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practical experience, FTW
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: With you in Rockland
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Watched Our Idiot Brother the other day. Hysterically funny, definitely recommended to anyone looking for a good laugh.
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The Girl in the Steampunk Hat
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Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Non carborundum illegitimi
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Horror of the Zombies (AKA The Ghostly Galleon): Soooo dreadful. Spanish film from the 70s(?). Bad dubbing over bad acting. Women running around in tiny bikinis. Evil zombie monks who look like life-sized animatronic props from Spirit Halloween stores.
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The Girl in the Steampunk Hat
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Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Non carborundum illegitimi
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The Descent 2. Well, the first 60 minutes of it, since I'm turning it off right... now. Boring and derivative.
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permaflounced
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Southern New Jersey
Posts: 7,867
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Yours truly
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Venezuela
Posts: 9,986
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It's a generational stuff. I mean, I remember I would watch Space Jamover and over and over and over. Then I saw it as an adult and asked mom to forgive me doing that to her.
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Yours truly
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Venezuela
Posts: 9,986
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John Carter
I thought it had some pacing issues, but nonetheless a quite enjoyable film. This is the kind of film future geeks will grow up watching and referencing as an inspiration. This is the new Disney's 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.
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"Life isn’t divided into genres. It’s a horrifying, romantic, tragic, comical, science-fiction cowboy detective novel. You know, with a bit of pornography if you're lucky." |
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The Girl in the Steampunk Hat
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Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Non carborundum illegitimi
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You young'uns are so quaint. Back in my day, there warn't no gadjits like them thar Vee-Cee-Arrs or Dee-Vee-Dee players.
However, we had other ways to torment our parents. I remember seeinng Disney's Cinderella in the theater. The only tie-in was a couple of 45RPM records with two songs from the movie. Which I played over and over and over... I'm not sure what's worse: an entire movie on the living room TV on repeat, or two songs in an endless loop. And kids wonder why their parents can be short-tempered. |
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Yours truly
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Venezuela
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"Life isn’t divided into genres. It’s a horrifying, romantic, tragic, comical, science-fiction cowboy detective novel. You know, with a bit of pornography if you're lucky." |
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The Girl in the Steampunk Hat
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Join Date: Feb 2005
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Ouch.
Now I have the "Witch Doctor" chorus running through my mind. Curse you, Max.
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Soldier, Scholar, Writer, WebVoyeur
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: Richmond, Virginia, USA
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The Hunger Games
http://korsgaardscommentary.blogspot.com/2012/03/hunger-games.html Needed a better director, and someone who can act to play Peeta, and the violence was too downplayed. Aside from that, very well made and I enjoyed it. 8 out of 10.
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The Girl in the Steampunk Hat
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Join Date: Feb 2005
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Virus X. Don't bother.
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Please Pass The Awesome Sauce
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Maine
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Sucker Punch
The effects were fun and I enjoy weird movies that have me constantly asking myself "wtf is going on?". The husband was thoroughly confused by the end, but I was surprised he actually watched it with me. What man would refuse his wife's argument of "It's hot chicks in school uniforms with guns and samurai swords...why wouldn't you watch it?" |
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diplomat
Join Date: Sep 2009
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Watched Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol yesterday. I speak Russian, so it was funny to hear the actors trying to do the same. Man, the accents were B-A-D. The movie was ok, I guess. Didn't love it, but didn't hate it either. |
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Soldier, Scholar, Writer, WebVoyeur
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: Richmond, Virginia, USA
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Eh. If it's ok to read, its ok to watch.
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Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: Richmond, Virginia, USA
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figuring it all out
Join Date: Mar 2012
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Rocky II
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The Girl in the Steampunk Hat
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The Evil--late 1970s horror with Richard Crenna and a cast of unknowns--except for the guy who played Harcourt Fenton Mudd from ST:TOS, who plays the Devil. Almost not bad.
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figuring it all out
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: USA
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Top Gun.
It's alright, but (spoiler alert) Goose dies and it's hard to take, as a viewer. |
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practical experience, FTW
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: Osaka
Posts: 1,440
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'Onnachanbara'. Loosely translated, 'Samurai Bikini-clad Vampire Killer'. If you can imagine a young woman in a bikini wearing a cowboy hat, boots, and a cape, carving up zombies and vampires, then this movie is for you. Not as bad as I thought it would be, and the lead actress (formerly a model) is both beautiful and not bad in the acting department, either.
Oh, yes, and Source Code. Knew who the bomber was in the first ten minutes but it was fun seeing how Jake Gylenhall's character managed to figure it out going through the simulations umpteen times. Nice.
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The Girl in the Steampunk Hat
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Join Date: Feb 2005
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JSF, where is Onnachanbara available? I must see it!
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Full-Time Vampire Junkie
Join Date: Sep 2009
Posts: 3,214
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permaflounced
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Southern New Jersey
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Contact. Been a while. Forgot how good it was.
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Please Pass The Awesome Sauce
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Maine
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Please Pass The Awesome Sauce
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Maine
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I agree about the action scenes - too much slow motion.
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ever seeking
Join Date: Jul 2007
Posts: 5,183
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"Shaun the Sheep," in the same style as, "Wallace and Grommit," is silliness and fun for all ages, especially if you raise sheep, because you know they're up to something as soon as you turn your back.
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