so you forced Finch into the Avatar state by putting a gun to his head?Quote:
Originally Posted by Thief Silver
I guess if anyone was the avatar, it would be Finch.
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so you forced Finch into the Avatar state by putting a gun to his head?Quote:
Originally Posted by Thief Silver
I guess if anyone was the avatar, it would be Finch.
The Soloist. What a boring fucking movie.
I just watched The Incredibles again, still my favorite 3D animated film of all time, it just does so many things right, hell it does almost everything right.
The One - I love this flick. Great action scenes (yes, I do enjoy that Jet Li, is more gun heavy than MA in here), cool story and sfx still look great years after release.
GI Joe: The Rise of Cobra - HA!
How was it?
I like the ending. :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by Despair
Saw VI
Don't bother.
Jean Luc Picard did it, right?
http://www.the-nextlevel.com/board/a...1&d=1256512866
It's really, really bad. It would have been way better as a 20 minute short about a man being tortured.Quote:
Originally Posted by stormy
I don't think I was even aware that they made a Saw 3.
lol latest Saw sucked what a news
Exit Wounds - Last great theatrical flick Seagal had, and man, its a blast. Sure DMX there (kinda of minus, though I didn't mind him much), but the action is fucking awesome. I love Seagal vs MJ White improvised swordfight.
Dead Heat - Treat Williams as a zombie cop out to stop Vincent Price, with Joe Piscopoe in tow. Classically bad, but also awesome.
Fuckin' word. I'm off of Jamie Foxx Oscar bait shit for good.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dyne
The Shining - Snowy hedge maze and a few other scenes dragged a little, but that's an issue I have with most Kubrick flicks. Mostly pretty awesome with one weird Lynchian wtf moment when Wendy looks into a nearby room and sees someone in a bear costume fellating a dude?
I've never seen any of the Saws
WHO WANTS TO MARATHON THEM WITH ME?! HUH?
I checked out of that movie when DMX ran up a wall.Quote:
Originally Posted by Despair
It really wasn't all that bad, had some silly shit going on in it, but it is a total balls to the wall action movie.Quote:
Originally Posted by YellerDog
I want an Accelerator suit of my own!
I've wanted to see this ever since I saw the trailer on youtube for it, but I've been too cheap to buy the dvd and too lazy to track down a pirated copyQuote:
Originally Posted by Despair
Richard Linklater's Suburbia is great. I can't understand why it's not on DVD. Oh but yeah, I watched it tonight. It's excellent.
I watched Dario Argento's Deep Red last night. There were things about it that I liked, but on a whole I thought it was rather boring.
That and it had manic shifts in language. One second they're speaking in English, the next dubbed Italian. MAKE UP YOUR MIND, MOVIE
Sometimes the dubs of older movies are partly damaged, so they just kind of smush together a full one from the preserved parts of more than one dub. The DVD of Master of the Flying Guillotine cycles through three different dubs throughout the movie if I recall.
Yeah, I was quite disappointed in it too! It should have been called Shhh Did You Hear That?: The Movie.Quote:
Originally Posted by Proto Man
Mary and Max.
Sweet little claymation animated feature about a little girl in Australia and her penpal, an obese, middle-aged Jewish man in New York. Told almost completely through narration, and done in sepia tones/black and white. Kind of a tear-jerker, but very good.
Sort of surprised no one's mentioned it here.
I SAW THE PREVIEW FOR IT, FRAHG! i only knew about it because of Phillip Seymour Hoffman.
REC
This was quite good and much scarier than Paranormal Activity IMO. It had a lot of those moments that make you go "no, fuck that!". I consider myself a tough crowd as far as horror movies go (i don't have an inherent love for the genre so they have to really impress me), so take that as a high recommendation.
Rec is way awesome. I'm still waiting for a watchable version of Rec 2 to hit the tubes.
I just watched Martyrs. What is with people's obsession lately with movies about people getting tortured while tied to a chair? It tries to go for some metaphysical angle, but in the end it's pretty much just mumbo-jumbo in an otherwise unpleasant movie.
Martyrs was nuts.
Watched 28 Weeks Later. It was great! Mostly! Then the helicopter thing happened. Then I laughed, and laughed, and laughed.
I just saw total recall for the first time. Wow, how fucking awesome was that.
See you at the party Richter.
HOW DOES THAT HAPPEN?Quote:
Originally Posted by Destin
I just sat through Judgement Night and then fucking DOOM GENERATION.
God hated me until today. Now he loves me.Quote:
Originally Posted by stormy
I would consider myself lucky to have a gem like TR to just now discover.
I wouldn't have liked it as much if I saw it any earlier. I still would have loved it, but just not quite as much.
Halloween night I watched the Dawn of the Dead remake and then Candyman. I enjoyed both. I wanted to watch Dawn of the Dead and then the remake, but my file was corrupted on the original. PISS! Candyman was pretty awesome though.
Tony Todd has an awesome voice in that. I wish I SOUNDED LIKE THIS
black dynamite and it was pretty fuckin hilarious
Saw 2010 for the first time last night. Decent, was definitely a Clarke-formula story.
Up tonight on my catching-up-with-21st-century-horror binge is Ju-On.
After that, I so far have Blair Witch, The Orphange, TCM remake, 1408, Shutter and Pulse lined up.
Some shit I watched recently:
The Young Master - 8.5/10 - fucking awesome kung fu flick directed by and starring Jackie Chan in his prime. Along with all of the usual prop integration Jackie is renowned for and the slapstick humour of the genre, the last fight is fucking epic and one of the better battles i’ve seen in a kung fu flick.
Funny Games (remake) - 6.5/10 - This was really good, but i felt the breaking of the fourth wall was a little forced and made the whole point of the movie too obvious. It was really nicely acted and well shot. This is my first Haneke film, and I really enjoyed it, so I now have Hidden sitting here waiting to be watched.
Brain Damage - 8/10 - Hennenlotter’s best film in my opinion. Its utterly ridiculous like his other works, but the story in this is stronger and all of the hallucination visuals are really awesome.
Massacre at Central High - 4/10 - 70’s drive in slop. A school kid gets revenge on a gang of thugs who cripple him. Its basically played out like a slasher yet most of the deaths are by dynamite. Worth a watch but its pretty damn bad.
Bad Biology - 7/10 - I downloaded this after watching Brain Damage. I never thought Hennenlotter would out do the ridiculousness of Frankenhooker, but in that area Bad Biology beats it tenfold. This may be the only true sexploitation flick released in years. Man, it is just so fucking insane. I don’t want to spoil anything, so I’ll just say that If you see this I guarantee you’ll be glad you did. I think it comes out on dvd in a few months so keep an eye out.
Winter Passing- Another one of those movies you never hear about that has Ed Harris, Will Ferrell, and Zooey Deschanel. It's like Rachel Getting Married where you're kind of uncomfortable watching a bunch of unlikable people do horrible things, but unlike Rachel Getting Married, i didn't turn it off before they all redeemed themselves. It's a pretty enjoyable movie! Zooey is a coke head who drowns a kitten and Will Ferrel is a social retard who wears eyeliner and doesn't try to be funny.
Bridge to Teribethia- it's a Disney teen movie where Zooey Deschanel indirectly kills a little girl by being all Roman Polanski with that kid. It's not great. It's not awful. It's pretty okay!
I would be alright with this if I were in that situation.Quote:
Originally Posted by Finch
Wanted - Complete piece of shit
Just got back from seeing a screening of kickass. fucking amazing!
Just saw The Box. It was pretty sweet, very much like Richard Kelly's other films. A lot of ambiguity and abstractions, but it ties together in the end much neater than Southland Tales or even Donnie Darko.
GI Joe Rise of the Cobra - Still enjoyed it on the its stupid summer action movie level.
Monsters vs Aliens - This was pretty good.
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Originally Posted by arjue
I <3 this movie.
The Keeper - Yet another latest from Steven Seagal and surprisingly decent to boot. Seagal gets the chance to have his own version of Bodyguard mixed with bits of Taken, as he hired to protect daughter of his old war buddy in Texas. Lots of bloody shootouts, and Seagal actually not doubled much in the action scenes.
Tell me more! Did you read the comic?Quote:
Originally Posted by JBNagis
indeed I did. it was very true.they changed a couple of scenes just to keep the flow of the movie and to not get a nc 17. the music was great but it was placeholder becus they weren't finished. it had superman,batman,spiderman,dark knight,and good the bad and the ugly music. and it all fit perfectly. they play the batman music when they get in the mist mobile.Quote:
Originally Posted by Chux
the casting was pretty spot on too. mclovin did a really good red mist. the guy playing kickass doesn't really sell it until the end though.
cage and hitgirl were spot the fuck on. cages big daddy was all kinds of woop ass. and when he was in costume he sounded like a mix of adam west and shatner as batman. hitgirl has the best scenes in the movie. she is a one girl killing squad.
I fucking loved it. the screening was full of studio heads and theater buyers and fans. and with the reception the crowd gave it will def get picked up. for real, see it as soon as it hits. even you cynical fucks will love it.
Just watched Network for the first time in a while. It occurs to me that Glen Beck is the real life Howard Beale.
The Crow - Still fantastic, and I really want blu-ray of it.
Blid Fury - 80s US version of Zatoichi, with Rutger Hauer as the blind vietnam vet swordsman and cameo of Sho Kosugi as evil ninja. Oh yeah, Terry O'Quinn as well. Great mix of action and humor, and touching as well.
Silent Trigger - Dolph Lungren's sniper flick, from the director of Highlander films. Some great sniper action, usual Dolph coolness, and awesome atmosphere and design.
Oh, forgot one:
The Haunted World of El Superbeasto - From the twisted mind of Rob Zombie, really bizzare and in spots very funny animated flick. Is awesome as Zombie, gets to stick characters from his previous flicks in cameo bits, and most of the pop and horror related winks and homages hit the mark.
This is exciting news!Quote:
Originally Posted by JBNagis
I just watched like two hours of Futurama. God the show is so good, but it really does need to grow on you. The egg salad sandwich episode is in my top ten.
I love Futurama :)
watched a couple of things on Netflix last night, I watched a movie called Cash Back it was and alright movie, had a good amount of boobies in it which is always a perk. It was about some artist kid that has insomnia and then somehow gets the ability to freeze time, I dunno it was weird, but it had a few good laughs in it.
Then I finally watched Bigger, Faster, Stronger That shit was so good and now I want to take Steroids :)
That is basically the point of Glen Beck, yes.Quote:
Originally Posted by Frogacuda
Steroids are lazy. Seriously.Quote:
Originally Posted by DumpTruck
I don't see how you would want to do steroids after watching that movie.
Because the documentary is completely unbiased, allowing you to draw your own conclusions.
what they gave the ups and downs to it and I think it would be interesting to try them for a little bit to see just what sort of difference I can make
Watched Wall Street for the first time. Gonna watch it again and decide how I feel about it. It seems to come down pretty heavily on Martin Sheen's side in the end.
This is a good documentary.Quote:
Originally Posted by DumpTruck
Some others I watched recently:
Good Hair (Chris Rock's movie about black people's hair)
Totally awesome, and surprising that it was playing in Burbank on opening night. This was actually amazingly thorough and well done. He even went to India to see the hair used for weaves being collected and processed. One of the highlights was a black hair styling competition.
My roommate and I were the only white guys in the theater. A few people were running on bpt.
The Rock-afire Explosion (Doc on the Showbiz Pizza animatronic puppets, the original version of the Chuck E. Cheese characters)
This is also pretty amazing. It follows the creator of the original animatronics and a collector who bought a complete, unopened set of the characters and set it up in a trailer on his property. He also learned to program the songs they sing and you can see them performing a bunch of different modern songs on youtube.
You're white? My mental picture of you is RUINED.
Elkino: pussy.
Yeah, when did this happen?Quote:
Originally Posted by Josh
"When he came out of the rain and he was like, none of this makes any sense. I am that guy." -- Glenn Beck on being Howard Beale.Quote:
Originally Posted by Frogacuda
what? how am I a pussy?Quote:
Originally Posted by Josh
He's saying that steroids are for pussies.
I doubt I'll ever actually use them, but I'm not against them
I've the same outlook concerning condoms.
Ha!
So he knows and he thinks it's a good thing? That's even crazier.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr-K
I'm not against them either. I just think they're stupid.
Watched Zack Galifinakis: Live from the Purple Onion (2006). If you like Zack, start streaming it now! There is some hilarious shit in there.
"My father used to beat me with his belt... while he was still wearing it."
"Anyone see the show The Amazing Race? Is that about white people?"
do any of you know if the new Astroboy movie is any good. Im thinking about going to see it.
Live at the Purple Onion is so good, I love all the interviews with his "brother" Seth
Up - Not bad. First 15 minutes were actually amazing and too sad. Rest of the flick turned into the regular disney stuff.
The Box.
I watched Crank 2 and it was terrible. For a movie trying to be high energy it was shockingly boring. I remember liking the first too.
I just saw this tonight. I can't understand the praise this movie gets. The only part that was good was the beginning about the couple's lives. Everything after that was pretty shitty. I usually really enjoy Pixar stuff, too. This movie just seemed like they trying way too hard to be creative and funny. It also has two things I dislike in movies: annoying kid(s) and talking animals. The movie should have been about the couple finally going on an adventure. Not some bullshit kid with talking dogs. Nice colors, though.Quote:
Originally Posted by Despair
Taking of Pelham 123 - Another mediocre output from Tony Scott. I did like both Travolta (he does make a good bad guy, and his lines were fun) and Densel, but the plot and things that happen, went from intense beginning, to the silly ending. I loved how the cop escort delivering money, kept getting into accidents, as they rushed against time.
I don't think they could have followed up the first 15 minutes with anything child friendly that would have made you happy.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nash
The first 15 minutes were adult gold. It captured the sadness that all people live, even if they lead an upstanding life. And it did it concisely and quickly. In 15 minutes they showed exactly why life is wonderful, and horrible. And they did it with next to no dialog.
You're just not going to top that with something kids will look at for 2 hours.
But I think you're being too harsh. The whole movie had dept. There was a bigger theme than just the starting one of life not always being fair or "life sucks, then you die." There was also some social commentary on living for your dreams and having balance. The couple put each other first and thus lived a fairly happy life. However the villain put his goals first and ended up becoming cruel and crazy. The old man almost became just as cruel in pursuit of his own goals. Also, the boy's father was missing out on his son's life because of his obsession with his goals.
case in point: Stop and smell the roses.
which I think is a worthwhile moral to communicate in a society that is so obsessed with achievement and materialism.
I saw astroboy. Its ok. It would have been better had one of the characters NOT have been a ploy to make fun of the republican party. Or the minor love interest.
But it was pretty good. It had robots, and things blowing up and some charm to it.
North By Northwest - awesome movie, awesome blu-ray, the PQ is stunning, the DVD was great but the BRD is a leap beyond, must own
Heat - got the blu-ray, not reference material PQ due to the inherently gritty look of this film, but excellent nonetheless
Watched "Top Secret!"
So awesome. Every scene.
Totally underappreciated movie.Quote:
Originally Posted by YellerDog
I love you beth cooper: 1/5 - This movie was an ordeal, I have not seen a movie this bad in a very long time. It was utterly unbearable. Beth Cooper violently assaulted me with its relentless shittiness from the very first frame. By the end of it my faith in humanity as well as my sanity was shattered and I was reduced to a lifeless pulp like thing that was once a man. Suffice it to say, I would not recommend this movie even to my worst enemy.
Special: 3/5 - I enjoyed Special, but I really wish the story was structured differently, it would of been a better movie if we found out that he was hallucinating at the end instead of right away. I think in the future I might raise my rating.
Ten Minutes 'til Noon: 2/5 - Shockingly bad acting and poor pacing completely ruin this movie. This movie completely wastes its premise.
Terminator: Salvation. It is not as bad as TNL made it out to be, but it is barely a terminator movie. The robots deserve to lose the war because they have about 5 billion opportunities to kill Reese/Connor. Yah, the robot city is basically the bank of China. Whoopee.
How is that not as bad as we made it out to be?
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Originally Posted by Frogacuda
is that the movie with all the pento jokes?
Salvation is still worst theatrical flick I've seen this year.
The Pinto joke? Yeah! A German transport vehicle goes out of control and skids to a stop, and barely taps the bumper of the Pinto. Which explodes. Of course.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fe 26
Yeah, I've seen that. Pretty funny!
Need some help.
Blanking on the name of a animated film I saw earlier this year. Soundtrack from 40's with two stories, one following a woman whose husband abandons her and a tale from Hindu/Indian folklore.
Sita Sings The Blues
Thanks.
Ice Age 3: Dawn of the Dinosaurs - Surprisingly a great time. Part 2 was meh, but here they improve the situation with much more of Scrat and Acorn adventures, and Simon Pegg's crazy Nature Gungho weaseal were a blast. Liked it much more than Up.