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Originally Posted by Big Swami

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.....

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Originally Posted by Big Swami

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/...itman-trailer/

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Originally Posted by Higherwarrior

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.

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Originally Posted by Gutz Gatsu

new hitman preview.

http://www.firstshowing.net/2007/08/...itman-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?

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.

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Originally Posted by Uncle Mxy

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.

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Originally Posted by Cross

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