Just watched Hot Fuzz this past weekend....fuggin hilarious.
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I'll be seeing Body of Lies tomorrow. Still gotta check out Religioulous, Nick and Norah, and Appolooza and Flash of Genius.
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Got back from Body of Lies. I'm not going to lie, I thought it was an above-average generic thriller.
Russell Crowe in perhaps his worst role yet because it's all done over the phone. DiCaprio seemed stuck between Departed and Blood Diamond character wise. And I think that hurt. Scott's direction was at least better than American Gangster, but a bag of poo was better than that. In all, it was forgettable. It was generic to the nth degree. It was worth my price of admission: free. I'm not so sure I'd pay top dollar to see it. |
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I have a feeling that it won't open big or do any real numbers. It looks generic. On a side note, this is why Entourage works. No one, no matter how successful, is immune to bad decisions and flops. |
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I didnt even like it the first time when it was called: "Spy Game" with Redford and Pitt. |
I notice no one saw Spike Lee's Miracle at St. Anna. I think it's fair to label it a bomb.
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If Spike Lee made a movie about me I wouldn't watch it. Noxious little prick.
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It's extreme hit or miss with Spike. Inside Man and 25th hour I enjoyed very much, everything else is crap.
That's a bummer because Miracle looked kinda good from the previews. |
How many have seen Appaloosa?
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Without saying much to spoil it, I would give it a B-...... The two lead actors are awesome, but there are somethings that make you say? WTF? |
Anyone going to check out Oliver Stones "W" ?
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Typical propaganda bs that is just totally lame... |
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You mean you dont trust Stone to deliver a fair and balanced portrayal of Bush? :) |
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Watched "Before the Devil Knows your dead" last night on blu-ray.
Pretty good....dirty though....what I mean by that is that almost every character is either shady, a liar, a cheater, etc. etc.... It's definitely not for everyone as it's not an uplifting movie by any means....but filled with some pretty damn good acting (specifically, Phillip Seymour Hoffman)... And as a bonus....Marisa Tomei runs around nekked in many, many scenes! |
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Yeah the opening scene is pretty memorable. |
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I can't find the thread about it, so I'll post it in here. I watched No Country for Old Men. Maybe it was expectatoins. But I'm not a huge fan. Parts of it were well done, but the story just failed IMO. I'm obviously missing something.
Someone please explain the greater significance. |
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Second, the movie - and story for that matter - is clear. Evil will always exist and it tires the GOOD people who try to eradicate it. |
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Just watched The Dark Knight again.
Downloaded it, illegally. But I'll buy the super-delux collectors edition when it comes out on DVD. (Honest) Damn... I knew the movie kicked ass, but I'd forgotten just how much ass... |
I bought Iron Man and the extended version of "The Crapenning".
Haven't watch either yet. |
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Several reasons: 1. I want to see it "suck" for myself. I don't like anyone interpreting a movie for me. And I knew long before most people knew that the movie would suck because I read the original script. But I still needed to see it to believe it. 2. I wanted to hear the score. That's very important to me. 3. It was on sale for $13 and I figured that I'd better buy it now. Working in this town, someone always references something and I didn't want to be left in the dark. 4. I look like a dickweed if I ask for a free copy. |
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FWIW, I still want to see it too, for some odd reason. |
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Morbid curiosity, I guess. |
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I do think it's one you have to see for yourself, though. I would just try to spend as little money on it as possible. |
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I could wait a few weeks and get it at Blockbuster when they run another 3 for $20 deal but I figured, what the hell? The extra hour intrigues me as well. |
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Hopefully, the extra hour helps |
Ok, only 2 Shymalan Movies I can stand are The Sixth Sense and Signs
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So, Halloween is almost upon us. Any suggestions for mood viewing?
If it has to do with zombies, I've probably already seen it, so lets put those aside for now. Same with the Saws and the new age Japan remakes. |
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I don't want to spoil anything so my advice would be to watch it and form your own opinion. Sorry I can't be of more help but I don't want to influence your opinion, one way or the other. |
Lady in the Water is decent. If you like Giamatti, you will probably like it.
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I reviewed it. And whenever I wrote reviews I always "stewed" on the film for a bit. Let it linger. I wanted to give it time to work in my mind. Normally, any bad movie gets better in my head. Not to mean it gets "good"... but I usually start finding things that make it redeemable. Signs is the only movie I can remember that got worse. I disliked it in the theater. Two days later I despised it. Unbreakable is his best work, hands down (IMHO). |
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I couldn't stand Unbreakable....It was like they tried to take the first 20 minutes of a comic book movie and stretch it out over 2 hours.... Lady in the Water sucked, the Village Sucked, whatever else sucked. |
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Hes an excellent director. His films always look great. He knows how to build tension and suspense and the performances he gets are usually top notch. If he would just stop writing he would be alot better off. |
I watched Knocked Up last night. There were some funny parts, but I have to say that I was not impressed.
BUT I think it is because I take children very seriously. More importantly, I've seen children coming from bad decisions, and they rarely turn out happily ever after like everyone could see coming. I guess what I'm getting at is that I couldn't get into a comedic mood with children's lives at stake. I guess I need to chill out and check my brain, but I couldn't get it done. That being said, there was some comedy gold hidden in there. |
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Suffice to say, I found it extremely unfunny at the time, especially the scenes with the gyno, the books, etc. Having watched it several times on HBO this past summer, I have a greater appreciation for the film but outside of a few scenes, it's clearly at the bottom of the Apatow file for me. Superbad is about 10 million times as funny IMO. |
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I like it, but i cant stand the Leslie Mann character. She just annoyed the heck out of me. |
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I mean like Superbad, 40YOV, Knocked Up, and Forgetting Sarah Marshall. |
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I still think Freaks and Geeks is one of the best things Apatow has ever been associated with, if not the best.
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I've never laughed as much during a movie as 40 Year Old Virgin. That is his high point IMO.
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jesus christ, I just caught Epic Movie on tv. Someone shoot me in the ****ing mouth...
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I just bought equilibrium from best buy for $6, this movie any good?
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Was this movie in theaters? I saw the ratings on amazon.com from customers and went there tonight and saw it on sale (from 9.99) |
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I watched Southland Tales the other day. It was ok. It was sort of creative in the way they shot it but I thought some of the themes were hack and played out. I think the whole paranoia about the Patriot Act and Big Brother angle has been done many times before and much better than in this movie. I didn't think the director had much to say beyond that. A lot of show for very little substance.
Plus it was hard to really care much about any of the characters. |
One of my friends recently had ACL surgery which laid her up for a couple days and asked for some movie recommendations. She loves gritty, gangster films; favorite movie is actually Goodfellas which floored me coming from a chick.
<o></o> Anyway, threw these at her and figured I copy/paste what I wrote for discussion or add to the queue for anyone else who likes this gene. <o></o> Cheers! The Way of the Gun – personal favorite you probably never heard of, subtly complicated plot (9/10) Running Scared – pretty mainstream, probably heard of (8/10) Lucky Number Slevin – see above (8/10) Layer Cake – my absolute favorite out of the group (10/10) Kiss Kiss Bang Bang – mainstream, lots of comedy moments (8/10) Smokin' Aces – everyone I talked to either loved or hated, I loved it (8/10) |
I liked Layer Cake a lot. Almost no one I talk to has ever seen it. I read the book too. It's a good book- has a different ending.
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Way of the Gun - Great little underrated flick. Running Scared - Rocks! Another gem Lucky number Slevin - Never seen it Layer Cake - Never seen it Kiss Kiss bang Bang - Great flick. Robert Downy Jr's true comeback flick. Nice comeback for Shane Black as well. Smokin Aces- It was ok. I didnt think it was anything special. I expected more. |
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Saw....
Footfistway-7/10 pretty funny at times, similiar style to a napolean dynamite. About a taekwondo instructer. The Love Guru-5/10 but had some suprisingly funny parts, shity plot of course. |
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