just watched sling blade, mm hmm.
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just watched sling blade, mm hmm.
I love that movie.
At times it can be really funny. "funny HA HA", not "funny queer".
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I like them French fried potaters. Mmm
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Linda, go get my guitar. It's out there with that looney toon.
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I don't reckon I got no reason to kill nobody. Mmm.
I watched Airplane the other night.
RIP Leslie "Don't Call Me Shirley" Nielsen.
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I watched Syriana last night for probably the 20th time. It has a little bit of a liberal push to it but what Hollywood movie doesn't...especially with Damon and Clooney. Anyway, if you like middle eastern foreign policy and are up for a good thinking movie (you really have to pay attention) you will like this. It's about oil, kings, radical Islam, DOD, State and CIA stuff. Very well done.
Ogen - I've owned Syriana since just after it came out on DVD and still have yet to watch it. I guess I'll have to check it out.Quote:
Originally Posted by Karl Childers
just watched book of eli
some parts really annoyed me but overall it was good.
I am pretty sure i've mentioned this here before, but if you enjoyed Syriana you'll enjoy The Kingdom. Much better than I was expecting.Quote:
Originally Posted by OgenRwot
We Three Kings is another Clooney movie in the middle east, set after the first gulf war... been a long time since I've seen it.
I really enjoyed Syriana, but it is a bit hard to follow the first time through
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I really enjoyed The Kingdom, was not what i was expecting.
Three Kings was so-so to me.
Another Middle East / War Type movie that I just could not get into was The Hurt Locker, really disliked that movie.
Haven't seen The Kingdom or Syriana yet. Three kings was ok, but I did enjoy The Hurt Locker. I don't think it was the best picture of the year though. Crazy Heart should have taken that IMO
Yeah I have the Kingdom as well and I really like it too. Three Kings is pretty good for being made a little while ago. I liked it, good mix of comedy and action.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hoosier
Best movie of the year or just another Hollywood rip-off of a popular book title?
Atlas Shrugged
Who is John Galt? Having him portrayed by Paul Johansson seems an absolute travesty to me.
I've been keeping tabs on the movie for the past year and the word is that they've supposedly kept it as close to the book as they can (as much as you can in a 2 - 3 hr movie for a 1200 pages book).
I wasn't at all pleased with their choices of cast members. I mean Grant Bowler as Henry Reardon? Isn't Hank supposed to be a bit older than this guy? It's like they didn't do their research and find out what the characters should look, act, or sound like.
I'm concerned with liberal Hollywood making a movie off of a story that really goes against so many of the values of the actors and movie industry as a whole.
I suspect the message(s) the book tries to convey will be super washed down and the movie will relay none of what it should to the viewing public, leaving them having no real idea what Atlas Shrugged is really about.
So, to answer your question: I think it will be just another Hollywood rip-off of a popular book title?
this afternoon I watched We Are Marshall.
Was that good? I was just talking to my GF about that.Quote:
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Speaking of football oriented movies . . . I just watched The Blind Side the other day. I thought it was really good. I didn't realize it was based after a true story until the end. I've had no desire to watch it but wasn't sad after I did.
Blind Side was pretty dang good, made all the cooler because it's based on a true storyQuote:
Originally Posted by steveopia
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It's a tear jerker, hollywoodized from what really happened, but not bad IMO.
Didn't Oher come out and say he was pissed they tried to make him look so stupid and helpless? Either way a good movie.
so I saw tron legacy.
visually stunning but overall it was meh.
a couple of things I didn't like and huge gaping plot holes.
I've read quite a few reviews that say basically the same things you did. I was all excited to check it out and now . . . not so much.Quote:
Originally Posted by Elhuero
I watched The Book of Eli the other day. I liked it.
Without giving any spoilers to those who haven't yet seen the movie, what did you think of the plot twist?
Have we already discussed how awesome the first Ong Bak, Thai Warrior movie was? If not, we should. The second one was visually great in my opinion, although it didn't follow the first one at all. I haven't seen the third one because it looks like they took all the deleted scenes from Ong Bak 2 and made Ong Bak 3 out of them.
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Originally Posted by Stuart
I like the one with the continuous shot where he fights his way to the top floor of the building, that was pretty cool.
oh, wasn't ong bak... the protector.
I thought The Protector was lame. However, there is a similar, and much more cool scene in Ong Bak 2. In The Protector, he was fighting a bunch of queers on roller skates, I could fight my way out of a mall like that too. In Ong Bak 2, he is fighting fighter after fighter in the same manner.
well, tony jaa is awesome all the way around I think.
got into a discussion with my pops about book of eli
highlight below for spoilers.
so he finally watched it and I mentioned to him that I had talked to folks who didn't get the plot twist.
he replied "what plot twist?"
I told him that dezel was blind, and he was surprised. he missed it too. told him that throughout the movie there are clues that show he's blind, like smelling the bandits, kicking steps and only shooting after someone gave away their position by shooting first.
so he says to me today that he rewatched it and he doesn't believe he was blind, says there's no way.
I asked him if he wasn't blind why'd he have to dictate the bible, why not just write it down? hehe he didn't have an answer to that one.
Too funny. I actually read that little twist here before I watched it (accidentally). If not, I probably would've had to watch it again to catch all those little things he did. <-----Trying to be vague.Quote:
Originally Posted by Elhuero
I loved The Protector. The part where he kills all those dudes was awesome. Cheesy, but cool. And that part in Ong Bak 2 is rad.Quote:
Originally Posted by Stuart
Pretty crazy that Tony Jaa just up and became a monk...
I had a couple of people tell me they really liked the new Tron, but maybe I'll just wait till it comes out on dvd.
I just watched Tora Tora Tora again, pretty high on my war movie favorites list.
I had no idea Tony Jaa became a monk. Maybe Anderson Silva called him out and he's avoiding him by hiding in a monastery.
Has anyone seen Fiend of the Overlord? Someone was telling me about it today.
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I don't know what that is.... google didn't turn up anything.
only thing I can think of that is close to that is legend of the overfiend.
good old fashioned hentai tentacle demon rape anime.
Yeah, that sounds like it. Start out with Nazis doing research to create a super human or something?
Just went and saw True Grit with the wife. Never saw the first one but this was done pretty well. Great humor throughout and some good action scenes. I love modern westerns though so YMMV. We had free tickets so we used them on that, I wouldn't spend the 10 bucks a pop for it though.
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I guess so, I never saw that chapter.
years back I got talkin' anime with a kid I worked with and he said his favorite was akira and I'm thinkin' lol noob.
I won't see it. It's blasphemous. They've tread on scared ground by remaking a John Wayne movie; especially the one that won him an Oscar.Quote:
Originally Posted by OgenRwot
Yeah, there are both sides to the new True Grit. I'm personally damn excited to see it, but I do have mixed feelings. From what I've heard, this one follows the book more than the original, but we'll see
Original was on the tube last night.
Wife says the same thing "How dare they make a remake of The Dukes Movie."
Not sure maybe wait til it's on PPV. hate theaters anyway.
It's just merchandising by re-branding. Look at all the new movies coming out with old titles that have little to do with the originals.
I like the original True Grit. It's in my DVD collection. I also like the Cohen brothers. So, I'm torn.
I can't wait for Red Dawn. [Roll1][Wink][Roll1][Faint]
Saw True Grit with the wife last night and I thought it was the best movie I have seen in a long time.
Jeff Bridges just keeps getting better.
Ok, now Red Dawn.....I draw the line!
Whats next? Footloose!!!!? Why dont they just redo Tron!
No they didn't. They made a movie from the original book. According to all the reviews, the John Wayne movie was lame and soft (unlike the novel) and this one isn't. The Brothers said they didn't even watch the movie. Also, apparently, much of the script was lifted directly from the book. Sounds like Mr. Wayne is the blasphemer here.Quote:
Originally Posted by theGinsue
Bite your tongue Commie!Quote:
Originally Posted by Stuart
Tron, Legacy - nice eye candy....