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01-23-2011, 10:08 AM | #4555 |
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Salt 6.5/10
Plot was pretty crazy, but it worked. I watched the unrated extended cut, which is supposedly different than the theatrical. |
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Scott Pilgrim vs. the World - 4/10
I loved the quirkiness and the fact that it was so different--up to a point. Some of the fight scenes felt like they really interrupted the rest of the movie. I wanted to like this one, too.
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Casino Royal (1967) - 4/10
I didn't think it was possible that this spoof could be worse than the more traditional version of a few years ago. I was wrong. There were some funny parts but ultimately this move was a total clusterfuck. Five directors worked on this one and man, it really shows. |
01-29-2011, 08:25 PM | #4558 |
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I never saw The Blind Side when it came out, but man it's one heartwarming story.
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02-16-2011, 11:26 AM | #4559 |
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How Green was My Valley(1941)-9/10
Another Ford masterpiece.I am kinda working my way through the best picture winneers and this was the next up. I loved following through the years in Wales. Walter pidgeon was great too! |
02-16-2011, 04:15 PM | #4560 | |
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02-16-2011, 04:19 PM | #4561 | |
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02-16-2011, 05:24 PM | #4562 |
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Gone in 60 seconds (1974) - 3/10
What a huge disappointment. I remember this coming out when I was around 7 years old. I didnt get to see it. But lots of car crashes. Man, as a 7 year old. I was on board. Always wanted to see it. All my years. I still remembered wanting to see it. The new version came out. But I knew there was no way it matched the old version. Mind you, I never saw anything about the old version. Just what I thought I remembered. Then I found it on netflix. So I put it on the list. It finally came. 36 years after it came out. And I wanted to see it. 36 years of anticipation. Man, it just wasnt good. Terrible acting. The car crashes were not good. There were a couple of funny moments and on e kind of cool car moment. And a classic ending. But overall, I should have waited another 36 years. |
02-17-2011, 04:16 AM | #4563 |
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The Green Hornet 7/10
Should have been an 8/10, but I had to deduct 1 point because it was overpriced for me when I saw the 3D version. Do not waste your money on the 3D version of this movie. I loved the old lady jokes about Cameron Diaz. Last edited by Mountaineer : 02-17-2011 at 04:20 AM. |
02-17-2011, 10:25 AM | #4564 |
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The Deer Hunter 5/10
What a mess of a movie. Another case, from what I've read, of an asshole director who really needed someone to stand up to him and say "cut at least 30 minutes from this movie." There are some powerful moments of the film and the A-list actors do what they can, but in general it's unsatisfying and choppy. It's funny, because it felt to me like it was adopted poorly from a long novel, so I was surprised to learn it was an original script. I guess we're supposed to appreciate the fact that it was the first anti-war film set in Viet Nam, but it didn't really address any of the issues associated with the war itself. I liked that the characters were shown as flawed even before they set out, but having said that, I hate dimestore psychology and this movie had it in spades. Very disappointed in this "best picture".
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04-20-2011, 09:11 AM | #4565 |
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Soul Surfer - 7/10
The Tyke family went to see Soul Surfer last night. The quick synopsis is that this movie is based on the true story of a 14-year-old girl, Bethany Hamilton, who was a successful junior surfer. Her left arm was bitten off by a shark, and how she dealt with the aftermath, I was very entertained. I thought the movie did a great job of conveying how we define who each of us is as a person. Now as it turns out, the Hamiltons are very religious, and the movie includes a fair amount of that. In fact, I had just read an article over the weekend where the Hamilton's "fought" with the movie studio to strike the right balance of faith portrayal in the movie. Link is here. When I got home, I decided to read some of the reviews. I was surprised by the amount of negativity that this movie invoked in the critics. Many felt it was too preachy. (As a side note, while I was raised Christian, I actually feel more akin to the Unitarian Universalist set of beliefs. I also married a Jewish woman so we are an interfaith family.). Without getting into the whole religion debate (unless we absolutely have to go there), I wonder if the same film was made, but the family was Jewish or Muslim, and they portrayed the equivalent scenes along with readings from the Torah or the Qur'an, whether the critics would have been as negative? It just struck me as odd that when you see a movie that is based on a true story, and by all accounts kept it real most of the time (stay for ending credits to really understand that point), why would you then object to that being included in the film? |
04-20-2011, 09:21 AM | #4566 |
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[rec] - 8/10
I got this off Netflix many months ago. It sat on my shelf, like most of my Netflix DVDs, for months. I finally got around to watching it a few weeks ago. It's a great horror movie. One of the best I have seen in a few years. It's Spanish, so there are subtitles. I think it's best described as a mix of "Blair Witch Project" - given that it's one of those first person/lost footage type films - "The Descent" - in terms of the claustrophobic atmosphere - and "28 Days Later" - in terms of the monsters. The setup is pretty simple. The host of a Spanish reality show called "While You Were Sleeping", which apparently about night jobs or something, and her camera man are shooting an episode in which they follow a fire department around for an evening. There is a call to the fire department that there is a woman stuck in her apartment, so the host, the camera guy and two firemen respond and... mayhem. There was a shot-for-shot U.S. remake called "Quarantine". I never saw it. This film was excellent. Quite scary. Fast paced. Well done. And the thing at the end was the stuff of nightmares.
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04-20-2011, 01:15 PM | #4567 |
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American Splendor - 9/10
I saw it quite a while ago, but I'm glad I watched it again. It reminded me how much Paul Giamatti kicks ass. Oh, and Toby is hilarious. "Revenge of the Neeeeeeerds". And the wife comparing it to the "I Have a Dream Speech". Great movie. (That was the worst and most poorly written movie review ever, but I'm too lazy to fix it)
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04-20-2011, 01:36 PM | #4568 |
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Tron Legacy - 6.5/10
Finally saw this. I wasn't as disappointed as I thought I would be, but, still a couple gripes. Gripe 1: When Sam gets sent to the grid, there's virtually no transition. The original Tron had a great transition from the real world to the computer world. Gripe 2: Good lord the effects used to make Flynn look young was absolutely horrible. Unless the shot was using heavy shadows or was not a close up, it completely took me out of the movie. Not a bad plot over all. Acting was good in most places. Olivia Wilde was nice to look at. I actually enjoyed the sound track for the movie. A little disappointed with the ending, but, I think that is based on my preconceived notion on how I thought it should end. I would have ranked this a seven or seven point five had the effects of young Flynn not been so bad and distracting.
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04-20-2011, 03:39 PM | #4569 | |
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04-20-2011, 03:44 PM | #4570 | |
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It definitely could have been better. How? I'm not sure, maybe include more things from the first Tron? There were no 'blue' colored characters in Tron Legacy, like there were from the first one. The first movie felt more like I was in the computer world. This one, not so much.
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04-20-2011, 04:10 PM | #4571 |
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The last movie I saw was Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps. I would give it a 4/10, as I found it to be confusing at times, and I deducted like 4 points because there weren't any dongs in it.
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04-20-2011, 04:11 PM | #4572 | |
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04-20-2011, 04:14 PM | #4573 |
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I really liked the first one. I recommend it. Plus, you can see why Kevin Flynn acts the way he does in the second one. Warning though, the look is vastly different.
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04-22-2011, 09:12 AM | #4574 |
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I thought both Trons had the same basic problem- the plot is really shallow, even for an action movie. They both have excellent sound, good and distinct visuals, and mediocre action movie acting. I really like them because of the sound and visuals but, at the end of the day, they plot just isn't deep at all so you can only do so much with it.
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04-22-2011, 10:48 AM | #4575 |
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Well, they are Disney movies.
The first one was very entertaining to me, plus it was pretty original and believe it or not, groundbreaking at the time. I can deal with thin plots as long as it's entertaining, which the first one definitely is. The second one, was not as entertaining as the first though.
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04-22-2011, 11:04 AM | #4576 |
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Sure and I enjoy both- but I mean shallow even for a generic movie. There's very little plot, very little character development- even most action movies try to throw in some generic plot twist or two. I suppose they tried in the second (tho if you saw the first, you knew to be looking for it all along). Again, still enjoyed, but can spot the problems
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04-22-2011, 11:29 AM | #4577 |
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I think you bring up a good point. I think we all see movies in a different way (no pun intended), that's why I think some people can't stand the Godfather because they talk too much, while others love it. Tron Legacy had potential, but, didn't live up to it.
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04-24-2011, 09:22 PM | #4578 |
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I saw an interesting movie on demand last night and thought I'd post about it.
After.Life -- 6.5/10 It is kind of hard to give a summary without spoiling things, but the basic premise is that a young woman (Christina Ricci) has a fight with her boyfriend (Justin Long) and then dies in an auto accident as she is leaving him. Liam Neeson plays the mortician that is preparing the woman's body and they are able to communicate, with her obviously having trouble accepting her death and him helping her "make the transition" (in his words). There are some dark twists mixed in and it has a new twist on the somewhat familiar story. In any case, if you like horror and dark movies, it is worth watching. It has some issues, but I enjoyed it and was pretty surprised by the ending (well, picked up on it maybe like 75% of the way through). |
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Watched a bunch of movies this past weekend.
Thor 3D - 8/10 I thought this was a strange choice of comic character for a movie, and during the first 10 mins I thought I was right as it looked real tacky, but as soon as Thor comes to Earth, I was sold. Enjoyable little movie, with a surprising amount of comedy that really helped to camp up the character and setting. Nothing world shattering, but I would watch again. Hemsworth and Hilldeston (Loki) were both solid. The Town - 8.5/10 I know this was a pretty big movie at the time of release, but I really didn't know anything about it when I hit play. Enjoyable action flick. The Mechanic - 4/10 About what you'd expect really. Ben Foster was a very odd choice for his role... not very believable, especially when he suddenly turned into a world class warrior after what I imagine was only a matter of weeks. And...
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05-06-2011, 10:49 AM | #4580 |
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13 Assassins - 9/10
Great movie. That is all.
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Thor IMAX 3D. Save your money on the 3D. It's only really shown in Asgard and that's roughly half the time. It's a solid 2nd tier movie though and my initial reaction is around an 8.
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Anyone seen Fast Five? Great popcorn flick. They really outdid themselves with the shit they pulled off. Oh, and stick around til the credits end.
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05-14-2011, 06:11 PM | #4584 |
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Exam (2008) - 8/10 -- 'Invigilator' is my new favorite word.
Moon (2009) - 10/10 -- Sam Rockwell makes this film. Very enjoyable. |
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Exam I think was a recommendation from a site I look at. An 8 is about right. I wanted to rate it higher, but couldn't justify it. I know some people didn't like Moon, but I think it might have been around my second favorite from that year.
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I agree with the 10 for Moon, amazing movie.
JUst watched My Blue Valentine- made me wanna slit my wrists but I guess that's cuz the acting was so good. Not a feel good movie by a long shot. |
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If that match was exaggerated, it was that Ward through more punches in the movie than he actually did in the fight. I remember watching that fight. Ward was throwing 2 to 5 punches a round. The ref warned him the last 2 rounds saying if he didnt start throwing punches he was going to end the fight. Middle of the last round of the fight, Ward had not thrown any punches. Then out of no where he throws 2 punches and the guy dropped like a rock. I have never seen anything like it and I watch a lot of boxing. After the fight Ward was jumping around like a mad man. I still cant believe how that fight turned his career around.
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Finally getting around to watching Scott Pilgrim. Getting HBO for GoT has meant that I've ended up watching more movies.
Enjoying it so far, will probably rate it a 7 or 8 out of 10. Really what notches it up to 8 is the Zelda music in the transitions... /tk
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Dola,
Also watched He's Just Not That Into You courtesy of HBO. It's scary how much of my own disastrous dating life I see in it but also of some of my friends...the married couple in particular remind me of my best friend and her husband. Also I like that it takes place in Baltimore. /tk
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PotC: On Stranger Tides - 7/10
The 2nd half of the movie saves it to a degree but roughly the first half was painfully bad. 1st portion was spent jumping from one so-so action set piece to the next, like watching a very extended preview reel. The conclusion, while very predictable in most ways, at least managed to tie the poorly developed story elements together so that it felt more like the earlier installments in terms of plot. Also seems likely that it was heavily edited, almost glaring in at least one case, just to get down to the 2:21 run time. My rating is almost certainly influenced by having seen it in 2D for $5. If I had paid the $12-$16 for it I'd feel very ripped off.
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She also wrote the the screenplay for the film.
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Pot Zombies (2 / 10): A Troma film about marijuana that turns people into green, glowing-eyed zombies. 'Nuff said.
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Fast Five - 6.5/10
I have to admit, not a bad movie over all and this is not the kind of movie I would usually go out to the theater to see or see in general. Heck, I haven't even seen any of the previous installments in the franchise. Lots of nice eye candy, including the cars. A bit too much over acting by The Rock, as he seems to be stuck in Saturday Night Live mode and that brings the movie down a few notches. Over all, I don't think I wasted 10 bucks on my ticket.
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Nailed it. I would think that in the second decade of the 21st century that film makers would try and be a bit more creative with the technology by now instead of using the same 1950s 3D gimicks.
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I think they would but movie-goers does not want to pay $12-$16 for a ticket.
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05-23-2011, 01:33 PM | #4598 |
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Exactly. Why pay that much for a ticket to see technology and techniques that are over 60 years old?
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I was making the point the other way around. If they choose to use more modern (expensive) technology, they would force the theatre to charge more than $12-$16 for all movies. (Not having been (nor care to go) to a 3D movie, I don't know what they charge now). My point is that they are trying to keep costs down and profits (as they are) up and since the public don't want to pay much, less expensive technology will have to be employed.
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Ah, I see what you're saying. My main complaint is: I'm not paying that extra money to see the same gimmicks that Hitchcock was using in The Birds. I don't expect anything like the Holodeck from Star Trek, but, I would have thought that by now they could have come up with something a little bit more immersive than throwing pies at the audience.
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