Molly Posted December 12, 2010 Report Share Posted December 12, 2010 I beat Murder-Set-Pieces. Though, I feel my sanity slipping, I'm searching for one last shitty flick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stavros Posted December 12, 2010 Report Share Posted December 12, 2010 Dude, I'd say you were risking your mental health but since you willingly watched all those I'm not sure you ever had any. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venneh Posted December 12, 2010 Report Share Posted December 12, 2010 You should've been on, it was hilarious to watch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koete Posted December 12, 2010 Report Share Posted December 12, 2010 Children of Men (2006) - Phenomenal film. The use of the long take in it is just jaw dropping. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxPower Posted December 13, 2010 Report Share Posted December 13, 2010 Yeah that first long take is amazing. I didn't even notice until a friend pointed it out to me. Seriously, has Clive Owen made a bad film. And by bad I mean at the worst they are entertaining. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stavros Posted December 13, 2010 Report Share Posted December 13, 2010 Yeah that first long take is amazing. I didn't even notice until a friend pointed it out to me. Seriously, has Clive Owen made a bad film. And by bad I mean at the worst they are entertaining. The cinema caught fire whilst I was watching Shoot-em-up and I was frankly happy, since not only did it stop the film it also gave me something entertaining to watch, ie the subsequent fire. But no, Croupier, Gosford Park, these are good films. I respect the man's talent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stavros Posted December 14, 2010 Report Share Posted December 14, 2010 Trying out Dollhouse again as a reward for finishing my coursework. Still on the fence about it, it's far more like an Anime concept than a traditional US drama, I think I held that against it the first time. I'd probably love it if it was animated by Production IG. It also a bit of a shock for traditional Whedon fans, eschewing the group dynamic completely in favour of something far more disparate. I'm almost begging for someone in the show to have something approaching a friend. Closest thing I can think of to this I've seen is Alias, where everyone is lying to somebody in some way. Three episodes in, and it's good. We'll see how it goes, I've certainly put myself through worse. I own the entirety of Dark Angel, and the second season of that was the drizzling shits (Fuck you Joshua you broadway Cat's makeup test reject). Quick question, why does Joss Whedon keep trying to make prostitution ritzy? First Firefly and now this? Something is up with that man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuaveStar Posted December 14, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 14, 2010 Seven Pounds: You are a Will Smith movie, how can you be fucking shit? Surprisingly easily, going by the two hours of my life you wasted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShaunKL Posted December 14, 2010 Report Share Posted December 14, 2010 Just finished Casino Royale. With a James Bond movie I find that you have to drop your sense of disbelief, accept the inherent camp of James Bond, and go "whooooaaa" at the pretty explosions. That being said, Casino Royale was a lot of fun to watch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slothian Posted December 15, 2010 Report Share Posted December 15, 2010 Just finished Casino Royale. With a James Bond movie I find that you have to drop your sense of disbelief, accept the inherent camp of James Bond, and go "whooooaaa" at the pretty explosions. That being said, Casino Royale was a lot of fun to watch. Unless you're talking about the 1967 spoof version, there is nothing camp about Casino Royale. Any other Bond film and you'd have a definite point (even with Dalton's era), but neither of Craig's films could see James Bond be labelled as camp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnightWing Posted December 15, 2010 Report Share Posted December 15, 2010 Dude. He doesn't even like Star Wars. It may be a lost cause. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShaunKL Posted December 15, 2010 Report Share Posted December 15, 2010 Have I ever said I didn't like Star Wars? I just like everything else more. Hmm, the action in a James Bond movie... would it be more accurate to say that it's fantastical? Oh, by the way, I'm about 40 minutes into BSG: Daybreak. Mostly just filler and build-up, but once my dad releases the TV again I'll be able to finish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnightWing Posted December 15, 2010 Report Share Posted December 15, 2010 There's no filler in Daybreak. It all comes back later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShaunKL Posted December 15, 2010 Report Share Posted December 15, 2010 I assumed so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slothian Posted December 16, 2010 Report Share Posted December 16, 2010 Hmm, the action in a James Bond movie... would it be more accurate to say that it's fantastical? That's certainly fair. Even given his extensive training, there's no doubting that in Casinio Royale, Bond partakes in parkour (sp?) and the climax happens in a sinking Venetian building. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShaunKL Posted December 16, 2010 Report Share Posted December 16, 2010 Finished Daybreak. I didn't expect as happy an ending as we got. Everything ended peacefully and I enjoyed that. Cool fights, (Not enough viper action IMO and Racetrack died in a relatively random fashion. ) when Kara made that jump I was just beside myself with suspense, and Galactica's superstructure fracturing, oh man that was cool. Tyrol got justice and peace which I found great. Baltar and Caprica's ending was also fantastic, just very well done. The jump to present day I thought was a little much, sort of like the ending to Doctor Who's Blink. All the different shots of robots... did we really need that? Starbuck's eventual fate was... too supernatural for me to buy. One last thing that really just ticked me off and didn't do the story a lick of good were the flashbacks to fifteen or so years ago. Whenever they showed up everything just slammed to a halt. I'm not sure if they're unique to the "uncut/unrated" version, if they are I'd just assume watch the broadcast version if I ever watch this again. (I just read over at the battlestar wiki that one of RDM's ideas for a season 1 cliffhanger was that "god" would reveal himself to Baltar, and that he would be played by Dirk Benedict. That would've been one of the greatest deleted scenes of all time.) P.S. "Baltar" and "Six" are Beings of Light. And so is "god". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnightWing Posted December 16, 2010 Report Share Posted December 16, 2010 One last thing that really just ticked me off and didn't do the story a lick of good were the flashbacks to fifteen or so years ago. Whenever they showed up everything just slammed to a halt. I'm not sure if they're unique to the "uncut/unrated" version, if they are I'd just assume watch the broadcast version if I ever watch this again. Those were in the broadcast airing. They all make sense, though: We learn about Baltar's family history (how he came from a farming family), which comes back at the very end when he has to embrace his roots on (New) Earth. Roslin's emptiness and dissatisfaction with life comes full-circle when she dies (somewhat) happily after leading the human race to their salvation alongside her new lover. Admiral Adama's stubbornness and lack of satisfaction with the military ends up leaving him the last surviving military commander. Lee and Kara's first meeting foreshadows their complicated relationship and the fact that they're just not ever going to work together. Without that, their "split" at the end wouldn't have made as much sense, since the audience would likely still think Kara and Lee were meant for each other. As for the supernatural stuff, let's not forget that all that stuff was already present in the show from the first episode ("33"). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stavros Posted December 16, 2010 Report Share Posted December 16, 2010 I'm on to Dollhouse season two. This show really picks up towards the end of season one, and the unaired 13th episode is intriguing. Currently a few episodes into season 2, and I'm mostly interested to see the build towards the finale, these short shows tend to have a lot more leeway when it comes to creative finishes because expectations haven't been built in a certain direction. Side-note, I really like Alexis Denisof, he was one of the best things in Buffy and probably the best thing in Angel when all was said and done, but his american accent remains if not unconvincing, then at least odd. Which is bizarre, given that it's his real accent, but he's much better as a posh Englishman, like he does in Sharpe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dc20willsave Posted December 16, 2010 Report Share Posted December 16, 2010 Finished Daybreak. I didn't expect as happy an ending as we got. Everything ended peacefully and I enjoyed that. Cool fights, (Not enough viper action IMO and Racetrack died in a relatively random fashion. ) when Kara made that jump I was just beside myself with suspense, and Galactica's superstructure fracturing, oh man that was cool. Tyrol got justice and peace which I found great. Baltar and Caprica's ending was also fantastic, just very well done. The jump to present day I thought was a little much, sort of like the ending to Doctor Who's Blink. All the different shots of robots... did we really need that? Starbuck's eventual fate was... too supernatural for me to buy. One last thing that really just ticked me off and didn't do the story a lick of good were the flashbacks to fifteen or so years ago. Whenever they showed up everything just slammed to a halt. I'm not sure if they're unique to the "uncut/unrated" version, if they are I'd just assume watch the broadcast version if I ever watch this again. The Flashbacks are important. They were stuff that was always in everyone's character background and revealing them here accented the events. Sam getting interviewed and his talk about a single moment of perfection is also good because of how it accents his own fate and that there were traces of who he was under Cavil's programming. Ellen and Saul had some happy times in addition to the bad ones. For your other notes, yeah, Tory had it coming, Cavil's final fate is my favorite in the series, to be fair with Racetrack, she had a stupidly high survival rate and it could only last so long. Consider it hand of fate for when the nukes go off later since The Colony was not going to survive getting thrown into the singularity. One of my favorite sequences is when we find out the truth behind the opera house visions. Also, I've went through the series three times at this point and I have bawled every time Roslin died. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShaunKL Posted December 16, 2010 Report Share Posted December 16, 2010 If with how important you guys say the flashbacks are, they certainly could've done a better job dropping them in the episode, as it is they felt more random than the Razor flashbacks. And I understand all the supernatural occurrences in the series, but Starbuck just popping away... I guess now that I've thought about it more... it's okay but I still don't like it. Sam did have the best flashbacks and I think they were the most well placed. How sad am I, my only moment where I was close to tears was when the fleet was heading towards the sun and the old Galactica music started playing. I also literally air-punched when I saw "earth". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnightWing Posted December 16, 2010 Report Share Posted December 16, 2010 And I understand all the supernatural occurrences in the series, but Starbuck just popping away... I guess now that I've thought about it more... it's okay but I still don't like it. I was sort of like that right after I first saw it, too, but more because I didn't like the fact that Starbuck just "left" so suddenly. Eventually I came to terms with the idea that it wasn't supposed to sit right; that you were supposed to feel a little empty at her loss. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stavros Posted December 16, 2010 Report Share Posted December 16, 2010 Finished Dollhouse. Really did end in a lot more epic/interesting style than I would have given the show credit for. Good stuff, although I'll have to find a better way of recommending it than "Joe 90 with hookers". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slothian Posted December 16, 2010 Report Share Posted December 16, 2010 Finished Dollhouse. Really did end in a lot more epic/interesting style than I would have given the show credit for. Good stuff, although I'll have to find a better way of recommending it than "Joe 90 with hookers". Hey, that works for me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShaunKL Posted December 16, 2010 Report Share Posted December 16, 2010 And I understand all the supernatural occurrences in the series, but Starbuck just popping away... I guess now that I've thought about it more... it's okay but I still don't like it. I was sort of like that right after I first saw it, too, but more because I didn't like the fact that Starbuck just "left" so suddenly. Eventually I came to terms with the idea that it wasn't supposed to sit right; that you were supposed to feel a little empty at her loss. There's the thing right there, everyone else gets their fulfilling ending and everything's right in the world. Then *poof* Starbuck just leaves us feeling empty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stavros Posted December 16, 2010 Report Share Posted December 16, 2010 Finished Dollhouse. Really did end in a lot more epic/interesting style than I would have given the show credit for. Good stuff, although I'll have to find a better way of recommending it than "Joe 90 with hookers". Hey, that works for me! You must have had a messed up childhood if that's true, some very dark moments occurring in the background that you tried to block out by watching Gerry Anderson puppet shows. Does Joss Whedon have a thing about the long term black mentor character being secretly evil? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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