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Yeah, I think you're right. The ending is on Lindeloff and Cuse.
Oh I'm sorry, Did I Break Your Conversation........Well Allow Me A Movie Thread by S&T
Yeah, I think you're right. The ending is on Lindeloff and Cuse.
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Anyone think that show resurrection will be any good?
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I'm interested....IDK though I'll be watching the pilot, then I'll make my choice. Interesting concept, I really want to see how they come back.
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I was just talking to my dad about this about a week ago.
The .... he had to go through
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oh my ******* atheist god if you haven't seen La Haine 
best movie i've seen in a longggg time
best movie i've seen in a longggg time
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ok ok fine, I'll give Shame a watch this weekend. Maybe tonight if I stay in.
Hunger, I liked it, much like 12 Years A Slave it did a masterful job of displaying the conditions of those times. It was a no holds bar, completely unabashed, unashamed portrayal of the prisons and the people who worked there and were imprisoned.
That long *** shot between Sands and Dom damn near blew my mind. I honestly kind of want to rewatch this flick so I can closer examine the richness of it's contents.
This film could have easily taken a wrong route by being one of those boring snoozefest of a fancy, shmancy award winning films, but it did a great job balancing out the artistic touches and the right realism type of flair .
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Definitely watch Shame, great movie
I don't think that Ressurection show on ABC will be good nor do I have any hope in that Believe show on NBC.
I'd rather watch a pilot than the crap TWD has been shelling out.
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Something about it just felt like leftover parts from Fringe, and I used to tell people to just watch the premiere and last 2 episodes, but skip the rest of the first season of Fringe. So I kinda do that with every JJ thing now.
Lost is...if you put someone onto something that's already done, you wanna have a point, right? Like if it's a comedy, it's cuz it was really funny. If it's a crime show, it's cuz it was tense and had some awesome and real moments. If it's a mystery, it should have a good ending. If it's good, it should be memorable. If it's long, there should be something rewarding about finishing it.
I don't know what you'd get out of Lost. The first season's one of the greatest action dramas ever on TV ever. Perfect. The 2nd...wasn't as great, but still damn good. The third was up and down, and tough at parts, but ended with one of the best finales ever. Then you gotta take some leaps of faith. And then the last (6th) season made most people retroactively dislike most of what they used to like, or feel like they wasted their time, or have to do a lot of settling to call it a good ending.
It's not that it ended bad. It's that it tried to get away with saying...don't worry about all the mysteries...see? People are happy and crying and doesn't that make you feel good, regardless? Technically...the story never ended, and that's the problem. It just tried to distract you, spit some philosophical bs and slip out through the backdoor, hope you didn't notice.
Only difference between Lost and a lot of the shows on now, is that those still have hope for greatness in the future. Lost is the greatest show that fell off a cliff. Most of those probably will too, but Lost had a longer way to fall. Most good shows have 4 or 5 great characters. Lost had a supernatural ability to create a great character you cared about every other episode. There had to be like 25, and most Losties could name them right now off the head.
That's something special for what it is. 6 of the best characters ever on network TV. Best TV score of all time. Some of the most memorable scenes ever on a network drama. Hell, I'd actually tell you stopping at season 5 would let you enjoy it more. I just don't exactly know what someone would get out of the show now.
Yeah, I'm just over JJ, cuz of Undercovers, Alcatraz, the end of Alias, Super 8, Revolution and now Star Trek into Darkness. I get what JJ does now, and it's always just good and interesting enough to be really disappointing.
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lawdog1
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That's how I used to feel about Tim Burton. Like way back in the Sleepy Hollow and Planet of the Apes days. But he's had enough misses now that my expectations aren't high enough anymore to be disappointed by stuff he does. Same with M. Night, but that probably goes without saying at this point. JJ isn't in that group for me yet.
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http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-e...role-to-marry-natasha-richardson-9176657.html
Liam Neeson was “heavily courted” for the role of James Bond, but turned down the martinis and bikinis because of his late wife’s wishes.
The Irish actor, whose latest film Non-Stop is top of the US box office, is renowned for his work in action movies.
But when his wife Natasha Richardson told him she would not marry him if he played 007, Neeson decided against taking up the high-profile part.
“I was heavily courted, let’s put it that way, and I’m sure some other actors were too,” the 61-year-old told the Hull Daily Mail.
“It was about 18 or 19 years ago and my wife-to-be said, 'If you play James Bond we’re not getting married'. And I had to take that on board because I did want to marry her.”
In an emotional interview with Anderson Cooper, Neeson said: "It hits you. It’s like a wave. You just get this profound feeling of instability. The Earth isn’t stable anymore and then it passes and it
becomes more infrequent, but I still get it sometimes.
"(Her death) was never real, it still kind of isn't. There’s periods now in our New York residence when I hear the door opening, especially the first couple of years. Anytime I hear that door opening, I still
think I’m going to hear her."
Liam Neeson was “heavily courted” for the role of James Bond, but turned down the martinis and bikinis because of his late wife’s wishes.
The Irish actor, whose latest film Non-Stop is top of the US box office, is renowned for his work in action movies.
But when his wife Natasha Richardson told him she would not marry him if he played 007, Neeson decided against taking up the high-profile part.
“I was heavily courted, let’s put it that way, and I’m sure some other actors were too,” the 61-year-old told the Hull Daily Mail.
“It was about 18 or 19 years ago and my wife-to-be said, 'If you play James Bond we’re not getting married'. And I had to take that on board because I did want to marry her.”
In an emotional interview with Anderson Cooper, Neeson said: "It hits you. It’s like a wave. You just get this profound feeling of instability. The Earth isn’t stable anymore and then it passes and it
becomes more infrequent, but I still get it sometimes.
"(Her death) was never real, it still kind of isn't. There’s periods now in our New York residence when I hear the door opening, especially the first couple of years. Anytime I hear that door opening, I still
think I’m going to hear her."
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edit: Damn. 
I remember the news article sounding ridiculous. Like she was on a bunny hill landed on her back, got up shook it off and a few hrs later that was it? |I
Mannnnnnn.... Like where do I start? I had a lot of problems with Man of Steel, but that ***** on Star Trek into Darkness.
Be easier to just call out the things I liked. Zoe Saldana can do no wrong in that role. I mean, the whole film is so well cast, that everyone's always good in their roles. And...yeah, that's it. That's all the good stuff I have to say about it.
Here's my question. How could you like it? What did you like about it? And I mean, as a whole thing. Not cut into little good pieces of movie, ignoring everything else about the film.
I remember the news article sounding ridiculous. Like she was on a bunny hill landed on her back, got up shook it off and a few hrs later that was it? |IMannnnnnn....
Like where do I start? I had a lot of problems with Man of Steel, but that ***** on Star Trek into Darkness.Be easier to just call out the things I liked. Zoe Saldana can do no wrong in that role. I mean, the whole film is so well cast, that everyone's always good in their roles. And...yeah, that's it. That's all the good stuff I have to say about it.
Here's my question. How could you like it? What did you like about it? And I mean, as a whole thing. Not cut into little good pieces of movie, ignoring everything else about the film.
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Yeah, so you and me gonna have to do these rounds, cuz you keep bad talkin Man of Steel, I need to know why that is.
I liked the characters as well for Darkness, Spock is great, Kirk is decent, but I really, really liked Kahn. He is a Jedi-Sith.
This role, was him as a Sith.
He stretched a few things like the flying from ship to ship, ya know, without a ship, but whatever. All movies do that.
The timetravel thing with Spock was, meh. Having Spock yell Kahn, the radiation switch, it was basically just old movies, re-done today with classic stuff switched about.............ok, I'm talkin myself the wrong direction here ain't I?
Maybe I need to watch again. I enjoyed it when I seen it, I remember that, but maybe I was just dazed by Alice Eve for 3 seconds of bliss. :\
I liked the characters as well for Darkness, Spock is great, Kirk is decent, but I really, really liked Kahn. He is a Jedi-Sith.
This role, was him as a Sith. He stretched a few things like the flying from ship to ship, ya know, without a ship, but whatever. All movies do that.
The timetravel thing with Spock was, meh. Having Spock yell Kahn, the radiation switch, it was basically just old movies, re-done today with classic stuff switched about.............ok, I'm talkin myself the wrong direction here ain't I?
Maybe I need to watch again. I enjoyed it when I seen it, I remember that, but maybe I was just dazed by Alice Eve for 3 seconds of bliss. :\
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http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-e...role-to-marry-natasha-richardson-9176657.html
Liam Neeson was “heavily courted” for the role of James Bond, but turned down the martinis and bikinis because of his late wife’s wishes.
The Irish actor, whose latest film Non-Stop is top of the US box office, is renowned for his work in action movies.
But when his wife Natasha Richardson told him she would not marry him if he played 007, Neeson decided against taking up the high-profile part.
“I was heavily courted, let’s put it that way, and I’m sure some other actors were too,” the 61-year-old told the Hull Daily Mail.
“It was about 18 or 19 years ago and my wife-to-be said, 'If you play James Bond we’re not getting married'. And I had to take that on board because I did want to marry her.”
In an emotional interview with Anderson Cooper, Neeson said: "It hits you. It’s like a wave. You just get this profound feeling of instability. The Earth isn’t stable anymore and then it passes and it
becomes more infrequent, but I still get it sometimes.
"(Her death) was never real, it still kind of isn't. There’s periods now in our New York residence when I hear the door opening, especially the first couple of years. Anytime I hear that door opening, I still
think I’m going to hear her."
Damn. Dam craig is that GOAT bond though
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I like the campiness...I liked the story line...I like the sublte political philosophy....most importantly I liked the Space Age Tech. Plus the actors did a bang up job. I just honestly don't know what you people look for in movies...like is there a list? I can give you mine
1. Story
2. Story
3. Story
4. Characters
5. Dialogue
6. Message
7. Continuity
8. Visuals
9. Acting (unless it is so terrible to outshine the others)
I don't care about accuracy...I don't care about "was it real" because you know what...it's a movie, certain liberties will be taken...not like I believe Daniel Day Lewis was Lincoln, but he acted the hell outta that role...I don't believe in flying cars, so if they have a flying car and dude jumps out and gets shot but doesn't die...as long as it makes sense in that world, I'm ok with it. Thats why I can enjoi a film form any time period, I'm not hung up on the...what I call "hipster stuff" "Oh that was so fake" "Oh that never happened in real life" miss me with that...give me a good story, and a good story is a story I like, deep reaches the pantheon of human emotions, and that'll make up for a lot of things.
1. Story
2. Story
3. Story
4. Characters
5. Dialogue
6. Message
7. Continuity
8. Visuals
9. Acting (unless it is so terrible to outshine the others)
I don't care about accuracy...I don't care about "was it real" because you know what...it's a movie, certain liberties will be taken...not like I believe Daniel Day Lewis was Lincoln, but he acted the hell outta that role...I don't believe in flying cars, so if they have a flying car and dude jumps out and gets shot but doesn't die...as long as it makes sense in that world, I'm ok with it. Thats why I can enjoi a film form any time period, I'm not hung up on the...what I call "hipster stuff" "Oh that was so fake" "Oh that never happened in real life" miss me with that...give me a good story, and a good story is a story I like, deep reaches the pantheon of human emotions, and that'll make up for a lot of things.
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Connery >
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This. Even Daniel Craig will tell you that.
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Meh. He'll always be the greatest in most eyes but i have my own opinion on craig.
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If it was 20 years ago, then he's talking about Goldeneye. He would've been Bond instead of Pierce Brosnan. That could've been a good look.
Maybe I need to watch again. I enjoyed it when I seen it, I remember that, but maybe I was just dazed by Alice Eve for 3 seconds of bliss. :\
Don't watch it again. Cuz like...the first one...was a good movie, but from the frozen planet on, it got so dumb and badly written, that you could tell where they must've stopped doing rewrites cuz of the writer's strike. Regardless of that, it was still a really good, fun, lively movie with a great cast that had chemistry and a lot of hope for the future. I mean Zoe Saldana, Zach Quinto, Anton Yelchin, Simon Pegg, Karl Urban, John Cho....
Chris Pine was the lead, but he was the 6th best cast member, which is where he should always be.
But all that hope was misplaced. Now, I'm not---nope. Nah. Not gonna do it. I don't even kinda care about this movie enough.
Kahn deserved better. First film fans deserved better. Trekkies deserved better. Brain cells deserved better. If you liked it, that's cool for you. I saw both in theaters, and that was one too many.
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The Star Trek remakes are just okay. Thinking about both movies now they're just good sci-fi action films. That's it. The quality of these movies and storytelling wold not create the fan craze of Trekkies that exist now, this would just be another good sci fi movie that you'd forget about in a few months. I know there's some unfairness since ST solidified itself as a tv show before it did movies but the movies back then just capped off the greatness of the show. These movies just seem like they're doing they're own thing while rehashing old plots and stuff.
Nothing to hate about but just real regular and that's disappointing. Plus I would've at least hope with the success of this movie they would've at least launched a new tv series on cable with a whole other squad to capitalize.
Anyway, Connery is the GOAT bond. Craig is better than recent but that about it.
I would've loved to see some Neeson as Bond. Why exactly does his late wife dislike/hate/forbid Bond like that?
Nothing to hate about but just real regular and that's disappointing. Plus I would've at least hope with the success of this movie they would've at least launched a new tv series on cable with a whole other squad to capitalize.
Anyway, Connery is the GOAT bond. Craig is better than recent but that about it.
I would've loved to see some Neeson as Bond. Why exactly does his late wife dislike/hate/forbid Bond like that?
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I'm not even a Trekkie like that, but they used to show the Trek movies in the middle of the night on like UPN and Sci-Fi. I know Wrath of Khan enough to know that you'd have to be on an M. Night level of trolling to do worse to that story. The whole movie was Lost. Great intros and setups, interesting execution, and then once you see where they're going with it, it retroactively ruins everything that came before it.
The first movie had plot holes, but that's w/e. It's a summer popcorn flick and inspired hope for the next films. This had character assassinations. Why did they did even cast Cumberbatch? You waste Michael Shannon's time, and oh well...at least he was in a big movie. But Cumberbatch?
I mean...JJ managed to make Alice Eve in her underwear annoying. Even Michael Bay is better than that.
The first movie had plot holes, but that's w/e. It's a summer popcorn flick and inspired hope for the next films. This had character assassinations. Why did they did even cast Cumberbatch? You waste Michael Shannon's time, and oh well...at least he was in a big movie. But Cumberbatch?
I mean...JJ managed to make Alice Eve in her underwear annoying. Even Michael Bay is better than that.
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Loved Shame, even though it left me like :x
.I could use a re-visiting of it though...
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I haven't seen homeboy from Attack the Block in anything since, and you guys drop his name for two upcoming movies in the same day.
Knocked out another Philip Seymour Hoffman project last night. Doubt.
In a film starring he, Meryl Streep and Amy Adams (who were all wonderful - no ****, right?), Viola Davis stole the show with one scene.
Pretty straightforward flick. Totally dialogue-driven, but it even moved along faster than its reasonable 104-minute runtime. Full of nuanced performances.
I would never watch it again, but it's worth one, because look at the names.
Knocked out another Philip Seymour Hoffman project last night. Doubt.
In a film starring he, Meryl Streep and Amy Adams (who were all wonderful - no ****, right?), Viola Davis stole the show with one scene.
Pretty straightforward flick. Totally dialogue-driven, but it even moved along faster than its reasonable 104-minute runtime. Full of nuanced performances.
I would never watch it again, but it's worth one, because look at the names.
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