KarmaPolice
Footballguy
Still don't understand what you guys saw in and liked that much about Predestination.
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KarmaPolice
Footballguy
The Voices:
Very "interesting" movie that again I seemed to like the premise more than the product. I think it was supposed to be a black comedy about the awkward creeper Ryan Reynolds and what happens after the office hottie stands him up. There are some genuinely great moments in this one, especially when we start seeing the contrast between reality and not. Didn't think much of the humor hit as much as expected, and it was actually trending more towards the depressing side of things. Also lost me a bit towards the end. I think a few here will like this one, and probably still worth a view if you are looking for something a bit odd. I thought Reynolds played the part well, and as always Anna Kendrick is lovely 5.5/10
Very "interesting" movie that again I seemed to like the premise more than the product. I think it was supposed to be a black comedy about the awkward creeper Ryan Reynolds and what happens after the office hottie stands him up. There are some genuinely great moments in this one, especially when we start seeing the contrast between reality and not. Didn't think much of the humor hit as much as expected, and it was actually trending more towards the depressing side of things. Also lost me a bit towards the end. I think a few here will like this one, and probably still worth a view if you are looking for something a bit odd. I thought Reynolds played the part well, and as always Anna Kendrick is lovely 5.5/10
Chaka
Footballguy
Hoffman was great in Rain Man but DDL as Christy Brown is still the gold standard for such performances. I think it's why I am so hard on Jim Carrey for his Hawking performance TTOE, it just felt like he went with the DDL playbook and I'm kind of over awarding those performances.
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
But dude playing Hawking had to show more range than Hoffman had to in Rainman. Rainman was the same all the way through. Cruise had to show more in the same movie, but Hoffman gets the praise.
cstu
Footballguy
BustedKnuckles
Footballguy
Machine Gun Preacher
5/5
5/5
cstu
Footballguy
Blackhat
Had high hopes from the previews I saw that the theater, then saw the low IMDB score and waited to watch it at home...it's not even worth watching for free.
Lousy plot, horrible acting, idiotic depiction of technology, I could go on...to say something nice I guess the cinematography was good.
The Chinese girl is attractive but I found out after than she didn't speak English and memorized the lines - no wonder her delivery seemed so wooden and forced.
I've seen all of Mann's movies except Miami Vice and this was by far the worst. Hope I've saved you two hours of your life.
Had high hopes from the previews I saw that the theater, then saw the low IMDB score and waited to watch it at home...it's not even worth watching for free.
Lousy plot, horrible acting, idiotic depiction of technology, I could go on...to say something nice I guess the cinematography was good.
The Chinese girl is attractive but I found out after than she didn't speak English and memorized the lines - no wonder her delivery seemed so wooden and forced.
I've seen all of Mann's movies except Miami Vice and this was by far the worst. Hope I've saved you two hours of your life.
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
Every time I walk past this movie I think about how dumb I think the title is. I have had 0 interest in watching it, but have had a few people suggest it.
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
A Most Violent Year:
Fans of of the writer/director's other two movies Margin Call and All Is Lost will know what to expect here - tight script, good dialogue (ok one of his movies had this), decent acting, and a very slow burn. This one lacked the urgency that a movie like Margin Call had, and honestly not a ton happens in the movie. I think it is the weakest of his 3 movies, but still worth a watch if you like a movie like this. Felt a bit like a 70s throwback as well. 6/10
Fans of of the writer/director's other two movies Margin Call and All Is Lost will know what to expect here - tight script, good dialogue (ok one of his movies had this), decent acting, and a very slow burn. This one lacked the urgency that a movie like Margin Call had, and honestly not a ton happens in the movie. I think it is the weakest of his 3 movies, but still worth a watch if you like a movie like this. Felt a bit like a 70s throwback as well. 6/10
cstu
Footballguy
That was my concern. Love dialogue but need either an interesting story or characters worth caring about.
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
It is odd. I liked the lead in the movie and liked what he was attempting to do with his choices. It is basically a gangster movie where the gangster is trying to toe the line of good and do it the right way, but the business that he is in was very uninteresting as was the main transaction that he was trying to complete to get where he wanted to be.
jdoggydogg
Footballguy
Jupiter Ascending
As silly as this movie is, it's worth a rental just for the visuals. Still, while I'm glad I saw it, it's hard to believe that the siblings that gave us The Matrix have fallen this far.
As silly as this movie is, it's worth a rental just for the visuals. Still, while I'm glad I saw it, it's hard to believe that the siblings that gave us The Matrix have fallen this far.
Yankee23Fan
Fair Tax!
American Hustle.
Cast was amazing.
Cast was amazing.
BustedKnuckles
Footballguy
Yankee23Fan
Fair Tax!
Yeah, I enjoyed the entire cast. They were all really good. But I'm not sure I loved the movie that much. It was good. Some of the scenes were phenominal but I don't know if I liked how they told the story that much.
BustedKnuckles
Footballguy
its a true story involving a guy that would be considered the LAST person in the world to go to sudan and do what hes doing...pretty amazing actually...hes that guy in your town that everyone thought was a crazy drug addicted dirt bag biker criminal yet rose above it and has been helping thousands of refugee children in war torn Sudan ...the title of the movie is very misleading i agree
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KarmaPolice
Footballguy
I am sure it is the "preacher" part of the title that is making me avoid it.
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Mr. Mojo
Footballguy
Chaka
Footballguy
I guess the visuals were fine but I have to disagree with it being worth a rental. It's just terrible on pretty much every level.
I can't imagine they will get green lit for another big budget (kind of like Shamylan in their fall from grace IMO).
snogger
Footballguy
Thought it was a good 
movie.. turn off your thinking and just enjoy the ride.
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jamny
Footballguy
Liked this more than expected as well.VERYSo much potential, and there were a few times I
But it had a chance to be great rather then just OK..
jdoggydogg
Footballguy
Chaka
Footballguy
I am all about properly calibrating expectations before seeing movies and I had the most minimal of possible expectations for Jupiter Ascending and it still failed to achieve them. It was a steaming pile of stupid, piled on top of a bigger steamier pile of even more stupid. It was gargantuan in its capacity for stupid. An ode to stupid wrapped in an homage to stupid surrounded by an epic of pure stupid. Its stupid dial goes to twelve.
Then again, maybe I should watch it again.
Then again, maybe I should watch it again.
snogger
Footballguy
and this time watch it with the thought process of... "It's this generations Flash Gordon" .. 
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Chaka
Footballguy
BLASPHEMER!!!!!
snogger
Footballguy
BLASPHEMER!!!!!
jdoggydogg
Footballguy
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
Holy ####, thanks for this. Listened to a couple if the ones that I have seen of the series and loved it. Also didn't know they had a podcast so i will be listening to others. They should do a movie podcast, it would be amazing.
IC FBGCav
Footballguy
Yankee23Fan
Fair Tax!
Kenny Powers
Footballguy
I thought it was better than I expected, kept me entertained. The ending (or lack thereof) was somewhat annoying though. Id give it an average rating 3/5
Chaka
Footballguy
Kenny Powers
Footballguy
It was recommended to me and I thought it was okay, but my female co-worker who raved about it made it sound much better than I found it. I thought Limitless pulled off the "mind-expansion" concept much better.
Kenny Powers
Footballguy
Based on the trailers I thought it had a lot of potential. It was ok but pretty disappointed with it overall.
Kenny Powers
Footballguy
I was about to say the same thing. I'll definitely give it a chance though because I typically like Penn and I really like the supporting cast - Ray Winstone, Idris Elba, Javier Bardem
jdoggydogg
Footballguy
If you prepare for a movie with no sense of humor, you might like it. Dead serious, but good action.
Kenny Powers
Footballguy
Annoyance of Renner in general or just here? I really liked this one and was surprised it didnt get more publicity. Id probably bump it up to 7.5-8/10. I wish Omar got more screen time as Ricky Ross though.
Kenny Powers
Footballguy
Kenny Powers
Footballguy
I thought this looked good as well based on the previews but I avoided it once I saw the reviews. Not sure I even realized Mann was involved either.Blackhat
Had high hopes from the previews I saw that the theater, then saw the low IMDB score and waited to watch it at home...it's not even worth watching for free.
Lousy plot, horrible acting, idiotic depiction of technology, I could go on...to say something nice I guess the cinematography was good.
The Chinese girl is attractive but I found out after than she didn't speak English and memorized the lines - no wonder her delivery seemed so wooden and forced.
I've seen all of Mann's movies except Miami Vice and this was by far the worst. Hope I've saved you two hours of your life.
Kenny Powers
Footballguy
Had no clue this was the same guy who directed those movies - talk about polar opposites in Margin Call and All Is Lost...this has been on my definitely want to see list.
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
In general. One of my least favorite actors, even if there is no good reason for it.
Chaka
Footballguy
Wait? Are you telling me it wasn't Fire Marshall Bill starring as Stephen Hawking in The Theory of Everything?What Carrey performance to you keep referring to? TTOE? Im
Perhaps Redmayne was better than I thought.
Mario Kart
Footballguy
The Theory of Everything
Wow, what a brutal movie to watch. The first hour was tough to get through just watching him lost so much. The second hour didn't get much better as it was his personal life and not his muscle function that was looked at. I can't imagine living the life he has.
The actor deserved the Oscar. He might even deserve it for the last 50 years of movies.
Did Jane have an affair with Jonathan? Elaine was not portrayed nicely at all in the movie... is she really a female dog or what?
Felicity Jones is top 5 for me. Has been since I saw Like Crazy a few years ago. I will watch whatever she is in. Not sure if she deserved the Oscar or not but she was damn good in this.
5/5... A+... great movie on whatever scale you're using.
Wow, what a brutal movie to watch. The first hour was tough to get through just watching him lost so much. The second hour didn't get much better as it was his personal life and not his muscle function that was looked at. I can't imagine living the life he has.
The actor deserved the Oscar. He might even deserve it for the last 50 years of movies.
Did Jane have an affair with Jonathan? Elaine was not portrayed nicely at all in the movie... is she really a female dog or what?
Felicity Jones is top 5 for me. Has been since I saw Like Crazy a few years ago. I will watch whatever she is in. Not sure if she deserved the Oscar or not but she was damn good in this.
5/5... A+... great movie on whatever scale you're using.
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
Chaka
Footballguy
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sports_fan
Footballguy
Furious 7 - 3.5/5
They've done enough of these that going in you already know if you're going to like it or not. You know what to expect. Lots of explosions and loud car noises. I didn't like it as much as the two previous installments but it was good. I think this should be the last one.
They've done enough of these that going in you already know if you're going to like it or not. You know what to expect. Lots of explosions and loud car noises. I didn't like it as much as the two previous installments but it was good. I think this should be the last one.
belljr
Footballguy
