Recently viewed movie thread - Rental Edition (8 Viewers)

[Kenny Powers]

Turned on something called The Lincoln Lawyer last night. My 16 year old liked it but I thought it was a little too ridiculous for a law flick and retired to my bedroom to watch SportsCenter. Also I think about 45 minutes of McConaughey shtick is all I can take these days.Surprised it got such great reviews. Critics still love lawyer movies.

McConaughey is deteriorating into a hack, if he's not already there.

How isnt he there?!Dude hasnt had a good movie in a decade (Frailty), and barely has a handful of movies that are good over an almost 20 year career.

 

[krista4]

Vanilla Sky is still one of my all time favorite films.

" I lost you when I got in that car. I'm sorry. "

I still enjoy saying "I'll see you in another world, when we are both cats." when saying goodbye to people.There are just so many scenes that stick with me from the film, it's use of music in two key scenes (radiohead when he is driving in the empty city, and the trance music when he is in the club with his messed up face) is absolutely superb.

I'm one of the Vanilla Sky haters, but that really was a great line.

 

[JZilla]

Turned on something called The Lincoln Lawyer last night. My 16 year old liked it but I thought it was a little too ridiculous for a law flick and retired to my bedroom to watch SportsCenter.

Also I think about 45 minutes of McConaughey shtick is all I can take these days.

Surprised it got such great reviews. Critics still love lawyer movies.

McConaughey is deteriorating into a hack, if he's not already there.

How isnt he there?!Dude hasnt had a good movie in a decade (Frailty), and barely has a handful of movies that are good over an almost 20 year career.

Yeah he's totally there.I only downloaded it because it got 80-something% on Rotten Tomatoes, so I thought maybe... but no, it blew.

 

[El Floppo]

Vanilla Sky is still one of my all time favorite films.

" I lost you when I got in that car. I'm sorry. "

I still enjoy saying "I'll see you in another world, when we are both cats." when saying goodbye to people.There are just so many scenes that stick with me from the film, it's use of music in two key scenes (radiohead when he is driving in the empty city, and the trance music when he is in the club with his messed up face) is absolutely superb.

The ONLY song that doesn't work for me is Good Vibrations when he's calling for tech support. Other than that, it's pretty great:

I loved hearing Doot Doot by Freur right before the climax (in the elevator up)

 

[Tremendous Upside]

Off to see Super 8. Reviews have been good. Word of mouth a bit all over the place from friends. Low expectations so I shouldn't be that disappointed. Only other option was Green Lantern. Bleccch.

 

[saintfool]

Off to see Super 8. Reviews have been good. Word of mouth a bit all over the place from friends. Low expectations so I shouldn't be that disappointed. Only other option was Green Lantern. Bleccch.

No Tree of Life for you, friendo?

 

[Tremendous Upside]

Off to see Super 8. Reviews have been good. Word of mouth a bit all over the place from friends. Low expectations so I shouldn't be that disappointed. Only other option was Green Lantern. Bleccch.

No Tree of Life for you, friendo?

Something about that holds little interest to me.

Maybe just not in the mood. Looks even more ponderous than Malick is normally. Have you seen it?

 

[saintfool]

Off to see Super 8. Reviews have been good. Word of mouth a bit all over the place from friends. Low expectations so I shouldn't be that disappointed. Only other option was Green Lantern. Bleccch.

No Tree of Life for you, friendo?

Something about that holds little interest to me.

Maybe just not in the mood. Looks even more ponderous than Malick is normally. Have you seen it?

not yet. i was planning to see it last weekend but time got away from me. maybe next weekend though. i'm pretty damn geeked up about the thing, quite frankly.

 

[Tremendous Upside]

Off to see Super 8. Reviews have been good. Word of mouth a bit all over the place from friends. Low expectations so I shouldn't be that disappointed. Only other option was Green Lantern. Bleccch.

No Tree of Life for you, friendo?

Something about that holds little interest to me.

Maybe just not in the mood. Looks even more ponderous than Malick is normally. Have you seen it?

not yet. i was planning to see it last weekend but time got away from me. maybe next weekend though. i'm pretty damn geeked up about the thing, quite frankly.

 

[Tremendous Upside]

Off to see Super 8. Reviews have been good. Word of mouth a bit all over the place from friends. Low expectations so I shouldn't be that disappointed. Only other option was Green Lantern. Bleccch.

No Tree of Life for you, friendo?

Something about that holds little interest to me.

Maybe just not in the mood. Looks even more ponderous than Malick is normally. Have you seen it?

not yet. i was planning to see it last weekend but time got away from me. maybe next weekend though. i'm pretty damn geeked up about the thing, quite frankly.

Yeah, I feel like I should be also. Not sure why. If you do go, lemme know how it is.

 

[cosjobs]

This is far and away my favorite thread at FBG. I sincerely want to thank you for saving me the 106 minutes of my life that I would have otherwise wasted on The Adjustment Bureau. On the surface it seems like a no brainer to see it but it has gotten panned across the board in here and I now have no desire to see it. Thanks again, I appreciate it.Personally I liked Forgetting Sarah Marshall more but I Love You Man was also damn funny. I have said this before but I think the thing that made The Hangover such a success was that the funniest part came during the closing credits with the slide show (Galifinakis' hummer in the elevator, Helms' tooth, punching out Wayne Newton, doing blow with Carrot Top etc). Where so many comedies go wrong is that they put all the best material in the first two acts then linger too long and the audience is over it by the end (I'm looking at you Wedding Crashers). Hangover left audiences on a very high note. However when you watch it the second time that novelty is over and you end up disappointed. Still, I think all three are solid comedies.

I saw AdBur at the theater and really enjoyed it. I thought it was touching, clever and a lot of fun. You have definitely have to be in the mood and I can see how it would rub some viewers the wrong way, but it really worked for me.

 

[cosjobs]

Off to see Super 8. Reviews have been good. Word of mouth a bit all over the place from friends. Low expectations so I shouldn't be that disappointed. Only other option was Green Lantern. Bleccch.

No Tree of Life for you, friendo?

Something about that holds little interest to me.

Maybe just not in the mood. Looks even more ponderous than Malick is normally. Have you seen it?

not yet. i was planning to see it last weekend but time got away from me. maybe next weekend though. i'm pretty damn geeked up about the thing, quite frankly.

Yeah, I feel like I should be also. Not sure why. If you do go, lemme know how it is.

Saw Tree of Life the other night and I was completely underwhelmed. I am enough of a cretin that I need some kind of a narrative.Definitely some very impressive cinematography and special effects yada yada, but I was watching my watch the last 45 minutes praying that it would end.

 

[JZilla]

you just got cos smacked

 

[Kenny Powers]

This is far and away my favorite thread at FBG. I sincerely want to thank you for saving me the 106 minutes of my life that I would have otherwise wasted on The Adjustment Bureau. On the surface it seems like a no brainer to see it but it has gotten panned across the board in here and I now have no desire to see it. Thanks again, I appreciate it.

Personally I liked Forgetting Sarah Marshall more but I Love You Man was also damn funny. I have said this before but I think the thing that made The Hangover such a success was that the funniest part came during the closing credits with the slide show (Galifinakis' hummer in the elevator, Helms' tooth, punching out Wayne Newton, doing blow with Carrot Top etc). Where so many comedies go wrong is that they put all the best material in the first two acts then linger too long and the audience is over it by the end (I'm looking at you Wedding Crashers). Hangover left audiences on a very high note. However when you watch it the second time that novelty is over and you end up disappointed. Still, I think all three are solid comedies.

I saw AdBur at the theater and really enjoyed it. I thought it was touching, clever and a lot of fun. You have definitely have to be in the mood and I can see how it would rub some viewers the wrong way, but it really worked for me.

I literally had to double check the initial post to have any idea what this meant.

 

[JZilla]

This is far and away my favorite thread at FBG. I sincerely want to thank you for saving me the 106 minutes of my life that I would have otherwise wasted on The Adjustment Bureau. On the surface it seems like a no brainer to see it but it has gotten panned across the board in here and I now have no desire to see it. Thanks again, I appreciate it.

Personally I liked Forgetting Sarah Marshall more but I Love You Man was also damn funny. I have said this before but I think the thing that made The Hangover such a success was that the funniest part came during the closing credits with the slide show (Galifinakis' hummer in the elevator, Helms' tooth, punching out Wayne Newton, doing blow with Carrot Top etc). Where so many comedies go wrong is that they put all the best material in the first two acts then linger too long and the audience is over it by the end (I'm looking at you Wedding Crashers). Hangover left audiences on a very high note. However when you watch it the second time that novelty is over and you end up disappointed. Still, I think all three are solid comedies.

I saw AdBur at the theater and really enjoyed it. I thought it was touching, clever and a lot of fun. You have definitely have to be in the mood and I can see how it would rub some viewers the wrong way, but it really worked for me.

I literally had to double check the initial post to have any idea what this meant.

Yo man you catch that AdBur?

 

[KarmaPolice]

I think a few of us have explained sufficiently, you just don't agree. Maybe you should put on a funny hat and start running through the walls.

Your explanations can be summed up by saying that it was too chick flick and not enough blow uppy.You didn't like the mechanism of the MacGuffins. Similar criticisms were made about Vanilla Sky. I don't get why that should detract from the point of a movie.

I would go so far as to say that it wasn't chick flick enough. The only good thing about the movie was the chemistry of the two. Instead we are treated to a silly movie about higher beings who need to wear hats to walk through doors throughout the city to correct the mistakes us stupid humans make so that we can stay on the path that an even higher being has chosen as the correct one only to change their mind if we REALLY want something they are trying to keep from us.

 

[KarmaPolice]

True Grit: Some pretty varied opinions on this in the thread. I am right in the middle. I was kept interested, and I liked Jeff Bridges's performance a lot even if I needed subtitles for it half the time. Saw the original when very young so don't remember it, so I probably liked this better than if I were watching a remake of a beloved original. Didn't have quite the directing style I'd expect from the Coens, though there were a couple of breathtaking shots. I'd rate this between a 2.5 and a 3, but rounding down because of the lead character's distracting nostrils. 2.5/4

So many movies appeal to people differently, I am rarely surprised when people disagree. But True Grit is a movie where I am shocked that people didn't like it as much as I did. I found it to be immensely entertaining.

Judging solely from personal experience with others, True Grit seems to be a very polarizing film. I know just as many people, if not more so, that thought True Grit was unbelievably boring than I do who found the moving to be very entertaining. Personally, I'd probably belong closer to the 2nd group.

Perhaps it's expectations? Do people want more gun play in a western?

No, just a better product from the Coen brothers. I don't like their comedies, but this was the first drama/serious movie of theirs that I have been disappointed in.

 

[jamny]

I really liked Vanilla Sky

But I liked Knight and Day too, as much as I wanted to hate it.

What can I say. They work well together.

 

[El Floppo]

Off to see Super 8. Reviews have been good. Word of mouth a bit all over the place from friends. Low expectations so I shouldn't be that disappointed. Only other option was Green Lantern. Bleccch.

No Tree of Life for you, friendo?

Something about that holds little interest to me.

Maybe just not in the mood. Looks even more ponderous than Malick is normally. Have you seen it?

not yet. i was planning to see it last weekend but time got away from me. maybe next weekend though. i'm pretty damn geeked up about the thing, quite frankly.

:giddy: but I don't know if or when I'll get to see it. :ungiddy:

ponderous mallick =

 

[jdoggydogg]

Off to see Super 8. Reviews have been good. Word of mouth a bit all over the place from friends. Low expectations so I shouldn't be that disappointed. Only other option was Green Lantern. Bleccch.

No Tree of Life for you, friendo?

Something about that holds little interest to me.

Maybe just not in the mood. Looks even more ponderous than Malick is normally. Have you seen it?

not yet. i was planning to see it last weekend but time got away from me. maybe next weekend though. i'm pretty damn geeked up about the thing, quite frankly.

Seeing it a week from today

 

[Thread Killer]

I saw Max Payne. What a waste of time that was. When the cable listing rates it 1.5 stars, it's gotta suck balls.

Saw The Blind Side today. I new how it ends and still got the premature sniffles.

 

[Drifter]

Finally saw The Fantastic Mr Fox.

Loved it. Good story (love Roald Dahl), funny, interesting and amusing animation. Just a well made movie. I look forward to watching that with my kids someday.

 

[Chaka]

True Grit: Some pretty varied opinions on this in the thread. I am right in the middle. I was kept interested, and I liked Jeff Bridges's performance a lot even if I needed subtitles for it half the time. Saw the original when very young so don't remember it, so I probably liked this better than if I were watching a remake of a beloved original. Didn't have quite the directing style I'd expect from the Coens, though there were a couple of breathtaking shots. I'd rate this between a 2.5 and a 3, but rounding down because of the lead character's distracting nostrils. 2.5/4

So many movies appeal to people differently, I am rarely surprised when people disagree. But True Grit is a movie where I am shocked that people didn't like it as much as I did. I found it to be immensely entertaining.

Judging solely from personal experience with others, True Grit seems to be a very polarizing film. I know just as many people, if not more so, that thought True Grit was unbelievably boring than I do who found the moving to be very entertaining. Personally, I'd probably belong closer to the 2nd group.

Perhaps it's expectations? Do people want more gun play in a western?

No, just a better product from the Coen brothers. I don't like their comedies, but this was the first drama/serious movie of theirs that I have been disappointed in.

Does that include Raising Arizona? Because a man that doesn't like Raising Arizona is...he's hard to stop.

 

[wikkidpissah]

Off to see Super 8. Reviews have been good. Word of mouth a bit all over the place from friends. Low expectations so I shouldn't be that disappointed. Only other option was Green Lantern. Bleccch.

No Tree of Life for you, friendo?

Something about that holds little interest to me.

Maybe just not in the mood. Looks even more ponderous than Malick is normally. Have you seen it?

not yet. i was planning to see it last weekend but time got away from me. maybe next weekend though. i'm pretty damn geeked up about the thing, quite frankly.

Yeah, I feel like I should be also. Not sure why. If you do go, lemme know how it is.

Saw Tree of Life the other night and I was completely underwhelmed. I am enough of a cretin that I need some kind of a narrative.Definitely some very impressive cinematography and special effects yada yada, but I was watching my watch the last 45 minutes praying that it would end.

I haven't seen it, but 2 unrelated friends with different tastes saw it, and they both disliked it. Mentioned the lack of narrative and 45 minutes or so of un-narrated nature scenes. They both have liked other Malik films. Both mentioned wanting their money back.

Saw one of the ToL actors doing press for the movie & she said that they'd run a scene using a fully-worded script and then Malick would ask them to do it again acting out the words without saying them. THAT'S when i started looking forward to seeing it with exploding, ShiaLaBoeuful anticipation.

 

[Chaka]

I think a few of us have explained sufficiently, you just don't agree. Maybe you should put on a funny hat and start running through the walls.

Your explanations can be summed up by saying that it was too chick flick and not enough blow uppy.You didn't like the mechanism of the MacGuffins. Similar criticisms were made about Vanilla Sky. I don't get why that should detract from the point of a movie.

I would go so far as to say that it wasn't chick flick enough. The only good thing about the movie was the chemistry of the two. Instead we are treated to a silly movie about higher beings who need to wear hats to walk through doors throughout the city to correct the mistakes us stupid humans make so that we can stay on the path that an even higher being has chosen as the correct one only to change their mind if we REALLY want something they are trying to keep from us.

Having decided never to see the movie and having no knowledge of any facet of it beyond what I have seen in the trailers I can confidently say that The Adjustment Bureau is a post-modern educational piece informing 20-35 somethings that in 2011 wearing fedoras and Bailey of Hollywood Salem hats make you look like a #####bag.You know I'm right.

 

[wazoo11]

Chinatown- Superb film all around. Probably already talked in this thread. Not much to say though. 4.5/5

 

[wazoo11]

I saw Max Payne. What a waste of time that was. When the cable listing rates it 1.5 stars, it's gotta suck balls.Saw The Blind Side today. I new how it ends and still got the premature sniffles.

Video games do not translate into movies. I don't get why Hollywood doesn't get this idea.

 

[wikkidpissah]

Chinatown- Superb film all around. Probably already talked in this thread. Not much to say though. 4.5/5

Closest to perfect of any movie i've seen.

 

[KarmaPolice]

True Grit: Some pretty varied opinions on this in the thread. I am right in the middle. I was kept interested, and I liked Jeff Bridges's performance a lot even if I needed subtitles for it half the time. Saw the original when very young so don't remember it, so I probably liked this better than if I were watching a remake of a beloved original. Didn't have quite the directing style I'd expect from the Coens, though there were a couple of breathtaking shots. I'd rate this between a 2.5 and a 3, but rounding down because of the lead character's distracting nostrils. 2.5/4

So many movies appeal to people differently, I am rarely surprised when people disagree. But True Grit is a movie where I am shocked that people didn't like it as much as I did. I found it to be immensely entertaining.

Judging solely from personal experience with others, True Grit seems to be a very polarizing film. I know just as many people, if not more so, that thought True Grit was unbelievably boring than I do who found the moving to be very entertaining. Personally, I'd probably belong closer to the 2nd group.

Perhaps it's expectations? Do people want more gun play in a western?

No, just a better product from the Coen brothers. I don't like their comedies, but this was the first drama/serious movie of theirs that I have been disappointed in.

Does that include Raising Arizona? Because a man that doesn't like Raising Arizona is...he's hard to stop.

It's been too long since I've seen it to give an educated answer to that. It's on my re-visit list. I like Lebowski OK, but not my favorite movie. I think it every other 'comedy' of theirs I have found to be terrible.

 

[cosjobs]

This is far and away my favorite thread at FBG. I sincerely want to thank you for saving me the 106 minutes of my life that I would have otherwise wasted on The Adjustment Bureau. On the surface it seems like a no brainer to see it but it has gotten panned across the board in here and I now have no desire to see it. Thanks again, I appreciate it.

Personally I liked Forgetting Sarah Marshall more but I Love You Man was also damn funny. I have said this before but I think the thing that made The Hangover such a success was that the funniest part came during the closing credits with the slide show (Galifinakis' hummer in the elevator, Helms' tooth, punching out Wayne Newton, doing blow with Carrot Top etc). Where so many comedies go wrong is that they put all the best material in the first two acts then linger too long and the audience is over it by the end (I'm looking at you Wedding Crashers). Hangover left audiences on a very high note. However when you watch it the second time that novelty is over and you end up disappointed. Still, I think all three are solid comedies.

I saw AdBur at the theater and really enjoyed it. I thought it was touching, clever and a lot of fun. You have definitely have to be in the mood and I can see how it would rub some viewers the wrong way, but it really worked for me.

I literally had to double check the initial post to have any idea what this meant.

Yo man you catch that AdBur?

Really? Abbreviating the title of the film that was the subject of the original post, by only using the first few letters of each word caused this much confusion?

 

[cosjobs]

Chinatown- Superb film all around. Probably already talked in this thread. Not much to say though. 4.5/5

Closest to perfect of any movie i've seen.

If this movie isn't a 5/5, the 5 key on your keyboard is broken.

 

[cosjobs]

I think a few of us have explained sufficiently, you just don't agree. Maybe you should put on a funny hat and start running through the walls.

Your explanations can be summed up by saying that it was too chick flick and not enough blow uppy.You didn't like the mechanism of the MacGuffins. Similar criticisms were made about Vanilla Sky. I don't get why that should detract from the point of a movie.

I would go so far as to say that it wasn't chick flick enough. The only good thing about the movie was the chemistry of the two. Instead we are treated to a silly movie about higher beings who need to wear hats to walk through doors throughout the city to correct the mistakes us stupid humans make so that we can stay on the path that an even higher being has chosen as the correct one only to change their mind if we REALLY want something they are trying to keep from us.

Having decided never to see the movie and having no knowledge of any facet of it beyond what I have seen in the trailers I can confidently say that The Adjustment Bureau is a post-modern educational piece informing 20-35 somethings that in 2011 wearing fedoras and Bailey of Hollywood Salem hats make you look like a #####bag.You know I'm right.

I am a big fan of you, but I really dislike when people pan movies they have never seen. I know a few "well-followed" critics in this thread hated it, but it gets a 72 at rotten tomatoes. I understand they are not the final word on a movie being good, but they are a pretty reliable leading indicator.ALso, its from a Phillip K. **** story, imo the greatest sci-fi author of all time, bringing real humanity and ingratiating quirkiness to his stories and characters, but never short on out of the box concepts and storylines. He can be a bit dated, but he still rules. Previous screen adaptions of his work includes: Blade Runner, Total Recall, Minority Report, Through a Scanner Darkly, Screamers, and others. And I think most of his best work is still untapped.****'s work can be hard to interpret thru film and I think most of his best stories have not yet been done. But I am always eager to see and new interpretation of his work.Blunt and Damon also added greatly to ADBUR (aka Adjustment Bureau).I never have a problem when someone disagree with my opinion when they have actually seen the movie. But to form such an opinion based solely on a small sampling of peer reviews seems hasty.

 

[JZilla]

cos you ought to take a drag of something..

 

[cosjobs]

cos you ought to take a drag of something..

I'd defend you as much as I defend Phillip K **** or any of my other favorite people.Still good advice. Plan on having a few drags before I go see Trollhunter this afternoon.

 

[JZilla]

cos you ought to take a drag of something..

I'd defend you as much as I defend Phillip K **** or any of my other favorite people.Still good advice. Plan on having a few drags before I go see Trollhunter this afternoon.

Thanks GB. Mazel tov.

 

[Chaka]

I think a few of us have explained sufficiently, you just don't agree. Maybe you should put on a funny hat and start running through the walls.

Your explanations can be summed up by saying that it was too chick flick and not enough blow uppy.You didn't like the mechanism of the MacGuffins. Similar criticisms were made about Vanilla Sky. I don't get why that should detract from the point of a movie.

I would go so far as to say that it wasn't chick flick enough. The only good thing about the movie was the chemistry of the two. Instead we are treated to a silly movie about higher beings who need to wear hats to walk through doors throughout the city to correct the mistakes us stupid humans make so that we can stay on the path that an even higher being has chosen as the correct one only to change their mind if we REALLY want something they are trying to keep from us.

Having decided never to see the movie and having no knowledge of any facet of it beyond what I have seen in the trailers I can confidently say that The Adjustment Bureau is a post-modern educational piece informing 20-35 somethings that in 2011 wearing fedoras and Bailey of Hollywood Salem hats make you look like a #####bag.You know I'm right.

I am a big fan of you, but I really dislike when people pan movies they have never seen. I know a few "well-followed" critics in this thread hated it, but it gets a 72 at rotten tomatoes. I understand they are not the final word on a movie being good, but they are a pretty reliable leading indicator.ALso, its from a Phillip K. **** story, imo the greatest sci-fi author of all time, bringing real humanity and ingratiating quirkiness to his stories and characters, but never short on out of the box concepts and storylines. He can be a bit dated, but he still rules. Previous screen adaptions of his work includes: Blade Runner, Total Recall, Minority Report, Through a Scanner Darkly, Screamers, and others. And I think most of his best work is still untapped.****'s work can be hard to interpret thru film and I think most of his best stories have not yet been done. But I am always eager to see and new interpretation of his work.Blunt and Damon also added greatly to ADBUR (aka Adjustment Bureau).I never have a problem when someone disagree with my opinion when they have actually seen the movie. But to form such an opinion based solely on a small sampling of peer reviews seems hasty.

I was totally kidding man, and thanks for the compliment.I notified the Sarcasm Adjustment Bureau they are heading your way with a shiny new hat.

 

[cosjobs]

I think a few of us have explained sufficiently, you just don't agree. Maybe you should put on a funny hat and start running through the walls.

Your explanations can be summed up by saying that it was too chick flick and not enough blow uppy.You didn't like the mechanism of the MacGuffins. Similar criticisms were made about Vanilla Sky. I don't get why that should detract from the point of a movie.

I would go so far as to say that it wasn't chick flick enough. The only good thing about the movie was the chemistry of the two. Instead we are treated to a silly movie about higher beings who need to wear hats to walk through doors throughout the city to correct the mistakes us stupid humans make so that we can stay on the path that an even higher being has chosen as the correct one only to change their mind if we REALLY want something they are trying to keep from us.

Having decided never to see the movie and having no knowledge of any facet of it beyond what I have seen in the trailers I can confidently say that The Adjustment Bureau is a post-modern educational piece informing 20-35 somethings that in 2011 wearing fedoras and Bailey of Hollywood Salem hats make you look like a #####bag.You know I'm right.

I am a big fan of you, but I really dislike when people pan movies they have never seen. I know a few "well-followed" critics in this thread hated it, but it gets a 72 at rotten tomatoes. I understand they are not the final word on a movie being good, but they are a pretty reliable leading indicator.

ALso, its from a Phillip K. **** story, imo the greatest sci-fi author of all time, bringing real humanity and ingratiating quirkiness to his stories and characters, but never short on out of the box concepts and storylines. He can be a bit dated, but he still rules. Previous screen adaptions of his work includes: Blade Runner, Total Recall, Minority Report, Through a Scanner Darkly, Screamers, and others. And I think most of his best work is still untapped.

****'s work can be hard to interpret thru film and I think most of his best stories have not yet been done. But I am always eager to see and new interpretation of his work.

Blunt and Damon also added greatly to ADBUR (aka Adjustment Bureau).

I never have a problem when someone disagree with my opinion when they have actually seen the movie. But to form such an opinion based solely on a small sampling of peer reviews seems hasty.

I was totally kidding man, and thanks for the compliment.I notified the Sarcasm Adjustment Bureau they are heading your way with a shiny new hat.

So you are going to see the movie?

 

[Chaka]

I think a few of us have explained sufficiently, you just don't agree. Maybe you should put on a funny hat and start running through the walls.

Your explanations can be summed up by saying that it was too chick flick and not enough blow uppy.You didn't like the mechanism of the MacGuffins. Similar criticisms were made about Vanilla Sky. I don't get why that should detract from the point of a movie.

I would go so far as to say that it wasn't chick flick enough. The only good thing about the movie was the chemistry of the two. Instead we are treated to a silly movie about higher beings who need to wear hats to walk through doors throughout the city to correct the mistakes us stupid humans make so that we can stay on the path that an even higher being has chosen as the correct one only to change their mind if we REALLY want something they are trying to keep from us.

Having decided never to see the movie and having no knowledge of any facet of it beyond what I have seen in the trailers I can confidently say that The Adjustment Bureau is a post-modern educational piece informing 20-35 somethings that in 2011 wearing fedoras and Bailey of Hollywood Salem hats make you look like a #####bag.You know I'm right.

I am a big fan of you, but I really dislike when people pan movies they have never seen. I know a few "well-followed" critics in this thread hated it, but it gets a 72 at rotten tomatoes. I understand they are not the final word on a movie being good, but they are a pretty reliable leading indicator.

ALso, its from a Phillip K. **** story, imo the greatest sci-fi author of all time, bringing real humanity and ingratiating quirkiness to his stories and characters, but never short on out of the box concepts and storylines. He can be a bit dated, but he still rules. Previous screen adaptions of his work includes: Blade Runner, Total Recall, Minority Report, Through a Scanner Darkly, Screamers, and others. And I think most of his best work is still untapped.

****'s work can be hard to interpret thru film and I think most of his best stories have not yet been done. But I am always eager to see and new interpretation of his work.

Blunt and Damon also added greatly to ADBUR (aka Adjustment Bureau).

I never have a problem when someone disagree with my opinion when they have actually seen the movie. But to form such an opinion based solely on a small sampling of peer reviews seems hasty.

I was totally kidding man, and thanks for the compliment.I notified the Sarcasm Adjustment Bureau they are heading your way with a shiny new hat.

So you are going to see the movie?

At this point it is becoming more likely but if I don't I promise not to pan it without including multiple tags.

 

[cosjobs]

I think a few of us have explained sufficiently, you just don't agree. Maybe you should put on a funny hat and start running through the walls.

Your explanations can be summed up by saying that it was too chick flick and not enough blow uppy.You didn't like the mechanism of the MacGuffins. Similar criticisms were made about Vanilla Sky. I don't get why that should detract from the point of a movie.

I would go so far as to say that it wasn't chick flick enough. The only good thing about the movie was the chemistry of the two. Instead we are treated to a silly movie about higher beings who need to wear hats to walk through doors throughout the city to correct the mistakes us stupid humans make so that we can stay on the path that an even higher being has chosen as the correct one only to change their mind if we REALLY want something they are trying to keep from us.

Having decided never to see the movie and having no knowledge of any facet of it beyond what I have seen in the trailers I can confidently say that The Adjustment Bureau is a post-modern educational piece informing 20-35 somethings that in 2011 wearing fedoras and Bailey of Hollywood Salem hats make you look like a #####bag.You know I'm right.

I am a big fan of you, but I really dislike when people pan movies they have never seen. I know a few "well-followed" critics in this thread hated it, but it gets a 72 at rotten tomatoes. I understand they are not the final word on a movie being good, but they are a pretty reliable leading indicator.

ALso, its from a Phillip K. **** story, imo the greatest sci-fi author of all time, bringing real humanity and ingratiating quirkiness to his stories and characters, but never short on out of the box concepts and storylines. He can be a bit dated, but he still rules. Previous screen adaptions of his work includes: Blade Runner, Total Recall, Minority Report, Through a Scanner Darkly, Screamers, and others. And I think most of his best work is still untapped.

****'s work can be hard to interpret thru film and I think most of his best stories have not yet been done. But I am always eager to see and new interpretation of his work.

Blunt and Damon also added greatly to ADBUR (aka Adjustment Bureau).

I never have a problem when someone disagree with my opinion when they have actually seen the movie. But to form such an opinion based solely on a small sampling of peer reviews seems hasty.

I was totally kidding man, and thanks for the compliment.I notified the Sarcasm Adjustment Bureau they are heading your way with a shiny new hat.

So you are going to see the movie?

At this point it is becoming more likely but if I don't I promise not to pan it without including multiple tags.

I am not a blithering idiot. I understand sarcasm. I was addressing where you said you were never going to watch the film based on a few comments in here. I understood your cute fedora hat comments in their context. I responded hoping to sway your pre-formed opinion enough to check the film out.

 

[Chaka]

I think a few of us have explained sufficiently, you just don't agree. Maybe you should put on a funny hat and start running through the walls.

Your explanations can be summed up by saying that it was too chick flick and not enough blow uppy.You didn't like the mechanism of the MacGuffins. Similar criticisms were made about Vanilla Sky. I don't get why that should detract from the point of a movie.

I would go so far as to say that it wasn't chick flick enough. The only good thing about the movie was the chemistry of the two. Instead we are treated to a silly movie about higher beings who need to wear hats to walk through doors throughout the city to correct the mistakes us stupid humans make so that we can stay on the path that an even higher being has chosen as the correct one only to change their mind if we REALLY want something they are trying to keep from us.

Having decided never to see the movie and having no knowledge of any facet of it beyond what I have seen in the trailers I can confidently say that The Adjustment Bureau is a post-modern educational piece informing 20-35 somethings that in 2011 wearing fedoras and Bailey of Hollywood Salem hats make you look like a #####bag.You know I'm right.

I am a big fan of you, but I really dislike when people pan movies they have never seen. I know a few "well-followed" critics in this thread hated it, but it gets a 72 at rotten tomatoes. I understand they are not the final word on a movie being good, but they are a pretty reliable leading indicator.

ALso, its from a Phillip K. **** story, imo the greatest sci-fi author of all time, bringing real humanity and ingratiating quirkiness to his stories and characters, but never short on out of the box concepts and storylines. He can be a bit dated, but he still rules. Previous screen adaptions of his work includes: Blade Runner, Total Recall, Minority Report, Through a Scanner Darkly, Screamers, and others. And I think most of his best work is still untapped.

****'s work can be hard to interpret thru film and I think most of his best stories have not yet been done. But I am always eager to see and new interpretation of his work.

Blunt and Damon also added greatly to ADBUR (aka Adjustment Bureau).

I never have a problem when someone disagree with my opinion when they have actually seen the movie. But to form such an opinion based solely on a small sampling of peer reviews seems hasty.

I was totally kidding man, and thanks for the compliment.I notified the Sarcasm Adjustment Bureau they are heading your way with a shiny new hat.

So you are going to see the movie?

At this point it is becoming more likely but if I don't I promise not to pan it without including multiple tags.

I am not a blithering idiot. I understand sarcasm. I was addressing where you said you were never going to watch the film based on a few comments in here. I understood your cute fedora hat comments in their context. I responded hoping to sway your pre-formed opinion enough to check the film out.

 

[cosjobs]

Trollhunters

Danish monster movie using Blairesque cinemnatography. Much better than Blair, it was fun and had an attitude I liked. Plus I am kind of queer for Norwegian et al movies.

But still, it was at least 20, probably 30-40 minutes too long. Inside this movie was a 90 minute 3.5 star film trying to get out, but instead:

2.5/5 stars

edit to add: It just opened here yesterday, but they are only showing it a couple times a day at one venue. The 150 seat theater I was in was 80% full for the 2pm matinee.

 

[jdoggydogg]

The Usual Suspects

What can I say? This must be the 10th time I've seen the movie, and I never get tired of it. Great acting, writing, and direction. RIP Pete Postlethwaite.

While there are hundreds of movies I'd claim I love, this is one of the few I'd argue are absolutely perfect in every way.

 

[TylerRoseFan]

The Fifth Element

Pretty terrible sci-fi/action/adventure flick. The dialogue was terrible, pretty well every actor who had a minor role in this film was beyond terrible (whoever did the casting of the minor characters needs to never work cast for a film ever again), the plot was stupid, most of the characters in the film were idiots, and the humor was very childish. The movie reminded me a lot of Idiocracy with the sets and a lot of the characters being imbeciles. The leading actors (Bruce Willis, Milla Jovovich, Chris Tucker, Gary Oldman) were all good though and combined with some interesting sets and cool gadgets kinda saved the movie from being a complete ####storm. I never really thought Jovovich was that hot before, but she was crazy hot in this film; she should think about having her hair bright red on a permanent basis.

Yeah, Mila is smokin' hot. But this movie is a mess. I haven't seen 12 Monkeys in a long time, but it seems like these two would make for an apt double feature.

I'd go with:12 Monkeys/Butterfly Effect

or

5th Element/Serenity

If you're looking for a double feature.

GREAT choices.

 

[Encyclopedia Brown]

Ishtar

This movie has been all over HD Network this month.

If you went in without any knowledge of the history of the movie it would come off as a decent comedy with a few not so subtle political undertones.

Obviously, they cast against type with Hoffman playing charismatic and over-the-top, and Beatty playing shy and bumbling--and that is what sinks the movie. It was implausible that a tall, ridiculously good looking guy would be so clumsy, and the short ugly guy would be so suave. Every scene between the two felt strained and unconvincing.

If Beatty and Hoffman had played their natural types the movie would have felt a lot more authentic.

It seemed that that everyone involved was trying too hard, and that made the film ponderous.

Not a great film, but not one of the worst ever.

 

[krista4]

Ishtar

This movie has been all over HD Network this month.

If you went in without any knowledge of the history of the movie it would come off as a decent comedy with a few not so subtle political undertones.

Obviously, they cast against type with Hoffman playing charismatic and over-the-top, and Beatty playing shy and bumbling--and that is what sinks the movie. It was implausible that a tall, ridiculously good looking guy would be so clumsy, and the short ugly guy would be so suave. Every scene between the two felt strained and unconvincing.

If Beatty and Hoffman had played their natural types the movie would have felt a lot more authentic.

It seemed that that everyone involved was trying too hard, and that made the film ponderous.

Not a great film, but not one of the worst ever.

This wasn't nearly as bad as its reputation. Same IMO for Hudson Hawk.

 

[jdoggydogg]

Ishtar

This movie has been all over HD Network this month.

If you went in without any knowledge of the history of the movie it would come off as a decent comedy with a few not so subtle political undertones.

Obviously, they cast against type with Hoffman playing charismatic and over-the-top, and Beatty playing shy and bumbling--and that is what sinks the movie. It was implausible that a tall, ridiculously good looking guy would be so clumsy, and the short ugly guy would be so suave. Every scene between the two felt strained and unconvincing.

If Beatty and Hoffman had played their natural types the movie would have felt a lot more authentic.

It seemed that that everyone involved was trying too hard, and that made the film ponderous.

Not a great film, but not one of the worst ever.

This wasn't nearly as bad as its reputation. Same IMO for Hudson Hawk.

I thought the same thing. I found that movie entertaining

 

[TylerRoseFan]

Off to see Super 8. Reviews have been good. Word of mouth a bit all over the place from friends. Low expectations so I shouldn't be that disappointed. Only other option was Green Lantern. Bleccch.

No Tree of Life for you, friendo?

Something about that holds little interest to me.

Maybe just not in the mood. Looks even more ponderous than Malick is normally. Have you seen it?

not yet. i was planning to see it last weekend but time got away from me. maybe next weekend though. i'm pretty damn geeked up about the thing, quite frankly.

:giddy: but I don't know if or when I'll get to see it. :ungiddy:

ponderous mallick =

Caught it last weekend. It was enjoyable enough. The first 80% were pretty good. To me it all kinda fell apart at the end. Too much deus ex machina, I guess.

 

[KarmaPolice]

I think a few of us have explained sufficiently, you just don't agree. Maybe you should put on a funny hat and start running through the walls.

Your explanations can be summed up by saying that it was too chick flick and not enough blow uppy.You didn't like the mechanism of the MacGuffins. Similar criticisms were made about Vanilla Sky. I don't get why that should detract from the point of a movie.

I would go so far as to say that it wasn't chick flick enough. The only good thing about the movie was the chemistry of the two. Instead we are treated to a silly movie about higher beings who need to wear hats to walk through doors throughout the city to correct the mistakes us stupid humans make so that we can stay on the path that an even higher being has chosen as the correct one only to change their mind if we REALLY want something they are trying to keep from us.

Having decided never to see the movie and having no knowledge of any facet of it beyond what I have seen in the trailers I can confidently say that The Adjustment Bureau is a post-modern educational piece informing 20-35 somethings that in 2011 wearing fedoras and Bailey of Hollywood Salem hats make you look like a #####bag.You know I'm right.

I am a big fan of you, but I really dislike when people pan movies they have never seen. I know a few "well-followed" critics in this thread hated it, but it gets a 72 at rotten tomatoes. I understand they are not the final word on a movie being good, but they are a pretty reliable leading indicator.

ALso, its from a Phillip K. **** story, imo the greatest sci-fi author of all time, bringing real humanity and ingratiating quirkiness to his stories and characters, but never short on out of the box concepts and storylines. He can be a bit dated, but he still rules. Previous screen adaptions of his work includes: Blade Runner, Total Recall, Minority Report, Through a Scanner Darkly, Screamers, and others. And I think most of his best work is still untapped.

****'s work can be hard to interpret thru film and I think most of his best stories have not yet been done. But I am always eager to see and new interpretation of his work.

Blunt and Damon also added greatly to ADBUR (aka Adjustment Bureau).

I never have a problem when someone disagree with my opinion when they have actually seen the movie. But to form such an opinion based solely on a small sampling of peer reviews seems hasty.

Honestly, I don't like RT that much. Seems like you have to look into their ratings a bit too much for my lazy ###. It's 72% for giving it a tomato instead of a green splat, which I assume is basically people voting if it is above average or not. The critic average is a 6.5 on that site for actual score. I usually take a peek at metacritic, and there it's at a 6/10. I think that's an accurate score for the movie, even if I didn't like it.

I have lost track of other people's grading systems around here (probably would almost need a separate thread or an update towards the beginning of this one). For me, there is not a ton of difference between a 4/10 and a 6/10. On my ratings a 4/10 is a movie I got through, didn't like, but would probably still suggest to a few people who I think might like it. A 6/10 is a movie I thought was OK, but still would probably watch 1-2 more times.

I think the problem that people had with Inception I had with this movie - too much time spent on people explaining to the audience WTF was going on and how everything was causing a ripple, etc.. Inception was saved by amazing set pieces and action, where AdBur had none of that, or much of anything else to keep my attention.

 

[KarmaPolice]

The Savages:

After #####ing about the new releases, I dug through the rest of our rentals and took home a bunch of stuff that I had passed over/not heard of at all. Really ended up liking this one a lot. Drama with Phillip Seymour Hoffman and Laura Linney about a brother/sister having to deal with their sick brother. Granted, I have a hard on for all things PSH, but 7/10.

 

[jdoggydogg]

The Savages:

After #####ing about the new releases, I dug through the rest of our rentals and took home a bunch of stuff that I had passed over/not heard of at all. Really ended up liking this one a lot. Drama with Phillip Seymour Hoffman and Laura Linney about a brother/sister having to deal with their sick brother. Granted, I have a hard on for all things PSH, but 7/10.

Not perfect, but worth a rental.