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whether it's thru Netflix(other) or theatre
I saw the Last Emporor. As Iike historical stuff, i liked it
It was about the last reigning ruler of China before it became a republic. He became emporor when he was 3 years old.
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"Eight Below" (DVD), about eight Huskey sled dogs left in the Antartica over the winter to fend for themselves. A real tear jerker for us dog lovers.
Six survivors were finally rescued after almost 200 days.
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"Eight Below" (DVD), about eight Huskey sled dogs left in the Antartica over the winter to fend for themselves. A real tear jerker for us dog lovers.
Six survivors were finally rescued after almost 200 days.
That was a true story right?? I will put in queu...
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The Dark Knight Rises, love that movie. Holy crap. When I saw it in theaters I have never been so excited over a movie before. Bane was amazing. They didn't make him seem like a giant idiot. Every time I watch I just get so excited.
Plus I learned how to do Bane's voice. I have this cup and I just do like his accent into it and its near perfect.
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One of my largest clients is Digiboo (http://www.digiboo.com). I have one of the electronic Kiosk on my desk. I can download whatever movie I want. Every Friday I usually bring home 2 or 3 movies to play on the big screen for family night on Friday or Saturday nights. For those that travel Digiboo is expanding. Let me know if you see one of the kiosk, I'll give you a code for a free rental.
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"Eight Below" (DVD), about eight Huskey sled dogs left in the Antartica over the winter to fend for themselves. A real tear jerker for us dog lovers.
Six survivors were finally rescued after almost 200 days.
That was a true story right?? I will put in queu...
I believe it was. I'm so reminded of our late Bo, that we rescued after he was abandoned, struck by a car, and left for dead. A sweet gentle giant.
(http://members.socket.net/~mcruzan/images/Bo.jpg)
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The last movie I watched in a theater was "Skyfall". Thought it was an excellent addition to the Bond gallery.
Last movies I watched on DVD, I recently rewatched "A Fistful of Dollars", "For A Few Dollars More" and "The Good, The Bad and the Ugly."
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I watched The House of Seven Corpses on TCM Underground last night. It shared much with Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things which was release the year before.
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At home, Patriot Games. We plan a soon follow-up with A Clear and Present Danger.
In theater, The Hobbit.
Had to stay in a motel last week and caught a Liam Neeson movie from just after the title (grr) to about 20 minutes in just before checkout. Set in Berlin and involving mistaken identity, possibly amnesia. Anybody know what I'm talking about, or whether it (continues to be) any good (after the first 20 minutes)?
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[T]he Last Emporor
Good one.
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At home, Patriot Games. We plan a soon follow-up with A Clear and Present Danger.
In theater, The Hobbit.
Had to stay in a motel last week and caught a Liam Neeson movie from just after the title (grr) to about 20 minutes in just before checkout. Set in Berlin and involving mistaken identity, possibly amnesia. Anybody know what I'm talking about, or whether it (continues to be) any good (after the first 20 minutes)?
I think It is called The Taken
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I think It is called The Taken
"Taken" is where his daughter is kidnapped in Paris for the sex trade. This one starts out with him and his wife checking into a Berlin hotel...then he has to go someplace in a taxi that crashes...he wakes up four days later and finds that another man has taken his identity and his wife is going along with it.
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"Taken" is where his daughter is kidnapped in Paris for the sex trade. This one starts out with him and his wife checking into a Berlin hotel...then he has to go someplace in a taxi that crashes...he wakes up four days later and finds that another man has taken his identity and his wife is going along with it.
Unknown (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1401152/) ?
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Moose came over this weekend. We watched Dredd. Sci-fi action movie, based on a British comic called 2000AD. It was really good. Sylvester Stallone made a stinkburger version back in the '90s, which is only good for sharpening my riffing skills.
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Just watched Here Comes the Boom with Kevin James (King and Queens).
Always liked Kevin James and I have to say this is the feel good move of last year. Wonderful, funny, inspirational.
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We watched War Horse yesterday.
It was OK, but not all that great.
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"Thunderball" 007 with Sean Connery. (My husband loves old movies, old music...) :-)
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I don't recall the last movie I saw on TV. I have never Netflixed. The last movie I saw in the theater was Chronicles of Narnia, the first one.
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I won't count Magic Mike. The last real movie I watched was Strangers On A Train yesterday afternoon.
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At home, Patriot Games. We plan a soon follow-up with A Clear and Present Danger.
In theater, The Hobbit.
Had to stay in a motel last week and caught a Liam Neeson movie from just after the title (grr) to about 20 minutes in just before checkout. Set in Berlin and involving mistaken identity, possibly amnesia. Anybody know what I'm talking about, or whether it (continues to be) any good (after the first 20 minutes)?
"The Unknown"
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1401152/ (avg. 6.9 star rating out of 10 stars at IMDB)
I love Liam Neeson's acting so of course I liked the movie. :-) I was a bit bored during parts, but there's a satisfying ending.
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I just watched Robin and the Seven Hoods.
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I rented the original 'Tron' last night.
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Unknown (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1401152/) ?
YES!
Thank you!
and H5.
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We watched War Horse yesterday.
It was OK, but not all that great.
AFAIC, War Horse is a chick flick with explosions.
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"The Unknown"
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1401152/ (avg. 6.9 star rating out of 10 stars at IMDB)
I love Liam Neeson's acting so of course I liked the movie. :-) I was a bit bored during parts, but there's a satisfying ending.
H5 to you too.
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"The Pianist". And all I could think about through the whole movie was the left wanting to ban guns.
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Saw "Parental Guidance" with Billy Crystal and Bette Midler.
Save your money. Billy did better as a fag in "Soap" back in the Seventies.
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I just finished "Iron Sky". Its about Nazis that settle on the dark side of the moon. It parodies the US a lot. Its an ok movie. I give it 3 out of 5. You can watch it on netflix.
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I just finished "Iron Sky". Its about Nazis that settle on the dark side of the moon. It parodies the US a lot. Its an ok movie. I give it 3 out of 5. You can watch it on netflix.
Been wanting to watch "Iron Sky" for almost a year now (http://www.conservativecave.com/index.php/topic,69318.0/highlight,nazi.html), never thought it would get released.
Thanks and H5!
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Been wanting to watch "Iron Sky" for almost a year now (http://www.conservativecave.com/index.php/topic,69318.0/highlight,nazi.html), never thought it would get released.
Thanks and H5!
I didn't like it. I'll send you my blu-ray for $10 (about half what I paid for it with shipping). PM me if interested.
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Saw "Oh Dark Thirty" tonight with Mrs E.
Based on what I've read, it was pretty accurate. A couple of fine points in question - having read Matt Bissonette's book (the SEAL who was there - not some jackwagon who "talked" to those who said they were there), at least part of the team flew back not on the stealth chopper but rather on a CH-46 or similar chopper. After all, Chalk 1 crashed and was deliberately destroyed before the team left the UBL compound.
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Cripes.
Two of my kids took me to one years ago.
Something about computer people chasing other computer people.
I think it was around 2000 or 01. Not sure.
It sucked.
Last time I actually paid to see a movie? Maybe 88 or 89.
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Django Unchained - Was good but not one of Tarantino's better ones.
Gangster Squad - Ok
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Saw "Oh Dark Thirty" tonight with Mrs E.
Based on what I've read, it was pretty accurate. A couple of fine points in question - having read Matt Bissonette's book (the SEAL who was there - not some jackwagon who "talked" to those who said they were there), at least part of the team flew back not on the stealth chopper but rather on a CH-46 or similar chopper. After all, Chalk 1 crashed and was deliberately destroyed before the team left the UBL compound.
I have it on my other computer, and will check later, but I thought a CH-46 did come at the end because there wasn't room for all of them?
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I have it on my other computer, and will check later, but I thought a CH-46 did come at the end because there wasn't room for all of them?
I'm going on memory from having read Bisonnette's book, but I believe the CH-46 was part of the overall plan from the get-go. They lost the stealth chopper, but it wasn't a big deal from a transportation standpoint. Redundancy in planning and all that.
All choppers had to refuel in Pakistan, but that wasn't shown in the movie. The issue of the Paki Air Force intercepting them was very much an issue, so it was balls-to-the-wall in getting back across the A-stan border.
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This weekend, Bullet to the Head with Stallone.
Last weekend, The Last Stand with Arnold.
The weekend before last, Django Unchained.
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Cripes.
Two of my kids took me to one years ago.
Something about computer people chasing other computer people.
I think it was around 2000 or 01. Not sure.
It sucked.
Last time I actually paid to see a movie? Maybe 88 or 89.
"The Net"???? That one came out in '05 with Sandra Bullock.
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Been wanting to watch "Iron Sky" for almost a year now (http://www.conservativecave.com/index.php/topic,69318.0/highlight,nazi.html), never thought it would get released.
Thanks and H5!
Ditto!
Watched 2001:A Space Odyssey last night. Haven't watched it in a while. Still have no idea what it is about.
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"The Net"???? That one came out in '05 with Sandra Bullock.
1995.
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Ditto!
Watched 2001:A Space Odyssey last night. Haven't watched it in a while. Still have no idea what it is about.
It's about space, mostly. Space and LSD.
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It's about space, mostly. Space and LSD.
IT just has so many curious things. There are three space suits, red, yellow, and cyan, but only two crew members awake and three in stasis. Then, suddenly, after Hal tries to kill him, David Bowman is wearing a green helmet that comes from nowhere.
Then, I forgot to notice if he is still wearing a green one when he is shutting down Hal.
Then, when he goes into the monolith there are those seven geometric shapes that are never explained.
And even though it seems like a giant pile of crap, I still like the movie.
Go figure.
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I didn't like it. I'll send you my blu-ray for $10 (about half what I paid for it with shipping). PM me if interested.
The wife and I Netflixed it right after I posted the above - we didn't like it either. :(
Thanks for the offer anyway.
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Ditto!
Watched 2001:A Space Odyssey last night. Haven't watched it in a while. Still have no idea what it is about.
Alas...
OK, here goes.
<Carl Sagan voice>
Billyuns and billyuns of yeers ago, billyuns and billyuns of light yeers away,
</Carl Sagan voice>
a civilization developed FTL flight and communications and began to explore the galaxy. Eventually they found Earth, which was inhabited by various species, including an upright bipedal social group with potential to develop intelligence and, eventually, their own space flight etc.
This species, however, lacked three things, none of which were possible in the ordinary course of events without at least one of the others. The proteins in meat necessary for brain development beyond their current level; the knowledge to use tools/weapons to obtain the meat; and the appetite to want to eat the meat.
The advanced civilization noted that one of at least two groups of this species had the best potential for taking advantage of any help given; this group had recently been chased away from "their" source of water by the other group, who (since they lacked weapons or the knowledge to use them) used intimidation and numbers to accomplish the task.
The advanced civilization sent three devices into the Sol system. One, placed near the cave that sheltered the "chosen tribe" of upright bipeds, which transmitted information to their brains (use tools to kill, eat the meat, it's yummy). The second, buried Tycho crater on the Moon, when exposed to sunlight transmitted "they found me" toward Jupiter. The third, in orbit around Jupiter, had two functions that we learn about in 2001 (two other functions are found in the sequel, 2010); Receive and relay "they found me" to the host civilization, and serve as a hyperspace portal to a location, possibly the host civilization's homeworld.
The bipeds learned to kill and eat meat, and simultaneously to use the weapons to retake "their" water hole. The opposing group suffered one fatality, probably their leader, in this first of many human battles. In an iconic sequence, the triumphant leader of the victorious group flings his bone-club into the air, and we jump-cut to Earth orbit in mid-1999 and see orbiting weapons platforms, a space station, and a commercial shuttle ("Pan Am").
The device in Tycho had been found and an excavation made around it. Due to the length of lunar "night", the sun had not yet shone on it properly (apparently, directly overhead). The head of the US space agency and others stations on the moon visited the device just at sunlight reached the proper point. The device sends its signal; it was audible as a loud screech on the mens' spacesuit radios. It was determined that the message was sent towards Jupiter.
Eighteen months later, in 2001, USS Discovery was en route to Jupiter to investigate. Three scientists were put aboard in hibernation, while the pilot and copilot were conscious and kept unaware of the nature of the mission. The on-board computer, which was either sentient or capable of simulating sentience (it could make autonomous decisions and operate the ship without human input) was aware of the true mission, but programmed not to reveal it to the conscious crew. This created a logic fault in the computer, which attempted to kill the human crew; it succeeded in killing all but the pilot, who disconnected the higher logic functions and found the recorded mission briefing from the space agency head.
The pilot continued the mission, finding the third device in Jupiter orbit. Its function as a hyperspace portal activated, and he was carried off to seemingly live the rest of his life in a bad copy of a luxury hotel suite. He was apparently under observation, given the whispers and noises heard in this portion. Eventually, seeing yet another of the rectangular devices at the foot of his "deathbed", he apparently dis-corporated and returned to Earth as a higher-order being (resembling an unborn baby), and as an observer. There are mentions in the literature of his proceeding to detonate (harmlessly) the orbital weapons, but I don't see that in the film, nor is it mentioned in the sequel.
"TL/DR!!" Amirite?
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Then, suddenly, after Hal tries to kill him, David Bowman is wearing a green helmet that comes from nowhere.
The green helmet was in the airlock. We don't see him put it on, and the interior of the airlock is padded. I assume a compartment with a padded cover containing supplies for a hasty evacuation, including at least one complete space-suit and helmet.
He continued to wear the helmet throughout the dectivation of HAL, as otherwise HAL could simply open all hatches and kill Bowman that way.
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Just watched Planet 51 tonight...cute movie.
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Well tomorrow, I will be watching Nicholas and Alexandra, The lasr czar and czarina of Russia....
I know, I know, I am strange!!!! :whatever:
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"The Net"???? That one came out in '05 with Sandra Bullock.
Nah.
Finally remembered the name...Matrix.
It was a waste of time.
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Well tomorrow, I will be watching Nicholas and Alexandra, The lasr czar and czarina of Russia....
I know, I know, I am strange!!!! :whatever:
That's a pretty good one. They got the (known) history (mostly) right.
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"The Pianist". And all I could think about through the whole movie was the left wanting to ban guns.
God that was a great movie.
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Does everybody know that For Greater Glory is on Netflix now? I give it two big thumbs up.
If you don't see another movie this year, you won't see For Greater Glory.
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God that was a great movie.
What was a good movie??? Say it fast. :)
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Watched In Time last night. What a waste of time.
Ostensibly, it is a sop to the Anonymous/Occupy types but it just leaves one at the end thinking, "so?"
I think it was written by the same guy who wrote Gattaca and it was essentially the same movie as that except I remember Gattaca being better.
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Watched the symbol laden Man Who Would Be King on Saturday night. 1975 starring Sean Connery, Michael Caine, and Christopher Plumber.
Smashing good adventure movie heavily textured with Masonic lore and symbolism which almost gets in the way of the story. Which was probably the point. Much better than Connery's other post-bond symbol-fest, Zardoz, which is most famous for Sean Connery wearing a red diaper.
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Still recovering from the head crash of my C drive. Took NINE HOURS to download the Avery label maker for Microsoft Word to the Dell that I'm bridging to better times. Okay, I'm on a 28k dial-up!
But it gave me time to watch the first five Jesse Stone movies - again.
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I went to the new Bruce Willis movie, A Good Day to Die Hard this weekend. If you liked the first however many Die Hard movies there were, then you'll probably like this one. Trouble just seems to follow this John McClain character around wherever he goes.
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I went to the new Bruce Willis movie, A Good Day to Die Hard this weekend. If you liked the first however many Die Hard movies there were, then you'll probably like this one. Trouble just seems to follow this John McClain character around wherever he goes.
One of the greatest bullshit lines in movie history:
"Yippee kigh-yay, mother****er" as McLain lights his Zippo and ignites jet fuel in a raging blizzard which results in, of course, a 747 jumbo jet being blown out of the sky by...
...jet fuel.
:rotf: :lmao: :rotf:
But HELL YEAH! I'd pay to go see another Die Hard film. You betcha. :-) (Mrs E has already been served notice.)
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Saw "Identity Thief" a couple nights ago.
One of those "how much really nasty shit can happen to a poor schmuck who's simply trying to get his identity back" movies.
Seriously, the antagonist in this film - the fat girl (actress' name is Melissa McCarthy) - does a great job in showing her faux cruelty and hidden demons. It's worth a buck or two to see this film.
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Saw "Identity Thief" a couple nights ago.
One of those "how much really nasty shit can happen to a poor schmuck who's simply trying to get his identity back" movies.
Seriously, the antagonist in this film - the fat girl (actress' name is Melissa McCarthy) - does a great job in showing her faux cruelty and hidden demons. It's worth a buck or two to see this film.
I thought it was about Jason Bateman stealing Jerry McConnell's identity.
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Just watched Skyfall on DirecTV. Loved it! I was skeptical when they hired Craig as the new Bond; but I have loved all of the new Bond movies. He's doing a great job. I can't wait for the next one.
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I thought it was about Jason Bateman stealing Jerry McConnell's identity.
Nope. The fat girl (who is actually very endearing) is the one that is doing the stealing.
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I watched Taken 2(I liked the first better).
Savages(it was ok--worth spending a couple hours on if you have time to burn)
Tried to watch The Collection; I'm finding as I get older the gratuitous gore is just not my thing. I like horror, but gratuitous violence like Saw anymore is just--what's the point and it disturbs me even. Just don't care for it. That one got shut off btw.
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"Sinister" with Ethan Hawke.
Started out pretty good. The 8mm film scenes were disturbing, but the ending was.....meh.......been done. Kinda of a let down.
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"Sinister" with Ethan Hawke.
Started out pretty good. The 8mm film scenes were disturbing, but the ending was.....meh.......been done. Kinda of a let down.
That's what some other review said about that movie. The first hour was good, but the last 45 minutes or so was lacking the creep factor of the beginning.
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Watched The Lady and The Highway Man.......LAME!!!!
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Went to see " A Good Day to Die Hard" for Valentine's.
I liked it! Except there was not one "yippee kay yea...." in the whole movie. :bawl:
Watched "Day and Knight" or is it the other way around? The one with Cameron Diaz and Tom Cruise. Totally improbable, but the stunts were good and lots of chasin', fightin', shootin' going on. It was better than what I expected. On the other hand...compared with the other choices on tv the other night, it was outstanding. :wink:
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I watched The Devil Inside last night. Alone. It was pretty scary and a little bit of horror movie dumb thrown in at the same time.
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We watched Breaking Dawn Pt 2.
I actually liked it. I think it was the humor thrown in. Besides, I liked watching Bella beating the shit out of Vamps, finally.
Oh, her (CGI) baby, what a creepy looking little shit.
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I watched 'Batman Returns' last weekend (or whichever the Christian Bale movie is with all the ninjas).
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I watched 'Batman Returns' last weekend (or whichever the Christian Bale movie is with all the ninjas).
That would be Batman Begins.
I watched the remake of Clash of the Titans on Tuesday. Interesting how they threw out almost all of the original myth. The first movie at least had some mythology. And Ray HarryHausen effects. Take that CGI!
Oh yeah, the remake has your lead ninja from Batman Begins once again out to destroy a city because of the sins of that city.
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I hate Liam Neeson.
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I hate Liam Neeson.
His face looks like a cat face. Maybe if I can find a few more I can start a website, "Celebrities whose faces look like cat faces." Like the "Men who look like lesbians" site.
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I watched a TMC flick today from 1955. I liked it.
It's about Jack the Ripper starring Jack Palance.
(https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSSCB-KgUp5CsSpZvXDPdQPyuNxOnLix0jKZGud8JepQRhbrfkKig)
And of all the most unlikely people to cast - Aunt Bea from the Andy Griffith show is in it - playing her usual ditzy role. :o
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Man In The Attic
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0047209/?ref_=sr_1
http://www.amazon.com/Man-In-The-Attic/product-reviews/B000YFV6KO/ref=dp_top_cm_cr_acr_txt_cm_cr_acr_txt/181-0154582-0373037?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=1
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Machine Gun Preacher.
A very good and moving movie about a Ex-Biker Gang member turned preacher who opens an orphanage in Africa.
It's on Netflix right now.
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Watched Demolition Man last night. I saw it back in the day and it was entertaining back then but now it is our reality. Bloombergville.
Then I watched Max Payne. I had three beers by then and their were commercial interruptions. But it seemed kind of mediocre.
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Watched Demolition Man last night. I saw it back in the day and it was entertaining back then but now it is our reality. Bloombergville.
Then I watched Max Payne. I had three beers by then and their were commercial interruptions. But it seemed kind of mediocre.
So...how do you use the three shells? I mean, if it's now your reality, please share :-)
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So...how do you use the three shells? I mean, if it's now your reality, please share :-)
I don't know what the writer's intent was but I read a Larry Niven book once where a guy is frozen, woken up in the far future, ends up back at earth in an even farther future and there are these little sponges that seem to transport the waste to an 'instant elsewhere."
That is how I always saw the three seashells. The size is simply dependent on the size of the ass. Or so sussed I.
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Saturday went to see Oz. I enjoyed it very much. I felt it was one of those family movies that wasn't overly sexualized.
Yesterday watched Anna Karenina which, I liked the staging and the music but it seemed about 30 minutes too long and I came to loathe the eponymous character by the end. I understand the movie is like the cliff notes of Tolstoy, though. So maybe Tolstoy had a point but the movie didn't have much of one, IMO.
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I just watched the Duchess of Duke Street!! awesomeness!!
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watched Les Miserables on Sunday. Great!
If one is a fan of Patrick McGoohan's The Prisoner on may see many symbolic similarities.
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watched Les Miserables on Sunday. Great!
If one is a fan of Patrick McGoohan's The Prisoner on may see many symbolic similarities.
I eatched that today! Loved it!
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I eatched that today! Loved it!
I'll be reading/listening to the book when I finish Lord of the Rings.
I also watched the 1952 version staring Michael Renne when TCM had it's day of Les Mis last year, not a musical but very good. Fills in some gaps here and there while creating others filled in by the current musical version.
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I went to Olympus has Fallen last weekend. North Korean terrorists take over the White House and a single ex-Ranger secret serviceman saves the president. Two thumbs up.
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For those of you with Netflix, there's a new movie showing called Osombie. I saw it last night. Coalition forces in Afghanistan fighting zombies.
Dusty is on a mission to rescue her brother, a conspiracy theorist who's convinced Osama bin Laden is still alive. But while in Afghanistan, she discovers that the terrorist has risen -- and is building a zombie army to carry out his evil bidding.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oyw9OT_sv6Y
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For those of you with Netflix, there's a new movie showing called Osombie. I saw it last night. Coalition forces in Afghanistan fighting zombies. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oyw9OT_sv6Y
Amazon has it for sale on BluRay for 6 bucks!
Ordered. :-)
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The Hobbit. Holy crap. Nerd...gasm...
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Amazon has it for sale on BluRay for 6 bucks!
Ordered. :-)
Followup on Osombie.
Meh.
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Watched The Impossible last night.
Based on the true story of a family who survived the 2004 tsunami. I liked it although I felt it was Spielbergian in its audience emotional manipulation.
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I watched Runaway Slave this weekend. Damn. That's a good movie.
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I watched Runaway Slave this weekend. Damn. That's a good movie.
That was a good movie.
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That was a good movie.
Glad I bought it, that's for sure.
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Glad I bought it, that's for sure.
It has been available on Netflix streaming too.
The day after I watched Runaway Slave I watched Occupy Unmasked on Netflix which was okay but it did serve to show what a great movie Runaway Slave is.
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Just watched Parental Guidance was good not great but had some funny parts but damn Billy Crystal is aging
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Watched the Made-for-TV Spielberg classic, Duel, last night.
So good. Why did you ever have to get so famous, Mr. Spielberg?
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21 Jump Street. Bad language but I laughed from start to finish.
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Watched the Pyramids of Mars night before last (BBC America was having a retrospective on 50 Years of Dr. Who). God I love Tom Baker!
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Watched the Pyramids of Mars night before last (BBC America was having a retrospective on 50 Years of Dr. Who). God I love Tom Baker!
I saw that.
I'm dreading the Peter Davidson retrospective. He's easily the worst Doctor Who (excluding David Tennant).
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I really liked seeing it as a whole movie instead of the 30 minute segments I used to have to watch it in when I was in HS and it was on the local PBS channel. You had to wait a whole week to see the next segment! :bawl:
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Snow White and the Huntsman and Wrath of the Titans. Thank goodness I didn't spend money on either of those. I recorded them during premium channels' free preview weekends. Both movies were terrible.
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I agree. Snow White was awful. I wish Kristen Stewart was more expressive.
(http://www.thehollywoodjunkies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/the-many-faces-of-KStew.jpg)
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We saw "This is 40?"............................I should have killed myself.
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Went to see "Ironman 3" last night...
I liked it. Incredible special effects.
We saw previews for at least 5 or 6 movies coming out between now and November (yes...NOVEMBER!!) Special effects are sure different with all the digital capabilities these days. Each one seems to top the next!!
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Saw a BBC drama on Netflix, called North and South. It is pretty good..
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Holy shit, I'm dying here. :rotf: :lmao:
I just watched Adam Sandler's "That's My Boy". You have to watch this movie. It's awesome.
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Saw a BBC drama on Netflix, called North and South. It is pretty good..
That was a series made for tv. It is one of my favorites.
Last night I watched a movie on ABCFamily called "The Family That Preys". It was a good chick-flick.
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Friday I watched a 3 part British mini-series called Archangel that I liked so much I am going to read the novel which is by Robert Harris, a post-cold war political thriller staring Daniel Craig.
Saturday, watched Silver Lining Playbook which was entertaining and Looper which was a better-than-expected sci-fi yarn that I wish could have been a little bit better.
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Friday I watched a 3 part British mini-series called Archangel that I liked so much I am going to read the novel which is by Robert Harris, a post-cold war political thriller staring Daniel Craig.
Saturday, watched Silver Lining Playbook which was entertaining and Looper which was a better-than-expected sci-fi yarn that I wish could have been a little bit better.
I've had Archangel in my netflix queue for months and I haven't watched it yet but since you've given it a recommendation, I'll get right on it.
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I've had Archangel in my netflix queue for months and I haven't watched it yet but since you've given it a recommendation, I'll get right on it.
Hope you enjoy it!
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I watched 'The Hobbit' last night. Another awesome job by Peter Jackson... it was excellent.
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'The Hobbit'...by Peter Jackson...was excellent.
Concur.
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Watc hed the "The Life of Pi" on the way back from NYC...not bad!!
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You'll never believe I hadn't seen it before, but I watched Sargeant York over Memorial weekend. Wow!
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With the recent miserable weather in the Midwest, I watched Twister the other night. Saw it in the theater 17 years ago, hadn't seen it since.
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I watched the series Sherlock over the past week. Excellently excellent.
Apparently, both principles are in The Hobbit.
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You'll never believe I hadn't seen it before, but I watched Sargeant York over Memorial weekend. Wow!
Did you recognize Alvin York's army buddy--the one that was a "pusher' on the subway--as a young Abner Kravits, the husband of Mrs. Kravits, the nosy neighbor on the show Bewitched?
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Down With Love from 2003. One of my favorite light hearted movies.
A taste of this funny movie, and Ewan McGregor dancing in a towel :-*
[youtube=425,350]http://youtu.be/nTcOqF6ts_8[/youtube]
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Over the last three days, we've watched A Fistful of Dollars, A Few Dollars More, and The Good The Bad And The Ugly.
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Saw "Now You See Me" last night.
Don't bother.
http://movies.nytimes.com/2013/05/31/movies/now-you-see-me-directed-by-louis-leterrier.html?_r=0
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I watched the new Star Trek movie this week.
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I watched the new Star Trek movie this week.
and?
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YES!
Thank you!
and H5.
I've never heard of Unknown but it is on my list because of the Liam Neeson yummy factor ::)
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Saw "Now You See Me" last night.
Don't bother.
http://movies.nytimes.com/2013/05/31/movies/now-you-see-me-directed-by-louis-leterrier.html?_r=0
damn... we were going to go see it. guess we won't now... :(
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This post made me recall the best movies:
I loved Moonrise Kingdom -a nostalgic look of 1965 New England with the hidden imperfection of life exposed
The Magic of Belle Isle because it was about self-forgiveness and he's a writer too.
Jurassic Park because it was fun to see it on the big screen in 3D and I was surprised how much I missed from seeing it on TV. I loved kick-ass movies too but they are just entertainment, and you I never think about them afterwards.
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Saw "Back Door Ba......" oh wait.............didn't actually watch that. Never mind.
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Saw "Back Door Ba......" oh wait.............didn't actually watch that. Never mind.
I thought you were going to tell us you starred in it -googling your pic right now
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Last night was movie night with son and his girlfriend.
Choice was Hangover III or Now You See Me.
Based on Euph's comment regarding Now You See Me, which I told the others, we went to Hangover III.
We agreed son would pay for movie tickets, and we would pay for dinner. Even with "old people's discount" (as he told the person when he ordered the tickets - :hammer: ) it was the same price as dinner for 4, not counting tip.
At least dinner was good. :banghead:
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Last Sunday I saw "Here Comes The Boom" with Kevin James. I was surprised that it was actually pretty good...
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4L6ruTF5qE[/youtube]
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Mud last night.
great movie.
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We watched "Not Fade Away". Typical "band" movie of a group that tries to make it in 1960's New Jersey.
Also "Mama". Started out pretty good, rather creepy but the ending was dumb.
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My God! :thatsright: Movies these days suck!
I'm reading good reviews on the new Gatsby. Better chemistry between the characters than the original.
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Yes they do, and They rarely have original story lines.
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My God! :thatsright: Movies these days suck!
I'm reading good reviews on the new Gatsby. Better chemistry between the characters than the original.
Has Hollyweird gotten so staid, dull, and unimaginative that they can't even find an original story and make a movie about it?
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Has Hollyweird gotten so staid, dull, and unimaginative that they can't even find an original story and make a movie about it?
Have you counted the number of sequels and spinoffs this year?
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Have you counted the number of sequels and spinoffs this year?
No.
I have a life.
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I walked through the movie theater earlier this week. It was pretty depressing.
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Has Hollyweird gotten so staid, dull, and unimaginative that they can't even find an original story and make a movie about it?
Ender's Game (Official Site) (http://www.if-sentinel.com/)
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Mud last night.
great movie.
Hadn't heard of it bit the trailer looks great
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"Blues Brothers" was on HBO last night. Classic.
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Went to see Star Trek last Saturday. Excellent fun.
Have One Hour Photo, which I have never seen, in the DVD queue.
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Have One Hour Photo, which I have never seen, in the DVD queue.
I was underwhelmed, but I've never cared for Robin Williams as an actor.
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and?
I thought it was pretty good.
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Star Trek Into Darkness this weekend. Iron Man 3 last weekend. Thumbs up for both of them.
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We saw "Seven Psychopaths" the other night. Forget it.
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I watched John Dies At the End on Netflix last night after finishing the novel a day or two ago.
While I had hoped for a Fight Club type movie that surpasses the source material what I got is a movie that represented some of the scenes in the book quite well in the first half but then rushed to get to a conclusion in the second half, again with some scenes represented verbatim from the book but a greater chunk excised.
I was even more disappointed to realize that the movie was directed by Don Coscarelli who did Phantasm back in the day. I don't know that Phantasm has aged particularly well but when I first saw it, it blew me away! And watching the movie I could see how David Wong's book was a literary version of Phantasm, yet wholly original at the same time.
And that is the failing of the movie, other than cramming a whole bunch of stuff that will probably leave people who haven't read the book completely mystified, is where it is true to the novel it fails to be wholly original and where it is wholly original it betrays the novel.
If you are a horror-comedy fan and haven't read the book and decide to give the movie a go, let me know what you think. I think the movie is worth watching if you are a genre fan and have Netflix. It has a few very nice set pieces and the first 15-30 minutes are very well done.
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Last night watched Murder by Decree on Netflix from 1979 starring Christopher Plummer as Sherlock Holmes.
Interesting movie based loosely, one assumes, on Christopher Knight's 1975 book Jack The Ripper: The Final Solution.
I remember Christopher Plumber being on Good Morning America promoting the movie and showing the scene with the scarf but I never could remember which 1970s Sherlock Holmes movie it belonged to as I got older.
Edit: corrected Christopher Plummer's last name.
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For Father's Day, I was treated to a family-friendly chick flick.
:whatever:
We Bought a Zoo, with Matt Damon and Scarlett Johansen. He's a writer whose wife dies, and he buys a run-down animal park. She is the zookeeper. The menagerie includes a bipolar grizzly bear, an old tiger, and a drunken Scotsman.
It was the chickiest. Bleh.
I made up for it by going to the range, smoking a cigar, and watching Blazing Saddles this evening.
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Stand up Guys. Pacino and Walken.
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We watched "Extreme Measures" last night. Pretty good flick.
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Pineapple Express
:rotf:
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Mrs. E pretty much nailed when she said that movies released for the summertime are generally geared toward teenagers and bubbleheads who are interested in car chase scenes, tons and tons of special effects, explosions, and general mayhem, and empty-headed romantic comedies that aren't even close to funny -- just stoopid.
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Watched "Oz, the Great and Powerful". It was fun, and definitely made to be seen in 3D. It was interesting they (Disney) treated it as a prequel.
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For Father's Day, I was treated to a family-friendly chick flick.
:whatever:
We Bought a Zoo, with Matt Damon and Scarlett Johansen. He's a writer whose wife dies, and he buys a run-down animal park. She is the zookeeper. The menagerie includes a bipolar grizzly bear, an old tiger, and a drunken Scotsman.
It was the chickiest. Bleh.
I made up for it by going to the range, smoking a cigar, and watching Blazing Saddles this evening.
Derp . . . Matt Damon!
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v485/Moohawk/misc/team_america_56.jpg)
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Derp . . . Matt Damon!
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v485/Moohawk/misc/team_america_56.jpg)
He had the weakest performance in the Coen Brothers' True Grit.
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Watched "Oz, the Great and Powerful". It was fun, and definitely made to be seen in 3D. It was interesting they (Disney) treated it as a prequel.
Me too ! I watched it on the flight back from Hawaii. Also recently have seen large portions of "Hoax" with Richard Gere. I want to see the whole thing. It looks more than good enough to sit through.
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I went to see the new Superman movie, Man of Steel, last night. I liked it. If I wanted to find something to complain about in it, it would be that they could have found someone better to play Lois Lane. But other than that, very good.
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Broken City. Mark Wahlberg, Russel Crowe. Pretty good, drags a little. Decent acting, moderate suspense.
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Man of Steel. Great movie and Michael Shannon made a great General Zod.
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Mrs E and I are completely disgusted with the offerings in our area -- Man of Steel and a whole collection of zombie crap being among that pile of dung that we're just not interested in -- so we rented "Argo" from a Red Box and watched it at home.
Excellent film. While the story is true, I wonder about some of the built-in drama at the end. Probably more of Hollyweird's creative "license" they take with these kinds of stories.
"Argo" beat out "Lincoln" for best film. And "Lincoln" was the film to beat this year.
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Man of Steel. Great movie and Michael Shannon made a great General Zod.
Saw Monsters U and Man of Steel at the drive-in last night.
Monsters U. A fun kids' movie, which children of any age can enjoy. Red's 5 year old grandson had a great time, and told me that he and I must now watch Monsters, Inc. together. Fortunately, he has it on DVD.
Man of Steel. What I liked: Lots of action; Lois Lane has a nice ass; The Krypton part was well-done, for the most part; Christopher Meloni's character (Col. Hardy) and performance; Antje Traue's character (Zod's subcommander) and performance; Lois Lane has a nice ass. What I didn't like: A whole bunch of stuff that would be spoilers if I posted them; Departing from Superman canon in the most egregious way, and a huge related logical contradiction at the climax of the story; Poor character development; Kevin Costner as Jonathan Kent- phoned in performance; Lawrence Fishburne, Jr. as Perry White- phoned in performance; Non-linear storytelling- it only works for Quentin Tarantino, and much of the time it doesn't work for him; Elements of the story which were derivative from non-Superman stories, where being derivative didn't make sense (example: Jor-El's death- this is not a spoiler, since we all know Jor-El dies in the Superman origin story).
PM me for more, so I don't spoil it for anyone.
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I wonder about some of the built-in drama at the end.
There was no big-name producer for the fake film (as portrayed by Arkin)...
They never went to the market as "location scouts"...
The airline tickets were bought ahead of time and were in their hands as they entered the terminal...
The passport check was pretty cursory...
...and nobody jumped into cars and chased the plane down the runway.
Ticks me off. If you're going to retell history, tell it true.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argo_(2012_film) Section: "Historical inaccuracies"
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Friday night watched a forgotten gem starring Sean Connery and directed by Sidney Lumet: The Offense from 1973.
This movie was awesome but it also deals with very difficult subject matter. I would say this is the closest thing to a graphic novel I have ever seen on the screen and it is the best performance by Sean Connery I have ever seen. This is not action hero Connery.
The movie details the hunt for a child rapist and an interview with a prime suspect that goes horribly awry and the story is told out of sequence and can be very confusing at times but it was really just well done.
I read because of the dark subject the movie bombed in 1973 and it may also explain why Connery never (so far as I know) took as meaty a roll again in his career.
I would say if you are a movie buff, a Connery fan, and can handle deeply disturbing subject matter, put this film near the top of your list.
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Friday night watched a forgotten gem starring Sean Connery and directed by Sidney Lumet: The Offense from 1973.
Ah, Connery's hair shirt days.
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The Numbers Station...-John Cusack-
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Ah, Connery's hair shirt days.
That would be a good double feature with Zardoz.
(http://i1299.photobucket.com/albums/ag72/conscave/Zardoz_zed_zps1bb065ad.jpg)
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That would be a good double feature with Zardoz.
(http://i1299.photobucket.com/albums/ag72/conscave/Zardoz_zed_zps1bb065ad.jpg)
Well i uh.......he looks quite well endowed, I must sat! :yahoo: :drool:
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We watched The Hobbit over the weekend. I haven't read the book since I was 12 or 13 so there was a lot I didn't remember -- looking forward to the next installment. :)
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Well i uh.......he looks quite well endowed, I must sat! :yahoo: :drool:
You must SIT, not sat! :naughty:
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You must SIT, not sat! :naughty:
I meant to say ....."I must say"
Dang nook
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Ah, Connery's hair shirt days.
Actually, I do not believe Connery took his shirt off in this movie. Not typical Connery at all. No killing assassins by the reflection in a Bond-girl's iris either.
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I finally watched the Avengers this weekend. It was a fun movie.
I also caught the endings of Ip Man, Savages, and Die Hard. I've seen Die Hard before, so it was fun to watch a bit of it again. Both Ip Man and Savages looked pretty good, I might have to sit down and watch the full movies some time.
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I went to White House Down last night. It's not too bad as far as action goes but the over-the-top leftist bias of the movie might be too much to take for most Conservative Cave people.
I won't give too much away in case some of you go to see it, but the president is a democrat who's trying to put together a middle east peace deal. The republican speaker of the house is a caricature/composite of DU's idea of a republican house speaker. The "right wing" terrorists are right out of Hollywood central casting, including white supremacists.
If you want to see a movie about terrorists taking over the White House, I would recommend the far superior movie from a few months back called Olympus Has Fallen.
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I haven't watched it yet, but I just noticed that Atlas Shrugged Part II is now available for instant screening on Netflix. I just put it in my instant queue. Part one is on Netflix too, just in case you haven't seen it.
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I just finished watching Atlas Shrugged Part II. It was a good movie to wash away the foul leftist taste of White House Down.
Who is John Galt? Watch Atlas Shrugged Part II if you want to see.
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Batman Begins.
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I just finished watching Atlas Shrugged Part II. It was a good movie to wash away the foul leftist taste of White House Down.
Who is John Galt? Watch Atlas Shrugged Part II if you want to see.
I liked it. I have parts I and II on DVD.
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Saw "The Heat" last night with Sandra Bullock and Melissa McCarthy.
Very entertaining film, with tons and tons and tons of f-bombs.
I told Mrs. E that's how the people in Bahston tawk. :-)
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I just finished watching 'Super' (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1512235/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) with Rain Wilson, Kevin Bacon, and Liv Tyler.
What a ****ed-up movie. :o
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I just finished watching 'Super' (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1512235/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) with Rain Wilson, Kevin Bacon, and Liv Tyler.
What a ****ed-up movie. :o
Never even heard of that one
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We went an saw "World War Z". My wife and I thought it was well done. It's probably the best of the "Zombie Apocalypse" genre. She jumped a few times because we saw it in 3D. :lmao:
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I saw hunger games last night. Ironic, liberal actors and director make a movie about socialism.
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I saw hunger games last night. Ironic, liberal actors and director make a movie about socialism.
Ya, the irony was not lost on me. :thatsright:
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I went to see Man of Steel and really liked it.
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We went an saw "World War Z". My wife and I thought it was well done. It's probably the best of the "Zombie Apocalypse" genre. She jumped a few times because we saw it in 3D. :lmao:
I saw a preview for it when I was waiting for some other movie to start. The zombies looked like they can move a little more briskly than the shambling zombies I'm used to seeing in the movies.
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I went to White House Down last night. It's not too bad as far as action goes but the over-the-top leftist bias of the movie might be too much to take for most Conservative Cave people.
I won't give too much away in case some of you go to see it, but the president is a democrat who's trying to put together a middle east peace deal. The republican speaker of the house is a caricature/composite of DU's idea of a republican house speaker. The "right wing" terrorists are right out of Hollywood central casting, including white supremacists.
If you want to see a movie about terrorists taking over the White House, I would recommend the far superior movie from a few months back called Olympus Has Fallen.
We went to see it last Thursday night w son and his girlfriend. We all liked it. Those action scenes kept me quite tense!
BUT.... at times it was VERY difficult to separate the underlying message that Obama is awesome (amazing how much Jamie Foxx resembled O and the actresses playing wife and daughter looked like Michelle and the oldest daughter ::) ) and that all Conservatives are evil terrorists.
I must admit though.. Channing Tatum was quite, um... nice? :shucks: And when he "lost" his shirt.. :naughty: :drool:
The kids saw "Olympus Has Fallen" but we haven't seen it yet. T had said he really liked it and we need to see it. Guess I'll be waiting for the DVD.
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Mrs. E pretty much nailed when she said that movies released for the summertime are generally geared toward teenagers and bubbleheads who are interested in car chase scenes, tons and tons of special effects, explosions, and general mayhem, and empty-headed romantic comedies that aren't even close to funny -- just stoopid.
Well I'm not a teenager, so I guess I'm a bubblehead! :hammer:
I LIKE the car chases, special effects, explosions and general mayhem. :tongue:
Looking forward to "Red 2" coming out mid month. Thought the first one was great. If you haven't seen it, either rent it or it's been showing on TNT several times in the last week or so. I guess leading up to the new one coming out. Bruce Willis, John Malkovich, Helen Mirren were in the first and will be in the second.
We went an saw "World War Z". My wife and I thought it was well done. It's probably the best of the "Zombie Apocalypse" genre. She jumped a few times because we saw it in 3D. :lmao:
Not a chance of me seeing this one! I HATE zombie movies! The last one I saw, the guys talked me into seeing that one with Woody Harrelson in it, where they end up at Bill Murray's house (playing himself) and killing him. After that one, I told them they were on their own going to zombie movies. I'd stay home and read a book.
I don't see vampire movies either....
Saw "The Heat" last night with Sandra Bullock and Melissa McCarthy.
Very entertaining film, with tons and tons and tons of f-bombs.
I told Mrs. E that's how the people in Bahston tawk. :-)
We were going to go see this last night, but T ended up working and since the kids want to go to see it too, we will probably wait and see it with them. We've been having "family going to the movies night" for the last couple of months with them. Pretty neat when your adult kid and his ladyfriend want to "hang" with you! :yahoo:
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I watched part two of Atlas Shrugged last night, Great! I can't wait till part three comes out.
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Not a chance of me seeing this one! I HATE zombie movies! The last one I saw, the guys talked me into seeing that one with Woody Harrelson in it, where they end up at Bill Murray's house (playing himself) and killing him. After that one, I told them they were on their own going to zombie movies. I'd stay home and read a book.
It's far better than the "silly" Harrelson movie (I did like it though). It does have some REALLY intense scenes in it.
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Starship Troopers 2. Most of it anyway. It was painful to watch. Stinker city.
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Mrs. E pretty much nailed when she said that movies released for the summertime are generally geared toward teenagers and bubbleheads who are interested in car chase scenes, tons and tons of special effects, explosions, and general mayhem, and empty-headed romantic comedies that aren't even close to funny -- just stoopid.
It was that way back in the 1970s too. I had to turn up the auditorium volume for every one of those trashy movies that I showed.
At times, the dust would float down from the supports for the ceiling and roof. Two tube amplifiers, each 18" wide x 22" deep, x 6" tall can do that! Especially through the 3 banks of 3' diameter speakers, 3 speakers in each bank behind the screen and the side side stereo speakers! I had me some kind of fun!!!!!! :yahoo:
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I'm watching the second 'Expendables' movie. It's so bad. :lmao:
It's a definite DadBoner movie.
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Dead Man Down...Colin Farrell
3 out of 5 stars on my rating scale.
It had a plot and a subplot that explored wounded hearts and the hope of healing against the temptation of giving up to depravity.
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RIPD. Think men in black redux but with souls instead of aliens. Ryan Reynolds was easy on the eyes and I love seeing Kevin bacon do more actin again. It was just...fun. Nothing special but a fun eay to spend a rainy afternoon with my teen. Since it rained here most of the day the daughter and I came home and watched more movies: Warm Bodies(her choice and it was cute for that genre) and the Possession.
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I went to see the new Lone Ranger movie last weekend. I thought it was pretty good but I did fall asleep and missed a good portion of it. I didn't think it was that boring but I just couldn't stay awake.
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If you liked the first Red movie, you want to see Red 2!
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I saw hunger games last night. Ironic, liberal actors and director make a movie about socialism.
Yeah but... Jennifer Lawrence. :-)
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If you liked the first Red movie, you want to see Red 2!
Mrs E and I saw Red 2 on Satiddy night -- late, after all the zombie-watching kids had tottered off to whatever mayhem they normally do at 10 PM or later.
It's so outrageously ridiculous that it's funny as hell. Malkovich tells Willis in the first scene (at a Costco, no less) that he hasn't killed anybody in MONTHS so it's really quite necessary for Willis to get back in the "game."
Mary-Louise Parker is hysterically funny and Helen Mirren is the bitch you really don't want to piss off. :rotf: :lmao:
It's worth seeing, just for the mindless entertainment value and tongue-in-cheek gibes toward the intel community.
There's a chain gun/mini-gun scene that'll have you creaming your jeans. :drool:
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Saw Despicable Me 2 and loved it....Minions FTW!!!!!
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I saw a movie today about Calamity Jane(played by Anjelica Houston). also starring Mel Griffith, Sam Elliot :drool: Gabriel Byrne :drool:and Jack Palance...
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Saw Despicable Me 2 and loved it....Minions FTW!!!!!
There should be rules about making a movie about things you can't have in real life... I need minions!
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Mrs E and I saw Red 2 on Satiddy night -- late, after all the zombie-watching kids had tottered off to whatever mayhem they normally do at 10 PM or later.
It's so outrageously ridiculous that it's funny as hell. Malkovich tells Willis in the first scene (at a Costco, no less) that he hasn't killed anybody in MONTHS so it's really quite necessary for Willis to get back in the "game."
Mary-Louise Parker is hysterically funny and Helen Mirren is the bitch you really don't want to piss off. :rotf: :lmao:
It's worth seeing, just for the mindless entertainment value and tongue-in-cheek gibes toward the intel community.
There's a chain gun/mini-gun scene that'll have you creaming your jeans. :drool:
Had planned to go see Red 2 since Thursday night when it opened here....still haven't gotten there. Damn real life keeps getting in the way!
Good to hear it is living up to the first one.. we loved it.
Hopefully we will get to it in the next couple of days. :popcorn:
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I refuse to go to theaters to see a movie. The kicking of the seats, the yells and screams, the cussing - it's not worth it to me.
The last movie I saw in a theater was The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada back in 2006, because it sounded interesting and had Tommy Lee Jones as its star.
That's over 7 years ago.
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I don't do theaters either, drive ins, however are a different story!! :naughty:
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I don't do theaters either, drive ins, however are a different story!! :naughty:
They certainly are! I will not say what we used to call them.
Better yet: Lying in bed watching it on a TV set, with opportunities to - ahem - do other things.
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I don't do theaters either, drive ins, however are a different story!! :naughty:
You'd be lucky to find one anymore. I love the one in Beaufort, SC -- it's a double feature. The last time I was down there (2009), I saw Star Trek and Transformers 2. The year before when I was there, I saw Hancock and Get Smart.
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Halo 4. Almost a snoozer. Barely interesting.
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You'd be lucky to find one anymore. I love the one in Beaufort, SC -- it's a double feature. The last time I was down there (2009), I saw Star Trek and Transformers 2. The year before when I was there, I saw Hancock and Get Smart.
I worked as a projectionist at a drive in. Different world from an indoor theater. So much power to generate the light, but I could light up the entire place! And the amplifiers! Geez. Monster amplifiers for the sound system!
They're getting rarer, but they're still around in some places.
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Mrs E and I saw Red 2 on Satiddy night -- late, after all the zombie-watching kids had tottered off to whatever mayhem they normally do at 10 PM or later.
It's so outrageously ridiculous that it's funny as hell. Malkovich tells Willis in the first scene (at a Costco, no less) that he hasn't killed anybody in MONTHS so it's really quite necessary for Willis to get back in the "game."
Mary-Louise Parker is hysterically funny and Helen Mirren is the bitch you really don't want to piss off. :rotf: :lmao:
It's worth seeing, just for the mindless entertainment value and tongue-in-cheek gibes toward the intel community.
There's a chain gun/mini-gun scene that'll have you creaming your jeans. :drool:
Just saw it and had a blast. I did recognize the airfield they used at the end of the film. I saw the white cargo 747 and the C-47 with invasion stripes and realized they were shooting at Dunsfold Aerodrome in the UK. That airfield is where the Top Gear UK studio is and the track where they test the cars they feature on the show. You can see the studio buildings in the background in a couple of the scenes.
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I worked as a projectionist at a drive in. Different world from an indoor theater. So much power to generate the light, but I could light up the entire place! And the amplifiers! Geez. Monster amplifiers for the sound system!
They're getting rarer, but they're still around in some places.
We have two in our area, and actually a guy in Murfreesboro is talking about building a new big one.
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We have two in our area, and actually a guy in Murfreesboro is talking about building a new big one.
The newer ones, and those updated, are easier to operate in the booth. They're now using electric bulbs (powerful ones) for the projector lights, instead of the carbon arc lamps I used.
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Been awhile but "War Horse" - thought it was good enough that I bought the DVD - probably watch it again someday.
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Been awhile but "War Horse" - thought it was good enough that I bought the DVD - probably watch it again someday.
I really like that flick.
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Went to see "Red 2" on Sunday night... it was so fun!
The way it ended, hoping there will be a "Red 3"!!
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Went to see "Red 2" on Sunday night... it was so fun!
The way it ended, hoping there will be a "Red 3"!!
I kinda thought you'd like that one. :hi5:
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Went to see "Red 2" on Sunday night... it was so fun!
The way it ended, hoping there will be a "Red 3"!!
Need to remember that and CG's suggestion of War Horse the next time I'm looking for movies !
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I really like that flick.
I heard it was a sob fest.
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I heard it was a sob fest.
I didn't think so.
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Last night I watched Movie 43 on netflix. I would recommend it, though with a few caveats. If you liked There's Something About Mary, the Airplane movies, and Kentucky Fried Movie, you might like Movie 43. It's very raunchy, not so much because of nudity--although there is some--but it is pretty vulgar. If you've seen There's Something About Mary that will give you some idea of what I'm talking about. The skits are hit and miss, but some are really funny. But the thing about the movie that really surprised me was that there are a lot of really big name Hollywood stars in it doing very lowbrow humor--a lot of them aren't really known for doing comedy at all (Kate Winslet, Halle Berry, Live Schreiber, and Richard Gere to name a few). But there is one skit in particular where Gerard Butler plays a leprechaun that had me laughing so hard that tears were running down my face. I was laughing so hard that I was genuinely concerned that there was a possibility that I would die laughing--it struck me as that funny.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1333125/
But one final warning:
Released on January 25, 2013, Movie 43 has been widely panned by critics, with Richard Roeper calling it "the Citizen Kane of awful".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Movie_43
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Totts and I went to see Rush a few weeks ago...if you like racing, or racing movies you will like this movie. Specifically F1.....Great flick.
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Saw Tom Hanks in Captain Phillips last Friday.
No Oscar nomination for him in this one. A rather contrived New England accent and the end scene with him in the Navy vessel's sick bay just didn't pass the smell test.
The Navy Chief Corpsman, on the other hand, was a bit of a hottie. And real. They casted her, so what she said and how she said it was real.
Phillips is alleged to have been a bit of an asshole, rude and brusque to his crew. It seemed as though Hanks was always telling his crew to "Enjoy your coffee and get to work" while they're sitting around on their asses.
On the whole, if you can separate Hanks' politics from this film -- he did not direct it and he did not produce it (Kevin Spacey was executive producer) -- it's worth a few bucks to see it.
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I've been on a horror kick lately, currently finished the Halloween series (Originals and Rob Zombie remakes) and I plan on getting on the Hellraiser franchise next.
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Saw Tom Hanks in Captain Phillips last Friday.
No Oscar nomination for him in this one. A rather contrived New England accent and the end scene with him in the Navy vessel's sick bay just didn't pass the smell test.
The Navy Chief Corpsman, on the other hand, was a bit of a hottie. And real. They casted her, so what she said and how she said it was real.
Phillips is alleged to have been a bit of an asshole, rude and brusque to his crew. It seemed as though Hanks was always telling his crew to "Enjoy your coffee and get to work" while they're sitting around on their asses.
On the whole, if you can separate Hanks' politics from this film -- he did not direct it and he did not produce it (Kevin Spacey was executive producer) -- it's worth a few bucks to see it.
http://nypost.com/2013/10/13/crew-members-deny-captain-phillips-heroism/
Sour grapes from the rest of the crew?
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http://nypost.com/2013/10/13/crew-members-deny-captain-phillips-heroism/
Sour grapes from the rest of the crew?
Hollyweird always takes "creative license" with its movies. Probably not sour grapes at all -- has the ring of truth to it. A ship's captain who allows himself to be portrayed in the most positive light and does not put his crew up there front and center to take the credit isn't much of a leader.
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A Woman of Substance. The movie was based on book. The first two were the best. The jury is out on the third one.
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Saw Tom Hanks in Captain Phillips last Friday.
No Oscar nomination for him in this one. A rather contrived New England accent and the end scene with him in the Navy vessel's sick bay just didn't pass the smell test.
The Navy Chief Corpsman, on the other hand, was a bit of a hottie. And real. They casted her, so what she said and how she said it was real.
Phillips is alleged to have been a bit of an asshole, rude and brusque to his crew. It seemed as though Hanks was always telling his crew to "Enjoy your coffee and get to work" while they're sitting around on their asses.
On the whole, if you can separate Hanks' politics from this film -- he did not direct it and he did not produce it (Kevin Spacey was executive producer) -- it's worth a few bucks to see it.
Was that a Navy Corpse man ? That's how our CIC told us to pronounce it.
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Was that a Navy Corpse man ? That's how our CIC told us to pronounce it.
That was no Corpse and that was no Man.
A rather attractive Chief Navy Corpsman, I might add.
Danielle Albert. In person.
http://movies.yahoo.com/blogs/movie-talk/real-life-navy-medic-gets-surprise-acting-debut-211216628.html
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I was on here a few months ago bragging about how good the movie Olympus Has Fallen is and later saying how much better it was than the other White House under attack movie White House Down.
I was looking for something to watch on Netflix tonight when I noticed that Olympus Has Fallen is now available for live streaming.
I give it two thumbs up. It won't cost you anything to watch it if you're already paying for Netflix anyway.
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Watched "We're the Millers" Ya Anniston is kinda hot, but starting to look too old for her "young chick" parts, but the rest of the "movie" is total dog shit.
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"Man of Steel". It was just about as disappointing as every other attempt at duplicating the success of George Reeves.
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"Man of Steel". It was just about as disappointing as every other attempt at duplicating the success of George Reeves.
I think you mean Christopher Reeves.
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I think you mean Christopher Reeves.
(http://www.elrongroup.org/im4/im47885.jpg)
George Reeves was Superman back in the 1950s.
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(http://www.elrongroup.org/im4/im47885.jpg)
George Reeves was Superman back in the 1950s.
any relation?
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any relation?
Both are dead?
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I think you mean Christopher Reeves.
Big Dog is right, and I didn't care for any of the Christopher Reeves interpretations of the man of steel. They weren't awful per se, but not a bit better than mediocre in entertainment value.
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Big Dog is right, and I didn't care for any of the Christopher Reeves interpretations of the man of steel. They weren't awful per se, but not a bit better than mediocre in entertainment value.
Christopher Reeves was a ***** Superman. The worst was the final movie that culminated in the Man of Steel catching all the world's nuclear missiles in a big net and throwing them into space.
Totally 80s.
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Christopher Reeves was a ***** Superman. The worst was the final movie that culminated in the Man of Steel catching all the world's nuclear missiles in a big net and throwing them into space.
Totally 80s.
He was a pretty boy bordering on the metrosexual, which was 'zackly what the Hollyweird types wanted "superheroes" to gravitate toward back in the 80s.
Now look who the so-called "heroes" are.
Tom Cruise. :rotf: :lmao:
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He was a pretty boy bordering on the metrosexual, which was 'zackly what the Hollyweird types wanted "superheroes" to gravitate toward back in the 80s.
Now look who the so-called "heroes" are.
Tom Cruise. :rotf: :lmao:
I could beat Tom Cruise's ass, and I'm a welterweight.
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Paranoia...meh
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I could beat Tom Cruise's ass, and I'm a welterweight.
Please (beat on him) because he is such a lousy actor and human for that matter...lol
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Over the past couple of weeks we have watched a lot of movies that we have on DVD.
Iron Man 1,2, and 3.
The Incredible Hulk.
Captain America.
The Avengers.
Thor.
Star Trek Into Darkness.
Reds 2.
Cowboys versus Aliens.
Prometheus.
I think there were a couple more, but not sure what they were.
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Mrs. E and I went to see "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" directed by and starring Ben Stiller.
We were pleasantly surprised. I thought the acting was very good, script also very good. Stiller did some things with angles and display of credits that was a little unusual too. The female lead, Kristen Wiig, was unknown to me. Not ravishingly beautiful (but still easy on the eyes), and 40 years old, she did a great job. I didn't know anything about her, but see she's been on SNL and a few other films I've not seen before. Sean Penn has a small role in this film, which is the only down side - that punk needs his ass beat on a daily basis.
No sex and no nudity, which is a good thing if a little unusual.
It's a good yarn, and well worth the money to see it. I don't think this film is Oscar-material, but I don't care about that. I just like a good story.
Out of 3 stars, I give it 3.
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I watched A Royal Affair. It is about King Christian VII of Denmark, his wife, Caroline Mathilde, and the personal physician, Johannes Strunsee. Interesting story, but sad ending. It had subtitles, but was easy enough to follow.
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Insidious 2 last night
The Great Gatsby the night before.
The Family the night that.
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Kick Ass 2 on New Years Day which was good.
The Descendent last night which reminded me of a glorified soap opera.
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Who just told us of the Secret Life of Walter Mitty without mentioning the Danny Kaye original classic ?
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Who just told us of the Secret Life of Walter Mitty without metioning the Danny Kaye original classic ?
I mentioned Walter Mitty, but I didn't know of Danny Kaye performing that role.
If he did, he sucked. Why do I know this? Because he was a redhead. :-) :fuelfire: :tongue:
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I mentioned Walter Mitty, but I didn't know of Danny Kaye performing that role.
If he did, he sucked. Why do I know this? Because he was a redhead. :-) :fuelfire: :tongue:
It's been decades since I saw the original with Danny Kaye, but I remembered it as soon as I saw ad for the remake. It must have been good if I remembered it that from that long ago.
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Flight
Not a movie that I'd watch again, but I found it mildly entertaining. Denzel Washington played a believable drunk. The movie was too dark to be wrapped up with the touchy-feely feel-good ending imo. Ending simply wasn't credible considering the nature of the character.
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Flight
Not a movie that I'd watch again, but I found it mildly entertaining. Denzel Washington played a believable drunk. The movie was too dark to be wrapped up with the touchy-feely feel-good ending imo. Ending simply wasn't credible considering the nature of the character.
Interesting observation. I saw the film too, and while I never spend more than 5 minutes analyzing ANY film (I'm after somewhat cheap entertainment and little else), I thought he gave a credible performance both during his drunken debauchery and, after the epiphany happened.
Some drunks/druggies do come back from their version of hell. And I think Denzel showed how that could be done.
The film definitely was dark, though. Dark for a reason, and we ain't talking race here. The idea that a commercial pilot could drink and drug to the extent that Washington portrayed is dark all by itself. The whole scenario is doubtful in that way since the FAA and the airlines, through medical exams that are pretty damned thorough, tend to weed the problem children out before they become full-blown, like Washington certainly played.
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The film definitely was dark, though. Dark for a reason, and we ain't talking race here. The idea that a commercial pilot could drink and drug to the extent that Washington portrayed is dark all by itself. The whole scenario is doubtful in that way since the FAA and the airlines, through medical exams that are pretty damned thorough, tend to weed the problem children out before they become full-blown, like Washington certainly played.
That's good to hear. Watching that movie is enough to make one want to sniff the pilot's breath before proceeding down the aisle.
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I mentioned Walter Mitty, but I didn't know of Danny Kaye performing that role.
If he did, he sucked. Why do I know this? Because he was a redhead. :-) :fuelfire: :tongue:
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I just got back from watching Lone Survivor.
Lone Survivor is a 2013 American war film written and directed by Peter Berg, and starring Mark Wahlberg, Taylor Kitsch, Emile Hirsch, Ben Foster and Eric Bana. It is based on the 2007 nonfiction book of the same name by Marcus Luttrell and Patrick Robinson. Set during the War in Afghanistan, the film dramatizes the failed United States Navy SEALs mission Operation Red Wings, in which a four-man SEAL reconnaissance and surveillance team was tasked to track Taliban leader Ahmad Shah.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lone_Survivor_(film)
Two thumbs up. They say that there are a few departures in historical accuracy from the actual events, but nothing that twists the truth in a malicious way. From the authentic look of the picture--weapons, uniforms, equipment--they had cooperation from the military in making it.
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I just got back from watching Lone Survivor.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lone_Survivor_(film)
Two thumbs up. They say that there are a few departures in historical accuracy from the actual events, but nothing that twists the truth in a malicious way. From the authentic look of the picture--weapons, uniforms, equipment--they had cooperation from the military in making it.
I saw the film last night with Mrs. E.
I read the book not long after it came out, and I found the book positively spellbinding. Highly encourage anyone to read it.
The nonsense about Luttrell's being grabbed by the Taliban after having been wounded in the battle, and then being led over to the bloody treetrunk where they were going to cut off his head is just that -- pure Hollywood. He was indeed found by that Afghani villager and safeguarded for the 3-4 days it took for the word to get back to J-bad. And the bad guys were definitely looking for him, but through the villagers, Luttrell evaded them while he began recovery from his serious wounds.
And I noted in several spots in the film where, in gatherings of SEALS, Luttrell himself made cameo appearances.
Definitely worth seeing.
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Gravity--loved it but I'm scared shit of space anyway so it appeals to that base fear
Devil's Due-sucks ass!
Insidious 2-liked it btter then the first
Hoping to see Lone Survivor and Her soon
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The wife and I went and saw Godzilla last night. I loved it. It followed the original movie (to a point) but wayyyyyyy modernized.
Great "check your brain at the door" movie.
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'Gravity'. What a snooze-fest.
'John Carter' was good, despite the Disneyfication of the original story. 'Saving Mr. Banks' was interesting.
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'Gravity'. What a snooze-fest.
'John Carter' was good, despite the Disneyfication of the original story. 'Saving Mr. Banks' was interesting.
Sounds like Gravity is a possible rental. John Carter they eff'd up so badly, I'd forgotten about it.
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Went to see Godzilla over the weekend. Thought it was great.
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Just finished watching "Planet of he Apes" with son 5 minutes ago.....the original with Charlton Heston.
I thought it was current history of the U.S.A......Hey, we're being ruled by a bunch of monkeys ain't we.
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Went to see Godzilla over the weekend. Thought it was great.
Same here.
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I just finished watching 'Oz The Great And Powerful'. I give it a solid 'meh'.
Glynda the Good Witch is smoking hot. Ditto for Mila Kunis, the Wicked Witch of the West. I dug the Carmen Sandiego outfit in the first half of the movie.
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Sharknado II.............................................. :rotf:
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Sharknado II.............................................. :rotf:
I watched it, too. Stupid fun!
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Saw Guardians of the Galaxy last week.
Fun film, if pretty dumb.
They made several Footloose references, "Hey, we're just like Kevin Bacon!" Says Alien woman who never saw the film. BP
Afterwards, I went home, flipped on the TV while I went through some bills, and what did I see on? Footloose. :o
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Saw Guardians of the Galaxy last week.
Fun film, if pretty dumb.
They made several Footloose references, "Hey, we're just like Kevin Bacon!" Says Alien woman who never saw the film. BP
Afterwards, I went home, flipped on the TV while I went through some bills, and what did I see on? Footloose. :o
There are no coincidences, but there are coindickies.
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Last night I watched two old John Wayne movies: The Dawn Rider (no dawn to be seen, but plenty of riding; also plenty of fighting and shooting), and The Lucky Texan, featuring George "Gabby" Hayes in drag.
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Malificent...enjoyable
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I just finished watching 'Oz The Great And Powerful'. I give it a solid 'meh'.
Glynda the Good Witch is smoking hot. Ditto for Mila Kunis, the Wicked Witch of the West. I dug the Carmen Sandiego outfit in the first half of the movie.
That was a double read for me, I thought you said you dug your Carmen Sandiego outfit OUT OF THE CLOSET in the first half of the movie :) ;)
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"On the Beach"....the first one. Watched it on my laptop.
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I just got home from watching The Equalizer with Denzel Washington. Run, don't walk to see this movie.
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAI7rF0eQyQ[/youtube]
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City Lights.
I can watch the last five minutes of it a hundred times and never get tired of it.
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City Lights.
I can watch the last five minutes of it a hundred times and never get tired of it.
I've never seen it. But I occasionally like to watch an old black and white movie from the '40's. I love the set decorations and the clothing they wore then. Sometimes there is even a good story plot.
Never been a fan of today's guy type of "blood and guts" movies. My favorites are comedies and mysteries.
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I've never seen it. But I occasionally like to watch an old black and white movie from the '40's. I love the set decorations and the clothing they wore then. Sometimes there is even a good story plot.
Never been a fan of today's guy type of "blood and guts" movies. My favorites are comedies and mysteries.
I'm with you on the blood and guts thing- it's never interested me. The same goes for special effects and other "wow" things that are used in lieu of a real plot. Most of what I have are old comedies, musicals, and a bunch of Hitchcock films.
City Lights is in AFI's Top 100 list. I don't remember what number it is, but it's on the list.
http://ffilms.org/city-lights-1931/
[edit] It's #11 on their 100-year list.
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I'm with you on the blood and guts thing- it's never interested me. The same goes for special effects and other "wow" things that are used in lieu of a real plot.
I agree with the special effects stuff too. I went with one of my kids to see "The Lord Of The Rings" and laughed all the way through, but no one else in the theater was laughing.
I guess the Cyclops and the octopus weren't in it for comedy relief.
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I agree with the special effects stuff too. I went with one of my kids to see "The Lord Of The Rings" and laughed all the way through, but no one else in the theater was laughing.
I guess the Cyclops and the octopus weren't in it for comedy relief.
:rotf:
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Local TV station running all the "Planet of the Apes" movies.....one down and several to go....if I can last that long.
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Local TV station running all the "Planet of the Apes" movies.....one down and several to go....if I can last that long.
I never much cared for sci-fi, unless it was being lampooned.
Did you grow up watching that type of stuff?
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I never much cared for sci-fi, unless it was being lampooned.
Did you grow up watching that type of stuff?
Yeah, I read all the sci-fi books in the high school library. Loved the sci-fi comic books of the 50's/60's....space aliens, all that stuff. Oh, and The Twilight Zone, Night Gallery, The Outer Limits on TV, Star Trek, Star Wars, etc., etc...
But the funny thing is I don't buy into the crazy conspiracy theories like space aliens, Bermuda triangle stuff. A lot of people into sci-fi believe all kinds of crazy stuff.
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Yeah, I read all the sci-fi books in the high school library. Loved the sci-fi comic books of the 50's/60's....space aliens, all that stuff. Oh, and The Twilight Zone, Night Gallery, The Outer Limits on TV, Star Trek, Star Wars, etc., etc...
But the funny thing is I don't buy into the crazy conspiracy theories like space aliens, Bermuda triangle stuff. A lot of people into sci-fi believe all kinds of crazy stuff.
I remember watching some of the older Twilight Zone stuff when I was growing up. I didn't care for the newer ones.
In my formative years, I watched a few episodes of Babylon 5, and I think that's what soured me on that type of stuff. Terrible, horrible, awful. :p
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Just watched a story about Princess Kulianai(sp). Not too bad. Rather sad that she only lived to be 29
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Walking through tombstones.
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Walking through tombstones.
Out registering democrats to vote?
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^Heh
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Godzilla.
Great special effects but they spent most of the screen time NOT showing you the monsters. I understand this is to build suspense but after 90+ minutes it became more of a distraction. It's still a good beer and popcorn movie.
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Edge of tomorrow.
Decent story line and execution.
Good acting.
Not much in the way of chemistry.
Some glaring hang ups.
Science hill does exist and is in America even though it is in Kentucky.
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Went and saw Fury last Friday night. Excellent film IMO and well worth the money to see it. We also get to see a real Tiger tank as opposed to a T-34 made to look like one.
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The Wild World of Batwoman.
I dare someone else here to watch it.
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The Wild World of Batwoman.
I dare someone else here to watch it.
MST3K version on youtube.
[youtube]www.youtube.com/watch?v=OdiXvz6Kmhc[/youtube]
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I've been watching a lot of MST3K while I study for Midterms.
I just finished Rage with Nicolas Cage in it. It was terrible. Awful. My uncle dared me to watch it.
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I've been watching a lot of MST3K while I study for Midterms.
Favorite episode thus far?
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I just watched...
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I just watched...
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For some reason, THOPB reminded me a lot of Village of the Giants. Maybe it was the opening sequence. :shrug:
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Watched the Machine gun preacher!! Interesting, however , Gerard Butler was in it!! :drool: :drool: :drool: :drool: :naughty: :naughty: :naughty: :naughty:
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Horror of the Zombies (1974), also known as
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I love Hallowe'en!
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Watched the Machine gun preacher!! Interesting, however , Gerard Butler was in it!! :drool: :drool: :drool: :drool: :naughty: :naughty: :naughty: :naughty:
I've never heard of that movie. Was it good?
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"House of Wax" -- a Vincent Price masterpiece!
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"House of Wax" -- a Vincent Price masterpiece!
I love that movie!
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I've never heard of that movie. Was it good?
I thought so, it is a true story...
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I saw Fury last night, after having cashed in about 60 hubby points to bring Mrs. E along.
Meh.
No plot, no story. Just war. Horrific war.
Apart from the realism (God, those guys really used those shitty M3 grease guns?) in spots (c'mon, 5 guys in a Sherman are gonna take on an entire SS battalion of troops, armed with Panzerfausts, and not get hit by those right away?), this film is a joke. Gimme a break. They say to suspend your disbelief, but this is ridiculous. Shades of Hogan's Heroes.
The Germans were NOT stupid. This film portrays them in that way.
Brad Pitt - go comb your pretty hair and make kissy-face with Angelina. It's what you do best.
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I saw Fury last night, after having cashed in about 60 hubby points to bring Mrs. E along.
Meh.
No plot, no story. Just war. Horrific war.
Apart from the realism (God, those guys really used those shitty M3 grease guns?) in spots (c'mon, 5 guys in a Sherman are gonna take on an entire SS battalion of troops, armed with Panzerfausts, and not get hit by those right away? Gimme a break. They say to suspend your disbelief, but this is ridiculous. Shades of Hogan's Heroes.
The Germans were NOT stupid. This film portrays them in that way.
Brad Pitt - go comb your pretty hair and make kissy-face with Angelina. It's what you do best.
Interesting review.
I wouldn't mind seeing one from...DAT !
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I saw Exodus: Gods and Kings on Friday night. I give it two thumbs up. I have heard people grumbling about the movie taking liberties with the Bible, but I don't think it veers any further away from Scripture than the Charlton Heston version did.
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Caught "The Hunter" (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1703148/) on TV a few weeks ago. I liked it so much I bought the DVD.
The Hunter speaks of humanity left in a cruel man who was sent on a different mission. This time he is to hunt down an endangered animal and then he comes in touch with a wonderful family with kids where he finds his softness in heart. Film rather starts and moves bit slow but it just gives the total freedom for the viewer to wonder about. The plot is unique and I'm sure I have not come across anything similar before. The landscapes are amazingly beautiful and the story line keeps you going. I like Dafoes performance on this. And the sweet little kids.
The Tasmanian Tiger is a marsupial thought to be extinct since 1936 when the last captive animal died in captivity in 1936.
(http://tedconfblog.files.wordpress.com/2013/06/tasmanian-tiger.jpg?w=900)
Australian movies are a fresh breath compared to Hollywood.
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November Man
Giver
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Giver
Wasn't impressed. Poor acting, weak screenplay.
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Wasn't impressed. Poor acting, weak screenplay.
A watered down version of Divergent.
Even Divergent was no instant classic.
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A watered down version of Divergent.
Even Divergent was no instant classic.
Haven't seen the movie. I did like the book(s).
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Watched Skyfall again and Under the Skin which was very weird and I liked it.
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Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Expendables 3
Thor: The Dark World
Guardians of the Galaxy.
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Equalizer
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King of Jazz (1930)
It was one of a handful of films shot using the Technicolor 3 process, and the first to contain a technicolor cartoon. It was the first film to have all of the sound pre-recorded, since the band director, Paul Whiteman insisted on retaining the clarity that could be obtained without the odd sound dynamics of a stage.
A very young Bing Crosby made his debut singing with the Rhythm Boys as well. He was being transported to and from the stage by a police escort, because he was serving a 40-day sentence for drunk driving.
It's a nice historic piece for sure, although I don't think I'd call it a movie. There is no plot, and it moves along like a vaudevillian show. It's public domain, and difficult to find, but someone was kind enough to upload it to archive.org:
https://archive.org/details/KingOfJazz
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Reach me. A little better than mediocre.
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Le Chef (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1911553/) Pretty damn funny... I liked it.
Hot Fuzz (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0425112/?ref_=nv_sr_1) Another goofy Simon Pegg movie. Lots of fun.
This Is 40 (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1758830/?ref_=nv_sr_1) One of Paul Rudd's better movies. The screenplay was good.
Elysium (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1535108/?ref_=nv_sr_1) Matt Damon in a dystopian future. Good action movie.
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Just finished Sin City, now starting Sin City: A Dame to Kill For.
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Hobbit 3 - Smaug's the original badass. Too much focus on Thorin, although, yeah, he led the original Gang of Dwarves (and Bilbo) through the book.
Nothing in the book about the Elves being in Laketown when Smaug was acting like an ass, at least that I recall. Artistic license, I guess.
Orcs may look badass, but in battle they're pussies.
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Alot of the extra shit in the movies came from the Appendix in LOTRs and in Tolkien's notes of the books collected and published by his son Christopher. Not everything in the books is in the movies though. Tom Bombadil was left out. Oh well.
Elves in Laketown are not found in the book- nor is the female elf with the hots for the dwarf. A little licence but it wasn't too bad.
Yeah, I am a huge Tolkien nut.
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Alot of the extra shit in the movies came from the Appendix in LOTRs and in Tolkien's notes of the books collected and published by his son Christopher. Not everything in the books is in the movies though. Tom Bombadil was left out. Oh well.
Elves in Laketown are not found in the book- nor is the female elf with the hots for the dwarf. A little licence but it wasn't too bad.
Yeah, I am a huge Tolkien nut.
The biz about Tom Bombadil being left out was talked about with the first "The Hobbit" film. This one with the 5 Armies is No. #3.
Tom B. was a badass. But they left him on the cutting room floor. :mad:
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I watched The Interview last night. It is very funny, but kind of raunchy--in case you don't like that sort of thing.
It just started streaming on Netflix. I give it the thumbs up.
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-interview-to-begin-streaming-on-netflix/
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Friday night I went to see American Sniper. Highly recommended.
Lots of interesting quibble squabble covered over at Twitchy, especially this from the actor James Woods:
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Michael Moore's criticism of a Clint Eastwood film about sacrifice and valor is a marketing department's wet dream.
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Michael Moore is doing for AMERICAN SNIPER what Obama did for gun sales...
http://twitchy.com/2015/01/20/james-woods-spots-what-michael-moore-is-doing-for-american-sniper/
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Lucy. It pretty much sucked.
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Friday night I went to see American Sniper. Highly recommended.
Lots of interesting quibble squabble covered over at Twitchy, especially this from the actor James Woods:http://twitchy.com/2015/01/20/james-woods-spots-what-michael-moore-is-doing-for-american-sniper/
Also highly recommend. As a VN vet and Texan I personally found it very moving.
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Friday night I went to see American Sniper. Highly recommended.
Lots of interesting quibble squabble covered over at Twitchy, especially this from the actor James Woods:http://twitchy.com/2015/01/20/james-woods-spots-what-michael-moore-is-doing-for-american-sniper/
James Woods is an unabashed and unapologetic conservative.
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Went to see American Sniper...everyone in the audience applauded when it was over....
It was an appreciation of Chris Kyle's service and sacrifice to his country.
My husband an myself both had chill run over our skin during Chris Kyle's funeral. It really touched us both.
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Went to see American Sniper...everyone in the audience applauded when it was over....
It was an appreciation of Chris Kyle's service and sacrifice to his country.
My husband an myself both had chill run over our skin during Chris Kyle's funeral. It really touched us both.
Agreed on all counts.
We had a smartass in the audience at first in running his mouth, but at the end of the flick, not a word could be heard.
One thing that I appreciated -- the film spent quite a bit of time on the relationship between Kyle and his wife and the turmoil they both went through. Battle scenes are there and these are gripping, but the theme of the movie isn't violence, mayhem, and making a political statement about Iraq/Bush. It's about people and their choices, and how they have to live with them.
In Kyle's case, he died by his decision to be selfless and helpful to his fellow vets to the point that he was betrayed by a nutcase who should not have been released from psychiatric care.
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Tonight will be Dr. No and Goldfinger.
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Tonight will be Dr. No and Goldfinger.
Do you expect me to talk ?
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We had a smartass in the audience at first in running his mouth, but at the end of the flick, not a word could be heard.
A bunch of the wife's friends(all female) drove 45 miles to see the movie. They went to the early show and had to kill a couple of hours before they could get in. They were quite moved by the movie. They said that when it ended you could have heard a pin drop in the theater...then everyone got up and quietly left wiping tears from their eyes.
I'll go see it sometime in the next few days when it comes to town.
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Do you expect me to talk ?
No, Mr. Bond. I expect you to die!
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Last night was a Kubrick double feature, Dr. Strangelove and Full Metal Jacket.
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Gambler.
It was decent I guess.
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Tonight is the Madness Trilogy- Reefer Madness, Cocaine Fiends, and Sex Madness.
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Tonight is the Madness Trilogy- Reefer Madness, Cocaine Fiends, and Sex Madness.
How will you prepare? ;)
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I tried to watch Boyhood on Saturday. Awful motionless picture, like a Pavlovian experiment being sucked into a black hole. I quit watching with an hour of running time left.
I can't believe it is on so many top-ten lists.
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Last night was a Kubrick double feature, Dr. Strangelove and Full Metal Jacket.
Pretty sure he did Clockwork Orange as well.
Quite a trippy movie.
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Pretty sure he did Clockwork Orange as well.
Quite a trippy movie.
He did, and it is.
I should check Amazon for a 1 cent deal.
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"The Blue Max"....watched it last week but TV is running it again.
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Lucy.
Has that Scarlett Johnannsen chick in it. It was actually pretty good.
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Lucy.
Has that Scarlett Johnannsen chick in it. It was actually pretty good.
Based on the disproved idea that humans use only 10% of their brains. O-)
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Based on the disproved idea that humans use only 10% of their brains. O-)
Hell, I use more than 10% my brain to think about what I'd like to do to Scarlett Johannsen!
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Paycheck.
It was so so.
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Fury.
Damn good WWII movie. (it's about tanks) :wink:
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Fury.
Damn good WWII movie. (it's about tanks) :wink:
Subliminal message to DAT ?
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Subliminal message to DAT ?
Tankers don't get subliminal, you have to :hammer: into them.
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I saw Foxcatcher the other day, I thought that it was very well done and that Steve Carell did a really good job in his role as John du Pont. Not sure if it was oscar-worthy, but it was good
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Hunger Games sequel...Catching fire ?
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I watched The Philadelphia Story on TCM on Saturday, Wonderful film, based on a stage play, and that shows but still a wonderful movie.
Yesterday I watched Frank on Netflix. I liked the first half and felt completely betrayed by the filmmakers in the second half. But still, better than Boyhood.
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Clearskin with Sean Bean (Boromir in Lord of the Rings). Actually pretty good. He plays a government agent/assassin who is trying down muslim fanatics in London. Caught it on Netflix and enjoyed it.
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Clearskin with Sean Bean (Boromir in Lord of the Rings). Actually pretty good. He plays a government agent/assassin who is trying down muslim fanatics in London. Caught it on Netflix and enjoyed it.
I am going to look for that.
It sounds good.
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Glory....twice ....and this morning it was "The Enemy Below"
Both on TV.
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Just got around to watching Guardians of the Galaxy. I loved it!
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Just got around to watching Guardians of the Galaxy. I loved it!
I liked that movie too. And it seems like everybody I know who has seen it likes it--everybody from young kids on up to adults.
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I liked that movie too. And it seems like everybody I know who has seen it likes it--everybody from young kids on up to adults.
Same here.
I was not familiar with those characters at all. I'm not well versed in comic book heroes; but I enjoy the heck out of most of the Marvel Movies.
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Same here.
I was not familiar with those characters at all. I'm not well versed in comic book heroes; but I enjoy the heck out of most of the Marvel Movies.
I like how Marvel has been successful at tying all their movies together, even the TV series Agents of Shield.
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Dracula the Untold story and Van Helsing. Great movies. Hope to watch Hansel and Gretel next weekend. :fuelfire: :fuelfire: :fuelfire:
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I watched The Double based on Dostoevsky's story of the same name. Interesting movie but not sure what it had to do with the Dostoevsky's story.
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I watched "Honeymoon" on netflix last night. It's an "alien" type movie but very creepy. I don't normally like those movies but this one was the kind that left a lot to the imagination so you scare yourself....it wasn't blatant.
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I watched "Honeymoon" on netflix last night. It's an "alien" type movie but very creepy. I don't normally like those movies but this one was the kind that left a lot to the imagination so you scare yourself....it wasn't blatant.
I haven't heard of that one. I'll have to look it up. Do you know if it's in Netflix?
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Dracula the Untold story and Van Helsing. Great movies. Hope to watch Hansel and Gretel next weekend. :fuelfire: :fuelfire: :fuelfire:
Van Helsing (the one starring Jackman) was not only supposed to be the launch of a movie franchise, it was going to the basis for an entire Theme Park!
Instead they relabeled the Frankenstein's castle attraction at Universal Studios, Hollywood. Eventually they even removed that label.
And it was a pretty crappy movie.
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(http://cloudfront.clzimages.com/movie/large/00/00_d_21663_0_ForYourEyesOnly.jpg)
:popcorn:
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I haven't heard of that one. I'll have to look it up. Do you know if it's in Netflix?
reread my post :rotf:
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Goldfinger:
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Goldfinger:
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Nowadays, to see Poosy Galore (hat tip to Sean Connery), you have to watch lesbian porn.
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Nowadays, to see Poosy Galore (hat tip to Sean Connery), you have to watch lesbian porn.
But not midget lesbian porn . . . :-)
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But not midget lesbian porn . . . :-)
That was low.
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That was low.
On the down low?
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On the down low?
Any lower, and it would leave a snail trail.
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Any lower, and it would leave a snail trail.
:bwah: I can't even breathe, I'm laughing so hard, BD. :shortbus:
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Watched on NETFLIX last night "Blood Ties". Drama about two brothers...one a cop the other a crook....was very good...starred Clive Owen, Mina Kunis, some other famous faces that I don't know their names.
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Watched on NETFLIX last night "Blood Ties". Drama about two brothers...one a cop the other a crook....was very good...starred Clive Owen, Mina Kunis, some other famous faces that I don't know their names.
Is Mina Kunis, Mila Kunis's twin sister? :whistling:
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reread my post :rotf:
Geez... :rofl:
I blame that on cough medicine :-)
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I had a few days off last week.
I re-watched the Dark Knight Trilogy and Captain America:Winter Soldier then trolled Netflix for horror movies.
Beyond the Black Rainbow --Really weird and stylish, about a bunch of drug-addled DUmmies living in a dome torturing some little girl with psychic powers.
In Absentia -- Kind of like Wes Craven's They, a woman is finally about to get on with her life 7 years after her husband vanishes without a trace when suddenly he reappears.
And then started to watch Europa Report but was too tired to finish it. I was also kind of bored with watching movies at that point anyway. Hopefully I finish it soon. Before it vanishes from Netflix.
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If any of you like horror/comedy, check out Tucker and Dale vs Evil. My son told me about it, and I loved it.
Another horror/comedy movie my son told me about is Cabin in the Woods. I liked that one as well.
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I had to watch the Oscars, and see all the movies that were nominated. The Grand Budapest hotel...wierd :o. The Foxcatcher....borrrring!!! :yawn:. How the hell do these movies get nominated???
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Faster, *****cat! Kill! Kill!
A classic of bad cinema.
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If you watch a stinker by Sean Penn, it might be the last one you watch...
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/matthew-philbin/2015/03/22/even-critics-dont-sean-penns-new-anti-american-action-flick (http://newsbusters.org/blogs/matthew-philbin/2015/03/22/even-critics-dont-sean-penns-new-anti-american-action-flick)
Doesn't he have a South American communist dictator that needs brown nosing and leave real hard working tax paying Americans alone ?
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Well I went to see the Exotic Grand Hotel 2. Not too bad!!!
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Well I went to see the Exotic Grand Hotel 2. Not too bad!!!
Is that a porno movie? :panic:
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Watched Paul Williams Still Alive on Netflix last night.
I liked it but I'm not sure if it was about Paul Williams or a creepy fan.
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We saw the latest fast and furious. My son and nephew wanted to see it.
Lots spectacular and unbelievable action. Their walky talkies worked over long distances and around the world. While such technology does exist, it usually doesn't work when they are in a tunnel. A walky talky with just its rubber duck antenna inside a car is usually not working well to begin with.
My family knows better than to take this engineer to the movies.
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Finally saw Guardians of the Galaxy, which was pretty good.
Watched Grease on Netflix which holds up well.
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Finally saw Guardians of the Galaxy, which was pretty good.
Watched Grease on Netflix which holds up well.
We watched GotG just because it fits in sort of with the other Marvel movies. Not bad, but it wasn't quite as good as the others.
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We watched GotG just because it fits in sort of with the other Marvel movies. Not bad, but it wasn't quite as good as the others.
Yeah, good origin story but I like a lot of other Marvel movies and Agents of Shield better.
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Yeah, good origin story but I like a lot of other Marvel movies and Agents of Shield better.
The writers for Agents of Shield do a fairly good job of tying in the movies now and then.
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I watched this one on Netflix:
America: Imagine the World Without Her
2014 PG-13 1hr 44m
What would the world look like if America never existed? Author Dinesh D'Souza explores this fascinating, thought-provoking and stirring question.
I also watched the new Netflix Marvel series Daredevil.
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I know this is about the last movie you watched; but I just wanted y'all to know how STOKED I am for the new Star Wars Movie. They just released trailer #2 today!!
Avengers:Age of Ultron is my next movie; and will probably get me back into the theaters after 5 or 6 years.
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I know this is about the last movie you watched; but I just wanted y'all to know how STOKED I am for the new Star Wars Movie. They just released trailer #2 today!!
I just watched it too. It looks interesting.
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I just watched it too. It looks interesting.
Han Solo looked old--like almost as old as Hillary.
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I'm just glad Abrams ditched the shiny Vegas-esque look from the last three movies.
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I watched An American Hippie in Israel last night.
This movie is from 1972 and yet it is the perfect model of Skin's Island.
If you enjoy bad movies, give this one a spin. IT was on TCM Underground this past weekend and anything I say could not do it justice. And if you hate bad movies with stilted acting, long scenes of nothing happening, and bizarre events that are never fully explained, you may not have much patience for this movie, but viewed as a cultural artifact, it is priceless.
Spoilers?:
Essentially, an American hippie from New York comes to Israel, meets a hot redhead, they meet other people, decide to go to an island to be "free," run into strange, pale faced men who are pursuing our American hippie all over the world, and there are face sharks (four years prior to Jaws!).
Real spoiler:
After most of the hippies are gunned down by the two pale-faced men, the four remaining ones drive (and drive and drive and drive) to an island, sit around eating canned food talking about how free they are, curse the world, have their little boat disappear, get attacked by obviously fake sharks, go to war with each other, and die. The end.
Must see!