Molly Posted March 15, 2013 Report Share Posted March 15, 2013 And it's not helping my desire to get my own bike back out. This winter refuses to end, this time last year, it was seventy. It's snowing as I type this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dread Posted March 15, 2013 Report Share Posted March 15, 2013 However, Ryan Hurst's Opie has got to be my favorite on the show. Maybe it's his roots in Ophelia and Laertes, maybe it's his "biker samurai" look, but everytime he comes on screen, I'm rooting for him. Since he's pretty clearly the children of Polonious, I expect a messy death for him, soon and given his actions at the end of the season, I fully expect Clay or Tig to be involved. Love. This. Show. I've been off SOA for several weeks because Megan found it too intense. I need to get back into it. But Opie has been my favorite character from the get-go. He's truly relatable, but also the most badass motherfucker on earth when he has to be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dread Posted March 15, 2013 Report Share Posted March 15, 2013 We watched the latest Parks & Recreation last night as well as last week's Person of Interest. Great television. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koete Posted March 15, 2013 Report Share Posted March 15, 2013 I'm pretty sure I became one with the universe during last night's Parks and Rec. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dread Posted March 15, 2013 Report Share Posted March 15, 2013 Ron Swanson's reaction to the bailout is pretty damned amazing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stavros Posted March 15, 2013 Report Share Posted March 15, 2013 Chris and I are about to watch the last twilight rifftrax. I don't think I've ever heard the word terrible so many times in one minute. Its the end of an era! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenny Evil Posted March 16, 2013 Report Share Posted March 16, 2013 They found this CGI baby at the very bottom of the uncanny valley. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stavros Posted March 16, 2013 Report Share Posted March 16, 2013 They found this baby at the end of a 3 week hike into uncanny valley, where they found it feasting on the body of the Scorpion King from Mummy 2. God this film really is just a list of things that happen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasonC Posted March 16, 2013 Report Share Posted March 16, 2013 If you speak of the last ever Twilight movie, I have mixed feelings about it. I watched all the movies - mostly to laugh and repeatedly mock - but during the last one... Oh god, the horror of the realization... ..I...I... actually sort-of... liked... it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stavros Posted March 16, 2013 Report Share Posted March 16, 2013 That's just Stockholm syndrome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenny Evil Posted March 16, 2013 Report Share Posted March 16, 2013 I am currently sitting in my ivory tower, judging you heavily. There was only one fight scene in the entire movie and it pretty much turned out to be a dream. And apparently vampires can be decapitated by a strong wind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stavros Posted March 16, 2013 Report Share Posted March 16, 2013 Heads were popping off like champagne corks in a strip club where the superbowl champs are celebrating. So, if the vampires are stone lubricated by venom, why do they need blood? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gareth Posted March 18, 2013 Report Share Posted March 18, 2013 After several viewings I've concluded that Paul Thomas Anderson's The Master was by far the best film of 2012. How it wasn't nominated for Best Picture is utterly baffling to me but whatever that's the Academy for you. To anyone who hasn't seen it I highly recommend it. Not as a biopic on L. Ron Hubbard, or even a discussion of Scientology but just as a character study and a view into the enter-workings of a cult. Truly brilliant and a fantastic addition to Paul Thomas Andersons incredible body of work, who is quickly becoming one of my favorite filmmakers. On a completely different note, I'm watching Spider-Man 2 and I'm being reminded what a good movie it is, just good old-fashion fun. It's also reminding me how bad Amazing Spider-Man was. Raimi wasn't trying to say anything, he wasn't trying to do something new and modern, he didn't want to make it super dark, he's not making art, he's just making entertaining movies. Also, while Garfield's performance was probably technically better, I think a prefer Maguire's performance. Maybe it's for the reasons I just stated, maybe it's just nostalgia, or maybe it's just that the character's better written, but whatever the reason I enjoy Maguire more in this role. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenny Evil Posted March 18, 2013 Report Share Posted March 18, 2013 Really? I watched Spider-man 2 and was surprised by how badly some of it had aged. Also some of the effects looked shoddy. At one point spidey is clearly saving digital people who have no faces. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venneh Posted March 18, 2013 Report Share Posted March 18, 2013 The story bit held up for me, I still think it's the best of the Spidey trilogy. Visuals wise, there are clearly some moments that scream RAIMI!!!!!, and yeah, some of the effects haven't aged well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackFetch Posted March 18, 2013 Report Share Posted March 18, 2013 I hated Spider-Man 2. The whole scene on the train just pissed me off. You can't tell me that one person on that train didn't take a picture of him and sell it to the media. The first one is the only good one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnightWing Posted March 18, 2013 Report Share Posted March 18, 2013 That's kind of the point though. He saved their lives and nearly died doing it, so they respected him. It's a bit cheesy, but it's also really nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gareth Posted March 18, 2013 Report Share Posted March 18, 2013 I really enjoyed watching Spider-Man 2, it's not a movie that should be taken too seriously. It's almost like the Teen Titans cartoon in that respect. Yeah it would make no sense in the real world that no one took a picture of Spider-Man in the train but in the world of the film it fits perfectly. Maybe its just because I watch it more as a fun movie than as a superhero adaption, but Raimi's tongue and cheek directorial style creates this zany comic book world only partially based on reality. If you really want to analyse it there are tons of logical errors. But if you are willing to just give yourself to this logic of the movie it's really fun. Which is what I think a comic book movie needs to be. I'm kind of tired of these super dark, super realistic comic book movies. Just embrace the absurdity of the concept and make an entertaining movie. Look at Richard Donner's Superman, my favorite comic book movie because it knows when to be corny and when to be serious. Honestly I think people sound dumb when arguing that it makes no sense that no one took a picture of Spider-Man in the train in a movie about a man with the powers of a spider trying to stop an octopus man from making a sun in New York City. Raimi's asking you to just embrace the absurdity in his films and once you do you'll see it's a really fun movie. As far as the special effects goes. That's generally what happens to a movie after ten years, the effects become dated. Doesn't bother me in the slightest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slothian Posted March 18, 2013 Report Share Posted March 18, 2013 Spider-Man 2 is awesome, but I'd struggle to call it fun. Peter Parker's life throughout the whole runtime is pretty much misery piled upon misery, with a reprieve at the end. Also, Maguire's Parker isn't an arsehole like Garfield's interpretation.....apart from parts of the third film, and even then, he's hilarious! Not everything holds up, but it's the most watchable Spider-Man film of the lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gareth Posted March 18, 2013 Report Share Posted March 18, 2013 I had a blast watching it last night. I don't think the protagonists conflicts necessary corresponds with a movie being fun or not. And the movies overall goofy tone (offset by Peter's struggles) make for a really enjoyable movie, much more so than Amazing Spider-Man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnightWing Posted March 19, 2013 Report Share Posted March 19, 2013 I watched Amazing for the second time last week, and I enjoyed it far, far more than the first time. On this second viewing, it was far easier to read Peter's portrayal as "understandably troubled" rather than "just a dick." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gareth Posted March 19, 2013 Report Share Posted March 19, 2013 That may be true but unfortunately I disliked it so much to first time that I have no intrest in seeing it again. I dont know maybe I will at some point but I'll not go out of my way to re-watch it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dread Posted March 20, 2013 Report Share Posted March 20, 2013 Rise of the Guardians is the best fantasy movie I've seen in as long as I can remember. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackFetch Posted March 21, 2013 Report Share Posted March 21, 2013 This season of Shameless is getting really good. Everyone on that show is amazing. On Amazing Spider-Man, someone from a podcast said something that made me realize why I didn't like it. He said they made Peter cool before he got his powers. Instead of a nerd that can't even talk to girls, he's a skater that already has Gwen in his life. Like I've said before, this version of Spider-Man isn't for me. It's for today's teenagers, where being a nerd is cool instead of making you an outcast. His old origin doesn't translate anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dc20willsave Posted March 21, 2013 Report Share Posted March 21, 2013 This season of Shameless is getting really good. Everyone on that show is amazing. I don't know what I'm cheering for more: For Karen to not make it or for Mandy to get away with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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