Official WTFDetroit Movie Review Thread

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Originally Posted by Cross

gutz, you like international movies?

I guess they might be good but I can't stand reading the subtitles for the whole movie.

Azumi appears to have a dub as well a a sub. That's fun because sometimes the dub and sub can vary considerably adding another level of entertainment. BTW, thanks for the pointer Gutz -- another movie added to my Netflix queue.

I avoid movies that only have subtitles. That's not to say that I won't watch them, but they demand more of my attention. It's hard to update my favorite basketball board or do some casual cleaning while I have a subtitle-only movie on, to cite an example of what I did while watching Jesus Camp, a disturbing documentary about the religious indoctrination some kids are getting. It's well worth watching, definite thumbs up from me, but if I had to watch it because it was in a foreign language and subtitle-only, I probably wouldn't.

I think English subtitles are a must when there's an English commentary track. That way, you can track where you're at in the movie as the director or stars or whoever are talking.

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Originally Posted by Uncle Mxy

Azumi appears to have a dub as well a a sub. That's fun because sometimes the dub and sub can vary considerably adding another level of entertainment. BTW, thanks for the pointer Gutz -- another movie added to my Netflix queue..

no prob, nothing better than watching a a fairly fine Japanese woman carve 200 people up with a shiny kitana and a very very short mini skirt.

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Originally Posted by Gutz Gatsu

no prob, nothing better than watching a a fairly fine Japanese woman carve 200 people up with a shiny kitana and a very very short mini skirt.

As long as it is not that one in white with the sword on the previous page. I'm not sure what gender that person is.

WTF Chris, you read my mind.

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Originally Posted by WTFchris

As long as it is not that one in white with the sword on the previous page. I'm not sure what gender that person is.

just your typical metrosexual japanese assassin. :yingyang:

Well, well. Today my wife comes home early from work (luckily, I ditched Ms Strange earlier in the morning), and utters those five words that make ANY man contemplate the thought that paying child support and alimony might not be that bad: "Let's cuddle and watch movies".
So, for some unknown reason, she grabs the remote. Now, any woman worth her salt knows that the remote is a part of a mans body. As a woman, if you grab the remote, you must be prepared to have your arm ripped off. But before I can proceed to do that, she flips on a movie called "Extreme Measures" and sees (and says), "Hey! Elizabeth Hurley!". So, thinking of another use for her arm when Ms Hurley is onscreen, I let it go.
Much to my chagrin, Elizabeth Hurley is not in the movie, she's the producer, and the movie stars Hugh Grant and Sarah Jessica Parker. No bombs, no sexy women vampires, no potential. In fact, whenever I see a movie with a female producer and Hugh Grant, I think one thing: Fag City.
Now, all I can say about Hugh Grant is, "At lest he spent a few years banging Elizabeth Hurley", because for the life of me, I CANNOT get past his fucking haircut.
The fucker has the same hairdo as Dorothy Hamill! Hey, if I want to see that, I'll watch the goddamm Olympics!
Not to mention that Srah Jessica Parker is a freakazoid who looks EXACTLY like those old claymation kids from such classics as "The Year Without A Santa Clause". The term BUTT UGLY would be a compliment for this skank. Matthew Broderick has GOT to be gay.
So I watch this shit for two hours, and I can't remember a thing from it. All I can remember is I think I'm 13 and listening to Dick Buttons saying, "And Dorothy Hamill wins the Gold!", and thinking that if Sarah Jessica Parker ever offered me a blow job, I'd have to decline, out of fear of having my dick end up being a part (a SMALL part), of a pile of chewed off twigs damming up some stream somewhere.

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)

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The Snow Miser. I can see it.
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Look at the image search for "Year Without a Santa Clause". Its weird.

the guy who did smoking aces also did "narc" which was shot in detroit. I wouldnt expect him to do anything too corny.

http://www.telvi.de/UserFiles/Image/...ica-parker.jpg

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*Credit: Jim Rome