[quote]OctoberGirl wrote:
I watched “Righteous Kill” with Al Pacino and Robert De Niro and I didn’t like it.
I thought the story was disjointed and I am just not a fan of Pacino.
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Righteous Kill sucked because the writing sucked. I actually didn’t even finish the movie. The dialogue was just terrible. Not even DeNiro and Pacino could save that shit-berg.
[quote]bushidobadboy wrote:
AngryVader wrote:
bushidobadboy wrote:
There Will Be Blood - Big disappointment. I bought this because I like DD Lewis and thought that a historic drama about the early days of oil discovery in the USA might have some interesting information.
Well I was right about the interesting info. If that really was how they used to prospect and work the shafts, then they were some seriously brave/desperate/foolhard fellows.
However, I wathced this with a buddy, and we turned it off after 1:30 when we realised there was still 60 minutes to go. We just couldn’t face another 60 minutes of the same shite.
What was wrong with it? Well nothing really happened of any import. The son was deafened, a long lost brother turned up, a local preacher gave some bother, the lead character went slowly mad.
I can only assume that the rest of the film involved the developing madness of the lead character. Whoopee.
Perhaps I will force myself to watch the last 60 minutes, but realistically, I doubt it.
BBB
If you skipped the last 60 minutes, then you basically skipped watching all the best parts of the movie.
Alright then I’ll watch the rest - but please don’t be yanking my chain 
BBB[/quote]
hehe…I’m not. Seriously, the last scene of the movie is probably one of my favorite scenes in any movie.
Of course, now I might be building it up too much for you and you’ll still not like it.
the king of kong - very good. suspense and competition over video games. interesting real people. i thought it was me but the main guy/character struck me as kind of um psycho but i thought i was overreacting. as the story unfolds you realize almost everyone is afraid of billy mitchell…even his parents.
last week i saw bride wars. i liked it alot.
In Bruges.
Great movie, it was like a fucking fairy tale.
My new years resolution was to no longer partake in the viewing of shitty films. Heres my film list so far for this semester:
SNATCH- pretty thweet ending.
AMERICAN PSYCHO- Christian Bale is amazing. Represents our self absorbed society well…
AMERICAN HISTORY X- coo.
THE DEPARTED- 2 whalbergs= 2 thumbs up.
THE THING- one of the best sci fi plots I have witnessed. Plain awesomeness.
[quote]sdjohn67 wrote:
the king of kong - very good. suspense and competition over video games. interesting real people. i thought it was me but the main guy/character struck me as kind of um psycho but i thought i was overreacting. as the story unfolds you realize almost everyone is afraid of billy mitchell…even his parents.[/quote]
Billy Mitchell! I still laugh when I hear the name. The mullet. The BBQ sauce empire. The head-games. Classic. King of Kong is the story of a pathetic geek (Billy) who appoints himself King of a large group of even more pathetic geeks. This movie breaks the record for unintentional comedy and rates high on the re-watchability scale. A classic.
[quote]THE_CLAMP_DOWN wrote:
My new years resolution was to no longer partake in the viewing of shitty films. Heres my film list so far for this semester:
SNATCH- pretty thweet ending.
AMERICAN PSYCHO- Christian Bale is amazing. Represents our self absorbed society well…
AMERICAN HISTORY X- coo.
THE DEPARTED- 2 whalbergs= 2 thumbs up.
THE THING- one of the best sci fi plots I have witnessed. Plain awesomeness.[/quote]
Throw in lock stock and two smoking barrels, fight club, and trainspoting and you’d have my favorite movies.
I watched Taken this week. For an action movie it was awesome. a rare good movie.
underworld: rise of the lycans, if ur a fan of the series, this is a must see
Valor
[quote]ProwlCat wrote:
sdjohn67 wrote:
the king of kong - very good. suspense and competition over video games. interesting real people. i thought it was me but the main guy/character struck me as kind of um psycho but i thought i was overreacting. as the story unfolds you realize almost everyone is afraid of billy mitchell…even his parents.
Billy Mitchell! I still laugh when I hear the name. The mullet. The BBQ sauce empire. The head-games. Classic. King of Kong is the story of a pathetic geek (Billy) who appoints himself King of a large group of even more pathetic geeks. This movie breaks the record for unintentional comedy and rates high on the re-watchability scale. A classic.[/quote]
so true. the disciples…the tears…the intrigue. everyone was serious as a heart attack. a good documentary always proves life is stranger than fiction.
College- had a few nice tit scenes, a few chuckles, but overall a bad movie. The curly headed fat kid was actually pretty annoying most of the film.
I just watched “Nothing But The Truth” last night, starring Kate Beckinsale and Matt Dillon & Alan Alda.
Really good movie I thought. Anyone else seen it?
Madagascar 2 - rented it for the kids; they watched it three times over the weekend - that good. I saw enough parts of it to say I watched it. Funny, good ‘acting’, lots of innuendos, worth buying.
The Ringer - Johnny Knoxville enters the Special Olympics to get money. That’s a short summary of the plot. It really wasn’t that bad of a movie. The plot probably repulsed a lot of people. It doesn’t have crude humor or tasteless jokes, which is what I was expecting. Well I did see it on TNT, so maybe those parts were edited out. Nonetheless, not a bad flick with a happy ending.
In keeping with my recent fixation with zombies:
Day of the Dead ('08)- For some reason, I actually bought this movie before watching it, on Blu Ray no less. In this training scenario (which all zombie movies really are) our cast is in an isolated town in Colorado when a mysterious illness makes most of the people sick. The sick people then turn into creatures with CGI composite makeup on their faces and are even faster than the runners in Dawn of the Dead.
Some of the zombie action was downright funny, as they basically turned into Spider-Men in short bursts. However, the humor and decent cast (Ving Rhames, Mena Suvari, Nick Cannon) couldn’t save this SciFi-esque train wreck.
Alphabet Killer - Really weak. This actually had a pretty good cast (Eliza Dushku, Timothy Hutton, Carey Elwes and Michael Ironside), but they were completely wasted with a boring ass story. This is another one of those 100 minute movies that felt an hour longer than that. The ending was a waste as well.
Closing The Ring - Didn’t like this either. I basically couldn’t sympathize at all with Shirley MacLaine’s character. The only guy you seem to care at all about is the young Irish kid, but that’s about it. When the movie ended I felt more relieved that it wasn’t any longer.
Bottle Shock - I liked it, but I’m partial to movies that are ‘local’ to me. It’s basically a movie about a British wine snob, played by Alan Rickman, who goes to Napa Valley in the 70’s in an effort to pit French wines against the then up-and-coming vintages from Napa. Instead of proving that French wines were superior, he finds that Napa wines are better than expected and the eventual blind taste test at the end is what helps to put Napa wines on the map.
Vicky Christina Barcelona - Wanna see Woody Allen ride Javier Bardem’s nutsack for 90 minutes? Watch this movie. The basic premise is that every woman find him irresistible. It doesn’t matter if you’re engaged, married or your best friend is already dating him. You can’t stop thinking about him. Once you stop seeing him, you go crazy and attempt to kill yourself.
This is either a love letter to Javier Bardem or Woody Allen is trying to tell audiences that he thinks women are stupid. There’s nothing sexy about it. If this is supposed to be a sensual drama, then it desperately needed some Viagra.
Battle in Seattle - Meh. All over the place. Too many characters and their stories, so there wasn’t very much detail into any of them. You come away not caring about any of it despite that it’s based on a real event. Waste of a good cast. It would have been a lot better if they had probably focused on the event itself rather than all of the people. The people didn’t feel very real.
Secret Life of Bees - I liked this, but it’s not a great movie. It’s actually pretty sappy and a little too melodramatic, but I guess I was in a good mood when I watched it. Dakota Fanning holds her own against the rest of the cast. The rest of the cast might set the record for the number of singers turned actresses in a non-musical movie.
Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist - Cute film. Michael Cera has the awkward teen act down better than anyone. Kat Dennings also really stands out. I was slightly disappointed as I think this could have been a lot funnier, but I enjoyed the story despite that it’s pretty formulaic.
Kind of reminded me of Can’t Hardly Wait. My only real issue with the movie is that I always wonder why high school age kids never seem to have issues getting into clubs or buying alcohol in movies. I guess they all have amazing fake ids.
Amusement - Fucking terrible. At first this movie seemed to have three, completely unrelated story lines going on in it. They were tied together into a pointless ending where you didn’t care about anything that just happened. It’s funny this movie is called Amusement because it provides none.
Madagascar 2 - Didn’t do anything for me. Even the nephews didn’t seem too interested in watching it.
Pride and Glory - Didn’t really like this at all. You see that this stars Edward Norton and Colin Farrell and you think this might be a good one. It’s not. Totally derivative movie about corrupt cops, except you don’t care about anyone in the movie. Was way too long. It could have been a good 30 minutes shorter and you wouldn’t have really lost anything from the story.
[quote]AngryVader wrote:
Kind of reminded me of Can’t Hardly Wait. My only real issue with the movie is that I always wonder why high school age kids never seem to have issues getting into clubs or buying alcohol in movies. I guess they all have amazing fake ids.
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It’s because all the actors are really 25.
[quote]Doug Adams wrote:
AngryVader wrote:
Kind of reminded me of Can’t Hardly Wait. My only real issue with the movie is that I always wonder why high school age kids never seem to have issues getting into clubs or buying alcohol in movies. I guess they all have amazing fake ids.
It’s because all the actors are really 25.
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hahaha…and in some cases, in their 30’s.
300 - Had a buddy over that hadn’t seen it, so we had to watch it. I think this was my 4th time seeing it, and it was still as good as ever. I can’t believe there are people who dislike it because it’s historically inaccurate.
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang - After watching this again, I decided it’s my favorite movie. I’ve never been able to decide on a favorite movie in my life. The dialogue is just awesome. I am a film noir fan, but I find it is often too serious to watch unless you are in the right mood. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang is one of the only film noir movies that combines the typical style with humor to lighten it up. And the humor is always clever and never forced. Anyways, I could write a lot more about how great this movie is, but I’ll move on to the next one.
Ironman - Watched this again while I was working just because I needed some more Robert Downey Jr. haha. That guy is great. I’m not sure how to describe it, but the way he speaks is always amusing. I think Ironman is probably my favorite superhero movie.