Hancock and Get Smart.
I thought Hancock was ok. A bit disappointed in it but I only saw the theatrical DVD version, not the unrated (the store I was at said the unrated wasn’t available to rent but buy only).
Get Smart wasn’t bad. Predictable in some ways, but the jokes were good. I thought Steve Carell and Anne Hathaway were good picks for the roles.
[quote]Professor X wrote:
Hancock. The unrated version is better than the theatrical release.
I think this movie deserved more credit.[/quote]
Agreed. I just finished watching the unrated version a few minutes ago. It thought it was much better the second time.
We talked about this before, but I think this movie was released at the wrong time. It was lost in the shuffle being sandwiched between Iron Man and The Dark Knight. If they had released this movie now, instead of back in July, I think it would have been better received.
[quote]Professor X wrote:
Hancock. The unrated version is better than the theatrical release.
I think this movie deserved more credit.[/quote]
What’s different in the unrated version?
MST3K: The Indestructible Man - Kind of weak offering for MST3K. I think this was one of Joel’s last shows, he looked pretty sick of the whole thing and seemed to be in pain most of the time.
The Twilight Samurai - Beautiful film. I loved this damn movie. A story about a samurai who seems to fall on hard times, at least according to society, but he never wavers and refuses to accept his situation as anything less than his own, good or bad. Pretty inspirational stuff.
Resurrection of the Dragon…some Hong Kong movie
Yes I am FOB lol…
[quote]RSGZ wrote:
Professor X wrote:
Hancock. The unrated version is better than the theatrical release.
I think this movie deserved more credit.
What’s different in the unrated version?[/quote]
The unrated version is 10 minutes longer, but I really only noticed one new scene in the very beginning. I though it was a funny scene, so I won’t spoil it other to say that he tries to hook up with a chick.
Maybe X noticed more differences than I did, but other than that scene and a few lines here and there that I didn’t notice there first time, that was about it.
I will say that the added ten minutes didn’t make the movie feel any longer, so it not like the new scenes ruined the pace of the movie.
[quote]AngryVader wrote:
RSGZ wrote:
Professor X wrote:
Hancock. The unrated version is better than the theatrical release.
I think this movie deserved more credit.
What’s different in the unrated version?
The unrated version is 10 minutes longer, but I really only noticed one new scene in the very beginning. I though it was a funny scene, so I won’t spoil it other to say that he tries to hook up with a chick.
Maybe X noticed more differences than I did, but other than that scene and a few lines here and there that I didn’t notice there first time, that was about it.
I will say that the added ten minutes didn’t make the movie feel any longer, so it not like the new scenes ruined the pace of the movie.[/quote]
The climax in the hospital also seemed longer. I think the movie needed that scene that was cut out.
Either way, it seemed better overall this time.
Quarantine - Wouldn’t watch it again. Similiar to Cloverfield. Pretty suspensful but you walk away feeling like you haven’t really watched a movie. No linear storyline. Some people may like it but it just got too predictable and it felt like you walk out without watching the end and still know what happened.
[quote]hardgnr wrote:
Quarantine - Wouldn’t watch it again. Similiar to Cloverfield. Pretty suspensful but you walk away feeling like you haven’t really watched a movie. No linear storyline. Some people may like it but it just got too predictable and it felt like you walk out without watching the end and still know what happened.[/quote]
…the original spanish version ‘Rec’ is quite good. Haven’t seen the american version though…
Ronnie Coleman - Unbelievable.
I haven’t watched this in a couple of years, but each time i watch this i’m reminded to work harder.
He’s an excellent role model not just for bodybuilders.
I think i’m going to get his other DVD ‘The Cost of Redemption’ too.
I also watched late last night with the lights off - ‘In The Mouth of Madness’,
directed and written by John Carpenter.
Its a rather scary film about an insurance investigator who has to track down a horror writer. He goes to this apparently fictitious town(kind of like Silent Hill actually) and discovers some pretty messed up things.
[quote]Professor X wrote:
AngryVader wrote:
RSGZ wrote:
Professor X wrote:
Hancock. The unrated version is better than the theatrical release.
I think this movie deserved more credit.
What’s different in the unrated version?
The unrated version is 10 minutes longer, but I really only noticed one new scene in the very beginning. I though it was a funny scene, so I won’t spoil it other to say that he tries to hook up with a chick.
Maybe X noticed more differences than I did, but other than that scene and a few lines here and there that I didn’t notice there first time, that was about it.
I will say that the added ten minutes didn’t make the movie feel any longer, so it not like the new scenes ruined the pace of the movie.
The climax in the hospital also seemed longer. I think the movie needed that scene that was cut out.
Either way, it seemed better overall this time.[/quote]
Man i didn’t like Hancock, i remember Will Smith on Jay Leno hyping this movie and i was excited to watch this.
It was a big let down compared to I Am Legend which i thoroughly enjoyed(except for the original ending, the alternate ending was way better).
Had a few days off and not much to do, so I went off a little. I’ll try to keep these short.
Fred Claus - I didn’t care for this. I just thought it was lame. When you do a movie like this, you hope that it’s going to be more of a Bad Santa-type movie, but then it ends up being a typical ‘we need to save Christmas’-movie. Waste of good cast, too.
A Beautiful Mind - I really liked this. For some reason, when the schizophrenia stuff started, I got this weird vibe like I was going to hate the rest of the movie, but fortunately, I liked the rest of the film. Russell Crowe and Jennifer Connelly were excellent.
Cassanova - Part of my Heath Ledger appreciation. This was just okay though. Another movie that had potential, but they wasted a good premise and cast.
Boat Trip - Stupid move and the scary thing is that it’s apparently forgettable enough that about halfway through I realized that I had watched this before on cable and didn’t even realize it.
Space Chimps - Weak compared to the other CG stuff that’s come out lately. It kept the nephews busy for a little bit though.
Meet Dave - Dumb, but harmless. I actually thought parts of this were funny, but I had very low expectations going in.
Cloverfield - I saw this in the theater, but I sat in the front row. This is the wrong movie to sit too close to the screen. Anyway, I enjoyed it much more this time.
Hancock (Unrated) - As stated earlier, I liked this a lot more the second time around. The unrated version is better than the theatrical version.
Sold Out: A Threevening with Kevin Smith - If you’re a fan of Kevin Smith, then you’ll like this. Disc two I thought was especially good. He tells a pretty funny story about his work on Die Hard With A Vengeance
Tropic Thunder (Unrated) - I actually think the unrated version is funnier than the theatrical version, so if you’re already a fan of TT, then watch then unrated version when you get a chance.
Tamara - Hot chick, but dumb plot and no boobage. Basically, your typical nerdy girl gets killed and then comes back for revenge flick. Of course the nerdy girl was into witchcraft, but they didn’t dwell on the witchcraft aspects too much.
While not really a movie, I was watching the second season of Trailer Park Boys and realized Ellen Page plays Jim Lahey’s daughter. I didn’t know she was Canadian.
Watched a few over the weekend:
Ned Kelly; Heath Ledger plays the eponymous Australian Outlaw and bank robber. Started strong, and tried to stay true to history but in my opinion overplayed Ned Kelly as the leader of a movement. I’m sure the people were sympathetic but I doubt Kelly was about to start a revolution. Also, the cops in the final gun battle were comically good at catching bullets. It was hard to take this movie seriously after that.
Continuing on my Samurai Bender I watched The Trail of Blood, The Fearless Avenger, and Slaughter in the Snow, also known as the Mikogama Trilogy. They follow the story of a wandering Yakuza swordsman named Jokichi and his quest for revenge.
Jokichi tries to go straight, gets married, has a son. I don’t need to tell you what happens next. The story takes some strange turns over the three movies as Jokichi tracks down the bosses who did you know what to his family, and meets strange people along the way. He seems to be especially attractive to crazy hookers and picks one up in every film.
Each movie is only 80 minutes long, with the first 10 minutes of the second and third movies just recapping what happened in the first, yet they don’t feel short or rushed. The quality sword play isn’t as good as in Shogun Assassin or any of the Toshiro Mifune flicks, but the story is interesting enough to make up for it.
X-Files “I want to believe”.
I haven’t finished watching it, but they spend way too much time focusing on their relationship than on anything interesting in the movie.
I would actually like to see Xzibit and the other younger female agent in the movie get their own series because they played well off of each other.
But this movie is way too slow even though I was a fan of the show until Mulder left. They spend too much of the movie on issues like pedophilia in the Catholic Church (a topic that has been done to death).
The Strangers - Awful movie. Filled with too many “no way would anyone ever do that in a real life situation” moments for me. I know horror/suspense flicks usually do that but this one was waaay to out there for me. I don’t recommend.
Forgetting Sarah Marshall - I thought this movie was pretty damn funny. I recommend it. Add to the fact that the lead character, Jason Segel composed his “rock opera idea” in real life just adds to the awesomeness of the movie. That’s all I’m going to say about that.
[quote]dre wrote:
The Strangers - Awful movie. Filled with too many “no way would anyone ever do that in a real life situation” moments for me. I know horror/suspense flicks usually do that but this one was waaay to out there for me. I don’t recommend.
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I actually thought that was pretty much exactly how most people would REALLY act in a situation like that. He didn’t know how to use a gun even though he grew up with one in the house (typical). They opened the door at night when someone knocked and thought nothing of the fact that the lights were off (dumbass - typical). With a gun, they still managed to get overtaken by two girls and a skinny dude with an axe (the average typical person who goes through life never expecting anything like that to ever happen).
I think far less people than most believe would actually be action heroes if in a similar position.
In the Name of the King with Jason Statham
What a horrible movie. I’m a Statham fan but I couldn’t sit through this. I just couldn’t get past the dialogue and the ill conceived casting.
[quote]Qaash wrote:
In the Name of the King with Jason Statham
What a horrible movie. I’m a Statham fan but I couldn’t sit through this. I just couldn’t get past the dialogue and the ill conceived casting.[/quote]
Agreed. It was like what would happen if you tossed a Disney King Arthur movie in a blender with the Transporter and a high school play about a princess.
Though blended to smooth and creamy consistency…it’s still crap.
[quote]Qaash wrote:
In the Name of the King with Jason Statham
What a horrible movie. I’m a Statham fan but I couldn’t sit through this. I just couldn’t get past the dialogue and the ill conceived casting.[/quote]
Yep, it was a horrible movie as all Uwe Boll films are. For some reason I had hopes that In the Name of the King might actually be okay, but I was wrong. I don’t know why I keep watching his films thinking that one of them might eventually turn out okay.