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Great Rumbler · « **Reply #5700 on:** April 30, 2010, 06:42:52 PM »

Quote from: ManaByte on April 30, 2010, 06:41:13 PM

http://themovieblog.com/2008/07/why-the-hyper-praise-for-the-dark-knight-is-bullshit
http://www.chud.com/articles/articles/15353/1/THE-DEVIN039S-ADVOCATE-HOLY-HYPERBOLE-BATMAN/Page1.html

So two articles that go "Woah, guys, TDK is a pretty awesome movie but it's not the best movie ever or anything!" are supposed to convince us that the popular opinion is that TDK isn't really that good and it's easily outclassed by Marvel's efforts?

MCD · « **Reply #5701 on:** April 30, 2010, 06:44:27 PM »

nothing is better than batman.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #5702 on:** April 30, 2010, 06:45:12 PM »

I agree with both articles, and trolled Nolan fantatics non stop on GAF over this very fact. TDK is flawed, cheesy, and hammy like all superhero films. But it does more things right than any superhero film I've ever seen, and features a truly amazing performance that you can't come close to finding in any other superhero film.

Himu · « **Reply #5703 on:** April 30, 2010, 06:45:43 PM »

TMNT1 > TDK

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #5704 on:** April 30, 2010, 06:46:54 PM »

Yeah, I don't think anyone here is claiming, or has claimed, that TDK is some flawless masterpeice and one of the greatest pieces of cinema ever made. It's got its flaws, sure, but that doesn't mean that it's not still a really good movie.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #5705 on:** April 30, 2010, 06:49:27 PM »

That argument is better aimed at Ninja Scooter and the gang at GAF

fistfulofmetal · « **Reply #5706 on:** April 30, 2010, 06:50:19 PM »

If Nolan had held back with Two Face and spent more time with the last act, TDK could be considered a modern classic.

ManaByte · « **Reply #5707 on:** April 30, 2010, 06:52:32 PM »

Quote from: fistfulofmetal on April 30, 2010, 06:50:19 PM

If Nolan had held back with Two Face and spent more time with the last act, TDK could be considered a modern classic.

If he saved Two Face for the third movie instead of killing him off, it would've been better. And that was the original plan. Introduce him in the second movie, lock up the Joker, and then have Two Face as the villain in the third. Instead TDK used the Spider-Man 3 formula by introducing a popular villain at the end...and then killing them off in a rushed finale.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #5708 on:** April 30, 2010, 06:57:08 PM »

Harvey Dent was done so well, it's a shame they wasted time shitting things up with Two-Face

ManaByte · « **Reply #5709 on:** April 30, 2010, 06:58:53 PM »

Quote from: Phoenix Dark on April 30, 2010, 06:57:08 PM

Harvey Dent was done so well, it's a shame they wasted time shitting things up with Two-Face

Because rushing Venom into Spidey 3 worked out so well!

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #5710 on:** April 30, 2010, 07:32:52 PM »

The ending was rushed and kind of sloppy, but I think I'd rather have Batman as a rogue superhero hated by the city in the conclusion to the trilogy rather than whatever they might have done Harvey Dent.

cool breeze · « **Reply #5711 on:** April 30, 2010, 07:54:57 PM »

two-face couldn't carry a third movie with that motivation. Did people expect for him to become the two-face of the comics or something? he just wanted revenge. His role was like how Scarecrow was part of Ra's plan in Batman Begins. Joker changed Gotham's White Knight into a freak who wanted to kill a kid because he felt like he needed revenge for droopy face's death.

That boring boat sequence was the worst part of the movie. Other than Deebo kicking ass, it was just a really boring sequence that lacked any subtlety. After it you had Batman talk about how Gotham won because Deebo was a badass and rich white people were wimps. For a second you might think "YEAH! GET SOME!" but it was distinguished mentally-challenged since like everyone in the justice system was dead at that point, a hospital blown up, and tons of people dead.

ManaByte · « **Reply #5712 on:** April 30, 2010, 08:26:45 PM »

Just because you're a LOST fan it doesn't make you a Jack fan.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #5713 on:** April 30, 2010, 08:53:02 PM »

I was gonna make a long post in objection...but...

*daps Manabyte*

fuck jack

Dickie Dee · « **Reply #5714 on:** April 30, 2010, 09:15:40 PM »

Quote from: ManaByte on April 30, 2010, 12:52:33 PM

THOR
(Image removed from quote.)

Hmm, I fully expected Brannaugh to take it in a dark-age Norse epic direction. This looks fully in line with the scifi/medieval blend that Kirby(?) created. Interesting.

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #5715 on:** April 30, 2010, 09:36:57 PM »

fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck yeah

[youtube=560,345]feYnoi4mGlA[/youtube]

Dickie Dee · « **Reply #5716 on:** April 30, 2010, 10:01:24 PM »

cool breeze · « **Reply #5717 on:** April 30, 2010, 10:03:42 PM »

Quote from: Eel O'Brian on April 30, 2010, 09:36:57 PM

fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck yeah

[youtube=560,345]feYnoi4mGlA[/youtube]

the Alien 3 shot at the end

Dickie Dee · « **Reply #5718 on:** April 30, 2010, 10:06:42 PM »

holy shit, in the movie the smurfs live in Central Park

Himu · « **Reply #5719 on:** April 30, 2010, 10:21:07 PM »

Quote from: Mamacint on April 30, 2010, 10:06:42 PM

holy shit, in the movie the smurfs live in Central Park

So Gargamel lives in a condo in Manhattan?

Raban · « **Reply #5720 on:** April 30, 2010, 10:40:33 PM »

Oh, oh, is it too late for me to be ManaByte too!?

Street Fighter: The Movie > TDK

Cormacaroni · « **Reply #5721 on:** April 30, 2010, 11:44:04 PM »

Quote from: fistfulofmetal on April 30, 2010, 06:15:08 PM

Thor looks good. Simple design. I like the color contrast.

Are there any Thor TPB's ala stuff like The Long Halloween, ie: gritty and violent and not cheesey?

Try the Walt Simonson collections. It's a bit dated but still holds up really well, I think. A lot of it has the feel of genuine myth. And Thor turns into a frog, and a talking horse Thor from space also shows up.

Eric P · « **Reply #5722 on:** May 01, 2010, 12:32:57 AM »

Quote from: swaggaz on April 30, 2010, 10:03:42 PM

Quote from: Eel O'Brian on April 30, 2010, 09:36:57 PM
fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck yeah

[youtube=560,345]feYnoi4mGlA[/youtube]

the Alien 3 shot at the end

also the whole alien egg finding

Himu · « **Reply #5723 on:** May 01, 2010, 12:36:01 AM »

The Fake Shemp · « **Reply #5724 on:** May 01, 2010, 02:05:14 AM »

Disposable White Guy and I saw A Nightmare on Elm Street tonight. It was pretty boring. What a waste of a cool Jackie Earl Haley performance.

However, one of the leads has the dumbest face, as if he is both confused and shitting all the time, and I think we spent the better part of about forty minutes laughing hysterically every time he was on screen. Hell, even when he wasn't, his dumb face made me laugh.

Disposable White Guy · « **Reply #5725 on:** May 01, 2010, 10:15:39 AM »

Movie was pretty terrible, and totally depressing since I was reminded of Freddy vs. Jason the entire time and much I enjoyed it at the theater.

Also, I don't give a fuck if they intended it to be a PG-13 release, no tits =

The Fake Shemp · « **Reply #5726 on:** May 01, 2010, 10:17:04 AM »

That dude's face, though.

Dickie Dee · « **Reply #5727 on:** May 01, 2010, 11:53:51 AM »

Quote from: The Fake Shemp on May 01, 2010, 10:17:04 AM

That dude's face, though.

imdb link? i really need to see this

chronovore · « **Reply #5728 on:** May 01, 2010, 12:13:36 PM »

Saw "Die Hard 4.0" on Blu-Ray after waiting too long. I heard it was closer to DH2 than DH3. Most of the movie is about Die Hard 3 levels of reality and storyline, when suddenly it shifts to Die Harder's level of cartoon physics at the end. Super lame.

I love a good action movie AND I'm OK with unrealistic action, but they have to be internally consistent. Establish the rules for the movie up front, then let everything play out from there. DH4 gets to the 3 yard line, says "screw it" and just spikes the ball and breakdances into the endzone.

Disposable White Guy · « **Reply #5729 on:** May 01, 2010, 12:32:13 PM »

Quote from: Mamacint on May 01, 2010, 11:53:51 AM

Quote from: The Fake Shemp on May 01, 2010, 10:17:04 AM
That dude's face, though.

imdb link? i really need to see this

MICRONAPS!

He's like the poor man's distinguished mentally-challenged Edward Cullen.

ManaByte · « **Reply #5730 on:** May 01, 2010, 02:25:14 PM »

Piranha > TDK

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #5731 on:** May 01, 2010, 05:26:26 PM »

Quote from: mojovonio on May 01, 2010, 04:04:32 PM

Did I see Richard Dreyfus???

Yep.

Himu · « **Reply #5732 on:** May 01, 2010, 09:40:32 PM »

Added this to my netflix instant queue...

Eric P · « **Reply #5733 on:** May 01, 2010, 10:00:09 PM »

Watched three kingdoms starring Andy Lau and Sammo Hung. It was HORRIBLE! Badly shot poor writing poor Kung Fu. Ugh.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #5734 on:** May 01, 2010, 10:04:59 PM »

Quote from: Eric P on May 01, 2010, 10:00:09 PM

Watched three kingdoms starring Andy Lau and Sammo Hung. It was HORRIBLE! Badly shot poor writing poor Kung Fu. Ugh.

I was going to make some comment asking whether it was worse than Dragon Heat [because I'd seen it recently and hated it] and then I realised that both movies have the exact same director, writers, cinematrographer, and editor.

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #5735 on:** May 01, 2010, 10:08:07 PM »

The Goebbels Experiment

It's just Kenneth Branagh reading passages from Goebbels' diary (he kept one from the 20s right through to the end), matched with corresponding period footage from Germany

pretty fascinating, but i could have done without the horror movie soundtrack

you get to see him all burned to fuck like a curled up dead spider

even the russians looked aghast at the sight of his dead children lined up

Himu · « **Reply #5736 on:** May 02, 2010, 12:45:51 AM »

Seven Pounds of Magic Negro.

Cormacaroni · « **Reply #5737 on:** May 02, 2010, 01:16:01 AM »

Finally watched In The Loop. it was

, funniest and sharpest script in years. If Ricky Gervais wrote the West Wing, this is what it might turn out like.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #5738 on:** May 02, 2010, 01:27:21 AM »

Quote from: Himuro on May 02, 2010, 12:45:51 AM

Seven Pounds of Magic Negro.

I still have no idea what it's about. Maybe I should rent it or something

Himu · « **Reply #5739 on:** May 02, 2010, 01:54:23 AM »

Quote from: Phoenix Dark on May 02, 2010, 01:27:21 AM

Quote from: Himuro on May 02, 2010, 12:45:51 AM
Seven Pounds of Magic Negro.

I still have no idea what it's about. Maybe I should rent it or something

It's worth watching, it's not a bad movie. But still...

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #5740 on:** May 02, 2010, 01:55:44 AM »

Haven't seen a movie with a magic negro since Miracle at St Anna. I'm in need of magic negro lovin'

Himu · « **Reply #5741 on:** May 02, 2010, 01:58:16 AM »

Watch it then! It has Rosario Dawson and she's as cute as ever!

Himu · « **Reply #5742 on:** May 02, 2010, 02:18:08 AM »

My netflix queue was getting dry again so I added about 300 more flicks to my queue.

Whew.

I can breathe again.

Himu · « **Reply #5743 on:** May 02, 2010, 02:25:19 AM »

You know when you're on netflix or something and looking for something to watch and you see one of your favorite movies - in this instance, mine being Mulholland Drive - and it has like only 2 stars?

smh

Bebpo · « **Reply #5744 on:** May 02, 2010, 02:54:00 AM »

Rec 2

Was entertaining and competently made but the ending SUCKED. Terrible, just terrible conclusion. Hope there isn't a Rec 3.

Himu · « **Reply #5745 on:** May 02, 2010, 02:55:48 AM »

There is a Rec 2?

Bebpo · « **Reply #5746 on:** May 02, 2010, 03:09:35 AM »

Ya

Takes place about 5 mins after the first movie ends. From the point of view of SWAT team called in to deal with it.

brawndolicious · « **Reply #5747 on:** May 02, 2010, 03:12:06 AM »

Is it easy to pick up on the story if you've only seen Quarantine?

Bebpo · « **Reply #5748 on:** May 02, 2010, 03:15:50 AM »

Sure. Quarantine is basically shot for shot remake from what I heard. Although I think Quaratine had a different explanation for what was going on in the movie?

Rec1 spoiler:

spoiler (click to show/hide)

In Rec at the end it was explained that there was a girl who was demonically possessed and sent to the vatican and then since the vatican couldn't control her, they sent her to the penthouse of this apartment along with a priest in order to experiment on her and she was the original cause of everything that happened in the movie

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Bebpo · « **Reply #5749 on:** May 02, 2010, 03:41:09 AM »

I have to say though, Rec 2 had some creative, cool stuff. It almost felt like a video game. Like watching Resident Evil/FEAR.

For instance

spoiler (click to show/hide)

the whole "world is different with the lights off" thing was very fun and atmospheric and cool. The part where it switched over to the kids and showed their story was neat although I wish it had split the story into the two groups at the same time working together communicating with each other over the helmet and cutting back and forth to their two situations. All the demonic stuff was alright too. Just didn't like that ending. It's basically gotten to the point now that EVERY HORROR MOVIE ends with the good guys all dying and the monsters/zombies/demons win in the end. What was once a shock surprise is now just a boring unsatisfying cliche. It worked at the end of the first Rec because it was kind of realistic given the situation they were in. But the end of Rec 2 just made the whole thing seem pointless, meh.

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brawndolicious · « **Reply #5750 on:** May 02, 2010, 06:04:14 AM »

Quote from: Bebpo on May 02, 2010, 03:41:09 AM

For instance
spoiler (click to show/hide)
the whole "world is different with the lights off" thing was very fun and atmospheric and cool. The part where it switched over to the kids and showed their story was neat although I wish it had split the story into the two groups at the same time working together communicating with each other over the helmet and cutting back and forth to their two situations. All the demonic stuff was alright too. Just didn't like that ending. It's basically gotten to the point now that EVERY HORROR MOVIE ends with the good guys all dying and the monsters/zombies/demons win in the end. What was once a shock surprise is now just a boring unsatisfying cliche. It worked at the end of the first Rec because it was kind of realistic given the situation they were in. But the end of Rec 2 just made the whole thing seem pointless, meh.
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I just watched it and I don't have a problem with that since the "END" ending will probably be in the next movie and the good guys will win (somehow).

It wasn't ANYWHERE near as bad as the first mnovie where you had no idea what happened to the girl or why this virus even existed in the end (which is just massive blue balls). It was a decent popcorn thriller and now it at least set up the third part pretty well.

Raban · « **Reply #5751 on:** May 02, 2010, 01:14:52 PM »

Dude, The Business, I think The Chumscrubber is fucking hilarious for all the wrong reasons.

Raban · « **Reply #5752 on:** May 02, 2010, 02:33:05 PM »

Quote from: The Business on May 02, 2010, 02:13:36 PM

What do you mean?

A lot of the lines are extremely corny, and the situations are just so ridiculous they make me laugh. My friend introduced me to this film, and when we saw it we were cracking up pretty hard. One of my personal favorites is when the Green Day looking kid is playing the trombone, and then randomly smashes it. Or the part where that same dude gets hit by a car. Or when the main character is talking the ghost of his friend.

I like The Chumscrubber because unlike other really thick-laced indie films it goes so far over the line of sanity that it stops being annoying and pretentious and becomes hilarious.

Raban · « **Reply #5753 on:** May 02, 2010, 03:26:05 PM »

Quote from: The Business on May 02, 2010, 02:35:18 PM

Were you high when it was hilarious?

I did laugh when the Green Day looking kid identified a jet as a "F-17 Tigershark".

When I saw that film for the first time I hadn't even been introduced to weed. I dunno, I find most indie films laughably stupid. Or any film in general that tries too hard to get a point across. American Beauty, Requiem for a Dream, I just can't take movies like that seriously when the movie takes itself so seriously.

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #5754 on:** May 02, 2010, 06:41:19 PM »

Quote from: Phoenix Dark on May 02, 2010, 01:27:21 AM

Quote from: Himuro on May 02, 2010, 12:45:51 AM
Seven Pounds of Magic Negro.

I still have no idea what it's about. Maybe I should rent it or something

It's about Killer Jellyfish.

There, I just saved two hours of your life.

fistfulofmetal · « **Reply #5755 on:** May 02, 2010, 07:35:39 PM »

Midnight Meat Train

kinda boring. silly ending. overall not really good at all.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #5756 on:** May 02, 2010, 08:39:53 PM »

Quote from: fistfulofmetal on May 02, 2010, 07:35:39 PM

Midnight Meat Train

kinda boring. silly ending. overall not really good at all.

MMT is a pretty cool movie.

Eric P · « **Reply #5757 on:** May 03, 2010, 10:06:21 AM »

The Young Victoria - loved the political aspects and family aspects, HATED the romance which was clumsy and awkward and had the male essentially emasculated due to protocol, but then he spends the movie kind of "oh how i do wish that i were by her side" type crud.

Bigger Than Life- great story about a man who went a bit wild with cortisone back when it was still experimental, and how his psychosis caused him to turn into a raging monster at work (where he was a school teacher) and at home. Ends with Walter Matthau in a fist fight. I really liked the lighting and shot set ups for this film, but despised the "happy ending" coda which just felt so flat compared to the rest of the film.

Zombieland- hey, a movie that actually did live up to internet hype. I was highly entertained and the gf who hates horror LOVED this.

The Fake Shemp · « **Reply #5758 on:** May 03, 2010, 10:46:07 AM »

Didn't I say you'd like Zombieland?

Third · « **Reply #5759 on:** May 03, 2010, 10:48:33 AM »

Quote from: fistfulofmetal on May 02, 2010, 07:35:39 PM

Midnight Meat Train

kinda boring. silly ending. overall not really good at all.

Yeah, distinguished mentally-challenged movie. I liked the cinematography. But the movie was a piece of shit.

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