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When does The Shield start getting good? I gave it a break after 2 eps, watched all of The Wire, came back and just finished ep 3 and overall it's not doing much for me.
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Just like you thought I was the losing type.Cool story, but trust me it wouldn't be how it plays out in your mind if we actually hooped. Not unless we run 5's and your on my team.
1 on 1 tho... You'd probably ban me from NT after.
And I didn't say you had to have a beer to
Enjoy it lol, i had water. I just thought you were a beer kinda guy lol
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It's a bad idea to watch anything real, except a comedy after you just finished The Wire. What's the point? 
Be like watching TDK right before you bought your ticket to Cap 2. You got something too good right at the front of your mind, to accept anything kinda like it, but maybe not as great.
I'll just leave this, though:
Finish it.
Be like watching TDK right before you bought your ticket to Cap 2. You got something too good right at the front of your mind, to accept anything kinda like it, but maybe not as great.I'll just leave this, though:
Finish it.
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Macbk.
This is More funny than this is the end.
Not sure if more funny than 21 Jump, because going into 21 jump I had
No expectations I honestly thought Tatum and Jonah would be awful together... So I was pleasantly surprised and was laughing a lot.
This one I expected to be funny based off of reviews, and it was. Definitely lived up to expectations.
I'd but it side by side with 21 jump as equally funny if I had to rank them.
1a-21 jump
1b-Neighbors
2-This is the end
This is the end just got way too weird towards the end
This is More funny than this is the end.
Not sure if more funny than 21 Jump, because going into 21 jump I had
No expectations I honestly thought Tatum and Jonah would be awful together... So I was pleasantly surprised and was laughing a lot.
This one I expected to be funny based off of reviews, and it was. Definitely lived up to expectations.
I'd but it side by side with 21 jump as equally funny if I had to rank them.
1a-21 jump
1b-Neighbors
2-This is the end
This is the end just got way too weird towards the end
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I'll also put it this way.
I was relieved when This is the End, ended.
I was sad when Neighbors was finished, definitely wanted more.
I was relieved when This is the End, ended.
I was sad when Neighbors was finished, definitely wanted more.
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I find it funny as **** that almost every actor that was on The Wire at some point was a killer or major character on Law & Order Criminal Intent
I could get in to quality of the shows in comparison to The Wire but it aint even that. I'm just trying to figure out what kinda show this is.
Funny enough I think I remember when you originally made that post.
I aint even trying to compare it to The Wire. I had started The Shield first wasn't feeling it, figured I'd start and finish The Wire since it had less seasons. So I finish that resume The Shield and it has been a struggle just like it was before. Plus it feels weird how quickly these eps are flying by. I'm watching the 4th ep now. I mean 7 seasons to tell me something about Vic? These other characters are a bore right now. Almost every single one of them. Aint even any eye candy yet.It's a bad idea to watch anything real, except a comedy after you just finished The Wire. What's the point?
I'll just leave this, though:
Finish it.
I could get in to quality of the shows in comparison to The Wire but it aint even that. I'm just trying to figure out what kinda show this is.
Funny enough I think I remember when you originally made that post.
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Saw Neighbors tonight. Loved it
. Definitely on a This Is The End level. Have to see it again to truly compare, but I really enjoyed it from start to finish. Definitely recommend it to everyone.
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Zik, keep watching. It takes time to build the environment, the characters, their relationships to each other, etc. It's one of the more well-thought-out series' in the modern era, character and story wise. Mr. O means that, over the course of the 7 seasons, you will tear through who/what/why Vic is who he is. Stick it out; the first several episodes take a while to get going, but it's worth it. It's like the anti-thesis to the Walking Dead. Where it started out with the best episode of the series and got progressively worse, the Shield starts out slow and gets progressively better. And not in a way like Breaking Bad, where the final seasons just keeps stacking the story higher and higher until you can't even see where you came from; but in a way where you can see the start and the finish, know it's coming, and still have no idea what the ending is or how it'll play out.
The Shield is my favorite show ever. Beyond Breaking Bad, beyond the Wire, or Mad Men, or anything else I've seen from any genre. This show will stick with you and drain you, but you'll love every minute of it. Every character gets developed in some complex ways. Some characters you can go from loving to hating and back, many times. Oh, and Forrest Whitaker the whole time he's on the show
Oh and there's eye candy in the future
The Shield is my favorite show ever. Beyond Breaking Bad, beyond the Wire, or Mad Men, or anything else I've seen from any genre. This show will stick with you and drain you, but you'll love every minute of it. Every character gets developed in some complex ways. Some characters you can go from loving to hating and back, many times. Oh, and Forrest Whitaker the whole time he's on the show
Oh and there's eye candy in the future
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Zik I think you essentially hated most the characters in the wire which is the only reason u say it's not one of the undeniably best shows. U keep talking about snitch this and snitch that. Well.... There are a lot of snitches in the hood. That happens.
You not supposed to like Marlo he's a sociopath. No reason to like carcetti he was a do nothing, look out for himself politician like most of them are. you wanted the Greek to go down but that's rarely how it works.
You not supposed to like Marlo he's a sociopath. No reason to like carcetti he was a do nothing, look out for himself politician like most of them are. you wanted the Greek to go down but that's rarely how it works.
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There is no way the Shield was as good as the Wire.
Shield was a good show, but I wouldn't be able to watch any of the shield episodes again for a 2nd time.
I've seen the entire series of the wire 4 times and I could watch it a 5th.
So much more replay value and enjoyable to watch. Shield was too aggregating at times, but still pretty good.
Shield was a good show, but I wouldn't be able to watch any of the shield episodes again for a 2nd time.
I've seen the entire series of the wire 4 times and I could watch it a 5th.
So much more replay value and enjoyable to watch. Shield was too aggregating at times, but still pretty good.
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Watched A Bronx Tale and A Few Good Men earlier. Going to finish The Sleepers later on tonight
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let me read them scripts.
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A Bronx Tale is a classic, Sleepers is damn good too.
Will go see Spiderman 2 and Neighbors this week
Will go see Spiderman 2 and Neighbors this week
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Me as well mr. am90
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Prisoners was pretty dope. I enjoyed it
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Review: Neighbors
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A key bylaw of young adulthood can apply to movie trailers, specifically comedies, just as strongly as it does to adolescents. Don’t give it away too early!
Director Nicholas Stoller had a potential gem on his hands; young couple Mac and Kelly Radner (Seth Rogen & Rose Byrne) are new parents and just bought a house. Soon after moving and settling in, a fraternity stakes residency next door full of young, testosterone filled young men ready to party all day and night. Hoping to smooth things over right away, Mac and Kelly go over and introduce themselves to Teddy (Zac Efron) and Pete (Dave Franco) in the hopes of the frat keeping things down. Everything is great; they even party together, do some shrooms, drink and have a great night. Teddy wants there to be a good relationship with the couple so he tells them if anything ever is too loud that they call him first and not the cops. Mac promises to do so, but once this promise is broken, the war begins.
It’s the parents vs. the frat, old against young, brains vs. brawn. So while Efron gets to walk around half naked for most of the film, he is also devising a plan filled with pranks to get back at Mac and Kelly for breaking the trust. From airbags in office chairs to sabotaging the mantra of “bros before ****,” Neighbors is an all out onslaught against your fellow man.
On the surface Neighbors is a hardcore revenge comedy, one alpha male trying to impose his will and claim his territory against another. But it boasts a strong backbone of maturity.
Once the call to the police and the visit to the dean (Lisa Kudrow) are made, the early 30-somethings are forced to take things into their own hands. Rogen and Byrne perfectly play the adults who understand being young and don’t want to suck the fun out of the lives of college kids, but also balancing the fact that they have “real” jobs and a baby to take care of. It’s like Rogen is playing the mature version of himself that we get at the end of Knocked Up.
On the other side the frat are portrayed as normal, party minded college students. Frugal and creative, when Mac busts one of their pipes and floods their basement they figure out a way to raise the money and fix the flood. Delta Psi are a true brotherhood, coming across very compassionate as opposed to villainous as you would think.
Efron has come a long way since his Disney days and has gone to great lengths to shed the stigma that still surrounds him. He’s proving to be versatile and this comedic effort will certainly earn him lots of respect, as his timing is pretty spot on. There are some surprising supporting performances from Ike Barinholtz and Jerrod Carmichael that bring big time laughs. Unfortunately Franco doesn’t seem to mesh well with his frat bros or when sharing the screen with Efron, as he plays a more sensible, “getting-his-life-together” guy.
Byrne delivers laughs again; much like she did in Bridesmaids, and Rogen is his usual self. I’m afraid that Rogen is sort-of turning into Vince Vaughn, where he plays the same character, the same way, over and over. Byrne and Rogen work, their chemistry is tangible and overall there are enough big laughs to make the film successful. Maybe it was the over saturation on television of the film or just the hope that this would be the next best comedy, but at the end of the day, this film simply didn’t live up to the hype.
Never taking itself too seriously, or ever getting too invested in a silly, typical romance angle, you have to credit writers Andrew J. Cohen and Brendan O’Brien for having their focus be on the comedy. Unfortunately the consistent comedy doesn’t always hit the right note and doesn’t live up to the “funniest film since 21 Jump Street” some critics and fans are dying to push on viewers.
Unless you have been living under a rock you have seen the trailer for Neighbors at least a few times a day. Universal has marketed the hell out of the film and by all accounts it should be the highest grossing comedy of the year. But it committed the cardinal sin of comedies: it showed too many of its big spots and laugh out loud moments in the trailers. And when those previews are airing non-stop you’re expecting said moments to happen. And when you expect them to happen they simply aren’t that funny anymore. This happened way too many times in the film and seriously hurt the overall hilarity of the big picture.
Rating: C
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A key bylaw of young adulthood can apply to movie trailers, specifically comedies, just as strongly as it does to adolescents. Don’t give it away too early!
Director Nicholas Stoller had a potential gem on his hands; young couple Mac and Kelly Radner (Seth Rogen & Rose Byrne) are new parents and just bought a house. Soon after moving and settling in, a fraternity stakes residency next door full of young, testosterone filled young men ready to party all day and night. Hoping to smooth things over right away, Mac and Kelly go over and introduce themselves to Teddy (Zac Efron) and Pete (Dave Franco) in the hopes of the frat keeping things down. Everything is great; they even party together, do some shrooms, drink and have a great night. Teddy wants there to be a good relationship with the couple so he tells them if anything ever is too loud that they call him first and not the cops. Mac promises to do so, but once this promise is broken, the war begins.
It’s the parents vs. the frat, old against young, brains vs. brawn. So while Efron gets to walk around half naked for most of the film, he is also devising a plan filled with pranks to get back at Mac and Kelly for breaking the trust. From airbags in office chairs to sabotaging the mantra of “bros before ****,” Neighbors is an all out onslaught against your fellow man.
On the surface Neighbors is a hardcore revenge comedy, one alpha male trying to impose his will and claim his territory against another. But it boasts a strong backbone of maturity.
Once the call to the police and the visit to the dean (Lisa Kudrow) are made, the early 30-somethings are forced to take things into their own hands. Rogen and Byrne perfectly play the adults who understand being young and don’t want to suck the fun out of the lives of college kids, but also balancing the fact that they have “real” jobs and a baby to take care of. It’s like Rogen is playing the mature version of himself that we get at the end of Knocked Up.
On the other side the frat are portrayed as normal, party minded college students. Frugal and creative, when Mac busts one of their pipes and floods their basement they figure out a way to raise the money and fix the flood. Delta Psi are a true brotherhood, coming across very compassionate as opposed to villainous as you would think.
Efron has come a long way since his Disney days and has gone to great lengths to shed the stigma that still surrounds him. He’s proving to be versatile and this comedic effort will certainly earn him lots of respect, as his timing is pretty spot on. There are some surprising supporting performances from Ike Barinholtz and Jerrod Carmichael that bring big time laughs. Unfortunately Franco doesn’t seem to mesh well with his frat bros or when sharing the screen with Efron, as he plays a more sensible, “getting-his-life-together” guy.
Byrne delivers laughs again; much like she did in Bridesmaids, and Rogen is his usual self. I’m afraid that Rogen is sort-of turning into Vince Vaughn, where he plays the same character, the same way, over and over. Byrne and Rogen work, their chemistry is tangible and overall there are enough big laughs to make the film successful. Maybe it was the over saturation on television of the film or just the hope that this would be the next best comedy, but at the end of the day, this film simply didn’t live up to the hype.
Never taking itself too seriously, or ever getting too invested in a silly, typical romance angle, you have to credit writers Andrew J. Cohen and Brendan O’Brien for having their focus be on the comedy. Unfortunately the consistent comedy doesn’t always hit the right note and doesn’t live up to the “funniest film since 21 Jump Street” some critics and fans are dying to push on viewers.
Unless you have been living under a rock you have seen the trailer for Neighbors at least a few times a day. Universal has marketed the hell out of the film and by all accounts it should be the highest grossing comedy of the year. But it committed the cardinal sin of comedies: it showed too many of its big spots and laugh out loud moments in the trailers. And when those previews are airing non-stop you’re expecting said moments to happen. And when you expect them to happen they simply aren’t that funny anymore. This happened way too many times in the film and seriously hurt the overall hilarity of the big picture.
Rating: C
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Was Jake Gyllenhaal's eye twitching in Prisoners part of his character or just something he does that I never noticed before? I was
when I watched it and it was really bothering me
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Just finished watching Neighbors.
Dave Franco has a bright future. As well as Zach Efron, kids can act, and this was a comedy. Seth Rogan...he cool in small doses, as is his style but I'm over it.
No one is going to comment on how terrible of parents they were. How terrible of people everyone was, and t gets brushed away like everything is sweet...pretty much every person in this movie was a d bag to one another.
That being said, I'm an old person, movies were every other joke is a ****/vagina joke, doesn't appeal to me, in fact I'm kind of offended. Be clever, write good jokes. Riffing off each other is cool for a few scenes but after that its annoying as hell. I don't get this new brand of comedy.
Dave Franco has a bright future. As well as Zach Efron, kids can act, and this was a comedy. Seth Rogan...he cool in small doses, as is his style but I'm over it.
No one is going to comment on how terrible of parents they were. How terrible of people everyone was, and t gets brushed away like everything is sweet...pretty much every person in this movie was a d bag to one another.
That being said, I'm an old person, movies were every other joke is a ****/vagina joke, doesn't appeal to me, in fact I'm kind of offended. Be clever, write good jokes. Riffing off each other is cool for a few scenes but after that its annoying as hell. I don't get this new brand of comedy.
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I'll try to give The Shield another chance but it's gonna be tough. I mean I even went ahead and read a little bit here and there on wikipedia just to see if I had anything to look forward to. I just stopped a few days ago and I got as far as ep7 and at that point I was dozing off at parts of it. The majority of these characters are unlikeable or make me not care about them. That's crazy and a first for me.
Characters I liked; McNulty, Greggs, Bunk (loved Bunk), Herc, Carver, Lester, Pryzbo, Colvin (really liked him), Daniels, the fat Sgt always giving his detectives **** but in a fun way (one of few who I don't recall their names), Prop Joe, Stringer Bell (fav character), Bodie, little kid who shot Omar was hilarious, Nick, Horseface, Weebey, Slim Charles, Chris, Bubs was truly a great character.
Characters I didn't like or didn't care for; Marlo, Carcetti, **** all them journalists, Namond, Cheese. Everybody else I didn't mention (unless I'm forgetting a few) had some enjoyable moments and pushed the story forward and didn't take away from my enjoyment.
As far as the snitch stuff, I brought that up as a joke. Just cuz in the S1 it happened so frequently it was hard not to comment on it. Especially given the game we dealing with and who was snitching. Besides that me bringing up the snitching was in no way a negative. Not a slight on the show at all. It was just eye opening given the time frame and that being where that whole stop snitching was birthed and got momentum. That was just me getting deep in to the story and being appalled at the lack of loyalty by some of them. Plus it aint like in my 5 posts talking about each season I harped on the snitching as much as I didfor S1.
Gotta say no on the Marlo point too. Cuz it's a bit apparent I love sociopaths on tv and film. So to me it's not about you're not suppose to like him cuz he's that. If that was all I would've loved him and been praising the fact that he got out alive and successful with all his money. Like I said before dude rubbed me the wrong way, that's all.
I only bring up The Greek not going down cuz before I ever watched the show when I see ppl talk about it and S2 on NT they always say it wasn't the best but it ties back in to the show. In my mind, putting aside that I liked S2 nothing really tied back in the end cuz anybody else could've been the connect to supply the coke and heroin. Other than having The Greek's #2 in some scenes it really didn't matter that they were back. This aint about how these stories end compared to real life. The greek is basically right under their noses the whole damn time from S3 on and they look at it as he's in the wind and that's it despite the guys they caught at the warehouse were the same type of Russian (or Eastern European) cats The Greek had in S2 when they all got caught. Just didn't matter and with Marlo facing hard time I was waiting for him to give them up or something but somehow the illegal wiretap destroyed their whole case somehow when as far as writing goes in a grounded setting it didn't have to go that way.
Anyway to get to it, the reason why I can walk away from The Wire not thinking it's one of those undeniable all time greats is cuz while the stories ranged from good to great each season for the most part it never really climaxed for me. Nobody ever stood out on a
level. Lot of iconic stuff, cool lines, emotional moments but I dunno it didn't make me do that standup clapping Rock gif if you can get that type of feeling. I never just stood back in awe of what the story was pulling off. To me it was just a really really really good adaption, great storytelling but not superb or excellent to the point I can say nobody else could do something like this.
One thing I'll complain about is how they aint have no sex scene for ol girl who was angling to be the next mayor. Shorty was fine despite being a *****. Missed opportunity.
Don't think I got an answer so I'll ask again was the show always planned to end after 5 seasons or was it canceled like cuz of low ratings or something?
Nah, I'm gonna have to disagree cuz I essentially liked more characters on the show than I didn't.
Characters I liked; McNulty, Greggs, Bunk (loved Bunk), Herc, Carver, Lester, Pryzbo, Colvin (really liked him), Daniels, the fat Sgt always giving his detectives **** but in a fun way (one of few who I don't recall their names), Prop Joe, Stringer Bell (fav character), Bodie, little kid who shot Omar was hilarious, Nick, Horseface, Weebey, Slim Charles, Chris, Bubs was truly a great character.
Characters I didn't like or didn't care for; Marlo, Carcetti, **** all them journalists, Namond, Cheese. Everybody else I didn't mention (unless I'm forgetting a few) had some enjoyable moments and pushed the story forward and didn't take away from my enjoyment.
As far as the snitch stuff, I brought that up as a joke. Just cuz in the S1 it happened so frequently it was hard not to comment on it. Especially given the game we dealing with and who was snitching. Besides that me bringing up the snitching was in no way a negative. Not a slight on the show at all. It was just eye opening given the time frame and that being where that whole stop snitching was birthed and got momentum. That was just me getting deep in to the story and being appalled at the lack of loyalty by some of them. Plus it aint like in my 5 posts talking about each season I harped on the snitching as much as I didfor S1.
Gotta say no on the Marlo point too. Cuz it's a bit apparent I love sociopaths on tv and film. So to me it's not about you're not suppose to like him cuz he's that. If that was all I would've loved him and been praising the fact that he got out alive and successful with all his money. Like I said before dude rubbed me the wrong way, that's all.
I only bring up The Greek not going down cuz before I ever watched the show when I see ppl talk about it and S2 on NT they always say it wasn't the best but it ties back in to the show. In my mind, putting aside that I liked S2 nothing really tied back in the end cuz anybody else could've been the connect to supply the coke and heroin. Other than having The Greek's #2 in some scenes it really didn't matter that they were back. This aint about how these stories end compared to real life. The greek is basically right under their noses the whole damn time from S3 on and they look at it as he's in the wind and that's it despite the guys they caught at the warehouse were the same type of Russian (or Eastern European) cats The Greek had in S2 when they all got caught. Just didn't matter and with Marlo facing hard time I was waiting for him to give them up or something but somehow the illegal wiretap destroyed their whole case somehow when as far as writing goes in a grounded setting it didn't have to go that way.
Anyway to get to it, the reason why I can walk away from The Wire not thinking it's one of those undeniable all time greats is cuz while the stories ranged from good to great each season for the most part it never really climaxed for me. Nobody ever stood out on a
level. Lot of iconic stuff, cool lines, emotional moments but I dunno it didn't make me do that standup clapping Rock gif if you can get that type of feeling. I never just stood back in awe of what the story was pulling off. To me it was just a really really really good adaption, great storytelling but not superb or excellent to the point I can say nobody else could do something like this.One thing I'll complain about is how they aint have no sex scene for ol girl who was angling to be the next mayor. Shorty was fine despite being a *****. Missed opportunity.
Don't think I got an answer so I'll ask again was the show always planned to end after 5 seasons or was it canceled like cuz of low ratings or something?
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