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Monday, December 10, 2007 at 3:12 AM Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End Better than the second, possibly better than the first, although I haven't seen that one in quite a while. Pro: -Johnny Depp.
-Geoffrey Rush.
-The still impressive Davey Jones.
-Up is down.
-The sand crabs!
-The ending. Cons: -The Pirate Lords, minus Chow-Yun Fat.
-Not enough Davey Jones.
-What the hell happened to the Kraken? I didn't realize this movie would require extra reading.
-Keira Knightly seemingly being in love with/wanting to fuck everyone. Maybe she just has a whore-ish face.
-The execution-heavy opening. We get it, you're being oppressed.
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Monday, December 10, 2007 at 3:53 AM In the past two weeks: Departed, helllla good movie, possibly the greatest collection of talented actors in a single movie. Beowolf was fun and interesting. Eragon: Better than I expected The Pulse: Stupid. Really bad movie. and Stay Alive: Somehow managed to take the crown from the Pulse as the worst movie I've seen in a lonnng time. Terrible plot, terrible execution, way too easy to predict.
Oh and I'm watching a really good show called Freaks and Geeks on my computer. It's worth checking out.
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Monday, December 10, 2007 at 4:32 AM
Edited Monday, December 10, 2007 at 4:38 AM twin peaks: fire walk with me (for like the thousandth time) —plurry |
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Monday, December 10, 2007 at 6:32 AM no country for old men pretty good, if not uplifting
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Monday, December 10, 2007 at 6:39 AM Session 9. I thought it was pretty creepy, but I'm easily scared. —chix0r |
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Monday, December 10, 2007 at 7:47 AM Rocky - somehow never saw the entire thing before... turns out it's actually quite a good movie. —anobody |
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Monday, December 10, 2007 at 7:56 AM Before the Devil Knows You're Dead- really fucked up, but i mean, that's my thing. Storytelling- see above —mandeemoo22 |
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Tuesday, December 11, 2007 at 12:10 AM Uhhhhhhh--I think it was "My Kid Could Paint That." Very good doc. —bguirk |
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Tuesday, December 11, 2007 at 12:20 AM King of Kong - Best documentary ever. Seriously everyone would love this movie, it's just amazing. Illusionist - Um pretty tight movie, a little bit sappy and a shit-ass terrible ending but I dig the whole 19th century magician thing, so I still liked it. Edward Norton's a great actor. —anfernee |
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Tuesday, December 11, 2007 at 12:22 AM King of Kong was awesome. Best movie mullet ever. Best use of an 80's song from the Karate Kid. My Kid Could Paint That is a more cerebral doc, but they're both good. I can't decide which one is the best thing I've caught all year. —bguirk |
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Tuesday, December 11, 2007 at 12:28 AM bguirk, So did his dad end up being the pictures' painter or not? —John Lennon |
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Tuesday, December 11, 2007 at 12:31 AM
Edited Tuesday, December 11, 2007 at 12:34 AM King of Kong rocked, huh? bguirk! I'm sooooo pissed at the horrible timing of the TLC going down for roughly 14 weeks. Do you know what it coincided with? What other season lasts 14 weeks? College football! We couldn't argue about which conference owns who this year and all the INSANE upsets. This year of college football was fucking nuts. My theory is upsets breed upsets. It began with Appalachian State, then teams like Stanford saw that game and thought "hey, why not us? we play #2 USC in a couple weeks" and etc. The more upsets there were the more confidence the little guy got and the more scared the top ranked teams got, and the end result is..what was it, 6 #2 teams losing? 2 #1 teams losing? Nuts.
btw best conference THIS year? Man I don't even know... I guess the ACC or the SEC, I have no idea
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Tuesday, December 11, 2007 at 12:32 AM 1. it's a she.
2. they sort of leave it up to you and it's about much more than that IMHO and I'm not going to play spoiler. The better question is why does the art have to have this weird backstory to be considered "good?" The sheep in the movie that flock to the kid are fucking stupid. —bguirk |
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Tuesday, December 11, 2007 at 12:36 AM why do you think there were so many upsets? —anfernee |
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Tuesday, December 11, 2007 at 12:37 AM What other season lasts 14 weeks? College football! Tell me about it. This season was insane. I got to see my favorite team (UO) play my current school (U of M) in the best venue in college football. My team was ranked #2 in the BCS at one point and slayed all of the giants, but then one torn ACL and the season goes to shit. Meanwhile U of M plays THE SOFTEST OUT OF CONFERENCE SEASON IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL HISTORY and loses to bad teams while doing so and still ends up ranked until they lose to WI. Did you know they played 8 games at home? What other program gets all of these perks? Anyway--this year more than any other is the best explanation as to why we need a 16 game playoff instead of 10 days where a bunch of teams over .500 play in a series of meaningless bowl games. —bguirk |
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Tuesday, December 11, 2007 at 12:41 AM why do you think there were so many upsets? So many good players this year who all of the sudden "came of age" at the same time--guys who could change entire games on their own. You could make a case for the 10 guys who didn't get invited to the Heisman show beign eligible for the Heisman and not come off like a homer for doing so. A bunch of schools had such a guy. Great year. I was super busy for most of it and didn't get to see as many games in person as I did last year, but again I just hate that after this crazy year us fans will not be treated to seeing more insanity in a playoff series. I think everyone deserves to see that. Why we let a computer tell us who the two best teams are is beyond me. —bguirk |
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Tuesday, December 11, 2007 at 12:47 AM
Edited Tuesday, December 11, 2007 at 12:47 AM Did you know they played 8 games at home? What the fuck is that shit? Playing at home in the Big House is a huuuge advantage too!
Well I'm down for some Wolverine bashing, go Buckeyes! [just check out my new myspace I custom designed, it's beautiful!] As someone who loves to point out Michigan's flaws, I think you'll appreciate it. —anfernee |
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Tuesday, December 11, 2007 at 1:20 AM
Edited Tuesday, December 11, 2007 at 1:20 AM FWIW--I like Michigan as long as they don't hurt my ducks--I don't think I could walk out of here w/ a degree and root for Ohio St. (although Greg Oden came from there). I just hate that everyone in the press bends over backwards to reward "legacy teams" in the standings (Notre Dame, Michigan). I realize they're sort of like the Yanks/Sox of college football, but still. back to movies though-- Lars and the Real Girl is one of the best non documentaries I've seen all year. —bguirk |
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Tuesday, December 11, 2007 at 1:31 AM I think Auburn/Alabama edges Ohio State/Michi in the rivalry department. That's just my opinion though, it's a toss-up tween the two.
Nightmare Before Christmas in 3-D was amazing.
30 Days of Night was Okay... —anfernee |
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Tuesday, December 11, 2007 at 7:12 AM i saw the nightmare before christmas in 3d, but i fell asleep. like, i completely passed out and my friends had to wake me up when the movie ended and everyone was out of the theater. —mandeemoo22 |
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Tuesday, December 11, 2007 at 7:14 AM The Matrix Revolutions. The first one is unbeatable, the second one was boring and tried to be too flashy, but this one went back to awesome. I like how they spent more time in the real world than in the matrix, and it was more gruesome than I was expecting. —chix0r |
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Wednesday, December 12, 2007 at 2:46 AM I saw that for the fifth time last night. Some good quotes: Oh Evan! I never would've been able to handle your four inch dick inside my pussy without that gigantic bottle of lube! What's your first name Mclovin?
Fogel: Tecnically, I don't have a first name. Cops: How old are you, Mclovin?
Fogel: Old enough
Cops: Old enough for what?
Fogel: Old enough...to party! Cops: How's it goin with the ladies, Mclovin?
Fogel: It's not the going I care about, it's the coming! Prepare to be fucked by the long dick of the law! —anfernee |
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Wednesday, December 12, 2007 at 10:12 AM The Matrix Revolutions. The first one is unbeatable, the second one was boring and tried to be too flashy, but this one went back to awesome. I like how they spent more time in the real world than in the matrix, and it was more gruesome than I was expecting. —chix0r I thought the third one was way worse than the second. I think it was The Matrix turning out to be a big spiked metal ball with a ridiculous-sounding "very-obviously-the-bad-guy" voice that did the third one in for me. Plus after making it out to seem like pure evil, The Matrix then agrees to a truce with humanity at the end. Just didn't work at all. —Dark Laith |
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Wednesday, December 12, 2007 at 10:22 AM The entire series lost me with Keanu's first "whoah." I never bothered with 2 or 3. I was pissed at them for their academy awards speech where they dissed Lucas for not having much of a story when the entire plot for their first film is Keanu going "oh--I get it now." Duh. —bguirk |
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Wednesday, December 12, 2007 at 10:57 AM HITMAN GOOD but i saw american ganster and it was soooooooooooooo good and worth 20 bucks. —stefanie |
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Wednesday, December 12, 2007 at 11:00 AM
Edited Wednesday, December 12, 2007 at 11:01 AM It wasn't really "The Matrix" that called the truce; it was the Source, which created the matrix. We knew all along it was just a machine, like all the other machines, and of course it would try to sound scary and intimidate Neo. They never really made it out to be pure evil, though. It was really all the humans' fault for rejecting the machines' efforts to be peaceful and taking the machines' energy source. The machines were just trying to live. It called the truce because it had to; Agent Smith had taken over the matrix. It's completely ambiguous how long the truce is going to last, but it's in the machines' best interest to work with humanity instead of fighting it, anyway. I bet the humans make the first malicious move when it ends, too. Hitman sucked. —chix0r |
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Thursday, December 13, 2007 at 3:16 AM Devil's Rejects - Awesome cast, creepy follow-up to House of 1000 Corpses. Great soundtrack.
Wonderland - John Holmes (Val Kilmer) and others tell accounts of the quadruple homicide in LA in 1981. Pretty cool.
The Great Escape - Classic WW2 action/adventure based on true story of POW's escaping an "escape proof" German camp.
300 - One of the best movies I've seen in a long time. Almost all CGI but great action.
Season 6 of ST Voyager - A guilty pleasure but well acted nonetheless.
Caddyshack - Another classic that never gets old even if you hate golf.
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Thursday, December 13, 2007 at 9:11 AM
Edited Thursday, December 13, 2007 at 9:18 AM 300 - One of the best movies recruiting videos for the Marines I've seen in a long time. Almost all CGI but great action. BTW--I can't decide which is worse, DS9 or Voyager. If it ain't the Enterprise I'm not watching. Has anyone else in Star Trek land found it funny that Sulu commanded the Excelsior (now that he's out and all)? —bguirk |
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Thursday, December 13, 2007 at 8:51 PM Revolver not as good as Snatch or Lock, Stock... but it's still decent. The hitman, Sorter, was one of the best character. —HocusPocus |
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Friday, December 14, 2007 at 10:41 AM i watched dan in real life yesterday. it was awful. i'm getting my money back today. —stefanie |
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Wednesday, December 19, 2007 at 7:47 AM Superbad Very good (though maybe not *quite* deserving of its 87% positive Rotten Tomatoes rating; I think critics were just going on momentum from 40 Year Old Virgin more than rating it on its own merits... then again, I'm sure that watching it with an audience near the opening would have made it an order of magnitude better). Even if it's not an instant classic like American Pie, it's definitely worth checking out. —anobody |
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Wednesday, December 19, 2007 at 9:48 AM i am legend. not enough zombies. —lexieho |
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Wednesday, December 19, 2007 at 10:14 AM the worst thing about i am legend was all the bob marley shit bob makes anything gay —000 |
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Wednesday, December 19, 2007 at 10:15 AM true. more zombies...less black people emotions. —lexieho |
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Wednesday, December 19, 2007 at 12:27 PM My boyfriend didn't like that all the zombies were CG. Also, it sounds like the plot of the book was better. I saw 11:14. It was brilliant. Intersecting stories, only done properly unlike that abomination Crash. Full of surprises, and Rachel Leigh Cook is stunning. It started out more like a comedy, but wound up being a strong cautionary tale against doing the wrong thing. My only complaint is that it doesn't have much of a resolution, but apparently it was supposed to be that way. —chix0r |
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Wednesday, December 19, 2007 at 2:55 PM Even if it's not an instant classic like American Pie What are you talking about? Superbad was a 1000x funnier than American Pie!
God the whole Mclovin bit had me in stitches.
Evan: [examining the fake ID] Hawaii. All right, that's good. That's hard to trace, I guess. Wait... you changed your name to... McLovin?
Fogell: Yeah.
Evan: McLovin? What kind of a stupid name is that, Fogell? What, are you trying to be an Irish R&B singer?
Fogell: Naw, they let you pick any name you want when you get down there.
Seth: And you landed on McLovin...
Fogell: Yeah. It was between that or Muhammed.
Seth: Why the FUCK would it be between THAT or Muhammed? Why don't you just pick a common name like a normal person?
Fogell: Muhammed is the most commonly used name on Earth. Read a fucking book for once.
Evan: Fogell, have you actually ever met anyone named Muhammed?
Fogell: Have YOU actually ever met anyone named McLovin?
Seth: No, that's why you picked a dumb fucking name!
Fogell: Fuck you.
Seth: Gimme that. All right, you look like a future pedophile in this picture, number 1. Number 2: it doesn't even have a first name, it just says "McLovin"!
Evan: What? One name? ONE NAME? Who are you? Seal? —anfernee |
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Wednesday, December 19, 2007 at 3:31 PM Superbad was a 1000x funnier than American Pie! My guess is that you were just at the wrong age when American Pie came out. It's the same reason I'm not that impressed with Pokeys or Animal House. —anobody |
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Wednesday, December 19, 2007 at 3:42 PM I watched Animal House for the first time last month after some website declared it the "funniest movie of all time". Um, yeah it wasn't that funny, and the ending sucked. Jim Belushi made that movie, but even he isn't exactly HILARIOUS, just humorous. So yeah you could be right about the age thing, makes sense. —anfernee |
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Wednesday, December 19, 2007 at 3:54 PM It was funny for its time. Also, Animal House does get funnier as you get older (especially if you have some college under your belt). I saw it in high school and thought it was lame... then I saw it again a few years back and really enjoyed it. —anobody |
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Wednesday, December 19, 2007 at 3:56 PM yeah, and this is superbad's time! —anfernee |
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Thursday, December 20, 2007 at 6:39 PM I'm not that impressed with Pokeys or Animal House.
—anobody I'm assuming you mean Porky's but that was way funnier. —catloaf |
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Saturday, December 22, 2007 at 9:05 AM
Edited Saturday, December 22, 2007 at 9:06 AM Sweeney Todd. Ugh. Johnny Depp is probably my favorite actor on the entire planet, but the only thing he could've done to save this movie is re-write all the songs, which, unfortunately, didn't happen. 60% of the movie seems to be singing, and I don't really have a problem with that; the problem is all of the songs suck, like the one that goes, "he had a wife and she was beautiful..and virtuous..and she was beautiful." I understand that it was "adapted" from a musical, but..seriously, you've got to say something in the damn songs besides telling a razor that it's your friend approximately 185,000 times in one song. The story was interesting, but I feel like we got about an hour and a half of empty singing, and half an hour of actual story. Meh. All of the actors are pretty good, though. —chix0r |
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Saturday, December 22, 2007 at 9:08 AM I have zero interest in seeing that movie.
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Saturday, December 22, 2007 at 9:31 AM I'm so relieved that there is a lot of singing in it because the previews aren't musical at all and that got me worried. I might see it now, but I am slightly upset that Johnny Depp is in the lead role. They should have someone who does musicals. —mandeemoo22 |
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Sunday, December 23, 2007 at 12:19 AM Doctor Zhivago Whew, finally finished this epic-long movie. It's okay... the first hour was kinda boring and I didn't care too much about any of the characters. It's hard for me to root for the main protagonist when what they really did was romanticized an infidelity. The title character is a handsome charming guy with a well groomed mustache so he got away with juggling two women, and writing poetry at the same time. And somehow these people manage to keep running into one another in the land that is now called Russia. I find that highly improbable. Oh, and a revolution is going on during all of this too. —HocusPocus |
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Sunday, December 23, 2007 at 12:27 AM I also saw that a few months back. In addition to what you said - long, tedious and grossly overrated. —anobody |
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Sunday, December 23, 2007 at 1:07 AM the previews aren't musical at all Really? The only trailer I've seen has singing in it. —TortillaFactory |
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Sunday, December 23, 2007 at 1:23 AM "No Country for Old Men" Awesome. Best of 2007, however I haven't seen "There Will Be Blood" yet. —Masteel |
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Sunday, December 23, 2007 at 1:33 AM Really? The only trailer I've seen has singing in it. the trailer i saw didn't and i looked over at my roommate and i said oh no. —mandeemoo22 |
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Sunday, December 23, 2007 at 3:47 PM jackass 2.5 was not too good. made me wanna puke a few times though —000 |
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Sunday, December 23, 2007 at 4:08 PM you say that as if making you want to puke were a good thing —anobody |
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Tuesday, December 25, 2007 at 9:27 PM Caligula. Not horrible. Some seriously fucked up shit. Lots of boobies. Picture an episode of Rome on acid. Having seen that and Clockwork Orange, one thing is certain - Malcolm Mcdowell is seriously fucked in the head. Anyway, if you're bored, and you've run out of things to watch, and you're not easily offended, it's worth checking out. —anobody |
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Wednesday, December 26, 2007 at 4:15 PM I've always thought Caligula sounded interesting but never was that interested in it to actually rent it. Same with Myra Breckinridge. What was up with all the freaky sex shit in movies back in the 70s? A Clockwork Orange and Myra Breckinridge with Jane Fonda strapping that guy to the exam table and fucking him with a dildo, and Caligula and all that stuff. What was wrong with people that they actually went to the theaters and saw that shit? —John Lennon |
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Wednesday, December 26, 2007 at 4:37 PM Juno--more cute than funny. Not so many lol moments. Pretty good. —bguirk |
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Wednesday, December 26, 2007 at 5:15 PM I saw National Treasure 2 yesterday. It was OK. Charlie Wilson's War: It was good, Julia Roberts still doesn't look hot at all. Tom Hanks was good and Phillip Seymour Hoffman was great too, they should have had him in the movie more and less Horse Face (Julia Roberts). Also Tom Hanks' assistant was hot too. —John Lennon |
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Wednesday, December 26, 2007 at 5:19 PM Julia Roberts still doesn't look hot at all Somehow I'd doubt you'll look as good when you're a 40 year old woman. —anobody |
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Wednesday, December 26, 2007 at 5:31 PM
Edited Wednesday, December 26, 2007 at 5:34 PM She's never looked hot to me. Not even in Mystic Pizza when she was younger. She's a good actress. Some big movie of hers came out when I was in high school and these girls were all talking about how hot she looked and I just said, "I don't think she's hot at all, her lips are too big", and they all were like, "How can you say that, she's beautiful, etc." Even the ugliest girl in high school was hotter than she is. —John Lennon |
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Wednesday, December 26, 2007 at 6:28 PM I saw National Treasure 2 yesterday. I thought those movies were only for retarded people. —bguirk |
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Wednesday, December 26, 2007 at 7:48 PM The jokes write themselves don't they? —catloaf |
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Wednesday, December 26, 2007 at 10:44 PM Lucky Number Slevin Really tried hard to be like a Guy Ritchie film or Pulp Fiction, but didn't quite pull it off. Rather than putting a bunch of stuff in that flies under the radar if you're not looking for it, they did the cop-out where they don't show you important stuff, but then at the end they flash back and add in new things to make it look like everything fits together well. Not only that but the pacing was badly off - it didn't develop a good rhythm at all. It's like some kind of jerky, poorly thought out roller coaster that leaves you going straight and level for too long, then starts climbing up a hill that looks promising but gets stuck half way up, only to inch its way over the peak - and just when you think the thing's actually moving down a big hill... it jams up again. Just lazy and uninspired filmmaking. If it's good for anything, it might be as a negative example for film students to contrast with movies that do things right like Lock Stock and Snatch.
Jackass 2.5 Horrible waste of time. To be fair, not really the whole thing - I watched the first few minutes then after I got bored started skipping ahead. Basically they took all of the crap from 2.0 that landed on the editing room floor for a reason, stitched it together and then tried to pawn it off as a movie. I'd be pissed if it wasn't a free download (and even then, I'm more than a bit annoyed by the wasted time). Damn shame too because 2.0 was pretty good and this just smears that memory in dookie and Steve-O's on cue vomit (which was funny when I first saw it but he novelty wore off after seeing the same thing a few hundred times). —anobody |
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Thursday, December 27, 2007 at 10:33 PM When Harry Met Sally Somehow I feel compelled to watch this every few years around New Years. It's a horrible and unrealistic portrayal of romance and it feeds a lot of stupid and naive fantasies.... but I'm a moosh and I like all of that garbage. It's well put together, generally funny, and maybe it's just that I've seen it enough that I know it well, but it's a great movie to have on in the background while you're trying to write your dissertation (hypothetically speaking, of course). —anobody |
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Friday, December 28, 2007 at 2:41 PM National Treasures 2....very good....gotta give em props for makin a tight chase scene.... —Sassafras Roots |
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Saturday, December 29, 2007 at 5:14 AM Hot Rod: Sucked
Reaping: Sucked
Devil's Rejects: Sucked
The Ringer: Sucked
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Saturday, December 29, 2007 at 4:11 PM Knocked Up I had pretty much the same opinion of this as Superbad. It was funny and entertaining enough I guess. I liked The 40 Year Old Virgin better myself, and just like Superbad, I don't think it quite deserves its 90% fresh rating at Rotten Tomatoes... but whatayagonnado? Not a very plausible story. Seth Rogen's and Katherine Heigl's characters don't really seem compatible and there seems to be a weird semi-conservative streak with the idea that just because you've knocked some stranger up you should get married or that she should carry the child to term (of course, had Apatow not done that, the story would have been a lot shorter and less interesting; still... when you consider that and the 40 Year Old Virgin together, it's slightly interesting - at least it was to me anyway). Then there's the pot... it felt like they were beating me over the head with it. I don't do it myself but I have no problem with it or people who do, but this just seemed *way* over the top to me. In 40 Year Old Virgin, it was in the background and felt reasonable and appropriate. Heck - in Half Baked, it was integral to the story and seemed completely appropriate. In Knocked Up, it felt like one of those movies that was sponsored by RJR where nary a scene goes by without one or more character conspicuously smoking, with camera shots setup to emphasize the cigarettes even when it makes zero sense in the context of the story. These guys are unmotivated potheads who are baked out of their minds most of the time - I get it. No need to beat me over the head with it. You've made your point, now move on. Anyway... if you haven't seen it, it's definitely worth checking out (though I wouldn't quite recommend bumping it to the top of your queue). Since I mentioned The 40 Year Old Virgin a few times - I just recently saw that on some basic cable channel. It was a jarring experience. I never realized how much fuck and shit there was in that movie. In stark contrast to the pot smoking in Knocked Up, that language was used so appropriately that it just sails past you... until you watch it on a channel that deletes all of those "bad" words. Then it's just annoying and distracting. As long as I'm making a long and meandering post that nobody's going to read, there's one last thing about that - I think it was some sort of "director's cut". There were a couple of small scenes that I'm pretty sure weren't in the theatrical release or even in the bonus material of the DVD. That always used to seem like it should be cool but it never seems to pan out well in practice. I guess it does show how important editing is at least. —anobody |
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Saturday, December 29, 2007 at 4:56 PM
Edited Saturday, December 29, 2007 at 4:58 PM Well this was quick but I've turned the corner on Knocked Up. Maybe it's just that I watched it in the background last night while I was working, or maybe I was just in a cynical mood, but I decided to re-watch it today and actually pay more attention this time. Turns out that it's a much better story than I thought. Still don't like it as much as 40 Year Old Virgin, but the story is actually reasonably plausible as far as movies go. Anyway - it's good - nice, cute story with a fair number of laughs. Definitely worth seeing (though perhaps not necessarily the part where the baby crowns - depending on your taste, I mean). —anobody |
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Saturday, December 29, 2007 at 6:48 PM the deleted scenes sure sucked —000 |
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Saturday, December 29, 2007 at 9:01 PM Wedding Crashers
Not great; not horrible (though I don't recall getting many lulz out of it).
Much of it was filmed locally here, incidentally. —Dusty TheHick |
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Sunday, December 30, 2007 at 9:12 AM Clifford. Always funny. The best part is when Clifford (Martin Short) exchanges his clothes for this kid's Dinosaur costume at a gas station. They stopped at the gas station because Clifford starts hyperventilating about needing chocolate and makes Martin pull over. The kid's family is going to Dinosaur World and Clifford gives the kid $40 for his costume, and Uncle Martin (Charles Grodin) comes out of the gas station and finds the kid in the bathroom counting the money, then he goes and pulls Clifford out of the other family's van and the kid's mom goes "Where is my son!" and Charles Grodin says, "The last time I saw him, he was in the bathroom, counting the money!" Then the mom starts hitting Charles Grodin and calling him a pervert! It is a great movie, everyone should see it. —John Lennon |
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Sunday, December 30, 2007 at 6:18 PM
Edited Sunday, December 30, 2007 at 6:26 PM Over The Hedge I'm not generally a huge fan of cartoon movies but I've been reading the strip lately and was motivated to watch this one. I have to say... not only was it very cute and a good story, but I actually laughed my ass off. Highly recommend it if you haven't seen it. —anobody |
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Sunday, December 30, 2007 at 7:35 PM I can't say that these were popular movies, but I liked them very much and would recommend them highly. I don't think they've been mentioned before. Everything is Illuminated Tideland Bubba Ho-Tep The Fog of War Hard Candy A Very Long Engagement The Gold Box Edition of Twin Peaks, it has the pilot episode (both versions). —Rant Rant Rant |
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Monday, December 31, 2007 at 6:36 AM This isn't a movie recommendation thread. Hard Candy has been reviewed before, and I refuse to see Tideland. —chix0r |
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Monday, December 31, 2007 at 10:12 AM National Treasure last night.
I Am Legend on the 24th. I bought an HD DVD player (Toshiba A3) a few weeks ago and it came with free movies. It up converted the standard definition movie last night pretty damn well. —Colin |
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Monday, December 31, 2007 at 12:12 PM
Edited Monday, December 31, 2007 at 12:12 PM my TV was new in 1997. i haven't turned it on in at least a week.
it's the eve of 2008, and i still do not own a dvd (movie). i just made myself smile without the use of my right hand. —plurry |
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Monday, December 31, 2007 at 12:31 PM so you're saying you only type with your left hand? is that what you're saying? —catloaf |
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Monday, December 31, 2007 at 12:36 PM i got mad skillz, yo. —plurry |
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Monday, December 31, 2007 at 8:01 PM Snatch I've seen it more than a few times already, but I appreciated it a bit more this time having just recently seen this kind of thing done poorly in Lucky Number Slevin. —anobody |
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Tuesday, January 1, 2008 at 5:17 PM
Edited Tuesday, January 1, 2008 at 6:13 PM GozuUgh. Weird. Still entertaining, though..as long as you like seeing an adult man slowly and goopily birthed from a tiny Asian woman's vagina.HavocThis was funny, and I think it's worth watching for Joseph Gordon-Levitt's performance alone. I also like that its first IMDb keyword is "Wetting Pants." However, Freddy Rodriguez was terribly distracting; I just kept thinking about Rico.The EyeNot the slightest bit scary. It was more like an episode of Ghost Whisperer, sentimentality and all. The lead girl was cute, though.—chix0r |
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Tuesday, January 1, 2008 at 9:36 PM The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly I've seen it before, but it was worth watching again. My favorite part is the old joo playing a dirty mexican. Hang 'em High I'm really starting to like these old westerns. Am actually only about a half hour into it so far, but I can already tell it's a very good movie. —anobody |
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