movies

[go birds]

I'm with Third Man...Drive was badass.

One of the best intros to a movie I've ever seen. I can however see the criticism. Gosling's character did seem to lack depth, but man he was a badass.

The soundtrack was awesome and was 75% of the movie.

[ghostrunner]

Okay I'll admit it here - I thought the Hunger Games was excellent.

I'm looking forward to it. I don't see what's not to like.

[Maclowery]

It has made about eleventy billion dollars already. 5th best opening weekend of all-time or something?

Most of the dorky fantasy types that I follow on my alt-fiction forums seem to agree that the first book was pretty damn fun. The overwhelming general consensus is that the following two novels are a big disappointment after the fun of the first one. I doubt it will hurt ticket sales, though, after this first film is obviously the mega-winner of the early summer movie extravaganza.

Whatever. Game of Thrones season two starts up in a week. I cant wait for non-book readers to flip out. mmph.

[IMADreamer]

We saw Hunger Games last night and it was ok, but I found it very predictable. Also I hate movies where the future is depicted by everyone being weird. Apparently in the future everyone is lady Gaga.

[Swirls]

I've read the first two books, and I can honestly say that it was one of the best book-to-movie versions that I've ever seen. With the exception of a couple scenes, it followed the book almost to the letter. Crazy that it was third highest grossing all-time for opening weekend, and the highest for a non-sequel film (the top two are Dark Knight and Harry Potter 7.2) - $155MM. Absolute craziness.

Plus Hunger Games showed the latest trailer for Avengers. Holy [expletive] I'm excited for this movie. It must be because I like seeing explosions and am a huge comic book nerd.

This is the youtube vid for the UK version, but it's the same one they showed in theaters for Hunger Games. Only difference is the release date and movie title.

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[Freed Roger]

Enjoyed a recent rewatch of "Rocky", as hackneyed as that sounds.

It is still a solid flick and can see how it won the Academy Award. A couple of scenes that I forgot were so good - the one where Burgess Meredith grovels to become Balboa's manager. And the part where Balboa is trying to cajole Adrian into his apartment - one of the best renditions of the "should I stay or should I go now?" scene.

[lukethedrifter]

Okay I'll admit it here - I thought the Hunger Games was excellent.

I'm looking forward to it. I don't see what's not to like.

apparently black people are in it.

http://jezebel.com/5896408/racist-hunge ... movie-made
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[TheoSqua]

wow that's pretty sad

[cpebbles]

We seriously need to kill off that entire generation and start over.

[go birds]

Cliff ain't messin around