DigDog
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sdifox
No Lifer
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purbeast0
No Lifer
- Sep 13, 2001
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Only the Brave - 8/10 - I was not aware of the real story of this movie but damn very tragic and sad. The cast was really good in this movie and when they show the real people at the end and who portrayed them in the movie, they did a really great job with the casting. The movie was pretty slow for the most part but kept me interested and it's kind of an emotional roller coaster throughout.
DigDog
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https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=s...6KDZAhXpB8AKHbFmBU0Q_AUICigB&biw=1920&bih=949The uploader has not made this video available in your country
shortylickens
No Lifer
- Jul 15, 2003
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I didnt know about it until today but apparently there was this REALLY awful movie last year called the Institute.
It managed to get 0 percent on Rotten Tomatoes and cast Eric Roberts along James Franco. So I guess its not a huge surprise.
It managed to get 0 percent on Rotten Tomatoes and cast Eric Roberts along James Franco. So I guess its not a huge surprise.
You never know - Eric Roberts along with Lance Henriksen was not awful at all. Though that was 23 years ago (The Nature of the Beast, 1995)
Harrod
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Cloverfield paradox 7/10. I did like this movie and they were able to link it to the other two movies pretty well I thought. I also rewatched Cloverfield lane today and it does kind of fit in with certain parts of the story.
I didn't like how the ship had it out for two of the crew, one death was too final destination like and the other was some event horizon crap. While the rest of the crew seems to be ignored.
Charmonium
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15:17 to Paris - 3/10
This is basically a 20 min. movie that adds over an hour cellulose filler. I gave it a 3 because the backstory about the people involved isn't bad. Very little of the backstory actually relates to events on the train, but hey, wtf.
If you're expecting an action movie, avoid at all costs. What little action there is is disappointing.
This is basically a 20 min. movie that adds over an hour cellulose filler. I gave it a 3 because the backstory about the people involved isn't bad. Very little of the backstory actually relates to events on the train, but hey, wtf.
If you're expecting an action movie, avoid at all costs. What little action there is is disappointing.
slayer202
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the biggest wtf is that the 3 guys played themselves in the movie (and some of the other real life people did too)
DigDog
Lifer
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instead of wasting my time with these modern junk, i went back in time and watched the epic classic
Excalibur (1981) - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082348/
this film was fairly well hated back when it came out, and i can see why. The acting is shockingly bad, and amazingly, in a very uniform way. Everyone is waaay over the top. If they are experiencing a negative emotion, they yell as if they were in pain. If they are being just and noble, then they puff up like a pufferfish. Merlin swings from gloomy doomsayer to silly old git in the middle of a sentence. But, as this is uniform throughout, i can only guess it must have been the director's vision to have it this way. Perhaps, he thought that in the dark ages people all acted this way.
Anyway, it's a remarkable film. Aside from Lancelot in his gay silver armor, and Mordred in his king-of-the-gays golden armor, everyone looks as if they are wearing proper plate mail (which .. didn't exist, in Arthur's times, but let's not think about that for now), you've got actors in full kit on a horse trampling extras, chickens flying, sets breaking, and mud everywhere, just like the real thing. Assuming they had plate mail. Which they didn't. But who cares.
And even though everyone was told to chew the scenery, this does help clearly identify the characters, and there is zero doubt in my mind that Excalibur is the best sword-in-the-stone film ever made. Having loved this film as a child, i recognize that its greatest strength is the amount of WTF it holds, and that it is fearless in doing so. You won't understand it just by watching it once, and the film doesn't care. It is also an evil and twisted tale that most moviegoers, attracted by the fable of the boy king, would probably not expect and appreciate. It's also quite true to the original story, so it shifts from the Disney-like beginning, to Morgana's evil and Lancelot's fall, to the quest for the Grail driving mad those who seek it. Being this film the work of mostly stage professionals, it can be quite visionary at times, which can be either seen as glorious, if you are into that sort of production style, or campy, if you only like hollywood films.
Bonus: you get to see a young Helen Mirren in all her glory.
8/10
Excalibur (1981) - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082348/
this film was fairly well hated back when it came out, and i can see why. The acting is shockingly bad, and amazingly, in a very uniform way. Everyone is waaay over the top. If they are experiencing a negative emotion, they yell as if they were in pain. If they are being just and noble, then they puff up like a pufferfish. Merlin swings from gloomy doomsayer to silly old git in the middle of a sentence. But, as this is uniform throughout, i can only guess it must have been the director's vision to have it this way. Perhaps, he thought that in the dark ages people all acted this way.
Anyway, it's a remarkable film. Aside from Lancelot in his gay silver armor, and Mordred in his king-of-the-gays golden armor, everyone looks as if they are wearing proper plate mail (which .. didn't exist, in Arthur's times, but let's not think about that for now), you've got actors in full kit on a horse trampling extras, chickens flying, sets breaking, and mud everywhere, just like the real thing. Assuming they had plate mail. Which they didn't. But who cares.
And even though everyone was told to chew the scenery, this does help clearly identify the characters, and there is zero doubt in my mind that Excalibur is the best sword-in-the-stone film ever made. Having loved this film as a child, i recognize that its greatest strength is the amount of WTF it holds, and that it is fearless in doing so. You won't understand it just by watching it once, and the film doesn't care. It is also an evil and twisted tale that most moviegoers, attracted by the fable of the boy king, would probably not expect and appreciate. It's also quite true to the original story, so it shifts from the Disney-like beginning, to Morgana's evil and Lancelot's fall, to the quest for the Grail driving mad those who seek it. Being this film the work of mostly stage professionals, it can be quite visionary at times, which can be either seen as glorious, if you are into that sort of production style, or campy, if you only like hollywood films.
Bonus: you get to see a young Helen Mirren in all her glory.
8/10
DigDog
Lifer
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this makes me think ..... because, like every overgrown kid, we love acid scenes ..
has everyone here seen Street Trash ? - www.imdb.com/title/tt0094057/
it's a silly, gory, ridiculous B-movie about a deadly drink that has teh weirdest effects on peopel who drink it.
If you like stuff liek Toxic Avenger and Attack Of The Killer Tomatoes (or, really, any film whose title starts with "attack of the killer -"), you will love this.
6.5/10 LOL
has everyone here seen Street Trash ? - www.imdb.com/title/tt0094057/
it's a silly, gory, ridiculous B-movie about a deadly drink that has teh weirdest effects on peopel who drink it.
If you like stuff liek Toxic Avenger and Attack Of The Killer Tomatoes (or, really, any film whose title starts with "attack of the killer -"), you will love this.
6.5/10 LOL
Zanovar
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damn that is a blast from the past
.showing my age.yep seen it.there was a few crazy scenes in it.
RearAdmiral
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Watched Tron:Legacy at reference volume (FINALLY). This is probably the 5th or so watch of this movie so far. I adore this movie and watching it at the proper volume level was truly a treat. The sound and music (daft punk I believe) are out of this world. My wife pulled into the driveway and was wondering what a-hole in the neighborhood was having a party....which was just the club scene in the movie.
Props to the solaris server running the grid with about 20 yrs of uptime and for Encom tech guy(Cillian Murphy) typing actual *nix commands to shutdown the doggy video.
Minus .5 points for Olivia Wilde's penis haircut.
Love love this movie 9/10.
Props to the solaris server running the grid with about 20 yrs of uptime and for Encom tech guy(Cillian Murphy) typing actual *nix commands to shutdown the doggy video.
Minus .5 points for Olivia Wilde's penis haircut.
Love love this movie 9/10.
mikeymikec
Lifer
- May 19, 2011
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Underworld: Blood Wars
I watched it more out of habit than anything. The script-writing is bereft of creativity and its logic is pretty weak; it basically hangs like a threadbare tapestry by a few threads, and if you look at those too closely you'll be wondering how the whole thing is still hanging. What I don't understand is that while IMO one is pretty unlikely to find particularly good fanfics, I'm almost certain that there will be fanfics out there that are far better-written than this film and its predecessor, even though they'll likely have the same failings as this such as never bothering to change the set, even down to both sides dressing and acting identically over 4 films (the third being the exception in some ways) and god knows how many decades.
Overall I have to ask "why bother?". While the action thankfully differs from typical modern comic book movies insofar as it's not chock-full of CGI save for a few reaction shots and easy poses, it's not great and it suffers from tonnes of camera cuts and angle changes. At least they didn't use shaky-cam. If people watch it for seeing Beckinsale's butt in PVC, then there is plenty of porn out there that will surely suffice (unless you have a fetish for celebrity).
Captain America - Civil War
At the end of the opening scene, Cap fully acknowledges that he goes a great big wet rubbery one the moment Bucky's name is mentioned so therefore logically should also acknowledge that maybe he's not the best judge of character in this case nor the most suitable person to pursue Bucky, yet continues to think and act like a child throughout the entire movie.
Heaven forbid that Iron Man's palm-based energy bolts might actually hurt someone, even when he's playing to kill. It's like watching a Saturday morning cartoon where under absolutely no circumstances must anyone die, ever.
Black Panther's character was thankfully slightly more realistic.
Thor - Ragnarok
Amusing. The first third or half of the film seemed like a spoof for all of its humour though. As with Civil War, lots of CGI action fight scenes ensued. I guess people find this entertaining.
Why do Thor movies seem to be the ones to suffer from "if <arbitrary event> occurs, evil will come for an unrelated reason"? Ragnarok isn't as bad as "The Dark World", but
Aside from Deadpool, I think I should lay off comic book movies for a while.
I watched it more out of habit than anything. The script-writing is bereft of creativity and its logic is pretty weak; it basically hangs like a threadbare tapestry by a few threads, and if you look at those too closely you'll be wondering how the whole thing is still hanging. What I don't understand is that while IMO one is pretty unlikely to find particularly good fanfics, I'm almost certain that there will be fanfics out there that are far better-written than this film and its predecessor, even though they'll likely have the same failings as this such as never bothering to change the set, even down to both sides dressing and acting identically over 4 films (the third being the exception in some ways) and god knows how many decades.
Overall I have to ask "why bother?". While the action thankfully differs from typical modern comic book movies insofar as it's not chock-full of CGI save for a few reaction shots and easy poses, it's not great and it suffers from tonnes of camera cuts and angle changes. At least they didn't use shaky-cam. If people watch it for seeing Beckinsale's butt in PVC, then there is plenty of porn out there that will surely suffice (unless you have a fetish for celebrity).
For some reason the lycans are winning against the vampires despite their tactics being child-like and obvious, for some reason they listen to Marius despite him offering apparently nothing to their campaign tactics. For some reasons the main vampire fortress apparently has no internal cameras either. For some reason "the blood is the key" to destroying a fortress and its occupants, even though the film aptly demonstrates that the key to destroying a vampire fortress is to poke a few holes in it during daytime. Even though it is set in the future, for some reason both sides are using 99% of the same weaponry they were in the first film, and the few bits of new weaponry are given zero attention from those it is being used on. If they're out to destroy a vampire fortress then why don't they just bomb the fucker? There wasn't any suggestion of covert activity to stay out of human sight (no humans whatsoever from what I saw). What's the point in the whole thing?
Captain America - Civil War
At the end of the opening scene, Cap fully acknowledges that he goes a great big wet rubbery one the moment Bucky's name is mentioned so therefore logically should also acknowledge that maybe he's not the best judge of character in this case nor the most suitable person to pursue Bucky, yet continues to think and act like a child throughout the entire movie.
Hawkeye's character was supremely dumb. He's like a retired family man come back to relive his glory days without acknowledging that he's acting like that. It made no sense.
Heaven forbid that Iron Man's palm-based energy bolts might actually hurt someone, even when he's playing to kill. It's like watching a Saturday morning cartoon where under absolutely no circumstances must anyone die, ever.
Black Panther's character was thankfully slightly more realistic.
Thor - Ragnarok
Amusing. The first third or half of the film seemed like a spoof for all of its humour though. As with Civil War, lots of CGI action fight scenes ensued. I guess people find this entertaining.
Why do Thor movies seem to be the ones to suffer from "if <arbitrary event> occurs, evil will come for an unrelated reason"? Ragnarok isn't as bad as "The Dark World", but
if Odin was out of the picture even when he was alive, why did Hela wait until he was dead? She comes back the moment he "dies", even though she says that she would liked to have seen his death, and her character very much suggests she would have liked to have seen it, yet she comes at precisely the moment after even though her character is not portrayed as a coward.
The only thing I liked about this film was Thor acknowledging that while he learns and develops, Loki does not. Actual emotional character development! How about that.
The only thing I liked about this film was Thor acknowledging that while he learns and develops, Loki does not. Actual emotional character development! How about that.
Aside from Deadpool, I think I should lay off comic book movies for a while.
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DigDog
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Thebobo
Lifer
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Seven Samurai 9/10
I know it a classic but for those that havent seen it I would check it out and if it's been a while watch it again. I've seen it before some twenty years ago but it was on TCM and I recorded it and watched again saturday morning while it poured outside. I don't feel as guilty while sitting in front of the TV if it's pouring outside. it's one of those movies where you don't even notice the subtitles it just reads out loud what's going on.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0047478/
PS verizon please offer TCM in HD!
I know it a classic but for those that havent seen it I would check it out and if it's been a while watch it again. I've seen it before some twenty years ago but it was on TCM and I recorded it and watched again saturday morning while it poured outside. I don't feel as guilty while sitting in front of the TV if it's pouring outside. it's one of those movies where you don't even notice the subtitles it just reads out loud what's going on.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0047478/
PS verizon please offer TCM in HD!
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zinfamous
No Lifer
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DigDog
Lifer
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well, i watched a solid 90% of Thor: Ragnarok - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3501632/
shit from the first scene. This film is, what we call "n'americanata", and throughout i couldn't help wonder how low is your bar for seriousness. Because you can't have comedy and then the really bad guy says something bad, and actually expect people to react to that.
Joke film where Thor is taken prisoner through the ingenuous use of Tasers(tm), you know, that thing that sends electrical shocks though your body. Now, as Thor is the God Of Lightning Bolts Shooting From Your Body Into The Hulk's Face (tm), he is obviously an easy prey to a Taser(tm). Stay tuned for The Human Torch being captured through the clever use of flamethrowers.
So he bashes heads with Hulk in a scene which would be pretty cool were not for the fact that Jeff Goldblum just ruined it, and Idris Elba is also in this film but never for more than 3 seconds (clocked) at the time because a serious actor would ruin the mood. And they fight a New Bad Guy who is obviously stronger than Previous Bad Guy and they kill it, through Self Sacrifice(tm).
shit.
6/10 because there's some passable comedy in there.
shit from the first scene. This film is, what we call "n'americanata", and throughout i couldn't help wonder how low is your bar for seriousness. Because you can't have comedy and then the really bad guy says something bad, and actually expect people to react to that.
Joke film where Thor is taken prisoner through the ingenuous use of Tasers(tm), you know, that thing that sends electrical shocks though your body. Now, as Thor is the God Of Lightning Bolts Shooting From Your Body Into The Hulk's Face (tm), he is obviously an easy prey to a Taser(tm). Stay tuned for The Human Torch being captured through the clever use of flamethrowers.
So he bashes heads with Hulk in a scene which would be pretty cool were not for the fact that Jeff Goldblum just ruined it, and Idris Elba is also in this film but never for more than 3 seconds (clocked) at the time because a serious actor would ruin the mood. And they fight a New Bad Guy who is obviously stronger than Previous Bad Guy and they kill it, through Self Sacrifice(tm).
shit.
6/10 because there's some passable comedy in there.
lxskllr
No Lifer
- Nov 30, 2004
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Currently, as in right now, I'm struggling my way through The Room. I'm good for about 10 minutes before I have to do something else for awhile, This would probably be more fun watching with a few friends. By myself, it's a slog. Terribad doesn't come close to describing the movie.
shortylickens
No Lifer
- Jul 15, 2003
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I just realized I missed a Mike Judge film
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1225822/reference
For 9 fucking years.
That makes me feel stupid.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1225822/reference
For 9 fucking years.
That makes me feel stupid.
Dr. Detroit
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- Sep 25, 2004
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Money Monster - 2/10
George Clooney & Julia Roberts should be ashamed of themselves for accepting these roles. Their agents should be fired for giving them this script. Straight garbage.
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/money_monster
George Clooney & Julia Roberts should be ashamed of themselves for accepting these roles. Their agents should be fired for giving them this script. Straight garbage.
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/money_monster
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