^^ Such an enlightening response to someone's opinion.

Just finished up the documentary "Marley." Really great stuff. Even if you're not that big of a Bob Marley fan, you'll still enjoy it.

Originally Posted by GhostShark ^^ Such an enlightening response to someone's opinion. Just finished up the documentary "Marley." Really great stuff. Even if you're not that big of a Bob Marley fan, you'll still enjoy it.

I'm sure my response has given dmaul1114 a new outlook on life.

Immortals
Terrible movie with stupid plot.

Singin' in the Rain.
Lots of people keep thinking of the title song and can't for the life of them tell me what the hell the plot is about.

Gene Kelly is amazing, and he freakishly reminds me a little bit of Christian Bale in American Psycho. Too bad there aren't any actors like Mr. Kelly anymore.

I think it is a great film but as a modern viewer, I do find the musical numbers jarring and half of them seem like excess frosting, a point that even the actors in the movie referenced when talking about the Dancing Cavalier.

I'd recommend you watch it, especially since the only thing everybody knows about the movie is just that song that lasts a mere fraction of the time compared to the other numbers.

Originally Posted by detectiveconan16 Singin' in the Rain. I think it is a great film but as a modern viewer, I do find the musical numbers jarring and half of them seem like excess frosting, a point that even the actors in the movie referenced when talking about the cavalier.

This is why I can't stand most movies made prior to 1965-68

Watched these to / from NY trip last week.

Woody Allen: A Documentary
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
21 Jump Street
The Raid

Last night:

5cm Per Second

Originally Posted by DestroVega This is why I can't stand most movies made prior to 1965-68

Huh? Most classics don't have musical numbers worked in like Singing in the Rain. I'm not huge fan of classics or anything, but plenty of great movies from back then like Citizen Kane, Casablanca, Hitchcock's films etc.

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Originally Posted by dmaul1114 Huh? Most classics don't have musical numbers worked in like Singing in the Rain. I'm not huge fan of classics or anything, but plenty of great movies from back then like Citizen Kane, Casablanca, Hitchcock's films etc.

Didn't mean music only, much of it is cheesey. Pointing out the movies you named are the exceptions obviously.

I don't know that I'd agree that most old movies are cheesy either. Quaint maybe, as things were different back then both in society and in terms of what they could include in movies in terms of language, level of violence etc. than in the present.

Originally Posted by DestroVega Didn't mean music only, much of it is cheesey. Pointing out the movies you named are the exceptions obviously.

Musicals are cheesy, however modern movies are way more cheesy then the classics.

Examples of modern movies include our universe as a virtual reality where you can learn kungfu in 3 seconds flat. Talking alien robots from outerspace who can transform into cars. A Viking god, a green monster, and a guy in a robot suit fighting invading aliens. Plus a heaping helping of vampires, zombies and ghosts.

I dare you to find any classic movies that are even half as cheesy as the typical Michael Bay movie.

Yes but there's a difference between classic and old.

Originally Posted by DestroVega Yes but there's a difference between classic and old.

I don't really know what to say.

With rare exception, modern movies are way more cheesy and commercial then old movies.

Old movies had real heart. Even a silent Charlie Chaplain flick would have moments of true sentimentality or clever satire in between the hijinks.

Most modern movies are so silly and childlike that cheeseball is a vast understatement. And when they are trying hard play it serious (like Titanic or Inception) they can't help coming off as somewhat cheesy or gimmicky.

I wish there were move movies like "The King's Speech" or "The Hurt Locker" - those movies are reminiscent of a time when you couldn't just gloss over character development and plot with a bunch of special effects and hope to be taken seriously.

If you don't like old movies that's fine, but don't say that most of them were cheesy. That's just wrong.

There are good old movies. There are bad old movies.

There are good current movies. There are bad current movies.

Classics are the good movies of the past and the current good movies are the classics of the future generations.

It's that simple. If you're a big movie fan, it's silly to ignore the good movies of any era. Every era has it's great movies and it's awful movies and everything in between.

Originally Posted by DestroVega Yes but there's a difference between classic and old.

No need to get defense about it. The older films take a little settling into but once you get used to their style, there's a lot of really great stuff to look into.

Check out:

His Girl Friday -

http://www.hulu.com/watch/63243

It's got some of the best dialogue you'll ever hear. If you can keep up. Just sharp, funny, and entertaining as heck.

It's just my opinion. I don't get into most older films unless they are groundbreaking.

watched snow white and the huntsman, really enjoyed it.

alright speaking of which I've seen 2 of the three Snow White films. Huntsman was ok. Mirror Mirror was better than my sister warned me and the third "Grimms' Snow White" is an Asylum film. 40 seconds in and it stopped making sense. I was so confused then 'Asylum Films' popped up and my expectations lowered appropriately.

Resident Evil as I said in my blog was ok.

Battleship was bad to ok

The Dictator was tolerable/ok. Nothing special. A few good jokes. A gross out scene. Nothing you don't expect from SBC but glory be it wasn't reality based. It's SO much more comfortable watching him with a script and other actors.

To Watch:
Invasion of the Alien Bikini
The Cabin in the Woods (I hate horror films but far too many people have told me to watch this and noone will tell me anything so I've given up and acquired it)

Originally Posted by camoor I don't really know what to say. With rare exception, modern movies are way more cheesy and commercial then old movies. Old movies had real heart. Even a silent Charlie Chaplain flick would have moments of true sentimentality or clever satire in between the hijinks. Most modern movies are so silly and childlike that cheeseball is a vast understatement. And when they are trying hard play it serious (like Titanic or Inception) they can't help coming off as somewhat cheesy or gimmicky. I wish there were move movies like "The King's Speech" or "The Hurt Locker" - those movies are reminiscent of a time when you couldn't just gloss over character development and plot with a bunch of special effects and hope to be taken seriously. If you don't like old movies that's fine, but don't say that most of them were cheesy. That's just wrong.

I now imagine you as an old man who yells at kids to get off his lawn.

Cabin in the Woods - as I've said repeatedly I'm not into horror films but this was very good. I suspect that's pretty much what noone will tell you. Everyone pushes you to just see it sight unseen. Honestly considering the presentation I'm not sure that's really necessary. It's like when people complained about the Assassin's Creed spoiler that you aren't IN the past you're in the future reliving the past. When it occurs that early in the product it's not a spoiler it's part of the premise. To get back on topic it's a good movie and I really really think it could be a fantastically dark comic book. where adventure after adventure the reader would be cheering for the monsters to earnestly kill the teenagers. As opposed to the traditional wishing for the teens to escape or the atypical monsters aren't really bad. This would be a unique book about actual monsters viciously killing teens and you WANT it to happen. It wouldn't even have to focus on those people. You could also do similar adventures in Japan and Sweden and all kinds of other places.


Grimm's Snow White - the third and last of the Snow White movies was the Asylum knock off. It's not terrible like other Asylum films I've seen but it's bad.. its' really bad. Cringeworthy oddly enough not because of the bad acting but because of the bad plot. At one point for instance Snow White is knocked out. The huntsman struggles and takes off her ring. They then cut to Snow lying down WEARING THE RING. It's so jarringly bad editing I thought maybe there were two rings and I was missing the point. This ring has no power, doesn't particularly stand out, and isn't well known as Snow White's ring. Yet still when the Huntsman is about to be tortured b/c the Queen suspects Snow isn't dead he makes sure his son gets the ring. "Here take this and run, don't let the Queen catch you. Also I never killed anyone" (just like in The Dictator) This ring does come into play again as you might suspect because you've been seeing it over and over and over since the film started. What is it's ultimate purpose? The prince sees the kid wearing this ring like he's a wanna-be pimp. The prince then thinks.. if this boy got the ring from his non-murdering father then Snow White must be alive. That's it. The ring is never mentioned again. Just one of many many seemingly random plot devices that sprung up out of nowhere. As I write this thinking about other bad plot points it occurs to me that perhaps the whole reason there are no dwarves and instead there are elves (one of which is "Runt" the half-human) might be because they couldn't afford to pay that many small people. Or and I'm pulling for this one. No small person would take a role in that film.

tl;dr -> it's JUST bad enough to laugh at like The Darkest Hours. Barely. A shade more and it'd just be so bad it's sad.


Stagecoach - for class; decent movie B&W western that was rather compelling. Fun times.


The Five Year Engagement - not at all what I expected from the trailers.. well that's not fair. It was half what I expected. I thought it would be halftime: She's living the life. Followed by halftime: He's living the life. Since it wasn't. That actually made the movie slightly better. As a fan of romantic comedies it was fun but nothing spectacular