Movies and TV Movies - Page 264

irishjayhawk · 10-13-2007, 11:31 PM

Yeah, so I saw a lot of movies this weekend.

Elizabeth: The Golden Age - Mediocre, at best. Slow and dragged on. Shorten it to 2 hours and it's golden. It's not, so it fails.

Michael Clayton - Amazing. Everything about it is awesome. However, it's VERY complex and mind bending. You have to think, so be prepared. I still feel like I'm missing key details of exactly what happened. Gotta see it again.

Across the Universe - Perfect is one word that comes to mind. It just works. And, contrary to many people I bet, the movie is best viewed sober. Trust me.

**KcMizzou** · 01-03-2010, 03:09 AM

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Haven't seen it but that's what I'm expecting. Everyone said the Ring was scary as hell. I didn't find it scary in the least.

Paranormal Activity is all about the slow build.

If you can let yourself get immersed in it... it's a very good film. Best seen alone in a dark room, IMO.

**Buehler445** · 01-03-2010, 10:59 AM

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Yeah, it was very funny, but way over-hyped.

I think hype kills comedy more easily than any other genre.

If you go in expecting to "laugh your ass off", you probably won't. The best comedy catches you off guard.

I'd agree. It wasn't epic funny like Old School or something, but there is definitely some hilarity in there.

irishjayhawk · 01-06-2010, 08:43 PM

Now I know why I wanted to see Let the Right One In when it was in theatres. Very good.

Some of the shots were glorious.

'Hamas' Jenkins · 01-06-2010, 09:08 PM

I saw The Hangover about a week after it came out. It's a completely different experience in a theater filled with people when hype hasn't completely built it up to something it can't achieve.

**Reaper16** · 01-06-2010, 09:18 PM

Ramin Bahrani is the best director you've never heard of. I watch his three films -- Man Push Cart (2005), Chop Shop (2007), and Goodbye, Solo (2009) -- today. They are each astounding. Goodbye, Solo is one of the best films I've seen all year (if not the best) and Chop Shop will be edited into my favorite 25 movies of the decade.

irishjayhawk · 01-06-2010, 09:48 PM

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Ramin Bahrani is the best director you've never heard of. I watch his three films -- Man Push Cart (2005), Chop Shop (2007), and Goodbye, Solo (2009) -- today. They are each astounding. Goodbye, Solo is one of the best films I've seen all year (if not the best) and Chop Shop will be edited into my favorite 25 movies of the decade.

What was Solo about?

**Reaper16** · 01-06-2010, 09:56 PM

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What was Solo about?

Like all of Bahrani's work, Goodbye, Solo is about how we find a way to live in this world. Positively live, through whatever hardships. Specifically the film is about an old, Southern man (Redd) who in the first scene tells his cab driver on that Winston-Salem night that he'll pay the driver $1000 to take Redd out to this cliff outside of town on the next Saturday and leave him there. The cab driver, Solo, attempts throughout the week to befriend Redd and convince him to not kill himself.

TrickyNicky · 01-07-2010, 12:02 AM

Looks like a good popcorn movie

Simply Red · 01-07-2010, 12:16 AM

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I saw The Hangover about a week after it came out. It's a completely different experience in a theater filled with people when hype hasn't completely built it up to something it can't achieve.

that's funny, I thought that very thing, about it, I mean, I knew that that was probably the thing. Still, it's no 'Kiss, Kiss - Bang, Bang.'

**Reaper16** · 01-07-2010, 01:06 AM

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Ramin Bahrani is the best director you've never heard of. I watch his three films -- Man Push Cart (2005), Chop Shop (2007), and Goodbye, Solo (2009) -- today. They are each astounding. Goodbye, Solo is one of the best films I've seen all year (if not the best) and Chop Shop will be edited into my favorite 25 movies of the decade.

Seriously, Bahrani is -- as Ebert called him earlier in the year -- "the new, great American director." His 3 films are streaming on Netflix. If Chop Shop doesn't hit you hard then nothing will.

'Hamas' Jenkins · 01-07-2010, 01:49 AM

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that's funny, I thought that very thing, about it, I mean, I knew that that was probably the thing. Still, it's no 'Kiss, Kiss - Bang, Bang.'

They are completely different kinds of movies.

**noa** · 01-07-2010, 02:02 AM

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I saw The Hangover about a week after it came out. It's a completely different experience in a theater filled with people when hype hasn't completely built it up to something it can't achieve.

I saw it in the theater, too. We debated whether to bring booze or not and decided to pregame plenty, but not bring our own supply, Then when we sit down, the guy next to us offers us his 40 because he and his friend have 4 others to share (we accepted only after ensuring that it hadn't been opened and/or roofied yet). They all promptly pass out about half way through the movie and we laughed our asses off. I think at least half the theater had to be pretty drunk or high when I saw it. That's the kind of environment that's conducive to liking that movie. Watching it at home while the washing machine beeps in the background to remind me to move the load to the dryer -- not quite as magical.

Tylerthigpen!1! · 01-07-2010, 02:12 AM

Anyone remember the film that came out recently about the guy whose wife gets murdered and he is framed for it? He is in custody and he somehow starts killing people. he tells the cops he is murdering the people. I don't know if the killing his wife part is right but the rest is. Not much to go on I know but rep to who ever can think of the movie.

'Hamas' Jenkins · 01-07-2010, 02:14 AM

Gerard Butler and Jamie Foxx

Law Abiding Citizen.

munkey · 01-07-2010, 08:33 AM

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I saw it in the theater, too. We debated whether to bring booze or not and decided to pregame plenty, but not bring our own supply, Then when we sit down, the guy next to us offers us his 40 because he and his friend have 4 others to share (we accepted only after ensuring that it hadn't been opened and/or roofied yet). They all promptly pass out about half way through the movie and we laughed our asses off. I think at least half the theater had to be pretty drunk or high when I saw it. That's the kind of environment that's conducive to liking that movie. Watching it at home while the washing machine beeps in the background to remind me to move the load to the dryer -- not quite as magical.

I must be getting REALLY old...I don't even want to know what theater you went to

10-13-2007, 11:31 PM
irishjayhawk Feelin' Alright Join Date: Aug 2004 Casino cash: $10004900	Movies Yeah, so I saw a lot of movies this weekend. Elizabeth: The Golden Age - Mediocre, at best. Slow and dragged on. Shorten it to 2 hours and it's golden. It's not, so it fails. Michael Clayton - Amazing. Everything about it is awesome. However, it's VERY complex and mind bending. You have to think, so be prepared. I still feel like I'm missing key details of exactly what happened. Gotta see it again. Across the Universe - Perfect is one word that comes to mind. It just works. And, contrary to many people I bet, the movie is best viewed sober. Trust me.
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irishjayhawk Feelin' Alright Join Date: Aug 2004 Casino cash: $10004900	Now I know why I wanted to see Let the Right One In when it was in theatres. Very good. Some of the shots were glorious. __________________ "Think about how stupid the average person is. Then remember that half the people in the world are stupider than that." --George Carlin
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01-06-2010, 09:08 PM	#3949
'Hamas' Jenkins Now you've pissed me off! Join Date: Jan 2006 Casino cash: $8009572	I saw The Hangover about a week after it came out. It's a completely different experience in a theater filled with people when hype hasn't completely built it up to something it can't achieve. __________________ "When the Know-Nothings get control, it will read 'all men are created equal, except negroes, and foreigners, and Catholics.' When it comes to this I should prefer emigrating to some country where they make no pretense of loving liberty – to Russia, for instance, where despotism can be taken pure, and without the base alloy of hypocrisy.”--Abraham Lincoln
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Tylerthigpen!1! Starter Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Arkansas Casino cash: $8055815	Anyone remember the film that came out recently about the guy whose wife gets murdered and he is framed for it? He is in custody and he somehow starts killing people. he tells the cops he is murdering the people. I don't know if the killing his wife part is right but the rest is. Not much to go on I know but rep to who ever can think of the movie.
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01-07-2010, 02:14 AM	#3959
'Hamas' Jenkins Now you've pissed me off! Join Date: Jan 2006 Casino cash: $8009572	Gerard Butler and Jamie Foxx Law Abiding Citizen. __________________ "When the Know-Nothings get control, it will read 'all men are created equal, except negroes, and foreigners, and Catholics.' When it comes to this I should prefer emigrating to some country where they make no pretense of loving liberty – to Russia, for instance, where despotism can be taken pure, and without the base alloy of hypocrisy.”--Abraham Lincoln
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