|
03-23-2009, 01:00 PM | #2101 |
WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS
Join Date: Aug 2000
Casino cash: $1603385
|
I've noticed that Ebert's taste in movies and how he judges them has altered over the past couple of years. He tends to give mindless junk a pass far more easily now than he once did. This may be a biproduct of all the cancer shit he's going through, but he's mellowed. A lot.
|
Posts: 119,883
|
03-23-2009, 01:22 PM | #2102 |
GBM 8-12-15
Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: Dayton, Oh.
Casino cash: $10052154
|
|
Posts: 59,997
|
03-23-2009, 01:32 PM | #2103 |
oxymoron
Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: OP/KC/Whatever
Casino cash: $9556299
|
Who knows, I haven't seen it. I thought Ebert's Watchmen review was pretty on, though.
|
Posts: 58,682
|
03-23-2009, 01:33 PM | #2104 | |
In Search of a Life
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Plano, TX
Casino cash: $9999900
|
Quote:
|
|
Posts: 22,188
|
03-23-2009, 02:51 PM | #2105 |
Rookie
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Dallas TX
Casino cash: $10004900
|
1st time poster here and I have to say that I concur with Ebert's take on Knowing. True, there are some drawbacks and the ending was foreshadowed 30 minutes before it took place but it was thoroughly enjoyed by both my daughter and myself. It was the first movie I've seen in a long time that encouraged diologue after the movie was over, especially the climax. The 2 disaster scenes were intense, so intense that I actually questioned the MPAA only giving it a PG-13 rating. I gave it a 90 on rottentomatoes.
|
Posts: 2
|
03-23-2009, 03:15 PM | #2106 | |
WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS
Join Date: Aug 2000
Casino cash: $1603385
|
Quote:
|
|
Posts: 119,883
|
03-23-2009, 03:20 PM | #2107 |
Supporter
Join Date: Aug 2000
Casino cash: $8318275
|
I think he's metaphysically incapable of giving any movie with a white dude dating a black chick less than 3 1/2 stars any more.
__________________
We need the kind of courage that can withstand the subtle corruption of the cynics - E.W. |
Posts: 95,642
|
03-23-2009, 03:22 PM | #2108 |
The 23rd Pillar
Join Date: Sep 2002
Casino cash: $10019237
|
He gave it a 90 on rottentomatoes and endorsed the view of a critic who apparently called it the best sci fi movie he's ever seen. What do you think?
__________________
“Boy, you all want power. God, I hope you never get it.” - Lindsay Graham |
Posts: 110,871
|
03-23-2009, 06:02 PM | #2109 | |
WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS
Join Date: Aug 2000
Casino cash: $1603385
|
Quote:
And while I appreciate your idiotic commentary on some minute level, in the future, you can just assume that unless I'm seeking opinions about being a mindless Nazi robot or chugging cock, I have absolutely no interest in anything you have to say. Now run along back to DC and squeal about Obama some more. |
|
Posts: 119,883
|
03-23-2009, 06:55 PM | #2110 | |
Supporter
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Scott City KS
Casino cash: $794734
|
Quote:
Keep posting. |
|
Posts: 57,707
|
03-23-2009, 07:04 PM | #2111 | |
The 23rd Pillar
Join Date: Sep 2002
Casino cash: $10019237
|
Quote:
__________________
“Boy, you all want power. God, I hope you never get it.” - Lindsay Graham |
|
Posts: 110,871
|
03-23-2009, 07:16 PM | #2112 |
fides quaerens intellectum
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: United States
Casino cash: $8330900
|
I watched The Last Emperor yesterday. Not to sound patronizing, but Asian people are cute and quite enjoyable to listen to. My family and I took the Grayline Bus Tour through New York last week and were fortunate enough to have an Asian tour guide telling us about the city. She did a horrible job, mostly talking about "tips an' gra-too-ities" and schedules for stops, but I loved it. I have a Modern China class and a little Chinese woman teaches that. It's a great time. Her stories and little expressions ("he fail ezzamination -- he was a looser. He wah dizzapointah an' wen back home") are hilarious. I imagine her as a ninja in the evenings. She ****s up "United States" so bad it almost sounds like "Russia" which can be quite confusing if you hadn't read the material beforehand.
Anyway, the movie was very good, but the Empress Dowager and previous emperor did not die on the same day. The previous emperor (who had been imprisoned long before) died two days earlier, probably from poisoning ordered by the Empress. That's all the farther we've gotten in class, so if there were other inaccuracies, I am ignorant of them. |
Posts: 15,986
|
03-23-2009, 10:16 PM | #2113 |
Supporter
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Scott City KS
Casino cash: $794734
|
Jesus ****ING Christ. They made another Crank movie.
|
Posts: 57,707
|
03-23-2009, 10:27 PM | #2114 |
Unsparing
Join Date: Aug 2008
Casino cash: $10004900
|
Much like the Transporter, I wasn't aware that a sequel was required.
__________________
1. Merciless, severe. 2. Given freely and generously. 100% refusal to overrate 20 year Head Coaches with ZERO ****ing rings as a Head Coach. CP's Official Professor of 'Dem Blues for 2019/2020! |
Posts: 77,135
|
03-23-2009, 11:34 PM | #2115 | |
Supporter
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Scott City KS
Casino cash: $794734
|
Quote:
This abortion most likely should have went directly to DVD. |
|
Posts: 57,707
|
|
|