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MUPS WE ARE GOING TO SEE STAR TREK, AND THEN WE ARE GOING TAKE YOUR WIFE, LEAVE HER SOMEWHERE, AND WE'RE GOING TO MAKE OUT, AND YOU'RE GOING TO CUM ON MY FACE.

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Verdigris Murder · « **Reply #16872 on:** April 24, 2013, 06:55:01 PM »

Insidious is pretty great until the journey into ghostland.

chronovore · « **Reply #16873 on:** April 24, 2013, 07:31:43 PM »

Eh, I enjoyed it all. It was a good use of tropes.

chronovore · « **Reply #16874 on:** April 25, 2013, 02:02:16 AM »

$:-\$ ...so uncomfortable.

HOW ABOUT SOMETHING ABOUT MOVIES?

Verdigris Murder · « **Reply #16875 on:** April 25, 2013, 02:03:54 AM »

I like the way Wan has found his groove, and is sticking with it. The Conjuring looks pretty enjoyable too.

Watched a bit of The Last Stand, Arnold's bad acting has actually worsened, there's a scene in a diner that's breathtakingly amazingly badly acted. A fact that's maybe compounded by having an oriental director.

HyperZoneWasAwesome · « **Reply #16876 on:** April 25, 2013, 02:18:07 AM »

the first live action anything produced by Studio Ghibli, too bad its just a short.

and in other Ghibli news, there's a live-action version of Kiki's Deliverly Service in the works, so naturally they got Takashi Shimizu (The Grudge, shitloads of other J horror) to direct it. Makes sense.

chronovore · « **Reply #16877 on:** April 25, 2013, 02:55:03 AM »

I watched The Whole Nine Yards (2001). The guy who played Chandler on Friends plays a character who is like Chandler on Friends. Bruce Willis plays a hitman; Bruce acts like he wishes his fictional persona from his ill-fated recording effort, The Return of Bruno might act, if he was a hitman instead of a blues singer. Natasha Henstridge (Species) does not have a nude scene, which is quite a lost opportunity, since she does have a post-coital scene. And there's a dental hygienist who DOES GET NAKED, so I am confused what prevented this.

There is not a single surprising scene in the entire movie. Every single set up and joke and surprise is telegraphed with extreme care, ostensibly to help people who didn't get some of the jokes in Friends not feel so alone and stupid.

I chuckled several times, so maybe I am not as smart as I'd hoped.

Cerveza mas fina · « **Reply #16878 on:** April 25, 2013, 04:49:53 AM »

There's a sequel too Chrono.

chronovore · « **Reply #16879 on:** April 25, 2013, 05:52:22 AM »

Quote from: Premium Lager on April 25, 2013, 04:49:53 AM

There's a sequel too Chrono.

The Whole Nine Yards: Rottentomato'd at 45%
The Whole Ten Yards: Rottentomato'd at 4%

Yeah, it looks like I could have even saved myself some time on the first movie, but I'm surely not going to watch the 2nd one. Phew!

Verdigris Murder · « **Reply #16880 on:** April 25, 2013, 08:34:07 AM »

Do cast members look at the camera in a comical 4th wall breaking manner?

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #16881 on:** April 25, 2013, 09:00:49 AM »

Quote from: HyperZoneWasAwesome on April 25, 2013, 02:18:07 AM

and in other Ghibli news, there's a live-action version of Kiki's Deliverly Service in the works, so naturally they got Takashi Shimizu (The Grudge, shitloads of other J horror) to direct it. Makes sense.

Not any more strange than the director of Dead Alive making Lord of the Rings or the director of The Evil Dead making Spider-Man, I guess.

chronovore · « **Reply #16882 on:** April 25, 2013, 10:09:20 AM »

Not that I recall.

You know what they did do a lot? They'd tack on these scenes where characters shouted at people offscreen, and it felt clear that the actors who were the supposed recipient of the comment were not on the set at the time. It's hard to explain, except to say the acting felt staged.

Verdigris Murder · « **Reply #16883 on:** April 25, 2013, 10:13:15 AM »

Bullet dodged then.

ManaByte · « **Reply #16884 on:** April 25, 2013, 10:57:12 AM »

Quote from: Verdigris Murder on April 25, 2013, 02:03:54 AM

I like the way Wan has found his groove, and is sticking with it. The Conjuring looks pretty enjoyable too.

He's doing Fast and the Furious 7...

Verdigris Murder · « **Reply #16885 on:** April 25, 2013, 11:18:57 AM »

Like I said.

Cerveza mas fina · « **Reply #16886 on:** April 25, 2013, 12:44:20 PM »

Whos Murderer?

nudemacusers · « **Reply #16887 on:** April 25, 2013, 03:20:52 PM »

Quote from: Verdigris Murder on April 25, 2013, 10:13:15 AM

Bullet dodged then.

you see amanda peet's tittays tho.

this is the only thing I remember from the movie.

fistfulofmetal · « **Reply #16888 on:** April 25, 2013, 10:55:23 PM »

I want to go see Lords of Salem but it's like already out of theaters or something. fucking cunts.

or i guess it's only in limited release. fucking cunts

chronovore · « **Reply #16889 on:** April 26, 2013, 07:23:42 AM »

Yeah, Lords of Salem is not even going to get a theatrical release here. I'm surprised they didn't go for a simultaneous streaming release, let me pay for it like I did with John Dies at the End.

Cormacaroni · « **Reply #16890 on:** April 26, 2013, 10:03:34 AM »

Iron Man 3

Barry Egan · « **Reply #16891 on:** April 26, 2013, 10:58:14 AM »

nice to see all the positive reviews...I hadn't realized they got rid of Favreau. Looks like after Cowboys and Aliens tanked he's moved entirely to TV work. I like the guy and he's a fellow Bronx Science alum, but Iron Man 2 was pretty self-indulgent so I can see why he was booted.

cool breeze · « **Reply #16892 on:** April 26, 2013, 03:45:21 PM »

yeah, I'm looking forward to it more as a new Shane Black movie than a new Iron Man. Happy to hear it's good.

Annoyed that it's only showing in 3D and IMAX 3D at my regular theater. I don't know if this has to do with that ticket controversy or what.

Verdigris Murder · « **Reply #16893 on:** April 26, 2013, 05:33:16 PM »

She has a lovely face, and a banging body, the perfect equation for a rape in a sorority.

I've realised why Arnold hasn't had a Copland. He basically can't act, and the best thing about The Last Stand was the hilariously blatantly obvious fight stand in for the bridge fight.

Stallone can't act either, but he has the advantage of looking a lot like a welsh mountain shepherd.

chronovore · « **Reply #16894 on:** April 27, 2013, 11:42:42 AM »

Quote from: macuser3of5 on April 25, 2013, 03:20:52 PM

Quote from: Verdigris Murder on April 25, 2013, 10:13:15 AM
Bullet dodged then.
you see amanda peet's tittays tho.

this is the only thing I remember from the movie.

That was in the The Whole Nine Yards, but you may get a recap in Whole Ten. I was stunned; I'd forgotten that late-night Japanese TV allows for tits and butts. It actually looked like full frontal, but there was a well-placed balustrade blocking a full view of the garden.

Barry Egan · « **Reply #16895 on:** April 27, 2013, 12:28:36 PM »

I remember nude Amanda Pete and Bruce Willis complaining about mayo on hamburgers.

Barry Egan · « **Reply #16896 on:** April 27, 2013, 12:34:37 PM »

even though mayo on hamburgers is delicious

Olivia Wilde Homo · « **Reply #16897 on:** April 28, 2013, 12:48:16 AM »

I hate mayonnaise.

I saw a few movies recently:

Commando - A classic. I've seen this movie before but I didn't realize that Cajole's GAF avatar of Arnold with ice cream on his face came from this movie. You learn something new every day.

World's Greatest Dad - Robin Williams raises a 4chan troll who kills himself due to autoerotic asphyxiation. Not the worst movie anyone you could see and if you're bored on some afternoon, it's worth a watch.

Vanilla Sky - Pure pseudointellectual wank. It tries to be deep and mysterious but in the most superficial way possible. I was surprised to see Jason Lee in it though. Avoid.

Cool Hand Luke - Another classic.

Diunx · « **Reply #16898 on:** April 28, 2013, 12:11:38 PM »

Ironman 3 was great!

Hulkbuster

Diunx · « **Reply #16899 on:** April 28, 2013, 12:40:01 PM »

Diunx · « **Reply #16900 on:** April 28, 2013, 12:40:41 PM »

DDL is amazing!

fistfulofmetal · « **Reply #16901 on:** April 28, 2013, 02:00:55 PM »

Sitting in the only theater in miles playing Lords Of Salem.... It's empty.

fistfulofmetal · « **Reply #16902 on:** April 28, 2013, 05:09:34 PM »

So... Lords of Salem

It is good in some spots, pretty darn good in some others, really awful in a few places...

There's some really obvious Kubrick influences throughout. Zombie clearly got free reign here and it shows in the visuals. At times, it's a beautiful movie with some really damn good atmosphere.

However, the writing is kinda awful. It's obvious to me that Rob Zombie should never write his own movies... however I get the feeling this movie wouldnt have existed in it's current form if he didnt have full control.

I liked it for the most part. It's worth seeing for the visuals.

fistfulofmetal · « **Reply #16903 on:** April 28, 2013, 07:24:29 PM »

The Devil's Rejects is still his best movie.

chronovore · « **Reply #16904 on:** April 28, 2013, 10:17:30 PM »

I'll have to see that. I've only seen House of 1000 Corpses.

cool breeze · « **Reply #16905 on:** April 28, 2013, 11:54:08 PM »

I rewatched Lethal Weapon 2 after many years. Best part is that the script needed Riggs to care about the foreign love interest, so the two end up sleeping together for like 14 hours straight. More movies should do that.

FatalT · « **Reply #16906 on:** April 29, 2013, 12:02:01 AM »

Quote from: fistfulofmetal on April 28, 2013, 05:09:34 PM

So... Lords of Salem

It is good in some spots, pretty darn good in some others, really awful in a few places...

There's some really obvious Kubrick influences throughout. Zombie clearly got free reign here and it shows in the visuals. At times, it's a beautiful movie with some really damn good atmosphere.

However, the writing is kinda awful. It's obvious to me that Rob Zombie should never write his own movies... however I get the feeling this movie wouldnt have existed in it's current form if he didnt have full control.

I liked it for the most part. It's worth seeing for the visuals.

Honestly I thought it fucking sucked. NOTHING happened at all. No lie. The ending was shit. It was basically just watching a bunch of neat artistic scenes spliced inbetween a shitty attempt of a story about witch music. Fuck that movie. What the hell happened to the other radio people? Apparently their 3/4's existence in the movie didn't need a conclusion. Just an "Oh okay bye, go into this creepy theatre."

BlueTsunami · « **Reply #16907 on:** April 29, 2013, 12:09:13 AM »

Pain & Gain

Was absolutely hilarious for the first 2/3rds which ends up getting much darker in the latter half which felt jarring. It feels like if the first part wasn't so wackydoodle the final segment wouldn't have dragged as much in comparison. The Rocks character was absolutely amazing.

Raban · « **Reply #16908 on:** April 29, 2013, 12:16:44 AM »

Yesterday I watched Howard Hawks' Scarface, and it wasn't what I expected at all! Seeing the opening slides that classify the film as a condemnation of America's justice system kinda made me go

but the film itself was a fun little romp with compelling performances, Tony especially. I tried watching the Brian De Palma remake afterward, having never seen it, but I got bored 20 minutes in and turned it off. Sorry

A Brian De Palma film I actually did finish watching, however, was Carrie. All I can really say about that movie was that it was pretty fucked up! An alternate title could've been "Fucked Up Shit Happens: The Movie". Carrie's mother reminded me of my own in a lot of ways o_o what with her violent and twisted brand of fundamentalist religion; but it was pretty rad to see all the people that mistreated Carrie get obliterated in the end. The climax during the prom was way more violent than I thought it'd be and it made me wonder if there was controversy surrounding the theatrical release.

Another notable film I saw a little while back was We Need To Talk About Kevin. I didn't know anything about the movie going in, so at first it just seemed like a movie about a very sad woman (flawlessly portrayed by Tilda Swinton

) trapped in her dysfunctional family, but then the third act took it to another dimension entirely. I can't remember the last time a flick made me so squeamish.

Bebpo · « **Reply #16909 on:** April 29, 2013, 03:54:04 AM »

Blue Valentine

Finally got around to watching this after really liking The Place Beyond The Pines (best movie I've seen in 2013 so far). The cinematography is gorgeous, the performances are excellent and it's a neat idea for a short story that's portrayed fairly realistically. I liked it, though I think I prefer Pines simply because the story, though it has more failings, is much more ambitious and interesting to me. Though I will admit that BV probably doesn't hit me as close as a lot of people because though I've been in/am in a lot of relationships, they've all been short-term and I've never had the long-term relationship experience. I had heard BV was this incredibly depressing film so I was expecting Grave of the Fireflies or something, but didn't really find it depressing at all; again probably because I can't connect to having a long relationship fall apart.

fistfulofmetal · « **Reply #16910 on:** April 29, 2013, 06:33:55 AM »

Quote from: FatalT on April 29, 2013, 12:02:01 AM

Honestly I thought it fucking sucked. NOTHING happened at all. No lie. The ending was shit. It was basically just watching a bunch of neat artistic scenes spliced inbetween a shitty attempt of a story about witch music. Fuck that movie. What the hell happened to the other radio people? Apparently their 3/4's existence in the movie didn't need a conclusion. Just an "Oh okay bye, go into this creepy theatre."

yeah... that stuff is pretty bad. Zombie couldn't figure out how to get from Heidi in Apartment > Heidi in Theater so just wrote a bunch of bullshit. The screenplay is laughable. Like... she just shuts the door... but they're right behind her... was it a portal to some magical dimension? Is this theater just really fucking secure? Why didn't they like, call the cops when they couldn't get in?

And you're right, nothing really does happen. There's no arc for her character. She doesnt attempt to overcome her adversity. The funny thing is though that I enjoyed the attempt at building a relationship between the dude and Heidi. I felt that was pretty effective but the bad writing lead to it going nowhere.

However, I appreciated the fact that the movie had a slow burn and built a pretty good atmosphere with the visuals/sound design.

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #16911 on:** April 29, 2013, 11:38:39 AM »

Recently watched Top Secret. First time I had seen it since I was a kid. That movie has aged darn well. Much better than I remember it.

Cerveza mas fina · « **Reply #16912 on:** April 29, 2013, 12:24:59 PM »

Quote from: Bebpo on April 29, 2013, 03:54:04 AM

Blue Valentine

Finally got around to watching this after really liking The Place Beyond The Pines (best movie I've seen in 2013 so far). The cinematography is gorgeous, the performances are excellent and it's a neat idea for a short story that's portrayed fairly realistically. I liked it, though I think I prefer Pines simply because the story, though it has more failings, is much more ambitious and interesting to me. Though I will admit that BV probably doesn't hit me as close as a lot of people because though I've been in/am in a lot of relationships, they've all been short-term and I've never had the long-term relationship experience. I had heard BV was this incredibly depressing film so I was expecting Grave of the Fireflies or something, but didn't really find it depressing at all; again probably because I can't connect to having a long relationship fall apart.

Place beyond the pines was good, but I kind of thought it lost direction and fizzled out a bit at the end.

Steve Contra · « **Reply #16913 on:** April 29, 2013, 01:20:57 PM »

Diunx · « **Reply #16914 on:** April 29, 2013, 01:23:29 PM »

Don't stay for the Ironman 3 after credit scene, is completly shit and pointless.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #16915 on:** April 29, 2013, 01:27:36 PM »

Charlie as scientist? Sold

Momo · « **Reply #16916 on:** April 29, 2013, 01:29:42 PM »

Can't believe I was clown enough to be scared of Sadako shit at one time $:-\$

CajoleJuice · « **Reply #16917 on:** April 29, 2013, 01:33:01 PM »

Quote from: Premium Lager on April 29, 2013, 12:24:59 PM

Quote from: Bebpo on April 29, 2013, 03:54:04 AM
Blue Valentine

Finally got around to watching this after really liking The Place Beyond The Pines (best movie I've seen in 2013 so far). The cinematography is gorgeous, the performances are excellent and it's a neat idea for a short story that's portrayed fairly realistically. I liked it, though I think I prefer Pines simply because the story, though it has more failings, is much more ambitious and interesting to me. Though I will admit that BV probably doesn't hit me as close as a lot of people because though I've been in/am in a lot of relationships, they've all been short-term and I've never had the long-term relationship experience. I had heard BV was this incredibly depressing film so I was expecting Grave of the Fireflies or something, but didn't really find it depressing at all; again probably because I can't connect to having a long relationship fall apart.

Place beyond the pines was good, but I kind of thought it lost direction and fizzled out a bit at the end.

It did. By that awful third part I wanted it to be fucking over.

Steve Contra · « **Reply #16918 on:** April 29, 2013, 01:40:03 PM »

Quote from: BlueTsunami on April 29, 2013, 12:09:13 AM

Pain & Gain

Was absolutely hilarious for the first 2/3rds which ends up getting much darker in the latter half which felt jarring. It feels like if the first part wasn't so wackydoodle the final segment wouldn't have dragged as much in comparison. The Rocks character was absolutely amazing.

Have you read the original story? I read it years back so seeing the trailers I wondered how they were going to make a comedy out of the source material.

ManaByte · « **Reply #16919 on:** April 29, 2013, 01:46:15 PM »

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