Movies

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Fri Jul 18, 2014 8:31 am

Giff wrote:
tennbengal wrote:Snowpiercer is pretty awesome. And horrifying.
Never heard of this movie before Monday and now everyone is talking about it.

Seems pretty cool.

tennbengal · Post by **tennbengal** » Fri Jul 18, 2014 8:50 am

Giff wrote:
tennbengal wrote:Snowpiercer is pretty awesome. And horrifying.
Never heard of this movie before Monday and now everyone is talking about it.

Saw it when it finally opened in our arthouse theater July 4 weekend. Had heard good buzz about it. the buzz was correct.

Rush2112 · Post by **Rush2112** » Fri Jul 18, 2014 11:59 am

tennbengal wrote:
Giff wrote:
tennbengal wrote:Snowpiercer is pretty awesome. And horrifying.
Never heard of this movie before Monday and now everyone is talking about it.
Saw it when it finally opened in our arthouse theater July 4 weekend. Had heard good buzz about it. the buzz was correct.

Same here. Plus has an Alison Pill sighting, who's my under-the-radar actress crush.

Post by **brian** » Fri Jul 18, 2014 12:13 pm

I'm going to see it this weekend I think even though I'm kind of dystopia'ed out.

Post by **Shirley** » Wed Jul 30, 2014 12:58 pm

Uh, yes please. This looks pretty awesome.

howard · Post by **howard** » Wed Jul 30, 2014 2:19 pm

Nice. Fill in the time between Mad Max and The Road Warrior. With George Miller, w/o an old-assed Mel Gibson. And the car better survive.

Johnny Carwash · Post by **Johnny Carwash** » Wed Jul 30, 2014 3:33 pm

Until I saw George Miller's involvement, I had assumed this was a remake/reboot. So it has actual continuity with the originals?

I haven't seen the original movies aside from Beyond Thunderdome, and that was at least a quarter-century ago. Have been meaning to catch up but they're not streaming on Netflix and I'm too lazy to send for the DVDs.

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Wed Jul 30, 2014 4:02 pm

Sitting in The theater waiting for planet of he apes. I'm only one here. Snow piercer was not showing here in te small town i am in.

rass · Post by **rass** » Wed Jul 30, 2014 4:39 pm

Pretty excited for Guardians of the Galaxy.

howard · Post by **howard** » Wed Jul 30, 2014 5:01 pm

Johnny Carwash wrote:I haven't seen the original movies aside from Beyond Thunderdome…

Mad Max is pretty good, a bit melodramatic. Road Warrior is simply the perfect action movie--my favorite action movie evah. Both much better films than Thunderdome (although the first 1/2 of Thunderdome is fucking awesome--then it bogs down. "Who run Bartertown?")

Post by **Shirley** » Wed Jul 30, 2014 6:56 pm

howard wrote:
Johnny Carwash wrote:I haven't seen the original movies aside from Beyond Thunderdome…
Mad Max is pretty good, a bit melodramatic. Road Warrior is simply the perfect action movie--my favorite action movie evah. Both much better films than Thunderdome (although the first 1/2 of Thunderdome is fucking awesome--then it bogs down. "Who run Bartertown?")

I was coming here to post almost the exact same thing. Mad Max is actually a little slow, especially compared to The Road Warrior. You don't need to see them in order. I watched The Road Warrior many times and long before I watched Mad Max.

You need to find a way to watch The Road Warrior.

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Wed Jul 30, 2014 9:22 pm

Shirley wrote: You need to find a way to watch The Road Warrior.

It is the best action movie ever made.

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Thu Jul 31, 2014 10:09 am

Pruitt wrote:
Shirley wrote: You need to find a way to watch The Road Warrior.
It is the best action movie ever made.

Respectfully disagree. Die Hard wins this one.

rass · Post by **rass** » Fri Aug 01, 2014 6:10 am

govmentchedda wrote:
rass wrote:
AB_skin_test wrote:Michael Keaton. Does. Not.Suck At. comedy.
Thanks AB. That was unfuckingcalledfor Pruitt.

I haven't watched it in years, but I loved Johnny Dangerously as a kid. And he was very funny in Toy Story 3, too.
Michael Keaton is fantastic. I think I hate you.

Hey Michael Keaton Appreciation Society!

It looks like he has a showcase role (meta dark comedy with a cast full of good actors) in a movie this fall, in full-on "let's get nuts" mode.

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Fri Aug 01, 2014 6:25 am

That cast is fantastic. I'm in.

tennbengal · Post by **tennbengal** » Sun Aug 03, 2014 11:22 am

For the Keaton fans - don't go chasing waterfalls.

And, on another topic, Guardians of the Galaxy was tremendous fun.

rass · Post by **rass** » Sun Aug 03, 2014 2:25 pm

tennbengal wrote:And, on another topic, Guardians of the Galaxy was tremendous fun.

Going to see it is evening. Taking my wife, so I'll be able to fully judge it's crossover appeal. She's never seen any of the Marvel movies (excluding scenes where Thor has his shirt off).

rass · Post by **rass** » Mon Aug 04, 2014 6:33 am

OK, that was pretty fucking fun. And funny! Great use of the pop music from the soundtrack in the film itself. And funny!

Jerloma · Post by **Jerloma** » Mon Aug 04, 2014 8:53 am

Does Nebula get a fair amount of screen time? I never see her in any trailers.

rass · Post by **rass** » Mon Aug 04, 2014 9:33 am

Jerloma wrote:Does Nebula get a fair amount of screen time? I never see her in any trailers.

She's second in command to the primary bad guy. I mean, if you're going just for your Amy Pond fix and have absolutely no interest otherwise in this sort of movie, you might be disappointed, I guess.

Jerloma · Post by **Jerloma** » Mon Aug 04, 2014 9:36 am

Well, "Selfie" looks really fucking bad.

Johnny Carwash · Post by **Johnny Carwash** » Mon Aug 04, 2014 9:57 am

So it's rumored there is going to be a reboot of Ghostbusters where all the Ghostbusters are female. Early Vegas odds on Melissa McCarthy not being involved are 572,000-1.

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Mon Aug 04, 2014 10:01 am

Johnny Carwash wrote:So it's rumored there is going to be a reboot of Ghostbusters where all the Ghostbusters are female. Early Vegas odds on Melissa McCarthy not being involved are 572,000-1.

As long as Paul Rudd gets to be the Bizarro-world Gatekeeper (Reverse Keymaster?) then I'm in.

Jerloma · Post by **Jerloma** » Mon Aug 04, 2014 11:42 am

Speaking of GOTG, apparently James Gunn made a porno with Sasha Grey a few years back (SFW)...

Rush2112 · Post by **Rush2112** » Mon Aug 04, 2014 2:29 pm

That entire series is pretty good.

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Wed Aug 06, 2014 7:23 am

Loved Guardians. Great summer movie.

Also, here is a nice theory on the biggest plot hole in LOTR:

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rass · Post by **rass** » Wed Aug 06, 2014 7:39 am

AB_skin_test wrote:Also, here is a nice theory on the biggest plot hole in LOTR:

http://www.tickld.com/x/this-guy-just-c ... mind-blown" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Ha! at the ending!

Jerloma · Post by **Jerloma** » Wed Aug 06, 2014 9:34 am

New Left Behind trailer. My favorite is when the daughter says that the god her mother taught her about would never do something like this. How did her mother get raptured having never even opened a bible?

Post by **Shirley** » Wed Aug 06, 2014 10:23 am

AB_skin_test wrote:Loved Guardians. Great summer movie.

Also, here is a nice theory on the biggest plot hole in LOTR:

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Funny, I just finished watching the Trilogy last night with my family. My kids love it, so I've seen it a zillion times.

I never really thought about the idea of the eagles delivering the ring. I think that "plot hole" ignores the idea that if the eagles just flew on in, they'd have to deal with all of the Nazgul, the full Mordor army and the full attention of Sauron. By the time they actually came in the movie (and books), the Witch King, the leader and most powerful of the Nazgul, was dead. (Remember, that guy had the power to break Gandalf's staff and surely would have killed him if Rohan's army hadn't shown up to distract him.) Also half or more of the Mordor army was dead, along with all of Saruman's forces. Additionally, if they had come directly on eagles, Sauron would have had his full focus on the giant birds and I have to think he'd have some power to stop them.

That said, I do think it might have been a decent idea to leave at least one or two guards at the doorway into Mt Doom. You know, just in case. He did know that a hobbit had the ring and that a hobbit had been captured in Mordor. I assume he knew the hobbit had escaped, but maybe the orcs had lied to him and said he was dead (or perhaps they honestly thought he was dead).

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Wed Aug 06, 2014 10:39 am

Shirley wrote:
. Additionally, if they had come directly on eagles, Sauron would have had his full focus on the giant birds and I have to think he'd have some power to stop them.
.

You clearly haven't seen this!

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Mon Aug 11, 2014 5:44 pm

DaveInSeattle wrote:Saw the new Wes Anderson "Grand Budapest Hotel" the other night. Liked it quite a bit. If you like Wes Anderson's stuff (and I'll admit, he's got a style all his own), you'll enjoy it. Ralph Fiennes was great.

Finally saw it on the weekend and absolutely loved it. Start to finish, it was as enjoyable a movie as I've seen in a couple of years, and Ralph Fiennes is fantastic in the movie - in fact, most of the cast is just great.

Post by **Shirley** » Fri Aug 15, 2014 11:03 am

I watched City of God last night on Amazon Prime. Great movie. It reminded me a lot of seeing Boyz n the Hood for the first time. A great, if a bit disturbing, film.

P.D.X. · Post by **P.D.X.** » Fri Aug 15, 2014 12:43 pm

Shirley wrote:I watched City of God last night on Amazon Prime. Great movie. It reminded me a lot of seeing Boyz n the Hood for the first time. A great, if a bit disturbing, film.

Such a great film. Top 5 for me.

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Fri Aug 15, 2014 10:06 pm

City of God is an amazing movie.

Just watched the documentary about background singers 20 Feet From Stardom winner of best Documentary at the Academy Awards last year.

It has some good music, but is really quite lame. Uninvolving and the attempts to tie the stories of these background singers into some sort of bigger picture reflection on society as a whole was really quite laughable.

Post by **Shirley** » Sat Aug 16, 2014 10:41 am

Pruitt wrote:City of God is an amazing movie.

Yeah, it's been stuck in my head for a couple of days now. That's the sign of a really good movie.

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Sun Aug 17, 2014 2:10 pm

Boyhood was fantastic. Such a great concept.

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Fri Aug 22, 2014 5:55 am

tennbengal wrote:Guardians of the Galaxy was tremendous fun.

Man, was it ever.

So enjoyable - Drax made me laugh my ass off a couple of times.

Post by **brian** » Thu Aug 28, 2014 11:45 pm

Wife insisting on watching "Just Go With It" tonight. Dave Matthews (among others) should be put to death for appearing in this crap.

BSF21 · Post by **BSF21** » Fri Aug 29, 2014 9:17 am

Pruitt wrote:
tennbengal wrote:Guardians of the Galaxy was tremendous fun.
Man, was it ever.

So enjoyable - Drax made me laugh my ass off a couple of times.

Because of his reflexes and agility?

Johnny Carwash · Post by **Johnny Carwash** » Fri Aug 29, 2014 10:00 am

Echoing the praise for City of God. That's a fantastic movie, and it drives me nuts that it's largely unknown outside of movie-buff circles, while so much love was heaped on Slumdog Millionaire, which tried to be more or less the same thing but was really contrived and cloying,