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hooter311
Footballguy
The Horseman
I typically love action revenge movies, but this one was just a little too much for me. Possibly the most violent movie I've ever seen. Sledgehammers to legs, hammers to head, burning alive, about 15 throats being slit, it's pretty much got it all. If you like the genre, worth checking out, but make sure you have a strong stomach.
3/5
I typically love action revenge movies, but this one was just a little too much for me. Possibly the most violent movie I've ever seen. Sledgehammers to legs, hammers to head, burning alive, about 15 throats being slit, it's pretty much got it all. If you like the genre, worth checking out, but make sure you have a strong stomach.
3/5
Kenny Powers
Footballguy
Fantastic Mr. Fox....Solid, interesting/entertaining to watch. More of an adult movie that looks like a kids movie before you start watching. If you havent seen it, worth watching...7.2/10
District 9...Really liked it despite numerous flaws and a couple sequences that felt so amateur they were humorous moreso than bad. I cant decide if the lead guy was really good or really bad, but either way he pulled off the character/role very well. Definitely give it credit for originality and style, cool effects and sweet weapons. My complaints in the spoilers bothered me after it was over and still do to the point where I cant give it much over a 7.....7.3/10
Alright, so clearly the prawns are intelligent since the main one seemed to be a PhD chemist or something and was good with computers. So why then:
1) Were all the other prawns portrayed basically as bums with no idea what to do besides scavenge for food?
2) They have all these high tech weapons. Since the humans have basically imprisoned them, why dont they use them to fight back? free themselves? get some tasty eats? And when they first discovered the malnourished prawns and got them off their ship, why didnt they just take all of their weapons in the first place?
3) Main prawn owes Wikus nothing. Why then does even after Wikus tries to escape while leaving him behind does he still want to help him? This bothered me the most.
*** SPOILER ALERT! Click this link to display the potential spoiler text in this box. ***");document.close();Mean Machine...decent movie that was a fun watch, nice to see Vinnie Jones get a lead role. I expected the prison aspect to be more realistic but oh well...5/10
District 9...Really liked it despite numerous flaws and a couple sequences that felt so amateur they were humorous moreso than bad. I cant decide if the lead guy was really good or really bad, but either way he pulled off the character/role very well. Definitely give it credit for originality and style, cool effects and sweet weapons. My complaints in the spoilers bothered me after it was over and still do to the point where I cant give it much over a 7.....7.3/10
Alright, so clearly the prawns are intelligent since the main one seemed to be a PhD chemist or something and was good with computers. So why then:
1) Were all the other prawns portrayed basically as bums with no idea what to do besides scavenge for food?
2) They have all these high tech weapons. Since the humans have basically imprisoned them, why dont they use them to fight back? free themselves? get some tasty eats? And when they first discovered the malnourished prawns and got them off their ship, why didnt they just take all of their weapons in the first place?
3) Main prawn owes Wikus nothing. Why then does even after Wikus tries to escape while leaving him behind does he still want to help him? This bothered me the most.
*** SPOILER ALERT! Click this link to display the potential spoiler text in this box. ***");document.close();Mean Machine...decent movie that was a fun watch, nice to see Vinnie Jones get a lead role. I expected the prison aspect to be more realistic but oh well...5/10
jdoggydogg
Footballguy
Drag me to hell
Rebirtha
Footballguy
Forgot about this one. Releases on 1/18 on Netflix.
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
The Kids are Alright:
Don't get the praise for this one. Shows a lesbian couple with 2 kids coping with the children wanting to find out about their biological father. Problem is, it shows them coping with their problems in predictable and cliche ways - in the process making them entirely uninteresting. To me it was the definition of an average movie. 5/10
Don't get the praise for this one. Shows a lesbian couple with 2 kids coping with the children wanting to find out about their biological father. Problem is, it shows them coping with their problems in predictable and cliche ways - in the process making them entirely uninteresting. To me it was the definition of an average movie. 5/10
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jdoggydogg
Footballguy
Will you knock it off? Someone else here just talked me into seeing this movie
Chaka
Footballguy
I haven't seen it yet but what I know about it has me leaning towards KPs stance and just avoiding it altogether.Will you knock it off? Someone else here just talked me into seeing this movie
jdoggydogg
Footballguy
I'll still give it a shot once it shows up on demand.I haven't seen it yet but what I know about it has me leaning towards KPs stance and just avoiding it altogether.Will you knock it off? Someone else here just talked me into seeing this movie
Andy Dufresne
Footballguy
Nanny McPhee Returns
You know, it's really tough to find good, clean family movies that aren't insultingly stupid. This one was actually really enjoyable.
Bullitt - 5/10
Just another pre-blockbuster era police drama snoozefest. With far too little Jacqueline Bissett.
The car chase was pretty cool.
You know, it's really tough to find good, clean family movies that aren't insultingly stupid. This one was actually really enjoyable.
Bullitt - 5/10
Just another pre-blockbuster era police drama snoozefest. With far too little Jacqueline Bissett.
The car chase was pretty cool.
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El Floppo
Footballguy
We were actually considering between this and The Town (I won the consideration, based on the positive reviews in here). I didn't see the first one, but my really enjoyed it (on a plane).
hooter311
Footballguy
Easy A
This chick is able to pull off one of those classic 80's John Cusack roles with the lead here. Probably the most enjoyable high school comedy since Mean Girls. Has it really been that long? Good stuff if you're a sucker for 80's teen movies.
3.5/5
Blind Side
Great story, I'm just not buying the intentions of it all. Pretty much everything you would expect from this type of Hollywood movie.
2.5/5
This chick is able to pull off one of those classic 80's John Cusack roles with the lead here. Probably the most enjoyable high school comedy since Mean Girls. Has it really been that long? Good stuff if you're a sucker for 80's teen movies.
3.5/5
Blind Side
Great story, I'm just not buying the intentions of it all. Pretty much everything you would expect from this type of Hollywood movie.
2.5/5
Andy Dufresne
Footballguy
What do you mean?
oneohh
Footballguy
Other than Tim McGraw, I thought it was good for what it was.
hooter311
Footballguy
What the parents did was a great thing for that kid, but I don't know if they would have done it if he wasn't the athlete he was.I don't want to come to any conclusions, but the story reaked of manipulation.
Sabertooth
Footballguy
I watched Easy A. Pretty good modern take on the Scarlet Letter.
Andy Dufresne
Footballguy
So it was somehow mutually beneficial. Hard to find anyone doing things out of pure altruism.
oneohh
Footballguy
One man's manipulation is another man's charity, I guess.
hooter311
Footballguy
I didn't really care for it at first, but it grew on me in a hurry.
Mr. Mojo
Footballguy
My problem with the movie was 2 scenes - the one where Sandra Bullock smarted off to the coach on how to motivate Oher and when she threatened the gang banger with her "gun". Those were both so bad,the movie lost any believability it had.
Mr. Mojo
Footballguy
Iron Man 2 - other than some great Scarlett shots, and an awesome test for my subwoofer, this was really, really, really stupid. like Transformers 2 level stupid.
oneohh
Footballguy
Oh there were definitely parts, like the ones you mentioned, that were ####ty. I just happened to think it was better than I anticipated. I really thought it was going to be a lot worse than it was.My problem with the movie was 2 scenes - the one where Sandra Bullock smarted off to the coach on how to motivate Oher and when she threatened the gang banger with her "gun". Those were both so bad,the movie lost any believability it had.
Andy Dufresne
Footballguy
I'd be interested to know if that was artistic license, or if it actually happened (or at least close).My problem with the movie was 2 scenes - the one where Sandra Bullock smarted off to the coach on how to motivate Oher and when she threatened the gang banger with her "gun". Those were both so bad,the movie lost any believability it had.
TylerRoseFan
Footballguy
Equilibrium
Caught it last night on Syfi. Too many 1984, Fahrenheit 451, and Brazil references to make it enjoyable. Not very original. I guess the acting was ok. The set design was tolerable. It just didn't all seem to come together. I'm not sure if I liked it or not. I'm a pushover for a post-apocalyptic authoritarian flick. This one just didn't do it for me. Perhaps if I wasn't under the weather and so tired I'd enjoy it more. I may have to watch it again.
1.5/5
Caught it last night on Syfi. Too many 1984, Fahrenheit 451, and Brazil references to make it enjoyable. Not very original. I guess the acting was ok. The set design was tolerable. It just didn't all seem to come together. I'm not sure if I liked it or not. I'm a pushover for a post-apocalyptic authoritarian flick. This one just didn't do it for me. Perhaps if I wasn't under the weather and so tired I'd enjoy it more. I may have to watch it again.
1.5/5
Andy Dufresne
Footballguy
Wait. What?
Statorama
gangster
Agreed. Has one iconic scene (Christian Bale just shooting the hell out of one place) you can watch elsewhere, but otherwise kind of boring.
joffer
Footballguy
i haven't found many besides me that really liked this. not sure why. i wish it would come out on blu-ray
Andy Dufresne
Footballguy
I liked it. I wish it would have had a bigger budget and toned down the over-the-top totalitarianism (same problem as V For Vendetta), but for what it was it's a fun B-movie.
hooter311
Footballguy
The Binding Agreement would have been a more appropriate title.
TylerRoseFan
Footballguy
jdoggydogg
Footballguy
Aside from the famous car chase, I found this movie to be very overrated.Andy Dufresne said:
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
Probably what you expect when you see the previews, just falls into lesbian stereotypes fairly easily:I haven't seen it yet but what I know about it has me leaning towards KPs stance and just avoiding it altogether.Will you knock it off? Someone else here just talked me into seeing this movie
Of course when they start having problems, one of them will be into penis. I guess what makes it worse is that you have 0 backstory about them, so you don't know if they were always gay or not. Just seemed too cliche. Also found it silly that the sex scenes b/t the lesbian couple were hidden and akward, but the straight sex was in your face.
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Chaka
Footballguy
As a side bar to your spoiler I saw an interesting documentary called This Film Is Not Yet Rated that makes an interesting case that depictions of female sexual pleasure (e.g. orgasms) draw greater scrutiny from the MPAA and lead to more frequent application of the NC-17 or R ratings leading film makers to tone down such depictions to get the more family friendly PG-13.The Kids Are All Right already has an R rating so it may not apply here unless they were threatened with an NC-17 if they didn't edit the scenes in question. I am not saying that is the case, just that it's a possibility.
Drifter
Footballguy
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
As a side bar to your spoiler I saw an interesting documentary called This Film Is Not Yet Rated that makes an interesting case that depictions of female sexual pleasure (e.g. orgasms) draw greater scrutiny from the MPAA and lead to more frequent application of the NC-17 or R ratings leading film makers to tone down such depictions to get the more family friendly PG-13.The Kids Are All Right already has an R rating so it may not apply here unless they were threatened with an NC-17 if they didn't edit the scenes in question. I am not saying that is the case, just that it's a possibility.
Good movie, and I can see that. The main scene with them is one of them under the covers while the other has a bored look on her face. (you see more of the gay male porn they were watching than you do of them for some reason).
Kenny Powers
Footballguy
Well that answers #1 but not really #2...I guess there is no real answer for #3, but.....
jdoggydogg
Footballguy
True Grit
Tremendous movie. Outstanding. The best move I saw in 2010, with Inception a close second. While I liked Inception a lot, I think True Grit was a bit better.
All aspects of production are well crafted, but the star here is the writing. The only apt comparison I could muster was Deadwood. The writing in both productions is poetry - a mastery of language you don't hear in a lot of movies. "I have been abandoned to a congress of louts." That's ####ing brilliant.
A+. The Coens continue atop their field.
Tremendous movie. Outstanding. The best move I saw in 2010, with Inception a close second. While I liked Inception a lot, I think True Grit was a bit better.
All aspects of production are well crafted, but the star here is the writing. The only apt comparison I could muster was Deadwood. The writing in both productions is poetry - a mastery of language you don't hear in a lot of movies. "I have been abandoned to a congress of louts." That's ####ing brilliant.
A+. The Coens continue atop their field.
TylerRoseFan
Footballguy
The Audition
There, I finally watched it. Starts off slow........slow.........boobs........boring.......dinner........boring........m
inor foreshadow........boring.......boring........hint of sex w/ no sex........boring............background.........boring........don't know what's happening..........WTF???????.........911.
That's pretty much all I have to say about that. I watched it and won't watch it again. 1/5
Moon
I dig science fiction. This was right down my alley. Strong sense of loneliness. Well developed. Good twist in the end. Nicely wrapped up in the end. I liked the differences in the two main characters and how they handled adversity. Well done.
I definitely recommend it. Mrs TRF is not a big scifi fan, but she enjoyed it. 4/5
There, I finally watched it. Starts off slow........slow.........boobs........boring.......dinner........boring........m
inor foreshadow........boring.......boring........hint of sex w/ no sex........boring............background.........boring........don't know what's happening..........WTF???????.........911.
That's pretty much all I have to say about that. I watched it and won't watch it again. 1/5
Moon
I dig science fiction. This was right down my alley. Strong sense of loneliness. Well developed. Good twist in the end. Nicely wrapped up in the end. I liked the differences in the two main characters and how they handled adversity. Well done.
I definitely recommend it. Mrs TRF is not a big scifi fan, but she enjoyed it. 4/5
Socrates11
Footballguy
Watched the latest Twilight, Eclipse I think it is. What a steaming pile. Doubted they could make this one worse than the last but they sure gave it the old college try. I could punch my wife in the face for getting us involved in these flicks.
-1/5
-1/5
fasteddie_21
2006 NM Poker Champ
Kenny Powers
Footballguy
He probably quit watching 3/4 of the way through.
Gonna need more explanation on this one. You realize that this is MNS, right?
jdoggydogg
Footballguy
I could punch you in the face for agreeing to watch them.But seriously, I feel your pain.Socrates11 said:
Chaka
Footballguy
I'm so embarrassed for him I just punched myself in the face.
krista4
Footballguy
The Audition
There, I finally watched it. Starts off slow........slow.........boobs........boring.......dinner........boring........m
inor foreshadow........boring.......boring........hint of sex w/ no sex........boring............background.........boring........don't know what's happening..........WTF???????.........911.
For the second time in a month, I've turned on the TV and found St. Elmo's Fire on, and I haven't turned it off.
There, I finally watched it. Starts off slow........slow.........boobs........boring.......dinner........boring........m
inor foreshadow........boring.......boring........hint of sex w/ no sex........boring............background.........boring........don't know what's happening..........WTF???????.........911.
For the second time in a month, I've turned on the TV and found St. Elmo's Fire on, and I haven't turned it off.
jdoggydogg
Footballguy
The Orphanage
I am about 3/4 through this movie, and it's scaring the #### out of me.
Love it. I think The Orphanage is so outstanding, it's a microcosm for everything that is bad about most modern horror movies. The Orphanage plays on similar themes we've seen over the last 10 years (ghosts, etc.). But unlike most modern horror, it takes time to build characters we care about. And most importantly, gore isn't used in lieu of real terror.
Outstanding movie. Can't wait to finish it.
I am about 3/4 through this movie, and it's scaring the #### out of me.
Love it. I think The Orphanage is so outstanding, it's a microcosm for everything that is bad about most modern horror movies. The Orphanage plays on similar themes we've seen over the last 10 years (ghosts, etc.). But unlike most modern horror, it takes time to build characters we care about. And most importantly, gore isn't used in lieu of real terror.
Outstanding movie. Can't wait to finish it.
David Yudkin
Footballguy
Who here is the key grip? You? You! Hit that director in the face, really f****** hard!
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
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