Author Topic: Movie News, Reviews, and Discussion Super-Thread (Read 5426310 times)

Howard Alan Treesong · « **Reply #7800 on:** September 16, 2010, 06:30:22 PM »

Has anyone seen Never Let Me Go yet? I loved the book so am excited about it...

ManaByte · « **Reply #7801 on:** September 16, 2010, 07:37:38 PM »

VOLTRON GOT BAYFORMER'D

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #7802 on:** September 16, 2010, 07:45:06 PM »

More like LOLTRON.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #7803 on:** September 16, 2010, 08:40:23 PM »

LOLTRON: A Will Feder joint

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #7804 on:** September 16, 2010, 09:12:01 PM »

Quote from: ManaByte on September 16, 2010, 07:37:38 PM

VOLTRON GOT BAYFORMER'D
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Glad I reserved myself to the fact that this movie would be shit long ago. You can take my life but you can never take my childhood memories :'(

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #7805 on:** September 16, 2010, 09:17:26 PM »

Quote from: Cheebs on September 16, 2010, 03:42:53 PM

Quote from: CajoleJuice on September 15, 2010, 11:42:14 AM
You guys were right about The Ghost Writer. So, so good. Final shot was so fucking brilliant.
More people need to see this. It's Polanski's best since Chinatown.

I rented it from Blockbuster but never got around to watching it. Now I'm too scared to rent it again for fear of them being like "lol you rented this already" :'(

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #7806 on:** September 16, 2010, 09:22:02 PM »

as if i needed another reason to not see the movie

Diunx · « **Reply #7807 on:** September 17, 2010, 12:23:15 AM »

Quote from: Green Man on September 16, 2010, 09:19:59 PM

Wasn't Pharrell doing the soundtrack for Voltron?

Robo · « **Reply #7808 on:** September 17, 2010, 12:46:28 AM »

Just watched Cliffhanger. This is maybe the funniest movie ever made.

imdb perfectly captures the intensity of this scene:

Kynette: Time to kill a mountain man.
Kynette: It amazes me, in this day and age, when a man would put money before the personal safety of himself and his bitch.
Kynette: I wanted you to go to your grave knowing that I'm going to treat the bitch... right!
[Gabe suddenly grabs Kynette by the crotch and chest and impales him on a large stalactite]

Diunx · « **Reply #7809 on:** September 17, 2010, 12:57:39 AM »

Cliffhanger rocks, easily one of John Lithgow's finest role.

Purple Filth · « **Reply #7810 on:** September 17, 2010, 03:15:32 AM »

There's gonna be a Voltron movie? WAT

fistfulofmetal · « **Reply #7811 on:** September 17, 2010, 05:48:40 AM »

Quote from: Phoenix Dark on September 16, 2010, 09:17:26 PM

I rented it from Blockbuster but never got around to watching it. Now I'm too scared to rent it again for fear of them being like "lol you rented this already" :'(

because there's totally no other way to obtain a movie from anywhere other than blockbuster am i right?

Cheebs · « **Reply #7812 on:** September 17, 2010, 09:08:53 AM »

Soon you wont be able to rent it from Blockbuster. They filled bankruptcy recently. Online renting has killed them off.

Mupepe · « **Reply #7813 on:** September 17, 2010, 09:55:25 AM »

Quote from: Cheebs on September 17, 2010, 09:08:53 AM

Soon you wont be able to rent it from Blockbuster. They filled bankruptcy recently. Online renting has killed them off.

From what I read a while back, they'll be okay after they kill off unprofitable stores and get rid of tons of debt. Most of their stores are still profitable apparently.

i forgot to post this yesterday...

Wall Street
Wanted to watch it again (i was a kid and only watched it because the box mentioned goodfellas in some way) before the sequel came out. It was damn good. Besides some of the 80's music and fashion and some sketchy acting, it's superb. The story, pacing, everything is just great. I really loved it.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #7814 on:** September 17, 2010, 12:42:09 PM »

$5 for movie rentals is ridiculous imo. Hollywood Video let me rent stuff for $3 :'(

Howard Alan Treesong · « **Reply #7815 on:** September 17, 2010, 01:10:18 PM »

[youtube=560,345][/youtube]

Cheebs · « **Reply #7816 on:** September 17, 2010, 01:43:40 PM »

Quote from: Phoenix Dark on September 17, 2010, 12:42:09 PM

$5 for movie rentals is ridiculous imo. Hollywood Video let me rent stuff for $3 :'(

just get netflix dude. mailed to your house, like $10 a month.

Robo · « **Reply #7817 on:** September 17, 2010, 04:34:07 PM »

It's weird how quickly Ben Affleck was able to turn

Ben Affleck

around to

Ben Affleck

Fresh Prince · « **Reply #7818 on:** September 17, 2010, 04:38:49 PM »

[youtube=560,345]AKI_l2wliaU[/youtube]
Seems all of it is on youtube.

Hilariously and hideously dark.

Howard Alan Treesong · « **Reply #7819 on:** September 17, 2010, 04:50:26 PM »

someone update this thread when the movie spoiler for Devil is out

Robo · « **Reply #7820 on:** September 17, 2010, 05:05:04 PM »

Quote from: mojovonio on September 17, 2010, 04:42:49 PM

Quote from: Robo on September 17, 2010, 04:34:07 PM
It's weird how quickly Ben Affleck was able to turn Ben Affleck around to Ben Affleck

He's always been a good writer / director.

It took him a decade to follow up on Good Will Hunting, between all kinds of terrible appearances in some of the worst movies ever made, and Gone Baby Gone was his first directoral effort. I think it's okay to be surprised by his recent success.

CajoleJuice · « **Reply #7821 on:** September 17, 2010, 05:38:23 PM »

I agree with you, Robo.

Howard Alan Treesong · « **Reply #7822 on:** September 17, 2010, 06:04:24 PM »

http://www.nullco.com/TSN/

5 tracks from The Social Network

Howard Alan Treesong · « **Reply #7823 on:** September 17, 2010, 06:33:29 PM »

Sweet I found Devil spoilers

sounds like another F. Night Shamalayan opus minimus

FULL SPOILERS BELOW

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OK, so there are Five people in an elevator all literally credited as Old Woman, Young Woman, Mechanic, Guard, and Salesman.There is also a cop on the scene who is an ex-alcoholic. His alcoholism stems from having his family killed in a hit and run 5 years ago. He tries to keep the people on the elevator calm. The people on the elevator die in the following order: Salesman, Old Woman, Guard, Young Woman.

Now you may have noticed that one person is left out of the list, The Mechanic.. That's because he doesn't die and no he's not the Devil. He was intended to be the last one to die and he was supposed to die in front of the person who loved him most (his fiance had ran into the building to see what was going on). And here's the twist, the mechanic is the guy who hit the cops family 5 years ago in the hit and run. So when the devil finally faced him, he manned up and admitted what he did over the radio to everyone in the building (including the cop and his fiance). The devil gets pissed and after a stare down with the mechanic, it leaves.

The movie ends with the cop taking the mechanic to jail, saying that he forgives him for what he did to his family.

So who was the Devil? The Old Woman. You can guess it right off the bat since she's a total bitch in the first 5 minutes of the movie.

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WHAT A TWEEST

[youtube=560,345][/youtube]

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Solo · « **Reply #7824 on:** September 17, 2010, 06:38:07 PM »

Fucking loved The Town. My new favorite of 2010 so far.

OptimoPeach · « **Reply #7825 on:** September 17, 2010, 06:45:00 PM »

Quote from: Cheebs on September 17, 2010, 01:43:40 PM

Quote from: Phoenix Dark on September 17, 2010, 12:42:09 PM
$5 for movie rentals is ridiculous imo. Hollywood Video let me rent stuff for $3 :'(
just get netflix dude. mailed to your house, like $10 a month.

And the streaming. I set my dad up with Netflix on his 360 and now he uses it for that more than games

TakingBackSunday · « **Reply #7826 on:** September 17, 2010, 06:46:15 PM »

Quote from: Solo on September 17, 2010, 06:38:07 PM

Fucking loved The Town. My new favorite of 2010 so far.

Really? It's a Ben Affleck flick, that usually to me screams NOOOO

edit: missed a whole page of discussing it, derp

Solo · « **Reply #7827 on:** September 17, 2010, 06:52:34 PM »

Quote from: BrandNew on September 17, 2010, 06:46:15 PM

Quote from: Solo on September 17, 2010, 06:38:07 PM
Fucking loved The Town. My new favorite of 2010 so far.

Really? It's a Ben Affleck flick, that usually to me screams NOOOO

edit: missed a whole page of discussing it, derp

Yessir. Im not overly enthusiastic about him as an actor (although he is very good in this), but I think he is 2/2 behind the camera now.

Diunx · « **Reply #7828 on:** September 17, 2010, 07:20:10 PM »

Can't wait to see it

loved GBG.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #7829 on:** September 17, 2010, 07:30:23 PM »

M. Night Shyamalan presents: Twilight Zone the Movie

Howard Alan Treesong · « **Reply #7830 on:** September 17, 2010, 07:37:36 PM »

and in the end, the Devil was ... human vanity

Diunx · « **Reply #7831 on:** September 17, 2010, 07:38:46 PM »

So it has an "I forgive you" scene? Shymasnasidhtla is running out of ideas and ripping off Raimi it seems.

bud · « **Reply #7832 on:** September 17, 2010, 08:21:30 PM »

g.b.g. was good enough, but it had too many twists, imo.

looking forward to the town, though. don

.

Solo · « **Reply #7833 on:** September 17, 2010, 08:23:09 PM »

Don drops lots of f-bombs in this

Mupepe · « **Reply #7834 on:** September 17, 2010, 08:45:55 PM »

The Machinist
Was anyone really surprised at the end of this? It could have been called less than halfway through. It was interesting and entertaining but will never, ever watch again.

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #7835 on:** September 17, 2010, 09:27:21 PM »

The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was making us think M. Night Shyamalan had talent.

bud · « **Reply #7836 on:** September 17, 2010, 09:31:31 PM »

tree of life delayed to what will probably be 2011's oscar season

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #7837 on:** September 17, 2010, 09:40:14 PM »

My brother has bet me $5 that the devil is the old white woman in the elevator because she doesn't say anything in the trailer and isn't featured prominently. I don't want full spoilers but just tell me: will I be losing $5?

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #7838 on:** September 17, 2010, 09:47:10 PM »

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As per Howard Alan Treesong's post, it's the old woman.

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Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #7839 on:** September 17, 2010, 09:48:34 PM »

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there goes my lunch money

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Fresh Prince · « **Reply #7840 on:** September 17, 2010, 09:52:01 PM »

Quote from: Robo on September 17, 2010, 05:05:04 PM

It took him a decade to follow up on Good Will Hunting, between all kinds of terrible appearances in some of the worst movies ever made, and Gone Baby Gone was his first directoral effort. I think it's okay to be surprised by his recent success.

money

Mandark · « **Reply #7841 on:** September 17, 2010, 10:53:22 PM »

It's a bad sign that I didn't even hesitate when clicking those spoilers.

Diunx · « **Reply #7842 on:** September 18, 2010, 12:32:20 AM »

The Ghost Writer

Fantastic movie, loved every second of it and THE scene really took me by surprise I jump off my seat and shit

.

I'm the only one that thinks that Brosnan sounds like Bowie?

cool breeze · « **Reply #7843 on:** September 18, 2010, 12:39:11 AM »

Prince of Persia Sands of Time

It wasn't that bad. There was nothing to really going on and the action was pretty dull. My criteria going in was "I hope this crummy looking action movie is better than the last crummy looking action movie I got from Netflix (Clash of the Titans)" and at leastthat turned out to be true. The ending did suck and that was the main reason I wanted to watch it.

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The ending to the game when the Prince is greedy and kisses Farah only to turn back time right after and drop a hint that he knew her well enough was awesome. The movie just kinda ends with no real clever use of the Prince's future knowledge. Part of it is probably because the characters didn't have any, uh, character.

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hopefully they get the A-Team in so this train can keep on rolling

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #7844 on:** September 18, 2010, 12:43:13 AM »

A-Team was okay, the main character at least were fairly well written and acted. Sharlto Copley stole the show though.

Diunx · « **Reply #7845 on:** September 18, 2010, 12:45:02 AM »

A-Team was beyond boring, I couldn't even finish it in one sitting, The Losers was better.

Dickie Dee · « **Reply #7846 on:** September 18, 2010, 03:00:43 AM »

Quote from: ManaByte on September 16, 2010, 07:37:38 PM

VOLTRON GOT BAYFORMER'D
[img]http://www.joblo.com/newsimages1/voltronexcl1-big.jpg[img]

No one else noticed the Statue of Liberty is hanging out in some random park?

Also,

Bayformers. I remember when robots were cool.

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #7847 on:** September 18, 2010, 04:29:49 AM »

Quote from: Phoenix Dark on September 17, 2010, 09:48:34 PM

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there goes my lunch money
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Cheebs · « **Reply #7848 on:** September 18, 2010, 08:54:24 AM »

The Town was a lot of fun. A nice little fluff movie to pass the time before the big movies like The Social Network & Black Swan come. Affleck is really growing as a director.

Cheebs · « **Reply #7849 on:** September 18, 2010, 08:58:55 AM »

Quote from: Howard Alan Treesong on September 17, 2010, 06:04:24 PM

http://www.nullco.com/TSN/

5 tracks from The Social Network

Man, I can't wait for that movie. The Social Network trailer is probably the best trailer I've seen in years. I never thought that was the type of film I'd hype but I should never have doubted David Fincher.

Diunx · « **Reply #7850 on:** September 18, 2010, 09:42:56 AM »

Can't write, can't direct, everyone hates his movies, why do they keep giving money to that guy?

Cheebs · « **Reply #7851 on:** September 18, 2010, 10:50:22 AM »

Quote from: Diunx on September 18, 2010, 09:42:56 AM

Can't write, can't direct, everyone hates his movies, why do they keep giving money to that guy?

I think he got some big multifilm deal.

bud · « **Reply #7852 on:** September 18, 2010, 12:06:25 PM »

the sixth sense - 8
unbreakable - 9
signs - 7.5
the village - 5 (i didn't totally hate this; it'd have been much better without the lame twist)

so yeah, until village he was pretty good.

ManaByte · « **Reply #7853 on:** September 18, 2010, 12:08:31 PM »

True Lies 2 lives...as a TV series.

http://livefeed.hollywoodreporter.com/2010/09/james-camerons-true-lies-lands-at-abc.html

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #7854 on:** September 18, 2010, 12:20:13 PM »

Last Airbender almost doubled its budget so M Night isn't going anywhere

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #7855 on:** September 18, 2010, 12:51:02 PM »

in short, you were disappointed?

Solo · « **Reply #7856 on:** September 18, 2010, 02:01:28 PM »

LOL sure sounds like it. The Town is fluff but The Social Netwok isn't?

TakingBackSunday · « **Reply #7857 on:** September 18, 2010, 03:51:31 PM »

David Fincher says NO

Solo · « **Reply #7858 on:** September 18, 2010, 04:09:52 PM »

David Fincher has directed bad movies though. Ben Affleck has not. I'm not sayin'.... I'm just sayin'...

Of course, I'll eat my own shit if Affleck ever does something as incredible as Zodiac, so it all evens out.

fistfulofmetal · « **Reply #7859 on:** September 18, 2010, 04:10:34 PM »

i dont see the appeal of the social network. great director yeah but the subject matter is complete devoid of anything interesting. who the hell really care about the origins of facebook. kinda disappointed he wasted his time with it. we coulda got something else in it's place.

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