movies

[vinsanity]

I just saw a preview of the new karate kid. In an attempt to update it the wax on/wax off phrase was replaced.

Chan tells the kid to put his jacket back on...

Moments later he yells 'jacket off'. Yes. Jacket off.

[cpebbles]

I watched "Cheeky!" over the weekend, the second one I've seen from Tinto Brass (the other being 'All Ladies Do It'):

Italian director Tinto Brass has often been compared to American auteur Russ Meyer for his artfully erotic sex romps, but unlike Meyer, who's obsessed with breasts, Brass focuses his attention on another part of the female anatomy -- the derriere. When the lovely (and scantily clad) Carla (Yuliya Mayarchuk) arrives in London to look for a flat to share with her Venetian boyfriend, men and women alike fall for her considerable charms.

Tinto Brass is like the Billy Wilder of Italian butt porn.

I actually watched that this weekend too. You should probably mention that the only real difference between this and lighter, so-called "couples porn" is that the girl is hotter.

[lukethedrifter]

What was that British TV show similar to Benny Hill where the dude would go over to do some plumbing and some busty wife would come onto the guy? If I'm not mistaken they'd always show a bit of boob. Man, I loved that show as a kid.

[MrSaigon]

I saw about 20 minutes of 'Disaster Movie.' It's fascinating, really. So there is no plot, it's just a few young people walking around and bumping into a guy in a bad Iron Man suit who farts or something, and then bumping into an Amy Winehouse lookalike who is drinking from a Jack Daniels bottle through a straw, then the girl from Enchanted shows up and it's funny because she is a slut. It's really, really awful. I don't see how it is even a movie.

I would say, without hyperbole, that given the resources, any three posters from this forum could make a better movie.

[JL21]

Has anyone seen "The Road", the Cormac McCarthy adaptation?

[TimeForGuinness]

Just worked my way through a plethora of movies:

The Good:
* Fantastic Mr. Fox - even though I heard rumors that Wes Anderson was a d*ck and basically directed this movie over email, it was a cussing good time. Probably my favorite children's/family movie since Toy Story. A cussing good time. 8.5/10.
* Up - Pixar has yet to fall on its face. This movie appeared darker to me and dealt with more mature themes than previous Pixar movies (age, putting off dreams even though time seems to be speeding up, and death). Solid Pixar movie. 8/10.
* Up in the Air - Seemed like a lesser version of Lost in Translation, but I still enjoyed it. If you're a St. Louis buff like I am, then you'll enjoy the scenario because almost all of it was filmed in St. Louis, and they made the city look good. Clooney is Clooney and I enjoyed the movie very much. 7.5/10.
* Zombieland - I had visions of a bad take-off of Shaun of the Dead, but this movie deviated far enough and held it's own while still being funny. Woody Harrelson makes the movie. A good, fun movie to watch. 7/10.
* Julie & Julia - *chick flick warning* - Meryl Streep is pretty much amazing in everything that she does (in my mind) which makes this movie enjoyable to watch. 7/10.
* Quantum of Solace - James Bond follow up to Casino Royale. I need to watch this again because I was up late last night trying to follow it, and I was tired. More action packed than Casino Royale, which I feel took away from it being Bond and made it more like Bourne. Not a bad thing if you are expecting Bourne. I'll give this a 6.5/10 for right now, but that may go down after the next viewing.

The Bad:
* Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen - If you enjoyed the first movie because you only focused on the big robots that fight a lot and blow sh*t up, then you like this movie if you can only focus on the big robots that fight a lot and blow sh*t up. Big Robot fights: 8.5/10, Overall movie: 1/10
* Terminator Salvation - I think some people enjoy this movie more than I did. I heard the special effects were amazing, but I found them lacking. The movie is probably the third best out of the four movies that were made. Honestly, I think I'm just bored with the terminator movies. 5/10.

The Amazing:
* Raging Bull - amazing movie...but it made me not like Casino as much because it seemed like Scorsese just used the same De Niro character (a guy on the way up, falls in love with a stunning blonde, becomes insanely jealous, then the relationship falls apart)...but Casino is still good. 10/10.
* Ken Burns: Jazz - Through 2 episodes out of the 10, and it is...breathtaking. If you are a jazz enthusiast, or a music enthusiast, do not miss this. 11/10.

[Tambourine Man]

I watched Drag Me To Hell based on a few things posted in this thread. Wow. It was awful.

TFG, I've been meaning to watch the Burns documentary for awhile, but it's a pretty big commitment. One of these days...

[TimeForGuinness]

I watched Drag Me To Hell based on a few things posted in this thread. Wow. It was awful.

TFG, I've been meaning to watch the Burns documentary for awhile, but it's a pretty big commitment. One of these days...

It's on Netflix streaming...every episode is about 2 hours...but it's amazing.

[cardsfansince82]

Has anyone seen "The Road", the Cormac McCarthy adaptation?

I watched it a few days ago. I thought it was good, not great (kind of like the book). Viggo Mortensen got a lot of love for his acting performance. I'd say he did a good job with the role, but there really isn't a ton of acting done in the whole movie. The movie deviates from the book in fairly significant ways, but overall remains faithful to the book on the most important points. It is interesting to see the book brought to life in a movie, but if you've read the book it is almost better to leave it to your imagination. The movie is almost two hours long, but seems to speed through what I thought were the most compelling and intense parts of the book to spend the majority of the time on more mundane things. Overall I'd give it 7/10.

[go birds]

Robin Hood - if you've seen gladiator, then you've already seen Robin Hood.

With that said, i did enjoy Ridley Scott's version. I'm kind of anticipating the next installment.