It was a twist from the short story.Shirley wrote:Just watched The Mist for the first time. I had heard something about the ending being a big deal, so I was ready for a twist. It wasn't a twist. Oof. Hell of an ending.
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Yeah, I read that afterward. I don't think I ever read the original story, or if I did, it was a long time ago and I didn't remember it. I've never really been interested in watching the movie, because I assumed it would be dumb or cheesy. It was actually pretty damn good. Great building of tension, even if some of the people and their actions were a bit unbelievable. Definitely some clear King tropes in there.A_B wrote:It was a twist from the short story.Shirley wrote:Just watched The Mist for the first time. I had heard something about the ending being a big deal, so I was ready for a twist. It wasn't a twist. Oof. Hell of an ending.
That ending was a brilliant way to cap the story. Heartbreaking, but it sounds like it was a better ending than the story had - and apparently King agrees.
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King. Loves darabont so would be fine with it. But he's also sappy and that's not his way. I think it worked for the movie.
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I know I've advocated for this before, maybe in this very thread, but if you've never watched Armageddon with Ben Affleck's DVD commentary, you don't know what you're missing. It's basically just two hours of him completely tooling on the movie and doing Billy Bob Thornton's Sling Blade voice.
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Finally saw "Straight Out Of Compton" on my iPad on my flight down to New Mexico last week. I thought it was pretty good, but it was pretty obvious that Dr. Dre and Ice Cube were the producers. They certainly came out a lot better than everyone else.
And after seeing this and the Brian Wilson movie, the lesson is keep Paul Giamatti far away from your successful music group.
And after seeing this and the Brian Wilson movie, the lesson is keep Paul Giamatti far away from your successful music group.
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That is exactly what I wrote - and I also saw it on a plane.DaveInSeattle wrote:Finally saw "Straight Out Of Compton" on my iPad on my flight down to New Mexico last week. I thought it was pretty good, but it was pretty obvious that Dr. Dre and Ice Cube were the producers. They certainly came out a lot better than everyone else.
And after seeing this and the Brian Wilson movie, the lesson is keep Paul Giamatti far away from your successful music group.
And Paul Giamatti is just the worst.
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Liked him in Win WinPruitt wrote: And Paul Giamatti is just the worst.
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So he has a movie coming out called "The Phenom". He is a sports psychologist helping a pitcher. How is this the first time I have ever figured out that Paul is Bart Giamatti's son.wlu_lax6 wrote:Liked him in Win WinPruitt wrote: And Paul Giamatti is just the worst.
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My oldest daughter saw "The Shallows" last week, so I decided that if she wants to see a Shark Movie, she has to see THE SHARK MOVIE.
So we rented "Jaws"....and god-damn that's still a great movie. Just about perfect, but especially Robert Shaw as Quint. I hadn't seen it in years, but still quote it regularly, especially Quint's "Anti-shark cage... You go inside the cage? Cage goes in the water? You go in the water? Shark's in the water? Our shark?"
Side note: I was 10 when the movie came out, and despite its PG rating, my parents wouldn't let me go see it in the theater. But they were fine with me reading the book, not realizing that there's a very explicit (and totally gratuitous) sex scene in the middle of the book.
So we rented "Jaws"....and god-damn that's still a great movie. Just about perfect, but especially Robert Shaw as Quint. I hadn't seen it in years, but still quote it regularly, especially Quint's "Anti-shark cage... You go inside the cage? Cage goes in the water? You go in the water? Shark's in the water? Our shark?"
Side note: I was 10 when the movie came out, and despite its PG rating, my parents wouldn't let me go see it in the theater. But they were fine with me reading the book, not realizing that there's a very explicit (and totally gratuitous) sex scene in the middle of the book.
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I was 11 that summer and had already read the book - a friend with an older brother lent it to me. I remember that sex scene, it was confusing.DaveInSeattle wrote:My oldest daughter saw "The Shallows" last week, so I decided that if she wants to see a Shark Movie, she has to see THE SHARK MOVIE.
So we rented "Jaws"....and god-damn that's still a great movie. Just about perfect, but especially Robert Shaw as Quint. I hadn't seen it in years, but still quote it regularly, especially Quint's "Anti-shark cage... You go inside the cage? Cage goes in the water? You go in the water? Shark's in the water? Our shark?"
Side note: I was 10 when the movie came out, and despite its PG rating, my parents wouldn't let me go see it in the theater. But they were fine with me reading the book, not realizing that there's a very explicit (and totally gratuitous) sex scene in the middle of the book.
And that movie scared the shit out of me. I spent half of August with my Aunt and her family in Boston, and the trip to Cape Cod was a wee bit nerve wracking. I mean, swimming pools scared me that summer.
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I think I was about 15 when Jaws hit our theatre. I was with a group of 3 guys and we ran into 3 girls we knew, so we all sat together (which was pretty exciting at the time). One of those girls had the enormous sized popcorn tub in her lap, and first time the shark appeared, she yipped out loud and launched that whole big tub of popcorn all over everybody. Completely emptied it. So, that's my dominant memory of that movie.
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I have never seen Jaws start to finish. Did read the book, one summer. On the beach. Cuz that's how I roll.
Saw True Grit the other day. For such a huge Coen bros fan, I sure take my time seeing some of their movies. One reason I didn't get around to it is I was not a fan of the original w/John Wayne. Aside from The Searchers, never a big John Wayne fan. Jeff Bridges is awesome. Matt Damon and the young girl too. Wonderful movie.
Saw True Grit the other day. For such a huge Coen bros fan, I sure take my time seeing some of their movies. One reason I didn't get around to it is I was not a fan of the original w/John Wayne. Aside from The Searchers, never a big John Wayne fan. Jeff Bridges is awesome. Matt Damon and the young girl too. Wonderful movie.
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Completely agree.howard wrote:I have never seen Jaws start to finish. Did read the book, one summer. On the beach. Cuz that's how I roll.
Saw True Grit the other day. For such a huge Coen bros fan, I sure take my time seeing some of their movies. One reason I didn't get around to it is I was not a fan of the original w/John Wayne. Aside from The Searchers, never a big John Wayne fan. Jeff Bridges is awesome. Matt Damon and the young girl too. Wonderful movie.
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Ben Hur? They remade Ben Hur?
C'mon....they already made it once, and its a classic! Hollywood really is out of ideas.
C'mon....they already made it once, and its a classic! Hollywood really is out of ideas.
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The 1959 William Wyler version, starring Charlton Heston, was the third film adaptation. But the first with sound.
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The ghostbusters remake sucked. Just a shitty script. Bad.
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Fuck you, you fucking misogynist fuck. It's the greatest fucking movie of all time. Way to keep women down, asshole. #downwiththepatriarchy /stennbengal wrote:The ghostbusters remake sucked. Just a shitty script. Bad.
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I don't think there's a word that adequately captures my distain that every single movie made these days is a comic book movie.
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This one comes close for me.brian wrote:I don't think there's a word that adequately captures my distain that every single movie made these days is a comic book movie.
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I wanted to like it. Huge fan of Paul Feig, and Heat (Bullock and McCarthy version) and Bridesmaids were awesome scripts and movies. He knows his stuff, so this particular misfire is really bizarre. It simply wasn't funny. Script and story failure from the jump.Johnnie wrote:Fuck you, you fucking misogynist fuck. It's the greatest fucking movie of all time. Way to keep women down, asshole. #downwiththepatriarchy /stennbengal wrote:The ghostbusters remake sucked. Just a shitty script. Bad.
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How about disdain?brian wrote:
I don't think there's a word that adequately captures my distain that every single movie made these days is a comic book movie.
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"Spy" (also with McCarthy) is very funny as well.tennbengal wrote:
I wanted to like it. Huge fan of Paul Feig, and Heat (Bullock and McCarthy version) and Bridesmaids were awesome scripts and movies.
Saw the new Star Trek last night. It was "meh"...felt like a filler episode. Something you'll forget an hour after leaving the movie. I really don't understand why you'd cast an incredibly charismatic actor like Idris Elba as the villain, and then bury him under 20 pounds of makeup and prosthetics.
The one thing they did get right though...I think the cast of the new Star Trek series have been great, especially Quinto as Spock.
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Thought it was good - she is funny, and Jason Statham was hilarious.DaveInSeattle wrote:"Spy" (also with McCarthy) is very funny as well.tennbengal wrote:
I wanted to like it. Huge fan of Paul Feig, and Heat (Bullock and McCarthy version) and Bridesmaids were awesome scripts and movies.
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Statham was great but I thought spy was pretty bad.
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Add me to the list of folks who don't give a shit for superhero/comic book movies.
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Considering Jared Leto has gone from "inexplicably acclaimed and popular" to "the most irritating actor alive" for me in the past year or so promoting his version of the Joker, I'm completely rooting for Suicide Squad to be a tire fire.
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I thought the villain was contrived and a tad derivative of previous ones, but apparently I would've been better served to research the canon re: Krall before watching it.DaveInSeattle wrote:"Spy" (also with McCarthy) is very funny as well.tennbengal wrote:
I wanted to like it. Huge fan of Paul Feig, and Heat (Bullock and McCarthy version) and Bridesmaids were awesome scripts and movies.
Saw the new Star Trek last night. It was "meh"...felt like a filler episode. Something you'll forget an hour after leaving the movie. I really don't understand why you'd cast an incredibly charismatic actor like Idris Elba as the villain, and then bury him under 20 pounds of makeup and prosthetics.
The one thing they did get right though...I think the cast of the new Star Trek series have been great, especially Quinto as Spock.
I think maybe the story was edited so that he dies in the end instead of having the character be recurring, because of Elba's involvement in the Dark Tower series?
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I enjoyed the last hour and 15 minutes of it, but I was legit dozing off for a solid half hour after the first 10 minute sequence.EnochRoot wrote:I thought the villain was contrived and a tad derivative of previous ones, but apparently I would've been better served to research the canon re: Krall before watching it.DaveInSeattle wrote:"Spy" (also with McCarthy) is very funny as well.tennbengal wrote:
I wanted to like it. Huge fan of Paul Feig, and Heat (Bullock and McCarthy version) and Bridesmaids were awesome scripts and movies.
Saw the new Star Trek last night. It was "meh"...felt like a filler episode. Something you'll forget an hour after leaving the movie. I really don't understand why you'd cast an incredibly charismatic actor like Idris Elba as the villain, and then bury him under 20 pounds of makeup and prosthetics.
The one thing they did get right though...I think the cast of the new Star Trek series have been great, especially Quinto as Spock.
I think maybe the story was edited so that he dies in the end instead of having the character be recurring, because of Elba's involvement in the Dark Tower series?
Maybe I just needed to be in a peppier mood to watch it. Going to miss Yelchin. I really enjoyed him as Checkov.
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Some early reviews suggest you will be pleased.L-Jam3 wrote:Considering Jared Leto has gone from "inexplicably acclaimed and popular" to "the most irritating actor alive" for me in the past year or so promoting his version of the Joker, I'm completely rooting for Suicide Squad to be a tire fire.
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Me too.sancarlos wrote:Add me to the list of folks who don't give a shit for superhero/comic book movies.
I work in a field where EVERYBODY goes to see these movies the day they open.
I was in a writers room a few months ago, and the fact that I had no plans to see "Superman Versus Batman" earned me a number of strange looks.
Of course, the guys who went to see it after work all said it sucked.
The portentousness of these movies is really too much to bear. The dark, foreboding atmosphere that is used to cover over the silliness of the backstories and the storylines... unendurable.
Last one I saw in the theatre was the Superman reboot. My daughter and her friends loved it, but 2 and a half hours of noise and sadism and mass destruction was too much for me.
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Pruitt wrote:I was in a writers room a few months ago, and the fact that I had no plans to see "Superman Versus Batman" earned me a number of strange looks.sancarlos wrote:Add me to the list of folks who don't give a shit for superhero/comic book movies.
The correct name of the movie is "Batman VEE Superman Colon Dawn of Justice"
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Oh, I look forward to "Batman VEE Superman Colon Dawn of Justice Ellipsis The Reckoning Part One"BSF21 wrote:Pruitt wrote:I was in a writers room a few months ago, and the fact that I had no plans to see "Superman Versus Batman" earned me a number of strange looks.sancarlos wrote:Add me to the list of folks who don't give a shit for superhero/comic book movies.
The correct name of the movie is "Batman VEE Superman Colon Dawn of Justice"
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I'm not necessarily anti-comic book movies, my beef is that any time there's a trend like that, most of them are going to suck. It pretty much doesn't matter the genre. I do tend to like the ones that subvert the genre a little bit. I did like Guardians of the Galaxy and the Dark Knight Trilogy.
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In general, the Marvel ones have all been good (except for the Hulk movies) and the DC ones have all sucked (except for the Dark Knight trilogy). Oh, and I guess X-Men is Marvel too and those have been inconsistent.
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On one of the Deadspin podcasts a while back, I think it was Magary who made what I thought was a good point: the Marvel movies are successful because they are made for kids, while the DC movies are made for 40-year-olds who still take comics seriously.
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I'm pretty sure Deadpool wasn't made for kids, and it was awesome.Johnny Carwash wrote:On one of the Deadspin podcasts a while back, I think it was Magary who made what I thought was a good point: the Marvel movies are successful because they are made for kids, while the DC movies are made for 40-year-olds who still take comics seriously.
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The wife is seeing it tonight. We'll see how bad it was, and how much it inspires her.Giff wrote:Bad Moms was hilarious.
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