What movies have you seen recently?

[daflyboys]

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Mr. Right I absolutely love Sam Rockwell and I don't dislike Anna Kendrick as an actress, but this movie did not have the chemistry it wanted to have. They just didn't have the funny lines I think they thought they had on paper. And enough with Tim Roth being portrayed as a hard ***. You can skip this one, though Kendrick fans may love it. Just did nothing for me, though wanted it to.

Eddie The Eagle Really liked this one. It was what you would expect. Jackman was pretty good in his role. The actors who played Eddie along the way were great and Taron Egerton, who handled the majority of Eddie's role, was really fantastic. Don't understand the inclusion of Christopher Walken other than having a name in this, but it mattered not.

[redsrule]

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10 Cloverfield Lane.

Not sure what to think about this one. Definitely didn't need to see Cloverfield at all to see this....it stood on its own. Goodman was very good as usual.

I liked it until the last 10 minutes or so. Goodman was fantastic.

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[Beantown]

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I liked it until the last 10 minutes or so. Goodman was fantastic.

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See, I actually liked the last ten minutes the most. Up until that point, Goodman was the only redeeming part. Was very disappointed with this one after seeing the reviews/OS's reaction.

[Blzer]

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See, I actually liked the last ten minutes the most. Up until that point, Goodman was the only redeeming part. Was very disappointed with this one after seeing the reviews/OS's reaction.

If you watched it the way I approached it, you might feel a bit different about the bulk of the film.

I'd have to see it again to connect things the way I did the first time, but I interpret the whole film a totally different way based on the first poster.

This is not one I'm looking to swipe on Blu-ray immediately, though..

[Cheese2121]

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Caught the new Captain America in theaters last Friday. Better than I expected. I need to go back and watch the second one though because I never did get a chance before.

[Beantown]

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If you watched it the way I approached it, you might feel a bit different about the bulk of the film.

I'd have to see it again to connect things the way I did the first time, but I interpret the whole film a totally different way based on the first poster.

This is not one I'm looking to swipe on Blu-ray immediately, though..

See that's the thing - I knew what I was watching. I knew the main story, I knew that it wasn't a "monster movie" or anything like that. And yet when the monsters showed up? It was awesome to me.

I also just didn't care about the girl or the guy characters which clearly doesn't help.

[Blzer]

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See that's the thing - I knew what I was watching. I knew the main story, I knew that it wasn't a "monster movie" or anything like that. And yet when the monsters showed up? It was awesome to me.

I also just didn't care about the girl or the guy characters which clearly doesn't help.

Hmm, well there's that. There's also the theory I constructed that...

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Emmet was the bad guy. Howard was merely missing his daughter, perhaps a little creepily too much, but was not the "monster."

[JazzMan]

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Hmm, well there's that. There's also the theory I constructed that...

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Emmet was the bad guy. Howard was merely missing his daughter, perhaps a little creepily too much, but was not the "monster."

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How do you suppose that Emmet was the bad guy?

[daflyboys]

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Hmm, well there's that. There's also the theory I constructed that...

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Emmet was the bad guy. Howard was merely missing his daughter, perhaps a little creepily too much, but was not the "monster."

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I don't think that's on track. Emmet was just an idiot who did manage to get into the bunker (as he helped build it). I think the writers wanted you to spend most of the movie wondering if Howard was sane about the invasion or crazed and potentially violent, when he was actually both. His lies about his daughter confirmed that the hamsters were not all running in the right direction on his wheels and then of course the aliens releasing gas confirmed the obvious. Emmet just eventually saw the writing on the wall with the help of the girl, as overall, he was just a naive wise-***, which led to his demise because he couldn't think on his feet at a critical moment.

Also, rewatched Spotlight. Of course, not the same impact as the novelty of the elements and interactions were gone, but still a great ensemble performance. In retrospect, I don't think it should have won best picture, but then again it's Hollyweird and maybe they had their own agenda to pick it (film industry vs. God industry...who knows). Keaton was great. Some of his mannerisms reminded me of he amazing dramatic performance in "Clean & Sober".

[CC]

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Rented the new Point Break. Wow. The script was laughably bad and the acting was some of the worst I've seen in the last few years. The acting makes Keanu Reeves look like Leo. It has a few half-decent action sequences, but all in all its just a baaaaaad movie. Stick to the original.

[redsox4evur]

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Deadpool...such a great movie. Reynolds nailed the role, perfectly. It redeemed what happened in Origins. If you need a recommendation for an action/comedy movie w/o kids present this is for you. I definitely stand by my opinion of not wanting kids to see this.

[SPTO]

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Deadpool...such a great movie. Reynolds nailed the role, perfectly. It redeemed what happened in Origins. If you need a recommendation for an action/comedy movie w/o kids present this is for you. I definitely stand by my opinion of not wanting kids to see this.

Agreed, any parent who just says "oh it's a comic book movie" and has a kid watch it are IDIOTS.

BTW dunno if you saw this

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Obviously NSFW

[LambertandHam]

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Thief(1981) - With James Caan and directed by Michael Mann(Jerry Bruckheimer producing as well). Already a huge fan of Michael Mann, caught it on the MGM movie channel. Music was also good with Tangerine Dream doing the soundtrack. Liked most of the movie, but

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it felt too "clean" at the end if that makes sense. Maybe I'm use to other Michael Mann movies

[daflyboys]

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I recall that title but don't think I've seen it. I think Hollyweird was expecting Caan to be a bigger star than he panned out to be. I think Rollerball was supposed to put him over the top, but it just wasn't all that good in execution. Always liked Caan in a support role though.

[LambertandHam]

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I recall that title but don't think I've seen it. I think Hollyweird was expecting Caan to be a bigger star than he panned out to be. I think Rollerball was supposed to put him over the top, but it just wasn't all that good in execution. Always liked Caan in a support role though.

Agreed. Obvious roles like The Godfather. I really liked him in an episode of the old "Alfred Hitchcock Show" that Starz or Showtime use to show. He was a fresh out of college journalist trying to do a story about street gangs.