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(rewatched... as i saw it as a kid)
What was the last movie you watched?
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(rewatched... as i saw it as a kid)
Rusty Shackleford
G.O.A.T.
I'm seriously out of touch. Is Kong a re-make of King Kong? Also, I don't know who John C. Reily is LOL.Hmm Rusty, I am not just a tennis MB nerd but a movie MB nerd as well
My mom and I watched Kong yesterday and it was a struggle to stay away simply because I have been quite tired recently. I really enjoyed the film and I had been doing pretty good at not reading reviews after the film came out. I had heard a little bit, before the film came out, about people not thinking John C would be a good addition since he's now known as a funnyman but I thought he was great. Of course I really like him so I'd be happy to see him in just about anything except for a sex tape...unless it was my sextape...which to be honest I may not mind because while I am straight, how cool would it be to say you had sex with John C Reily?
amirite?
Seriously, dude. I haven't had cable since 2007. I get all my entertainment through SureshsVision.
Moose Malloy
G.O.A.T.
@Nostradamus The Discovery is available to stream on Netflix tomorrow
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CivicLx
Hall of Fame
You know, I think it's a remake or a reboot or a retelling of the Kong story somehow lol I haven't had cable since 2005 so I know how it is. I was going to the movies a lot and I also have a pretty large collection so I was ok. This is John C. Reilly. I think his funniest film is Step Brothers which he did with Will Ferrell.I'm seriously out of touch. Is Kong a re-make of King Kong? Also, I don't know who John C. Reily is LOL.
Seriously, dude. I haven't had cable since 2007. I get all my entertainment through SureshsVision.
Nostradamus
Bionic Poster
Good Good,,, finally we get to find out what happens to us after we die....
Rusty Shackleford
G.O.A.T.
HAHA. I know this guy. He has done a ton of stuff. For some reason he reminds me of Gene Hackman, even though he shouldn't.You know, I think it's a remake or a reboot or a retelling of the Kong story somehow lol I haven't had cable since 2005 so I know how it is. I was going to the movies a lot and I also have a pretty large collection so I was ok. This is John C. Reilly. I think his funniest film is Step Brothers which he did with Will Ferrell.
Bhagi Katbamna
Legend
Life.
Alien knockoff.
Alien knockoff.
CivicLx
Hall of Fame
I have never thought about that but I can see the resemblance. It's probably the hairlineHAHA. I know this guy. He has done a ton of stuff. For some reason he reminds me of Gene Hackman, even though he shouldn't.
Rusty Shackleford
G.O.A.T.
LOL you hit the nail on the head or in the follicle rather.I have never thought about that but I can see the resemblance. It's probably the hairline
Fate Archer
Hall of Fame
The Tiger: An Old Hunter's Tale (South Korea)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5066556/
Absolutely beautiful. Didn't know korean movie productions could be this good. The main actor who plays the role of the hunter, Min-sik Choi is also a big name there.
Didn't think I would see a tiger as magnificent as the one animated for The Adventure of Pi... really like animal characters when they are portrayed in such a dignifying way.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5066556/
Absolutely beautiful. Didn't know korean movie productions could be this good. The main actor who plays the role of the hunter, Min-sik Choi is also a big name there.
Didn't think I would see a tiger as magnificent as the one animated for The Adventure of Pi... really like animal characters when they are portrayed in such a dignifying way.
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fireandwind
Hall of Fame
Sentinel
Bionic Poster
You should talk with @rommil about Korean movies.
I saw a couple, and boy, I definitely don't have the stomach to see any more. Not in this lifetime.
"Old Boys" was one. Oh boy !!!!
My first was probably The Yellow Sea in which I learned that you can be hacked with axes all over your body and still keep running, and climbing with your arms. The amount of hacking that happened in that movie prolly set a world record LOL.
Memories of Murder was a decent detective/serial killer flick.
Rusty Shackleford
G.O.A.T.
CivicLx
Hall of Fame
Assuming you mean the remake, I really wanna see that. Don't know the source material but I'm a sucker for cool visuals and suresh gifs
Wonder if you will give your opinion on the film
Sysyphus
Talk Tennis Guru
Got around to watching Arrival (2016). A sci-fi movie which can be enjoyed also by people who don't normally gravitate toward the genre — no space fights or overblown technobabble to be found, it instead employs the genre to focus on a personal narrative and some of the eternal human questions regarding determinism, choice, grief and communication. I enjoyed that linguistics played a central part in the story, although some of it is glossed over a bit. Follows the recent trend of Hollywood leads having 'serious' occupations instead of just superhero or special agent or whatever (Matt Damon in The Martian was a botanist, wasn't he?).
On the whole, I quite liked the movie. It managed to tug at my emotional strings, even though the movie's device meant to accomplish this felt maybe a bit heavy-handed. The last Hollywood flick I watched that seemed to want to occupy this space of toned-down idea-driven sci-fi was Ex Machina (2015), and I personally thought Arrival compared favorably to that one — slightly less gimmicky, doesn't hit the audience as hard over the head with its ideas but instead presents them more implicitly, more emotionally engaged, and is better acted. I think Amy Adams is one of the most skilled Hollywood performers these days, and she largely carries this movie as well, creating a character that is moving both in her mournfulness and her hopeful courage.
On the whole, I quite liked the movie. It managed to tug at my emotional strings, even though the movie's device meant to accomplish this felt maybe a bit heavy-handed. The last Hollywood flick I watched that seemed to want to occupy this space of toned-down idea-driven sci-fi was Ex Machina (2015), and I personally thought Arrival compared favorably to that one — slightly less gimmicky, doesn't hit the audience as hard over the head with its ideas but instead presents them more implicitly, more emotionally engaged, and is better acted. I think Amy Adams is one of the most skilled Hollywood performers these days, and she largely carries this movie as well, creating a character that is moving both in her mournfulness and her hopeful courage.
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rh310
Hall of Fame
Assuming you mean the remake, I really wanna see that. Don't know the source material but I'm a sucker for cool visuals and suresh gifs
Wonder if you will give your opinion on the film
Yes, my bad -- the remake. I picked up the cyberpunk genre in fiction at its very beginning, and after all these decades there still aren't a lot of movies that get the "grime" right. As in, there will be a lot of people addicted to their jacked-in existence, and for them there will be decay both in standards of personal hygiene and living spaces. I think Ghost visualizes this brilliantly.
Ghost also conveys the ubiquity of technology-biology integration of the genre, without in any way implying that it's always going to be elegant.
I liked the story, and how the underlying dynamics of antagonists and protagonists were gradually revealed and evolved.
We saw it in IMAX 3D, which is I believe is the state-of-the-art for large theatres. Really glad we did -- the visuals are "big enough" to need room to really see them in (simulated) depth.
Kalin
Legend
Just saw Beauty and the Beast. The gay moment was indeed disturbing. Of course, I'm referring to the moment where the rugged, masculine beast is transformed, in a flamboyant flurry of pretty colours, into a featureless, effeminate youth. The real mystery is how Belle didn't run out towards Paris at this very moment. Must have been her studio contract...
Otherwise, great movie, very well shot. However, as great and smarmy Luke Evans' Gaston is I think they should have spent less time on him and more on the Beauty/Beast interaction. I mean, we can see Gaston is a d*ck inside 30 seconds; no need to spend hours of singing and dancing to drive the point home. The B/B relationship is, by definition, the core of the freaking movie... and yet, it seems like she went from being disgusted to being infatuated in less than 10 minutes of screen time. A bit too fast for a 2-hour plus movie. Too much filler surrounding the core of the story, IMO.
Otherwise, great movie, very well shot. However, as great and smarmy Luke Evans' Gaston is I think they should have spent less time on him and more on the Beauty/Beast interaction. I mean, we can see Gaston is a d*ck inside 30 seconds; no need to spend hours of singing and dancing to drive the point home. The B/B relationship is, by definition, the core of the freaking movie... and yet, it seems like she went from being disgusted to being infatuated in less than 10 minutes of screen time. A bit too fast for a 2-hour plus movie. Too much filler surrounding the core of the story, IMO.
vive le beau jeu !
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(rewatched)
Mike Bulgakov
G.O.A.T.
"Oasis: Supersonic"
C
Chadillac
Guest
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102494/
I "rented" this movie long ago because of the actors. Didnt turn out as i expected, eventually finished it and its in my old movie folder now.
Interjecting that stuff in an old fairy tale is really bad, but thats disney/espn now a days.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0105789/
The waterdance is another movie that makes you think about things you dont naturally associate with.
Intouchables may take the cake though, one of best ive seen and still watch
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1675434/?ref_=nv_sr_1
Kalin
Legend
I've seen that long time ago.... pity River didn't make it
As for the 'gay' moment in B&B I was joking... I was simply disappointed they didn't choose a different-looking actor for the 5 seconds during which the post-Beast was on screen. They talk a big talk about being modern and yet they still had to go with the blandest Prince Charming type they could find
And they knew it, actually. Hence the non-joke by Belle telling him to grow a beard at the end of the movie.
C
Chadillac
Guest
I've seen that long time ago.... pity River didn't make it
As for the 'gay' moment in B&B I was joking... I was simply disappointed they didn't choose a different-looking actor for the 5 seconds during which the post-Beast was on screen. They talk a big talk about being modern and yet they still had to go with the blandest Prince Charming type they could find
And they knew it, actually. Hence the non-joke by Belle telling him to grow a beard at the end of the movie.
If your going to live play, you have to expect it now a days. Always pushing the subject
I only watched the disney cartoon of B&B, loved when they said if its not baroque, dont fix it
Sentinel
Bionic Poster
Finished Silence (2016). Very interesting. Almost 3 hours long.
Liam Neeson, too, comes in at the end.
Liam Neeson, too, comes in at the end.
Bagumbawalla
G.O.A.T.
Your Name.
A very well made Japanese anime about a love that spans time and space.
Although somewhat slow moving and convoluted- it was well worth the drive to the other side of town to one of those theaters where it takes forever to get a ticket because all the seats are "reserved" and people take enormous chunks of time deciding where they want to sit.
But back to the movie. The animation and general artistry was excellent, the main characters likable and the dubbing to English was seamless.
The story line was a bit convoluted, with repeated swapping of identities, meetings and losses, remembering and forgetting, jumping back and forth in time and location and existing or not existing.
A very well made Japanese anime about a love that spans time and space.
Although somewhat slow moving and convoluted- it was well worth the drive to the other side of town to one of those theaters where it takes forever to get a ticket because all the seats are "reserved" and people take enormous chunks of time deciding where they want to sit.
But back to the movie. The animation and general artistry was excellent, the main characters likable and the dubbing to English was seamless.
The story line was a bit convoluted, with repeated swapping of identities, meetings and losses, remembering and forgetting, jumping back and forth in time and location and existing or not existing.
Sentinel
Bionic Poster
Started The Lady from Shanghai (1947) - Orson Welles, Rita Hayworth.
Saw it last week. With subtitles. Interesting.
Sentinel
Bionic Poster
Have no clue since i don't read the papers. But i did see a headline in the paper about a newswoman who found out her husband had died while she was reading the news. Is that what you were referring to ?
okay, just read it. Shocking. Amazing restraint. Quite unbelievable.
Nostradamus
Bionic Poster
what about Life ? have you seen it yet ?
CivicLx
Hall of Fame
That is the story and it's amazing she was still able to do her job
Terribly sad. And did you hear the story about the little girl that was found in the woods? They thought that she might have been raised by monkeys.
Poisoned Slice
Bionic Poster
The great white hype (1996)
I'm not Irish
It's boxing. It just means you're white.
I'm not Irish
It's boxing. It just means you're white.
fireandwind
Hall of Fame
Korean movies and dramas are most popular ones among Asian countries, even many countries around world know how good those are. It is funny to hear that some of Alaskan people was hooked on watching Korean drama.
Sentinel
Bionic Poster
I did catch that on a tech site. It said she was surrounded by monkeys and she was naked.
However, the next morning I caught a headline that said she was clothed and found alone on the road side, no monkeys at all.
The article said she was probably abandoned by her parents for being mentally challenged.
So i don't know what to believe !
Yes, it was very sad that that newsreader had to keep reading the news for ten minutes after realizing that her husband had died in the accident that she was reporting.
CivicLx
Hall of Fame
Yes, I did read the same thing about the little girl. That's terribly sad if that's what really happened to her. Hopefully she is well taken care of and has a bright future ahead of her.
I'm poor damn it, I ain't been seein' no films
Nostradamus
Bionic Poster
is War on everyone a good movie ?
Rafaisdabest
Hall of Fame
Dance Academy
I really enjoyed it
I really enjoyed it
rodan1957
New User
Basil Rathbone Sherlock Holmes Hound of the Baskervilles / Addicted to that series of films
Sentinel
Bionic Poster
Sounds good. I like historical / biographical movies.
The Cobbler (2014) was interesting, but nothing great.
Poisoned Slice
Bionic Poster
Coming to America. Just on another level. Still awesome.
Patrick Swayze was the coolest man alive at the time and he is dirty dancing. Plus, all girls go wild for the final dance.
Patrick Swayze was the coolest man alive at the time and he is dirty dancing. Plus, all girls go wild for the final dance.
