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Dream House is a magically stupid movie. I haven't had this kind dumb stupid taste in my mouth since The Lovely Bones. Its not too similar but man it has the same gut reaction in me. Oh god that M.Night twist comes halfway and then it just gets goofier AND SECOND TWIST BOO
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precision posted:They played the audio from a scene in the first 20 minutes that consists of Miley Cyrus trying to take a shower while her mother, Demi Moore, is taking a bath at the same time and Demi Moore asks "Is that a Brazilian?" The movie is weirder/creepier/worse than you can imagine.
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Nov 24, 2014 16:13
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Junkie Disease posted:Dream House is a magically stupid movie. How's Maerd House?
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Nov 24, 2014 18:21
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Some of the stuff expiring soon. 29th: I Sell the Dead 30th: C.H.U.D. Helvetica Dead End Drive-In Dec. 1st: Five Easy Pieces Paradise Alley Night of the Creeps Monkey Shines The Vampire Lovers Audrey Rose Count Yorga, Vampire The Serpent and the Rainbow Scott Joplin The Sci-Fi Boys 'night, Mother Never Again Magic Trip Lesser Prophets The Cold Light of Day House of Voices Cheech & Chong: Get Out of My Room
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Nov 24, 2014 18:50
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Watch Paradise Alley, Dead End Drive-In and 'Night Mother while you still can.
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Nov 24, 2014 19:04
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HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:Watch Paradise Alley, Dead End Drive-In and 'Night Mother while you still can. ditto The Vampire Lovers, Serpent and the Rainbow, and Five Easy Pieces
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Darthemed posted:
Ouch that's a bummer to lose that one. If you like 70's independent flicks like Easy Rider or early Jack Nicholson films, that one is a must watch. It's a really great film. edit: one of the best scenes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdIXrF34Bz0
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C.H.U.D. and Count Yorga would make a good double feature.
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mod sassinator posted:Ouch that's a bummer to lose that one. If you like 70's independent flicks like Easy Rider or early Jack Nicholson films, that one is a must watch. It's a really great film.
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Does Farscape noticeably improve from the first two episodes? I'm tempted to dump it because it seems a bit too campy. I don't understand how it ends up looking so cheap - the prosthetics/puppetry is pretty good (Pilot is my favorite part of the show so far), the sets don't look that much worse than the various Star Treks, yet it feels decidedly lower rent. Cinematography/lighting, I guess?
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Nov 25, 2014 03:18
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Looking for thriller/action recommendations. I like dredd, the last stand, shooter, and that new Arnold movie sabotage
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Nov 25, 2014 03:21
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A MIRACLE posted:Looking for thriller/action recommendations. I like dredd, the last stand, shooter, and that new Arnold movie sabotage Jack Reacher, Face/Off, Desperado, and then for a totally obvious choice, Total Recall
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Nov 25, 2014 03:29
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david_a posted:Does Farscape noticeably improve from the first two episodes? I'm tempted to dump it because it seems a bit too campy. I don't understand how it ends up looking so cheap - the prosthetics/puppetry is pretty good (Pilot is my favorite part of the show so far), the sets don't look that much worse than the various Star Treks, yet it feels decidedly lower rent. Cinematography/lighting, I guess? Yes, but the quality will always vary hugely. When it's good has some of the best episodes on television. When it's bad it's a straight-faced muppets in space.
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Nov 25, 2014 03:42
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Uncle Boogeyman posted:Jack Reacher, Face/Off, Desperado, and then for a totally obvious choice, Total Recall Face off is in my top ten all time favorites. I'll check out the other ones
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Nov 25, 2014 03:46
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A MIRACLE posted:Face off is in my top ten all time favorites. I'll check out the other ones man if you haven't seen Total Recall before i'm seriously jealous, especially if you liked those other Arnold movies.
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Nov 25, 2014 03:54
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Uncle Boogeyman posted:Jack Reacher, Face/Off, Desperado, and then for a totally obvious choice, Total Recall Never watch Jack Reacher.
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Uncle Boogeyman posted:man if you haven't seen Total Recall before i'm seriously jealous, especially if you liked those other Arnold movies. I watched it in like 2007 when Netflix was still DVDs based but I remember zero of it Edit actually I think I rented it from blockbuster online. Yeah A MIRACLE fucked around with this message at 04:00 on Nov 25, 2014 |
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Nov 25, 2014 03:57
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a foolish pianist posted:Never watch Jack Reacher. quiet, turd
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Nov 25, 2014 03:58
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I'll watch it. Wackiness aside I don't hate Tom cruise unlike the rest of the internet
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A MIRACLE posted:I'll watch it. Wackiness aside I don't hate Tom cruise unlike the rest of the internet Oh, it's not Tom Cruise's fault the movie is terrible. It's the writing. Jack Reacher is a pathetic and transparently-ridiculous male power fantasy with zero virtues. It's something that'll make you alternate between cringing and rolling your eyes.
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a foolish pianist posted:Oh, it's not Tom Cruise's fault the movie is terrible. It's the writing. Jack Reacher is a pathetic and transparently-ridiculous male power fantasy with zero virtues. It's something that'll make you alternate between cringing and rolling your eyes. The books are written by a British man and are a transparent satire of American male power fantasies. The movie follows the same suit, and I feel bad for anybody who can't recognize and appreciate this.
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david_a posted:Does Farscape noticeably improve from the first two episodes? I'm tempted to dump it because it seems a bit too campy. I don't understand how it ends up looking so cheap - the prosthetics/puppetry is pretty good (Pilot is my favorite part of the show so far), the sets don't look that much worse than the various Star Treks, yet it feels decidedly lower rent. Cinematography/lighting, I guess? I have http://skippable.tumblr.com/post/97870257012/farscape bookmarked for when I finally get around to watching that show.
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...of SCIENCE! posted:The books are written by a British man and are a transparent satire of American male power fantasies. I'm pretty sure you're being over-generous to both Lee Child and the film. Next, you're going to tell me that Dean Koontz is just parodying horror novels.
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pseudorandom name posted:I have http://skippable.tumblr.com/post/97870257012/farscape bookmarked for when I finally get around to watching that show. Holy poo poo this tumblr is going to save my life thank you.
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Scream 4 is actually pretty fun. I'm only halfway through but I am really enjoying it so far.
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Nov 25, 2014 05:56
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Chichevache posted:Scream 4 is actually pretty fun. I'm only halfway through but I am really enjoying it so far. Yeah I don't understand the hate. I thought it was almost on par with the first, making good use of how much the genre has changed. If they hadn't made 2 & 3, waited a decade and just did this one, I bet it would have been received much better.
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a foolish pianist posted:Oh, it's not Tom Cruise's fault the movie is terrible. It's the writing. Jack Reacher is a pathetic and transparently-ridiculous male power fantasy with zero virtues. It's something that'll make you alternate between cringing and rolling your eyes. Jack Reacher is a better movie than you expect, but it is a totally and utterly vile movie. It's well shot and well performed, it also happens to be deeply and thoroughly misogynistic. The weakest thing about it really is the source material. There's an action scene involving Tom Cruise and a bathtub and there's just this subtle momentary look of "really, am I loving doing this?" that flashes across his face that's so natural and so perfect.
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F Stop Fitzgerald posted:Yeah I don't understand the hate. I thought it was almost on par with the first, making good use of how much the genre has changed. If they hadn't made 2 & 3, waited a decade and just did this one, I bet it would have been received much better. I am having a blast and the only thing unoriginal about this one is that it is self-aware. I think they found plenty of new ground to cover. Plus I am enjoying the hell out of the evolving relationships between all the old characters. Honestly, I hope Scream 5 comes out ten years from now.
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Lee Child's books are certainly throwbacks. Very pulp, morally ambiguous, definitely sexist. I know this because I picked up the first one, Killing Floor, in January. And I finished the 18th one in March. Each book is 300 pages long and plays out like an episode of The Incredible Hulk or The Littlest Hobo. They're not big, and they're not clever. The film isn't without merit, although Cruise is literally a foot too short for the role. Werner Herzog was creepy, the fight scenes well handled and there's a very visceral car chase.
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outy posted:The film isn't without merit, although Cruise is literally a foot too short for the role. Werner Herzog was creepy, the fight scenes well handled and there's a very visceral car chase. Yes, the action set pieces are pretty good, but that's about all the movie has going for it. Of course, some of them, like the aforementioned bathtub fight scene are just loving weird and out of place tonally. Really though, it's as if the writer decided that, since the audience knows the hero is going to prevail, he might as well save himself the trouble of writing conflict or character development. Reacher knows exactly what happened the moment he shows up, and the entire investigation is essentially window dressing to move from one dick-punching scene to the next. There's this ridiculous scene about halfway into the movie where Reacher writes something on a piece of paper, then lets Rosamund Pike figure out the mystery by herself, only to then reveal that he had written the name of the responsible party. It's as if someone decided that Pike needed to be shown as a competent lawyer without questioning the notion that Reacher is always the smartest guy in a room. Speaking of Pike, she was loving hung out to dry by this director, somehow managing to be the weakest link in a chain of weak links. e: The film also features one of the most unintentionally uncomfortable shirtless scenes in recent memory. Baronash fucked around with this message at 12:08 on Nov 25, 2014 |
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Scream 4 is definitely better than it has any right to be, I kind of hated 2 and 3 but 4 was pretty good.
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What are some good Christmas-but-not-too Christmas movies (e.g. Trading Places) on Netflix? Probably gonna watch a few of those at a friend's place this weekend and Die Hard and Lethal Weapon have sadly been off of netflix for years.
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lifg posted:Yes, but the quality will always vary hugely. When it's good has some of the best episodes on television. When it's bad it's a straight-faced muppets in space. The best part about Farscape is the ludicrous levels of plot contrivances. Basically you ask your self "is this seriously happening?" every episode. It's escalating nonsense. Like Star Trek has a lot of out there plots, but ultimately it's a little grounded, but Farscape just goes out there and never returns. Highlights
That's just a few. It's a good watch, but seriously it's out of control.
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Maybe I'm in the minority but I really don't get the all the praise that Twin Peaks gets. I watched all of the first season waiting for it get better, but I don't think I could force myself to watch the second.
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Well I watched about 1.5 hours of Jack Reacher before calling it. It just didn't grab me in a way that made me care about the conclusion. I started watching Arachnophobia this morning and it's awesome so far.
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A MIRACLE posted:Well I watched about 1.5 hours of Jack Reacher before calling it. It just didn't grab me in a way that made me care about the conclusion. I started watching Arachnophobia this morning and it's awesome so far. I like to think of Jack Reacher as a sequel to A Few Good Men.
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Daedra posted:Maybe I'm in the minority but I really don't get the all the praise that Twin Peaks gets. I watched all of the first season waiting for it get better, but I don't think I could force myself to watch the second. It's very Lynchian, so if you're not into that it's a tough sell from the get-go. And while being far ahead of its time in many ways, particularly production-value-wise (shooting on film rather than tape, serialized drama at a time when procedurals or semi-procedurals were the norm, a film director working in television at a time when tv was definitely considered second-class and kind of slumming it), these things - in large part due, at least partly, to Twin Peaks - are now considered de rigeur and so aren't the revelation they were in 1989. There really hadn't been any kind of show that blended mystery, humor, and the supernatural together in an ongoing storyline that, in those pre-TiVo days, insisted you watch every episode every week as it aired ... unless you want to go way back to, say, Dark Shadows or maybe Dr Who, both of which were campier and cornier than TP even at its worst. But at the end of the day, if you don't find the central mystery compelling, or the townsfolk, or Special Agent Dale Cooper (one of the all-time great tv characters), then your tastes are simply a complete mismatch for the show.
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A MIRACLE posted:Well I watched about 1.5 hours of Jack Reacher before calling it. It just didn't grab me in a way that made me care about the conclusion. I started watching Arachnophobia this morning and it's awesome so far. I'm not necessarily trying to change your mind, but the conclusion is where all the Werner Herzog is.
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Daedra posted:Maybe I'm in the minority but I really don't get the all the praise that Twin Peaks gets. I watched all of the first season waiting for it get better, but I don't think I could force myself to watch the second. What do you not get?
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Whoa what the hell is Werner Herzog doing in Jack Reacher? Might have to watch it just for that. Can I just skip to the end?
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