOX.
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Caught a real old one this evening, TAPS starting Tom Cruise, George scott, Timothy hutton, and sean pen. I rather liked it, though the ending was sad.. I would have liked to seen a little more at the end, where they dealt with the aftermath of that situation.
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I watched Zootopia and 13 Hours last night.
I enjoyed them both.
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Now onto what i just got done watching.
First up was the docudrama Race, about Jessie Owens going to the 1936 Olympic games. Loved it. Solid 4 out of 5 stars for me. One of the things that might have made it better, was a little more on his earlier life, like who that 'coach' who recommended him to OSU was and such.
Then came "hail Casear". Decent, but way off base from what the previews made it seem like.. A comedy action where clooney's character gets kidnapped, and Johanson and hill's characters have to go find & rescue him..
BUT i loved Tatums character in it!
Also, had Eddie the Eagle. LOVED IT.. As a brit who grew up in the UK during his fanfair, i was enarmored with all the chatter about eddie. And while yes, he sucked in comparison to everyone else, you just had to admire the kid's spunk..
And both Jackman and Edgerton did a bang up job playing the characters they did..
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The guy didn't just sucked, he sucked hard. The biggest jumping places tried to bribe him so he wouldn't come, because they didn't want to see him getting killed there. They had to lower the starting places to make it safer for him, making the competitions less interesting.
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Caught a real old one this evening, TAPS starting Tom Cruise, George scott, Timothy hutton, and sean pen. I rather liked it, though the ending was sad.. I would have liked to seen a little more at the end, where they dealt with the aftermath of that situation.
Filmed on location at scenic Valley Forge Military Academy and College. The truck break down scene was next to the Wayne train station. It always makes me laugh because real life Bunker Hill, aka VFMAC sits in Wayne, a town with a large Hippie population surrounding the campus. Art imitating life.
Every cadet cast member stayed on campus, except for Tom Cruise. Rumor has it the actual cadets on campus gave him a hard time and he stayed in a hotel.
I did my patriotic duty by staying in to avoid the rain on July 4th, and watching Independence Day without a shred of shame.
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had my youngling watch 1972 solaris in original russian and english subs
she really enjoyed it since she asked a lot of questions after watching it...
after we were done i let her have my digital copy of the book...she is still reading it
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Caught an old Tom Sellek film Runaway tonight. Man were some of the cops dunces.. BUT loved gene simmons as the baddie..
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Just saw Jaws on the IMAX dome! Things are so much better on a 50 foot screen.
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Caught an old Tom Sellek film Runaway tonight. Man were some of the cops dunces.. BUT loved gene simmons as the baddie..
yes simmons as bad guy was fun...
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yes simmons as bad guy was fun...
He was also good as the antagonist in "Wanted: Dead or Alive."
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What made me laugh, is when the credits started up and my mom saw the name, she though it was going to be the Female Gene Simmons, an actress from the 60s or so.. the one Jean, not Gene..
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"The Secret Life of Pets." Soooo many funny moments, some nice homages and shout-outs to various things. Just a good, fun film.
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Caught the latest Lampoons offering, Vacation, continuing the Griswold legacy of Crassness and dumb antics.
It was a decent film, but no where near as good as the originals.. best scene imo was the whole college campus "daisy do anything" scene and then the one on the 4 corners with the cops..
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Just discovered that not only the italians are mafiosi,I wacthed "The road to perdition" with Tom Hanks and Paul Newman a story about irish mafia.
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After waiting forever to get my wife to watch it, we've finally watched Deadpool. Pretty funny and twisty dark comedy/action hero flick. I was little taken back to how dense Colossal was to DP's lack of interest in joining the pure heroes. I know it's just a movie..
I think Reynolds and his partner who worked on the movie did a bang up job putting this one together.
I'm curious how they will make sequel to top it.
Side-Question: Was the carrier that was being scrapped, a SHIELD, flying aircraft carrier or a regular one?
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It was a nod to the SHIELD helicarrier, but the MCU and X-Men movies (which Deadpool is a part of) aren't in the same setting.
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was rummaging through a lot of old stuff last night...bored spitless due to enforced rest by the doctors,,,
found this old funny gem moon over parador richard dryfuss raul julia and jonathan winters
still smirking at scene with 2 policemen looking at the 2 posters one blue and the other red showing the dictator
and one is asking the other who is he voting for...one replyes red...second looks and first and first shruggs his shoulders and adds its a free dictatorship
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It was a nod to the SHIELD helicarrier, but the MCU and X-Men movies (which Deadpool is a part of) aren't in the same setting.
It seemed to be a nod to the heli carriers, more in the veins of the ones over DC in Winter soldier imo than the original one.
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"The Secret Life of Pets." Soooo many funny moments, some nice homages and shout-outs to various things. Just a good, fun film.
Wife and I went out to see this last night.
Fun, didn't feel like we'd wasted $15.
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I've seen the new Ghostbusters movie.
I'm old, I've seen all the previous films in theaters in seen them and loved them.
I'd like make statement: This one WASN'T CRAP, IT WAS FUNNY! Thank you.
There WAY TOo much hate (I want to believe) out there out love for the original film series. Which isn't wrong except hate part. I watched the film, judge it myself. Its really is fine.
It a Reboot, no past old Ghostbusters, but there nods to the old movies. Yes, this isn't your Ghostbuster's but new generation it was good and fine and more importantly it was funny film. Wig and her fellow writer did a good job writing the movie. Special effects were fine, not shoty. I was concern from what little i did see advertise of it, that the film was going to be cheaply made. Thankfully it wasnt. One issue i did have, was that its not your struggling Ghost Busters of the past. A lot things were glossed over just hair when came to how they were paying for stuff and how established Ghosts were, government knew about it.
Give it a chance, but remember. It's own animal, treat as such.
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I've seen the new Ghostbusters movie.
I'm old, I've seen all the previous films in theaters in seen them and loved them.
I'd like make statement: This one WASN'T CRAP, IT WAS FUNNY! Thank you.
There WAY TOo much hate (I want to believe) out there out love for the original film series. Which isn't wrong except hate part. I watched the film, judge it myself. Its really is fine.
It a Reboot, no past old Ghostbusters, but there nods to the old movies. Yes, this isn't your Ghostbuster's but new generation it was good and fine and more importantly it was funny film. Wig and her fellow writer did a good job writing the movie. Special effects were fine, not shoty. I was concern from what little i did see advertise of it, that the film was going to be cheaply made. Thankfully it wasnt. One issue i did have, was that its not your struggling Ghost Busters of the past. A lot things were glossed over just hair when came to how they were paying for stuff and how established Ghosts were, government knew about it.
Give it a chance, but remember. It's own animal, treat as such.
maybe will see it wednsday...4btw had you ever seen the real ghostbusters cartoons? resemblence i think is more than passing
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maybe will see it wednsday...4btw had you ever seen the real ghostbusters cartoons? resemblence i think is more than passing
I've seen every Ghostbusters rendition there has been. I'm not sure if i agree with there any passing resemblance to the cartoon. The blond actress's hair due did remind me of Harold Ramis blond rendition of his character, glasses and hair due (flock of seagulls..) However, aside from that nothing in the film gave me a Real Ghost Buster and it's sequel Extreme Ghost Busters.
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On a whim i picked up the film "The Walk" about that french wire walker, who did a high walk between the Twin towers in 1974.. Man was it a good pic.. LOVED the film.
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Star Trek Beyond (2016)
PROS:
-Everyone gets a chance to shine.
-Better than Into Darkness (that was an awful movie)
-More prominence of Bones McCoy
-funnier than the typical Trek movie
CONS:
-Action sequences in the dark are totally confusing
-Retro music is too much (Beastie Boys and Public enemy) and doesnt belong in a futuristic film
-More style than substance
-a little too much comedy at times
All in all, I had somewhat low expectations so it was a pleasant surprise. I hope they keep coming out with new storylines as opposed to rehashing things like the previous movie did. 7.5/10
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Why am I not surprised? James Gunn totally called it: people are going to learn the wrong things from Guardians of the Galaxy. Namely i'm-so-hipster-i'm-retro music and wisecracks galore.
I just hope Suicide Squad will be good nonetheless.
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Saw The Revenant last night. How do I get those 2.5 hours of my life back? Beautiful scenery, so I can understand the cinematography award, but writing and directing was utter crap. I counted at least two double-taps from Glass' musket. I still haven't figured out how the Ree Indians didn't manage to track him down right after he was abandoned, you know, when he was bloody and crawling through the SNOW. I think most of the problem areas revolve around the dramatic parts they felt they needed to fabricate to make the story more Hollywood. None of them fit whatsoever.
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re watched k pax wish i could dig my book trilogy of it out of storage
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re watched k pax wish i could dig my book trilogy of it out of storage
Never heard of that film. Had to look it up on IMDB.
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Never heard of that film. Had to look it up on IMDB.
watch it it is good ....
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I added it to my list of reservations from the library..
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Just saw Tarzan, it was ok. The animal stuff was really good, story and acting no so much. If it wasn't for Samuel L Jackson it would of been a really boring movie.
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Watched 2 tonight (well 1 and started the other)..
First up (the one i didn't finish) was a thriller, Identical.. Concept is if you want a better life, you can do all those 'self help' things, but they often don't work.. So have the company 'get you a better life' (in other words, someone who's identical to you and IN that better life, you replace).. Concept was very decent, but the application/film was crap.. Turned it off after 20 or so minutes..
Then came Tina Fey in Whiskey Tango Foxtrot. Bloody good film.
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At 6PM I'll be watching Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit (2014) on FX.
At 8PM I'll be watching Divergent (2014) on TNT.
I have not seen either of them before.
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Just watched Star Trek Beyond. It feels more like a classic adventure, a bit introspective at that. I would rate it an 7 out of 10.
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Re-watched the remake of "The Italian Job" - still a good watch.
Also just started watching "Stranger Things" on Netflix; very promising series (I know the current season is over, but I haven't gotten there yet.)
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Pale Rider.
A classic but its really pretty bad ;D
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Had the disk sitting in the house for a few weeks, but between my work schedule and the kids being out of school for the summer, I finally got around to watching "The Hateful Eight." A decent enough flick, but not one I'd be clamoring to watch again any time soon.
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Just watched Star Trek Beyond. It feels more like a classic adventure, a bit introspective at that. I would rate it an 7 out of 10.
Yeah, this one was much more Trek than the first two. Abrams hates Star Trek, so the ones he wrote he tried to turn into Star Wars. This one was done by Trek fans so thwy took it back to what Trek was.
I liked the nods to Enterprise continuity as well.
I hope rhey bring back Jayla. Already heard some suggest her as the new helmsman since Anton Yelchin wont be available to play Chekov anymore
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I saw the new Trek last night and really enjoyed it :) The humor was spot on and I had a bit of a tear in my eyes when the Enterprise gets annihilated. I liked the acting, the chemistry between characters, it was all very well done. A good and solid movie i'd suggest watching :) 7.5 - 8 out of 10 i'd say.
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I saw the new Trek last night and really enjoyed it :) The humor was spot on and I had a bit of a tear in my eyes when the Enterprise gets annihilated. I liked the acting, the chemistry between characters, it was all very well done. A good and solid movie i'd suggest watching :) 7.5 - 8 out of 10 i'd say.
Its true, I have one point concerning aesthetics:Yorktown, it is a silly place. ;)
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Why am I not surprised? James Gunn totally called it: people are going to learn the wrong things from Guardians of the Galaxy. Namely i'm-so-hipster-i'm-retro music and wisecracks galore.
Um, Star Trek in 2009 used the same Beastie Boys song, thats why Kirk called it a 'good pick' in Beyond. Guardians came out in 2014, so you could say Trek was in fact doing it before it was cool.
Star Trek Beyond was a great time. Definately better then Into Darkness.
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got my hands on season 2 of powers...guess who is going to binge tonight
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Well picked up three from the local library today.
First up will be K-pax with Kevin Spacey and Jeff Bridges.
Next would be Criminal with Kevin Costner, Tommy Lee Jones and a bunch of other good names.
Last is a Nicole kidman thriller, Before i go to sleep..
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Um, Star Trek in 2009 used the same Beastie Boys song, thats why Kirk called it a 'good pick' in Beyond. Guardians came out in 2014, so you could say Trek was in fact doing it before it was cool.
Star Trek Beyond was a great time. Definately better then Into Darkness.
Did he call it a good pick in the trailer? Cause I don't remember that part.
Well the current trend still irks me.
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I'm going to watch the following on TV:
Thu, 28 July: The Other Woman (2014) on FX @730PM.
Sat, 30 July: Logan's Run (1976) on TCM @545PM.
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Did he call it a good pick in the trailer? Cause I don't remember that part.
Well the current trend still irks me.
In the actual movie.
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Well, i watched Criminal first. Plotline was similar to stuff done before, but done in a better way. I loved how Kevin's character went from a 'i feel nuthin' butthead, to someone who was willing to sacrifice himself for a wife and kid of the man in his head..
Tommy was very convincing as the Doc, but man does he look his age..
And Oldman, standard oldman...
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mmm logans run....had not seen that in ages ...still remember the tv series
had any one read the logans run trilogy that movie was based on? the last 2 books are nothing even remotely related to logans run
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Just rented Batman v Superman. That wasn't that good.
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Of those movies i picked up monday, i did Kpax this evening. Very enjoyable. And how it ended did kind of make you wonder.. Was Spacy faking it (mental) or was his body 'being ridden BY the alien mentality'>??
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I really liked K-Pax. In most of the movies I have seen Kevin Spacey does rather well. Another movie of his for those needing a comedy, try The Ref with Spacey and Denis Leary. Going to try for that one this weekend as well as Tank Girl and either Hackers or Sneakers.
Or might just decide to blow $10 and go see the new Independence Day. Watched Beyond day after its release and found it enjoyable. Still not sure of the title though.. that at least could have been better.
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I really liked K-Pax. In most of the movies I have seen Kevin Spacey does rather well. Another movie of his for those needing a comedy, try The Ref with Spacey and Denis Leary. Going to try for that one this weekend as well as Tank Girl and either Hackers or Sneakers.
"The Ref" is a very fun movie to watch - probably the role you'll ever feel the most empathy towards Leary's character. >:D
Agreed about Kevin Spacey; off the top of my head, I'd say "The Usual Suspects" is one of his best performances.
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"The Ref" is a very fun movie to watch - probably the role you'll ever feel the most empathy towards Leary's character. >:D
Agreed about Kevin Spacey; off the top of my head, I'd say "The Usual Suspects" is one of his best performances.
Ever seen Swimming with Sharks? They try to pull that old switcheroo of making you hate Kevin Spacey's character and try to make him sympathetic by the end. Not crazy about the ending, but he's a good villain.
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I really liked K-Pax. In most of the movies I have seen Kevin Spacey does rather well. Another movie of his for those needing a comedy, try The Ref with Spacey and Denis Leary. Going to try for that one this weekend as well as Tank Girl and either Hackers or Sneakers.
Or might just decide to blow $10 and go see the new Independence Day. Watched Beyond day after its release and found it enjoyable. Still not sure of the title though.. that at least could have been better.
dennis leary and spacey geez that one was good one...i think it was spaceys break out role...
had any one seen moon? that is something to watch also if you enjoyed k pax rally screwy mind job enjoyable : moon
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I really liked K-Pax. In most of the movies I have seen Kevin Spacey does rather well. Another movie of his for those needing a comedy, try The Ref with Spacey and Denis Leary. Going to try for that one this weekend as well as Tank Girl and either Hackers or Sneakers.
Always liked the Ref..
As for hackers Vs Sneakers. IMO go with Sneakers!
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Always liked the Ref..
As for hackers Vs Sneakers. IMO go with Sneakers!
If you want cornball stuff you can laugh at guilt-free, go with "Hackers." No, really, try and keep a straight face when they're shouting, "Hack the planet!"
For a well written and overall good movie, watch "Sneakers." The overall cast is brilliant. Plus the scene where they're all asking for what they want is gold.
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Just went and saw the new Ghostbusters. Enjoyed it a lot. Make sure to stay until the credits are completely done if you see it, though.
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If you want cornball stuff you can laugh at guilt-free, go with "Hackers." No, really, try and keep a straight face when they're shouting, "Hack the planet!"
For a well written and overall good movie, watch "Sneakers." The overall cast is brilliant. Plus the scene where they're all asking for what they want is gold.
I still have both on VHS. Still have a lot of movies on VHS.. need to find the time to upgrade. Got three for next weekend to get the kids to watch. Labyrinth, The Dark Crystal, and Princess Bride. Maybe Willow too.
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Took one of the minions to see the new Trek yesterday. Surprisingly, I did not hate it. I did hate the starbase. Overall, it was a decent action film, but the [oops]villain's development[/oops] seemed to be lacking.
Meow Liao
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I would have to say that was the most unique Trek starbase I have ever seen.
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trust a Liao to spring a spoiler unannounced. well I'm not much of a Trekkie nohow.
borrowed a slew of movies from the library because procrastination: The Martian was good and left me hungering for spuds, I found Now You See Me's much vaunted twist incredibly silly and Kungfu Panda 3 went full ****** to cartoon mode in violent reaction I suppose to Guillermo del Toro's Kungfu Panda 2 (which I enjoyed) so meh... very meh. Frankly the only thing that amused me was the bits of shoutouts to chinese culture slipped in here and there.
looking forward to Suicide Squad!
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Yeah, spoiler tags exist for a reason, FFS. >:(
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Saw Star Trek Beyond and it was great, the best of the redos to me.
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Just got back from the new Ghostbusters. I enjoyed it quite a bit, my kids loved it.
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Just got back from the new Ghostbusters. I enjoyed it quite a bit, my kids loved it.
Did you stay until the end of the credits?
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Just went and saw the new Ghostbusters. Enjoyed it a lot. Make sure to stay until the credits are completely done if you see it, though.
I was actually pleasently surprised at how much i enjoyed that film. Really loved how the new proton packs worked, and the additional weapons the geeky gal made (especially those grenades).. Though was very shocked they didn't get to where they were able to store what they had trapped yet.
LOVED the Cameos from the first Ghost busters cast.. Venkman (Bill Murray) as a skeptic. Ray (Dan Ackroyd) as a taxi driver, and LOVED his quip of "I aint afraid of no ghost". Winston (Ernie Hudson) as the 'funeral home owning Uncle'.. They even did Jenene Melnits (the first films wacky assistant) as the hotel manager..
Pity they couldn't also fit in Louis Tully..
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Well, Rick Moranis has been pretty adamant about not wanting to act anymore for a long time. And apparently he didn't particularly like his character in the original films, so he wasn't interested in showing up for a cameo in this one.
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I'm going to watch the following on TV:
Thu, 28 July: The Other Woman (2014) on FX @730PM.
Sat, 30 July: Logan's Run (1976) on TCM @545PM.
Cool. now I know I'll have something good for background noise Saturday afternoon.
I have the film on DVD, but it's always a fun film to watch.
And on the Hackers vs Sneakers Q: I'd go Sneakers. While I do like both films, Sneakers is just better. Wonderful cast, decent plot, and rather good performances from all the cast.
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I was actually pleasently surprised at how much i enjoyed that film. Really loved how the new proton packs worked, and the additional weapons the geeky gal made (especially those grenades).. Though was very shocked they didn't get to where they were able to store what they had trapped yet.
LOVED the Cameos from the first Ghost busters cast.. Venkman (Bill Murray) as a skeptic. Ray (Dan Ackroyd) as a taxi driver, and LOVED his quip of "I aint afraid of no ghost". Winston (Ernie Hudson) as the 'funeral home owning Uncle'.. They even did Jenene Melnits (the first films wacky assistant) as the hotel manager..
Pity they couldn't also fit in Louis Tully..
was in nyc previous weekend saw the original fire house from gb place was packed with tourists ...too bad they were working on the building so no one got a good pic....
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Did you stay until the end of the credits?
We did. They set up a remake of the original film and I hope they don't go that route. I must say that I'm glad the credits included plenty of other visual content. Such as Rowan making the police and troops dance. The scene in the film was definitely missing something.
LOVED the Cameos from the first Ghost busters cast..
Don't forget Harold Ramis' bust and Sigourney Weaver as Holtzmann's mentor.
I was slightly disappointed with the ghost trap and the regular proton guns. Everything else was a little more modern and streamlined. Those looked larger and cobbled together. It kind of made sense but didn't fit well with the rest of the gear.
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I thought that the trap and proton packs fit Holtzmann's personality- she cobbled them together on her first try, then moved on to other gadgets rather than continue refining them because she lost interest. And I wouldn't say that they set up a remake of the original so much as setting up for a larger plot in the sequel.
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Watched the first four episodes of Stranger Things (Netflix) last night. Holy crap is that good. I'm a nitpicker and so far I haven't haven't picked a single nit.
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Watched the first four episodes of Stranger Things (Netflix) last night. Holy crap is that good. I'm a nitpicker and so far I haven't haven't picked a single nit.
Only watched the first two, so far, but agreed.
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I thought that the trap and proton packs fit Holtzmann's personality- she cobbled them together on her first try, then moved on to other gadgets rather than continue refining them because she lost interest. And I wouldn't say that they set up a remake of the original so much as setting up for a larger plot in the sequel.
But are they actually going to DO a sequel?
Oh had another "love it" momemnt.. The marshmallow man belly flopping on the gals!
Caught 3 movies last night. First up was the last of those 3 movies i chekced out from the library earlier.. Before i sleep with Kidman..
VERY good psychological thriller...
Next came up a major snoozefest, but had 2 good named actors amongst the rest of the no names (Alec baldwin and Danny glover).. The from Andron, was kind of a mashup of hunger games meets maze runner.... Plotline was semi decent, however the effects, acting and general implementation of said plot was where things went pear shaped imo.
Then came Midnight special.. I liked it a lot even if 2/3rds of the film seemed to be in the dark.
However i would have LOVED to see a little afters of it, like news reports on the "Mass hallucinations everyone in that 1000 mile or so bubble" saw of alien structures..
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Jason Bourne 7/10
Better than the last two Bourne movies and definitely better than the last James Bond one! O0
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Caught Edge of Tomorrow last night as well. We enjoyed it quite a bit. Loved the jackets, even if they appeared poorly designed. (A little more armor, please? Shrapnel is bad.) Hell of a twist on Groundhog's Day. :D
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But are they actually going to DO a sequel?
That depends entirely on how well this one does. But if they choose to do so, they've got some ground for a potential plot set up with that scene.
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Caught Edge of Tomorrow last night as well. We enjoyed it quite a bit. Loved the jackets, even if they appeared poorly designed. (A little more armor, please? Shrapnel is bad.) Hell of a twist on Groundhog's Day. :D
IT was a decent action flick, but the whole repetition of everything wore on me..
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"Terminator Genisys" - very worthy addition to the franchise. Arnie did a good job of sharing the screen with Emilia and Jai.
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I enjoyed Terminator Genisys when I rented it.
Tonight I will watch Sharknado 4 on SyFy.
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Well, Rick Moranis has been pretty adamant about not wanting to act anymore for a long time. And apparently he didn't particularly like his character in the original films, so he wasn't interested in showing up for a cameo in this one.
yet they managed to get him to do at least some work on ghostbusters game a while back...
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yet they managed to get him to do at least some work on ghostbusters game a while back...
No they didn't. He specifically didn't appear in the Ghostbusters video game (neither did Sigourney Weaver).
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Yeah might want to check imdb.com if unclear on who has worked on what. Not sure if they are always 100% accurate but it is the best place to find those kinda things out O0
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Finally saw Star Trek Beyond. Simon Pegg and his fellow writer did good job on the script. They took some liberties on physics but it was a nice adventure. If this is the last installment of series, this would br nice end to it.
I did not enjoy the way previous installments were done or written. This was best of the lot.
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Well its not the last, though the next one does not have a posted release year on imdb, though Kirk is back to his womanizing ways. This time he has the hots for Wonder Woman. Tbr 2017
Hmm... I know what I will be watching next month. Sausage Party!!!
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I enjoyed Terminator Genisys when I rented it.
Tonight I will watch Sharknado 4 on SyFy.
From all the negative reviews i heard on Genisys, i was surprised at how much i liked it!
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just finished watching
batman the killing joke
not dark enough even if it did try to keep to source material...it had its moments....
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Finished "Stranger Things." I can haz Season 2 nao?
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Just starting Logan's Run. Somebody was nice enough to give warning of its appearance on TCM. The opening is making me want my hyperloop.
Meow Liao
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Logan's Run was one of the shows I watched daily as a child. I LOVED it to pieces.
I just watched the last two episodes of Jessica Jones. Watched the first one and most of the second one. Couldn't stand the mopey story and just went to the last two so I could see how it ended. It ended good. I'm glad I watched the last TWO eps instead of the last ep because of story and intro to last ep.
Next on to Daredevil Season 2.
For movies I recently saw Star Trek Beyond and Star Trek Reboot. One of my friends who has NEVER seen Star Trek EVER loved Beyond. The Reboot bored her. I saw Beyond on the new Three screen special thing where there are two screens on either side of the main screen that show the picture all around you. That was AWESOME.
And I recently saw the new Ghostbusters. And now I can't find any mad scientist toys in the stores. ;) I liked the movie. It was fun. I wish the cameos had been them playing THEIR characters twenty years later. Rather than just random characters. I dislike the full rebootness of the new movie. :( But it was fun.
Next up...time to find out if Green Lantern will maintain its run as best DC Live Action Movie of the last decade when I see Suicide Squad on Friday.
;)
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Last night I watched The Hunger Games, tonight I intend to watch The Hunger Games: Catching Fire.
Sometime this weekend I'll watch The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Parts 1 & 2.
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Just finished Frozen. It's only been on the DVR for a year and half. It was a nice little movie, but I prefer the older animation style from Mermaid and Lion King times. And being a hopeless nerd, I started working on ideas for adding their realm to my next campaign world before the movie was half over.
Meow Liao
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If you liked the Hunger Games and want to watch a decent spoof try to find The Starving Games.
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If you liked the Hunger Games and want to watch a decent spoof try to find The Starving Games.
it was cute funny predictable tho ...
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Last night I watched The Hunger Games, tonight I intend to watch The Hunger Games: Catching Fire.
Sometime this weekend I'll watch The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Parts 1 & 2.
I was rather unimpressed with Mocking jay parts 1 and 2.. 1 more so..
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just watched the new ghostbusters...
suprisingly for a re make it own and does stand on its own merits....
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"Star Trek Beyond" for date night with the wife; both enjoyed it very much.
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I am going to watch 2 Lava 2 Lantula tonight on SyFy @9PM.
It is the sequel to Lavalantula which is getting repeated tonight on SyFy @7PM.
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I just watched Suicide Squad.
Good movie.
Subpar story, but awesome characters. Deadshot and Harley Quinn did stellar jobs of making the movie fun to watch. And Amanda Waller and Joker did awesome jobs pushing the story forward with their scheming.
Best Joker since Nicholson IMHO. And both he and Harley Quinn took MAJOR pointers from their animated versions. I could almost hear Mark Hamill and Tara Strong in the way those actors played the characters. Somebody HAD to spend a lot of time watching the animated show when they were figuring out how to write or deliver the stuff in this movie.
It was a fun movie to watch. Can we count this as the new tent poll film for the new universe? Please? This is the first DC movie that has been FUN to watch since Green Lantern. Think about that statement for a moment...
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I am going to watch 2 Lava 2 Lantula tonight on SyFy @9PM.
It is the sequel to Lavalantula which is getting repeated tonight on SyFy @7PM.
Wh?? Are they doing it sharknado style mixe with fast and the furious?
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started to watch beyond the stars with slater and sheen...half way through my old vhs player got hungry...damn it too hell i was looking to seeing this movie for about 25 years... :'(
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Battle beyond the stars is a classic.. Pity every time i have hunted for it on DVD, its been pricy as heck.
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Hercules Against The Moon Men - Filtered through Mystery Science Theater 3000....DEEP HURTING!!!
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Battle beyond the stars is a classic.. Pity every time i have hunted for it on DVD, its been pricy as heck.
I loved this movie when it first came out. I remember seeing it in the theaters
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So cheesy but so much fun... I miss those old classic sci-fi cheese fest movies. Time Bandits anyone?
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Surprisingly i can't even remember seeing time bandits..
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I think its on Netflix still. I thought about watching it a few months ago but decided not to.
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So cheesy but so much fun... I miss those old classic sci-fi cheese fest movies. Time Bandits anyone?
"Mum! Dad! Don't touch it...it's Evil!"
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Time Bandits was so much fun to watch. I had expected continuation, but i'm glad they didn't it didn't need it.
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I watched We're the Millers (2013) last night on TNT. I liked it, it wasn't laugh out loud a lot funny, but it was entertaining enough I don't feel like I wasted my time.
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Surprisingly i can't even remember seeing time bandits..
I own it and at times I think it has aged terribly. Same with Fawlty Towers and to a lesser extent, Python. Good for their times, surely. I like Terry Gilliam's work, but for some reason the cinematography of Time Bandits makes me queezy.
This weekend i'm going to fire up Dark Days, which has been sitting in my collection for some time.
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Just picked up Travolta's I am Wrath from the library to watch...
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It's so bad and Bruce Campbell don't help it but McHales Navy.
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Suicide Squad... Meh! Joker's role was a glorified cameo, boring bad guys, even boringer good guys. Harley Quinn has a higher kill count than the SEALs and all she uses is a mallet and baseball bat!? 4/10 ???
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well been on the binge of the 80s this week
rad, beyond the stars( got to see it on bleah tube), gleaimg the cube, gotcha! and prayer of the roller boys
for a change old classic roller ball from the 70s
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Suicide Squad... Meh! Joker's role was a glorified cameo, boring bad guys, even boringer good guys. Harley Quinn has a higher kill count than the SEALs and all she uses is a mallet and baseball bat!? 4/10 ???
A friend's take on it was that you cold watch the scenes in any order you wanted, due to how much of an incomprehensible mess the plot was.
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So, during a break in olympics yesterday, i decided to watch the "I am Wrath" flick i picked up from the library..
Travolta's roll seemed at times phoned in, while other times he seemed real into it.. And i LOVED seeing "stabler" from SVU (Christopher Meloni). Heck i loved how he started out being almost an ANTI-Stabler, but got into being a great partner later on...
Solid 3 of 5 stars for me.
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I've been thinking its time to watch Serenity again. Maybe this afternoon.
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I've been thinking its time to watch Serenity again. Maybe this afternoon.
Obligatory "Shiny!" response. 8)
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"I'm a leaf on the wind"
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"This is the Captain. We have a little problem with our entry sequence, so we may experience some slight turbulence, and then explode."
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I've seen it once, and never really liked it that much.. Maybe it is cause i never caught firefly..
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"I'm a leaf on the wind"
(Not mine)
(http://i.imgur.com/zx6rEVF.jpg)
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ok off the beaten path but finally got around of putting all 8 seasons of my fairly odd godparents on my eldest younglings lap top and we had been both watching it all day ....she loves the show me it made me wonder wth happen t all good cartoons like this?
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They were never that common to begin with. For every Animaniacs and Batman: The Animated Series, there were dozens of shows that were utter crap. Nostalgia-colored glasses means conveniently forgetting all the terrible shows that were on back in the day.
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... it made me wonder wth happen t all good cartoons like this?
Cartoon Network cancels good toons without ever giving reasons. Genndy Tartakovsky is getting Samurai Jack back on TV at least... through Adult Swim.
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Cartoon Network cancels good toons without ever giving reasons. Genndy Tartakovsky is getting Samurai Jack back on TV at least... through Adult Swim.
The main reason: they don't sell merchandise (insert Yogurt's speech from Spaceballs here...).
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So I saw the Magical Girl Madoka Magica: The Movie Trilogy
Good movie, very nice visuals and the post credits scene shows hell on a hilltop. >:D
It is a fully story but I think that there is room for a fourth movie.
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So I saw the Magical Girl Madoka Magica: The Movie Trilogy
Good movie, very nice visuals and the post credits scene shows hell on a hilltop. >:D
It is a fully story but I think that there is room for a fourth movie.
loved the music from both anime and ova
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Just got done watching a somewhat b budget movie, Gridlocked, with Dominic Purcell, Vinney jones and Steven lang. Was actually surprised at how much i liked it..
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Yesterday I rented from Redbox and watched:
Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice. I don't know if this was the theatrical release or the director's cut as it's a rental disc and it doesn't specify. But the movie is 151 minutes long. It was ok.
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot. I liked it a lot, but I thought it was more of a drama than a comedy.
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Having just finished rewatching the first of the Librarian movies, I was reminded of how entertaining I find the trilogy - they aren't going to win Oscars, but I do find them genuinely fun. Next up: The Adjustment Bureau. I'm fairly sure the Adjustment Bureau is located next door to the Ministry of Silly Walks.
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Whiskey Tango Foxtrot. I liked it a lot, but I thought it was more of a drama than a comedy.
It was to me more comedy than anything else, but certainly also was dramatic...
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Watched the 2014 Godzilla movie last night. It was pretty good. Guess I'm looking forward to seeing the new King Kong now. Wonder how they're going to swing Godzilla vs King Kong, since this Godzilla isn't hostile to humans.
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Tonight at 8PM I will watch the 2014 remake of Robocop for the first time. It will be on Spike.
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In some ways it's better than the original. It has more character depth and is less campy for starters.
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Last night i watched 2 films..
First up was McCarthy's "The boss".. Decent comedy film, and not as crast as i thought it would have been, other than near the end with all the 'suck this, that/the other' stuff..
Next was Eye in the Sky.. Man was it a good look into the political/legal side of drones...
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I liked the Robocop remake.
I just watched Hardcore Henry.
I liked it, but if shaky-cam bothers you avoid this like it has a flesh dissolving virus. ::)
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It was more the whole film being in first person shooter mode that pushed me away from hardcore henry.
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one of my friends just forced me to watch 50 shades of black a spoof on 50 shades of gray
frankly i would rather have sat through concert of folks scratching their finger nails on the blackboard for 90 minutes....
yes it was that enjoyable....
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The Witch- slightly creepy, atmospheric but mostly by the numbers horror tale set in colonial New England. 7/10
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one of my friends just forced me to watch 50 shades of black a spoof on 50 shades of gray
frankly i would rather have sat through concert of folks scratching their finger nails on the blackboard for 90 minutes....
yes it was that enjoyable....
I would have almost been tempted to tell that friend after the first 15 min.. "I can't stand this film. You wanna keep watching it, go ahead, but i am out"..
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Just watched Rio for the first time.
Oh God, I am SO GLAD I didn't watch this a week or two ago. A car pulled in front of me and my motorcycle went down on the pavement. I was wearing a helmet and motorcycle jacket so no road rash to speak of, but five broken ribs. I could not have watched Rio two weeks ago. I could not laugh like Rio made me laugh two weeks ago.
Also just watched Ben Hur in preparation for seeing the new movie of the same name that is in theatres now. There is a reason that Ben Hur is one of the classics of modern cinema. Actually there are a lot of reasons. I will be interested to see how the new movie stacks up compared to the original.
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Watched "Kubo and the two Strings". Good movie made in stop-motion. Pay attention to the town bell at the beginning of the movie.
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I just saw the "Secret Life of Pets", and that was dumb. I know the kids like it, because its a cartoon, but Revolution Bunny was really annoying, and ruined the movie to me.
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Watched Mr Holmes, simply because anything Sherlock-related catches my attention. A good 3-person drama and really shows off Sir Ian McKellen's acting chops - anyone who has lived with senile old folks would know his portrayal is absolutely on target.
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Bone Tomahawk. Very good movie and well put together. I was actually a little shocked by some of the gore.
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I just saw the "Secret Life of Pets", and that was dumb. I know the kids like it, because its a cartoon, but Revolution Bunny was really annoying, and ruined the movie to me.
Both he and that damn lovey dovery cat made it poor for me too. Though i loved the hawk!
Anyhow, someone told me that they are rebooting Lethal weapon AND maguiver? Anyone heard of anything on that?
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The new Macgyver starts September 23rd on CBS. The new Lethal Weapon series starts September 21st on FOX.
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The new Macgyver starts September 23rd on CBS. The new Lethal Weapon series starts September 21st on FOX.
More importantly, Luke Cage hits Netflix on September 30th and The Ranch season 1 part 2 releases on October 7th (also Netflix). ;D
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The new Macgyver starts September 23rd on CBS. The new Lethal Weapon series starts September 21st on FOX.
sonce it is on fox yo9u will e lucky to get 6 eps before the axe
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Ah, so the new LW is a tv show, not a series of films..
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sonce it is on fox yo9u will e lucky to get 6 eps before the axe
damn noticed all the typing errors now...damn these tiny keyboards!
btw speaking of oldies there is one you may want to check out gray the digital target and wind called amnesia...
if really something awful is up your alley try some of the really early translations and dubs of creme lemon...the dubbing was awful and animation looked like it was on really low end even for anime
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sonce it is on fox yo9u will e lucky to get 6 eps before the axe
It's not being directed by Joss Whedon, so I'm sure it'll get a full season.
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went back and watched the whole of the prisoner(1967)
hammer into anvil still my fave
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Finally watched Blues Brothers for the first time in an un-edited-for-daytime-tv format.
Where has this collection of madness and destruction been all my life?
Blue Brothers 2000...not worth it, yes?
And Jeeze...Carrie Fisher...a one-woman walking advertisement for staying away from drugs? man she used to be cute!
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Don't bother with Blues Brothers 2000. Wasn't anywhere close to being as good.
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Don't bother with Blues Brothers 2000. Wasn't anywhere close to being as good.
It was horrible. Why was that movie created? I'm trying to think of one good part, I can't.
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It was horrible. Why was that movie created? I'm trying to think of one good part, I can't.
Nostalgia cash in. What, you thought Hollywood only started pulling that trick recently?
I went back and happily rewatched the modern absurdist comedy called The Happening last night. It has this effect that whenever we see it in the TV guide every other program looses. Such a weirdly executed movie. As part of tradition we will have to go to the G Lodge where the diner scene was filmed.
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Wasn't that the one Shamalalongdingdong film with Wahlberg in?
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Wasn't that the one Shamalalongdingdong film with Wahlberg in?
Yep, and the deer in the headlights performance of Zoe Deschanel.
It doesn't help that M. Night is still making films in the region.
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That was the movie were everyone started to realize that he's really not a good filmmaker, wasn't it?
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Watched Now You See Me 2. The problems I have with it multifarious, but mainly 1) even more unbelievable 'magic' than the first movie, and 2) new villain is actually old villain. Sigh.
And Jeeze...Carrie Fisher...a one-woman walking advertisement for staying away from drugs? man she used to be cute!
Elegant. Man, back then she could call you a scruffy little nerf-herder or any (adjective) little (noun) and you'd really believe it.
I heard somewhere she transferred her drug habit to diet Coke. Now there's advertisement potential right there! ;D
Yep, and the deer in the headlights performance of Zoe Deschanel.
Her selling point is mainly a whimsical-cute deer-in-the-headlights anyway, its just a matter of casting her in a role where that's exactly what you want ;D
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It was horrible. Why was that movie created? I'm trying to think of one good part, I can't.
Don't bother with Blues Brothers 2000. Wasn't anywhere close to being as good.
thanks guys. I'll skip it.
Tonight I started watching "the Thing!"
Wish me luck!
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Watched Now You See Me 2. The problems I have with it multifarious, but mainly 1) even more unbelievable 'magic' than the first movie, and 2) new villain is actually old villain. Sigh.
The only magic i felt was unbelievable was
A) all the doves coming out of Caplan jacket and Eisenberger doing that trick with the rain, then disappearing when he fell backwards.
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That was the movie were everyone started to realize that he's really not a good filmmaker, wasn't it?
I think that was The Village. People were disappointed. They were furious that he inserted himself in Lady in the Water as the guy who would inspire a foretold savior.
Her selling point is mainly a whimsical-cute deer-in-the-headlights anyway, its just a matter of casting her in a role where that's exactly what you want ;D
Which is already overused and insulting to everyone, but at least an established trope. Problem is, she's that character in situations that are supposed to be serious... ish? Again, confusing movie. There are times when you think she's a scumbag, and others where you think she is hung up on feeling guilty about things that are not that big a deal, all while she's looking permanently shocked and Mark Wahlberg permanently confused. The Honest Trailer points out lots of the faults.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVwtCU48Koo
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I think that was The Village. People were disappointed. They were furious that he inserted himself in Lady in the Water as the guy who would inspire a foretold savior.
And when The Happening came out, they figured out that the previous two weren't flukes.
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The Honest Trailer points out lots of the faults.
Honest Trailers is frickin' hilarious ;D I was gonna say, "epic level miscast", but I'll go with "epic level mis-moviemaking".
The only magic i felt was unbelievable was
A) all the doves coming out of Caplan jacket and Eisenberger doing that trick with the rain, then disappearing when he fell backwards.
Also better "hypnotism" mind control than Professor X, better card tricks than Gambit, a better teleportation sarcophagus than a Star Trek transporter, and a final reveal that inverted the entire concept of a magic trick to show the audience how it worked before showing the 'assistants', or for that matter, us, the viewers.
I was half just enjoying the Jesse Eisenberg-Woody Harrelson bromance ::) and Mark Ruffalo. The other two Horsemen were irritating.
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Their "Bromance" was rather well done though.
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Just rented Hologram for a King. Some of the Tom Hanks sometimes can't make a good movie, it would be boring.
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It doesn't help that M. Night is still making films in the region.
Wait...
He's still allowed to direct movies, after (Avatar) The Last Airbender?
Tonight I started watching "the Thing!"
Wish me luck!
Which one?
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Wait...
He's still allowed to direct movies, after (Avatar) The Last Airbender?
Yes. He directed After Earth, that silly Will Smith movie from 2013 and The Visit which came out in 2015. And he's got a new film called Split coming out next year. He hasn't quite hit Uwe Boll levels of rock bottom, apparently.
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Which one?
The one from the 80s. Dunno if i want to see the prequel from 2011.
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Wait...
He's still allowed to direct movies, after (Avatar) The Last Airbender?
OI. I liked the last airbender. I feel it was a pity though that the sequels were done in cartoon only.. I would have LOVED to see a RL sequel.
Though i do note, reading his IMDB page, he has had a role in many of his films....
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I'm going to rewatch Pacific Rim (2013) tonight @8PM on TNT.
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OI. I liked the last airbender. I feel it was a pity though that the sequels were done in cartoon only.. I would have LOVED to see a RL sequel.
Though i do note, reading his IMDB page, he has had a role in many of his films....
You realize that the film is actually a semi-attempt of adapting the first season of the A:TLAB animated series, right? (and barely passable at best...)
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I'm pretty sure that that statement was a sarcastic denial of the existence of the Last Airbender live action movie.
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You realize that the film is actually a semi-attempt of adapting the first season of the A:TLAB animated series, right? (and barely passable at best...)
I only heard of the cartoon AFTER the film. So to me, the film came first. O0 Thats my story and i am sticking to it.
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The one from the 80s. Dunno if i want to see the prequel from 2011.
The one from the 80s is well done. Calm, quiet suspense. They had to make the prequel fit what was shown in the 80s movie, so the critter in the prequel is more active/vicious. Thus why the Thing in the 80s movie is much more careful/strategic.
As an example, after the CPR scene (you'll know it), notice who spots the part getting away.
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"St. Vincent" (2014) - Bill Murray, Melissa McCarthy, Naomi Watts. Bit of a slow starter, but, man...excellent movie. Have tissues handy.
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Yes. He directed After Earth, that silly Will Smith movie from 2013 and The Visit which came out in 2015. And he's got a new film called Split coming out next year. He hasn't quite hit Uwe Boll levels of rock bottom, apparently.
He supposedly directed it as a favor to Will Smith after being personally contacted. That being said, still terrible. But, i really don't believe you could wring a good movie out of that cast or script. He needs to own it, but not like the movies he wrote and directed.
I watched 47 Ronin over the weekend. Wow. Just, wow. What a mess of a picture. The only redeeming part of the film was some of the costume design. Everything was over the top, including the costumes. But, i like it when Samurai films throw a bit of their budget into some proper armor and banners. I'm still completely stumped as to why they thought casting Japanese actors with heavily accented English was a good idea when other characters had North American accents. This sort of thing drives me nuts with British accents mixing with North American.
I'm going to rewatch Pacific Rim (2013) tonight @8PM on TNT.
I think i caught the same showing. They changed the Hansons' goodbye scene, one of my favorite, ever.
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I thought there was something different in this showing.
I'm going to watch Captain America: The Winter Soldier tonight @7PM on FX.
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Change of plans, I'll watch Captain America: The Winter Soldier Wednesday @7PM on FX.
Tonight, I'm going to the local theater to watch Ghostbusters (2016) because I haven't seen it yet and it's $5 Tuesday.
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Trying to set aside a few hours for Once Upon a Time in the West (Netflix disc) is proving to be a little difficult, but we'll get there. The end of the month is going to be rough: Sep 23rd--Longmire, Sep 30th--Luke Cage, Oct 7th--The Ranch (s1 pt2). Prepare for Netflix binge.
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Trying to set aside a few hours for Once Upon a Time in the West (Netflix disc) is proving to be a little difficult, but we'll get there. The end of the month is going to be rough: Sep 23rd--Longmire, Sep 30th--Luke Cage, Oct 7th--The Ranch (s1 pt2). Prepare for Netflix binge.
once upon a time in a west is a great flick...i seem to recall it was part of trilogy?
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once upon a time in a west is a great flick...i seem to recall it was part of trilogy?
I wasn't aware of that. Looking it up, it appears to be a trilogy in name only? (No common characters, etc.)
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More a trilogy of tone than of characters, and as much to differentiate it from the style he used in the "Man With No Name (Even Though He Has A Name And Is Most Likely A Different Person In Each Movie) Trilogy."
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Just got done watching Hard Target 2, with our favorite baddie, Robert Knepper and Scott Adkins..
Bout as good as i was anticipating, but i wonder how our supposed hero (scott's character) went from just being a bad ass in the ring, to also a bad ass with guns, boats and such..
Also, does anyone know if Knepper has EVER played a good guy outside of what i heard he did in the TV show Prison break??
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It's a miniseries, but I've been watching Harley and the Davidsons on Discovery this week.
I don't know how close to real life it is, but they do a good job of showing early motorcycle culture.
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Just saw a special viewing of Blazing Saddles. What a funny movie, considering it came out when i was a mere toddler. Having my wife had never seen the movie ever, made going to see it on the silver screen was a treat. We had gone to watch it at a local dinner/movie theater this evening. I hadn't really seen the unedited version of this movie. Man, was this most funny politically incorrect movie I've seen in a while. Seeing Gene Wilder in his glory, along with all those great character actors in the film was a treat.
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Well, rented Now you see me 2.. Loved it.. The back and forth banter between the characters was very well done, and the whole 'card tossing' scene in that vault area was extremely well done.
I also loved how they kept in 'character' while being tossed off the plane when they already knew it was a set up...
BUT i really would have loved to have known how they did that whole 'rain' trick..
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BUT i really would have loved to have known how they did that whole 'rain' trick..
Movie would have you believe that spotlights and sprinklers can create a closeup illusion of rain stopping mid air.
Ah well. So long as disbelief is suspended its a fun movie.
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Just watched 'Hardcore Henry' It was a hilariously gory and violent fiim. The body count was through the roof.
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Ive no interest in seeing that film.. If i want 1st person, i will just power up a pc game.
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Wow, 90 days with no one making a posting.
Saw 3 over the weekend for me. 47 meters down. Typical shark film, but i did like the twist at the end.
Churchill.. MAN was cox both a lovable and hateable churchill..
Wonderwoman, loved it!
Also, that russian superhero movie, Guardians is coming out on redbox in the next 2 weeks, so for those who HAVE seen it i have 2 questions.
1) IS it in english or subtitled?
2) is it worth watching?
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I watched part of Wonder Woman, and stopped shortly after the first battle. That the movie is, agreed, the best DC has to offer speaks more about the rest of DC than anything else.
I also watched Spiderman Homecoming, and did finish it. Ned was infinitely irritating and utterly useless, Vulture's reveal was genuinely well done, and for me, Gwyneth Paltrow's stern was the most riveting part of the movie. Aunt May was so incredibly try-hard, I pity Marissa Tomei, who did her best... come to think of it, I wonder whether if the cringey-try-hard-aunt angle was deliberate, to which I can only say, Dammit don't despoil Aunt May like that, and anyway Big Hero 6 did it first.
I totally agree with everything Film Crit Hulk has to say here: www.birthmoviesdeath.com/2017/07/14/film-crit-hulk-smash-spider-man-the-marvel-fatal-flaw
Once again I am forced to wonder what the hell happened to Hollywood and the art of storytelling.
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I watched part of Wonder Woman, and stopped shortly after the first battle. That the movie is, agreed, the best DC has to offer speaks more about the rest of DC than anything else.
I also watched Spiderman Homecoming, and did finish it. Ned was infinitely irritating and utterly useless, Vulture's reveal was genuinely well done, and for me, Gwyneth Paltrow's stern was the most riveting part of the movie. Aunt May was so incredibly try-hard, I pity Marissa Tomei, who did her best... come to think of it, I wonder whether if the cringey-try-hard-aunt angle was deliberate, to which I can only say, Dammit don't despoil Aunt May like that, and anyway Big Hero 6 did it first.
I totally agree with everything Film Crit Hulk has to say here: www.birthmoviesdeath.com/2017/07/14/film-crit-hulk-smash-spider-man-the-marvel-fatal-flaw
Once again I am forced to wonder what the hell happened to Hollywood and the art of storytelling.
I'm no expert, but i think they're simply got the wrong people writing this stuff. When they do, the powers incharge or their lackeys are always in "Rush Rush Rush! Time is Money! Put anything out now!" mode.
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Me and the Wife are rewatching the Aliens and Predator series. Going in order. Alien, Aliens, Predator so far.
I'm not all about Alien 3,4 and AVP 2, but it is part of the plan. Have to watch them all.
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Anybody here see It yet? I went and fell asleep about a third of the way in. It really doesn't seem much different than the 80s miniseries to me. The management gave me passes to come back, is it worth another attempt?
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Finally got around to watching Kung Fury. This is the most amazing short film I have ever seen. I can't believe they stuffed all of that cheese into a mere 30 minutes. 8) It's on YouTube (legally) if you want to take a peek.
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Anybody here see It yet? I went and fell asleep about a third of the way in. It really doesn't seem much different than the 80s miniseries to me. The management gave me passes to come back, is it worth another attempt?
Seen what?
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Seen what?
There was a remake of the Stephen King Novel It released this summer.
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AH.. You might have capitalized or itallicized It...
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Bladerunner 2049
It was worth the wait. So good I watched it twice. ^-^
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Kingsmen: Golden Circle
Watch the movie, then have a burger afterward, I dare you
Eggsy is the cause of the Kingsman's troubles, Lancelot was horribly underused in the film, Halle Berry should have been given action screen time, Channing Tatum was only there for humor, Merlin is a great singer, and there are a couple of other actors/singers who showed up too.
Fun bit of humor describing the villain, "she is highly intelligent, is focused on her goals, and willing to sacrifice anything to achieve them. This would make her a textbook psychopath, or the perfect CEO".
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So, anyone got words of wisdom on that Guardians film i asked about?
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I've like to hear that too. I've heard mix response when I've asked friends about Guardians of the Galaxy vol 2. My impression from both that it's not a good as the first.
I think that's high benchmark to achieve, something fresh and new can't stay that way since you already seen the first one! I just want know if still inventive and action packed as the first without devolving into a nonsense movie.
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So, anyone got words of wisdom on that Guardians film i asked about?
I think the issue might be that nobody's seen it.
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I've like to hear that too. I've heard mix response when I've asked friends about Guardians of the Galaxy vol 2.
I am on about Guardians, a Russian super hero movie, with a big bear guy and the like.. Not GotG 2..
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Which by the way was not as good as GOTG 1 but better than Spiderman or Antman, IMHO. Suffer through the first half of slapstick, because **** gets real in the second half, and the payoff is good enough I think.
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OI.. i really liked Antman!
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Kingsmen: Golden Circle
Watch the movie, then have a burger afterward, I dare you
Eggsy is the cause of the Kingsman's troubles, Lancelot was horribly underused in the film, Halle Berry should have been given action screen time, Channing Tatum was only there for humor, Merlin is a great singer, and there are a couple of other actors/singers who showed up too.
Fun bit of humor describing the villain, "she is highly intelligent, is focused on her goals, and willing to sacrifice anything to achieve them. This would make her a textbook psychopath, or the perfect CEO".
I had a burger at work the next day, no issues here... How do you figure Eggsy is the cause of their troubles? I'm not seeing it. I'd put the movie just under the first one, to be honest. There were a whole host of things they just didn't do as well, it certainly lacked the charm, and unfortunately gave up the villains main plot far too early in the movie It could have done far better with less narration/overt exposition, they just didn't want to let the story grow organically. I will agree that Statesman was underused, but then again, they only had so much screen time, and couldn't afford to spread it that thin.
On the whole it was a good movie, I enjoyed it, but there were a few issues with pacing and development which left me a little cold.
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OI.. i really liked Antman!
My apologies then :D but I personally am sick of another by-the-numbers Marvel origins movie.
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My apologies then :D but I personally am sick of another by-the-numbers Marvel origins movie.
That's why i just go to the origin movies. The sequels and them merging with other stuff makes them less enjoyable for me personally. I felt it was more enjoyable the fresh starts than the continuations.
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I will agree that Statesman was underused, but then again, they only had so much screen time, and couldn't afford to spread it that thin.
Maybe the 'statesmen' will get their OWN movie soon.
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I finally watched Spirited Away. I didn't like it.
Pros: Very beautiful animation, yes. Decent mythic plot. Nice soundtrack. Good dialogue.
Cons: General monster population was a little too surreal for me. Resolution was total deus ex machina. Tension (and film length) was unnecessarily extended several times simply by having Chichiro stumble for no good reason, I call that cheating.
6/10, wouldn't watch again, nice OST though.
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ok valerian and city of thousand planets...
love teh dance number with bubble
had to watch it few times it was abnormally well done for a movie...
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While painting minis yesterday I watched John Carter of Mars; Ballistic=Ecks vs. Sever; and tonight its Hitman.
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I've seen John Carter, i thought it was good movie with extremely bad marketing and unfortunately handling of it's name.
I just saw John Wick 2 the other day, it's pretty good. I had couple things i didn't care for. Near end it was turning into the Matrix...
Next Chapter due out in couple years. I hope they have more robust plot / story.
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1) Valerian and City of a Thousand Planets. 4/10. Sad to say, IMHO neither lead can act, and there's too much "look at this amazing world I created" and too little plot.
2) Atomic Blonde. 8/10. Good fights, a little draggy but bearable.
3) Fast and Furious 6. 6/10. They could have done better is all, and yes that runway is forever. Fast 5 was the zenith of the series I think.
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ok valerian and city of thousand planets...
love teh dance number with bubble
had to watch it few times it was abnormally well done for a movie...
That's on my "Possible" list for watching this thanksgiving.. Another one is the hitman's body guard with Ryan reynolds and Sam l..
I've seen John Carter, i thought it was good movie with extremely bad marketing and unfortunately handling of it's name.
I agree. I loved the movie, but most sites i've been on rate it very poorly.
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Wow....
City Slickers II is possibly the most awkward movie I have ever seen.
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Okay, this thread got necroed after I made a new thread last year (http://bg.battletech.com/forums/index.php?topic=54582.0), then I made another new thread (http://bg.battletech.com/forums/index.php?topic=59526.0).
Mods, I assume you want to lock this one and either merge the two current threads or lock one of them?
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About to watch Hogfather, a Christmas tradition. :)
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About to watch Hogfather, a Christmas tradition. :)
Nice. I read Hogfather as a Chtistmas tradition.
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lately I enjoyed a couple of sci fi movie.
The first was "Passengers" and the second "Life".
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Just got back from watching Darkest Hour, a damned good movie and I believe I'll be buying the DVD when it's available. It's worth it.