In the last two days I've seen a bunch of movies:
Win Win - Enjoyable family comedy but nothing special.
Contagion - A mess of a film.
Phaedra - Anthony Perkins is excellent. Nothing good can come from banging your step-mom.
The Debt - Just okay.
Bridesmaids - Laughed my ass off.
Hannah - A badass film. Chemical Brothers score was excellent. Liked this one a lot.
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G. Keenan
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Maclowery
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Chemical Brothers scored it?! I had no idea!
Random fact: The very first .mp3 file I ever heard, back in ~1997, was Block Rockin Beats. Went up to Champaign-Urbana with some high school buddies, to stay at one of their brother's frat. Dude had this computer, and this amazing technology that let you put a CD track on your computer for only like a megabyte per minute, which was just ridiculous to quantify at the time. Technology!
Random fact: The very first .mp3 file I ever heard, back in ~1997, was Block Rockin Beats. Went up to Champaign-Urbana with some high school buddies, to stay at one of their brother's frat. Dude had this computer, and this amazing technology that let you put a CD track on your computer for only like a megabyte per minute, which was just ridiculous to quantify at the time. Technology!
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AdmiralKird
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Definitely NSFW, probably coming out this Friday.
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G. Keenan
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Pariah is pretty damn good.
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stlouie_lipp
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Re: Jaws
Got home early from the family Christmas Eve gathering and Jaws was on, so I watched it. I love the movie, but two things came to mind:
1) I couldn't help but think about technology and its effect on movies. There is no way a movie like this could get made today (absent setting it in the past) because everyone would just think "well, just use your cell/ipad to let someone know what's going on on the boat".
2) Dreyfuss is a punk. After he gets shaken out of the cage, he does nothing to help. He sits on the ocean floor watching Shaw die and Scheider save the day. He stays there until it's safe to come up after Jaws is killed. Then he surfaces and is all like "we did it bro!".
Got home early from the family Christmas Eve gathering and Jaws was on, so I watched it. I love the movie, but two things came to mind:
1) I couldn't help but think about technology and its effect on movies. There is no way a movie like this could get made today (absent setting it in the past) because everyone would just think "well, just use your cell/ipad to let someone know what's going on on the boat".
2) Dreyfuss is a punk. After he gets shaken out of the cage, he does nothing to help. He sits on the ocean floor watching Shaw die and Scheider save the day. He stays there until it's safe to come up after Jaws is killed. Then he surfaces and is all like "we did it bro!".
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Jocephus
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we saw tintin in 3d today and we all thought it was great. fun adventure movie. and i must say, this was my first of the modern 3d movies and it was really fun.
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Tambourine Man
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Shaw had a death wish. I would've thrown his ass overboard before he drug me into that situation.stlouie_lipp wrote:2) Dreyfuss is a punk. After he gets shaken out of the cage, he does nothing to help. He sits on the ocean floor watching Shaw die and Scheider save the day. He stays there until it's safe to come up after Jaws is killed. Then he surfaces and is all like "we did it bro!".
"Welp, we didn't get the shark, but the shark got Shaw. Nice to be back on land! Outta here!"
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Maclowery
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Oh man did I ever enjoy Tintin in 3d. Loved te books as a kid (both English and French ones back when I was semi bilingual). Movie was a terrific rendition. 3d scenes were terrific. Hobbit trailer in 3d was so much fun.
It was the Indiana Jones movie that that Crystal Skull pissbucket wished it was.
Highest recommendation if you ever enjoyed Herge's comics, or if you want a great visual spectactle and thrill_ride.
It was the Indiana Jones movie that that Crystal Skull pissbucket wished it was.
Highest recommendation if you ever enjoyed Herge's comics, or if you want a great visual spectactle and thrill_ride.
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G. Keenan
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I just watched Troll Hunter. That movie is a blast.
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Freed Roger
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A Face in the Crowd was fabulous.
Unmistakably a Kazan film - story of grand proportions. Patricia Neal -the best. Andy Griffith -who knew. Walter Matthau.
The film is worth watching for time capsule noir alone (starting in NE Arkansas, to NYC and early TV Land and Madison Avenue.)
And good grief- TV was in it's infancy as a media when this film aired 1957. Bradbury-esque prophecies with the abuse of media personality and never-ending appetite of the masses lap it up.
Unmistakably a Kazan film - story of grand proportions. Patricia Neal -the best. Andy Griffith -who knew. Walter Matthau.
The film is worth watching for time capsule noir alone (starting in NE Arkansas, to NYC and early TV Land and Madison Avenue.)
And good grief- TV was in it's infancy as a media when this film aired 1957. Bradbury-esque prophecies with the abuse of media personality and never-ending appetite of the masses lap it up.