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Recently viewed movie thread - Rental Edition (4 Viewers)
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Jutz
Footballguy
At what? Did you ever see the original? It was a classic. Did you know it existed?jasonclutz said:You're going to need to try a little harder there, kiddo.
I guess you lied about your retirement... so dissappointing. What about the other movies? See any of them?
krista4
Footballguy
Sigh.
Jutz
Footballguy
That's all you got? Come on, I'm working graveyard shift and no one else is up. Your goinna have to try harder then that, kiddo.
JerseyToughGuys
Tough Guy
Lucky Number Slevin.
Surpisingly entertaining.
Surpisingly entertaining.
shadyridr
Footballguy
I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry- Not a big Adam Sandler fan but I am a huge Kevin James fan. I loled many times during this movie. Very funny secondary characters (Larry's somewhat gay son steals the movie). And Jessica Biel has an OMG body and shows it off many times (Catwoman outfit, bra and panties). What a phenomenal bottom and legs she has. 
to her and the movie.
to her and the movie.
GreatAmericanFF
Footballguy
I watched "We are Marshall" the other day. I thought it was pretty decent. I usually don't care for McConaughey's acting but I actually thought he was pretty good in this movie.
SmoovySmoov
The Way of the Samurai
I got one word for you, buddy:Wooderson.
fasteddie_21
2006 NM Poker Champ
Dirty Pretty Things was enjoyable. 
Sideways....gf and I tried to watch it, really, we did. Got about 25 mins in and were bored to death. Is it worth another try or what?
Ocean's 13...you know what you're getting here. Not as good as the first, obviously, but worth a rental. They must have had a blast making that series.
The Station Agent...enjoyable, but to be 100% honest, I'm not sure why. I enjoyed the "accepting people for who they were" thing, but other than that, not sure why I liked it.
Sideways....gf and I tried to watch it, really, we did. Got about 25 mins in and were bored to death. Is it worth another try or what?
Ocean's 13...you know what you're getting here. Not as good as the first, obviously, but worth a rental. They must have had a blast making that series.
The Station Agent...enjoyable, but to be 100% honest, I'm not sure why. I enjoyed the "accepting people for who they were" thing, but other than that, not sure why I liked it.
jdoggydogg
Footballguy
There aren't a lot of big moments in The Station Agent. But the reason I really liked it was that friendship seems to be a rare motif in Hollywood films. So many films are about love, lust, death, etc. Nice to see a good movie where friendship is the primary theme.Dirty Pretty Things was enjoyable.
Sideways....gf and I tried to watch it, really, we did. Got about 25 mins in and were bored to death. Is it worth another try or what?
Ocean's 13...you know what you're getting here. Not as good as the first, obviously, but worth a rental. They must have had a blast making that series.
The Station Agent...enjoyable, but to be 100% honest, I'm not sure why. I enjoyed the "accepting people for who they were" thing, but other than that, not sure why I liked it.
jdoggydogg
Footballguy
The Wind that Shakes the Barley
Drama about the British occupation of Ireland in the 1920s. Certainly not a great movie, but worth a rental. Stars Cillian Murphy. Sound is pretty bad, so I left the subtitles on. I do recommend the movie despite a few flaws. Nice primer on the conflict for people like me that don't know a lot about the history of the subject matter.
Drama about the British occupation of Ireland in the 1920s. Certainly not a great movie, but worth a rental. Stars Cillian Murphy. Sound is pretty bad, so I left the subtitles on. I do recommend the movie despite a few flaws. Nice primer on the conflict for people like me that don't know a lot about the history of the subject matter.
jamny
Footballguy
My first real disappointment in watching Kurosawa films.
Kagemusha falls to the bottom of my list.
I was excited to see his first epic color samurai film. Dersu Uzala was color, but was a quiet character study.
Outside of his usual great photography, this one falls flat in so many ways.
I can blame myself for not being familiar with the history so the different clans involved made it a little confusing.
Way too many battle scenes of troops running this way and that way...seemingly directionless.
No real connection with the main character, who also wasn't very good. This film was 8 years in the making and most likely was meant to start Mifune, who would have been awesome.
BTW - At the time of filming (1980) Kurosawa hadn't made a film in 5 years and again couldn't get financing within Japan. This film was made with financial help from George Lucas and Francis Ford Coppola.
I don't know. Just didn't do it for me.
An opening scene with a soldier running down a filled staircase, some great closing scenes, and a freaky dream sequence made it watchable. I'm going to have to watch the final scenes again with commentary to see how he filmed the horses.
Next up....finally...Ran!
Seven Samurai
Rashomon
Throne of Blood
Sanjuro
Yojimbo
Ikiru
The Bad Sleep Well
High and Low
Dersu Uzala
Hidden Fortress
Red Beard
Kagemusha
Kagemusha falls to the bottom of my list.
I was excited to see his first epic color samurai film. Dersu Uzala was color, but was a quiet character study.
Outside of his usual great photography, this one falls flat in so many ways.
I can blame myself for not being familiar with the history so the different clans involved made it a little confusing.
Way too many battle scenes of troops running this way and that way...seemingly directionless.
No real connection with the main character, who also wasn't very good. This film was 8 years in the making and most likely was meant to start Mifune, who would have been awesome.
BTW - At the time of filming (1980) Kurosawa hadn't made a film in 5 years and again couldn't get financing within Japan. This film was made with financial help from George Lucas and Francis Ford Coppola.
I don't know. Just didn't do it for me.
An opening scene with a soldier running down a filled staircase, some great closing scenes, and a freaky dream sequence made it watchable. I'm going to have to watch the final scenes again with commentary to see how he filmed the horses.
Next up....finally...Ran!
Seven Samurai
Rashomon
Throne of Blood
Sanjuro
Yojimbo
Ikiru
The Bad Sleep Well
High and Low
Dersu Uzala
Hidden Fortress
Red Beard
Kagemusha
Hov34
Eephus's Great Great Great Love Child
Hey look everybody!!!! A Girl on the Internet!!!!!!!!!!Sig-worthy, if you weren't a friend.You're right: I'm gay. I am a gay man. Happy?Don't try to change the subject.Fine, but how do you feel about movies?Me either.
I don't care. Put it in there. My wife never reads this board :(
whoknew
Footballguy
Paris, Je t'aime -- It was ok. In case you aren't familiar its a bunch of 5 minute movies about Paris put together. Some were good (like the one with Steve Buscemi) and some were boring. Overall pretty good.
Let's Go to Prison -- I didn't think I'd laugh, but I did. Quite a bit. I recommend it for a dumb laugh. Its funny.
Let's Go to Prison -- I didn't think I'd laugh, but I did. Quite a bit. I recommend it for a dumb laugh. Its funny.
Buckychudd
Footballguy
Spiderman 3
Eh, just a bad movie. I liked the first one a lot, the second was ok, but this one was not good.
Eh, just a bad movie. I liked the first one a lot, the second was ok, but this one was not good.
I love the fact that this thread has gone from "Recently Viewed Movies" where people actually watched movies, gave critiques and offered suggestions to.....pretentious movie snob clique bashing on people and basically chatting with each other within the thread....to the point where you have to go through a page or two to find 5 movies actually watched.
-guru out
-guru out
D_House
Footballguy
I love the fact that this thread has gone from "Recently Viewed Movies" where people actually watched movies, gave critiques and offered suggestions to.....pretentious movie snob clique bashing on people and basically chatting with each other within the thread....to the point where you have to go through a page or two to find 5 movies actually watched.-guru out
Thread r00ned. Happened several pages back, too.
D_House
Footballguy
To try and bring it back on track, here's my latest two netflix rentals:
Enter the Dragon (1973) - Bruce Lee's final film, it was definitely entertaining, in a 60's James Bond sort of way. Seriously, I spent a lot of the movie being reminded of Dr. No, and to an even greater extent, Austin Powers. There's even a supervillian that walks around with a cat on his secret island fortress. But if you can get beyond the dated cheesiness/campiness of a lot of the movie, it does offer some pretty kickass martial arts from Lee and a cast of dozens of extras. Pretty cool funk soundtrack as well.
Network (1976) - Faye Dunaway and William Holden star in this prescient movie about the descent of a once respected network news program into tabloid entertainment programming. I can understand why it gets so much love, due to its sharp satire and great acting. My only critique is the dialogue, which is less dialogue than a series of unbelievably articulate monologues. Seriously, nobody talks like that, but I guess that's part of the satire. Ned Beatty has a great supporting role with one of the best of these monologues.
Both definitely worth a rental.
Enter the Dragon (1973) - Bruce Lee's final film, it was definitely entertaining, in a 60's James Bond sort of way. Seriously, I spent a lot of the movie being reminded of Dr. No, and to an even greater extent, Austin Powers. There's even a supervillian that walks around with a cat on his secret island fortress. But if you can get beyond the dated cheesiness/campiness of a lot of the movie, it does offer some pretty kickass martial arts from Lee and a cast of dozens of extras. Pretty cool funk soundtrack as well.
Network (1976) - Faye Dunaway and William Holden star in this prescient movie about the descent of a once respected network news program into tabloid entertainment programming. I can understand why it gets so much love, due to its sharp satire and great acting. My only critique is the dialogue, which is less dialogue than a series of unbelievably articulate monologues. Seriously, nobody talks like that, but I guess that's part of the satire. Ned Beatty has a great supporting role with one of the best of these monologues.
Both definitely worth a rental.
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Tremendous Upside
Footballguy
Yup...Both he and Reese did their own singing...
DanFouts
Footballguy
Rescue Dawn - 7.5/10 - Bale does a great job as always. Knowing it's based on a true story makes it more interesting
Ocean's 13 - 5/10 - I hated it. Sure, it has some witty moments, Clooney shines. But the plot gets more ridiculous each time. Setting up the straw man is painful....."this is now THE most impentrable sytem ever" and we can break it schtick gets more painful each time..
Sicko - 8/10 - Opens nice discussion on health care.
Next up.......No End in Sight
Ocean's 13 - 5/10 - I hated it. Sure, it has some witty moments, Clooney shines. But the plot gets more ridiculous each time. Setting up the straw man is painful....."this is now THE most impentrable sytem ever" and we can break it schtick gets more painful each time..
Sicko - 8/10 - Opens nice discussion on health care.
Next up.......No End in Sight
Bluto Blutarsky
Footballguy
krista taking a beating...
At what? Did you ever see the original? It was a classic. Did you know it existed?You're going to need to try a little harder there, kiddo.
I guess you lied about your retirement... so dissappointing. What about the other movies? See any of them?
Tremendous Upside
Footballguy
Sorry, but Gone in 60 Seconds isn't a classic in any sense of the word...
Andy Dufresne
Footballguy
Next - the one with Nick Cage and Jessica Biel
Anything involving time travel requires a lot of suspension of disbelief. I can handle it if the movie follows it's own rules. This one seems to stray from the path as his "power" seems to get more powerful as the movie goes on. Julianne Moore is a bit over the top.
Still, it's worth a rental. 6.5/10
Anything involving time travel requires a lot of suspension of disbelief. I can handle it if the movie follows it's own rules. This one seems to stray from the path as his "power" seems to get more powerful as the movie goes on. Julianne Moore is a bit over the top.
Still, it's worth a rental. 6.5/10
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krista4
Footballguy
I haven't had much time for movies lately so have only a few to report.Beauty and the Beast (the 1946 French version directed by Cocteau): Might all think we know this story, but not told quite like this. Absolutely stunning visuals that amazed me at every turn. Typical 40s overwrought acting, but I could deal with it for the story and the visuals. (4.5/5)
Colma: The Musical: Maybe it's that I'm not a big fan of musicals, but I was very disappointed. Colma is a town outside San Francisco where city residents bury their dead. The movie is kind of a high-school, living-in-a-crappy-place, rock musical that won some Independent Spirit awards and sounded interesting, but I couldn't get into it. All the songs sounded similar, and the humor and the people in the movie wore thin quickly. Not terrible, but not great. (3/5)
This is England: Similarly somewhat disappointing given some of the reviews I'd read, this is an autobiographical story of an 11-year-old boy in early 1980s England who loses his father in the Falkland wars and then falls in with a group of skinheads. Sounds a lot more powerful than it was--there wasn't a good balance of perspectives, and the purported exploration of the underside of England left me a bit cold. Again not bad, but nothing that's a must-see. (3/5)
The Namesake: I'm a big fan of the "traditional Indian/Pakistani/Middle Eastern immigrants dealing with their more modern, westernized children" genre, and I was very interested in seeing the well-reviewed performance of Kal Penn (from Harold & Kumar) in this movie. The cinematography of this one is amazing, and the last few scenes were so powerful as to make the movie one I'd definitely recommend. On the other hand, this story has been done better in many other movies. Penn's performance was interesting but a little bit of a caricature IMO. In any case, a good movie if you like the type. (4/5)
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Tremendous Upside
Footballguy
Ah, a TI/P/MEIDWTMMWC fan
krista4
Footballguy
Yeah, I've marked it as my favorite genre at Netflix.BTW, don't talk to me in here. 
Davej626
5.56 solves all
Agreed. I one starred it @BB.Spiderman 3
Eh, just a bad movie. I liked the first one a lot, the second was ok, but this one was not good.
Socrates11
Footballguy
Definitely worth another try, if nothing else then for the scene after Jack bangs the homely looking waitress.
jdoggydogg
Footballguy
Awesome movie. Cocteau iskrista4 said:Tremendous Upside said:I haven't had much time for movies lately so have only a few to report.
Beauty and the Beast (the 1946 French version directed by Cocteau): Might all think we know this story, but not told quite like this. Absolutely stunning visuals that amazed me at every turn. Typical 40s overwrought acting, but I could deal with it for the story and the visuals. (4.5/5)
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jdoggydogg
Footballguy
guru_007 said:I love the fact that this thread has gone from "Recently Viewed Movies" where people actually watched movies, gave critiques and offered suggestions to.....pretentious movie snob clique bashing on people and basically chatting with each other within the thread....to the point where you have to go through a page or two to find 5 movies actually watched.
Not enough monosyllabic grunting in this thread for you? Would you feel better if I told you I watched The Marine last night? Not bad, good explosions.
TexanFan02
Footballguy
You're pretty much proving his point here.guru_007 said:I love the fact that this thread has gone from "Recently Viewed Movies" where people actually watched movies, gave critiques and offered suggestions to.....pretentious movie snob clique bashing on people and basically chatting with each other within the thread....to the point where you have to go through a page or two to find 5 movies actually watched.Not enough monosyllabic grunting in this thread for you? Would you feel better if I told you I watched The Marine last night? Not bad, good explosions.
Tremendous Upside
Footballguy
This thread would be pretty boring if it was merely a recitation of films and descriptions, IMO...No one is forcing you to read the posts you don't have any interest in...You're pretty much proving his point here.guru_007 said:I love the fact that this thread has gone from "Recently Viewed Movies" where people actually watched movies, gave critiques and offered suggestions to.....pretentious movie snob clique bashing on people and basically chatting with each other within the thread....to the point where you have to go through a page or two to find 5 movies actually watched.-guru out
jdoggydogg
Footballguy
1. One poster saw a ####ty movie, and I asked him why he bothered? Was supposed to be funny, apparantly it wasn't.2. I really did watch The Marine last night. That aside, I'm not sure why discussing intelligent movies is a sign of snobbery.You're pretty much proving his point here.guru_007 said:I love the fact that this thread has gone from "Recently Viewed Movies" where people actually watched movies, gave critiques and offered suggestions to.....pretentious movie snob clique bashing on people and basically chatting with each other within the thread....to the point where you have to go through a page or two to find 5 movies actually watched.
Drifter
Footballguy
Exactly. Nothing wrong with posting a review whatever movie you want, no matter how high browed it may be. The problem comes when you make fun of someone else for posting a review of a movie that you don't like - no matter how crappy that movie is. You can certainly disagree with that person but pulling a page from your high school pseudo-bohemian intelligentsia clique is pretty lame.You're pretty much proving his point here.guru_007 said:I love the fact that this thread has gone from "Recently Viewed Movies" where people actually watched movies, gave critiques and offered suggestions to.....pretentious movie snob clique bashing on people and basically chatting with each other within the thread....to the point where you have to go through a page or two to find 5 movies actually watched.
Andy Dufresne
Footballguy
This thread had become too high-falutin' for me. I had avoided it for a while.
Hov34
Eephus's Great Great Great Love Child
You're the only reason I read this thread.
Andy Dufresne
Footballguy
I cater to the "loud with lots of explosions and/or special effects" crowd.You're the only reason I read this thread.
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jdoggydogg
Footballguy
I listened to Slayer and hung out with stoners in high schoolExactly. Nothing wrong with posting a review whatever movie you want, no matter how high browed it may be. The problem comes when you make fun of someone else for posting a review of a movie that you don't like - no matter how crappy that movie is. You can certainly disagree with that person but pulling a page from your high school pseudo-bohemian intelligentsia clique is pretty lame.You're pretty much proving his point here.guru_007 said:I love the fact that this thread has gone from "Recently Viewed Movies" where people actually watched movies, gave critiques and offered suggestions to.....pretentious movie snob clique bashing on people and basically chatting with each other within the thread....to the point where you have to go through a page or two to find 5 movies actually watched.
-guru out
Would you feel better if I told you I watched The Marine last night? Not bad, good explosions.
krista4
Footballguy
I have not read the book, but, from what I understand, it was an awful lot to fit into a two-hour movie, and as a result the last 45 minutes or so seemed a bit rushed. You might therefore be disappointed, but if you do end up seeing it I'll be very interested to hear your thoughts.My Son the Fanatic was a great movie. I swear that I think this is my favorite movie sub-sub-sub-genre.
Buckychudd
Footballguy
Can't we have both?I cater to the "loud with lots of explosions and/or special effects" crowd.You're the only reason I read this thread.
Hov34
Eephus's Great Great Great Love Child
I cater to the "loud with lots of explosions and/or special effects" crowd.You're the only reason I read this thread.
You had me at "loud".
Hov34
Eephus's Great Great Great Love Child
Just watched Puzzlehead last night. Not sure if I got the recommendation from this thread or not.
Sort of a cross between Pinocchio and Frankenstein minus any excitement and/or loud explosions.
VERY slow, in fact I watched most of it on x2 (watched on my computer). I like SciFi but this was more of an existential quest for the meaning of life. and I would have liked more backstory on why things were so ####ty and Orwellian in the town that he lived.
Sort of a cross between Pinocchio and Frankenstein minus any excitement and/or loud explosions.
VERY slow, in fact I watched most of it on x2 (watched on my computer). I like SciFi but this was more of an existential quest for the meaning of life. and I would have liked more backstory on why things were so ####ty and Orwellian in the town that he lived.
Drifter
Footballguy
Posted this in the HD-DVD vs Blu-Ray thread on Rocky Balboa:
I liked it but didn't love it. It obviously attempted to borrow heavily from Rocky I in both storyline and the feel of the movie. However, the new chicky didn't quite nail it part the way that Adrian did and, of course, there was no Burgess Meredith who is a HUGE part of the first movie. If it had tried to do anything differently it might have succeeded more, but as it was, it was a pale imitation of the first one but still miles better than Rocky V and not a bad way to say goodbye to the franchise.
I liked it but didn't love it. It obviously attempted to borrow heavily from Rocky I in both storyline and the feel of the movie. However, the new chicky didn't quite nail it part the way that Adrian did and, of course, there was no Burgess Meredith who is a HUGE part of the first movie. If it had tried to do anything differently it might have succeeded more, but as it was, it was a pale imitation of the first one but still miles better than Rocky V and not a bad way to say goodbye to the franchise.
Drifter
Footballguy
Hopefully.Can't we have both?I cater to the "loud with lots of explosions and/or special effects" crowd.You're the only reason I read this thread.
SmoovySmoov
The Way of the Samurai
Not a big fan of musicals either, but I still hope you check out Reefer Madness: The Musical. You will not be disappointed. Promise.
I finally got to check out Superbad the other night, and I loved it. After being somewhat disappointed by the hype surrounding Knocked Up, I was expecting to be let down by this one, too. It was the first laugh out loud new movie that I have seen in a long time. (5/5)
Andy Dufresne
Footballguy
I just like the speeches he gives to his kid and the boxing commission.
Buckychudd
Footballguy
Cool, I just added this to my queue earlier today. I was also disappointed by Knocked Up, so wasn't sure what to expect.
