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[quote]roybot wrote:
Under the Skin - Scar-Jo’s other recent foray into sci-fi: this time she plays an alien who is tasked with luring a series of lonely young men into a weird extra-dimensional trap where they become chow for her race (human flesh is a delicacy).

Whereas in Lucy Johansson plays a human who loses her humanity to become something more, here she plays a creature who gradually becomes corrupted by living on earth among genuine people and aspires to become human herself (the two films could be considered companion pieces in that respect).

She abandons her mission to engage in ‘carnal’ pursuits, seemingly with the idea that this will help her understand what it is to be human, but her alien physiology denies her the experience: when she tries chocolate cake, she vomits it up, unable to digest it; later she tries to have sex with a man, even though she has no reproductive organs.

Also worth checking out for a scene where a family attempts to rescue a drowning dog with a dead-eyed Scar-Jo looking passively on the unfolding carnage. A scene more bone-chilling than in many horror films.
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I started watching this 2 nights ago and turned it off after 30 minutes thinking it was shit. But I couldn’t stop thinking about it; it really stayed with me so I finished watching it last night, then re-watched the whole thing this morning.

I’m still not sure if it’s one of the worst or one of the best movies I’ve ever seen. I think if you watch it expecting a sci-fi thriller, you’re going to be terribly disappointed. On the other hand, if you can accept that Glazer wants you to experience this movie in a very specific way, and kind of throw up you hands and trust where he takes you, I think it can be a very profound experience.

But yes, the scene with the family by the water is absolutely wrenching. And then, when the motorcyclist revisits the beach, it becomes even more so.

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Just back from Hobbit: Battle of the Boring.

First 1/4 was good as it moves swiftly and has some actual character interaction. As soon as the boring cartoon battle began I was terribly bored. Complete dissolution of tension throughout the shite fest.

Interesting to note that Bilbo’s home serves as an allegory of the movie, as well as the whole trilogy, and Bilbo’s fondness and desire to return is the same as our want to return to Middle-Earth. He comes home disappointed to find his house entirely ransacked, almost entirely empty of the things that made it home yet cluttered with trash and shite.

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I saw Night Crawler last week. Well written and very immersing film with a lot of black humor. And wow that Donnie Darko kid can really act.

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[quote]RATTLEHEAD wrote:
Just back from Hobbit: Battle of the Boring.

First 1/4 was good as it moves swiftly and has some actual character interaction. As soon as the boring cartoon battle began I was terribly bored. Complete dissolution of tension throughout the shite fest.

Interesting to note that Bilbo’s home serves as an allegory of the movie, as well as the whole trilogy, and Bilbo’s fondness and desire to return is the same as our want to return to Middle-Earth. He comes home disappointed to find his house entirely ransacked, almost entirely empty of the things that made it home yet cluttered with trash and shite.
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LMFAO!

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[quote]Dr. Pangloss wrote:

[quote]roybot wrote:
Under the Skin - Scar-Jo’s other recent foray into sci-fi: this time she plays an alien who is tasked with luring a series of lonely young men into a weird extra-dimensional trap where they become chow for her race (human flesh is a delicacy).

Whereas in Lucy Johansson plays a human who loses her humanity to become something more, here she plays a creature who gradually becomes corrupted by living on earth among genuine people and aspires to become human herself (the two films could be considered companion pieces in that respect).

She abandons her mission to engage in ‘carnal’ pursuits, seemingly with the idea that this will help her understand what it is to be human, but her alien physiology denies her the experience: when she tries chocolate cake, she vomits it up, unable to digest it; later she tries to have sex with a man, even though she has no reproductive organs.

Also worth checking out for a scene where a family attempts to rescue a drowning dog with a dead-eyed Scar-Jo looking passively on the unfolding carnage. A scene more bone-chilling than in many horror films.
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I started watching this 2 nights ago and turned it off after 30 minutes thinking it was shit. But I couldn’t stop thinking about it; it really stayed with me so I finished watching it last night, then re-watched the whole thing this morning.

I’m still not sure if it’s one of the worst or one of the best movies I’ve ever seen. I think if you watch it expecting a sci-fi thriller, you’re going to be terribly disappointed. On the other hand, if you can accept that Glazer wants you to experience this movie in a very specific way, and kind of throw up you hands and trust where he takes you, I think it can be a very profound experience.

But yes, the scene with the family by the water is absolutely wrenching. And then, when the motorcyclist revisits the beach, it becomes even more so.
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The scene where she can’t find her way out of the nightclub was great. It’s probably the closest ‘she’ gets to a human experience.

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I saw the Expendables 3 last night, Jesus Christ it looked painful seeing all those old geezers trying to do the shit they did decades ago.

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[quote]Steel Nation wrote:
Interstellar - Saw this in IMAX with the wife. We both loved it, and she hates (HATES) sci-fi. I’m very surprised that it’s not doing better at the box office.

The movie hits on all cylinders:

  • It is emotionally engaging, especially if you have children. The interaction between Coop and his daughter Murphy was especially moving to me, since my oldest daughter is also headstrong and too smart for her own damn good. There was a scene where Coop watches transmitted videos from his family that had me in tears and nearly sobbing. If you’re the type to spend a lot of hours at work, you’ll find it hard to watch.
  • It is edge-of-your-seat level suspense. The last 45-60 min were almost unbearably tense. I could feel the clock ticking.
  • It is intellectually stimulating in a way that only Christopher Nolan can pull off. I don’t know nearly as much about modern physics as I should, I suppose, but what was there seems consistent with what I’ve learned. The fact that these concepts are thrust on the audience at all makes me very happy. It’s like Nolan was saying “I know this is going to be too much for all of you to understand, but fuck you, deal with it.” That takes some courage, and it’s not surprising that it’s coming from the guy that cast Heath Ledger as The Joker.

The cast is very good. Double M has really grown on me over the years. After his string of BS rom-com roles he’s really been putting some serious work together (True Detective, Dallas Buyer’s Club, Mud, etc). Anne Hathaway was pretty decent. Jessica Chastain and the girl that play the young Murphy Cooper are both outstanding. Jessica Chastain should have all of the “smart and hot but obsessed with her work female” roles that Hollywood has to offer nailed down for the next decade. Between this and Zero Dark Thirty, I can’t think of anyone that could do it better. Having said that, she’ll probably be the love interest in the next Magic Mike.

Also appearing with solid performances are Casey Affleck, Matt Damon, Michael Caine, and Jon Lithgow.

Definitely worth the price of a ticket, if for no other reason than to convince Hollywood that complex movies like this are still appreciated in this country. The fact that Dumb & Dumber To and a fucking cartoon did better at the box office than this masterpiece is just flat-out disappointing.
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I’ll tell you exactly why it’s not doing well: the average person is an idiot, and in order to appreciate Interstellar one must have at least a cursory understanding of quantum physics, theoretical physic, quantum mechanics, etc… it’s just way too far above most people’s heads. They were expecting Star Wars and they got A Brief History of Time. I have about as basic an understanding of that shit as possible but a thoroughly enjoyed it. Definitely need to see it a couple more times to fully grasp what’s going on. Also, the redhead was ringin’ my bell.

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I understand physics and if I want to learn physics I will open my text book not watch this movie again. I go to the movies to be wowed entertained or get my heart racing this movie seems to try to be smart.I liked Memento by christopher Nolan now that was interesting.

Interstellar takes itself way to serious and the science is not all accurate especially that stuff about gargantua and the gravity on the 7 year planet. for a movie that takes itself so seriously and spends so much time and dialogue explaining science this hollywoody pseudo science don’t fly. the emotion stuff is lame too “love is quantifiable” WTF
I wish this movie flopped its not as good as Pacific rim or as touching.

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Has anyone seen the Sentinel, with Keifer Sutherland and Michael Douglas ? I recorded it and wonder if it’s worth watching.

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Re-watched Man of Steel. I don’t care what anyone says, that’s a good Superman movie. I love how they made the Kryptonians move during the fight scenes and for once I thought the level of carnage & destruction was fitting in scale for a movie like this. Especially during the Superman Zod fight.

Can’t wait for the next one (not Batman vs. Superman)…

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[quote]usmccds423 wrote:
Re-watched Man of Steel. I don’t care what anyone says, that’s a good Superman movie. I love how they made the Kryptonians move during the fight scenes and for once I thought the level of carnage & destruction was fitting in scale for a movie like this. Especially during the Superman Zod fight.

Can’t wait for the next one (not Batman vs. Superman)…[/quote]

I enjoyed it when I watched it. We must be the minority

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I watched Valhalla Rising on Saturday night by myself. Don’t know how I managed to pull myself through it. I’m sure I’m supposed to understand some deep meaning to it but I ended up being disappointed. It was a lot more visuals than dialogue and a lot more boring than action. I don’t really even know the best way to describe it.

I really wanted a badass viking movie and instead got an artsy fartsy deep movie that I didn’t understand.

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Redemption.

VERY well made, deliberately-paced, and punctuated with just the right amount of ass-kickery. Jason Statham is perfect.

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[quote]CircaThursday wrote:
I understand physics and if I want to learn physics I will open my text book not watch this movie again. I go to the movies to be wowed entertained or get my heart racing this movie seems to try to be smart.I liked Memento by christopher Nolan now that was interesting.

Interstellar takes itself way to serious and the science is not all accurate especially that stuff about gargantua and the gravity on the 7 year planet. for a movie that takes itself so seriously and spends so much time and dialogue explaining science this hollywoody pseudo science don’t fly. the emotion stuff is lame too “love is quantifiable” WTF
I wish this movie flopped its not as good as Pacific rim or as touching.[/quote]

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[quote]coolnatedawg wrote:

[quote]usmccds423 wrote:
Re-watched Man of Steel. I don’t care what anyone says, that’s a good Superman movie. I love how they made the Kryptonians move during the fight scenes and for once I thought the level of carnage & destruction was fitting in scale for a movie like this. Especially during the Superman Zod fight.

Can’t wait for the next one (not Batman vs. Superman)…[/quote]

I enjoyed it when I watched it. We must be the minority[/quote]

It was a good movie, but didn’t give us something to rival, or even surpass Nolan’s take on Batman. The potential was there.

They completely missed the boat on how to give us a realistic Superman. Even before the movie was released I thought it would be great to do a classic sci-fi invasion movie but with Superman at the center of it. That’s what I thought David Goyer and Christopher Nolan would bring to the table. How would we react to an alien who has lived here in anonymity for decades?

I wanted to see mistrust about his purpose, paranoia about how many more of his kind have infiltrated society, massive shifts in geopolitics, and cults springing up to worship him as a god instead of the usual badly-done Christ imagery. Instead I got World fucking Engines.

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[quote]roybot wrote:

[quote]coolnatedawg wrote:

[quote]usmccds423 wrote:
Re-watched Man of Steel. I don’t care what anyone says, that’s a good Superman movie. I love how they made the Kryptonians move during the fight scenes and for once I thought the level of carnage & destruction was fitting in scale for a movie like this. Especially during the Superman Zod fight.

Can’t wait for the next one (not Batman vs. Superman)…[/quote]

I enjoyed it when I watched it. We must be the minority[/quote]

It was a good movie, but didn’t give us something to rival, or even surpass Nolan’s take on Batman. The potential was there.

They completely missed the boat on how to give us a realistic Superman. Even before the movie was released I thought it would be great to do a classic sci-fi invasion movie but with Superman at the center of it. That’s what I thought David Goyer and Christopher Nolan would bring to the table. How would we react to an alien who has lived here in anonymity for decades?

I wanted to see mistrust about his purpose, paranoia about how many more of his kind have infiltrated society, massive shifts in geopolitics, and cults springing up to worship him as a god instead of the usual badly-done Christ imagery. Instead I got World fucking Engines.
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Well to be fair, the people of Earth only knew about Supes for like a day when movie ended. I think we could easily see something along those lines down the road.

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[quote]usmccds423 wrote:

[quote]roybot wrote:

[quote]coolnatedawg wrote:

[quote]usmccds423 wrote:
Re-watched Man of Steel. I don’t care what anyone says, that’s a good Superman movie. I love how they made the Kryptonians move during the fight scenes and for once I thought the level of carnage & destruction was fitting in scale for a movie like this. Especially during the Superman Zod fight.

Can’t wait for the next one (not Batman vs. Superman)…[/quote]

I enjoyed it when I watched it. We must be the minority[/quote]

It was a good movie, but didn’t give us something to rival, or even surpass Nolan’s take on Batman. The potential was there.

They completely missed the boat on how to give us a realistic Superman. Even before the movie was released I thought it would be great to do a classic sci-fi invasion movie but with Superman at the center of it. That’s what I thought David Goyer and Christopher Nolan would bring to the table. How would we react to an alien who has lived here in anonymity for decades?

I wanted to see mistrust about his purpose, paranoia about how many more of his kind have infiltrated society, massive shifts in geopolitics, and cults springing up to worship him as a god instead of the usual badly-done Christ imagery. Instead I got World fucking Engines.
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Well to be fair, the people of Earth only knew about Supes for like a day when movie ended. I think we could easily see something along those lines down the road. [/quote]

If WB had those ideas in mind from the beginning, we’d have had a kick ass, self-contained Superman trilogy (which was the original plan), not Batman vs.Superman.

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[quote]roybot wrote:

[quote]usmccds423 wrote:

[quote]roybot wrote:

[quote]coolnatedawg wrote:

[quote]usmccds423 wrote:
Re-watched Man of Steel. I don’t care what anyone says, that’s a good Superman movie. I love how they made the Kryptonians move during the fight scenes and for once I thought the level of carnage & destruction was fitting in scale for a movie like this. Especially during the Superman Zod fight.

Can’t wait for the next one (not Batman vs. Superman)…[/quote]

I enjoyed it when I watched it. We must be the minority[/quote]

It was a good movie, but didn’t give us something to rival, or even surpass Nolan’s take on Batman. The potential was there.

They completely missed the boat on how to give us a realistic Superman. Even before the movie was released I thought it would be great to do a classic sci-fi invasion movie but with Superman at the center of it. That’s what I thought David Goyer and Christopher Nolan would bring to the table. How would we react to an alien who has lived here in anonymity for decades?

I wanted to see mistrust about his purpose, paranoia about how many more of his kind have infiltrated society, massive shifts in geopolitics, and cults springing up to worship him as a god instead of the usual badly-done Christ imagery. Instead I got World fucking Engines.
[/quote]

Well to be fair, the people of Earth only knew about Supes for like a day when movie ended. I think we could easily see something along those lines down the road. [/quote]

If WB had those ideas in mind from the beginning, we’d have had a kick ass, self-contained Superman trilogy (which was the original plan), not Batman vs.Superman.
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Ehhh don’t remind me about Batman vs. Superman…

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Two Guns with Mark Wahlberg and Denzel Washington. Solid action flick, an entertaining 100 minutes. Paula Patton plays the chick. Can’t figure out what Robin Thicke was doing cheating on her.