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Rambo 3 is awful. But it's that special kind of awful that's glorious. Cabin get huge thumbs up for concept and final act.you feeling alright, jdogg?? off the weed?
cant get through the way way back but rambo 3 kept your interest? cabin in the woods was only 1/3 good but enders game gets the thumbs up?
starting to worry about you, brother.
Yes, it's a great show but prepare to be disappointed by the cliffhanger ending and the long wait until next episodes get made.??Anybody else watching The Returned on IfC or Sundance?
I shudder to bring up The Killing- the visuals and mood are very similar (which works) but the writing and overall story are lightyears better. One of the better things on TV right now, IMO.
Without giving anything away- takes place in a French Alps town about people coming back from the dead. I'm 5 or 6 episodes in and the typcial 3rd of 4th episodesequence of events or lazy writing to cover up the initial good idea has yet to happen. Still very creepy, beautfully shot, written and acted without a single hiccup to speak of (except for two characters refusing to have the obvious conversation... although that can be excused as "real" writing, I guess).
I liked it, however in hindsight I wished I'd waited until next November for the new episodes before I started watching it. The 8 episodes were great but way too short of a season for this show.Yes, it's a great show but prepare to be disappointed by the cliffhanger ending and the long wait until next episodes get made.??Anybody else watching The Returned on IfC or Sundance?
I shudder to bring up The Killing- the visuals and mood are very similar (which works) but the writing and overall story are lightyears better. One of the better things on TV right now, IMO.
Without giving anything away- takes place in a French Alps town about people coming back from the dead. I'm 5 or 6 episodes in and the typcial 3rd of 4th episode
wasn't disappointed at all- thought the show stayed strong through the finale. I wasn't looking for answers- just continued quality writing, acting and cinematography... thought it succeeded on all fronts.
only disappointment is that it was only 8 episodes long, and yeah- if there's a long wait for the next season. IMO, best show on TV.
ummmm. a full YEAR before we see new episodes? well ####.I liked it, however in hindsight I wished I'd waited until next November for the new episodes before I started watching it. The 8 episodes were great but way too short of a season for this show.Yes, it's a great show but prepare to be disappointed by the cliffhanger ending and the long wait until next episodes get made.??Anybody else watching The Returned on IfC or Sundance?
I shudder to bring up The Killing- the visuals and mood are very similar (which works) but the writing and overall story are lightyears better. One of the better things on TV right now, IMO.
Without giving anything away- takes place in a French Alps town about people coming back from the dead. I'm 5 or 6 episodes in and the typcial 3rd of 4th episode
wasn't disappointed at all- thought the show stayed strong through the finale. I wasn't looking for answers- just continued quality writing, acting and cinematography... thought it succeeded on all fronts.
only disappointment is that it was only 8 episodes long, and yeah- if there's a long wait for the next season. IMO, best show on TV.
Saw MoS this weekend with my ten year old son, who is a big avengers fan. He got bored with it halfway through. It got better, but overall we were both disappointed. I like the different take on how things happened with Lois and it's actually easier to believe. it just pales in comparison to the movies marvel has been putting out. 3/5
LOVE this one. Completely bizarre comic-book style... totally agree- mostly a comedy. "john big booty"... "big boo-TAY.. boo-TAY"
I stll HIGHLY recommend this show to you peeps.ummmm. a full YEAR before we see new episodes? well ####.I liked it, however in hindsight I wished I'd waited until next November for the new episodes before I started watching it. The 8 episodes were great but way too short of a season for this show.Yes, it's a great show but prepare to be disappointed by the cliffhanger ending and the long wait until next episodes get made.??Anybody else watching The Returned on IfC or Sundance?
I shudder to bring up The Killing- the visuals and mood are very similar (which works) but the writing and overall story are lightyears better. One of the better things on TV right now, IMO.
Without giving anything away- takes place in a French Alps town about people coming back from the dead. I'm 5 or 6 episodes in and the typcial 3rd of 4th episode
wasn't disappointed at all- thought the show stayed strong through the finale. I wasn't looking for answers- just continued quality writing, acting and cinematography... thought it succeeded on all fronts.
only disappointment is that it was only 8 episodes long, and yeah- if there's a long wait for the next season. IMO, best show on TV.
Watched this movie over the weekend. Wasn't bad and decently well acted by the leads. A solid character piece that handles an uncomfortable situation that many of us can relate to in a realistic way. One thing for sure is that any situation where you get to see Olivia Wilde's mammeries is not a huge waste of time.
Hmmm.... Drifter has a thing for Jude Law- check.
nope... couldn't afford it (even though it's affordable relative to anything else similar).
I've never seen a Tyler Perry "movie." I fear if I do, I might commit suicide.Statorama said:
It's the equivalent to eating vanilla ice cream- sweet and tasty going down but plain and unspectacular overall. I've seen bits and pieces of many of Perry's Madea comedies(wifey likes them)and frankly they made me laugh in spite of myself. They are harmless fun and while they won't win any writing or acting awards they are still better made and funnier while being less crass than most comedy offerings out there today.
is this on Netflix?Bob Magaw said:
yes, if you click on blade runner: the final cut, look for the bonus material disc (you can request separately, with or without the film proper)... that contains the doc dangerous days. it covers the challenging pre-production and complicated three-part financing history, the many script iterations, important differences with the seminal philip k. **** novel/source material - do androids dream of electric sheep, casting (early on dustin hoffman was the choice for deckard before widening creative differences led to harrison ford), futuristic conceptual design (syd mead was a working industrial designer), art and set decoration (when director scott was introduced to the art director, he said, "too bad for you, mate."), why budget constraints led to the signature retrofit architecture look, the actual shoot of course, which had many difficulties (night, rain, smoke - it actually saved money that would have otherwise been needed to dress up the back lot sets, a necessity given the budget constraints... after one shoot when scott broke out a cigar, a set hand asked if he had smoke in his home!
), cinematography, special effects (probably the last great analog, in camera, sci fi effects film, arguably unsurpassed by CGI to date), music, the troubled post-production (the completion bond financiers took the film away from scott and his editor briefly before another principal financier, alan ladd, jr and warner brothers insisted they be restored to the project), how disappointing tests and critical reaction led to several variants almost immediately and its anticlimactically quick demise on its intitial release, and how home video and other factors led to its rediscovery, resurrection and critical reappraisal as a contemporary masterpiece that transcends genre boundaries*, arguably the greatest sci film ever, to this day hugely influential (helped spawn the literary cyberpunk genre) and maybe the most eerily prescient film of its era (and not just about the look, feel and style of the future).
criterion has great making of docs. if you don't have them already, avail at netflix as second DVD, bonus disc content (criterion versions?) in the cases of both wings of desire and the third man.
It's the weirdest movie series I've ever seen. It would be like watching a horror movie where in between the mayhem they have 12 minute intervals where a character describes how to tie tennis shoes.
That you say they are less crass resonates with me. Feels like the crass trend has hit its peak.
I think one reason for my aversion is I don't think men in women's clothes is funny. Last time I laughed at something like that was Monty Python back in 1980.
I thought 2 Guns was perfectly fine and Wahlberg and Denzel had some nice back and forths. I thought Grown Ups 1 was awful, I thought Grown Ups 2 was noticeably better. I was too drunk when I watched it to really say if that qualifies it as average though.Ministry of Pain said:
thought this was a decent movie.tikigods said:
I could watch that movie five times and rate it anywhere for 1 to 5, depends on the mood I'm in.
I could see that. It caught us at a nice vibe. I thought that intro was going to be how the whole movie was going to be and wouldn't have made it through 2 1/2 hours of that. I'd put it right on par with Tree of Life. Enjoyed them both but they caught me at good times so that plays a lot into it.
What can I say, some of us get bored by watching the good guy successfully save the world and getting the girl in every movie.
2.5 seems right. I liked II better than I, but III suffers from the same issues most sequels do. Watched it last night and frankly, it completely lacked those outrageous moments that II had. It's almost like they knew they'd make money and got lazy. The ending 10 minutes or so was good in a wrap-this-up sort of way, but overall the movie lacked the qualities of the first two.
Those aren't the only options.
I thought it was interesting to see Wahlberg in a different role, and didnt think he took away from the movie. I do think they couldve got a more "fitting" stoner though. Really anyone from the Franco, McBride, Hill, Rogen, Baruchel. There's plenty of others like JGL, Samberg, Galifianakis, Kutcher, Dax Shepard, Segel, Charlie Day, etc.
