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[nirad3]

Maze Runner

There is a lot of tennage angst out there that we are going to get to a point in civilization where we use our kids as experiments or worse, isn't there? Maze Runner, Hunger Games, Divergent..... etc..... Pretty much all the same with their own variations.

It wasn't terrible. The kids did a decent job.

Watched this this weekend also. I have pretty much the same take.

Watched last night. Ditto.

 

[nirad3]

Interstellar.

I really like this movie.

I take that back. I loved this movie.

I don't really remember reading about it too much or knowing what would happen since it came out last year so I had really no expectations of anything going in. I think the entire cast was brilliant with MM stealing the show hands down. Phenominal performance. And to me, the second best performance wasn't any of the other main characters, it was the black scientist guy that went on the mission. There were so many different ways that they could have gone with that guy being on the ship by himself for 23 years but what they did was perfect. And his emotion and acting when they came back, in that small 3 minute scene, was genius.

I found myself wanting more of the history from normal earth leading to the blight with such things as the changes to the history books and whatnot, but by the same token, all the science and sci-fi aspects of it weren't the main story anyway. This might just end up being one my favorite movies ever.

I need to watch this apparently. It'll be added to the queueueueeue.

 

[El Floppo]

Interstellar.

I really like this movie.

I take that back. I loved this movie.

I don't really remember reading about it too much or knowing what would happen since it came out last year so I had really no expectations of anything going in. I think the entire cast was brilliant with MM stealing the show hands down. Phenominal performance. And to me, the second best performance wasn't any of the other main characters, it was the black scientist guy that went on the mission. There were so many different ways that they could have gone with that guy being on the ship by himself for 23 years but what they did was perfect. And his emotion and acting when they came back, in that small 3 minute scene, was genius.

I found myself wanting more of the history from normal earth leading to the blight with such things as the changes to the history books and whatnot, but by the same token, all the science and sci-fi aspects of it weren't the main story anyway. This might just end up being one my favorite movies ever.

I'm genuinely please somebody out there liked it.

Wife and I were just talking about how unmemorable and meh it was.

 

[KarmaPolice]

Interstellar.

I really like this movie.

I take that back. I loved this movie.I don't really remember reading about it too much or knowing what would happen since it came out last year so I had really no expectations of anything going in. I think the entire cast was brilliant with MM stealing the show hands down. Phenominal performance. And to me, the second best performance wasn't any of the other main characters, it was the black scientist guy that went on the mission. There were so many different ways that they could have gone with that guy being on the ship by himself for 23 years but what they did was perfect. And his emotion and acting when they came back, in that small 3 minute scene, was genius.

I found myself wanting more of the history from normal earth leading to the blight with such things as the changes to the history books and whatnot, but by the same token, all the science and sci-fi aspects of it weren't the main story anyway. This might just end up being one my favorite movies ever.

I need to watch this apparently. It'll be added to the queueueueeue.

there is some mixed feelings on this one. I (and I think a few others) strongly disliked this one.

 

[Yankee23Fan]

Interstellar.

I really like this movie.

I take that back. I loved this movie.

I don't really remember reading about it too much or knowing what would happen since it came out last year so I had really no expectations of anything going in. I think the entire cast was brilliant with MM stealing the show hands down. Phenominal performance. And to me, the second best performance wasn't any of the other main characters, it was the black scientist guy that went on the mission. There were so many different ways that they could have gone with that guy being on the ship by himself for 23 years but what they did was perfect. And his emotion and acting when they came back, in that small 3 minute scene, was genius.

I found myself wanting more of the history from normal earth leading to the blight with such things as the changes to the history books and whatnot, but by the same token, all the science and sci-fi aspects of it weren't the main story anyway. This might just end up being one my favorite movies ever.

I'm genuinely please somebody out there liked it.

Wife and I were just talking about how unmemorable and meh it was.

I think though that my movie viewing attitude is changing to really connect with stories about fathers and their kids. I'm getting up there, done having kids, watching the oldest emotionally move away from me being his everything and all that usual growing old stuff. So this movie really moved me, and it had nothing to do at all with the science / scifi stuff. MM was just awesome in this movie. The scene where he was watching the videos from home was gut wrenching.

 

[El Floppo]

I get caught up in parent schmaltz too these days.... so I get what you're talking about.

 

[IC FBGCav]

Interstellar.

I really like this movie.

I take that back. I loved this movie.

I don't really remember reading about it too much or knowing what would happen since it came out last year so I had really no expectations of anything going in. I think the entire cast was brilliant with MM stealing the show hands down. Phenominal performance. And to me, the second best performance wasn't any of the other main characters, it was the black scientist guy that went on the mission. There were so many different ways that they could have gone with that guy being on the ship by himself for 23 years but what they did was perfect. And his emotion and acting when they came back, in that small 3 minute scene, was genius.

I found myself wanting more of the history from normal earth leading to the blight with such things as the changes to the history books and whatnot, but by the same token, all the science and sci-fi aspects of it weren't the main story anyway. This might just end up being one my favorite movies ever.

I need to watch this apparently. It'll be added to the queueueueeue.

I had zero expectation for this and actually held off watching it due to bad reviews here. I enjoyed it, wasn't ground breaking but entertaining enough.

 

[KarmaPolice]

Interstellar.

I really like this movie.

I take that back. I loved this movie.I don't really remember reading about it too much or knowing what would happen since it came out last year so I had really no expectations of anything going in. I think the entire cast was brilliant with MM stealing the show hands down. Phenominal performance. And to me, the second best performance wasn't any of the other main characters, it was the black scientist guy that went on the mission. There were so many different ways that they could have gone with that guy being on the ship by himself for 23 years but what they did was perfect. And his emotion and acting when they came back, in that small 3 minute scene, was genius.

I found myself wanting more of the history from normal earth leading to the blight with such things as the changes to the history books and whatnot, but by the same token, all the science and sci-fi aspects of it weren't the main story anyway. This might just end up being one my favorite movies ever.

I'm genuinely please somebody out there liked it.

Wife and I were just talking about how unmemorable and meh it was.

I think though that my movie viewing attitude is changing to really connect with stories about fathers and their kids. I'm getting up there, done having kids, watching the oldest emotionally move away from me being his everything and all that usual growing old stuff. So this movie really moved me, and it had nothing to do at all with the science / scifi stuff. MM was just awesome in this movie. The scene where he was watching the videos from home was gut wrenching.

Kid- he seemed to care about the one. Agree that there were moments of greatness, but i thought the last 30 or so minutes were horrible and ended up really clouding my feelings on the movie.

 

[FreeBaGeL]

Interstellar.

I really like this movie.

I take that back. I loved this movie.

I don't really remember reading about it too much or knowing what would happen since it came out last year so I had really no expectations of anything going in. I think the entire cast was brilliant with MM stealing the show hands down. Phenominal performance. And to me, the second best performance wasn't any of the other main characters, it was the black scientist guy that went on the mission. There were so many different ways that they could have gone with that guy being on the ship by himself for 23 years but what they did was perfect. And his emotion and acting when they came back, in that small 3 minute scene, was genius.

I found myself wanting more of the history from normal earth leading to the blight with such things as the changes to the history books and whatnot, but by the same token, all the science and sci-fi aspects of it weren't the main story anyway. This might just end up being one my favorite movies ever.

I thought the ending was unnecessary. It was like they wanted to blow everyone away with some deep and complicated end that would be memorable, and it just didn't hit. I didn't think the movie needed it as it was already a fun ride with a lot of stuff that really made you think. I thought it would have stood well as a "bigger" Apollo 13 with a more straight forward ending, and up until the end I thought it was basically a better Apollo 13. They tried to take it to the next level and ended up ruining the level they had already gotten to.

 

[Yankee23Fan]

Interstellar.

I really like this movie.

I take that back. I loved this movie.

I don't really remember reading about it too much or knowing what would happen since it came out last year so I had really no expectations of anything going in. I think the entire cast was brilliant with MM stealing the show hands down. Phenominal performance. And to me, the second best performance wasn't any of the other main characters, it was the black scientist guy that went on the mission. There were so many different ways that they could have gone with that guy being on the ship by himself for 23 years but what they did was perfect. And his emotion and acting when they came back, in that small 3 minute scene, was genius.

I found myself wanting more of the history from normal earth leading to the blight with such things as the changes to the history books and whatnot, but by the same token, all the science and sci-fi aspects of it weren't the main story anyway. This might just end up being one my favorite movies ever.

I thought the ending was unnecessary. It was like they wanted to blow everyone away with some deep and complicated end that would be memorable, and it just didn't hit. I didn't think the movie needed it as it was already a fun ride with a lot of stuff that really made you think. I thought it would have stood well as a "bigger" Apollo 13 with a more straight forward ending, and up until the end I thought it was basically a better Apollo 13. They tried to take it to the next level and ended up ruining the level they had already gotten to.

Maybe. The ending was fine with me. I'm guessing we are talking about him meeting his daughter and then leaving the hospital, right?

I took that whole scene to be a fulfillment of what MM told his daughter before they left - parents become their kids' ghosts. He wasn't referring to the bookshelf part of the story and the messages from time. He was talking about how kids move on with their lives and have their own families, own experiences, and at some point, the parent is a relic of a another time. When she finally sees him in the future, she has already lived her life and not only that, but she has accepted what he did, why, and loved him for it. The redemption of the story was the moment she noticed the watch. Not the hospital scene. And in the hospital scene, she said goodbye to her ghost. Her life moved beyond MM at that point like all of our kids' lives do. Granted, I'm never walking out of a room after not seeing my kid for a long time like that, but by the same token, the interstellar aspect of time change the dynamic a little.

Him going to find Hathaway was, to me, common sense because the world (or at least the space station) had passed him by. His life from that moment was better served with the only other person int he universe who had shared his experience. I think his daughter was telling him, in reality - I've already forgiven you, loved you and honored you. You don't need to worry about me anymore - go live the life you gave up for me.

Perhaps so deep as to be stupid, but that is really what I took from that.

 

[cosjobs]

Cartel Land

Doc about the Mexican drug cartel and vigilante efforts on both side of the border to fight it. Don't view for resolution, happy endings, or characters you can support, but for the cinematographer who shot some of the most incredible behind and inside the scenes ever filmed.

4.25/5

 

[KarmaPolice]

Interstellar.

I really like this movie.

I take that back. I loved this movie.I don't really remember reading about it too much or knowing what would happen since it came out last year so I had really no expectations of anything going in. I think the entire cast was brilliant with MM stealing the show hands down. Phenominal performance. And to me, the second best performance wasn't any of the other main characters, it was the black scientist guy that went on the mission. There were so many different ways that they could have gone with that guy being on the ship by himself for 23 years but what they did was perfect. And his emotion and acting when they came back, in that small 3 minute scene, was genius.

I found myself wanting more of the history from normal earth leading to the blight with such things as the changes to the history books and whatnot, but by the same token, all the science and sci-fi aspects of it weren't the main story anyway. This might just end up being one my favorite movies ever.

I thought the ending was unnecessary. It was like they wanted to blow everyone away with some deep and complicated end that would be memorable, and it just didn't hit. I didn't think the movie needed it as it was already a fun ride with a lot of stuff that really made you think. I thought it would have stood well as a "bigger" Apollo 13 with a more straight forward ending, and up until the end I thought it was basically a better Apollo 13. They tried to take it to the next level and ended up ruining the level they had already gotten to.

Maybe. The ending was fine with me. I'm guessing we are talking about him meeting his daughter and then leaving the hospital, right? I took that whole scene to be a fulfillment of what MM told his daughter before they left - parents become their kids' ghosts. He wasn't referring to the bookshelf part of the story and the messages from time. He was talking about how kids move on with their lives and have their own families, own experiences, and at some point, the parent is a relic of a another time. When she finally sees him in the future, she has already lived her life and not only that, but she has accepted what he did, why, and loved him for it. The redemption of the story was the moment she noticed the watch. Not the hospital scene. And in the hospital scene, she said goodbye to her ghost. Her life moved beyond MM at that point like all of our kids' lives do. Granted, I'm never walking out of a room after not seeing my kid for a long time like that, but by the same token, the interstellar aspect of time change the dynamic a little.

Him going to find Hathaway was, to me, common sense because the world (or at least the space station) had passed him by. His life from that moment was better served with the only other person int he universe who had shared his experience. I think his daughter was telling him, in reality - I've already forgiven you, loved you and honored you. You don't need to worry about me anymore - go live the life you gave up for me.

Perhaps so deep as to be stupid, but that is really what I took from that.

1. I think from about wormhole on, it felt more like a cheesy M.Night twisty ending than something Nolan usually does.

2. Not sure Nolan is the right guy to pull off the overarching love themes of the movie. He is usually a pretty cold director and I don't think feelings are his strength.

That said, even though i thought his last two movies were whiffs, I would rather watch his whiffs than a lot of other movies coming out in the summer.

 

[Yankee23Fan]

Interstellar.

I really like this movie.

I take that back. I loved this movie.I don't really remember reading about it too much or knowing what would happen since it came out last year so I had really no expectations of anything going in. I think the entire cast was brilliant with MM stealing the show hands down. Phenominal performance. And to me, the second best performance wasn't any of the other main characters, it was the black scientist guy that went on the mission. There were so many different ways that they could have gone with that guy being on the ship by himself for 23 years but what they did was perfect. And his emotion and acting when they came back, in that small 3 minute scene, was genius.

I found myself wanting more of the history from normal earth leading to the blight with such things as the changes to the history books and whatnot, but by the same token, all the science and sci-fi aspects of it weren't the main story anyway. This might just end up being one my favorite movies ever.

I thought the ending was unnecessary. It was like they wanted to blow everyone away with some deep and complicated end that would be memorable, and it just didn't hit. I didn't think the movie needed it as it was already a fun ride with a lot of stuff that really made you think. I thought it would have stood well as a "bigger" Apollo 13 with a more straight forward ending, and up until the end I thought it was basically a better Apollo 13. They tried to take it to the next level and ended up ruining the level they had already gotten to.

Maybe. The ending was fine with me. I'm guessing we are talking about him meeting his daughter and then leaving the hospital, right? I took that whole scene to be a fulfillment of what MM told his daughter before they left - parents become their kids' ghosts. He wasn't referring to the bookshelf part of the story and the messages from time. He was talking about how kids move on with their lives and have their own families, own experiences, and at some point, the parent is a relic of a another time. When she finally sees him in the future, she has already lived her life and not only that, but she has accepted what he did, why, and loved him for it. The redemption of the story was the moment she noticed the watch. Not the hospital scene. And in the hospital scene, she said goodbye to her ghost. Her life moved beyond MM at that point like all of our kids' lives do. Granted, I'm never walking out of a room after not seeing my kid for a long time like that, but by the same token, the interstellar aspect of time change the dynamic a little.

Him going to find Hathaway was, to me, common sense because the world (or at least the space station) had passed him by. His life from that moment was better served with the only other person int he universe who had shared his experience. I think his daughter was telling him, in reality - I've already forgiven you, loved you and honored you. You don't need to worry about me anymore - go live the life you gave up for me.

Perhaps so deep as to be stupid, but that is really what I took from that.

1. I think from about wormhole on, it felt more like a cheesy M.Night twisty ending than something Nolan usually does.

2. Not sure Nolan is the right guy to pull off the overarching love themes of the movie. He is usually a pretty cold director and I don't think feelings are his strength.

That said, even though i thought his last two movies were whiffs, I would rather watch his whiffs than a lot of other movies coming out in the summer.

Ok, so the tesseract room really. Fair enough. That's where sci-fi pulled the story forward. I liked it but yeah I guess you could think a little M.Night there.

I think you are right on #2 from his movies that I have seen. And I could certainly be seeing something in the story that wasn't intended or giving it too much credit as something that was supposed to be a main theme, but the reason I enjoyed it was because I could pull that out of it. Definately one of those, "to each his own," type things to be sure.

 

[FreeBaGeL]

Interstellar.

I really like this movie.

I take that back. I loved this movie.I don't really remember reading about it too much or knowing what would happen since it came out last year so I had really no expectations of anything going in. I think the entire cast was brilliant with MM stealing the show hands down. Phenominal performance. And to me, the second best performance wasn't any of the other main characters, it was the black scientist guy that went on the mission. There were so many different ways that they could have gone with that guy being on the ship by himself for 23 years but what they did was perfect. And his emotion and acting when they came back, in that small 3 minute scene, was genius.

I found myself wanting more of the history from normal earth leading to the blight with such things as the changes to the history books and whatnot, but by the same token, all the science and sci-fi aspects of it weren't the main story anyway. This might just end up being one my favorite movies ever.

I thought the ending was unnecessary. It was like they wanted to blow everyone away with some deep and complicated end that would be memorable, and it just didn't hit. I didn't think the movie needed it as it was already a fun ride with a lot of stuff that really made you think. I thought it would have stood well as a "bigger" Apollo 13 with a more straight forward ending, and up until the end I thought it was basically a better Apollo 13. They tried to take it to the next level and ended up ruining the level they had already gotten to.

Maybe. The ending was fine with me. I'm guessing we are talking about him meeting his daughter and then leaving the hospital, right? I took that whole scene to be a fulfillment of what MM told his daughter before they left - parents become their kids' ghosts. He wasn't referring to the bookshelf part of the story and the messages from time. He was talking about how kids move on with their lives and have their own families, own experiences, and at some point, the parent is a relic of a another time. When she finally sees him in the future, she has already lived her life and not only that, but she has accepted what he did, why, and loved him for it. The redemption of the story was the moment she noticed the watch. Not the hospital scene. And in the hospital scene, she said goodbye to her ghost. Her life moved beyond MM at that point like all of our kids' lives do. Granted, I'm never walking out of a room after not seeing my kid for a long time like that, but by the same token, the interstellar aspect of time change the dynamic a little.

Him going to find Hathaway was, to me, common sense because the world (or at least the space station) had passed him by. His life from that moment was better served with the only other person int he universe who had shared his experience. I think his daughter was telling him, in reality - I've already forgiven you, loved you and honored you. You don't need to worry about me anymore - go live the life you gave up for me.

Perhaps so deep as to be stupid, but that is really what I took from that.

1. I think from about wormhole on, it felt more like a cheesy M.Night twisty ending than something Nolan usually does.

2. Not sure Nolan is the right guy to pull off the overarching love themes of the movie. He is usually a pretty cold director and I don't think feelings are his strength.

That said, even though i thought his last two movies were whiffs, I would rather watch his whiffs than a lot of other movies coming out in the summer.

Ok, so the tesseract room really. Fair enough. That's where sci-fi pulled the story forward. I liked it but yeah I guess you could think a little M.Night there.

I think you are right on #2 from his movies that I have seen. And I could certainly be seeing something in the story that wasn't intended or giving it too much credit as something that was supposed to be a main theme, but the reason I enjoyed it was because I could pull that out of it. Definately one of those, "to each his own," type things to be sure.

Yeah I was talking about the part from when he entered the black hole onward. Just didn't really jive with the rest of the movie.

To me, it just kind of felt like they were planning out the over-arching plot of the movie and someone said "ok now we've really got to blow them away with the ending. Something that will make them think, and talk about". But I thought there was already plenty in the movie that made you think. Plenty of twists and turns. Plenty of big picture, the universe is just amazing kind of stuff.

 

[Andy Dufresne]

I'm with Yankee. It wasn't a great story but the tone was great.

I think parenthood puts you into a time warp. My daughter leaves for college in less than a month and there's no way she's been here for 18 years already.

 

[KarmaPolice]

I'm with Yankee. It wasn't a great story but the tone was great.

I think parenthood puts you into a time warp. My daughter leaves for college in less than a month and there's no way she's been here for 18 years already.

I think I said it in my initial review, but I would be interested in rewatching this after my kids are a lot older and see if it has any different effect on me. I have an 8 and 4month old, so I am on a different end of the spectrum as some of you.

 

[On The Rocks]

Saw Ant Man today. The best thing about it was I went in with no expectations.

I enjoyed it. It was entertaining, well paced, good villain, no outrageously over done fight scenes.

Oh....and Michael Pena was HILARIOUS!

 

[STEADYMOBBIN 22]

I watched Fury recently. I was surprised how much I enjoyed it - nothing amazing or unique but highly entertaining throughout. I put it firmly in my top 5 most enjoyable movies from 2014, even though I am getting a bit tired of "gritty-hero" Brad Pitt.

Pretty much agree with this word for word.

I still think the ending killed this movie. So silly, especially:

Spoiler

They go out of their way at the beginning to show the realism of war as the newbie has to scrape a face off the inside of the tank. However, Brad Pitt takes 2 grenades in the tank and doesn't have a scratch? and of course Shia gets the one German willing to risk the lives of all the guys in his troop by letting him be at the end.

Spoiler

It had potential, but really missed the mark for me.

pretty much the whole battle was the real story of Audie Murphy. I don't know about 2 grenades but a lot of it was similar.

I thoroughly enjoyed this movie. I actually was standing and pacing during several scenes.

I have an insatiable desire to watch anything WWII related so that played into it. The more I think about it the more in climbs my rankings.

 

[FreeBaGeL]

Caught The Maze Runner on HBO after seeing the decent reviews here. That thing had more plot holes than you can shake a stick at, but I still found it to be quite enjoyable. I looked it up on google and see that it's actually a 5 book series (2nd movie is coming out this year). Not really sure how they're going to stretch this out to 5 movies.

 

[jdoggydogg]

Saw Ant-Man and Jurassic World this weekend. Both were entertaining popcorn movies.

Looking forward to Mission Impossible 5 this week.

 

[jdoggydogg]

Interesting.

Oscar Shamed As BBC List Of 100 Greatest American Films Largely Ignores Academy’s Best Picture Winners And Nominees

This list illustrates one the British have equal capacity to make bad lists. On one hand, I like that very few Oscar winners are included - the Oscars often get it wrong. But then how do you defend 27. Barry Lyndon over 90. Apocalypse Now? Terrible. I consider myself a Kubrick fanboy, but Barry Lyndon is a corny movie, and the only bad Kubrick movie I've ever seen. For every surprisingly refreshing rank (21. Mulholland Drive), we have 39. The Birth of a Nation. Look, The Birth of a Nation is an important movie. But can we stop the emperor-has-no-clothes worship of early cinema? I went to a cult revival double feature that grouped Blade Runner with Metropolis. Thank goodness Blade Runner went first, because I couldn't make it past the 15 minute mark of Metropolis. I've seen more classic movies than I can count, and I love many of them. I think that early cinema serves as a historical property featuring acting so bad it's sometimes unwatchable.

 

[KarmaPolice]

Interesting.

Oscar Shamed As BBC List Of 100 Greatest American Films Largely Ignores Academys Best Picture Winners And Nominees

This list illustrates one the British have equal capacity to make bad lists. On one hand, I like that very few Oscar winners are included - the Oscars often get it wrong. But then how do you defend 27. Barry Lyndon over 90. Apocalypse Now? Terrible. I consider myself a Kubrick fanboy, but Barry Lyndon is a corny movie, and the only bad Kubrick movie I've ever seen. For every surprisingly refreshing rank (21. Mulholland Drive), we have 39. The Birth of a Nation. Look, The Birth of a Nation is an important movie. But can we stop the emperor-has-no-clothes worship of early cinema? I went to a cult revival double feature that grouped Blade Runner with Metropolis. Thank goodness Blade Runner went first, because I couldn't make it past the 15 minute mark of Metropolis. I've seen more classic movies than I can count, and I love many of them. I think that early cinema serves as a historical property featuring acting so bad it's sometimes unwatchable.

Opinions are like #######s- everyone has one, but we don't think ours stink.

I have tried- it is hard enough making a list of top 100 anything, but then figuring out what is 30 vs 60 is basically flipping coins. I will agree that it is rare to see Barry Lyndon pop up on a list like this, but sometimes it happens just so this list doesn't look like the other 5000 lists of the best movies ever. Seems like they are about the same 85 movies in a slightly different order with a splash of the authors 15 favorite movies that they think should be on there.

 

[jdoggydogg]

Interesting.

Oscar Shamed As BBC List Of 100 Greatest American Films Largely Ignores Academys Best Picture Winners And Nominees

This list illustrates one the British have equal capacity to make bad lists. On one hand, I like that very few Oscar winners are included - the Oscars often get it wrong. But then how do you defend 27. Barry Lyndon over 90. Apocalypse Now? Terrible. I consider myself a Kubrick fanboy, but Barry Lyndon is a corny movie, and the only bad Kubrick movie I've ever seen. For every surprisingly refreshing rank (21. Mulholland Drive), we have 39. The Birth of a Nation. Look, The Birth of a Nation is an important movie. But can we stop the emperor-has-no-clothes worship of early cinema? I went to a cult revival double feature that grouped Blade Runner with Metropolis. Thank goodness Blade Runner went first, because I couldn't make it past the 15 minute mark of Metropolis. I've seen more classic movies than I can count, and I love many of them. I think that early cinema serves as a historical property featuring acting so bad it's sometimes unwatchable.

Opinions are like #######s- everyone has one, but we don't think ours stink.

I have tried- it is hard enough making a list of top 100 anything, but then figuring out what is 30 vs 60 is basically flipping coins. I will agree that it is rare to see Barry Lyndon pop up on a list like this, but sometimes it happens just so this list doesn't look like the other 5000 lists of the best movies ever. Seems like they are about the same 85 movies in a slightly different order with a splash of the authors 15 favorite movies that they think should be on there.

I understand. Lists like this are innately silly, though. Yeah, Citizen Kane is great. But it's like saying Mozart is better than Bach. Both are great, and there really isn't a need to say one is better.

 

[Chaka]

Interesting.

Oscar Shamed As BBC List Of 100 Greatest American Films Largely Ignores Academys Best Picture Winners And Nominees

This list illustrates one the British have equal capacity to make bad lists. On one hand, I like that very few Oscar winners are included - the Oscars often get it wrong. But then how do you defend 27. Barry Lyndon over 90. Apocalypse Now? Terrible. I consider myself a Kubrick fanboy, but Barry Lyndon is a corny movie, and the only bad Kubrick movie I've ever seen. For every surprisingly refreshing rank (21. Mulholland Drive), we have 39. The Birth of a Nation. Look, The Birth of a Nation is an important movie. But can we stop the emperor-has-no-clothes worship of early cinema? I went to a cult revival double feature that grouped Blade Runner with Metropolis. Thank goodness Blade Runner went first, because I couldn't make it past the 15 minute mark of Metropolis. I've seen more classic movies than I can count, and I love many of them. I think that early cinema serves as a historical property featuring acting so bad it's sometimes unwatchable.

Opinions are like #######s- everyone has one, but we don't think ours stink.

I have tried- it is hard enough making a list of top 100 anything, but then figuring out what is 30 vs 60 is basically flipping coins. I will agree that it is rare to see Barry Lyndon pop up on a list like this, but sometimes it happens just so this list doesn't look like the other 5000 lists of the best movies ever. Seems like they are about the same 85 movies in a slightly different order with a splash of the authors 15 favorite movies that they think should be on there.

I understand. Lists like this are innately silly, though. Yeah, Citizen Kane is great. But it's like saying Mozart is better than Bach. Both are great, and there really isn't a need to say one is better.

Citizen Kane is a great movie but hell on most days I would rather watch The Core than Citizen Kane. Therefore The Core >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Citizen Kane.

SCIENCE!!!

 

[jdoggydogg]

Interesting.

Oscar Shamed As BBC List Of 100 Greatest American Films Largely Ignores Academys Best Picture Winners And Nominees

This list illustrates one the British have equal capacity to make bad lists. On one hand, I like that very few Oscar winners are included - the Oscars often get it wrong. But then how do you defend 27. Barry Lyndon over 90. Apocalypse Now? Terrible. I consider myself a Kubrick fanboy, but Barry Lyndon is a corny movie, and the only bad Kubrick movie I've ever seen. For every surprisingly refreshing rank (21. Mulholland Drive), we have 39. The Birth of a Nation. Look, The Birth of a Nation is an important movie. But can we stop the emperor-has-no-clothes worship of early cinema? I went to a cult revival double feature that grouped Blade Runner with Metropolis. Thank goodness Blade Runner went first, because I couldn't make it past the 15 minute mark of Metropolis. I've seen more classic movies than I can count, and I love many of them. I think that early cinema serves as a historical property featuring acting so bad it's sometimes unwatchable.

Opinions are like #######s- everyone has one, but we don't think ours stink.

I have tried- it is hard enough making a list of top 100 anything, but then figuring out what is 30 vs 60 is basically flipping coins. I will agree that it is rare to see Barry Lyndon pop up on a list like this, but sometimes it happens just so this list doesn't look like the other 5000 lists of the best movies ever. Seems like they are about the same 85 movies in a slightly different order with a splash of the authors 15 favorite movies that they think should be on there.

I understand. Lists like this are innately silly, though. Yeah, Citizen Kane is great. But it's like saying Mozart is better than Bach. Both are great, and there really isn't a need to say one is better.

Citizen Kane is a great movie but hell on most days I would rather watch The Core than Citizen Kane. Therefore The Core >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Citizen Kane.

SCIENCE!!!

I'd rather watch any Michael Bay movie than The Birth of a Nation. So there you go.

 

[Drifter]

Get Hard

Not sure what to think. Dumb? Sure. Funny in spots? It had some moments. A little heavy on the schlong? Absolutely

Good mindless flick with some chuckles I guess. 3/5

 

[Chaka]

Michael Bay or the Klan? Hmmmmmmmmmm...Michael Bay or the Klan? Wow that's a tough one. On the one hand you have virtually irredeemable atrocities committed against humanity that continue even today and on the other you have the Klan.

Can't we just get rid of them both?

 

[snogger]

"3 Days to Kill"

There are a few moments, especially in regards to finding the "Wolf".. and there almost seems to be two different directors.. one for the CIA aspect and one for the Family side..

But overall I really enjoyed this.

Maybe it is because I have a daughter of the same age, or I am just more forgiving of the disconnection between the two stories, but definitely felt it was worth the 2 hours ..

3.5 out of 5..

 

[17seconds]

Michael Bay or the Klan? Hmmmmmmmmmm...Michael Bay or the Klan? Wow that's a tough one. On the one hand you have virtually irredeemable atrocities committed against humanity that continue even today and on the other you have the Klan.

Can't we just get rid of them both?

I cannot watch a Michael Bay movie. I think he has visual ADD. Can't keep a shot for more than 10 seconds.

 

[Jack White]

Finally saw Edge of Tomorrow.

Thought they had an original spin on the ground hog day concept.

Entertaining watch.

 

[jdoggydogg]

Michael Bay or the Klan? Hmmmmmmmmmm...Michael Bay or the Klan? Wow that's a tough one. On the one hand you have virtually irredeemable atrocities committed against humanity that continue even today and on the other you have the Klan.

Can't we just get rid of them both?

Didn't Michael Bay invent the Klan? It's plausible.

By the way, I love telling Michael Bay haters that my buddy at Industrial Light and Magic refuses to work with Bay.

 

[belljr]

Snowpiercer.....meh

 

[nirad3]

Hercules (2014) - Uhhhh... I dunno. I'll never watch it again, but it killed 90 minutes on an otherwise slow and boring work day. Moderately enjoyable, had its moments. 6ish/10

 

[Gr00vus]

Hercules (2014) - Uhhhh... I dunno. I'll never watch it again, but it killed 90 minutes on an otherwise slow and boring work day. Moderately enjoyable, had its moments. 6ish/10

Was this the one with the Rock or the one with that other guy? I've seen both, the one with the Rock wasn't horrible, the one with that other guy was unbelievably bad.

 

[nirad3]

Hercules (2014) - Uhhhh... I dunno. I'll never watch it again, but it killed 90 minutes on an otherwise slow and boring work day. Moderately enjoyable, had its moments. 6ish/10

Was this the one with the Rock or the one with that other guy? I've seen both, the one with the Rock wasn't horrible, the one with that other guy was unbelievably bad.

Oops... this was the former (with The Rock).

The latter I made about 15 minutes through before turning off a few months ago. -1394891 / 10.

 

[Gr00vus]

Hercules (2014) - Uhhhh... I dunno. I'll never watch it again, but it killed 90 minutes on an otherwise slow and boring work day. Moderately enjoyable, had its moments. 6ish/10

Was this the one with the Rock or the one with that other guy? I've seen both, the one with the Rock wasn't horrible, the one with that other guy was unbelievably bad.

Oops... this was the former (with The Rock).

The latter I made about 15 minutes through before turning off a few months ago. -1394891 / 10.

They ventured into unintentional satire in the one with the other guy. Would have made a great mystery science theater subject.

I'd like to have seen them use Ian McShane and John Hurt a little better in the Rock one.

 

[nirad3]

Hercules (2014) - Uhhhh... I dunno. I'll never watch it again, but it killed 90 minutes on an otherwise slow and boring work day. Moderately enjoyable, had its moments. 6ish/10

Was this the one with the Rock or the one with that other guy? I've seen both, the one with the Rock wasn't horrible, the one with that other guy was unbelievably bad.

Oops... this was the former (with The Rock).

The latter I made about 15 minutes through before turning off a few months ago. -1394891 / 10.

They ventured into unintentional satire in the one with the other guy. Would have made a great mystery science theater subject.

Speaking of movies I got about 15 minutes into.... what the EFF was up with Left Behind

Can anyone genuinely say they watched this and enjoyed it? 2% on RT.

I think I watched the first 20-25 minutes. The acting was SO BAD.

Granted I did make it to the part that an acquaintance of mine is in (the Asian guy on the plane), but once I saw that part.... I was out.

 

[nirad3]

Horrible Bosses 2 - yeahhhh... first one's always better in cases like this. Still fairly enjoyable, a few LOL moments but just barely a 6/10

Ex Machina - after reading the reviews here I thought it would be better. Maybe I need to watch it again. I was quite high last night .

That said, boy it was "slick" in terms of how it was filmed. I guess you can say "visually stunning"? Oscar Isaac was awesome. Teetering on crazy, definitely hit the part of the isolated genius to a T. You wanted to hate him, but were kind of jealous and impressed too. Tough to pull off a successful film with only 4 central characters... one of whom said nothing.

I think I'll watch it again. Solid 8/10 for now, though.

 

[Mr. Mojo]

Saw Whiplash.

Good acting but even the kid wasn't too likable in this one. Overall average, unless you are a big fan of the jazz music, in which case you may like it a lot.

 

[belljr]

Expendables 3 .... solid like the other 2.

Rousey looked pretty good in that red dress.

 

[On The Rocks]

Just back from the new Mission: Impossible

Real fun flick.

I would still rank the one with Phillip Seymour Hoffman a notch above this one....and I'm sure if you study it for flaws you'll find them, but it's a good popcorn movie. And the female lead made me feel all warm inside.

 

[Daywalker]

Saw Whiplash.

Good acting but even the kid wasn't too likable in this one. Overall average, unless you are a big fan of the jazz music, in which case you may like it a lot.

I enjoyed it the 2nd viewing at home but must say this one really benefits from the big screen/sound system. I could be wrong but I think JK's face was cutoff when it was formatted to my computer screen when he give that grin at the end.

 

[Daywalker]

Just back from the new Mission: Impossible

Real fun flick.

I would still rank the one with Phillip Seymour Hoffman a notch above this one....and I'm sure if you study it for flaws you'll find them, but it's a good popcorn movie. And the female lead made me feel all warm inside.

Good to hear. Hard to top the scene with PSH as Cruise hangs him out the back of the plane. "I'm gonna hurt her."

 

[rockaction]

Red Army

Documentary about the 1970's-1980's era Russian hockey team told largely through Slava Fetisov's narration, among others. Unique in that it pays much attention to the Russian players and architects of Russian hockey rather than viewing them through a North American lens and narrative, letting the participants and a smattering of journalists tell their story about their hockey and country. Very interesting look at how hockey intertwined with Soviet politics to produce the best hockey team in the world, one that consistently stomped North American clubs and Canada's all-stars. The movie was a slight bit redundant for me as it explored themes I'm largely familiar with, but it might be more interesting to those less familiar with the subject matter of Russian hockey during that era and the politics that went along with it.

Gets really good reviews from most. 96% on RT.

7.5-8/10

 

[belljr]

Red Army was good. Daughter is hot

 

[rockaction]

A google image search confirms. Yoah.

 

[belljr]

Wait wasn't the Red Army the one with him and his daughter going back to lake placid?

 

[Drifter]

Mad Max Fury Road. Lots of fun. Don't really have much bad to say about it. I even watched it twice and I don't know the last time I've done that

 

[Drifter]

Also watched Insurgent which was really stupid considering how much I hated the first one. Shoot me if I even think about watching the third

 

[rockaction]

Wait wasn't the Red Army the one with him and his daughter going back to lake placid?

Might have been 30 for 30, which was different. Red Army only had his wife, IIRC.

eta* Red Army was the theatrical documentary about the same subject as the 30 for 30.