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Eric P · « **Reply #16200 on:** February 19, 2013, 07:04:00 AM »

argo - really liked it, but i don't feel i have anything original to add to the conversation so i'll leave it at that

pushover - bog standard film noir. fred macmurray is a cop who is staking out a criminal's woman under the assumption that after his recent escape he'll make a beeline for there to pick up money missing from a bank robbery. the girl, played by kim novak in her first role, convinces fred that she loves him and they should keep the money. things go predictably south in a not very interesting way. loved kim novak in it though. she was able to be manipulative without being shrewish as is common in these films.

the berlin file - a south korean spy film which follows a north korean spy in berlin and his wife as they try to survive the manipulations of another north korean agent. very good action scenes which don't mirror the Bourne series (to my relief) though it sets up a very Bourne sequel. it was really interesting to see such a sympathetic portrayal of a NK agent and his wife in this film and i realized that if anyone missed "cold war" style spy fiction then this will probably fill in the gap.

ManaByte · « **Reply #16201 on:** February 20, 2013, 12:54:05 PM »

Finally a new image from Ender's Game:

Steve Contra · « **Reply #16202 on:** February 20, 2013, 01:16:03 PM »

Looks terrible

spoiler (click to show/hide)

But you knew that, it's Ender's Game!

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Mupepe · « **Reply #16203 on:** February 20, 2013, 01:34:21 PM »

I wanna see more pics of that great rack from the first picture

Diunx · « **Reply #16204 on:** February 20, 2013, 02:13:01 PM »

Quote from: Mupepe on February 20, 2013, 01:34:21 PM

I wanna see more pics of that great rack from the first picture

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chronovore · « **Reply #16205 on:** February 20, 2013, 07:15:02 PM »

http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=100554

Snipes comeback: Gallow Walkers, a weird west story, a la Deadlands. Looks fairly like Blade, but well-lit.

Mupepe · « **Reply #16206 on:** February 20, 2013, 10:06:25 PM »

Quote from: Eric P on February 12, 2013, 07:21:03 AM

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Robert Downey Jr buys 'Black Mirror' film rights

'Iron Man' actor will produce Hollywood version of 'The Entire History Of You'

Robert Downey Jr has bought the film rights to an episode of Charlie Brooker's Black Mirror.

The Iron Man actor will produce the Hollywood version of the sci-fi anthology series' The Entire History Of You, which was written by Peep Show writer Jesse Armstrong. The screenwriter is also on board to pen the big screen adaptation, reports The Hollywood Reporter.

The episode centred on a world where people have the ability to replay memories via a brain implant. Original screened on December 11, 2011 the show starred Toby Kebbell as a jealous husband who used the replay "grain" to uncover evidence that his wife was cheating on him.

The film version is slightly different. Set in the near future, a widower uses the technology to reconstruct his relationship with his dead wife and unwittingly uncovers a conspiracy.

While Robert Downey Jr is currently not attached to appear in the film, which is in pre-production with Warner Bros. and Team Downey productions, the actor will oversee the project as a producer.

The second series of Black Mirror began on Channel Four last night (February 11). Titled Be Right Back, the episode was written by Charlie Brooker who pens all three episodes of the new series.

oh for the love of...

Holy shit. I missed this. What the fuck? Did he just see the tech in the episode and wanted it in a generic conspiracy movie?

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #16207 on:** February 20, 2013, 11:19:58 PM »

Rifftrax just released this today on VOD:

http://www.rifftrax.com/vod/cool-as-ice

IN HD.

G The Resurrected · « **Reply #16208 on:** February 21, 2013, 02:47:36 PM »

Quote from: Great Rumbler on February 20, 2013, 11:19:58 PM

Rifftrax just released this today on VOD:

http://www.rifftrax.com/vod/cool-as-ice

IN HD.

I know what I'm watching tonight!

Groogrux · « **Reply #16209 on:** February 21, 2013, 03:56:19 PM »

Rented two movies from Redbox last night:

The Perks of being a Wallflower. Had no initial interest in this movie because the whole teenage angst crap is just not me. Every little indie and goth kid was reading it way back in highschool, and they all thought it made them so original...

The movie was decent though. I picked it up because I have a thing for Emma Watson. He American accent wasn't too bad and actually fit her character well. I was hopeful that I was going to get to see more than just the hands on bra on boobs scene, but alas, no. Still though, decent movie and I can see why the school-aged kids like the story.

Here Comes the Boom. A damned good movie. I didn't have high expectations for it, but Kevin James delivered. I don't know what that guy did to get in shape for that movie, but he did it right. Guy looked beast in the end of it.

The storyline, while predictable, was pretty good. Selma Hayek was sexy as hell in that movie without ever taking a single article of clothing off. Loved the whole thing from start to finish, and the fight at the end was pretty fucking epic.

Steve Contra · « **Reply #16210 on:** February 21, 2013, 04:10:57 PM »

Argo is fucking weird. On hand it's a great, well plotted thriller, on the other hand it's possibly the weakest movie you could possibly make in regards to that particular place and time.

Polari · « **Reply #16211 on:** February 21, 2013, 05:46:52 PM »

Watched Death Wish last night. Been meaning to check it out for years, pleased I did. I think the best bit is Bronson's messed up smile, he's really enjoying that vigilante shit. I'll probably spend the weekend watching the sequels.

Steve Contra · « **Reply #16212 on:** February 21, 2013, 06:05:24 PM »

I also watched Taken 2 on an airplane. This is maybe the stupidest fucking movie I've ever seen. It's bad in the worst possible ways, luckily it was like 55 minutes long.

Eric P · « **Reply #16213 on:** February 21, 2013, 06:27:10 PM »

Quote from: Polari on February 21, 2013, 05:46:52 PM

Watched Death Wish last night. Been meaning to check it out for years, pleased I did. I think the best bit is Bronson's messed up smile, he's really enjoying that vigilante shit. I'll probably spend the weekend watching the sequels.

they basically turn into The Hulk tv series

Bronson goes to new town, hulks out, leaves

Steve Contra · « **Reply #16214 on:** February 21, 2013, 06:29:44 PM »

The Death Wish sequels are amazing.

Eric P · « **Reply #16215 on:** February 22, 2013, 07:00:00 AM »

http://movies.netflix.com/WiMovie/_Rec_3_Genesis/70244438

Rec 3 is now on Netflix's Instant

it's goofy as fuck so don't expect it to be anything like the first two. It's fun though

new Universal Soldier is up as well

http://movies.netflix.com/WiMovie/Universal_Soldier_Day_of_Reckoning/70229178

Mupepe · « **Reply #16216 on:** February 22, 2013, 08:18:19 AM »

REC 3 definitely kicked it up a few notches in the cheese factor. Still fun, but ultimately forgettable

Dickie Dee · « **Reply #16217 on:** February 22, 2013, 05:59:29 PM »

Amazing

ManaByte · « **Reply #16218 on:** February 22, 2013, 08:32:32 PM »

Quote from: Oscar the Grouch on February 22, 2013, 08:20:40 PM

I'd argue it's one of the trickier problems of B-level comic book characters turning into a movie franchise. Like with Cap - Red Skull is done for now, we're doing Winter Soldier next, and presumably big Avengers villains will be saved for the Avengers movies. So who's next? Batroc the Leaper?

I guess they can't all be Batman and Spider-Man.

Apparently Crossbones is in Winter Soldier too.

It's going to have too many characters:

Cap
Falcon
Winter Soldier
Black Widow
Crossbones (maybe)

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #16219 on:** February 22, 2013, 09:03:24 PM »

I want them to do the Alan Moore version of a Brainiac/Luthor team-up: "All right, you want to team-up? I'm attaching myself to your bald ass head and taking you over. BFF, motherfucker!"

Cormacaroni · « **Reply #16220 on:** February 22, 2013, 09:48:02 PM »

Quote from: Oscar the Grouch on February 22, 2013, 08:20:40 PM

I'd argue it's one of the trickier problems of B-level comic book characters turning into a movie franchise. Like with Cap - Red Skull is done for now, we're doing Winter Soldier next, and presumably big Avengers villains will be saved for the Avengers movies. So who's next? Batroc the Leaper?

I guess they can't all be Batman and Spider-Man.

HITLER

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #16221 on:** February 22, 2013, 10:24:56 PM »

Megan Fox is going to appear in the new Ninja Turtles movies as April O'Neil. DIAF, Michael Bay.

Diunx · « **Reply #16222 on:** February 23, 2013, 12:10:56 AM »

Can't wait for that movie to come out just to see how fucking terrible it is.

chronovore · « **Reply #16223 on:** February 23, 2013, 02:36:53 AM »

New, incredibly ornate Ninja Turtle designs? Seems likely.

Groogrux · « **Reply #16224 on:** February 23, 2013, 09:23:09 AM »

"So they don't want their beloved turtles to be aliens, eh? Someone call Megan Fox! That'll show those fuckers who's boss around here..."

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #16225 on:** February 23, 2013, 11:58:26 AM »

Michael Bay is history's greatest monster.

Enl · « **Reply #16226 on:** February 23, 2013, 01:29:50 PM »

Good thing the new series makes up for whatever crap Bay spews out.

Olivia Wilde Homo · « **Reply #16227 on:** February 24, 2013, 12:17:21 AM »

Watched a bunch of Canadian crap today:

Trailer Park Boys: The Movie - Not that great. The concept doesn't work well as a full feature movie.

Trailer Park Boys: Countdown to Liquor Day - Even worse than the first movie.

Hobo With a Shotgun - It was OK.

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #16228 on:** February 24, 2013, 12:51:12 AM »

Quote from: Eric P on February 22, 2013, 07:00:00 AM

new Universal Soldier is up as well

http://movies.netflix.com/WiMovie/Universal_Soldier_Day_of_Reckoning/70229178

The last Universal Soldier movie was actually pretty decent. I haven't seen this newest one yet, but I'll add it to my queue.

Verdigris Murder · « **Reply #16229 on:** February 24, 2013, 02:15:53 AM »

It's genuinely great, and the last 20 mins or so are action fillet steak, with some cracking fighting of the men.

Eric P · « **Reply #16230 on:** February 24, 2013, 07:48:49 AM »

watched American Mary. Not gory by any means but definitely a disturbing little horror film about a medical student who gets in deep into body modification. good acting from the older sister of Ginger Snaps

Yeti · « **Reply #16231 on:** February 24, 2013, 11:48:35 PM »

I thought Michael Bay and Megan Fox hated each other, and that was why she wasn't in Tranformer 3. Did they ~~fuck~~ kiss and make up?

Purple Filth · « **Reply #16232 on:** February 24, 2013, 11:51:52 PM »

Quote from: Great Rumbler on February 22, 2013, 10:24:56 PM

Megan Fox is going to appear in the new Ninja Turtles movies as April O'Neil. DIAF, Michael Bay.

didn't they change the orgins to some alien bullshit? so its was already DOA already imo.

chronovore · « **Reply #16233 on:** February 25, 2013, 12:46:53 AM »

Watched HANNA with da wife last night. Two hour movie, started at 11PM, finished at 1AM, were high on adrenaline for another hour. Great movie. Cate Blanchett's accent was a little unsettling, but then again her character is meant to evoke an unsettling reaction. Numerous faerie tale tropes in it, I was very happy.

chronovore · « **Reply #16234 on:** February 25, 2013, 01:25:52 AM »

Quote from: Yeti on February 24, 2013, 11:48:35 PM

I thought Michael Bay and Megan Fox hated each other, and that was why she wasn't in Tranformer 3. Did they ~~fuck~~ kiss and make up?

Yeah, they had a very public spat about it, first made public by Megan Fox. Apparently they are considering this a public make-up:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2013/feb/22/megan-fox-michael-bay-ninja-turtles

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Bay himself confirmed the news with a short post on his blog. He wrote: "TMNT: we are bringing Megan Fox back into the family!"

Whatevs; it's not like TMNT is a license which has been handled with consistency or respect.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #16235 on:** February 25, 2013, 01:31:21 AM »

ie, they're fucking again

I don't care. I know what TMNT is and I know what it isn't; likewise I know what Transformers is and isn't. These things cannot be ruined by shitty films, they already exist. Why should I spend a second being butthurt over this

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #16236 on:** February 25, 2013, 01:34:53 AM »

Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning

This is a very surreal, bizarre action movie. In its own way, it takes more inspiration from the likes of Drive and Apocalypse Now than it does your standard brainless action movie. It'd downbeat, it's often deliberate in its pacing [when it's not showing off one of its very slick action scenes], and the violence in the original version eventually added up to an NC-17 rating [the American release snipped away just enough here and there to get an R]. The story is too confusing to really take anything away from on its own merits and lots of the details are left vague, but that tends to serve its surreal nature rather than take away from the movie as a whole.

Cormacaroni · « **Reply #16237 on:** February 25, 2013, 02:12:49 AM »

it's not like Watchmen destroyed the book

oh wait i haven't been able to look at it since

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #16238 on:** February 25, 2013, 02:15:08 AM »

Quote from: Cormacaroni on February 25, 2013, 02:12:49 AM

it's not like Watchmen destroyed the book

oh wait i haven't been able to look at it since

The movie destroyed the book, the prequels stomped the pieces into even smaller pieces and then peed on them.

Cormacaroni · « **Reply #16239 on:** February 25, 2013, 02:29:47 AM »

come to my arms brother

although I keep hearing that the Darwyn Cooke Minutemen series is legit and I love Darwyn. Still don't want to give money to it or read it though

Momo · « **Reply #16240 on:** February 25, 2013, 03:00:55 AM »

Quote from: Exodust SoulBurn on February 22, 2013, 08:23:14 PM

I absolutely LOVE Doom

This. This motherfucker right here

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #16241 on:** February 25, 2013, 09:42:53 AM »

I read portions of Watchmen all the time. Adaptions have no impact on how I view the source material. They're seperate entities for seperate mediums. The last time an adaption truly pissed me off was Game of Thrones S2, and not because it changed stuff - but because it made changes that led to bad television. I'm fine with changes, just make them good.

Not everything from a novel can work on screen. Like the climax of Watchmen.

Momo · « **Reply #16242 on:** February 25, 2013, 12:14:13 PM »

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better costume

cool breeze · « **Reply #16243 on:** February 25, 2013, 12:57:18 PM »

new costume looks more like the old old costume, but better

Diunx · « **Reply #16244 on:** February 25, 2013, 01:21:45 PM »

Looks fantastic, hopefully they gave him a full red line on his waist, was the worst thing about the previous costume imo.

Boogie · « **Reply #16245 on:** February 25, 2013, 01:27:57 PM »

Quote from: Oscar the Grouch on February 25, 2013, 02:48:53 AM

honestly the adaptation that first got me (and probably most people) onto the turtles was a fucking eldritch abomination anyway, so let bay do his worst.

and he didn't ruin transformers because transformers was never good. the show was a blatant series of toy commercials, you fell for it, i fell for it, let's just admit it was garbage and try to salvage some dignity. toys were awesome though.

Beast Wars was awesome tho

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #16246 on:** February 25, 2013, 01:59:39 PM »

Cerveza mas fina · « **Reply #16247 on:** February 25, 2013, 03:35:30 PM »

I just saw the new Judge Dredd, wow, so much better then I expected. Great action flick.

Miles better then tripe like Expendables that just tries to tap in to the old nostalgia bone (although Van Damme was great).

Cerveza mas fina · « **Reply #16248 on:** February 25, 2013, 03:42:11 PM »

Quote from: chronovore on February 10, 2013, 10:36:27 AM

Skyfall: pretty darned great. Only had a couple problems, but I liked it almost as much as Casino Royale.

You don't think its much better?

Its my new fav Bond movie.

cool breeze · « **Reply #16249 on:** February 25, 2013, 10:50:12 PM »

Quote from: Diunx on February 25, 2013, 01:21:45 PM

Looks fantastic, hopefully they gave him a full red line on his waist, was the worst thing about the previous costume imo.

set shot

gloves are back to Raimi style, too.

Cormacaroni · « **Reply #16250 on:** February 25, 2013, 10:59:29 PM »

wtf is he hanging for? about to get busy with himself?

cool breeze · « **Reply #16251 on:** February 25, 2013, 11:06:05 PM »

well...

the untold story isn't what we thought it'd be

Dickie Dee · « **Reply #16252 on:** February 25, 2013, 11:10:47 PM »

Beast Wars

I don't see how anyone could think the Watchman movie took anything away from the book. Even if it didn't succeed as a movie, it still was a amazing collection of vignettes that unfortunately just added up to less than the sum of its parts.

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #16253 on:** February 25, 2013, 11:45:42 PM »

Watched drive last night. Thought it was decent enough but not as good as I had expected based on the reviews. Decent movie that I will completely forgot ever existed in a month.

I did like how it had the pacing and sort of tone of a 70's movie.

Cormacaroni · « **Reply #16254 on:** February 25, 2013, 11:55:33 PM »

the proportionate sexual needs of a spider

Cormacaroni · « **Reply #16255 on:** February 25, 2013, 11:56:27 PM »

Quote from: Mamacint on February 25, 2013, 11:10:47 PM

Beast Wars

I don't see how anyone could think the Watchman movie took anything away from the book. Even if it didn't succeed as a movie, it still was a amazing collection of vignettes that unfortunately just added up to less than the sum of its parts.

Rationally, it didn't. In reality, every time I think about re-reading it, I think about the fucking movie and put it back on the shelf. And i thought the movie had redeeming qualities.

Momo · « **Reply #16256 on:** February 26, 2013, 12:14:55 AM »

Quote from: fryinghigh on February 25, 2013, 11:06:05 PM

well...

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the untold story isn't what we thought it'd be

Purple Filth · « **Reply #16257 on:** February 26, 2013, 02:48:32 AM »

Quote from: fryinghigh on February 25, 2013, 11:06:05 PM

well...

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the untold story isn't what we thought it'd be

so peter couldn't take it anymore :'(

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #16258 on:** February 26, 2013, 08:27:51 AM »

Objectively, Watchmen has more than a few good scenes and some great ones. There are some great visuals, many from the book, and IMO the problem is they got the look right but nearly everthing else wrong. The acting is terrible and the delivery of dialogue is worse; it reminds me of the Star Wars prequel where the basic concepts of making a good movie (acting, writing, etc) are overlooked in order to focus on visuals.

Snyder has such a slavish objective to bring comic panels/images to life that he lost sight of everything else. But I do remember thinking they handled the midnight climax better (less cheesy).

ManaByte · « **Reply #16259 on:** February 26, 2013, 07:24:08 PM »

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