What movies have you seen recently?

[aukevin]

Re: What movies have you seen recently?

I'm watching "Superman: The Movie", now. I plan to watch entire the Superman series, this weekend. I had no idea that the PS3 shows DVDs in 1080p. You can see the pixels more clearly. I had to special order the DVD of "Superman III', because WB didn't release a blu-ray here in the USA. I ordered it, because my copy was damaged somehow. WB hasn't released "Superman IV: The Quest for Peace" on blu-ray, also. Its a good thing too, those movies are 2 of the worst movies ever made. I did order the 3 disc blu-ray edition of "Superman: The Movie", "Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut", and "Superman Returns". Sadly, they put "Superman Returns" on blu-ray. Its sad that they had to put such an inferior movie in HD. Its almost not worth the effort.

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I would prefer that they release "Superman III" on blu-ray, cause then we can see the Clark Kent Vs. Evil Superman fight scene in the junk yard in all its glory. That's the best fight of the whole series. Too bad there's not more epic fights like that one in the series. I've always had one small complaint about that fight. It needs to be longer. That would make the reward of Superman's soul more meaningful and create more suspense.

It works better, if you buy the 3 disc set rather than buying "Superman Returns" by itself. Such an inferior movie should never be bought by itself. To be honest, its almost not worth watching. Its almost as bad as "Superman IV: TQFP". Thankfully, its not as bad as "Batman & Robin", "Daredevil", or even "Howard the Duck". "Howard the Duck" is clearly the worst comic book movie, EVER MADE. The order of the worst comic books ever made goes this order.

1. Howard the Duck
2. Batman & Robin
3. Daredevil
4. Supergirl
5. Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
6. Hulk
7. Superman Returns
8. Superman III
9. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990 version)
10. Green Lantern (2011)
11. Spider-man 3
12. X-men Origins: Wolverine

I have The Superman Motion Picture Anthology, 1978-2006 [Blu-ray] from amazon that has the following in it:

Superman The Movie
Superman The Movie: Expanded Edition
Superman II
Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut
Superman III
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
Superman Returns

http://www.amazon.com/Superman-Pictu...qid=1420747396

So I'm not sure why you're having a hard time finding them. I know I had a DVD version of the collection as well before getting the Blu-rays.

Sure Superman Returns wasn't the greatest, mainly when it came to the kid, but I think it has one of the best Superman movie scenes of all time in it. When he saves the shuttle in air and then catches the plane at the baseball stadium... I thought that was great.

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[daflyboys]

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I thought Superman Returns was adequate. But I'm not much of a Superman junkie.

[Fresh Tendrils]

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That airplane scene was great. The creepy, stalking Superman was not, however.

[bradtxmale]

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That airplane scene was great. The creepy, stalking Superman was not, however.

Yeah, that was one of the scenes that ruined it for me. He wasn't stalking. Superman doesn't invade peoples' privacy, unless he has to. This version of Superman is less of a boyscout and more like the "Man of Steel" version.

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He was checking on her, because he did still care for her, and he had a right to be there. He was visiting his son. That you don't find out about until the 2nd act, when he protects his mother by killing the crook that was going to hurt his mother.

The decision to continue the storyline igoring the events of "Superman III" and "Superman IV: TQFP" was a poor one. It needed to remain a true sequel and stay true to vision of the previous movies.

[bradtxmale]

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I have The Superman Motion Picture Anthology, 1978-2006 [Blu-ray] from amazon that has the following in it:

Superman The Movie
Superman The Movie: Expanded Edition
Superman II
Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut
Superman III
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
Superman Returns

http://www.amazon.com/Superman-Pictu...=operasport-20

So I'm not sure why you're having a hard time finding them. I know I had a DVD version of the collection as well before getting the Blu-rays.

Sure Superman Returns wasn't the greatest, mainly when it came to the kid, but I think it has one of the best Superman movie scenes of all time in it. When he saves the shuttle in air and then catches the plane at the baseball stadium... I thought that was great.

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Yeah, that was one of the few scenes that make this movie worth watching. They really should have done something like what "Man of Steel" did and not try to rehash the 1st one. Plus, the choice of Kevin Spacey as Lex Luthor was a poor casting choice. At first I was thrilled, but his performance was nothing like manic we're used to seeing in the comics or the one from the previous movies. Also, the choice to change the suit from "Superman IV: TQFP" was a bad idea. The suit in this movie made him like Superboy. Someone from the production crew should have been fired for the change of the suit. His body needed be more Christopher Reeve. This version is too scrawny to be the Superman from the previous movies. Bottom line: it should have been a true sequel with an improved plot like the 2nd one.

[55]

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Howard the Duck is so bad that it's awesome. Definitely not even close to the worst movie ever made.

[bradtxmale]

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Howard the Duck is so bad that it's awesome. Definitely not even close to the worst movie ever made.

Yeah, well its your opinion. I never hated a movie, before I saw this movie. This movie was marketed as a family movie, but its clearly not. That's what ruined it for me. This movie is like the kind of movie you'd bring your kids' to and have to sit through and endure because they wanted to see it. You'd be sitting there thinking about, how you were talked into seeing this unwatchable movie. Its like watching porn for kids.

[Chip Douglass]

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Finally got around to seeing Godzilla. All-in-all enjoyable, but not nearly as good as it could have been and probably not a movie that I'll watch again.

The flaws are pretty easy to summarize: not enough Cranston and not enough Godzilla. I honestly lost a lot of interest in the film once

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Cranston was killed off, which happens pretty early in the movie.

[Trent Booty]

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Recently watched the Equalizer. Great movie, I love Denzel. I watched Blended and The Interview too, both great funny movies (Blended was probably the best romantic comedy I've ever seen.) I just turned 17 about 6 months ago, so I go to as many R-rated movies in the theatre as possible. Either that or I remt them from red box or on demand

[RockinDaMike]

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Wow just got done watching Birdman. This is one of the most unique films I ever seen.The direction was seriously one of a kind, it was setup as one continuous shot with amazing landscape of New York and the theater. You know there is a cut there but it blends in so well that everything is connected.

It comments about life, our place in the world, big blockbuster movies, actors and one of the most important monologues in the movie was about movie critics. Just fantastic monologue by everyone.

The Oscar for best director is gonna be tough because its between this and Boyhood. Seriously some ground breaking stuff between those two movies and I would honestly pick Birdman to hit best movie, director and actor.

Michael Keaton put out his best in this movie. It really felt like this was his story in what he went through being batman. Also Edward Norton should get a nod for best supporting (Jk Simmons is getting this though).

I have to say this is a masterpeice of a movie, its art, pure art.

The Oscar buzz movies have been on fire. Boyhood, Whiplash and now Birdman all fantastic movies. I still have to check out Selma, The Imitation Game and The Theory of Everything to round out all the oscar movies.

[Scott]

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Went to an early screening of The Kingsman last night..Very good movie, too bad it won't be out to the viewing public for another month...

[jeremym480]

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Thankfully, I have already watched Godzilla.

[Chip Douglass]

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Thankfully, I have already watched Godzilla.

Yup, just noticed my mistake and threw on the spoiler tags.

It's easy to be lazy about that sort of thing when you're talking about a major blockbuster that came out 8 months ago.

[jeremym480]

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Yup, just noticed my mistake and threw on the spoiler tags.

It's easy to be lazy about that sort of thing when you're talking about a major blockbuster that came out 8 months ago.

Typically, I watch 3-4 movies a year at the theater and they are usually your Godzilla, Hunger Games and Hobbit type movies. I may blind buy a few more if they're on sale during Black Friday. The rest I wait until they're either on a premium movie channel or on NetFlix.

On topic: I watched Divergent and Captain Phillips last weekend. Divergent kept me interested, although I liked Hunger Games a little more. Captain Phillips was good as well. I remember following the story when it actually happened, so it was cool to see how it all played out (even if it was Hollywood'ed up). Tom Hanks' accent was pretty terrible, but that was really my only complaint.

[Chip Douglass]

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Finally got around to seeing Gone Girl.

Great, great movie. Some of the plot twists were telegraphed IMO, but watching them unfold was still pretty wild.