Yankee23Fan
Fair Tax!
Yeah, it certainly could have been a train wreck. Paul Giammati is brilliant thought as Pig Vomit. Just comedic gold from start to finish - even the credits scene is just hysterical.
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jdoggydogg
Footballguy
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
Edge of Tomorrow:
Really enjoyed this one. Give me blockbusters like this one and Capt. America 2 every year. Fun to watch Cruise's character morph throughout the movie. Handling time travel isn't easy to do, but they did a great job of showing us how they were learning more and trying different strategies on each repeat. Not the biggest Emily Blunt fan, but she was fine. Want to know how to improve every blockbuster movie by a point or two? Bill Paxton. 7.5/10
Probably a dumb question, but:
Really enjoyed this one. Give me blockbusters like this one and Capt. America 2 every year. Fun to watch Cruise's character morph throughout the movie. Handling time travel isn't easy to do, but they did a great job of showing us how they were learning more and trying different strategies on each repeat. Not the biggest Emily Blunt fan, but she was fine. Want to know how to improve every blockbuster movie by a point or two? Bill Paxton. 7.5/10
Probably a dumb question, but:
Is there a reason why he ended up waking up a two days before the invasion? I am sure it has something to do with the Omega being able to control time or something.
belljr
Footballguy
An under appreciated movie imo
Sweet J
Footballguy
Not an answer to your question, but an observation: The recent Tom Cruise movies these past few years have been suprisingly solid entertainment. Edge of Tomorrow, Oblivian, and Jack Reacher have all thoroughly entertained me. Kept me generally on the edge of my seat, weren't too long or overdone, were enjoyable. Everything I'd want in a decent summer blockbuster.
jamny
Footballguy
Not an answer to your question, but an observation: The recent Tom Cruise movies these past few years have been suprisingly solid entertainment. Edge of Tomorrow, Oblivian, and Jack Reacher have all thoroughly entertained me. Kept me generally on the edge of my seat, weren't too long or overdone, were enjoyable. Everything I'd want in a decent summer blockbuster.
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
I still think he is a tool, but usually dig his movies. one of the few "movie stars" out there.how many clunkers has he been a part of?
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KarmaPolice
Footballguy
You mean the very last time? I don't think it was explained. At first I thought he jumped back to the same point in time, just in the alternate timeline, but I didn't pay it too much attention. Movie was good enough to not care.
STEADYMOBBIN 22
Footballguy
I saw this in the theatre when it came out and remember laughing my ### off and I'm far from a Stern guy.
El Floppo
Footballguy
I rented it against my will- also not a Stern guy.
Really good movie- agree with all comments above.
jdoggydogg
Footballguy
Yes to all of that.
I loved this movie and pimped it to anyone that would listen. If you think about it, this could have been really boring with all the jumps back in time. But the editing and pacing are so impeccable, the viewer is always engrossed.
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
The Purge:
I was a little conflicted with this one. Could see a glimmer of talent in some of the scenes, but overall I thought the movie was pretty stupid. Of all the types of horror movies, I think the "home invasion" ones are some of my least favorite. The one thing I couldn't stop laughing about:
Overall seemed like they had something to say with the movie put couldn't pull it off. I would have been more interested in what was going on outside the family, but I guess that is for the sequel. 4/10
I was a little conflicted with this one. Could see a glimmer of talent in some of the scenes, but overall I thought the movie was pretty stupid. Of all the types of horror movies, I think the "home invasion" ones are some of my least favorite. The one thing I couldn't stop laughing about:
They spent a ton of money on this kick ### home security for this one horrible night, but they don't have a generator for backing up the system. They seem paralyzed after the power was cut. Just silly.
I thought a better twist would be to have somebody else that hated the family sell them a sub-par system, or have the guy who called in on the radio saying that he is going after his boss be the one able to get into their house.
I thought a better twist would be to have somebody else that hated the family sell them a sub-par system, or have the guy who called in on the radio saying that he is going after his boss be the one able to get into their house.
Patrick Bateman
Footballguy
The Descent-waaay underrated horror flick.
jamny
Footballguy
I'm a huge Stern fan and saw it when it first came out and was actually a little disappointed in it. I think I was just so familiar with the material and he hyped it like crazy during filming and when it came out. I don't think it could live up to my expectations. I like it more now after watching it a couple of more times.
Yankee23Fan
Fair Tax!
Frozen..... for the bazillionth time. Elsa is still hot when she let's her hair down and does that look. You know the one.
And Olaf is rising the ranks of funniest side kick in animated history.
And Olaf is rising the ranks of funniest side kick in animated history.
jdoggydogg
Footballguy
The story mechanic was handled very well for this type of movie. The one time where:
He gets Emily Blunt to believe him for the first time, by finding her in that wrecked aircraft, shooting aliens no-look over-the-shoulder then again by firing out the hole in the fuselage before they even show up (before she kills them both by saying 'find me when you wake up'), says so much about the story we didn't have to see. Just him firing blind over the shoulder told a story in one second that a lesser movie would have wasted a scene of exposition or voice-over to get the same point across. It was handled very well and didn't at all make it feel like it was just "Groundhog D-Day".
He gets Emily Blunt to believe him for the first time, by finding her in that wrecked aircraft, shooting aliens no-look over-the-shoulder then again by firing out the hole in the fuselage before they even show up (before she kills them both by saying 'find me when you wake up'), says so much about the story we didn't have to see. Just him firing blind over the shoulder told a story in one second that a lesser movie would have wasted a scene of exposition or voice-over to get the same point across. It was handled very well and didn't at all make it feel like it was just "Groundhog D-Day".
sports_fan
Footballguy
Gone Girl looks really good
IC FBGCav
Footballguy
2:30 minute movie. Really enjoyed the first 2 hrs. I just can't get on board with the end.
snogger
Footballguy
Took the wife to see this and we both enjoyed it.. She hasn't read the book yet and so now plans to read the book.. I thought they did a great job taking a very good book and making it into a good movie..
Most times the translation from book to movie is a big old Fail..
As for the end.. If you read the book it stays true to it.. and although I wasn't a huge fan of the end of the book, it ties into the "love" story these two have and so it works in it's own quirky way..
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badmojo1006
Footballguy
Really enjoyed it. However
Amy was one seriously messed up wife. Finally got it, she was really pregnant, from Barney Stinson...
IC FBGCav
Footballguy
there is no way I let that crazy ##### live in the same house as me or raise my child., I don't think anyone would. Can't get past that, especially when other people know the truth. The whole thing got out of any sort of reality when they ended it that way. 100 different endings would make it a great movie
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IC FBGCav
Footballguy
what I heard is she was knocked up with his kid and made a fake paper from the sperm bank. at least that is what wife thought
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jamny
Footballguy
Just watched this recently. Thought it was weird how they focused on how alcohol can ruin a life, but made cocaine out to be like this wonder hangover cure. Even to the point of portraying the coke dealer as a loveble, funny guy. Strange.Flight.Agree with most of the criticism this one has gotten but still found it very entertaining. Thought Denzel was superb and his performance warranted the acclaim it has received. Overall I think it was a swing and a miss but I respect the attempt. A few changes and this one could have been great.A continuous miscue was the selection of songs. Just one played out song after another. "Under the Bridge" for the heroin scene? Come on.5/10. Worth checking out especially for Nadine Velazquez's opening scene.You too can fly commercial airliners upside down and land them without hydraulics with just a little bit of marching powder.
Maybe the only Goodman performance I have not liked. Liked the movie though and Denzel, as usual, plays the hardass very well.
Thunderlips
Footballguy
Out of the Furnace....
One of those movies where the sum of all the parts far outweighs the end result. Great acting from Bale, Casey Afflack and Zoe Saldona. Sam Shepard, Willem Dafoe and Woody Harrelson are great in their smaller characters roles. Nice buildup that just doesn't knock you out in the end. And I'm not one looking for:
One of those movies where the sum of all the parts far outweighs the end result. Great acting from Bale, Casey Afflack and Zoe Saldona. Sam Shepard, Willem Dafoe and Woody Harrelson are great in their smaller characters roles. Nice buildup that just doesn't knock you out in the end. And I'm not one looking for:
Woody Harrleson and Bales characters to have a knock down drag out fight; or Woody to taunt Bale about his brothers death (it was actually very cool that he acknowledged Afflack's toughness" or any of that. In a movie that felt very natural....the end just didn't seem to be a natural extension of the earlier narrative.
Mario Kart
Footballguy
Watched Two Night Stand. It was something to watch. A couple funny parts, girl is hot, girl is dumb due to her final decision.
Zow
Footballguy
Really well put here. Weird movie where the acting was phenomenal, but the movie itself was awful.
BustedKnuckles
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On The Rocks
Footballguy
Gone Girl
As mentioned by someone else - I loved the first two hours - not a fan of the final 30 minutes. But still liked it overall and would recommend it.
I hadn't read the book, but as I understand it the screenplay was written by the books author? True?
What I like best about this movie was the secondary characters.
The sister (played by Carrie Coon). I had never seen her in anything before and loved her role.
Tyler Perry - I don't get the whole Tyler Perry schtick that has made him famous - but I really liked him in this as well.
The investigation team of the Detective and her officer side kick were so well written and played.
As mentioned by someone else - I loved the first two hours - not a fan of the final 30 minutes. But still liked it overall and would recommend it.
I hadn't read the book, but as I understand it the screenplay was written by the books author? True?
What I like best about this movie was the secondary characters.
The sister (played by Carrie Coon). I had never seen her in anything before and loved her role.
Tyler Perry - I don't get the whole Tyler Perry schtick that has made him famous - but I really liked him in this as well.
The investigation team of the Detective and her officer side kick were so well written and played.
snogger
Footballguy
I think many who didn't read the book are going to dislike the ending.. I read the book and wasn't a huge fan of the ending of the book. But as I mentioned above, considering how messed up their marriage was it kind of fits.
On The Rocks
Footballguy
At the risk at hinting at anything -I think many who didn't read the book are going to dislike the ending.. I read the book and wasn't a huge fan of the ending of the book. But as I mentioned above, considering how messed up their marriage was it kind of fits.
One of the cool things I liked about the movie - is how the writer manipulates you into hating one character and empathizing with another - and then through the process of the movie manipulates you to empathize with one you didn't like and then hate the one you empathized with.
jdoggydogg
Footballguy
An Angel at My Table
Hard to go wrong with The Criterion Collection. This movie will appeal to fans of foreign dramas. Very bleak, though. I can't say it's easy to watch this lady's life story, but this early Jane Campion effort is worth seeing.
Hard to go wrong with The Criterion Collection. This movie will appeal to fans of foreign dramas. Very bleak, though. I can't say it's easy to watch this lady's life story, but this early Jane Campion effort is worth seeing.
BroncoFreak_2K3
sucker for Orange
Apocalypto 10/10
PERFECTION
PERFECTION
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KarmaPolice
Footballguy
Tried to knock out a few creepy movies for the season in the last few days.
Near Dark was a great time. As I said in my Edge of Tomorrow post, Bill Paxton makes every movie better.
Don't Look Now was also great. Just a creepy, beautiful looking movie.
I am sure a lot have seen those. One that I stumbled on at the library was a movie directed by the same guy who directed [Rec] called Sleep Tight. The main guy might be one of the creepiest creepers I have seen on film. Movie is about an apartment super who "looks after" the tenants in the building. Not gross, not scary, but it just gets under your skin what this guy is doing. Kinda One Hour Photo Robin Williams creepy. I think a few here would like it.
Near Dark was a great time. As I said in my Edge of Tomorrow post, Bill Paxton makes every movie better.
Don't Look Now was also great. Just a creepy, beautiful looking movie.
I am sure a lot have seen those. One that I stumbled on at the library was a movie directed by the same guy who directed [Rec] called Sleep Tight. The main guy might be one of the creepiest creepers I have seen on film. Movie is about an apartment super who "looks after" the tenants in the building. Not gross, not scary, but it just gets under your skin what this guy is doing. Kinda One Hour Photo Robin Williams creepy. I think a few here would like it.
cstu
Footballguy
A Perfect World (1993)
I'm not a big Costner fan but he knocked it out of the park (
) with this one. I hadn't seen it since it first came out and can appreciate more now that I have a daughter about the boy's age.
Side note: my daughter saw the scene where the boy rides on top of the car and liked it, but last night she had a nightmare about riding on top of a car like that. SMH.
I'm not a big Costner fan but he knocked it out of the park (
) with this one. I hadn't seen it since it first came out and can appreciate more now that I have a daughter about the boy's age.Side note: my daughter saw the scene where the boy rides on top of the car and liked it, but last night she had a nightmare about riding on top of a car like that. SMH.
badmojo1006
Footballguy
Left Behind D-
It was awful, really really bad. Couple of moments where daughter and I got giggly.
Only reason it was not an F for me was Martin Klebba. He was playing his Randall character from Scrubs and he was pretty funny. Other than that, bad writing, bad acting (We didn't even get over the top Nic Cage), poor CGI
It was awful, really really bad. Couple of moments where daughter and I got giggly.
We really wanted there to be one baby left in the nursery, named Damien...
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KarmaPolice
Footballguy
Only reason it was not an F for me was Martin Klebba. He was playing his Randall character from Scrubs and he was pretty funny. Other than that, bad writing, bad acting (We didn't even get over the top Nic Cage), poor CGI
is this a redo of those aweful looking kirk Cameron movies?
Mario Kart
Footballguy
Just finished watching this. May be on a number of top 10 lists for 2014. Fun, interesting and pretty unique. People can make a movie out of anything but making it good is challenging. This one is pretty good.
IC FBGCav
Footballguy
I liked it a lot too but the only downside, I kept thinking is this a Marvel movie. In the end 4 of 5.
cosjobs
Footballguy
Good, but not a whole lot better, if at all, than Le Chef and the Hundred Foot Journey (all three released within a month this year), if you're in to chef movies.
cstu
Footballguy
Hundred Foot Journey >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Chef
cosjobs
Footballguy
On some levels, yes. But the co-star in le Chef was really a captivating comic and Jean Reno was spot on in his role. Less classy and not as well scripted as 100 ft., but really only marginally inferior.
SaintsInDome2006
Footballguy
Last couple weeks I have seen The Drop, Skeleton Twins, This Is Where I Leave You, and Gone Girl.
The Drop was far and away the best, I thought it was a terrific movie.
