movies

[Numbers]

Battle Los Angeles - No story, Horrendous Dialogue, but it does have two hours of non-stop, butt-kicking action

[Swirls]

Battle Los Angeles - No story, Horrendous Dialogue, but it does have two hours of non-stop, butt-kicking action

Pretty much my thoughts as well. Non-stop action from literally the first 10 seconds through the final 10 seconds, but other than that - absolutely terrible movie.

Mrs. Swirls said she watched Red Riding Hood last night, and it was equally awful as well.

[MrSaigon]

I saw The Fighter. It's really good. If it were up to me, I'd move the amounts of depression, inspiration and sports action elements of the pie chart around a little, but I enjoyed it. Sort of a bizarre fairy tale feel to it with the evil mother and the six hideous sisters.

[Freed Roger]

127 Hours was pretty darn good. had no idea how they were going to work this story into a movie -and they did very well.

I watched alternate ending on DVD - thank goodness they didn't go with that.

[lukethedrifter]

127 Hours was pretty darn good. had no idea how they were going to work this story into a movie -and they did very well.

I watched alternate ending on DVD - thank goodness they didn't go with that.

What was the alternate ending?




I watched Psycho last night. Great stuff of course but I was having a hard time keeping a straight face early on when Marian was acting so squirrelly around the cop, even trading her car when the copper was watching. WTF?

[Freed Roger]

127 Hours was pretty darn good. had no idea how they were going to work this story into a movie -and they did very well.

I watched alternate ending on DVD - thank goodness they didn't go with that.

What was the alternate ending?

[SHOW]

alternate ending was really long. instead of the helicopter saving him followed by the brief artistic flourish of the original, it went on to be a small docu-drama -him in the hospital w/ his mom, playing piano at sisters wedding, etc. basically reconnecting with the people who he was thinking about when stuck. Instead of leaving you feeling how the original did, it went to a Lifetime Channel/Crash ending where they dot the i's and cross the t's and pull it all together for you.

I doubt they actually considered using the alternate ending though. It was probably more just shot to be a bonus feature on the DVD.

[Bo Hart]

I also saw Battle: Los Angeles. I was looking at my watch just over an hour in -- I thought that it really dragged on.

[SHOW]

Why the hell were the aliens so human-like in so many aspects? (similar bodies, extremely similar mannerisms and fighting tactics, etc)

They came here for water??!??!?! Are you kidding me!?!?!??!!

The aliens are planning a full-scale invasion of Earth, and yet the vast majority of them were broken up into tiny little groups -- what gives?

How the hell do they manage to infiltrate the "base" housing the mothership so easily!?


I know we're supposed to suspend our beliefs during movies, but man, this movie really sucked on a lot of levels.

[Richie Allen]

I watched Psycho last night. Great stuff of course but I was having a hard time keeping a straight face early on when Marian was acting so squirrelly around the cop, even trading her car when the copper was watching. WTF?

I'm not sure her paranoia was completely unjustified. She did see her boss, who sent her to the bank to make the deposit, as she was headed out of town so it was just a matter of time before they would be on the lookout for her and that car. Of course a lot of Hitchcock's movies are less than air tight but it typically doesn't get in the way. I don't think he was fond of the lengthy explanation at the end but wasn't sure how else to spell out some of the things that are now obvious to all that have already seen it. It was never one of my favorite Hitchcock films but it's grown on me over the years. I seem to enjoy it more with each viewing, which I can't say about a number of his other films.

[Blitzer]

Watched Due Date last. Despite the fact that Zach Galifianakis can only play the same character in every movie/television show he has ever been in, I still laugh at him every time. I really liked Due Date and I didnt know if I would. Thought it was hilarious.

[lukethedrifter]

I watched Psycho last night. Great stuff of course but I was having a hard time keeping a straight face early on when Marian was acting so squirrelly around the cop, even trading her car when the copper was watching. WTF?

I'm not sure her paranoia was completely unjustified. She did see her boss, who sent her to the bank to make the deposit, as she was headed out of town so it was just a matter of time before they would be on the lookout for her and that car. Of course a lot of Hitchcock's movies are less than air tight but it typically doesn't get in the way. I don't think he was fond of the lengthy explanation at the end but wasn't sure how else to spell out some of the things that are now obvious to all that have already seen it. It was never one of my favorite Hitchcock films but it's grown on me over the years. I seem to enjoy it more with each viewing, which I can't say about a number of his other films.

I get the paranoia but it was just so over the top with her trading in the car and driving off with the cop right behind her. It just messed it up for me because I couldn't shake the feeling that he would have just pulled her over and searched her. For a while anyway.
Do you think he included the psychiatrist's scene at the end because he feared audiences at the time wouldn't get it otherwise? From here, it was totally unnecessary and weakened the impact of the movie.
Still, lots to love about it.