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[Cliff Clavin]

Fright Night: Uh... why in the hell did Colin Farrel sign up for this one? I like him in most movies but this was terrible for him. Horrible writing that he couldn't save. Didn't like the lead kid at all... really the only good thing about the movie was McLovin and the back and forth between the Vincent and his woman. 1/5

Because, surprisingly, he hadn't worked in two years - since Ondine.

Sure he has. Horrible Bosses and London Boulevarde.

 

[Chaka]

Fright Night: Uh... why in the hell did Colin Farrel sign up for this one? I like him in most movies but this was terrible for him. Horrible writing that he couldn't save. Didn't like the lead kid at all... really the only good thing about the movie was McLovin and the back and forth between the Vincent and his woman. 1/5

Because, surprisingly, he hadn't worked in two years - since Ondine.

He was in two films in 2010 and three others in 2009 aside from Ondine.I had heard that his hard lifestyle makes him a large insurance risk, which keeps people from casting him, but he still seems to be getting steady work.

 

[Andy Dufresne]

Fright Night: Uh... why in the hell did Colin Farrel sign up for this one? I like him in most movies but this was terrible for him. Horrible writing that he couldn't save. Didn't like the lead kid at all... really the only good thing about the movie was McLovin and the back and forth between the Vincent and his woman. 1/5

Because, surprisingly, he hadn't worked in two years - since Ondine.

Sure he has. Horrible Bosses and London Boulevarde.

Just repeating what I read on IMDB:

Colin Farrell said that he took the role of Jerry because he needed the work (he hadn't worked on a film since Ondine) and that he liked Craig Gillespie's work on Lars and the Real Girl.

According to Google:London Boulevard - Filming began on 8 June.

Fright Night - Principal photography began July 26, 2010.

Horrible Bosses - Production Schedule: 6 July 2010 - October 2010

So, it's likely that he agreed to Fright Night first but then got the other roles in quick succession afterwards and the production scheduled just matched up like they did.

Regardless, that statement might not be correct. The better reason is the reason that all good actors take bad roles - they need the money. See: Ben Kingsley

 

[Time Kibitzer]

Grownups

Good Lord this was awful. It's like somebody said: "Hey, let's get a lot of comedians who have been funny from time to time in the past, and make a film where none of them are ever funny at all." Kind of an accomplishment, I suppose. I turned it off.

Omg is this atrocious. I watched the bowl games with the family then stuck around as they watched this drivel. There is not enough alcohol in the world for this trainwreck. The movie maybe got better after the first half an hour but I'll never know. When I realized the alcohol wasn't working I simply left. So many stars were trying to out-funny one another but nothing was funny. It was forced, awkward, and I will never get back my time. How and why are these movies made? If Adam Sandler died tomorrow it would be a net positive for society.

As for why, because they make vast wads of cash. As for how, I haven't a clue.

 

[Jutz]

Drive: Umm... yeah. Some pretty dumb stuff in it. Terrible ending. Only really good thing about it was chase scenes. 1.5/5

I pretty well thought the opposite of all of this. I thought the ending was great, what did you want to happen? I thought the chase scenes were kind of cool, but that's where a lot of the dumb stuff happened imo, and I didn't like how they went forward in time like 5 seconds randomly during a car chase scene, made it hard to follow. Still, I'd give the film a 4/5 simply because it was a pretty damn cool movie throughout.

It was awful.

No it wasn't.

Yes it was.

It was awful.

 

[hooter311]

Fright Night: Uh... why in the hell did Colin Farrel sign up for this one? I like him in most movies but this was terrible for him. Horrible writing that he couldn't save. Didn't like the lead kid at all... really the only good thing about the movie was McLovin and the back and forth between the Vincent and his woman. 1/5

Because, surprisingly, he hadn't worked in two years - since Ondine.

Sure he has. Horrible Bosses and London Boulevarde.

Just repeating what I read on IMDB:

Colin Farrell said that he took the role of Jerry because he needed the work (he hadn't worked on a film since Ondine) and that he liked Craig Gillespie's work on Lars and the Real Girl.

According to Google:London Boulevard - Filming began on 8 June.

Fright Night - Principal photography began July 26, 2010.

Horrible Bosses - Production Schedule: 6 July 2010 - October 2010

So, it's likely that he agreed to Fright Night first but then got the other roles in quick succession afterwards and the production scheduled just matched up like they did.

Regardless, that statement might not be correct. The better reason is the reason that all good actors take bad roles - they need the money. See: Ben Kingsley

Colin Farrel is an ### to work with and you can only understand his "english" in films. The rest of the time he speaks fluent drunken Irish mumbling.

 

[Cliff Clavin]

Drive: Umm... yeah. Some pretty dumb stuff in it. Terrible ending. Only really good thing about it was chase scenes. 1.5/5

I pretty well thought the opposite of all of this. I thought the ending was great, what did you want to happen? I thought the chase scenes were kind of cool, but that's where a lot of the dumb stuff happened imo, and I didn't like how they went forward in time like 5 seconds randomly during a car chase scene, made it hard to follow. Still, I'd give the film a 4/5 simply because it was a pretty damn cool movie throughout.

It was awful.

No it wasn't.

Yes it was.

It was awful.

 

[KarmaPolice]

Down sick for a couple days....

Killer Elite: Decent for an action flick but waaaay to long. Action movies should be limited to a maximum of 90 minutes. 2/5

The movie is not even 2 hours long. Haven't seen it, but is the pacing slow? Seems like just about everything is approaching 2.5 hours lately - everything from Batman to Pirates to Transformers are clocking in at those times.

Fright Night: Uh... why in the hell did Colin Farrel sign up for this one? I like him in most movies but this was terrible for him. Horrible writing that he couldn't save. Didn't like the lead kid at all... really the only good thing about the movie was McLovin and the back and forth between the Vincent and his woman. 1/5



And just when I thought Andy is the anti-KP in the movie thread. As I posted before, I thought he was the only redeeming thing about this movie. Couple scenes he was damn good in. Thought McLovin was terrible in this thing.

 

[jdoggydogg]

The Sopranos: Season 1

I can't imagine a time where I will ever get tired of watching this season.

 

[KarmaPolice]

Contagion:

Thought this one was OK. Has the typical Soderburgh feel to it and visually it reminded me a lot of Traffic, which is a movie I love. The main problem with this movie is that it is way too clinical. I think it does a decent job at trying to realistically show some of the things that might happen and how people would react in an epidemic situation. However, I ended up caring about nobody in this movie, so it had 0 emotional weight to it. Couple of my main thoughts during the movie:

Spoiler

1. Matt Damon's wife was one of the first to get this, and he was witnessing the crap go down. However, he didn't think to get some supplies, get out of town, etc.. until everybody else was doing it? Felt like we were supposed to feel for him, but I was more annoyed.

2. Seemed like some of the doctors were a little cavalier in walking around without masks. Again, we were supposed to feel for Kate Winslet when she gets the virus.

3. After all that, Larry really gave his vaccine to the janitor's son?? I know he was high up the chain, but it also didn't seem like a well thought out process of just having the wristband with the vaccine - figure if that is how they are going to tell who was immune, that would be a little more regulated.

Anyway, thought this could have been damn good if there was more emotion to the movie. As it is, I would say it was above average - 6/10

 

[Kenny Powers]

Margin Call....I havent seen many movies from 2011 yet, but in what appears to be a weak year I think this will end up being one of the stronger movies. I didnt understand all of the business/stock market talk, but I got the gist that they were up poop's creek so that didnt bother me. Very rare for a drama like this to maintain the suspense via dialogue the entire film, but I thought it did for nearly 90% of the scenes. Excellent screenplay, possibly deserving of a nomination, but even better acting overall. Quinto was good; Spacey, Bettany, and Irons were all very good. At first, I thought it was a weird casting choice for Bettany here, but I ended up thinking he stole most of his scenes with the best performance Ive seen from him to date. Hard to really feel for people in positions making boatloads of money, but I think they achieved that here with a handful of characters. Only complaint was the final scene....4.1/5

Spoiler

WTF was up with that last scene?!! Before it even started really, I look over to my dad and say "Im surprised it didnt end right there, wouldve been perfect that after Spacey says he needs the money, a bunch of people get fired, and the new guy gets promoted"...Instead we get an awkward scene with Spacey trying to bury his dead dog in what one could only assume to be his ex-wife's front yard. Not only do I think they shouldve ended it when I said, with Spacey walking out to the elevator, but the additional scene was one of the biggest headscratchers Ive ever seen in a good movie

 

[hooter311]

Shark Night

Ok, lets start with the bad. The CGI sharks are poor at best. Acting is awful. I'm not a gore hound but it consists of red water with it choosing the PG-13 rating. Now the good, there are a couple shark attacks that are among the best on film. One is definitely in the top 3 with the opening scene of Jaws and the SLJ scene in Deep Blue Sea. This was fun to watch, not quite up to the bar that Piranha set the year before. Man I wish I had seen this in 3d though.

3/5

The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret

Must have been a BBC show. Caught this on Instant Watch. Hilarious awkward comedy. Not too often will you see Will Arnett without a leash on his mouth, some of his lines are great. The best TV Arnett and Cross have done since AR.

4.5/5

Dale and Tucker vs Evil

Like others have said, horror fans need to check this out. Love the charisma of the two leads who I always wanted to see more of but didn't know what kind of material would give them the chance. The thicker one I recognize from Sons of Tuscon, and Alan Tudyk was great in Firefly and the original Death at a Funeral.

3.5/5

 

[Cliff Clavin]

Down sick for a couple days....

Killer Elite: Decent for an action flick but waaaay to long. Action movies should be limited to a maximum of 90 minutes. 2/5

The movie is not even 2 hours long. Haven't seen it, but is the pacing slow? Seems like just about everything is approaching 2.5 hours lately - everything from Batman to Pirates to Transformers are clocking in at those times.

Fright Night: Uh... why in the hell did Colin Farrel sign up for this one? I like him in most movies but this was terrible for him. Horrible writing that he couldn't save. Didn't like the lead kid at all... really the only good thing about the movie was McLovin and the back and forth between the Vincent and his woman. 1/5



And just when I thought Andy is the anti-KP in the movie thread. As I posted before, I thought he was the only redeeming thing about this movie. Couple scenes he was damn good in. Thought McLovin was terrible in this thing.

Killer Elite was 4 minutes shy of two hours. IMO that is too long for any action movie. Maybe I'm just losing my love for them or maybe the new CGI type action movies (Super heros, apocalyptic types) have killed the Stathams, Stallones and Arnolds. Anti-KP?

 

[Cliff Clavin]

The Guard: Gleeson was hilarious. Probably should have watched it with subtitles as I struggled to catch some of the conversations. Probably the best dark comedy since In Bruges. 4/5

 

[Copeman]

Watched that movie Dale and Tucker vs Evil or whatever it is called. Don't see the love for this movie. At all.

3/10

 

[KarmaPolice]

Down sick for a couple days....

Killer Elite: Decent for an action flick but waaaay to long. Action movies should be limited to a maximum of 90 minutes. 2/5

The movie is not even 2 hours long. Haven't seen it, but is the pacing slow? Seems like just about everything is approaching 2.5 hours lately - everything from Batman to Pirates to Transformers are clocking in at those times.

Fright Night: Uh... why in the hell did Colin Farrel sign up for this one? I like him in most movies but this was terrible for him. Horrible writing that he couldn't save. Didn't like the lead kid at all... really the only good thing about the movie was McLovin and the back and forth between the Vincent and his woman. 1/5



And just when I thought Andy is the anti-KP in the movie thread. As I posted before, I thought he was the only redeeming thing about this movie. Couple scenes he was damn good in. Thought McLovin was terrible in this thing.

Killer Elite was 4 minutes shy of two hours. IMO that is too long for any action movie. Maybe I'm just losing my love for them or maybe the new CGI type action movies (Super heros, apocalyptic types) have killed the Stathams, Stallones and Arnolds. Anti-KP?

My opposite. Can't think of anything that we have agreed on as far as movies go. I can at least think of a couple of things that Andy and I have agreed on. Love the differing opinions in this thread, but don't think we are meeting up for a movie marathon any time soon.

 

[KarmaPolice]

Dale and Tucker vs Evil

Like others have said, horror fans need to check this out. Love the charisma of the two leads who I always wanted to see more of but didn't know what kind of material would give them the chance. The thicker one I recognize from Sons of Tuscon, and Alan Tudyk was great in Firefly and the original Death at a Funeral.

3.5/5

Isn't he also the drunk Steeler fan who walks in the cafe while Zach and Miri are making a porno?

 

[Chaka]

Shark Night

Ok, lets start with the bad. The CGI sharks are poor at best. Acting is awful. I'm not a gore hound but it consists of red water with it choosing the PG-13 rating. Now the good, there are a couple shark attacks that are among the best on film. One is definitely in the top 3 with the opening scene of Jaws and the SLJ scene in Deep Blue Sea. This was fun to watch, not quite up to the bar that Piranha set the year before. Man I wish I had seen this in 3d though.

3/5

Just saw this one too. I have a soft spot for man v. wild horror films and I am a fan of Donal Logue so I thought it would be right up my alley. Didn't realize it was PG-13 or I might not have bothered. There were 1.5 "good kills" at best, and if you're not going to give the audience good shark kills or boobs in a film like this (seriously, not a single nipple to be found, even of the cold water in a bikini variety) then what's the point of making it? Piranha represents everything that is right about films of this genre and Shark Night represents the opposite end of that spectrum.

 

[KarmaPolice]

Watched that movie Dale and Tucker vs Evil or whatever it is called. Don't see the love for this movie. At all.3/10

Are you a fan of horror, and what was your expectation going into the movie? I think it might have been the most fun I had watching a movie this year. Had a blast with it - just wish I could have caught it in the theater with a crowd.

 

[SmoovySmoov]

Dale and Tucker vs Evil

Like others have said, horror fans need to check this out. Love the charisma of the two leads who I always wanted to see more of but didn't know what kind of material would give them the chance. The thicker one I recognize from Sons of Tuscon, and Alan Tudyk was great in Firefly and the original Death at a Funeral.

3.5/5

Isn't he also the drunk Steeler fan who walks in the cafe while Zach and Miri are making a porno?

Huck it, chuck it, FOOTBALL!!!!!

 

[Andy Dufresne]

My opposite. Can't think of anything that we have agreed on as far as movies go. I can at least think of a couple of things that Andy and I have agreed on. Love the differing opinions in this thread, but don't think we are meeting up for a movie marathon any time soon.

I'm sure we could find something. Might take a while though.

Dale and Tucker vs Evil

Like others have said, horror fans need to check this out. Love the charisma of the two leads who I always wanted to see more of but didn't know what kind of material would give them the chance. The thicker one I recognize from Sons of Tuscon, and Alan Tudyk was great in Firefly and the original Death at a Funeral.

3.5/5

Isn't he also the drunk Steeler fan who walks in the cafe while Zach and Miri are making a porno?

I think the most intersting Tudyk role was that he played Sonny in I, Robot.

 

[hooter311]

The Guard: Gleeson was hilarious. Probably should have watched it with subtitles as I struggled to catch some of the conversations. Probably the best dark comedy since In Bruges. 4/5

Awesome, almost got this at Redbox the other night. Glad to see a good review for it, probably will be the next thing I see.

 

[hooter311]

My opposite. Can't think of anything that we have agreed on as far as movies go. I can at least think of a couple of things that Andy and I have agreed on. Love the differing opinions in this thread, but don't think we are meeting up for a movie marathon any time soon.

I'm sure we could find something. Might take a while though.

Dale and Tucker vs Evil

Like others have said, horror fans need to check this out. Love the charisma of the two leads who I always wanted to see more of but didn't know what kind of material would give them the chance. The thicker one I recognize from Sons of Tuscon, and Alan Tudyk was great in Firefly and the original Death at a Funeral.

3.5/5

Isn't he also the drunk Steeler fan who walks in the cafe while Zach and Miri are making a porno?

I think the most intersting Tudyk role was that he played Sonny in I, Robot.

There was something interesting in I, Robot?

 

[Copeman]

Watched that movie Dale and Tucker vs Evil or whatever it is called. Don't see the love for this movie. At all.3/10

Are you a fan of horror, and what was your expectation going into the movie? I think it might have been the most fun I had watching a movie this year. Had a blast with it - just wish I could have caught it in the theater with a crowd.

Big fan of horror. And comedy. I mean, it was ok. Thought is was more comedy than horror. In fact, I wouldn't even classify it as horror at all. Other than the two leads of course, who are very good, the movie just didn't do much for me.

 

[Andy Dufresne]

There was something interesting in I, Robot?

I liked I, Robot.

 

[hooter311]

There was something interesting in I, Robot?

I liked I, Robot.

Just one of those I absolutely couldn't stand. You have a lot better stomach for blockbuster type movies than I do.

 

[hooter311]

Watched that movie Dale and Tucker vs Evil or whatever it is called. Don't see the love for this movie. At all.3/10

Are you a fan of horror, and what was your expectation going into the movie? I think it might have been the most fun I had watching a movie this year. Had a blast with it - just wish I could have caught it in the theater with a crowd.

Big fan of horror. And comedy. I mean, it was ok. Thought is was more comedy than horror. In fact, I wouldn't even classify it as horror at all. Other than the two leads of course, who are very good, the movie just didn't do much for me.

I guess I've pretty much seen it all in the horror genre. For something to strike a chord it usually doesn't have to be "great", just something new. The death by "misunderstanding" stuff, was a good enough gag to carry the film for me.

 

[Chaka]

I Saw the Devil I enjoy Korean cinema but I find some of their darker explorations to be mentally exhausting and this one is definitely a dark exploration. While ultimately I classify it as a revenge flick, in typical Korean fashion, it does not provide the sanitized American approach to such things where afterwards everyone goes back to their lives seemingly unscarred from their experiences (I'm looking at you Liam Neeson). IStD makes you extremely aware that you don't walk away from traumatic experiences as the same person you were before them, regardless or whether or not you punish the bad guy.

While this movie has some mildly distracting continuity issues as well as some difficult to watch violence, which is characteristic to the genre in Korea, I enjoyed it, not in spite of but because of the ultimately unsatisfying nature of journey of the protagonist. Unlike standard revenge fare this film made me really contemplate the consequences of the pursuit on the protagonist as well as ponder the arbitrary distinctions between good guy and bad guy.

Recommended for the strong of heart.

 

[Dr. Awesome]

The Guard: Gleeson was hilarious. Probably should have watched it with subtitles as I struggled to catch some of the conversations. Probably the best dark comedy since In Bruges. 4/5

Wasn't wild about In Bruges but loved The Guard. Gleeson is an absolute crackup.

 

[jdoggydogg]

The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret

Must have been a BBC show. Caught this on Instant Watch. Hilarious awkward comedy. Not too often will you see Will Arnett without a leash on his mouth, some of his lines are great. The best TV Arnett and Cross have done since AR.

4.5/5

Dying to see this.

 

[Chaka]

Red State - Wasn't sure what to expect but was intrigued by a Kevin Smith shot at what I thought was going to be a horror film. But it really isn't a horror film it was a film that continued to morph into something different every step of the way. Teen sex romp, psycho hillbilly horror, federal home seizure, government procedural etc. But ultimately it was Smith railing against Westboro Baptist Church, the ATF, governmental policies regarding terrorism and the government in general. I wish he railed a bit on fat people on airplanes but you can only cover so much in one film.

Ultimately I found it to be entertaining and pretty well done. Goodman was as good as I have seen him in awhile and I thought Michael Parks and Stephen Root also delivered. I also loved the marijuana growers role in the whole thing.

Nothing special but worth a watch.

 

[Chaka]

Midnight in Paris - Loved it. Thought it was charming, witty, interesting, profound at times but never overreaching it's scope as ultimately it is a simple story.

Thought all the period characters were well written but Dali, Zelda and Hemingway stand out for me as particularly well portrayed. I learned something too, from the pictures I had seen I thought Gertrude Stein (despite the name Gertrude) was a man, having Kathy Bates play the part explains a lot to me.

I also did not find Wilson to be whiny in the least, in fact I think he took his typical naive, aww-shucks style down several notches and appeared to really let himself be caught up in the moment and embrace what he was experiencing.

Good movie and I gladly recommend it.

 

[jdoggydogg]

Midnight in Paris - Loved it. Thought it was charming, witty, interesting, profound at times but never overreaching it's scope as ultimately it is a simple story.

Thought all the period characters were well written but Dali, Zelda and Hemingway stand out for me as particularly well portrayed. I learned something too, from the pictures I had seen I thought Gertrude Stein (despite the name Gertrude) was a man, having Kathy Bates play the part explains a lot to me.

I also did not find Wilson to be whiny in the least, in fact I think he took his typical naive, aww-shucks style down several notches and appeared to really let himself be caught up in the moment and embrace what he was experiencing.

Good movie and I gladly recommend it.

This movie succeeds at being light entertainment. I'm not sure what people expected when they gave it a negative review, but I found it thoroughly enjoyable.

 

[Cliff Clavin]

Snow Beast: Fantastically crappy B horror flick. Nailed pretty much every single cliche. The Snow Beast was simply a guy in a costume who looked a hell of a lot like the abominable snowman from the Rudolph cartoon. He had super speed when chasing down random people but of course slow and clumsy when chasing down our hero and the same blow that killed multiple people barely phased our guy. Horrible on multiple levels but a great watch. Snow Beast >>>> Midnight in Paris. 3.5/5

ETA: Pic of the Beast.

 

[Mr. Mojo]

Midnight in Paris - Loved it. Thought it was charming, witty, interesting, profound at times but never overreaching it's scope as ultimately it is a simple story.

Thought all the period characters were well written but Dali, Zelda and Hemingway stand out for me as particularly well portrayed. I learned something too, from the pictures I had seen I thought Gertrude Stein (despite the name Gertrude) was a man, having Kathy Bates play the part explains a lot to me.

I also did not find Wilson to be whiny in the least, in fact I think he took his typical naive, aww-shucks style down several notches and appeared to really let himself be caught up in the moment and embrace what he was experiencing.

Good movie and I gladly recommend it.

This movie succeeds at being light entertainment. I'm not sure what people expected when they gave it a negative review, but I found it thoroughly enjoyable.

Just saw it.Started slow with some awful opening music. But got better as it went along and I really liked it by the end.

Owen Wilson was good and Woody Allen wasn't in it to ruin it. It was interesting hearing Michael Sheen speak with an American accent.

 

[KarmaPolice]

Watched that movie Dale and Tucker vs Evil or whatever it is called. Don't see the love for this movie. At all.3/10

Are you a fan of horror, and what was your expectation going into the movie? I think it might have been the most fun I had watching a movie this year. Had a blast with it - just wish I could have caught it in the theater with a crowd.

Big fan of horror. And comedy. I mean, it was ok. Thought is was more comedy than horror. In fact, I wouldn't even classify it as horror at all. Other than the two leads of course, who are very good, the movie just didn't do much for me.

I guess I've pretty much seen it all in the horror genre. For something to strike a chord it usually doesn't have to be "great", just something new. The death by "misunderstanding" stuff, was a good enough gag to carry the film for me.

This is it 100%. Rare that the genre throws something new out there, and love the reverse angle for what might be going on in the normal "killer in the woods" horror movie. And yes, this was meant to be more comedy, ala Shaun of the Dead.

 

[hooter311]

Watched the documentary on the creation of South Park episodes. Absolutely sick that they can produce an episode in its entirety in 6 days with the level of script writing they achieve.

I had no idea Bill Hader was one of the writers for show. Makes him that much cooler in my book.

The part where they talked about dropping acid before attending their first Oscars for the song from the South Park movie, while wearing women's dresses. I thought I had some balls but I'm not sure I could pull that off. Would love to party with them.

 

[Chaka]

Watched that movie Dale and Tucker vs Evil or whatever it is called. Don't see the love for this movie. At all.3/10

Are you a fan of horror, and what was your expectation going into the movie? I think it might have been the most fun I had watching a movie this year. Had a blast with it - just wish I could have caught it in the theater with a crowd.

Big fan of horror. And comedy. I mean, it was ok. Thought is was more comedy than horror. In fact, I wouldn't even classify it as horror at all. Other than the two leads of course, who are very good, the movie just didn't do much for me.

I guess I've pretty much seen it all in the horror genre. For something to strike a chord it usually doesn't have to be "great", just something new. The death by "misunderstanding" stuff, was a good enough gag to carry the film for me.

This is it 100%. Rare that the genre throws something new out there, and love the reverse angle for what might be going on in the normal "killer in the woods" horror movie. And yes, this was meant to be more comedy, ala Shaun of the Dead.

Agreed. For me this was a comedy on pretty much every level.

 

[KarmaPolice]

Moneyball:

Ending up digging this one a bit and I don't really like baseball and usually don't like sports movies. It's not a typical sports movie, so that probably helped. It is not perfect though. While I understand what they were trying to do, the scenes with his daughter did nothing for me. Also, if the character isn't going to be resolved, don't put an actor as awesome as PSH in the role as the manager. In the end I think it did an admirable job putting together a movie out of that book while still maintaining my interest. Right now would probably sneak into my top 10 for the year, but I haven't seen anything that has come out since October, so I don't think that it would stay there by the time I got through those movies. 7/10.

 

[Chaka]

Beats Rhymes & Life: The Travels of a Tribe Called Quest - I don't think it is necessary to be a fan of ATCQ or the east coast hip hop movement to enjoy this documentary but it probably helps. Pretty much a straight forward presentation detailing the history of ATCQ from Phife & Q-Tip growing up together, their role in the rise of hip-hop, Phife's health issues, their falling out and ultimate break up in '98, to the reunion tours. There are a lot of great interviews with people who were around the scene at that time as well as younger hip-hop acts that were influenced by ATCQ, and pretty much everyone was influenced by them at some point.

I enjoyed it and think it's definitely worth a watch for fans of hip-hop and I think it could be informative and even compelling for those who dismiss the genre for whatever reason. There is a lot of good hip-hop from that era that is definitely worth exploring.

 

[Mr. Mojo]

If you haven't seen it yet, see Jane Eyre.

Outstanding adaptation of classic story with excellent acting by the three leads and great photography.

 

[sports_fan]

Real Steel

Hated it. 1/5

 

[jamny]

Watched the documentary on the creation of South Park episodes. Absolutely sick that they can produce an episode in its entirety in 6 days with the level of script writing they achieve.

I had no idea Bill Hader was one of the writers for show. Makes him that much cooler in my book.

The part where they talked about dropping acid before attending their first Oscars for the song from the South Park movie, while wearing women's dresses. I thought I had some balls but I'm not sure I could pull that off. Would love to party with them.

What's the doc called? on TV?

 

[Chaka]

Drive - Despite being skeptical about it I really ended up enjoying this one. At first I thought it moved a little slow and found the way the director chose to develop the relationship between Gosling and Mulligan to be a little disjointed and awkward. But then I realized that the entire movie was made in a way to eliminate unnecessary exposition (in fact this movie is the absolute anti-exposition, there is little dialogue and almost none from Gosling). It was done in such a way that made it a clean, easy story to follow and my mind easily filled in the blanks. For example it really doesn't matter how Gosling found the dude at the strip joint because in these films the protagonist always finds their target so why waste time showing it in great detail? That was a recurring element throughout the entire film, it doesn't matter how they got their because they always get there. I also enjoyed the change of perspective during the elevator and walking up to Nino's in the mask sequences.

Gosling conveyed a lot with perhaps the fewest number of lines I have seen from a main character since Eastwood in Sergio Leone's films.

Despite the name this isn't a film about driving cars fast, although there certainly is that element, this is not a Fast Five type film (which is what I worried about and was thrilled that it was not) it's a compelling crime drama with uniquely parsimonious story telling style.

I could see it being too slow for some, particularly the 20 minutes after the opening sequence (which was incredibly well done), but this is one I would definitely recommend for most film viewers. Likely would make my 2011 top 10 list if I made one.

One question though: Why was Christina Hendricks even in the film? I like to look at her and all but she seemed pretty useless and inconsequential to the story.

 

[Apple Jack]

Drive - Despite being skeptical about it I really ended up enjoying this one. At first I thought it moved a little slow and found the way the director chose to develop the relationship between Gosling and Mulligan to be a little disjointed and awkward. But then I realized that the entire movie was made in a way to eliminate unnecessary exposition (in fact this movie is the absolute anti-exposition, there is little dialogue and almost none from Gosling). It was done in such a way that made it a clean, easy story to follow and my mind easily filled in the blanks. For example it really doesn't matter how Gosling found the dude at the strip joint because in these films the protagonist always finds their target so why waste time showing it in great detail? That was a recurring element throughout the entire film, it doesn't matter how they got their because they always get there. I also enjoyed the change of perspective during the elevator and walking up to Nino's in the mask sequences.

Gosling conveyed a lot with perhaps the fewest number of lines I have seen from a main character since Eastwood in Sergio Leone's films.

Despite the name this isn't a film about driving cars fast, although there certainly is that element, this is not a Fast Five type film (which is what I worried about and was thrilled that it was not) it's a compelling crime drama with uniquely parsimonious story telling style.

I could see it being too slow for some, particularly the 20 minutes after the opening sequence (which was incredibly well done), but this is one I would definitely recommend for most film viewers. Likely would make my 2011 top 10 list if I made one.

One question though: Why was Christina Hendricks even in the film? I like to look at her and all but she seemed pretty useless and inconsequential to the story.

We're not going to see Ryan Gosling in Fast Five type films. He's already established that he's choosy with scripts and is not concerned with making megamillions. He's about the work, which is good, because he is a good actor and has an eye for material and talent. He's going to be enjoyable to follow. As much as a love Carey Mulligan, if there was a weak link in this one, it was her. But not enough to get in the way. One of favorite movies of the year. And I also have used the word "clean" to describe it.

 

[Chaka]

Drive - Despite being skeptical about it I really ended up enjoying this one. At first I thought it moved a little slow and found the way the director chose to develop the relationship between Gosling and Mulligan to be a little disjointed and awkward. But then I realized that the entire movie was made in a way to eliminate unnecessary exposition (in fact this movie is the absolute anti-exposition, there is little dialogue and almost none from Gosling). It was done in such a way that made it a clean, easy story to follow and my mind easily filled in the blanks. For example it really doesn't matter how Gosling found the dude at the strip joint because in these films the protagonist always finds their target so why waste time showing it in great detail? That was a recurring element throughout the entire film, it doesn't matter how they got their because they always get there. I also enjoyed the change of perspective during the elevator and walking up to Nino's in the mask sequences.

Gosling conveyed a lot with perhaps the fewest number of lines I have seen from a main character since Eastwood in Sergio Leone's films.

Despite the name this isn't a film about driving cars fast, although there certainly is that element, this is not a Fast Five type film (which is what I worried about and was thrilled that it was not) it's a compelling crime drama with uniquely parsimonious story telling style.

I could see it being too slow for some, particularly the 20 minutes after the opening sequence (which was incredibly well done), but this is one I would definitely recommend for most film viewers. Likely would make my 2011 top 10 list if I made one.

One question though: Why was Christina Hendricks even in the film? I like to look at her and all but she seemed pretty useless and inconsequential to the story.

We're not going to see Ryan Gosling in Fast Five type films. He's already established that he's choosy with scripts and is not concerned with making megamillions. He's about the work, which is good, because he is a good actor and has an eye for material and talent. He's going to be enjoyable to follow. As much as a love Carey Mulligan, if there was a weak link in this one, it was her. But not enough to get in the way. One of favorite movies of the year. And I also have used the word "clean" to describe it.

Yeah Gosling seems to really appreciate his craft. I need to watch a few more of his films. I have seen Remember the Titans , The Notebook , Lars & The Real Girl , and Blue Valentine (he was great but ).I want to see The United States of Leland and Half Nelson. Anything else that is absolute must see?

 

[Apple Jack]

Drive - Despite being skeptical about it I really ended up enjoying this one. At first I thought it moved a little slow and found the way the director chose to develop the relationship between Gosling and Mulligan to be a little disjointed and awkward. But then I realized that the entire movie was made in a way to eliminate unnecessary exposition (in fact this movie is the absolute anti-exposition, there is little dialogue and almost none from Gosling). It was done in such a way that made it a clean, easy story to follow and my mind easily filled in the blanks. For example it really doesn't matter how Gosling found the dude at the strip joint because in these films the protagonist always finds their target so why waste time showing it in great detail? That was a recurring element throughout the entire film, it doesn't matter how they got their because they always get there. I also enjoyed the change of perspective during the elevator and walking up to Nino's in the mask sequences.

Gosling conveyed a lot with perhaps the fewest number of lines I have seen from a main character since Eastwood in Sergio Leone's films.

Despite the name this isn't a film about driving cars fast, although there certainly is that element, this is not a Fast Five type film (which is what I worried about and was thrilled that it was not) it's a compelling crime drama with uniquely parsimonious story telling style.

I could see it being too slow for some, particularly the 20 minutes after the opening sequence (which was incredibly well done), but this is one I would definitely recommend for most film viewers. Likely would make my 2011 top 10 list if I made one.

One question though: Why was Christina Hendricks even in the film? I like to look at her and all but she seemed pretty useless and inconsequential to the story.

We're not going to see Ryan Gosling in Fast Five type films. He's already established that he's choosy with scripts and is not concerned with making megamillions. He's about the work, which is good, because he is a good actor and has an eye for material and talent. He's going to be enjoyable to follow. As much as a love Carey Mulligan, if there was a weak link in this one, it was her. But not enough to get in the way. One of favorite movies of the year. And I also have used the word "clean" to describe it.

Yeah Gosling seems to really appreciate his craft. I need to watch a few more of his films. I have seen Remember the Titans , The Notebook , Lars & The Real Girl , and Blue Valentine (he was great but ).I want to see The United States of Leland and Half Nelson. Anything else that is absolute must see?

The Ides of March is great and All Good Things is good. Not necessarily home run performances from him, but both are worth watching. Half Nelson is great.

 

[saintfool]

If you haven't seen it yet, see Jane Eyre.

Outstanding adaptation of classic story with excellent acting by the three leads and great photography.

i would agree with this. mia w, fassbinder and the kid were all very fine in their roles. really superb shooting too.

 

[JZilla]

Being Elmo

Nice little interesting doc about a talented kid that makes it big with a little perseverance and luck. My teens really liked it - partly because of the local ties - and I'm glad they did, it's a good story. I'm a Muppet fan so I liked it from the historical/Henson angle as well.

 

[jdoggydogg]

Drive - Despite being skeptical about it I really ended up enjoying this one. At first I thought it moved a little slow and found the way the director chose to develop the relationship between Gosling and Mulligan to be a little disjointed and awkward. But then I realized that the entire movie was made in a way to eliminate unnecessary exposition (in fact this movie is the absolute anti-exposition, there is little dialogue and almost none from Gosling). It was done in such a way that made it a clean, easy story to follow and my mind easily filled in the blanks. For example it really doesn't matter how Gosling found the dude at the strip joint because in these films the protagonist always finds their target so why waste time showing it in great detail? That was a recurring element throughout the entire film, it doesn't matter how they got their because they always get there. I also enjoyed the change of perspective during the elevator and walking up to Nino's in the mask sequences.

Gosling conveyed a lot with perhaps the fewest number of lines I have seen from a main character since Eastwood in Sergio Leone's films.

Despite the name this isn't a film about driving cars fast, although there certainly is that element, this is not a Fast Five type film (which is what I worried about and was thrilled that it was not) it's a compelling crime drama with uniquely parsimonious story telling style.

I could see it being too slow for some, particularly the 20 minutes after the opening sequence (which was incredibly well done), but this is one I would definitely recommend for most film viewers. Likely would make my 2011 top 10 list if I made one.

One question though: Why was Christina Hendricks even in the film? I like to look at her and all but she seemed pretty useless and inconsequential to the story.

We're not going to see Ryan Gosling in Fast Five type films. He's already established that he's choosy with scripts and is not concerned with making megamillions. He's about the work, which is good, because he is a good actor and has an eye for material and talent. He's going to be enjoyable to follow. As much as a love Carey Mulligan, if there was a weak link in this one, it was her. But not enough to get in the way. One of favorite movies of the year. And I also have used the word "clean" to describe it.

Yeah Gosling seems to really appreciate his craft. I need to watch a few more of his films. I have seen Remember the Titans , The Notebook , Lars & The Real Girl , and Blue Valentine (he was great but ).I want to see The United States of Leland and Half Nelson. Anything else that is absolute must see?

Blue Valentine and Lars and the Real Girl.