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Roentgen
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This is the funniest thing I've seen in at least a week! Does that mean I live a horribly unfunny life or is it really that damn funny? |
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I picked up the Blu-Ray of the Dark City director's cut the other day, and finally sat down to watch it tonight. They redid and/or expanded on the effects, and fleshed out some of the details a bit more, but nothing too major. Most of it seems to flow a little better, though, but if you didn't like the original version, I doubt there's enough here to change your mind. Still, I enjoyed it, but I've always liked the movie.
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Margalis
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I heard the removed some sort of opening prologue or voice-over? Haven't seen it since it came out so I don't know what that refers to.
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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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Mazakiel
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They removed Sutherland's opening voice-over, yep. It pretty much explained most the mystery before the movie started, and now the reveals are only in the movie itself.
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I loved that film.
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Saw Tropic Thunder last night. While not as fall down funny as I had hoped it would be, it was pretty damned amusing. It suffered from an overuse of Ben Stiller (amazingly enough, he was the writer, director, and executive producer, so I am not sure how he got so much screen time), but there were some outrageously funny parts. RDJ is (as always) fantastic. I feel like Jack Black was kind of underused- not enough of his particular insanity showed through. The unadvertised giant star who played the billionaire who funds the movie was hilarious, but that was more due to the character himself rather than any great comedic acting IMO. Lots of familiar faces in small roles, which is always fun.
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I caught it last night too, WayAbvPar is spot on, could've used more Jack Black, although I don't have any complaints with Stiller, I thought he did a pretty damn good job.
I'm dissapointed that Scorcher VI isn't a real movie though.
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Just from spoilers I'd heard radio DJs blabbering about (so and so makes a cameo!), I now know who that billionarie is, Way. Hrm. The movie looks funny, too bad I'll have to wait until DVD.  |
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A little Ben Stiller goes an incredibly long way for me. If you don't have this same aversion, he won't bug you at all. He was definitely used less than his other star vehicles, which made it tolerable. I liked him in stuff like Flirting With Disaster, but his over the top movies grate on my nerves. He reminds me of Jim Carrey that way- almost tolerable except when he is trying to hard to be funny (which for Carrey is 99.9999999% of the time).
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Margalis
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I haven't seen it yet but RDJ's performance looks like gold.
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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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If you haven't seen Gamers yet, you need to rent it. Anyone who has played D&D or RPG's in real life with a group of RPGers will see entirely too many people they know in this movie. Lots of good funny. |
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I hope the trailer didn't do it justice, cuz that was seriously lame.
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schild
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Tropic Thunder was pretty much as good as Dark Knight. could've used more Jack Black No, wrong. Jack Black was used when Jack Black was needed and was the only man to fit the role. His casting and usefulness was fucking perfect. although I don't have any complaints with Stiller, I thought he did a pretty damn good job. In fact, IN FACT, the movie had an entire commentary about him. He went all the way retard. He scaled it back for this movie. Saw Tropic Thunder last night. While not as fall down funny as I had hoped it would be, it was pretty damned amusing. It suffered from an overuse of Ben Stiller (amazingly enough, he was the writer, director, and executive producer, so I am not sure how he got so much screen time), but there were some outrageously funny parts. RDJ is (as always) fantastic. I feel like Jack Black was kind of underused- not enough of his particular insanity showed through. The unadvertised giant star who played the billionaire who funds the movie was hilarious, but that was more due to the character himself rather than any great comedic acting IMO. Lots of familiar faces in small roles, which is always fun.
Ben Stiller really had nowhere near as much screentime as his other movies. He was a great foil for RDJ's performance. In fact, his performance ranked up there with Kiss Kiss Bang Bang. The unadvertised giant star, btw, SPOILER, was: Tom Cruise. You know why they didn't advertise him? I'd have not gone to see it, and I suspect noone else would have. Also, he was fucking PERFECT. Fuck, this movie was good. Fuck. |
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By perfect, I assume you mean he plays a douchebag. Cuz that's what he excels at.
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schild
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By perfect, I assume you mean he plays a douchebag. Cuz that's what he excels at.
I don't see how that's a problem. It's like about complaining Morgan Freeman playing Morgan Freeman. |
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Nah, not a problem. Any movie I liked him in, it was when he played a gigantic douchebag. I'm assuming it'll be the same here.
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Abagadro
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I don't see how that's a problem. It's like about complaining Morgan Freeman playing Morgan Freeman a Magic Negro.
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schild
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I don't see how that's a problem. It's like about complaining Morgan Freeman playing Morgan Freeman a Magic Negro.
FIFY That shouldn't have been so funny to me. |
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If you haven't seen Gamers yet, you need to rent it. Anyone who has played D&D or RPG's in real life with a group of RPGers will see entirely too many people they know in this movie. Lots of good funny. Well worth the rental fee. |
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Samwise
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If you haven't seen Gamers yet, you need to rent it. Anyone who has played D&D or RPG's in real life with a group of RPGers will see entirely too many people they know in this movie. Lots of good funny. Well worth the rental fee. I  The Gamers. The DVD has an option for Latin subtitles.  |
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Well, after Iron Man and Batman being two of the best movies, much less comic book adaptions I've seen in a while I decided to check out Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer. That was a mistake, it was just painful to watch for probably 75% of it. It was just one of the most unintelligent movies I've ever seen.
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Oban
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Well, after Iron Man and Batman being two of the best movies, much less comic book adaptions I've seen in a while I decided to check out Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer. That was a mistake, it was just painful to watch for probably 75% of it. It was just one of the most unintelligent movies I've ever seen.
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Samwise
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I thought Silver Surfer was okay when I saw it, but that was after a long superhero dry spell IIRC. Watching it after Iron Man and Dark Knight was a big mistake.
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If you haven't seen Gamers yet, you need to rent it. Anyone who has played D&D or RPG's in real life with a group of RPGers will see entirely too many people they know in this movie. Lots of good funny. Well worth the rental fee. I The Gamers. The DVD has an option for Latin subtitles. Its free on instant viewing if you have a Netflix account (well, free within your download limit, if you have one). Just finished watching it, and it was pretty funny. Not OMG awsome, but far far better than the trailer leads you to believe. |
I should get back to nature, too. You know, like going to a shop for groceries instead of the computer. Maybe a condo in the woods that doesn't even have a health club or restaurant attached. Buy a car with only two cup holders or something. -Signe
I LIKE being bounced around by Tonkors. - Lantyssa
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Rasix
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Tropic Thunder was great. I don't think I've laughed that damn hard in a movie in a while. Stiller was the weakest link by far but even he couldn't bring it down. He's got to stop playing that same Zoolander/White Goodman character.
Ohh, and I guessed who the giant douchebag star was the second you guys said giant douchebag star. Glad to see I wasn't wrong. He had me rolling.
RDJ said crap that will be running through my mind for a while. "You never go full retard." and "I'm a lead farmer, motherfucker" were my two favorite.
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schild
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RDJ said crap that will be running through my mind for a while. "You never go full retard." and "I'm a lead farmer, motherfucker" were my two favorite.
Just remember, Ben Stiller wrote that shit about himself ^_^ |
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Saw it today, it was quite good. I recommend people try to catch it in theater. Some of it will be lost on a small screen which is usually not true of comedies. I don't think it needed more Jack Black because while I like him more then most his character wasn't that great. All the excess Stiller time was annoying. Stiller's Agent (i can't spell his last name lul) was fucking money. As was the dickbag cameo guy who we aren't naming.
Btw the Jew York is up in fucking arms about that character, I didn't even know he was jewish until somebody told me to go read the NYT's bitchfests... Wow talk about inventing reasons to cry. I'd listen to the NAACP bitch about how the real black guy was listed in the credits after fuck everybody before I take what they are saying seriously.
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schild
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That guy might as well have been baked in an Otis Spunkmeyer Jew Oven (holy shit that's not what I mean, you bastards). He could not be more Jew.
I can't believe I just called Otis a nazi.
I need to come up with a better analogy. Shit.
AnyWAY, Anyone who has dealt with that kind of Jew knows that it was spot on. They're also, yes, horrible people sometimes.
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schild
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I meant ONE OF THESE:  Christ. Stop looking at me like that. Fuck. THE COOKIES ARE DELICIOUS. JUST GO AWAY. |
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schild
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OK.
LOOK.
I MEANT IT LIKE THIS.
THE OTIS SPUNKMEYER OVEN MAKES PERFECT COOKIES.
IF IT MADE JEWS, IT WOULD MAKE THE PERFECT JEW. IF IT WAS A HOLLYWOOD JEW, IT WOULD BE THAT DOUCHEBAG.
DAMN. STOP STARING AT ME.
Edit: Also: People in New York being up in arms about it just reminds you that New York Jews are the worst. Seriously, god, they're horrible.
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Samwise
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On a scale of one to drunk, how drunk would you say you are right now?
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schild
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I HAVEN'T BEEN DRINKING.
FUCK.
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schild
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Ok.
Look. I had Otis Spunkmeyer the brain. My rental office bakes them to make the rental office smell good - EVERY DAY. And I had a work order to put in. I ate one of the cookies and it was fucking delicious. It was the perfect cookie. Just like that douchebag in the movie was a perfect Hollywood Jew. Blame my rental office.
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Rasix
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Shutup, meatbag.
You went full retard.
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