It's now on my must see list along with Madagascar 3:Europe's Most Wanted.
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It's now on my must see list along with Madagascar 3:Europe's Most Wanted.
I would reply to the content of your message, but I don't want to risk dropping my laptop again.Quote:
Originally Posted by Artemis
Have you or anyone else seen this one yet?Quote:
Originally Posted by IdolEyes787
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1743720/
The Grey
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1601913/
The first scene in this movie is a loud raucous bar scene where the main character John Ottway walks out onto the snow and sticks a rifle into his mouth and prepares to end his life. The movie gets steadily more depressing from there.
This in no way is meant as a warning about this movie, it is just that it is a stark, brutal and visceral look at at an usual subject. How we would survive (or not) in the wilderness, in this case one of the worst case scenario's Alaska, in total isolation. This isn't the Hollywood treatment, these people live and die on the whims of nature and of course the whims of the grey, referring to the the timber wolves which are tracking and attacking the survivors.
I had read a few of the reviews of this movie before I saw it, almost all of them panning it as unrealistic for various reasons to do with the wolves themselves ( I didn't know there were so many timberwolf experts out there in intertubes land) and also the survival techniques, which from where I am sitting in a country that freezes up to subzero in winter and will kill the unwary, were bang on by the way, so I went into the movie with a preconception of Hollywood hype.
Now without trying to be odd, weird or have a great long winded interjection afterward, I have had a bit of practice with death myself, and could really empathise with Liam Neeson's character, at the true heart of this movie is how will you meet your death? Will it be with courage or a whimper? Or will you just fade away......
This is not a movie for everyone, this is not a subject for everyone, but this is something that had a clarity and an honesty and is something I am still thinking about now.
So I went back to the 'reviews' and reread a few of the experts on IMDB about the totally unrealistic wolf behavior on this movie, and how it was a total fantasy. They all forgot two quintessential elements, 1. it was the middle of winter, so no food so very hungry wolves and 2. and this is the really important bit the survivors were injured, they were bleeding. Now my suggestion for all the wildlife 'experts' that poasted their well thought out reviews on IMDB is that I fly them up there when some wolves are fairly hungry only I tie a nice big fresh juicy T-Bone steak around their neck,and see how that works out? let's see how the wolves react then? Will the action be realistic? Will our reviewers become a snacky treat? I'm betting a big yes, after they piss themselves of course. It is all very well watching Animal Planet but the real thing is not predictable, doesn't follow a pattern, and isn't friendly, cuddly or cute.
Goon (2011 or 2012, whatever)
It's a hockey movie about an enforcer. It's also the film adaptation of a book written by Doug Smith, who was himself an enforcer in the 80s.
First off, I loved the movie and I would recommend it. You don't even need to like hockey. If I were to force it into one genre, I'd be forced to call it a comedy. The main character, Doug Glatt, is a dumb, tough, and excessively polite and gentle man. A lot of this movie is driven by Sean William Scott's portrayal of this character, who couldn't think his way out of a thimble, but is just a genuinely talented and nice guy that you don't want to hate him for it. So basically, you have this sweet man mercilessly beating hockey players for pretty much the whole film. In addition, the whole cast is a collection of quirky comedic character that don't tend to fit a particular archetype.
There's a lot of punching in the face in this movie. The faces are usually unguarded while being repeatedly punched.
Finally, the movie shines because it doesn't carry a sense of taking itself seriously. There's a romantic tie in, but it doesn't draw any oxygen away from punching people in the face. You don't necessarily feel too invested in whether or not the romance goes alright, it even leads to more hilarious face punching and introspectively mumbled fucks.
I'll end it by quoting out a pump up speech from the movie:
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Originally Posted by Goon Movie
Goon's been on my radar but your review piqued my interest enough to finally get me to watch it.
Excellent movie,very well written and although it purposely revels in (movie) sports cliches it does so knowingly and with such truth affection that the results are more a self contained mythology then the usual Hollywood saccharine ,vomit inducing stuff.
Also although it may not " take itself seriously" it's also smart enough not to wink at the camera and that's important as Seann William Scott staying rock solid(hard) in character is what really allows you to buy into everything.
In doing so Goon amazingly manages to rein itself in just enough to walk that fine line between outright farce and wishful possibility.
Not the stiff of Oscars but still satisfying to the last drop .....of blood and the occasional tooth.
I had a feeling you would love the movie, but am frankly surprised you saw it after me (due to its Canadianness and hockiness). It was forever on my radar after I heard an NPR interview with Alison Pill and Jay Baruchel some months back (I think it was on either Q or Fresh Air).Quote:
Originally Posted by IdolEyes787
I saw it when it first leaked online. Enjoyed it, as did the wyfe. Sean William Scott has beaten amazing odds and become a memorable, likable, and (most shocking of all) enduring actor. :O
Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance
It has Nicholas Cage in it, this time with his own hairline. He's the ghost rider again, and I guess he's a bit mental or something because of the curse, and even more so as the goatse rider. Anyways, there's some decent-looking russian - or something - woman, and she's got a son who is special, and there's some black french church-guy with guns, played by Idris Elba, who is black, and he's is trying to save them and enlists the goatse rider to help. Also, there's some bad dudes led by the woman's ex, who are trying to kidnap her son on account of working for a demon or devil or something. And that devil-demon thingie is the boy's father and wants to possess him or whatever. Christopher Lambert is a priest or similar who betrays the good guys and tries to murder the boy, but that doesn't help. There's also some hurf blurf about a prophecy. There's a bunch of nonsense with rockets and stuff, and random fighting, before it all works out in the end because the goatse rider is really very nice.
Special appearance by the bagger 288.
The plot is inane, the scenery is mostly backdrop to something cool and burning, and I guess Cage, Elba and Lambert are trying, but I think they're all a bit sleepy, except that occasionally Cage has had too much coffee or possibly amphetamine and flips.
I did, however, like the effects surrounding the ghost rider himself, even if he mostly acted like a spastic.
It's basically a movie built around one character, which isn't that unusal, but they're more honest about it than I'm used to. It doesn't help that he's only interesting when he transforms, and when he does, he's got about three lines of dialogue.
I really like the comic, at least as it was in the late nineties, and the effects does that justice, but I can't really say that the story of the original comic was that fantastic. What made it awesome was the premise, and they took that, with this movie, and added nothing of value.
Oh, and Nicholas Cage ruins cool-looking cartoony bits with shitty narrating.
From the description possibly greatest movie ever.:OQuote:
Originally Posted by Snee
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=purgXaoqhPY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azEvfD4C6ow
Except for how uninspired it was, and that it could be nearly any movie out of the Prophecy-series, if you took the goatse rider out, and added another angel or two, it was totally awesome. Yes.Quote:
Originally Posted by IdolEyes787From the description possibly greatest movie ever.:OQuote:
Originally Posted by Snee
Moneyball
I like sports. I like watching sports. I like discussing sports (one sport more than any other). Because of that, this movie was not as good for me as it may have been for other people. I just think Brad Pitt has done his best work already. A long time ago.
Maybe it's just because I don't even understand everything about baseball...
EDIT: Forgot to rate it. 10/10 Amazing movie, bruh!
One of these statements is not like the other, one of these statements is...Quote:
Originally Posted by The_Martinator
Iron Sky
American two-man lunar expedition, one part stereotypical-sounding black man, stumbles upon nazi moon base. From there on we're launched into a fantastic plot involving a presidential election, a nazi invasion from the moon, and space-battles.
It is brilliant.
It's satirical in that it mocks several things american, and that the president is more than a little bit similar to Sarah Palin.
It also borrows influences from several directions and manages to both reference Charlie Chaplin's the Dictator, and sport certain scenery and plot elements that bring Dr Strangelove to mind.
It's an odd movie in that the plot and much of the acting is more or less B-Movie, whereas much of the effects would work in a pretty decent decent hollywood production. As a comedy it sometimes seems a bit simple, but it transcends what should make it bad, and ends up being one of the better movies I've seen this year.
I highly recommend it, only don't take it too seriously.
After reading what you said about it yesterday, I immediately stole it off ben.Quote:
Originally Posted by Snee
Sounds fab.
Watched it purely based on this review.Quote:
Originally Posted by mjmacky
I don't like hockey, but I enjoyed the fuck out of it.
I watched and it's epic,whatever that means, in an updated 50's flying saucer movie meets political satire sort of way.Contains some of the best comedy that you are likely to get this year but it's also a bit uneven or maybe my North American sensibilities just didn't gel with it perfectly.Quote:
Originally Posted by Snee
I could have done without the way they decided to end it as well although I suppose that sort of thing is almost de rigueur for this sort of thing.
Reminded me a bit of the type of comedies that they turned out regularly in the early '60's The Mouse That Roared/The Mouse on the Moon,The Russians are Coming etc.
Glad you got me to watch it.Different definitely but mostly in a good way.
I knew you'd like it.
Did you watch it all the way to the end of the credits? I'm thinking it might be a clue for the sequel they're discussing.
edit: Heck knows how a sequel will live up to it, but when it ended I definitely wanted more.
In turn I am acquiring Ferrous Firmament.Quote:
Originally Posted by Snee
I have the attention span of a squirrel on crack, so no.Quote:
Originally Posted by Snee
I have now and colour me perplexed.
Safe House
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1599348/
Let me introduce my treatise on this movie by telling you how deeply underwhelmed I was by it. If you wish to read on further I will explain but that about encapsulates the whole movie right there.
This movie is another spy/ counter spy plot driven drama, or at least it is supposed to be, the plot is very transparent and weak, leaving it looking like the poor retarded cousin of such offerings as Unknown or The Bourne Identity.
I was left half way through the movie with the urge to shake Denzel Washington for one one of his rare mis-steps, he is usually a much better judge of the screenplays that he signs up for. That is the weakness, the screenplay is vapid, all the rest is competent or better, although the character development is minimalist leading to two dimensional characters and somewhat childlike good guy /bad guy characterisations.
In conclusion, I can't recommend it, this is supposed to be a highbrow plot driven drama, but the plot is childlike, if you have half a brain you will be insulted.
It was garbage, they make a couple of these movies every year that just use a different small hook. My mother-in-law eats these up which is the reason I grabbed it and watched it against my better prejudice. My in-laws also think Osama bin Laden is still running around the world and there's a huge cover-up.Quote:
Originally Posted by Artemis
Fastest- a documentary narrated by Ewan McGregor about MotoGP superstar Valentino Rossi.
Even if you're not familiar with or a fan of motorcycle roadracing, Fastest has some of the most mesmerizing footage you're ever likely to see.
A 350 lb. machine capable of speeds in excess of 220 mph is a magnificent thing to behold, especially in slow motion when you can truly appreciate the violence and beauty involved.
The film does not require much knowledge of the technical aspects or the history of the sport, just watch for the spectacle and marvel at the skill and bravery of the riders.
Mostly in English, there are quite a few interviews in Italian with no subtitles...kind of weird.
Doesn't really matter, the visuals are what matters.
I really enjoyed it.
For a second there, I almost thought you were talking about me.Quote:
Originally Posted by clocker
Crazy Stupid Love. A sort of gentle, kinda old fashion film about the many travails of love.
I liked it because it had a bad case of the uncynicals.
Steve Carell still does his Steve Carell thing but in this case it's muted and appropriate enough to the story not to bring the whole thing crashing down.
Other than that I spent half the movie trying to place who played Emma Stone's boyfriend until it finally dawned on me that it was Josh Groban.
I discovered that he doesn't even need to sing to still be highly offensive.
50/50 For me a very good,bordering great movie. Not great in the Summer blockbuster giant battles sort of way but in a very human one.
Going in I actually had never been a fan of Joseph Gordon-Levitt and that goes all the way back to The Powers That Be, even though he's featured prominently in some movies that I have really liked.
Here though he loses that little bit of annoying swagger that I have always associated with him and gives such an undeniably truthful performance that it basically makes the film.
The very ending was a minor let-down but there probably really any place else to go without tacking on a lot of pointless stuff that would have lessened the impact of the preceding scenes.
As for Seth Rogen's character being too "unrealistic" I think he was meant to convey certain concepts/attitudes not be "realistic"
This "annoying swagger" is nowhere present in Brick or The Lookout, both of which I really enjoyed.Quote:
Originally Posted by IdolEyes787
I don't know I still got a douche vibe off him in The Lookout.Maybe because his character was a douche.
I had to look up Brick because it didn't ring a bell and then I realized I have seen it and I'll give you that one. Weird movie though, stylish film noir for teens.
Yeah, what "annoying swagger"....for that guy? I loved those movies.Quote:
Originally Posted by clockerThis "annoying swagger" is nowhere present in Brick or The Lookout, both of which I really enjoyed.Quote:
Originally Posted by IdolEyes787
It's an opinion,you don't have to agree with it.:ermm:
Anyway if you insist on disagreeing with everything I post just to be a douche please at least put some logic behind it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Uy4vEGSVdk
I wasn't talking to you and couldn't give a flying fuck whether you see logic in it.Quote:
Originally Posted by IdolEyes787
I mean I think I've disagreed a whole two times. It ain't all o' dat so quit being the resident twunt. :dry:
You quoted me in a negative connotation so whether you are willing to admit to it or not you were "talking" to me .Quote:
Originally Posted by BusymanI wasn't talking to you and couldn't give a flying fuck whether you see logic in it.Quote:
Originally Posted by IdolEyes787
I mean I think I've disagreed a whole two times. It ain't all o' dat so quit being the resident twunt. :dry:
Anyway sorry if you see me as somehow usurping your cunt position and even sorrier for whatever happened in your life to have made you the way you are.
No you being the obvious twunt that you are is negative. Me not seeing an actor the same way as you is "nothing to get uppity about". i I mean Wtf? Were fragile feelings hurt or something?Quote:
Originally Posted by IdolEyes787You quoted me in a negative connotation so whether you are willing to admit to it or not you were "talking" to me .Quote:
Originally Posted by Busyman
Anyway sorry if you see me as somehow usurping your cunt position and even sorrier for whatever happened in your life to have made you the way you are.
You are pathetic. Move the fuck on.
Great just when I finally have the importunity to get involved in a really good blood feud I find that I lack the requisite levels of pettiness and misdirected,single-minded hostility ,not to mention interest to really make it work.:(
I dunno maybe try being less silly and see if that helps.
Great just when I finally have the importunity to get involved in a really good blood feud I find that I lack the requisite levels of pettiness and misdirected,single-minded hostility ,not to mention interest to really make it work.:(
I dunno maybe try being less silly and see if that helps.
Also obvious my face isn't anywhere in your proximity so doubtless I'm getting the full onslaught of your ....courage.
I'm taking that all that hot gobbage you are spewing means you are going to piss off then.:huh:Quote:
Originally Posted by IdolEyes787
Faaaanfuckingtastic.
I have no interest in your dumbass internet blood feud so please take your cuntery elsewhere.:wacko:
I think this would be a good place to stop before you go and make an even larger ass of yourself.
I know you won't though because that's what asses do.
HANDBAGS!
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Prometheus
Alien prequel(/reboot?). Archeologists find map to another world hidden in old cave paintings and whatnot. An interstellar expedition is mounted with the starship Prometheus. At the destination they find a complex of tunnels, and a crashed and ancient starship. Infectious substances and nasty creatures emerge. Hilarity ensues.
I found it to be good. While it lacked the horror of the first Alien, or the brilliant action sequences of Aliens, and the plot didn't feel as solid as either of the plots of those two, it still had its charms.
I was quite enamored by the, if somewhat sparse, usage of 3D-technology in the movie. I also liked what looked like the proto-forms of what we see in the Alien-franchise. And I didn't mind the mystery of the movie. Sometimes it's good that not everything is explained.
The effects and props worked for me, and I found the Prometheus itself believable, if unexciting in design. The one issue I had with the effects was Guy Pierce's old-man make-up, which just looked wrong.
As far as the acting goes, I don't know if I felt that anyone really shone, but performances were for the greater part solid. Noomi Rapace's accent was a bit off, but I still liked her, even if she's no Ripley. Also, Michael Fassbender makes an excellent android.
In short, I liked the movie, even though it wasn't perfect.
Seeing the IT-Crowd's "Prime" and Threesome's Ritchie on the flight deck made me smile.
Men in black 3
Yes but apparently you watch anime and have serious conversations concerning comic books so I have to take everything you say with a grain of salt.Quote:
Originally Posted by ckrit
Men in black 3
Read the title of the thread again s l o w l y, it isn't name a random film title, spamtard. :blink:Quote:
Originally Posted by Desiree