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Thread: The Movie Review Thread
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01-28-2011, 05:00 PM #91
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01-28-2011, 05:55 PM #92
You've obviously never seen "Rocky Horror Motion Picture Show"; "Science Fiction double Feature" (one of the songs in Rocky Horror lists a number of classic sci fi movies.
For something a little different, I'd like to recommend a feature length anime: The Girl Who Leapt Through Time. A nice twist on time travel, with an unexpected ending. For the unaware, anime is Japanese cartoons, but they are often serious.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gir...t_Through_Time
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01-28-2011, 06:03 PM #93
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01-28-2011, 06:54 PM #94
Depends upon the age of the kid. I would say at least 12. Anime spans the spectrum that Hollywood does- everything from "G" to XXX "hentai".
I enjoy anime as much as live action films- Area 88 is a fascinating TV series that is technically accurate, but probably as deep emotionally as Top Gun (minus the sex). As far as the movie I posted, if your kids are middle school or older, they might appreciate it (I get the idea that bullying is a problem in Japanese schools, as it it a subtheme in many movies).
BTW, for all parents out there, "hentai" is a term you should be familiar with- it is cartoon porn- very hard core porn.
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01-28-2011, 07:05 PM #95
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01-28-2011, 07:16 PM #96
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01-29-2011, 12:45 AM #97
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01-29-2011, 05:04 AM #98
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01-29-2011, 05:20 AM #99
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01-29-2011, 07:14 AM #100
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01-29-2011, 09:21 AM #101
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01-29-2011, 09:25 AM #102
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01-29-2011, 12:17 PM #103
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Watched "Red" the other night and as much as I wanted to enjoy it, overall the movie stunk. Stars Bruce Willis, Morgan Freeman, John Malkovich, Hellen Mirren, etc.
The movie starts out promising enough but quickly peters out due to the same old tired gag of old retired CIA agents constantly outwitting and kicking the crap out of the young agents. Halfway through the movie I got bored and lost interest and was hoping all the characters would kill each other.
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01-29-2011, 12:32 PM #104
Really? I wanted to see this but have now decided to wait for it on one of the premium channels...they are talking about making a sequel. Kinda like that movie with Malkovich, Pitt, Clooney, and Swinton, cast like that, I thought "Wow, can't go wrong..."obviously it did go so wrong I can't even remember the name of the movie.
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01-29-2011, 08:36 PM #105
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Took the wife to see "The Green Hornet" in 3D, I loved it while she just enjoyed it. Had a great storyline that actually makes sense, very nice special effects, tons of action and of course since Seth Rogan is in it comedy as well. The actor who played Kato was brilliant in the role. A few spots were a bit ridiculous but overall I give it a big thumbs up.
BTW the 3D added absolutely nothing to the movie at all. Would have been just as good in standard 2D format. It did add an additional $2 per patron to the films gross though.
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01-29-2011, 09:12 PM #106
Saw "Green Hornet" on the 'net and it was okay. It was a smart thing making Kato the intelligent one instead of Rogan--he's a little over the top for my liking, but it was entertaining enough. Script was poor but the action was good.
Am very looking forward to "Green Lantern." Not a Ryan Reynolds fan by any means, but if the script is good--if it tells the story well without too much wise-assing from Reynolds--then it should be a good fantasy flick. Special effects are a given, but if you don't have a story..."Don't call me Miss Kitty. Just...don't."--Catnip. Check out the Catnip Trilogy on Amazon.com
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01-30-2011, 05:00 PM #107
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Rented "The American" with George Clooney, what a horrid, wretched, boring waste of time. Has 1 halfway decent sex scene and that's the movies only redeeming quality. Supposed to be a thriller about a contract killer but it seems the director/producer was more concerned with filming in Italian cities vs having an interesting film.
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01-31-2011, 05:32 AM #108
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01-31-2011, 05:41 AM #109
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I really enjoyed this movie. There were a few questionable plot holes, but what really detracted the movie for me, was the choice of vikings. These vikings should have been personal trainers at Planet Fitness.
Last night, the Missus and I watched "She's out of my league", and found it very funny. Suprisingly, as we dont usually go for the young RomCom type movies.
We followed that one up with "Repo Men". About halfway through, I realized I was checking online forums, and the wife was ********ing with some friends. Not a particularly engaging movie. I caught the twist as soon as it happened, and that made the movie just suck outright.
We finished the evening off with an episode of Primeval.
Oh, and I watched "Mega Python vs. Gatoroid", with Tiffany and Debbie Gibson. Some of the best one liners I've heard in a SyFy movie, to date!Last edited by DerAlta; 01-31-2011 at 05:56 AM.
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01-31-2011, 05:49 AM #110
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01-31-2011, 04:21 PM #111
my kind of flick.
I'll have to give it another try, gave up after 10 minutes the first time I tried to watch it.
Finished The Quiet Earth last night, last man on earth type of flick, a bit dated but the characters were interesting and I liked the ending.Don't put that on me Ricky Bobby, don't you ever put that on me.
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01-31-2011, 05:06 PM #112
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01-31-2011, 05:23 PM #113"Don't call me Miss Kitty. Just...don't."--Catnip. Check out the Catnip Trilogy on Amazon.com
"Chivalry isn't dead. It just wears a skirt."--Twisted, the YA gender bender deal of the century!
Check out my links to Mr. Taxi, Star Maps, and other fine YA Action/Romance novels at http://www.amazon.com/J.S.-Frankel/e/B004XUUTB8/ref=dp_byline_cont_ebooks_1
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01-31-2011, 08:42 PM #114
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02-03-2011, 12:42 AM #115
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02-03-2011, 01:38 AM #116
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x2. That movie was so hard to set through. That scene with the old woman was the only cool scene.
Watched Open Season with my kid yesterday. Snow day. How did I miss this one. What a great movie. Kids movies today are great, as they always have some adult humor weaved in there. If you have kids, see this movie.To whom much is given, much is expected.
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02-03-2011, 08:26 AM #117
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02-03-2011, 08:44 AM #118
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02-03-2011, 08:49 AM #119
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