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As a action pack and speed lover Fast 5 always on top for watching in spare time.
As a action pack and speed lover Fast 5 always on top for watching in spare time.
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Re: MOVIES: New Ideas Welcome!
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With the family out of town and having vacation you could say I've had some time to burn I've been on a bit of a binge:
Kill Zone 2: You don't need to have seen the original to enjoy this action flick. This has a great plot, is well filmed and has some of the best hand-to-hand combat fight scenes of the past several years.
Kaili Blues: Another import that looks at the past and present of a physician forced to go back to his rural childhood hometown. The cinematography is breathtaking as is the way the story is told. Might be hard to find in the US.
Don't Breathe: Three teenagers intent on leaving their boring small-town life behind decide to rob a local blind-man rumored to have 300k hidden in his home. They discover that while he is in fact blind he's no pushover and quickly turns the tables on them. A bit formulaic but I recommend.
The Handmaiden: Sensual, devilish, grim and witty in a way you could only do in SE Asia. From the makers of Oldboy. Outstanding.
Louder than Bombs: Widowed father and two sons separately having to come to grips with the loss of the mother who was killed in a car crash. The mother had secrets (of course) but the the unfolding of the three men's individual personal hangups and their desire to reconnect is what makes it great. Gabriel Byrne and Jesse Eisenberg are both excellent and I'm not a big fan of the latter.
The Invitation: Psychological thriller. A couple are invited to a party by the man's ex-wife and her new boyfriend. He suspects there's an ulterior motive behind the invite (of which there are several others at the party) and soon finds out it's worse than he thought.
Hush: From the direction of Ouija: Origin of Evil (a surprisingly good movie btw) a deaf-mute author is cornered in her cabin by a menacing intruder. If you enjoyed Funny Games this is for you.
Embrace of the Serpent: Colombian made black and white film about a man who makes two separate journeys (decades apart) into the Amazon to search for a supposed magical plant. Feels like The Mission meets Apocalypse Now. Highly recommend.
Paterson: Conversation piece about a bus-driver (Adam Driver) and wannabe poet who spends time with this wife, hanging out a local bar and with his unsociable dog. This is very understated and doesn't try to over do it with melodrama. Smart, witty and charming.
Mountains May Depart: Chinese look at cultural, political and technological influences on love and family, told during 3 different times in the lives of the characters - 1999, 2014 and 2025. Funny and sullen at the same time.
Others I hope to see: Moonlight, Hail Caesar, Jackie, The Fits, The Arrival, Manchester by the Sea, Elle, Gleason, Hunt for the Wilderpeople, Miss Sloane, A Bigger Splash, Lo And Behold: Reveries of the Connected World.Comment
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Oh God, "Hush" is awesome. You want suspense? You got it in that movie. Very well done.Never really developed a taste for tequila. Kind of hard to understand how you make a drink out of something that sharp, inhospitable. Now, bourbon is easy to understand.
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They may be classified as chick flicks, but I've enjoyed all of Richard Curtis' movies. Four Weddings and a Funeral and Notting Hill, and then Love Actually which was the first he got to direct as well. After that, he wrote and directed Pirate Radio, probably the only one you wouldn't classify as a chick flick, and About Time. Every one of them is charming and witty, in that definitively British style and mannerism.Originally posted by dxmnkd316 View Post
Love Actually's probably been on at least once a day for the past few weeks, on one channel or another.What kind of cheese are you planning to put on top?Comment
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Pirate Radio, that was the Philip Seymour Hoffman one, right? Wasted potential there. I was thoroughly disappointed in that movie.Originally posted by rufus View Post
Star Trek: Beyond
That was a hella fun movie. A lot more dry humor than the previous reboots, which I appreciated. The one thing I was disappointed in, Sofia Boutella (Jaylah, the hot alien chick) didn't hook up with either Scotty nor Kirk (would have preferred the former, would have understood the latter, because, hey, it's Kirk). I mean, isn't that the way it's supposed to go?
Definitely recommend.
Edit: loved the "beat and shouting" tangent. The first example of that tangent...I was PUMPEDNever really developed a taste for tequila. Kind of hard to understand how you make a drink out of something that sharp, inhospitable. Now, bourbon is easy to understand.
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Rogue One: perfectly adequate. On par with 6. B minus.Cornell University
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Looking forward to it tomorrow. Found a theater that has a $6 matinee. *fistpump*Originally posted by Kepler View PostNever really developed a taste for tequila. Kind of hard to understand how you make a drink out of something that sharp, inhospitable. Now, bourbon is easy to understand.
Tastes like a warm summer day. -Raylan GivensComment
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Went to it tonight with Mrs and Jr (second time for Jr, of course). I'd agree with "adequate."Originally posted by Brenthoven View PostComment
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That's the general feeling. I think if I come away from the movie, and thinking "worth seeing, even though it's not part of the MAIN story, officially" I'm good.Originally posted by goldy_331 View PostNever really developed a taste for tequila. Kind of hard to understand how you make a drink out of something that sharp, inhospitable. Now, bourbon is easy to understand.
Tastes like a warm summer day. -Raylan GivensComment
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Watched Spectre tonight. Thought that the actual organization seemed fairly impotent. Skyfall seemed far better. As did Casino Royale. Spectre could have been so, so much more.
Watching John Wick as a follow up.Code:As of 9/21/10: As of 9/13/10: College Hockey 6 College Football 0 BTHC 4 WCHA FC: 1
Originally posted by SanTropezOriginally posted by bigblue_dlHe's probably going to be a superstar but that man has more baggage than North WestOriginally posted by KeplerComment
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I'd like to hear more about your thoughts on Rogue One's shortcomings.
Once it got going, I quite enjoyed it. My biggest complaints are of the "CinemaSins will probably mention it, and it does have some plausible explanations that make it less of a big deal" sort of pettiness. It's a very different sort of film than any Star Wars film, but that's mostly by design.If you want to be a BADGER, just come along with me
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Never really developed a taste for tequila. Kind of hard to understand how you make a drink out of something that sharp, inhospitable. Now, bourbon is easy to understand.
Tastes like a warm summer day. -Raylan GivensComment
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John Wick indeed was an excellent movie.If you want to be a BADGER, just come along with me
BRING BACK PAT RICHTER!!!
At his graduation ceremony from the U of Minnesota, my cousin got a keychain. When asked what UW gave her for graduation, my sister said, "A degree from a University that matters."
Canned music is a pathetic waste of your time.Comment
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Well...how about why the hell did the Rebellion have to assassinate Mads Mikkelson's character. (its not a spoiler) It just made little sense. If they succeed nothing changes and if they dont those characters probably die wasting them completely. I get his purpose to the story and that is fine, but the whole attempt to kill was dumb. It was a stupid method to manufacture drama between two characters that was neither believable or needed.Originally posted by ExileOnDaytonStreet View Post
Forest Whitaker was a waste. His character was lame. As was the stupid Empire Guy who just happened to always be wherever the Rebels were out of nowhere so he could witness everything go wrong and Grand Moff CGI could insult him.
Why did we go planet hopping for the first 10 minutes of the film?
Does the Empire not defrag their hard drives? Always delete your backups.
(if you have seen it you know what I am talking about)
Does the end take place 5 minutes before A New Hope? If not the ending makes almost no sense? If so then the beginning of A New Hope kinda is off too but only in a nitpicky way.
The robot started out cool and got old after "quirky quip #75". Hey tell us the odds again...
Actually that one was the ultimate sin for me...the Christopher Nolan-esque beating over the head of call backs to the Original Trilogy. (Nolan doesnt just tell you once...it has to be done 50 times) Lucas did that with the Prequels too...we get it they are connected. Stop with the "I have a bad feeling about this" style stuff. Give your audience some credit you dont need to hold their hand through everything they get it. Hell they must have mentioned a certain exhaust port 35 times in the movie which took away the coolness of that fact in ANH.
Honestly the flow of the movie sucked because the first half just draaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaags. When things actually start happening and there is real plot and spectacle the movie is great. Honestly a few story changes and it probably rates #2 for me. (right now it is 4 or 5 depending) My changes in white:
First off start the movie the same way with her as a child. That is fine. Even have Forest Whitaker save her like before. Instead of having her then show up in prison for no explained reason (I think that is where she was) have her still with Forest Whitaker and his band of hardcore rebels. Have the Rebellion reach out to him to join the Alliance and have them have the message from her father. Have the Whitaker Crew be the only survivors of the Death Star attack on the stupid Jedi City. Instead of the stupid duel story of wanting to find her father/scoundrel wants to kill her father just have them search him out as he has been a long term spy. Then when they find him the same Empire Guy who took her father from before is there and the battle ensues. (In this version it happens much earlier so there is more action throughout the film making it much less boring.) Daddy dies but gives her the plans without saying he created a flaw just saying it can be defeated...they no longer needed to be stolen from the backup files on Random Planet #6. Have them need to go some place to decode them...some place deep in the Empire which leads to the climactic battle. Or have it on Random Planet #6 just have it be fore a better reason than needing to hack the Empire's Cloud Account
) Have Grand Moff Tarkin send Vader to kill Empire Guy and to defeat the Rebels with his fleet. Dont give away what the message is until the end by having it given to Leia. Let thee audience make the connection dont shove it down their throats.
I think the movie could have been Empire Level great with a different story. It just fell into too many traps in my opinion. That is why I gave it a 5/6 and my buddy barely gave it a 5. If it hadnt been named Star Wars I think the critics are less favorable as well but that is just a gut feeling."It's as if the Drumpf Administration is made up of the worst and unfunny parts of the Cleveland Browns, Washington Generals, and the alien Mon-Stars from Space Jam."
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