Movies and TV Movies - Page 227

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.

Sweet Daddy Hate · 08-21-2009, 03:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Fire Me Boy!

A rose by any other name, ROR. You're still a thief.

I'm thinking the thief was the Russian kid who set up the hi-def camera in the mob-owned theater, and then added the digital audio afterward.

Call the KGB.

**Fire Me Boy!** · 08-21-2009, 03:15 PM

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Originally Posted by frazod

A movie ticket, nachos, a coke and some Reeses pieces costing 23 mother****ing dollars is also thievery.

Come on. You pay for entertainment, and if you don't think it's worth the price you don't go.

I don't buy the "they're stealing first" argument. I don't think dinner at fancy restaurants is worth the price, so I don't go. I don't go, order food, eat it and skip out on the tab.

**Fire Me Boy!** · 08-21-2009, 03:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Raised On Riots

I'm thinking the thief was the Russian kid who set up the hi-def camera in the mob-owned theater, and then added the digital audio afterward.

Call the KGB.

The act of you taking media that doesn't belong to you and that you do not have a license for - the copyright belongs to the owner - is piracy, whether it's a movie, music or software. Don't try to argue semantics, you know you're wrong and it's piracy, you're just mincing words.

Frazod · 08-21-2009, 03:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Fire Me Boy!

Come on. You pay for entertainment, and if you don't think it's worth the price you don't go.

I don't buy the "they're stealing first" argument. I don't think dinner at fancy restaurants is worth the price, so I don't go. I don't go, order food, eat it and skip out on the tab.

Technically you're paying for the "prospect" of entertainment. I reserve judgment on whether I've been entertained or not until after the movie's over.

But those prices are ****ing outrageous. Kind of makes it hard to feel sorry for the motion picture industry over pirating (or pretty much anything else). Perhaps they should stop paying some of these people $20 million for three months worth of work and pass those savings along to the consumers. Maybe then I'll give a shit.

And no, I don't watch pirated stuff. But with all the ways everybody's getting bent over right now, I'm not losing any sleep over it, either.

**Baby Lee** · 08-21-2009, 03:22 PM

I have an interesting ethical question.

If you find something that you have a gut feeling would not be offered free being offered free on a prominent [probably the biggest] established site for downloading free and pay media. It's not being disguised as it is named exactly what it is. What would you do? What would you think of people who download it? Is the moral imperative on the provider or the individual?

Sweet Daddy Hate · 08-21-2009, 03:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Fire Me Boy!

The act of you taking media that doesn't belong to you and that you do not have a license for - the copyright belongs to the owner - is piracy, whether it's a movie, music or software. Don't try to argue semantics, you know you're wrong and it's piracy, you're just mincing words.

Do I get an eye patch and a bottle of rum?

Sweet Daddy Hate · 08-23-2009, 06:08 PM

District 9 = Okay.

Harry Potter = Meh. They need to get the final duel on, and get that shit over with.

Miles · 08-26-2009, 08:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Fire Me Boy!

Watched Priceless, French film with Audrey Tautou. It's a really enjoyable comedy, and well worth a watch.

And Audrey Tautou is SMOKIN' HOT.

Watched it last night and thought it was a pretty good light comedy. And yeah and staring at Audry Tautou was a definite plus.

Simply Red · 08-26-2009, 08:13 PM

Yeah so, Informers, anyone?

**CosmicPal** · 08-26-2009, 08:27 PM

I saw "Moon" with Sam Rockwell over the weekend. Great movie! More of a psychological thriller than a sci-fi, but all sci-fi lovers will still enjoy it.

Synopsis: It is the near future. Astronaut Sam Bell is living on the far side of the moon, completing a three-year contract with Lunar Industries to mine Earth’s primary source of energy, Helium-3. It is a... It is the near future. Astronaut Sam Bell is living on the far side of the moon, completing a three-year contract with Lunar Industries to mine Earth’s primary source of energy, Helium-3. It is a lonely job, made harder by a broken satellite that allows no live communications home. Taped messages are all Sam can send and receive.

Thankfully, his time on the moon is nearly over, and Sam will be reunited with his wife, Tess, and their three-year-old daughter, Eve, in only a few short weeks. Finally, he will leave the isolation of “Sarang,” the moon base that has been his home for so long, and he will finally have someone to talk to beyond “Gerty,” the base’s well-intentioned, but rather uncomplicated computer.

Suddenly, Sam’s health starts to deteriorate. Painful headaches, hallucinations and a lack of focus lead to an almost fatal accident on a routine drive on the moon in a lunar rover. While recuperating back at the base (with no memory of how he got there), Sam meets a younger, angrier version of himself, who claims to be there to fulfill the same three year contract Sam started all those years ago.

aturnis · 08-26-2009, 09:31 PM

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Originally Posted by frazod

A movie ticket, nachos, a coke and some Reeses pieces costing 23 mother****ing dollars is also thievery.

Not to mention the best "deal" available, the $12.00 Large soda and large popcorn, and we're the thieves?

Sure-Oz · 08-26-2009, 10:44 PM

I just grab some fast food and walk in or have the gf put stuff in her bag

Sweet Daddy Hate · 08-26-2009, 10:52 PM

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Originally Posted by aturnis

Not to mention the best "deal" available, the $12.00 Large soda and large popcorn, and we're the thieves?

Dude, if I would have had to pay to go to a theater and watch District 9 and Harry Potter back to back, I would have asked one of the attendants politely before leaving to kick me in the balls as hard as they could so I could come away from the experience with something memorable.

DeepPurple · 08-27-2009, 03:55 PM

I watched 'Heist' on HDNET a couple of nights ago, it's a 2001 jewel thief film with Gene Hackman. It's nothing great, gave it a 6, but I bring it up because you would never recognize Sam Rockwell. He's got dark hair combed straight back with a thin mustache, looked totally different.

As far as new rentals, I saw 'Sunshine Cleaning' last night on DVD, same producers as 'Little Miss Sunshine'. I was a little disappointed because the reviews were fairly good. It stars Emily Blunt and Amy Adams as two sisters who start a business cleaning crime scenes. Alan Arkin is the father and is similar to his role in LMS and Steve Zahn plays a married cop having an affair with Adams, she is playing against her normal style of character. It's not bad or good, just OK.

**Buehler445** · 08-27-2009, 10:24 PM

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Originally Posted by DeepPurple

I watched 'Heist' on HDNET a couple of nights ago, it's a 2001 jewel thief film with Gene Hackman. It's nothing great, gave it a 6, but I bring it up because you would never recognize Sam Rockwell. He's got dark hair combed straight back with a thin mustache, looked totally different.

As far as new rentals, I saw 'Sunshine Cleaning' last night on DVD, same producers as 'Little Miss Sunshine'. I was a little disappointed because the reviews were fairly good. It stars Emily Blunt and Amy Adams as two sisters who start a business cleaning crime scenes. Alan Arkin is the father and is similar to his role in LMS and Steve Zahn plays a married cop having an affair with Adams, she is playing against her normal style of character. It's not bad or good, just OK.

Heist is a decent flick.

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CosmicPal Learn it. Know it. Live it. Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: St. Petersburg, FL Casino cash: $10004900	I saw "Moon" with Sam Rockwell over the weekend. Great movie! More of a psychological thriller than a sci-fi, but all sci-fi lovers will still enjoy it. Synopsis: It is the near future. Astronaut Sam Bell is living on the far side of the moon, completing a three-year contract with Lunar Industries to mine Earth’s primary source of energy, Helium-3. It is a... It is the near future. Astronaut Sam Bell is living on the far side of the moon, completing a three-year contract with Lunar Industries to mine Earth’s primary source of energy, Helium-3. It is a lonely job, made harder by a broken satellite that allows no live communications home. Taped messages are all Sam can send and receive. Thankfully, his time on the moon is nearly over, and Sam will be reunited with his wife, Tess, and their three-year-old daughter, Eve, in only a few short weeks. Finally, he will leave the isolation of “Sarang,” the moon base that has been his home for so long, and he will finally have someone to talk to beyond “Gerty,” the base’s well-intentioned, but rather uncomplicated computer. Suddenly, Sam’s health starts to deteriorate. Painful headaches, hallucinations and a lack of focus lead to an almost fatal accident on a routine drive on the moon in a lunar rover. While recuperating back at the base (with no memory of how he got there), Sam meets a younger, angrier version of himself, who claims to be there to fulfill the same three year contract Sam started all those years ago. __________________ - * - * - * - * - * - * - * - * - * - Four blessings upon my fellow planeteers: Older whiskey, younger women, faster horses, and more money.
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