Movies You Have Seen Lately

[alanschu]

The only Michael Moore experience I have ever enjoyed was Canadian Bacon.

 

Though I haven't watched it since I learned what a goof Michael Moore is, so I wonder if I'd still enjoy it as much.

[Musopticon?]

I saw Spiderman 1 for the fourth time.

 

It's still an ace movie, especially the parts before the first Goblin fight.

Edited September 11, 2006 by Musopticon?

[Fionavar]

V for Vendetta

 

I need to process some of it, but I have, upon initial impression, really enjoyed the pacing and the space to digest a lot of the 'sub-text' that is presented in a manner that remains accessible I find.

[kirottu]

I saw Spiderman 1 for the fourth time.

 

It's still an ace movie, especially the parts before the first Goblin fight.

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I think writer, who writes a screenplay where bad guy says to good guy: "We

[CoM_Solaufein]

V for Vendetta

 

I need to process some of it, but I have, upon initial impression, really enjoyed the pacing and the space to digest a lot of the 'sub-text' that is presented in a manner that remains accessible I find.

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It was a good movie which I have seen twice since buying the DVD.

[Gfted1]

Poseidon

 

Eh, not bad with decent action. Made me wish I could remember how Poseidon Adventure ended. Anyone remember how they escaped the hull in the original?

[LoneWolf16]

Watched every episode of Firefly, then Serenity.

 

I love them. Please, somebody take this show on! Sci-fi, stop making ****ty movies and grab Firefly! Make a decently intelligent decision with your cash for once!

[Kelverin]

Probably?

 

Elisha = Volo the Sl0bberer!!!     :">   

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Do the bears know about this?

 

 

BTW, I freakin love that movie

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Elisha Cuthbert is the only reason to see any movie starring Elisha Cuthbert.

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Just watched the first 4 episodes of 24. And who is Jacks daughter? Elisha Cuthbert. Good stuff and I hope that Elisha was over 18 when she made it or I am going to hell. Good TV show so far.

[Volourn]

"Good stuff and I hope that Elisha was over 18 when she made it or I am going to hell."

 

Ms. Cuthbert is worth going to hell over. :">

[kirottu]

Strangers with Candy.

 

Comedy by Stephen Colbert and some other people too. It was funny.

 

Brason: Monica's having a party do you want to be my date?

Jerri Blank: I want your spermies!

Brason: I'll take that as a yes.

[metadigital]

Poseidon

 

Eh, not bad with decent action. Made me wish I could remember how Poseidon Adventure ended. Anyone remember how they escaped the hull in the original?

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They banged on the hull a bit and a rescue boat cut through it with an oxyacetyline torch.

 

[Gfted1]

^Mucho Grasias.

[kumquatq3]

Watched every episode of Firefly, then Serenity.

 

I love them. Please, somebody take this show on! Sci-fi, stop making ****ty movies and grab Firefly! Make a decently intelligent decision with your cash for once!

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Welcome

 

 

It is your duty to now Necropost the Firefly thread so we may offically enshrine you

[kumquatq3]

Strangers with Candy.

 

Theaters or on DVD (aka, is it out already?)

[Amentep]

Watched The Call of Cthulhu a independent adaption of the H.P. Lovecraft story; one of its main conceits is to try and present it as a movie of the time (so its a silent film made in a "German Expressionist" mode).

 

It looks good and has a couple of effective bits, but there are some things that happen in it - possibly due to budget - that hamper its ability to build the kind of malicious dread that exists in most Lovecraft stories. Still its an interesting attempt to do a different kind of Lovecraft adaption and I admire the creative forces behind the film for that.

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I also found it to be very 1984-like. 

That's because it wants to be 1984 -- only with ninjas, Portman and a tidy, comic book ending. Plus it's got Winston Smith starring as Big Brother. Gotta admire that clever bit of casting.

 

I enjoyed "V." It ain't Orwell (or Radford or even Gilliam) but it's passably fun.

[Amentep]

and a tidy, comic book ending. 

 

An amusing assertation since they changed the ending of the movie version of V for Vendetta rather drastically from the ending of the comic book... :("

[astr0creep]

I recently began the long trek through the entire X-Files series. So far the first 3 episodes of season 1 are just fantastic(not including the pilot).

[kirottu]

Strangers with Candy.

 

Theaters or on DVD (aka, is it out already?)

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It was a DVDrip.

 

Dane Cooks - Vicious Circle

 

Dane Cook doesn

[Volourn]

Dorm Daze 2 - Whatever is all I gots to say.

[Musopticon?]

Princess Mononoke

 

Ooh, this is the quintessential Ghibli experience. Just spellbinding! Faerytale-like and yet mature.

 

I'm in the rpocess of watching Akira and while I don't think the changes made to the manga plot are exactly for the better(like the lack of Akira himself nevermind), it's highly entertaining. Watching Tetsuo tear up Tokio and then see the government blast the battlefiled with Sol is just grand.

Edited September 12, 2006 by Musopticon?

[Volourn]

Mononoke was a good movie. Not too preachy cosnideirng its subject matter either.

[blue]

and a tidy, comic book ending. 

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An amusing assertation since they changed the ending of the movie version of V for Vendetta rather drastically from the ending of the comic book... "

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Granted, revolutions are rarely tidy. Still, from what I can tell, the differences between film and book are ultimately inconsequential details that don't change the fundamental outcome. In the original comic book, things work out well for Evey, no? And all the tidy comic book formulae play out: old wrongs are righted, good triumphs over injustice, the symbols and leaders of the corrupt regime are destroyed, and our hero (Evey) prevails? Am I entirely off here? (I haven't read the book--just plot summaries.)

 

Compared to, say, "1984" or "Brazil," the end of "V" struck me as faithful to the comic book formula (if there is such a thing). That's appropriate and maybe inevitable. After all, superheros only exist in fantasy.

 

 

Edited September 15, 2006 by metadigital

[LoneWolf16]

Watched every episode of Firefly, then Serenity.

 

I love them. Please, somebody take this show on! Sci-fi, stop making ****ty movies and grab Firefly! Make a decently intelligent decision with your cash for once!

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Welcome

 

 

It is your duty to now Necropost the Firefly thread so we may offically enshrine you

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Do I- Do I have to?

 

And I saw Dane Cook's Vicious Circle too. Laughed my ass off. Good stuff, and yeah, I got that same vibe, Kirottu.

[blue]

flawed, perhaps, but these are good films:

"Why We Fight" (2006 ed)

"The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada"

"Little Miss Sunshine"

 

brilliant:

"Fight Club"

 

well, the dog was good:

"Lassie"

 

 

First time I've seen "Fight Club." How the hell did I miss it?

Edited September 12, 2006 by blue