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I don't feel like searching. Has anyone seen "Trouble with a Curve" starring Clint Eastwood? How was it? The g/f wants to see it, and I figure a movie with Clint AND baseball can't be half bad. I'll be watching it tonight.

 
Watched "50-50" the other night. OK film. Nothing special but kept my interest until the end. I like Gordon-Levitt a lot and thought he did good work. I can take or leave Seth Rogen at this point.

Oh and Anna Kendrick. :wub:

 
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Could Scott Glenn be the coolest actor ever?
I always liked him after seeing him in "The Right Stuff". He kind of fell out of favor following "The Silence of the Lambs", I thought.
He was great in The Right Stuff. He's kind of like Alan Arkin for me in that he's always instantly believable in his movies. Makes me want to rent more Scott Glenn movies.
Silverado! :thumbup: :thumbup:
:goodposting: Glenn was the best thing about "Urban Cowboy" too.
 
Could Scott Glenn be the coolest actor ever?
I always liked him after seeing him in "The Right Stuff". He kind of fell out of favor following "The Silence of the Lambs", I thought.
He was great in The Right Stuff. He's kind of like Alan Arkin for me in that he's always instantly believable in his movies. Makes me want to rent more Scott Glenn movies.
Silverado! :thumbup: :thumbup:
:goodposting:Perhaps my favorite western.
 
The Watch: A few laughs. Plot was something new. Stiller just isn't funny and needs to stop. Vaughn, Hill, Ayoade and Forte were good. Biggest laugh may have been in credits:

Casual %^&*@! #1: Andy Samberg

Casual %^&*@! #2: Jorma Taccone

Casual %^&*@! #3: Akiva Schaffer

Good for a couple laughs. Nothing more. 3/5

Seriously???? Wanker is caught by the language filter???

 
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Could Scott Glenn be the coolest actor ever?
I always liked him after seeing him in "The Right Stuff". He kind of fell out of favor following "The Silence of the Lambs", I thought.
He was great in The Right Stuff. He's kind of like Alan Arkin for me in that he's always instantly believable in his movies. Makes me want to rent more Scott Glenn movies.
Silverado! :thumbup: :thumbup:
:hifive:
 
The Hunt For Red October

Re-watched this with my son for the first time in many years. Holds up pretty well.
Great movie to look at for color mise-en-scene. It's entirely possible to watch the film with no sound and totally follow what's going on just by looking at the interplay of orange vs. blue. Orange for the Soviets, blue for the Americans. You can tell who's who, who's winning, what's happening, who's in danger, etc. just by following the colors. For example, there are two actors with orange/red hair that appear... Jack Ryan's wife (Gates McFadden), which establishes him as sympathetic to the Russian's POV, and the sub expert he consults (Jeffrey Jones), which establishes that character as an expert on the Russian sub. When Ryan has to go kill the saboteur, he's in the engine room, a vast array of massive orange pillars that's the heart of the Russian sub. But at the end, when the Americans win, the final scene is shot in only in shades of blue, a total victory for that side.

 
The Hunt For Red October

Re-watched this with my son for the first time in many years. Holds up pretty well.
Great movie to look at for color mise-en-scene. It's entirely possible to watch the film with no sound and totally follow what's going on just by looking at the interplay of orange vs. blue. Orange for the Soviets, blue for the Americans. You can tell who's who, who's winning, what's happening, who's in danger, etc. just by following the colors. For example, there are two actors with orange/red hair that appear... Jack Ryan's wife (Gates McFadden), which establishes him as sympathetic to the Russian's POV, and the sub expert he consults (Jeffrey Jones), which establishes that character as an expert on the Russian sub. When Ryan has to go kill the saboteur, he's in the engine room, a vast array of massive orange pillars that's the heart of the Russian sub. But at the end, when the Americans win, the final scene is shot in only in shades of blue, a total victory for that side.
:goodposting:
 
My Week With Marilyn:

Fantastic job by Williams as expected, but the movie did next to nothing for me. Can't quite describe it - maybe too 'fluffy' or didn't seem to be very interested in digging beneath the surface much? Worth a viewing, but nothing great.

Compliance:

Great movie that I wouldn't be too fast to watch again. Based on incidents of a caller pretending to be a cop and targeting fast food places claiming that they have evidence of an employee stealing. Not quite as raw, but think on the lines of the uncomfortableness of a movie like Elephant where you are in there with the people experiencing this. Thought it did a great job of making you think "no way would anybody (or I) fall for that, but then make you relate to the people enough to put you in there shoes. Not a comfortable watch, but still recommended.

 
Tower Heist

Did I mention that I watched this? Terrible.
such a colossal waste of comedic acting talent.
Poorly written and overly melodramatic.
and has Eddie Murphy.
Not a fan?
Not unless my hot tub took me back to the 80's.
Sure. No argument from me on that. It's a shame, because Murphy is such a talent.
 
Django Unchained stinks.Remember Jackie Brown? Man, that was a good flick.
Jackie Brown is my favorite Tarantino movie - or at least tied with Pulp as my favorite. So I understand your argument. I heard a critic say that Django isn't aiming nearly as high as Pulp or Inglorious was, and I agree. So just seen as a popcorn flick, I think Django succeeded.
 
Django was decent, nothing earth shattering, but a fun movie to watch. The performances were all awesome, every single one of them, from Waltz to Dicaprio to Samuel Jackson (best performance IMO in the film) to Foxx's incredibly good and well restrained lead character. Though the writing was very good, I felt the ending was a bit too predictable.

 
I'm not gonna watch Argo until a better version comes out, in its case. That Chinese looks pretty obnoxious. I suspect I'll be mildly disappointed like I was with the last couple hyped up Affleck joints.
Ive really liked all the movies Affleck has directed and written personally. While Id say The Town is easily my favorite and Argo may be my least favorite, I think Argo is probably his most well made film so far.
 
Could Scott Glenn be the coolest actor ever?
I always liked him after seeing him in "The Right Stuff". He kind of fell out of favor following "The Silence of the Lambs", I thought.
He was great in The Right Stuff. He's kind of like Alan Arkin for me in that he's always instantly believable in his movies. Makes me want to rent more Scott Glenn movies.
Silverado! :thumbup: :thumbup:
:goodposting:Perhaps my favorite western.
Seems like its really underrated and forgotten as well. You never really see it mentioned among the best modern westerns.
 
Django was decent, nothing earth shattering, but a fun movie to watch. The performances were all awesome, every single one of them, from Waltz to Dicaprio to Samuel Jackson (best performance IMO in the film) to Foxx's incredibly good and well restrained lead character. Though the writing was very good, I felt the ending was a bit too predictable.
I pretty much agree with all of this. Although the predictable end did not bother me.
 
I'm not gonna watch Argo until a better version comes out, in its case. That Chinese looks pretty obnoxious. I suspect I'll be mildly disappointed like I was with the last couple hyped up Affleck joints.
Ive really liked all the movies Affleck has directed and written personally. While Id say The Town is easily my favorite and Argo may be my least favorite, I think Argo is probably his most well made film so far.
Actually, I thought Argo was better than The Town. A lot better.
 
I'm not gonna watch Argo until a better version comes out, in its case. That Chinese looks pretty obnoxious. I suspect I'll be mildly disappointed like I was with the last couple hyped up Affleck joints.
Ive really liked all the movies Affleck has directed and written personally. While Id say The Town is easily my favorite and Argo may be my least favorite, I think Argo is probably his most well made film so far.
Actually, I thought Argo was better than The Town. A lot better.
Thats what Im saying, but The Town is just my personal favorite of these (and Gone Baby Gone) partially because crime dramas and mob related movies are my wheelhouse.
 
just watched Django.. I liked the first half but couldve been better mid way through.. especially the ending
I liked the movie a lot, although I think...
...the movie lost a lot of momentum when Christoph Waltz's character was killed.
Good point. I think I pretty much agree with you on this (referencing the spoiler tag), although I came away loving the movie as a whole.
 
just watched Django.. I liked the first half but couldve been better mid way through.. especially the ending
I liked the movie a lot, although I think...
...the movie lost a lot of momentum when Christoph Waltz's character was killed.
Agree with the first half being good the rest meh. The Dentist was really cool...
Instead of he and DiCaprio dying in the middle, the movie would've been better if they would've joined forces (I REALLY wanted the Dentist to be a total sick-### Tarantino badguy) and then Django somehow takes them both down with his lady or some other runaway slaves.
 
I'm not gonna watch Argo until a better version comes out, in its case. That Chinese looks pretty obnoxious. I suspect I'll be mildly disappointed like I was with the last couple hyped up Affleck joints.
Ive really liked all the movies Affleck has directed and written personally. While Id say The Town is easily my favorite and Argo may be my least favorite, I think Argo is probably his most well made film so far.
Actually, I thought Argo was better than The Town. A lot better.
Thats what Im saying, but The Town is just my personal favorite of these (and Gone Baby Gone) partially because crime dramas and mob related movies are my wheelhouse.
I understand. Mob movies are one of my favorite genres, as well.
 
just watched Django.. I liked the first half but couldve been better mid way through.. especially the ending
I liked the movie a lot, although I think...
...the movie lost a lot of momentum when Christoph Waltz's character was killed.
Good point. I think I pretty much agree with you on this (referencing the spoiler tag), although I came away loving the movie as a whole.I found some of the violence very hard to watch. But I'm guessing that shock will fade with repeat viewings and scenes like the hilarious KKK ride will always seem funny.
 
just watched Django.. I liked the first half but couldve been better mid way through.. especially the ending
I liked the movie a lot, although I think...
...the movie lost a lot of momentum when Christoph Waltz's character was killed.
Agree with the first half being good the rest meh. The Dentist was really cool...
Instead of he and DiCaprio dying in the middle, the movie would've been better if they would've joined forces (I REALLY wanted the Dentist to be a total sick-### Tarantino badguy) and then Django somehow takes them both down with his lady or some other runaway slaves.
I know what you're saying. But I liked seeing Waltz play a good guy instead of a villain.
 
DreddI decided to watch it because of its surprisingly high IMDB rating of 7.3. As soon as it started though I thought I was going to be watching a disaster. However I found myself liking it more and more as it went along. Olivia Thirlby stole the movie and prevented it from being a run of the mill action movie. 6.5/10.
Olivia Thirlby. I was wondering when the cute friend from Juno was going to turn up in something decent. She has a refreshing look. :thumbup: Just a solid action movie that accomplishes everything it sets out to do. Awesome score. I watched it at home but the reviews said it had been one of the better movies to take advantage of 3D. Karl Urban was fine but any recognizable lead and this one does a lot more box-office. I know Dredd wears a helmet the whole time but casting Urban made this one seem like a "B" production. The exact oppossite impression you needed to give if you are trying to reboot the Dredd series after the cheesy Stallone version.Puts The Raid to shame IMO. 7/10.
 
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"Zero Dark 30" is a grim, joyless film. I wanted to like it but I found it largely unable to make an emotional connection with me. I think Bigelow and I are star-crossed like that.
 
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Been sucked into some atrsy type movies while watching TV late night lately.

Young Adam, kind of depressing but worth watching. Lots of nudity/sex but it's kind of gritty and not very erotic at all.

Beautiful Kate, also kind of dark but an interesting story. The few Australian films I've seen come across as much more believable than US Films, less sensational maybe :shrug:

 
DreddI decided to watch it because of its surprisingly high IMDB rating of 7.3. As soon as it started though I thought I was going to be watching a disaster. However I found myself liking it more and more as it went along. Olivia Thirlby stole the movie and prevented it from being a run of the mill action movie. 6.5/10.
Olivia Thirlby. I was wondering when the cute friend from Juno was going to turn up in something decent. She has a refreshing look. :thumbup: Just a solid action movie that accomplishes everything it sets out to do. Awesome score. I watched it at home but the reviews said it had been one of the better movies to take advantage of 3D. Karl Urban was fine but any recognizable lead and this one does a lot more box-office. I know Dredd wears a helmet the whole time but casting Urban made this one seem like a "B" production. The exact oppossite impression you needed to give if you are trying to reboot the Dredd series after the cheesy Stallone version.Puts The Raid to shame IMO. 7/10.
Judge DreddI was actually kind of looking forward to checking this out. I was quite disappointed. I did finish it, due more to my laziness than a compelling storyline. It did build some momentum and the second half was quite a bit better than the first. But compared to The Raid? Its not in the same league. Judge can't hold The Raid's jockstrap.2.6/5 stars
 

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