alanschu Posted September 17, 2006 Posted September 17, 2006 Hahaha, yeah, that part in Transporter 2 was awful. I really enjoyed the first Transporter, but Transporter 2 sucked IMO. I image Crank is over the top, but hopefully it's in more of a Transporter style than Transporter 2.
LadyCrimson Posted September 17, 2006 Posted September 17, 2006 Star Wars, theatrical version, DVD, yay. Odd how most of it seemed to be 'cleaned up' but they missed some frames here and there. “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
metadigital Posted September 17, 2006 Posted September 17, 2006 Who doesn't like Steve Carell? I watched Raising Arizona. Nice film. Nic Cage's character is hilarious. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Mmm ... Coen Brothers. OBSCVRVM PER OBSCVRIVS ET IGNOTVM PER IGNOTIVS OPVS ARTIFICEM PROBAT
Dark_Raven Posted September 17, 2006 Posted September 17, 2006 Dirty Harry. Clint rules. Hades was the life of the party. RIP You'll be missed.
metadigital Posted September 18, 2006 Posted September 18, 2006 A Beautiful Mind OBSCVRVM PER OBSCVRIVS ET IGNOTVM PER IGNOTIVS OPVS ARTIFICEM PROBAT
Amentep Posted September 18, 2006 Posted September 18, 2006 Watched the Japanese film Noroi no yakata: Chi o s 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
kumquatq3 Posted September 18, 2006 Posted September 18, 2006 Ice Harvest, watchable but not good The Worlds Fastest Indian, good but not classic or anything
Volourn Posted September 18, 2006 Posted September 18, 2006 Brother Bear 2 - Dissapointing after the original. Just a typical 'love story'. Yeha, yeah, I can watch and enjoy kiddie cartoons. Woo hoo! United 93 - Ok movie. Totally overrated. Acting was subpar overall (though some of the actors were impressive). If it wasn't based on a true story; this movie would have lost most of it ssupporters as it is simply a run of the mill movie. DWARVES IN PROJECT ETERNITY = VOLOURN HAS PLEDGED $250.
astr0creep Posted September 18, 2006 Posted September 18, 2006 Hollywoodland. Decent detective drama, good acting(even Ben Afleck) and interesting story, well filmed. However since it is ultimately a speculative tale and it cannot actually tell us what happened to George Reeves with certainty, I felt let down in the end. I would've liked it better if the film had more guts and told us that he was wacked by a jealous producer or even tell us outright that it was a suicide. The movie gives us more information perhaps but in the end, no question has been answered and we are back to square one. The movie is useless, serving only the purpose of reminding us that George Reeves was once alive and possibly to sell more of the recently released DVDs of the first televised Superman. http://entertainmentandbeyond.blogspot.com/
Amentep Posted September 18, 2006 Posted September 18, 2006 Hollywoodland. Decent detective drama, good acting(even Ben Afleck) and interesting story, well filmed. However since it is ultimately a speculative tale and it cannot actually tell us what happened to George Reeves with certainty, I felt let down in the end. I would've liked it better if the film had more guts and told us that he was wacked by a jealous producer or even tell us outright that it was a suicide. The movie gives us more information perhaps but in the end, no question has been answered and we are back to square one. The movie is useless, serving only the purpose of reminding us that George Reeves was once alive and possibly to sell more of the recently released DVDs of the first televised Superman. I didn't really like Hollywoodland, mostly because it hamstrung itself with a split narrative that doesn't do justice to either main character (Reeves or the fictional detective) That said, I don't think the movie really gives us more information on Reeves; it in fact has - from my understanding - some serious factual problem, mostly because they don't present an accurate representation of where Reeves was at that time in his life. Instead, they present the single idea he was washed up, bitter and strugling to find work (which was only ever put forth by his fiance, Leynore Lemon after his death). At that time, George Reeves had agreed to do another season of The Adventures of Superman in 1960; in fact the production had already approached Pierre Watkin, who played Perry White in the serials (as Noel Neil had Lois Lane) to replace the late John Hamilton (who had died after the 1958 season) from what I understand. His role hadn't been cut in From Here to Eternity, nor was there a screening with people screaming out "Superman" as shown in the movie; both the writer and director for the movie have said that Reeves filmed what was written for his part and its all in the film. Add into that that Reeves was scheduled to shoot a film in Spain and was Hitchc ock's original choice for Detective Arbogast in Psycho (and had been cast in that part) and that Reeves was scheduled for a wrestling match the day after he died and you get a very different picture of where Reeves was at that point in his life from what the film presents. Add into that the fact that the film ignore several other possibilities on his death, that Reeves - who had a very high blood alcohol level - could have accidently shot himself while screwing around with his gun or that Reeves' earlier car crash and injuries may have had a dramatic effect on his personality and you have a movie that is really about creating an account of Reeves built on the "myth" of his story, and not the reality. 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
Baley Posted September 20, 2006 Posted September 20, 2006 (edited) Sven Nykvist, Dead at 83. I'll probably cry now (inconspicuously perhaps, hopefully) -- well okay, maybe I won't shed me tears like a teenage drama-whore. I'll just take a few screen caps of Sacrifice, The Tenant and Vargtimmen while sobbing (figuratively?) in my bear (well, wine) and wanking to some cheap amateur porn. Or just, uh, Army of Darkness, on account of its enormous badassness. PS: I watched, like, 10-15 flicks since me last post in this thread, and I'd write a bunch of mini-reviews, I really would, if only I remembered them all - vividly? Edited September 20, 2006 by Baley
metadigital Posted September 20, 2006 Posted September 20, 2006 I was drawn into watching The Sting (again) last night, despite being very tired and wanting to go to bed ... Paul Newman was even better than Roberts Shaw and Redford. Brilliant film, with great wheels-within-wheels for all the (healthily) paranoid out there. OBSCVRVM PER OBSCVRIVS ET IGNOTVM PER IGNOTIVS OPVS ARTIFICEM PROBAT
Musopticon? Posted September 20, 2006 Posted September 20, 2006 I'll just take a few screen caps of Sacrifice, The Tenant and Vargtimmen while sobbing (figuratively?) in my bear (well, wine) and wanking to some cheap amateur porn. Or just, uh, Army of Darkness, on account of its enormous badassness. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Your scores just totally skyrocketed in my books, Bales. kirottu said: I was raised by polar bears. I had to fight against blood thirsty wolves and rabid penguins to get my food. Those who were too weak to survive were sent to Sweden. It has made me the man I am today. A man who craves furry hentai. So let us go and embrace the rustling smells of unseen worlds
Darth Drabek Posted September 20, 2006 Posted September 20, 2006 Yeah, I don't know about that other artistic crap, but everybody knows Army of Darkness rocks. baby, take off your beret everyone's a critic and most people are DJs
Musopticon? Posted September 20, 2006 Posted September 20, 2006 Ace kirottu said: I was raised by polar bears. I had to fight against blood thirsty wolves and rabid penguins to get my food. Those who were too weak to survive were sent to Sweden. It has made me the man I am today. A man who craves furry hentai. So let us go and embrace the rustling smells of unseen worlds
Kor Qel Droma Posted September 21, 2006 Posted September 21, 2006 The Proposition with Guy Pearce. Decent flick with some wicked shots of the Australian outback. Plus Nick Cave wrote the screenplay. Jaguars4ever is still alive. No word of a lie.
Darth Drabek Posted September 21, 2006 Posted September 21, 2006 The Proposition with Guy Pearce. Decent flick with some wicked shots of the Australian outback. Plus Nick Cave wrote the screenplay. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Oooh. I have heard of that. Because of the Cave connection, of course. Yesterday I watched another episode of Buffy, the one where Willow was meeting up with that "magic-drug dealer" character. He reminded me of Bishop Vick from Bloodlines, heh. baby, take off your beret everyone's a critic and most people are DJs
Baley Posted September 21, 2006 Posted September 21, 2006 Ace <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Yes. Oooh. I have heard of that. Because of the Cave connection, of course. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I do suggest you watch it, but, please, be warned - it's mostly a visual treat (Benoit Delhomme!), one that should be seen on the big screen (if possible). Definitely one of the better Western-like films out there. Oh and Warren Ellis = badass.
LadyCrimson Posted September 21, 2006 Posted September 21, 2006 2nd season of Rescue Me. From the first season impressions, I thought it would be funny, along with all the psycho-drama. I was wrong. Oh, it was a bit amusing here and there. But mostly not. And AoD/Bruce Campbell rocks. “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
Musopticon? Posted September 21, 2006 Posted September 21, 2006 (edited) Taxi Driver This one was cool as hell, the ending was entirely different then I expected. I was dead sure he was going to kill himself, that deep down he knew that he wasn't doing the right thing, but just lying to himself and his diary about it. "You talkin' to me?" Edited September 21, 2006 by Musopticon? kirottu said: I was raised by polar bears. I had to fight against blood thirsty wolves and rabid penguins to get my food. Those who were too weak to survive were sent to Sweden. It has made me the man I am today. A man who craves furry hentai. So let us go and embrace the rustling smells of unseen worlds
GreasyDogMeat Posted September 22, 2006 Posted September 22, 2006 (edited) I recently got the first season of 24 after hearing decent reviews. I enjoyed it quite a bit, bought the second season and have enjoyed that as well. My only problem is some of the things are a bit cheesy. I can just see the writers running out of ideas... "Hey, lets have Kim have ANOTHER incident with some crazy guy!". I've enjoyed a lot of the plot twists though and the show does a great job of getting you interested in what will happen next episode. I tried watching the shows on Fox but I'd always end up missing an episode and then just saying to hell with it as I didn't want to miss any plot points. It's been a lot of fun watching it on DVD though. Also, I recently watched Rat Race for the second time. One of the funniest movies I've ever seen. I absolutly loved the part with John Lovitz in the Hitler car in front of WWII vets. The only weak point in the movie was the ending IMHO. The movie was just so wacky and funny and then they give it this lame give all the money away to kids in foreign countries cheeseball ending. Yeah, I've just gone through hell to win all this money. If anything I might make a few thousand dollars donation but the WHOLE FREAKING BAG? LAME! The movie should have ended with the laywer and the hooker driving off with the duffel bag. Edited September 22, 2006 by GreasyDogMeat
Ellester Posted September 22, 2006 Posted September 22, 2006 I Life is like a clam. Years of filtering crap then some bastard cracks you open and scrapes you into its damned mouth, end of story. - Steven Erikson
astr0creep Posted September 22, 2006 Posted September 22, 2006 We need a new Mad Max movie <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QFT http://entertainmentandbeyond.blogspot.com/
kirottu Posted September 22, 2006 Posted September 22, 2006 Soylent Green. Would have been better if I had not known the phrase "Soylent Green is made of people" beforehand. This post is not to be enjoyed, discussed, or referenced on company time.
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