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[Time Kibitzer]

Lars and the Real Girl

Wow. What a lovely movie. The concept is a bit sensational: a man (Ryan Gosling) struggles with loneliness and isolation so much that he starts "dating" a realistic-looking sex doll. But this movie is no cheap gimmick. This small town likes our protagonist, and they support him and his "girlfriend." Fantastic. Gosling is shaping up to be one of those actors that is must-see, if he's not already there.

He's already there

He was probably there about 5 years ago for me after The Believer, The United States of Leland, and Half Nelson.

Pff, he was there 12 years ago for me with Are You Afraid of the Dark?/Goosebumps, Breaker High, and Young Hercules.

 

[Kenny Powers]

Next up are Vernon, Fla. and Standard Operating Procedure. After that it's on to Richard Linklater. Absolutely love Before Sunrise and Before Sunset, but still haven't watched Slacker, Dazed and Confused, Waking Life, or A Scanner Darkly.

No doubt. That one is "Run, don't walk!" worthy for me.

Watched this last night, and I have to ask why. Gotta say I didn't enjoy watching this one much at all. The few decent one liners I have either seen somehow or heard repeated enough that they didn't grab me when I watched it last night. Mostly this one felt like spending 2 hours with people I tried to avoid in High School. The first 45 mins were about the hazing, and by the time I got through that, I didn't like or care about any of the characters for the rest of the movie. I think Linklater was still figuring out his style, so maybe there was just too many characters running around (although I did enjoy seeing some of the actors) to get to know anybody. That coupled with the "one day in the life of" style that is hard to pull off anyway. As with Slacker, I appreciate Linklater's style and some of the dialogue, but really thought this was a merely average teen movie.

Speaking as one of the hazed I am still surprised that you did not like it. I thought it captured the feel of high school from all the different grade levels as well as the different social groups perspective perfectly. From the hazing to the failed house party, to the kegger in the woods it all felt very authentic. While the acting was, in general, nothing special the writing was good (and at times hysterical) and the character archetypes (jocks, intellectuals, freshmen, gear heads, Matthew McConaughey etc) felt very realistic.I thought it was hysterical.

Agreed...One of my favorite movies, probably top 10 comedy although it strikes me more as a period film thats funny than flat out comedy. I could see it not living up to expectations watching it for the first time 20 years after it was released considering the praise it gets, but Im surprised KP said he didnt enjoy it at all.My Pops was in HS around this time and had never seen this, so I put it on last year when he was in town, and he loved it as well.

I don't think I laughed once. Maybe it's old age, having a kid, or just my mood last night but I'll admit that the first 40mins of the movie rubbed me the wrong way. I felt like it was a little too mean-spirited. The guys were getting their asses wacked and called #### and the girls were all #####es and sluts. Was just a little too much and I wasn't enjoying it. He just seemed to throw in a token hippie and a pseudo-intellectual for good measure, but otherwise everybody was acting like dooshes. I liked the beer guy bringing the kegs early and the parents meeting people at the door, but that was about 3 minutes of the movie. In the end I just thought nothing happened for the almost 2 hours the movie was on, and I didn't like a single person in it. I feel like there are a bunch of better teen/coming of age movies than this.

I remember the hazing lasting more like 15 minutes. Yes, Affleck is trying to do it for a longer period of time, and when they show up at the kid's baseball game its past 15 minutes in, but its only a big part of the scenes for the first 15 or so minutes.

 

[KarmaPolice]

Next up are Vernon, Fla. and Standard Operating Procedure. After that it's on to Richard Linklater. Absolutely love Before Sunrise and Before Sunset, but still haven't watched Slacker, Dazed and Confused, Waking Life, or A Scanner Darkly.

No doubt. That one is "Run, don't walk!" worthy for me.

Watched this last night, and I have to ask why. Gotta say I didn't enjoy watching this one much at all. The few decent one liners I have either seen somehow or heard repeated enough that they didn't grab me when I watched it last night. Mostly this one felt like spending 2 hours with people I tried to avoid in High School. The first 45 mins were about the hazing, and by the time I got through that, I didn't like or care about any of the characters for the rest of the movie. I think Linklater was still figuring out his style, so maybe there was just too many characters running around (although I did enjoy seeing some of the actors) to get to know anybody. That coupled with the "one day in the life of" style that is hard to pull off anyway. As with Slacker, I appreciate Linklater's style and some of the dialogue, but really thought this was a merely average teen movie.

Speaking as one of the hazed I am still surprised that you did not like it. I thought it captured the feel of high school from all the different grade levels as well as the different social groups perspective perfectly. From the hazing to the failed house party, to the kegger in the woods it all felt very authentic. While the acting was, in general, nothing special the writing was good (and at times hysterical) and the character archetypes (jocks, intellectuals, freshmen, gear heads, Matthew McConaughey etc) felt very realistic.I thought it was hysterical.

Agreed...One of my favorite movies, probably top 10 comedy although it strikes me more as a period film thats funny than flat out comedy. I could see it not living up to expectations watching it for the first time 20 years after it was released considering the praise it gets, but Im surprised KP said he didnt enjoy it at all.My Pops was in HS around this time and had never seen this, so I put it on last year when he was in town, and he loved it as well.

I don't think I laughed once. Maybe it's old age, having a kid, or just my mood last night but I'll admit that the first 40mins of the movie rubbed me the wrong way. I felt like it was a little too mean-spirited. The guys were getting their asses wacked and called #### and the girls were all #####es and sluts. Was just a little too much and I wasn't enjoying it. He just seemed to throw in a token hippie and a pseudo-intellectual for good measure, but otherwise everybody was acting like dooshes. I liked the beer guy bringing the kegs early and the parents meeting people at the door, but that was about 3 minutes of the movie. In the end I just thought nothing happened for the almost 2 hours the movie was on, and I didn't like a single person in it. I feel like there are a bunch of better teen/coming of age movies than this.

I remember the hazing lasting more like 15 minutes. Yes, Affleck is trying to do it for a longer period of time, and when they show up at the kid's baseball game its past 15 minutes in, but its only a big part of the scenes for the first 15 or so minutes.

I clicked on 'display' at about 35 in, and it was still going on. No need to nitpick over that. Still felt like nothing really happened, and a bit of the conversation was still revolving around that topic too. I am sure that this is another movie that I am in the minority on as well. Gets a lot of love, but just not from me last night.

 

[Kenny Powers]

Giallo.....Dario Argento is supposed to be a good director, no? This was pretty bad, and I'll usually enjoy any movie with Adrien Brody. The antagonist was laughable (I literally chuckled a few times), the actresses were all horrible and the main one became annoying pretty quick, and almost felt like a fake Italian film with how bad some of the accents were. Almost no suspense for its entirety, and wasnt scary at all, just some ineffective gore a few times. If I wasnt adjusting my fantasy rosters on my laptop while watching it, no way I watch this whole thing...0.5/5

 

[jdoggydogg]

Giallo.....Dario Argento is supposed to be a good director, no? This was pretty bad, and I'll usually enjoy any movie with Adrien Brody. The antagonist was laughable (I literally chuckled a few times), the actresses were all horrible and the main one became annoying pretty quick, and almost felt like a fake Italian film with how bad some of the accents were. Almost no suspense for its entirety, and wasnt scary at all, just some ineffective gore a few times. If I wasnt adjusting my fantasy rosters on my laptop while watching it, no way I watch this whole thing...0.5/5

Argento is a great director of horror sequences - not actors. His later work is pretty uneven. While it's flawed and campy, you really need to see Deep Red (Tenebre). It scared the #### out of me.

 

[cosjobs]

saw 'The Descendants' on Saturday. Sounds like it should be a scary movie, but it is basically just a super depressing flick starring George Clooney. I love everything he is in, so by default, I liked it alot. I can definitely see this one getting blasted though, for sure. Was not a Box Office hit this weekend, considering: Breaking Dawn, Hugo, Arthur Christmas, The Muppets AND Happy Feet 2...ughhhh

i like alexander payne's earlier films - "election" and "about schmidt" especially - but this seems a a weaker effort from him. clooney is a pretty malleable actor, so i'm sure he hold up his end of bargain but he really needs to be challenged at this stage of his career.

You are definitely underestimating this film. Its somewhat subdued and thoughtful, but quite powerful and has some great scenes and terrific characters. Clooney plays a guy richer than god, but still made me really like and empathize with him. He brought a lot of humanity and depth to the character. I think it may be one of his best roles. I recommend this movie very highly.4.24/ 5 stars

 

[Chaka]

Next up are Vernon, Fla. and Standard Operating Procedure. After that it's on to Richard Linklater. Absolutely love Before Sunrise and Before Sunset, but still haven't watched Slacker, Dazed and Confused, Waking Life, or A Scanner Darkly.

No doubt. That one is "Run, don't walk!" worthy for me.

Watched this last night, and I have to ask why. Gotta say I didn't enjoy watching this one much at all. The few decent one liners I have either seen somehow or heard repeated enough that they didn't grab me when I watched it last night. Mostly this one felt like spending 2 hours with people I tried to avoid in High School. The first 45 mins were about the hazing, and by the time I got through that, I didn't like or care about any of the characters for the rest of the movie. I think Linklater was still figuring out his style, so maybe there was just too many characters running around (although I did enjoy seeing some of the actors) to get to know anybody. That coupled with the "one day in the life of" style that is hard to pull off anyway. As with Slacker, I appreciate Linklater's style and some of the dialogue, but really thought this was a merely average teen movie.

Speaking as one of the hazed I am still surprised that you did not like it. I thought it captured the feel of high school from all the different grade levels as well as the different social groups perspective perfectly. From the hazing to the failed house party, to the kegger in the woods it all felt very authentic. While the acting was, in general, nothing special the writing was good (and at times hysterical) and the character archetypes (jocks, intellectuals, freshmen, gear heads, Matthew McConaughey etc) felt very realistic.I thought it was hysterical.

Agreed...One of my favorite movies, probably top 10 comedy although it strikes me more as a period film thats funny than flat out comedy. I could see it not living up to expectations watching it for the first time 20 years after it was released considering the praise it gets, but Im surprised KP said he didnt enjoy it at all.My Pops was in HS around this time and had never seen this, so I put it on last year when he was in town, and he loved it as well.

I don't think I laughed once. Maybe it's old age, having a kid, or just my mood last night but I'll admit that the first 40mins of the movie rubbed me the wrong way. I felt like it was a little too mean-spirited. The guys were getting their asses wacked and called #### and the girls were all #####es and sluts. Was just a little too much and I wasn't enjoying it. He just seemed to throw in a token hippie and a pseudo-intellectual for good measure, but otherwise everybody was acting like dooshes. I liked the beer guy bringing the kegs early and the parents meeting people at the door, but that was about 3 minutes of the movie. In the end I just thought nothing happened for the almost 2 hours the movie was on, and I didn't like a single person in it. I feel like there are a bunch of better teen/coming of age movies than this.

I remember the hazing lasting more like 15 minutes. Yes, Affleck is trying to do it for a longer period of time, and when they show up at the kid's baseball game its past 15 minutes in, but its only a big part of the scenes for the first 15 or so minutes.

I clicked on 'display' at about 35 in, and it was still going on. No need to nitpick over that. Still felt like nothing really happened, and a bit of the conversation was still revolving around that topic too. I am sure that this is another movie that I am in the minority on as well. Gets a lot of love, but just not from me last night.

I find that comedies are best viewed with people but that is a small point.It was a movie about one day in the life of a group of high school kids (and soon to be high school kids). The two main story arcs were Jason London taking a stand on principle and Wiley Wiggins perfect day (even the ### tanning which he handled like a man after a nails performance in his baseball game). Another overriding theme was the cycle of the whole process with the younger generation being mirror images of the graduating seniors. And hazing is mean spirited and dooshy, it doesn't make the people who do it bad it just makes them normal high school kids. I think they captured every aspect of it almost perfectly. Of course high school hazing in my day fortunately didn't involve paddles, but if it did I would definitely have named mine "Soul Pole" .

I can see why those things might rub some the wrong way, but to me they felt honest and it didn't take me out of the comedy. It really is one of my top comedies.

Mitch: [after seniors threaten him] Er, Mr. Payne. Sir. You know every second that you could let us out early would really increase our chances of survival.

Mr. Payne, junior high school teacher: It's like our sergeant told us before one trip into the jungle.

[shouts]

Mr. Payne, junior high school teacher: Men!

[the boys jump]

Mr. Payne, junior high school teacher: Fifty of you are leaving on a mission. Twenty-five of you ain't coming back.

 

[KarmaPolice]

Rise of the Planet of the Apes:

I had fun with this one, but I was both loving it and hating it at the same time. Loved what they did with the face animation and how they humanized the apes (I guess mainly Caesar). But I thought a lot of the other CGI was looking pretty bad - him swinging around the room, the apes climbing up the bridge, etc. Could have done without a few things towards the end:

Spoiler

A lot of the big fight - them moving a bus, etc.. just got out of hand for me. Also wasn't digging that Caesar could speak at the end.

Long story short, an average movie was made good with they great job they did with the emotions on the apes. Really kept me in the movie. 6/10

 

[cosjobs]

Knuckle

Documentary about Irish travelers and their bare-knuckled fist fights. Fascinating for a while, as both Travelers and bare-knuckle fighters intrigue me.Ran out of steam for me before it finished, but worth a look.

3/5 stars

 

[cosjobs]

Elite Squad 2 (or The Enemy Within)

Superb Brazilian film about the military police, politicians, drug cartel and corrupt police in Rio de Janeiro. I put it in the same class as City of Men and its definitely a Top 5 of the Year for me. Go see this.

4.65/5

 

[KarmaPolice]

Fright Night (2011)

What a turd of a movie. Really enjoyed the original for what it was. Had some camp, decent jumps, and some humor. This one I felt dumber after watching. McLovin' as Ed and their take on Peter Vincent were just awful. What surprised me is that they were able to pull off a couple of pretty damn good scenes - Jerry asking for a 6pack and Brewster breaking into Charlie's house. After that it grew intolerable for me to watch and I had to start hitting the FF on the remote. 4/10 (gets an extra point for those two scenes)

 

[KarmaPolice]

Drag Me To Hell:

Don't know what was up my ### the first time I popped this in, but I removed it and had a blast with this. This is Raimi getting back to his roots and delivering a great horror movie. Great blend of silly gore and a handful of good jumps. This would be a perfect party movie, and makes me wish I was back in HS or in the dorms watching this. 8/10 - one of the better horror movies in the last several years.

 

[Kenny Powers]

Drag Me To Hell:

Don't know what was up my ### the first time I popped this in, but I removed it and had a blast with this. This is Raimi getting back to his roots and delivering a great horror movie. Great blend of silly gore and a handful of good jumps. This would be a perfect party movie, and makes me wish I was back in HS or in the dorms watching this. 8/10 - one of the better horror movies in the last several years.

Was anything up your ### when you watched Dazed and Confused?

 

[jdoggydogg]

Drag Me To Hell:

Don't know what was up my ### the first time I popped this in, but I removed it and had a blast with this. This is Raimi getting back to his roots and delivering a great horror movie. Great blend of silly gore and a handful of good jumps. This would be a perfect party movie, and makes me wish I was back in HS or in the dorms watching this. 8/10 - one of the better horror movies in the last several years.

This movie is A+.

 

[cstu]

Rise of the Planet of the Apes:

I had fun with this one, but I was both loving it and hating it at the same time. Loved what they did with the face animation and how they humanized the apes (I guess mainly Caesar). But I thought a lot of the other CGI was looking pretty bad - him swinging around the room, the apes climbing up the bridge, etc. Could have done without a few things towards the end:

Spoiler

A lot of the big fight - them moving a bus, etc.. just got out of hand for me. Also wasn't digging that Caesar could speak at the end.

Long story short, an average movie was made good with they great job they did with the emotions on the apes. Really kept me in the movie. 6/10

By the end I was :meh: about the apes taking over. Humans have screwed up for so long that maybe they'll do a better job.

Spoiler

I was really bugged about Franco's character leaving Caesar and not visiting him or trying to get him out ASAP. Caesar was like a child to him and I didn't find his actions believable.

 

[SmoovySmoov]

Drag Me To Hell:

Don't know what was up my ### the first time I popped this in, but I removed it and had a blast with this. This is Raimi getting back to his roots and delivering a great horror movie. Great blend of silly gore and a handful of good jumps. This would be a perfect party movie, and makes me wish I was back in HS or in the dorms watching this. 8/10 - one of the better horror movies in the last several years.

My previous job was doing Student Activities at a college. The first time I saw this was when I showed it on campus to about 200 college students. It was awesome. Very well received.

 

[KarmaPolice]

Drag Me To Hell:

Don't know what was up my ### the first time I popped this in, but I removed it and had a blast with this. This is Raimi getting back to his roots and delivering a great horror movie. Great blend of silly gore and a handful of good jumps. This would be a perfect party movie, and makes me wish I was back in HS or in the dorms watching this. 8/10 - one of the better horror movies in the last several years.

Was anything up your ### when you watched Dazed and Confused?

Should've seen that one coming.

 

[KarmaPolice]

Rise of the Planet of the Apes:

I had fun with this one, but I was both loving it and hating it at the same time. Loved what they did with the face animation and how they humanized the apes (I guess mainly Caesar). But I thought a lot of the other CGI was looking pretty bad - him swinging around the room, the apes climbing up the bridge, etc. Could have done without a few things towards the end:

Spoiler

A lot of the big fight - them moving a bus, etc.. just got out of hand for me. Also wasn't digging that Caesar could speak at the end.

Spoiler

Long story short, an average movie was made good with they great job they did with the emotions on the apes. Really kept me in the movie. 6/10

By the end I was :meh: about the apes taking over. Humans have screwed up for so long that maybe they'll do a better job.

Spoiler

I was really bugged about Franco's character leaving Caesar and not visiting him or trying to get him out ASAP. Caesar was like a child to him and I didn't find his actions believable.

I think part of what was good about it was that you found yourself rooting for the apes, even if it does mean our downfall. Agree about your spoiler point, and had a few problems with Franco in general in this flick.

 

[KarmaPolice]

It was a movie about one day in the life of a group of high school kids (and soon to be high school kids). The two main story arcs were Jason London taking a stand on principle and Wiley Wiggins perfect day (even the ### tanning which he handled like a man after a nails performance in his baseball game). Another overriding theme was the cycle of the whole process with the younger generation being mirror images of the graduating seniors. And hazing is mean spirited and dooshy, it doesn't make the people who do it bad it just makes them normal high school kids. I think they captured every aspect of it almost perfectly. Of course high school hazing in my day fortunately didn't involve paddles, but if it did I would definitely have named mine "Soul Pole" .I can see why those things might rub some the wrong way, but to me they felt honest and it didn't take me out of the comedy. It really is one of my top comedies.

I got all that, just didn't think it worked or wasn't fleshed out well enough. You have London thinking about the signature, but I didn't think it was resolved that well. There was no stand taken (besides him crumpling it up), or big climatic scene - it was just a plot point. I didn't hate the movie, just thought it was completely average. Like I said, what I think the downfall for me was is that there are too many characters for a movie that occurs in a day. Movies that do that well stick to a group of 3-4 and develop those characters (Stand By Me, Ferris Bueller, Breakfast Club, etc..). Just felt that nothing much happened with the characters during the movie, and was getting bored with it.

 

[Abrantes]

Elite Force

Superb Brazilian film about the military police, politicians, drug cartel and corrupt police in Rio de Janeiro. I put it in the same class as City of Men and its definitely a Top 5 of the Year for me. Go see this.

4.65/5

 

[Chaka]

Rise of the Planet of the Apes:

I had fun with this one, but I was both loving it and hating it at the same time. Loved what they did with the face animation and how they humanized the apes (I guess mainly Caesar). But I thought a lot of the other CGI was looking pretty bad - him swinging around the room, the apes climbing up the bridge, etc. Could have done without a few things towards the end:

Spoiler

A lot of the big fight - them moving a bus, etc.. just got out of hand for me. Also wasn't digging that Caesar could speak at the end.

Spoiler

Long story short, an average movie was made good with they great job they did with the emotions on the apes. Really kept me in the movie. 6/10

By the end I was :meh: about the apes taking over. Humans have screwed up for so long that maybe they'll do a better job.

Spoiler

I was really bugged about Franco's character leaving Caesar and not visiting him or trying to get him out ASAP. Caesar was like a child to him and I didn't find his actions believable.

Spoiler

I have some problems with the wooden nature of the human characters but Franco absolutely tried to get him out ASAP. He went to the appeals board and demanded an earlier hearing (denied) and tried to bribe Brian Cox to get him out. How much more time do you want them to give to that?

 

[Chaka]

Rise of the Planet of the Apes:

I had fun with this one, but I was both loving it and hating it at the same time. Loved what they did with the face animation and how they humanized the apes (I guess mainly Caesar). But I thought a lot of the other CGI was looking pretty bad - him swinging around the room, the apes climbing up the bridge, etc. Could have done without a few things towards the end:

Spoiler

A lot of the big fight - them moving a bus, etc.. just got out of hand for me. Also wasn't digging that Caesar could speak at the end.

Long story short, an average movie was made good with they great job they did with the emotions on the apes. Really kept me in the movie. 6/10

Spoiler

Caesar spoke before the end and it was one of the most important, and riveting, scenes in the movie (even if the foil was the one dimensional Malfoy). How would they address that in the next movie if they didn't take the leap in this one? Thought the bus was at least clever and demonstrated the intelligence of the apes. My biggest problems were the fact that there are apparently a couple hundred apes in the San Francisco area and the fact that even the apes in the zoo were treated as if they had received the intelligence formula.

 

[krista4]

Lars and the Real Girl

Wow. What a lovely movie. The concept is a bit sensational: a man (Ryan Gosling) struggles with loneliness and isolation so much that he starts "dating" a realistic-looking sex doll. But this movie is no cheap gimmick. This small town likes our protagonist, and they support him and his "girlfriend." Fantastic. Gosling is shaping up to be one of those actors that is must-see, if he's not already there.

This was a surprisingly wonderful movie.

 

[krista4]

Terribly Happy: Bumped this up a bit in my queue based on someone's recommendation in this thread, and was not disappointed at all. This is an excellent thriller/noir with some good twists and turns and a complex protagonist. It takes a bit for the story to get going but is worth being patient. As excellent as I've seen in this genre for a while. 4/5

13 Assassins: Dear Movie, it's not you; it's me. Really. I just couldn't get into it, though I recognize it was probably enjoyable if I gave it more of a chance. I just wasn't focused enough to want to muddle through who all the people were and how they related, and seeing one horrific torture scene after another wasn't doing it for me. If I watched this another day, I might have more patience for it but in this case I couldn't make it through. 3/5 since it's probably not the movie's fault.



I Love You Phillip Morris: I'd love to hear from anybody who liked this movie. I just didn't get it at all and found it one of the more painful movie experiences I've had in a long time, so much so that I almost think I'm just missing something. 1/5

 

[Dexter]

I am number four:

 

[KarmaPolice]

Rise of the Planet of the Apes:

I had fun with this one, but I was both loving it and hating it at the same time. Loved what they did with the face animation and how they humanized the apes (I guess mainly Caesar). But I thought a lot of the other CGI was looking pretty bad - him swinging around the room, the apes climbing up the bridge, etc. Could have done without a few things towards the end:

Spoiler

A lot of the big fight - them moving a bus, etc.. just got out of hand for me. Also wasn't digging that Caesar could speak at the end.

Spoiler

Long story short, an average movie was made good with they great job they did with the emotions on the apes. Really kept me in the movie. 6/10

Spoiler

Caesar spoke before the end and it was one of the most important, and riveting, scenes in the movie (even if the foil was the one dimensional Malfoy). How would they address that in the next movie if they didn't take the leap in this one? Thought the bus was at least clever and demonstrated the intelligence of the apes. My biggest problems were the fact that there are apparently a couple hundred apes in the San Francisco area and the fact that even the apes in the zoo were treated as if they had received the intelligence formula.

You make a good point, and honestly I hadn't thought about it:

Spoiler

I guess we have to have something if there is a planet of talking apes in the future. I was fine with the 'no', but to me it seemed a little much to go from that to "Caesar is home" without seeing any other progression in language. I liked that the apes had intelligence during the battle, but it took me out that they seemed to have super human strength too. Thought it was about 8-10 chimps that moved that bus, but I could be wrong. What I really wanted to see at the end, but there is no way they would do it:

Franco takes out Caesar thinking that he will stop the ape uprising. He does this not knowing how much the other ape from the last experiment that looked like the badass is just as smart, and we see him at the end rallying the surviving apes behind him.

 

[Cliff Clavin]

Rise of the Planet of the Apes:

I had fun with this one, but I was both loving it and hating it at the same time. Loved what they did with the face animation and how they humanized the apes (I guess mainly Caesar). But I thought a lot of the other CGI was looking pretty bad - him swinging around the room, the apes climbing up the bridge, etc. Could have done without a few things towards the end:

Spoiler

A lot of the big fight - them moving a bus, etc.. just got out of hand for me. Also wasn't digging that Caesar could speak at the end.

Spoiler

Long story short, an average movie was made good with they great job they did with the emotions on the apes. Really kept me in the movie. 6/10

Spoiler

Caesar spoke before the end and it was one of the most important, and riveting, scenes in the movie (even if the foil was the one dimensional Malfoy). How would they address that in the next movie if they didn't take the leap in this one? Thought the bus was at least clever and demonstrated the intelligence of the apes. My biggest problems were the fact that there are apparently a couple hundred apes in the San Francisco area and the fact that even the apes in the zoo were treated as if they had received the intelligence formula.

You make a good point, and honestly I hadn't thought about it:

Spoiler

I guess we have to have something if there is a planet of talking apes in the future. I was fine with the 'no', but to me it seemed a little much to go from that to "Caesar is home" without seeing any other progression in language. I liked that the apes had intelligence during the battle, but it took me out that they seemed to have super human strength too. Thought it was about 8-10 chimps that moved that bus, but I could be wrong. What I really wanted to see at the end, but there is no way they would do it:

Franco takes out Caesar thinking that he will stop the ape uprising. He does this not knowing how much the other ape from the last experiment that looked like the badass is just as smart, and we see him at the end rallying the surviving apes behind him.

Chimps are pretty damn strong. You think 10 of the strongest guys in the world could do it?

 

[Cliff Clavin]

The Thing: Absolutely nothing good about it. I`ve never seen the original but I really don`t think it matters. I usually enjoy bad movies like this but this was seriously one of the worst creature movies ever. .25/5

 

[jdoggydogg]

Lars and the Real Girl

Wow. What a lovely movie. The concept is a bit sensational: a man (Ryan Gosling) struggles with loneliness and isolation so much that he starts "dating" a realistic-looking sex doll. But this movie is no cheap gimmick. This small town likes our protagonist, and they support him and his "girlfriend." Fantastic. Gosling is shaping up to be one of those actors that is must-see, if he's not already there.

This was a surprisingly wonderful movie.

Yes. It does sentimental well - which is no small feat. There were lots of scenes that would have been truly awful in a lesser movie.

 

[jdoggydogg]

The Thing: Absolutely nothing good about it. I`ve never seen the original but I really don`t think it matters. I usually enjoy bad movies like this but this was seriously one of the worst creature movies ever. .25/5

Dude, you must see the 80s version. Outstanding.

 

[STBootleg]

Billy Jack

I've seen this movie at least a dozen times, but when it came on the other night I just couldn't turn it off.

Although the acting is pretty awful after rewatching as an adult(it is a 70's film)Billy Jack is just a bad ###!

"You know what I think I'm gonna do then? Just for the hell of it? I'm gonna take this right foot, and I'm gonna whop you on that side of your face, and you wanna know something? There's not a damn thing you're gonna be able to do about it."

and then he does it. Pretty bad ###.

 

[cstu]

Lars and the Real Girl

Wow. What a lovely movie. The concept is a bit sensational: a man (Ryan Gosling) struggles with loneliness and isolation so much that he starts "dating" a realistic-looking sex doll. But this movie is no cheap gimmick. This small town likes our protagonist, and they support him and his "girlfriend." Fantastic. Gosling is shaping up to be one of those actors that is must-see, if he's not already there.

This was a surprisingly wonderful movie.

Yes. It does sentimental well - which is no small feat. There were lots of scenes that would have been truly awful in a lesser movie.

Wow, I completely forgot that Gosling was in this.

 

[cstu]

Rise of the Planet of the Apes:

I had fun with this one, but I was both loving it and hating it at the same time. Loved what they did with the face animation and how they humanized the apes (I guess mainly Caesar). But I thought a lot of the other CGI was looking pretty bad - him swinging around the room, the apes climbing up the bridge, etc. Could have done without a few things towards the end:

Spoiler

A lot of the big fight - them moving a bus, etc.. just got out of hand for me. Also wasn't digging that Caesar could speak at the end.

Spoiler

Long story short, an average movie was made good with they great job they did with the emotions on the apes. Really kept me in the movie. 6/10

Spoiler

By the end I was :meh: about the apes taking over. Humans have screwed up for so long that maybe they'll do a better job.I was really bugged about Franco's character leaving Caesar and not visiting him or trying to get him out ASAP. Caesar was like a child to him and I didn't find his actions believable.

Spoiler

I have some problems with the wooden nature of the human characters but Franco absolutely tried to get him out ASAP. He went to the appeals board and demanded an earlier hearing (denied) and tried to bribe Brian Cox to get him out. How much more time do you want them to give to that?

It's been awhile since I've seen it but I was left with the impression that a lot of time had past before he did anything.

 

[KarmaPolice]

Rise of the Planet of the Apes:

I had fun with this one, but I was both loving it and hating it at the same time. Loved what they did with the face animation and how they humanized the apes (I guess mainly Caesar). But I thought a lot of the other CGI was looking pretty bad - him swinging around the room, the apes climbing up the bridge, etc. Could have done without a few things towards the end:

Spoiler

A lot of the big fight - them moving a bus, etc.. just got out of hand for me. Also wasn't digging that Caesar could speak at the end.

Spoiler

Long story short, an average movie was made good with they great job they did with the emotions on the apes. Really kept me in the movie. 6/10

Spoiler

Caesar spoke before the end and it was one of the most important, and riveting, scenes in the movie (even if the foil was the one dimensional Malfoy). How would they address that in the next movie if they didn't take the leap in this one? Thought the bus was at least clever and demonstrated the intelligence of the apes. My biggest problems were the fact that there are apparently a couple hundred apes in the San Francisco area and the fact that even the apes in the zoo were treated as if they had received the intelligence formula.

You make a good point, and honestly I hadn't thought about it:

Spoiler

I guess we have to have something if there is a planet of talking apes in the future. I was fine with the 'no', but to me it seemed a little much to go from that to "Caesar is home" without seeing any other progression in language. I liked that the apes had intelligence during the battle, but it took me out that they seemed to have super human strength too. Thought it was about 8-10 chimps that moved that bus, but I could be wrong. What I really wanted to see at the end, but there is no way they would do it:

Franco takes out Caesar thinking that he will stop the ape uprising. He does this not knowing how much the other ape from the last experiment that looked like the badass is just as smart, and we see him at the end rallying the surviving apes behind him.

Chimps are pretty damn strong. You think 10 of the strongest guys in the world could do it?So you are saying that a chimp is as strong as the strongest human, and that 8-10 of the strongest humans could push a bus on it's side like that?

 

[Statorama]

The movie sites have a new British comedy called "The Inbetweeners Movie". One of the better comedies I've seen this year. Many laugh out loud moments.

Standard American Pie-ish fare, but I'm into that kind of thing. 4 graduating British students on holiday in Greece, hilarity ensues. Worth a look if you see it on DVD.

 

[cstu]

The movie sites have a new British comedy called "The Inbetweeners Movie". One of the better comedies I've seen this year. Many laugh out loud moments.

Standard American Pie-ish fare, but I'm into that kind of thing. 4 graduating British students on holiday in Greece, hilarity ensues. Worth a look if you see it on DVD.

Haven't seen the movie yet, but the TV series is excellent.

 

[Cliff Clavin]

Rise of the Planet of the Apes:

I had fun with this one, but I was both loving it and hating it at the same time. Loved what they did with the face animation and how they humanized the apes (I guess mainly Caesar). But I thought a lot of the other CGI was looking pretty bad - him swinging around the room, the apes climbing up the bridge, etc. Could have done without a few things towards the end:

Spoiler

A lot of the big fight - them moving a bus, etc.. just got out of hand for me. Also wasn't digging that Caesar could speak at the end.

Spoiler

Long story short, an average movie was made good with they great job they did with the emotions on the apes. Really kept me in the movie. 6/10

Spoiler

Caesar spoke before the end and it was one of the most important, and riveting, scenes in the movie (even if the foil was the one dimensional Malfoy). How would they address that in the next movie if they didn't take the leap in this one? Thought the bus was at least clever and demonstrated the intelligence of the apes. My biggest problems were the fact that there are apparently a couple hundred apes in the San Francisco area and the fact that even the apes in the zoo were treated as if they had received the intelligence formula.

You make a good point, and honestly I hadn't thought about it:

Spoiler

I guess we have to have something if there is a planet of talking apes in the future. I was fine with the 'no', but to me it seemed a little much to go from that to "Caesar is home" without seeing any other progression in language. I liked that the apes had intelligence during the battle, but it took me out that they seemed to have super human strength too. Thought it was about 8-10 chimps that moved that bus, but I could be wrong. What I really wanted to see at the end, but there is no way they would do it:

Franco takes out Caesar thinking that he will stop the ape uprising. He does this not knowing how much the other ape from the last experiment that looked like the badass is just as smart, and we see him at the end rallying the surviving apes behind him.

Chimps are pretty damn strong. You think 10 of the strongest guys in the world could do it?So you are saying that a chimp is as strong as the strongest human, and that 8-10 of the strongest humans could push a bus on it's side like that?

Yes, I'd say chimps are probably close to the strongest human. Not sure if 10 of the strongest guys could do it, thats why I was asking.

 

[Kenny Powers]

This looks awesome

 

[Chaka]

Rise of the Planet of the Apes:

I had fun with this one, but I was both loving it and hating it at the same time. Loved what they did with the face animation and how they humanized the apes (I guess mainly Caesar). But I thought a lot of the other CGI was looking pretty bad - him swinging around the room, the apes climbing up the bridge, etc. Could have done without a few things towards the end:

Spoiler

A lot of the big fight - them moving a bus, etc.. just got out of hand for me. Also wasn't digging that Caesar could speak at the end.

Spoiler

Long story short, an average movie was made good with they great job they did with the emotions on the apes. Really kept me in the movie. 6/10

Spoiler

Caesar spoke before the end and it was one of the most important, and riveting, scenes in the movie (even if the foil was the one dimensional Malfoy). How would they address that in the next movie if they didn't take the leap in this one? Thought the bus was at least clever and demonstrated the intelligence of the apes. My biggest problems were the fact that there are apparently a couple hundred apes in the San Francisco area and the fact that even the apes in the zoo were treated as if they had received the intelligence formula.

You make a good point, and honestly I hadn't thought about it:

Spoiler

I guess we have to have something if there is a planet of talking apes in the future. I was fine with the 'no', but to me it seemed a little much to go from that to "Caesar is home" without seeing any other progression in language. I liked that the apes had intelligence during the battle, but it took me out that they seemed to have super human strength too. Thought it was about 8-10 chimps that moved that bus, but I could be wrong. What I really wanted to see at the end, but there is no way they would do it:

Franco takes out Caesar thinking that he will stop the ape uprising. He does this not knowing how much the other ape from the last experiment that looked like the badass is just as smart, and we see him at the end rallying the surviving apes behind him.

Chimps are pretty damn strong. You think 10 of the strongest guys in the world could do it?So you are saying that a chimp is as strong as the strongest human, and that 8-10 of the strongest humans could push a bus on it's side like that?

It has probably never been measured but judging by observation in captivity a Gorilla, which are what was pushing the bus, is about 8-15 times as strong as a human of the same size. Even without measuring, judging by what they are capable of through observation, they are clearly stronger than humans by a wide margin. I think there were about 8 gorillas pushing the bus, and I think it borders on plausible. Honestly do you think the best offensive lineman in the NFL could take a gorilla of the same size? IMO it's the gorilla and it's not even close.

 

[Chaka]

Rise of the Planet of the Apes:

I had fun with this one, but I was both loving it and hating it at the same time. Loved what they did with the face animation and how they humanized the apes (I guess mainly Caesar). But I thought a lot of the other CGI was looking pretty bad - him swinging around the room, the apes climbing up the bridge, etc. Could have done without a few things towards the end:

Spoiler

A lot of the big fight - them moving a bus, etc.. just got out of hand for me. Also wasn't digging that Caesar could speak at the end.

Spoiler

Long story short, an average movie was made good with they great job they did with the emotions on the apes. Really kept me in the movie. 6/10

Spoiler

Caesar spoke before the end and it was one of the most important, and riveting, scenes in the movie (even if the foil was the one dimensional Malfoy). How would they address that in the next movie if they didn't take the leap in this one? Thought the bus was at least clever and demonstrated the intelligence of the apes. My biggest problems were the fact that there are apparently a couple hundred apes in the San Francisco area and the fact that even the apes in the zoo were treated as if they had received the intelligence formula.

You make a good point, and honestly I hadn't thought about it:

Spoiler

I guess we have to have something if there is a planet of talking apes in the future. I was fine with the 'no', but to me it seemed a little much to go from that to "Caesar is home" without seeing any other progression in language. I liked that the apes had intelligence during the battle, but it took me out that they seemed to have super human strength too. Thought it was about 8-10 chimps that moved that bus, but I could be wrong. What I really wanted to see at the end, but there is no way they would do it:

Franco takes out Caesar thinking that he will stop the ape uprising. He does this not knowing how much the other ape from the last experiment that looked like the badass is just as smart, and we see him at the end rallying the surviving apes behind him.

Spoiler

I think that other ape you are referring to might factor into the apes turning bad in the second film. But I think it is important, and a very smart choice by the director, that Caesar didn't simply go "anti-human" with treatment from the serum. It would have been an easy and obvious choice by the filmmakers to just make them go crazy from treatment so I appreciated that Caesar demonstrated restraint.

Why is it such a leap that Caesar embraced spoken language when Franco really didn't sign with Caesar? Caesar communicated through sign but Franco and Lithgow simply spoke with Caesar in response. I think it makes complete sense that Caesar made the leap from sign to speaking, and the apes recognized it as soon as it happened. Like when Caesar asked if he was a pet after seeing the dog on the leash, he went to sit in the back seat rather that in the rear of the SUV. That was a great indications of his ability to recognize his own intelligence, just like when he went ape-#### on the neighbor for yelling at Lithgow demonstrated that he still had his latent animal instinct. Frankly I thought it was a brilliant stroke from the director on both parts.

All that being said I was very disappointed in the human character development. The humans were very wooden and didn't change even one bit during the eight+ years that the movie encompassed. There was a lot that didn't make sense from the human perspective but the apes were developed brilliantly.

 

[KarmaPolice]

Rise of the Planet of the Apes:

I had fun with this one, but I was both loving it and hating it at the same time. Loved what they did with the face animation and how they humanized the apes (I guess mainly Caesar). But I thought a lot of the other CGI was looking pretty bad - him swinging around the room, the apes climbing up the bridge, etc. Could have done without a few things towards the end:

Spoiler

A lot of the big fight - them moving a bus, etc.. just got out of hand for me. Also wasn't digging that Caesar could speak at the end.

Spoiler

Long story short, an average movie was made good with they great job they did with the emotions on the apes. Really kept me in the movie. 6/10

Spoiler

Caesar spoke before the end and it was one of the most important, and riveting, scenes in the movie (even if the foil was the one dimensional Malfoy). How would they address that in the next movie if they didn't take the leap in this one? Thought the bus was at least clever and demonstrated the intelligence of the apes. My biggest problems were the fact that there are apparently a couple hundred apes in the San Francisco area and the fact that even the apes in the zoo were treated as if they had received the intelligence formula.

Spoiler

You make a good point, and honestly I hadn't thought about it:

I guess we have to have something if there is a planet of talking apes in the future. I was fine with the 'no', but to me it seemed a little much to go from that to "Caesar is home" without seeing any other progression in language. I liked that the apes had intelligence during the battle, but it took me out that they seemed to have super human strength too. Thought it was about 8-10 chimps that moved that bus, but I could be wrong. What I really wanted to see at the end, but there is no way they would do it:

Franco takes out Caesar thinking that he will stop the ape uprising. He does this not knowing how much the other ape from the last experiment that looked like the badass is just as smart, and we see him at the end rallying the surviving apes behind him.

Chimps are pretty damn strong. You think 10 of the strongest guys in the world could do it?So you are saying that a chimp is as strong as the strongest human, and that 8-10 of the strongest humans could push a bus on it's side like that?

It has probably never been measured but judging by observation in captivity a Gorilla, which are what was pushing the bus, is about 8-15 times as strong as a human of the same size. Even without measuring, judging by what they are capable of through observation, they are clearly stronger than humans by a wide margin. I think there were about 8 gorillas pushing the bus, and I think it borders on plausible. Honestly do you think the best offensive lineman in the NFL could take a gorilla of the same size? IMO it's the gorilla and it's not even close.

Love where this conversation is going. In all honesty, I started to check out of this movie a little by this point. I only remembered the big gorilla from the place Franco had to take the chimp throughout the movie. I didn't realize there were that many. I thought they were chimps. I only remember one gorilla, one orangatan, and everything else I thought was smaller. Still not sure the realism pushing a bus on it's side, but it sure makes more sense if it's 8 gorillas vs. 8 chimps. Long story short the CGI during the battle (no surprise) started to take me out of the movie and hurt my rating for the movie.

 

[KarmaPolice]

Rise of the Planet of the Apes:

I had fun with this one, but I was both loving it and hating it at the same time. Loved what they did with the face animation and how they humanized the apes (I guess mainly Caesar). But I thought a lot of the other CGI was looking pretty bad - him swinging around the room, the apes climbing up the bridge, etc. Could have done without a few things towards the end:

Spoiler

A lot of the big fight - them moving a bus, etc.. just got out of hand for me. Also wasn't digging that Caesar could speak at the end.

Spoiler

Long story short, an average movie was made good with they great job they did with the emotions on the apes. Really kept me in the movie. 6/10

Spoiler

Caesar spoke before the end and it was one of the most important, and riveting, scenes in the movie (even if the foil was the one dimensional Malfoy). How would they address that in the next movie if they didn't take the leap in this one? Thought the bus was at least clever and demonstrated the intelligence of the apes. My biggest problems were the fact that there are apparently a couple hundred apes in the San Francisco area and the fact that even the apes in the zoo were treated as if they had received the intelligence formula.

You make a good point, and honestly I hadn't thought about it:

Spoiler

I guess we have to have something if there is a planet of talking apes in the future. I was fine with the 'no', but to me it seemed a little much to go from that to "Caesar is home" without seeing any other progression in language. I liked that the apes had intelligence during the battle, but it took me out that they seemed to have super human strength too. Thought it was about 8-10 chimps that moved that bus, but I could be wrong. What I really wanted to see at the end, but there is no way they would do it:

Franco takes out Caesar thinking that he will stop the ape uprising. He does this not knowing how much the other ape from the last experiment that looked like the badass is just as smart, and we see him at the end rallying the surviving apes behind him.

Spoiler

I think that other ape you are referring to might factor into the apes turning bad in the second film. But I think it is important, and a very smart choice by the director, that Caesar didn't simply go "anti-human" with treatment from the serum. It would have been an easy and obvious choice by the filmmakers to just make them go crazy from treatment so I appreciated that Caesar demonstrated restraint.

Why is it such a leap that Caesar embraced spoken language when Franco really didn't sign with Caesar? Caesar communicated through sign but Franco and Lithgow simply spoke with Caesar in response. I think it makes complete sense that Caesar made the leap from sign to speaking, and the apes recognized it as soon as it happened. Like when Caesar asked if he was a pet after seeing the dog on the leash, he went to sit in the back seat rather that in the rear of the SUV. That was a great indications of his ability to recognize his own intelligence, just like when he went ape-#### on the neighbor for yelling at Lithgow demonstrated that he still had his latent animal instinct. Frankly I thought it was a brilliant stroke from the director on both parts.

All that being said I was very disappointed in the human character development. The humans were very wooden and didn't change even one bit during the eight+ years that the movie encompassed. There was a lot that didn't make sense from the human perspective but the apes were developed brilliantly.

I am getting the feeling we are just going to bicker over every movie now.

Spoiler

Besides not being anatomically possible for the chimps to speak? IMO it would have been fine to have him yell NO towards the end. It hints at the start of learned speech, but still is simple enough to be close to a grunt to by a monkey saying it. Just thought it was silly to go from that to "Caesar is home" in course of a day with no hint of knowing any other words. You liked it, but it got an eyeroll from me.

Agree that the humans definitely took a backseat to the apes in development, and that's what kept the movie above average for me.

 

[Chaka]

Rise of the Planet of the Apes:

I had fun with this one, but I was both loving it and hating it at the same time. Loved what they did with the face animation and how they humanized the apes (I guess mainly Caesar). But I thought a lot of the other CGI was looking pretty bad - him swinging around the room, the apes climbing up the bridge, etc. Could have done without a few things towards the end:

Spoiler

A lot of the big fight - them moving a bus, etc.. just got out of hand for me. Also wasn't digging that Caesar could speak at the end.

Spoiler

Long story short, an average movie was made good with they great job they did with the emotions on the apes. Really kept me in the movie. 6/10

Spoiler

Caesar spoke before the end and it was one of the most important, and riveting, scenes in the movie (even if the foil was the one dimensional Malfoy). How would they address that in the next movie if they didn't take the leap in this one? Thought the bus was at least clever and demonstrated the intelligence of the apes. My biggest problems were the fact that there are apparently a couple hundred apes in the San Francisco area and the fact that even the apes in the zoo were treated as if they had received the intelligence formula.

You make a good point, and honestly I hadn't thought about it:

Spoiler

I guess we have to have something if there is a planet of talking apes in the future. I was fine with the 'no', but to me it seemed a little much to go from that to "Caesar is home" without seeing any other progression in language. I liked that the apes had intelligence during the battle, but it took me out that they seemed to have super human strength too. Thought it was about 8-10 chimps that moved that bus, but I could be wrong. What I really wanted to see at the end, but there is no way they would do it:

Franco takes out Caesar thinking that he will stop the ape uprising. He does this not knowing how much the other ape from the last experiment that looked like the badass is just as smart, and we see him at the end rallying the surviving apes behind him.

Spoiler

I think that other ape you are referring to might factor into the apes turning bad in the second film. But I think it is important, and a very smart choice by the director, that Caesar didn't simply go "anti-human" with treatment from the serum. It would have been an easy and obvious choice by the filmmakers to just make them go crazy from treatment so I appreciated that Caesar demonstrated restraint.

Why is it such a leap that Caesar embraced spoken language when Franco really didn't sign with Caesar? Caesar communicated through sign but Franco and Lithgow simply spoke with Caesar in response. I think it makes complete sense that Caesar made the leap from sign to speaking, and the apes recognized it as soon as it happened. Like when Caesar asked if he was a pet after seeing the dog on the leash, he went to sit in the back seat rather that in the rear of the SUV. That was a great indications of his ability to recognize his own intelligence, just like when he went ape-#### on the neighbor for yelling at Lithgow demonstrated that he still had his latent animal instinct. Frankly I thought it was a brilliant stroke from the director on both parts.

All that being said I was very disappointed in the human character development. The humans were very wooden and didn't change even one bit during the eight+ years that the movie encompassed. There was a lot that didn't make sense from the human perspective but the apes were developed brilliantly.

I am getting the feeling we are just going to bicker over every movie now.

Spoiler

Besides not being anatomically possible for the chimps to speak? IMO it would have been fine to have him yell NO towards the end. It hints at the start of learned speech, but still is simple enough to be close to a grunt to by a monkey saying it. Just thought it was silly to go from that to "Caesar is home" in course of a day with no hint of knowing any other words. You liked it, but it got an eyeroll from me.

Agree that the humans definitely took a backseat to the apes in development, and that's what kept the movie above average for me.

I didn't realize that it was anatomically impossible for a chimp to speak. My bad on that. And don't worry about bickering about every movie, you just sometimes have horrible taste. No one is judging, you're still a cool dude.

Spoiler

The apes gotta start speaking sometime, Caesar seems like a good, and plausible in the context of a motion picture, place to start IMO

 

[jamny]

Everything Must Go wasn't bad. It didn't get as sappy as I expected it to, especially with the kid. There were a few issues with the writing but overall it was enjoyable. I always liked Will Ferrell when he was with SNL but he went downhill after that with some of his movies. His comedy is too one-dimensional. But I like his acting in this (and Stranger Than Fiction, which I thought was excellent)and wish he'd do more like it. He's good in the "dramedies" 2.5/5

 

[Andy Dufresne]

Some Like It Hot - 7/10

Continuing my viewing of movies from the library...

Lemmon and Curtis are a riot, Monroe is hot (but man that girl must have been d-u-m-b), and I liked it.

 

[saintfool]

so i decided to fire up the WABAC machine last night and watch a minor film from the 70's.

"charley varrick" features Walter Matthau is a small time crook who pulls off a caper and runs afoul of the mob in the process. joe don baker plays the mob enforcer charged with straightening everything out. john "dean wormer" vernon, norman "mr roper" fell, and a few other character actors round out the cast. don seigel - famous for the original "dirty harry" film - directs this paper-thin plotted flick.

let me honest about this: it's laughably bad. like MST3k-worthy of ridicule and sending up. matthau is slumming it, for sure, in this but is still kind of fun. heck, he blows up his wife with black powder but doesn't shed a tear. he manages to have a one-night stand with a woman after speaking with her on the phone ONE TIME. it's the kind of movie where joe don baker goes to a brothel to catch a few winks but won't "sleep with whores". he threatens someone in a wheelchair, nearly kilss someone with a single karate chop to the ribs, and has a car chase with an bi-plane to great effect. baker, and his character, is pretty awful. not "mitchell" awful but damn close. it's got all of the trappings of B-films of the early 70's and that might be enough for some.

 

[jdoggydogg]

The Simpsons: Season 7

Re-watching the early seasons with my son. Hilarious.

 

[baymen]

Elite Force

Superb Brazilian film about the military police, politicians, drug cartel and corrupt police in Rio de Janeiro. I put it in the same class as City of Men and its definitely a Top 5 of the Year for me. Go see this.

4.65/5

I am having trouble finding info on this movie. Is this the one you are referring to? Elite Squad?

 

[joffer]

The Lincoln Lawyer - premise was a little dumb, but a decent courtroom movie. I was entertained. 6.5/10

 

[belljr]

Hall Pass - I enjoyed it, was a bit raunchier than I thought it was going to be. The blond was freaking ridiculous...