movies

[cardsfansince82]

Taken is one of the worst movies I've ever watched.

It has an 8.0 on IMDB with 70,000 votes. I'm done ever even taking an IMDB rating with a grain of salt.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Taken is one of the worst movies I've ever watched.

It has an 8.0 on IMDB with 70,000 votes. I'm done ever even taking an IMDB rating with a grain of salt.

What were you expecting? Liam Neeson's daughter gets kidnapped and he brutalizes everyone in an effort to rescue her, it was fun mindless entertainment.

[Richie Allen]

Man On Wire=Great, Great, Great. Still can't believe that's possible.

[PujolJunkie]

Taken is one of the worst movies I've ever watched.

It has an 8.0 on IMDB with 70,000 votes. I'm done ever even taking an IMDB rating with a grain of salt.

Really? Wow. I really liked it. -shrug-

[robbotis]

Man On Wire=Great, Great, Great. Still can't believe that's possible.

That dude is crazy. I'd be scared to go onto the roof of a building that high.

[Radbird]

So we're sitting around last night and flipping channels when we come across "Wild Hogs" on one of the movie channels (Starz, IIRC). 4 aging HS buddies take a rode trip on Harleys in biker gear across America. Sounded like a dumb comedy, but starred John Travolta, Martin Lawrence, Tim Allen and William H Macy as the guys and the cast included Ray Liotta, Marisa Tomei and Peter Fonda. I was hoping for perhaps a biker version of "City Slickers".

Nuh-uh. Seriously bad. 14% on Rotten Tomatoes and well-deserved. Some of the reviews are much funnier than the movie was.

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/wild_hogs/

[PujolJunkie]

So we're sitting around last night and flipping channels when we come across "Wild Hogs" on one of the movie channels (Starz, IIRC). 4 aging HS buddies take a rode trip on Harleys in biker gear across America. Sounded like a dumb comedy, but starred John Travolta, Martin Lawrence, Tim Allen and William H Macy as the guys and the cast included Ray Liotta, Marisa Tomei and Peter Fonda. I was hoping for perhaps a biker version of "City Slickers".

Nuh-uh. Seriously bad. 14% on Rotten Tomatoes and well-deserved. Some of the reviews are much funnier than the movie was.

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/wild_hogs/

I like Travola. Macy is pretty good. And I was a Home Improvement fan. Martin Lawrence's standup (one of them) was funny. You'd think that would translate into a somewhat mindless, funny comedy.

But yeah, it was dog vomit.

[cardsfansince82]

Taken is one of the worst movies I've ever watched.

It has an 8.0 on IMDB with 70,000 votes. I'm done ever even taking an IMDB rating with a grain of salt.

What were you expecting? Liam Neeson's daughter gets kidnapped and he brutalizes everyone in an effort to rescue her, it was fun mindless entertainment.

I was expecting pretty much exactly that. Except Neeson completely mails it in, plot holes and improbabilities abound and the daughter was so terrible that it if she had any more screen time than she did I would have shut it off. Maybe it worked for you as mindless entertainment but that doesn't equal one of the top 250 movies all time, even by IMDB standards.

[cardsfansince82]

Finally got around to seeing Benjamin Button. It was about an hour too long and there really wasn't anything terribly interesting or compelling about it, but it was decent.

[Freed Roger]

Man On Wire=Great, Great, Great. Still can't believe that's possible.

Saw "The Changeling" last night. Good movie.
it was heart-wrenching and riveting at times to watch - since based on true story. I agree with prior GRB comments - "I want my son!" - again and again. The courtroom redemption and "happy ending" seemed a bit formulaic - even though its based on reality.

"Man on Wire" is next for me. Then "Odd Man Out"
returned unwatched - Benjamin Button, Vicky Christy Barcelona.