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[saintfool]

I'm assuming/hoping he was kidding. saintfool, I you, but all these bellicose posts about a movie you've never seen strike me as odd.

any mention of "the crow" by me is something of a joke. it was like joseph campbell wrote that movie.

 

[jdoggydogg]

Watched Vampire Strippers last night

I made it through about half of it before I fell asleep.

I assume you mean Zombie Strippers.I won't be renting that, as I assume Jenna Jameson's earlier films are much, much better.

 

[rodg12]

I watched Bucket List for the first time last night. I really enjoyed it. Good humor, good message.

 

[jdoggydogg]

I'm assuming/hoping he was kidding. saintfool, I you, but all these bellicose posts about a movie you've never seen strike me as odd.

any mention of "the crow" by me is something of a joke. it was like joseph campbell wrote that movie.

Yeah. Except if Joseph Campbell wrote it, it'd be even more boring I didn't know that The Crow had a lot of drooling fanboys anymore. I suppose we could lump that together with Boondock Saints in the category of "Weak #### that people think is good."

 

[El Floppo]

I'm assuming/hoping he was kidding. saintfool, I you, but all these bellicose posts about a movie you've never seen strike me as odd.

any mention of "the crow" by me is something of a joke. it was like joseph campbell wrote that movie.

Yeah. Except if Joseph Campbell wrote it, it'd be even more boring I didn't know that The Crow had a lot of drooling fanboys anymore. I suppose we could lump that together with Boondock Saints in the category of "Weak #### that people think is good."

My brother is, essentially, Joseph Campbell's ghost writer.

 

[El Floppo]

No takers on Fallen Angels?

 

[Aaron Rudnicki]

just watched 'Gerry' by Gus Van Sant with Matt Damon and Casey Affleck.

what a waste of time that was.

 

[SmoovySmoov]

Is there a recent movie out called 'Old Boy'? I have it on my to-be-seen list, and now that I am looking for it, I can't find anything.

Does anyone know what the hell I'm talking about?

Oldboy is a good example of Asian extreme cinema. Other examples are Audition and Three...Extremes.Definitely not appropriate for kids.

I haven't seen "Old Boy" or "Three Extremes" but I would argue that "Audition" is a little different. It has a kind of cultural subtext. "Old Boy", as near as I can tell, is just a juvenile revenge fantasy of sorts. I have no interest in seeing it on that basis.

Oldboy is disgusting, but I wouldn't call it juvenile at all. There aren't many people I'd recommend Oldboy to, and I can't say I enjoyed it. But it's definitely an interesting movie.

Not at all juvenile. There is subtext to it. I'd recommend it, though as jdogg says you have to be careful about to whom.

One of the best movies I have seen over the past few years, but definitely not one you can recommend to everyone. Pretty sure a few that I did recommend it to thinks I'm a weirdo now, but it's whatever. From somebody who pans most everything that's out there, this movie is a good one.

 

[LHUCKS]

Doomsday,

Not gonna lie...I'm a sucker for B rated, post-apocalyptic flicks.

Acting sucked and the plot was a ripoff of several from the genre but I was thoroughly entertained.

 

[El Floppo]

Is there a recent movie out called 'Old Boy'? I have it on my to-be-seen list, and now that I am looking for it, I can't find anything.

Does anyone know what the hell I'm talking about?

Oldboy is a good example of Asian extreme cinema. Other examples are Audition and Three...Extremes.Definitely not appropriate for kids.

I haven't seen "Old Boy" or "Three Extremes" but I would argue that "Audition" is a little different. It has a kind of cultural subtext. "Old Boy", as near as I can tell, is just a juvenile revenge fantasy of sorts. I have no interest in seeing it on that basis.

Oldboy is disgusting, but I wouldn't call it juvenile at all. There aren't many people I'd recommend Oldboy to, and I can't say I enjoyed it. But it's definitely an interesting movie.

Not at all juvenile. There is subtext to it. I'd recommend it, though as jdogg says you have to be careful about to whom.

One of the best movies I have seen over the past few years, but definitely not one you can recommend to everyone. Pretty sure a few that I did recommend it to thinks I'm a weirdo now, but it's whatever. From somebody who pans most everything that's out there, this movie is a good one.

Holy ####... that av

 

[SmoovySmoov]

Is there a recent movie out called 'Old Boy'? I have it on my to-be-seen list, and now that I am looking for it, I can't find anything.

Does anyone know what the hell I'm talking about?

Oldboy is a good example of Asian extreme cinema. Other examples are Audition and Three...Extremes.Definitely not appropriate for kids.

I haven't seen "Old Boy" or "Three Extremes" but I would argue that "Audition" is a little different. It has a kind of cultural subtext. "Old Boy", as near as I can tell, is just a juvenile revenge fantasy of sorts. I have no interest in seeing it on that basis.

Oldboy is disgusting, but I wouldn't call it juvenile at all. There aren't many people I'd recommend Oldboy to, and I can't say I enjoyed it. But it's definitely an interesting movie.

Not at all juvenile. There is subtext to it. I'd recommend it, though as jdogg says you have to be careful about to whom.

One of the best movies I have seen over the past few years, but definitely not one you can recommend to everyone. Pretty sure a few that I did recommend it to thinks I'm a weirdo now, but it's whatever. From somebody who pans most everything that's out there, this movie is a good one.

Holy ####... that av

 

[NCCommish]

I'm assuming/hoping he was kidding. saintfool, I you, but all these bellicose posts about a movie you've never seen strike me as odd.

any mention of "the crow" by me is something of a joke. it was like joseph campbell wrote that movie.

Yeah. Except if Joseph Campbell wrote it, it'd be even more boring I didn't know that The Crow had a lot of drooling fanboys anymore. I suppose we could lump that together with Boondock Saints in the category of "Weak #### that people think is good."

I wouldn't call myself a fanboy but it entertained me. All I was looking for from it.

 

[jdoggydogg]

I'm assuming/hoping he was kidding. saintfool, I you, but all these bellicose posts about a movie you've never seen strike me as odd.

any mention of "the crow" by me is something of a joke. it was like joseph campbell wrote that movie.

Yeah. Except if Joseph Campbell wrote it, it'd be even more boring I didn't know that The Crow had a lot of drooling fanboys anymore. I suppose we could lump that together with Boondock Saints in the category of "Weak #### that people think is good."

I wouldn't call myself a fanboy but it entertained me. All I was looking for from it.

Which one? The Crow? I haven't seen it since it was released. I remember it being entertaining.

 

[jdoggydogg]

I'm assuming/hoping he was kidding. saintfool, I you, but all these bellicose posts about a movie you've never seen strike me as odd.

any mention of "the crow" by me is something of a joke. it was like joseph campbell wrote that movie.

Yeah. Except if Joseph Campbell wrote it, it'd be even more boring I didn't know that The Crow had a lot of drooling fanboys anymore. I suppose we could lump that together with Boondock Saints in the category of "Weak #### that people think is good."

My brother is, essentially, Joseph Campbell's ghost writer.

Really? For that genre, I always preferred Robert Bly - especially as a public speaker. I always thought Cambbell was writing interesting things, but that his delivery was really dull. I think Bly is much more captivating.

 

[saintfool]

Which one? The Crow? I haven't seen it since it was released. I remember it being entertaining.

Unpossible. It is riddled with all the self serving comic book cliches. I was more embarrassed for Ernie Hudson with this film than I was for his reprising Winston Zeddemore in "GhostBusters 2"....

 

[Hov34]

"anchorman: the legend of ron burgundy" last night. that's an awful lot of will ferrell in his "blustery manchild mode" to consume, i think. perhaps too much. the wife and i laughed at times - the news team gang fight was the highlight - but it was pretty "ho-hum". i couldn't help but marvel at how slender and threadbare a plot it was. i think i'll stick to his other work like "stranger than fiction".

That movie and 40 Year Old Virgin are dumb, but they were better for me the second time around.

"40 Yeard Old..." was really lame, I thought. Sweet but lame, nonetheless. Completely forgettable.

Those movies were two of the funniest to come out in a long time.

He is correct the rest of you are wrong.

 

[NCCommish]

I'm assuming/hoping he was kidding. saintfool, I you, but all these bellicose posts about a movie you've never seen strike me as odd.

any mention of "the crow" by me is something of a joke. it was like joseph campbell wrote that movie.

Yeah. Except if Joseph Campbell wrote it, it'd be even more boring I didn't know that The Crow had a lot of drooling fanboys anymore. I suppose we could lump that together with Boondock Saints in the category of "Weak #### that people think is good."

I wouldn't call myself a fanboy but it entertained me. All I was looking for from it.

Which one? The Crow? I haven't seen it since it was released. I remember it being entertaining.

 

[fsufan]

Doomsday,Not gonna lie...I'm a sucker for B rated, post-apocalyptic flicks. Acting sucked and the plot was a ripoff of several from the genre but I was thoroughly entertained.

got this in, will watch over weekend, love these type of movies. better, just as good, not as good as the Resident Evil moives

 

[jdoggydogg]

Which one? The Crow? I haven't seen it since it was released. I remember it being entertaining.

Unpossible. It is riddled with all the self serving comic book cliches. I was more embarrassed for Ernie Hudson with this film than I was for his reprising Winston Zeddemore in "GhostBusters 2"....

Sounds like you've seen it more recently than I have. The 41 year old jdogg has better taste than the 27 year old jdogg. So I don't know how I'd react to that movie now.

 

[Aaron Rudnicki]

I liked the Crow, but I don't think I've seen it in 13 years

 

[Statorama]

I've had free access to a movie library lately, so I wanted to check out some films that I was curious about, but could really never bring myself to pay to see.

They Wait - Good old fashioned Chinese ghost story, complete with the old guy with the store that sells frog lips and cricket feet. The story is well told, with a nice pace and some good acting. This is one of those curl up on the couch with a bowl of popcorn horror/thrillers. Worth a look

Rescue Dawn - Pilot is shot down during the Vietnam War and this is the story of his capture and incarceration in a POW camp. While it was good to see Professor Faraday and Dr. Marvin Candle get some work outside of the "Lost" set, I just didn't dig this flick. It felt like the movie tried to play it down the middle, trying to relay the tortuous conditions while still maintaining a kind of breezy 'Hogan's Heroes' atmosphere. Bale is always watchable, but the director doesn't reel him in when he's going over the top at certain points. A mild disappointment

In Hell - Low grade, even for Van Damme standards. In prison for killing the man that raped his wife, JCVD gets involved in the prison fight ring circuit. Watched it only to see the acting efforts of Lawrence Taylor (!) as JCVD's introspective cell mate. LT's got a career playing Black Frankenstien if he wants it, but should otherwise stay on the other side of the camera. Can't even rate it, because it delivers what it promises (which admittedly isn't much). If you like generic Van Damme flicks, this is in your ballpark.

Ticker - What a yawner. Dennis Hopper is the brilliant bomb maker with an Irish accent 5% of the time, Tom Sizemore is the cop trying to bring him down, and Steven Segal is the zen like Bomb Squad captain who just wants to do his job. Will Sizemore's partner die in his arms?? Will the bombmaker get his come-uppance? Will we see a "IS IT THE BLUE WIRE OR THE YELLOW WIRE???" scene? It's even worse than you can imagine.

The Covenant Hay Carumba! Dawson's Creek shot in the dark with techno-metal playing instead of soft rock. I really don't know who they made this movie for. There's not enough horror for that crowd, and there's not enough magic for the 'Witches and Warlocks' crowd. It revolves around a group of teens with magic powers, who 'ascend' to even greater powers on their 18th birthday. There's a very thinly veild anti-drug message, as the more you use your powers the more addictive it becomes...and the more toll it takes on your body and soul. Some good effects with spiders, but other than that there's not much here.

Player 5150 - Thought for sure this would be my cup of tea reading the setup. An Investment Banker / Stock Trader has some success taking risks on the job, but we find that's not the only place he gambles. Unfortunately, he's not that successful gambling on football games. The script and the storyline are ok, but some bad casting decisions and some inept direction keep distracting you from what's happening on-screen. Christopher McDonald does what he can with the role as the heavy, but he's the wrong kind of menacing here. His resume carries a little too much weight for us to believe he does the things he does. The lead actor really sinks the project though. You either need somebody with an edge to handle the up-and-down roller coaster ride of being a big stakes gambler / action junkie, or you need someone that we truly buy as a truly nice guy that just tragically gets in over his head. From my perspective he kept the material at a distance and didn't connect with the role.

Next - Nick Cage is Vegas nightclub magician Frank Cadillac, a man that can see two minutes into his future...well, unless the movie finds it more convenient to have him see farther into the future....or unless they think it would move the story along better if he were able to see into other people's futures....but I digress. The FBI is chasing a villian straight out of '24' who wants to detonate a nuclear bomb on US soil. Julianne Moore is the lone FBI agent that thinks Frank Cadillac's powers can save them. She chases, he runs. Everything about this movie is ridiculous. Let's start with the casting decisions. Cage wasn't a bad thought, as he can play that cheeky wink in the camera type with the best of them. Alright, so let's get someone he could realistically romance....um....Jessica Biel does not jump to the top of that list. Next, let's get a square-jawed, no-nonsense, tough-talking, sharp shooting. gritty-as-hell FBI agent....um.....nope, Julianne Moore isn't climbing up that ladder. Biel is horrific of course, but Moore is uncharacteristically bad. Cage and his hair are over the top and out of control for the entirety of the picture. The awkward scene where he uses his power to manipulate Biel would be cruel if you weren't too busy laughing at his doe-eyed approach and his horse teeth. There's a lot of car crashes and explosions, but they get repetitive and the CGI during the avalanche scene is pretty brutal. I must admit, it's one of those 'so bad it's good' movies that if you can turn off your brain for 90 minutes it's kinda good summer popcorn fun. Ugh, can't believe I'm doing this, but it's worth seeing with your own eyes.

 

[Mr. Mojo]

Just saw The Bank Job.

Entertaining movie.

 

[Hellfire Snail]

Just saw The Bank Job.

Entertaining movie.

This was a great movie. Horrible title, and lots of people hate Statham, but it was very well made and entertaining. Kind of got passed over.

 

[jdoggydogg]

Just saw The Bank Job.

Entertaining movie.

This was a great movie. Horrible title, and lots of people hate Statham, but it was very well made and entertaining. Kind of got passed over.

I liked it a lot. Kind of a throwback to the classic 1960-1970s British crime dramas.

 

[hooter311]

Just saw The Bank Job.

Entertaining movie.

This was a great movie. Horrible title, and lots of people hate Statham, but it was very well made and entertaining. Kind of got passed over.

I liked it a lot. Kind of a throwback to the classic 1960-1970s British crime dramas.

Agreed, 2nd best movie to be released this year so far behind In Bruges.

 

[Mr. Mojo]

Just saw The Bank Job.

Entertaining movie.

This was a great movie. Horrible title, and lots of people hate Statham, but it was very well made and entertaining. Kind of got passed over.

I liked it a lot. Kind of a throwback to the classic 1960-1970s British crime dramas.

Agreed, 2nd best movie to be released this year so far behind In Bruges.

Totally agree.

 

[NCCommish]

Just saw The Bank Job.

Entertaining movie.

This was a great movie. Horrible title, and lots of people hate Statham, but it was very well made and entertaining. Kind of got passed over.

I liked it a lot. Kind of a throwback to the classic 1960-1970s British crime dramas.

I also thought Statham was pretty good in it. I don't know what kind of stretch it was, if any, but I found him believable.

 

[Afro Samurai]

I've been wanting to see that, I love heist movies.

I tried Southland Tales again. Only made it through about 45 minutes before giving up. There are some nice moments, The Rock is hilarious, but the movie is just a train wreck. Completely unwatchable.

 

[jdoggydogg]

Just saw The Bank Job.

Entertaining movie.

This was a great movie. Horrible title, and lots of people hate Statham, but it was very well made and entertaining. Kind of got passed over.

I liked it a lot. Kind of a throwback to the classic 1960-1970s British crime dramas.

I also thought Statham was pretty good in it. I don't know what kind of stretch it was, if any, but I found him believable.

 

[saintfool]

Also saw In Bruges and loved it.

It's really rare when a film raved about by the critics is actually better than expected.

Good story, photography, acting and something else I noticed - it was the least predictable movie I've seen in a long time.

It also had a mix of violence and laugh out humor that reminded me of Fargo.

well, this finally popped up in our queue and we watched it over the weekend. really very good. colin farrell has a nice comic touch. brendan gleeson really holds this movie together though. he's done so many blah, big hollywood movies in recent years (harry potter franchise, "troy", "cold mountain", etc") that i'd forgotten the sly work he's done in little films like "the general" and "i went down". both as a director and writer, mcdonough shows a pretty sure hand even when the plot puts him in a corner. good work all the way around.

 

[NorvilleBarnes]

The Dish - Australia

This is just a GREAT movie!

Really enjoyed this one.Recently saw WAR with Jet Li and Jason Statham Lots of good sword action, but ultimately we're reminded that guns > swords.

 

[jdoggydogg]

Mr. Woodcock

Free on HBO - thank the lord. I confess that the 10 year old in me thinks the title is funny. But in the 20 minutes I could barely to sit through, I didn't laugh once. This movie is trying to capture the good stuff that Billy Bob did in Bad Santa. Horrible.

 

[Andy Dufresne]

The Brave One - 6.5/10

Entertaining enough. Totally implausible but entertaining.

 

[SKribbles]

The Scorpion King 2: Might be the worst acted movie ever. When your lead actor is a UFC fighter, you know it is going to be bad. I was expecting Couture to be bad, but everyone was equally as horrible. The only decent actor was the Chinese guy who didn't speak English and was just there for comic effect. Horrible special effects also. 1/5

Son of Rambow: Excellent movie. Lots of laughs and a pretty decent story line. 3.5/5

Teeth: Pretty odd movie. Not really sure what to think about it. I definitely didn't hate it but I can't say it was good. 2.5/5

 

[hooter311]

Mr. Woodcock

Free on HBO - thank the lord. I confess that the 10 year old in me thinks the title is funny. But in the 20 minutes I could barely to sit through, I didn't laugh once. This movie is trying to capture the good stuff that Billy Bob did in Bad Santa. Horrible.

A lot of what this movie tries to pass as comedy is really really bad. Also the cliche PG-13 "heart touching" moments are even worst. That said, I laughed a lot watching this movie. I enjoy watching Billy Bob be the world's biggest jerk and I equally enjoy SWS's reactions to being treated in such a manner. Popcorn entertainment.

 

[jdoggydogg]

Son of Rambow: Excellent movie. Lots of laughs and a pretty decent story line. 3.5/5

Teeth: Pretty odd movie. Not really sure what to think about it. I definitely didn't hate it but I can't say it was good. 2.5/5

Son of Rambow received tepid reviews. But the trailer looked pretty good. I am glad you posted this. I haven't seen Teef yet, but I can't help but think that's a simple feminist gimmick stretched out to 90 minutes.

 

[jdoggydogg]

Mr. Woodcock

Free on HBO - thank the lord. I confess that the 10 year old in me thinks the title is funny. But in the 20 minutes I could barely to sit through, I didn't laugh once. This movie is trying to capture the good stuff that Billy Bob did in Bad Santa. Horrible.

A lot of what this movie tries to pass as comedy is really really bad. Also the cliche PG-13 "heart touching" moments are even worst. That said, I laughed a lot watching this movie. I enjoy watching Billy Bob be the world's biggest jerk and I equally enjoy SWS's reactions to being treated in such a manner. Popcorn entertainment.

I dig. You know, Billy Bob is a very good comic actor. But I was watching that movie and thinking, "Bad Santa is a lot better."

 

[hooter311]

Mr. Woodcock

Free on HBO - thank the lord. I confess that the 10 year old in me thinks the title is funny. But in the 20 minutes I could barely to sit through, I didn't laugh once. This movie is trying to capture the good stuff that Billy Bob did in Bad Santa. Horrible.

A lot of what this movie tries to pass as comedy is really really bad. Also the cliche PG-13 "heart touching" moments are even worst. That said, I laughed a lot watching this movie. I enjoy watching Billy Bob be the world's biggest jerk and I equally enjoy SWS's reactions to being treated in such a manner. Popcorn entertainment.

I dig. You know, Billy Bob is a very good comic actor. But I was watching that movie and thinking, "Bad Santa is a lot better."

He is at his best when he is uncensored. They did good casting him in Bad News Bears because he plays the best grump since Matthau himself. It just seems like since Bad Santa we have been getting the same thing from him, only toned down more each time.

 

[SKribbles]

Son of Rambow: Excellent movie. Lots of laughs and a pretty decent story line. 3.5/5

Teeth: Pretty odd movie. Not really sure what to think about it. I definitely didn't hate it but I can't say it was good. 2.5/5

Son of Rambow received tepid reviews. But the trailer looked pretty good. I am glad you posted this. I haven't seen Teef yet, but I can't help but think that's a simple feminist gimmick stretched out to 90 minutes.

You'll enjoy it as long as you don't mind watching little kids the entire movie.ETA: Rottentomatoes has it at 75%

 

[jdoggydogg]

Mr. Woodcock

Free on HBO - thank the lord. I confess that the 10 year old in me thinks the title is funny. But in the 20 minutes I could barely to sit through, I didn't laugh once. This movie is trying to capture the good stuff that Billy Bob did in Bad Santa. Horrible.

A lot of what this movie tries to pass as comedy is really really bad. Also the cliche PG-13 "heart touching" moments are even worst. That said, I laughed a lot watching this movie. I enjoy watching Billy Bob be the world's biggest jerk and I equally enjoy SWS's reactions to being treated in such a manner. Popcorn entertainment.

I dig. You know, Billy Bob is a very good comic actor. But I was watching that movie and thinking, "Bad Santa is a lot better."

He is at his best when he is uncensored. They did good casting him in Bad News Bears because he plays the best grump since Matthau himself. It just seems like since Bad Santa we have been getting the same thing from him, only toned down more each time.

No doubt. I haven't seen a lot of the late Bernie Mac's movies, but he was also good in Bad Santa.

 

[SKribbles]

Anyone seen The Life Before Her Eyes? Mixed/bad reviews but I'd like to hear some opinions here if anyone has.

 

[jdoggydogg]

Office Space

Own it. Seen it 10 times. Awesome movie.

 

[greenzonetarget]

Watched Super Bad for the first time last night. The fat kid was funny.

 

[KarmaPolice]

Office Space

Own it. Seen it 10 times. Awesome movie.

Watched it again last night. Don't get the love for this movie. Maybe you have to have a crap job you hate or work in a setting like this to find it funny. There are a couple things that I laughed at, but mostly was just looking at my watch.

 

[saintfool]

came back from nyc and the wife was watching "vantage point". painfully bad. dennis quaid can't look "intense" without looking like he has to take a dump really really badly. bad that could have been kind of fun in the right hands.

 

[jdoggydogg]

Office Space

Own it. Seen it 10 times. Awesome movie.

Watched it again last night. Don't get the love for this movie. Maybe you have to have a crap job you hate or work in a setting like this to find it funny. There are a couple things that I laughed at, but mostly was just looking at my watch.

I worked in a cube farm, so maybe that's why it's funnier for me.On the other hand, I wasn't a medieval knight but Monty Python and The Holy Grail is funny to me.

 

[snogger]

Office Space

Own it. Seen it 10 times. Awesome movie.

Watched it again last night. Don't get the love for this movie. Maybe you have to have a crap job you hate or work in a setting like this to find it funny. There are a couple things that I laughed at, but mostly was just looking at my watch.

I worked in a cube farm, so maybe that's why it's funnier for me.On the other hand, I wasn't a medieval knight but Monty Python and The Holy Grail is funny to me.

Bloody peasant! As for Office Space.. I've spent the last 12 years in a cube so I can relate...

 

[Andy Dufresne]

Big Lebowski

Big fat ZERO. There was nothing I liked about this movie. It wasn't funny. It wasn't "twisty". It wasn't symbolic. And it wasn't in the least bit interesting.

This movie is now #2 on the list of "movies other people love but I don't see any possible reason why they do" list. #1 being Pulp Fiction.

If this is truly many people's favorite comedy, I weep even harder for the world's future.

I hated this movie. Noexplode!!1! glll pease, etc.

 

[hooter311]

Big Lebowski

Big fat ZERO. There was nothing I liked about this movie. It wasn't funny. It wasn't "twisty". It wasn't symbolic. And it wasn't in the least bit interesting.

This movie is now #2 on the list of "movies other people love but I don't see any possible reason why they do" list. #1 being Pulp Fiction.

If this is truly many people's favorite comedy, I weep even harder for the world's future.

I hated this movie. Noexplode!!1! glll pease, etc.

Obviously you're not a golfer.

 

[the moops]

#1 being Pulp Fiction.

Don't agree with your thoughts on The Big Lebowski...but I am with you on Pulp Fiction.