Surprisingly the Last Movie You Saw Didn't Suck

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[quote name='hiccupleftovers']I can't blame you, unlike some who would like to chastise you. I thought Casino Royale was shit as well. The worst Bond flick I've ever seen. I wouldn't even go as far as calling it a Bond flick. Daniel Craig is the worst Bond ever. I can't stand him, especially since they passed over more capable actors for Bond such as Clive Owen. Clive Owen would have given a great impression as Bond. He's a phenomenal actor. Daniel Craig doesn't have the look, the feel, nor the vibe for being Bond. At least Brosnan had those points going for him, though 2 of the films they put him in were shit, with two being passable and one actually being good (I still like GoldenEye).



I had several plot points like this for Casino Royale.



I like some of the Brosnan films. And let's not forget if it wasn't for him, we wouldn't have the great GoldenEye game and Agent Under Fire (severly overlooked title that is actually good for a Bond game).[/QUOTE]

I'd love to point out that Casino Royale is the highest grossing bond flim of all time, but it's predecessor was also before it (Die Another Day) and that movie was complete shit.

Brosnan was the second worst bond (behind Dalton.. his movies sucked something fierce) and his only good movie was Goldeneye.

Casino Royale was worthy of all the praise. Craig has the look, and charisma to be bond. Why else would they sign him for 3 more films? He clearly saved the franchise. It was desperately needed.
 
[quote name='hiccupleftovers']Has anyone seen any Jodorwsky films? anyone care to comment on them?[/quote]

I personally LOVE them (especially Holy Mountain) but a lot of people loathe them. They're hyper surreal, light on plot, heavy on symbolism, and fucking awesome.

Across The Universe
 
[quote name='Calamityuponthee']I'd love to point out that Casino Royale is the highest grossing bond flim of all time, but it's predecessor was also before it (Die Another Day) and that movie was complete shit.

Brosnan was the second worst bond (behind Dalton.. his movies sucked something fierce) and his only good movie was Goldeneye.

Casino Royale was worthy of all the praise. Craig has the look, and charisma to be bond. Why else would they sign him for 3 more films? He clearly saved the franchise. It was desperately needed.[/quote]

I strongly disagree. Craig has had one good Bond movie that people want to go gaga for. Just like Halo.:D The movie was shit, and in my opinion, Craig has killed the series for me. They could sign him to be the Bond for the next 10 films and I wouldn't care; he has directly turned me off from the Bond franchise at this point, and if they aren't careful, could cause more damage and harm to the Bond franchise than good. The series did need a reboot, but not the reboot they've done. I do like Bond as a cold "true-er" agent/killer, but who said we ever needed The Bond Identity? Yeah, they really have plenty of fresh ideas for the series:roll::roll:

I could go into a greater write up of Casino Royale, but I simply don't have the time, nor the patience, at the moment to go through with it.
 
[quote name='SneakyPenguin']I personally LOVE them (especially Holy Mountain) but a lot of people loathe them. They're hyper surreal, light on plot, heavy on symbolism, and fucking awesome.

Across The Universe[/quote]

Thanks. I'm glad I ordered that one from the DD sale. I skipped the 25% off sale (sadly), since I didn't really have the money, which technically I still don't, but I couldn't leave my self otu of this most recent sale of boxsets with the Hitchcock set.
 
Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang, just as good as the first time I saw it.

Fire in the Sky. Not as good as I remember it, and not worth the $5 I paid for it a while back.

Will probably try and watch There Will Be Blood tonight. Saw it in the theater and have had the DVD for months and haven't got around to watching it.
 
[quote name='hiccupleftovers']I strongly disagree. Craig has had one good Bond movie that people want to go gaga for. Just like Halo.:D The movie was shit, and in my opinion, Craig has killed the series for me. They could sign him to be the Bond for the next 10 films and I wouldn't care; he has directly turned me off from the Bond franchise at this point, and if they aren't careful, could cause more damage and harm to the Bond franchise than good. The series did need a reboot, but not the reboot they've done. I do like Bond as a cold "true-er" agent/killer, but who said we ever needed The Bond Identity? Yeah, they really have plenty of fresh ideas for the series:roll::roll:

I could go into a greater write up of Casino Royale, but I simply don't have the time, nor the patience, at the moment to go through with it.[/QUOTE]

Different strokes for different folks, and so on. I thought Craig was the best part of QoS, but that doesn't mean the rest was shit. With a little more polish (and a different director), the movie would have been golden. Martin Campbell directed Casino Royale which explains why it's superior. He clearly knows the Bond formula, as seen with Goldeneye also.

That said, the next Bond is coming out in Q3 or Q4 2011 so they got plenty of time to create another great movie.
 
[quote name='FloodsAreUponUS']Quantum of Solace.
Flaming Piece of Shit. If I paid for this it would be awful. Anyone who says the movie is good has no idea what makes a movie good, or what makes Bond,Bond.

Citizen Kane.
Amazing.[/QUOTE]

This post is so stereotypically movienerd-douchebag that I'm tempted to say it isn't legit, but rather a mockery of pseudo film geeks... I hope that's the case
 
[quote name='Koggit']This post is so stereotypically movienerd-douchebag that I'm tempted to say it isn't legit, but rather a mockery of pseudo film geeks... I hope that's the case[/quote]

i was actually the only person in a film class that remotely enjoyed citizen kane, but yeah. i feel most just say its a classic and shit cause of its status.

as for the new bond, while i wasnt a massive fan. i do like the new direction they are taking bond and still think that craig is a great actor for bond.

as for best movie ive watched recently... just rewatched an old comedy called PCU. if you wanna see the director of iron man play a punk rock stoner and see ari gold as a lazy college goodfornothing, this is the movie for you.
 
[quote name='Koggit']This post is so stereotypically movienerd-douchebag that I'm tempted to say it isn't legit, but rather a mockery of pseudo film geeks... I hope that's the case[/QUOTE]

I was thinking the same but I'll take Quantum of Solace. This shit come from the same group that thought Crash and Babel are the best things since sliced bagels or the newest comicbook, Asian or Will Ferrell flick. Call me a hick from Iowa or what you will, I still have seen more movies than 95% of you but it doesn't matter because what matters is the time and or place I saw "The greatest movie of all time" :oldman:.

Yes Quantum of Solace was the crappies Bond flick since Licence to Kill but none of the Bond flicks have been masterpieces, yes they are all dumb entertainment for the masses AKA a good way to waste 2 hours on a Saturday afternoon. I felt ripped off when I had high hopes and saw Tomorrow Never Dies in the theaters a decade ago, but I got over it and realized that I'm a different movie goer than when I first saw GoldenEye. The true movieassdoucheshats are the ones that claim every good movie that they just watched is the greatest masterpiece of all time.

With that said Citizen Kain is an amazing flick, the first time you see it and it blows away every movie in this post but comparing a popcorn flick to cinematic classic you will be disappointed every time. /It is past my bed time I need some sleep

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as for best movie ive watched recently... just rewatched an old comedy called PCU. if you wanna see the director of iron man play a punk rock stoner and see ari gold as a lazy college goodfornothing, this is the movie for you.[/QUOTE]
When I saw the first previews for Entourage on HBO before it came out I called up a high school buddy of mine to tell him that Jeremy Piven was going to be in a "new" show because we used to watch PCU all the time in High School, yes I know I'm an old man. I always wondered why they never put Jeremy Piven in much stuff before Entourage came out. Piven is the man!
 
[quote name='spoo']


When I saw the first previews for Entourage on HBO before it came out I called up a high school buddy of mine to tell him that Jeremy Piven was going to be in a "new" show because we used to watch PCU all the time in High School, yes I know I'm an old man. I always wondered why they never put Jeremy Piven in much stuff before Entourage came out. Piven is the man![/QUOTE]

Damn, did he ever have a full head of hair? I remember seeing him in Lucas (Come one, you can't forget Corey Haim's tour de force performance as the titular character) playing a high schooler and the dude had the receding hairline of a 40 year old Patrick Stewart. The guy is awesome in everything he's in, but you got to wonder about that hairline.
 
[quote name='cdubb1605']i was actually the only person in a film class that remotely enjoyed citizen kane, but yeah. i feel most just say its a classic and shit cause of its status.

as for the new bond, while i wasnt a massive fan. i do like the new direction they are taking bond and still think that craig is a great actor for bond.[/QUOTE]

It's not because he disliked Bond and liked Kane, nothing's wrong with that.

His post is pompous and douchey on a couple different levels. It's like if this were some sort of "rate the last picture you saw" and I said

"Penny Arcade -- pathetic, anyone who likes that comic has absolutely no idea what good art is.

Mona Lisa -- amazing."
 
[quote name='spoo']I was thinking the same but I'll take Quantum of Solace. This shit come from the same group that thought Crash and Babel are the best things since sliced bagels or the newest comicbook, Asian or Will Ferrell flick. Call me a hick from Iowa or what you will, I still have seen more movies than 95% of you but it doesn't matter because what matters is the time and or place I saw "The greatest movie of all time" :oldman:.

Yes Quantum of Solace was the crappies Bond flick since Licence to Kill but none of the Bond flicks have been masterpieces, yes they are all dumb entertainment for the masses AKA a good way to waste 2 hours on a Saturday afternoon. I felt ripped off when I had high hopes and saw Tomorrow Never Dies in the theaters a decade ago, but I got over it and realized that I'm a different movie goer than when I first saw GoldenEye. The true movieassdoucheshats are the ones that claim every good movie that they just watched is the greatest masterpiece of all time.
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If you think QoS was the worst bond since License to Kill then you haven't seen the crap Brosnan was spewing out. Besides Goldeneye, bond has been dead since For Your Eyes Only. Casino Royale changed that.

You probably have seen more movies then me, but that doesn't mean I like mainstream garbage. Most of what I watch (and listen to, music wise) is deepcut but I still enjoy good films, popular or not. Bond films are definitely not oscar worthy but I'm a fan and they entertain me. That's what watching movies is all about, no?

Anyways, I'm done defending QoS, it's starting to derail the thread. If you want to discuss it make a new thread.
 
[quote name='Calamityuponthee']If you think QoS was the worst bond since License to Kill then you haven't seen the crap Brosnan was spewing out. Besides Goldeneye, bond has been dead since For Your Eyes Only. Casino Royale changed that.

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Bond films are pure entertainment and I did enjoy Quantum of Solace for what it was but IMHO it sucked the fun out of Bond. The Pierce Brosnan Bond movies never had the problem of not having enough explosions, cars, toys, girls, guns and fun. The Brosnan era used a big budget on special effects and cool toys and didn't concentrate on making a perfect film but a flashy Bond movie. Quantum of Solace on the other hand took the fun out the Bond but they were trying to make a "better movie". The first scene in Quantum of Solace is what I wanted in a Bond movie but after the movie was over it seemed that they slapped the first scene as an afterthought because they realized that they made a Bond flick without any big action scenes. I enjoyed Quantum of Solace but not for the same reasons I liked every other Bond flick.

[quote name='Calamityuponthee']Anyways, I'm done defending QoS, it's starting to derail the thread. If you want to discuss it make a new thread.[/QUOTE]
I don't understand why you had to defend it against my OP. I was defending Quantum of Solace, in a fucked up way but still defending it. All I was trying to accomplish in my OP was to compare it as a sophomore effort to Pierce's second Bond flick Tomorrow Never Dies.

Tomorrow Never Dies is to GoldenEye the same as Quantum of Solace is to Casino Royale.

[quote name='Calamityuponthee']IYou probably have seen more movies then me, but that doesn't mean I like mainstream garbage. Most of what I watch (and listen to, music wise) is deepcut but I still enjoy good films, popular or not. Bond films are definitely not oscar worthy but I'm a fan and they entertain me. That's what watching movies is all about, no?[/QUOTE]
This is the attitude Koggit was referring to in his post and this is same attitude I was condemning in mine. Pretentious movie fans are the worst. It is one thing to judge a movie on it's merits but to claim that you have better taste than others or that if others didn't like the same movie then they must be ignorant and they just "Didn't get it" is preposterous. I was a little drunk and very sleepy last night when I made my last post so I wasn't as clear with my sarcasm as I should have been. My point in my op was that we all like different movies for different reasons and comparing an Orson Welles classic to the latest popcorn flick is silly.

For an example Heartbreakers is one of my favorite movies, not because of it's great plot, acting or because it is two hours of Jennifer Love Hewitt in skimpy outfits but because it was the movie my wife and I went to go see on our first date. If I see X movie when I'm in a great mood there is a big chance that I will enjoy it no matter how crappy it is or if I see an all time classic for the first time but I'm in a shitty mood their is a good chance I will not enjoy it for what it is. We don't need to explain why we like the movies we do but if this was our second date it would just be another crappy flick.


People often confuse the difference between favorite movies and "The best movies of all time." One is subjective on entertainment level and the other is subjective based on movie merits from pompous asses.
Movies are entertainment to me, not art. I got the same enjoyment watching Teenage Catgirls in Heat as I did when I watched Annie Hall. If you didn't like Annie Hall
or Teenage Catgirls in Heat who am I to tell you that you are wrong or ignorant for not liking them?

[quote name='doctorfaustus']Damn, did he ever have a full head of hair? I remember seeing him in Lucas (Come one, you can't forget Corey Haim's tour de force performance as the titular character) playing a high schooler and the dude had the receding hairline of a 40 year old Patrick Stewart. The guy is awesome in everything he's in, but you got to wonder about that hairline.[/QUOTE]

:lol::lol:
 
[quote name='doctorfaustus']Sgt. Bilko- Yawn. Steve Martin stopped being funny in the nineties.[/quote]

Have you seen Bowfinger? Hysterical.
 
[quote name='Koggit']This post is so stereotypically movienerd-douchebag that I'm tempted to say it isn't legit, but rather a mockery of pseudo film geeks... I hope that's the case[/quote]

I guess I am a movienerd douchebag because I have taste in films?

You can keep your garbage.

Sukiyaki Western Django- Decent fun flick with all sense of seriousness taken out the window. Typically Takashi Miike style film.
 
[quote name='FloodsAreUponUS']I guess I am a movienerd douchebag because I have taste in films?

You can keep your garbage.[/quote]

No. Sentences like that are the reason you're a movienerd douchebag.
 
[quote name='SneakyPenguin']No. Sentences like that are the reason you're a movienerd douchebag.[/quote]

I have standards for movies. I shit on bad movies that deserve it. If it makes me a douchebag so be it. I don't care to waste my time on shit, and when a movie is shit I will let you know about it.
 
[quote name='FloodsAreUponUS']I have standards for movies. I shit on bad movies that deserve it. If it makes me a douchebag so be it. I don't care to waste my time on shit, and when a movie is shit I will let you know about it.[/QUOTE]

The point is that one can enjoy whatever movies they like with out insulting others with different tastes.

It's one thing to say you thought a movie was shit. It's another to insult anyone who liked said movie. Different strokes for different folks. Movies are 100% subjective.
 
[quote name='Malik112099']Eagle Eye...pretty good action flick[/quote]

same here! lol.

it was a really good movie IMO.
 
[quote name='FloodsAreUponUS']I have standards for movies. I shit on bad movies that deserve it. If it makes me a douchebag so be it. I don't care to waste my time on shit, and when a movie is shit I will let you know about it.[/quote]

Standards are relative, thus this continues your movie douchebagginess. I will just say that spoo is absolutely right when he said this:

"Bond films are pure entertainment and I did enjoy Quantum of Solace for what it was but IMHO it sucked the fun out of Bond. The Pierce Brosnan Bond movies never had the problem of not having enough explosions, cars, toys, girls, guns and fun. The Brosnan era used a big budget on special effects and cool toys and didn't concentrate on making a perfect film but a flashy Bond movie. Quantum of Solace on the other hand took the fun out the Bond but they were trying to make a "better movie". The first scene in Quantum of Solace is what I wanted in a Bond movie but after the movie was over it seemed that they slapped the first scene as an afterthought because they realized that they made a Bond flick without any big action scenes. I enjoyed Quantum of Solace but not for the same reasons I liked every other Bond flick."
 
Charlie Wilson's War

Very much enjoyed Tom Hanks playing Dean Martin playing Charlie Wilson, and Hoffman was great as ever. But it helped make me even more depressed thinking about how all of those weapons we brought in are likely now in the hands of Al Qaeda's finest and being used against us, largely because we lacked the foresight to help rebuild Afghanistan after the Soviets pulled out.
 
[quote name='fart_bubble']my two new favorite films I've watched in the past week

The Sword Of Alexander (Japanese movie int he vein of Big Trouble In Little China)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlSkveYA1s4

Dainipponjin (mockumentery about an everyday superhero. Its THE driest comedy that you will ever come across and its fucking HILARIOUS)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSTdkUgjhks[/QUOTE]

So, where might I be able to watch these spectacular films?
 
Just for the record, that video above sort of ruins the ending of the movie. If you haven't seen it yet you probably shouldn't watch it.
 
The Godfather. Saw it on the big screen for the first time at the AFI Silver, having watched it on DVD numerous times. Still gets my vote for best movie I've seen.

Can't wait to see Part II on the big screen at the same theater next weekend.
 
The Incredible Hulk (2008). Started it the other night, but he blu ray from netflix was defective and kept freezing, got my replacement today and finished it.

Pretty decent. I'd give it the nod over Ang Lee's movie, though I liked that one ok as well.

Also watched Kill Bill Volume 1 the other night--bought it and Volume 2 to test out my new BD player to make sure it was the Hulk disc that was bad rather than the player. Great movie, liked it more than I remembered from seeing it in the theater. Will have to find time to watch Volume 2 soon as I liked it better than part 1 the first time I saw them.
 
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Hollywood Shuffle - I had low expectations but I found myself laughing all the way through this funny little 80's indie movie.

The Mission - Great score, great acting, touching story, this has everything I want from a movie.

Wall-E - 2nd viewing (first in theaters.) Just as brilliant as the first time I watched it. This isn't a kids movie but a great date movie that is kid friendly.
 
Hancock- Meh city. Shaky cam gave me a headache. Justin Bateman was funny. Skip it.

Bloodsucking Freaks- Typical sleazy exploitation film. If you enjoyedThe Wizard of Gore you'll definitely enjoy this gory, yet simplistic film.

Townies- This weird indie film centers around a group of mentally unbalanced people and the people that bully them. Townies does not really have a plot, the writing is lacking, but and the actors portraying the mentally ill townies are pretty convincing. Unless you're a fan of weirdo films like Even Dwarfs Started off Small and Gummo you can safely skip this one.
Available through Netflix's Watch Instantly
 
my best friends girl

I figured out the whole movie 10 minutes in but there were a couple of belly laugh moments especially the whole wedding thing towards the end
 
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