bigHEADinc
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Wanted Conway Twitty as a special title.
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Post by bigHEADinc on Jan 10, 2008 3:27:51 GMT -5
Just seen a movie that is a bit old to be talking about? Finally got around to seeing Transformers and don't feel like starting a thread about it? Talk about them here. Give whatever size review of any movies you just saw and have discussions about them...
I mean, I think it's pretty self-explanatory...
EDIT: See Page 24 for the FULL LIST OF MOVIES!
DAN IN REAL LIFE (2007) Plot Synopsis (From IMDB.com): Dan Burns is a single father who dedicates his life to his children, but one day he meets Marie at a bookstore. They get to know each other, but then Dan finds out that Marie is actually dating his brother, Mitch Burns.
The family itself was pretty corny, as they almost seemed over-the-top with their "family-ness". What saves the film is the actors themselves, delivering honest performances with a script that while making them over the top, it also makes them real and quite witty. Carrell is as awkward as ever as Dan and Juliette Binoche is endearing as the quirky Marie. One surprise was Dane Cook as Mitch Burns, who keeps his Cook-ness while also dialing it down a little bit, making him look a lot less smug.
It was a fun little movie that's got a surprising amount of heart and is a good rainy afternoon rental.
*** out of *****
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Post by Paul Servo on Jan 10, 2008 6:27:56 GMT -5
WAR (2007) [aka The Transporter vs Jet Li] Coud have been a great movie. Loved the first 80 minutes of it. There was a decent plot twist, then they gave a swerve which would have made Vince Russo puke. And the climatic fight scene was too short (the Jet Li/Jet Li fight in THE ONE was longer, crap the KARATE KID final battle was longer)
Next up in my Netflix que is STARDUST
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Rube
Hank Scorpio
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Post by Rube on Jan 10, 2008 6:34:37 GMT -5
I just watched Return To House On Haunted Hill. It was better than the first one, but that's not saying a whole hell of a lot. Lotsa gore though, so it was alright.
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Libertine
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Post by Libertine on Jan 10, 2008 6:36:00 GMT -5
The Benchwarmers.
I found this movie to be hilarious, and I have no idea why. I dislike all the actors involved and that type of obvious humour seems to be marketed at idiots. Which is probably why I enjoyed it then. I felt a bit guilty laughing at it, but it hit the mark at the time.
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jzbadblood
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Christ, man. Can't you see what's happening? Can't you read between the lines?
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Post by jzbadblood on Jan 10, 2008 6:50:12 GMT -5
I just watched "Little Children". Great movie. You have to see it if you haven't.
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Post by KingPopper on Jan 10, 2008 7:06:13 GMT -5
Juno.
Go see it. If you don't, oh well.
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Post by Joker on Jan 10, 2008 8:01:22 GMT -5
Cobra Verde
The tale of Cobra Verde (A mexican bandit). Klaus Kinski and Werner Herzog, cue the madness. Entertaining, certainly different and manic.
Kinski plays a notorius Bandit who goes to work on a sugar plantation, the owner unaware of who he is. After he gets all his daughters pregnant the plantaion owner in revenge sends him to Africa to reopen the slave trade with a mad king. Suprisingly he succeeds at this and then overthrows the king with an army of half naked spear wielding warrior women.
I enjoyed it, some may find it too off the hollywood beaten track, but it was good.
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Post by Vanilla Gorilla on Jan 10, 2008 8:06:25 GMT -5
Juno.
it was funny, witty, smart, emotional, serious and charming. A weird combination of Fast Times and Junebug ( 2 of my favorite films). A great movie.
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cart
Mephisto
Why do wrestlers think that inernet fans don't get laid? anyone wanna cyber?
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Post by cart on Jan 10, 2008 9:16:43 GMT -5
'I am Legend' (alternatively: I am a piece of crap) Yeah I'm not the biggest will smith fan but somehow i always end up in the cinema watching his crappy movies. This one is uber crappy cos it's all will all the time. The bits in which he appears to be losing his mind are annoying because i wish that is what was happening him in real life so that i never have to see him again. Ahhh Im just jealous, but seriously.. Pick one ridiculosly high paying career and stick with it you show off mofo, i mean i can act and rap too, but you don't see me doing both do you? Anyhoo. I am legend. it sucks.
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Post by The Thread Barbi on Jan 10, 2008 10:00:16 GMT -5
Rocky Balboa -----------------
Just watched it for the third time, and still as good as the first. This would still be a fantastic film even if the boxing element was removed from it. Makes the viewer go through all the emotions (laughter, sadness, inspiration etc).
I'm a hard-case when it comes to entertainment, and have never felt choked up or even once felt like crying at any film...but this just gets to your soul. Maybe its because the acting is so natural, it seems like you're watching real people, not scripted scenes, maybe its the nostalgia factor, maybe its the spine-tingling slow melody of the Rocky theme in the background, maybe its the end credits - which simply celebrates humanity in all its forms...whatever it is, it just gets to me.
For me, the best film in the series. Better than the first, even. Tremendous closure to the Rocky lore. 6 out of 5 stars as far as I'm concerned.
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Post by jamofpearls on Jan 10, 2008 10:15:16 GMT -5
Just watched Live Free or Die Hard last night, and Juno on saturday. DH4 was pretty fun flick...even with the unbelievable action scenes. Lots of HOLY SHIT moments in there. Juno was pretty good too. My g/f and i got more of the jokes than the rest of the audience, who was pretty silent most of the time. We laughed and laughed, while they sat on their hands.
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Post by DiBiase is Good on Jan 10, 2008 11:46:07 GMT -5
I just watched Midnight Run again for about the 30th time. It's one of the funniest films of the 80's with Robert DeNiro and Charles Grodin exchanging some great dialogue. It's got Yaphet Kotto as a badass FBI agent, Joe Pantoliano as a slimy bail bond provider and Dennis Farina is great as the Mob boss. And of course the immortal line.. "Here come two words for you. Shut the f*** up".
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bigHEADinc
El Dandy
Wanted Conway Twitty as a special title.
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Post by bigHEADinc on Jan 10, 2008 12:19:30 GMT -5
JUNO I'm gonna have to agree on all the Juno love. Great movie, top-to-bottom. Ellen Paige is just so damn cute in her role.
****1/2 out of *****
GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS Downloaded this on a lark, considering I've heard awesome things about Alec Baldwin's performance. He lived up to the hype, but it's sad that he wasn't in more of the movie. Alan Arkin, Ed Harris, Al Pacino, Kevin Spacey, and Jack Lemmon all bring so much to the table in a movie filled with the f-bomb. It is a character study more than a movie, and you realize the twist early on, but it's a damn good film.
**** out of *****
EQUILIBRIUM The story and set pieces were good, but the script and some of the actors left a bit to be desired. The Gunkata action sequences were good-to-great and after a slow start it got me hooked in. I still can't say I understand all the hype around it.
**1/2 out of *****
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Post by DiBiase is Good on Jan 10, 2008 12:25:01 GMT -5
I just watched "Little Children". Great movie. You have to see it if you haven't. Agreed. Kate Winslet is brilliant in this film (and pretty much everything else she is in). One day she'll get the Oscar she deserves.
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Post by 4real on Jan 10, 2008 12:25:06 GMT -5
Saw The Golden Compass a couple of nights ago. I think about half way through i realised just how ridicolous a film this was. And that whoever made it up must be smoking some seriously bad stuff.
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bigHEADinc
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Post by bigHEADinc on Jan 10, 2008 12:28:48 GMT -5
Saw The Golden Compass a couple of nights ago. I think about half way through i realised just how ridicolous a film this was. And that whoever made it up must be smoking some seriously AMAZING stuff. Fixed for a little more positivity...
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rra
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Post by rra on Jan 10, 2008 12:28:59 GMT -5
JUNOI'm gonna have to agree on all the Juno love. Great movie, top-to-bottom. Ellen Paige is just so damn cute in her role. ****1/2 out of ***** GLENGARRY GLEN ROSSDownloaded this on a lark, considering I've heard awesome things about Alec Baldwin's performance. He lived up to the hype, but it's sad that he wasn't in more of the movie. Alan Arkin, Ed Harris, Al Pacino, Kevin Spacey, and Jack Lemmon all bring so much to the table in a movie filled with the f-bomb. It is a character study more than a movie, and you realize the twist early on, but it's a damn good film. **** out of ***** EQUILIBRIUMThe story and set pieces were good, but the script and some of the actors left a bit to be desired. The Gunkata action sequences were good-to-great and after a slow start it got me hooked in. I still can't say I understand all the hype around it. **1/2 out of ***** Agree with you partly on the others, but EQUILIBRIUM.... You mean the ending, when the villain begs for mercy, and Bale has a flashback to Emma Watson's fate in the fire chamber.....mercy denied....didn't work for you? Its one of the few vengeance-driven endings in the action genre that effectively works, because of that one little edit.
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bigHEADinc
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Post by bigHEADinc on Jan 10, 2008 12:47:55 GMT -5
JUNOI'm gonna have to agree on all the Juno love. Great movie, top-to-bottom. Ellen Paige is just so damn cute in her role. ****1/2 out of ***** GLENGARRY GLEN ROSSDownloaded this on a lark, considering I've heard awesome things about Alec Baldwin's performance. He lived up to the hype, but it's sad that he wasn't in more of the movie. Alan Arkin, Ed Harris, Al Pacino, Kevin Spacey, and Jack Lemmon all bring so much to the table in a movie filled with the f-bomb. It is a character study more than a movie, and you realize the twist early on, but it's a damn good film. **** out of ***** EQUILIBRIUMThe story and set pieces were good, but the script and some of the actors left a bit to be desired. The Gunkata action sequences were good-to-great and after a slow start it got me hooked in. I still can't say I understand all the hype around it. **1/2 out of ***** Agree with you partly on the others, but EQUILIBRIUM.... You mean the ending, when the villain begs for mercy, and Bale has a flashback to Emma Watson's fate in the fire chamber.....mercy denied....didn't work for you? Its one of the few vengeance-driven endings in the action genre that effectively works, because of that one little edit. I just feel like there could've been a much better movie there. I've always heard it compared to the Matrix and, aside from the trenchcoats and guns, it wasn't the Matrix at all. If they could do this movie again, still with Christian Bale, but upped the budget and gave it to a different director, I think it could've been a better movie. Compared to the other movies I saw in the same day (Dan In Real Life and Glengarry Glen Ross) it just wasn't nearly as good, but maybe because both of those were character driven.
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adamclark52
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Post by adamclark52 on Jan 10, 2008 12:59:29 GMT -5
I just saw the new Fantastic Four movie, I never saw the first one. It was one of the worst movies I've seen in awhile. Jessica Alba may be nice to look at, but as an actress...
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comahan
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Post by comahan on Jan 10, 2008 13:08:31 GMT -5
In the last two days ive seen Children of Men, Sweeney Todd, No Country, and Michael Clayton. Needless to say, ive enjoyed my last few days of movie watching.
Out of 5.
- Children of Men [****] - Sweeney Todd [****1/4] - No Country [****3/4] - Michael Clayton [****]
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