Surprisingly The Last Movie You Saw Didn't Suck Pt. 2

[quote name='Mr Unoriginal']Why does there need to be an explanation? There are all sorts of religious and supernatural things in the Indy franchise. Not that I think Crystal Skull is amazing myself, but I'll always think it's funny when people take offence to the refrigerator or the aliens, but have no problem with flying mine carts, ghosts killing nazis and becoming immortal by drinking from the cup of Jesus.[/QUOTE]

That's what I'm saying, that there's gotta be some explanation such as some spiritual force or something responsible for them staying alive when they lose their heart. There's some explanation for it that allows the movie to make some sort of sense.
 
There's no explanation other than just the implied spiritual power of the stones. Just like there's no real explanation other than the spirtual power of the Ark of the Covenant or the Holy Grail.
 
Hari-Kiri: Death of a Samurai and The Last Sward Drawn. I'm a sucker for Japanese period films. My only gripes with them is
why the fuck do they all have to have people that you emotionally get invested in, get killed or die at the end?
 
[quote name='dmaul1114']Side Effects.

Steven Soderberg's latest film. Pretty good overall. Strong performances from Jude Law and Rooney Mara.[/QUOTE]

Saw this also. Strange movie, I feel like it changed focus 3 times.
 
Saw Argo. Good entertainment, but I thought it was overrated. Definitely not Best Picture.

On a side note, am I the only one that is bothered by "true stories" that are changed for entertainment's sake? I don't expect it to be 100% accurate, but there were some pretty glaring falsehoods in that one. I guess I just think that 99% of the audience that watches Argo will think it's all true when it's not, and that bugs me.
 
[quote name='Lieutenant Dan']Saw Argo. Good entertainment, but I thought it was overrated. Definitely not Best Picture.

On a side note, am I the only one that is bothered by "true stories" that are changed for entertainment's sake? I don't expect it to be 100% accurate, but there were some pretty glaring falsehoods in that one. I guess I just think that 99% of the audience that watches Argo will think it's all true when it's not, and that bugs me.[/QUOTE]

This seems slightly ironic coming from someone whose avatar and screen name are from Forrest Gump... ;)
 
[quote name='Lieutenant Dan']Saw Argo. Good entertainment, but I thought it was overrated. Definitely not Best Picture.

On a side note, am I the only one that is bothered by "true stories" that are changed for entertainment's sake? I don't expect it to be 100% accurate, but there were some pretty glaring falsehoods in that one. I guess I just think that 99% of the audience that watches Argo will think it's all true when it's not, and that bugs me.[/QUOTE]

They're just "inspired" by true stories. Yes, there are a lot of dumb people who will take those movies to be exactly what happened, but pretty much any movie that's inspired by a true story is just very very loosely based on it.
 
Taken 2. I knew what was going to happen and it delivered. Loved it.

elevator - netflix - it was a lot better than I thought it'd be. something like a 3 or 3.5 out of 5 stars.

rec 3 - netflix - sucks!
 
Valhalla Rising - 4/5 - I'm not really a huge fan of the silent protagonist in any entertainment medium, but hot damn, Mads Mikkelson makes it work perfectly here. I loved the music, scenery, narrative and cinematography of the film. Only after I watched it I realized it was directed by the same person that directed Drive, and that is awesome.
 
Looper - good movie but guess I expected more with all of the talk on it. Ending wasnt a shock as it felt like the best conclusion, but not bad. Had a hard time getting over how GJL looked during the whole movie though. Maybe it was the eyebrows.
 
The Dark Knight Rises, but it was a second viewing. On replay, I definitely think The Dark Knight is better, but I really like Rises!

Before that it was Brave (replay). Wasn't as good the second time, but looks great on blu ray.

Looper, I really liked the idea, but the who telekinesis thing was rather out of place. Worth a watch though

I have Moonrise Kingdom out right now, heard nothing but raves so I'm excited to watch it. Can't remember what it's about though lol
 
[quote name='dohdough']Beverly Hills Cop.

fucking hilarious even with the dated fashion.[/QUOTE]

It's an excellent movie. Good plot, great script, terrific acting by pretty much everybody involved. The good old days, when you didn't need two comedians acting like goofballs for 90 minutes... you could actually have plot development.

I love Eddie Murphy.
 
Compliance - netflix - This movie is interesting. Made me feel anxious and uncomfortable for many scenes but I just had to know what was going to happen. Basically about people just bowing down to authority and never questioning it. The movie was pretty infuriating actually. Wife tried to get me to turn it off multiple times cuz she was getting pissed! maybe like a 2.5 out of 5.


Man in the Iron mask - netflix - Seen it years ago and still loved it. Awesome story.
 
Super 8.

I really really enjoyed this.
It reminded me of a cross between Goonies and E.T. The one part I didn't understand was why all of the military was firing all of their weapons turning the town into a complete war zone. That just seemed like the director wanted to light shit on fire and it was in the budget.
 
[quote name='Javery']Super 8.

I really really enjoyed this.
It reminded me of a cross between Goonies and E.T. The one part I didn't understand was why all of the military was firing all of their weapons turning the town into a complete war zone. That just seemed like the director wanted to light shit on fire and it was in the budget.
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That is LITERALLY the exact same analogy I used for it! Great movie, I imagine it's awesome if you can afford one of those giant subwoofer/chair ad ons (forgot the name). Can't wait for Star Trek, JJ has really been on a roll lately:applause:
 
[quote name='Javery']Super 8.

I really really enjoyed this.
It reminded me of a cross between Goonies and E.T. The one part I didn't understand was why all of the military was firing all of their weapons turning the town into a complete war zone. That just seemed like the director wanted to light shit on fire and it was in the budget.
[/QUOTE]

At some point they say that all their weapons were misfiring, being caused somehow by the alien.
 
[quote name='bburpee']It's an excellent movie. Good plot, great script, terrific acting by pretty much everybody involved. The good old days, when you didn't need two comedians acting like goofballs for 90 minutes... you could actually have plot development.

I love Eddie Murphy.[/QUOTE]
Yeah, it actually really holds up. I ended up watching Raw after it and it can still compete with the comedy of the top dogs today. Keenan Ivory Wayans is comedic genius(he wrote Raw with Murphy).

[quote name='saunderscowie']Big Trouble in Little China[/QUOTE]
One of my favorite movies ever.
 
[quote name='dohdough']That was pretty much my interpretation too. I don't remember a scene where the guy was outed as a fake. I thought Short Round was awesome as a kid that kicked ass, but Willie was annoying as hell from all the constant screeching.

I might try to watch it tonight thanks to you guys.:lol:

Last Crusade is my personal fave, btw. Thanks for the spoiler tag, bro![/QUOTE]
Last Crusade is my favorite as well. I never liked ToD, guess it was just the hokey plot, and Short Round yelling DOCTAH JONES!!!!!

On Raw, I still LMAO at that Cosby story. His impression just makes it that much funnier.
 
[quote name='whoknows']Short Round is an amazing character compared to that woman who I try to forget.[/QUOTE]
I kinda tuned her out to be honest, I couldn't even name her if I hadn't read it in this thread.
 
I know I'm in the minority but I hated Super 8.

I have the same feeling about it as Cowboys vs. Aliens. Cool idea and concept, pretty interesting movie. And then you actually get to the aliens and it's horrendous.
 
[quote name='DestroVega']I know I'm in the minority but I hated Super 8.

I have the same feeling about it as Cowboys vs. Aliens. Cool idea and concept, pretty interesting movie. And then you actually get to the aliens and it's horrendous.[/QUOTE]

agreed 100%
 
[quote name='DestroVega']I know I'm in the minority but I hated Super 8.

I have the same feeling about it as Cowboys vs. Aliens. Cool idea and concept, pretty interesting movie. And then you actually get to the aliens and it's horrendous.[/QUOTE]

Agree 50%. Cowboys and Aliens was horrible beyond words. I liked Super 8 a lot though.
 
Super 8 is better than Cowboys and Aliens; although I've only seen C&A once as it didn't really have an impression on me.

Watched Paranorman tonight - Liked it failed to see it in cinemas. Thought it may have been a little too scary for children?
 
Super 8 was awful. Boring story, annoying characters, terrible alien.

Not sure why it's being compared to Cowboys & Aliens, other than the fact they both have aliens, but I'd much rather watch that again than suffer through Super 8 one more time.
 
[quote name='blindinglights']Super 8 was awful. Boring story, annoying characters, terrible alien.

Not sure why it's being compared to Cowboys & Aliens, other than the fact they both have aliens, but I'd much rather watch that again than suffer through Super 8 one more time.[/QUOTE]

I only compared the two because they both have aliens shrouded in mystery and they both are intriguing films, then when it goes to the second act and you actually encounter the aliens it is terrible.

I loved JJ Abrahams' Star Trek, but all his other projects he develops are hype heavy with so little payoff it's a huge disappointment.
 
[quote name='DestroVega']I only compared the two because they both have aliens shrouded in mystery and they both are intriguing films, then when it goes to the second act and you actually encounter the aliens it is terrible.

I loved JJ Abrahams' Star Trek, but all his other projects he develops are hype heavy with so little payoff it's a huge disappointment.[/QUOTE]

*insert Lost joke* but I do still love Super 8, even if others dont
 
[quote name='MrNinjaSquirrel']*insert Lost joke* but I do still love Super 8, even if others dont[/QUOTE]

Most people seem to like it. Just wasn't for me.
 
[quote name='blindinglights']Super 8 was awful. Boring story, annoying characters, terrible alien.

Not sure why it's being compared to Cowboys & Aliens, other than the fact they both have aliens, but I'd much rather watch that again than suffer through Super 8 one more time.[/QUOTE]

Remind me to never take any recommendation from you seriously. I'm all for one's opinion, but I don't see how you can call Super 8 awful yet willingly watch Cowboys & Aliens more than once.

I just finished watching V/H/S and well, it was, let's say weird. It was pretty bad, but in an entertaining way. It'd be a good movie to watch with friends, but not much more.
 
[quote name='DestroVega']I only compared the two because they both have aliens shrouded in mystery and they both are intriguing films, then when it goes to the second act and you actually encounter the aliens it is terrible.

I loved JJ Abrahams' Star Trek, but all his other projects he develops are hype heavy with so little payoff it's a huge disappointment.[/QUOTE]

I don't know if you're talking about Super 8 or C&A, but I also thought Super 8 was great for the first half of the movie, after that it wasn't. Story & atmosphere went from 100 to 0.
 
[quote name='J7.']I don't know if you're talking about Super 8 or C&A, but I also thought Super 8 was great for the first half of the movie, after that it wasn't. Story & atmosphere went from 100 to 0.[/QUOTE]

Both haha
 
I can't buy a story from any medium that has naive, stupid, little piece of shit kids as the main protagonists, and that's what Super 8 had. I was also thrown off by the odd pace of the film. It was like a slow train ride and then it just took off at full fucking speed. Not good.

After seeing it a second time, did we really need to have the alien shrouded in mystery? It seemed like ambiguity for the sake of ambiguity, and it added nothing to the film. At least in Cloverfield they manuevered around that because it was the whole shaky camera thing.

Anyway, I saw Blue Valentine. It was alright, I suppose.
 
[quote name='Tsel']I'm all for one's opinion, but I'm not[/QUOTE]


Cowboys & Aliens is going to be bad. Just read the title, you know it will be. It has issues with dragging on, taking itself way to seriously, disappointing aliens (just like Super 8) among other things. However, when comparing the two...


[quote name='GhostShark']I can't buy a story from any medium that has naive, stupid, little piece of shit kids as the main protagonists, and that's what Super 8 had.[/QUOTE]


Yeah. That's much more difficult to sit through, IMO.
 
I thought Super 8 was fairly entertaining. Not something I had much interest in watching again, but I enjoyed it the time I watched it.

Cowboys and Aliens I didn't care for much for the reasons blindinglights noted above. It was boring for long stretches and took itself far to seriously.
 
Cloverfeild was awesome just being in a packed theater to see it. I was totally shamed in the fact they got me to go, the movie is dreadful. But it sparked so much reaction from audience members I'm happy I went. One guy two rows in front of me jumped up and yelled "what the fuck" upon the roll of the credits, the audible groans were just awesome.
 
[quote name='GhostShark']I can't buy a story from any medium that has naive, stupid, little piece of shit kids as the main protagonists, and that's what Super 8 had. I was also thrown off by the odd pace of the film. It was like a slow train ride and then it just took off at full fucking speed. Not good.

After seeing it a second time, did we really need to have the alien shrouded in mystery? It seemed like ambiguity for the sake of ambiguity, and it added nothing to the film. At least in Cloverfield they manuevered around that because it was the whole shaky camera thing.

Anyway, I saw Blue Valentine. It was alright, I suppose.[/QUOTE]
You must hate Goonies.
 
[quote name='GhostShark']I can't buy a story from any medium that has naive, stupid, little piece of shit kids as the main protagonists, and that's what Super 8 had. I was also thrown off by the odd pace of the film. It was like a slow train ride and then it just took off at full fucking speed. Not good.

After seeing it a second time, did we really need to have the alien shrouded in mystery? It seemed like ambiguity for the sake of ambiguity, and it added nothing to the film. At least in Cloverfield they manuevered around that because it was the whole shaky camera thing.

Anyway, I saw Blue Valentine. It was alright, I suppose.[/QUOTE]

One of the best parts of Super 8 was the fact that the alien was shrouded in mystery. Like not showing the shark in Jaws or the killer in a horror film. Perhaps when watching it a 2nd time that ambiguity becomes a negative.
 
Star Wars Despecialized. Ok, this is pretty awesome. So much better quality than the laserdisc rip I had. I haven't done a side-by-side comparison but at the very least it is very close to the original movie. The only problem I had was that at one point in the movie the sound level dropped way down. I'm not sure if that's in the Despecialized edition or if it was an artifact of my converting the movie from MKV to an MP4 with Handbrake. I've since learned that I could have just sent the MKV over to the PS3 via PMS. I will try that. Although the 2+GB size MP4 looked damn good and it sure is way smaller....
 
[quote name='saunderscowie']Watched Paranorman tonight - Liked it failed to see it in cinemas. Thought it may have been a little too scary for children?[/QUOTE]

I know the guys who made that. If you enjoyed it, check out Coraline. Also creepy/awesome. My kids loved it, a couple parts were a little scary for them, but they were cool. Do yourself a favor though, and check out a making-of video for Coraline. The amount of detail and art that goes in to stop motion is incredible.

The movie I just saw that surprised me, Two Days in New York. Chris Rock, small indie movie. Hilarious characters, just a few moments of cheese, and overwhelmingly a very good movie.
 
Red Dawn - The acting was cheesy and the writing was pretty bad, but the amount of action scenes kept me entertained. Keep in mind I haven't seen the original so I don't have a lot to compare this to.

House at the End of the Street - Pretty neat twist towards the end. Nothing groundbreaking, but worth a watch I'd say.

Exit Through the Gift Shop - I've become fascinated with documentaries lately, but even before that, this was always on my watch list. Finally got around to watching it last night and I wasn't disappointed. Really great stuff, especially if you're a fan of art, documentaries, or both.
 
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