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purbeast0

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Yeah, it's one of the best killings I've seen in a long time. It's awesome.

I actually had a lot of fun with the film, but a lot of people seem to hate it for whatever reason.

KT

you are crazy, t2 owns t1 in every which way.

granted, t1 is still a badass movie.

but t2 is one of the few movies where the sequel owned the first one.

(and i think we've actually had this discussion in another thread, or earlier in this thread lol)
 

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you are crazy, t2 owns t1 in every which way.

granted, t1 is still a badass movie.

but t2 is one of the few movies where the sequel owned the first one.

(and i think we've actually had this discussion in another thread, or earlier in this thread lol)

Haha, yeah, I'm sure we have. I know I'm alone on an island with this one, but I just don't get it. T2 is a silly kids movie, T1 is an actual film with actual characters I care about. In T2 I wanted them to kill Furlong within the first 60 seconds he was on screen, so freaking annoying.

its a pretty fun movie, imo, as was the tv series.

definitely worth a watch, if you have netflix, you can even stream it :)

No Netflix up here, but I'll probably just buy it on Blu anyway to complete the set. :awe:

KT
 

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Haha, yeah, I'm sure we have. I know I'm alone on an island with this one, but I just don't get it. T2 is a silly kids movie, T1 is an actual film with actual characters I care about. In T2 I wanted them to kill Furlong within the first 60 seconds he was on screen, so freaking annoying.



No Netflix up here, but I'll probably just buy it on Blu anyway to complete the set. :awe:

KT

netflix is getting here though.
 

thedarkwolf

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Sin City: Recut 7/10
It has been awhile since I saw the orginal release so I didn't really notice the extra 6 mins of footage. The biggest difference is how they cut the movie. Instead of being several intermixed stories and you bounce around between them each story is told start to finish by it's self in its own little movie with title screens and credits. Its Sin City so it is still good but it doesn't work as well edited like that.
 

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Haha, yeah, I'm sure we have. I know I'm alone on an island with this one, but I just don't get it. T2 is a silly kids movie, T1 is an actual film with actual characters I care about. In T2 I wanted them to kill Furlong within the first 60 seconds he was on screen, so freaking annoying.



No Netflix up here, but I'll probably just buy it on Blu anyway to complete the set. :awe:

KT

I'm gonna somewhat agree to this. T2 is revered cuz it was basically my first Rated R movie watching (and b/c my relatives always covered me eyes the first couple times I watched it, I never saw the good stuff). I was what, like 5 or 6?

Of course watching it now in my 20's...it's still a great action movie. But it's almost like the novelty (and far lower exposure) of the first movie that makes it a bit better IMO. And the first movie is far rougher, and actually somewhat scary if you think about it.
 

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its one of the best looking movies i have ever seen, its on the AVS reference quality list in Tier 0 for a reason

It is indeed beautiful to look at. One of my favourite Blu-rays to watch for some stunning visuals.

I sure hope they get around to transferring Koyaanisqatsi over to Blu soon, that will be amazing to watch and listen to. :awe:

KT
 

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The Good, The Bad, The Weird - 9/10 - Korean movie inspired by Sergio Leone's movies. Set in the Manchurian desert, its mostly similar to The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly but there are things taken from other Sergio Leone films as well. I was kind of leery when I put this in my Netflix queue but it is pretty damn awesome! Better than lots of Hollywood movies I've seen lately. lots of action and gunfights. It's kind of odd in that it's like Western, but they are using probably WWII era weapons and vehicles mixed with Old West style weapons and even standard martial arts weapons (swords, axes, spears, etc), so it;s hard to date the actual setting. At one time I saw a safe with a plaque that said 1925 but I'm pretty sure some things are from later years.
 

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The Road - ?/10

It was a decent flick, but some of the actions in the movie really made me pissed off. Also, that fucking annoying ass whiny bitch of a kid ruined it. So I'm not sure what to rate it.
 

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The Losers - 2/10

Dumb movie with bad writing and bad special effects to boot.
And they don't even get the bad guy in the end? Uh, ok.

I don't like any movies that robert downy on steroids/ray romano's brother is in :p (obviously don't know the guy's name but he was in that other crappy movie Watchmen)
 
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Sleeping dogs lie - 0/10.

Dear god what the fuck, this movie was terrible. Too much editing, zero story, zero excitement. Only good part was the pain only lasted an hour
 

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The Losers - 2/10

Dumb movie with bad writing and bad special effects to boot.
And they don't even get the bad guy in the end? Uh, ok.

I've never read the comic, but seeing as it's based on one, I just assumed they didn't get the bad guy cause that's the way it is in comics. The bad guy's plan is foiled, yet he sticks around to try again.
 

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Repo Men - 9/10
I know a lot of people would disagree with that rating, but I really enjoyed it. No movie breaking plot holes, good action, and a decent ending makes for a pretty good movie to me.
 
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you are crazy, t2 owns t1 in every which way.

granted, t1 is still a badass movie.

but t2 is one of the few movies where the sequel owned the first one.

(and i think we've actually had this discussion in another thread, or earlier in this thread lol)

T1 at it's time was an incredible story. And still is. It stands on its own. It is a classic of sci-fi.

T2 is just as awesome but the groundwork was laid in T1. Without T1, T2 would never have happened.

If one can not appreciate the importance of T1 over T2, I am sorry for them because when watching T1 you should understand it's importance in the history of film. The movie means so much more than just what the story is. Only when framed in this way does one truely understand what a gem it is. T1s importance goes way beyond T2.

Having said this, I think both movies are in the 11/10 category.
 
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My son watched Star Wars episodes 4,5,6 over the past few weeks. Half way through EP 4, he turns to me and says "This is a ten". As for me and my son, 11/10 for all three movies!

As for epsidoes 1,2,3. They all suck. 3 is OK but 1 and 2 are just crap. Don't ruin your child hood. Jsut watch eps 4,5,6. That's all that needs to be done. If only they would re-release the original thatrical cuts ...... damn you Lucas!
 
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My son watched Star Wars episodes 4,5,6 over the past few weeks. Half way through EP 4, he turns to me and says "This is a ten". As for me and my son, 11/10 for all three movies!

As for epsidoes 1,2,3. They all suck. 3 is OK but 1 and 2 are just crap. Don't ruin your child hood. Jsut watch eps 4,5,6. That's all that needs to be done. If only they would re-release the original thatrical cuts ...... damn you Lucas!

FWIW I think I actually like Episode 3 better than Return of the Jedi, which I found cloying and annoyingly cutesy even when I was 12 (I was that age when it came out, and yes I am old . . .).
 
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Surrogates - 3/10

I knew what I was in for within the first 4 minutes of the movie, as I was rolling my eyes already. Just...bad. In fact, I'm half convinced its actually supposed to be a satire and not taken on its own merits. Boring, predictable, cliche, just nothing special in any way. Bruce Willis' surrogate is creepy as hell too.
 

pcslookout

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you are crazy, t2 owns t1 in every which way.

granted, t1 is still a badass movie.

but t2 is one of the few movies where the sequel owned the first one.

(and i think we've actually had this discussion in another thread, or earlier in this thread lol)

Terminator 2 Judgment Day will always be the better movie than Terminator. You can't get much better with a bad guy! That Terminator rocked!
 

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Piranha 3D - 8.5/10: By far the most fun I have had at the theatre this Summer. Not the best film I've seen of course, by a long shot, but this does what it's supposed to do and hits every note perfectly. Tonnes of gratuitous nudity, absurd and gruesome deaths, and over the top characters (some awesome cameos too). The only thing I really disliked was the 3D, I'd rather have just seen it in 2D, but that was not on offer at the theatre unfortunately. Anyway, just a tonne of fun and I think it's better than the original film and miles better than Cameron's Piranha 2.

Taxi To The Dark Side - 7.5/10: A pretty interesting documentary on torture and, more so, policy setting after the events of September 11, 2001. I was a bit bored in the beginning as I had seen much of the material presented in other documentaries, but once it got past the first part about Abu Ghraib it became extremely interesting and I was fascinated and disgusted by some of the goings on presented here. The worst part is how the low level soldiers are completely hung out to dry by the higher-ups, essentially ruining their lives.

A Perfect Getaway - 6/10
: I actually really liked the first half of this film; I'm a huge fan of Milla, Steve Zahn, and Timothy Olyphant and the initial setup is a lot of fun, however it takes a turn a good chunk later in the film that really bothered me and did not even make all that much sense, plus it's extremely clunky in its reveal. I could easily re-watch the first half of this film (it also looks pretty damn nice with all those shots of Hawaii) but I'd have to turn it off before things go to shit. Olyphant is so awesome, just a likable, fun guy to watch on screen.

Brothers - 6/10: This film left me feeling a little flat and I'm not even sure why. I like most of the people in it, though I do find it kind of odd that all of the people in this small circle are so amazingly good looking (Portman and Carrie Mulligan are both stunning), and the acting was decent, but I never really cared all that much about what was happening. I have to imagine that has something to do with the writing, but I don't know. I wasn't bored and I didn't hate it, but I also just sort of shrugged my shoulders when it was all over.

KT
 

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Terminator 2 Judgment Day will always be the better movie than Terminator. You can't get much better with a bad guy! That Terminator rocked!

No, this is very much incorrect. You can argue T2 is the better action film, but it is certainly the lesser film overall.

KT
 
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