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ferrarimanf355 · « **Reply #1080 on:** May 08, 2009, 10:40:50 PM »

Quote from: AdmiralViscen on May 08, 2009, 10:31:01 PM

Star Trek rocked

Diunx · « **Reply #1081 on:** May 08, 2009, 10:50:20 PM »

There is a cam out already, if someone download it please let me know the quality.

CurseoftheGods · « **Reply #1082 on:** May 09, 2009, 12:26:01 PM »

I saw A Scanner Darkly on Blu-ray. It was great, very trippy. Awesome animation.

ManaByte · « **Reply #1083 on:** May 09, 2009, 03:19:51 PM »

Watched Fanboys. Pretty funny. The Kevin Smith/Jason Mewes cameo was the funniest part though:

Barry Egan · « **Reply #1084 on:** May 09, 2009, 03:26:07 PM »

Quote from: ManaByte on May 09, 2009, 03:19:51 PM

Watched Fanboys. Pretty funny. The Kevin Smith/Jason Mewes cameo was the funniest part though:

looks like a laff riot

ManaByte · « **Reply #1085 on:** May 09, 2009, 04:48:22 PM »

Quote from: Kosma on May 09, 2009, 04:42:46 PM

Underworld 3: Rise of the Lycans.

Great B flick.

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So Sonia wasnt Sonia at all (in the first two movies), I guess I forgot that about the other 2 parts, or did they just add that? And how did Victor survive? Wtf
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Huh? Kate Beckinsale was Selene in the first two movies. Sonja was just in a flashback in the first movie. Not the same character at all.

Eric P · « **Reply #1086 on:** May 09, 2009, 07:05:22 PM »

revanche fucking ruled.

TVC15 · « **Reply #1087 on:** May 09, 2009, 07:10:26 PM »

Jason Mewes being hot naked was the only good part of Zack and Miri.

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #1088 on:** May 09, 2009, 08:30:49 PM »

Star Trek III

The lion in winter 11/10

watching the Lion the witch and the wardrobe right now.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #1089 on:** May 09, 2009, 09:50:17 PM »

Quote from: Father_Mike on May 09, 2009, 08:30:49 PM

watching the Lion the witch and the wardrobe right now.

the superior cartoon version?

[youtube=560,345]wRreM7M1aZA[/youtube]

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #1090 on:** May 09, 2009, 10:21:40 PM »

No, the real one. And it was terrible. I've been in the mood for fantasy lately but outside of LOTR I don't know any good epic fantasy movies.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #1091 on:** May 09, 2009, 10:40:10 PM »

Conan!

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #1092 on:** May 10, 2009, 09:50:49 AM »

not what I'm in the mood for. I started rereading the fellowship lastnight.

Diunx · « **Reply #1093 on:** May 10, 2009, 10:21:04 AM »

I'm downloading The Girlfriend Experience.

Sasha Gray

Movie was a little boring but Sasha looked great

gonna watch more of her filmography later tonight

ch1nchilla · « **Reply #1094 on:** May 11, 2009, 04:15:42 PM »

Watched Vicky Cristina Barcelona last night (on Blu-Ray, Scarlett Johansson + Penelope Cruz =

), will buy it soon.

Woody Allen

Bildi · « **Reply #1095 on:** May 11, 2009, 07:59:36 PM »

Sleepy Hollow
I though it was a good Tim Burton and Depp combo movie, light horror with a little bit of humour. I quite enjoyed it and visually it's insanely attractive. The music was cool too. 8/10

Neverwas
I thought it was a fantasy flick, but it isn't really. Enjoyed it though. 7/10

Flying High
Goddam this movie is still one of the most awesome of all time. 10/10

Stargate: Continuum
I love Stargate and am always impressed by what they achieve on a 'limited' budget in the TV series. The movie was bit of a letdown. The story was not that engaging and frankly it looked like the budget was less than they get for a TV episode. Rolling down a snowy hill that is clearly a white sheet with some snow particles in the air? WTF? 6/10

ManaByte · « **Reply #1096 on:** May 11, 2009, 11:10:17 PM »

Seeing as they actually filmed Continuum in the artic, it had a bigger budget than the series.

Bildi · « **Reply #1097 on:** May 12, 2009, 06:07:00 AM »

They really filmed in the Artic? Damn.

I realise the budget would have been mountains bigger than an episode in the series, but it just didn't look that way. I was expecting at worst a "big Stargate episode" but in my opinion it was a "big and highly average Stargate episode".

Ben Browder's salty seaman prosthetic makeup looked highly average too.

Herr Mafflard · « **Reply #1098 on:** May 12, 2009, 03:08:20 PM »

Blade II Way better than the first one imo. Balls to wall fun. Plus those reapers were genuinely scary when they opened their FREAKING MOUTHS.

Robo · « **Reply #1099 on:** May 12, 2009, 03:57:29 PM »

ARCTIC

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #1100 on:** May 12, 2009, 03:59:59 PM »

Quote from: InfectedGib on May 12, 2009, 03:08:20 PM

Blade II Way better than the first one imo. Balls to wall fun.

Guillermo del Toro

TVC15 · « **Reply #1101 on:** May 12, 2009, 04:09:00 PM »

I saw Saw V, and actually, I thought it was not quite as terrible as 4, although it seemed less brutal, overall.

ManaByte · « **Reply #1102 on:** May 12, 2009, 05:32:10 PM »

Quote from: Bildi on May 12, 2009, 06:07:00 AM

They really filmed in the Artic? Damn.

I realise the budget would have been mountains bigger than an episode in the series, but it just didn't look that way. I was expecting at worst a "big Stargate episode" but in my opinion it was a "big and highly average Stargate episode".

Ben Browder's salty seaman prosthetic makeup looked highly average too.

The really filmed in the Artic and they really filmed on a nuclear sub. The head of the US's Artic sub fleet is a huge Stargate fan so he got permission to let them us the sub in the movie and really did crash it up through the ice for them and let them film on it. They said having Amanda Tapping on the sub was quite a distraction for the sailors

ManaByte · « **Reply #1103 on:** May 12, 2009, 05:33:02 PM »

Also the reason why Teal'c wasn't in the Artic scenes is because Christopher Judge is scared of being eaten by a bear.

Robo · « **Reply #1104 on:** May 12, 2009, 05:55:49 PM »

ARCTIC

Eric P · « **Reply #1105 on:** May 12, 2009, 06:18:40 PM »

MONKEYS

Robo · « **Reply #1106 on:** May 12, 2009, 06:26:25 PM »

Who the fuck are Arctic Monkeys?

TVC15 · « **Reply #1107 on:** May 12, 2009, 06:58:34 PM »

Quote from: RoboJ on May 12, 2009, 06:26:25 PM

Who the fuck are Arctic Monkeys?

The lamest NME band evar.

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I like Klaxons, tho

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Eric P · « **Reply #1108 on:** May 12, 2009, 06:59:50 PM »

hadouken sound system > klaxons

Robo · « **Reply #1109 on:** May 12, 2009, 07:03:48 PM »

Quote from: TVC 15 on May 12, 2009, 06:58:34 PM

Quote from: RoboJ on May 12, 2009, 06:26:25 PM
Who the fuck are Arctic Monkeys?

The lamest NME band evar.

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I like Klaxons, tho
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I'd call that one for the Kaiser Chiefs.

TVC15 · « **Reply #1110 on:** May 12, 2009, 07:04:57 PM »

I dunno, it seemed to me, at least, that Arctic Monkeys did better in America, so that may be why they win for me.

Eric P · « **Reply #1111 on:** May 12, 2009, 07:05:04 PM »

i'd say the libertines personally but i actually like AM, KC and MP

enjoy bell woods · « **Reply #1112 on:** May 12, 2009, 07:11:15 PM »

Home Alone 2
Baby's Day Out
Ishtar
Werckmeister Harmonies
Beverly hills Ninja

Bildi · « **Reply #1113 on:** May 12, 2009, 10:01:22 PM »

Quote from: RoboJ on May 12, 2009, 03:57:29 PM

ARCTIC

Shit, I didn't even notice that.

Quote from: ManaByte on May 12, 2009, 05:32:10 PM

The really filmed in the Artic and they really filmed on a nuclear sub. The head of the US's Artic sub fleet is a huge Stargate fan so he got permission to let them us the sub in the movie and really did crash it up through the ice for them and let them film on it. They said having Amanda Tapping on the sub was quite a distraction for the sailors

The sub crashing through the ice was DAMN awesome. When I saw that I thought "holy crap, is that a real sub?".

trippingmartian · « **Reply #1114 on:** May 13, 2009, 12:08:07 AM »

Revolutionary Road - Liked it more than The Reader. Both good films, though. Kate Winslet is good with accents IMHO.

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #1115 on:** May 13, 2009, 01:01:48 AM »

star trek 4 - fucking humpback awesome.

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #1116 on:** May 13, 2009, 01:12:00 AM »

Is the star trek doctor gay? He looks gay and wears a cravat.

Flannel Boy · « **Reply #1117 on:** May 13, 2009, 01:23:59 AM »

Quote from: Father_Mike on May 13, 2009, 01:12:00 AM

Is the star trek doctor gay? He looks gay and wears a cravat.

oh,is that a sign?

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #1118 on:** May 13, 2009, 01:29:45 AM »

usually

Bebpo · « **Reply #1119 on:** May 13, 2009, 06:39:11 PM »

Quote from: ManaByte on May 09, 2009, 03:19:51 PM

Watched Fanboys. Pretty funny. The Kevin Smith/Jason Mewes cameo was the funniest part though:

Normally when someone says "____ cameo was the funniest part" I don't take it literally.

But I watched Fanboys last night and the movie was god awful unfunny and terrible BUT the Kevin Smith scene was rofl genius and better than anything else in the entire movie.

So yeah, it was the funniest part.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #1120 on:** May 13, 2009, 07:40:15 PM »

I just got done watching American Splendor which was amazing. Has anyone read the graphic novel(s)?

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #1121 on:** May 15, 2009, 12:07:21 AM »

The Gene Generation

CG was laughably bad. The dialogue was laughable bad. The story was laughable bad. The acting was laughably bad. But it did have Bai Ling looking hot and taking people out very violently. Wouldn't recommend it, even for people that really want to see a new punkish scifi thriller.

WrikaWrek · « **Reply #1122 on:** May 15, 2009, 12:07:34 PM »

Irreversible.

A bit hard to watch. Even after Martyrs. The initial violence sequence is messed up, and then when the rape scene happens i stopped wanting to watch the movie again, simply because they got

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the wrong dude

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cool breeze · « **Reply #1123 on:** May 15, 2009, 02:54:51 PM »

Father of the Bride

This is probably the scariest movie ever. Both marriage and having your child grow up seem like the most frightening things humans can experience.

ch1nchilla · « **Reply #1124 on:** May 16, 2009, 05:22:40 AM »

JCVD

was super fucking awesome, and it needs to be recognized more often as such. I saw a trailer for this by chance, watched it on Blu-ray tonight. Very, very entertaining. Kind of reminded me of The Wrestler, except without the totally "nostalgic for the 80s" phantomness and redneck aesthetic.

Tucah · « **Reply #1125 on:** May 17, 2009, 03:53:27 AM »

Almost Famous - I've been meaning to watch it for years but just never got around to it until tonight. I loved it. The little touches of comedy were perfect between the various outbursts of band drama. The dynamics between William and Russell were always entertaining to watch, and Kate Hudson's character was fun and interesting. Some great performances here by the supporting roles as well, especially by Phillip Seymour Hoffman and Frances McDormand. I never thought I would enjoy a Kate Hudson movie as much as I did this one.

Diunx · « **Reply #1126 on:** May 17, 2009, 10:44:36 AM »

it was the 70s.

fistfulofmetal · « **Reply #1127 on:** May 17, 2009, 05:11:59 PM »

Wall E was amazing. God it was so good. I wish I had seen it in theaters

drew · « **Reply #1128 on:** May 18, 2009, 05:45:21 AM »

Rocky Balboa (2006)

really liked this, nice movie until it gets up to the fight scene, where it looks like a weaker version of the previous rockys

Starship Troopers: Marauder

retardedly awesome

Windy City Heat

genius, one of the funniest movies ive ever seen, when they busted out his action figure i almost died. sometimes ill be doing something and randomly think of a scene and start laughing, i havent done that with a movie since borat

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #1129 on:** May 18, 2009, 11:17:31 AM »

Interview with the Vampire

A little cheesy in some parts and a little overlong in others, but still a great vampire movie.

WrikaWrek · « **Reply #1130 on:** May 18, 2009, 02:34:46 PM »

Two Lovers

Coldest and most violent movie i've ever seen.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #1131 on:** May 20, 2009, 05:24:08 AM »

Malèna

Guys...omg. Oh my fucking god. I've never seen a movie that made me weak in the legs like this. Monica Bellucci is so fucking beautiful it's sometimes hard to read the subtitles. Basically the film is a coming of age story, but...ah fuck it, I don't feel like describing the story. Go watch this movie now, you get to see Monica Bellucci naked. Everything but her vagina thank god

The score is amazing, it's shot well, etc etc...but omg dudes. When I got done with this movie I felt guilty. Not because I had a raging boner on multiple occasions, but because I realized it'll be hard to look at porn again after seeing such a beautiful woman. Nothing can compare. Get this movie, it's pretty good and everything...but yea. Boobies, ass, legs

5 boners out of 5

EvilBoris · « **Reply #1132 on:** May 20, 2009, 05:27:58 AM »

:/ it's people like you who make malena's life so hard

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #1133 on:** May 22, 2009, 03:09:26 PM »

The Happening

God what a stink-bomb. I'd read the reviews and heard the negative buzz on the internet, but I am in just in shock at how horrible this movie really is. The story is completely illogical and laughable. The message is ham-fisted and hoakey. The suspense is non-existence. The acting is...just...so...bad, Marky Mark is utterly horrible as the lead, he has no emotion or facial expression other than to have his mouth hang open and widen his eyes. The dialogue is mind-numbing, the world's ending and they're talking about relationship problems? BARF. And it just drags on forever. You get a few scenes of things happening [lol], some of which are mildly interesting and then it immediately segues to scene after scene of people just talking and talking about NOTHING. And even scenes where something MIGHT happen drag on and on as if the actors and crew were filming in a tank of molasses. This film has no redeeming qualities. NONE.

The Happening is far worse than the second half of War of the Worlds. It's can't even hold a candle to two hours of Nicholas Cage yelling at everyone in Knowing. That's how bad this piece of cinematic garbage is. It's so bad that the best part of the movie is when:

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Two high school kids get shotgunned. One takes a round square in the chest and the other gets a lead lobotomy. It's so out-of-nowhere and exploitative that I have to tip my hat a bit to Shaymalan, even if the rest of the movie is pointlessly dull.

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Fortunately, I watched it along with the Rifftrax commentary. So, if someone comes up to you and asks if you want to watch The Happening because "Hey, it isn't THAT bad", then you shoot that person directly in the face. However, if they say "Hey, I picked up the The Happening and the Rifftrax commentary, wanna watch?", then you say "Yes", because laughter truly is the best medicine to fight off the swine flu-infested cesspool that is "The Happening".

Bebpo · « **Reply #1134 on:** May 23, 2009, 05:29:29 AM »

Sideways

Ehhh, was ok. I mean The Sandman was awesome, but whoever thought putting Paul Giamatti in front of a camera for 2 hours looking depressed would make a good film? I find him to be a pretty annoying actor so that kind of made the film just ok in my book.

Revolutionary Road

Man, look at those ....performances

I had passed on this when it was in the theater because the trailer made it look like yelling: the movie, and that's actually what it was! But boy were those some great acted arguments. I think everyone's been in some of those before and so the realism really makes a gripping film. I thought it lost a little steam towards the end and it wasn't a "best picture" quality film, but it was indeed good. Kate Winslet was an amazing actress. I could hardly recognize her compared to some of her other roles. Dicaprio was very, very good as always. The secretary girl at the office had nice boobs too

Hitler Stole My Potato · « **Reply #1135 on:** May 23, 2009, 02:35:33 PM »

Quote from: Tucah on May 17, 2009, 03:53:27 AM

Almost Famous - I've been meaning to watch it for years but just never got around to it until tonight. I loved it. The little touches of comedy were perfect between the various outbursts of band drama. The dynamics between William and Russell were always entertaining to watch, and Kate Hudson's character was fun and interesting. Some great performances here by the supporting roles as well, especially by Phillip Seymour Hoffman and Frances McDormand. I never thought I would enjoy a Kate Hudson movie as much as I did this one.

If you can find it, look for the director's cut of Almost Famous (think it's titled Bootleg Cut, but whatever). It's totally worth it. I wasn't really a fan of the theatrical cut of Almost Famous 'cause if felt too rushed but the additional 40 minutes or so of footage in the extended edition really helps out the film by fleshing out some of the characters. Plus the disc has commentary with Crowe and his mother, which is pretty entertaining in itself.

Tucah · « **Reply #1136 on:** May 23, 2009, 03:14:00 PM »

Quote from: Hitler Stole My Potato on May 23, 2009, 02:35:33 PM

Quote from: Tucah on May 17, 2009, 03:53:27 AM
Almost Famous - I've been meaning to watch it for years but just never got around to it until tonight. I loved it. The little touches of comedy were perfect between the various outbursts of band drama. The dynamics between William and Russell were always entertaining to watch, and Kate Hudson's character was fun and interesting. Some great performances here by the supporting roles as well, especially by Phillip Seymour Hoffman and Frances McDormand. I never thought I would enjoy a Kate Hudson movie as much as I did this one.

If you can find it, look for the director's cut of Almost Famous (think it's titled Bootleg Cut, but whatever). It's totally worth it. I wasn't really a fan of the theatrical cut of Almost Famous 'cause if felt too rushed but the additional 40 minutes or so of footage in the extended edition really helps out the film by fleshing out some of the characters. Plus the disc has commentary with Crowe and his mother, which is pretty entertaining in itself.

Is the director's cut the one that's a little over 2 1/2 hours? That's the one I watched.

Hitler Stole My Potato · « **Reply #1137 on:** May 23, 2009, 11:07:25 PM »

Quote from: Tucah on May 23, 2009, 03:14:00 PM

Quote from: Hitler Stole My Potato on May 23, 2009, 02:35:33 PM
Quote from: Tucah on May 17, 2009, 03:53:27 AM
Almost Famous - I've been meaning to watch it for years but just never got around to it until tonight. I loved it. The little touches of comedy were perfect between the various outbursts of band drama. The dynamics between William and Russell were always entertaining to watch, and Kate Hudson's character was fun and interesting. Some great performances here by the supporting roles as well, especially by Phillip Seymour Hoffman and Frances McDormand. I never thought I would enjoy a Kate Hudson movie as much as I did this one.

If you can find it, look for the director's cut of Almost Famous (think it's titled Bootleg Cut, but whatever). It's totally worth it. I wasn't really a fan of the theatrical cut of Almost Famous 'cause if felt too rushed but the additional 40 minutes or so of footage in the extended edition really helps out the film by fleshing out some of the characters. Plus the disc has commentary with Crowe and his mother, which is pretty entertaining in itself.

Is the director's cut the one that's a little over 2 1/2 hours? That's the one I watched.

Yeah that's the one. You did it right. That edition is out of print so it's a little harder to find but it definitely makes a big difference in the end. Those additional 40 minutes turns a somewhat likeable film into a great one, imo.

Bebpo · « **Reply #1138 on:** May 24, 2009, 04:13:59 AM »

The Spirit

This movie was great. Wtf at all the terrible reviews and negative word of mouth. I thought it was hilarious. Miller really captured the old Batman & Robin type silly superhero show for 12 year olds feel and it gave it a unique flavor that none of the other superhero movies have. Everything else is so so serious, so it's neat watching a movie that's entirely tongue in cheek. I feel like Sam Jackson has been getting totally typecast since forever, but he was really good here and very funny. I think Scarlett Johanson is a terrible actress, but she was actually ok here. The visuals were really cool and stylish and there was enough story/character development to carry it just fine.

What didn't work is that the movie felt about 30 mins too long, some of the jokes didn't work (sticking a grenade up someone's ass; the kitten part; etc...), and the acting was mediocre to bad. But that stuff isn't enough to kill the movie. I thought it was still really enjoyable. Way better than Spiderman 3, X-men 3, both Hulks, Daredevil, etc... so I don't really get why everyone hated it so much. Was it just because it was silly to the point of almost having "zonk" and "pow" appear when characters hit each other?

Bebpo · « **Reply #1139 on:** May 24, 2009, 04:26:29 AM »

Ok, so I'm reading the reviews at rottentomatoes where it got 4% and yeah I don't think people got the joke:

"At times, it's difficult to determine whether Miller intends for us to take the movie seriously or whether it's intended as a parody. The dialogue sounds like it was lifted from a potboiler, the acting is frequently embarrassing, and there are times when the drama is so corny that it borders on laugh-inducing. The effect kills any element of suspense or tension but allows The Spirit to be perversely enjoyed as unintentional comedy. Granted, some of the levity is in place on purpose, but I don't think Miller intended for viewers to be chortling their way through Samuel L. Jackson's way-over-the-top monologues. The Octopus isn't sinister; he's silly. And The Spirit is far too dull and personality-deficient to be able to hold together a motion picture. He's easily the least interesting of all the significant characters. And, while Nazi imagery is normally expected to evoke a reaction of disgust, its use here is more in the vein of "Springtime for Hitler." For that scene, I was wondering if Mel Brooks had been hired as an unpaid advisor. "

It sure seemed to me that Miller wanted audiences to be laughing through Jackson's dialogue and wanted him to come off as "silly". It definitely seemed to me like the Samurai part or Nazi part were meant to be funny and not "evoke a reaction of disgust". It's like everyone took the movie seriously when it sure seemed to me that the whole movie was an intended campy superhero stylish comedy adventure. Maybe I'm crazy and Miller meant to make a hard boiled serious film that just comes off as hilarious but when you cut to a T-REX randomly it sure seems like it's trying to be silly fun and not take itself seriously one bit.

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