movies

[Jocephus]

[Michael]

So which movie is going to gross more: Age of Ultron or The Force Awakens?

[stlouie_lipp]

So which movie is going to gross more: Age of Ultron or The Force Awakens?

The Force Awakens. With the retro buzz of Luke, Han, Lea, Chewie, and bad ass looking trailers, I'm guessing it will be record setting.

[docellis]

Predestination was a mind flurk.

Yes, yes it is. A bit on the nose towards the very end, but I still liked it.

If you liked that, you might also like Stay, which very few people have seen despite it starring Ryan Gosling, Naomi Watts, and Ewan McGregor. Also Enemy with Jake Gyllenhaal, but I think that was discussed in this thread a while back.

Just watched Stay. Totally agree. It is really interesting that both Stay and Predestination, on Amazon reviews have either COMPLETE hate or COMPLETE love. Very little middle ground.

[Famous Mortimer]

Deckard-the-replicant was always a terrible, terrible idea, which nullifies the central conflict of the film. "Every man dies, not every man really lives"--Deckard knows that Rachel is doomed but chooses a life with her anyway. That decision is meaningless if he is also a replicant.

He's definitely one in the book, as he walks through a trap that only allows replicants to go through it (if I'm remembering the book right, it's much better written than I'm recapping). I'm pretty sure you could find either the writer or director on the record as saying that Deckard is a replicant in the movie too. I don't think it's quite as meaningless as you make out, just that the replicants are as human as we.


Super Troopers

Not as hilarious as I remember it. Still great, and streets ahead of their other movies, but...

[haltz]

Slammin Salmon has to be one of the worst things that's ever happened in recorded history. Holocaust, slavery, internment camps, crusades, white zinfandel, human trafficking - it's an atrocity.

[Maclowery]

God, that movie. I was excited when I heard it was filming - Broken Lizard doing a restaurant industry comedy? Hell yeah! They'll do better than that idiotic Waiting movie! Kick ass! ... Then I saw it.

It would be like me, haltz, and 33rd (assuming we were funny enough to write a good stoner Cop movie and beer movie, and horror send up movie, etc) teaming up to write a movie about the Nuclear Reactor industry. And swirls sees it, trying to gouge his own eyes out.

Indeed, an atrocity. Shockingly bad, and this coming from a big fan of those guys, and someone who wants a truly funny movie about my funny-movie-potential-laden career choice.

[Maclowery]

Unrelated to that rant, another rant:

Just watched a trailer for a Fantastic Four reboot. That's happening. It looked terrible. That said, I think the trailers for the new Avengers look pretty terrible as well. But comic book movies keep profiting megabucks - who needs new properties for our top grossing films anyway? I am reminded of a movie news bit that a Play Doh movie is in the works. No, I'm not kidding. Has anyone bought the rights to a Ritz Bits movie yet? Or a re-re-re-boot of Batman? At least one of those is going to make 500 million dollars. 50/50 bet. My money's not on Ritz Bits. That might only make 100 million.

[Famous Mortimer]

Completely agree about "The Slammin Salmon", and I thought "Club Dread" was pleasant rather than funny too. They could do with another strong writer in the crew, I think.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Predestination was a mind flurk.

Yes, yes it is. A bit on the nose towards the very end, but I still liked it.

If you liked that, you might also like Stay, which very few people have seen despite it starring Ryan Gosling, Naomi Watts, and Ewan McGregor. Also Enemy with Jake Gyllenhaal, but I think that was discussed in this thread a while back.

Just watched Stay. Totally agree. It is really interesting that both Stay and Predestination, on Amazon reviews have either COMPLETE hate or COMPLETE love. Very little middle ground.

Yeah some people feel manipulated by those types of endings so they evoke very strong reactions. I can't watch that type of movie all the time, but every now and then it's great fun.