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[quote]Steel Nation wrote:

[quote]roybot wrote:
My thoughts on The Hobbit. Prepare to be bored:

Purists will blench at the deviations from the book. It seems now that most of these changes were made b/c of the decision to produce a trilogy and not from having a surplus of amazing material to draw from.

Smaug has been kept hidden until the next movie (a combination of practical and commercial reasons). Azog, a major player in Tolkien trivia, is now the main villain until the dragon awakes.

Without Azog, it would be a very long movie about trekking.

Unlike Azog, Radagast didn’t really earn his screen time. He is The Hobbit’s answer to Tom Bombadil, continually turning up to save the day and generally be too comedic for his environment.

Peter Jackson does a sterling job of bringing Thorin’s company of dwarves to life. Some get more attention than others, but I assume the plan is to have thoroughly introduced them all by the time the end credits roll on the final movie, There And Back Again.

They are by far the most difficult part of the book to portray and Jackson knocks it out of the park, so much so that they often upstage Martin Freeman’s Bilbo. Bickering and boisterous, buffoonish and brave, they are the true stars of the movie (the blend of character and action definitely owes a debt to Avengers).

The flashback scenes are all excellent, condensing a complex and confusing dwarf faux history that’ll clue in novices and satisfy enthusiasts, until they jump the orc with Azog. Thorin’s real beef though, is with Smaug and it’s palpable.

It was a relief to see that PJ didn’t make the movie too prequelly. There are underlying parallels with Fellowship (Jackson said this was intentional), but this is treated as a saga in its own right rather than a warm up for the main event.

Not my top movie of the year but easily breaks my top five. Kicks the troll snot out of Prometheus. [/quote]

Bored my ass, that was a great post. If I were a smarter man I’d have written something along those lines, but I’m not, so “it’s good; go see it” is about the best I can reasonably muster.
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Bullshit. You’ve written some great reviews. What you said about Looper didn’t need any additional info.

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[quote]Derek542 wrote:

[quote]roybot wrote:
My thoughts on The Hobbit. Prepare to be bored:

Purists will blench at the deviations from the book. It seems now that most of these changes were made b/c of the decision to produce a trilogy and not from having a surplus of amazing material to draw from.

Smaug has been kept hidden until the next movie (a combination of practical and commercial reasons). Azog, a major player in Tolkien trivia, is now the main villain until the dragon awakes.

Without Azog, it would be a very long movie about trekking.

Unlike Azog, Radagast didn’t really earn his screen time. He is The Hobbit’s answer to Tom Bombadil, continually turning up to save the day and generally be too comedic for his environment.

Peter Jackson does a sterling job of bringing Thorin’s company of dwarves to life. Some get more attention than others, but I assume the plan is to have thoroughly introduced them all by the time the end credits roll on the final movie, There And Back Again.

They are by far the most difficult part of the book to portray and Jackson knocks it out of the park, so much so that they often upstage Martin Freeman’s Bilbo. Bickering and boisterous, buffoonish and brave, they are the true stars of the movie (the blend of character and action definitely owes a debt to Avengers).

The flashback scenes are all excellent, condensing a complex and confusing dwarf faux history that’ll clue in novices and satisfy enthusiasts, until they jump the orc with Azog. Thorin’s real beef though, is with Smaug and it’s palpable.

It was a relief to see that PJ didn’t make the movie too prequelly. There are underlying parallels with Fellowship (Jackson said this was intentional), but this is treated as a saga in its own right rather than a warm up for the main event.

Not my top movie of the year but easily breaks my top five. Kicks the troll snot out of Prometheus. [/quote]
Agree on all counts, saw it yesterday.

Honestly now I don’t have a problem with the trilogy. PJ did a good job with the changes, and I have read the hobbit about 10 times at least. [/quote]

I’m still not convinced about the return of Or-bland-o, but the dirty dwarf dozen, and Smaug are enough to see this through.

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just saw Django in a theater full of black people.

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[quote]StevenF wrote:
just saw Django in a theater full of black people. [/quote]

I was sitting next to a black family who had three kids under the age of 13 with them.

It kinda got uncomfortable in places.

They cheered and clapped (as did most of the theater) when it was over.

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[quote]strungoutboy21 wrote:

[quote]doogie wrote:
Django Unchained.

Everything a Tarantino movie should be. Violent, bloody, funny, and hard to watch in places.[/quote]
This might have been my favorite Tarantino movie. So many great parts in it. Funniest had to be the seen with the guys trying to be like the Klan.[/quote]

Really I thought that was the only part that felt a bit forced… Almost family guy like…

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[quote]roybot wrote:

[quote]Derek542 wrote:

[quote]roybot wrote:
My thoughts on The Hobbit. Prepare to be bored:

Purists will blench at the deviations from the book. It seems now that most of these changes were made b/c of the decision to produce a trilogy and not from having a surplus of amazing material to draw from.

Smaug has been kept hidden until the next movie (a combination of practical and commercial reasons). Azog, a major player in Tolkien trivia, is now the main villain until the dragon awakes.

Without Azog, it would be a very long movie about trekking.

Unlike Azog, Radagast didn’t really earn his screen time. He is The Hobbit’s answer to Tom Bombadil, continually turning up to save the day and generally be too comedic for his environment.

Peter Jackson does a sterling job of bringing Thorin’s company of dwarves to life. Some get more attention than others, but I assume the plan is to have thoroughly introduced them all by the time the end credits roll on the final movie, There And Back Again.

They are by far the most difficult part of the book to portray and Jackson knocks it out of the park, so much so that they often upstage Martin Freeman’s Bilbo. Bickering and boisterous, buffoonish and brave, they are the true stars of the movie (the blend of character and action definitely owes a debt to Avengers).

The flashback scenes are all excellent, condensing a complex and confusing dwarf faux history that’ll clue in novices and satisfy enthusiasts, until they jump the orc with Azog. Thorin’s real beef though, is with Smaug and it’s palpable.

It was a relief to see that PJ didn’t make the movie too prequelly. There are underlying parallels with Fellowship (Jackson said this was intentional), but this is treated as a saga in its own right rather than a warm up for the main event.

Not my top movie of the year but easily breaks my top five. Kicks the troll snot out of Prometheus. [/quote]
Agree on all counts, saw it yesterday.

Honestly now I don’t have a problem with the trilogy. PJ did a good job with the changes, and I have read the hobbit about 10 times at least. [/quote]

I’m still not convinced about the return of Or-bland-o, but the dirty dwarf dozen, and Smaug are enough to see this through.[/quote]
Yea I forgot about Bloom. But still PJ kept with a good fantasy concepts with the changes and it didnt ever drag to me. I was engrossed the whole movie, which this being one of the first fantasy books I ever read was not surprising.

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Dredd

I actually liked this… kind of had a B-movie gritty feel to it, but it was clearly tons better than Judge Dredd (Stallone). Now that was a bad movie.

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I watched Chaos Theory… again!

I loved that film, and Ryan Reynolds is perfect in the lead role.

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I’ve been meaning to stream “Fallen Angels” on Netflix for a while, and finally got around to it. I highly recommend it. It’s sort of a weird noir type story. Interesting and sexy, with a killer soundtrack.

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Watched “The Lincoln Lawyer” with Matthew McConaughey

  1. Not bad, giving it a B
  2. For a boozin’ mover and shaker that sleeps little, his Magic Mike body didn’t really fit.
  3. Ryan Phillippe is just not very good in this. I think he was poorly directed.
  4. I would have rather seen Oliver Platt in this role. If you get the reference I’ll give you two internets
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[quote]BradTGIF wrote:

Watched “The Lincoln Lawyer” with Matthew McConaughey

  1. Not bad, giving it a B
  2. For a boozin’ mover and shaker that sleeps little, his Magic Mike body didn’t really fit.
  3. Ryan Phillippe is just not very good in this. I think he was poorly directed.
  4. I would have rather seen Oliver Platt in this role. If you get the reference I’ll give you two internets[/quote]
    The Three Musketeers (1993) - IMDb
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[quote]Derek542 wrote:

[quote]BradTGIF wrote:

Watched “The Lincoln Lawyer” with Matthew McConaughey

  1. Not bad, giving it a B
  2. For a boozin’ mover and shaker that sleeps little, his Magic Mike body didn’t really fit.
  3. Ryan Phillippe is just not very good in this. I think he was poorly directed.
  4. I would have rather seen Oliver Platt in this role. If you get the reference I’ll give you two internets[/quote]
    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108333/[/quote]

Deej,

NOPE.

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Django Unchained

Go watch it motherfuckers.

Also Sweet sweet soundtrack.

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[quote]doogie wrote:

[quote]StevenF wrote:
just saw Django in a theater full of black people. [/quote]

I was sitting next to a black family who had three kids under the age of 13 with them.

It kinda got uncomfortable in places.

They cheered and clapped (as did most of the theater) when it was over.[/quote]

oh yeah. The media made a big deal about the usage of the “n word” but I’m sure the black moviegoers loved the ending when all the white people got killed lol.

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[quote]StevenF wrote:

[quote]doogie wrote:

[quote]StevenF wrote:
just saw Django in a theater full of black people. [/quote]

I was sitting next to a black family who had three kids under the age of 13 with them.

It kinda got uncomfortable in places.

They cheered and clapped (as did most of the theater) when it was over.[/quote]

oh yeah. The media made a big deal about the usage of the “n word” but I’m sure the black moviegoers loved the ending when all the white people got killed lol.
[/quote]

Its more like any moviegoer who enjoys it when the protagonist wins will love the ending…

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[quote]BradTGIF wrote:

[quote]Derek542 wrote:

[quote]BradTGIF wrote:

Watched “The Lincoln Lawyer” with Matthew McConaughey

  1. Not bad, giving it a B
  2. For a boozin’ mover and shaker that sleeps little, his Magic Mike body didn’t really fit.
  3. Ryan Phillippe is just not very good in this. I think he was poorly directed.
  4. I would have rather seen Oliver Platt in this role. If you get the reference I’ll give you two internets[/quote]
    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108333/[/quote]

Deej,

NOPE.

I know I just had to post that cause I forgot that he was in that movie.

ARE they EVER going to make a good musketeer movie? They all come off ghey, maybe its the French thing?

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[quote]Derek542 wrote:

[quote]BradTGIF wrote:

[quote]Derek542 wrote:

[quote]BradTGIF wrote:

Watched “The Lincoln Lawyer” with Matthew McConaughey

  1. Not bad, giving it a B
  2. For a boozin’ mover and shaker that sleeps little, his Magic Mike body didn’t really fit.
  3. Ryan Phillippe is just not very good in this. I think he was poorly directed.
  4. I would have rather seen Oliver Platt in this role. If you get the reference I’ll give you two internets[/quote]
    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108333/[/quote]

Deej,

NOPE.

I know I just had to post that cause I forgot that he was in that movie.

ARE they EVER going to make a good musketeer movie? They all come off ghey, maybe its the French thing?[/quote]

I think it’s that no director is willing to make it a movie about political subterfuge as opposed to swashbuckling.

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[quote]Derek542 wrote:

[quote]BradTGIF wrote:

[quote]Derek542 wrote:

[quote]BradTGIF wrote:

Watched “The Lincoln Lawyer” with Matthew McConaughey

  1. Not bad, giving it a B
  2. For a boozin’ mover and shaker that sleeps little, his Magic Mike body didn’t really fit.
  3. Ryan Phillippe is just not very good in this. I think he was poorly directed.
  4. I would have rather seen Oliver Platt in this role. If you get the reference I’ll give you two internets[/quote]
    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108333/[/quote]

Deej,

NOPE.

I know I just had to post that cause I forgot that he was in that movie.

ARE they EVER going to make a good musketeer movie? They all come off ghey, maybe its the French thing?[/quote]

Man in the Iron Mask wasn’t too bad, though it dealt with the aged and “out of retirement” Muskateers. I especially like Jeremy Irons and Malkovitchs’ scenes. That’s good (albeit over the top) acting.

Perhaps the Muskateers are shelved because the French aren’t really looked upon as tough dudes anymore?

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[quote]BradTGIF wrote:

[quote]Derek542 wrote:

[quote]BradTGIF wrote:

[quote]Derek542 wrote:

[quote]BradTGIF wrote:

Watched “The Lincoln Lawyer” with Matthew McConaughey

  1. Not bad, giving it a B
  2. For a boozin’ mover and shaker that sleeps little, his Magic Mike body didn’t really fit.
  3. Ryan Phillippe is just not very good in this. I think he was poorly directed.
  4. I would have rather seen Oliver Platt in this role. If you get the reference I’ll give you two internets[/quote]
    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108333/[/quote]

Deej,

NOPE.

I know I just had to post that cause I forgot that he was in that movie.

ARE they EVER going to make a good musketeer movie? They all come off ghey, maybe its the French thing?[/quote]

Man in the Iron Mask wasn’t too bad, though it dealt with the aged and “out of retirement” Muskateers. I especially like Jeremy Irons and Malkovitchs’ scenes. That’s good (albeit over the top) acting.

Perhaps the Muskateers are shelved because the French aren’t really looked upon as tough dudes anymore?[/quote]
Did you see that last one? I was in a hotel room and bored so watched it. Man that was bad.

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Nossir I didn’t. I’ll be sure to stay away from it.