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Title: Name the last movie you've seen in theatres!
Post by: storino03 on July 27, 2012, 03:10:18 PM
I don't go to the theatre that much, but the last one I saw was Prometheus. I thought it was pretty good. Loosely tied to the Aliens franchise.
As far as upcoming movies go, I sort of want to see Total Recall. It probably won't compare to the 1990 original, but should be nice to see what modern cinema can do for a remake.
What about ya'll?
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Post by: DrBread on July 27, 2012, 03:21:59 PM
I saw Ted. It was pretty funny.
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Post by: TheClash603 on July 27, 2012, 04:06:56 PM
Gremlins.
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Post by: Tatsujin on July 27, 2012, 04:08:59 PM
Intruder (1989)
before that
Orca
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Post by: sunteam_paul on July 27, 2012, 10:17:05 PM
Avengers, which was superb.
Next one will be Judge Dredd.
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Post by: TR0N on July 27, 2012, 10:39:11 PM
Don't remember i haven't been to a theater in years :P
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Post by: esteban on July 28, 2012, 12:15:47 AM
Brave.
With lots of our kids.
Kids were better behaved than the parents I was with!
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Post by: FiftyQuid on July 28, 2012, 01:46:36 AM
Just saw Step Up Revolution with my wife. Man I wish I could dance even 1/4 as well as any of those kids. I can't even do the Bill Cosby dance.
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Post by: BlueBMW on July 28, 2012, 02:10:38 AM
Kids were better behaved than the parents I was with!
And how was it?
Last I saw was Tron I think.... before that was the new Star Trek... before that? Cant remember lol
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Post by: Deletion on July 28, 2012, 04:03:07 AM
The Dark Knight Rises. It's long at 2 hours and 45 minutes, but totally enjoyable.
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Post by: NightWolve on July 28, 2012, 09:08:02 AM
Yeah, saw the new Batman movie too and even lived to tell about it! I wasn't gonna let some red-haired terrorist win and keep me away from theaters! ;)
Last I saw was Tron I think.... before that was the new Star Trek... before that? Cant remember lol
Ah, "Tron: Legacy" has been my latest favorite movie. Watched it like over 15 times and could still enjoy it! The last movie to get that many or more replays by me was the Matrix. Another one that comes to mind is "My Super Ex-Girlfriend" with Uma Thurman and Luke Wilson, an oddball comedy that I'd highly recommend. I think that got about 5 repeat-viewings, very enjoyable!
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Post by: geise on July 28, 2012, 03:23:13 PM
Prometheus. I liked it. People were expecting way to much out of it, or were wanting a total "new" alien. "To me" it was exactly how I thought it was going to be. So personally to me I liked it. Also, Fassbender is an amazing actor.
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Post by: TheClash603 on July 28, 2012, 05:42:09 PM
The Watch now, it had me laughing a lot!
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Post by: esteban on July 29, 2012, 05:32:44 AM
Kids were better behaved than the parents I was with!
And how was it?
I liked Brave.
It is pretty generic as storylines go, except for one slight twist I didn't see coming.
But it was totally fun.
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Post by: khog143 on July 29, 2012, 06:58:56 AM
I went and saw TDKR last night. Pretty awesome movie. Bane was a great villain, probably better than the Joker in TDK
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Post by: hoobs88 on July 29, 2012, 10:07:05 AM
I work part time as a movie usher so I go to the movies every week for free. The last movie that I saw was Batman: Dark Knight Rises.
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Post by: storino03 on July 29, 2012, 10:29:04 AM
How many movies do you get to see for free (each week)?
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Post by: hoobs88 on July 29, 2012, 10:57:12 AM
I usually only go one time a week since working 2 jobs and trying to maintain a social life consumes a lot of time and there isn't more than 1 movie that comes out each week that I'd want to see.
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Post by: TheClash603 on July 29, 2012, 12:36:19 PM
I see a movie weekly, one of my favorite nights out.
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Post by: Lilgrafx on July 29, 2012, 12:50:11 PM
Ted, Netfilx is all I need
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Post by: Tatsujin on July 29, 2012, 01:10:10 PM
ah lol in the theaters?
ok that must be either indy 4 or gake no ue no ponyo (don't remember which of the two the last one was. anyway it's been over 4 years now..lol)
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Post by: kazekirifx on July 29, 2012, 02:02:32 PM
A girl dragged me to Dark Shadows, which I had no interest in seeing. It was okay I guess. Broke up with her last week, incidentally. And that, my friends, is why you don't make guys go to Johnnie Depp movies they don't want to see. ;) j/k
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Post by: DragonmasterDan on July 29, 2012, 02:05:14 PM
The Dark Knight Rises
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Post by: Otaking on July 29, 2012, 11:29:34 PM
The Dark Knight Rises.
Go cinema every couple of weeks on the Orange Wednesdays deal.
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Post by: soop on July 30, 2012, 12:16:55 AM
I think I last went to see tangled, with Donna. That was a while ago.
I miss the cinema popcorn, but honestly, I'd rather put my feet up at home, turn the lights off and watch a film on my plasma.
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Post by: roflmao on August 03, 2012, 05:10:46 AM
Prometheus. I was hoping for greatness and it let me down. :( It's still a pretty decent flick - AWESOME set design and sound effects. I rarely see movies in the theater so was expecting something epic. Personally, I could have waited for this one to come out on DVD.
I may try to watch the new Batman flick in the theater. I loved watching the first one in the theater.
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Post by: chany60126 on August 03, 2012, 05:30:03 AM
For Greater Glory. It was a pretty awesome film that stars Andy Garcia. It's about Mexico during the 1920's when they prohibited the practice of religion in public. Highly recommended for history buffs, lots of great fighting scenes as well.
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Post by: SMF on August 03, 2012, 12:19:13 PM
Star Wars Episode 1 in 3D. Very dissapointed reminded me of the South Park episode where Lucas is raping a Storm Trooper lol.
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Post by: SuperPlay on August 04, 2012, 11:22:55 PM
I don't go to the theatre that much, but the last one I saw was Prometheus. I thought it was pretty good. Loosely tied to the Aliens franchise.
As far as upcoming movies go, I sort of want to see Total Recall. It probably won't compare to the 1990 original, but should be nice to see what modern cinema can do for a remake.
What about ya'll?
Snap!
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Post by: Otaking on August 05, 2012, 01:44:11 AM
Prometheus. I was hoping for greatness and it let me down. :( It's still a pretty decent flick - AWESOME set design and sound effects. I rarely see movies in the theater so was expecting something epic. Personally, I could have waited for this one to come out on DVD.
IMO Prometheus was a truly, truly epic film, about as epic as epic gets. Peeps going in expecting another film in the Aliens series were perhaps disappointed as isn't that kind of film, there wasn't lots of running in tunnels whilst being chased by Aliens. It was better, it was more than that, it had a very, very deep plot and not just guns, face huggers and acid blood.
I'm a huge Sci-Fi fan and Loved Alien and Aliens (the others Alien films were shite) but IMO Prometheus is a better film.
Edit: Happy Console Gamer on Prometheus
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Post by: ParanoiaDragon on August 05, 2012, 05:24:51 PM
I think it was Spiderman. It was pretty good. I do wish they would've scaled back on the retelling of how he came to be, kinda like what they did with the 2nd Hulk movie. My wife seemed to really like it, moreso then the last trilogy.
*begin mindless rant* Haven't seen Dark Knight Rises yet. I've heard it's not as dark as the last one, which is just fine. My wife n' I both were bored & depressed with Dark Knight. I haven't bothered to see it again, though, it did take me seeing Batman Begins a few times to actually enjoy it. I don't really care for Christian Bale as Bats, but he's ok. Certainly better then Val Kilmer, & all the more so then George Clooney, but I think I still like Michael Keaton more for some strange reason. Not that he was totally accurate, cuz they had him using bullets n' stuff. My Bats is Kevin Conroy, too bad he couldn't do live action. And Heath did 0 for me as Joker. Give me Jack any day of the week. I like my psychopaths named Joker to have a sense of humor. About the only comedic side I saw with Heath was him dressed up as a nurse. Otherwise, he just seemed like your average everyday psycho, more like Zsasz if you ask me.
I do love Gary Oldman as Gordon though, as well as Liam Neeson as Ra's, Moorgan Freeman as Luscious, & Michael Caine as Alfred! But, I just feel like the whole "making things more realistic" for this series, dumbed it down(for lack of a better word). One of the major things about Bats, is that he's not a meta human, but he can go toe to toe with them. In the comics, Ra's is basically immortal, he's lived thousand of years thanks to the Lazarus Pit. Not so in this. He's just a moniker of whoever takes over the League of Shadow's(though, I still pretend in my own little world that Ra's of Batman Begins is indeed thousands of years old, & is still alive). To me, he's essentially a meta human, since he can be way more powerful then the average human(after coming out of the Lazarus Pit). Same thing with Bane, he's a super villain in the comics with super powers ala venom. It's just a bummer to me. Bats can beat Sups, who is deffinitly a meta human. I'm sure next with Chris Nolan doing Sups, they'll make him a native from some island called Kryptonia or something, & he can "jump" really high, instead of fly :lol: Kidding ofcoarse, but, I'm kinda pissed off at Chris, & am glad the series is being rebooted.
Don't get me wrong, there are thing I like about it. In general, atleast the first movie is well crafted, nothing like the 3rd & 4th Bats movies of the past. But, as "Batman" movies, I don't know. I'll probably like the 3rd one, so maybe me feeling will change, though, I still hate the ugly batmobile, & think "Catwoman" looks very plain & drab. Sure, she's supposed to be realistic.....but, why is she wearing high heels if that's true? :-k *end rant*
Just gotta wait for more Avenger's related movies, so far, I've enjoyed all of them. Probably Captain America the most(next to the actual Avenger's movie), & am looking most forward to CA 2 Thor 2, & especially Antman! I hope Guardian's of the Galaxy is done right, they're really taking a chance with character's like Rocket Racoon, but, that's what I love about the concept. We also need a Squirrel Girl movie :D Oh, & I'm super excited that The Mandarin is FINALLY making an appearance in Iron Man 3, about damn time. I don't even remember any references to him in the 2nd movie :-k
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Post by: NightWolve on August 05, 2012, 07:13:08 PM
Prometheus. I was hoping for greatness and it let me down. :( It's still a pretty decent flick - AWESOME set design and sound effects. I rarely see movies in the theater so was expecting something epic. Personally, I could have waited for this one to come out on DVD.
I may try to watch the new Batman flick in the theater. I loved watching the first one in the theater.
Yeah, that's what I thought about the movie as well. 2nd-to-Last movie I saw at the theater before the new Batman. I would've preferred to see James Cameron back in the director's chair (he did Aliens 2 instead of Scott) to see what he could've done post his experience since Avatar.
For Greater Glory. It was a pretty awesome film that stars Andy Garcia. It's about Mexico during the 1920's when they prohibited the practice of religion in public. Highly recommended for history buffs, lots of great fighting scenes as well.
That sounds like it's about the Cristero War that occurred after an atheist president took power that wanted to aggressively eliminate the influence of Christianity in the nation.
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Post by: DrBread on August 15, 2012, 09:59:33 AM
The watch, it wasn't bad it was like a serious/funny movie. I would watch it again.
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Post by: esadajr on August 15, 2012, 10:19:56 AM
Batman DKR
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Post by: bartre on August 15, 2012, 12:29:47 PM
Captain America, weird, considering my age. (22)
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Post by: TheClash603 on August 15, 2012, 01:27:11 PM
I saw Total Recall the night it came out for some god awful reason.
Hopefully the Expendables 2 gets that bad taste out of my mouth this weekend!
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Post by: Colossus1574 on August 15, 2012, 01:29:42 PM
Prometheus. I was hoping for greatness and it let me down. :( It's still a pretty decent flick - AWESOME set design and sound effects. I rarely see movies in the theater so was expecting something epic. Personally, I could have waited for this one to come out on DVD.
IMO Prometheus was a truly, truly epic film, about as epic as epic gets. Peeps going in expecting another film in the Aliens series were perhaps disappointed as isn't that kind of film, there wasn't lots of running in tunnels whilst being chased by Aliens. It was better, it was more than that, it had a very, very deep plot and not just guns, face huggers and acid blood.
I'm a huge Sci-Fi fan and Loved Alien and Aliens (the others Alien films were shite) but IMO Prometheus is a better film.
Edit: Happy Console Gamer on Prometheus http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SrPn_RApXiQ
I couldn't agree with you anymore! I loved it so much i saw it a 2nd time on 3D after i heard good 3d word of mouth. Last movie saw DKRises....but i am HELLA psyched up this weekend for some mindless violence and action in EXPENDABLES 2, f*ck YA! A collection of action heroes this large was unheard of before Expendables 1, thanks to Sly and his hard work (and of course big profits), there's an awesome sequel! Here's a few fun snapshots i found :wink: (http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GMWKi60hdWY/T88WFeYuj9I/AAAAAAAADWU/ztPhDZJmreQ/s1600/The-expendables-2-movie-wallpaper-1.jpg)
i am HELLA psyched up this weekend for some mindless violence and action in EXPENDABLES 2, f*ck YA! A collection of action heroes this large was unheard of before Expendables 1, thanks to Sly and his hard work (and of course big profits), there's an awesome sequel! Here's a few fun snapshots i found :wink:
Awesome, I wanted to post about this somewhere, but I have a small problem: I bought the Expendables 1 Blu-Ray and I still haven't seen it because I wanted to watch it at a neighbor/friend's place on his 50" HDTV. I definitely want my ticket sale to count for this, but I have to arrange with my friend like this week or whenever then go see the sequel at the theater. If not, just watch it finally on my 32" CRT SDTV. =\ But yeah, I've had the BluRay since the last Black Friday Thanksgiving sale and still haven't watched it cause of not arranging a time with him and what not - would've done so by now, but given time issues, busyness, and that we hang out less after another friend of ours died, too much procrastinating occurred, etc.
Anyhow, I think it's awesome Sly orchestrated these two movies and even helped out a straight-to-video failure like Jean-Claude Van Damme and others. Too bad his son died and just as this sequel was getting wrapped up.
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Post by: nectarsis on August 15, 2012, 02:02:11 PM
Same, though it was okay but it certainly didn't live up to DK. I really hated Bane's voice.
Same here and the only theater we have over here has tranlated in french only movies... Almost waited for the blueray on this one cause i knew the french voices and translation would be baaaaaddddd !
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Post by: NightWolve on August 16, 2012, 08:14:39 AM
I saw the new Total Recall, and it was surprisingly good.
and, they weren't covered. f*ck PG-13.
I was wondering about that remake. How do you compete against one of the greatest SciFi action movies ever made and why mess with it in the first place?
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Post by: Arkhan on August 16, 2012, 08:20:38 AM
I saw the new Total Recall, and it was surprisingly good.
and, they weren't covered. f*ck PG-13.
I was wondering about that remake. How do you compete against one of the greatest SciFi action movies ever made and why mess with it in the first place?
They made the story less farfetched and made the setting much more cyberpunk than the original.
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Post by: wilykat on August 16, 2012, 10:36:00 AM
They made it without Arnold. The other 2 movies (Conan and Terminator:Salvation) that was done without Arnold stinks. Haven't seen new Total Recall yet but to me it'd probably stink as well.
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Post by: blueraven on August 17, 2012, 12:31:31 PM
The Batman Movie with the Joker in it.
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Post by: TheClash603 on August 18, 2012, 06:45:50 AM
Saw Expendables 2 last night. I enjoyed it quite a bit and was really surprised by how well JCVD was in the flick.
Go in without back hair, leave with plenty. And your dick will grow. Trust me.
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Post by: Colossus1574 on August 18, 2012, 03:59:31 PM
Saw Expendables 2 last night. I enjoyed it quite a bit and was really surprised by how well JCVD was in the flick.
Go in without back hair, leave with plenty. And your dick will grow. Trust me.
NICE! I'm going to go watch it in 2.5 hrs with my group of 80s-90s action-flick afficiados...i'm sure it's not gonna disappoint, Clash! And ya, so far it seems like JCVD's career is gonna get the most boost out of this movie, i've been seeing him in alot of interviews lately.
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Post by: sunteam_paul on September 07, 2012, 10:21:08 PM
Watched Dredd (in 3D) last night. Thankfully, it washed the stains of the Stallone version away quite nicely. It's very violent and very dark and gritty - the low budget meant that there was not much opportunity to show the scope of the Dredd universe, but also meant that it did not suffer from overuse of CG effects to create soulless action sequences. Fans of Robocop or Watchmen will like it, and hopefully it makes enough to expand itself into future stories.
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Post by: RegalSin on September 08, 2012, 01:23:59 AM
The last film I remember, to watching was KillBill volume 2, at least the last film, in which I paid for, out of my own pockets.
The last last film I even went to, was Pirates of the Caribbean. ( Pirates of the West Indies ). It was so bad, I had a headache after the film. I was so unhappy, but I went with family members.
The last film I wanted to go to, was Grindhouse ( that long name ) but instead I never did. I saw the film finally and it was great, until they mentioned Terrorism, and brought it to the 21th century. I have the same negative feelings about "Kill Bill 2" , when they called the guy a pedophile just for having sex with a young woman. They could have said, "He had one weakness, he like the ladies young". I sweat Tarantino was paid off, just for that one line. I bet they changed the line in the Japanese version as well. Seriously ??? After that movie, I really wanted to see his "Hero" but I was thinking in the back of my skull, about KB2. KB2 sucked just for that one line, alone.
They made it without Arnold. The other 2 movies (Conan and Terminator:Salvation) that was done without Arnold stinks. Haven't seen new Total Recall yet but to me it'd probably stink as well.
Conan should have had that Muscle kid. You know little Hercules? Little Hercules was sappose to be the next Conan. Total recall already sucks because they are not even hinting at the Mars landscape or world, So I am guessing they switched things around. The actor looks like some sorta joke, brought out of retirement.
That is what I am waiting for. It would have been perfect, for little Hercules, to take the place of Arnie, in the media.
Running Man, and Demolition Man pretty much sums up how media is today. Everything is banned, and we are buying into junk.
At home I watched the Rise of the planet of the Apes, I have not finished watching that film at all. I am interested to watch Ceasers rise to power. It was actually looking good, but they reused the scene where Ceaser was climbing up the tree, when he released his fellow apes. Basically in the film, they extracted a virus from Ceaser, had inside of him, and tested it on other Apes. ( So the Apes never evolved ). Some of the scenes in the film is auwsome, like the father, or when Ceaser almost got killed by a neighbor. I love the Planet of the Apes. I have not seen the remake of the original film ( all I know is the main character sleeps with the blonde ape girl, who they dressed up to look like a woman ).
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Post by: Necromancer on September 10, 2012, 02:49:05 AM
I have the same negative feelings about "Kill Bill 2" , when they called the guy a pedophile just for having sex with a young woman.
Eleven year old girl ≠ woman.
But the way they said it was tasteless, and derogatory, towards men and just men alone. Why use such a controversial terminology, that just killed the entire film. It is like I am living a backwards paranoid, world.
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Post by: NightWolve on September 10, 2012, 07:24:01 PM
I have the same negative feelings about "Kill Bill 2" , when they called the guy a pedophile just for having sex with a young woman.
Eleven year old girl ≠ woman.
But the way they said it was tasteless, and derogatory, towards men and just men alone. Why use such a controversial terminology, that just killed the entire film. It is like I am living a backwards paranoid, world.
Ah man, he's more of a troll these days than not... 17 ignores and counting, wow! I guess I don't blame people. He's running out of any redeeming qualities.
Moron, if you're referring to the Kill Bill animation where the origin of Lucy Liu's character is revealed, her first kill, Maztumoto, a ruthless Yakuza Boss, he wasn't somehow randomly called a pedophile where there was lack of certainty, he was written as one!!! And her character using this fact seduced him for the chance at revenge! Do you get the difference or no ? He simply was one, how else are you supposed to state it ? And CLEARLY you missed the part about her being 11 years old (2 years after her parents were slaughtered) when she was on top of him on his bed driving a sword through him... That looked like a "young woman" to you or were you genuinely trolling this time ?
Funny you bring something up like this when you've got a "pedo cloud" of sorts hanging over you after telling us about a supposed raid the police did of your home (I just kept downloading and downloading and downloading...)... Your apparent inability to distinguish between a young girl from a young woman (let alone READ or HEAR) explains a lot on why that may have supposedly happened, I guess, although your whole narrative could be all troll intentional bullshit... We'll never know for sure, other than the obvious that there's something very wrong with you...
Also, seems you don't like the way Uma narrates the story, "Luckily for her, Boss Maztumoto was....a pedophile..." and you think it somehow casts a bad light or generalizes all men when the particular character in question was a "ruthless" Yakuza Boss that killed her parents ??? That kinda sounds like what you're saying there... Poor Yakuzas, hey, maybe in Japan they took offense and protested that this part of the story generalizes them as pedophiles, eh ?? Formed a group even, Yakuzas Against Defamation, or YAD, to combat these kinds of negative stereotypes/generalizations that movies put out, eh ?? ;)
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Post by: 8bitForLife on September 10, 2012, 08:25:17 PM
im seen a bunch of films but the one that stands out was Abraham lincoln vampire hunter was just all kinds of fun.
And with the kill bill talk i just want to say (http://gifrific.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Boy-That-Escalated-Quickly-Anchorman.gif)
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Post by: NightWolve on September 10, 2012, 08:36:13 PM
Eh sorry, Regal's been particularly more irritating than usual as of late. Plus I've lost a lot of restraint lately, what with the whole XRay deal (he's been defending that guy too and his white supremacy)...
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Post by: 8bitForLife on September 10, 2012, 09:40:04 PM
ya one comment he made towards me kind of was hostile but i tossed it off. Anyways thread is going off track. (http://www.neoconnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/barbradynoterrorism.gif)
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Post by: Colossus1574 on September 11, 2012, 06:55:19 AM
Bourne Legacy 2 weeks ago. I thought it was not bad, action took awhile to startup which i can understand cause their starting up another trilogy i guess. Renner can pull off the action, Weisz is nice to look at :-" I did like how it wasn't all about him being paranoid and looking over his shoulder like the previous Bournes.
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Post by: NightWolve on September 14, 2012, 10:34:20 AM
I also made the mistake of seeing Total Recall the day after Expendables 2. I thought to myself, what the hell, I loved the original, they made it for me in mind as far as demographic reasoning goes and Arkhan mentioned it was "surprisingly good." What I didn't know was that most reviewers thought it was a "Total Letdown" and they were actually right! Hehe! It's been described as 'soulless', 'repetitive' and 'humourless' - I'm inclined to agree, after seeing it, I dunno why they bothered making it. All the charisma, fun, excitement, etc. from the original was just gone and while they made the story more plausible, I found myself just not caring all that much about the characters. The jokes trashing it are endless:
The new-look Total Recall is more of a walk down memory lane than an update of the 1990 original. John Patterson is already trying to erase it from his mind
"Despite loads of action and some cool sci-fi eye candy, this rehash of the campy 1990 classic seems thoroughly unnecessary." or "Soulless, bombastic and numbingly repetitive, Total Recall is easy to forget within a few hours of watching," writes USA Today's Claudia Puig. That's exactly how I felt after leaving the theater, minus $5 bucks and whatever gas was spent getting there/returning.
On Expendables 2 which I saw on the opening weekend, I thought it was an improvement on the first one, but that it could've been a whole lot better. It's too bad they didn't get a better action director given the all star cast that was put together. This is what I wrote about it in my facebook account:
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So I saw Expendables 2 over the weekend, wanted to make sure my ticket was counted to show support, in spirit, to Sylvester Stallone's idea of bringing all the action stars of the 80's and some modern ones (like Jason Statham) into one mega-action blockbuster type of movie! A fine idea, though I just wish he could've gotten a "King of action movies" producer like Joel Silver (e.g. Predator, Commando, Matrix Trilogy, Demolition Man, etc.) to work with him and James Cameron (T2, Avatar, Aliens, Titanic, etc.) in the director's chair to make the best out of such an effort! I'm sure he tried, no doubt.
So who did direct it? A Simon West known for "Con Air", "Tomb Raider" and "The Generals' Daughter" and not much else that I care for. I think he did a better job than Sylvester Stallone would've done (who directed the first one), but while this movie is respectable enough, I think it had a lot more potential and deserved better having put this kind of cast together!
It's good that Jason Statham returned, he's a solid action star with charisma AND acting lessons! A few of the older actors suffered from stiff deliveries of their lines/jokes and you could tell... Chuck Norris stood out in that dept (your typical problem with martial arts guys transitioning to acting), especially with his joke about the snake that bit 'im and so did Sly... Heh. Poor Auhnold, he got a much longer role this time and they had him use the "I'll be back" one-liner at least like 3 times with a different variation to it! So yeah, stiff deliveries, lots of cheese, but eh, it was a noble effort overall and a decent edition to the action movie genre. Lots of explosions, lots of bad guys dying, your usual predictable formula...
Anyhow, I give it a thumbs up for the effort. It was much better than the first one at the very least. Also, it was quite magnanimous of Sly to give a straight-to-video failure like Jean Claude Van "Damaged" a shot at another big-budget US action movie. Apparently, he tried to get him to work on the first one too right along with Dolph Lundgren, but he turned the offer down, the dope that he is! Funny thing, I think that if I was a teen, I wouldn't have any complaints about the movie. I can see how I used to let a lot of stuff slide in my 80's action movies that when I look at them now, I cringe... Well, that's my 2 cents on it: It's a decent action flick, but it should've gotten heavy hitters in the producer/director chairs to have made the best use of such an opportunity given the cast that was brought together for it!
EDIT: Thought I'd mention a rental of Jean Claude Van Damme's new movie, "6 Bullets" and that I'd recommend it! Not bad, just don't EVER rent his last Universal Soldier movie, that wasn't even worth the dollar I spent on it!
A thought: You know how we have a "What are you watching on youtube?" ongoing thread? Would anyone besides myself care for a more general "Movie Picks" thread to post about the latest movie you saw, enjoyed and would recommend ? Worth it or no ?
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Post by: esteban on September 15, 2012, 05:34:41 AM
nightwolve: if Search is successful, you might be able to unearth one of several old threads where we offered "reviews" of films. Any film/any format...so it would encompass new and old stuff. (http://junk.tg-16.com/images/pcgs.png)
Title: Re: Name the last movie you've seen in theatres!
Post by: TheClash603 on September 15, 2012, 09:07:50 AM
Saw Resident Evil last night in IMAX 3D.
The RE movies keep getting better and better. There is literally not a span of more than 10 minutes where something cool doesn't happen. Are they terribly written with crap plots? Sure they are... but is the action ridiculous and fun? Absolutely!
The new RE is the film Sucker Punch wanted to be.
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Post by: RegalSin on September 15, 2012, 09:49:18 AM
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The RE movies keep getting better and better.
One time, in real life I mentioned the Resident Evil, Videogames and time line. They said "oh you mean the Cartoon". That is the typical of person that likes the Resdient Evil movies. I mean seriously, for the love of gosh, seriously.
Title: Re: Name the last movie you've seen in theatres!
Post by: NightWolve on September 15, 2012, 10:49:12 AM
Are you messing with our minds here? Did you leave "Resident Evil: Afterlife" out of this, cause I kinda think that you did! ;)
First was great, 2nd one so-so, 3rd so-so as well (Nice to see they gave Johnny Cage a role from the original Mortal Kombat movie though), but the 4th was just terrible. I don't think anything has been better than the first one, but I haven't seen this new one, Retribution.
Hm, "Sucker Punch" - I expected something awesome given it was the "Watchmen" and "300" director Zack Snyder, but that movie was definitely not as advertised... Speaking of that director, he's doing the next Superman remake, "Man of Steel". Hope he does it justice!
Title: Re: Name the last movie you've seen in theatres!
Post by: Colossus1574 on September 15, 2012, 11:07:35 AM
On Expendables 2 which I saw on the opening weekend, I thought it was an improvement on the first one, but that it could've been a whole lot better. It's too bad they didn't get a better action director given the all star cast that was put together. This is what I wrote about it in my facebook account:
EDIT: Thought I'd mention a rental of Jean Claude Van Damme's new movie, "6 Bullets" and that I'd recommend it! Not bad, just don't EVER rent his last Universal Soldier movie, that wasn't even worth the dollar I spent on it!
A thought: You know how we have a "What are you watching on youtube?" ongoing thread? Would anyone besides myself care for a more general "Movie Picks" thread to post about the latest movie you saw, enjoyed and would recommend ? Worth it or no ?
I'd be down with that thread...i'm more a movie (theater, dvd, blu's) watcher then YouTube watcher anyways (gasp!)
And Wolf, good review on Ex2, I didn't mind the director so much...but I found the final fight against JCVD could'e been longer. Like after they fell down to the bottom floor to fight, Van Damme was perfectly fine for the 2nd round then...BAM, it's over cause JC brought a knife to a chain fight ](*,). It had potential to be a huge brawlfest and it wasn't like the running time was too long or anything, dunno why they cut it so short. Also...casting wise, i wish they asked Michelle Yeoh =P~ who still looks GREAT to play the female part instead of whats her name...
And finally, i'm gonna admit i'm a big JCVD nut so i'm totaly biased but, i was super happy to see the guy back on the big screen as lately he's really worked on his acting. the film JCVD is a classic example, but I also recommend Until Death which came out 2007. You can see in in interviews, he's really matured and has turned over a new leaf from his druggy days...
Title: Re: Name the last movie you've seen in theatres!
Post by: TheClash603 on September 15, 2012, 12:15:47 PM
Rewatch those RE movies. The first one is painfully slow and features a security system as the main enemy which is lame. First one is almost painful to watch IMO, and the rest are mindless bliss.
"SSSSTTAARRRSSS"
Title: Re: Name the last movie you've seen in theatres!
Post by: NightWolve on September 15, 2012, 01:28:04 PM
Well, I think I liked the first one the best, but the 4th, really, it seemed like Paul Anderson didn't have much of a budget; I thought it was a straight-to-video release too. I'll watch the new one when it comes out on video, I don't trust the franchise anymore to actually go to the theater for it.
Paul still holds the title for best videogame-to-movie adaptation with "Mortal Kombat" and the guy has done some other great movies like "Solider" (Kurt Russell), and "Event Horizon" (Horror movie in space which ranked as one of the scariest movies I ever saw for a time in my book), etc. His "AVP: Alien vs. Predator" was pretty decent, I bought that on BluRay and actually "Mortal Kombat" came out on BluRay recently as well so I picked that up - seen it way too much already (, one of the best fight scenes EVER, except for the scissor kick deal, that was lame-looking but true to the videogame. Reptile got robbed if you ask me! Hehe! All that hyper-speed, ass-kicking he lays down on Kang, and yet he still loses!), but why not once more in HighDef! ;)
And Wolf, good review on Ex2, I didn't mind the director so much...but I found the final fight against JCVD could'e been longer. Like after they fell down to the bottom floor to fight, Van Damme was perfectly fine for the 2nd round then...BAM, it's over cause JC brought a knife to a chain fight ](*,). It had potential to be a huge brawlfest and it wasn't like the running time was too long or anything, dunno why they cut it so short.
Yup, it was way too short, and his name was too cheesy/uninspired, you know? "Vilain" who is the main bad guy or villain? And the first movie, the island where all the bad guys were on was called... Vilena... Coincidence? I dunno... But definitely villain to Vilain wasn't one. The other cheesy thing was using the theme from "The Good, the Bad, the Ugly" as Chuck Norris' theme... Hehe!!! I'm glad they gave Norris a shot, but he needed some more takes; his lines/jokes were coming off way too stiff but that's always been a problem for him.
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Also...casting wise, i wish they asked Michelle Yeoh =P~ who still looks GREAT to play the female part instead of whats her name...
She would've been alright too, but I liked the chick that they chose well enough. Never seen her before, but she was good.
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And finally, i'm gonna admit i'm a big JCVD nut so i'm totaly biased but, i was super happy to see the guy back on the big screen as lately he's really worked on his acting. the film JCVD is a classic example, but I also recommend Until Death which came out 2007. You can see in in interviews, he's really matured and has turned over a new leaf from his druggy days...
Yeah, I bought JCVD too... I'm still a fan, even though I make fun of him at times. "Wake of Death" was another great straight-to-video release he did a couple of years back, dunno if you saw it. It actually had an uncensored torture scene with a drill, the whole deal, you get the idea.... They really went to work on the guy to get the information and by the end of it after he sings like a canary, they put him out of his misery... I mean, it was raw, bloody, merciless and they showed you every minute of it practically. I was surprised that scene was allowed, in such detail, to remain in the movie.
Ah yeah, I've seen Until Death as well. That was a while ago, I rented it... Pretty good, I would recommend that one too.
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Post by: SMF on September 15, 2012, 01:43:44 PM
Just seen Resident Evil with my 13 year old and let me just say im glad we seen it NOT in 3D. Besides the bullets flying ala the Matrix 3D i didnt seen much.
I do think its a big improvement over the others in the series.
Resident Evil 1 to me they wanted to build the suspense kinda like the original video game. But after everyone knew what to expect from the games they decided to make it more action horror. Good series not great but deff has some memorial moments.