And run the last two together, and you've got Stalag 17...Well, actually, Stalag 17 came first ('53), then The Great Escape ('63), then "Hogan's Heroes" ('65-'71).
Mylochka just watched Snow White and the Huntsman.
Really? Kristen Stewart is supposed to be playing someone 'fairer' than Charlize Theron? How much cocaine did they have to consume to come up with THAT non-starter? Hey! To play a character whose defining characteristic is beauty, let's go with that mediocre-looking girly whose defining characteristic is facial paralysis!
Sometimes the world just saps my will to live.
In fact, I think if it would have been really bad, it would have been more fun to watch.
Cheesy ninja movies! ;excite; ;excite; ;excite; The best kind!While we were rewatching Children of Dune the other night, during the scene at the end where a transformed Leto stomps into the throne room, while he was beating up a bunch of guards, I DID say "If only he was whooping them with a bench - or a ladder - or was drunk..."
I'm a big fan of early Jackie Chan -- Drunken Master and Dragon Lord are my favorites.
An example of one of those glorious Ninja movies.... a clip at least...
HIGH SPEED NINJA ACTION (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4s6zFVm9qI#)
We watched The Other Boleyn Girl last night.I have the DVD of this movie, but haven't watched it yet. I did see another movie based on the book, and I've read the book several times.
My review is meh.
Everything about the movie was eye-candy. Like Anne of a Thousand Days before it, looking at beautiful people sporting fabulous Tudor fashions doesn't get old in a hurry. -But that was carried to the point of being a fatal flaw here - Henry didn't look anything like Eric Banna by that point in time, and Scarlett Johansen was simply miscast as Natalie Portman's sister, coming off as far less canny than one would have expected. Portman carries the picture, of course, being not miscast, and for a mercy, actually bright enough to portray the keen intelligence of a very complex and fascinating woman.
The picture also made the opposite mistake of Anne of a Thousand Days, a movie that surprised me by having put right there in the title how long it seems to drag on. The Other Boleyn Girl shares unfortunate pacing, but in this case, does a very poor job of providing a sense of time passing. It skips lightly over the foundation of the Church of England as if it happened overnight. There are numerous examples of the same poor pacing, especially toward the end, and a distinct impression is conveyed that the entire Boleyn family was living in the east wing of the palace -the same palace for the whole picture, incidentally- for most of the movie. And unlike Anne of a Thousand Days, no real advantage is taken of the architecture and scenery.
I did like everything the actress playing the Boleyn mother did - I don't recall anything about the historical person, but the character clearly learned her lessons well at Bene Gesseret school, something she was able to get Anne to do without passing on her fundamental good sense and decency. It played well, and I'd have liked to have seen more of her.
So, if you like that sort of historical costume drama, recommended, even if historical accuracy bothers you as much as I; just don't expect the intellectual stimulation to equal the visual. They were close to getting both, if not for a few poor creative decisions, most obviously in casting - but it looks GREAT.
That sounds unlikely - how would his sperms keep track? He had two with her sister, although they left that out of the movie...Historians disagree on whether any of Mary Carey's children were really fathered by Henry.
Oh, yes. I thought Mystery Science Theater was an attempt at a documentary biopic of my life.
When I see a truly awful movie, I immediately think, " ;excite; I must watch this with Buncle! We can have it ripped up and sewn back together four different ways before the credits roll!"
I remember being really excited about showing "The Day After Tomorrow" to him. "The science errors alone will make him spit blood!" I thought. ;excite; ;excite; ;excite;
Hey! Wouldn't it be cool if they made samurai movie in which Tom the cocky short guy cruise and Keanau the stoner Reeves cut each other's heads off? Or maybe they could commit ritual suicide after being forced to watch their own films.
I can dream.
The Stallone movie?Yep. And Wesley Snipes and Sandra Bullock.
Is that the ratburger one?"Este carne es de rata."
Recently saw Where Eagles Dare - Richard Burton, Clint Eastwood.
If there's a better movie drill instructor than R. Lee Ermey as Gunnery Sgt. Hartman, I'd like to know.There can't be: before acting, he was a real Marine D.I.
And?Looks really good, even though my recording's not HD. TV has picture & sound settings for cinema. Yes, unicorn, no narration, ends with elevator doors closing.
That's unicorn-and-no-narration, isn't it?
...wanna go argue about whether Dekart was a replicant? I say no.;b;
I attempted to watch Sint. AKA Saint. AKA Saint Nicholas.
Dutch? Slasher Horror movie about St Nick and his band coming for everyone whenever there's a full moon on...whatever the holiday was in early december that he comes.
I attempted to watch Sint. AKA Saint. AKA Saint Nicholas.
Dutch? Slasher Horror movie about St Nick and his band coming for everyone whenever there's a full moon on...whatever the holiday was in early december that he comes.
Saint Nicholas is called "Sinterklaas" in most of Belgium and the Netherlands. Its often shortened to "Sint". His return from the south (Spain for the kids) happens on December six. Fixed date, not related to the Moon AFAIK. Although the historical figure the "Sint" is based on seems to have been a cruel church official (bishop?) at Nicosia 7 or 8 centuries ago.
On a related note for George Lucas - everyone already knew how Darth Skywalker was ending up - you needed to play against that, not, for the love of God, foreshadow it like a no-talent amateur.
Well, I came down on the side of pretending to be somebody else in some other situation is acting, and pretending to be yourself in that same imaginary situation is not.
Got both Krampus and The VVitch for gorging on this weekend.
-And the original was deeply, deeply flawed, at that...
Let me do a cut of Independence Day - without changing anything, I'll make it look like the dog didn't make it, and take over a half hour out -the eternal before-final-battle sequence, mostly- and make it tighter and better and a lot more fun - (except for for dog fanciers, but they'll be a lot more into seeing the nasty ETs die die die, which was the whole point, storywise, of the attack-and-'splosions sequence). The pacing went into the toilet right before the end, which largely ruined a serviceable, if uninspired, by-the-numbers bestseller of a 'splosions flick for me. Too long bored before the final pew-pew and swelling music...
Which version - the Peter Jackson? Haven't seen it.
Trianna is no Clea.
I haven't seen it, but know it's right up my alley. Just thrilled with the news Split has passed $100M and is #1 for the second week in a row. Hoping Hollywood gets the clue these are the types of horror films people show up for, not the rated R for the sake of getting an R rating torture porn crap.
! No longer available (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84TouqfIsiI#)
“Rings,” which cost $25 million to make, arrived to a disappointing $13 million in domestic ticket sales, extending a troubled box office run for Paramount Pictures. The last entry in this supernatural horror franchise, “The Ring Two,” collected $35.1 million over its first three days in 2005, or $43 million at today’s ticket prices.
I probably only average a couple of first run movies a year any more. One while on the fishing vacation, and another in winter when we go on a cruise. Not like in the '80s, when I watched scores of them. I'm not much of a critic. So For what it's worth-
gorgeous Scarlet :D
yes and no. I said that I liked the story +gorgeous Scarlet. The story is good. Scarlet is gorgeous. That's all why I liked the movie.gorgeous Scarlet :D
Seemed like mostly an excuse to stare at Scarlet wearing nothing but the cyborg 'skin'. Maybe enjoyment is based on how much one is influenced by this appeal. Or perhaps too much of me liking the anime so much.
I didn't mind either of them; but found nothing to write home about, either.
I didn't get the whole tribe thing in kong, with them being on the islands in the late 20's early 30's and having come from a freighter. Was there boat people back then with whole tribes moving around (I am not familiar with SE asian history at that time) as cargo? Sam Jackson came across as a bad Apocalypse Now Colonel Kurtz wanna be - although how they tied it into the media loosing the war instead of the military was done excellently I thought. The (admittedly few) combat military officers and senior NCO's have have known of the years were all about keeping their people safe, not putting them unnecessarily at risk.
Ghost I thought was a good movie, but was so far off on comparison to the original anime that I thought it would have done a much better job if they gave it a different title, with Ghose being a subtitle. Would have made it clear just how different it was. Of course, I rewatched the anime movie the day before I watched the Scarlet new version.That may be why it felt more like bladerunner to me. Again, generic Scifi not being my thing, it might have even been good scifi but not for me as a result.
...had they let Ryuk go to town on the creepy.
IT
Yes, folks. Not only did I go to a full price horror movie...but it was hEt's choice.
Last horror film we went to in theaters at all was in 2000. Usually just me with the kids.
Movie was good and well done and everything...
To my surprise the new Pennywise is every bit as well done as Tim Curry's, though it left me wanting more of him.
All that said, I really don't get the whole clown thing.
There was a couple of absolutely gorgeous set pieces. To the point where one of them in particular actually pulled made me break suspension and begin analyzing how they had built the piece. Clearly physical props, and easy/cheap ones at that, but masterfully put together, as in you could use it to teach classes.
Valorian
Sooo much potential. So much MISSED potential.
Story was so unbelievable and just poorly executed, that the amazing universe and background was completely wasted on it. This could have taken place anywhere, really.
Ms. Portman always looks like my idea of a good time, I have to give the former that...
The actress in the latter was taking on the same quality, the longer I watched...
Uno's spoiler free Infinity War review:All those critics and reviews talking about "shock" and "never seen in a movie"...
Blade Runner 2049
Worthy
How would you have prevented the movie falling apart like it did?
The Chilling Adventure of Sabrina
I started this show out of curiosity with Talia. She made it about a half an episode. I finished the series with it on in the background only half paying attention.
Caveat, I haven't read the comic run it's based on.
It's not BAD, but it's not good. It's like the CW trying to put out a buffy clone. They really try to beat people over the head with political commentary in the first half of the season when it's trying to find it's legs.(click to show/hide)
ShazamThis is surprising - the trailer struck me strongly as Big with the comedian in a muscle suit. Maybe they did really well at ripping off Big?...
Dollar theater, low expectations.
This thing is actually pretty darn good. Best DC movie IMO.
There's a certain element of that for sure.I was planing to likely not ever see this, but now...
It might be that Sandberg just paced it much like he does his horror movies, so I felt immediately at home and comfortable with the film in that sense. Nothing really jumps out as fantastic about it, and it's certainly an origin paint by numbers, but it was solidly done and I like the levity in the DC world.
Did anyone say Captain Marvel during Shazam?
Thor: Ragnarok was okay - MOST of the jokes failed a little, in my book, and the movie doesn't really work w/o you laughed at the jokes - also, no surround-sound.
In the theater, I imagine you could feel the Hulk's punches a little. So none of the blow-you-away sequences w/ Led Zeppelin playing blew me away. I was burdened with a knowledge of the comics, too - knew how they were doing various characters wrong; the Executioner was miscast, for example - he had a story arc right there in the script that didn'tquitework at all with an actor whose presence didn't scream dangerous, bad, man in every frame.
It was way too long by about one third. I'd cut the whole middle hour of the movie out completely, Jeff Goldblum and Sakaar gone, introduce Valkyrie and Hulk some other way, and keep it in Asgard, which parts were more interesting. Set up all those civilian Asgardians with a few lines so they're not anonymous in the crowd scenes fleeing, edit everything ruthlessly to tighten the pace - and maybe then it's a good movie. It did have some charm.
So DO the fight. Throw Thor into the outer wilds of Asgard, do all the same plot points, but with hostile low-tech barbarians. 15 minutes of no-fat, no Jeff, spare me an hour of running around comedy Corescant not advancing the plot making jokes that weren't funny and didn't advance the plot. Fill a few of the other minutes freed up setting up those civilians to give all their appearances later running and being rescued STAKES. Use some of the CGI money freed up making Surtur at the end IMPRESSIVE. -It should have been.
So you think a smarmy guy's redemption arc is as interesting as a dangerous brute's? Tsk. I'm a sucker for redemption narratives, and claim some slight authority that my way's better. The fact that I'd seen it done more effectively in a comic -Skurge's end scene w/ M-16s was lifted whole from Walt Simonson's Thor run, if none of the setup/rest of Skurge's arc- does not negate that the same story works better with a different performance. I've acted professionally; I claim more than slight authority on a performance interpreting a script, for better or worse. A sleezy fellow is redeemed by acts of selfless honesty. The noble application of violence saving others redeems a bad man given to evil violence. Symmetry.
I just saw Captain America: The First Avenger - and it was a more solidly-made movie. Mind you, that wasn't Cap. Cap might flop his first ill-conceived overseas USO show for real soldiers, BUT - CAP would never leave the stage defeated, no more than he gives up in a fist-fight. CAP would have, oh, lifted something ludicrously heavy and dropped it through the stage to get their attention, then given the most rousing speech they'd ever heard about how great American freedom is, and how punching Hitler was what to do about it. Cap is pure win and charisma, not a shy buff Canadian who can't hang later when Robert Downey Jr.'s talking. -But leave it if I can't recast the lead...
-I'd also have beefed up the first meeting the Skull, had the fight w/o the army uniform covering Cap's USO costume, and ended the main action of the movie with turning up alive in camp with Bucky and ALL of the Howling Commandos, avec Sgt. Fury, now Col. Fury's dad. Screw setting up Avengers. They could have done the cosmic cube setup for some future Skull story then, or saved it for a later prequel, and either way, kept Cap in his natural habitat punching Nazis for maybe ten movies. Avengers had to re-introduce him anyway, and didn't need a second of it, except promotionally. Make the movie you're making better, instead, and don't make the same mistake the Wonder Woman show did - it was never as good again, set in the present w/o Nazi-punching.
-I'm supposed to see Winter Soldier, soon, too, but we didn't set a date yet.
Make the movie you're making better, instead
The thing is, will he be able to do it a 3rd time?
I can never see The Dark Crystal for the first time as young as they are, but I would never associate it with trauma, Skeksis included.
Uno?
-Mind you, I saw Wizard of Oz so young that I thought the Flying Monkeys were scary, so...
I can never see The Dark Crystal for the first time as young as they are, but I would never associate it with trauma, Skeksis included.I want to hear his take on the AHS(American Horror Story) 1984 show/season
Uno?
-Mind you, I saw Wizard of Oz so young that I thought the Flying Monkeys were scary, so...
hated the first season of AHS, or rather they lost me an episode or two in and I’ve never returned. Did it ever turn into actual horror and not weird softcore Fetish porn?I can never see The Dark Crystal for the first time as young as they are, but I would never associate it with trauma, Skeksis included.I want to hear his take on the AHS(American Horror Story) 1984 show/season
Uno?
-Mind you, I saw Wizard of Oz so young that I thought the Flying Monkeys were scary, so...
I watched The Stepford Wives yesterday from the 1975 version with Katherine Ross yesterday. Joanna’s fear struck me as a moral foreigner in a community when Joanna said to the psychiatrist “I won’t be here when you get back. There will be someone with my name. She will cook and clean like crazy, but she won’t take pictures and she won’t be me.” (around 88:00 in the movie) The quote expressed my emotional horror at the mindless people around me every time I enter my job. These companies impose restrictions on us and make us less like humans and more like automatons just as the men in the movie replaced the women with robots. I suspect companies and employment kill the inner spirit of some of my coworkers like the men imposed fear on Joanna and leave moral empty shells of people wandering the world for the next pleasure hit from consumption as the alleged true form of happiness.
The movie also struck my anger and fear in my search for more assistance against the imposition of other people’s values on me. Joanna’s desperate pleas for assistance struck this fear and anger when Joanna says to Bobbie “Look, I bleed. When I cut myself, I bleed. Do you bleed? Bobbie: Why, look at your hand? Joanna: No. You look! (stabs Bobbie)” This entire scene played into my fears of imposed conformity because superiors will kill a person’s spirits without remorse. I fear a similar thing will happen to me after I have achieved my goals from graduate school over the next three to four years.
I randomly got tipped off to this show by a scrolling text at the bottom of the screen while hEt was watching a harry potter marathon...and it just said "mayan mythology set to anime", and I was in.
I've seen the first two episodes and it gets my full endorsement. It's not the tightest animation or voice acting, but it goes FAIRLY all in on the mythology. Maybe a slight bit of revisionism, but not at ALL afraid to show the realities of human sacrifice either.
Any thoughts on the Remake of "The Stand"?
I watched the documentary The Mask You Live In last month. This film details the construction of American masculinity in children and the social problems this construction creates in society. I recommend watching this film with care because of disturbing visual content.
...I've been wondering ever since Muppets from Space - how did Gonzo come to break up with the chickens?
I read that one of their new series came across as rather mean-spirited for the muppets, that it was a kind of parody of trash tv that went too far and lost the essential warmth at the heart of the muppets concept. But the most recent muppets thing I've seen was The Muppets (circa 2012) and a couple of skits on YouTube. The former was just all right, the latter were fine entertainment for the kids.