OutHouse
Lifer
- Jun 5, 2000
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do you have a shitty network connection? i have mine hard wired from my blueray to the router and the quality is very good.
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do you have a shitty network connection? i have mine hard wired from my blueray to the router and the quality is very good.
OutHouse
Lifer
- Jun 5, 2000
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- Nov 30, 2005
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I don't think so. It's hard wired to my router which is connected to my fibre connection. Still looks like ass.
It probably doesn't matter much now as I doubt I will continue with the service after my free month is up. I went to watch watch something yesterday and everything was either uninteresting or I already owned it. Decided to just turn it off and re-watch Zodiac on Blu.
KT
Aikouka
Lifer
- Nov 27, 2001
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I should probably preface this with the fact that I have two classifications of comedies. Comedies that I find funny and those that I find fun. The prior are usually my preferred as I enjoy a good laugh, but the latter is usually okay as they still keep me engaged. Typically, the fun movies try to be funny, but usually just aren't good enough to get a laugh. They get the participation trophy at least.
This Means War - 7/10 - I was pleasantly surprised by this movie... mostly because it's a McG movie, and I actually liked it. Sherlock Holmes may have had fun characters, but in those movies, everything else typically felt very bland. In this movie, even the extras (most notably the female lead's friend) were fun to have around. Even though this is a comedy, I wouldn't classify it so much as a funny movie, but more of a fun movie.
This Means War - 7/10 - I was pleasantly surprised by this movie... mostly because it's a McG movie, and I actually liked it. Sherlock Holmes may have had fun characters, but in those movies, everything else typically felt very bland. In this movie, even the extras (most notably the female lead's friend) were fun to have around. Even though this is a comedy, I wouldn't classify it so much as a funny movie, but more of a fun movie.
OutHouse
Lifer
- Jun 5, 2000
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just watched it
2/10
just aweful
dude just walks around or stares at the wall like a zombie for most of the movie. opening scene was i was like ummm ok where is the action. sorry but not my type of move, I dont call blank emotionless mask for a face acting and i think the lead actor had like 20 lines in the whole movie. and the ending was just stupid.
everybody involved was dead, nobody back east knew who he was and he just leaves a bag of 1 million bucks cash in the parking lot next to a corpse??? as he drives off with a seriously deep stab wound in the gut??? wow some superman!!
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IHateMyJob2004
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- Sep 29, 2004
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Drive - 9/10
One of the best movies I have ever seen. Awesome cinematography. Not much dialog but it works. Finally, something fresh out of Holllywood. Actually, independant. No shock there.
The opening sequence was awesome. Movies make it or break it in the first 15 minutes. If a movie doesn't get your attention in that time span, it is a bad movie. This movie had my full attention.
I loved the allusion to the 1980s. All of the credits reminded me of Miami Vice for some reason. All the music is new but definitely 80s inspired.
The story was kinda quirky and how it wrapped up was not perfect. Well, it wrapped up cleanly actually. No loose ends. It just seems that the antagonists motivation seemed a little askew. Thus the reasons it did not get a 10/10.
There was an interesting tension. You knew where the movie was going but I felt eager to see what would happen next. Would the protagonist survive? I did not know. When someone lived or died it seems unexpected although warranted. The writing was perfect in my opinion.
One of the best movies I have ever seen. Awesome cinematography. Not much dialog but it works. Finally, something fresh out of Holllywood. Actually, independant. No shock there.
The opening sequence was awesome. Movies make it or break it in the first 15 minutes. If a movie doesn't get your attention in that time span, it is a bad movie. This movie had my full attention.
I loved the allusion to the 1980s. All of the credits reminded me of Miami Vice for some reason. All the music is new but definitely 80s inspired.
The story was kinda quirky and how it wrapped up was not perfect. Well, it wrapped up cleanly actually. No loose ends. It just seems that the antagonists motivation seemed a little askew. Thus the reasons it did not get a 10/10.
There was an interesting tension. You knew where the movie was going but I felt eager to see what would happen next. Would the protagonist survive? I did not know. When someone lived or died it seems unexpected although warranted. The writing was perfect in my opinion.
IHateMyJob2004
Lifer
- Sep 29, 2004
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You did understand the plot correct?
The movies concern had nothing to do with monetary gain. It revolved around Irene's son and his well being. That was all that "The Driver" was concerned with. This was evidenced by the fact that he did not care that his payment was written on one of the bad guys hand as "Fuck Off". His payment was that everyone leave the family alone. The entire plot revolved around this.
just watched Safe House - a bit overly violent, but a decent action movie, and Denzel is always good
OutHouse
Lifer
- Jun 5, 2000
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Seriously, you think OutHouse didn't like the movie because he didn't understand the plot? I also did not like the movie; found it boring and full of unnecessary crap. Why go through the trouble of getting a stock car?
IHateMyJob2004
Lifer
- Sep 29, 2004
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The stock car was the plot device used to discuss Shannons hip and why it was bad. Introduced the antagonist with it. Defined their characters pretty much in the scene that introduced the driver. Later, one of the antagonists pretty much had to kill The Driver which also meant he was out $300K on the stock car purchase since The Driver was to drive it. Seemed to have alot of purpose in my opinion.
Outhouse said this of the plot:
Which infers that he did not get it.
No one knows The Driver at this point in the movie, so he should have taken the cash. Umm, no. That is not what the movie was about. The fat that he left the money was consistent with the story. If he took the money, he would have essentially been spitting in the family's face. How would that have served to be the pinnacle of the film? The pinnacle was The Driver killing the two lead antagonists. He got what he wanted: 1) The family is safe 2) He can move on with his life
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Cerb
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- Aug 26, 2000
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Dollhouse - 8/10
&*^%&%^* you, Fox! It's never different, Whedon. Fox will be Fox.
The first season was immaculate, except for some glaring tech errors (like the old, "this doesn't exist yet, but I know what it is and how it works," trick). They even did a Most Dangerous Game episode, and it worked. :wub: Eliza Dushku :wub: rocked (Faith), as did Amy Acker (Fred), and Fran Kranz (especially towards the end). It was outstanding philosophical speculative fiction--nearly hard scifi, but with enough TV drama and whodunnit tricks to keep you on your toes, and Joss Whedon's penchant for making sure there are always good one-liners and
-worthy jokes at just the right times. The season ending, while a bit cheesy, was brilliant, as well.
But, the second season...by episode 6, it was clear they were having to do a rush job. The tech errors got worse
, the plot pacing too fast, and so on it went. Some tech errors can be ignored for the sake of storytelling, but some of this stuff was just bad comedy, and the pace quickly got to that of a Bourne movie, which is way too fast for a series that had been building itself up with slow and steady character development.
If it had been given to a network that gave shows some gestation period, promoted them well, and worked the syndication and/or DVD angle, such as USA, TNT, Scyfy, AMC, or FX (where Fox puts their good ideas, these days), it could have been given the 3-5 seasons it would have needed to gather a loyal viewership, and wrap the plot up at a good pace.
MST3K: Soultaker - 4/10
Mike and the bots get a visit from Joel. Cool. Sadly, the movie they're watching isn't cheesy, too ambitious for its circumstances, or anything that would make it worth watching. It might not be as bad as The Room (it does have a clear plot, at least), but it's in that vein of shoddiness, with no redeeming qualities whatsoever. What's going on outside the movie is marginally entertaining.
&*^%&%^* you, Fox! It's never different, Whedon. Fox will be Fox.
The first season was immaculate, except for some glaring tech errors (like the old, "this doesn't exist yet, but I know what it is and how it works," trick). They even did a Most Dangerous Game episode, and it worked. :wub: Eliza Dushku :wub: rocked (Faith), as did Amy Acker (Fred), and Fran Kranz (especially towards the end). It was outstanding philosophical speculative fiction--nearly hard scifi, but with enough TV drama and whodunnit tricks to keep you on your toes, and Joss Whedon's penchant for making sure there are always good one-liners and
-worthy jokes at just the right times. The season ending, while a bit cheesy, was brilliant, as well.
I get the idea that Joss Whedon is obsessed with the Zombie Apocalypse, but has an aversion to raising the dead, though, between this and Firefly...
But, the second season...by episode 6, it was clear they were having to do a rush job. The tech errors got worse
(a switch/fuse/breaker box with a colorful motherboard? WTF? Battery-powered soldering pencils that nobody who solders would use, if they have AC handy? Hacking surveillance remotely in seconds?)
If it had been given to a network that gave shows some gestation period, promoted them well, and worked the syndication and/or DVD angle, such as USA, TNT, Scyfy, AMC, or FX (where Fox puts their good ideas, these days), it could have been given the 3-5 seasons it would have needed to gather a loyal viewership, and wrap the plot up at a good pace.
MST3K: Soultaker - 4/10
Mike and the bots get a visit from Joel. Cool. Sadly, the movie they're watching isn't cheesy, too ambitious for its circumstances, or anything that would make it worth watching. It might not be as bad as The Room (it does have a clear plot, at least), but it's in that vein of shoddiness, with no redeeming qualities whatsoever. What's going on outside the movie is marginally entertaining.
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Muse
Lifer
- Jul 11, 2001
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Wow, you think that shot of Drive looks "not so good" KT? Haha, you must be spoiled by the Blu-ray movies.
I haven't started my month free trial of Netflix streaming, but have been doing some research. There's no way it's going to look as good as blu-ray. I'm getting maybe 5 mbps DSL, and blu-ray is 10x the data rate. I got my new (and first) BD player yesterday, haven't set it up yet (this week), a streamer.
Netflix will give you a picture commensurate with your download speed for HD streaming. In my case, I don't know that I can expect better than an upscaled DVD, maybe, maybe not. I'm sure my blu-rays will look better.
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Muse
Lifer
- Jul 11, 2001
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It was not perfect, it was definitely flawed, in my view. However, I found it engaging (both times) and I watched it twice in a week, last time two weeks ago. IMO there are a few plot points that don't make complete sense. For one,
why he had to run at the end, nobody (still alive) should have known WTF he was.
It's kind of creepy. Funny thing is it starts off and you think it's a feel good movie for almost the first 1/2 hour then things start to happen and you realize soon that there's much darker stuff in store and it escalates. The music was very effective. It uses the sort of music that David Lynch likes to use but it does it much more effectively. I bet Lynch and Tarantino watched it with admiration.
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Cerb
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Netflix's "HD" looks about as good as a high-quality DVD encode, usually. Non-"HD" is hit or miss. I don't know for sure, but I'd just about bet that most of the bad are OK DVDs being re-encoded. If you are used to Dish Network, or other cable/sat providers that over-compress the Hell out of their streams, you won't be disappointed. If you're used to BD, remember never to leave the, "HD," outside of quotes
.For us Luddites, it's good enough, but the best of the best I've seen has only looked marginally better than a good DVD, and that's only been animation available in "HD". I haven't tracked Netflix bandwidth usage, but I regularly get 25+Mb/s during non-peak hours, so I'm pretty sure that's not a problem.
Muse
Lifer
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I bought Donnie Darko on DVD. I've never watched it, only maybe 5 minutes one day. I'll have to pop it in soon!
Get the beloved patriot - 7.5/10
This was sold to me as essentially Payback 2. It has a lot of those elements, but without other good actors in the film, like in Payback, this just falls short. It may just be that its hard to look at Mel Gibson the way you used to. This isnt the guy we all loved in Lethal Weapon, Mad Max, etc. He is surrounded by Mexicans in this movie, and you know when the cameras are off he is calling them racial slurs. Its hard not to picture it. The movie may be better than I think it is, but its hard to say. Anyways, like Payback, Gibson plays a career criminal who gets caught while trying to escape his latest robbery, and gets thrown in a Mexican prison. He must deal with the bad guys in the prison, the people he robbed, corrupt Mexican police and crooked US officials, all while keeping his eye on the real prize: the money he stole. Its a solid plot, executed well. Just something about it feels direct to video, which is was. I think if this came out right after Payback, or before his meltdown, and had a couple of decent character actors in it, it would be a 9.
Iron Sky - 8/10
This was absurd, but I had quite a few laugh out loud moments. Not really what I thought it was supposed to be, but it was good enough. About Nazis that escaped to the moon in 1945, and they have been living there ever since while plotting to bring the Aryan way of life back to earth. The plot reminds of an old 60's scifi movie. Lots of cynicism hidden in comedy and absurdity, as the Nazis arguably werent the worse group in the movie. It was entertaining enough I guess. I'd watch a second one, which may or may not have been implied by the end credits.
The Grey - 8/10
Movie is about what I guess are oil rig workers who crash in the tundra, in the middle of a wolf pack territory. They have to fight the elements, wolves, and each other to survive. This was decent, although I think I was expecting more man vs wolf stuff. It felt like it wanted to be deeper, but well, its a movie about people surviving CG wolves. It is what it sounds like, but not quite as good as you think it will be. Also, FF the end credits, as there is a scene at the end which might change how you feel about the movie.
Journey 2 - 7/10
So much about this movie doesnt make sense, even within the context of the movie, but I realize I am not the target audience. I think having The Rock in this one really saved this movie. Anyways, this is a direct sequel to Journey to the Center of the Earth, but for reasons not explained, Brenden Frasier's character is never mentioned, but all the other Anderson family members are. Being a sequel and with the focus of the movie being about family, you would have thought they would have mentioned why he wasnt around to help out. Even if its just one or two lines. So instead of Frasier, The Rock plays the hero. He marries the kids (lead kid from first movie) mother, who has grown into an adventurer, like his father, uncle (Frasier from first movie), and his grandfather (played by Michael Caine). He gets a coded message from his grandfather, which has clues to the mysterious island. The Rock takes him to the island as a bonding exercise with his step son. Hijinks ensue. As like many movies of this type, it could have been better, but if you have young kids I'm sure they'll be entertained.
This was sold to me as essentially Payback 2. It has a lot of those elements, but without other good actors in the film, like in Payback, this just falls short. It may just be that its hard to look at Mel Gibson the way you used to. This isnt the guy we all loved in Lethal Weapon, Mad Max, etc. He is surrounded by Mexicans in this movie, and you know when the cameras are off he is calling them racial slurs. Its hard not to picture it. The movie may be better than I think it is, but its hard to say. Anyways, like Payback, Gibson plays a career criminal who gets caught while trying to escape his latest robbery, and gets thrown in a Mexican prison. He must deal with the bad guys in the prison, the people he robbed, corrupt Mexican police and crooked US officials, all while keeping his eye on the real prize: the money he stole. Its a solid plot, executed well. Just something about it feels direct to video, which is was. I think if this came out right after Payback, or before his meltdown, and had a couple of decent character actors in it, it would be a 9.
Iron Sky - 8/10
This was absurd, but I had quite a few laugh out loud moments. Not really what I thought it was supposed to be, but it was good enough. About Nazis that escaped to the moon in 1945, and they have been living there ever since while plotting to bring the Aryan way of life back to earth. The plot reminds of an old 60's scifi movie. Lots of cynicism hidden in comedy and absurdity, as the Nazis arguably werent the worse group in the movie. It was entertaining enough I guess. I'd watch a second one, which may or may not have been implied by the end credits.
The Grey - 8/10
Movie is about what I guess are oil rig workers who crash in the tundra, in the middle of a wolf pack territory. They have to fight the elements, wolves, and each other to survive. This was decent, although I think I was expecting more man vs wolf stuff. It felt like it wanted to be deeper, but well, its a movie about people surviving CG wolves. It is what it sounds like, but not quite as good as you think it will be. Also, FF the end credits, as there is a scene at the end which might change how you feel about the movie.
Journey 2 - 7/10
So much about this movie doesnt make sense, even within the context of the movie, but I realize I am not the target audience. I think having The Rock in this one really saved this movie. Anyways, this is a direct sequel to Journey to the Center of the Earth, but for reasons not explained, Brenden Frasier's character is never mentioned, but all the other Anderson family members are. Being a sequel and with the focus of the movie being about family, you would have thought they would have mentioned why he wasnt around to help out. Even if its just one or two lines. So instead of Frasier, The Rock plays the hero. He marries the kids (lead kid from first movie) mother, who has grown into an adventurer, like his father, uncle (Frasier from first movie), and his grandfather (played by Michael Caine). He gets a coded message from his grandfather, which has clues to the mysterious island. The Rock takes him to the island as a bonding exercise with his step son. Hijinks ensue. As like many movies of this type, it could have been better, but if you have young kids I'm sure they'll be entertained.
DigDog
Lifer
- Jun 3, 2011
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yeah on iron sky, extra yeah on drive. nay on the grey.
25th reich was also a good watch (in B-movie style), and of course Avengers XXX, the porn version of the avengers. i wouldn't give either 10* tho.
didn't really like the mel gibson film, maybe i didn't pay enough attention. like that guy who didn't like drive, more or less.
oh and he leaves the money .. cuz he's going to die.
25th reich was also a good watch (in B-movie style), and of course Avengers XXX, the porn version of the avengers. i wouldn't give either 10* tho.
didn't really like the mel gibson film, maybe i didn't pay enough attention. like that guy who didn't like drive, more or less.
oh and he leaves the money .. cuz he's going to die.
slayer202
Lifer
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IHateMyJob2004
Lifer
- Sep 29, 2004
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We Are the Night (film) - 8/10
I love vampire movies. There is nothing that vampires as a plot device can not do. And in this case, I was happy overall. Don't try to think too much but just try to enjoy this movie. It is not that gory but it has a few graphic scenes. This film is a drama although categorized as a thriller.
Where this film does fail is in the love story between
If you can get beyond that though, this is a good movie.
The special effects were enjoyable yet not overdone. The special effects were used to advance hte plot, not to do the hollywood thing of "look what we can do... pretty huh".
I love vampire movies. There is nothing that vampires as a plot device can not do. And in this case, I was happy overall. Don't try to think too much but just try to enjoy this movie. It is not that gory but it has a few graphic scenes. This film is a drama although categorized as a thriller.
Where this film does fail is in the love story between
a female vampire and a human. It is apparent that the writers intend to show that they are in love but they fail miserably.
The special effects were enjoyable yet not overdone. The special effects were used to advance hte plot, not to do the hollywood thing of "look what we can do... pretty huh".
slayer202
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