Movies are the only socially acceptable way of getting out of our heads for periods of time and just zoning out. Here's to em'....
Three of my favorite comedys...
1. Caddyshack
2. Blazzing Saddles
3. Citizen Toxie: Toxic Avenger IV
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Three of my favorite comedys...
1. Caddyshack
2. Blazzing Saddles
3. Citizen Toxie: Toxic Avenger IV
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Five of my favorite comedys:
1. Young Frankenstein
2. The Producers
3. Anchorman
4. Austin Powers: Goldmember
5. Elf
5 Fav Comedys - Not in order of rating
Stripes
CaddyShack
Super Troopers
Big Daddy
Family Man - Mostly because oif the Smack in the face it was for me when we had our first child
And you can't forget BeetleJuice
Duck Soup
Where's Poppa
Dr. Strangelove
Blazing Saddles
Dogma
Gotta say I LOL when I watched the movies you guys already chose. I never saw that toxic one. I will have to look it up.
BASEKETBALL!!!!!!
How did everyone forget
I would have to say anything in the group of Mallrats!, Dogma, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, Clerks are Funny movies.
Can anyone tell me which one is missing?
ANYONE!!
BUELLER?
BUELLER??
Quote from: amdiscgolfer on March 29, 2006, 06:12:17 PM
BUELLER??
I used to think John Hughes was a hack but Ferris Bueller's Day Off is better each time I watch it and the last slapstick half hour of Home Alone cracks me up.
By the way, Chasing Amy and Jersey Girl were missing from your Kevin Smith list.
Airplane!
...and don't call me Shirley
My five:
Field of Dreams
Groundhog Day
The Good, The Bad and the Ugly
Men in Black
Planes, Trains and Automobiles
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Quote from: amdiscgolfer on March 29, 2006, 06:12:17 PM
BUELLER??
I used to think John Hughes was a hack but Ferris Bueller's Day Off is better each time I watch it and the last slapstick half hour of Home Alone cracks me up.
By the way, Chasing Amy and Jersey Girl were missing from your Kevin Smith list.
Nice Job - I forgot about Jersery Girl - But Really didnt like that one
Those are some great comedies, Bruce. I find that I can't help laughing out loud every time I think of "Field of Dreams" and "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly"!
"The In-Laws"--the original
Ha! Didn't notice that it was comedies.
Team America World Police - i got a buddy at work that can make me laugh for hours talking about this one
Quote from: whofarted on March 30, 2006, 06:28:55 AM
Team America World Police - i got a buddy at work that can make me laugh for hours talking about this one
Funnyfunnyfunny. It had one of the best sex scenes in any movie. Did you ever see a show on Nickelodeon called Kablaam? They had a similar stop action doll segment with a title something like "Action League Now" whcih had a simnilar feel. The dolls were action heroes. Of course, a friend of mine and I had done this in the early 90's. We did a 10 minute movie of the story of the exodus using Star Trek figurines (including a klingon as Pharoh) and the little tykes people as the slaves. The burning bush took place on the stove and the parting of the red sea took place in a double sink. It was so politically incorrect that Bill Maher would blush.
QuoteFunnyfunnyfunny. It had one of the best sex scenes in any movie. Did you ever see a show on Nickelodeon called Kablaam? They had a similar stop action doll segment with a title something like "Action League Now" whcih had a simnilar feel. The dolls were action heroes. Of course, a friend of mine and I had done this in the early 90's. We did a 10 minute movie of the story of the exodus using Star Trek figurines (including a klingon as Pharoh) and the little tykes people as the slaves. The burning bush took place on the stove and the parting of the red sea took place in a double sink. It was so politically incorrect that Bill Maher would blush.
sounds pretty funny. that kind of stuff is great to look back on and laugh at years later. i have been living with a buddy of mine for the past few months and every tuesday night a few friends stop by and jam in the basement. afterwards they burn the session onto cd and listen to what was going on. two weeks ago one brought over some of the movies that were made and we watched those instead of listening to the session and they were hysterical. they were about 15 minutes long and titles like 'suave karate' and the 'knuckle church'. we laughed for a while watching these guys act like boobs and not caring at all.
Quote from: bruce_brakel on March 30, 2006, 06:13:08 AM
Ha! Didn't notice that it was comedies.
Yah, but Tuco in "The Good, the Bad, & the Ugly" definetly made me laugh a few times.
"When you have to shoot, just shoot, don't talk"
And at the end after Lee Van Cleef is killed and he motions with the shovel to Clint, like he doesn't know how to use one.
On thread topic, the movie "Waiting" definetly wasn't great, but the game they played at the restaurant & the different positions made me laugh til my sides hurt.
Quote from: Chainmeister on March 30, 2006, 06:49:02 AM
Did you ever see a show on Nickelodeon called Kablaam? They had a similar stop action doll segment with a title something like "Action League Now" whcih had a simnilar feel. The dolls were action heroes. Of course, a friend of mine and I had done this in the early 90's. We did a 10 minute movie of the story of the exodus using Star Trek figurines (including a klingon as Pharoh) and the little tykes people as the slaves. The burning bush took place on the stove and the parting of the red sea took place in a double sink. It was so politically incorrect that Bill Maher would blush.
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http://www.nickelodeon.com.au/toonroom/kablam/action.html ... yeah, that was classic; I wonder if they still show it? Doesn't show up on the 'American' site (...."She flies like Thunder!!)
I'd love to see that Exodus video; you still have it? (don't tell me it's on Beta....)
Quote from: damonshort on March 30, 2006, 09:10:30 AM
...I'd love to see that Exodus video; you still have it? (don't tell me it's on Beta....)
Yeah, got it-- in VHS. We play it every Passover. I will get it to you when you get back from vacation.
QuoteYeah, got it-- in VHS. We play it every Passover. I will get it to you when you get back from vacation.
what was the occasion for the filming? just something fun to do?
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what was the occasion for the filming? just something fun to do?
Had me one of them newfangled videocameras. Its long since dead. We had been Satirizing the passover seder for years. We had written a number of songs that we had begun singing at our mock seders, "a long long time ago, I can still remember, Yul Brenner used to make me cry..." We had rewritten the pages of the typical Maxwell House Haggadah that you got at the grocery store, "That's Sophies House of Bondage!" That evolved into a raucous drinking party that was nominally a seder where my brother brought an electric piano to provide music and we had cups 1a,2b 3c etc. of wine and basically killed dozens of bottles of wine. My friend and co-writer Steve found plagues ie. rubber insects and dead babies, in drawers, his refrigerator etc for weeks thereafter. The movie seemed like a logical next step.
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Quote from: damonshort on March 30, 2006, 09:10:30 AM
...I'd love to see that Exodus video; you still have it? (don't tell me it's on Beta....)
Yeah, got it-- in VHS. We play it every Passover. I will get it to you when you get back from vacation.
cool; I can make a DVD of it for you.
My three favorite Westerns:
The Magnificent 7-Yul Brenner, Steve McQueen, Charles Bronson, James Coburn, Robert Vaughn, and others as the ultimate cool group. Eli Wallach as the philosophical bad guy. My personal favorite.
Rio Bravo- I am not a big John Wayne fan, but he was at his John Waynest in this movie. A gimpy Walter Brennan who was called Stumpy was great and having Dean Martin and Ricky Nelson sing in a western is a bonus.
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance- John Wayne, Jimmy Stewart, and Lee Marvin at his worst. It is B&W, which may not be your thing, but it is an excellent story, and the line at the end of the film is a classic.
Honorable mention:
Silverado
The Professionals
Ride the High Country
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
:happy1:
Add to Tom's good list-Unforgiven with Clint Eastwood, Morgan Freeman and a wicked Gene Hackman and a very haunting one called Dead Man with Johnny Depp and a score by Neil Young.
never got into the westerns too much - but occasionally (when i had cable) would flip onto AMC and watch some of those old wayne movies like north to alaska and others. i really enjoyed em'. true american grit, great characters, and no influence of political correctness.
Thre Real Dirt on Farmer Joe - saw this last night, it is a movie about man who is given a farm that has been in his family for generations and what he does with it. i nearly walked out of the theater within the first five minutes when they showed him in a really weird outfit riding around on his tractor looking like a complete fruit cake, but i'm glad i stayed. the story, which is real, was good. the charecters were just like people that you or i know and the actual place where this takes place isnt more than a few miles from where i live, which was the driving reason for me seeing it. it paints a good picture of life on the farm, rural america, and how those two things have changed over the last 80 years. the main charecter can wear a little thin at times but the overall story is worth a vewing.
One Fierce Beer Run - this is another true story about life on the road with the rock group - the bloodhound gang. if your familiar with their songs and like their brand of humor you'll enjoy the dvd. it is kinda like a jackass but with a good soundtrack and some funnier skits. lots of fart and genital jokes and a couple good fights too.
Remember the Titans Greatest football movie ever made
Payback Mel Gibson's best role, laughed my arse off
Support your local sheriff Favorite James Garner movie, funniest western
Raiders of the lost ark The benchmark for action movies, Harrison Ford's best 80's role
Shawshank Redemption Great Story, loved Morgan Freeman's narration
Any of the "Jack Ryan" movies Harrison Ford's best 90's character
Field of Dreams How can you not watch this. James Earl Jones' character was phenomenal
The Dirty Dozen Classic war movie starring some big hitters of yesteryear
Kelly's Heroes Clint Eastwood, Donald Sutherland, Don Rickles, Carrol O'Connor in war movie classic
Hang em high My favorite of Clint Eastwood's spaghetti westerns
I just saw a movie called "The Jacket" last night.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0366627/
I thought it was pretty good. Definitely recommended if you have on-demand. Probably wouldnt buy it though.
so anybody going to see DaVinci Code this weekend?
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so anybody going to see DaVinci Code this weekend?
I saw it and meh....it was good, just wasn't extroidinary. I may have been a victim of hype and thought it was going to be better. I was thinking "Tom Banks (I mean Hanks :lol:)and Ron Howard, how could you go wrong...
I have heard from several people that read the book that the movie was one of the best ever to be done.
IMO it was an entertaining movie but never pulled me in 100% and even dragged in some spots. I just became uncomfortable and wanted it to end...(2 1/2 hours long)
saw the divinci code last night - it reminded me of a two hour episode of matlock starring tom hanks. for how cool the movie could have been i would have to say that it only deserves a star and a half at most. worst part was that there was probably 35 minutes of commercials to sit through before the movie began.
here's a theory - the producers did the movie at about 75% of what their talent and resources would allow, knowing that the movie would get a big draw no matter if it was a four star movie or two star.
pretty much a waste of eight bucks
Anyone seen The Departed yet? I figure it's good without needing anyone's opinion, but was wondering.
With the season winding down I'm on movies & TV vs. discs. :-\
Saw a great movie called "Brick" last night.
Good cast, quirky characters, convoluted plot.
Won the Sundance Film Festival Special Jury Prize, not that a prize makes a movie any better, but it IS good.
Maybe this should now be called the Netflix/Winter thread :icon_spiderman:
Quote from: Tom McManus on April 06, 2006, 01:52:26 AM
My three favorite Westerns:
The Magnificent 7
Rio Bravo
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
Honorable mention:
Silverado
The Professionals
Ride the High Country
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
:happy1:
My 3 are:
The Good, the Bad, & the Ugly. Awesome Clint Eastwood Western, best of the spaghetti-westerns. Can't say enough about Eli Wallach's character, Tuco, and Lee Van cleef as Angel Eyes. Ennio Morricone's music & Sergio Leone's direction = awesome.
Once Upon A Time in the West: Best Charles Bronson ever. Henry Fonda also good, seemingly the mold for the Bill character in Kill Bill.
Unforgiven. Ahh, Clint Eastwood with a gun in hand.
I've seen almost all of Tom's list and agree that they are good, just not as near to my heart as these. I definetly second the comments about Rio Bravo & John Wayne, but that would be my favorite of the JW movies.
Also in my good Westerns list:
Any Clint Eastwood (Hang 'Em High, High Plains Drifter, etc.)
Tombstone (best Val Kilmer acting role)
Quote from: Mukey on October 18, 2006, 10:47:10 AM
Anyone seen The Departed yet? I figure it's good without needing anyone's opinion, but was wondering.
With the season winding down I'm on movies & TV vs. discs. :-\
I saw it Friday night. Very good movie if you like violence which I do. A lot of good actors in this one. Other than the ending it was well worth it.
Saw "Kiss, Kiss, Bang, Bang" the other night.
OK movie if you like the main character talking to you in narration. VERY HOT Michelle Monaghan with red hair. Worth a rental.
I am leaving work early tomorrow so a friend and I can be the first to see Borat tomorrow afternoon. Its just a humanitarian mission. If you heard the radio ads if we don't see the movie Borat says, "I be execute." ;D ;D
Quote from: Chainmeister on November 02, 2006, 09:00:14 AM
I am leaving work early tomorrow so a friend and I can be the first to see Borat tomorrow afternoon. Its just a humanitarian mission. If you heard the radio ads if we don't see the movie Borat says, "I be execute." ;D ;D
Cool, give us the skinny on if it's worth the $8.
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Quote from: Chainmeister on November 02, 2006, 09:00:14 AM
I am leaving work early tomorrow so a friend and I can be the first to see Borat tomorrow afternoon. Its just a humanitarian mission. If you heard the radio ads if we don't see the movie Borat says, "I be execute." ;D ;D
Cool, give us the skinny on if it's worth the $8.
Saw it last night at the chicago premiere. I won tickets on the Johnny B show on 97.9 on the way to work when I called in and got into a Borat impersonation contest. They had me and another guy going back and forth at each other for a few minutes, it was hilarious. Anyways, the movie was great. Complete shock entertainment from beginning to end.
Saw Borat! yesterday. If you get offended by things, have a hard time laughing at yourself or if you do not care for black comedy, this is not for you. If not- its pee in your pants funny. I think the litmus test for Borat! is the TV show Curb Your Enthusiasm. The director, Larry Charles, is common to both. if you dig Curb I suspect "you like" Borat. I have a sick sense of humor so I laughed so hard it hurt.
Saw Running With Scissors tonight. Such a bizarre film its hard to believe that parts or all of it is true....
A friend rented MI:3 the other day and we watched it. Don't bother, it sucked.
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A friend rented MI:3 the other day and we watched it. Don't bother, it sucked.
But the commercial said it was the best one!?
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Quote from: Mukey on November 06, 2006, 08:06:50 AM
A friend rented MI:3 the other day and we watched it. Don't bother, it sucked.
But the commercial said it was the best one!?
Usually in movies the 1st installment of any "franchise" is the best, this was no exception.
but the commercial said it was the best one!
I saw Running Scared (2006) last night. Best movie I've seen in quiet some time. Definitely worth the rent.
Saw "The Prestige" the other night. Pretty good, even in the slower parts. But I did see it at the Tivoli in Downers Grove for $3. :)
Rented & watched "The Da Vinci Code" last night. Holy not-worth-the-hype Batman!
Saw "Stay" last night, with Ewan McGregor , Namoi Watts , & Ryan Gosling.
Wish I had and hour and a half of my life back.
Slow movie, with the "twist" leaving you feeling disappointed that there wasn't something more at the end of the film.
Saw "Strangers With Candy" The movie last night and if you like the series on Comedy Central you will like the movie. I actually like the series better though.
WARNING: VERY politically incorrect.
Saw Casino Royale, the new Bond flick Friday.
It's very good. Fans will not be disappointed and I would go to see the first 5 minutes again.
Quote from: Mukey on December 04, 2006, 07:41:57 AM
Saw Casino Royale, the new Bond flick Friday.
It's very good. Fans will not be disappointed and I would go to see the first 5 minutes again.
I saw it and I thought it was alright, but Pierce Brosnan is much much better. This dude is just kind of quiet and doesn't have the same personality that you expect to see in a Bond movie. It fit for this particular movie though because he is only starting out as a double agent.
As far as the action goes, the opening sequence was really about all your gonna get. There was no really good car scenes which just pissed me off. And the poker game lasts forever.
I actually watched 2 movies over the weekend! I finally saw Peter Jackson's King Kong and then I watched the SpongeBob SquarePants movie lol. Quite the contrast between the two movies obviously. I really liked King Kong. It did go a little long, but it was very well done. Man can that girl (Naomi Watts) scream. SpongeBob was ... well, SpongeBob. The only part where I felt they went too overboard was the scene with David Hasselhoff. It was just bizarre. Other than that it was what I normally expected to see in a spongebob related show. I like the SpongeBob "Dunces & Dragons" episode a lot better than the movie.
I have never been a big Bond fan but I really liked this one. I am in the minority in that I like the new Bond. I will leave comment to others but suffice it to say that my wife was swooning over the new Bond. I have rarely heard her use the term "hot" to describe an actor. Two other cinema tidbits--
Saw The Fountain with the entire family including my in laws. Its what I call a noble failure. I doesn't always work but I still really liked it. Three intersecting story lines in different times and places all about how we try to avoid death. I would much rather see a movie that aims high and doesn't always make it than a lot of other stuff out there.
Last night on cable saw a movie called 11:14 where a series events intersect in a small town at 11:14 p.m. Each story line is sicker, weirder and more disturbing than the last. Hillary Swank is one of the ensamble. If you like dark humor this will work for you. My litmus test for this one would be the Coen Brothers movie Blood Simple. If you liked that 11:14 will be worth a rental.
Quote from: Chainmeister on December 04, 2006, 09:18:16 AMLast night on cable saw a movie called 11:14 where a series events intersect in a small town at 11:14 p.m. Each story line is sicker, weirder and more disturbing than the last. Hillary Swank is one of the ensamble. If you like dark humor this will work for you. My litmus test for this one would be the Coen Brothers movie Blood Simple. If you liked that 11:14 will be worth a rental.
Oh man, the penis seen! :o
For some reason, I watched You Me and Dupree the other night. Down right AWFUL! I was then in need to see something good, so I watched True Romance. That movie is definitely in my top 3.
Saw "Primer", a Sundance film the other night.
Basically, 2 researchers invent a time machine & problems ensue. Made for $7000, the main driving force is the dialogue. I actually regret returning it 'cause I should give it a second watch to get everything.
Saw "Superman Returns" last night. Pretty good, the use of the old Superman theme kinda brought me back. The new Superman channeled Christopher Reeve's stumbling Clark well and also got the "Goodnight, Lois" down. Kinda cool to see Superman really seeming super, effects-wise. Worth a rent, but not a purchase.
Oh yeah, Kevin Spacey was great as Lex Luthor, I just wish they kept the old Luthor theme also.
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Quote from: Mukey on November 06, 2006, 08:06:50 AM
A friend rented MI:3 the other day and we watched it. Don't bother, it sucked.
But the commercial said it was the best one!?
Usually in movies the 1st installment of any "franchise" is the best, this was no exception.
The die hard Trilogy is the exception to that Rule!
Saw Clerks 2 last night. While it had it's moments, it was nowhere near as funny as the original. The Randall character seemed to be trying too hard, but I think the best part was when he was downing the Lord of the Rings to a couple of die-hard Tolkien fans. It wastes away to a crappy love story.
Watched Miami Vice: too dark, uninteresting characters, a boring story, the women were not that hot, lame action sequences. The soundtrack was good. Pick up the soundtrack, avoid the movie.
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Quote from: Mukey on November 06, 2006, 08:52:19 AM
Quote from: WkeBrd3 on November 06, 2006, 08:13:41 AM
Quote from: Mukey on November 06, 2006, 08:06:50 AM
A friend rented MI:3 the other day and we watched it. Don't bother, it sucked.
But the commercial said it was the best one!?
Usually in movies the 1st installment of any "franchise" is the best, this was no exception.
The die hard Trilogy is the exception to that Rule!
I think that the first Die Hard was the best, no comparison with the other two. As far as a sequel being better, I think Aliens is better than Alien. They are two different types of movies, Alien was ok, but Aliens is one of my favorites. Aliens is like The Dirty Dozen in outer space.
as far as sequels...
Booty Call II much better than original Booty Call.
Proof
I saw that 11:14 movie too and I thought it was pretty good.
Other movies I've seen recently that were suprisingly good:
Lucky Number Slevin
Eight Below
My three favorite comedies:
1. Young Frankenstein. My buddies were pissed when I pushed them to go see a black and white movie. Could be worse....
2. The Producers. Funny all the way through. May be too dated for some guys here.
3. Animal House. Need to watch the dvd. Not the watered down versions that always show up on the tv.
Five others in no particular order:
Elf
There's Something About Mary. (Anything with Brett Favre has got to be good) Again the dvd not the tv version.
Ground Hog Day
Anchorman
The Philadelphia Story
Quote from: Dan Michler on December 16, 2006, 11:54:26 AM
I saw that 11:14 movie too and I thought it was pretty good.
Other movies I've seen recently that were suprisingly good:
Lucky Number Slevin
Eight Below
I with you on Lucky Number Slevin, one of the best I have seen in a while. I'll have to check out 11:14 and Eight Below. If you like Lucky Number Slevin, try Assault on Precinct 13 and Training Day.
I have seen both of those previously. they were pretty good.
how u gonna leave dumb and dumber off your little list there Tom? unreal!
another pretty recent movie i saw was The Greatest Game Ever Played. its a golf movie and i really like it alot. better than tin cup or bagger vance for sure :) its on video so go check it out tommy.
I found this to be pretty interesting. I was surprised I made it thru when it was over.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7866929448192753501&q=loose+change&hl=en
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4377032998245988095&hl=en
better version
i thought it was pretty interesting too, but if you watch it i think you should keep in mind that the people who made the video obviously had an agenda, and they set out to present this information in a persuasive way that would lead them to the conclusions that they may have already come to before they even looked at any facts. i'm not saying that i do believe what they are saying or don't believe it, cuz the truth probably lies somewhere in the middle.
Watched an older movie (1994) last night called "Swimming with Sharks"
It's about an assistant to a big Hollywood producer, who is a complete self-centered ass.
Kevin Spacey as the boss & Frank Whaley (guy who kept saying "what?" to Sam Jackson in Pulp Fiction) as the assistant.
Kevin Spacey shines & the dialogue is well written. Good commentary on how any workplace will change you. I'll be picking up a copy of this once Christmas is over.
Watched Adam Sandler's "Punch Drunk Love" last night. (ahhh, Netflix)
Definetly not a typical love story, it had enough violence to keep me satisfied. :violent1:
One of Sandler's best acting jobs. Worth seeing.
I watched that movie a few years ago and liked it too. It's definitely a bizarre story, but has some good humor in it as well.
"That's That!" one of my favorite parts in the movie
Watched the unrated version of Beerfest today. Not as funny as Supertroopers, but still a good time. You can't go wrong making with goofy German accents, beer bongs, and breasts.
Also watched two movies with my wife, Little Miss Sunshine and Invincible. Little Miss Sunshine is great. A great road trip movie with great characters. It is well written and well acted.
Invincible is a very good movie about a local Philadelphia guy who made the Philadelphia Eagles in the seventies, based on a real life character. The football action was great, I think it is amoung the best I have seen in a feature film. The back stories were good, (Dad, friends, relationships with women...). The movie that it is similar to is Rudy. I think that I may have enjoyed this one more than Rudy. But this one is fresh in my mind.
Two more:
A Scanner Darkly: Based on a Phillip K. Dick novel ( He also wrote Total Recall, Blade Runner and Minority Report). Deals with drug addiction. I didn't like the film too much until the very end when it all came together. Uses the style that shows up in many commercials today, filmed in live action and then adds animation. Kind of interesting, Robert Downey Jr. was very good in this film.
Jet Li's Fearless: Not as much action as Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon or Iron Monkey but still very good.
I watched "Flirting" today while Becky and Maddisen were with my folks (at my non-disc golfing brother's house) for Christmas Eve. I've been having a lot of asthma problems with the warm weather and could not tolerate my Brother's cat.
Anyway, it is one of Thandie Newton's and Nicole Kidman's first movies. It is a quiet story about a girl's and boy's (across the lake from each other, of course) prep schools in 1965. It's a decent, if predictable, movie. I'm always a sucker for coming of age movies. I recommend it to the romantic movie watchers out there that like quiet movies.
My friend convinced me to watch "Talladega Nights" the other day, even though I'm NOT a Will Ferrell fan.
It actually was better than his usual low-brow humor, and was much more intelligent than the commercials for it made out. I laughed a few times until I almost cried, so I'd definetly recommend it.
I saw "Green Street Hooligans" yesterday with Elijah Wood.
Decent enough movie, but with Wood as a badass, kinda hard to accept. (Frodo!!)
If you have no problem seeing him as anything other than a Hobbit then you might enjoy this one.
Was kinda like a poor-man's English Fight Club.
Quote from: Mukey on December 27, 2006, 08:34:34 AM
I saw "Green Street Hooligans" yesterday with Elijah Wood.
Decent enough movie, but with Wood as a badass, kinda hard to accept. (Frodo!!)
If you have no problem seeing him as anything other than a Hobbit then you might enjoy this one.
Was kinda like a poor-man's English Fight Club.
I'll have to check this one out. If you want to watch a fighting movie with english accents that will scare the absoulte @#%&*$ out of you rent A Clockwork Orange. Its been years since I saw this movie and it still scares me.
Speaking of english accents, I saw Chidren of Men the other day. It really has only two ideas- a post apocolyptic nativity, and living in a world that seems like it will end when the last currently living person dies. I ussually have a problem with movies where there's not much more to say after you get the joke, but this one stayed with me. Its vision of a near future @2027 is very clearly realized and very scary. Something has caused every woman in the world to be infertile. There have been no children for 18 years. Everybody figures it will all end soon since there is nobody to carry on. People cried when the youngest person in the world, aged 18, died. England is the one place in the world that sort of keeps chugging along. It becomes very isolationist- drastic efforts to bar immigration- to keep from having the entire world coming to the island. Society looks almost normal out of one eye and very much like a police state out of the other. Ok- a lot of recent movies create this kind of world. Added to this is the look you can see in everybody's eye showing how they realize that once they die, there is one less person before its all over.
A pregnant woman is found and a rebel group wants to use her to push their cause. Efforts to save her and the baby to come lead to a mundane thriller with obvious religious metaphors set against very cool pictures of the near future. The director, Cuaron, did the 4th and best Harry Potter movie. He is good with dark imagery. Michael Caine steals the picture as an aging pot dealer who lives in a secluded utipia with his seriously ill wife.
Oveall-- A bargain renter or a great movie to find on cable in six months. Not worth first run money.
Quote from: Chainmeister on December 30, 2006, 01:24:07 PM
If you want to watch a fighting movie with english accents that will scare the absoulte @#%&*$ out of you rent A Clockwork Orange. Its been years since I saw this movie and it still scares me.
I've seen it Dave & you're right, its great. A bit of the 'ole ultra-violence anyone? I love the milk-bar!
Saw Blood Diamond yesterday. Great movie that will make you flinch sometimes, kinda like Hotel Rwanda. DiCaprio does an excellent job & Jennifer Connelly never looked better. Worth first-run money.
Oh yeah, I also saw "Matchstick Men" this weekend with Nick Cage.
Pretty typical con-man-reforms type of movie. Has a twist that anyone who has seen a con-man movie will probably see coming. Not a bad rental, but NOT a purchase.
Saw Children of Men today. Good film, could be a source of interesting conversation concerning the 'what ifs' and the real world.
Working on my second viewing of The Black Dahlia. It is a very good movie of a great fictionalized book based on a true story. James Ellroy, who also wrote L.A. Confidential is a great writer who specializes in crime, specifically crime in Los Angeles.
This is a Brian DePalma film with lots of violence and some great camera work. His best work in a number of years. Not as good as the book, but what film is? But it does capture the essence of the book. Highly recommended.
Saw a classic last night: The Treasure of the Sierra Madre with Humphrey Bogart.
Bogart does well as a down&out bum in Mexico who dreams of making it rich and lets the greed overcome him.
Walter Huston is spot on as the aging prospector who's seen it all and really steals the picture from Bogart.
I aslo really like Tim Holt's performance as Bogart's buddy who seems to almost have the same struggles with greed but overcomes them. There are a few moments when you could see the inner turmoil in his eyes.
If you haven't seen it, & like good acting, then this is definetly worth a watch.
Oh, yeah. This movie is the originator of the "we don't need no stinking badges!" line. Funny to finally see it in it's original context.
My Super Ex-Girlfriend is a rental bonus. Very funny, Uma Thurman plays a great psycho girlfriend.
Quote from: Tom McManus on January 10, 2007, 01:19:11 AM
My Super Ex-Girlfriend is a rental bonus. Very funny, Uma Thurman plays a great psycho girlfriend.
Tom, please tell me you're joking...
Quote from: WkeBrd3 on January 11, 2007, 05:41:32 AM
Quote from: Tom McManus on January 10, 2007, 01:19:11 AM
My Super Ex-Girlfriend is a rental bonus. Very funny, Uma Thurman plays a great psycho girlfriend.
Tom, please tell me you're joking...
I thought it was funny. Not joking, on the other hand I couldn't watch You, Me and Dupree I thought that was horrible.
Quote from: Tom McManus on January 11, 2007, 06:07:07 AM
Quote from: WkeBrd3 on January 11, 2007, 05:41:32 AM
Quote from: Tom McManus on January 10, 2007, 01:19:11 AM
My Super Ex-Girlfriend is a rental bonus. Very funny, Uma Thurman plays a great psycho girlfriend.
Tom, please tell me you're joking...
I thought it was funny. Not joking, on the other hand I couldn't watch You, Me and Dupree I thought that was horrible.
I thought both movies were horrible. Haven't seen a good one lately. Actually, Waiting was ok. The goat!
Saw "Croupier" with Clive Owen as an aspiring writer who takes a a job as a dealer in a casino, or croupier in England.
Decent film with Clive narrating over sorta like in Sin City. Does well as a dual-personality-life piece and has an ending you kinda don't see coming. 3 of 5 stars in Netflix. Worth a rental.
I just seen 11:14 not to long ago, a bunch of random events that don't seem tied together but are in the end. I enjoyed this one.
Not a movie, but worth mentioning:
The "Cowboy Bebop" anime series.
Space-bound Bounty hunters in the future seek bounties and encounter trouble all along the way.
Very well drawn and most of the episodes end up with the main characters no better off than before.
Music is great, done by a Japanese-jazz band . (I know! Sounded crazy to me also)
Worth renting & having someone who owns a DVD Recorder make copies of 'em for you. >:D
Also saw "Crank" with Jason Statham.
Guy gets poisoned & has to keep his adrenaline up in order to keep from dying.
Good hook that keeps the action moving. Lots of off-beat laughs. It is what it is, but it does it well. Kinda slows down a bit after he meets up with his girl, but DEFINETLY worth a rental.
Watched the Gladiator Extended Edition last night... I did catch a good portion of the new scenes, but I didn't really get too much added value out of them like you do from watching the Extended Lord of the Rings movies. I still love the movie and certainly am not complaining about having more added to the movie. I don't really think that it will make me want to go out and buy my own copy of the extended edition dvd though. The one thing that I did like is that you could watch either version of the movie from the same dvd.
I, too, saw Crank this weekend and agree with Chris's comments. It is what it is.
This was just the start of our guys' weekend film festival, followed by:
Jack Ass 2: Disgusting, disturbing, & hilarious. Use the bathroom before you watch it or you'll soil yourself laughing.
Idiocracy: By Mike Judge, who produced "Office Space", 500 years in the future the world is 100% inhabited & ruled by selfish idiots, even more than now. Unbelievably funny. Rent it when your wife/girlfriend sends you un-accompanied to the video store.
The Protector: Tony Jaa kicks some butt, all because "You took my elephant!" Cool fight seens, story sucks.
Idocracy could describe the studio. I saw that in the theatre when the studio tried to bury by limiting its release to like 250 screens. I think I drove about 30 miles to see it in a theatre with about 5 other guys in there. Funniest movie I saw last year though. "It has electroyltes!"
My wife & I watched Mr. & Mrs. Smith over the weekend. One of the best action movies that I've seen mainly because of the dialog. I think someone that is married would get a lot more appreciation for this movie than someone that is single, but that's just my opinion. Definitely worth the rental.
Employee of the Month. Not great but it is watchable with some funny moments. I did think the outakes were very funny.
Wife and I are on a mission to see all the movies with nominated actors, directors etc in the next couple of weeks. Saw two last week.
Notes on a Scandal- great. Judy Dench is amazing as a closeted teacher who attachers herself to a younger teacher, Cate Blanchett. The younger teacher is involved in a scandal with a student. Little moments are amazing in this one. I think the Best Actress race will be interesting with three Brits invovled. I have already seen Little Children in which Kate Winslett is excellent as a mom who has an affair with a stay at home dad from her neighborhood. The Queen is on my to do list.
The Departed. I liked it and she hated it. We all agree its a great story of deception. Crime boss, Jack Nicholson, deploys Matt Damon to be a cop to get inside info. Leonardo DiCaprio is deployed by the cops to be a rat in Nicholson's organization. However, Scorcese has a very direct way of telling the story that seems little more than a good TV crime drama. I really like the movie but don't see why Scorcese is being mentioned for a directing award other than the fact that he is the Susan Lucci of the Oscar game. At first I defended the movie saying that it was Scorcese's choice to cut the frills from the story telling. However, with time I agree that the story was great but the movie was just above average, not Oscar worthy. Anthony Anderson, who is one of my favorite comedian/actors, has a bit part as one of the cops. I really liked the three main characters. They were very beleivable. I thought Jack was the best crime boss I have seen since DiNiro in The Untouchables- "Baseball..."
Quote from: Chainmeister on February 01, 2007, 07:57:31 AM
I thought Jack was the best crime boss I have seen since DiNiro in The Untouchables- "Baseball..."
A man. A man stands alone at the plate . . . .
Quote from: Chainmeister on February 01, 2007, 07:57:31 AM
Wife and I are on a mission to see all the movies with nominated actors, directors etc in the next couple of weeks. Saw two last week.
Notes on a Scandal- great. Judy Dench is amazing as a closeted teacher who attachers herself to a younger teacher, Cate Blanchett. The younger teacher is involved in a scandal with a student. Little moments are amazing in this one. I think the Best Actress race will be interesting with three Brits invovled. I have already seen Little Children in which Kate Winslett is excellent as a mom who has an affair with a stay at home dad from her neighborhood. The Queen is on my to do list.
The Departed. I liked it and she hated it. We all agree its a great story of deception. Crime boss, Jack Nicholson, deploys Matt Damon to be a cop to get inside info. Leonardo DiCaprio is deployed by the cops to be a rat in Nicholson's organization. However, Scorcese has a very direct way of telling the story that seems little more than a good TV crime drama. I really like the movie but don't see why Scorcese is being mentioned for a directing award other than the fact that he is the Susan Lucci of the Oscar game. At first I defended the movie saying that it was Scorcese's choice to cut the frills from the story telling. However, with time I agree that the story was great but the movie was just above average, not Oscar worthy. Anthony Anderson, who is one of my favorite comedian/actors, has a bit part as one of the cops. I really liked the three main characters. They were very beleivable. I thought Jack was the best crime boss I have seen since DiNiro in The Untouchables- "Baseball..."
I got a good price on a copy of "Little Miss Sunshine" last week. Great satire and performances, truly an 'ensemble flick' and works fine on a small screen.
Quote from: Tom McManus on February 01, 2007, 04:52:56 AM
Employee of the Month. Not great but it is watchable with some funny moments. I did think the outakes were very funny.
It had some funny parts. Jessica is so darn hot!
Watched Saw III last night. Saw III was much more brutal than Saw II. It had some background info from Saw that was interesting and another pretty good ending.
I'd rate.
1. Saw
2. Saw III
3. Saw II
Jackass: Number Two
In the second film based on the infamous MTV series of the same name, Johnny Knoxville, Steve-O, Bam Margera and the rest of the gang continue to shun dignity and embrace danger in a series of idiotic feats. As always, the gross-out factor is high in stunts involving horse semen, a fake beard made out of pubic hair and more as the crew travels to India in this Jeff Tremaine-directed sequel.
I did not think they could go any farther with their pranks and craziness. They stepped it up about 100 notches! Some crazy shite in this one.
I saw the first Jackass and Jackass number two in the theatres and my sides hurt the next day from laughing.
I watched Spy Game recently on DVD. It's from 1991 with Robert Redford and Brad Pitt. Still a good flick. Still worth the Netflix selection.
Saw "The Illusionist" this weekend, with Ed Norton & Jessica Biel. Pretty decent magician flick, but I think I prefer "The Prestige" over this one. They came out at about the same time, but The Prestige does a better job of keeping things a mystery. I saw the ending to this one coming, but The Prestige kept me guessing. Overall worth a rental.
We saw Meet the Robinsons in 3D last weekend. If you are going to see it, definitely see the 3D version. They did not do as much with the 3D as the Disney World attractions "Muppets in 3D" or "Honey I Shrunk the Audience in 3D," but the 3D was pretty cool. It was the best part of the movie, I think. But they missed a lot of opportunities to work the 3D a little better and use more of the theatre space. I'll have to consult on the next one. ^_^
The movie itself was only so-so. Parts of it were funny but the plot resolution and the treatment of the time paradoxes were very weak. Walt Disney himself would have liked it. The movie was built around a couple of his personal mottos and reflected his optimism, humanism and morality. There was nothing offensive in it if none of that is offensive.
They used the grey polarized lenses, not the red and blue, or whatever the colored lenses are. Jon wanted to know that.
Anyway, if you have kids who want to see it, its G-rated fun and the 3D will keep you awake. Oh, one other thing, when they got to the credits its like they ran out of money or time for much in 3D effects. But if you're only there for the 3D, you might as well stick around until the absolute very end, because there is one last 3D effect on the very end of the credits.
Quote from: Mukey on April 03, 2007, 01:19:14 PM
Saw "The Illusionist" this weekend, with Ed Norton & Jessica Biel. Pretty decent magician flick, but I think I prefer "The Prestige" over this one. They came out at about the same time, but The Prestige does a better job of keeping things a mystery. I saw the ending to this one coming, but The Prestige kept me guessing. Overall worth a rental.
Thanks for the rec. I want to see the Prestige. I thought the Illusionist was worth a rental but not great. I like Ed Norton and Jessica Biel...well does it really matter? I thought the best part of the Illusionist was the inspector played by Paul Giamatti. His complex european time period cop reminded me of Geoffrey Rush who was amazing as the cop in Les Miserables.
We saw the Last Mimsy last week. I liked it. In mathmatical phrase it would look like this:
(1/2 * ET) + (1/2 * 1/Alice in Wonderland) = The Last Mimsy
It is not as good as ET if you first saw ET in the theatres. I'd give it a B-.
Becky and I saw Reign Over Me last weekend. I liked this also although I wouldn't give it a wide recommendation. This is the kind of movie that not everyone will appreciate. I thought Adam Sandler did a good job of playing mental illness by way of heart break fairly well. He did not overplay it. The movie was also quite funny for the first 3/4. The sad part kind of dragged a bit and was a touch convoluted but the payoff was good if you like that sort of thing. I give it a B+.
I actually just saw The Prestige the other day on my flight home from Europe. Worth the watch and it was cool to see everything come together at the end. I also saw Stranger Than Fiction and Deja Vu on the flight too. Both are worth the watch too. Will Ferrell is always funny but this one was a little outside his normal role so it was cool to see. Deja Vu definitely got you thinking and had a fairly good plot line.
Not a movie, but a great series is "Hu$tle"
BBC Program about a group of grifters. Stylishly shot & the grifting angle keeps twists coming. I'm about to finish season 1 tonight & theng et the rest of them. Worth a look.
saw blood diamond the other day. pretty good film, decent moral struggles & whatnot. van de kaap is obviously a pseudonym for de beers... film ran maybe 10-15 minutes too long imo.
Quote from: mirth on April 25, 2007, 03:14:01 PM
saw blood diamond the other day. pretty good film, decent moral struggles & whatnot. van de kaap is obviously a pseudonym for de beers... film ran maybe 10-15 minutes too long imo.
I agree with the comment about the length. One ending per film please, I think the record for endings has to be the last chapter of Lord of the Rings.
"The Venture Brothers" series is gold. If anyone remembers Johnny Quest, this is a parody of that, done really well & it makes me laugh out loud every episode.
I just got "Home Moviez" 1st season, Man I wish they kept making them, HILARIOUS!!!!one of the best adult swim cartoons out there until they stopped making new ones.
My wife and I saw the movie Once yesterday after a recommendation from a friend. This was one of the most enjoyable movies I have seen in a long time. The movie is really an ode to music. it is about the love of music- hearing it, performing it, creating it. The movie is very much about the process.
Once is an Irish movie. The star is Glen Hanserd, lead singer of the Irish band, The Frames. He was in the movie The Commitments which came out in the early 90's. That was another Irish movie about regular folks making music from and for the heart. Once begins with him singing a powerful ballad on a streetcorner with his guitar case open so passersby can throw in their change. He chases down a guy who steals the case and catches him. he eventually meets a woman who helps him write and create music. I will not tell much more of the story. its not really very plot driven so there is not much to give away. The character has no name and is listed as "boy" in the credits. the girl is, of course, "girl". The music has a feel of Van Morrison or Sinead O'Connor and other emotional Irish singer/songwriters. The guitar he plays has a hole in it. Its a pretty beat instrument. The girl plays piano but doesn't own one. She cannot afford a piano. She practices at a music store whre the clerk lets her play for an hour while the store is closed for lunch.
There is a scene after a long recording session where the players in a band go to a beach to decompress and throw a frisbee.
Quote from: Chainmeister on July 02, 2007, 09:22:00 AM
My wife and I saw the movie Once yesterday after a recommendation from a friend.
OK, so you've seen the movie one time, but what's the name of the movie? Are you just trying to hold us in suspense? O0
Quote from: Jon Brakel on July 02, 2007, 09:42:22 AM
Quote from: Chainmeister on July 02, 2007, 09:22:00 AM
My wife and I saw the movie Once yesterday after a recommendation from a friend.
OK, so you've seen the movie one time, but what's the name of the movie? Are you just trying to hold us in suspense? O0
What's on second. I saw that one twice. :P Of course, if it was a Spanish language film I might have seen it eleven times.
Saw Harry Potter & the Order of the Phoenix in IMAX 3D. Decent translation of the book, couldn't have everything or it'd be Lord of the Rings length. I was expecting the 3D to be much better than when I was a kid, but it still looked like a really large pop-up book. Thankfully the 3D was only for the last 20 minutes, but you still had to wear glasses.
Worth 1st run money, but skip the IMAX 3D.
Where did you see it? I thought the 3D was great! Not quite as good as Ghosts of the Abyss but pretty good. The breaking glass was excellent. I think they didn't want to do a bunch of stunt angles so if anything it was a little more subtle than a movie that is filmed exclusively for 3D.
HPOotP uses the polarizing glasses for 3D which is most preferred by viewers because it retains more color than the color filtering 3D technology.
I saw it at the Seven Bridges Imax in Woodridge. I agree that the glass breaking was cool, but the other effects I coulda done without. I think I would've enjoyed it more without the funky glasses on my head for the last 20 mintes.
I can't believe no one is talking about Transformers. That movie was amazing!!! Okay, the story line was pretty weak, but the Transformers were very impressive. I've seen it three times already!!
Quote from: Myk on August 09, 2007, 02:24:02 PM
I've seen it three times already!!
lol!!
Maybe then it's worth seeing for $3 at the Tivoli in Downers...
Transformers was good...not as good as The Simpsons Movie. D'oh!
Saw The Number 23 the other night. Pretty good suspense film, weird to see Jim Carrey in a serious role but I thought he did _really_ well.
Two movies:
300 very good movie, but not much chance of a sequel.
Smokin' Aces A steaming pile of dung. A complete waste of time. Garbage. The worst. Pulp Fiction wanna be that wasn't. Horrible.
The newest Bourne movie is very good!
Heh. I want to see 300 in HD.
I made the mistake of thinking 300 was about the Battle of Thermopylae. Turns out it is based on a graphic novel. Xerxes is portrayed as an 8 ft tall androgynous megalomaniac, and all these freaky giant monsters attack the Spartans. They also have the Spartans break ranks during the battle scenes. If they had actually fought that way, they all would have died in the first hour of the battle. Its too bad they made such a mockery of it, because it is one of the coolest stories of the ancient world without making it into a comic book.
But if you go into it with no historical reference, the battle scenes are cool. Its Hollywood.
My daughter has been walking around the house for two week singing "Spiderpig." D'oh! http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1808405878/trailer (http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1808405878/trailer) It's clip # 3. Once you hear it, it will never leave your head. I can't believe we're paying to watch something we could see on TV for free! If you ask me, everyone in the theaters are big suckers! Especially me!
-Discovery channel did a whole special about how 300 was very accurate in many senses. Incredible movie either way. Saw that one at the IMAX and was really happy I did.
-The best IMAX 3D I've seen so far is Monster House (animation is almost like cheating, though). Followed closely by Superman. For Superman, you had to keep putting the glasses on and taking them off (I think there were 4-5 scenes in 3d). Can't wait to see Harry Potter, although I'm dissappointed it's only 20 minutes of 3d.
-Transformers is tremendous. Loved it. You owe it to yourself to see this one on the big screen. Turns out it's a reallt funny movie too. Laughed out loud a lot.
-New Bourne also excellent. I still wish they would stop shaking the camera so much in the action scenes. It was not as bad (the shaking) as the second one, but you still can't see what the hell is going on when their kicking the shit out of each other.
In the end, forget everything above and go see the Simpsons. You'll have to watch that movie like 50 times to catch everything. What an incredible flick. I can't believe it lived up to the hype and build up.
Quote from: mirth on August 09, 2007, 02:39:36 PM
Saw The Number 23 the other night. Pretty good suspense film, weird to see Jim Carrey in a serious role but I thought he did _really_ well.
I caught this movie a few weeks ago. Most Excellent!!!
Another great movie is Mr. Brooks. Yes, it has Kevin Costner in it, but he's not playing his Dances with Wolves/Postman/Waterworld character this time. This time, he's an actual bad guy, and he's pretty darn good, too. The movie also has Dane Cook in it playing a more serious role. You should totally check it out!!!
Quote from: CEValkyrie on August 09, 2007, 06:19:57 PM
The newest Bourne movie is very good!
Once you unravel the extremely complex plot. :rolleyes:
;D
I agree with Tim that the director relied too much on camera motion. I guess that's cheaper than actually choreographing the scene. It was a fun film, though.
Quote from: discmonkey on August 09, 2007, 09:47:08 PM
In the end, forget everything above and go see the Simpsons. You'll have to watch that movie like 50 times to catch everything. What an incredible flick. I can't believe it lived up to the hype and build up.
I wasn't going to see it, but my Minister warned us all in his sermon that it was evil and we should boycott it. I had the kids at the matinee that afternoon. It was worth every penny. It will be awesome when the DVD comes out so you have a chance to catch all the little gags in it.
Quote from: Tom McManus on December 24, 2006, 05:37:31 PM
A Scanner Darkly: Based on a Phillip K. Dick novel ( He also wrote Total Recall, Blade Runner and Minority Report). Deals with drug addiction. I didn't like the film too much until the very end when it all came together. Uses the style that shows up in many commercials today, filmed in live action and then adds animation. Kind of interesting, Robert Downey Jr. was very good in this film.
I agree with Tom on this, if you're watching & wondering where it's going don't worry, there is an ending.
i watched the scanner darkly and it was pretty cool
Saw Die Hard 4 the other day. Really good movie if you're into totally unbelievable action films. I love 'em personally!!!
Superbad. Funniest movie I've seen in the theater for a while now...
At the theatre: Superbad. Pretty funny, not a classic like Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle, but still funny.
At home: The Contract, Morgan Freeman and John Cusac. Pretty good, typically can't go wrong with Morgan Freeman. Letters From Iwo Jima. Clint Eastwood, all subtitles, WWII told from the Japanese perspective. I liked it but wouldn't recommend to most people. Zodiac. Very good movie, a good look at the late 60s early 70s. Very well done.
Saw "The Lookout" this weekend, starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt. Decent movie with a few laughs in unsuspecting places, although if you've seen the trailer only the last part of the movie contains anything unforseen.
I watched A Beautiful Mind this weekend. I'd never seen it before. It was worth the $2. It is hard to say much about it without giving too much away. It is a biography about a mathmetician.
Quote from: Tom McManus on August 23, 2007, 05:28:24 PM
Letters From Iwo Jima. Clint Eastwood, all subtitles, WWII told from the Japanese perspective. I liked it but wouldn't recommend to most people. Zodiac. Very good movie, a good look at the late 60s early 70s. Very well done.
Letters from Iwo Jima was an amazing flick. Loved it to death. Especially after watching Flags of our Fathers. GREAT MOVIES!!!
Zodiac really didn't interest me to much, which surprised me. I'm a huge serial killer movie fan and usually love this type of stuff, but there was nothing really about the murders or anything to give the characters more depth than, "We need to find the killer."
Saw "Shoot 'Em Up" on Saturday. GREAT action movie. If you like the 1st half of Crank, you'll like this movie. Plenty of off-beat laughs also. Paul Giamatti did a great job & Clive Owen was Clive Owen. Well worth first-run money.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TB6qwmSwVMY&feature=dir
where are the frisbee golf players ?
Saw blades of glory last night. It was alright, not as funny as I was hoping it would be. How does Talladega Nights compare on the humor scale?
Watched an anime series called "Afro Samurai" recently. It was on Spike TV but they cut it up into 5 episodes. Samuel L. Jackson & Ron Pearlman voice talents. Rza from Wu-Tang did the soundtrack. Very good revenge story and the animation is very nice. They have all 5 episodes on veoh.com for free viewing.
Quote from: airspuds on September 24, 2007, 11:56:52 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TB6qwmSwVMY&feature=dir
where are the frisbee golf players ?
Very cute but shouldn't it be "playas"?
Saw "Death Proof" this weekend. Classic Tarantino dialogue and some great laughs. Well worth the $3 to rent
Watched "28 Weeks Later" the sequel to the Danny Boyle directed "28 Days Later". It's OK, but very predictable. I only really saw it 'cause I like Robert Carlyle, other than that it wasn't worth the 90 or so minutes.
Saw Michael Clayton last Saturday night. We thought it was a pretty good flick. Predictable in some parts, but I didn't see the ending coming until just before it happened. Worthy of the $6 budget theatres or waiting for it to come out on video.
Saw "3:10 to Yuma" this past weekend. Russel Crowe was really good as the "bad" guy, Christian Bale was OK. Decent Western if you like the genre.
Saw Beowulf on Saturday at Ogden 6 in Naperville ($3 theater for those not in the area). Nice looking, not a total action flick, but the few parts that had action had lots. Well done and worth $3.
Went to see I am Legend on Saturday. Pretty good movie. Not a chick flick that is for sure. Besides the ending I liked the movie.
We saw Juno on Christmas Eve. I highly recommend it. I went to it thinking that it would be a chick flick but was surprised that it is a good broad comedy with a lot of heart. Ellen Page is a very understated actress and perfect in this role. Michael Cera is great as always. By "broad" comedy I just mean that it would be appealing to many demographic groups. I thought the music in this was very good as well. It had some quirky indy stuff that really worked well for the film.
Our whole family like Juno as well. This was the screenwriter's first movie. I liked everything that came out of Ellen Page's mouth. Even when she went into labor she was funny. We cracked up when she got a contraction and said, "Ow, Fuckity, Ow."
I was forced to see this National Treasure movie and it sucked bigtime ballsackage. Boring as hell.
I rented Planet Terror and its well worth the watch. Very entertaining zombie movie by Tarantino.
I read in the Trib the other day that the writer of Juno is from Lemont. Just a little trivia for y'all
Quote from: Chainmeister on December 28, 2007, 04:45:21 AM
Our whole family like Juno as well. This was the screenwriter's first movie. I liked everything that came out of Ellen Page's mouth. Even when she went into labor she was funny. We cracked up when she got a contraction and said, "Ow, Fuckity, Ow."
I agree about Ellen Page's lines :)
Eastern Promises is great. A very good story and great acting.
No Country for Old Men is also a great movie. I think it is one of the best movies I have seen in the last couple of years.
I enjoyed Death Proof more than Planet Terror, but I like chase movies more than zombie movies. I think Death Proof is Tarantino's best film since Reservoir Dogs.
Saw a cool animated film called "Renaissance" with Daniel Craig as the man character's voice talent. It was all black & white, but looked really nice. Story was a formulaic "big corp. in the future" type conspiracy plot. Worth a rental.
I saw Rennaisance at the Chicago Film Festival two years ago right before the Bond movie was released. I agree the plot is a typical.big corp v. little guy story. I However, this thing looked really cool. I liked the animation in this movie. Also, the science fiction idea about the big corporation's drug was kind of cool. I will admit that I am a sucker for what I call "near future" sci fi. The world is different from ours but not that different.
Quote from: Tom McManus on December 28, 2007, 11:08:46 PM
No Country for Old Men is also a great movie. I think it is one of the best movies I have seen in the last couple of years.
After seeing Old Country this weekend, I have to echo Tom's comments. Definetly cream of the crop.
I thought I would be a good son and make a nice pot of meaty chili and invite the folks over to watch some football tomorrow. I went and got the ingredients this morning. Here's the problem. I saw Sweeny Todd this afternoon. I am not sure I am up for it. I am also thinking of growing a beard.
That being said, I laughed the whole time. It was bloody and sometimes hard to watch. Helena Bonham Carter was amazing. If you like dark humor and appreciate Tim Burton's visual style, this is a good one. I suggest a vegetarian dinner if you are having dinner and a show.
Quote from: Chainmeister on January 19, 2008, 05:17:02 PM
I thought I would be a good son and make a nice pot of meaty chili and invite the folks over to watch some football tomorrow. I went and got the ingredients this morning. Here's the problem. I saw Sweeny Todd this afternoon. I am not sure I am up for it. I am also thinking of growing a beard.
That being said, I laughed the whole time. It was bloody and sometimes hard to watch. Helena Bonham Carter was amazing. If you like dark humor and appreciate Tim Burton's visual style, this is a good one. I suggest a vegetarian dinner if you are having dinner and a show.
Or just embrace it full on and have meat pies!
Quote from: Silicon Avatar on January 20, 2008, 10:11:51 AM
Quote from: Chainmeister on January 19, 2008, 05:17:02 PM
I thought I would be a good son and make a nice pot of meaty chili and invite the folks over to watch some football tomorrow. I went and got the ingredients this morning. Here's the problem. I saw Sweeny Todd this afternoon. I am not sure I am up for it. I am also thinking of growing a beard.
That being said, I laughed the whole time. It was bloody and sometimes hard to watch. Helena Bonham Carter was amazing. If you like dark humor and appreciate Tim Burton's visual style, this is a good one. I suggest a vegetarian dinner if you are having dinner and a show.
Or just embrace it full on and have meat pies!
>drift<
meat & pie are two things that should never have been combined!
>end drift<
Death Sentence. Not horrible. Depressing with alot of killing and drags on a little long though.
Beerfest. Same dudes as Super Troopers. Not nearly as funny as Super Troopers, but still had some funny parts.
Breach. Pretty good.
Invasion. Basically a zombie movie with Nicole Kidman who is still not bad to look at. I liked it pretty well, but the last 30 seconds don't fit in with the rest of the movie at all! I dont know what they were thinking there.
Watched Children of Men this weekend. Not as good as I thought it would be but it was good. Maddisen thought that the ending was "dumb".
Watched "Sunshine" starring Cillian Murphy and directed by Danny Boyle (Trainspotting, 28 Days Later)
I enjoyed this sci-fi flick as it tried tos tay pretty close to factual science, but it asked for a bit too much suspension of reality towards the end. Fantastic looking effects though.
P.S. I started renting movies from the Redbox on my route to/from work, for $1/night it's a pretty good deal. You can check whats available at any specific Redbox online & reserve it using a credit card, so you know if the movie you want is there. Cheap & for me at least, convienent.
did anybody see "Across the Universe?" Should i waste the couple hours
Quote from: Mukey on February 11, 2008, 01:16:34 AM
...P.S. I started renting movies from the Redbox on my route to/from work, for $1/night it's a pretty good deal. You can check whats available at any specific Redbox online & reserve it using a credit card, so you know if the movie you want is there. Cheap & for me at least, convienent.
They don't have much in the way of locations in the Chicago area. 3 locations around Oak Brook was all that I could find.
Quote from: ChrisPUTTS on February 11, 2008, 10:12:06 AM
did anybody see "Across the Universe?" Should i waste the couple hours
I didn't want to spend money on seeing it in a theater but plan to rent it. Similar reaction. Speaking of similar- I had a similar reaction to Children of Men. I liked it but not nearly as much as I thought I would. Its a very cool idea but played out like a typical adventure/chase movie with a thinly veiled virgin birth.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=9OnaZ8r3p8g
great movie classic line
Roy Scheider dies
http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Movies/02/10/obit.scheider.ap/index.html?section=cnn_latest
there was a great line from blue thunder but
it escapes me
guess ill have to rent it
http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/6295/Blue-Thunder/overview
at universal studios in CA i was attached by the shark
Quote from: ChrisPUTTS on February 11, 2008, 10:12:06 AM
did anybody see "Across the Universe?" Should i waste the couple hours
I bought it because I had wanted to see it in the theater. I really liked it, but I think many probably won't. About 75% of the movie is acted through Beatles songs, and the rest of the 25% is spoken. There are some really strange parts too, including the part with Bono and the part right after that. Overall, I would say if you like the Beatles, see it, worst thing is you can enjoy the music for 2 hours and 15 min.
Quote from: airspuds on February 11, 2008, 06:59:53 PM
http://youtube.com/watch?v=9OnaZ8r3p8g
great movie classic line
Roy Scheider dies
http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Movies/02/10/obit.scheider.ap/index.html?section=cnn_latest
there was a great line from blue thunder but
it escapes me
guess ill have to rent it
http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/6295/Blue-Thunder/overview
at universal studios in CA i was attached by the shark
Blue Thunder...Great flick, very dated, though. Roy Scheider wise-cracks through the whole thing. My favorite (also very dated) exchange was:
Lymangood (Daniel Stern): All those people. What do you suppose they're all doing down there?
Frank Murphy (Roy Scheider): Well, according to the latest statistics, about 1 million, 775 thousand of them are... getting it on!
Lymangood: That many, eh!
Frank Murphy: The rest are waiting for 'Laverne and Shirley'!
Quote from: Dan Michler on February 10, 2008, 06:53:10 PM
Breach. Pretty good.
I found this one pretty damn slow & no real suspense except when Ryan Phillipe was going to get caught going through his boss' stuff. Too much emphasis on Robert Hansen's Christianity. Couldn't even watch all of it. Ordered a pizza & watched Big Trouble in Little China instead.
Saw Mr Brooks on DVD on Friday. Thought it was pretty good & Kevin Costner played a double life serial killer well.
Saw There Will be Blood on Saturday, although the first choice was to go see No Country for Old Men. Thought the cinematography was great, the story good, but left the theatre feeling perplexed.
Quote from: mirth on February 18, 2008, 08:12:47 AM
Saw Mr Brooks on DVD on Friday. Thought it was pretty good & Kevin Costner played a double life serial killer well.
While I was watching it, I was basically entertained. It kept me interested. After it ended I realized that I had been rooting for the psycho killer. Once I realized that, I was kind-of disturbed.
Saw "Futurama : Bender's Big Score" this weekend. If you like the series, this will provide some laughs, but I was really hoping for more Bender action. Overall I would skip the $1 rental if I could go back in time.
Next time you can. Check out www.insideredbox.com
Quote from: CEValkyrie on December 17, 2007, 07:29:01 AM
Went to see I am Legend on Saturday. Pretty good movie. Not a chick flick that is for sure. Besides the ending I liked the movie.
I finally saw this tonight after waiting to see "The Omega Man" first. Definetly much better than Omega Man, I agree with Bret that the ending coulda been different. For $4 at the Tivoli I'm not complaining though.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cleveland-Loretta_Quagmire
peter - banned from the library for reading while drunk
now thats funny stuff
Saw Lions for Lambs last Sunday. I understand now why I never heard anything about this film after I saw a preview for it last fall. I expected more out of a film from Robert Redford... To his merit he did a good job acting. Meryl Streep seemed really weak, maybe that was the point. Tom Cruise was... well, Tom Cruise.
Iron Man is a great summer movie. Robert Downey Jr. wasn't the first choice to play Stark, but I can't imagine anyone else in the role. Lots of action and comedy, a great start to summer films.
Also saw a movie on DVD called The Savages. It is about a brother and sister dealing with their aging father. A very good movie, but I would only recommend it to about 5 people who actively post on this board.
There was a preview for the new M Night film with Mark Wahlberg. He needs to come up with something new and different. Fooling people for the sake of fooling people gets old after a while.
I agree. Iron Man was a lot of fun and Downey Jr. made the movie with his performance. I had heard it was well reviewed and still pleasantly surprised at the quality of the movie. And I've been wanting to see The Savages for about six months and haven't gotten around to it. Glad to hear you thought it was worth seeing.
I rented Batman: Gotham Knight from redbox last night. It's 6 animated stories, think the Animatrix but for Batman. Worth a rental, prehaps even a purchase.
Finally saw the new Indiana Jones movie this evening & I must say I was kinda disappointed. Too many instances of uber-craziness than even a fan of action movie absurdity could take. Some of the dialogue made me wince like I hadn't since the newest 3 Star Wars movies came out.
Saw Hancock this past weekend, very good. Nice little plot twist about 3/4 through. My only gripe is that it wasn't on the Imax screen.
Quote from: Mukey on July 09, 2008, 08:59:55 PM
Finally saw the new Indiana Jones movie this evening & I must say I was kinda disappointed. Too many instances of uber-craziness than even a fan of action movie absurdity could take. Some of the dialogue made me wince like I hadn't since the newest 3 Star Wars movies came out.
I tend to agree, but take it for what it is, an old formula that was perfected 20 years ago that they futilely tried to improve. Still an enjoyable movie.
I saw Wanted on Saturday, flawed movie that gave up after 75 minutes. Decent action scenes, kinda Matrix-y.
Quote from: tjdub26936 on July 10, 2008, 07:30:02 AM
Quote from: Mukey on July 09, 2008, 08:59:55 PM
Finally saw the new Indiana Jones movie this evening & I must say I was kinda disappointed. Too many instances of uber-craziness than even a fan of action movie absurdity could take. Some of the dialogue made me wince like I hadn't since the newest 3 Star Wars movies came out.
I tend to agree, but take it for what it is, an old formula that was perfected 20 years ago that they futilely tried to improve. Still an enjoyable movie.
I saw Wanted on Saturday, flawed movie that gave up after 75 minutes. Decent action scenes, kinda Matrix-y.
Crap, I read the comic source material for that movie (Wanted) and thought it had promise, guess the comic was better
Tatted up Angie Jolie might be worth seeing it a the $1 show tho ;D
Quote from: JCthrills on July 10, 2008, 07:02:07 AM
Saw Hancock this past weekend, very good. Nice little plot twist about 3/4 through. My only gripe is that it wasn't on the Imax screen.
[geek rant]Although the size of the screen is nice in the IMAX theatre I miss the digital sound of the regular (digital) theater. Also if it's not an IMAX movie then it isn't being shown on the big format so the effective resolution is lower on the IMAX screen. Some movies you can't tell and other movies look terrible. IMAX has 20 year old sound technology. IMAX should really update their sound specs.[/geek rant]
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Saw "The Dark Knight" today, and I've got to say it pretty much lived up to the hype. Solid performance from Bale again, but it's Ledger that makes the movie as a convincingly horrifying/sickly funny Joker. As Dave puts it, worth 1st run money.
Quote from: Mukey on July 10, 2008, 07:56:09 AM
Quote from: tjdub26936 on July 10, 2008, 07:30:02 AM
Quote from: Mukey on July 09, 2008, 08:59:55 PM
Finally saw the new Indiana Jones movie this evening & I must say I was kinda disappointed. Too many instances of uber-craziness than even a fan of action movie absurdity could take. Some of the dialogue made me wince like I hadn't since the newest 3 Star Wars movies came out.
I tend to agree, but take it for what it is, an old formula that was perfected 20 years ago that they futilely tried to improve. Still an enjoyable movie.
I saw Wanted on Saturday, flawed movie that gave up after 75 minutes. Decent action scenes, kinda Matrix-y.
Crap, I read the comic source material for that movie (Wanted) and thought it had promise, guess the comic was better
Tatted up Angie Jolie might be worth seeing it a the $1 show tho ;D
Tyler is right about this one, it starts out with some promise but boils down to usual action movie BS, and this is coming from an action movie fan. If you were disappointed by the movie pick up the collected graphic novels, you'll like it better
The Dark Knight
Ledger was great, story was convoluted, sound was murky, Chicago looked great, an hour too long, liked the first one way more.
Quote from: Jim Bassett on July 28, 2008, 09:33:36 AM
The Dark Knight
Ledger was great, story was convoluted, sound was murky, Chicago looked great, an hour too long, liked the first one way more.
I like this one more than Jim did. That extra hour just breezed by for me. This one really sat nicely on the border between comic book and reality and I let it take me along. I also thought Aaron Eckhart ( you have to see him in Thank You for Smoking)was great as Harvey Dent. I thought this was good old fashioned Hollywood entertainment. All the things you have read about Heath Ledger's performance as the Joker are correct. He was wonderfully creepy. I have to think Jack Nicholson saw this and smiled.
I saw Neil Young's film: "CSNY: DejaVu" yesterday.
Yes, it was a liberal, Bush-bashing lovefest.
It was filled with great music - Young's new material is very strong - even if it was politically driven.
This documentary used Mike Cerre (embedded reporter in Iraq and Afghanistan) as the reporter on the CSNY tour.
Both positive and negative reaction from the public and the mainstream media was captured.
The central theme of Neil Young was Stop The War and Bring Home the Troops.
The music was well done.
Filming was excellent.
Content was just a little too preachy, even for a left-wing hippie like me, but the film was thought-provoking and honest.
The best thing: those fat old guys still rock out!
Quote from: Chainmeister on July 28, 2008, 09:57:22 AM
Quote from: Jim Bassett on July 28, 2008, 09:33:36 AM
The Dark Knight
Ledger was great, story was convoluted, sound was murky, Chicago looked great, an hour too long, liked the first one way more.
I like this one more than Jim did. That extra hour just breezed by for me. This one really sat nicely on the border between comic book and reality and I let it take me along. I also thought Aaron Eckhart ( you have to see him in Thank You for Smoking)was great as Harvey Dent. I thought this was good old fashioned Hollywood entertainment. All the things you have read about Heath Ledger's performance as the Joker are correct. He was wonderfully creepy. I have to think Jack Nicholson saw this and smiled.
I agree with Barish. Dark Knight lived up to the hype. The Joker character was more dark and more intense than anything from any of the other Batman films. I feel like this movie isn't something you'd even want to take a 9 or 10 year old to, it was that intense. For me, any movie over 2 hours is tough to handle, but I didn't even notice the time really during Dark Knight. Pretty steady action from start to finish.
One of the best movies of the year for sure.
semi-SPOILER:
Although I thought the ending dialogue was way too corny and over-dramatic, they did an awesome job setting the Batman series up for another good movie. To me, Batman is awesome when he's the scary, crazy, vigilante dude who the public and criminals are all scared of because nobody knows what he's capable of. As soon as Batman becomes the guy who plays by the rules and the public counts on to fight crime in his little bat-suit, then it gets boring and stupid and very predictable. This movie kept that from happening which means the next movie also has potential to be entertaining as well. Batman is now even more feared by the public and criminals as a killer, which is how it should be.
New movies:
Saw Step Brothers on Saturday. It was good, by no means great, but there were some good laughs.
There Will Be Blood. A very good movie with a great performance. Daniel Day Lewis was unbelievably good as a crazed oilman in the late 1800's early 1900s. I wasn't sure I was going to like this movie, but it was a very good film.
Daniel Day Lewis gave an unbelievable performance. Originally I was pulling for Vigo Mortensen in Eastern Promises (a movie I enjoyed more than There Will Be Blood), but Daniel Day Lewis was great.
Also saw Chaos Theory, a good movie to see with a wife or girl friend.
Other recommendations:
The Bank Job
American Gangster
3:10 to Yuma Christian Bale's character was more interesting than the Russell Crowe character.
Twelve Angry Men from 1957, it is a great great movie. I never get tired of watching this film.
Rented I want Someone to Eat Cheese With. I give it a moderate thumbs down. I really wanted to like this movie. I like Jeff Garland in Curb Your Enthusiasm and he uses a lot of local comedians including Tim Kazurinsky and Bonnie Hunt amongst others. He also has Dan Castelenta (Homer Simpson) behind the register at a convenicne store and Sarah Silverman as a potential love interest. His character is a lifer at Second City who can't break into the big time. He lives with his mother and discretely pigs out on junk food. Garland tries to make a small movie about a guy who struggles with his weight, his career, his mother, his love life. He tries to tie in the movie to Marty which was also about a loveable loser in the 1950's. With all that going for it the movie, like the title character, is sort of a sad sack that you really want to like but just don't. There are very few big laughs and not many little ones despite the plethora of comedians. There are great Chicago sights, but that's not a reason to see a movie. The movie did have a heart. Perhaps that is why it didn't work. If it was more ruthless it might have been funnier. It had moments, or lets say seconds, of tenderness and pathos. It came across like a good student movie or an amatuerish professional one. I liked it only slightly more than another Chicago movie about tyring to find yourself and find love, About Last Night, which had Jim Belushi. Enough said, that was a lousy movie. I can't say this is lousy. Its just not good. I always have a soft spot for what I call noble failures- movies that have good intentions and good ideas but don't work. (Spike Lee's School Daze for example) This one falls short of that standard. Again, the film mirrors its title character...Eh.
Quote from: Chainmeister on July 31, 2008, 11:47:55 AM
Rented I want Someone to Eat Cheese With. I give it a moderate thumbs down. I really wanted to like this movie. I like Jeff Garland in Curb Your Enthusiasm and he uses a lot of local comedians including Tim Kazurinsky and Bonnie Hunt amongst others. He also has Dan Castelenta (Homer Simpson) behind the register at a convenicne store and Sarah Silverman as a potential love interest. His character is a lifer at Second City who can't break into the big time. He lives with his mother and discretely pigs out on junk food. Garland tries to make a small movie about a guy who struggles with his weight, his career, his mother, his love life. He tries to tie in the movie to Marty which was also about a loveable loser in the 1950's. With all that going for it the movie, like the title character, is sort of a sad sack that you really want to like but just don't. There are very few big laughs and not many little ones despite the plethora of comedians. There are great Chicago sights, but that's not a reason to see a movie. The movie did have a heart. Perhaps that is why it didn't work. If it was more ruthless it might have been funnier. It had moments, or lets say seconds, of tenderness and pathos. It came across like a good student movie or an amatuerish professional one. I liked it only slightly more than another Chicago movie about tyring to find yourself and find love, About Last Night, which had Jim Belushi. Enough said, that was a lousy movie. I can't say this is lousy. Its just not good. I always have a soft spot for what I call noble failures- movies that have good intentions and good ideas but don't work. (Spike Lee's School Daze for example) This one falls short of that standard. Again, the film mirrors its title character...Eh.
Steve Dahl had a small part in Someone to Eat Cheese With (don't know if it made the final cut) and he "met" Sarah Silverman. He said most stars that you meet in person just don't look as good without the lighting and camera angles and stuff. But not Sarah Silverman. He ran into her while she was on her cell phone while chewing gum and filing her nails...three things that Steve hates and she was still incredibly gorgeous. He said he couldn't stop looking at her. She even caught him looking at her...she didn't seem to mind.
I really liked About Last Night.
Dahl made the cut. He had a cameo.
Quote from: Tom McManus on July 31, 2008, 02:08:54 PM
I really liked About Last Night.
About Last Night has its moments and its one of the few watchable Jim Belushi (funniest LIVING Belushi!) movies. That movie FEELS like a Chicago movie. Many "Chicago" movies feel like they are fake and you can tell that no one involved on the creative side ever spent any time in the area.
I saw "The Bank Job" with Jason Statham last night. Pretty decent English crime flick that kinda follows the Guy Ritchie formula of solving multiple antagonistic groups
watched Vantage Point last night, i thought it was pretty good. if you like the crime solving, multi veiw kind of movie you'll like this. its about an assassination plot of the us president in spain and how different people involved and not involved view and take part in the situation. keeps you interested till the end.
Quote from: duain on August 04, 2008, 10:48:19 AM
watched Vantage Point last night, i thought it was pretty good. if you like the crime solving, multi veiw kind of movie you'll like this. its about an assassination plot of the us president in spain and how different people involved and not involved view and take part in the situation. keeps you interested till the end.
Hopefully better than Nick Cage's "Snake Eyes" of a few years back? (would been better with someone other than Cage IMHO)
way better than snake eyes, seems like they put more time into it and they play out everyones perspective not just having them rethink it
While at the hotel room prepping for the tournament over the weekend, The Quick and the Dead came on whatever channel I was watching. So I watched it out of the corner of my eye mainly because I saw some good names of actors in the movie when it started. The exception to that list turned out to be Sharon Stone - and she was one of the main characters. I didn't like her performance at all, but Russell Crowe and Gene Hackman did a fine job. I probably should have turned it off when I saw that DiCaprio was in it, but it was a movie that helped me pass the time.
Quote from: duain on August 04, 2008, 01:20:53 PM
way better than snake eyes, seems like they put more time into it and they play out everyones perspective not just having them rethink it
Cool, gotta check it out
I rented "Harold & Kumar: Escape from Guantanamo Bay" today and while the 1st had a few laughs, this just tried to recycle them. Nothing new and I want my $1 back from Redbox.
P.S. Did my usual IMDB.com check of the trivia for this movie post watching, as this tidbit is usueful while not a poiler in any way:
According to Hollywood Reporter(4/27/2008 issue), Warner Bros' distribution president Dan Fellman said this movie was originally produced as a straight-to-video movie until a decision was made to release it theatrically.
watched Street Kings last night great movie. one of Keanu Reeves better movies.
also watched Scorpian King 2 didnt know what to expect but it was pretty decent.
seen We Own the Night the other day. excellent movie. good cops brother caught in a bust at his club. then torn between cop family and his lifeslyle.
Quantum of Solace
Note Spoiler Alert
Not the best Bond movie, not the worst. Absolutely the worst title. Great action, but not enough Bond. The great theme was not played until the closing credits. No cool gadgets. No cool evil vilian lair. No cool chick names or evil vilian names. There was a nice homage to Goldfinger. Minimal cool banter.
Perhaps this appeals to a younger audience but I like my Bond, to be more suave and not so gritty. I will go see Bourne and Transporter films, but I don't want Bond to become Bourne.
The best part of the film is Daniel Craig, he has the same menace that Sean Connery had, but not the sense of humor. Title song by Jack White and Alicia Keys. It ranks near the middle of Bond songs. Top 3 are Goldfinger, Live and Let Die, and Nobody Does it Better.
Whew! Hard to post & not read the spoiler above, thanks for the warning though Tom!!
I rented Hellboy 2 the other night. Visually very stunning as we've all come to expect from del Toro, but the story sucked
I watched The 'Burbs for the first time the other night - Tom Hanks movie from '89. A LOT funnier than I expected it to be. Typically in a movie when a character is going to do some extremely stupid stunt I just shake my head and groan and want to watch something else (eg. American Pie). This movie was different with the stupid stuff though - you'd think "why in the world are you doing that?" but at the same time you want to think they need to do that! Very well done imo.
Also this past week I watched Happy Feet - ok, but not in my fav's for CG. Nice to have Robin Williams in it, but it wasn't enough. It was much better than the other CG film that I watched though - Barnyard. It was one of my least fav CG movies to date - with poorly done animation on a few things (especially with the water in one scene). I'm glad I was multi-tasking and listing discs online while watching that one!
How have you never seen the Burbs? I swear that movie was on like 10 times a week on TBS when I was 14. The Burbs, Brewster's Millions, Stripes, and Changing Places were all in extra heavy rotation I recall.
I'm going to pretend Pitner didn't just give us a review of the movie Happy Feet. Thats absolutely uncalled for.
I'm surprised that I never caught the Burbs on the rotation. I see all the other typical Tom Hanks movies airing all the time.
What's wrong with CG movies? I really enjoy the Pixar movies. There once was a time where I would have loved to go into CG animation - work with creating the 3-D molds and all that... too far removed from drawing and graphics to get back into it now though.
Quote from: stpitner on November 19, 2008, 11:07:21 PM
I'm surprised that I never caught the Burbs on the rotation. I see all the other typical Tom Hanks movies airing all the time.
What's wrong with CG movies? I really enjoy the Pixar movies. There once was a time where I would have loved to go into CG animation - work with creating the 3-D molds and all that... too far removed from drawing and graphics to get back into it now though.
I have not seen Happy Feet other than noticing annimated penguins crossing my screen while channel surfing. However, I have to agree with Scott on Pixar. My wife and I went to see Wall- E and were the only adults in the theater without urchins in tow. We both loved the movie. I thought the lonliness that he felt had a lot of the feeling of some classic sci fi, especially Asimov's Robot books. I was a big fan of all the Toy Story movies. If David Lynch can make a great G rated movie (The Straight Story)we can enjoy them and discuss them. Also, we have to give Scott a break. He is going to be watching a lot of G rated movies, some of them awful, over the next few years. Scott, I have a box of classic Disney in VHS format. Any interest?
I'm trying to avoid investing in a G rated collection of films for my brood by downloading.
Be happy to provide a review of Tinker Bell or The Little Mermaid 3: Ariel's Beginning, however I think Dan's head may explode...
Most of the movies we watch over here are Disney or Pixar. With three girls, I have seen a lot of movies with Disney princesses in them.
I'd agree on Wall-E. It had classic sci-fi written all over it. Happy feet was just a tad over the top on the environmentalism.
I've had to watch many hours of children's television/movies as well, but the day I watch a movie like Happy Feet and say 'hey that wasn't that bad' will be the day I turn in my discs for a pair of ice skates.
i have three boys (5, 9, & 11), i've watched probably every disney pixar movie that has came out. there is some good and some not so good, i dont think i've seen a bad one. the boys have been diggin on kung fu panda at the moment. its good, but i dont pay enough attention to give a review.
Quote from: Dan Michler on November 21, 2008, 05:24:04 AM
I've had to watch many hours of children's television/movies as well, but the day I watch a movie like Happy Feet and say 'hey that wasn't that bad' will be the day I turn in my discs for a pair of ice skates.
Blades of Glory 2? ;D
For those that think I'm being hard on Scott, click on 'view trailer' and tell me you want to watch 90 minutes of that.
http://www2.warnerbros.com/happyfeet/ (http://www2.warnerbros.com/happyfeet/)
lol, that trailer was terrible! It made it look like the entire movie was a dance musical or something. Granted the majority of the movies I watch while I'm trying to do something else - like list discs (unless it's a movie I really want to see, I can't stand sitting for 2 hours and just watching - have to multi-task!)
My current Netflix 5 : Pirates 3, Man of the Year, Final Fantasy VII (I want to see the CG even though I've heard the plot was terrible), The Pursuit of Happiness, and Ant Bully. And because it's free rentals at the library and you get them for a week I picked up the new Indiana Jones movie, Evan Almighty, and some Thundercats episodes (SNARF!) Maybe I'll just spare the thread of all the reviews :P
Maddisen is starting to grow out of the teen craptastic TV shows but some of those shows are way worse than Happy Feet. I don't remember Happy Feet really well but if I recall it was mostly an adventure story. The trailers actually ARE worse than the movie itself. However, I must admit that I never watched Happy Feet all the way through.
Role Models is a pretty funny movie. But is absolutely a rental, not one to see at the theatre. But with the new Harry Potter being delayed there isn't much else to see.
As holiday season is coming up, I always try and watch my two favorite holiday movies, Near Dark and Runaway Train.
Transporter 3. If you liked the first two Transporter movies, you will like this one. Great action. There was a line in the movie, where Jason Statham said, "Frank. Frank Martin." It did remind me of the Bond movies. Overall worthwhile seeing at the theatre.
Did see a preview for The Spirit, the new Frank Miller movie that is coming out on Christmas Day, I believe this is from the same person that did Sin City. It looks the same stylistically. I am looking forward to seeing it.
Last night at the extended family Thanksgiving dinner my cousin offered a choice of movies. The consensus was for Hancock. I was interested in it as I was intrigued by the idea of a loser superhero. The first half of the movie was OK and the rest of it was awful. The idea of superheroes and collateral damage was done WAY better in The Incredibles. Watching the lame Hancock made me want to see a kiddie movie again.
this isnt a movie but does anyone watch the hbo series true blood? the 1st season just ended but can still be veiwed ondemand. its about how vampires are going mainstream and out in the public. based mostly in a small southern town. its hard to explain everything that happens but its a great series
We're fans of True Blood :)
Great season cliffhanger!
Saw Quantum of Solace this weekend & I pretty much agree with Tom's post regarding it.
Opening song was poor (Jack White & Alicia Keys? who picked that musical combo, jeez) and I thought there should've been at least 2 more confontation/action sequences. The "Big Secret" wasn't even guarded? WTF?
The homage to Goldfinger felt like a last minute add-on. I expected another 20 minutes of movie at the end also, it seemed like there should've been more.
I own in one format or another almost all of the Bond flicks, but I won't be purchasing this one.
Quote from: Mukey on December 01, 2008, 02:22:38 PM
Saw Quantum of Solace this weekend & I pretty much agree with Tom's post regarding it.
Opening song was poor (Jack White & Alicia Keys? who picked that musical combo, jeez) and I thought there should've been at least 2 more confontation/action sequences. The "Big Secret" wasn't even guarded? WTF?
The homage to Goldfinger felt like a last minute add-on. I expected another 20 minutes of movie at the end also, it seemed like there should've been more.
I own in one format or another almost all of the Bond flicks, but I won't be purchasing this one.
I take it that you were neither shaken nor stirred.
True Blood got me hooked right away - and I don't watch tv much at all.
Each episode had a good hook at the end, but now there's a new killer . . . .
This series is so well done that I don't mind waiting until next June for season 2!
Oh yeah, and Iron Man ROCKS!!!
Evan Almighty - meh, didn't care for the plot too much. All of those animals just happened to live in that small area and needed to board an ark? Not something I'd be interested in watching again.
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull or whatever it's called - I have not seen all 3 previous Jones movies all the way through - I was too young when they first come out and have only watched when my dad randomly had it on the tv over the past years. I don't understand why so many people did not like this movie. Was it the sci-fi element to it? That was probably the only part that I wish was done differently, but overall I enjoyed the movie a great deal. I'll probably add the dvd to my collection :)
Final Fantasy VII - really cool CG, but that's about it. not worth watching again.
I saw Twilight last weekend. I was a little bored. Didn't hook me like Buffy or True Blood.
I just listened to the Buffy musical episode last night, "Once More With Feeling".
Good stuff.
Quote from: jimklem on December 05, 2008, 08:22:27 AM
I just listened to the Buffy musical episode last night, "Once More With Feeling".
Good stuff.
Probably the best comedy musical ever made and at the same time tackled some of the best dramatic moments in the Buffy being brought back to life story arch.
Quote from: jimklem on December 05, 2008, 08:22:27 AM
I just listened to the Buffy musical episode last night, "Once More With Feeling".
Good stuff.
The CD is loaded on my I-pod and gets played a lot!
I just watched The Ruins yesterday. Let me say, unless you like a lot of gore, don't see it. Not much of a story, basically was set up to just be a gory. There was quite a bit I couldn't watch, but some people may enjoy it. If you wanna know more let me know, otherwise I won't be adding more to it, as it would give away what the movie is really about.
I just watched "How's Your News". Strange and unusual but funny. I especially enjoyed the segments where the guys who were incapable of speech did on the street interviews. Venice beach was also hilarious.
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The Dark Knight
Ledger was great, story was convoluted, sound was murky, Chicago looked great, an hour too long, liked the first one way more.
Jim hit the bullseye on this one. Boring as a son of b. Way, way, way too long. Ledger was creepy as hell. Some great shots of the city, but there wasn't one scene in this movie worth seeing more than once.
Hellboy 2 is very good, even better knowing that they used minimal CGs.
The first 20 minutes of Wall-E was great, overall the movie was very good.
I saw twilight not to long ago if u r in romance type movies then this one is for u but it was above average so i give it 3 out of 5
I did not think Dark Knight was all that bad. Yes, a little predictable and long. You could see the Rookery Building in several shots of LaSallle Street.
The family got sick of " Hey, there's the building I work in !"
We also rented War Inc. ( review to follow ) .
well i loved the dark knight i thought the plot was well done and i can not wait for the next one in late 10 or early 11
Yea I too thought the Dark Knight was a great movie. The first one had more substance to the story, but that is also because it had to set the stage for the entire character. I first saw it at IMAX and that was great. I bought it last week and have watched it a few times again already.
The Dark Knight is the one the city needs, not the one that it wants. I get it. That was the only part of the movie that I thought was tedious; that they thought they needed to hammer the theme at us like we were idiots. The movie overall though I give a thumbs up.
The managers in my department got together and bought everyone in the department $20 AMC gift cards to go catch a movie this past week as a "just get out of the office and relax" outing. I decided to watch Bolt - mainly because it was one of the movies that started the earliest from the options, and the rest didn't sound very interesting. If you're a CG fan, it's definitely more of a Netflix rental than a go to the theatre to see it. I had some laugh out loud moments, but it's not something where I'll go out of my way to get to the theater (as opposed to Pixar movies).
The cool thing was that I was the only one in the theater for this particular showing, so it's nice to feel like you have your own giant projection screen to watch a private screening of a movie. I guess no one else in my department wanted to watch Bolt :)
Rented 'Run Fatboy Run', its pretty funny.
Just saw a preview for the movie 2012 coming out in july this year... looks pretty goood...
I have seen a number of good films that are well worth the rental price:
Hellboy II
Traitor A great movie, one of the best of the year.
Into the Wild A great story about a crazy guy. It would be a good double feature with Grizzly Man.
Doubt. In theatres now, it is very good. Phillip Seymour Hoffman is great.
A TV series of which I didn't watch one episode when it was on:
The Shield. It is absolutely great. Better than 90% of the stuff that plays in theatres. We are watching the DVDs, this is one show where I have absolutely no idea what is going to happen. The writing and acting are top notch.
I can't believe I never watched it when it was on, this is absolutely mandatory viewing. Violent, exciting, and great storytelling.
I've seen half of Into the Wild & loved it. I know what the ending is but regardless want to finish it some time....
We got The Dark Knight from the Redbox last night. Agree with most everyone's opinions regarding the plot and performances.
I may have mentioned this when it was in the theatre, but Appaloosa deserves another mention. This is a great movie, one of the top westerns in the last 40 years. I think it is better than Unforegiven. A great story with great acting. It may be too slow for some people but I think it is great.Vigo Mortensen is great.
New in Town is not worth paying money for.
The Rocker
stupid but funny in a "dwight" sort of way
also the British TV show Coupling - Jeff is classic
Handcock - rented but have not watched yet
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Handcock - rented but have not watched yet
ah, the porno knockoff, I believe.....
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Handcock - rented but have not watched yet
ah, the porno knockoff, I believe.....
LOL!!!!
I saw this movie and thought is was awful. I really liked the premise but thought it was about the saddest piece of X#$* I have seen in a while. I think you are better off going with your Freudian slip. It will be more entertaining. Please refrain from posting your review. In any case, getting this back to a G rating...if you want something about a fallen superhero you cannot beat (oh there I go again) The Incredibles which has the added bonus of starring Jim Thome in the title role.
woops
i swear i looked at the title
hancock
sorry to offend
but maybe the movie did offend
Went and saw "Gran Torino" last night. Awesome movie! One of the best movies I've seen in the last few years.
Quote from: Dan Michler on February 07, 2009, 03:35:18 PM
Went and saw "Gran Torino" last night. Awesome movie! One of the best movies I've seen in the last few years.
Clint Eastwood was incredible in "Gran Torino"! A must see movie. I left with a couple of wet eyes. One of those movies that keeps you interested from start to finish. Rumor has it that it was Eastwoods last movie. But what a finish to a great career.
Becky and I watched Tropic Thunder tonight. Pretty funny. The fake trailers might be better than the movie. If you've never seen Platoon you might not get half of the jokes.
Quote from: Dan Michler on February 07, 2009, 03:35:18 PM
Went and saw "Gran Torino" last night. Awesome movie! One of the best movies I've seen in the last few years.
Gran Torino is fantastic. Much more humor in it than I expected. And a great yellow lab.
Pride and Glory. Colin Ferrel and Edward Norton. Corny as hell.
Flash of Genius with Greg Kinear. Good movie based on a true story.
Frost/Nixon. I enjoyed this movie very much. Frank Langella was very good as Richard Nixon.
The Hangover. Very funny, and a pretty good story too.
Agree with Tom on Traitor, if you haven't paid $1 to see this yet, do
Watchmen is pretty but overrated, the story worked much better in the graphic novel
The Hurt Locker is the best movie I have seen in a long time.
Quote from: Jim Bassett on August 07, 2009, 05:58:05 AM
The Hurt Locker is the best movie I have seen in a long time.
I am looking forward to seeing this movie. Kathyrn Bigelow is a very good director. She does action films very well. Point Break, Strange Days, and Blue Steel were all pretty good movies. Near Dark from 1987 is an outstanding movie.
I am also looking forward to Inglorious Basterds or however it is spelled.
Also we recently saw Children of Men. Jon and David had commented on it earlier posts. I wasn't crazy about it at first, but it is an amazing film. The film makers create a horrible not too distant future. It is filmed using some amazing long takes to give it a sense of reality. It is a hybrid science fiction, end of the world, love story, with an extended chase sequence. If you are feeling a little down do not see this movie. It is not a feel good movie.
Children of Men is an amazing movie with my favorite chase scene of all time. I love that Clive Owen is chasing an adversary while being chased. An incredible sequence.
Inglourious Basterds is better than Pulp Fiction.
I said it.
3-D Final Destination was pretty cool. It looked like everything was right in your lap. Pretty much the same as 1 and 2, but pretty cool overall. 8) is what you look like. glasses are different than the usual green and red lenses.
Saw a couple of interesting movies this past week. Sunshine Cleaning with Alan Arkin, Amy Adams, and Emily Blunt. Not your typical action packed blockbuster, but it was a sweet story about some people at the fringe.
Also saw The Visitor with Richard Jenkins, if you saw Richard Jenkins you would immediately recognize him but not know his name. The Visitor is a story about a college professor who kind of floats through life. Due to work circumstances he has to head back to New York and as he enters his old apartment he meets a couple of foreigners who are living in his apartment.
The story moves along following the relationship of the 3 characters and the situations that they deal with in the current political climate. I don't want to give too much away, so I will just say that it is a very well acted and touching movie.
Richard Jenkins was nominated for best actor. The writer and director of this film also wrote and directed The Station Agent, which is also a very good film.
Still planning on seeing Inglourious Basterds.
Quote from: Tom McManus on September 04, 2009, 02:00:59 AM
Also saw The Visitor with Richard Jenkins, if you saw Richard Jenkins you would immediately recognize him but not know his name. The Visitor is a story about a college professor who kind of floats through life. Due to work circumstances he has to head back to New York and as he enters his old apartment he meets a couple of foreigners who are living in his apartment.
The story moves along following the relationship of the 3 characters and the situations that they deal with in the current political climate. I don't want to give too much away, so I will just say that it is a very well acted and touching movie.
Richard Jenkins was nominated for best actor. The writer and director of this film also wrote and directed The Station Agent, which is also a very good film.
I really enjoyed this too. It's fairly slow-paced but the emotional and political issues creep up on you. The music is great as well.
Unless you're really into movies or from Michigan you probably wouldn't know that southeast Michigan has become Hollywood Midwest. A few years ago the state legislature passed a law giving lots of tax exemptions to motion picture related businesses, and major film studios started moving satellite operations to Michigan. Now a lot of generic quaint small town scenes in movies are shot in Michigan's generic quaint small towns. And they have regular studios here. It's not just Robocop anymore. ;D
Anyway, they are making a movie about Jack Kevorkian, Geoffrey Feiger and Richard Thompson. The Oakland County Courthouse is going to play the role of the Oakland County Courthouse. On Thursday they are shooting some parking lot scenes right outside my office window. I have mirrored windows so you won't see me. They are also shooting in the ground floor lobby, but I come and go through the loading dock, so I won't be wandering into those scenes either. Geoff and Jack never once dodged the media, so I doubt they'll need to film at the loading dock, although that's where Thompson used to park. You could make an interesting contrast showing the Jack and Geoff media show on the sunny Courthouse Plaza and then showing Thompson walking alone through the grey cinder block basement hallways down to his loading dock parking.
The main thing I remember from those days was being up to my armpits in issues relating to two double secret grand juries. All grand juries in Michigan are technically secret, but these were also actually secret in the sense that we were trying to keep the media unaware of their existence. The Jack and Jeff show was a great diversion. It kept the courthouse print reporters too busy to go looking for stories.
So apparently this is an HBO produced movie. They had five motorhomes and a trailer for the actors and crew in my parking lot today. They also had a lot of other trucks and equipment, including a crane. The roles of Dr. Jack's and Attorney Feiger's cars were played by professional actor cars. They had their own flat bed trucks to ride on. The crew is breaking down and packing up right now.
They got one thing right that I was curious whether they would. After 9-11 the County bought really big concrete flower pots and put them on the plaza to prevent a terrorist truck bomb from driving inside the building before blowing up. For the movie they moved all the concrete flower pots out of sight and off to one of the parking lots. If you're a terrorist with a truck bomb, tomorrow is your big chance to blow up the Oakland County Courthouse.
I'll be taking the day off and playing disc golf with my family, so feel free.
The night security guard told me that the big trailer was for Mr. Pacino, who is playing Dr. Jack.
If someone asks you what you want for Christmas, and you don't know. Ask for the first season of The Shield on DVD. This is a great show. It needs to be seen from the very first episode.
Quote from: Tom McManus on December 09, 2009, 02:13:58 PM
If someone asks you what you want for Christmas, and you don't know. Ask for the first season of The Shield on DVD. This is a great show. It needs to be seen from the very first episode.
I agree! After my better half got me to see the first season on DVD, I went out and bought the rest! FX always has some great new shows.
I saw Inglorious Basterds this weekend. Another fine movie from Quentin Tarantino.
An excellent movie, but does not make my top 3 Tarantino films:
1. Reservoir Dogs
2. Death Proof
3. Pulp Fiction
The Hangover is laugh out loud histerical. I have watched 3 times since it came out on DVD.
Quote from: pdga#7648 on December 19, 2009, 03:31:23 PM
The Hangover is laugh out loud histerical. I have watched 3 times since it came out on DVD.
Agreed.
With the 2000's wrapping up, they are a bunch of "best of" lists. Here is my list of the top 30 movies from the 2000s. There are some groupings, but they are not listed in any particular order.
Training Day
There Will Be Blood
No Country for Old Men
The Departed
Eastern Promises
A History of Violence
Death Proof
Appaloosa
Gran Torino
Gladiator
Master and Commander
Anchorman
Superbad
The Wedding Crashers
The Hangover
Old School
Harold and Kumar go to White Castle
Elf
Super Troopers
The Prestige
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Hero
Pan's Labyrinth
Children of Men
Iron Man
Bank Job
Wall-E
School of Rock
Thank you for Smoking
The Bourne Identity
In Bruges
Grizzley Man -Timothy Treadwell
I saw The Hangover this summer in the theatre. My brother in law brought the DVD over on Christmas. This movie is funny as hell like D Payne said. If you like that kind of movie you will laugh from start to finish.
With regard to Tom's top 30 list: (shouldn't there be a better name for the decade than the 2000's?)
Best movie of the Decade: Gran Torino
Elf????????????? Really Tom?
I agree with many of the movies on your list, but my list would also include:
Meet the Parents
Bad Santa
Blood Diamond
Dark Knight and Batman Begins (they are both clearly better than Iron Man)
District 9
Hotel Rwanda
Crash
Shaun of the Dead
Fracture
Dodgeball
Catch Me if You Can
40 Year Old Virgin
Almost Famous
Mystic River
A Beautiful Mind
and from your list:
Training Day
Hangover
Gran Torino
Old School
Wedding Crashers
Super Troopers
The Departed
Anchorman
Superbad
Gladiator
Crouching Tiger
The Prestige
No Country for Old Men
Death Proof
Harold and Kumar
On a sidenote I watched Jeremiah Johnson for the first time Sunday night and decided this is one of the greatest movies I've ever seen. Because he's a goddam mountain man. Jeremiah would not include the movie 'Elf' on his list Tom.
I saw Avatar in 3d last night. This movie is strongly recommended. Do not bother going unless you see it in 3d. This movie is visually stunning. It was a treat to see the imagined world of Pandora brought to life by thousands of nerds behind computer screens in Cameron's laboratories. The story is essentially a cowboys v. indians story where the indians win. It reminded me a bit of Ferngully, an animated pro environmental movie that came out years ago.
Inglorious Basterds is OK but is neither Tarantino or Pitt's top work
Terminator Salvation had a few OK action sequences but otherwise irrelevant, Sam Worthington stood out though
Glad Dave is recommending Avatar is 3d, going to see it Friday
Agree with Dan about Jeremiah Johnson, also saw this recently. Hope Dan can grow that beard 'cause I sure can't ;D
going to go see Blindside tomorrow with the wife. Have heard nothing but good things about this, so will go pay the $40 to go see it.
I saw Avatar the other day and thought it was awsome. 4 out of 5 stars from me.
I have recently seen two very good movies. The first is Whatever Doesn't Kill You with Mark Ruffalo and Ethan Hawke. A good story about two lowlife buddies in South Boston. I went in with zero expectations, and it turned out to be a very good film.
The second movie is World's Greatest Dad with Robin Williams. Again no expectations and I was pleasantly surprised. It is written and directed by Bobcat Goldthwait. About a father with a complete lowlife son. There are some very good scenes in this movie. A rental bonus.
Quote from: pdga#7648 on December 31, 2009, 09:13:22 AM
going to go see Blindside tomorrow with the wife. Have heard nothing but good things about this, so will go pay the $40 to go see it.
Sandra Bullock at her best. Heck Tim McGraw was even good in this film. A go to see movie for any football fan. If you are squeamish, they do show Joe Theisman's broken leg in the very beginning, in slow mo, and close up, so you may want to look away.
Thumbs up!
Replying to this post from Dan:
With regard to Tom's top 30 list: (shouldn't there be a better name for the decade than the 2000's?)
Best movie of the Decade: Gran Torino
Elf? Really Tom?
I agree with many of the movies on your list, but my list would also include:
Meet the Parents
Bad Santa
Blood Diamond
Dark Knight and Batman Begins (they are both clearly better than Iron Man)
District 9
Hotel Rwanda
Crash
Shaun of the Dead
Fracture
Dodgeball
Catch Me if You Can
40 Year Old Virgin
Almost Famous
Mystic River
A Beautiful Mind
and from your list:
Training Day
Hangover
Gran Torino
Old School
Wedding Crashers
Super Troopers
The Departed
Anchorman
Superbad
Gladiator
Crouching Tiger
The Prestige
No Country for Old Men
Death Proof
Harold and Kumar
On a sidenote I watched Jeremiah Johnson for the first time Sunday night and decided this is one of the greatest movies I've ever seen. Because he's a goddam mountain man. Jeremiah would not include the movie 'Elf' on his list Tom.
Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, and when it comes to movies, that is what we are doing, forming opinions. One movie is not better than another, we just like it more or less. I guess what I am trying to say in a nice way is your opinion regarding Dodgeball is horrible,horrendous, and just plan ridiculous. Dodgeball? Why not include Zoolander or Starsky and Hutch? Or even Brokeback Mountain? Brother.
Besides your inflamatory comment about Ironman and the two Batman movies, you put together a nice list. I will have to check out District 9 and Shaun of the Dead.
Just watched Avatar. Pretty sweet movie. We happened to see it in 3D, but I don't think it really would make a difference in my opinion if I watched it 2D. Pretty non-stop action from start to finish. I didn't really feel the 2 hr 45 min like I usually would.
Quote from: Dan Michler on January 02, 2010, 08:10:29 PM
Just watched Avatar. Pretty sweet movie. We happened to see it in 3D, but I don't think it really would make a difference in my opinion if I watched it 2D. Pretty non-stop action from start to finish. I didn't really feel the 2 hr 45 min like I usually would.
I just watched it in 3D yesterday too! Wow, what a movie. Probably seemed so amazing because of all the terrible movies I have been watching lately, but also because it was amazing.
I'm suprised none of you guys through in the movie "300" as a good one from this decade. I guess it could kinda get boring after a while with all the blood and lloud blasts the whole movie.
I still have not gone to see Avatar. But I did see The Hurt Locker. It is a very good movie. Kathryn Bigelow who directed this film also directed Point Break, a good action movie, and Near Dark. Near Dark is one of my all time favorites.
One of the things that I liked about The Hurt Locker is that the film did not have any big stars in the lead roles. Without stars it minimizes the expectations that you have about the characters. This really added to the film. Overall a very good movie.
Quote from: Chainmeister on December 30, 2009, 07:31:46 AM
I saw Avatar in 3d last night. This movie is strongly recommended. Do not bother going unless you see it in 3d. This movie is visually stunning..... It reminded me a bit of Ferngully, an animated pro environmental movie that came out years ago.
I said Ferngully, Jon says Pocahontas.
I saw District 9 this weekend. Very interesting Sci fi movie. Started off a little slow but turned into a very good movie.
someone go rent Triangle. See if anyone understands it?? Talk about weird.
Tom,
We saw "District 9" this weekend too. Really liked that one.
Saw "Crazy Heart" last week. Appreciated a $10 million movie with no special effects and no over-the-top plot twists that was a good story, well told. Not a fan of country music per se, but T-Bone Burnett can write.
Quote from: Jim Bassett on March 01, 2010, 05:24:49 AM
Tom,
We saw "District 9" this weekend too. Really liked that one.
Saw "Crazy Heart" last week. Appreciated a $10 million movie with no special effects and no over-the-top plot twists that was a good story, well told. Not a fan of country music per se, but T-Bone Burnett can write.
I am really looking forward to Crazy Heart. Jeff Bridges is always good. Also saw another Sci-fi movie: Moon. It was kind of a cross between Silent Running, 2001 Space Odyssey, and Surrogates.- Maybe throw in a little Fight Club. Overall it was a very interesting movie.
I saw District 9 tonight. Wow, that was a very good movie. At first, the protagonist seemed like a complete doofus. He reminded me of the band manager in Flight of the Conchords. I will not say anything to spoil the plot. See this movie.
book of eli
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Is this worth seeing? I've been meaning to get to it, since I am now working as a pit trader @ the CME.
We watched "I love you, Beth Cooper" recently on DVD....the 3 of us laughed throughout :) A little silly at times but very funny.
The Social Network is a very good film. Across the board there are great performances and the writing is outstanding. Directed by David Fincher, who directed Fight Club. Absolutely one of the best films of the year. Blows away Inception. Watching The Town right now, halfway through it is pretty good.
I thought The Social Network was very good as well.
Recently saw "The Fighter", which I thought was tremendous; great acting and the boxing scenes are very realistic.
Thought "The Town" was good, not great.
All of them set in Boston, more or less, and none of them made me want to move there... 8)
The Town was alright. Just watched it last night with wife & son.
Don't we all wish robbing banks was as easy as they made it seem
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Due Date was a good one if you really like to laugh. Z.Galifianakis is a gag once again. Probably better than he was in the Hangover. worth renting for sure!
Red - ok to rent
Town - no
Knight and Day - no , but better than Town
Watched The Fighter last night. Very good. Recently saw The Other Guys and thought it was hilarious. Dinner for Schmuck's, not so good.
Due Date was awful. Watching Galifianakis play an idiot for 90 minutes was dreadful. Glad i didn't see it at the theater. Hangover was way better.
We went and saw Limitless. It was decent but there wasn't really any surprises. Pretty predictable. Bale would have made it a little better. Good thing Bradley Cooper was the executive producer. It's watchable, just don't expect it to me mindblowing.
We saw Rango a couple weeks ago, a renter not a ticket price movie. It's cute, but of course it is, it's a cartoon. It'll be good for a drinking movie for "take a shot every time you see something intentionally stolen from another movie". You'll be wasted. I'm sure the 8 year olds don't notice the Fear and Loathing In Las Vegas reference.
Cowboys vs Aliens
I would suggest it
had its moments
Damn movies are expensive
Saw Bridesmaids, one of the best movies of the year. Very funny with a nice story and good characters. Also saw Hanna, which started off very strong, but kind of went off track at the end. Still a movie worth seeing.
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Saw Bridesmaids, one of the best movies of the year. Very funny with a nice story and good characters. Also saw Hanna, which started off very strong, but kind of went off track at the end. Still a movie worth seeing.
Bridesmaids huh? Maybe I'll give it a chance on your advice, but normally that one would never show up on my radar.
Recently I've seen:
Crazy Heart - Jeff Bridges broken down country music star movie. Wife and I both liked it alot.
Green Zone - Matt Damon a marine in Iraq War searching for WMD's. - Pretty good, fast paced with enough action to keep me interested.
Hereafter - Matt Damon talks to dead people - eh, not so great.
Devil - its an M.Night Shamalan movie. its not terrible, but not great. atleast its not very long.
The Informant - Matt Damon works for ADM in Decatur and informs to the FBI. Strange movie, but kind of liked it.
Gullivers Travels - Jack Black. Pretty good if you have kids. Jack Black is usually good for a few laughs. Alot of the humor is aimed more at adults.
We have been on a movie binge as of late:
Moneyball: Jonah Hill was good. Brad Pitt was doing his best Robert Redford imitation.
The Descendants: Outstanding movie about relationships.
The Ides of March: Good movie not great.
The Killer Elite: Jason Statham and Clive Owen battling it out. A decent action movie.
The Debt: I enjoyed this movie, the characters and story was interesting.
Midnight in Paris: A Woody Allen film. An interesting way of looking at life, probably not too far from reality for a lot of people.
Straw Dogs: Violent and silly. Not recommended.
Zombieland: 4 Stars. This movie was a bonus. Had no idea that this was such a great movie.
Not knowing anything about it, based on the title and the movie poster, Kelsey, Kira and I are looking forward to "Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter."
Quote from: Tom McManus on January 29, 2012, 02:10:23 PM
We have been on a movie binge as of late:
Moneyball: Jonah Hill was good. Brad Pitt was doing his best Robert Redford imitation.
The Descendants: Outstanding movie about relationships.
The Ides of March: Good movie not great.
The Killer Elite: Jason Statham and Clive Owen battling it out. A decent action movie.
The Debt: I enjoyed this movie, the characters and story was interesting.
Midnight in Paris: A Woody Allen film. An interesting way of looking at life, probably not too far from reality for a lot of people.
Straw Dogs: Violent and silly. Not recommended.
Zombieland: 4 Stars. This movie was a bonus. Had no idea that this was such a great movie.
Add 50/50 to the above list. This was a good movie that addresses a subject in a new way. Very funny, also very touching. Seth Rogan movies are hit or miss. This one was a hit.
Enjoyed Carnage. I really liked The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. I haven't read the book, I am not sure if I would have enjoyed the film more or less. Either way, I really enjoyed this film.
The Girl with The Dragon Tattoo: I listened to the audio book while driving out to Rochester last summer. Very entertaining, I have the movie in my Netflix queue.
It was a weird weekend of high school movies- We rented Detachment from our cable's On-Demand menu. This is a movvie with Adrian Brody as a substitute teacher in an inner city high school. He is great, There are great performances by Marcia Gay Harden, Lucy Liu as a counselor and James Caan as a teacher. That being said, this was one of the most depressing movies I have ever seen. It was a heavy handed downer about how bad things are. Every single teacher in the movie, save one bright eyed young teacher, was miserable and most seemed to hate their job. I think the movie was supposed to be pro teacher but really would make somebody think about getting into such a lousy profession. It got a 53% tomato rating and that's accurate. it has some redeeming value and some nice performances. I still cannot recommend the movie.
As an antidote to that downer we saw 21 Jump Street the following night. its juvinile, its has way to many male member jokes and it is unrealistic...that said, I laughed the entire time. The movie was very funny. The two leads had a lot of chemistry. This movie will not leave much for you to ponder the next day. Its less meaningful, but way more fun than Detachment. In a way it reminded me of Blazing Sadddles insofar as it was proudly stupid but kept bringing more gags and most of them worked.
Deadhead alert--- while watching the previews for 21 Jump Street I saw a blurb that on 4-19 there will be a Grateful Dead concert movie at a handful of local theaters. I was at that show at Alpine Valley in 1989.
http://www.fathomevents.com/upcoming/locations/60076/04/19/2012/Concerts/event/gratefuldead2012.aspx
Quote from: Ron Huebner on March 25, 2012, 06:34:18 PM
The Girl with The Dragon Tattoo: I listened to the audio book while driving out to Rochester last summer. Very entertaining, I have the movie in my Netflix queue.
Going to check that out. Listened to The Hunger Games trilogy and that was a pretty entertaining listen on a road trip
We saw 21 Jump Street over the weekend. It was a funny and enjoyable comedy. I thought the brief disc golf segment was hilarious. Unfortunately there wasn't any game play. The two main officers were on uniform bike patrol of the parks. They show one of the officers digging a disc out of the pond while 4 stereotypical chuckers are standing by with a basket in the background. Officer gets the disc out and then hurls it into the middle of the pond. "Get your own effing Frisbee!" He says as the disc splashes down.
21 jump street good
which was better Batman, the dark knight rises or Avengers ?
the walking dead season one
about to start the journey
should have watched
(to get in the mood )
Shawn of the Dead
Zombieland
Night of the Living Dead (black and white )
My favorite show on TV Spuds. Season 3 starts this Sunday, so you better catch up quick.
Seven Psychopaths... a big thumbs up, although it might get shot off.
The gun violence is way over the top but it's part of what makes it funny, if that makes any sense. The script is good and the acting is great. (Sam Rockwell, Christopher Walken, Tom Waits in particular.)
When I saw the trailers for this I figured it'd be either one of the best movies or one of the worst movies of the year. I wasn't disappointed.
Haven't been to, or been watching many of the new films. I did see Looper, which was okay, but not outstanding. I did see Rampart with Woody Harrelsen on DVD again, nothing special. If you are looking for a good Woody Harrelsen movie I would go with Zombieland.
Speaking of Zombies, Walking Dead has been outstanding this year. DO NOT watch this with the kids. Other TV shows that we have been watching: Mad Men, Breaking Bad, Hell on Wheels, and Grimm. Grimm is a good show, kind of silly but it is a good watch. AMC has the best lineup of shows on television. We have also been watching Homeland with Claire Danes. Another good show from Showtime.
All the shows listed above still do not reach the overall excellence of The Shield. It is on DVD, and it is the finest television series ever. Seems like television does a better job with story arcs that movies are not able to provide.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCcxr-fyF4Q&feature=endscreen&NR=1
great movie !
The Hobbit >> I enjoyed this movie , but I'm a big fan of the book as well.
Agreed spuds, Hobbit was good. I liked it better than the 3 Lord of the Rings movies.
Kids at grandparents house this weekend, so we watched a few movies this weekend.
Oblivion - story was just mediocre, action sequences were cool. Overall a decent movie, nothing special.
Django Unchained - Great movie!
The Campaign - Will Ferrell and Galifinackis. Very funny. Worth watching.
Prometheus - The setup for the movie is very interesting, but then you're left with nothing but questions and zero answers.
On a sidenote, anybody not watching Game of Thrones is really missing out. Best show on TV.