Random Insanity Alliance Forum, Mark V
Cactuar Zone => Random lnsanity => Topic started by: C-zom on February 04, 2010, 05:09:34 pm
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I'll use this topic as a general movie topic. Post the last movie you watched. Talk about it, get involved, hopefully this topic can go somewhere.
Last movie I watched was Black Hawk Down. Despite some good imagery and the always good directing of Ridley Scott... I just couldn't get into this movie. Its cheesy, completely misinformed, cryptic for the sake of being so and really doesn't have much substance beyond trying to cram itself with as many unfortunate war scenes as possible. By the end of the movie when they said "19 americans died" in the operation it made me realize that how the movie portrayed it made it seem like hundreds.
I like Scott, but not really a huge fan of BHD.
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Damn, you are crazy. That movie was non stop action. Nothing but intense from beginning to end. Misinformed or not, it's still a good movie. Not great, but still good.
I watched Zombieland last weekend. It was ok. Cheesy yes, but you had to expect that. I'm just glad I didn't pay to see it.
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The last movie I saw was Rush Hour. Its still one of my fav. comedy movies, and those who say no I will go Eric Cartman on your ass and kick you right in the nuts!
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I've left funnier movies in the toilet after a mexican fiesta.
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I've left funnier movies in the toilet after a mexican fiesta.
Oh rly...
How were the tacos and enchiladas?
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Can't remember. Might be seeing Legion soon.
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Hangover. By far the best movie to come out last year.
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I saw dirty harry 2 last, liked it, i like clint eastwood movies, the dirty harry series is not nearly as good as the good the bad and the ugly (which i think was his best).
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'gamer.'
not bad, a lot of funny about internet culture. and lots of boobs.
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The Hangover
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Stargate Continuum, watched it like a day ago.
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dirty harry 3...sucked
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Well this was bound to happen...But last movie I watched was Black Hawk Down. Basically everything that C-zom said rings true for me as well. They really did try and make it seem like it was a massacre of the US forces but in no way was it. Although obviously 19 deaths is still unfortunate, they portrayed it as many. Not to mention they made it seem like the two snipers were by themselves in defending the crashes helicopter. The entire pilot's crew was their and defending the helicopter. The Somali Militia killed the two snipers and the entire pilot's crew and took the pilot hostage. It seemed the attributed most of the deaths to rangers but most of the 19 came from Black Hawks going down.
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I can't actually remember but I think it might have been Billy Madison. A+++ movie
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The only thing watching Adam Sandler comedies does to me is remind me of a better time when comedy was actually good. RIP George Fucking Carlin.
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Fuckin' A.
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porn
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Finally, an honest answer! lol XD
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Dirty Harry 5, finally the series is complete, this was surprisingly better then i had expected although it was a bit anticlimactic like a few of the other movies.
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adam sandler generally isn't that funny. his sense of humor is stuck at a certain stage, late 80s early 90s.
whenever a comedian's style of comedy is based on shocking people, it becomes obsolete fairly quickly, and either the comedian keeps developing new 'edgier' shit to keep up with what is on the edge of what shocks society and stimulates society, or their humor becomes a throwback that only a certain group of people enjoy. fortunately comedians can still make money with outdated humor by marketing it to stupid college kids and people who's sense of humor hasn't changed.
that said some of adam sandlers movies have some pretty funny moments, but a lot of it is just dumb. not saying he can't be funny just that one aspect of his comedy is outdated. but some people like it that way so good for them.
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adam sandler generally isn't that funny. his sense of humor is stuck at a certain stage, late 80s early 90s.
whenever a comedian's style of comedy is based on shocking people, it becomes obsolete fairly quickly, and either the comedian keeps developing new 'edgier' shit to keep up with what is on the edge of what shocks society and stimulates society, or their humor becomes a throwback that only a certain group of people enjoy. fortunately comedians can still make money with outdated humor by marketing it to stupid college kids and people who's sense of humor hasn't changed.
that said some of adam sandlers movies have some pretty funny moments, but a lot of it is just dumb. not saying he can't be funny just that one aspect of his comedy is outdated. but some people like it that way so good for them.
I really think you're over-analysing this, not to mention stating your opinion as fact.
Not that I'm defending Sandler. Watching the movies I loved so much 5 years ago, there are really only a couple of laughs along the way. It simply appeals to a younger audience.
Also: Now it's the first half of Star Wars episode 3
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From Paris With Love
an 8.5
Travolta is awesome.
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you could be right ganon
I still love chris farley
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Wristcutters: A Love Story
The shades and the black hole are the best characters in the movie.
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the hurt locker. made me think how glad I am colin farrell wasn't in it
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Two mules for sister sara (yeah another Clint Eastwood movie)
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Casino Royale
I'm not really a huge fan of the bond series but I find myself unable to form an intelligent argument as to "why". I just don't like the older movies. They haven't aged well--the directing, acting, writing, action sequences are all severely dated and the scenarios Bond gets put in are, for better or for worse, ridiculously easy to win and net the girl in the process. My point being the Bond's of old never felt like actual characters but moreover faceless plotpoints in order to drive the same action movie cliche forward.
So Casino Royale comes along and I reluctantly watched it. But, to my surprise, its probably the best Bond movie I will see or ever will see. Its a very long, open ended, "intelligent" action movie. Bond is an actual character and pretty damn well acted, Eva Green plays an excellent hero turned villain and as a bonus is pretty hot if you ask me, and the villain--while obsurdly cliche down to the very last eye scar--is pretty sweet. I like the amount of detail they put into MI6, "M" and Bond's relationship, Mr White, the side characters and the general broad scope of things. Its a near 3 hour movie packed to the minute with action sequences, decent writing, decent characters and a good backdrop/lore. Its an actual spy movie and not a romp around an impossible scenario with stupid batman-esque gadgets and terribly shit writing. If spy thrillers/action movies is minorly in your interest then I'd just about recommend this, if it weren't for the length and amount of pre-emptive interest it requires. (The amount of lore/tech speak/action is not easy to get into and requires a paticular mindset)
The actual game of poker is fun as shit to watch for some reason too. The pacing and tension in this act of the movie is great.
Final rating, I'd guess, would be around a 7/10.
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Just to note...although the poker game was indeed fun to watch, it was almost an impossible scenario.
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I have to agree and disagree with you. I personally found all of the old bonds amazing and thrilling to watch (especially the ones with Sean Connery and Roger Moore). They basically defined what would become the cliche bad guy. I do agree however that Casino Royale was more like what one would think an actual spy's job would curtail. It managed to make an usually boring event to watch such as poker (although playing it is another story) and added depth to it. I was quite dissapointed when I saw Quantom of Solace and found it to be a return to the old.
The last "new" movie I saw was The Hangover and I must say, I expected much more from it. Some of it such as Mike Tyson, the tiger, the wedding singer, and the scenes up to getting to Vegas had its moments but other than that I realised that its humor was directed at immaturity. Every sentence had some variation of F@ck, sh!t, @$$, or b!t@h in it and if you are debating on at least trying to watch make sure nobody under 15 or so watches it or if you respect an elder do not watch it with them.
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Just to note...although the poker game was indeed fun to watch, it was almost an impossible scenario.
It really was, but the entire movie threw realism out the window in favor of a entertaining/explosive spy thriller style. I mean, that opening chase scene alone...
I have to agree and disagree with you. I personally found all of the old bonds amazing and thrilling to watch (especially the ones with Sean Connery and Roger Moore). They basically defined what would become the cliche bad guy. I do agree however that Casino Royale was more like what one would think an actual spy's job would curtail. It managed to make an usually boring event to watch such as poker (although playing it is another story) and added depth to it. I was quite dissapointed when I saw Quantom of Solace and found it to be a return to the old.
Yeah. I agree that the old bond films definately drew the blueprints on what it took to make a cliched bad guy/ridiculous villain. Roger Moore had his moments but, all in all, Sean Connery was one of the more outlandish and boring Bond's on film. But yeah--you're right about Quantum of Solace. That movie might just be awful in my books.
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Yeah. I agree that the old bond films definately drew the blueprints on what it took to make a cliched bad guy/ridiculous villain. Roger Moore had his moments but, all in all, Sean Connery was one of the more outlandish and boring Bond's on film. But yeah--you're right about Quantum of Solace. That movie might just be awful in my books.
Come to think of it, Casino Royale is a lot like Tom Clancy's Splintercell, fo the most part it is calm and based more on sneaking around to find information than mountain chases in the snow and Halle Berry half-naked (although I personally never have complained). But Sean Connery to me was more comedic than essentially good acting as Bond, most of his Bond moments were fights against some awful opponents (the fight against the 7 foot man in the rehab center comes to mind)
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Wolfman.
everyone dies.
just kidding. or am I?
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Wolfman.
everyone dies.
just kidding. or am I?
Going to see it tonight.
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Only movies I'm even remotely interested in that are coming out soon are Shutter Island and The Crazies. Everything else I either find to be a cash cow or simply poorly made.
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Nothing at all looks good to me in the coming months movie wise. Crazies is a possibility but, much like Carriers, I have a feeling the trailer will be quite deceiving.
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Saw sherlock holmes again, a nice new, refreshing kinda take on holmes, also, irene addler couldn't have been hotter. the villain could have been...scarier?...
I hope pitt accepts the role of moriarty, he would rock as holmes's arch enemy.
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Percy Jackson and the olympians.
was good.
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Wolfman.
everyone dies.
just kidding. or am I?
Going to see it tonight.
I thought it was very cool. I like the way they shot everything in that almost old timey way of making everything dark and using the environment to set the mood, rather than just cgi'ing the fuck out of everything to make it scary. Quite gorey, but not so ridiculous as to make it cheesey. And, Benicio is ugly enough that you can believe the he is a warewolf even before he changes.
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I was surprised how much they got hopkins and benicio to look like father and son.
it was weird adjusting to how they did the werewolf old fashioned style. but I ended up liking it. good flick.
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Last movie I saw was The Hurt Locker again. I don't feel like doing a long winded review, but its an excellent film.
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The last movie I saw/am currently watching was The Cookoutand its funny as hell cause.....
this is Mrs M of Newark, she has been cleanin chitlins since she was 6, she is known throughout the ghetto as the Patti LaBelle of Pork..... etc etc
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<--- something along the lines of that
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Just saw the first Saw movie out of boredom...and Im still bored.
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Last movie I watched was Session 9. Really cool movie, although when you know the twist (from having already seen it) the second time through is kinda boring. All in all its a solid horror though; it just is way too short.
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Last movie C-zom watched was Shutter Island. He thought it was an excellent movie that very well may have cracked his top ten(Which is saying something since he is a movie buff). Great atmosphere, excellent transition into the memories and flashbacks, as well as a pretty fantastic twist makes Shutter Island a must see movie for anybody who likes horror/mystery.
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Last movie I saw was sh--
Fuck you, twin