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purbeast0

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fargo - 6.5/10 - i had seen this before, but probably 15 years ago. my wife and i watched the show this past season and she had never seen the movie so i snagged it off of amazon this past week. after watching the movie, both of us agreed that the show was better than the movie. it's cool too seeing the tie in though. i mean the movie isn't bad or anything, but i remember liking it A LOT more than i did this time. it definitely shows it's age. but the dialog in it is pretty great. although, the "yah" did seem to get a little annoying to me in the movie, but it didn't bug me in the show.
 
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10/10 The Wrestler.
Great movie.
Mickey Rourke plays it very well.
Marisa Tomei sure is beautiful.
I found nothing to complain about with this movie. Yeah, i hate that character Wayne...

I got really worried when he started jogging after the surgery.
 

Harabec

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I, Origins - nice, but they didn't go the entire way with the idea...which made the whole thing feel like half a story and I hate that.
BUT - post-credits scene shows the future, and a sequal is supposed to complete the story.
 
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1/10 Hellraiser Hellworld

What an awful movie. It did not have the vibe the first three movies had. Lousy rock music all the time destroying the whole vibe. And pinhead is in it but that is it. They used sex for the shock effect but it was just a cheap thrill movie.
 

ImpulsE69

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1/10 Hellraiser Hellworld

What an awful movie. It did not have the vibe the first three movies had. Lousy rock music all the time destroying the whole vibe. And pinhead is in it but that is it. They used sex for the shock effect but it was just a cheap thrill movie.

There are like 7 or 8 or 9 of them now. Don't watch anything past 4 (and even 4 is shakey, but it at least is canon). The rest are oddball directors ideas of Pinhead and that's about it. They barely have anything to do with even a hint of the subject of Hellraiser.
 

mcurphy

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well, I made it about 30 minutes into Nebraska

I actually enjoyed Nebraska. I'd rate it maybe a 7/10. I can see why you shut it off though, it can be very slow, but I thoroughly enjoyed the performance by Bruce Dern!
 

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Universal Solider: Day of Reckoning - ?/10 - I want to give it zero, but I only made it to the half hour mark. Couldn't keep watching after the hardcore strobe effect. Thanks a lot, I don't have any epilepsy issues and that was bad enough to make me feel weird for a good ten minutes despite looking away from the screen for the majority of it. Can't believe they made two more movies after the sequel...
 
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9/10 Devil.

Nice horror movie with the right vibe. Gives a nice vibe. And you constantly wonder who the devil in disguise is.
Proper use of music and sound to create that scary vibe to keep you on the edge.
 
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ImpulsE69

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9/10 Devil.

Nice horror movie with the right vibe. Gives a nice vibe. And you constantly wonder who the devil in disguise is.
Proper use of music and sound to create that scary vibe to keep you on the etch.

This got panned pretty badly. I'm not sure if it was just because of M. Night or if people genuinely thought it was bad, but I liked it. Not great, but decent.
 
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This got panned pretty badly. I'm not sure if it was just because of M. Night or if people genuinely thought it was bad, but I liked it. Not great, but decent.

I liked it too. I guess people get spoiled by CGI special effects. But this movie had for me the right suspense.
 

purbeast0

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1/10 Hellraiser Hellworld

What an awful movie. It did not have the vibe the first three movies had. Lousy rock music all the time destroying the whole vibe. And pinhead is in it but that is it. They used sex for the shock effect but it was just a cheap thrill movie.

i watched hellraiser like a year ago for the first time and thought it was pretty bad. i guess it was one of those movies that was cool at the time but just hasnt aged well.
 

zerocool84

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i watched hellraiser like a year ago for the first time and thought it was pretty bad. i guess it was one of those movies that was cool at the time but just hasnt aged well.

I recently watched it and I really enjoyed it. I know why they made a series out of it.
 

Ichinisan

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9/10 Devil.

Nice horror movie with the right vibe. Gives a nice vibe. And you constantly wonder who the devil in disguise is.
Proper use of music and sound to create that scary vibe to keep you on the edge.

The writing / story was absolutely terrible and just stupid.

I recommend against watching this movie.
 
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Dumb and Dumber To
1/100... It's just painful to watch this

Sucks to hear that.

Was the big problem, 50 year olds trying to act like 20 year olds?

Would have probably worked better if they acted their age ... I'm guessing. Maybe been more like Grumpy old Men.

Oh, Grumpy Old Men - 10/10 - Havn't seen it in a long time but haven't seen it mentioned here. If you have never seen it, give it a shot. It's about two old guys that are neighbors that are trying to date the attractive new lady that just moved in. Their all older people. The old guys were Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau. They killed it.
 

purbeast0

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Sucks to hear that.

Was the big problem, 50 year olds trying to act like 20 year olds?

Would have probably worked better if they acted their age ... I'm guessing. Maybe been more like Grumpy old Men.

Oh, Grumpy Old Men - 10/10 - Havn't seen it in a long time but haven't seen it mentioned here. If you have never seen it, give it a shot. It's about two old guys that are neighbors that are trying to date the attractive new lady that just moved in. Their all older people. The old guys were Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau. They killed it.

dumb and dumber to is funny, but it does seem like they are "trying" to be the old characters.

and i like grumpier old men better than the first one. if you haven't seen it, you should see that one too.
 

KillerBee

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Sucks to hear that.

Was the big problem, 50 year olds trying to act like 20 year olds?

Would have probably worked better if they acted their age ... I'm guessing. Maybe been more like Grumpy old Men.

Oh, Grumpy Old Men - 10/10 - Havn't seen it in a long time but haven't seen it mentioned here. If you have never seen it, give it a shot. It's about two old guys that are neighbors that are trying to date the attractive new lady that just moved in. Their all older people. The old guys were Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau. They killed it.

The first movie was funny as shit - but just about every joke in this one fell flat - gave it 1 point for the 20 year joke ...sadly that's about it :(
 

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The Purge - 2/10

The idea of the Purge had much more potential than what was actually the movie plot.
 

DaveSimmons

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Edge of Tomorrow - 9/10 (if you like action movies)

Tom Cruise ends up in the military sci-fi version of Groundhog Day. Some fresh ideas, great visuals, good action and dark humor.
 
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