movies

[Bo Hart]

Saw 'The Blind Side' this weekend. Great movie with a good story. From what I heard, they left a few things out from the book. Would recommend it to anyone...

I saw it too, and I would also recommend it. Although it's obvious that it got the Hollywood treatment and the story was greatly embellished, it was still heartwarming and enjoyable. I felt very unstable during that movie; I was on the verge of crying countless times.

[lukethedrifter]

I will now subject you to this

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[Richie Allen]

Watched first part of the Maltese Falcon and must say I didn't like for such a touted film. Fell asleep and then gave up after 2 attempts to see thru. Tries too hard to be sophisticated and doesn't stand test of time. Uninteresting characters. Bogart's schtik - I don't get into it.

I've always liked To Have And Have Not, The Big Sleep and Key Largo better than The Maltese Falcon, although it's more widely recognized as the better film. I admit that Falcon was arguably the birth of the film noir and has Peter Lorre in it, which are both great, but it also has Mary Astor in it and doesn't have Lauren Bacall, which are both negatives. That said, someone with your tastes, Roger, should be able to get through it. Give it another shot without expecting it to be one of the greatest film noirs of all time. It's pretty tame compared to some in the genre it helped to spark.

[TimeForGuinness]

2012 is so bad, it makes Michael Bay movies look good.

Seriously, Transformers was way better and more believable than 2012.

[lukethedrifter]

Watched half of Bullitt last night and going for the other half in a bit.

Meanwhile, I shall listen to the Drive By Truckers sing the praises of coolest goddam mother [expletive] on the silver screen.

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[lukethedrifter]

Finally finished watching Bullitt. I'm not a chase scene aficianado but that had to be one of the greatest ever filmed. Really entertaining flick. I loved the minimal dialogue and the cinematography.

[Michael]

pop, what on earth compelled you to watch 10,000 BC?

[Leroy]

The same reason I'm sitting here recording a record of German beer drinking songs for my father. As Dalton put it, 'Pain don't hurt'.

[TimeForGuinness]

So I watched '10,000 BC' yesterday, and it was so bad that if stupid
was the Earth's crust at the bottom of the deepest abyssal trench,
this movie drilled past that and imploded at the Earth's core.



Roland Emmerich is a miserable hack.

Don't go see 2012...I made that mistake. Cusack has sold his soul since 2000.

[lukethedrifter]

So I watched '10,000 BC' yesterday, and it was so bad that if stupid
was the Earth's crust at the bottom of the deepest abyssal trench,
this movie drilled past that and imploded at the Earth's core.



Roland Emmerich is a miserable hack.

Don't go see 2012...I made that mistake. Cusack has sold his soul since 2000.

He came across as an ill humored tool in the recent National Lampoon interview. Which has nothing to do with his acting, I realize.