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Saw a horror B-movie called Grave Danger. It's shot on video, and you may need to pfutz with the sound a little, but it was surprisingly well-acted and actually pretty fucking entertaining. It's basically an excuse to glue together a whole lot of horror movie conventions into one movie. Imagine the creepy dude making the phone call from Scream calls his would-be victim and they exchange horror stories and you have the framework. Thumbs up!
revolutionary road. finally saw it tonight. perhaps the most pointless, horribly boring, strange movie i've ever seen in my life. who is with me?
I take it that Kate Winslet doesn't take off her clothes?Quote:
Originally Posted by Higherwarrior
She fucks in a car. That's it I think.
It was slow but I thought it did a better job of showing people working through the depression of the mundane normalcy of life and their disappointment at discovering they aren't unique than I expected. It would be easy to do it dishonestly and I don't think they did that too much. Ended well too.
Not the greatest at all and slow, but I've watched worse and didn't regret having watched it.
saw Up in the Air. It was a good movie and pretty funny. Normally I wouldn't say it needs to be seen in a theater (since it's a comedy/drama), but they do have lots of aerial shots from the plane that benifit from the big screen. Worth a rental at the very least.
Saw Revolver the other day starring Jason Stratham, Andre 3000, Mark Strong, and Ray Liotta. It's a severely poorly reviewed movie, yet it may be the best thing I've seen since Fight Club. Alot of interesting theories and concepts within a "gangster movie" style story. I recommend the movie if you are truly looking to watch something different. Might have to watch it a second time to get the ending maybe.
Watching "The Signal" on DVD, pretty bloody, pretty violent, pretty amusing. Not over yet but thumbs up so far.
Now I'm watching "Thank You For Smoking" by Ivan Reitman's son. Not sure if it's good yet but the fictional tobacco company instead of Camel is called "Alpaca". Good enough for me.
I grabbed "Extract" out of the Red Box this afternoon and we're about to watch it. Should we bother?
Saw Shutter Island this weekend. I thought it was pretty solid. Very good twist on the end. I would recommend seeing it.
Big Man Japan is a strange slow movie, a deconstructionist take on the "Japanese giant good guys fighting monsters" genre. There's lots of good ideas, but they're poorly laid out. The last few minutes are a hoot for anyone who digs old-school Ultraman, but otherwise I can't recommend it.
You know that the straight-to-video Princess Of Mars (with Traci Lords) is a crap movie when there's no nudity, and only line you can remember is "That was her pee bucket!" It also stars Antonio Sabato Jr. as a jarhead. Oh boy. The sound is kinda fucked up (dialogue too soft, explosions too loud) so you have to fuck with the volume all the time if you care about the shit dialogue. The production values bounce up and down. My sense is that a (somewhat) bigger budget production was green-lighted, then scaled back as the production actually happened.
Mxy, you seem like a super intelligent motherfucker so the obvious question has to be asked:
Why are you watching a non-porn movie with Traci Lords?
Because I watched pretty much every porn movie Traci Lords has ever been in, and I keep hoping she'll return to form.
Also, I read the John Carter Barsoom novels and had a morbid curiosity for how badly they'd fuck up the adaptation. But that's boring so it belongs in white text.
Be happy when old porn stars keep their clothes on. Porn miles are hard on the chassis, it's like being a taxi cab.Quote:
Originally Posted by Uncle Mxy
That alone is enough for me to need to see this movie.Quote:
Originally Posted by Uncle Mxy
I hate you all. You had the ability to save an hour of my time and no one stepped up.Quote:
Originally Posted by Glan
Turned it off 3/4 of the way through.
Way to pay it forward, now I know not to watch Extract.
I missed that post about Extract -- the title isn't that memorable to me, and I was in a "watching weird movies" groove, hoping to occasionally find shinola amongst the shit. I saw Extract awhile back, when it first came out on DVD and Netflix. I might've led you astray because I thought it was "ok". If you go into Extract expecting Office Space, you'll be sorely disappointed. If you go into Extract expecting something on the order of a decent King Of The Hill episode, you'll do ok. It's blandly pleasant but, like the title, not especially memorable.
Tried to watch In Bruges last night, is it really that boring or was I just too tired?? Made it about 30 minutes before giving up, should I try again? It got great reviews.
It's a great movie. Try again.
^what he said
Cool thanks.
I think you've been watching too much of the Olympics, quite honestly.
Yeah, I said it.
^Didn't contribute.
When you're trying so hard to push this as the new "insensitive" it looks lame IMO.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fool
I'm not trying to push anything other than being more aware of what a mod crticized me for doing.
But it's so fetch.Quote:
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Run Robot Run! is a movie set in the near-future where a guy is being replaced by a lifelike robot. There's nothing _horribly_ wrong with it, other than the fact that it's not much of anything and it's not good enough to recommend. It's not funny enough to be a comedy. It's not science-fictiony enough to provoke good thinking. It's not filled with sufficiently pretty people or images to be worth watching with the mute button. The satire was more like a worn tire. It's... ehhhh... Halfway through, I had fun playing it at 1.5x speed because that made it go faster, to give you some idea of how limp it is.
P wouldn't know about not contributing. He makes plenty of terrible trade ideas, which is the definition of contributing. Just ask the mods.
I watched Planes, Trains & Automobiles last night on On Demand. It was really good, I recommend it.
Glan, it's probably one of the funniest movies i've ever seen. all time favorite
Agreed, I've probably seen it 15 times.
The wife wants to watch Couples Retreat, any thoughts?
Terrible movie. Cheesy as all hell. Just plain dumb.
Thanks, I guess that the red box will just be "sold out" of that one.
Anybody seen The Maiden Heist?
Go watch Fireball!
It's a bloody entertaining Thai martial arts movie where the field of combat is a basketball court. The first team that scores... wins! This is how basketbrawl was meant to be played -- full contact with weapons, no pesky refs or foul shots, UFA on steroids. The martial artists aren't quite Tony Jaa-level, but the action is non-stop and it's well-shot and well worth the rental.
saw shutter island. meh.
wont spoil anything, but for my taste they set up a movie that could have gone in a ton of great directions and chose poorly.
dont kill yourself to see this. not terrible, but somewhat of a let down. atleast for me.
You'd think with the pedigree (DiCaprio, Scorsese), this should've been a winter flick. But, if the film is no good, they'll bump it to Feb or March when competition is light. Almost always a red flag (except for Silence of the Lambs)Quote:
Originally Posted by b-diddy
just watched hurt locker. oscar worthy? not most years. the only scene i thought was great was the sniper scene. but the movie hit every note it attempted. it was more a meditation on being human (or a certain type of human) than a war movie.
really good, though. definitly worth a rental.