Oh I'm sorry, Did I Break Your Conversation........Well Allow Me A Movie Thread by S&T

[big j 33]

But he's talking about Battleship!

I was referring to iYen about Big Lebowski

I am having the hardest time getting through Battleship....it's TURRIBLE

Not, that the movie is terrible, but I'm having the same problem with Big Lebowski.

I'm an hour and 30 min. into the movie haha.

I started the movie sometime in January.

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I had every intention of watching the Big L in one sitting. I watched an hour something my first sitting. Then about 8min-10min for my 2nd and 3rd sittings.

When I first made the decision to just do something else, it began easier to just shut off the movie after an even shorter time period.

I'll try to finish this movie by this weekend.

I understand, it happens. But I'd try to rewatch the whole thing this weekend rather than just finish what's left.. it won't be the same. It's not an exceptionally long movie, you can do it.

 

[venom lyrix]

Why do you say that?

horrible and boring movie, can't stand Clooney as an actor, he's so bland

 

[david bowman]

Clooney was great in the decendents, (high quality movie) and the Solaris remake. Perfect in ocean's 11 but that wasn't even acting.

everything other than that is bleh

 

[big j 33]

He was very good in Out of Sight

 

[david bowman]

I still haven't seen it. thanks for the reminder. totally forgot

anyone ever watch my name is earl? been catching a few re runs. forgot how much i liked it

no network show has ever used music as well. It feels like the entire budget was spent on music. And I love the old kevin smith movies so obviously I like jason lee

 

[mez 0ne]

Decendents was a good movie.

anyone ever watch my name is earl? been catching a few re runs. forgot how much i liked it

Show never gets old

 

[Kimchi Papi]

I liked The Decendents alot but I could see what VL was saying about Clooney. His range is limited but I think he makes do with what he's got so to speak. Loved Out Of Sight (& the soundtrack). That might be Jennifer Lopez's only good movie. Also loved Clooney in the Coen Brother's O Brother, Where Art Thou?. The first & the last Oceans movies were entertaining. Also Michael Clayton, Burn After Reading (Coen Brothers again), Up in the Air, Fantastic Mr. Fox, & The Ides of March were solid movies IMO...

 

[venom lyrix]

Carrie Fisher confirms she's returning to Star Wars: Episode VII - jokes Leia may be in an old folks home - http://wp.me/p2CCWq-2Hg

David Yates looking at Jessica Chastain to swing in the jungle as Jane for Tarzan lead? - http://wp.me/p2CCWq-2Ho

 

[Master Zik]

Whether it's The Big Lebowski or Battleship. Watching movies in that fashion won't help you get a proper grasp of it or let you get a firm opinion on whether you liked it or not. Especially if it's hours apart.

I'm a much bigger fan of watching the movie and leaving cuz you lost interest or just falling in to a nice slumber cuz it was that boring.

Why do you say that?

horrible and boring movie, can't stand Clooney as an actor, he's so bland

Clooney was great in The American. Really felt his pain in that. He almost feels like a necessity in certain other films he's been in.

He was also okay in that heist movie with JLo

 

[mronegative]

But he's talking about Battleship!

I was referring to iYen about Big Lebowski

Ahhh...yeah chopping that up would ruin the movie.
You gotta drink the koolaid and let it happen all at once.

He was very good in Out of Sight

Loved Out Of Sight (& the soundtrack).

That good?

I just figured it was like The Mexican.

 

[lawdog1]

I liked The Decendents alot but I could see what VL was saying about Clooney. His range is limited but I think he makes do with what he's got so to speak. Loved Out Of Sight (& the soundtrack). That might be Jennifer Lopez's only good movie. Also loved Clooney in the Coen Brother's O Brother, Where Art Thou?. The first & the last Oceans movies were entertaining. Also Michael Clayton, Burn After Reading (Coen Brothers again), Up in the Air, Fantastic Mr. Fox, & The Ides of March were solid movies IMO...

I agree with this. I would never see a movie just because Clooney is in it, but his act (which is pretty much the same every time) does work well for some roles in certain movies. I also liked Up In the Air and Fantastic Mr. Fox. I haven't seen O'Brother, but I've heard good things and give Clooney credit there for trying something different. The Oceans movies don't do much for me, but that's not really Clooney's fault.

Intolerable Cruelty is another Coen Bros movie with Clooney, but I didn't think it was that great and I usually like the Coen brothers stuff.

 

[Kimchi Papi]

MrONegative - If you like Elmore Leonard flicks, this is one of the better ones IMO. I loved the cast, the direction Steven Soderbergh gave & the soundtrack is one of my favorite movies soundtracks of all time. If you watch it, let me know what you think...

 

[mronegative]

I liked The Decendents alot but I could see what VL was saying about Clooney. His range is limited but I think he makes do with what he's got so to speak. Loved Out Of Sight (& the soundtrack). That might be Jennifer Lopez's only good movie. Also loved Clooney in the Coen Brother's O Brother, Where Art Thou?. The first & the last Oceans movies were entertaining. Also Michael Clayton, Burn After Reading (Coen Brothers again), Up in the Air, Fantastic Mr. Fox, & The Ides of March were solid movies IMO...

I agree with this. I would never see a movie just because Clooney is in it, but his act (which is pretty much the same every time) does work well for some roles in certain movies. I also liked Up In the Air and Fantastic Mr. Fox. I haven't seen O'Brother, but I've heard good things and give Clooney credit there for trying something different. The Oceans movies don't do much for me, but that's not really Clooney's fault.

Intolerable Cruelty is another Coen Bros movie with Clooney, but I didn't think it was that great and I usually like the Coen brothers stuff.

I get that...he's more charming movie star than great actor.

Brad Pitt is one, Nick Cage, Will Smith, Julia Roberts, Angelina...I think Cruise counts now. Denzel sometimes.

But out of all of those, I think Clooney's managed his ability and picked projects better than any of them. With Pitt a close 2nd.

 

[lawdog1]

But out of all of those, I think Clooney's managed his ability and picked projects better than any of them.

Hard to argue with that. I don't think I can say that any movie I've seen Clooney in was actually bad. That's definitely not true of most of the other people you named. Nick Cage pretty much ONLY makes bad movies these days. Cruise, Jules and Angelina have all been in some duds. I don't know that I'd say any of Will Smith's movies are bad, but they tend to be pretty predictable/conventional. They're fine, just not all that interesting sometimes.

 

[big j 33]

From the AV Club's 50 Best Films of the 90s list (on which it landed #7)

Who would have guessed that Steven Soderbergh  would have such a way with movie stars? He’d worked with name actors before, but in Out Of Sight, he showcases George Clooney and Jennifer Lopez as the charismatic, sexy, impossibly good-looking pair that they are. Clooney and Lopez loom larger than life as an escaped bank robber and a U.S. Marshal playing a game of cross-country chase.Out Of Sight is resolutely contemporary, from the warm, sleek surfaces of its cinematography to its diced-up timeline, but it has an old-fashioned quality to it. Clooney and Lopez are on opposite sides of the law, but they have the sparking chemistry of screwball-comedy leads from the moment they end up locked in a car trunk together.

It's great because you clearly see how a competent filmmaker can make this into a great movie but a weaker one would churn out something formulaic and uninspired. And I really appreciate movies that could easily veer off the road and be a disaster, but when done well they're excellent. Case in point, Silver Linings Playbook. A different director or cast and that movie is cheesy and pandering. 

Noted film critic Andrew Sarris on Out of Sight

"For once in a mainstream production, the narrative machinery works on all cylinders without any wasted motion or fatuous rhetoric. They don't make movies like this anymore, in this overcalculated and overtested era"

It's one of my favorites.

 

[mronegative]

^

Elmore Leonard flick

Did not know that.
After Jackie Brown and Justified, that's all anyone needed to say.

 

[CP1708]

Out of Sight was great because JLo was at her peak, wore a Marino jersey, and the cast is amazing. Very, very solid film. I've watched it several times, never gets old.

 

[Kimchi Papi]

CP1708 is always pumping up his beloved Fins (that & Star Wars).... Kudos man...

MrONegative - Brad Pitt shouldn't be among the names you mention. Despite going the block buster route, that dude can act his tail off when he wants to. That last scene in Se7en where he's asking whats in the box & finds out still gets me... The way he flashes through the range of motions all in his face was incredible.

 

[CP1708]

I get that...he's more charming movie star than great actor.

Brad Pitt is one, Nick Cage, Will Smith, Julia Roberts, Angelina...I think Cruise counts now. Denzel sometimes.

But out of all of those, I think Clooney's managed his ability and picked projects better than any of them. With Pitt a close 2nd.

Wait a God damn minute, why is Pitt on this list?

Pitt is a GREAT actor. Above and beyond his level of stardom and charm, he can act like nobodies business. Doing the Ocean's probably softened people up, and he kinda played down to the role, coasted and what not, but he is a tremendous actor. I'm sure you know that and typo'd his name, right?

 

[CP1708]

CP1708 is always pumping up his beloved Fins (that & Star Wars).... Kudos man...

Aye man, tell me you don't know the scene I speak of. I know you know it, and neither of us was lookin at the jersey neither.

 

[Kimchi Papi]

CP1708 is always pumping up his beloved Fins (that & Star Wars).... Kudos man...

Aye man, tell me you don't know the scene I speak of. I know you know it, and neither of us was lookin at the jersey neither.

You talking about this one? Love the music. Like I said the soundtrack is nice...

 

[lawdog1]

Out of Sight was great because JLo was at her peak

Kind of crazy that Out of Sight pretty much IS J Lo's peak as an actress. I remember she was getting a lot of good press about her performance around the time the movie came out and it seemed like she was primed to be a consistent, A-list actress for a while. Then it just didn't happen. I think she can be a pretty solid actress but she just hasn't capitalized on the talent she has as far as acting goes.

I'll definitely watch Money Train again because of her if it ever comes on cable. (But not just because of how she acts in the movie).

 

[CP1708]

Naw man, IN the jersey.

(Not that that one isn't nice too, just the one when she is actually wearing the jersey)

 

[CP1708]

Out of Sight was great because JLo was at her peak

Kind of crazy that Out of Sight pretty much IS J Lo's peak as an actress. I remember she was getting a lot of good press about her performance around the time the movie came out and it seemed like she was primed to be a consistent, A-list actress for a while. Then it just didn't happen. I think she can be a pretty solid actress but she just hasn't capitalized on the talent she has as far as acting goes.

I'll definitely watch Money Train again because of her if it ever comes on cable. (But not just because of how she acts in the movie).

Good ol Money Train.

Selena. She did a great job in Selena, however, that wasn't fair. That story was heartbreaking, any woman probably could have paid off with that role. I was actually a little mad at her for using that as her springboard. But still, she did the role really really good.

 

[big j 33]

I can see why someone would say that about Pitt... but I think that's because they can play the charming role so well, it's hard to see beyond that. If we had a scale where on one end it's "Actor X... THE MOVIE STAR in a majority of their movies"(Will Smith) and at the other end, it's Gary Oldman the chameleon where they just disappear into every new role or a DDL... 

Will Smith

Neutral

Brad Pitt would probably be here.. maybe one below

Gary Oldman

And yes, Smith has his moments like in Ali, but yeah.. he's a movie star.. and a good one. 

Pitt could use another great acting performance and I think he's safe.