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[JZilla]

Three Stooges:

Sorry, I couldn't make it though 30 mins of this. Don't have a clue how people could think this is remotely funny. 2/10

This is what I get for feeling bad that I am not watching the new releases at the store. Back to my list of older movies I've been wanting to watch....

That Stooges was doomed from the start. How do you improve on perfection?As for new releases, these last few months have felt pretty lean for new releases.

I thought they did a great job with the Stooges film. It was very loyal to their legacy.

I thought so too. It was ridiculous and pointless and that's what it was supposed to be. Those guys did a good job with the characters. They didn't overdo anything plotwise, kept it light. I thought it was a solid 3/5 but some chemical enhancement probably helps.I mean, it's the ####### Three Stooges

 

[jdoggydogg]

Three Stooges:

Sorry, I couldn't make it though 30 mins of this. Don't have a clue how people could think this is remotely funny. 2/10

This is what I get for feeling bad that I am not watching the new releases at the store. Back to my list of older movies I've been wanting to watch....

That Stooges was doomed from the start. How do you improve on perfection?As for new releases, these last few months have felt pretty lean for new releases.

I thought they did a great job with the Stooges film. It was very loyal to their legacy.

The movie does looks like a loving adaptation. Just don't want to see it

 

[Chaka]

Three Stooges:

Sorry, I couldn't make it though 30 mins of this. Don't have a clue how people could think this is remotely funny. 2/10

This is what I get for feeling bad that I am not watching the new releases at the store. Back to my list of older movies I've been wanting to watch....

That Stooges was doomed from the start. How do you improve on perfection?As for new releases, these last few months have felt pretty lean for new releases.

I thought they did a great job with the Stooges film. It was very loyal to their legacy.

The movie does looks like a loving adaptation. Just don't want to see it

That's too bad. I think any Stooge fan would enjoy it.

 

[JZilla]

Three Stooges:

Sorry, I couldn't make it though 30 mins of this. Don't have a clue how people could think this is remotely funny. 2/10

This is what I get for feeling bad that I am not watching the new releases at the store. Back to my list of older movies I've been wanting to watch....

That Stooges was doomed from the start. How do you improve on perfection?As for new releases, these last few months have felt pretty lean for new releases.

I thought they did a great job with the Stooges film. It was very loyal to their legacy.

The movie does looks like a loving adaptation. Just don't want to see it

That's too bad. I think any Stooge fan would enjoy it.

Therein lies the rubOne thing a real "stooge fan" might notice is these guys are normal size, hell Curly is enormous. The original dudes were like tiny little Jewish acrobats

 

[wikkidpissah]

The original dudes were like tiny little Jewish acrobats

Cirque du Shlemiel

 

[Chaka]

Three Stooges:

Sorry, I couldn't make it though 30 mins of this. Don't have a clue how people could think this is remotely funny. 2/10

This is what I get for feeling bad that I am not watching the new releases at the store. Back to my list of older movies I've been wanting to watch....

That Stooges was doomed from the start. How do you improve on perfection?As for new releases, these last few months have felt pretty lean for new releases.

I thought they did a great job with the Stooges film. It was very loyal to their legacy.

The movie does looks like a loving adaptation. Just don't want to see it

That's too bad. I think any Stooge fan would enjoy it.

Therein lies the rubOne thing a real "stooge fan" might notice is these guys are normal size, hell Curly is enormous. The original dudes were like tiny little Jewish acrobats

Didn't bother me at all because they did such a good job being the Stooges. That was the key factor for me; the Farrely brothers insisted that the actors faithfully recreate the Stooges and not bring anything of their own to the roles. No modern takes allowed. The movie was really just three traditional Stooge vignettes loosely based around an overarching storyline.

 

[jdoggydogg]

The original dudes were like tiny little Jewish acrobats

Cirque du Shlemiel

 

[JZilla]

Didn't bother me at all because they did such a good job being the Stooges. That was the key factor for me; the Farrely brothers insisted that the actors faithfully recreate the Stooges and not bring anything of their own to the roles. No modern takes allowed. The movie was really just three traditional Stooge vignettes loosely based around an overarching storyline.

Yeah it didn't bother me, they did great. I think Moe stole it.

 

[wikkidpissah]

Three Stooges:

Sorry, I couldn't make it though 30 mins of this. Don't have a clue how people could think this is remotely funny. 2/10

This is what I get for feeling bad that I am not watching the new releases at the store. Back to my list of older movies I've been wanting to watch....

That Stooges was doomed from the start. How do you improve on perfection?As for new releases, these last few months have felt pretty lean for new releases.

I thought they did a great job with the Stooges film. It was very loyal to their legacy.

The movie does looks like a loving adaptation. Just don't want to see it

That's too bad. I think any Stooge fan would enjoy it.

Therein lies the rubOne thing a real "stooge fan" might notice is these guys are normal size, hell Curly is enormous. The original dudes were like tiny little Jewish acrobats

Didn't bother me at all because they did such a good job being the Stooges. That was the key factor for me; the Farrely brothers insisted that the actors faithfully recreate the Stooges and not bring anything of their own to the roles. No modern takes allowed. The movie was really just three traditional Stooge vignettes loosely based around an overarching storyline.

If it's anything at all (havent seen it yet), the Farrelly Bros are to be congratulated. The Howard family is the most famously difficult caretakers of their copyrights in all of showbiz. In the late 80s, my agent mentioned in a memo that i was fiddling with a script re-imagining the Stooges as slackers (my old partner on the "Car Wash" TV pilot wanted to be Black Larry & i'd given him some notes is all) and he got a cease-&-desist letter like THAT. I've followed the Farrellys' progress since they first got a deal (a lifelong dream for them) and theyve had dozens of scripts vetoed by the Howards and at least a couple of production shutdowns in the decade they been working on bringing back the Stooges.

 

[Kenny Powers]

Ted was pretty funny, about what I expected. Stupid and formulaic but still plenty of laughs. I'm not a fan of MacFarlane's awful cartoons but I mostly enjoyed this, similar humor but the jokes were a little more focused. Plus there was a scene that made me think of Smoo.

Yeah, I dont think I ever posted a review, but it was about what I expected, and I expected very funny. Disclaimer: I had 3 beers and 4 shots in the 45 minutes preceding the movie, but that gave me more of a buzz than anything and I was fairly clearminded even for the first half. One of the first comedies in awhile where the trailer didnt reveal any of the biggest laughs really, and intentionally altered the trailers as to not even give away a lot of those fully. The Flash Gordon sidestory was great. When we had the Blazing Saddles discussion in here a couple months ago, people were saying how they'd never make a movie that un-PC these days, and while Im not saying this was on that level, there were a legitimate 8 or so jokes that had half the audience cracking up and the other half gasping in disbelief that Macfarlane actually let that reach the screen. It sort of played out like FG in live action, even with the bear sounding similar to Peter Griffin, but neither bothered me as much as I expected (I dont care all that much for FG). Thought Ribisi was great in his small creeper role. Plenty of laugh out loud moments, starting from the opening scene, and thought the laughs and pace stayed strong until the end. The stoner angle was never overdone. Throw in Mila Kunis, and whats not to like??3.9/5

 

[Kenny Powers]

The Last Circus. Well it was...well...it was French, or some other language w/ subtitles. Basically a new circus clown who's trying to live in his dead father's shadow falls in love w/ a chick, runs away and goes "wild" living in the woods until he finally gets captured and has his revenge. Yep.

2/10

IIRC, a couple people were actually recommending this awhile ago...Hmmmm

 

[Kenny Powers]

Watched "Wonderland" for the first time last night. I think it succeeds best as a curiosity piece as to what might have happened with those murders as opposed to a truly compelling drama or look into the life of John Holmes. It also stands out for me since it's one of the last good performances Val Kilmer has given in the last decade. This has nothing to do with the film itself but it's frustrating that we'll never know what really went down with the murders, whether Holmes was a forced accomplice as he claimed or whether he engineered the whole thing himself. Given what a wreck of a human being he was at the time it's difficult for me to believe the latter was true.

Have you seen the Salton Sea with Kilmer? Recommended if not.

Definitely recommend SS. Vincent D'Onofrio knocks it outta the park in that film.

Thirded.I was going to somewhat counter the OP by listing the handful of solid films Val has had the last decade, but besides Wonderland and Salton Sea, the only other one with him in a prominent role is Kiss Kiss Bang Bang. He was in some other decent movies but had pretty minor roles - Bad Lieutenant 2, Deja Vu, 10th & Wolf, The Missing, Alexander (yeah, I said it).I havent seen Kill The Irishmen which seemed to be pretty love or hate in here and the Instant Watch thread, or Spartan or Felon which are rated pretty good. Doubt theres much else worthwhile, I did see a couple movies he was in (The Steam Experiment and Hardwired) that were worse than made for TV movies.

 

[Kenny Powers]

The Raven: It is what Sherlock Holmes was trying to be. A little over the top on some of the amazing detective work but quite entertaining. 3.5/5

I thought this looked good, but literally heard nothing about it, good or bad, when it was released. Figured they dumbed it down to hopefully sell more tickets. 21% on RT, but the audience score there and IMDB is average. Im sure Ill see it eventually considering Cusack is in it.

 

[Dr. Awesome]

The Last Circus. Well it was...well...it was French, or some other language w/ subtitles. Basically a new circus clown who's trying to live in his dead father's shadow falls in love w/ a chick, runs away and goes "wild" living in the woods until he finally gets captured and has his revenge. Yep.

2/10

IIRC, a couple people were actually recommending this awhile ago...Hmmmm

I was one who recommended it. I should clarify things - I love it more for the visuals. It definitely needs some work on the plot. There were some parts which simply made no sense whatsoever. Perhaps it didn't translate perfectly (it's in Spanish). Some of the character actions felt forced. They would at times jump from one action to the next more because the script told them to than anything else. They tried cramming a few too many angles into the movie and couldn't hit them all. It would have been interested to see how good this could have been in the hands of a more delicate director. Still, I was entertained. But there's no denying it's a cult movie in every sense of the word. I completely understand why someone would hate this movie.

 

[Kool-Aid Larry]

somebody in here mentioned never let me go when we were talking about what constituted sci-fi, so I checked it out and I think it was a pretty cool little movie.

I'd say it follows classic sci-fi formula by giving us a story about people but in a kind of alternate reality setting, while showing us concern for whatever the current hot button science is gone awry.

there was a time when you had godzilla rampaging due to radiation, skynet running amok, etc, and I think this echoes a lot of those movies, while the actual story is obviously much different.

the more I think about the premise of the movie, the more I want to think about it -- especially the scene towards the end about teh gallery.

 

[jdoggydogg]

Dragon Hunters

PARENT ALERT: This is a fantastic kid movie that I've never seen anyone recommend. A beautiful movie all around. Not a classic like How To Train Your Dragon, but absolutely worth a rental. Some of the most spectacular computer animation you'll ever see.

 

[Mr. Mojo]

Finally saw War Horse.

Liked it. Long movie but never boring. Good story.

Only complaint was it was a little schmaltzy in a few places.

 

[Kenny Powers]

Finally saw War Horse.

Liked it. Long movie but never boring. Good story.

Only complaint was it was a little schmaltzy in a few places.

little schmaltzy? few places?

 

[Daywalker]

Finally saw War Horse.

Liked it. Long movie but never boring. Good story.

Only complaint was it was a little schmaltzy in a few places.

little schmaltzy? few places?

In his defense I don't think the horse talked.

 

[KarmaPolice]

Pitch Black:

I decided to revisit this based on the talk during the sci-fi ramblings of the past couple weeks. Either some of you were playing a joke, or you have lost your damn minds. This was just as average as I remember it being.

Strangers on a Train:

Pretty good movie. Not one of Hitchcock's best, and I am sure it loses a little bit of it's punch after watching Throw Momma From the Train too many damn times, but well worth the watch. Some of the bonus features were pretty interesting too.

 

[jdoggydogg]

Finally saw War Horse.

Liked it. Long movie but never boring. Good story.

Only complaint was it was a little schmaltzy in a few places.

Now, I haven't seen the movie. But isn't this like saying that Dawn of the Dead is a little bloody in a few places?

 

[KarmaPolice]

somebody in here mentioned never let me go when we were talking about what constituted sci-fi, so I checked it out and I think it was a pretty cool little movie.

I'd say it follows classic sci-fi formula by giving us a story about people but in a kind of alternate reality setting, while showing us concern for whatever the current hot button science is gone awry.

there was a time when you had godzilla rampaging due to radiation, skynet running amok, etc, and I think this echoes a lot of those movies, while the actual story is obviously much different.



the more I think about the premise of the movie, the more I want to think about it -- especially the scene towards the end about teh gallery.

Great movie, and you are right - it really sticks with you and makes you think about it long after you are done watching.

 

[Kool-Aid Larry]

somebody in here mentioned never let me go when we were talking about what constituted sci-fi, so I checked it out and I think it was a pretty cool little movie.

I'd say it follows classic sci-fi formula by giving us a story about people but in a kind of alternate reality setting, while showing us concern for whatever the current hot button science is gone awry.

there was a time when you had godzilla rampaging due to radiation, skynet running amok, etc, and I think this echoes a lot of those movies, while the actual story is obviously much different.



the more I think about the premise of the movie, the more I want to think about it -- especially the scene towards the end about teh gallery.

Great movie, and you are right - it really sticks with you and makes you think about it long after you are done watching.

I might be reading into it, but I don't think it's so far removed from realities like abortion or slavery, so I really like how it gets you to look at how we treat each other in a more general sense.the premise is kind of horrific, but is it so far removed that it could never happen if you just compare it to our history?

maybe there are parallels to orphanages, illegal aliens, old age homes, the homeless, etc.

 

[jdoggydogg]

Firestarter

Every decade, movies are shaped by the culture that bears them. The clothing, the music, etc. There's something particularly awful about the 1980s. So many movies from this period have a thick patina of cheese. The most obvious byproduct of this eras movies is the awful synthesizers and the ridiculous hair. And yet, there were filmmakers that avoided these signatures. Blade Runner was made two years before the awful Firestarter, but it still seems timeless.

 

[Socrates11]

Wanderlust

Meh. It tried but came up a little short. Just a couple of laugh out loud scenes. Everything else was annoying and/or uncomfortable.

1.5/5

 

[KarmaPolice]

Had a day off and didn't feel very well, so I revisited some movies I had seen before:

Predators:

This one has grown on me quite a bit. Would like it a lot more if Topher Grace wasn't in it.

Drive:

Yes, I still love this movie. Couple scenes I didn't dig this time around, but can't help falling for the style and look of this movie. Even the scenes of non-talking that people ##### about look gorgeous and are lit so well. Great movie.

The Fighter:

Another one that I had on my list as my favorites of that year. I love being reminded that Christian Bale can act every once in awhile, especially before seeing Batman this week. Don't usually like sports movies, but this one did such a great job with the relationships and focused more on that which was a good thing.

 

[Mr. Mojo]

Finally saw War Horse.

Liked it. Long movie but never boring. Good story.

Only complaint was it was a little schmaltzy in a few places.

Now, I haven't seen the movie. But isn't this like saying that Dawn of the Dead is a little bloody in a few places?

If you haven't seen it - how would you know?

 

[Kenny Powers]

Had a day off and didn't feel very well, so I revisited some movies I had seen before:

Predators:

This one has grown on me quite a bit. Would like it a lot more if Topher Grace wasn't in it.

Drive:

Yes, I still love this movie. Couple scenes I didn't dig this time around, but can't help falling for the style and look of this movie. Even the scenes of non-talking that people ##### about look gorgeous and are lit so well. Great movie.

The Fighter:

Another one that I had on my list as my favorites of that year. I love being reminded that Christian Bale can act every once in awhile, especially before seeing Batman this week. Don't usually like sports movies, but this one did such a great job with the relationships and focused more on that which was a good thing.

I really liked Predators from the first viewing, but Ive enjoyed it just as much on a few repeated viewings. The Fishburne storyarc and Topher Grace (namely how his character eventually pans out) are easily identifiable weaknesses, but for the most part the only ones for me. The other big complaint was Brody as mercenary, but I thought he was perfectly fine. Cant recall any other recent movie that starts out with 45 minutes of mystery/chaos/character development like this.

I watched Drive somewhat drunk the first time around, was disappointed. Huge expectations didnt help either. Watched it more sober the next time, and its at least in my top 3 from 2011. All around great, Gosling never disappoints.

Im right with you on sports movies, with as much as I love sports, not a big fan of them for film. I think youre spot on that The Fighter was more about family struggle than anything, and it strikes me more as a movie that is sports involved, than sports based. I think the same for Warrior. Both are some of the best "sports movies" ever IMO.

 

[jdoggydogg]

Finally saw War Horse.

Liked it. Long movie but never boring. Good story.

Only complaint was it was a little schmaltzy in a few places.

Now, I haven't seen the movie. But isn't this like saying that Dawn of the Dead is a little bloody in a few places?

If you haven't seen it - how would you know?

People said things.

 

[KarmaPolice]

Had a day off and didn't feel very well, so I revisited some movies I had seen before:

Predators:

This one has grown on me quite a bit. Would like it a lot more if Topher Grace wasn't in it.

Drive:

Yes, I still love this movie. Couple scenes I didn't dig this time around, but can't help falling for the style and look of this movie. Even the scenes of non-talking that people ##### about look gorgeous and are lit so well. Great movie.

The Fighter:

Another one that I had on my list as my favorites of that year. I love being reminded that Christian Bale can act every once in awhile, especially before seeing Batman this week. Don't usually like sports movies, but this one did such a great job with the relationships and focused more on that which was a good thing.

I really liked Predators from the first viewing, but Ive enjoyed it just as much on a few repeated viewings. The Fishburne storyarc and Topher Grace (namely how his character eventually pans out) are easily identifiable weaknesses, but for the most part the only ones for me. The other big complaint was Brody as mercenary, but I thought he was perfectly fine. Cant recall any other recent movie that starts out with 45 minutes of mystery/chaos/character development like this.

If it could have kept the level up for the last 1/2 of the movie, it would have been fantastic, but it did tail off a bit after that, and you are right that it happened about the time they met up wit Larry.

I watched Drive somewhat drunk the first time around, was disappointed. Huge expectations didnt help either. Watched it more sober the next time, and its at least in my top 3 from 2011. All around great, Gosling never disappoints.

Im right with you on sports movies, with as much as I love sports, not a big fan of them for film. I think youre spot on that The Fighter was more about family struggle than anything, and it strikes me more as a movie that is sports involved, than sports based. I think the same for Warrior. Both are some of the best "sports movies" ever IMO.



I love sports, but they are entertainment for me. Maybe it's because I was never great at them or didn't dedicate much of my life to them, but I think something that rubs me the wrong way about sports movies is that the characters seem to need this one thing in sports to make their life whole. (that and they all mostly feel the same to me). The Fighter focuses on the family more. Sure Mickey wanted the championship, but the fights were also a reason for the family to rally and reconcile their differences, Dicky to get clean, etc, etc. Maybe it just felt different to me b/c I didn't know anything about the story going in.

 

[KarmaPolice]

Up for Grabs:

Despite the bad production value on this, I ended up really liking this one. This is the doc about the two guys battling over Bonds' 73rd homerun ball. It brought up a lot of different topics to think about, ie. when does something become your property, circumstances that effect the value of these pieces of memorabilia and the fact that they basically screwed themselves by battling over it, etc.. Found myself changing sides throughout the doc, which gets extra points from me. Recommend this one to anybody else who hasn't seen it - I think it was Krista that made me add it to my queue - so thanks for the suggestion.

The Dark Knight:

Rewatched this one again in order to ramp up for tonight's midnight show. Still great, but I still maintain that Nolan crammed too much into this one. To me the end with the boats fell a little flat, and wish they would have kept the focus just on Joker with less of 2-Face. At the time I was in the minority that thought Batman Begins was slightly better, but it's been awhile since I've seen it so I don't know if I would feel the same way today. I am a little nervous about the 2:45 run time for tonight's show, but Nolan has yet to let me down, so I am excited to see what this one has in store.

 

[identikit]

Watched Buffalo 66 again last night.

I think this one's been mentioned a few times in here. A nice quirky comedy.drama with a secondary football theme.

Vincent Gallo is such an odd guy but very interesting to me.

And I love Christina Ricci.

 

[hooter311]

The Predators plotline just seemed like an excuse to match the storyline up with the original as much as possible, without it being a remake.

The characters and death scenes match up almost exactly, no? Not necessarily in the same order.

Haven't seen it since theaters, may be wrong.

 

[jamny]

Tried watching In Time with Justin Timberlake.

Made it about halfway through. I like how my wife described it. It's like watching James Bond for kids. The tough guys aren't tough. The evil guys (Pete from Mad Men!?! ) aren't evil and Timberlake isn't cool enough for a role like that. I know I'm getting old and this wasn't targetted to me but it was just bad. Good idea though!

 

[KarmaPolice]

The Predators plotline just seemed like an excuse to match the storyline up with the original as much as possible, without it being a remake. The characters and death scenes match up almost exactly, no? Not necessarily in the same order.Haven't seen it since theaters, may be wrong.

Not sure I agree. Think there is a similar 'feel' to the characters in that you have the wacky one, the superstitious one, the main badass, etc.. I don't think the plot is alike at all, and this one is definitely more of a sequel than a remake. Couple kills are similar, but that is more because of the Predator's weapons. This one ramps up the kills quite a bit. I think this was a natural step after those AVP abominations. People want to see us vs. Predators and this one delivers on that. Probably geared more for the younger crowd or anybody who was slightly bored with the first Predator movie and their mission before they met up with the Predator.

 

[Andy Dufresne]

Adrien Brody was terribly miscast in Predators.

Just like he was miscast in King Kong, along with Jack Black.

 

[KarmaPolice]

Adrien Brody was terribly miscast in Predators.

Just like he was miscast in King Kong, along with Jack Black.

Why do you say that?

 

[El Floppo]

Finally saw War Horse.

Liked it. Long movie but never boring. Good story.

Only complaint was it was a little schmaltzy in a few places.

Now, I haven't seen the movie. But isn't this like saying that Dawn of the Dead is a little bloody in a few places?

If you haven't seen it - how would you know?

People said things.

Ummmm... wasn't that Spielberg too? Nobody has to say word one, but if it's Spielberg you KNOW it's going to rife with schmaltz.

 

[Kenny Powers]

Watched Buffalo 66 again last night.I think this one's been mentioned a few times in here. A nice quirky comedy.drama with a secondary football theme. Vincent Gallo is such an odd guy but very interesting to me.And I love Christina Ricci.

Huge fan.

 

[Andy Dufresne]

Adrien Brody was terribly miscast in Predators.

Just like he was miscast in King Kong, along with Jack Black.

Why do you say that?

I just couldn't buy him playing the tough guy.

 

[Kenny Powers]

Adrien Brody was terribly miscast in Predators.

Just like he was miscast in King Kong, along with Jack Black.

Why do you say that?

Everybody does. Besides him not looking like he roids up and goes to the gym 5x a week, I dont get it. You dont have to be huge to be a mercenary. Action movies arent bodybuilding competitions

 

[Leeroy Jenkins]

Tried watching In Time with Justin Timberlake.

Made it about halfway through. I like how my wife described it. It's like watching James Bond for kids. The tough guys aren't tough. The evil guys (Pete from Mad Men!?! ) aren't evil and Timberlake isn't cool enough for a role like that. I know I'm getting old and this wasn't targetted to me but it was just bad. Good idea though!

I thought I would like it. The general concept seemed cool. I didn't make it very far though after JT kidnaps the chick and their car crashes. Does it get any better conceptually? Was it ever explained why time had to be a currency to begin with?

 

[Andy Dufresne]

Adrien Brody was terribly miscast in Predators.

Just like he was miscast in King Kong, along with Jack Black.

Why do you say that?

Everybody does. Besides him not looking like he roids up and goes to the gym 5x a week, I dont get it. You dont have to be huge to be a mercenary. Action movies arent bodybuilding competitions

I know that. He just didn't work for me.Plus, I find that movie terrible at all, but rather really, really dull.

 

[Andy Dufresne]

Tried watching In Time with Justin Timberlake.

Made it about halfway through. I like how my wife described it. It's like watching James Bond for kids. The tough guys aren't tough. The evil guys (Pete from Mad Men!?! ) aren't evil and Timberlake isn't cool enough for a role like that. I know I'm getting old and this wasn't targetted to me but it was just bad. Good idea though!

I thought I would like it. The general concept seemed cool. I didn't make it very far though after JT kidnaps the chick and their car crashes. Does it get any better conceptually? Was it ever explained why time had to be a currency to begin with?

I liked it. I give low budget movies like this (Equilibrium being another one) a lot of slack.I forget why time was a currency...but it doesn't really matter. I just file it under "McGuffin" and move on.

 

[FF Ninja]

Adrien Brody was terribly miscast in Predators.

Just like he was miscast in King Kong, along with Jack Black.

I was just about to post the same thing. I was so pumped for that movie, but Brody being the lead really dampened my excitement. I mean, seriously, what were they thinking? Not that they were trying to replicate anything from the first one, but they couldn't have strayed farther from Arnold and Arnold was pure gold in the first one. Big for whoever made that call.As for Drive, I found it entertaining, but felt like there was some serious lack of character development. It felt like a shell of a movie.

My roommate made me get In Time from Netflix so my gf and I watched it before mailing it back in. She couldn't stop making fun of it. I like me some dystopian movies, but you knew this one would struggle to get off the ground when Timberlake was the lead.

Watched Never Let Me Go a month or two ago. Did not really make me think afterwards because it was so damn similar to The Island so that line of thinking had already been done. But instead of the lead female being Scarlett it was some frumpy British chick that also made her way into the romantic interest in Drive. She does absolutely nothing for me. At least Keira Knightly was in there. It was pretty well done, so if you hadn't already seen The Island I can see how it would stick with you for a little while. It was definitely going more for emotion than action, which The Island had plenty of.

I thought The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo was really good but I heard the Swedish version was better. Can anyone speak to this?

 

[Andy Dufresne]

Watched Never Let Me Go a month or two ago. Did not really make me think afterwards because it was so damn similar to The Island so that line of thinking had already been done. But instead of the lead female being Scarlett it was some frumpy British chick that also made her way into the romantic interest in Drive. She does absolutely nothing for me. At least Keira Knightly was in there. It was pretty well done, so if you hadn't already seen The Island I can see how it would stick with you for a little while. It was definitely going more for emotion than action, which The Island had plenty of.

Whoa, whoa, whoa! Carey Mulligan is NOT frumpy.

 

[jamny]

Tried watching In Time with Justin Timberlake.

Made it about halfway through. I like how my wife described it. It's like watching James Bond for kids. The tough guys aren't tough. The evil guys (Pete from Mad Men!?! ) aren't evil and Timberlake isn't cool enough for a role like that. I know I'm getting old and this wasn't targetted to me but it was just bad. Good idea though!

I thought I would like it. The general concept seemed cool. I didn't make it very far though after JT kidnaps the chick and their car crashes. Does it get any better conceptually? Was it ever explained why time had to be a currency to begin with?

I don't know, never made it that far either. I just fast-forwarded to see if there were any other cool effects. Didn't care about the story anymore by then.

 

[Maik Jeaunz]

I thought gattaca was supposed to be terrible?

nevermind, I see it was pretty well received -- of course, so was prometheus.

I really liked the first half of minority report, but thought it fell apart as it went along.

Thinking of Gymkata, perhaps?

one of the most criminally under-rated dumb movies of the 80's.

"all these villagers are chasing me and trying to kill me. it's a good thing there's a pommel horse in the middle of town! they have no defense for my flare!"

 

[hooter311]

Adrien Brody was terribly miscast in Predators.

Just like he was miscast in King Kong, along with Jack Black.

Why do you say that?

Everybody does. Besides him not looking like he roids up and goes to the gym 5x a week, I dont get it. You dont have to be huge to be a mercenary. Action movies arent bodybuilding competitions

I don't think most mercenaries always look like they are about to cry.

 

[BroncoFreak_2K3]

The Long Good Friday

Wasn't expecting to like it, but was pleasantly surprised. Pretty decent British gangester flick, starring Bob Hoskins and Helen Mirren, with a bit of a unsuspected ending 7/10