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chaingunsofdoom
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I am sitting @ the theatre waiting for The Master right now, so I hope it goes better than your review. 
So... it was OK. PSH and JP were really good. Amy Adams was also good but i thought she would be used differently. The story though... things happen but... I like a story with characters that go through a beginning, middle and end.
So... it was OK. PSH and JP were really good. Amy Adams was also good but i thought she would be used differently. The story though... things happen but... I like a story with characters that go through a beginning, middle and end.
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roenick
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The wife and I saw "Looper" tonight. Really interesting and didn't take itself too seriously. Mr. Levitt is becoming quite an actor and Emily Blount is soooo easy to look at! We liked it.
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daxx
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Saw Taken 2 over the weekend, and it was pretty much what I expected but not as much as I hoped.
Ok, I don't know about you folks but when I see someone on the screen that looks an aweful lot like someone else we see in TV my mind automatically thinks of the first person who kind of made the look. There's a character in the movie that looks like the Most Interesting Man in the World guy from the Dos Equis commercials. So every time this guy came on screen I thought of silly saying like "his walet is made of chupacabra leather" or "he bowls over-hand". Even though the guy in the movie is supposed to be bad, I laughed a bit inside and couldn't get around it.
Other parts seemed a little too unbelieveable. I'm not going to spoil the movie, to me it just seem a little far of a reach.
I give it a 6.5.
Ok, I don't know about you folks but when I see someone on the screen that looks an aweful lot like someone else we see in TV my mind automatically thinks of the first person who kind of made the look. There's a character in the movie that looks like the Most Interesting Man in the World guy from the Dos Equis commercials. So every time this guy came on screen I thought of silly saying like "his walet is made of chupacabra leather" or "he bowls over-hand". Even though the guy in the movie is supposed to be bad, I laughed a bit inside and couldn't get around it.
Other parts seemed a little too unbelieveable. I'm not going to spoil the movie, to me it just seem a little far of a reach.
I give it a 6.5.
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chaingunsofdoom
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Watched Taken for the first time in anticipation of using my Taken 2 movie money this weekend. Liam Neeson = awesome. Maggie Grace pretending to be 17: not so much.
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KingInTheWest
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Maggie Grace is a lot better in Taken 2 and may actually get more work because of it. I thought Famke Jansen gave one of the biggest mailed-in performances of all time in the first Taken; she probably thought it was going to bomb and just wanted her check. She tries in Taken 2, but unfortunately the screenwriter doesn't and the director tries too hard.
jerseydevil
I'llPutPenniesOnYourEyes
Been watching some mindless stuff lately...
Better than average. Suffered from JHill overexposure. Not creative at all. It's an Uncle Buck for the modern age with a LOT of justifications passing over race/sexual orientation/general taste. But, at it's heart it means well and is lifted by fun turns by Sam Rockwell(SLUMMING) and J.B. Smoove. Disposable, yet not unwatchable.
Terribly underrated. One of the earliest LL cool Jay appearances where he is just scene stealing. Steven Lang(Avatar) terrific as the villian...and some nice work between Woods/Fox. Another unloved forgotten raw gem.
Wow. Blatant ripoff of...everything. But they went all 'proper English' with a lot of the casting. Liotta(also slumming) Lance Henriksen and even Frog Face Dillon do some nice work. Another flick that fell through the cracks but for 90's exploitive cheese...not bad.
Better than average. Suffered from JHill overexposure. Not creative at all. It's an Uncle Buck for the modern age with a LOT of justifications passing over race/sexual orientation/general taste. But, at it's heart it means well and is lifted by fun turns by Sam Rockwell(SLUMMING) and J.B. Smoove. Disposable, yet not unwatchable.
Terribly underrated. One of the earliest LL cool Jay appearances where he is just scene stealing. Steven Lang(Avatar) terrific as the villian...and some nice work between Woods/Fox. Another unloved forgotten raw gem.
Wow. Blatant ripoff of...everything. But they went all 'proper English' with a lot of the casting. Liotta(also slumming) Lance Henriksen and even Frog Face Dillon do some nice work. Another flick that fell through the cracks but for 90's exploitive cheese...not bad.
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lagwagon0
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While there were quite a few scary moments, so much about this movie is dumb. Dumb dialogue, ridiculously dumb decisions, explaining every single thing about the "evil" thing to a laughable degree.
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Rob2716
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Pretty awesome that this thread is almost 7 years old. I've gotten more into watching movies lately, and it's been kinda cool going through this thread and picking out stuff to watch - whether it's at the movie theater, watching online through Amazon or through rentals. Only part that sucks is seeing an interesting description, but you get a red X where the picture is supposed to be and the movie title isn't included with the description.
Of recent releases, I really liked End of Watch. Powerful film. And I liked Trouble with the Curve much more than I thought I would, but Amy Adams probably had a lot to do with that.
I still can't bring myself to watch Human Centipede 2, but I have watched Girl Next Door, the Loved Ones, Megan is Missing and I Saw the Devil recently. I haven't been able to catch Compliance and V/H/S in the theaters, but I'm sure I'll watch them at some point.
Of recent releases, I really liked End of Watch. Powerful film. And I liked Trouble with the Curve much more than I thought I would, but Amy Adams probably had a lot to do with that.
I still can't bring myself to watch Human Centipede 2, but I have watched Girl Next Door, the Loved Ones, Megan is Missing and I Saw the Devil recently. I haven't been able to catch Compliance and V/H/S in the theaters, but I'm sure I'll watch them at some point.
Rob2716
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Battle Royale - A class of junior high schoolers are dropped off on a deserted island, given random weapons and a 3-day time limit. They have to kill each other off until 1 is left standing. Some of the CGI bloodsplatter got funny, but this was a pretty cool film and a lot of fun to watch. Chiaki Kuriyama (badass Gogo Yubari from Kill Bill Vol 1) is in this film.
orpheus
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Battle Royale - A class of junior high schoolers are dropped off on a deserted island, given random weapons and a 3-day time limit. They have to kill each other off until 1 is left standing. Some of the CGI bloodsplatter got funny, but this was a pretty cool film and a lot of fun to watch. Chiaki Kuriyama (badass Gogo Yubari from Kill Bill Vol 1) is in this film.
That's an awesome movie! You should read the comic if you ever get a chance.
And Chiaki? G-D want I wouldn't give to spend one night with that woman.
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Ice24
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ARGO, liked the movie. Almost true.
jerseydevil
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Ok...so I cannot discuss specifics in the Jerseydevil horror appreciation thread, but if you have Netflix Streaming...
just flat out succeeds. I implore you...stay with it. It is an English language film from a French director(Pascal Laugier...whose MARTYRS is simply must see) and early on it is easy to dismiss. Clumsy, unbelievable acting/situations...but it takes a wicked turn in the deliciously creamy center. And...not everything is explained...but man...it works so much. You need to see this.
just flat out succeeds. I implore you...stay with it. It is an English language film from a French director(Pascal Laugier...whose MARTYRS is simply must see) and early on it is easy to dismiss. Clumsy, unbelievable acting/situations...but it takes a wicked turn in the deliciously creamy center. And...not everything is explained...but man...it works so much. You need to see this.
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KingInTheWest
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Battle Royale - A class of junior high schoolers are dropped off on a deserted island, given random weapons and a 3-day time limit. They have to kill each other off until 1 is left standing. Some of the CGI bloodsplatter got funny, but this was a pretty cool film and a lot of fun to watch. Chiaki Kuriyama (badass Gogo Yubari from Kill Bill Vol 1) is in this film.
I read the book (the book book, not the manga) and it was fantastic and so deeply, deeply wrong. I should totally sanitize it and rewrite it for teenage girls in America. Oh, wait...
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LetTigerIn
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There is plenty in this movie that fails for me, but where it succeeds, it more than makes up for its shortcomings. I do not envy the marketing department on this one. No, wait, actually I do sort of envy that challenge.
I like being surprised by movies, and this one surprised me.
jerseydevil
I'llPutPenniesOnYourEyes
Man this was a lot of fun. WAAAAAAY better than the Avengers. Pretty nice work making something a bit different out of an origin story. Joe Johnson did a real good job and Marvel just abject replacing him was a mistake.
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KingInTheWest
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Captain America was pretty good, but it could have been great if they had cut down on the action montages and upped the depth (there was a lot of wasted potential with the very end of the movie). The actor gets a lot of credit for making a character who could easily have been as boring as Superman usually is be interesting and compelling.
Better than the Avengers? No.
Better than the Avengers? No.
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LetTigerIn
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I reacted similarly to Captain America. I thought Joe Johnston was a great choice, considering his awesome period comic book work on The Rocketeer, and, in the texture department, he delivers. However, I also thought the action montage derailed the investment of a very nice setup and good main character development. Additionally, there were some repetitive scenes and connectors that should have been cut. Overall, though, a good film.
Where would either of you rank this among Captain America, Iron Man, Iron Man 2, Thor, The Incredible Hulk and The Avengers? Off the top of my head, I'd go fourth. I'd guess most people would say second or third.
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