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extollo wrote:went on a binge viewing of mostly old movies that i hadnt seen.
the host (bong joon-ho one). 8/10 - production values a bit under hollywood fare, but characters, story and ending were also not standard hollywood, which was refreshing. there were also a number of really striking camera shots.
followed up with bong joon-ho's current movie - snow piercer - 7/10, quite slow at the beginning but it picks up with some good set pieces and some brutal claustrophobic action shots. tilda swinton has a memorable character. non hollywood ending.
dredd - 6/10 brutal in your face gun play. that's the whole movie. some stunning visuals, but the director was smart to keep it relatively short.
world war z - 5/10. noticed pitt's acting . this movie didnt do much for me. it was OK but seemed predicable and mainstream.
The Host is awesome! Love it. I keep hearing about Snowpiercer but I am too lazy to investigate further Is it out on video yet, I assume?
extollo wrote:went on a binge viewing of mostly old movies that i hadnt seen.
the host (bong joon-ho one). 8/10 - production values a bit under hollywood fare, but characters, story and ending were also not standard hollywood, which was refreshing. there were also a number of really striking camera shots.
followed up with bong joon-ho's current movie - snow piercer - 7/10, quite slow at the beginning but it picks up with some good set pieces and some brutal claustrophobic action shots. tilda swinton has a memorable character. non hollywood ending.
dredd - 6/10 brutal in your face gun play. that's the whole movie. some stunning visuals, but the director was smart to keep it relatively short.
world war z - 5/10. noticed pitt's acting . this movie didnt do much for me. it was OK but seemed predicable and mainstream.
The Host is awesome! Love it. I keep hearing about Snowpiercer but I am too lazy to investigate further Is it out on video yet, I assume?
both vudu and amazon have it available for streaming. i watched at home through vudu
Y0UNGBL00D wrote:star trek into darkness finally: on par with the first one, good watch. some cool tie ins. docked points for: gratuitous lens flare (of fucking course. but i think this was his rock bottom which he apologized for. stahp). holy shit. gravity scene....um, there on a fucking spaceship. if the gravity fails, why are they falling? that was a pretty big fucking faux pas for a sci fi flick. come on man. 6/10
He apologized for lens flare on the first one and promised he'd do better from here on out. Sadly, having watched the movies back-to-back, he really did tone it down a LOT in Into Darkness. Him and Michael Bay need to team up. Closeup action shots of lens flare constantly interrupted with explosions.
really? been a while since i watched the first one but damn...there were parts where the lights source wasnt even on fucking screen and the flaring was obstructing the view. ridiculous. if thats toning it down, star wars is fucked.
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Terrible. I enjoyed the first one quite a bit and I was looking forward to the sequel. An hour and twenty minutes in, nothing had happened and then they finally started with the actual fighting. In this one the combat just felt blah; redundant and boring compared to the first. I wanted to turn it off earlier, but I kept saying to myself that it would have to get better soon. Really just a way overhyped below average movie in my opinion.
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awww 2nd one was way better as i remember. but i think you hit on the difference between our views of it... i wanted more of the backstory, less of the fighting. i wanted to see what the districts ere like, how they got to this, flashbacks to the uprising, etc.
because i would just watch battle royale if i wanted the scripted combat candidate plot by itself.
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Telephant wrote:C'mon down to Marshall town sweet tits. We're all having a helluva time.
ovid9 wrote:But, having three cats, I don't want to hurt their ears.
sleewell wrote:goop forever, thug life till I die bitch.
Dave Lister wrote:Ya'll motherfuckers don't need any or more better gear, ya'll need better ideas.
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Y0UNGBL00D wrote:awww 2nd one was way better as i remember. but i think you hit on the difference between our views of it... i wanted more of the backstory, less of the fighting. i wanted to see what the districts ere like, how they got to this, flashbacks to the uprising, etc.
because i would just watch battle royale if i wanted the scripted combat candidate plot by itself.
Hunger Games: Cause you can't let 13 year olds read Battle Royale in school.
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Y0UNGBL00D wrote:awww 2nd one was way better as i remember. but i think you hit on the difference between our views of it... i wanted more of the backstory, less of the fighting. i wanted to see what the districts ere like, how they got to this, flashbacks to the uprising, etc.
because i would just watch battle royale if i wanted the scripted combat candidate plot by itself.
Y0UNGBL00D wrote:awww 2nd one was way better as i remember. but i think you hit on the difference between our views of it... i wanted more of the backstory, less of the fighting. i wanted to see what the districts ere like, how they got to this, flashbacks to the uprising, etc.
because i would just watch battle royale if i wanted the scripted combat candidate plot by itself.
Believe me, I would be very interested in learning more about the history and districts, but it didn't elaborate on anything interesting. Backstory and character development are very important; however, all I got out of the sequel was how the girl was torn between her love and what others wanted her to do for appearances and that the president wanted her, a symbol of rebellion, dead. So basically, they repeated the themes of the first movie for an hour and a half. I didn't watch it for action, I can put on Commando or Rambo if I want that. I wanted to see some interesting backstory, but there was nothing that intrigued me.
I guess what put me off the most was how little they achieved in an hour and a half. Develop something, don't just give me a shallow rehashing of the first movie while not sharing anything new.
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Rampage wrote:Oh, you can't play guitar because of your cats? What's next, you don't have sex with your wife because your vagina is acting up?
K-Bizzle wrote:There comes a point in every young mans life when he forsakes the skittles and mountain dew of his childhood for the beer and reese's of manhood.
Y0UNGBL00D wrote:awww 2nd one was way better as i remember. but i think you hit on the difference between our views of it... i wanted more of the backstory, less of the fighting. i wanted to see what the districts ere like, how they got to this, flashbacks to the uprising, etc.
because i would just watch battle royale if i wanted the scripted combat candidate plot by itself.
Believe me, I would be very interested in learning more about the history and districts, but it didn't elaborate on anything interesting. Backstory and character development are very important; however, all I got out of the sequel was how the girl was torn between her love and what others wanted her to do for appearances and that the president wanted her, a symbol of rebellion, dead. So basically, they repeated the themes of the first movie for an hour and a half. I didn't watch it for action, I can put on Commando or Rambo if I want that. I wanted to see some interesting backstory, but there was nothing that intrigued me.
I guess what put me off the most was how little they achieved in an hour and a half. Develop something, don't just give me a shallow rehashing of the first movie while not sharing anything new.
I know I'll get hate for reading them...but the books do a much better job with developing backstory.
I really don't like that they're splitting the 3rd book into 2 movies though.
Y0UNGBL00D wrote:awww 2nd one was way better as i remember. but i think you hit on the difference between our views of it... i wanted more of the backstory, less of the fighting. i wanted to see what the districts ere like, how they got to this, flashbacks to the uprising, etc.
because i would just watch battle royale if i wanted the scripted combat candidate plot by itself.
Believe me, I would be very interested in learning more about the history and districts, but it didn't elaborate on anything interesting. Backstory and character development are very important; however, all I got out of the sequel was how the girl was torn between her love and what others wanted her to do for appearances and that the president wanted her, a symbol of rebellion, dead. So basically, they repeated the themes of the first movie for an hour and a half. I didn't watch it for action, I can put on Commando or Rambo if I want that. I wanted to see some interesting backstory, but there was nothing that intrigued me.
I guess what put me off the most was how little they achieved in an hour and a half. Develop something, don't just give me a shallow rehashing of the first movie while not sharing anything new.
I know I'll get hate for reading them...but the books do a much better job with developing backstory.
I really don't like that they're splitting the 3rd book into 2 movies though.
They made a book out of that?
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I admit, when I saw the previews for this, I was skeptical. More than skeptical, I was downright down on it.
MAN WAS I WRONG!
If you've ever enjoyed playing with legos, and you like awesome. You'll enjoy this movie.
Watched this on an airplane today and I completely agree. It was a lot of fun and really well done.
Also watched Snowpiercer which some others on here already mentioned. Cool movie, a little heavy handed at times, but a little different. I was worried it would get slow or drag but it kept me interested the whole time. Worth watching for sure.
Bachelorette 4/10 - First of... the concept isn't too bad... it could have been really OTT, which I was kind of expecting... Kirsten Dunst isn't exactly the most attractive actress in the world (certainly not the greatest...), but the other two supporting her were rather sexy. It had its moments, but was overall crap. Not even chick-flick worthy.
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Y0UNGBL00D wrote:awww 2nd one was way better as i remember. but i think you hit on the difference between our views of it... i wanted more of the backstory, less of the fighting. i wanted to see what the districts ere like, how they got to this, flashbacks to the uprising, etc.
because i would just watch battle royale if i wanted the scripted combat candidate plot by itself.
Believe me, I would be very interested in learning more about the history and districts, but it didn't elaborate on anything interesting. Backstory and character development are very important; however, all I got out of the sequel was how the girl was torn between her love and what others wanted her to do for appearances and that the president wanted her, a symbol of rebellion, dead. So basically, they repeated the themes of the first movie for an hour and a half. I didn't watch it for action, I can put on Commando or Rambo if I want that. I wanted to see some interesting backstory, but there was nothing that intrigued me.
I guess what put me off the most was how little they achieved in an hour and a half. Develop something, don't just give me a shallow rehashing of the first movie while not sharing anything new.
I know I'll get hate for reading them...but the books do a much better job with developing backstory.
I really don't like that they're splitting the 3rd book into 2 movies though.
They made a book out of that?
Hunger Games? Yea, the first book came out in 2008. I don't know when the others did. My lady got me into them 2-3 years ago.
Movies follow the books fairly closely, minus the fact that they're based on her thoughts mostly which are hard to convey on screen (obviously).
I don't think so. The number of people I heard about walking when it was in theaters says you weren't on teh crazies. Dad said the theater he saw it in was basically full when it started, and by the time the lights came back up there were only about ten people left. Hence, my fears.
nightflameauto wrote:I don't think so. The number of people I heard about walking when it was in theaters says you weren't on teh crazies. Dad said the theater he saw it in was basically full when it started, and by the time the lights came back up there were only about ten people left. Hence, my fears.
Wow, I hadn't heard of anyone else walking out. Amy I left with about 25 minutes left. However I didn't see anyone else leave besides us, so I thought maybe we were just elitist bastards.
Is it out on video yet, I assume?
