I need to start making a list of movies. I rarely go to theaters and always forget by the time movies come out. This was definitely one I've been meaning to see.Quote:
Originally Posted by b-diddy
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I need to start making a list of movies. I rarely go to theaters and always forget by the time movies come out. This was definitely one I've been meaning to see.Quote:
Originally Posted by b-diddy
tried watching the thin red line. actually second attempt, the first was ten years ago and i think i made it 20 min that time.
this time i gave up 1 1/2 hrs in, and even was drinking wine. the first movie i've watched with wine that i didnt enjoy (usually a sure bet tactic).
anyone like that movie, here? its the rating i've found on imdb that i most disagree with. 7.5 is pretty respectable, and in my eyes this think is pretentious trash.
it actually wouldnt have been terrible on mute, making up your own plot along with good cinemotography.
I've tried a few times myself, never made it very far.
I should've taken a dick up the ass instead of watching "Superhero Movie"
Men Who Stare At Goats -- what a waste
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Not really a review, but I forgot how funny the Austin Powers movies were.
finally saw wallstreet 2. i was prepared for a pile of shit and it wasnt bad. the ending was, and there were lots of bad parts. but i think the good outweighed the bad. even shia labouf was fine.
my favorite part was his stupid fiancée working at the liberal blog. i dont know why, but that part killed me. something about her and a bunch of other girls hanging out and selling their opinions for a living in "wallstreet" was too funny.
Just saw Kickass and it was awesome. Feel like someone else just said that but I can't find it....
I might've said something about it in another thread. I just watched it one or two weeks ago. It was very good.
Tried to put it on in the background while I worked on some other stuff. Bad idea.....was hooked right in. Helluva ride, couldn't stop watching...
I think Gutz predicted he'd love it and then quoted that prediction recently and said he did indeed love it.
Ping Pong Playa is well worth seeing, especially for the peeps on this board! An immature Chinese young adult with dreams of being the next Kobe Bryant is roped into the family business of ping pong. Lots of funny moments and basketball sensibilities! Note that it's about 25% in Cantonese, but it's easy to follow... mostly it's Cantonese and English mixed together, the way you often hear it spoken here.
just watched "hud". loved it. im a huge paul newman fan but this one stood out.
i think cool hand look is a little bit overrated. i liked this, the hustler, and even cat on a hot tin roof better than cool hand luke.
honestly, "hud" was amazing. i cant believe its not on more top movie lists. in fact, i stumbled upon it. why isnt this considered more of a classic than it is?
finally caught "the virgin suicides". little biased, cuz its about the old town, but i liked it. generally speaking, dont like sophia coppala or her work, but hard to imagine anyone else putting that movie together as well. not saying it was the greatest thing ever (and possibly a chick flick?). thinking about reading the book, since the writer was actually from grosse pointe, and i think the source had alot to do with the movie's strength. also, this movie probably could be about any suburban town (or urban, i guess), but it felt like it really was specific to grosse pointe.
pretty good movie, great soundtrack, and lots of young future stars to keep an eye out for. fair warning, the movies kind of a bummer!
b,
Have you seen "Big" with Tom Hanks yet?
i have. planning on rewatching it, actually. why?
Was hoping to get your review, been planning on checking it out, but have been busy.
its been a while, but think you'll like it. sort of a classic. have you never seen it?
All right, dammit, I was making fun of you for reviewing decade-old movies.
Ahhhh!
i knew it was something...
big is relatively new compared to what i normally watch.
Some people are probably watching The Godfather for the first time today, too, Glan.
watched "the fighter". pretty good, maybe the second best boxing movie of all time.
raging bull, of course is number one.
others ive seen include the rockies, million dollar baby, ali, hurricane. not including documentaries, of which "when we were kings" (ali), and "unforgivable blackness" (jack johnson) were both excellent.
hurricane was meh. ali wasnt anything special. million dollar baby was pretty good, but i felt like it was a good boxing flick for 3/4, then it was hijacked out of nowhere by a very fervent political message, which i didnt like at all.
i like the rocky movies, BUT the fight scenes in them detract from the quality. im not a boxing snob, but anyone who's scene even one fight can see how absurd the fight scenes are. in any one round, theres typically enough damage unleashed to kill an army of men, yet rocky and his opponent always just walk back to their corners and have their trainers yell at them for not trying hard enough. in the fights, rocky could detonate a nuclear bomb and his opponent would get up if it werent round 15. really detracts from the drama, at least for me.
so i'd have to call the fighter #2 of everything i've seen. they did a nice job of telling something slightly different, as its hard to come up with an interesting, novel storyline when it comes to boxing.
Amy Adams was the hottest boxer's babe in any boxing biopic I can recall.Quote:
Originally Posted by b-diddy
i might agree with that.
the only other person that comes to mind is cathy moriarty
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Cvo4jwbe8w...400/Cathy3.jpg
and i'd take amy all day. i like that she had a little beer gut for it. really gave her a 'girl next door' look.
Is Cathy Moriarty at all related to the Moriarty dude from Bang the Drum Slowly who ended up being like the original Law and Order guy?
I don't know, but that dude is from the Detroit area.
Going to check out Winnie the Pooh today, might even take the kids. I'll let you bros know how it is. Super pumped about The Smurfs Movie, too.
Already saw the Pooh movie. It's quality. My thoughts are in white text. Pooh is more true to his character as good natured but slow witted (Owl as well, not so much Rabbit), a lot more "interaction with the book pages" that I always like. Solid all around. Only complaint is that it relied too much on the standard Pooh tropes (Eeyore's tail, Owl's absentmindedness, Christopher Robin going to school). It's essentially a reboot.
watched "notorious". h-cock, grant, birgman, and claude rains. loved it. grant is a government agent, claude rains is a runaway nazi war criminal living in rio de jenaro after the war. ingrid is the daughter of a recently convicted nazi who grant uses to get close to rains and his nazi buddies.
they dont make em like that anymore. but while grant was excellent, i couldnt help but feel that bogsy should have had the role.
I'm finally going to get around to seeing "The Room" later. I love bad movies, so I'm going to be in for a real treat.
I HAFTA WRITE A SCRIBABA
As usual, I agree with Fool here. I liked when Pooh was fantasizing about eating all of the honey and then reality set in that it was actually mud that he was eating!!Quote:
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It was almost like a bad drug trip.
Thanks for the spoiler, dickhead.
Now I don't even want mom to take me to see it on my birthday.
watched "when we were kings". 3rd time ive seen it. phenomenal. but i read on imdb that they kind of mythologize the foreman fight. so i watched the fight on youtube and they're right. wwwk frames the fight as ali going for the hr in the first round, then going into total defense mode till the KO. really, he doesnt just play rope a dope the whole time. yes, he's defensive. but he probably won or drew just about every round of the fight. liston may have won a round.
still, when we were kings is awesome. by far my favorite documentary ever.
mad max 2: beyond thunderdome
might be the greatest work of art man is capable of.
wait, I'm with you but you mean the road warrior, right? thunderdome was enjoyable but iffy. road warrior is amazing, if you pay attention, there's only like 40 lines of dialogue in the whole movie. it's supposed to be an action movie, let's make a fucking action movie, fuck the dialogue.Quote:
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oh, im talking thunderdome
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that's 3. #masterblaster.