Stavros Posted February 3, 2011 Report Share Posted February 3, 2011 Red Hmm. Not a big fan of the changes. In the original Moses is a man haunted by the things he'd done. In this him and his buddies look at killing as a guilty pleasure that they stuff indulge every so often in their old age. I mean, the film is clearly more of a response to cinema's depiction of such people, but it's lost all the heart and message of the comic. It's fine, but it could have been a brilliant brutal tale of vengeance and guilt instead of a middling comedy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dc20willsave Posted February 3, 2011 Report Share Posted February 3, 2011 The Closer. I am really digging this show. I'm not one for cop procedural shows but Kyra Sedgewick, JK Simmons, and everyone in the supporting cast are completely selling me on this one. Doesn't hurt that it can be funny at times in addition to serious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dc20willsave Posted February 6, 2011 Report Share Posted February 6, 2011 I know it's gotta be worse for Mike but I'm watching The Dark Knight and every other outdoor scene, I find myself thinking, "I know where that is." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuaveStar Posted February 6, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 6, 2011 The Lovely Bones Awful. Fucking awful. I will admit the first half hour was very enjoyable, and it was suspenseful when the killer got the girl. But after that? Fuck me was this shite dull. Everyone seemed to phone this shite in, and then we get a stupid comedy Susan Sarandon as a drunk scene, followed by people thinking that maybe the creepy guy down the street, who kills children, is the killer. The purgatory scenes were blue screened bollocks that added nothing to the film. And if anything made me bored of this movie, I don't care about what she does in purgatory, and I don't care if she keeps in contact with her family. Which is keeping them from being able to move on. It seems like one writing/directing team was on the first 30 minutes of the film, and another on the rest. Then the film had to follow up with the worst ending ever. The film just gives a giant middle finger to the stupid people who sat through the 130 minutes of this drivel. The killer, after the sister of the victim finds proof he killed the girl. Gets chased by him. She escapes and calls the police, while he gets rid of the evidence. With ease, and gets away with it. And is killed by a fucking icicle later on. I'm not kidding, an icicle to the shoulder causes his death. Also, the girl after she finds the book, goes home, and finds something more interesting and almost forgets to show the evidence that the killer is the killer to people. It's only when Susan Sarandon gets involved does she say what's going on. In no way was this what I expected. And the film ends with the annoying girl going to heaven and letting her family move on. Again. Just bloody awful. If I could give it 0 stars I would. But I can't so half a star will have to do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venneh Posted February 6, 2011 Report Share Posted February 6, 2011 Told you. The book's better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuaveStar Posted February 6, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 6, 2011 Told you. The book's better. Yeah, you were right. I actually read up the synopsis of the book after watching the film. It's like Night and Day with the two of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dc20willsave Posted February 8, 2011 Report Share Posted February 8, 2011 Paker Lewis Can't Lose: Yes, a lot of the humor is highly dated but I am loving this walk down nostalgia lane. Juliet Landau (Drusilla on Buffy) is guesting as a vampire-like character. Some people definitely play a type. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuaveStar Posted February 8, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 8, 2011 Surrogates Just crap. I fell asleep twice out of boredom. Bruce Willis looked like he couldn't give a fuck. And the actual robots, looked like extras from Bicentennial Man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dc20willsave Posted February 8, 2011 Report Share Posted February 8, 2011 I know it might be the gay talking but My Little Pony Friendship is Magical has no right to be this fucking awesome! I am seriously loving this show and I hated the original My Little Pony. I mean, one of the background characters is a reference to the 10th Doctor. The mane and his mark is an hour glass. The Doctor is a pony! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venneh Posted February 9, 2011 Report Share Posted February 9, 2011 Goddamnit, Will. I'm up to the second to last episode. Fillydelphia. Cutecinera. Also, pony puberty. And 80s My Little Ponies. And pony roller derby. WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO ME. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dc20willsave Posted February 9, 2011 Report Share Posted February 9, 2011 Goddamnit, Will. I'm up to the second to last episode. Fillydelphia. Cutecinera. Also, pony puberty. And 80s My Little Ponies. And pony roller derby. WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO ME. Ha. Sorry, if it makes you feel any better, at least Hasbro has no plans at this time to bring Jem back. Now that is outrageous, truly, truly, truly outrageous. Huh, now I kinda want to write an Aquaman/Jem fanfic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Molly Posted February 10, 2011 Report Share Posted February 10, 2011 Darkwing Duck is just as amazing as I remember it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShaunKL Posted February 10, 2011 Report Share Posted February 10, 2011 That reminds me, the pilot/movie for Buzz Lightyear of Star Command was on TV the other day. That was such a cool show. And the game! Yeah. It was all very nostalgic for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnightWing Posted February 10, 2011 Report Share Posted February 10, 2011 Buzz Lightyear of Star Command is one of my favorite cartoons EVER. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuaveStar Posted February 12, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 12, 2011 Gangs of New York: Utter shit. It all looked like sets, DiCaprio kept coming in and out of an Irish accent, and not when he was meant to and going to a Boston accent, for some reason. I fell asleep while watching this. But rewound and tried to watch it again, and it was shit. The end battle was just horrible. Crappy movie. Scorsese at his worst. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dc20willsave Posted February 13, 2011 Report Share Posted February 13, 2011 The Social Network: It's not a bad movie. I don't believe the hype but it's still decent. For me, my problem is that I'm still trying to figure out what emotional resonance there was to the film. It had lots of style, great acting, and an alright script. However, as far as making me care about anyone in it or their problems, no. I didn't. For me, that's a problem. I had no emotional investment, positive or negative. It just felt like, "Oh, here are people on the screen doing thing." That all said, I know I wasn't supposed to take the Mark Zuckerberg side of the argument. However, Jesse Eisenberg is great at making him unlikable (that's a compliment). Really, Andrew Garfield has made me believe he'll be awesome in Spiderman. He's probably the best actor in the movie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venneh Posted February 13, 2011 Report Share Posted February 13, 2011 The King's Speech: Pretty solid movie. Compared to say, Black Swan, or True Grit, do I think it should be getting awards over those? Not necessarily, but if you've got a hardon for historical movies, you'll love it. Mind you, it's still definitely worth going to see in the theatres, just not necessarily at the evening prices. My biggest rant about this movie, though, is that it should NOT have been rated fucking R. The only reason it got an R was because of his following five minute, tops, sequence: King George VI: Oh, bugger orf! Lionel Logue: Is that the best you can do? King George VI: Well... bloody bugger to you, you beastly bastard. Lionel Logue: Oh, a public school prig could do better than that. King George VI: Shit. Shit, shit, shit, shit, shit, shit, shit, shit, shit, shit, shit, shit! Lionel Logue: Yes! King George VI: Shit! Lionel Logue: Defecation flows trippingly from the tongue! King George VI: Because I'm angry! Lionel Logue: Do you know the f-word? King George VI: F... f... fornication? Lionel Logue: Oh, Bertie. King George VI: Fuck. Fuck! Fuck, fuck, fuck and fuck! Fuck, fuck and bugger! Bugger, bugger, buggerty buggerty buggerty, fuck, fuck, arse! Lionel Logue: Yes... King George VI: Balls, balls... Lionel Logue: ...you see, not a hesitation! King George VI: ...fuckity, shit, shit, fuck and willy. Willy, shit and fuck and... tits. That's right. This got an R rating, because it said fuck too many times. The rest of this movie is more like a PG, tops. MPAA, I call fucking bullshit and shenanigans on you. You let bare boobs and sex scenes get away with a PG-13, but THIS gets an R? Fuck you! Also, Colin Firth is absolutely amazing in this. He makes you believe that he actually has a speaking impediment, that he is this man afraid and so badly trying to be the king he wants to be. He carries the whole film, and Geoffery Rush helps support him. If those two don't win for best actor and best supporting actor, I will eat my hat. Helena Bonham Carter, though? She didn't do shit in this. If she wins best actress, or whatever the hell it is she's nominated for, I will be unamused. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dc20willsave Posted February 13, 2011 Report Share Posted February 13, 2011 That's right. This got an R rating, because it said fuck too many times. The rest of this movie is more like a PG, tops. MPAA, I call fucking bullshit and shenanigans on you. You let bare boobs and sex scenes get away with a PG-13, but THIS gets an R? Fuck you! Hannah, I suggest watching the documentary, This Film Is Not Yet Rated. It's a great film about the MPAA rating practices. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxPower Posted February 13, 2011 Report Share Posted February 13, 2011 And also follow Nell Minnow, the movie mom, she went on a big rant about the rating of The Kings Speech due to that scene. She's given up lobbying the MPAA until there is a change of the board, because she's sick of complaining to them without them even considering that they may have been wrong. On the Social Network, I definitely had an emotional connection with the film. While my business isn't anything like Facebook, the idea of someone screwing me out of something I helped built made me sympathise more with the Edwardo character more than just him being the not-Zuckerberg. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stavros Posted February 13, 2011 Report Share Posted February 13, 2011 I rarely fail to get through a film, any film, but The Notebook is WAY too irritatingly gooey. For the second time in recent memory I am defeated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxPower Posted February 14, 2011 Report Share Posted February 14, 2011 Watched Batman Begins and The Dark Knight back to back on Saturday night. I think BB stands up better over time. Maybe I prefer origin stories or maybe its the convoluted ferry sequence in TDK, seriously, can someone explain that part of the movie to me that makes sense in real life and isn't some stupid plot device. I'm not asking for realism, I'm asking for a scenario that makes logical sense. On the plus side for TDK, Aaron Eckharts performance really was quite fantastic and was unfairly overshadowed by Heath Ledgers, which I think someone here mentioned in the original thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuaveStar Posted February 14, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 14, 2011 Watched Batman Begins and The Dark Knight back to back on Saturday night. I think BB stands up better over time. Maybe I prefer origin stories or maybe its the convoluted ferry sequence in TDK, seriously, can someone explain that part of the movie to me that makes sense in real life and isn't some stupid plot device. I'm not asking for realism, I'm asking for a scenario that makes logical sense. On the plus side for TDK, Aaron Eckharts performance really was quite fantastic and was unfairly overshadowed by Heath Ledgers, which I think someone here mentioned in the original thread. I think you go in expecting Ledger to steal the show, and Eckhart just comes at it from the background. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Molly Posted February 14, 2011 Report Share Posted February 14, 2011 Watched Batman Begins and The Dark Knight back to back on Saturday night. I think BB stands up better over time. Maybe I prefer origin stories or maybe its the convoluted ferry sequence in TDK, seriously, can someone explain that part of the movie to me that makes sense in real life and isn't some stupid plot device. I'm not asking for realism, I'm asking for a scenario that makes logical sense. On the plus side for TDK, Aaron Eckharts performance really was quite fantastic and was unfairly overshadowed by Heath Ledgers, which I think someone here mentioned in the original thread. Every point you've made, I've been making since TDK came out. Good man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuaveStar Posted February 17, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 17, 2011 Righteous Kill: You have Al Pacino, you have Robert DeNiro, you have John Leguizamo all as cops, and having so many scenes together. What could possibly go wrong? Well, first off, you have a dull as dirt script that gives nobody anything to work with. All three play generic cops who you just can't care about. Pacino and DeNiro are just the best damn team the city has, and all the way through the movie, they investigate a serial killer who's a cop, who we are led to believe is: Robert DeNiro The film is opening with that person giving a full confession, only there's a twist: Al Pacino is the serial killer I'll admit, though the twist is just about dull and boring, and you could probably see it a mile away, it does make the final five minutes, yes five minutes of the movie enjoyable, as we have a nice face off scene. I can't really say this film was good but nothing special, as it wasn't. The dialogue was generic and crappy, the acting was so awful I couldn't take it seriously, and as a mystery, we are given a saw style flashback to explain how everything ties together, without making a lick of sense. However, the last 5-10 minutes were pretty damn good, with Pacino and DeNiro showing that when they can give two fucks, they can still have a nice tension fueled sequence. So, don't bother with this, and if you want, YouTube the final ten minutes of the film, you really want miss anything in the film, as the flashback pretty much explains everything for you. Also: Didn't Pacino play a similar character in the recruit? A cop who ends up going on a killing spree and covering it up? If so, I should have seen this stupid twist coming. Anyway, the next films that are on my list to be watched are: Taken, and Hardware. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnightWing Posted February 17, 2011 Report Share Posted February 17, 2011 I forgot how much I loved Fullmetal Alchemist. Man, this show/manga is incredible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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