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Furiously
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« Last Edit: December 09, 2007, 10:57:50 PM by Trippy »
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Furiously
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Come on! did you see that bra?
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HaemishM
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Trailer here. I keep getting the vibe of Blair Witch Project with the witch instead being Godzilla. I'm ok with that.
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HaemishM
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WHAT... THE... FUCK? Were those ninjas wearing TRACK SUITS? Run DMNinja? |
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Abagadro
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Oh come on. It's...got...a drill bra. A DRILL BRA!
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Oh come on. It's...got...a drill bra. A DRILL BRA!
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Riggswolfe
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Ok, I finally saw the Bourne Ultimatum on Dvd. To borrow a line from Haemish:
Shitty Shitshit shitastic.
The script made no sense. It kept having conversations that went nowhere.
Bourne: Why are you helping me?
Julia Stiles: You really don't remember?
Bourne: Uhh..no.
Julia Stiles: Oh. [meaningful look]
And it was trying to be relevant with all the rendition and "we can kill people because we're the CIA" hackneyed shit. Jesus, I was even more pissed because I'd just read the novel which was decent.
And the action was destroyed by the horrible editing and directing. I will never again watch a movie that was directed by Paul Greengas. That man is a hack and needs to never work again. Here's a clue you dumb mother fucker, jerking the god damn camera around isn't artsy, it doesn't make it feel like I'm in the action. It makes you look like an ameteur and makes it impossible to enjoy the movie you ADHD S.O.B. Go back to film school!
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bhodi
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Anyone know anything about this one? Look? I can't tell if the whole filmed entirely with surveillance cameras is just a gimmick or if it really ads anything to the movie. Wide(ish) release soon. |
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« Last Edit: December 12, 2007, 08:25:02 AM by bhodi »
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MrHat
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Anyone know anything about this one? Look? I can't tell if the whole filmed entirely with surveillance cameras is just a gimmick or if it really ads anything to the movie. Wide(ish) release soon. Is the preview SFW? The pic on the front looks like it might not be. |
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HaemishM
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It's SFW, IMO. They blur out anything good.
I'm not so sure about Look. The trailers lead me to believe it'll fall into the trap of being too well-acted and gimmicky. By that I mean, the shitty camera work (because it's a surveillance camera) will feel real, but the acting will be too precise, the lines too well read to feel naturalistic. It's like the Uncanny Valley, only in reverse. It looks too polished to be real-life, because it is. And without a story, it'll just be a movie long gimmick shot.
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This whole John C. Reilly as a comedian thing is great... I need to see Walk Hard. Hopefully it'll be as stupid as Anchorman.
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The commercial for the Dungeon Siege movie I saw last night actually looked watchable. Like, "Better than Bloodrayne, but still obviously way over the top and Uwe directed it.." watchable. Not something to spend theater money on, but not something you'd flip the channel for if it were on HBO.
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stray
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Which trailer? Cuz the one I saw looked HORRIBLE.
I got over my Jason Statham hate after seeing London (he was great in it), but this looks to put right him back in the dumps for me. He really needs to stop trying to be an action hero. Uwe Boll or not.
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Tonight..we...bandage...our woooonds!
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"As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.”
-H.L. Mencken
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Nerf
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Saw Charlie Wilson's War last night, great flick, boobies in the first 2 minutes!
Really makes you stop and think too, I mean really, who would you rather kill, communists or muslims?
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Ozzu
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Saw Sweeney Todd earlier today. Good stuff. I never saw the musical, but my girlfriend had and she only had a couple of complaints about songs they left out. It was well-done and pretty damn gory.
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Saw Charlie Wilson's War last night, great flick, boobies in the first 2 minutes!
Really makes you stop and think too, I mean really, who would you rather kill, communists or muslims?
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Nerf
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Russians, height of the cold war.
While I can appreciate us wanting to beat them, it just really hurts that me we had to save muslims to do it. There had to be a win-win situation in there somewhere.
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El Gallo
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Saw Sweeney Todd on christmas. Entertaining flick, but cannot stand up to the musical. They really dumbed down the music, and losing all those almost-but-not-quite-resolving chords drains a lot of the tension. Helena Bonham Carter cannot sing. At all. She has a good take on the character (much more sympathetic than usual). Depp isn't much of a singer either, but he Depps his way through things well enough, except for the huge explosion in epiphany which just doesn't work well with a voice that light.
It's visually pleasing and the acting's more than fine. Just curious to me that you'd make a movie of one of the most vocally demanding and musically complex Broadway shows ever and cast it entirely with people who couldn't sing their way into a production of Oklahoma at your local high school.
I hope the buzz about the movie gets people listening to the original.
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stray
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Is it an adaptation of the musical, with umm, more speaking, and less music... Or are all the songs there?
Anyhow, I really dislike musicals, but I sat through Sinatra and Brando doing it. Maybe I could like this. Bonham Carter and Depp are actors that I always like to see more of.
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El Gallo
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It's not really an adaptation, it's just a shorter version of the musical. It has less speaking and less music, but the singing-to-speaking ratio is about the same (i.e. mostly singing).
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stray
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Hmm, I guess I'll check it out. I suppose it'll help if I drag a musical lover along. BTW, I already mentioned it, but y'know... Not enough people (actually I think I'm the only one) have mentioned even watching Live Free or Diehard, let alone liking it. I swear, it's fucking great. Possibly the best movie of the year. And the most ridiculous  Don't be a chump, watch that shit. And if you call me lowbrow for liking it, I'll eat your face. |
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Hmm, I guess I'll check it out. I suppose it'll help if I drag a musical lover along. BTW, I already mentioned it, but y'know... Not enough people (actually I think I'm the only one) have mentioned even watching Live Free or Diehard, let alone liking it. I swear, it's fucking great. Possibly the best movie of the year. And the most ridiculous Don't be a chump, watch that shit. And if you call me lowbrow for liking it, I'll eat your face. I kept waiting for that dude to start talking about his Mac. Anyway, when it comes to getting my violence on, No Country For Old Men gets my vote. |
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stray
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Not violence. Extreme ridiculous action. Not much violence in Die Hard actually.
Umm... And what's this Mac comment you're talking about? Me? Why would I want to talk about it? And why here?
[edit] Y'know, I think it's just my love of car crashes and shit like that. Die Hard has it's fair share. I tried talking about Death Proof too for the same reason, and no one responded.
I don't see how anyone could not like car crashes, and not want to talk about them ALL THE TIME. Beats a fucking Hobbit thread, I'll say that much.
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« Last Edit: December 28, 2007, 11:51:22 PM by Stray »
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stray
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Oh yeah... Huh. Don't know why I never drew the connection. Only remembered him as the guy from Dodgeball.
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The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
anyone seen it? I hear grand things about it
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Abagadro
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Saw Walk Hard today. Pretty funny if you like satire and have seen all the musician biopics it spoofs. Also, Jenna Fischer has a great rack.
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"As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.”
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I am drawing blanks on the other musician biopics besides Johnny Cash's and Ray Charles'.
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I have never played WoW.
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stray
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Just to name a few: The Doors, Selena, couple of Buddy Holly and Elvis flicks, La Bamba, and last but not least, Sid and Nancy
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Watched Meet the Robinsons and Balls of Fury this weekend. On Robinsons: I haven't laughed so hard at a Disney flick since I was 10. Bizarre humor and a fantastic sense of the ridiculous that hit me in all the right spots. BoF: Was amusing, it was almost a spoof of spoof flicks. I think most here would think it an awful film unworthy of viewing, but I liked it in the 'stupid comedy' sort of way. Don't watch it for the girl, though, as 'anorexicly skinny' would be fairly apt. Meh.
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Someone bought me Spiderman 3 for Crimbo.
Watched it.
The bits I thought would be awful weren't bad and the bits I thought would be ok were bloody awful.
It's a strange world sometimes.
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National Treasure (whatever the fuck the sequel subtitle is - search for oil in *REDACTED*) - totally ridiculous storyline and over the top silliness, but still nevertheless, an entertaining flick… …way better than Chuck and Larry…
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National Treasure (whatever the fuck the sequel subtitle is - search for oil in *REDACTED*) - totally ridiculous storyline and over the top silliness, but still nevertheless, an entertaining flick… …way better than Chuck and Larry…
National treasure to me had a very pulpy hardy boys quality to it. It's never going to be on anyone's top ten but it entertained and really a good treasure hunting movie is hard to come by. I'll be watching the sequel on DVD soon. |
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