Amentep Posted December 10, 2021 Author Share Posted December 10, 2021 I cannot - yet I must. How do you calculate that? At what point on the graph do "must" and "cannot" meet? Yet I must - but I cannot! ~ Ro-Man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Achilles Posted December 10, 2021 Share Posted December 10, 2021 13 hours ago, bugarup said: What do you mean? That was such a Guy Ritchie film trailer it could be its own parody. There's apparently been some sort of full-circle that started with Guy Ritchie making films with Jason Statham and ended with Guy Ritchie making "Jason Statham" films. Did Transporter stop returning his calls? "Art and song are creations but so are weapons and lies" "Our worst enemies are inventions of the mind. Pleasure. Fear. When we see them for what they are, we become unstoppable." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raithe Posted December 10, 2021 Share Posted December 10, 2021 Realising it really is that old now... 1 "Cuius testiculos habeas, habeas cardia et cerebellum." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bartimaeus Posted December 10, 2021 Share Posted December 10, 2021 1 hour ago, Amentep said: Has anyone here besides me seen the first one? Please tell me I'm not alone in this cold, uncaring universe... Quote How I have existed fills me with horror. For I have failed in everything - spelling, arithmetic, riding, tennis, golf; dancing, singing, acting; wife, mistress, whore, friend. Even cooking. And I do not excuse myself with the usual escape of 'not trying'. I tried with all my heart. In my dreams, I am not crippled. In my dreams, I dance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
majestic Posted December 10, 2021 Share Posted December 10, 2021 4 minutes ago, Bartimaeus said: Has anyone here besides me seen the first one? Please tell me I'm not alone in this cold, uncaring universe... I have only one question: Why? Did you at least get a nice t-shirt out of it? Like this one: Just with, uhm, forced to watch Sonic the Hedgehog? Spoiler Not much of a spoiler I guess, but The Game was pretty good. 1 No mind to think. No will to break. No voice to cry suffering. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lexx Posted December 10, 2021 Share Posted December 10, 2021 Watched the first one, wasn't bad. Will watch the second as well. 1 "only when you no-life you can exist forever, because what does not live cannot die." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bartimaeus Posted December 10, 2021 Share Posted December 10, 2021 (edited) 20 minutes ago, majestic said: I have only one question: Why? Believe it or not, it's...not completely terrible. It's not GOOD, of course, but once you deal with the fact that it's obviously primarily made for children, it's...it's mediocre for the most part, with some actually decent parts and only a few groan-worthy parts. I've unfortunately watched way worse actual literal children's entertainment...but I've also watched plenty better, too. 20 minutes ago, majestic said: The Game Year? I don't know what "The Game" is...or if I do, I can't think of what, . Edited December 10, 2021 by Bartimaeus Quote How I have existed fills me with horror. For I have failed in everything - spelling, arithmetic, riding, tennis, golf; dancing, singing, acting; wife, mistress, whore, friend. Even cooking. And I do not excuse myself with the usual escape of 'not trying'. I tried with all my heart. In my dreams, I am not crippled. In my dreams, I dance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lexx Posted December 11, 2021 Share Posted December 11, 2021 Yeah, for a movie aimed at kids it's still quite enjoyable. I wouldn't hype on it as much as the internet did back then, but I didn't fell asleep while watching, so that means something I guess. 1 "only when you no-life you can exist forever, because what does not live cannot die." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
majestic Posted December 11, 2021 Share Posted December 11, 2021 11 minutes ago, Bartimaeus said: Believe it or not, it's...not completely terrible. It's not GOOD, of course, but once you deal with the fact that it's obviously primarily made for children, it's...it's mediocre for the most part, with some actually decent parts and only a few groan-worthy parts. I've unfortunately watched way worse actual literal children's entertainment...but I've also watched plenty better, too. I was kidding, mostly, I actually wanted to catch that in the theater with a friend of mine because it looked like really entertaining trash, but then things just shut down forever and ever. Doesn't sound like it was entertaining trash, though. 12 minutes ago, Bartimaeus said: Year? I don't know what "The Game" is...or if I do, I can't think of what, . The Game (1997): Michael Douglas plays an **** investment banker, which is a role he's pretty good at. Read the blurb, if that sounds at all interesting stop, because it's a bit like The Usual Suspects and relies heavily on not knowing what's going on. Any spoilers would be really detrimental for a first experience. David Fincher knows how to make movies, even if Alien³ turned out to be a little on the weaker side. Came out after Se7en. 1 No mind to think. No will to break. No voice to cry suffering. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PK htiw klaw eriF Posted December 11, 2021 Share Posted December 11, 2021 1 hour ago, majestic said: I have only one question: Why? I was happy to see Jim Carey get work. "Akiva Goldsman and Alex Kurtzman run the 21st century version of MK ULTRA." - majestic "I'm gonna hunt you down so that I can slap you square in the mouth." - Bartimaeus "Without individual thinking you can't notice the plot holes." - InsaneCommander "Just feed off the suffering of gamers." - Malcador "You are calling my taste crap." -Hurlshort "thankfully it seems like the creators like Hungary less this time around." - Sarex "Don't forget the wakame, dumbass" -Keyrock "Are you trolling or just being inadvertently nonsensical?' -Pidesco "we have already been forced to admit you are at least human" - uuuhhii "I refuse to buy from non-woke businesses" - HoonDing "feral camels are now considered a pest" - Gorth "Melkathi is known to be an overly critical grumpy person" - Melkathi "Oddly enough Sanderson was a lot more direct despite being a Mormon" - Zoraptor "I found it greatly disturbing to scroll through my cartoon's halfing selection of genitalias." - Wormerine "Am I phrasing in the most negative light for them? Yes, but it's not untrue." - ShadySands Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bartimaeus Posted December 11, 2021 Share Posted December 11, 2021 12 hours ago, majestic said: I was kidding, mostly, I actually wanted to catch that in the theater with a friend of mine because it looked like really entertaining trash, but then things just shut down forever and ever. Doesn't sound like it was entertaining trash, though. I think "family" movies are pretty much the definition of cinematic trash - throwing in a literal cartoon character does nothing to change that, . It was totally trash, it just...wasn't particularly offensive or aggravating trash! 11 hours ago, KP on top of ZA WARUDO said: I was happy to see Jim Carey get work. The last interview I ever saw with him was when he was at some awards show some years back and was completely off the walls out of his mind and insisting that nothing or nobody actually existed and everyone was simply characters in his mind or something. Anyone know if he's, uh, doing better? 1 Quote How I have existed fills me with horror. For I have failed in everything - spelling, arithmetic, riding, tennis, golf; dancing, singing, acting; wife, mistress, whore, friend. Even cooking. And I do not excuse myself with the usual escape of 'not trying'. I tried with all my heart. In my dreams, I am not crippled. In my dreams, I dance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyrock Posted December 11, 2021 Share Posted December 11, 2021 2 hours ago, Bartimaeus said: The last interview I ever saw with him was when he was at some awards show some years back and was completely off the walls out of his mind and insisting that nothing or nobody actually existed and everyone was simply characters in his mind or something. Anyone know if he's, uh, doing better? Maybe he was just wasted? I imagine a fair number of those attending the embarrassing circle jerks called award shows are getting plastered. 1 RFK Jr 2024 "Any organization created out of fear must create fear to survive." - Bill Hicks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
majestic Posted December 11, 2021 Share Posted December 11, 2021 15 minutes ago, Keyrock said: Maybe he was just wasted? I imagine a fair number of those attending the embarrassing circle jerks called award shows are getting plastered. Dunno, he also claimed there's mercury in vaccinations (I always get a good laugh out of people claiming that organic mercury compounds like Thiomersal are dangerous BECAUSE MERCURY OH MA GAWD!), so at the very least he's been treading dangerously close to the abyss a while ago. Would not be surprised if he jumped off the deep end at some point. Yeah, fun thing that stuff with compounds, huh. Sodium is corrosive and highly flammable, and chlorine is pretty dangerous stuff when it's not used as miracle cure against every illness on the planet, and yet, ever tried living without sodium chloride? No? Yeah, thought so too. *sigh* 1 No mind to think. No will to break. No voice to cry suffering. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gromnir Posted December 11, 2021 Share Posted December 11, 2021 5 hours ago, Bartimaeus said: I think "family" movies are pretty much the definition of cinematic trash - throwing in a literal cartoon character does nothing to change that, . It was totally trash, it just...wasn't particularly offensive or aggravating trash! The last interview I ever saw with him was when he was at some awards show some years back and was completely off the walls out of his mind and insisting that nothing or nobody actually existed and everyone was simply characters in his mind or something. Anyone know if he's, uh, doing better? 'ccording to a university film class we took an admitted long time in the past, family movies offer studios the most predictable positive roi. go figure. also, having met a few actors and actresses, our personal experience suggests more is like jim carey than you might want to believe, but they does a better job o' hiding their eccentricities than mr. carey... 'cause they are actors. high functioning l00ns. complete aside, for many students, particular at large public universities employing chronic overworked counselors, is frequent the case there is one bs class you need take to fill an inexcusably unexpected requirement to graduate on-time, and the film class were our desperation class. turned out being kinda fun and we don't regret enrolling, but we threw a rather immature and thankful private fit when we discovered we needed the extra class to graduate. HA! Good Fun! 1 "If there be time to expose through discussion the falsehood and fallacies, to avert the evil by the processes of education, the remedy to be applied is more speech, not enforced silence."Justice Louis Brandeis, Concurring, Whitney v. California, 274 U.S. 357 (1927) "Im indifferent to almost any murder as long as it doesn't affect me or mine."--Gfted1 (September 30, 2019) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LadyCrimson Posted December 11, 2021 Share Posted December 11, 2021 I think Jim Carrey was playing a chr. named Jim Carrey since teenage years, to cope with a lot of "stuff" and it all came to a head a period of a time ago. eg, depression and stress-pressure coping tactics. It gave us a (sometimes) very funny man but ... sometimes such comes to bite you in the butt eventually, even if temporarily. Of course, that's all my personal conjecture and I could be full of it. Not like I know the man. “Things are as they are. Looking out into the universe at night, we make no comparisons between right and wrong stars, nor between well and badly arranged constellations.” – Alan Watts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyrock Posted December 11, 2021 Share Posted December 11, 2021 Lola Rennt aka Run Lola Run (1998). This is a German movie I had heard about many times before but never got around to watching until just now. I'm glad I finally watched it. The ticking clock is a device used it media of all types to create tension and never is it on display more prominently than here. It's the same sequence of a woman running, the titular Lola, played out 3 times, but with small differences each time that result in very different outcomes, not only for Lola and her boyfriend Manni, but also for several other people they encounter along the way. I thoroughly enjoyed Run Lola Run. It's a very fast-paced movie that only slows down briefly a few times. The running time is 80 minutes but it felt more like 60, and I mean that in the best way possible. It's amazing how much more tension and excitement a creative filmmaker on a shoestring budget can create than an office building full of CGI artists and actors in front of a green screen. 1 RFK Jr 2024 "Any organization created out of fear must create fear to survive." - Bill Hicks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chairchucker Posted December 12, 2021 Share Posted December 12, 2021 The first Sonic movie was kinda fun and featured Jim Carrey being the most Jim Carrey I have seen him being in a long time, and I will probs watch the sequel and enjoy it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lexx Posted December 12, 2021 Share Posted December 12, 2021 I kinda fear that the 2nd movie will be somewhat meh again, because now they know there is big hype, and imo it usually won't end well. "only when you no-life you can exist forever, because what does not live cannot die." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amentep Posted December 13, 2021 Author Share Posted December 13, 2021 1 I cannot - yet I must. How do you calculate that? At what point on the graph do "must" and "cannot" meet? Yet I must - but I cannot! ~ Ro-Man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyrock Posted December 14, 2021 Share Posted December 14, 2021 (edited) Multiverse-hopping Michelle Yeoh? Sign me up! Edited December 14, 2021 by Keyrock 9 RFK Jr 2024 "Any organization created out of fear must create fear to survive." - Bill Hicks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chairchucker Posted December 14, 2021 Share Posted December 14, 2021 Yeah OK that looks cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarex Posted December 14, 2021 Share Posted December 14, 2021 3 3 "because they filled mommy with enough mythic power to become a demi-god" - KP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
majestic Posted December 14, 2021 Share Posted December 14, 2021 That looks bloody fantastic. No mind to think. No will to break. No voice to cry suffering. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcador Posted December 14, 2021 Share Posted December 14, 2021 Reminds me I need to watch JCVD Why has elegance found so little following? Elegance has the disadvantage that hard work is needed to achieve it and a good education to appreciate it. - Edsger Wybe Dijkstra Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
majestic Posted December 14, 2021 Share Posted December 14, 2021 7 minutes ago, Malcador said: Reminds me I need to watch JCVD Yes, you really need to if you haven't already. That stuff's worth standing ovations. Think of what you will of Jean Claude van Damme, at least he can laugh about himself, unlike some of his, uhm, brethren in terrible movie making. 3 No mind to think. No will to break. No voice to cry suffering. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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