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Yesterday I had the sickness and tiredz...so it was movie day.

I watched 'Hunger' by Steve McQueen...it chronicles the 6 week 1981hunger strike by IRA prisoners (particularly that of Bobby Sands) in the British Maze Prison in Northern Ireland. Excellent film, and even if you're not particularly into or knowledgable of the subject matter its worth checking out.

Second on the list, was an epic fail called 'Surrogates' starting Bruce Willis. The most disappointing thing about this, was that it had a semi-reasonably intriguing story behind it (although perhaps a bit of an I Robot ripoff). The acting was horrible (LOL and :facepalm: at Ving Rhames as a dreadlock donning spiritual leader 'The Prophet') , the writing was horrible etc etc etc. It wasn't bad enough to turn off and walk away from, but certainly not decent enough for me to be glad I spent the time watching it.
 
The Mystery Team-Zany and awesome.

What Lies Beneath-Way too many Hitchcock "homages" for its own good, but it was okay overall.

Bad Dreams-80's horror movie about a girl who survives an cult mass suicide, which results in her having bad (and murderous, of course) dreams. I liked it, but its definitely dated and not without its flaws.

500 Days of Summer-I loved this.

Cashback-British film about some aspiring artist who has just broken up with his girlfriend and develops insomnia and has frequent fantasies. Interesting enough.
 
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Epicest ov the epic!
 
I took my kids to see this Friday night. I know pretty much nothing about the story so I have nothing to base a judgement on except what my kids said. They liked it and said it was pretty close to the animated series. Got two more to watch - WOOT!! <sarcasm off>

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Just finished watching "Let the right one in", and loved it in 100 different ways. It had everything a vampire horror movie should----except gratuitous shock and over-the-top gore and violence (Ok, there was SOME violence). Quietly paced, but oddly compelling and pulls you in immediately and doesn't let go. Superbly acted (by such young kids!) and brilliantly directed. The innocent love story between the two main characters has me still smiling. Wow. Could never have been this good made in Hollywood. Sadly, I'm sure a terrible English language remake is coming, but this Swedish original is the only one I need. May have to buy it in support, and cuz I wanna see it again already.
 
OTTo VoN BLoTTo said:
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Just finished watching "Let the right one in", and loved it in 100 different ways. It had everything a vampire horror movie should----except gratuitous shock and over-the-top gore and violence (Ok, there was SOME violence). Quietly paced, but oddly compelling and pulls you in immediately and doesn't let go. Superbly acted (by such young kids!) and brilliantly directed. The innocent love story between the two main characters has me still smiling. Wow. Could never have been this good made in Hollywood. Sadly, I'm sure a terrible English language remake is coming, but this Swedish original is the only one I need. May have to buy it in support, and cuz I wanna see it again already.
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http://www.letsgokings.com/bbs/f13/let_me_remake-161321.html

Sadly, yes. And although I heard something the other day that preview audiences liked it and found that it 'was deserving of existing', I have heard of some alterations to key elements of the story that basically sand the edges off and, in my opinion, dumb it down. Granted these were from test screenings, so until the final cut...who knows. I am planning on going to the panel @SDCC so I will let you know more.

IF you do buy it, Magnet screwed up with the first release of the dvd. Make sure that the back of the dvd says Theatrical sub-titles. The difference is startling.
 
Just watched The Girl Who Played with Fire. Not as good as the first one, but eventful nonetheless. Can't wait for the third installment!
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Watched Bitch Slap this weekend on BR. Absolutely horrible. Many of the former Hercules/Xena cast&crew appear & write/direct/produce.

I wasn't sure what to expect, but this wasn't it. There's over-the-top, there's nonsensical, there's bad green screen, there's a near PG-13 script, but the combination of all this is... unwatchable.
 
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Watched Bitch Slap this weekend on BR. Absolutely horrible. Many of the former Hercules/Xena cast&crew appear & write/direct/produce.

I wasn't sure what to expect, but this wasn't it. There's over-the-top, there's nonsensical, there's bad green screen, there's a near PG-13 script, but the combination of all this is... unwatchable.
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Yeah it was...less than it could have been. Still think it had a few moments though. But overall...fail.
 
So I took the wife and kids to see Toy Story 3 yesterday. I enjoyed it and it was a typical Pixar film, which means it was over the top well done and good. But was anyone else a bit disappointed with them (and Disney) having made it?? I mean I just didn't think it needed to be made. I would have loved if they had left after Toy Story 2 and let my imagination believe they "lived happily ever after" with Andy. Just one of those things I guess for me.

Also finally succumbed to my wife and kids desire to watch Twilight last night. I refused to the point so long where the wife finally started to browbeat me into watching. You know the old "the kids watch all the geek stuff you like, Star Wars, Blade Runner, Lord of the Rings, etc. You owe them to watch their movie." I haven't read the stories and won't be seeing the movies in the theaters but I will watch the second and third. I thought the first movie was visually pretty good but the story was a bit too dramatic for me. Definite chick flick. Anyway I was a good dad, for at least one night! ;-)
 
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So I took the wife and kids to see Toy Story 3 yesterday. I enjoyed it and it was a typical Pixar film, which means it was over the top well done and good. But was anyone else a bit disappointed with them (and Disney) having made it?? I mean I just didn't think it needed to be made. I would have loved if they had left after Toy Story 2 and let my imagination believe they "lived happily ever after" with Andy. Just one of those things I guess for me.

Also finally succumbed to my wife and kids desire to watch Twilight last night. I refused to the point so long where the wife finally started to browbeat me into watching. You know the old "the kids watch all the geek stuff you like, Star Wars, Blade Runner, Lord of the Rings, etc. You owe them to watch their movie." I haven't read the stories and won't be seeing the movies in the theaters but I will watch the second and third. I thought the first movie was visually pretty good but the story was a bit too dramatic for me. Definite chick flick. Anyway I was a good dad, for at least one night! ;-)
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I thought I was the only person that felt like Toy Story 3 really didn't need to be done. It's kinda like how I feel about the Matrix trilogy. If they would have just left it at the first movie, I would be good. So I would have been totally fine with everything stopping at Toy Story 2. I was hoping the toys would end up with his kids at least so it could at least stay in the family. I'm a softie, I thought Toy Story 3 was a little too dark and disturbing. (I thought my toys came alive when I wasn't around.) I definitely wanted a happier ending.

You should get brownie points for being a good dad and watching Twilight (bleehhh) with your family. I'm guilty of doing that "browbeating" once in a while, so I can appreciate your gesture.

Watched Sunshine Cleaning over the weekend. I thought it was pretty good, I was expecting more gross crime scene clean up than what it actually, had but I think Emily Blunt is cute so it makes for it.
 
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Been a while since watching something without violence, so it was a nice change of pace for a loungy Sunday. Peaceful (well, mostly), slow, pretty, touching, sad, inspiring, and very well done I thought.
 
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You should get brownie points for being a good dad and watching Twilight (bleehhh) with your family. I'm guilty of doing that "browbeating" once in a while, so I can appreciate your gesture.
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So I followed up the Twilight home screening with a viewing of New Moon last night (my youngest practically dragged me down the hall to watch!). I will say that Stephanie Meyer (sp?) writes interesting stories but man this series is such a CHICK FLICK! It was almost too hard to watch. The wolves were cool though.

Bella and Edward have to be two of the most unappealing characters I have ever watched on film. MAKE A FRICKIN DECISION WILL YA! <rant off> I told the kids that there was no way I would watch the other 2 or 3 movies in the theaters but when they get copies I will watch them at home. I told them they are just too much romance for me. Almost like Interview With A Vampire. As much as I wanted to get into these types of stories they were totally written for women.
 
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****ing AWESOME. Imagine 2001: A Space Odyssey, but about Vikings and you start to get an idea. LOVED it.

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Not bad at all.
 
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