Dread Posted August 18, 2013 Report Share Posted August 18, 2013 Google is your friend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stavros Posted August 18, 2013 Report Share Posted August 18, 2013 Can we just have a moratorium on action movie heroes named Jack, in general? Elsewhere I have a "Jack or John" thread running attempting to catalogue all the major characters with that name. So far- Jack Sparrow- Pirates of the Carribean Little John - Robin Hood Jack Shephard - Lost John Anderton- Minority Report John Hammond - Jurassic Park Jack Bauer - 24 John Locke - LOST Johnny alpha - strontium dog Johnny 5 - Short Circuit Jack Reacher- Jack Reacher Johnny Mnemonic- Johnny Mnemonic John Conner- Terminator Johnny Utah- Point Break Jack Ryan, Tom Clancy novels John Francis "Jack" Donaghy- 30 Rock Jack Knight- Starman John Sheridan - Babylon 5 John Doggett- The X-Files John Clark- Tom Clancy novels Jack Harper- Oblivion Dr. John Watson- Sherlock Holmes Jack Ryan Jr. Also Tom Clancy novels Rambo, John. J- First Blood Johnny Sack -The Sopranos Jack O'the Green- Legend Jack Tripper- Three's Company John Carter- John Carter of Mars Jack O'Neill, Stargate SG-1 Johnny Fontane- The Godfather John McClane--Die Hard J'Onn J'Onzz The Martian Manhunter Jack Woltz- The Godfather Jack Slater- Last Action Hero John Corben/Metallo - various Superman comics/TV shows Dr. John Zoidberg- Futurama Jack of Fables- Fables Johnny Drama- Entourage John Stewart - Green Lantern John Sheppard- Stargate Atlantis John Henry Irons- Steel Captain Jack Harkness - Doctor Who/Torchwood Jack Torrance- The Shining Jack of Blades- Fable I John Proudstar/Thunderbird - X-Men John Blake - The Dark Knight Rises John Dillinger, Public Enemies Samurai Jack- Samurai Jack Johnny Bravo - Johnny Bravo Jack The Ripper - From Hell Jack Dawson - Titanic Jack Travers - Speed Jack Schitt - The Thursday Next John Jameson- Man-Wolf Jack Kelly - Newsies Jack Clompus - Seinfeld Jack Napier - Batman John Cena- WWE John Doe- Se7en John Koesthler- Knowing Jack Pumpkinhead - Return to Oz Johnny Blaze- Ghost Rider John Spartan- Demolition Man This list could run forever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slothian Posted August 18, 2013 Report Share Posted August 18, 2013 Johnny Storm - Fantastic Four John Tracey - Thunderbirds Jack Burton - Big Trouble in Little China Jack Holden - Three Men and a Baby Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnightWing Posted August 18, 2013 Report Share Posted August 18, 2013 John-117 AKA The Master Chief - Halo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Molly Posted August 18, 2013 Report Share Posted August 18, 2013 Jackie Boy - Sin City Johnny Bravo John Proudstar - X-Men Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Molly Posted August 18, 2013 Report Share Posted August 18, 2013 Oh, shit, big one: Jon Osterman - Watchmen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missy Posted August 19, 2013 Report Share Posted August 19, 2013 The Doctor, AKA John Smith - Doctor WhoJ'onn J'onzz - The Martian Manhunter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuaveStar Posted August 19, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 19, 2013 John Matrix-Commando. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venneh Posted August 24, 2013 Report Share Posted August 24, 2013 So, finally rectified my great shame tonight and watched Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz all the way through in anticipation of seeing the World's End tomorrow. Both were great movies and had me laughing out loud at several points. I'm a bit more partial to Shaun, as I'd seen more of it prior to tonight, and I like the slowly encroaching horror/buddy comediness of it all (and the end kind of made me sob, fuck off it's been a fucking long week). Hot Fuzz was a damn funny movie, but I feel like I'm lacking the context of English village life for the full hilarity of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dread Posted August 24, 2013 Report Share Posted August 24, 2013 I'd say Boyd Crowder is television's best villain, but then I would be worried that I was slighting Robert Quarrels. Goddamn... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venneh Posted August 25, 2013 Report Share Posted August 25, 2013 Just got out of the World's End. Go see it unspoiled, it's a great movie, but absolutely not what you're expecting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Professor Posted August 27, 2013 Report Share Posted August 27, 2013 We're the Millers - The definition of cliche. And massively unfunny. In other words, exactly as I figured it would be. At least I got in for free. R.I.P.D. - Disappointing. I like the people involved in this, but everyone seemed rather bored and phoning it in. The really bad CGI didn't help matters much either. About ten minutes I realized this is 'Men in Black, but with dead people'. Pain & Gain - The trailers really didn't reflect what this movie was. I thought it would be a bumbling heist comedy with some jacked guys. What I got was a slow, long, boring movie with some jacked guys. The attempts at comedy fall very flat. Being two hours is way too long and I lost interest around the 70 minute mark and just skimmed that last 50. (Tangent: Wahlberg looks ridiculous. Then the Rock shows up and makes him look tiny. Just damn.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuaveStar Posted August 27, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 27, 2013 Pain & Gain - The trailers really didn't reflect what this movie was. I thought it would be a bumbling heist comedy with some jacked guys. What I got was a slow, long, boring movie with some jacked guys. The attempts at comedy fall very flat. Being two hours is way too long and I lost interest around the 70 minute mark and just skimmed that last 50. (Tangent: Wahlberg looks ridiculous. Then the Rock shows up and makes him look tiny. Just damn.) I thought the movie just sort of fell apart after they started the heist. The only person any good in the film was The Rock, which seems to be the theme for all his films I've seen, a good actor in a shit film. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davedevil Posted September 1, 2013 Report Share Posted September 1, 2013 Just saw Charade with Audrey Hepburn and Cary Grant. Freaking loved it. So much fun and so witty. At this point I've seen five of her movies and I'd rank them: 1. Funny Face - Mostly for the songs. I watch the numbers when I'm having a bad day. 2. Charade 3. How To Steal A Million - Another really fun one. 4. Wait Until Dark - Very suspenseful stuff. 5. Breakfast at Tiffany's - I have some fun with this but it mostly doesn't stick with me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Professor Posted September 8, 2013 Report Share Posted September 8, 2013 Daredevil: Director's Cut - Ever since the 'Ben Affleck as Batman' news broke, I felt like re-watching this. And it didn't hold up to what my brain made it into. This cut really disjointed doesn't flow at all. And I think that if this movie was made in a post Iron Man world, this story would have been broken into 3 movies and not 'Spider-Man 3'-ed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Professor Posted September 9, 2013 Report Share Posted September 9, 2013 Batman: The Dark Knight Returns - Bland. Bland animation and bland voice acting in a bland adaptation of an over-hyped book. And absolutely zero reason for this to be two parts. Just a complete money grab that annoys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnightWing Posted September 10, 2013 Report Share Posted September 10, 2013 The Agent Carter short film on the Iron Man 3 blu-ray is really fun. You should all go find it and watch it. It actually somewhat sets up a 1940s origin-of-SHIELD story. I really hope they follow that up, either with more shorts, a full-length film, or maybe even a flashback episode of Agents of SHIELD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slothian Posted September 10, 2013 Report Share Posted September 10, 2013 I rewatched Gandhi last night. It has the classic biopic problem of eulogising the central figure overtly (although I've seen far worse examples) and the film is 3 hours long, with an Indian music-backed intermission halfway through. Despite that, I loved it. Ben Kingsley is amazing in it, the direction by Richard Attenborough is excellent and it genuinely made me hate the British establishment characters. And let it not be said that the movie portrayed them unfairly as villains - Edward Fox's General Dyer was as monstrous in real life, yet was widely praised for his actions by the Empire's ruling class. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stavros Posted September 10, 2013 Report Share Posted September 10, 2013 Help me. I can't seem to stop watching terrible films. I watched Transformers: Dark of the Moon yesterday and Nick Cage's Wicker Man this morning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenny Evil Posted September 10, 2013 Report Share Posted September 10, 2013 Okay, you're too far gone to get you back on good films immediately. The shock would kill you. I suggest a nice diet of Nicholas Cage films starting with the first Ghost Rider, then the second, then National Treasure, Face/Off, Gone in 60 Seconds, Bad Lieutenant and finally Matchstick Men. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stavros Posted September 10, 2013 Report Share Posted September 10, 2013 Or I could just watch all the M Night Shamallama movies in reverse order. Let's start with The Last Airbender. You put Gone in 60 seconds ahead of Face/Off? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenny Evil Posted September 10, 2013 Report Share Posted September 10, 2013 Face/Off is mildly stupider than Gone in 60 Seconds solely because the face swapping technique doesn't account for the very different builds of the two men. Nicholas Cage's face spread across John Travolta's skull would be a horrifying visual. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stavros Posted September 10, 2013 Report Share Posted September 10, 2013 That's why Face/Off is great. Because it's so daft. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Molly Posted September 10, 2013 Report Share Posted September 10, 2013 Face/Off is phenomenal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stavros Posted September 10, 2013 Report Share Posted September 10, 2013 I couldn't do. it. Ten minutes into Last Airbender and I'm still more angry than amused. I'm going with the curiously fitting double bill of The Dark Knight and Saw instead. All Rifftrax naturally. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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