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Eric P · « **Reply #18840 on:** February 26, 2014, 06:08:18 AM »

finally plunked down the $20 to see Gravity in 3D before it left theaters and was blown away by the spectacle but not by the script which was firmly in the "one damn thing after another" school of plotting.

CajoleJuice · « **Reply #18841 on:** February 26, 2014, 01:35:23 PM »

Quote from: Eric P on February 26, 2014, 06:08:18 AM

finally plunked down the $20 to see Gravity in 3D before it left theaters and was blown away by the spectacle but not by the script which was firmly in the "one damn thing after another" school of plotting.

did you see it at lincoln square?

Eric P · « **Reply #18842 on:** February 26, 2014, 03:31:16 PM »

Quote from: CajoleJuice on February 26, 2014, 01:35:23 PM

Quote from: Eric P on February 26, 2014, 06:08:18 AM
finally plunked down the $20 to see Gravity in 3D before it left theaters and was blown away by the spectacle but not by the script which was firmly in the "one damn thing after another" school of plotting.

did you see it at lincoln square?

34th st

Steve Contra · « **Reply #18843 on:** February 26, 2014, 04:31:14 PM »

I keep getting excited for this and then remembering just how terrible the director's first movie was.

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #18844 on:** February 26, 2014, 04:38:31 PM »

You really gonna hold a low-budget indie movie that got generally good reviews against a guy?

cool breeze · « **Reply #18845 on:** February 26, 2014, 04:41:42 PM »

I remain optimistic. Godzilla is HUGE. He dunks on the pacific rim monsters.

Steve Contra · « **Reply #18846 on:** February 26, 2014, 04:48:41 PM »

Quote from: Joe Molotov on February 26, 2014, 04:38:31 PM

You really gonna hold a low-budget indie movie that got generally good reviews against a guy?

Yup, it was awful.

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It is no guarantee of anything however. I mean the director of the awesome Memento made the godawful Batman movies

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Mupepe · « **Reply #18847 on:** February 26, 2014, 05:04:27 PM »

Monsters was so fucking awful. The trailer looked great. Me, my wife and a friend drove 3 hours to see it (there were other reasons, but this was the main one). Oh god. The fucking pain and regret. My friend took 10 grams of shrooms beforehand and told me it was the worst experience of his life because of that damn movie.

TakingBackSunday · « **Reply #18848 on:** February 26, 2014, 05:19:08 PM »

Quote from: Steve Contra on February 26, 2014, 04:48:41 PM

Quote from: Joe Molotov on February 26, 2014, 04:38:31 PM
You really gonna hold a low-budget indie movie that got generally good reviews against a guy?
Yup, it was awful.

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It is no guarantee of anything however. I mean the director of the awesome Memento made the godawful Batman movies
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to your spoiler

Steve Contra · « **Reply #18849 on:** February 26, 2014, 05:28:23 PM »

You hate Memento

Weird.

Howard Alan Treesong · « **Reply #18850 on:** February 26, 2014, 08:31:06 PM »

Quote from: Formerly Known As Himuro on February 19, 2014, 11:44:09 PM

Goddamit why didn't they name the Raccoon Rocky?

ROCKY RACCOON

WENT INTO HIS ROOM

ONLY TO FIND GIDEON'S BIBLE

Not sure if serious but, his full name IS Rocket "Rocky" Raccoon and he IS seeking Gideon's Bible.

chronovore · « **Reply #18851 on:** February 26, 2014, 08:49:39 PM »

The Brothers Bloom
Rian Johnson made a big first impression on me with Brick, and reinforced it with Loopers. I dig his style and technique. I'd seen mixed reviews on The Brothers Bloom, but there are a lot of great movies out there with mixed reviews. From the opening of the movie, I was hooked and laughing aloud repeatedly. How could this movie get mixed reviews? It is charming, smart, hilarious, and has an interesting world not too far off from our own, believable by its own rules.

Then the last 20 minutes or so seems to abandon that for red herrings, darkness, and some truly nonsensical forced plot elements which make the whole thing untenable. I don't mind tragedy, and I don't begrudge happy endings, but this felt like it tried to tread a fine line and ended up just straddling it.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #18852 on:** February 26, 2014, 09:20:14 PM »

The Brothers Bloom was up and down and ultimately felt like it wasn't really about anything significant, but I still enjoyed its energy. Looper is definitely Rian Johnson firing on all cylinders, though, and hopefully a taste of what his career is going to be going forward.

chronovore · « **Reply #18853 on:** February 26, 2014, 09:42:03 PM »

Quote from: Great Rumbler on February 26, 2014, 09:20:14 PM

The Brothers Bloom was up and down and ultimately felt like it wasn't really about anything significant, but I still enjoyed its energy. Looper is definitely Rian Johnson firing on all cylinders, though, and hopefully a taste of what his career is going to be going forward.

I like that phrase. Both Looper and Brick are Rian on all cylinders. I think that's where he is going, but MAN, TBB was a lot of fun during the first two acts. Exciting, intriguing, you can see Rian playing with audience expectations and subverting them... and then he just kinda drops it. I suspect there was an original ending which was replaced with this one. “there’s no such thing as an unwritten life. There are only poorly written ones.” - Does this apply, even if it's only the ending?

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #18854 on:** February 26, 2014, 11:09:47 PM »

http://www.netflix.com/WiMovie/Blue_Is_the_Warmest_Color/70275600

Himu · « **Reply #18855 on:** February 27, 2014, 12:37:42 AM »

Quote from: Howard Alan Treesong on February 26, 2014, 08:31:06 PM

Quote from: Formerly Known As Himuro on February 19, 2014, 11:44:09 PM
Goddamit why didn't they name the Raccoon Rocky?

ROCKY RACCOON

WENT INTO HIS ROOM

ONLY TO FIND GIDEON'S BIBLE

Not sure if serious but, his full name IS Rocket "Rocky" Raccoon and he IS seeking Gideon's Bible.

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(Image removed from quote.)

I was totally serious and I knew nothing about this raccoon and now I think he's the best comic character ever.

Tasty · « **Reply #18856 on:** February 27, 2014, 12:18:10 PM »

The Lego Movie might be the best movie I've ever seen. Sorry, Gravity.

Yeti · « **Reply #18857 on:** February 27, 2014, 09:16:38 PM »

Himu · « **Reply #18858 on:** February 28, 2014, 05:17:27 PM »

Who the fuck wants more Matrix?

http://movies.cosmicbooknews.com/content/new-matrix-movie-rumored-take-star-wars

Also, I can't wait for the new Muppet movie. Make a new Muppet show.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #18859 on:** February 28, 2014, 10:09:48 PM »

I'm already getting tense just from watching that trailer. $:-\$

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #18860 on:** February 28, 2014, 10:20:43 PM »

looks like it would be very interesting as a regular movie, why did they have to go the tired faux doc route? $:-\$

Tasty · « **Reply #18861 on:** February 28, 2014, 10:28:24 PM »

Quote from: Phoenix Dark on February 28, 2014, 10:20:43 PM

looks like it would be very interesting as a regular movie, why did they have to go the tired faux doc route? $:-\$

Because Ti West is ripping off one of the segments (well, the best segment) of VHS2, which I'm now assuming he's jilted he got left out of.

Tasty · « **Reply #18862 on:** March 01, 2014, 12:30:13 AM »

I liked his segment in VHS1 but pretty much everyone else I know hated it.

House of the Devil was pretty good.

Innkeepers was boring, bordering on pretentious. Ending was stupid too.

He's got potential but his name alone isn't enough to hype me for something. Way too uneven.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #18863 on:** March 03, 2014, 06:49:40 PM »

Speaking of which I still need to watch The Innkeepers before it disappears from Netlix randomly.

Brehvolution · « **Reply #18864 on:** March 03, 2014, 08:40:55 PM »

Dallas Buyer Club - Aids, ignorant Texans, and a slice of some big pharma FDA shenanigans. All the making of a feel good story, but the feels never came.

fistfulofmetal · « **Reply #18865 on:** March 03, 2014, 09:14:34 PM »

House of the Devil is fantastic

The Innkeepers... I dunno. It follows the same formula but the characters are trash and the payoff at the end isn't nearly as strong as HotD

Tasty · « **Reply #18866 on:** March 03, 2014, 10:10:16 PM »

Quote from: fistfulofmetal on March 03, 2014, 09:14:34 PM

House of the Devil is fantastic

The Innkeepers... I dunno. It follows the same formula but the characters are trash and the payoff at the end isn't nearly as strong as HotD

Yup.

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #18867 on:** March 03, 2014, 10:19:54 PM »

I liked Innkeepers, just thought it was about fifteen minutes too long.

Tasty · « **Reply #18868 on:** March 03, 2014, 11:38:16 PM »

Quote from: mojovonio on March 03, 2014, 05:49:43 PM

Quote from: Tasty Meat on March 01, 2014, 12:30:13 AM
I liked his segment in VHS1 but pretty much everyone else I know hated it.

House of the Devil was pretty good.

Innkeepers was boring, bordering on pretentious. Ending was stupid too.

He's got potential but his name alone isn't enough to hype me for something. Way too uneven.

Someone explain this diss to me. I don't understand.

Snake · « **Reply #18869 on:** March 04, 2014, 07:33:53 PM »

Innkeepers was very watchable for most of its runtime since Sara Paxton is nearly a perfect intersection of cute and hot, but yeah, the movie amounts to practically nothing in the end. I think Ti West could have a bright future ahead of him, but he's still got a ways to go.

Bebpo · « **Reply #18870 on:** March 10, 2014, 04:24:16 AM »

John Dies at the End

So this was an internet thing that certain groups of internet people are like "how could you not have heard of this???" like when magus says he tired of seeing pokemon memes everywhere and the rest of us have no idea what he's talking about. I never looked into it, or read it, but I did remember seeing the title of this book turned movie here and there in internet threads over the years, so curiosity got to me and I watched the movie on netflix. Was entertaining as a B-movie Hunter S. Thompson meets Twilight Zone. Read up on the book differences afterwards and all the book fans proclaiming the film burns their eyes and is the worst adaption ever and so on, but didn't seem all that different.

Enjoyed it enough that I'm thinking about picking up the sequel book and giving that a read sometime. Movie was worth a watch if you haven't read the book and like over the top sci-fi.

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #18871 on:** March 10, 2014, 11:02:44 AM »

Quote from: Bebpo on March 10, 2014, 04:24:16 AM

John Dies at the End

So this was an internet thing that certain groups of internet people are like "how could you not have heard of this???" like when magus says he tired of seeing pokemon memes everywhere and the rest of us have no idea what he's talking about. I never looked into it, or read it, but I did remember seeing the title of this book turned movie here and there in internet threads over the years, so curiosity got to me and I watched the movie on netflix. Was entertaining as a B-movie Hunter S. Thompson meets Twilight Zone. Read up on the book differences afterwards and all the book fans proclaiming the film burns their eyes and is the worst adaption ever and so on, but didn't seem all that different.

Enjoyed it enough that I'm thinking about picking up the sequel book and giving that a read sometime. Movie was worth a watch if you haven't read the book and like over the top sci-fi.

I still haven't read or watched "John Dies at the End", but "This Book is Full of Spider" was a pretty good read.

Tasty · « **Reply #18872 on:** March 10, 2014, 11:30:07 AM »

Quote from: chronovore on February 24, 2014, 06:47:54 PM

The Fountain: Beautiful, from start to finish. Cinematography, analog special effects, perfect performances, and a message which feels genuine and moving. A surprisingly concise movie, considering its subject matter. Why the hell did I not see this sooner?

I can usually tell how I'll get along with someone by how much they like or hate this movie (there is no middle ground.)

Eric P · « **Reply #18873 on:** March 10, 2014, 12:14:24 PM »

The Haunting of Julia - Ghost story featuring Mia Farrow. What could go wrong? Damn. Near. Everything. Flat and boring which shouldn't be a surprise from the director of such great films as Firewall and Wimbledon. I had to go on Wikipedia to even figure out what the hell was going on in the ending as it cuts from the main character holding a wind up toy to her with her throat slit and no indication that it was the Toy which slit her throat. Also the soundtrack is godawfully 80s. All over the top synth sounds.

WanderingWind · « **Reply #18874 on:** March 11, 2014, 02:50:46 PM »

I finally watched Frozen. What a great little movie. Felt like Golden Age Disney.

Yeti · « **Reply #18875 on:** March 13, 2014, 06:37:38 PM »

HyperZoneWasAwesome · « **Reply #18876 on:** March 14, 2014, 12:53:19 AM »

Thor 2, eh.

all these Marvel movies are ending up kinda samey. I have hopes for GOTG because James Gunn should be incapable of making a flavorless movie, but I just don't know.

I know a film version is being planned off The Disaster Artist, the book about the making of The Room. I am now convinced that Tom Hiddleston is the ideal choice to play Tommy Wiseau. Give him some makeup to make him look a bit weirder, a vocal coach for the accent, and he could pull it off. Either that or get Nicolas Cage some high grade peyote and let him do it, your choice Hollywood.

ferrarimanf355 · « **Reply #18877 on:** March 14, 2014, 01:03:56 AM »

Just saw the Need for Speed movie, and boy, it's probably going to be the stupidest movie I'll see all year- and this is a year that has Dumb and Dumber To.

So yeah, I loved it.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #18878 on:** March 14, 2014, 01:08:58 AM »

Quote from: HyperZoneWasAwesome on March 14, 2014, 12:53:19 AM

I know a film version is being planned off The Disaster Artist, the book about the making of The Room. I am now convinced that Tom Hiddleston is the ideal choice to play Tommy Wiseau. Give him some makeup to make him look a bit weirder, a vocal coach for the accent, and he could pull it off. Either that or get Nicolas Cage some high grade peyote and let him do it, your choice Hollywood.

Or Patton Oswalt:

chronovore · « **Reply #18879 on:** March 14, 2014, 02:41:29 AM »

Kevin Hart: Let Me Explain, the movie of his concert performance at Madison Square Garden, was a movie-of-the-week rental, so I watched it. I have liked Hart on every TV appearance I've seen him on, but this was not as good as I'd hoped it would be. The first fifteen minutes show how Hart has played all over the world, and is beloved by his fans all over the place -- fifteen fucking minutes in a stand-up comedy movie, one sixth of its entire length, with NO COMEDY BITS. In the end, I laughed more times, and for more total time, at the much shorter CONAN bit where they rented a Lyft Car with Ice Cube. So here's that again, so you can save an hour and a half, and have just as many laffs:

Bebpo · « **Reply #18880 on:** March 14, 2014, 03:01:25 AM »

Quote from: HyperZoneWasAwesome on March 14, 2014, 12:53:19 AM

Thor 2, eh.

all these Marvel movies are ending up kinda samey. I have hopes for GOTG because James Gunn should be incapable of making a flavorless movie, but I just don't know.

I know a film version is being planned off The Disaster Artist, the book about the making of The Room. I am now convinced that Tom Hiddleston is the ideal choice to play Tommy Wiseau. Give him some makeup to make him look a bit weirder, a vocal coach for the accent, and he could pull it off. Either that or get Nicolas Cage some high grade peyote and let him do it, your choice Hollywood.

Yeah, I've grown bored of the Marvel movies. Gonna catch them all on video now. Maybe see The Avenger's 2 and Ant Man in the theater bit otherwise these PG-13 safe as it goes Marvel movies are rentals at best. Still haven't seen Thor 2, will watch it one of these days and gonna pass on Captain America 2 until it's streaming.

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #18881 on:** March 14, 2014, 09:28:58 AM »

meh, I could watch marvel movies everyday

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #18882 on:** March 14, 2014, 10:03:16 AM »

Quote from: Oscar the Grouch on March 14, 2014, 01:48:30 AM

i watched the game center cx movie. it was a fuck-awful rip-off.

:'(

cool breeze · « **Reply #18883 on:** March 14, 2014, 02:33:27 PM »

Quote from: Bebpo on March 14, 2014, 03:01:25 AM

Quote from: HyperZoneWasAwesome on March 14, 2014, 12:53:19 AM
Thor 2, eh.

all these Marvel movies are ending up kinda samey. I have hopes for GOTG because James Gunn should be incapable of making a flavorless movie, but I just don't know.

I know a film version is being planned off The Disaster Artist, the book about the making of The Room. I am now convinced that Tom Hiddleston is the ideal choice to play Tommy Wiseau. Give him some makeup to make him look a bit weirder, a vocal coach for the accent, and he could pull it off. Either that or get Nicolas Cage some high grade peyote and let him do it, your choice Hollywood.

Yeah, I've grown bored of the Marvel movies. Gonna catch them all on video now. Maybe see The Avenger's 2 and Ant Man in the theater bit otherwise these PG-13 safe as it goes Marvel movies are rentals at best. Still haven't seen Thor 2, will watch it one of these days and gonna pass on Captain America 2 until it's streaming.

I think they're getting better in some ways. Iron Man 3 was a fun comedy/buddy cop movie. Guardians of the Galaxy is a space adventure movie. Ant Man is a heist comedy with edgar wright and paul rudd. and captain america 2 is supposedly like a bond or bourne movie or something. doesn't seem like they're as beholden to the typical comic book movie formula.

thor 2 looked boring because it's thor

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #18884 on:** March 14, 2014, 02:41:45 PM »

TBH, I wouldn't have watched Thor 2 if it wasn't for The Avengers, but now it's like "Well, I guess I kinda gotta see it" even though I know there's no real connection to rest of the Marvelverse other than the post-credits scene and a few dropped references. It wasn't terrible, just kinda meh.

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #18885 on:** March 14, 2014, 02:55:05 PM »

I still haven't seen Iron Man 3 or Thor 2.

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #18886 on:** March 14, 2014, 02:57:16 PM »

I enjoyed Iron Man 3, although I know some people didn't, and it certainly wasn't without it's issues.

brob · « **Reply #18887 on:** March 14, 2014, 03:40:12 PM »

Thor 2 is kinda boring. Like Thor 1.

Eric P · « **Reply #18888 on:** March 14, 2014, 03:44:02 PM »

i enjoyed Thor 1's rom com aspects and Loki
not really a fan of anything else in there though

Huff · « **Reply #18889 on:** March 14, 2014, 04:08:24 PM »

Quote from: Joe Molotov on March 14, 2014, 02:57:16 PM

I enjoyed Iron Man 3, although I know some people didn't, and it certainly wasn't without it's issues.

I liked IM3 as well. Better than 2. And I feel like this movie is probably important to watch before avengers 2 than thor 2, which I don't really care to watch

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #18890 on:** March 14, 2014, 04:43:42 PM »

Quote from: Eric P on March 14, 2014, 03:44:02 PM

i enjoyed Thor 1's rom com aspects and Loki
not really a fan of anything else in there though

Loki was the best part of Thor 2 as well.

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The ending was

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Bebpo · « **Reply #18891 on:** March 14, 2014, 06:38:43 PM »

Yeah, forgot about Guardians of the Galaxy, I think that's the only Marvel movie that I'm actually excited about because it feels different and has fun characters like Rocket Racoon and Chris Pratt. Ant-Man I'm down for because of Edgar Wright. Otherwise the rest just seem kind of same-y. I think part of it is that their villains tend to suck. Aren't they fighting like Orcs or Dark Elves or something in both Thor 2 and Captain America 2?

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #18892 on:** March 14, 2014, 11:08:26 PM »

For the people who liked IM3, you should watch All Hail the King

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #18893 on:** March 14, 2014, 11:14:17 PM »

edit: goddamn it, can't find a nice link

Mupepe · « **Reply #18894 on:** March 17, 2014, 10:25:01 AM »

Frozen
Really good. If you liked Tangled you'll probably like this.

300: Rise of an Empire
Really boring. Some nice tits and a few decent action scenes but it's mostly the same crap over and over for two hours. Feels about an hour too long. *snore*

cool breeze · « **Reply #18895 on:** March 18, 2014, 09:25:15 PM »

Avengers 2 concept art

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Tasty · « **Reply #18896 on:** March 18, 2014, 09:33:08 PM »

Quote from: fryinghigh on March 18, 2014, 09:25:15 PM

Avengers 2 concept art

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So is that the other Quick Silver?

So fucking weird. Same character, two different universes, two different actors.

Tasty · « **Reply #18897 on:** March 18, 2014, 09:44:56 PM »

Based Whedon

cool breeze · « **Reply #18898 on:** March 18, 2014, 09:58:07 PM »

Quote from: Tasty Meat on March 18, 2014, 09:33:08 PM

So is that the other Quick Silver?

So fucking weird. Same character, two different universes, two different actors.

yeah, I'm curious about how they'll explain his powers in this. legally he can't be a mutant or magneto's son. he could be another result of a super soldier experiment.

and what I'm wonder with that third picture is

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if that's tony in the hulkbuster or if it's ultron controlling it.

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Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #18899 on:** March 18, 2014, 10:27:59 PM »

Hope it is ultron. I don't want to see a hulk/avengers rift just yet.

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