sancarlos wrote:Forest Gump was boring. It is still boring. Pulp Fiction should have won Best Picture. I can still sit down and watch it start to finish any day of the week.
eta: and to echo some others, I have no interest in slasher/gore/comic book hero and most thriller movies. I also prefer the classics. Hitchcock over Michael Bay any day
Watched Strangers on a Train on the weekend. Parts of it were almost comical due to the age of the film, but plenty entertaining anyway.
And Robert Walker who played psychopath Bruno Antony was fantastic. After reading a bit about him, I can see how he was able to channel deep seated psychiatric issues.
Just watched Herlast night and enjoyed it a hell of a lot more than I thought I would. Even knowing the basic plot didn't detract from the surprising plot developments. But if the lead was played by a lesser actor than Joaquin Phoenix, this move could have sucked. But really strong premise, great script and even a few laugh out loud moments in what was at times a very touching film.
(Oh, and Amy Adams was very good in it as well).
"beautiful, with an exotic-yet-familiar facial structure and an arresting gaze."
Just watched Herlast night and enjoyed it a hell of a lot more than I thought I would. Even knowing the basic plot didn't detract from the surprising plot developments. But if the lead was played by a lesser actor than Joaquin Phoenix, this move could have sucked. But really strong premise, great script and even a few laugh out loud moments in what was at times a very touching film.
(Oh, and Amy Adams was very good in it as well).
The soundtrack was pretty awesome, too. I also enjoyed that more than I expected.
Hold on, I'm trying to see if Jack London ever gets this fire built or not.
Just watched Herlast night and enjoyed it a hell of a lot more than I thought I would. Even knowing the basic plot didn't detract from the surprising plot developments. But if the lead was played by a lesser actor than Joaquin Phoenix, this move could have sucked. But really strong premise, great script and even a few laugh out loud moments in what was at times a very touching film.
(Oh, and Amy Adams was very good in it as well).
The soundtrack was pretty awesome, too. I also enjoyed that more than I expected.
I was thinking about it as the movie unfolded and the premise could have led the story in so many different directions. And as strange as the basic idea seems, it is presented in a way that makes it seem almost normal.
And the dead cat scene was hysterical.
"beautiful, with an exotic-yet-familiar facial structure and an arresting gaze."
The Great Beauty - won the Oscar for Best Foreign Film last year.
Excellent and beautiful - I love Italian movies and Fellini, so this was right up my alley stylistically. But it's a great character piece and makes me want to get on the next plane to Rome.
"beautiful, with an exotic-yet-familiar facial structure and an arresting gaze."
I saw very few movies until the 90s. What I saw tended towards the classy. But last night I really enjoyed The Terminator. Perfect weight-lifting movie. Good story, executed well for the era. You miss nothing if you're not watching every moment. And there's Ahnuld to inspire hard work.
So too with Captain America: The First Avenger and Captain America: Winter Soldier, the previous two weight-lifting movies.
DC47 wrote:I saw very few movies until the 90s. What I saw tended towards the classy. But last night I really enjoyed The Terminator. Perfect weight-lifting movie. Good story, executed well for the era. You miss nothing if you're not watching every moment. And there's Ahnuld to inspire hard work.
So too with Captain America: The First Avenger and Captain America: Winter Soldier, the previous two weight-lifting movies.
CA:TWS was one I really enjoyed. Probably my favorite Marvel movie so far and I am not the biggest fan of Cap.
I think the one thing they don't really touch on is that Daniels never wanted to be a Tom Hanks level "movie star" and while that's often something that people who don't get to that level often say, if you look at the decisions Daniels has made in his movie roles and his decision to live in rural Michigan instead of Los Angeles or New York, it's pretty believable in his case.
I'm a little biased since he's probably my university's most famous non-sporting alumnus, but it's easy to see how it would be nice to make some of the decisions he's made and turn down some of the opportunities he's had to get to pursue the things you want to do instead of chasing an 8 figure paycheck.
At times he's been more interested in his theater company in Chelsea (Michigan) -- just outside of Ann Arbor -- or recording music or just taking time off to hang out with his kids and go to Tigers and Red Wings games. Hard to begrudge that, but the Hollywood media never seems to understand why someone would make those decisions.
I think the one thing they don't really touch on is that Daniels never wanted to be a Tom Hanks level "movie star" and while that's often something that people who don't get to that level often say, if you look at the decisions Daniels has made in his movie roles and his decision to live in rural Michigan instead of Los Angeles or New York, it's pretty believable in his case.
I'm a little biased since he's probably my university's most famous non-sporting alumnus, but it's easy to see how it would be nice to make some of the decisions he's made and turn down some of the opportunities he's had to get to pursue the things you want to do instead of chasing an 8 figure paycheck.
At times he's been more interested in his theater company in Chelsea (Michigan) -- just outside of Ann Arbor -- or recording music or just taking time off to hang out with his kids and go to Tigers and Red Wings games. Hard to begrudge that, but the Hollywood media never seems to understand why someone would make those decisions.
I caught a few minutes of the Farrelly Brothers on Fallon last night. For some reason, the studio strongly opposed to Daniels being in dumb and Dumber 2, but they fought to cast him. The studio, in an effort to appease, offered Daniels $50,000, assuming he would turn it down. They said Carrey was offered $7 million. Daniels accepted the offer without even attempting to negotiate, as he just wanted to make the movie.
An honest to God cult of personality - formed around a failed steak salesman.
-Pruitt
Those numbers are referencing the original movie, not the sequel. Carrey got $7M and Daniels $50,000 for the original. No idea how much they were paid for the sequel, but I'm betting it was a lot more each.
But yeah, it's still indicative of the kind of career he's had. He does the stuff he wants to do and doesn't worry about the money. I'm sure he's still made more in his life than any 20 of us combined, but he's not chasing a paycheck.
brian wrote:Those numbers are referencing the original movie, not the sequel. Carrey got $7M and Daniels $50,000 for the original. No idea how much they were paid for the sequel, but I'm betting it was a lot more each.
But yeah, it's still indicative of the kind of career he's had. He does the stuff he wants to do and doesn't worry about the money. I'm sure he's still made more in his life than any 20 of us combined, but he's not chasing a paycheck.
Ah, that makes a lot more sense. I couldn't comprehend why they wouldn't want him for the sequel. I thought $7 mil sounded low for Carrey, too.
An honest to God cult of personality - formed around a failed steak salesman.
-Pruitt
I think the one thing they don't really touch on is that Daniels never wanted to be a Tom Hanks level "movie star" and while that's often something that people who don't get to that level often say, if you look at the decisions Daniels has made in his movie roles and his decision to live in rural Michigan instead of Los Angeles or New York, it's pretty believable in his case.
I'm a little biased since he's probably my university's most famous non-sporting alumnus, but it's easy to see how it would be nice to make some of the decisions he's made and turn down some of the opportunities he's had to get to pursue the things you want to do instead of chasing an 8 figure paycheck.
At times he's been more interested in his theater company in Chelsea (Michigan) -- just outside of Ann Arbor -- or recording music or just taking time off to hang out with his kids and go to Tigers and Red Wings games. Hard to begrudge that, but the Hollywood media never seems to understand why someone would make those decisions.
We should do a "best actor from your alma mater" thread. Mine would have to be Powers Boothe.
well this is gonna be someone's new signature - bronto
I just watched the Tom Cruise "Edge of Tomorrow"....and I liked it! Haven't liked a Tom Cruise movie in a long time. And Emily Blunt was great as well.
Also, they should change the name of Jurassic World to Chris Pratt Rides a Scooter with his Raptor Buddies, because I think I would watch hours of that.
The Star Wars trailer was awesome, though a bit disappointing not to see any of the older actors. They'll probably hold that back until the longer trailers come out.
I made the mistake of reading the reactions and nerds are already up in arms about the three-pointed lightsaber and pre-emptively declaring the movie a failure because of it.
rass wrote:Also, they should change the name of Jurassic World to Chris Pratt Rides a Scooter with his Raptor Buddies, because I think I would watch hours of that.
In other nerd-rage news, there's apparently been a huge backlash at this trailer, with people saying that it's too far-fetched. Because, you know, movies about humans fucking around with dinosaurs should be firmly grounded in reality.
Fanniebug wrote:
P.S. rass! Dont write me again, dude! You're in ignore list!
tennbengal wrote:Why are the fanboys upset over the tri-part light-saber?
Part different, part it doesn't make much sense (unless the non-light saber part of the hilt is somehow light saber-proof).
I thought Abrams knocked the first Star Trek out of the park. I thought the second was WAY too fan service-y (going Khan was bad enough, but reversing the Spock/Kirk dynamic from ST:tWoK, right down to the dialogue, was, well, WAY too fan service-y). That could be a bad tendency to have in the SW universe. I liked that they held back the Big Three in this peek.
But I don't understand how the fans could be upset at anything that JJ Abrams will do with the franchise considering that the last three films were dreck - and were pilloried by the fanboys.
"beautiful, with an exotic-yet-familiar facial structure and an arresting gaze."
