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badmojo1006
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Star Trek: First Contact A
Son came over for dinner, pizza and we were going to watch something. TV show or movie we hadn't decided.
He has been working his way through ST:TNG and is somewhere in Season 3. We were going to watch a few episodes (I had seen each one at least 4 times, so didn't matter which one) but then i said, lets watch First Contact.
Had to explain Worf had moved to Deep Space Nine, Data's emotion chip and who the holographic doctor was. We both
at drunk Troi and 
when the Plasma Torpedoes missed the Phoenix. But he loved it 
A great night
Son came over for dinner, pizza and we were going to watch something. TV show or movie we hadn't decided.
He has been working his way through ST:TNG and is somewhere in Season 3. We were going to watch a few episodes (I had seen each one at least 4 times, so didn't matter which one) but then i said, lets watch First Contact.
Had to explain Worf had moved to Deep Space Nine, Data's emotion chip and who the holographic doctor was. We both
at drunk Troi and when the Plasma Torpedoes missed the Phoenix. But he loved it A great night
Binky The Doormat
Footballguy
Rented St. Vincent tonight. We are big Bill Murray fans and really enjoyed it. Super fantastic? No - but its still tons better than most anything out there.
4+ of 5.
4+ of 5.
Chaka
Footballguy
Promised Land - Typical, standard, unoriginal agenda driven, feel good Hollywood fare. On the plus side it had a slightly better twist than The Life of David Gale.
Meh
Meh
Chaka
Footballguy
Whiplash - Loved it. Simmons gets all the credit for his acting, and deservedly so (as I understand it he's a lock for tomorrow night), but I was also impressed with Miles Teller's acting chops as well, even if he is a little odd to look at (he may be the love child of Ed Norton, Chris Penn and Sylvester Stallone). He didn't fade into the background against the performance of Simmons IMO, which is no small feat. It's also probably part of the reason why Simmons is being so universally recognized, having a strong foil to play against brings out the best in a performance.
Highly recommend.
Highly recommend.
BustedKnuckles
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Andy Dufresne
Footballguy
Mr. Peabody & Sherman - 5.5/10
I liked the cartoon as a kid. This movie is a trainwreck from a story perspective. But it's still worth watching because the jokes are very funny (if you like puns, anyway). To bad they're buried in such dreck.
I liked the cartoon as a kid. This movie is a trainwreck from a story perspective. But it's still worth watching because the jokes are very funny (if you like puns, anyway). To bad they're buried in such dreck.
Europa Report - 7/10
Filmed for the most part like a documentary this is a pretty solid space adventure/thriller about humanity exploring Europa to try to find life outside of Earth. It's slow at first and the whole movie feels a little emotionally detached (which I think is the point). But in an age where it's so easy to screw up science fiction with big budget effects and visuals (i.e. Jupiter Ascending) the minimalism of this film makes it stand out. It's definitely worth a watch.
Filmed for the most part like a documentary this is a pretty solid space adventure/thriller about humanity exploring Europa to try to find life outside of Earth. It's slow at first and the whole movie feels a little emotionally detached (which I think is the point). But in an age where it's so easy to screw up science fiction with big budget effects and visuals (i.e. Jupiter Ascending) the minimalism of this film makes it stand out. It's definitely worth a watch.
JoeSteeler
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Binky The Doormat
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JoeSteeler
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BustedKnuckles
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Mr. Mojo
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Thunderlips
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Liked, but didn't love EDGE OF TOMORROW. Still think GROUNDHOG DAY does it better.
Chaka
Footballguy
The Theory of Everything - I came in expecting another saccharine, heavy handed, overcoming adversity with the love of a woman standard Hollywood film that a stoned monkey could write with his penis (are we allow to say penis in here?). At least it didn't disappoint my expectations.
This is pretty much a reboot of My Left Foot and like the vast majority of reboots it falls far short of the original.
Redmayne did a fine job and was a convincing Hawking and I guess he didn't go full ###### and all that (no doubt deserving of his Oscar nomination) but come on, was he really so spectacular as to to sweep the Emmy, BAFTA and the SAG awards? Bah! Come on aren't the voters smarter than that (rhetorical question, we all know they're not). I hope they got drunk and sentimental while voting for the Oscars and give it to Keaton like he deserves.
The more galling, and disheartening, aspect for me is that it was nominated for best picture. Nonsense.
Frankly my opinion is don't bother with this film.
This is pretty much a reboot of My Left Foot and like the vast majority of reboots it falls far short of the original.
Redmayne did a fine job and was a convincing Hawking and I guess he didn't go full ###### and all that (no doubt deserving of his Oscar nomination) but come on, was he really so spectacular as to to sweep the Emmy, BAFTA and the SAG awards? Bah! Come on aren't the voters smarter than that (rhetorical question, we all know they're not). I hope they got drunk and sentimental while voting for the Oscars and give it to Keaton like he deserves.
The more galling, and disheartening, aspect for me is that it was nominated for best picture. Nonsense.
Frankly my opinion is don't bother with this film.
cstu
Footballguy
I don't think it should have been nominated for Best Picture, but it was an amazing portrayal of Hawking's life. I loved his books as a kid and enjoyed learning the background of his life. Keaton was good, but was that character much of a stretch for him? Redmayne knocked it out of the park despite having to portray a unique and a very well known person.
Chaka
Footballguy
He was quite good but, whatever, he aped a well documented person. How is that more of a stretch other than it required some impressive physical contortions? My feeling is that if Jim Carrey could do it then it probably isn't Oscar worthy. And, again, we've seen it before, it's virtually a remake of My Left Foot. Keaton, despite what some think isn't a desperate fading schizophrenic actor with delusions of grandeur. Give Mr. Mom his award!
Papa Georgio
Footballguy
Got it last night, hope to watch it today sometime.What We Do In The Shadows
That's all.
Chaka
Footballguy
I am hearing very good things about this one. Really looking forward to it.Got it last night, hope to watch it today sometime.What We Do In The Shadows
That's all.
JoeSteeler
Footballguy
The Remaining - horrible, horrible movie and I like lot of the "found footage" genre
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jamny
Footballguy
Watched this last night, loved it! Love Murray too and he was great in it. I didn't realize he was playing that much of a doosh. I dug his accent and everything about the part. I like Melissa McCarthy too but she really wasn't that good. I don't think she does well in dramatic roles. The kid was really good as was the Russian "lady of the night" 4/5Binky The Doormat said:
Mario Kart
Footballguy
Hunger Games Mockingjay = 2/4, ©, 7/10
Worth seeing because it sets up part 2 however this book should have been one movie. Could have been a 2:45 long movie with fewer cinematic pictures shown with more dialogue and such. Other than being a money grab (with two parts), a decent script could have been written for one movie. I can't imagine the second part being any better than a 2/4 either.
Worth seeing because it sets up part 2 however this book should have been one movie. Could have been a 2:45 long movie with fewer cinematic pictures shown with more dialogue and such. Other than being a money grab (with two parts), a decent script could have been written for one movie. I can't imagine the second part being any better than a 2/4 either.
IC FBGCav
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IC FBGCav
Footballguy
Definitely a tear jerker. It blows Boyhood away if you are looking for an emotional ride. It really pulls at you heart strings and is pretty well written. 8.5/10
Thunderlips
Footballguy
THE BELIEVER - Definitely see how that propelled Ryan Gosling into realtive stardom. Very good job by him. Thought it would have worked better if they downplayed the "we're Skinheads and we hate Jews" angle and instead went more with his situation; being a Jewish skinhead.
Andy Dufresne
Footballguy
Life of Pi - 8/10
Really enjoyed it.
No really, this is a spoiler. Don't read if you haven't seen the movie....
Really enjoyed it.
No really, this is a spoiler. Don't read if you haven't seen the movie....
It would have been only slightly above average had it not been for the twist ending, which I didn't see coming at all.
jdoggydogg
Footballguy
Ummmm...what happened to 2015-2022?
Ilov80s
Footballguy
Yeah wait wtf just happened
Don Quixote
Footballguy
Recently viewed movie thread - Rental Edition
WHERE DID THIS THREAD GO!?!one!1!! Hi y'all -- sorry for the trouble. I've been researching how to make our forums faster and more responsive over the last month. The performance of our forums, though never particularly speedy, had become uniformly slow with occasional unpredictable and...
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BroncoFreak_2K3
sucker for Orange
Looks like there are two of the same topics going
Don Quixote
Footballguy
There’s two different threads. This was the 2005-2015 thread that has come back to life. The 2015-2022 is what I linked to.I
even if it is archived, where are last 8 years of posts? Wouldn’t you archive the older posts and not recent ones?Recently viewed movie thread - Rental Edition
WHERE DID THIS THREAD GO!?!one!1!! Hi y'all -- sorry for the trouble. I've been researching how to make our forums faster and more responsive over the last month. The performance of our forums, though never particularly speedy, had become uniformly slow with occasional unpredictable and...
jdoggydogg
Footballguy
There’s two different threads. This was the 2005-2015 thread that has come back to life. The 2015-2022 is what I linked to.I
even if it is archived, where are last 8 years of posts? Wouldn’t you archive the older posts and not recent ones?Recently viewed movie thread - Rental Edition
WHERE DID THIS THREAD GO!?!one!1!! Hi y'all -- sorry for the trouble. I've been researching how to make our forums faster and more responsive over the last month. The performance of our forums, though never particularly speedy, had become uniformly slow with occasional unpredictable and...
IvanKaramazov
Footballguy
"Man, these guys are really stuck on a bunch of old movies -- why aren't they watching anything new?"
CGRdrJoe
Footballguy
or maybe not, now Oher’s own book from 2011 has popped back up and turns out he wrote about the conservatory deal back then
Dr. Octopus
Footballguy
Watched Barbie on MAX last night and bailed 40 minutes into it - I just didn't "get it" and I did not laugh once if it was supposed to be a comedy.
Dan Lambskin
Footballguy
Maybe it was the edibles but I thought Strays was pretty funny.
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