[quote]Vicomte wrote:
sen say wrote:
Oh yeah…saw Juno a couple weeks ago with She Say. I thought it was pretty good.
That movie has the best dialogue ever. Unfortunately, it’s way too clever to be realistic. I talk like that all the time, and people never play along. Because people are prosaic cunts.[/quote]
I actually thought that much of the dialogue in the movie was what was unrealistic. Pretentious(spell check?), even.
They attempted to make the girls charm come largely from ‘those witty one-liners’ she would blurt out, but I thought it was her worst feature.
Thamkfully, Ellen Page is a wonderful actress and the movie did have a really touching story and ending. Michael Cera deserves a mention as well.
[quote]Jereth127 wrote:
Vicomte wrote:
sen say wrote:
Oh yeah…saw Juno a couple weeks ago with She Say. I thought it was pretty good.
That movie has the best dialogue ever. Unfortunately, it’s way too clever to be realistic. I talk like that all the time, and people never play along. Because people are prosaic cunts.
I actually thought that much of the dialogue in the movie was what was unrealistic. Pretentious(spell check?), even.
They attempted to make the girls charm come largely from ‘those witty one-liners’ she would blurt out, but I thought it was her worst feature.
Thamkfully, Ellen Page is a wonderful actress and the movie did have a really touching story and ending. Michael Cera deserves a mention as well.[/quote]
x2 on the dialogue. I saw the movie a while ago, but remember feeling that the dialogue came off as trying too hard to be clever.
Ellen Page fans should check out the movie Hard Candy. Extremely intense movie (albeit unrealistic - but what movies aren’t, to at least some extent?).
Youngblood - old 80’s flick with Rob Lowe, Patrick Swayze, and Cynthia Gibb. Pretty good guy movie about hockey, if you get a chance I would recommend it.
[quote]anonym wrote:
Jereth127 wrote:
Vicomte wrote:
sen say wrote:
Oh yeah…saw Juno a couple weeks ago with She Say. I thought it was pretty good.
That movie has the best dialogue ever. Unfortunately, it’s way too clever to be realistic. I talk like that all the time, and people never play along. Because people are prosaic cunts.
I actually thought that much of the dialogue in the movie was what was unrealistic. Pretentious(spell check?), even.
They attempted to make the girls charm come largely from ‘those witty one-liners’ she would blurt out, but I thought it was her worst feature.
Thamkfully, Ellen Page is a wonderful actress and the movie did have a really touching story and ending. Michael Cera deserves a mention as well.
x2 on the dialogue. I saw the movie a while ago, but remember feeling that the dialogue came off as trying too hard to be clever.
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You guys are the prosaic cunts I was talking about.
took the kiddo to see Ice Age 3 in 3-D. we loved the first two, so i had high expectations for this one. was pretty good, but i didnt think it was quite as good as its predecessors. i felt bad though, my daughters face isnt big enough yet for the 3D glasses so she had to watch quite a bit of it with a lot of blur.
Watched a lot of shit over the holiday weekend. Don’t feel like listing everything out, so here’s the mainstream.
Public Enemies - Good movie. A little long, but I liked it. As expected in a Michael Mann movie, it had great gun fights.
The Unborn - Sucked hard! Basically stole from most of the recent ‘horror’ films like The Grudge and The Ring, except it’s much worse. “Jumby wants to be born.” Is that supposed to be scary? Jumby?! Really? “Can I kill it?” It’s a fucking spirit, dumbass!
Push - Great concept and good cast, but executed horribly. This had the potential to be a real sleeper SciFi/Action hit, but they just blew it with the story. Similar to how Jumper was disappointing. I’m really bummed about this one. Such a missed opportunity here.
Knowing - I actually liked this because it wasn’t what I thought it was going to be. It actually tries to do waaaaaayyy too much with the story. Is it a thriller, a scifi, or disaster flick? It felt like all of them. It also had some of the expected, unintentionally funny scenes that have been standard in Nicholas Cage movies lately. The last five minutes of the movie really made this for me though. I really wasn’t expecting it.
[quote]Jereth127 wrote:
MaximusB wrote:
Burn After Reading - I thought this was utterly horrible and boring. It starts slow, and just doesn’t seem to ever get going. With a cast of George Clooney, Brad Pitt, and John Malkovich, I thought it would hold promise. It sucks.
007 The World is Not Enough - this was not one of my favorite Bond movies. Pierce Brosnan fails to deliver the toughness that Daniel Craig can, and is filled with too many cheese one-liners that make you roll your eyes. Denise Richards doesn’t help any with her awful acting. A disappointment IMO.
Burn After Reading was pretty terrible. It seemes like the Cohen brothers went out of their way to be ‘Cohen’. It lacked any depth and some bits were just downright stupid and confusing.
The scene with Brad Pitt in the car with John Malkovich had me laughing my ass of, though.
Denise Richards? Not exactly top quality acting but she’s just so damned yummy![/quote]
Man, I don’t get you guys at all. Burn After Reading was one of the funniest movies I’ve seen in a while. My friends and I will play drinking games that involve us drinking every time John Malkovich says ‘fuck’.
[quote]anonym wrote:
Jereth127 wrote:
Vicomte wrote:
sen say wrote:
Oh yeah…saw Juno a couple weeks ago with She Say. I thought it was pretty good.
That movie has the best dialogue ever. Unfortunately, it’s way too clever to be realistic. I talk like that all the time, and people never play along. Because people are prosaic cunts.
I actually thought that much of the dialogue in the movie was what was unrealistic. Pretentious(spell check?), even.
They attempted to make the girls charm come largely from ‘those witty one-liners’ she would blurt out, but I thought it was her worst feature.
Thamkfully, Ellen Page is a wonderful actress and the movie did have a really touching story and ending. Michael Cera deserves a mention as well.
x2 on the dialogue. I saw the movie a while ago, but remember feeling that the dialogue came off as trying too hard to be clever.
Ellen Page fans should check out the movie Hard Candy. Extremely intense movie (albeit unrealistic - but what movies aren’t, to at least some extent?).[/quote]
Hard Candy is a good movie. You bring up a good point though. Aren’t movies supposed to help you escape from reality? Movies shouldn’t always be realistic.
The appeal of Juno is that the teens in Juno are more than just the lifeless, cookie-cutter characters you see in a typical teen movie these days. The point is that it’s supposed to be clever. Most teen-oriented films aren’t. It’s refreshing when a film like this is smarter than average and the dialog isn’t just the same old crap you’ve seen over and over again.
Why else do you think people still love John Hughes films like Sixteen Candles and [/i]The Breakfast Club[/i]? Or would you prefer more movies like She’s All That, Bring it On and Not Another Teen Movie?
Hellraiser- this was a pretty interesting flick. I liked it, some freaky parts but nothing that made me want to shit my pants.
Sin City- Pretty good, I’ve seen it before but wanted to watch it again. Good action, I like Bruce Willis’ charecter. It tells a good story.
The Spirit- I like pretty much anything that has Samuel L Jackson in it. The previews for this movie played it off to be a big action packed adventure, which it is. But I guess if you are not familar with the graphic novel you will be caught off guard by some aspects of it. Still fucking good IMO.
Man on Fire- Really good movie. Tony Scott has a interesting way of doing movies, if you watch this and watch Domino you can see a similar style. This one was a tear jerker I think, good action. Sad ending.
[quote]AngryVader wrote: Hard Candy is a good movie. You bring up a good point though. Aren’t movies supposed to help you escape from reality? Movies shouldn’t always be realistic.
The appeal of Juno is that the teens in Juno are more than just the lifeless, cookie-cutter characters you see in a typical teen movie these days. The point is that it’s supposed to be clever. Most teen-oriented films aren’t. It’s refreshing when a film like this is smarter than average and the dialog isn’t just the same old crap you’ve seen over and over again.
Why else do you think people still love John Hughes films like Sixteen Candles and [/i]The Breakfast Club[/i]? Or would you prefer more movies like She’s All That, Bring it On and Not Another Teen Movie?[/quote]
Wasn’t all that impressed with Hard Candy, and I wouldn’t say I’m an Ellen Page fan, I simply think she’s a very talented actress who brought some real emotion to Juno.
I see what you’re saying on the dialogue front, but my point was how it felt like the writers were trying too hard to be clever and witty. Having Juno blurt out cuss words at random times and say something ‘funny’ out of the blue isn’t funny to me.
But like I said, I loved the movie. A fantastically fresh and touching storyline.
And I love The Breakfast Club, it’s actually one of my favourite movies. 16 Candles was pretty good too, just not on TBC level.
Back on topic:
Thursday-Just saw this with a few friends. Awesome movie. Wierd, but awesome. Tom Jane, Aaron Eckhart and Mickey Rourke all in a movie seemingly nobody has ever heard of.
Snatch-I’m sure most people have seen this already, and I only watched it 'cos a friend hadn’t seen it yet(had to remedy this situation). Sheer class. Brad Pitt is one talented guy.
At first I didn’t get it, but now I really like it. It burns pretty slow, but it works. The men act like men and the women act like women. I’m pretty sure Christina Hendricks sleeps with an IV drip of estrogen. It’s good to see Vincent Kartheiser, who I liked from Angel, even if his character sucked.
[quote]Vicomte wrote:
That movie has the best dialogue ever. Unfortunately, it’s way too clever to be realistic. I talk like that all the time, and people never play along. Because people are prosaic cunts.[/quote]
Fucking A Right! It’s 1 out of a thousand people that can 'play along’when I talk real smart and shit.
[quote]MaximusB wrote:
Youngblood - old 80’s flick with Rob Lowe, Patrick Swayze, and Cynthia Gibb. Pretty good guy movie about hockey, if you get a chance I would recommend it. [/quote]
[quote]hardgnr wrote:
Juno - I actually found this pretty crap. Maybe I could like it if I were a female. Some of the dialogue was ok but didn’t it get nominated for an Academy Award? Maybe I missed something.
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I don’t think it would hold up to a second viewing…the girl was so damn witty and clever and knew so much about ‘cool stuff’ that I found myself wondering, “Hey, how does this dopey teenage chick know more about horror movies and punk rock than I do?” And if she’s so damn worldly how’d she get knocked up?
I didn’t see the first 20 - 30 minutes and She Say was pausing it every 10 minutes or so because the kids were running around and we didn’t want them to hear/see anything bad, so I’d eat some food every 10 minute break…so…if you want to enjoy Juno, I suggest skipping the first 20-30 minutes and eating a bunch of food.
I don’t think it would hold up to a second viewing…the girl was so damn witty and clever and knew so much about ‘cool stuff’ that I found myself wondering, “Hey, how does this dopey teenage chick know more about horror movies and punk rock than I do?” And if she’s so damn worldly how’d she get knocked up?
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Agreed.
The whole scene with them listening to the guy’s obscure records and horror movies, and how she liked Iggy and the Stooges really turned me off. Her character just seemed very contrived.
I don’t think it would hold up to a second viewing…the girl was so damn witty and clever and knew so much about ‘cool stuff’ that I found myself wondering, “Hey, how does this dopey teenage chick know more about horror movies and punk rock than I do?” And if she’s so damn worldly how’d she get knocked up?
Agreed.
The whole scene with them listening to the guy’s obscure records and horror movies, and how she liked Iggy and the Stooges really turned me off. Her character just seemed very contrived.
yeah i think the only reason i liked juno in the first place was because my fiance was pregnant when we first saw it, which made it that much funnier i guess. i couldnt stand the music… i actually had a throbbing headache by the time we left the theater. the high pitch voices… accoustic… shit they kept playing…
speaking of the stooges, i know youre talking about the band not the show, but it reminded me. im very interested to see how jim carrey is going to fit into the curly character when the movie comes out.