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Mr. Mojo
Footballguy
Did you find him to be as irritating as I did?
Binky The Doormat
Footballguy
Sounds excellent. Are you a movie critic on sabbatical from your reality-based novel on the demise of public school education?
Chaka
Footballguy
IIRC he delivered some good 'under his breath' lines and I thought the premise of his sex crime was used well throughout the film.It was a pretty basic movie that had some laughs and smartly didn't overstay it's welcome with a ~90 min run time. Jennifer Aniston was nice with such a filthy mouth too.
Not a great flick but funny enough and I have already added
I'd like to bend her over and show her the 50 states.
cosjobs
Footballguy
Film format of the kids movie camera
Dr. Awesome
Footballguy
Yes it is based on actual people and events. The man in this movie is supposed to be Australia's most famous serial killer.
El Floppo
Footballguy
I kind of assumed that english was that guy's second language.
Chaka
Footballguy
ESL, drunk or just bad at grammar and spelling, whatever. Either way it's a bad excuse to not be excellent.
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
Cave of Forgotten Dreams:
Beautiful to watch, and I wish I would have gotten to see this one in the theaters. As with a few of his movies, Herzog's narration grated on me a bit, but still worth the viewing. 7/10
30 Minutes or Less:
Couple decent laughs, but overall I felt like I was about 20 years older than the targeted demographic for this movie. Became tiresome by the time I hit the hour mark. 4/10
Predator:
Despite the outdated Predator cammo f/x and the little bit too long showdown at the end, I still love the hell out of this movie. Would say it's one of my favorite action movies, but not sure if it could be categorized as such. Still great 8/10
Beautiful to watch, and I wish I would have gotten to see this one in the theaters. As with a few of his movies, Herzog's narration grated on me a bit, but still worth the viewing. 7/10
30 Minutes or Less:
Couple decent laughs, but overall I felt like I was about 20 years older than the targeted demographic for this movie. Became tiresome by the time I hit the hour mark. 4/10
Predator:
Despite the outdated Predator cammo f/x and the little bit too long showdown at the end, I still love the hell out of this movie. Would say it's one of my favorite action movies, but not sure if it could be categorized as such. Still great 8/10
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
Really liked this movieCool. I am just curious what people saw in this that was above and beyond other summer fare. Seems like people got ET and Goonies out of this when I got War of the Worlds and Cloverfield. I guess it hinges on how much you liked the kids?
Possibly. I thought the kids were arguably the best part so at least for me that was a big reason why I really liked it.Havent seen Cloverfield but I didnt get a WotW feel at all. WotW felt like people were running to stay alive, Super 8 felt more like trying to figure out what exactly was going on and for those who knew there was an alien, finding out more about that.
I agree that the characters were a little flat (outside of the main two kids), but that didn't bother me much- I wasn't watching this for a great character study and I enjoyed the kids friendships and the way the love-interest played out- all in a nostalgic kind of way (which is true of why I enjoyed the Spielberg homage- brought me back to being that age and enjoying the larger than life, non-subtle ways Spielberg made movies that hold less appeal to me now as an adult).
fwiw- I guess the monster looked like it was designed by the same folk who did the Cloverfield monster.... but I don't see WotW in there at all, or anything else from Cloverfield (which I hated) other than having monsters in the storyline.
and KP- regarding your spoiler issue:
The way I saw it, the monster had been a prisoner so couldn't make the ship until it escaped... and I think they mentioned it needing some more things for it while still a prisoner. So after it escaped, it was busy gathering up all the things it needed for its ship which coincidentally culminated after the encounter with the boy. The boy's necklace was the final piece the thing needed before it was finished- very Spielberg right there, but kinda fell short for me.
My main issue was this- wtf was the air force doing? they seemed like a big, loud plot device to get in the way of the rest of the plot with explosions and not much else relating to reason. did they hvae a plan to catch the alien? if not, then what were they doing- trying to kill it 30 years after catching it? why? jst because it had escaped?
My main issue was this- wtf was the air force doing? they seemed like a big, loud plot device to get in the way of the rest of the plot with explosions and not much else relating to reason. did they hvae a plan to catch the alien? if not, then what were they doing- trying to kill it 30 years after catching it? why? jst because it had escaped?
Time Kibitzer
Footballguy
That's how I'd describe pretty well every Herzog documentary I've ever seen.
krista4
Footballguy
I dunno; Mr. krista and I both actually fell asleep watching this in the theatre. And yet, we both still liked it anyway.
sports_fan
Footballguy
TylerRoseFan
Footballguy
Limitless: Entertaining flick. Cool idea. I think Bradly whatever his name is did a convincing job. Grab your popcorn and enjoy.
3.5/5
3.5/5
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
I think I need a different rating system for docs. They all usually get the same grades since I am always able to take something away from it. Yes, this one was a snoozer and probably should be knocked down a peg for that, but as you stated, I still liked it as well.I dunno; Mr. krista and I both actually fell asleep watching this in the theatre. And yet, we both still liked it anyway.
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
Repulsion:
Rosemary's Baby gets all the hype as far as Polanski's films go, but this was far more effective to me. What a fantastically tense film. From the opening shot you feel that something isn't right with Carol and by the end of the movie you feel like you were trapped in the apartment with her and wanting to get out. Might be blasphemy, but this might even one-up Psycho as far as movies from the 60s. Seen them both recently and Repulsion got under my skin a bit more, but maybe that's because I had not seen it before. Definitely could can see influences from this film in Lynch, Cronenburg, and even recently out of Aronofsky's Black Swan. Highly recommend this film to any who haven't seen it. 9/10 or higher.
Rosemary's Baby gets all the hype as far as Polanski's films go, but this was far more effective to me. What a fantastically tense film. From the opening shot you feel that something isn't right with Carol and by the end of the movie you feel like you were trapped in the apartment with her and wanting to get out. Might be blasphemy, but this might even one-up Psycho as far as movies from the 60s. Seen them both recently and Repulsion got under my skin a bit more, but maybe that's because I had not seen it before. Definitely could can see influences from this film in Lynch, Cronenburg, and even recently out of Aronofsky's Black Swan. Highly recommend this film to any who haven't seen it. 9/10 or higher.
jamny
Footballguy
added to queue
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
I got about 1 hour into it and it was skipping badly. Sad when I have to take in my netflix and library movies to the store and fix them. Should be able to finish it up tonight, but it was great up to that point.
El Floppo
Footballguy
Never Let Me Go... from the Ishiguro novel. . Kinda ok, I guess. Nicely thought out in terms of the visuals (costumes and art direction especially so), but the story's been told cinematically already (more campily, and not derived from the book I think). The acting felt a bit off here too (although again, better than the camp of the other film). I didn't really buy into the dystopian alternate reality here, but I appreciated how the director let the story and reality unfold. I guess my problem was that if it was meant to be a mystery- I immediately thought of the other film, so the mystery easn't there. And once that was determined, there was only some very slight melodrama to drive the plot; not enough for me to care much, which is how I came away from the film- not caring very much.
. Kinda ok, I guess. Nicely thought out in terms of the visuals (costumes and art direction especially so), but the story's been told cinematically already (more campily, and not derived from the book I think). The acting felt a bit off here too (although again, better than the camp of the other film). I didn't really buy into the dystopian alternate reality here, but I appreciated how the director let the story and reality unfold. I guess my problem was that if it was meant to be a mystery- I immediately thought of the other film, so the mystery easn't there. And once that was determined, there was only some very slight melodrama to drive the plot; not enough for me to care much, which is how I came away from the film- not caring very much.
El Floppo
Footballguy
literally every netflix movie we get has this problem.
saintfool
Dead sexy
with my mom in town for the holiday, we all took my son (20 months) to see the new Muppet Movie this weekend. it was a family show and they had boxes of toys out for the kids to play with. they turn the volume down a bit too. all in all, it was a good experience. i can't tell you how jazzed i was that my son's first film in a theater was the Muppets. movie itself was a pale version of the original but not without its charm.
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Cliff Clavin
Footballguy
Cowboys and Aliens: What was this supposed to be? No action. Terrible effects. No humor. No redeeming characters. Weak plot. Giant whiff on everything. .5/5 (The .5 is for Olivia Wilde)
Tucker and Dale vs Evil: Great knock-off. They got almost everything right; just missing some gratuitous boob scenes which these types of horror movies have. Lots of laughs and a pretty fun movie overall. 3.5/5
Tucker and Dale vs Evil: Great knock-off. They got almost everything right; just missing some gratuitous boob scenes which these types of horror movies have. Lots of laughs and a pretty fun movie overall. 3.5/5
I hope you're joking. Horrible, horrible movie. My 8 year old daughter asked to leave and my 5 year old daughter said after that it "wasn't good".
El Floppo
Footballguy
did your kid watch the movie?
saintfool
Dead sexy
yeah, more or less. he was entranced for the first 15 minutes or so before he got restless. he was as much interested in the toys and other kids as anything. there were worse ways to spend time with my son.
El Floppo
Footballguy
I can see where my question might have felt leading- I didn't mean to infer that your kid didn't belong or question bringing them. more just curiousity about what age kids can handle a full movie. I wish theaters here did kids' days- i know mt oldest would have been all over that about the same age as yours, if it had toys and was quieter. the theater up the block does a "babies" screening- but thats for adults who can take teir babies in for free to a current adult movie and without stigma of getting scowled at or hushed. They have The Skin I Live In playing on Wed
saintfool
Dead sexy
don't sweat it. i wasn't expecting him to sit for the full 90 minutes. we are watching the "baby signing time" series with him and his focus drifts on those videos too. i just couldn't resist this theater experience for him. we're trying to get plugged into the neighborhood "parents-and-small-kids" network here and this is the kind of thing that gets chatted up.I can see where my question might have felt leading- I didn't mean to infer that your kid didn't belong or question bringing them. more just curiousity about what age kids can handle a full movie. I wish theaters here did kids' days- i know mt oldest would have been all over that about the same age as yours, if it had toys and was quieter.
the theater up the block does a "babies" screening- but thats for adults who can take teir babies in for free to a current adult movie and without stigma of getting scowled at or hushed. They have The Skin I Live In playing on Wed
Andy Dufresne
Footballguy
Dial "M" for Murder
Probably my favorite Hitchcock movie so far. Although...
Probably my favorite Hitchcock movie so far. Although...
After the Inspector switches raincoats without Tony's knowledge, Tony leaves his apartment and presumably locks the door since the Inspector later uses the key from Tony's raincoat to unlock the door and enter the apartment. After switching the raincoats though, Tony had the raincoat in his possession without a key so he should not have been able to lock the door when he left the apartment.
Kenny Powers
Footballguy
Cleaner...Samuel L Jackson plays a former cop and now crime-scene cleaner upper. Much of the rest is pretty formulaic for a cop movie, but it was still a good watch thanks to SLJ, Ed Harris, and Luis Guzman...3.2/5
Going the Distance....had low expectations going in, and that partially lead to me liking this one a good bit. As a romantic comedy in which the overall theme is more ideated towards women, the actual movie caters more towards guys similar to Knocked Up. The language and conversations were often obscene and raunchy, but I loved every minute of it. Always nice to hear Christina Applegate let the F bombs flow freely. I think this was the first movie Ive seen Charlie Day in, and I could certainly see how people who dont watch Always Sunny could find him annoying, but since he played essentially the same character here, he fit seamlessly into the movie for me. I dont find Jason Sudeikis all that funny, but somehow he always has a handful of great lines in the movies Ive seen him in. Over the last 1/3rd of the movie, the whole "I dont want you to move, but I dont want you to move either" got tiresome, but they managed to still keep it mostly entertaining and funny with everything else that was going on. If this was PG13, it wouldve almost certainly been taken down a few notches in my rating...3.7/5
Red....Brian Cox stars in this film about him taking the law into his own hands and punishing a group of teens for killing his dog for no reason. Ive also thought Cox was a very good actor, but I dont think Ive ever seen him as a clear lead actor, and he's great here. The storyline couldve felt over the top at times, but his love for his dog and anger of the situation is so believable it doesnt come across that way. Worth the watch just to see a great character finally steal the show...3.9/5
Splice...Still not sure if I liked or disliked this one. IIRC, this was advertised more like a horror but in actuality its a slow building sci-fi film. Adrien Brody and Sarah Polley were ok as hip scientists, but both have had numerous better performances and their characters come across as pretty hollow and self-serving despite being a couple that they lead you to believe have been together 7+ years. The thing they create keeps the movie interesting as the viewer learns more about its developing characteristics, and the actress does a good job keeping it creepy. Im not sure how I wouldve preferred this to end, but it fell apart for me in the last 30 minutes as it became Brody having some alien sexytime and twists that had the writing on the wall for awhile. Not terrible, but probably worth skipping...2.2/5
Tron: Legacy....For sure, this had cool action scenes, great special effects and light/color schemes, and a soundtrack that keeps the movie rolling with its basslines, but outside of that there's not much to see here. Explaining things in the circuit about how it worked, the beings, etc felt half assed at best. Actual Bridges ending every other sentence with "man" was far more distracting that even CGI-Bridges. Michael Sheen's character was eye-gouge worthy and I dont think he had more than 5 minutes of screen time. Thinking back, Im not sure how this was about 2hrs long since once they get to Tronland, its pretty much straight action followed by 5 minutes of poor plot progression, followed by action scene. If they cut out scenes here and there to make it a half hour shorter overall, I think this wouldve been much more enjoyable even in the backstory still wasnt more fleshed out...2.6/5
Good...film from a few years ago starring Viggo Mortensen as a professor who condones euthanasia in a book he wrote and ends up becoming accepted by early-Nazi era Germany officials. I wondered why I never heard of this before, but after watching it, I know why. I figured a WWII era movie Viggo had to at least be decent, but boy was I wrong. This was probably the least entertaining Ive ever seen him on screen, and both him and the rest of the cast/movie comes across as a movie filmed in England with a bunch of Brits trying to pass itself off as a pre-WWII film based in Germany. Viggo's mom is ungodly annoying, Jason Isaacs is unlikeable, and everything else was boring. Steer clear...0.5/5
Going the Distance....had low expectations going in, and that partially lead to me liking this one a good bit. As a romantic comedy in which the overall theme is more ideated towards women, the actual movie caters more towards guys similar to Knocked Up. The language and conversations were often obscene and raunchy, but I loved every minute of it. Always nice to hear Christina Applegate let the F bombs flow freely. I think this was the first movie Ive seen Charlie Day in, and I could certainly see how people who dont watch Always Sunny could find him annoying, but since he played essentially the same character here, he fit seamlessly into the movie for me. I dont find Jason Sudeikis all that funny, but somehow he always has a handful of great lines in the movies Ive seen him in. Over the last 1/3rd of the movie, the whole "I dont want you to move, but I dont want you to move either" got tiresome, but they managed to still keep it mostly entertaining and funny with everything else that was going on. If this was PG13, it wouldve almost certainly been taken down a few notches in my rating...3.7/5
Red....Brian Cox stars in this film about him taking the law into his own hands and punishing a group of teens for killing his dog for no reason. Ive also thought Cox was a very good actor, but I dont think Ive ever seen him as a clear lead actor, and he's great here. The storyline couldve felt over the top at times, but his love for his dog and anger of the situation is so believable it doesnt come across that way. Worth the watch just to see a great character finally steal the show...3.9/5
Splice...Still not sure if I liked or disliked this one. IIRC, this was advertised more like a horror but in actuality its a slow building sci-fi film. Adrien Brody and Sarah Polley were ok as hip scientists, but both have had numerous better performances and their characters come across as pretty hollow and self-serving despite being a couple that they lead you to believe have been together 7+ years. The thing they create keeps the movie interesting as the viewer learns more about its developing characteristics, and the actress does a good job keeping it creepy. Im not sure how I wouldve preferred this to end, but it fell apart for me in the last 30 minutes as it became Brody having some alien sexytime and twists that had the writing on the wall for awhile. Not terrible, but probably worth skipping...2.2/5
Tron: Legacy....For sure, this had cool action scenes, great special effects and light/color schemes, and a soundtrack that keeps the movie rolling with its basslines, but outside of that there's not much to see here. Explaining things in the circuit about how it worked, the beings, etc felt half assed at best. Actual Bridges ending every other sentence with "man" was far more distracting that even CGI-Bridges. Michael Sheen's character was eye-gouge worthy and I dont think he had more than 5 minutes of screen time. Thinking back, Im not sure how this was about 2hrs long since once they get to Tronland, its pretty much straight action followed by 5 minutes of poor plot progression, followed by action scene. If they cut out scenes here and there to make it a half hour shorter overall, I think this wouldve been much more enjoyable even in the backstory still wasnt more fleshed out...2.6/5
Good...film from a few years ago starring Viggo Mortensen as a professor who condones euthanasia in a book he wrote and ends up becoming accepted by early-Nazi era Germany officials. I wondered why I never heard of this before, but after watching it, I know why. I figured a WWII era movie Viggo had to at least be decent, but boy was I wrong. This was probably the least entertaining Ive ever seen him on screen, and both him and the rest of the cast/movie comes across as a movie filmed in England with a bunch of Brits trying to pass itself off as a pre-WWII film based in Germany. Viggo's mom is ungodly annoying, Jason Isaacs is unlikeable, and everything else was boring. Steer clear...0.5/5
Andy Dufresne
Footballguy
It helps to have proper expectations when watching these types of movies. I think for a movie like Tron, the bolded is the best you're going to get. I thought it did that most excellently.That's why I liked the most recent Transformers movie. I want to see big robots smash each other and the environment around them in cool ways. That movie delievered.
Tron is just cool to experience. Who cares what the plot is (and it is really weak, no doubt)?
Leeroy Jenkins
Footballguy
Green Lantern
Maybe I go into these comic book movies with too high of expectations. I again thought this movie had potential that was 100% wasted. I actually didn't mind Ryan Reynolds as a super hero too much. He could have made the character work. But the plot was really never fleshed out, nor were any of the characters. The whole movie seemed disjointed. It was just bad. They could have done so much more with this. The effects weren't even that great and Green Lantern's constructs could have been much cooler.
1/5
Maybe I go into these comic book movies with too high of expectations. I again thought this movie had potential that was 100% wasted. I actually didn't mind Ryan Reynolds as a super hero too much. He could have made the character work. But the plot was really never fleshed out, nor were any of the characters. The whole movie seemed disjointed. It was just bad. They could have done so much more with this. The effects weren't even that great and Green Lantern's constructs could have been much cooler.
1/5
Andy Dufresne
Footballguy
The Nines - 7/10
I wasn't working at work last Wednesday and this was available on Crackle and seemed interesting and it was. Nothing earth shattering, but it was all worth it for the emotional payoff in the last five minutes.
Both Ryan Reynolds and Melissa McCarthy were really good.
And it introduced me to the song The Other Side Of Mt. Heart Attack by Liars, which I liked as well.
I wasn't working at work last Wednesday and this was available on Crackle and seemed interesting and it was. Nothing earth shattering, but it was all worth it for the emotional payoff in the last five minutes.
Both Ryan Reynolds and Melissa McCarthy were really good.
And it introduced me to the song The Other Side Of Mt. Heart Attack by Liars, which I liked as well.
hooter311
Footballguy
Oof, I thought this was awful.
Andy Dufresne
Footballguy
If they hadn't hit the right note with the ending it would have been. But that part gives it context, so I was good with the show as a whole.
Chaka
Footballguy
I thought the cave paintings were fascinating and the film is worth watching just for them. But Herzog's narration was grating and unnecessary. He took far too many liberties by trying to suggest what he thought was the motivation or mindset of the painters. And the ending was frankly a little bizarre. While very cool, I still have no idea what albino alligators had to do with cave paintings.'KarmaPolice said:I think I need a different rating system for docs. They all usually get the same grades since I am always able to take something away from it. Yes, this one was a snoozer and probably should be knocked down a peg for that, but as you stated, I still liked it as well.I dunno; Mr. krista and I both actually fell asleep watching this in the theatre. And yet, we both still liked it anyway.
Chaka
Footballguy
Agree wholeheartedly. I had very low expectations but I figured the movie would be worth my while with some creative demonstrations of GL's abilities. They failed miserably.I am a big comic book guy and I point to the opening sequence of X-Men II and how they maximized Nightcrawler's abilities as the prime example of how to do those things properly. If you get the power sets and the action sequences right it makes up for a lot of story flaws.
jdoggydogg
Footballguy
I've only seen this movie once, and it was about 20 years ago. But it's always stuck with me as a very tense, frightening movie.'KarmaPolice said:
jdoggydogg
Footballguy
I wasn't interested in seeing this at all until I read that Brett McKenzie from Flight of the Conchords wrote all the music.'saintfool said:
jdoggydogg
Footballguy
Happy Feet 2
"Look honey! The penguins are dancing in unison to terrible R&B music! Isn't that cute?"
Ugh. Don't blame me, I never wanted to see this. The sacrifices we make for our children...
"Look honey! The penguins are dancing in unison to terrible R&B music! Isn't that cute?"
Ugh. Don't blame me, I never wanted to see this. The sacrifices we make for our children...
jdoggydogg
Footballguy
Christmas Story
From the Netflix description:
From the Netflix description:
On the surface, this movie is corny and poorly-dubbed. But if you have children, I highly recommend it. It's a beautifully-shot film, and it's surprisingly effective.
cstu
Footballguy
I don't remember much about it, but I liked it when it came out.
cstu
Footballguy
Great show for my daughter but thanks for putting that song back in my head.'saintfool said:don't sweat it. i wasn't expecting him to sit for the full 90 minutes. we are watching the "baby signing time" series with him and his focus drifts on those videos too. i just couldn't resist this theater experience for him. we're trying to get plugged into the neighborhood "parents-and-small-kids" network here and this is the kind of thing that gets chatted up.'El Floppo said:I can see where my question might have felt leading- I didn't mean to infer that your kid didn't belong or question bringing them. more just curiousity about what age kids can handle a full movie. I wish theaters here did kids' days- i know mt oldest would have been all over that about the same age as yours, if it had toys and was quieter.
the theater up the block does a "babies" screening- but thats for adults who can take teir babies in for free to a current adult movie and without stigma of getting scowled at or hushed. They have The Skin I Live In playing on Wed
hooter311
Footballguy
I thought I remembered reviewing it here but I could only find this blurb from me:"Chaos Theory was dreadful, it was almost as bad as watching Reynolds in "The Nines" which is like a really crappy David Lynch story that attempts to all tie together at the end."
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
Yeah, thought this one was pretty boring. The book played more like a mystery as to what was going on with the kids and that was the main reason I liked it so much. The movie seemed to have that out in the open pretty quickly, and after that there was very little left to get into.Never Let Me Go... from the Ishiguro novel.
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
Agree. It didn't seem to be so bad a year or so ago, but I guess they care less and less about their DVD service as time goes on, so it shouldn't be a surprise. Still pretty damn annoying to constantly ship out movies that don't play.
hooter311
Footballguy
I've actually never had a problem with a Netflix disc besides the couple that have came snapped in half. We are talking like literally all but 5 discs out of at least a couple thousand.At the local family video everything I get that's more than a few weeks old skips like crazy. The "Free Kids" section is the worst, even though they do make it a point to try to clean the each kid's disc if they aren't super busy.
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
Yeah, that section takes a beating. We try to keep up on them as best we can. The company is experimenting with higher end buffers at each store that they have in some of the busier stores. As you check in the movies, it will pop up a message if it has been rented 4 or 5 times, and then they put them through automatically. It has cut down the defectives in those stores quite a bit. I am at a much slower store, but I am surprised that you have as many problems with skipping that you do. I maybe get 1-2 back a day out of 100s and it is mainly that damn kids section.
