Saw "Superbad" on Monday night. Pretty funny movie, but flawed. Not enough Michael Cera, too much of the two dumb cops, but the squeaky little dork Fogle (aka "McLovin") fuckin put this movie in his pocket and walked away with it. He was awesome.
I laughed my ass off at first, then it just started getting too long.....

I was so excited when that movie came out - I love Mike Judge. But it was a huge disappointment, and I'm not sure if it's because the movie was supposed to be filled with that much stupidity or not, but this I know: no one wants to see a movie that's this stupid for this long.

I couldn;t agree more, Oh Great Swami. The best part was the beginning, which explained that dumbasses mate and procreate at a faster rate than the world can make up for (Hell, I've got three kids), while smart people actually, um, PLAN for children. After that, downhill.
I think even Americans have a Stupid Tolerance Level, even though American Pie has been a successful franchise.

I saw Cashback, the lengthened version of an Oscar-nominated short movie done in Britain. It's about an art student recovering from a romantic breakup who either is going insane with insominiac grief -- or he can stop time. He does what most young men do when they think of having such a power: take off women's clothes and use them as models for his work. He gets infatuated with someone who looks like a cross between Gwyneth Paltrow and Brittany Murphy, and the movie goes on from there. It's a solid thumbs-up as a longer movie, but the shorter movie (also on the DVD) is superior as a work. It's a quiet movie with fairly low-key non-bludgeoning comedy and drama, and that works better in a 20 minute span than a 90 minute span to me.

Oh, the lead actor's name is Sean Biggerstaff -- talk about porn names!

new hitman preview.

http://www.firstshowing.net/2007/08/24/timothy-olyphant-is-agent-47-in-the-hitman-trailer/

pleasantly surprised by 'lord of war'. i usually hate nicholas cage but this was a decent film. nothing i'd watch repeatedly but it was a decent movie.

I'm not as high on this movie as you are, but for the most part I agree. Jared Leto's character sucked, though.

new hitman preview.

http://www.firstshowing.net/2007/08/24/timothy-olyphant-is-agent-47-in-the-hitman-trailer/

The quality and graphics look fucking tight for some reason. Couldn't get good sound quality because my sound awas low but there seems to be no central plot? Just the hitman killing everyone?

btw, does this movie have any relevance to the game?

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Death sentence looks really nice. PLEASE COME OUT IN KOREA

The Host (Gwoemul) was pretty cool. Ignore the title and whatever DVD cover you see -- think of it a modern-day Korean Godzilla movie with a smaller lizard and you'll do fine. It's amusing to see just how fucked up the Americans are portrayed.

The Host (Gwoemul) was pretty cool. Ignore the title and whatever DVD cover you see -- think of it a modern-day Korean Godzilla movie with a smaller lizard and you'll do fine. It's amusing to see just how fucked up the Americans are portrayed.

I saw it and to me, the movie was not very good. A typical big ass creature that creates terror, nothing new. I'm surprised it didn't reproduce or have some kind of friend or someshit.

I saw it and to me, the movie was not very good. A typical big ass creature that creates terror, nothing new. I'm surprised it didn't reproduce or have some kind of friend or someshit.
The slacker family trying to save the daughter, the twisted Americans, and the ethnicity were what did it for me. The monster looked pretty cool but maybe I just have low standards here. I was expecting a totally different kind of movie, some sort of horror/possession thing, so when I saw the monster hopping out in public right away, I was juiced.

Saw Superbad. Pretty good stuff. I agree it did feel too long, but at least most of it stayed entertaining enough. 7.27/10

Saw "Smokin' Aces" over the weekend. Surprisingly, it wasn't bad. I went into it expecting it to be a bloody mess, with no plot and terrible acting... but I was pleasantly surprised. Is it going to win awards? No. The plot twist: you can see it coming from a mile away. But if you want to go in and be entertained, it's a good movie. The acting wasn't too bad, especially by the newcomers Alicia Keys and Common.


****SPOILER ALERT****

(Plus Ben Afflack dies early)

***END***
Just saw it and I mostly agree.

Great fucking characters
Sucky twist of plot
Alicia Keys is hot

Any movie that kills Ben monologue Affleck in the first half hour gets props in my book.

Superbad: 8/10

Agreed on the too long thoughts. Still very funny though.

Anyone seen the ATHF movie?

Anyone seen the ATHF movie?

Of course. I think I reviewed it earlier in the thread. You could either have fun looking for it, or I'll give you a quick overview:

If you follow the show closely, you'll think it's hilarious. It's very weird and out there, but that's what we've come to expect from ATHF. It's funny because there were many episodes where they had trouble filling the 15 minute time slot, so a 1 1/2 hour movie is an accomplishment for them. A lot of the jokes are recycled, but I liked that.

If you don't watch the show, good luck figuring out what's going on.

8/10 for followers.
1.5/10 for non-followers.

Thanks Mo.

I burned the first 8-10 episodes onto a CD a few years ago when the show first came out, watched them all a bunch. Maybe I'll go back and watch them again before watching the movie.

I remember particularly enjoying the one with the little miner doll, something "Harry" or something. And of course the Danzig episode was great, too.

Happy Time Harry. Freaking gold.

Happy Time Harry: No, I don't come with a firearm, but I got these: Action Bills!
Meatwad: I thought you were supposed to dance.
Happy Time Harry: Nah man, I gotta be totally ripped to do that.

You certainly have to have a weird sense of humor to like that show.

Superbad was hilarious. I give it a 9/10. Those cops were funny.

Simpsons movie:

It is a HUGE improvement over the show, and I realize that's not saying very much these days - the show has sucked for a good 7 or 8 years now. But some things happened in this movie that I could just not freakin' believe:

Male nudity
Drug Use
Profanity
Jokes that actually fit into the storyline
The whole thing is more than just "oh hay guys look, Homer's stupid."
Other members of the Simpson family actually get to have some screen time
Ned Flanders is treated as more than just a target for mockery, and actually delivers one of the best jokes in the movie
Homer and Marge have a marital problem that genuinely has a chance of splitting them up

Now, of course, the movie is a crude attempt to cash in on the TV show, and they admit as much repeatedly in the story. But it is still a good movie.

My Rating: 8/10 stars
Probable rating if you burn one before you see it: 13/10 stars

The Painted Veil

None of you guys are ever going to see this movie. It's a historical drama starring Naomi Watts, Edward Norton, and Liev Schreiber. I rented it with my wife last week and I have to say, I thought it was really outstanding.

The story is about English colonialists living in China during the 1920s. Edward Norton is a stuffy, upper-crust bacteriologist who works in Shanghai. He returns to England for a brief stay, and has a to-do list: eat some good old-fashioned English food, see old friends, get married, and stock up for the return trip.

Did I say "get married"? Yeah, this guy's kind of a dork. But he runs into a free-spirited girl (Naomi Watts) who is happy to do whatever she pleases as long as "mum" and dad are footing the bill. But they happen to let slip that they are sick of footing the bill, so after some awkward dates, she rushes into marriage with the bacteriologist and heads off for Shanghai.

After moving to Shanghai, she wastes no time starting an affair with a friend of the doctor, a married diplomat (Liev Schreiber) and she is caught. Norton gives her three options: one, he divorces her and tells everyone why, and she will be a social outcast. Two, she schleps with him to a piss-poor Chinese village that's being wiped out by a cholera epidemic. Three, she can walk away scot-free if she can convince the diplomat to leave his wife and marry her instead.

Anyone who's not a self-involved 20-year-old girl can pretty much see that she had better get her shots. But after they start dealing with the cholera village, that's when this movie starts getting good. Just to give you some idea: everything I've so far said happens in the first 25 minutes of the movie.

My rating: 9/10

Simpsons movie:

It is a HUGE improvement over the show, and I realize that's not saying very much these days - the show has sucked for a good 7 or 8 years now.
Wow I totally disagree with that claim. The last season was weak. But 7-8 years is beyond stretching it.

I thought the Simpsons movie was a lil weak compared to the show, even if has dropped off but not for 7-8 years.

LaBeouf Announces New Indy Title at VMAs
Sept. 10, 2007, 1:24 PM EST

The title of the new "Indiana Jones" movie, directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Harrison Ford, has been revealed.

"Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" will be in theaters May 22, 2008.

The title of the long-awaited fourth installment of the adventure series was announced by Shia LaBeouf, who co-stars with Ford in the film, at the MTV Video Music Awards in Las Vegas on Sunday.

The new Indy adventure, which is set in the 1950s, also stars Cate Blanchett, Ray Winstone, John Hurt, Jim Broadbent and Karen Allen.

Sean Connery, who played dad to Ford's globe-trotting archaeologist in 1989's "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade," will not reprise the role in the new movie.

The series began in 1981 with "Raiders of the Lost Ark," followed by "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom" in 1984.

In promotional photos, the 65-year-old Ford appears fit as ever.

"I have to say, he looks amazing," Kathleen Kennedy, the film's co-executive producer, along with George Lucas, told The Associated Press in July. "He looks fantastic in the outfit."


I found myself gritting my teeth like Polanco when I read this.

Please tell me LaBeouf plays short round......

3:10 to Yuma.......not as good as I had hoped. I just didn't buy Crowe being a bad guy. I'll give this movie a "fairly good" rating.

Last Crusade was made in the 80s? Wow.

Go see Big Bad Swim.

No, it's not T&A on the beach like the DVD cover implies (though the lead actresses are hotties in my book).

Yes, it's an excellent charming little indie dramedy.

Saw the Hitcher the other day. Not really a scary movie, just some psycho motherfucker trying to kill 2 people on the road. Fucking overused plot. It was a little suspensful, girl was hot, but shit ending...

I also saw disturbia finally. The trailer showed most of the suspenseful parts imo, which in the end, didn't scare me at all. Also, fucking shit end to it.

Master Of The Flying Guillotine is a FUCKING KICK-ASS movie for anyone who appreciates classic kung fu movies! I hadn't seen it in 20-25 years until about a week ago, and it was like "ahhh, THIS is what must-see TV is all about". The old bad guy with the flying guillotine wearing the swastika -- awesome!

Another movie worth seeing just to hear kick-ass little stories is Champion, pretty much Danny Trejo's autobiography. The editing is a little amateur and spotty, but basically whenever Danny talks, it's all good:

http://holamun2.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/10/machete-framegrabs.jpg

Lucky you, good poker movie. I thought it was pretty deep and it wasn't some pointless shit.

Kovak Box sucked. I saw a decent premise and 6 stars with a few hundred reviewers on IMDB and figured I'd give it a rental. Bad people put a chip in people's heads that makes them suicidal when a song called "Gloomy Sunday" is played, based off a story by a science fiction writer (played laconically by Timothy Hutton) who's co-opted into doing the biography of the evil weird genius who did this. The premise was good, but the execution sucks.

Air Guitar Nation is awesome. Imagine a Christopher Guest mockumentary, then imagine the participants are not mocking actors, but actual entrants in the Air Guitar world championships in Finland, and just be awed. Sure, it's a little cheesy, but it's a whole lot of fun. Watching it makes me want to play real guitar, which is weird because apart from some simple bar chords (Louie, Louie), I can't play and don't own a guitar. Highly recommended.

1408 anyone?

Its gotta be worth the rental price, right?

1408 anyone?

Its gotta be worth the rental price, right?


Barely. I think Im about the only old school horror fan on here, and I guess it is worth a rental if you dont have something else you want to get... but thats it.

Really. It looks good or a good concept and good actors. Thanks.

I suppose it would help too if I pointed out that I've never really liked Stephen King other than the movie 'Pet Semetary' and one book, can't remember what it's called. So I'm probably a bit jaded when it comes to his stuff.

I saw this movie called 'Sunshine' a couple nights ago. Eh. The whole premise is stupid... in the future the sun is dying so a group of people fly a huge bomb that is designed to detonate in the middle of the sun to restart it. If you know anything about stars, and our sun, you know that the Earth will be burned up long before the sun starts to die. Even if you brush that aside and pretend that it could happen that way the movie isn't too great.

Really. It looks good or a good concept and good actors. Thanks.
Its was weak. Ok to watch if you dont expect much.

Sixteen blocks. The movie with Bruce Willis and the bad gguy in Disturbia.

Good shit with a very predictable and fucking fantastic ending. The first half of the movie is fucknig boring but it gets good later towards the end. Almost cried too...fucking Bruce.

Don't EVER EVER EVER EVER EVER EVER EVER EVER EVER EVER EVER EVER make a deal with your wife or girlfriend that involves watching "Georgia Rule"
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Rented Blades of Glory. Piece of shit.

Don't EVER EVER EVER EVER EVER EVER EVER EVER EVER EVER EVER EVER make a deal with your wife or girlfriend that involves watching "Georgia Rule"
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So you're sayinig 'never do it?

"Stupid Teenagers Must Die!" had an appealing title and seemed like good "bad movie night" b-movie fare. But, the sound sucked and it was unenjoyable and hard to pay attention to as a consequence. It was supposed to be a send up to bad '80s horror movies, and got good horrom film reviews. The beginning and end seemed ok, but of course the only reason I got to the end was I sat through half the movie and couldn't keep focused, even when topless nekkid chicks were engaged.

Rented Blades of Glory. Piece of shit.
It started out pretty awesomely, but lost it down the stretch. Even Queen's Flash Gordon music couldn't save it.

Michael Clayton couldn't hold my attention. It may have been great if I wasn't already a bit tired when I went to see it, but its not something to go see unless you're wide awake. The beginning lost me, the ending was actually really good, everything in the middle was just boring. That's what happens when you get 3 guys together that want to go see an action flick, then one of them decides to invite a girl along that he wants to get with and lets her pick the movie.

'Planet Terror'. Fucking awesome. Dont have much more to say than that.

'Wrong Turn 2'. Now I knew this was going to be bad, but I thought it wouldn't be a complete waste of my time. It was.

Rush hour 3 was a complete disappointment. I heard the horrible reviews and yes it wasn't that good. All good thigns must come to an end,

Watched "The Good Shepherd" over the past three nights (about an hour a night, it's long).

If you are sharp with your history, which I am not, it's probably more interesting. For an overtired, non "history of the CIA" buff, it was a little complicated at times.

I thought Matt Damon did a nice job, but they did a poor job of creating enough of a difference in his appearance when they kept jumping from the 1930's to the 1960's. He looked pretty much the same over that time period (as did Jolie), which added to the confusion for me. It was odd to see him playing the father of a 19-20 year old that could have passed for his younger brother.

Deniro directed it and has a bit part, but I was hoping for more Bobby and more Alec Baldwin and less, um, people I don't know.

I agree Glenn. It was long and slow and the main character's isolated nature that alienated him from his wife and his son didn't help the audience (i.e. me) attach to him.

Just watched 'Mighty Ducks' on Encore, I saw it like 10 years ago when I was 9, but Emilio Estavez is still probably the only guy that can pull off the role of a pee-wee hockey coach...


Gotta love Goldberg too

I finally got around to watching Slither.

It's not insanely great. It's not super-funny (though some of the DVD extras are a hoot). It's only scary if you find, say, the effects of the movie Men In Black scary. It's not about snakes, or anything terrestrial for that matter. But, if you want an enjoyable "check your brain at the door for an hour and a half and eat popcorn" kind of film, this will do quite nicely.

just saw the movie running scared

so the movie wasn't too bad, the action was fucking good and Paul WAlker acts better here than in the fast and the furious.

"Boewulf" comes out today. The review in my newspaper said something about nudity.
Could it possibly be?

http://www.alleba.com/blog/wp-content/photos/angelina_jolie.jpg

It wouldn't be her first time.

Jolie nude???? I doubt you'll get any results if you type that into Yahoo! search.

But I'll probably see Beowulf, just because I'm an English major and read that damn poem at least 15 times.

Not a new movie, but might be new to some. The History of the World Part 1. A 1981 Mel Brooks movie, that had me laughing...again. I forgot all about this movie.

I rented "Asoka" this weekend. It's one of those Indian Bollywood movies.

Asoka (pronounced "ashook") is a national hero to Indians, an important figure in world history and religion. He ruled an empire that ran from Afghanistan to Bangladesh, from Nepal to Sri Lanka. He's very important to the spread of Buddhism throughout the world.

But the movie...yechh. It's the all-singing, all-dancing version of Indian history, and it sucked pretty bad. Bollywood can't do anything seriously. They insist on turning everything into a romantic comedy-slash-musical (but no kissing, or else there will be riots). It alternates between bloody violence and musical numbers with mid-song wardrobe changes. 3 out of 10.

The wife wanted to watch the new remake of "Hairspray" tonight and I wanted football.

You can guess who won.

We'll be watching Hairspray tomorrow afternoon (well, she'll be watching I'll be staring at the wall), hopefully not when the Pistons are on.

This may have backfired.

Wait, are there any hot chicks in Hairspray?

Wait, are there any hot chicks in Hairspray?

The lead in the movie:

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1126/617498565_5d8bef9bd9.jpg?v=0

So... in answer to your question.......... yes.

I saw The Last King Of Scotland recently. It's more-or-less the real storyline of Idi Amin, mixed in with a mostly-fictional story of his idiot Scottish doctor.

Forest Whitaker is awesome as Idi Amin. His powerful performance alone is worth the rental! James McAvoy was serviceable as the naive doctor thinking with his dick in over his head. The rookie director did lots of good things. But, the plot didn't hold me quite as much. While the fictional aspects were intended to portray realistic things that could have happened, I kept getting this "no way could the doctor be this fucking stupid" vibe I couldn't shake. He should've been dead with how dumb he was. But, it gets a thumbs-up from me. Oh, bonus points for Gillian Anderson as the hot weathered British doctor.

Last King of Scotland... saw it a while ago, anyway I pretty much agree. Above-average movie worth seeing just for Whitaker's performance, gave me chills watching him at some points.

If anybody sees 'No Country for Old Men' I wanna know how it is... also 'I Am Legend' looks like it has potential whenever it comes out.

I've seen two movies recently, neither were too great. 'Smiley Face', starring Anna Faris and directed by Gregg Araki (The Doom Generation) is about the most retarded stoner ever and her quest for money to pay the debt to her weed dealer. Bleh. 'PU-239', about a guy in Russia who steals plutonium to sell on the black market. Could have been good, and good timing to scare us all considering the turmoil in Pakistan and some people speculating that their nuclear arsenal could be mishandled but unfortunately the movie was just poorly executed IMO. Bleh again.

If anybody sees 'No Country for Old Men' I wanna know how it is... also 'I Am Legend' looks like it has potential whenever it comes out.
I'd hoped it'd be more of a straight remake of The Last Man On Earth (Vincent Price at his best) or the original story. Will Smith seems as wrong for this as he was for "I, Robot". At least he's doing big screen sci-fi which is rare these days.

If anybody sees 'No Country for Old Men' I wanna know how it is... also 'I Am Legend' looks like it has potential whenever it comes out.



My bro in law is a movie buff and he said, after seeing NCFOM, that it is possibly his favorite movie, ever.

That's pretty bold, and he's not the type to overstate things.

I'll be seeing that soon.

I'm going to see Hitman today. I'll give you all an update after I get back.

Saw Beowulf a few days ago. It was alright. My friend and I did our own commentary throughout the movie, made it quite a bit more entertaining, but still it was pretty good. It was nice to see a 'hero' who wasn't one of those "I'm just doing my duty" kind of guys. Beowulf is 100% all about the glory and he lets you know it. Whenever he kills something he makes sure to scream his own name. Overall, good storyline, decent action, just wish it wasn't all computer animation. Seeing it in 3-D was pretty sweet though.

Hitman was pretty good. They had to add in that "love story" aspect of it, which was entirely unneeded. If they'd just had him walking around slaying bitches I'd have been happy.

Just got back from seeing Awake. I didn't think it would be my kind of movie but my sister talked me into it and it actually turned out to be really good. A lot of twists and turns, plus you get to see Jessica Alba boob. A fair amount of side boob and a very close up shot of her in a wet white t-shirt with no bra, for those of you that like to know those things.

i have no idea what we'd do without you

I'm jerking off just reading about "side boob".

Every time I hear side boob I think of that episode of Family Guy that talks about it for about 5 minutes.

Maybe we need a sideboob appreciation thread.

http://www.sideboob.org/

Every time I hear side boob I think of that episode of Family Guy that talks about it for about 5 minutes.

LMFAO

i heard albas fucking shit at acting

She's gone downhill since Dark Angel.

LMFAO

i heard albas fucking shit at acting
who cares

Saw No Country For Old Men. Interesting, very interesting. I don't even know what to say about it. It was strange, it kept your attention, it was just................

I have no idea how to describe it.


No side boob, sorry guys.

Saw No Country For Old Men. Interesting, very interesting. I don't even know what to say about it. It was strange, it kept your attention, it was just................

I have no idea how to describe it.


No side boob, sorry guys.


The short description... Think back to the best movie you ever saw. Now imagine you had to go take a shit, missed the last 10 minutes and never, ever found out how it ended.

The short description... Think back to the best movie you ever saw. Now imagine you had to go take a shit, missed the last 10 minutes and never, ever found out how it ended.

That's awesome. Most movies should just cut out their endings anyway. Writers have no idea how to end a movie for some reason, they usually do something stupid like "the guy gets the girl and they save the President and everyone lived happily ever after." I like it when movies end unresolved.

The short description... Think back to the best movie you ever saw. Now imagine you had to go take a shit, missed the last 10 minutes and never, ever found out how it ended.

So it's like the Sopranos?

The wife wants to do a date night at home tonight since neither the Pistons nor football are on.

She brought home 3 flicks and I'm supposed to pick one.

Casino Royale (saw it in the theater, couldn't get past the overt product placements)

Oceans 13

Hairspray (the new remake with Walken, she's been persistent about this one, I was hoping she'd forget)

Which way do I go?

Didn't you ask about Hairyspray a couple other times in this thread?

#554

She rented it once already and I was able to fend it off and it was returned unwatched.

I've been on the run since.

Methinks it's not going back to Blockbuster unwatched this time.

The wife wants to do a date night at home tonight since neither the Pistons nor football are on.

She brought home 3 flicks and I'm supposed to pick one.

Casino Royale (saw it in the theater, couldn't get past the overt product placements)

Oceans 13

Hairspray (the new remake with Walken, she's been persistent about this one, I was hoping she'd forget)

Which way do I go?

Sneak off and get sloshed, eat alot of mexican food, sausage, and beans. That'll teach her to want to spend time with you.
Honestly, if I want to spend time with a woman, the LAST thing I'll do is marry her.

Swami: Right on about movie endings. Most of them are bad. They cater to the low intelligence and thought process of American's who like everything wrapped up nice and tidy, which is quite unlike American life.
kind of like porn: Everyone disses it, but they got a pile of it under their bed.

Oceans 13. It wasn't any worse than I expected, better than the other choices. Sucks you're going to 'have to' watch Hairspray though. I just tell the missus 'no'. I've been supposed to watch 'Moulin Rouge' for some time now because she watched the first two Matrix movies.

The short description... Think back to the best movie you ever saw. Now imagine you had to go take a shit, missed the last 10 minutes and never, ever found out how it ended.
This is pretty much dead on.

The wife wants to do a date night at home tonight since neither the Pistons nor football are on.

She brought home 3 flicks and I'm supposed to pick one.

Casino Royale (saw it in the theater, couldn't get past the overt product placements)

Oceans 13

Hairspray (the new remake with Walken, she's been persistent about this one, I was hoping she'd forget)

Which way do I go?
Casino Royale I say. But it seemed obvious that your choice should be the one movie you didnt comment on.

O13 it was, and it was better than my low expectations.

That said, the formula is tired and it's time to retire the series, IMO.

Pacino was, well, Pacino, so that was nice.

I also liked that the guy that used to play Super Dave Osborne had a significant part.

John Waters is an acquired taste that I've never really acquired. I watch most of his movies (perhaps with the exception of Serial Mom) and mentally go "uh, ok". I was in Baltimore awhile back and never acquired his love of the place, that's for damn sure.

Baltimore is great. It's got all the urban decay of the north plus all the bigotry of the south. Did I say great? I meant horrible.

That being said, John Waters is awesome and the original Hairspray is seriously one of the funniest movies in the world.

There's a world of difference between "old" John Waters (up to Polyester in 1981) and "new" John Waters (Hairspray and later). His "old" stuff is SERIOUSLY deranged and not for weak stomachs. His "new" stuff is a lot more tame, but still pretty funny.

Just saw The Zodiac on TMCHD. Pretty damn good and suspenseful, albeit without resolution (obviously considering the material). 8.5/10

Interesting stuff, indeed.

I recently watched the new Hairspray and it was actually pretty good.
The most profound think I can say about it is that I'm going to spend the rest of my life trying to fuck Amanda Bynes. HOLY shit is she unbelievably awesomely hot. I'm sure that if she and I ever met in a bar, after a couple drinsk she;d have my face tatooed on her ass.

For thumbs-up "bad movie night" fare, rent The Brain from Planet Arous, a 1950s B&W sci-fi horror flick. A smack-talking evil brain creature takes over a nuclear physicist's mind and threatens... the world!

Great to see this thread is still going strong. Allow me to inject some more opinions:

Rush Hour 3

Extremely disappointing movie...until it got to the climactic action scene, which shouldn't have been the climax but I enjoyed it anyway. Chris Tucker should just be allowed to fight in movies...not talk. There was a great action sequence in that casino hotel, also. But everything else was half-baked, overblown garbage, and the movie ended on an interesting note, but one I would not have used.

The Simpsons Movie

I laughed out loud very hard on at least three separate occasions. It wasn't as though they reverted to the formula...more like they went back to what's actually funny. And allowing them to curse is always a nice touch. That movie single-handedly made The Simpsons culturally relevant again, God bless its soul.

Ratatouille

Good movie. Took too long to get around to the meat of the matter and farcical at its worst (remember, this is a movie about a rat who wants to become a French chef), but it had a couple relatively funny sequences, good voice work (Patton Oswalt gives the voice of Remy, the main rat, and he was good), and an ending that I thought very satisfying. Once again, Disney provides another animated character who, if she was real, you'd probably want to hit (Colette). This is becoming an alarming trend.

Ocean's 13

Could have completely bombed given the parameters they worked with but it was pretty fun. Pacino was solid, and the subplot with the hotel reviewer was great.

Superbad

Did not disappoint, and that's always a good thing when every fucking person on the street tells you it's amazing. It's not the best movie you've ever seen, but it's damn good. The best part of the movie was the dialogue, some of which captured the moment so perfectly it was hilarious. Emma Stone (Jules) was fucking hot, which helped my viewing experience. But yeah...Michael Cera was great, Jonah Hill was convincing, and Christopher Mintz-Plasse had some amazing lines and delivery that allowed his character to really blossom.

We Are Marshall

Ah, the good ol' Disney formula. But it's actually worth viewing because a) Matthew McConaughey (I had to look up his last name) was really good, and the movie's richly shot a la Remember the Titans. And you know, obviously, what's going to happen even if you'd never heard of the story. Interesting note: the girl who plays Annie is Kate Mara, the granddaughter of the late Giants owner Wellington Mara.

Intolerable Cruelty

God, was this movie funny. Go watch it. It's a chick flick, so grab the wife, but you won't be disappointed because you get to stare at Catherine Zeta-Jones.

Brick

Don't know if anyone's seen this (noir-style movie starring Joseph Gordon Leavitt) but it's slowly creeping into my all-time favorites list with every viewing. Enhancing the appeal that much more is the fact that Meagan Good (yes, THAT Meagan Good) is a supporting character and she plays her part well.

Semi-Pro

I have not seen this movie. No one has. But here's a link to the R-Rated NSFW trailer, and it's hilarious. I think a WTF field trip is in order.
http://www.worstpreviews.com/trailer.php?id=682&item=4

Hmm, a WTF Field Trip...

I'm now that much more excited to see that movie!

Intolerable Cruelty

God, was this movie funny. Go watch it. It's a chick flick, so grab the wife, but you won't be disappointed because you get to stare at Catherine Zeta-Jones
So you got married Unibomber in your off time? Damn.

Saw Juno over the weekend. It's a movie about a smarmy, witty, independent-minded teenage girl ("Juno", Ellen Page) who gets pregnant after convincing her awkward best friend ("Bleeker", Michael Cera) to sleep with her. Her dad (J.K. Simmons) is awesome, and her stepmom (Allison Janney) is too. Jason Bateman and Jennifer Garner play the slightly creepy couple who hope to adopt the baby. I pretty much love all these actors, so it was easy to convince myself to see this movie.

Watched Pee-wee's Big Adventure last night with the Tim Burton/Paul Ruebens commentary enabled (xmas gift).

A very entertaining thing to wtach if you liked the movie (Top 5 for me, btw).

Factoid: They originally wanted Andre the Giant for the role of "Andy"

I finally got to watch V for Vendetta via some HD movie channel a few days ago. It was quite a good movie, although I thought some of the plot could of used more fleshing out. I followed it well enough, but I was just interested in a few more things going on that weren't really played on as much as I thought they should have.

9/10

As a movie i give V an 8/10 as a conversion from a graphic novel I give it a 5 out of 10. Personally I thought they killed some great things that were in the book. And trying to develop a love story between Evey and V was horrible. I like the colder more alienated version of V in the book.

Ah, I'll have to check the graphic novel out. I knew it was a conversion, but I had no idea how the graphic novel progressed aside from the movie.

Ah, I'll have to check the graphic novel out. I knew it was a conversion, but I had no idea how the graphic novel progressed aside from the movie.
Its a good read, he's also more of a prick to her in the book on some tough tough love enlightenment shit..

Also read the Watchmen, theres a reason Alan Moore's graphic novels are getting converted more than anybody's right now with frank miller a close second. He writes some fresh ideas and great stories only a psycho could write.
and yes this is really him.
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Jesus Camp

10/10

American Gangster

8/10

Denzels my man but they made him look like a pussy in the end. speaking of the end, it sucked dick. It was based off true events, and the movies so long anyways, why cut out like 50 years of what happened.

loved to see TI act and common in there.

We are having Lord of the Rings extended edition marathon tomorrow at the house. Total day of sloth.

Stranger Than Fiction -- An decent movie that made me want to see the ending. Will Ferrell was decent, although obviously it wasn't his typical role, I think he did well enough. Could have used a little more comedy thrown in... The movie is labeled "comedy" on the movie channel when it is obviously more of a dramatic type movie. Regardless, it was good but not great.

7.6/10

I really enjoyed Sweeny Todd. If you like musicals it was solid.

8-10

I really enjoyed Sweeny Todd. If you like musicals it was solid.


:showtunes:

Hello, Dolly!

The Boondock Saints: Cheesy, brainless fun that is extremely great to watch while drinking. Drink every time you see blood, hear a vulgarity, etc. It is not a very good movie, honestly, but still manages to be a favorite of mine. I like the last scene especially.

Objective Review: 5.6/10

Personal Review: 9.5/10

Objective Review: 5.6/10

Personal Review: 9.5/10
That's pretty much how everyone feels about that movie. Everyone loves it but everyone realizes it wasn't that great of a movie. Its great to us, but from a cinematic point of view, not so much.

No Country for Old Men

Do you like your villains to be sub human, yet super human? Do you like your protagonists to be idiots who just can't realize how lucky, or how much in danger, they are, and in the end just turn out to be idiots?
I don't know what Cormac McCarthy, or the Coen Brothers, are trying to prove. Maybe that the really, really BAD guys who just don't give a fuck can win out if they just set about doing it?
Are they trying to prove that the Good Guys don't stand a chance, and just keep their heads above water until they retire and then die of boredom? Maybe he's trying to show that the Good Guys just lack the guts to win. That they are really close, and there are more than a few of them, but they are somehow not going to get it done. And then one day they wake up and they're too old for this shit.
Trouble is, they're too old for anything else.

You essentially just covered the whole movie. I enjoyed it though. It was worth going to the theaters for, since i had free movie passes.

Saw Duel To The Death over the weekend -- Saturday morning chop-socky fare. Set sometime pre-20th century, a Chinese and Japanese dude are to battle to see who has the superior style. The people around them (ninjas, a shamed Shaolin school) orchestrating the fight are trying to rig the fight, but the two main dudes want a fair fight. So they beat the fight riggers, then... a bitter end. It's pretty entertaining.

I watched "Stick It" last night.

For those that may not know who she is Missy Perigrym is hot as shit. Shes in a show on the WB called Reaper. A quick IMDB search yielded this movie she did a while back.

Basically shes a rebellious gymnast who returns to "stick it" to the man.

Too bad I cant "stick it" to her.

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Is that a gallon of vaseline on her tummy, the remnants of a nice long night of being pounded in the ass?

Not to brag or anything, but yes.

I watched Blood Car over the weekend as well. Gas prices are $30+/gallon. A young vegan inventor discovers that he can use blood as an alternative fuel, then goes psycho killing people. There's exceedingly-archetypical "good girl" and "bad girl" cuties that want him, one because he has a car, the other because of his nerdy vegan body. And the government is involved. It's an indie film. I'm not exactly sure if I liked it or not, but it's definitely interesting. If you're looking for something "different" that's still mostly understandable and not a lot of pretentious crap, you could do worse. I think it would have worked better as almost a stage play or something, and I'd love to see the title recirculated for a straight-up "alternative fuel horror movie".

I wish I knew where to find these not-so-well known movies talked about on here. The local Blockbuster usually doesn't have that stuff.

I watched Dan in Real Life at the dollar shows. It was pretty good (worth a rental). I expected it to be a regular comedy, but it was kindof a drama/comedy mix. Funny enough for the guys and sappy enough for your lady.

I wish I knew where to find these not-so-well known movies talked about on here. The local Blockbuster usually doesn't have that stuff.
I pay Netflix $ to be my friend. I look for the new weekly releases.

Netflix is pretty nice. I made good use of that one winter a couple years ago. They are really speedy too. If you have the 2 at a time package (for 15 bucks), you'll have 2 DVD's every 3 days (if you watch them that fast). Of course you can have them longer, but to maximize your money that's pretty fast turnaround.

It worked very well when I wanted to see shows that have lots of discs. I started watching 24 at the beginning of season 4, so I watched the first 3 seasons thru netflix pretty quickly.

Once I get a new job, I'll look into that.

I have not seen it nor do I expect to, but is there a movie that looks worse than "One Missed Call?"

I think most movies look awful nowadays, but that one looks amazingly bad.

^^I tend to agree.

I'm with you guys. Just some stupid crap being put out these days, and that one looks even worse than usual.

I felt the same way about My Super Ex-Girlfriend.

a fairly new movie i loved was city of god. seriously, 5 stars. i avoided this cuz i knew the subtitles would be a problem, and they were (talking was real fast, so i missed a ton of the reading, plus i did more reading than watching) but this movie is a must see.

Juno was good shit. Toward the beginning, I was worried it was just going to be a female Napoleon Dynamite, but those worries quickly vanished. Good writing and a very strong cast.

a fairly new movie i loved was city of god. seriously, 5 stars. i avoided this cuz i knew the subtitles would be a problem, and they were (talking was real fast, so i missed a ton of the reading, plus i did more reading than watching) but this movie is a must see.
Everyone I talk to says I should see this movie. Subtitles don't bother me.

definitly see it. subtitles usually dont bother me, this movie they were a pain i thought. but even with them, it was amazing. not that im advocating watching an english overdub, just they bothered me.

I finally saw the Fantastic Four: Rise Of The Silver Surfer finally. I wanted something vapid and disposable after last night's Knicks debacle, and this fit the bill. With the exception of Chiklis, every other major actor is miscast, the story is broken in a bunch of ways, and its only redeeming features involve Alba in skintight gear and special effects. The fact that it's twice as better as the original just makes it less bad.

I finally saw the Fantastic Four: Rise Of The Silver Surfer finally. I wanted something vapid and disposable after last night's Knicks debacle, and this fit the bill. With the exception of Chiklis, every other major actor is miscast, the story is broken in a bunch of ways, and its only redeeming features involve Alba in skintight gear and special effects. The fact that it's twice as better as the original just makes it less bad.

Spot on about the casting. I had fun with this movie as long as I pretended it existed in a vacuum and didn't compare it to the comics or other comic book movies.

Saw a couple of movies over the weekend:

Death Sentence: The first half of this movie is what The Punisher should have been. In The Punisher, Frank Castles family dies and as the view, you're kind of like "Oh that sucks." In this movie, you feel awful for Kevin Bacon as his son dies, and then as worse things happen to his family. His transformation from executive into vengeful father is great at first, as more bad things happen to him. However, the movie starts to drag on a little bit and it almost seems like a different movie near the end. I still enjoyed it, but I give it a 6.5/10.

The Heartbreak Kid: A typical Farrelly Brothers movie, where you laugh out loud a couple of times, and you get so grossed out/uncomfortable a couple of times you have to laugh. It was funny, but not exactly a good movie. 5/10, typical Ben Stiller.

Reason I'm not watching Rambo: that fucking "Bodies" song that's in the previews. Not only does it suck, but IT'S FUCKING OLD. STOP PLAYING THAT FUCKING SONG EVERYWHERE!!!

Agree - that seriously is one of the worst songs of all time.

The lead singer died shortly thereafter.

Then they can't make a sequel. Good.

Sequal songs are a bad idea.

See Metallica.

Actually, they got a new singer and they're still pumping out albums.

The new Rambo movie is being released in January -- rarely a good sign.

Anyone see There Will Be Blood?

Anyone see There Will Be Blood?

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Cloverfield starts today. Anyone who sees it - I want to hear the review.

My friend saw Cloverfield, said he highly recommended it-- but then, I feel like he likes every movie he sees.

Anyone see There Will Be Blood?

IMDB gave it like a 9.0, so maybe I don't need to know if anyone else saw it.

Cloverfield starts today. Anyone who sees it - I want to hear the review.

I saw Cloverfield and would love to give a review, but what do you want out of it? That movie is so fucking hard to explain without giving a lot of its best features away.

The one thing that scares me away from Cloverfield is the jerky camera movement. I just don't dig that on a big screen unless I'm actually playing the video game. :)

I saw Cloverfield and would love to give a review, but what do you want out of it? That movie is so fucking hard to explain without giving a lot of its best features away.

I don't want to hear details about the monster - just if it's worth seeing, if it's just a Godzilla part II, or if there's anything original to it.

I thought it was. I enjoyed the manner in which it was shot and how events transpired. A word of caution: During the movie, I would get short of breath a couple of times, and I've heard of other people having some problems due to the camera (it does shake, but it's in the name of cinema). So just don't sit in the second fucking row and you'll be good.

This is definitely not Godzilla Part II. This is more chaotic than any Godzilla movie. I thought it was a pretty original feature...especially since you know little coming in and not a hell of a lot more coming out.

michael clayton is an awesome movie. not a popcorn flick, but a pretty good thriller.

Cloverfield... saw it, loved it.

Cloverfield. It was OK, 7.3/10.

I saw Fido -- think equal parts Pleasantville, Starship Troopers, a hypothetical sequel to Shaun of the Dead, and water (so it's good, but not as good as any of the other movies I listed) and you have some flavor. Trinity is milfy.

Smokin' Aces is on HBO2 right now. The #1 actor listed for the movie is Ben Affleck. He's in 5 minutes of the movie!!! That's just stupid. They don't even mention half the names that are in the whole movie. Just Affleck and Garcia.

Watching The Green Mile right now, actually forgot how ill a movie it was. A lil long but damn good.

saw 'there will be blood'. liked it. definitly spoke to the energy crisis officianado in me. DDL was brilliant, as always.

saw 'beowolf'. pretty damn good. i thought it got lousy reviews, gonna look again. just a nice, enjoyable action movie. nothing wrong with that!

We were in need of some humor yesterday, so we watched a Steven Seagal flick "The Glitter Man." Terribly awesome.

Watched "Over the Hedge" this morning on a recommendation from a friend. Pretty typical and predictable, but it was still ok.

Its a good kids movie. Pretty much all you can ask from it.

http://www.tropicthunder.com/

I didnt know what to expect from the trailer(iffy on Stiller's directing outside of cable guy), but it looks funny. Robert Downey Jr. as an Australian Method Actor who gets surgery to make himself black specifically for his role is funny to me.

I saw 10,000 BC. If you're bored, a little drunk and it's free... no, you'd still be better off spending two hours devising pistons lineups that don't have any starter more than 7 mpg.

gee seems angry lately

Nah, I heard that movie sucked ass.

I saw 10,000 BC. If you're bored, a little drunk and it's free... no, you'd still be better off spending two hours devising pistons lineups that don't have any starter more than 7 mpg.
I figured as much. Didnt look impressive at all to me. If i'mma watch a "set in ancient era" movie, i'd rather see Apocalypto. Even if its directed by a psycho Aussie not named Pharaoh

I heard it was terrible too. I was told to avoid it, even once its out on video.

really... huh.

saw I am Legend. Smith was great, as usual, but the movie was pretty bad, especially the ending. 6.4/10

I've been meaning to see that one. Glad I didn't pay to see it in theaters if its not even a 7.

I saw Species IV. It's not much to write home about, but the lead babe is DAMN HOT.

http://www.beyondhollywood.com/gallery/stills3/helena-mattsson-070829/helena-mattsson-4.jpg

really... huh.

saw I am Legend. Smith was great, as usual, but the movie was pretty bad, especially the ending. 6.4/10

yeah the ending was fucking lame.

I'm going to watch no country for old men tonight wooo

You won't be disappointed Cross.

I saw The Bank Job on Friday evening...

It was a pretty good movie, it got an 80% on RottenTomatoes, and despite not having a true A-list actor in it (unless you think Jason Statham is A-list), I thought it was terrific...

boobs, violence, bank robbers, dirty cops, the works...good "guy" movie

Definitely an entertaining movie and I would recommend it...

Hey, check out the movie "Hot Fuzz". Man, you can't beat the English sense of humor.
I think the difference between us and England is that they matured as a nation for 1000 years before television was invented. We Americans are probably where they were back in about 1274. Like Swami says, irony is dead in America, but it has fueled European humor since day one, and they refuse to let it devolve into dick and fart jokes (which, coincidentally, I find funny EVERY time).

Hot Fuzz is awesome.

Hot Fuzz is awesome.


Isn't Hot Fuzz like almost 2 years old???

I could swear I ripped that DVD off of torrentz like when I was in high school...

that was a strange movie to say the least, but definitely a good one...

Hey, check out the movie "Hot Fuzz". Man, you can't beat the English sense of humor.
I think the difference between us and England is that they matured as a nation for 1000 years before television was invented. We Americans are probably where they were back in about 1274. Like Swami says, irony is dead in America, but it has fueled European humor since day one, and they refuse to let it devolve into dick and fart jokes (which, coincidentally, I find funny EVERY time).

Your logic seems correct, but if that were true then what the hell happened to Japan?

Nuclear Fallout?

Nuclear Fallout?

Yikes.

Your logic seems correct, but if that were true then what the hell happened to Japan?

They've given us Godzilla, and the Ultimate Extreme Challenege (or whatever) on Spike TV. I think that's a pretty good track record.
Besides, Orientals are nerds who like math and computers. They're not funny.

Nuclear Fallout?

too soon.

Still Great:

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Spinal Tap is classic


recently viewed flicks:

Gone Baby Gone: really good

Into the Wild: really good

Dan in Real Life: really bad

Wizzle, I just watched your sig through 3 times.

Queen of Outer Space is a classic late-50s bad science fiction movie, which satisfied a requirement of not wanting to think deep thoughts for the past couple hours. It's one of those movies you can laugh at for being so stupid, while still being moderately (if not greatly) entertained. It features Zsa Zsa Gabor as the least attractive woman in the cast -- the other Venusians are 50s-era hotties.

'Lars and the Real Girl'

I thought it was going to be more of a comedy. I understood it was about a guy who treated the real doll as his gf, but didn't expect the drama of it. It's really more about a guy who is mentally disturbed, who works through an aspect of his disorder via a real doll. I don't think that really spoiled anything for those who haven't seen it, just clarification. Anyway, I wasn't too big on it but maybe I'd appreciate it more if I watch it again realizing what it is really about. 5 for now.

Spinal Tap is classic


recently viewed flicks:

Gone Baby Gone: really good

Into the Wild: really good

Dan in Real Life: really bad
Wow, you want to know something really uncanny? I rented Gone Baby Gone and Into The Wild in one visit to Blockbuster last week. I really liked them both.

GBG was an excellent thriller about a private investigator who won't give up his moral compass for anyone, no matter how important they are to him. Casey Affleck was awesome and his Southie accent is totally genuine. Maybe Ben Affleck should just direct movies from now on, since everyone hates his face now.

ITW was really good because it had lots of nature in it and it was a very good sketch of a real person. What I really love is that the movie doesn't make the guy out to be a hero. He obviously makes some serious mistakes in his life and the movie shows you the consequences of those mistakes.

On another note, I am really looking forward to Stop Loss, as long as it doesn't get too political. I mean, of course it's kind of a political thing altogether, but mainly I'm just looking for a movie that realistically portrays military families and what their lives are like.

The Namesake features Kal Penn (Kumar of Harold & Kumar) in a dramatic role. It's a generational story of a Bengali Indian couple who immigrated to New York, had children, and are all trying to resolve living in two different cultures. It doesn't have that "overwrought" overly dramatic feel to it... it's quiet while rarely being boring. It'd be good for couples. Definite thumbs up.

The Namesake features Kal Penn (Kumar of Harold & Kumar) in a dramatic role. It's a generational story of a Bengali Indian couple who immigrated to New York, had children, and are all trying to resolve living in two different cultures. It doesn't have that "overwrought" overly dramatic feel to it... it's quiet while rarely being boring. It'd be good for couples. Definite thumbs up.
I saw that too. I thought the lady who played his mom was awesome. She was really cute as a young woman but she also pulled off the old-lady role well too. The scene when she first arrives with her new husband in America is really cool.

Damn, I see a lot of movies.

A Pure Formaility.

15 years old or so. Roman Polanski, gerard Depardu(sp?). Great flick, French, so its subtittled, but well worth it.

I didn't get it till the very end.

Speaking of Polanski, The Pianist is truly a terrific movie. Yes, even with Adrien Brody in it (who a lot of people don't like, from what I gather).

Was Harvey whatshisname in that? Older guy?

edit...

Nope. Wrong movie. I'll rent the Pianist.

Just looked up the movie on IMDB, no Harveys in the cast list.

Confusing "The Pianist" with "The Piano"

What's The Piano about?

Whats the Penis about?

Bukky's an expert on that, Tahoe. Don't you know he has a subscription to Harper's? And actually READS it?

Harper`s is definitely for the intellectual elite. Smithsonian is kind of like NPR and PBS wrapped up into a magazine.

Harper`s is definitely for the intellectual elite. Smithsonian is kind of like NPR and PBS wrapped up into a magazine.

Beautiful touch.

It did feel good as soon as it left my hands.

Romy and Michelle's High School Reunion - 10/10

The Mighty Ducks Trilogy - There is no better trilogy in the universe.

Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, Spiderman, Godfather, etc... None of them are even close to the masterpiece that is The Mighty Ducks, D2, and D3.

Might I add that the fact Adam Banks was never drafted is a freaking Travishamockery. The best attitude of anyone on the team, the most goals scored, won the Junior Olympics after a triumphant return, and played Varsity as a Freshman in the country's best Hockey High School. He must have been hiding an injury that occured in the Varsity/JV game that ruined his career.

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I know it's been out a while (I saw it in the dollar theatre's Saturday), but the Great Debaters was a solid movie. Worth a rental if you haven't seen it.

dollar theatre...we need one of them around here. My rentals are 5 bucks.

There is one in Metro Detroit BTW. It's over in Frasier. I like them. It's cheaper than renting it. Actually we rent all our movies at King Supers (Kroger owned). New releases are like $1.50 or something like that. You may get that at Kroger.

The Cinemark in Warren does movies for 1-2 bucks, depending on time of day or week. That's where I'll go locally when I want to see something that is truly worth seeing on the big screen. I don't really venture out there much since I got Netflix, though.

Why would big movie production companies allow them to happen?

The discount flicks are usually 2nd run movies, in my experience.

(By that I mean done with their first run, not on DVD yet.)

The prints are also often in pretty awful shape after spending several weeks in a first-run theater. I've seen flicks at the dollar show run through a projector so many times they were just one notch above youtube in video quality.

And for example here, the theater that does the $1-2 showings is an older one with no 5.1 or anything cool like that. It's cool for the price, but at the same time not much better than sitting five feet from your TV with the bass cranked up.

The Pianist.

review...I'm speechless.

I'm assuming you mean in a good way, Tahoe.

The piano symbolizes death.

One of my favorite movies.

I mean in the true sense of the word.

Very well done. I wouldn't recommend it just before you go to bed though. <---thanks for the heads up on that SDB.

Edit: Wrong thread

Huh?

Tahoe always confusing me and shit.

Things just got weird again, didn't they?

Huh?

Tahoe always confusing me and shit.

sorry bout that...Props on recomminding the movie but I could have used a ...'hey Tahoe, you might not want to watch that before bed" I was being sarcastic on that.

I'm just hackin on you a lil bit. But the movie is one of those that shakes your soul. I couldn't sleep right away. So I'm saying WATCH the movie but prolly NOT right before bed.

No problem, thanks for clearing that up. I'm just a bit slow.

No, I just don't write for fucking shitbells.

Naw man, it's me! Not you!

I reread that one line of what I thought happened in NCFOM and Jesus Christ...I can barely make out what I was saying.

Heres an example...

"He could have told the deputy how the deputy about the air gun when the deputy told him it wasn't a bullet that killed the motorist."

I totally got that, dude. I'm not a very good reader.

Glenn would agree.

Heres an example...

"He could have told the deputy how the deputy about the air gun when the deputy told him it wasn't a bullet that killed the motorist."
That might have been when I asked if you were taking medication.

No shit. See what you mean. I mean what on Gods green earth could that possibly fucking mean?

I need to start reading my posts before I hit go.

I could have sworn I posted this movie in here but according to WTFsearch I didn't. 'Ichi the Killer'. Japanese gore-fest at it's best. Directed by Takashi Mike, otherwise best known for 'Audition' which is also a sick and twisted movie. It's bloody, cheesy, and great. If you have a strong stomach, and like to see nasty shit happen to people but with much more purpose than movies like Hostel or Saw, rent/borrow/buy/download Ichi.

I think you mentioned that before. I swear I remember reading it.

Yeah me too but 'Ichi' has no results and 'killer' didn't bring up anything regarding the movie. I watched it last night so it came to mind.

Curse of the Golden Flower is a Chinese feudal saga based off a play, starring Chow Yun-Fat as a badass emperor and the luscious Li Gong as the empress. It's a beautiful but ponderous movie for the first hour or so, then becomes more intense with awesomely pretty fight scenes and an ending that isn't the "happy happy joy joy" Hollywood kind. It's a thumbs up.

If you're watching on your computer, you can take a random frame from the movie and use it as your screen saver. Recommended with psychedelic drugs.

Chow gets a thumbs up from me forever for being in the first "A Better Tomorrow." The sequels sucked hard, but the original was seriously one of the best HK crime dramas ever. In the scene when Ho finds Mark living off of tips in the parking garage, I actually choked up. Also, tell me this isn't the most pimped out shit ever:

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Chow gets a thumbs up from me forever for being in the first "A Better Tomorrow." The sequels sucked hard, but the original was seriously one of the best HK crime dramas ever.

Hard Boiled and The Killer rank up there too.

Actually the killer to me is the best one period.


Also try one of John Woo's early martial arts films "Last hurrah For Chivalry".... Great Kung Fu Movie.

Watched "Revolver."

Yikes. 5.5/10.

Dan in Real Life sucked. Wasn't that funny and I kept waiting for a voice-over to tell me "This movie was brought to you by Abercrombie & Fitch and L. L. Bean." It seemed a little too "cute" for all intents and purposes.

Saw American Gangster...pretty badass movie, starts a bit slow but gets a lot better as it goes along. Pretty compelling ending too.

Saw The Darjeeling Limited. Interesting movie. I admit that I really like Wes Anderson's movies for the most part. His movies have this theme where everything is hilariously banal - his characters are so disconnected from their own lives that they actually seem kind of dumb, and everyone seems unable to relate to one another, and hilarity ensues. But underneath it all is always a profound sadness.

This one was no different. WA's last movie (The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou) was criticized for being a little too inscrutable - like, you couldn't really figure out what the point of the story was. The minor flaw with Darjeeling Limited is that it's exactly the opposite - the story is actually a little formulaic. There's a pivotal moment in the movie where the mood changes, and from that point you can pretty much predict what happens up to the end.

Still, the dynamic between the 3 actors is fantastic. Despite the fact that none of them look remotely like one another, their chemistry really makes you believe that they could be brothers. 3.5/5 stars.

I would like Wes Anderson to show a little range in any of the following catagories:

Mood
Cinematography
Theme
Casting
Title Font Selection
Dialogue

I like Wes Anderson's movie. Each time he's come out with it.

Went to 21 over the weekend. It seemed very formulaic to me. I could see where the movie was going the entire time. It has a "twist" (what movie nowadays doesn't?) at the end, but like I said, it was very easy to see it coming.

I give it a C-.

Went to [i]21[/] over the weekend. It seemed very formulaic to me. I could see where the movie was going the entire time. It has a "twist" (what movie nowadays doesn't?) at the end, but like I said, it was very easy to see it coming.

I give it a C-.

It's based on a true story, so that tends to handcuff the creativity of the screenwriter in most cases.

Since when?

"Based on a true story" is the worst term to ever hit cinema.

300 was based on a true story.
Texas Chainsaw Massacre was based on a true story.

The actual likeness of the movie to the true events are this: There was a group of kids in college who figured out how to beat the blackjack system. That's it. They were a bunch of Asian kids who were in it for the thrill. It had nothing to do with paying for tuition.

Sorry about the mini-rant. It's just every preview that I see a "based on a true story" message come up, I feel like vomiting.

Make it a great day, Glenn.

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So right before they go into the casino, maybe a giant bear should have attacked them or something.

I would like Wes Anderson to show a little range in any of the following catagories:

Mood
It's kind of hard to vary the mood in his movies, or else the sense of humor is kind of lost. But give the guy a little credit - the mood in this movie was pretty broken up by the big rescue scene.

Cinematography
He does have a tendency to set up every shot like it's a framed painting, but I find it neat.

Theme
Hey now, not all of his movies had a strong "dysfunctional family" theme. Although admittedly, even in Rushmore, we find out later in the movie that the reason these two jerks are so screwed up is because of their families.

Casting
Every small-time, semi-indie filmmaker tends to have a limited casting reach. But I agree, I would like to see one of his movies without a Wilson in it.

Title Font Selection
Oh come on. Now you're just being petty.

Dialogue
Not sure what you mean here. I don't find his dialogue to be boring at all. The dialogue for Royal Tenenbaum is pretty different from the dialogue for Chas Tenenbaum.


I like Wes Anderson's movie. Each time he's come out with it.
There's nothing wrong with a filmmaker who's got a distinctive style, as long as that style isn't horrible by itself. For instance, Kevin Smith has a distinctive style, but it's a horrible distinctive style. I easily recognize his movies by the awful high-school play dialogue and amateur porn camera work.

So right before they go into the casino, maybe a giant bear should have attacked them or something.

The casino part was fine. It was everything outside of the casino.

And don't be ridiculous. Bears don't even live in Las Vegas. Vampires do, though...

No one said there was anything wrong with having only one note, but one note is indeed all the guy has. I liked Rushmore and I own the Royal Tenenbaums He's good at what he does. As long as we all agree he only does that one thing. Hell, even that American Express commercial was the same note as his flicks.

Oh, and by dialogue I'm talking across films not within a single film between characters. I'm not saying each character in a given movie speaks the same, I'm saying the dialogue of each movie, in respect to each other movie, is the same.

David Mamet is the same way, and he rulez

Wes Anderson is no David Mamet.

Agreed.

Does anybody watch the show "The Unit". It's David Mamet produced/directed/somethinged and is pretty entertaining.

Does anybody watch the show "The Unit". It's David Mamet produced/directed/somethinged and is pretty entertaining.

More details, please.

Swam...I saw in an interview with WA on The Life Aquatic. One of the questions I had was whether Steve really was Kingsley's father. I got a bonner when i heard the question asked and then WA said..."I don't think we can tell from the movie"

I thought WTF is that?

What do you make of that answer. I mean he develops the characters and whether he was the father was in the plot to some extent.

I was disapointed to say the least.

BTW... I loved the movie. Loved the deliberate artificialnessness of lots of the props, etc.

Does anybody watch the show "The Unit". It's David Mamet produced/directed/somethinged and is pretty entertaining.

I've seen a few episodes and you've said it perfectly, it's a good watch. I got really sucked into the episode where terrorists take over a high school.