Gammorah VS Godzilla.....
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Gammorah VS Godzilla.....
Just came back from seeing A-Team - pretty good flick.
Drift
Rise
Both are excellent fly fishing adventure docs.
I watched Primer the other night. Pretty good. I love movies that put me in that state of mind.
Also was watching The Jerk. Such a funny movie.
Watched a documentary about strippers called Stripped, where the director goes and becomes a dancer for a while. Not really worth watching, except 2 of the five girls she met in the 8 or so months she made the movie were dead by the time the movie came out.
Watched a documentary called Michael Moore Hates America. That one was just okay as well, but it had one of my all time favorite celebrities in it, Penn Teller.
I purchased and watched Book of Eli on Wednesday (finally).
When the movie was in the theaters several folks mentioned how they wanted one of the couches like hte one in the movie (towards the end). Now I see what all of you meant - I want one too.
Pretty good movie overall, but not quite what I had hoped for (7 out of 10).
I haven't seen the movie yet, but have seen the couch. I want the front seats of my car to be like that. Like in the first Fast and Furious, but guns instead of nitrous bottles.
I just watched it this evening with my wife. I watch something she suggests without complaining, then she watches something I suggest and bitches and moans and gets distracted the whole way through. It's a deal we have.
Anyway, I'd forgotten how atmospheric the soundtrack is and the cinematography was really good too.
Agreed Jake. Unlike several of the folks here on the site, I am totally NOT musically oriented, BUT....
A soundtrack can either make or break a movie. A truly good soundtrack makes you FEEL the movie - asthough you are actually there.
Oh, Jake - I think I must have signed that same movie-viewing contract with my wife that you and your wife have. I've finally just gotten to where I'll go watch my movies on the TV in the bedroom (No, they aren't THOSE types of movies!). She hates Westerns and war movies and WON'T watch them. I just get the complaining comments throughout almost all other movies that I choose.
I'll have to see that, Penn & Teller's "Bullshit" tv series was one of my favorites. I just got done watching Capitalism: A Love Story. Constantly refers to Capitalism and Democracy as things which are mutually exclusive. Goes on about FDR's "Second Bill of Rights" which talks about things I can't see being reasonably implemented. Did not like.Quote:
Originally Posted by Stuart
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There is a documentary about the income tax called America: Freedom to Fascism. Has anyone seen that one. You can Google the title and watch the whole thing online. It is about 1 hour long.
Yes very informative..they show it on PBS quite often.
Watched Book of Eli last night. It was OK.
One of my favorite scenes from The Jerk. I feel like I was born too late. If I ever wrote a movie it'd be just like this one.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkVzspuCkxg
anyone mention The Big Lebowski yet?
So last night I watched Push.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0465580/
anybody else see this? what'd you think of it?
I saw it when it was released, and while I was watching it I couldn't decide if it was the best movie ever made or the worst.
In hindsight I think it was an interesting idea poorly executed.
One of my favorite book series is called Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson. From the previews of Push, it seems like the movie ripped off the idea, but I can't tell since I haven't seen it. One of my friends that have all read the Mistborn books and saw Push said that Push basically ripped off the idea though. I might have to check it out just to see what I think (and how pissed I get).
Not sure if it's been mentioned yet but Dark City is a pretty interesting one. Came out roughly the time that the first Matrix did so it got buried under that. Pretty interesting flic; a dark, sci-fi film.
Trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSpowoKqSzc
Will check it out asap.
Dark City is good, and you can't beat Jennifer Connelly
How has no one mentioned The Beast ( the one with Jason Patric in Afghanistan as a Russian Tanker), I mean the first ten minutes of that movie were some of the best shooting seances ever, or Pentagon Wars for the Bradley fans. Just have to have those Sheep Specs.
And Idiotoracy, great Movie but every day it comes closer to becoming a documentary.
Oh and conversely, how crappy was The Hurt Locker, so crappy I didn't wait for the ending removed it from my DVD player and gave it back to Blockbuster. That damn movie was like the final ramblings of a dementia patient, even if the plot didn't smell like the under side of fromunda cheese the camera man needs to to at least be strung up Pace picante style. (get the rope)
Sorry had to vent that, well would you look at that time for my meds.........
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Originally Posted by Mtn.man
Bambi -v- Godzilla
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Jordan, elaborate on why you hated The Hurt Locker so much please.
I've seen that a lot from people, but only those with military experience.
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Attack of the Killer Tomatoes
Stu, its just the little things that , no offense, the lay person wouldn't catch unless they knew any better, leaving people alone, cruising through Baghdad alone, making the Special Forces or SAS who ever they are look like little pansies the SGT E-5 yelling and hitting the Sergeant First Class E-7 and making every one who isn't EOD look like clowns. But the just the Plot in general. First they're bomb guys then they're on par with SF then they're uber bomb guys and the baddest mofos in Iraq.
To me it was a shitty movie in general but an even worst army movie.
I think Tank Girl is better. Mmmmmmm.....Lori Petty.
Speaking of Lori Petty In the Army Now was closer to real life than the hurt locker.
willy wonka alternate ending
http://filmdrunk.uproxx.com/2010/07/...ternate-ending
New uses for a carrot.[Coffee]Quote:
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Someone watched a LOT of blacksploitation movies. [NunChaku]
In the immortal review style of Joe Bob Briggs;
Kung fu 10
Boob fu 7
Flashback fu 5
Drug fu 8
Fool fu 100
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Heat
Miami Vice
The Kingdom
Collateral
Last of the Mohicans (1992)
Manhunter
These all have something in common other than being all very good movies.
Terry Goodkind's Confessor series as mentioned in pg one or two has a lot more than the philosophies of Ayn Rand in them. There are a lot of other philosopher's views reflected within the work, and more than a little military doctrine in it. I suspect there's some counterintelligence dealings in Goodkind's background. BTW, they made this into a tv series that absolutely blew chunks...
If you want to watch a movie that reflects the origins of the 5th amendment, watch "Man for All Seasons". It's hard to come by though. It was the 1966 Best Picture.
million dollar baby in 5 seconds
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rp_j3ZirLjM
That shit was way funny [ROFL1]Quote:
Originally Posted by Elhuero
That would be Michael Mann, one of my fav directors. Can always count on him for great shots/visuals, and usually good-to-great action sequences.Quote:
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[Beer]
Manhunter is great. Some might complain that it shows some lingering influence (visuals mostly) from Mann's time doing the original Miami Vice TV series, but hey I liked that too. You can still buy these... just get a blue t-shirt, white jacket and shave through a screen door... [Tooth]
Holy Shit! You are one of the last people on the website that I would have guessed would have read the Sword of Truth series by Terry Goodkind. I can't even watch the TV series for a full minute before I get pissed and change the channel. They couldn't even make Darken Rahl have blond hair? 5 people in the Confessor hunting "Quads?" I watched about 5 minutes of the first episode and was in a rage and never watched again. That Comedy Central spoof of epic fantasy shows was much better.Quote:
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I hope the movie of Mistborn and World War Z won't be such epic failures.
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Originally Posted by Stuart
Yep. Very interesting and disturbing. That's why I like Glenn Beck. He actually reports on these type of amazing conspiracies.
To quote Rodney Dangerfield "it's all bullshit".
You would be suprised what I've read Stuart. I've been an avid reader since my early teens. I don't really discriminate in my reading tastes either, other than shitty writing style or no talent hacks. OK, OK, I tend to shy away from the fru-fru romantic style crap... Orson Scott Card's Enders Game series is currently my favorite over the last couple of years of reading. I currently working my way through the second trilogy of Maria Snyder's Poison Study series, Just finished all the Percy Jackson books, re-read Tears of my Soul (I splurged and bough a first print copy of this book), and before this read two of Malcom Gladwells' books... anyway I digress.Quote:
Originally Posted by Stuart
Yes, Michael Mann. Love his work. If you ever get the chance to pick up a copy of Heat with the bonus disc in it, there's stories about the making of it. Mann made all the actors take intense shooting courses, made the bad guy actors actually surveil and plan robbing the bank before filming, and talks about the sound effects from the shoot out. I have a copy of it. It's pretty cool stuff. He does like to be accurate in his action scenes.
Check out the Mistborn series by Brandon Sanderson when you get a chance please. I won't derail this thread with it, but I've talked about it before.
Speaking of movies, have any of you ever heard of this type of film called "porn"?
I understand that it's supposed to be particularly exciting and will get your blood flowing - much like a good war movie.
A good war movie is 100x better than the best porn, which gets old immediately.
Not if you play it backwards. [Coffee]Quote:
Originally Posted by Stuart