Topic: Some Movies I've Watched.... (Read 12184 times)

_Rondo_GE The OutLaw · « **Reply #60 on:** June 22, 2007, 01:28:28 pm »

Quote from: Stephen NCC -73070 on June 16, 2007, 05:03:42 pm

Quote from: Electric Eye on June 16, 2007, 04:45:21 pm
MMMMMMMMMMM, Dream girls. got my interest already...

Jack, I know you love music, and yo uwill like this, not because of your pecker, but because of the music. there has been very few Musicals done on film. Sadly Live musicals on DVD where not part of them. (read andrew loyd weber) and then see his musicals live.

Stephen

Is it a musical? My wife likes em.

I mini-reviewed "Rent" here on this thread. Thats a musical. Umm not for everyone. People who object to gays would hate it. The movie could be seen to "defend" these life styles although I do not think it does. But for me the musical worked because those people are people I ran imnto in real life in the East Village.

Sirgod · « **Reply #61 on:** June 22, 2007, 01:31:21 pm »

It kinda is Rondo, It follows the careers of three black singers in the fifties. It's a good movie IMHO. They do alot of singing, but It's not quite a musical like Hello Dolly or Oklahoma.

Stephen

S'Raek · « **Reply #62 on:** June 25, 2007, 05:31:16 am »

I've not seen Dream Girls but I think it's more like Ray or that movie on Johnny Cash. Not a musical but with music in it.

AcePylut · « **Reply #63 on:** June 25, 2007, 12:58:30 pm »

Dang Rondo, you and my wife are a match made in a movie theater. I think you rival her as far as "movie watching" goes.

I went and saw Ocean's 13 this weekend. It wasn't nearly half as good as the other two. It was missing that "something" that made the other two pretty good.

Hexx · « **Reply #64 on:** June 25, 2007, 05:29:39 pm »

Quote from: AcePylut on June 25, 2007, 12:58:30 pm

Dang Rondo, you and my wife are a match made in a movie theater. I think you rival her as far as "movie watching" goes.

I went and saw Ocean's 13 this weekend. It wasn't nearly half as good as the other two. It was missing that "something" that made the other two pretty good.

Like a semi sensical plot?

First one was great, second was OK, this one was just kinda... dumb.

Electric Eye · « **Reply #65 on:** July 02, 2007, 04:46:30 pm »

It's what you get when Clooney, Pitt, and Damon and others are business partners in real life, I kid you not. You thought it was coincidence that a lot of the films has at least two of the bunch?

They pressure the Hollywierd bigwigs into accepting one or more of the bunch, as a matter of fact, Matt Damon owes his first big chance to Brad, who told the execs about him. They were friends before that happened. I'm not knocking friends looking out for each other, but in films it does get old. I mean, when did Matt deserve an Oscar? Brad for that matter too...

_Rondo_GE The OutLaw · « **Reply #66 on:** July 06, 2007, 05:44:56 pm »

Some "series" just run of of gas. Star Trek had quite a run. It too has run out of gas.

The "Oceans" series was already "old" since it was a remake of the old Rat pack stuff back in the 1960's. Of course any rumors or realities that these actors actually deal with each other in the real world would only help the movie since the original Rat Pack film was pretty much made to capitalize on the very real life friendship (and professional association) of former Bogartians Peter Lawford, Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis, Jr., Dean Martin and Joey Bishop (plus a few more.

These guys got their start hanging out with the older Humphry Bogart when he was dating Lauren Becall. Rumor has it she actually named them.

Sirgod · « **Reply #67 on:** July 09, 2007, 11:41:21 am »

Rondo my friend, You have to see Apocolypto, the Gibson film. Denny and I just watched it on a whim today, and man what a powerful film.

I won't mention any spoilers, except to say, His name is Jaguar paw, and Little girls who give prophesies, They are scary.

Stephen

Javora · « **Reply #68 on:** July 09, 2007, 01:39:43 pm »

Quote from: Stephen NCC -73070 on July 09, 2007, 11:41:21 am

Rondo my friend, You have to see Apocolypto, the Gibson film. Denny and I just watched it on a whim today, and man what a powerful film.

I won't mention any spoilers, except to say, His name is Jaguar paw, and Little girls who give prophesies, They are scary.

Stephen

Yeah I saw Apocolypto as well, very good film. I also recommend Shooter to both of you, it was a very good film and worth the cost of a rental.

Sirgod · « **Reply #69 on:** July 09, 2007, 01:50:21 pm »

What's Shooter about Javora? I'll keep an eye out for it on PPV.

Tomorrow, I'll be checking out the Astronaut farmer, and Come back wit ha review for you guys. Heh, Today is Movie day, Finishing Hannible Rising, then Bridge to Taribithia, then Pan's Labyrinth.

Stephen

Javora · « **Reply #70 on:** July 09, 2007, 02:06:58 pm »

Quote from: Stephen NCC -73070 on July 09, 2007, 01:50:21 pm

What's Shooter about Javora? I'll keep an eye out for it on PPV.

Tomorrow, I'll be checking out the Astronaut farmer, and Come back wit ha review for you guys. Heh, Today is Movie day, Finishing Hannible Rising, then Bridge to Taribithia, then Pan's Labyrinth.

Stephen

It's about a sniper who is framed for attempting to assassinate the President. He tries to find the people who set him up while running from the law. It stars Mark Wahlberg, he also played in The Departed. Check it out if you get a chance.

Hexx · « **Reply #71 on:** July 09, 2007, 06:05:01 pm »

Yeah- must say I had very low expectations for Shooter and was completely surprised.
Actually is a pretty decent film

_Rondo_GE The OutLaw · « **Reply #72 on:** July 11, 2007, 01:18:01 pm »

Quote from: Stephen NCC -73070 on July 09, 2007, 01:50:21 pm

What's Shooter about Javora? I'll keep an eye out for it on PPV.

Tomorrow, I'll be checking out the Astronaut farmer, and Come back wit ha review for you guys. Heh, Today is Movie day, Finishing Hannible Rising, then Bridge to Taribithia, then Pan's Labyrinth.

Stephen

Is this PPV? I can't get any of that stuff yet. Well, Pan's labyrinth.

I hate going to Blockbuster and Hollywood.

AcePylut · « **Reply #73 on:** July 11, 2007, 01:56:03 pm »

Well I watched The Devil Wears Prada last night. Not because I "rented it" or had "planned" to watch it... but becasue I was flipping through channels and stopped on it for 5 minutes. Before I knew it, I had watched the whole thing.

I never "bothered" to plan that movie in my schedule, as I had always thought it was a dark comedy about the devil running a magazine. But after about 20 mins, I turn to my wife and go "I thought she was supposed to be Satan and this was supposed to be a comedy". Nope. She's "the boss from hell" in a figurative sense.

Overall, I must say I enjoyed the movie.

I want to watch Apocolypto (sp), but feel that I need to be "in the mood" to watch it, and haven't been in the mood to watch it I guess.

oh well, 300 comes out at the end of the month. Woot.

The Bar-Abbas Anomaly · « **Reply #74 on:** July 11, 2007, 09:20:18 pm »

I caught Apocolypto on the boat while on vacation last week, and I thought it was excellent! I didn't quite know what to expect going into it, but I was very impressed with what it turned out to be.

Warning: It is quite brutal and graphic at points, so be prepared. Also, did anyone else catch the 'Head Cam' shot at the top of the temple...?

_Rondo_GE The OutLaw · « **Reply #75 on:** July 18, 2007, 11:20:55 pm »

Quote from: Stephen NCC -73070 on July 09, 2007, 11:41:21 am

Rondo my friend, You have to see Apocolypto, the Gibson film. Denny and I just watched it on a whim today, and man what a powerful film.

I won't mention any spoilers, except to say, His name is Jaguar paw, and Little girls who give prophesies, They are scary.

Stephen

No worries there I saw it onthe big screen.

An impressive movie. To say the least.

_Rondo_GE The OutLaw · « **Reply #76 on:** July 18, 2007, 11:33:11 pm »

Ok the SUMMER IS IN FULL SWING...

On the big screen..

Fantastic Four, The Rise of The Silver Surfer...It wasn't as good as the first movie but these characters do come alive. It was a bit of a cop out though for I read those original comic books about this saga. Like most movies that deal with remakes of print it was a composite but really I think there was too much of an omission here. Without spoilers I won't go on.

Harry Potter...Execellent! The best HP yet. Saw it with my daughter. I don't usually like the HP movies but this one really was good. I guess this is the last one but it actually had me wanting to see more. Maybe there will be more.

Bridge to Terabithia...Sad but very good. A tear jerker. This movie hits ya unexpectedly so if your not in the mood for a tear jerker avoid.

Javora · « **Reply #77 on:** July 19, 2007, 05:02:16 am »

Quote from: _Rondo_GE The OutLaw on July 18, 2007, 11:33:11 pm

Ok the SUMMER IS IN FULL SWING...

On the big screen..

Fantastic Four, The Rise of The Silver Surfer...It wasn't as good as the first movie but these characters do come alive. It was a bit of a cop out though for I read those original comic books about this saga. Like most movies that deal with remakes of print it was a composite but really I think there was too much of an omission here. Without spoilers I won't go on.

I thought it was really good, I swear the CGI gets better with every movie now. I'm glad I watched that one in the theater.

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Bridge to Terabithia...Sad but very good. A tear jerker. This movie hits ya unexpectedly so if your not in the mood for a tear jerker avoid.

Well I'm glad I'm not the only one who teared up with this movie. And I read the book way (way, way) back when I was in 4th grade. The movie stayed pretty close to the book, if you haven't read the book already I really suggest reading it before watching the movie.

Sirgod · « **Reply #78 on:** July 22, 2007, 12:27:42 pm »

My wife keeps staring at me over this one, But I'm Laughing my ass off over the RENO 911 Movie.

The gator in the pool, How the convention center was locked down, The ROCK , It's very much akin to super troopers so If you like the series, and liked Super Troopers, you will get a kick out of this movie.

Stephen

_Rondo_GE The OutLaw · « **Reply #79 on:** August 02, 2007, 03:07:28 pm »

Stephen you owe us a review of Astronaut Farmer. I saw this on DVD just a few days ago but await your input.

Sirgod · « **Reply #80 on:** August 02, 2007, 06:44:45 pm »

I thought it was wonderfull actually. My butt puckered the first time he tried to launch , and it went flying across the Texas desert. Bruce Willis cameo was pretty good also.

My daughter went to three differanct stores yesterday to find 300, and they where all sold out.

stephen

AcePylut · « **Reply #81 on:** August 08, 2007, 10:46:33 am »

Hehe, my copy of 300 has already been watched 3 full times. Once by me, once by me and my wife, and once again by me.

Bourne Review and Spoilers:

I saw the latest Bourne movie. All the critics say it's better than the first two, but I didn't think so. One thing I liked about the first 2 movies was that the action was "semi-believable". But in this movie? Nope, they went the Michael Bay way and turned Bourne into an invincible superman. Stuff like "walking away from a car crash at high speed with nary a scratch on his eye" kind of unbelievable stuff. Also, it the camera work was a lot more "handheld jerkiness" than before, and during the fight scenes, they'd only show a camera shot for a millionth of a second before moving to the next shot. It made the fight scenes hard to follow, hard to see what you were watching. There was other stuff that was just "roll your eyes" kind of stuff, like having a supersecret assassin kill a guy in the middle of a shopping mall with hundreds of people standing around (and not waiting the 10 seconds for him to be out of sight), or the "CIA Spymaster" that goes nuts throughout the movie and just starts having everyone that's "bumped into" Bourne killed, or targetted.

The thing I liked about the first two movies was the "believability" of it (for what that's worth). This one... definitely had a lot of

moments.

So those two aspects really took away from the movie, for me. Other than that, I thought the "spy mystery plot" of the movie was decently written... and the writing for how Bourne did his stuff was pretty cool.

Javora · « **Reply #82 on:** August 08, 2007, 01:36:23 pm »

Quote from: AcePylut on August 08, 2007, 10:46:33 am

Bourne Review and Spoilers:

I saw the latest Bourne movie. All the critics say it's better than the first two, but I didn't think so. One thing I liked about the first 2 movies was that the action was "semi-believable". But in this movie? Nope, they went the Michael Bay way and turned Bourne into an invincible superman. Stuff like "walking away from a car crash at high speed with nary a scratch on his eye" kind of unbelievable stuff. Also, it the camera work was a lot more "handheld jerkiness" than before, and during the fight scenes, they'd only show a camera shot for a millionth of a second before moving to the next shot. It made the fight scenes hard to follow, hard to see what you were watching. There was other stuff that was just "roll your eyes" kind of stuff, like having a supersecret assassin kill a guy in the middle of a shopping mall with hundreds of people standing around (and not waiting the 10 seconds for him to be out of sight), or the "CIA Spymaster" that goes nuts throughout the movie and just starts having everyone that's "bumped into" Bourne killed, or targetted.

The thing I liked about the first two movies was the "believability" of it (for what that's worth). This one... definitely had a lot of moments.

So those two aspects really took away from the movie, for me. Other than that, I thought the "spy mystery plot" of the movie was decently written... and the writing for how Bourne did his stuff was pretty cool.

Sounds like another case of the book is much better than the movie. I read the book and it is nothing like what you described. For one thing the book is set in the cold war era. I wish the movies hadn't gotten away from that, I think the series would have been better that way. If you haven't read the book yet give it a read I think you will like it more.

AcePylut · « **Reply #83 on:** August 08, 2007, 02:32:56 pm »

I haven't read any of the books, so I didn't have that stigma entering the theater. I was just hoping it would be like the first two, and be a smartly written spy-mystery with "believable" action sequences.

It was smartly written, and I love how Bourne keeps one step ahead of the CIA, that's for sure... but the action sequences I felt were a let down. You don't need "silly" actions sequences to "make" a good movie. I prefer "real" action sequences over the car-flipping-guy-nearly-dead-shows-up-in-next-scene-perfectly-normal stuff.

I read about the ending of this movie being much different from the ending of the book, in that - from what I read - in the book the gov't was the "good guy", whereas the gov't is the bad guy in this film. At least, that's what I read.

All in all, the movie was very entertaining... but to me it was disappointing because I had higher expectations.

That's something I've noticed about my movie reviewing... if I go into a movie thinking it's going to be great, and it's only so-so... then to me that movie "sucks"... whereas if I go into a movie thinking it's going to suck and it turns out so-so, then to me that movie is "great". In both cases, the movie is so-so, but my expectations going in get factored into the equation.

Thats why I liked 300 so much, but didn't like Troy at all. In Troy, I expected to see Homer recreated and the players on the field are just puppets to the gods, and it wasn't that at all so I didn't really like it. On the flip side, I had no expectations that 300 would be a faithful historical accurate retelling of an actual event (becasue of the monsters and people-freaks), and it turns out that I liked the movie immensely.

I was actually thinking of this on my drive to work this morning. I found it funny that the "actual historical event" movie 300 was done all "gods and heros and fantasy monsters" style.... and the "gods and heros and fantasy monsters" movie Troy was done all "historically real".

Hexx · « **Reply #84 on:** August 08, 2007, 02:42:05 pm »

Dunno- I liked the Bourne movie alot, didn't read the book- mainly because I did pick up one of the books and it seeemd slong the lines of
"USA never does anything bad to any country for any reason, unless it's a "rogue group" within the US government"
(And I don't mean that as a shot aginst the US, be the same if Bourne had been a brit agent, Russian agent or whatever) which is kinda why I like the movies.
(Everyone's understandably bad)

I did find it (as mentioned) a little ott in just a few places... not to mention a conspicuos lack of airbags..
And the "shaky cam" was insanely annoting- especially during some of the (what may have been) cool fight scenes..

Sirgod · « **Reply #85 on:** August 08, 2007, 03:22:39 pm »

Well today the wife was down with a stomach flu, so I basicly watched kids movies. She get's sick, I put on kids movies.

So I watched, TMNT this morning, Not bad, not the best, but not bad. If you have little ones, It's pretty good. Probably between the age of 8 -80.

She feel asleep while I was watching unaccompanied Minors. Very cute X-mas movie. I liked this one alot actually. Once again, got kids, pick it up for at least a rental.

Stephen

AcePylut · « **Reply #86 on:** August 08, 2007, 03:57:40 pm »

Quote from: Stephen NCC -73070 on August 08, 2007, 03:22:39 pm

Well today the wife was down with a stomach flu, so I basicly watched kids movies. She get's sick, I put on kids movies.Stephen

So, uh, the wife is the brains in the family and you are the one with the 8year old mentality? Is that why you watch the kids movies when she's in the other room

j/k hehehehe

I watched the first 30 minutes of Transformers the other night (friend of mine had a great pirated copy). The opening sequence was pretty awesome. I've seen a lot of good movie entrances by actors in my time, and that entrance by the "bad" Xformer ranks up there as quite an entrance. But then, the movie switched to the "geek and the beauty" plot line and that was just gay. Why is it that the superhot highschool chick always is a secret genius car mechanic?

The_Joker · « **Reply #87 on:** August 09, 2007, 06:01:07 am »

Quote from: _Rondo_GE The OutLaw on July 18, 2007, 11:33:11 pm

Ok the SUMMER IS IN FULL SWING...

On the big screen..

Fantastic Four, The Rise of The Silver Surfer...It wasn't as good as the first movie but these characters do come alive. It was a bit of a cop out though for I read those original comic books about this saga. Like most movies that deal with remakes of print it was a composite but really I think there was too much of an omission here. Without spoilers I won't go on.

Harry Potter...Execellent! The best HP yet. Saw it with my daughter. I don't usually like the HP movies but this one really was good. I guess this is the last one but it actually had me wanting to see more. Maybe there will be more.

Bridge to Terabithia...Sad but very good. A tear jerker. This movie hits ya unexpectedly so if your not in the mood for a tear jerker avoid.

I've got to disagree with your assessment of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. I have a few gripes on the matter. First of all, its too short. This is the longest of the seven books, yet the shortest of the movies released so far, so as you can imagine, there was a great deal of the book cut out. The initial scene of the dementors was totally different, but I'll admit I actually liked the movies interpretation better. After that, it kind of went downhill for me.

The "special quill" that Umbridge had was only used on Harry in the book. By using it on all of the DA in the movie, they took away the element of persecution present in the book. When the Order comes to save Harry toward the beginning, they fly way too low. There is no possible way that Moody would have allowed this, as it is of utmost importance to the "good wizards" that we muggles know nothing of the existance of the wizarding world. My biggest concern, tho, was the use of the "Avada Kerdava" curse on Sirius Black by Bellatrix Lestrange. This never happened in the book. Sirius was killed by an un-named red curse in the book. The Avada Kerdava is first green and, more importantly, it kills instantly. There is an element of not knowing exactly what happened to Sirius other than he fell through the veil and no longer is "living" as we know it that has been removed by the use of the killing curse.

However, I will admit that I enjoyed the movie and think they did a decent job with the time allotted. Once again, it was just too short. If Peter Jackson's "Lord of the Rings" trilogy has proven anything, its that a three hour plus movie can and will keep the attention of an audience and make money if it is done correctly.

The movies are actually quite good and keep to the books quite well up to "Goblet of Fire", but these last two have taken a lot of artistic liberties. I highly recommend reading the books, if you haven't. Other than the first one, they are most definately not childrens books, though they are aimed at kids. The ideals, especially the central theme of how different people deal with death, are quite adult in nature.

I am glad that you enjoyed the movie, Rondo, and if you haven't read the books, which I gather you haven't, I agree it was quite good. You'll be happy to know that this was not the last film. There are two more and all the principle actors are already signed on for them.

KBF MalaK · « **Reply #88 on:** August 19, 2007, 01:50:33 pm »

I saw 'Pan's labyrinth' last night, I HIGHLY recommend it.

It's not a kid movie with an "R" rating tho it's about a kid and imaginary critters but don't let that keep you from seeing it.

Nemesis · « **Reply #89 on:** August 19, 2007, 04:50:05 pm »

Quote from: _Rondo_GE The OutLaw on July 06, 2007, 05:44:56 pm

Some "series" just run of of gas. Star Trek had quite a run. It too has run out of gas.

I don't think Trek is out of gas. The problem is that the people running Trek recently haven't understood the series or audience and were out to do their own thing. If they had been doing an original show instead of trek perhaps it would have broken new ground but most likely have been cancelled after the first season. Give Trek a producer and director who understand it and its audience and Trek still has life.

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