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fred79
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posted May 08, 2014 11:47 AM |
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if you've seen, and are a fan of, "party monster", this might be interesting to read.
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blizzardboy
Honorable
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Nerf Herder
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posted May 12, 2014 03:30 AM |
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Godzilla got a 9.3 out of 10 on imDb and an 88% so far on Rotten Tomatoes. That's rare.
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JoonasTo
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Undefeatable Hero
What if Elvin was female?
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posted May 12, 2014 11:55 AM |
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artu
Promising
Undefeatable Hero
My BS sensor is tingling again
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posted May 12, 2014 12:38 PM |
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All the user reviews I read on IMDB were definetely by people who saw the movie.
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DoubleDeck
Promising
Legendary Hero
Look into my eyes...
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posted May 12, 2014 01:06 PM |
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artu said: I just watched the new Jack Ryan movie, it started out giving me the impression and hope, that it's going to be a level-headed, classy spy film, similar to Jason Bourne movies but maybe with the addition of just a little bit blatant patriotism which can be ignored. But no, the most common of Hollywood mistakes prevailed again; they went over the top. Our young Jack Ryan who was hired as a finance analyst and who had spent only "two weeks in the farm for basic training" suddenly transformed into the compound of James Bond, Sherlock Holmes and a first-class computer guy. Of course, he did not only save the world, he also saved the girl, his girl which the bad guys abducted in the middle of their international evil plan.
Still watchable, if you don't take it seriously.
The first one was still the best: Hunt for Red October.
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artu
Promising
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My BS sensor is tingling again
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posted May 12, 2014 01:53 PM |
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Yes, that was a good movie. Never thought of it as a "Jack Ryan movie" before though. Harrison Ford movies were OK, too.
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Corribus
Hero of Order
The Abyss Staring Back at You
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posted May 12, 2014 04:00 PM |
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I watched Iron Man 3 yesterday. Man, I am so uninspired by movies lately, particularly the big summer blockbusters. The screenplay was just atrociously bad.
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DoubleDeck
Promising
Legendary Hero
Look into my eyes...
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posted May 13, 2014 08:08 AM |
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artu said: Yes, that was a good movie. Never thought of it as a "Jack Ryan movie" before though. Harrison Ford movies were OK, too.
Alec Baldwin was the best Jack Ryan, even though Ford is my favorite actor (Raiders, Blade runner).
And that was Sean Connery's prime look with white beard (I am talking after Bond), he made a ton of movies around then and all were top notch (highlander, untouchables, last crusade, the rock).
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Sandman
Known Hero
Fearsome Warrior
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posted May 13, 2014 08:51 AM |
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Corribus said: I watched Iron Man 3 yesterday. Man, I am so uninspired by movies lately, particularly the big summer blockbusters. The screenplay was just atrociously bad.
+1 totally agree, Ironman films have got worse as they have gone along the series. Very poor film.
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blizzardboy
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Nerf Herder
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posted May 15, 2014 10:40 PM |
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Pan's Labyrinth is a I recommend it.
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artu
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Undefeatable Hero
My BS sensor is tingling again
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posted May 16, 2014 12:54 AM |
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I guess, you yanks really take your time when it comes to European films.
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mvassilev
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posted May 16, 2014 03:21 AM |
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Saw Battleship Potemkin last weekend, it was good but a bit too Communist for me. Is that what all these new European movies are like?
Just kidding, I haven't seen Battleship Potemkin yet.
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blizzardboy
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posted May 16, 2014 03:30 AM |
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Actually, one of the lolworthy aspects of Pan's Labyrinth is the way they depicted the Spanish nationalist guerillas.
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artu
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Undefeatable Hero
My BS sensor is tingling again
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posted May 16, 2014 03:42 AM |
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Quote: Just kidding, I haven't seen Battleship Potemkin yet.
Well, that one is only interesting in terms of cinema history and development of some technical stuff. It is quite outdated (1925) to genuinely capture you by any other means.
The stroller scene in the train station from the Untouchables is a rip-off/tribute to it.
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Tsar-Ivor
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Scourge of God
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posted May 16, 2014 09:48 AM |
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blizzardboy said: Actually, one of the lolworthy aspects of Pan's Labyrinth is the way they depicted the Spanish nationalist guerillas.
Also, they awkwardly turned the protagonist into some jailbait.
I've been watching films from the Napoleonic era, 80 huszárok (1978) was lovely, the dialect was perfect and it was nice to see the relationship between Austria and Hungary in the flesh (so to speak) and a depiction of how Hugnarian soldiers felt at the time. They didn't really seem to care about liberty or the policies of the revolution, the only motive was to see home again, and die for it if need be.
The Duellist is alright, it has believable and realistic duel scenes, but the segments between the duels tend to be rather dreary. Not much is going on and anything that happens outside of the duels doesn't seem to have an importance. And even those lack any sort of purpose beyond unjustified hate.
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artu
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My BS sensor is tingling again
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posted May 16, 2014 10:11 AM |
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Edited by artu at 10:11, 16 May 2014.
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Tsar-Ivor said: The Duellists is alright, it has believable and realistic duel scenes, but the segments between the duels tend to be rather dreary. Not much is going on and anything that happens outside of the duels doesn't seem to have an importance. And even those lack any sort of purpose beyond unjustified hate.
Hmmm, a Ridley Scott film starring Harvey Keitel and Albert Finney, set during Napoleonic Wars and I've never even heard of it before, gotta suck big time to leave almost no trace at all, maybe like that American Revolution movie with Al Pacino and Donald Sutherland...
Still downloading it just out of curiosity...
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kipshasz
Undefeatable Hero
Elvin's Darkside
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posted May 16, 2014 10:19 AM |
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Edited by kipshasz at 16:19, 16 May 2014.
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I finally watched The LEGO Movie. really cool, although the live action bit at the end kinda ruined it imo. still, a really nice and enjoyable movie, with a kinda hidden message there, reflecting on today's society of sheep.
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Corribus
Hero of Order
The Abyss Staring Back at You
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posted May 16, 2014 03:29 PM |
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I give the LEGO movie 10 stars, maybe 50. I loved every second of it, the mushy lovey stuff at the end notwithstanding.
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Elvin
Admirable
Omnipresent Hero
Endless Revival
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posted May 16, 2014 03:54 PM |
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Oh? The trailer gave me the impression that it was gonna be lame. Good to hear then
The Duelists sounds good, have to check it out sometime.
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Corribus
Hero of Order
The Abyss Staring Back at You
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posted May 16, 2014 04:25 PM |
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Well, maybe it's related to the fact that I was obsessed with Legos as a child. But I don't think it's just me. It got like 90% or something at Rotten Tomatoes. I went in thinking it might be lame, too, but was pleasantly surprised. Definitely one of the best animated movies I've seen in the last decade.
Everything is awesome.
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