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Cool. Thanks. I plan to check it out.
Oh I'm sorry, Did I Break Your Conversation........Well Allow Me A Movie Thread by S&T
Cool. Thanks. I plan to check it out.
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She & Him are on Conan. I could dig this.
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The show obviously. Julianne Moore is still actively in movies and tv shows. That's why I said Gillian Anderson, the chick from X-Files.
The Hannibal movie Julianne Moore was in was trash btw.
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I need to get started on the new season of Mad Men. Playoffs and other **** has been keeping my attention.
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^same but I'd rather watch it once the season is done. its the last right?
saw What's eating Gilbert Grape for the first time. my older bro and mom were
when i said I've never seen it. and i gotta say I loved Depp's acting in it more than the movie even though both are great. halfway through I still didn't really know what the plot was. something about movies set in -middle-of-no-where USA to me has no plot like Napoleon dynamite or gummno. but then again gummno was just plain weird. and that was great itself for no reason
saw What's eating Gilbert Grape for the first time. my older bro and mom were
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Review: Now You See Me - a solid magic film with great tricks yet falls flat come finale time -http://wp.me/p2CCWq-346
Review: The Purge - A tremendous, fresh, unique concept...completely mismanaged which in turn provided a hollow, boring and unfortunate missed opportunity - http://wp.me/p2CCWq-36r
Review: The Purge - A tremendous, fresh, unique concept...completely mismanaged which in turn provided a hollow, boring and unfortunate missed opportunity - http://wp.me/p2CCWq-36r
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Finally got around to watching Syrup last night...it wasn't bad at all. Nothing memorable outside of Amber Heard looking 
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Brand new extended trailer for the highly anticipated Elysium starring Matt Damon - http://wp.me/p2CCWq-36B
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Finally got around to watching Syrup last night...it wasn't bad at all. Nothing memorable outside of Amber Heard looking
That's all I need to hear.
Posted in the Man of Steel thread, but I saw it this morning and it lived up to my expectations. Action sequences were tremendous, Crowe and Costner were great, Adams and Cavill were solid, and Shannon was predictably impressive. I enjoyed the take on Superman and the approach they took, I'm sure once I think about it some more and I see it a second time, I'll have a few more negative criticisms, but as of now I'm more than satisfied and pleased. It won't top Nolan's Batmans but I never expected it to... 8/10 for me right now.
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the marketing plan they had for the second drink was pretty coolFinally got around to watching Syrup last night...it wasn't bad at all. Nothing memorable outside of Amber Heard looking
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May not top Nolan's Batmans, but does it at least have "that vibe"?
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Theatrical trailer for Nicolas Winding Refn and Ryan Gosling's Only God Forgives - http://wp.me/p2CCWq-36H
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Yes, you can definitely feel Nolan's influence on the script. I think Warner Bros need to really lock up Nolan being the architect for all the DC movies. He doesn't necessarily have to direct but at least help write & executive produce.
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Does anyone play scene it?
I played the demo on xbl and it's pretty "fun."
it's a movie trivia game.
I played the demo on xbl and it's pretty "fun."
it's a movie trivia game.
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Isn't this a famous house that was designed by some famous arcitect?Is there a doper movie home than the one in the When a Stranger Calls remake. I could watch that movie anytime
strictly for the house
http://www.home-designing.com/2012/01/when-a-stranger-calls-movie-house
It was like an art piece or something like that.
I don't recall.
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I suppose. It's more connected to that world than Superman Returns, by a long shot. They treat being all-powerful with the respect it deserves, it's one of the main thematic elements.
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Damn it sucks that Sherman is getting ad reviews. I will reserve judgement
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The 9:30 showing was packed this morning.
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This show comes to HBO in 2014... Looks promising
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I saw a longer trailer/teaser/commercial for that on HBO and was like how is this not a movie? How'd they get Woody and Matthew to do a series like that? Only HBO 
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I saw a longer trailer/teaser/commercial for that on HBO and was like how is this not a movie? How'd they get Woody and Matthew to do a series like that? Only HBO
Wow, that's my first time hearing/seeing about the show. Looks like it can be real good. 2013 is the year of McConaughey IMO
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Watching Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles right now. Never have I been more confused and intrigued by a movie
. So random to flip it on and see Pitt, Cruise, Banderas and a child Kristen Dunst as vampires.Posted in the Supes thread.........
Just got home from seeing it. Spoilers to follow, I repeat, spoilers to follow.
If you don't want spoilers, stop reading right here and now........................
LOVED IT.
They have truly elevated Superman's game now. This is the best picture by far.
Now, I get why the first 2 OG's would be so loved and cherished, they established the mold. They "started it all" so to speak. I understand that, but watch them side by side, it would be clear as day which is the more prevalent.
I watched the 78 version a couple months back. When he reveals himself to save Lois and catch the helicopter, it gives me tingles. It's a great scene, but the score is what does it moreso than the acting. The music playing is simply brilliant. The scenes with the people below going "look at that" or "whaaaaaa" Was cool. Showed the world that, something was up. And Lois asks him, who are you? "a friend"
A friend.......that's what we got in 1978.
This movie goes MUCH deeper than that.
If Lois were to ask him, who are you, he would have replied, "I'm trying to find out, but let me show you what I've learned so far"
Johnathan Kent was working on him even as a young boy, teaching him, molding him. Preparing him for what his life would be like someday. Isn't that what all parents do for their children? How does that not resonate? And when he puts his hand up to tell Clark not to come help him............man, all in my feels. I was there, I was in that moment. That was power.
His own father, doing whatever he could to give his child life, no matter what planet it would be on. What parent wouldn't make that sacrifice for their child?
Clark struggles, and doesn't understand the powers he gains as a small boy, struggles with when to help, and when not to. He has genuine good in him, knows that he can help and actually wants to rather than just sitting around abusing his power. He was tought better than that.
This is all very key in what we are given in this movie. Yes, they don't go into much detail about Perry White, or "Jenny" Olsen, but the fact is, we all know who they are. Yes, this is an origin flick, but some details just have to be understood, so to speak.
Rather than focus on Perry White, or the General, or Supes hot *** mom, shift the focus onto what makes Sjuperman who he is. Why he is the way he, what he struggles with, what he learns.
In his search for who he is, he encounters humanity. Guys that flex on him and have no idea what he could do to them. He sees the good, the bad, the way the tough guy "saves" him from the falling cage. Or the trucker tries to fight him, but the waitress tells him to let it go, it's not worth it.
The look at the school bus that brings him back to a memory, the lessons he learned from his father (Costner) the storytelling was very very solid. I liked it a lot. All pieces to the puzzle that is Superman/Clark Kent.
Costner/Crowe were both outstanding. Costner maybe more so, his dialogue was simply terrific. That is the Goyer part of the film, the action was clearly a Snyder production. LOVED Costner's dialogue.
I disagree with those complaining on Zod, he was tremendous. Did you guys see the POWER in his acting? His facial twitches, his simmering rage, the way his mouth would shake, the way his jaw would jut, that dude did his lines with ANGER and ferocity that not a lot of others could have pulled off, especially in front of a green screen most likely. Shannonw as outstanding, imo.
The confliction he showed each time he "killed" Jor El. You could see it bothered him to do that. He was created to save his people, yet, he didn't like killing Jor El to do so. He did it, it was his calling in life, but he showed there was something else there.
The chick was perfect. Sooooooo much better than the og chick. She was a freaking bad ***.
Amy Adams was solid, and looked good as hell to me. I'm not complainin at all. I thought her chemistry with Cavil was top notch as well.
Cavill was solid as hell doin his Wolverine impersonation.
The nostalgia needs to go, this was the better way to tell the origin story of Superman, not that corny stuff in the late 70's.
My biggest complain, the way they did Zod and crew on Krypton. Ok, they were bad boys, need to be punished, but did they really need to send them to the stars encased in glass dildos?
There were some things that could have been cleaned up. They could have spared 10 minutes of action to enhance a few things, sure, but overall it was full bore what you would want a Supes movie to be. The power Cavill let out when he snapped Zod's neck, that's real **** right there. He knew he was saving innocent lives, even tho he was forced to take a life in return. A decsion he did not take lightly, even being the "right" thing to do.
As he said, "I'm here to help, but it has to be on my terms" He's not going to just go assasinate who the government tells him to, he's going to do the morally right thing to do.
New York tho. Rough 12 months. First the Avengers blows that town to ****, now this crap. Couple trillion in damage, several thousands likely dead in all that carnage, Kansas property values all decreasing ten fold.
Solid 8.5/10 for me. Can not wait for it to hit Blu Ray so I can watch this multiple times.
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No hating or anything negative involved, but why don't you use the spoiler function It's just a click of a button.
It's just a click of a button.
