What movies have you seen recently?

[TripleCrown9]

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San Andreas
If you want realism, stay far, far away from this film. If you want a cheesy, fun summer blockbuster, go check it out.

So you're saying a movie about an earthquake that completely wipes LA off the map doesn't provide realism?

[Fresh Tendrils]

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So you're saying a movie about an earthquake that completely wipes LA off the map doesn't provide realism?

Well, it also doesn't have John Cusack.

[DJ]

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So you're saying a movie about an earthquake that completely wipes LA off the map doesn't provide realism?

You're forgetting the entire Bay Area as well! Just saying, there's a lot of suspending disbelief in this film, which I guess is apropos since it has The Rock as the lead.

[GAMEC0CK2002]

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Kingsman. It was alright...definitely had a few funny moments and lots of action sequences. Couple of over-the-top sequences that weren't really necessary.

[LambertandHam]

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Ragtime(1981). Caught it flipping channels today on one of the Encore channels(I think). Lots of people in the cast, but was surprised to see an older James Cagney.

[daflyboys]

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Ragtime(1981). Caught it flipping channels today on one of the Encore channels(I think). Lots of people in the cast, but was surprised to see an older James Cagney.

I remember that movie. Had Howard E. Rollins from a Soldier's Story and the TV series, In The Heat of The Night. He died way too young....great actor.

[redsox4evur]

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Captain America: The Winter Soldier. Great movie, probably my 2nd favorite single hero movie behind The Dark Knight. The action scenes were great. I was kinda hoping that

Spoiler

Fury was dead for the rest of the movie.

Because I had seen things in Agents of Shield and it would have made sense for that to happen.

[The JareBear]

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I figured someone in here would be able to help me....

There was a movie released a few years ago I believe, not remember exactly when but I am pretty sure I was in Colorado when it came out, so it would be within the last 4 years. I think it was an independent film.

I don't remember the exact details of the people depicted, but I believe they were Vikings, maybe? The younger son of the leader of a "tribe" (I guess?) is asked to find his older brother to come back and take over because the father is dying. The adventure to find the brother is pretty dark and the movie itself is pretty gritty.

Does anybody remember this one? I can't remember any actors names and I can't remember the movie title. I think the title may have been the name of a sword or something like that? Maybe I am way off.

Thanks to anyone who can point me in the right direction.

Captain America: The Winter Soldier. Great movie, probably my 2nd favorite single hero movie behind The Dark Knight. The action scenes were great. I was kinda hoping that

Spoiler

Fury was dead for the rest of the movie.

Because I had seen things in Agents of Shield and it would have made sense for that to happen.

Winter Soldier blew me away. It didn't even feel like a "comic book movie" to me it was a full blown spy/espionage film. Very well done. I think it is, so far, the best Marvel movie and right up there with Dark Knight

[daflyboys]

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You sound like Arthur Spooner trying to rent a movie at the video store!! ^^

[The JareBear]

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Ignore previous post, found it.

Hammer of the Gods

Apparently I liked this move wayyyyyyyy better than anyone else, according to the reviews

[Blzer]

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Decided to re-watch the Scream movies, I'm through Scream 2.

I have a question, only because I saw it play slightly differently in the show Gotham... whenever someone is holding somebody else hostage (basically as a shield) with a knife to their throat or a gun to their head, they always expose their heads clear as day as opposed to hiding behind the person's head, maybe slightly poking an eye out from their neck or something.

Is there an idea behind how this work's in the killer's favor? I'm thinking of only two possible ways it might:

1) Killing that person by shooting them in the head may spasm their finger muscles to pull the trigger or keep their hand clenched to slice their throat (again, see Gotham as the first example in which I saw this).

2) Gives people trying to shoot them a reason to possibly try and pull the trigger, so if they miss they either hit the hostage or miss everybody and the person has a reason to kill the hostage.

I think #2 makes very little sense in general, so I just don't see why they do this in general. As tends to be the case, they eventually are shot and the hostage is left unharmed.

[redsox4evur]

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Decided to re-watch the Scream movies, I'm through Scream 2.

I have a question, only because I saw it play slightly differently in the show Gotham... whenever someone is holding somebody else hostage (basically as a shield) with a knife to their throat or a gun to their head, they always expose their heads clear as day as opposed to hiding behind the person's head, maybe slightly poking an eye out from their neck or something.

Is there an idea behind how this work's in the killer's favor? I'm thinking of only two possible ways it might:

1) Killing that person by shooting them in the head may spasm their finger muscles to pull the trigger or keep their hand clenched to slice their throat (again, see Gotham as the first example in which I saw this).

2) Gives people trying to shoot them a reason to possibly try and pull the trigger, so if they miss they either hit the hostage or miss everybody and the person has a reason to kill the hostage.

I think #2 makes very little sense in general, so I just don't see why they do this in general. As tends to be the case, they eventually are shot and the hostage is left unharmed.

I'm going to give a 3rd option. Maybe it's because that way the audience can see the hostage taker and understand what he/she is saying. But #1 makes a lot of sense.

[Blzer]

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I'm going to give a 3rd option. Maybe it's because that way the audience can see the hostage taker and understand what he/she is saying. But #1 makes a lot of sense.

I guess, but the tactic seems off to me. Like, they might as well be fully exposed is all I'm saying. I mean there are some movies wholly based in reality that portray this in such a light where we really don't care who the dude is (sometimes they're wearing a mask in fact), so I just don't know what they're going for with it. I just assumed there was some strategy involved.

[TripleCrown9]

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Saw San Andreas last night and loved it. It was everything I was expecting.

Crazy/terrifying to think that that's going to happen some day.

[Gibbz]

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Nightcrawler blew me away last night. One of the best movies I've ever seen.