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Rageaholic Monkey posted:Pain & Gain is the only good movie Michael Bay has directed in the last decade aside from The Island, and boy is it good. It reminds you that he can actually be a really adept filmmaker when he tries. Did you miss the entire Transformers thread?
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Chichevache posted:Did you miss the entire Transformers thread?
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Feb 7, 2014 22:43
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Rageaholic Monkey posted:Yeah I've never read that one, but I have seen all 3 of the movies in theaters and they're all loving terrible. The first one is the least offensive but it's still bad, with 2 and 3 being even worse. 2 is the worst of them all. Read the thread and your mind will be blown. I don't think it will make you enjoy or appreciate the films, but it will definitely show you how much work and planning went on in it. And I'm not just referring to the CGI.
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Feb 7, 2014 22:46
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Chichevache posted:Read the thread and your mind will be blown. I don't think it will make you enjoy or appreciate the films, but it will definitely show you how much work and planning went on in it. And I'm not just referring to the CGI. 
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Feb 7, 2014 22:49
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Wait, people liked The Island? The movie that ripped off Parts: The Clonus Horror?
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Feb 7, 2014 23:04
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Rageaholic Monkey posted:Yeah I've never read that one, but I have seen all 3 of the movies in theaters and they're all loving terrible. The first one is the least offensive but it's still bad, with 2 and 3 being even worse. 2 is the worst of them all. Seeing Transformers 2 was the most awkward experience I've ever had in a theater. All the black people laughing nervously, all the white people sitting mannequin-still with no expressions on their faces. Michael Bay seems like a nice enough guy, but when people try to tell me he's a talented filmmaker all I can see are those bigeared Transformers with their swinging buck teeth.
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Feb 7, 2014 23:04
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Rageaholic Monkey posted:Hmm, okay, I'll check it out! I'm always down with finding out behind the scenes stuff about movies, even ones I don't like Somebody combined it all into a PDF. https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BwcKvxyHHsZ9V18ySTVEblRZSXc/edit?pli=1 Sarchasm posted:Seeing Transformers 2 was the most awkward experience I've ever had in a theater. All the black people laughing nervously, all the white people sitting mannequin-still with no expressions on their faces. Yea... Even TVF couldn't justify that in her thread.
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Feb 7, 2014 23:11
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I've read the entire Transformers thread, got a lot out of it, and I'm still totally comfortable calling Michael Bay a bad filmmaker, with a few exceptions. Pain & Gain is one of the good ones though, people should check it out.
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Feb 7, 2014 23:15
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I've never seen any of his movies except the Transformers ones and Pain & Gain, but P&G is one of my all time favorite movies. At least in the top 20. It's just perfect. The Rock's performance alone takes the movie from "good" to "great". The man can loving act.
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Feb 7, 2014 23:27
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Franchescanado posted:I've also never seen Carpenter's Assault on Precinct 13 or Harold and Maude, but they're also two classics of their genre I haven't seen mentioned in here. Have you seen Ghosts of Mars? If so, you've seen Assault on Precinct 13.
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Feb 7, 2014 23:31
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Pain and Gain is great but having one gem doesn't make the pile of poo poo not exist, it just means a bad filmmaker made a good thing.
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Feb 7, 2014 23:31
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Tatum Girlparts posted:Pain and Gain is great but having one gem doesn't make the pile of poo poo not exist, it just means a bad filmmaker made a good thing. The Rock is one of the best films ever made.
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Feb 8, 2014 00:39
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I'll chime n and say I hated Pain & Gain. Casting Mark Wahlberg as that guy was the wrong choice. I could have enjoyed it if not for him. Markie Mark blinded a Vietnamese dude.[1] That sort of undermines the entire moral of the movie. [1]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Wahlberg#Assaults_and_conviction
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Feb 8, 2014 00:52
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Why all the Michael Bay hate? He made one of the best "Got Milk?" commercials of all time.
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Feb 8, 2014 00:58
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Tennis Ball posted:I'll chime n and say I hated Pain & Gain. Really? I thought Pain & Gain was loving garbage, but Wahlberg gave a pretty solid performance. There's a metric ton of things wrong with Pain & Gain, but Wahlberg ain't one of them.
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Feb 8, 2014 01:19
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Yaws posted:Really? I thought Pain & Gain was loving garbage, but Wahlberg gave a pretty solid performance. There's a metric ton of things wrong with Pain & Gain, but Wahlberg ain't one of them. I don't mean in an acting way. What I took from the film is, "People will do terrible things to get rich and famous because people feel entitled to it. But don't because it will end poorly for you." Except it didn't for Wahlberg. He blinded a guy and has more money than god. He was pretty much playing himself in that movie.
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Feb 8, 2014 01:24
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Did Michael Bay make a film in recent years about some kid who goes on a shooting spree? I've got terrible memory skills and baby for the life of me remember r what it might be called or if it even exists. I seem to remember liking it. I gave x files a shot by watching the pilot, and made it half way. Garbage? I'll give one of those episodes that were recommended above a go and see if there's any improvement. stickyfngrdboy fucked around with this message at 01:53 on Feb 8, 2014 |
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Feb 8, 2014 01:36
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stickyfngrdboy posted:Did Michael Bay make a film in recent years about some kid who goes on a shooting spree? I've got terrible memory skills and baby for the life of me remember r what it might be called or if it even exists. I seem to remember liking it. Are you talking about Rampage? Uwe Boll did that one.
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Feb 8, 2014 01:39
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Yaws posted:Are you talking about Rampage? Uwe Boll did that one. I am indeed. I'm mixing up my poo poo directors again. It actually quite good though.
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Feb 8, 2014 01:52
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stickyfngrdboy posted:I am indeed. I'm mixing up my poo poo directors again. It was actually quite good though.
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Feb 8, 2014 01:53
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stickyfngrdboy posted:I am indeed. I'm mixing up my poo poo directors again. It actually quite good though. Nope. It is a horrible awful film and I don't think he should have been allowed to direct again after that. The whole drat film gave me the impression that Boll was lionizing a man who killed a ton of people for fun and money. It was loving unforgivable. Never watch that movie.
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Feb 8, 2014 02:08
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drunken officeparty posted:I've never seen any of his movies except the Transformers ones and Pain & Gain, but P&G is one of my all time favorite movies. At least in the top 20. It's just perfect. The Rock's performance alone takes the movie from "good" to "great". The man can loving act.
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Feb 8, 2014 02:51
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magnificent7 posted:The best part is that the Rock paces himself - you don't get that holy poo poo crazy from him at first. It sneaks in. The Rock is really showing some serious acting chops in a lot of his roles. I hope he gets a chance to do more roles where he's not just a tough guy.
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Feb 8, 2014 02:58
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Chichevache posted:The Rock is one of the best films ever made. Holy poo poo, I had no idea Michael Bay directed that. Movie owns.
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Feb 8, 2014 03:09
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Flippycunt posted:Holy poo poo, I had no idea Michael Bay directed that. Movie owns. A sign of greatness to come. Cage should be in all his movies.
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Feb 8, 2014 04:02
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I got on netflix a minute ago and added a dozen movies to my queue. I never add a dozen movies. Did they just buy the rights to whole bunch of stuff last night?
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Feb 8, 2014 06:21
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Mommie Dearest just got added, which is a movie with a really bad reputation and I don't understand how it got it. It's really good and Faye Dunaway gives an amazing performance. Should have been nominated at the Oscars, not the Razzies.
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Feb 8, 2014 06:28
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Michael Bay sucks, gently caress trasnformers, pain & gain, and the island. Its Jerry Bruckheimer that owns.
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Feb 8, 2014 07:15
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stickyfngrdboy posted:I gave x files a shot by watching the pilot, and made it half way. Garbage? I'll give one of those episodes that were recommended above a go and see if there's any improvement. Try episode 3, "squeeze". That was always one of my favorites in spite of the hilariously cheesy dated computer graphics. But if you're not at least mildly entertained then I'm not sure you can be (or should be) talked into it.
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Feb 8, 2014 07:29
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I'll admit that the Rock was loving amazing in Pain & Gain, but I have such an adversion to Bay's character = caricature style of directing that I thought it was one of the most unenjoyable things I've ever seen. It only works when one guy is dialing it up to 11, not every single person onscreen. This principle is why I enjoy Nicholas Cage. Also, the THIS REALLY HAPPENED stuff when it didn't in the way it was portrayed was kind of gross. To reiterate, gently caress Unicorn City.
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Feb 8, 2014 09:43
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EvilTobaccoExec posted:Michael Bay sucks, gently caress trasnformers, pain & gain, and the island. Its Jerry Bruckheimer that owns.
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Feb 8, 2014 09:44
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I haven't liked any of Bay's movies since Bad Boys 2 (especially transformers that just bore me). But outside of their collaborations, Bruckheimer also hand a hand in Con Air, National Treasure, Enemy of the State, and the good pirates movie(s?) too. He has a handful of crap like Kangaroo Jack or Pearl Harbor and all those tv shows, but I'm legit excited for the Beverly's Hills Cop remake hes doing with Shawn Ryan. The solution is that Bay/Bruckheimer should be chained together at all times.
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Feb 8, 2014 10:21
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EvilTobaccoExec posted:I haven't liked any of Bay's movies since Bad Boys 2 (especially transformers that just bore me). But outside of their collaborations, Bruckheimer also hand a hand in Con Air, National Treasure, Enemy of the State, and the good pirates movie(s?) too. He has a handful of crap like Kangaroo Jack or Pearl Harbor and all those tv shows, but I'm legit excited for the Beverly's Hills Cop remake hes doing with Shawn Ryan. Con Air should be considered the pinnacle of American film
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Feb 8, 2014 18:12
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Does Hola still work for European goons? If I enable it, I'm still using the Dutch Netflix (but I can't stream anything). Any other free services I can use, preferably without changing my DNS.
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Feb 8, 2014 19:57
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Still works for me. Occasionally I'll have to sign in again after connecting but other than that never had a problem.
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Feb 8, 2014 20:01
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Hola still works for me (in the UK) where Mediahint has crapped out, but switching between regions too often/quickly seems to confuse it a little.
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Feb 8, 2014 20:08
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Saw Pain & Gain last night and loved it. Didn't notice until now that Canada also has added Before Midnight as well.
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Feb 8, 2014 21:18
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The volume levels on different episodes of Farscape are extremely inconsistent. I'm on season two, one episode will have volume so low that you have to crank your TV up to almost max just to hear anyone talk, then the next episode will come on and nearly deafen you. I'm enjoying the show other than that technical glitch, though.
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Feb 9, 2014 02:01
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I'd like to drop a recommendation for Schooled: The Price of College Sports if you even have a passing interest in college sports. Really delves into the issue of amateurism. The only complaint is it doesn't dig deep enough but it's only 80 minutes long. Also, anyone who uses Netflix on ATV notice a small change to the interface? For tv shows now it puts a checkmark next to episodes you've seen instead of leaving the progress bar there.
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Mescal posted:I got on netflix a minute ago and added a dozen movies to my queue. I never add a dozen movies. Did they just buy the rights to whole bunch of stuff last night? No clue, but I just saw The Brady Bunch Movie on there for the first time and its just as amazing as I remember.
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