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05-08-2010, 10:54 PM | #4951 |
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I am watching Scorsese's "Cape Fear" for the first time
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05-09-2010, 12:26 AM | #4952 |
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I just watched the squeal to District 13 (Ultimatum) and it was pretty damn entertaining. I would easily recommend both movies to anyone that likes action movies but please don't watch the terrible dub.
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05-09-2010, 08:43 AM | #4953 |
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I caught Iron Man 2 last night - quite good.
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Overall, I think I preferred the first Iron Man, but the second one was very good. I have the Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus from Netflix. That's on tap for today. |
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05-09-2010, 08:48 AM | #4954 |
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05-09-2010, 10:00 AM | #4955 |
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In addition to rewatching Iron Man and seeing Iron Man 2 last night, I watched Crazy Heart. I found the screenplay to be kind of forced, a little labored. Jeff Bridges gave a marvelous performance however.
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05-09-2010, 11:59 AM | #4956 |
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Watched A Few Good Men and I thought it surpassed it's reputation. A solid movie about people, their worldviews, their responsibilities, our country and its foundations, morality, and a host of other important things. The ending was a bit sappy and heavy handed, though. But that's pretty much my only detracting thing to say, along with a sloppily edited scene in the rain with the lawyers. My girlfriend and I afterward talked about whether Jack Nicholson's character could be given any sympathy. I was definitely a 'no,' but there were some alright points to be made for the other side. It just cemented in my mind that the best way to watch any movie is with talking about it after (or reading works or reviews about it alone -- whatever works).
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05-09-2010, 01:18 PM | #4957 | |
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05-09-2010, 06:35 PM | #4958 | |
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Don't get me wrong, I love the movie, but God that ending made me want to throw shit at the screen. The most accurate thing this movie portrays is the attitude of JAG corps lawyers. With few exceptions, the younger ones are lawyers first and foremost and officers only as an afterthought. Cruise nailed the young hotshot will will do his six years and move on to bigger and better things; Moore nailed the bumbling lifer who can't cut it in a courtroom. |
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05-09-2010, 06:40 PM | #4959 |
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Just watched Nine. The musical with the insane cast. It was very much 'meh.' DDL was stupendous, as always, but the film itself was bloated and weirdly Fruedian and it didn't connect with me.
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05-09-2010, 06:45 PM | #4960 | |
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The trial being Hollywood-ized wouldn't surprise me a bit. They had the lawyers going back and forth on cross-examinations that didn't seem real at all. |
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05-09-2010, 06:58 PM | #4961 | |
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05-09-2010, 10:18 PM | #4962 |
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Now about to watch "The Warriors" for the first time - from 1979
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05-10-2010, 05:36 PM | #4963 |
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I watched The Class today. Pretty damn good film. It is like watching a French version of the classroom storyline from Season 4 of The Wire. It feels so realistic that I completely lost track of that fact that I was watching actors give performances and started to think of it subconsciously as a documentary.
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05-10-2010, 05:55 PM | #4964 | |
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05-10-2010, 06:18 PM | #4965 |
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Anybody seen Daybreakers or Legion? I've heard both have gotten awful reviews. But, both of those are my kinda flicks.
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