Adam Sandler's:
Eight Nights
It sucked.
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Adam Sandler's:
Eight Nights
It sucked.
You had to watch that to confirm it would suck?
The only thing it had going for it was that a bunch of ex Iron Giant animators worked on it, so it has a similar look.
I have had a run of shit lately..
Simpsons Movie: Was hoping the reason the show has sucked the past couple years was all the talent was working on the movie. Nope.
Live Free Or Die Hard: Wasn't awful, but the action scenes became too comical at the end. And not in a good way. Where in the hell do they build spiraling highways in the middle of nowhere that connect to nothing? LFODH Thats where.
Death Proof: I fucking hated this movie. It has the honor of being the first QT movie I didn't like. I liked the idea of a 70's movie throwback, much like Kill Bill was a throwback to old Kung-Fu flicks, but it just didn't work. The dialog just plodded on and on and on, then the pointless middle of movie action scene, and more dialog, action, and then Kurt Russell suddenly turns into a blubbering pussy for no reason. It annoys me they wrecked at least 2 perfectly good 70's era mopar muscles cars and a Nova to make this movie as well. Those cars deserved better. Watch Vanishing Point if you want a good car chase movie.
Knocked Up: Was a "girls washing dishes playfully with an Aretha Franklin song playing in the background" scene away from becoming a chick flick. Had a couple of good moments, not worthy of the praise I had heard going into it.
Shrek 3: Yes Dreamworks, we know you have excellent music licencing abilites. Was it necessary to get every single hit radio rock song from the 70's AND use it in this movie?
The Number 23: It is okay.
Watched The Bad and the Beautiful (1952) with Kirk Douglas and Lana Turner earlier today. Really great movie about the shittiness of Hollywood.
This is one of those movies that has an excellent premise, but the film makers fail to push that premise to its limits, so you end up with this middle of the road exercise in mediocrity and disappointment. Another recent movie that falls into this category is Stranger than Fiction.
Speaking of StF, I need to sit down and watch that too.
I liked Stranger Than Fiction. It definitely didn't play out its premise to its potential, but was still quite enjoyable.
i like Stranger Than Fiction. it was enjoyable and funny. they could've done more with it, but that can be said of most movies.
i recently watched Death Proof... that was awful. soooo boring. i get what Tarantino was trying to do, but he really sucked at it.
i just finished watching the first season for Tru Calling. the "twist" they add by bringing in Jason Priestley is stupid. the show is entertaining at times, but that's probably mostly 'cause i like Eliza Dushku. all in all, i can't believe they made as many episodes of this show as they did.
i saw Enchanted. that was disappointing. i expected more adultish humor. or more humor in general. but no, it gets all sappy. bleah :yuck: it could've been so much better, but of course they didn't even begin to tap into this movie's full potential.
i saw Battlestar Gallactica: Razor in the theater. it was cool to see Battlestar Galactica that way, on a big screen surrounded by fans. sometimes the audience's input/reactions make the experience more fun. anyway, Razor was actually really good, which surprised me a bit. but the frame they used to tell the story of the Pegasus really worked. Kendra Shaw was an interesting character. too bad you know from the very start she's going to die. i wouldn't have minded seeing more of her.
i saw the final cut of Blade Runner in the theater. yay Harrison Ford!! :D it was really cool to see the movie on the big screen. i wish i could say something about the final cut versus other cuts, but unfortunately it's been years since i last watched the movie so i can't even remember the cut(s) i watched before. but whatever, i'm all about seeing Harrison Ford. :D
I saw Terminator 2: 3D at Universal Studios. Most realistic 3D I've ever seen. It was really amazing.
The 3D in the Muppet Show at Disney is crazy too.
All you Death Proof haters can suck a dick.
Watched kiss of the dragon, got it mainly because it was one of the few action movies I didn't own on blu-ray. Not bad, it really just felt like everyone was going through the motions. The fight with the two blonde guys at the end was nifty though.
Death Proof is an awesome idea with shit follow through.
I liked Stranger than Fiction as well.
Gozu: Terrible in most every respect as expected, I also feel this is quite possibly Takashi Miike's magnum opus in its sheer glorious ridiculousness. Unlike the somber joke that is DOA with its magnificent punchline, this entertained for the entire time due to random shit like ceiling milk and the hermaphrotaur. There were at least three times during the final half hour when I kept expecting it to end (mostly just because it would be sudden yet perfect), but each time it moved on to something more bizarre and fantastic. Alcohol was involved in our watching but I only regret that I let it sit on my shelf for over a year before finally seeing it.
Oldboy: While they definitely appear to find themselves far more clever than they actually are, the swift pacing, good timing, and solid cinematography had me enjoying this throughout. While the buildup led to truth that was ridiculous in ways that did not appear intentional, I felt this was more interesting than it otherwise would've been due to the aforementioned reasons.
Sitting next to my TV awaiting their first times to me: Heat, Amadeus (haven't seen in like 20 years), Elizabeth, Leon the Professional, and American Psycho.
I love Amadeus. One of my favorite movies. And Heat has such bad ass bad assedness in it.
Heat is the best movie. Watch it now.
Heat is #1. The robbery scene alone puts it over the top of most movies in the genre, and the acting throughout is fantastic. Great call.
I watched it again this morning. Even without The Scene, this is a great movie. With The Scene, it's fucking fantastic. That scene is one of the greatest things put to celluloid ever.
This movie's fantastic. Jean Reno & Gary Oldman > you, and Natalie Portman was actually cute back then.
You read the book? It's a very well-done adaptation - it increased the book's humor while downplaying its graphic content, and in some ways, I prefer the film. I went in expecting to be disappointed, and came away quite impressed. This put Christian Bale on the modern acting map.Quote:
American Psycho.
I need to watch Gozu. It comes on cable late every once in a while.
I watched Beverly Hills Cop I & II over the last couple of days. Ah, the good ol 80s....so innocent. Eddie Murphy rocked back then. It was kind of weird seeing a Tony Scott film with a "normal" camera.
I wanna go watch Point of No Return and then La Femme Nikita back to back.
I just saw "The Joy Luck Club"
This comes a good second as the most bleeding vagina movie ive been required to watch for class, coming second to Vagina Monologues (damn you HUSR 300)
Watched Planet Terror last night. Best movie ever.
I picked up the Fletch "Jane Doe" edition and watched it last night.
Even after all these years, that is still one of the funniest movies I've ever seen.
It almost makes me cry when I think about how some of these guys (Chevy Chase, Eddie Murphy, et al) once upon a time put out some truly great stuff, and now just suck.
How do you like Fletch Lives? I always felt it was like a shitty stepchild until a couple years ago. Now I actually prefer it.
The Joy Luck Club was great.
Heat sucked.
Leon/The Professional was fantastic.
American Psycho was pretty gay.
I hate you Compass.
But it's the love kind of hate.
Do you mind me asking why you had to watch Joy Luck Club for class? Seems like a weird choice to me. From a technical point of view, it's not that great a movie and from a historical point of view, there are a lot of better movies covering similar territory. Why'd your professor pick this one?
That thing was fucking sick.
There's a movie theater in North Carolina that shows it in 3D every year, red and blue glasses and everything. I forget the name of the theater or the town but if you live near or in that state and do a little research on the web, you'll find it.
Massive fail.
Extreme fail.
Saw Beowulf 3D over the weekend. It was ok. Probably going to have an I Am Legend IMAX, Sweeny Todd double feature over the weekend. Also: '78 Dawn of the Dead theatrical screening.
And the wife actually wants to see AVP:R. Go figure.
I really dig the setup Universal does for its attractions, all the Cyberdine Systems coorporate stuff going on before you go into the theater for T2-3D.
I remember the atmosphere they set up while waiting in line line for the King Kong ride scaring the hell out of me as a kid back in 1993.
this wasnt for my film classes, it was for my american character class. It was going along with our subject of Cultural Dualism and Cultural Translation, dont ask me what that means i already took the final and its all blown over my head.
I read some of the worst books in this class too
I watched the underdog, girl soccer-player movie, Gracie, starring the gorgeous Carly Schroeder. Some questionable acting (although the mom was great), and an avalanche of cliches didn't stop this from being a sweet movie with a nice soundtrack and a positive message.
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Well, I'm still kind of perplexed why this film was chosen, though I guess it's a decent enough pick. What exactly does that class cover? I'm guessing the makeup of the nation's people, and the movie was used because it's about emigrants and their first generation American children?
A few movies that are of somewhat similar topics but I think are better are:
1) Come See The Paradise ***1/2: Deals with the rounding up and placing in camps of Japanese Americans during WWII. Stars Dennis Quaid and Tamlyn Tomita. Covers Japanese emigrees and how they lived prior to the war, what their rights were, plus covers their first generation, born in the US children and their differences with their parents. Also deals with mixed race relationships and covers some Labor politics as well.
2) Green Dragon (****): Quite a bit different than Joy Luck Club or Come See The Paradise. This is about refugees from Vietnam coming to the US in the evacuation of Vietnam at the end of the war. It takes place completely at Camp Pendleton. I wouldn't expect a professor at a University to ever show this movie because it's positive about the US, but they really should, because it's a story most people don't consider when talking about the Vietnam War. Stars Patrick Swayze and Forest Whitaker, but is mostly Vietnamese performers and is about 85% in spoken Vietnamese, so subtitled.
3) Double Happiness (***): Stars Sandra Oh in her first major role. This is much more light hearted fair. Plus it's Canadian. But it's a great depiction of the differences of first generation children of Chinese emigrants with their parents.
4) Saving Face (***1/2): This is a great little independent movie about a Chinese American daughter and her Chinese mother living in Flushing, Queens, NYC. The daughter is a twenty something lesbian, and the mother has a secret love. It's about the shame of going against tradition in the Chinese community but the ultimate need to be happy and honest. This does have a lesbian love scene with nudity (which was actually quite hot I must admit) so I don't know about showing it in class, but you're in college right? Shouldn't be a problem.
(star ratings are out of five stars; I'd give Joy Luck Club **1/2)
I only bring this all up because I think these are better than Joy Luck Club, and I wonder if your professor could dig a little deeper in his/her research when coming up with a movie for you guys. Check these movies out and talk with your professor about them. Couldn't hurt.
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation. Still great. Still.
John Cusack two-fer last night.
I watched Grosse Pointe Blank and High Fidelity. One other thing these two movies shared in common aside from Both featuring both Cusacks, was the the leading ladies in each film are quite unattractive (Minnie Driver and Iben Hjejle).
I saw GPB years ago and thought it was funny. HF sucked. I hate movies where people whine about their shitty problems that they bring upon themselves, only to see the light at the end of the movie. Cusack's character was an unlikable faggot. Jack Black was funny, but since I've seen him playing the same character so many times already, he's lost some of his luster.
I've been meaning to read High Fidelity. That reminds me.
I Like Bend It Like Beckham. And the dvd has a recipe or two on it. I like dvd's with recipes.
cooking is like fucking...
I own and often watch Better Off Dead. It's fabbbulous.
Just watched Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance.
It was cool, but not Oldboy good.
I just watched Epic Movie. It was on the movie channels so I figured I would give it a shot. Worst fucking movie ever created. It's a series of awful awful spoofs tied together with the most unfunny Chronicles of Narnia story line. I mean I'm not really surprised it was so bad, but jesus, how the fuck could an actor/actress read the script and think "this script is funny and this will be good for my career".
Thank god the Dawn of the Dead remake is on now to wash this sour taste out of my mouth.
Actors are people too, they need to eat and get paid.
If I were an actor I would rather starve myself and live out of a cardboard box than be in Epic Movie. It was that bad.
I watched the original Gamera movie, for whatever reason I've been watching a lot of these crappy kaiju movies latley. and Gamera is easily the worst so far.
BUT GAMERA IS THE FRIEND OF ALL CHILDREN!
And is made of turtle meat.
I've never tried it, though I want to.
I also have to chime in about how fucking bad Epic Movie is. I saw it for free when it was in theaters and I walked out 45 minutes in. I could shit into a VCR, hit 'play,' and watch a better movie.
The scene with Crispin Glover as Willy Wonka dancing to that bomb of a song Fergalicious was the most pain I've ever experienced in my life.
DOUBLE IMPACT - TWICE THE VAN DAMMAGE. This move is the pinnacle of slow-motion-sidekick cinema.
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Heat sucked.
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Leon/The Professional was fantastic.
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American Psycho was pretty gay.
I see a pattern emerging...
I just watched the latest installment in the Borne series, it was awesome.
I saw it for the first time three weeks ago. I thought it was going to be stupid, but it was great.
Spaceballs, on the other hand, is not good anymore. There are a few good jokes, but mostly it's just an ugly, boring, uncomfortable movie. Mel Brooks made some entertaining movies, but this is near the bottom.
John Cusack needs to be casted as the next Gamera.
The Bourne Ultimatum - a nice end to the Treadstone trilogy with a good amount of questions having been answered and some sweet action scenes. I really like the direction of Paul Greengrass in both this and Supremacy, moreso than Doug Liman's direction in the first film, though setting the stage required a different pace. It's amazing how different the three Bourne movies are from the books, with only really the first sharing any similarities. I hope to see more quality Bourne films and think it's obvious that this spy franchise put the heat on the Bond boys to go the gritty direction they did with Daniel Craig.
These are probably the best action movies I've seen and definitely the best action trilogy.
Hell NO. They OK action films at best and being praised way too much.
Bourne Ultimatum was boring and horribly shot. All of the said extreme tension was non existing, chases were just boring. Bourne films peaked at the original sliding down more and more with each sub sequel. Just like Matrix films.
The combination of action, plot, acting, characters, and pacing is pretty much the complete package one could reasonably ask for from an action movie, a genre in which I am very forgiving. Other "serious-in-tone" action movies that collectively shared these traits would be something like The Fugitive with Harrison Ford. I thought the suspense was definitely there in Ultimatum, especially once the gauntlet had been thrown with Marie's death in Supremacy, leaving you to believe that anyone, aside from Bourne, could go.
I hated Bourne Ultimatum also. Casino Royale's foot-chase intro DESTROYS the one in BU, besides being a better movie in every category. Bourne is the airport novel version of James Bond. Zzz.
I just got home from No Country for Old Men. Amazing.
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It's like they were seperated at birth
I'm not sure if you meant this to its literal extent, but it actually is. That said, in terms of the books I've always felt Bourne > Bond. Though to be fair I haven't read them in years and put off doing so again in order for me to watch the movies without having a bunch of preconceived notions (I don't remember much about the trilogy besides loving it). Still have yet to see Ultimatum, I'll hopefully get around to that fairly soon.
Leon: It was okay. I love Reno, I love Oldman, I love Besson, and yet for whatever reason I felt like the first 2/3 of this movie were very lacking. Most of the humor seemed poorly implemented and distracting, and I honestly had a hard time giving it all of my attention until the great finale sequence. Now, once they did finally kick in their heels, got serious, and stopped treating the whole thing like a happy-go-lucky sitcom about the wacky adventures of the hitman that doesn't understand our customs and the little girl that could make him laugh I was totally hooked. If I had seen this 15 years ago when it was first recommended to me I probably would've been much more into it, but it was not up to what I was expecting.
The hallway scene at the end was pretty overdone and had little reason on Leon's part, but its got age on it so I'll forgive it there. Also, when I'd heard about the heavy pedophile angle I wasn't expecting it to be as much as they actually had in there, they all but fucked on screen. Jeez.
I Am Legend: Almost the opposite of the above, first 2/3 were pretty good and then it petered out into blah. I know it's based off of a book and so they can't (shouldn't) really rewrite the whole thing, but if they had ended it right when it started to go downhill it would've made for a much more powerful and effective ending. I'm referring to if he died on the wharf during his car standoff instead of being rescued by those other people. Ah well, maybe when I see the Omega Man down the road I'll find it has better execution.
I watched The Devil's Backbone and it was excellent. Like if Pan's was a 9 this movie was an 8. I want to watch his earlier movie Chronos now but it's out of print.
Watched It's a Wonderful Life.
I actually think this is an under-rated movie. Yes, it's one of the most recognizable movies in history and many ppl think it's good. But I would argue it's popular b/c it's "cute" (see: angels getting their wings, blahblahblah).
This movie actually has a very, very compelling subplot about George Bailey and his frustrated aspirations (of travelling the world, becoming an engineer, etc.) and how he puts others ahead of himself (the S&L, his fam, etc.). THAT is why this is a great movie.
Also saw I Am Legend.
Surprisingly good. Had drinks at a McMennamins before the movie and heard one of the guys at the bar talking about how Legend was the worst movie he'd seen all year, next to The Enchanted (!!!), so I wasn't holding out hope for a good movie.
The first 60% of the movie was very well-paced. I thought it fell apart a little at the end but overall it was very good. My main complaint? We've a glut of these movies on the market now (Dawn of the Dead, 28 Days/Weeks, Resident Evil, Underworld, etc.). I never thought I'd say it but I'm starting to get tired of zombie movies.
ADDED: One of the previews was for The Dark Knight. It's sacriligious to have a non-Jack Joker but (I can't believe I'm saying this) I will watch this movie.
I ment it on a lot of levels. ;)
Boring being the main one.
I've seen Bourne 1 and 3, nothing in the world will make me interested enough to spend the time to see 2. I hope the books are better (they'd almost have to be, as the Cold War was completely stripped out of the movies, right?).
I rented Nightwatch and Daywatch this weekend, after hearing how good the first one was and seeing that Daywatch was recently released.
Nightwatch was definitely worth watching, if just for the visuals alone. The plot wasn't without it's flaws, but it was a good 1st movie in what was originally planned as a trilogy.
Daywatch was a boring scattershot mess of a movie that couldn't decide if it wanted to center around the Chalk of Fate storyline, or the kid's evil birthday party. The "rules" of the movie were never really explained very well, and the ending was just a big let down. If there were plans for a third-part, there's really no where left to go with this story since he used the Chalk to completely undo the events that led to everything that happens in both flicks. They also got cheap and didn't have the artsy subtitles throughout the film like the first movie did.
Character-wise, Anton made a shitty Nightwatch cop. In both movies.
Watched Robocop last night with one of my roommates. If you haven't seen it recently, you might have forgotten how awesome it is. I know I did. You need to fix this.
Tried to watch August Underground after but it was absolutely awful. Not particularly shocking or even entertaining. Say what you will about movies like the Guinea Pig films, at least they're not dull. Couldn't say the same about this.
I just watched Primer again the other night.
The best movie I've ever seen where I knew less that 20% of what was going at all times. Its confusing as fuck, but worth it. It really is kind one of those movies where little things character's say ("Why can't I write any more...") screw with you entirely. The most realistic look at time travel I've ever seen in a movie.
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What freaks me out the most about this movie is when their ears start bleeding. I was like oh god something really bad is going to happen to them. I have a basic understanding of this movie from the Wiki but there are layers upon layers of shit you could get into. Good movie.
That's a good idea. I'll put him on those next.
It's been so long I could barely tell you what went on in them, just that I loved them. There is an exception to that, however, which is The Book of Bond, or Every Man His Own 007 which has been a personal treasure of mine since I was a wee lad. It's a step-by-step method of lying your way into pretending you're a 007 agent, i.e. To explain away pockmarks on your face just tell the lady you're with, "When that bulletproof glass goes, it really goes."ROBOT NINJAS!Quote:
He spent the entire afternoon and evening getting caught up on Robocop movies.
Shit yeah. I think he got a little misty when Officer Lewis got gunned down, actually.
Cocoanuts: This is an interesting movie when seeing for the first time in this day and age, as at once it seems both modern and incredibly old. Groucho's speech feels a little dated but only to the point of maybe a decade at most, whereas the singing and dancing and general level of coherence in the writing feel more like the actual time period when it took place.
As a vaudeville act and being filmed by early Hollywood it has the overall appearance of filming a high school talent show these days (except one where the acts are all pretty good). Cast members are ever looking at the camera or crew members by accident and then realizing what they're doing get a worried expression and quickly look away, the transitions to and from specialized acts like the harp playing are random at best, and the acting is always very stage. But the genius here is the quickness, wit, and often sheer pun nature of the writing (and Harpo's physical comedy, god bless him) that make it a joy whenever the Marx brothers are the ones in conversation.
As it being their first major production and first movie I'm actually a little surprised it made me laugh as much as I did, I had expecting something less for their initial outing. The way that it seems many regard them to only improve as these films go on gives me more joy as I had planned on watching them in chronological order anyway. Also, as this debuted in 1929, this is definitely among the (if not the) oldest films I've watched all the way through.
p.s. The dual bedroom scene was amazing.
Watched "The Man Who Wasn't There" last night. Thorton needs to be in more black & white movies. His face is built perfectly for it. Tony Shaloub (sp?) is amazing, too.
I saw that a few years ago, and though I don't remember it specifically that well, it certainly left a great impression on me overall. You can hardly ever go wrong with the Coens.
Wonderful movie to use for drawing reference. So cool.
Just watched Commando. 'Nuff Said.
My Indian roommate instantly gained full American citizenship merely through watching it. Amazing!
Nice Yeller... I was into Predator earlier this week.
Another classic.
Indian roomate is now on a Burt Reynolds kick. He was watching the Smokey and the Bandit series the other day.
Beerfest has been on the movie channels a lot lately. Gets better the more you watch it.
Oh Landphil 2, your a much better lover than Landphil 1.
I just watched The Simpsons Movie. It was definitely exceeded by expectations. Given, what I expected was diarrhea heaped on a pile of poop, but I was surprised nonetheless.
I don't even give a fuck. I've spent too much time on those flicks as it is.
Fair enough, it's just that your statement confused me since that's not what the novels are about.
I just assumed 80's plus KGB = Cold War.
James Bond Marathon on spike FTW, I love old bond movies, you can watch them and shut your brain off.
How can you handle the barrage of commercials?