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Venkman
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Yea, that was terrible. Old school Hollywood ignorance of technology, dumbing down for the one audience that was smarter by nature.
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So I hear "The Love Guru" was as abysmal a movie as ever has been made. Anyone able to confirm so I can be all smug about calling that from the moment I saw the first trailer?  |
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Ditto. It looked like utter crap from the first moment. However, I am sure there is at least one hilarious scene- Mike Meyers is too damned funny to go 2 hours without even accidentally hitting gold. I give you So I Married An Ax Murderer; dreadful movie, but the scenes with his father are worth sitting through the rest of it. Over and over again.
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When speaking of the MMOG industry, the glass may be half full, but it's full of urine. HaemishM
Always wear clean underwear because you never know when a Tory Government is going to fuck you.- Ironwood
Libertarians make fun of everyone because they can't see beyond the event horizons of their own assholes Surlyboi
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HaemishM
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That Scottish character was so much funnier than Fat Bastard and every other Scottish character he's done since.
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Samwise
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My understanding is that every Scottish character he does is derived indirectly from his (real-life) father, who from his description is fairly similar to the So I Married An Axe Murderer character. It makes sense that the further he gets from the original source the less funny it would be.
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My favorite part of Axe Murderer had nothing to do with Mike. It was those scenes where Alan Arkin (the police chief) kept on barging in Anthony LaPaglia's office (he was a detective), trying to rehearse the tough, cranky police chief schtick.
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Margalis
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Anne Hathaway is hot. A few months ago I watched most of "Ella Enchanted" at 3 AM just cause she was in it.
Anne Hathaway, Claire Forlani, Kate Beckinsale...I think this all goes back to when I first watched Beetle Juice.
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vampirehipi23: I would enjoy a book written by a monkey and turned into a movie rather than this.
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Uh, Winona still kicks all of their asses. Even in her gothy teenager stage.
I don't see the comparison anyhow. All of them are pretty, of course, but none of them nearly have the same coolness about them.
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Anne Hathaway, Claire Forlani, Kate Beckinsale...
This man speaks the truth... Serendipity is worth watching for Piven and Kate alone. |
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Sadly, I'll admit to watching any romcom with Cusack. The man is one part of my holy triumvirate.
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Margalis
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Sadly, I'll admit to watching any romcom with Cusack. The man is one part of my holy triumvirate.
One of these things is not like the other... |
vampirehipi23: I would enjoy a book written by a monkey and turned into a movie rather than this.
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Cusack, RDJ, and Depp. Totally gay for em.
[edit] On the flipside, I'd go gaga for Winona, Drew, and Uma if I met them.
On the younger end, I'll watch anything with Rosario, any crappy Shannon Sossamon movie, and any crappy Asia Argento movie.
Those chicks above, like Kate Beckinsale, are pretty...No doubt...but they're kind of plain to me.
[edit] Fuck, how could I forget Bellucci? She kills everyone. And my gayness.
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« Last Edit: June 23, 2008, 11:28:56 PM by Stray »
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Margalis
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Those chicks above, like Kate Beckinsale, are pretty...No doubt...but they're kind of plain to me.
Now we must duel to the death. |
vampirehipi23: I would enjoy a book written by a monkey and turned into a movie rather than this.
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She made my head turn and wonder who she was when I first saw that Looking Glass movie (she was blonde back then), but ever since, she's just, I don't know, "standard pretty". Like, what you expect when you think of a pretty girl. If that makes sense? It's not a bad thing. We can duel if you like though. Monica Bellucci with crow's feet and cig in her mouth still outshines all of these women. Hell, forget faces. Monica from behind destroys them all.  [edit] damn you photobucket |
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« Last Edit: June 24, 2008, 05:31:53 AM by Stray »
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Well this is going to be interesting  |
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Riggswolfe
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Anne Hathaway is hot. A few months ago I watched most of "Ella Enchanted" at 3 AM just cause she was in it.
Anne Hathaway, Claire Forlani, Kate Beckinsale...I think this all goes back to when I first watched Beetle Juice.
I'm 100% on board with you and quite happy to meet someone else who feels about Claire like I do. Anne has only recently joined that list but I'm glad to welcome her aboard. Cusack, RDJ, and Depp. Totally gay for em.
It has to be a truly shitty movie for me not to like it if Cusack is involved in any form. Ever since Better Off Dead I've been a major fan of his. That said, I couldn't watch the Truth about Dogs or the Martian Kid (or whatever it was called) even with him in it. |
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Never seen the Martian kid.. But yes, I even watched "Must Love Dogs". Funny enough. Diane Lane's another hot older chick btw.
The "Truth About Dogs" is actually "The Truth About Cats and Dogs", without Cusack, but Uma Thurman and Janeane Garafolo (or however the hell she spells her name). Uber chick flick....And yes, I watched that too (unfortunately).
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Never seen the Martian kid.. But yes, I even watched "Must Love Dogs". Funny enough. Diane Lane's another hot older chick btw.
The "Truth About Dogs" is actually "The Truth About Cats and Dogs", without Cusack, but Uma Thurman and Janeane Garafolo (or however the hell she spells her name). Uber chick flick....And yes, I watched that too (unfortunately).
I kinda liked The Truth about Cats and Dogs but only because I enjoyed the Cyrano as a woman idea behind it. (Cyrano being one of my favorite plays, which explains why I enjoy Roxanne so much. ) But yeah, I got my Dog titles confused. Oops. |
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Huh...shit. I never even drew the Cyrano reference before. So obvious though.
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HaemishM
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I liked the Truth about Cats and Dogs. Sure, it's a chick flick, but I liked Garafalo before she went off the really deep end. A really good romantic comedy with her in it is The Matchmaker, with her opposite the guy who played the crazy Irishman in Braveheart. Really funny, especially if you like that actor.
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Went to two movies with my daughter over the past week.
Kung Fu Panda: Cute. Some humor, but nothing really laugh out loud funny. Wait for it to come out on dvd. It's worth seeing as a rental, but not really a must see.
Don't mess with the Zohan: Terrible. Like Semi-Pro level of terrible. My 14 year old daughter (who LOVES Adam Sandler) looked at me when the movie ended and said "I want 90 minutes of my life back". I'd say rent it ONLY if you had a thing for Adam Sandler.
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Aww, Semi-Pro wasn't so terrible.  |
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To keep the derail alive - I've been in love with Beckinsale since Much ado About Nothing. I even sat all the way through that dreck of a movie Van Helsing. Two actresses fall in my will watch anything they are in category: Beckinsale and Jovovich.
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Huh. Fearless is actually a pretty kickass movie. I was getting bored with Jet Li for awhile there, but this is a solid Kung-Fu flick.
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Kung Fu Panda: Cute. Some humor, but nothing really laugh out loud funny. Wait for it to come out on dvd. It's worth seeing as a rental, but not really a must see.
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To keep the derail alive - I've been in love with Beckinsale since Much ado About Nothing. I even sat all the way through that dreck of a movie Van Helsing. Two actresses fall in my will watch anything they are in category: Beckinsale and Jovovich.
Are we clones? Because I'm pretty much the same way. I even forgive Jovovich for not having boobs for god's sake! |
"We live in a country, where John Lennon takes six bullets in the chest, Yoko Ono was standing right next to him and not one fucking bullet! Explain that to me! Explain that to me, God! Explain it to me, God!" - Denis Leary summing up my feelings about the nature of the universe.
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To keep the derail alive - I've been in love with Beckinsale since Much ado About Nothing. I even sat all the way through that dreck of a movie Van Helsing. Two actresses fall in my will watch anything they are in category: Beckinsale and Jovovich.
She was prettiest when she did Shooting Fish. |
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To keep the derail alive - I've been in love with Beckinsale since Much ado About Nothing. I even sat all the way through that dreck of a movie Van Helsing. Two actresses fall in my will watch anything they are in category: Beckinsale and Jovovich.
Are we clones? Because I'm pretty much the same way. I even forgive Jovovich for not having boobs for god's sake! It's her eyes. My god she has 'i'm a crazy bitch eyes' but they're still awesome. |
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Planning on seeing Wanted later this afternoon, I'm waiting in anticipation for the first death of someone trying to duplicate the "sideways scoop into car" scene in the previews, cmooon Darwin!
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Saw Get Smart today- I give out it 7/10. Some of the jokes were...mistimed (such as the first time he says "missed it by...that much") and Don Adam's is still a better Max, but 99 was perfect, the Chief was good, the President was played realisticly (My pet goat indeed) and the Rock was much better than he was in Doom. The audience laughed out loud in the right places.
Siegfried felt wrong, though it was nice to see the cameo by the original. I didn't think Bill Murry's part worked, it seemed to be more a cameo to say "hey it's Bill Murry!" rather than "hey, it's agent 23!".
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Saw Wanted yesterday. It was silly, but I liked it.
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