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Posted 31 August 2013 - 11:34 PM

Saw Elysium - agree with others, decent, but social commentary is about as subtle as a hammer in the bollocks.

Speaking of Hammer,

Saw The Lone Ranger - do not get why this film is getting as much stick as its been getting from critics, etc. Not brilliant, but not bad. Laughed out loud at a few points, some good stunts, some genuinely amazing acting (granted from a horse rather than a human, but amazing all the same).

Could do with some trimming as its a bit bloated at 2.5 hours or so, but really enjoyed it. And damn glad that they stuck with Rossini's William Tell Overture as the main theme.

meh. Link was dead :(

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Posted 01 September 2013 - 09:05 PM

Watched Pain & Gain last night and fucking loved it. Not a big fan of the Rock, but he was awesome in this. I know a lot of people disliked it cause it was so dark but I loved it. Will definitely be watching this one again.

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Posted 02 September 2013 - 12:01 PM

Finally got to see THE CROODS. Not bad, actually, though I can't listen to Nick Cage anymore without thinking of Andy Samberg.

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Posted 02 September 2013 - 01:14 PM

Finally watched John Carter in the middle of the night when I was up with the little one. Decent movie, but seriously, who was sitting around casting and thought, you know who would make a great leading man in a blockbuster? Taylor Kitsch! Cause the need to get out of the movie business. See Battleship for additional references.

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Posted 02 September 2013 - 02:45 PM

Oh god! I was subjected to Identity Thief last night. I now have an inoperable brain tumor.

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Posted 02 September 2013 - 04:39 PM

Slow Ben, on 02 September 2013 - 01:14 PM, said:

I actually quite like Taylor Kitsch. His work in Friday Night Lights was very nice. Due to the story, he had a wide range to display his skills in and acquitted himself well. He did the same in John Carter (to me) and was quite likable in a difficult role, as well as being physically impressive and willing to really engage in the "make believe".

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Posted 02 September 2013 - 07:45 PM

JOHN CARTER was marketed horribly. Bottom line.

They NEEDED to market it as the story that spawned a whole whack of 20th century sci-fi...so people didn't roll their eyes at something that looked so similar to stuff they'd seen before.

It's actually not a bad film at all, and I was quite entertained....but yeah, marketed by fucking chumps who should have been fired.

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Posted 02 September 2013 - 08:33 PM

I like Kitsch too. He manages to be low key and personable without being a generic "everyman" -- which maybe doesn't make him traditional action hero material, sure, but it's also what differentiated Die Hard from even the other classic 80s action flicks right? Genuine personality is actually more relatable than a cardboard character who checks off the boxes (not meant as a direct comparison between the two films or lead characters, mind you). I agree it's not a commercial casting decision, but that's part of why I wanted to see it. Plus -- while I don't ever plan to see Battleship -- obviously everyone from FNL deserves eternal good will no matter how many duds they make in the future.

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Posted 05 September 2013 - 02:57 PM

I enjoyed John Carter. It was as pulpy, or perhaps even more so, than I could have hoped for.

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Posted 05 September 2013 - 10:54 PM

I just watched The Man From Earth...
Best film I've seen all year, and one of the very best I've ever seen. It's simply spectacular. I do very much recommend you watch it.

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Posted 12 September 2013 - 12:08 PM

Saw COSMOPOLIS.

That was...different.

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Posted 12 September 2013 - 04:36 PM

Dredd is a goddamn masterpiece. It's exactly what it should have been and I'm surprised it got made as it did.

Iron Man 3 was very good. The Mandarin was very well handled. Funny, good action, maybe a bit of "Downey wants more time outside the suit" feeling, but overall, a very good action movie.

The Loved Ones was splendid. I consider it one of the best horror movies in a long time. Everyone involved does a creepy/awesome job of acting.

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Posted 16 September 2013 - 06:40 AM

Movie 43.
I want that hour and a half back.
fucking awful.

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Posted 16 September 2013 - 03:37 PM

OK I just saw Riddick last night. How can a movie be so terrible and so good at the same time? I mean, at no time is this movie going to win ANYTHING in the way of critical acclaim, and no one in their right mind would even try to present this as a thinking man's piece. Still. Lots of good action scenes. Great cheese in the form of one-liners. Absolute unbelievable healing after some seriously traumatic injuries. Man. This...this was terrible. I recommend it.

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Posted 16 September 2013 - 05:08 PM

Spoilsport Stonny, on 16 September 2013 - 03:37 PM, said:

I've heard tell that the only other thing wrong with it is that they treated Katee Sackoff's character horribly, with a bunch of rape jokes, an actual attempted rape, and gratuitous boob scene....but that otherwise it was par for the course RIDDICK-style entertainment.

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Posted 16 September 2013 - 05:30 PM

Best part of Riddick was the start where its just him. Though the absolute ending of it is ok. Everything in the middle (including all the Katee Sackoff stuff) is poor.

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Posted 16 September 2013 - 07:14 PM

QuickTidal, on 16 September 2013 - 05:08 PM, said:

Spoilsport Stonny, on 16 September 2013 - 03:37 PM, said:

Yeah that shit was way offensive and just completely took me out of the movie. I was surprised by it actually. The boob scene was a quick 3 second flash, but they didn't need to be so exploitative. I wonder what the reasoning for that was. Obviously she could "hold her own" and was used to the abuse, but it didn't make sense nor did it add anything to the movie, and she became this damsel in distress character that didn't fit at all with the way she was introduced.

Also, the complete ineptness of most of the interspace bounty hunters is beyond bad. Of course there are other things wrong with it. Like blackzoid says, the first half hour is fantastic. But I would have liked a little follow up on the Furyan side of things. It was not unwatchable, but there are some failings that I dont wanna spoil, but it comes off cheesy at times, redeemed only by the fight scenes, which are spectacular. One flying motorcycle scene is very silly. It's like they have to turn Riddick into Dominic Toretto. Still its fun as all hell, and you should see it if you like Sci-fi action space fight movies with aliens and side-boob-avec-nipple.

EDIT: The fight scenes were good, I thought.

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Posted 23 September 2013 - 12:29 PM

FOr its 75th(!) anniversary, THE WIZARD OF OZ was playing in limited release, postconverted to 3D. Took the fam to see in Lie-MAX.

The postconversion technology has improved. The 3D was subtle, not distracting, which I appreciated. And the movie still holds up, though my kids told me they preferred the Marvel GN (which is quite good, btw).

I was concerned the format would reveal more imperfections in the movie, and you can see flaws in the makeup here and there, but it isn't horrible. Worth checking out.

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Posted 25 September 2013 - 04:58 AM

Tucker and Dale vs. Evil is better than Cabin in the Woods. Much better - and I really liked the Whedon movie.

I'm buying it, that's how good this movie is at the horror comedy thing.

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Posted 25 September 2013 - 08:59 AM

Saw The Good the Bad and the Weird, a Korean take on spaghetti western. It was much more enjoyable than I had anticipated, though it doesn't hold a candle to its titular inspiration.

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