The MOVIE Thread

[Jakey]

Yeah, it sucked.  Apparently in the 50's the government came up with cool trendy nicknames for different types of psychics. Like bleeders and sniffers and pushers.  But all that amounts to is a couple scenes with floating guns and a drunk Dakota Fanning.  I would gladly walk back to the Starplex and ask for my money and my life back if I could.  I would never recommend it.

Unless inebriated 13-year-old girls is your thing.

[ASR]

'Tis my thang.

[Snare]

:O

Hi Jake.

[ASR]

Anyone who thought Push looked good in the first place is a doofus-butt.

Jake.

[Mikero]

It looked intriguing. I really thought it looked awful at first, then I saw a bit more into it and it started to look cool, but I wasn't going to go to see it anyway.

Holy #####. Holy ##### I love Die Hard movies. But if there's any movie from the 80's that actually holds up completely to this day, it's the first Die Hard. Like, holy #####. It's not dated, everything still looks real, the story isn't predictable. I mean, everything is just as awesome now as it was then, and yet you couldn't make this movie today if you tried. It just, it just really #####ing holds up.

Die Hard. Go watch it if you haven't seen it, and if you have (you should have) go watch it again.
Now I just want to rewatch the other ones, even Live Free Or Die Hard which wasn't as good as the others (my favourite is Die Hard With A Vengeance) but was still enjoyable.

I'm so #####ing ecstatic that I decided to pop in Die Hard tonight.

[Chron]

Die Hard also has the added bonus of being a fun-filled family Xmas movie, as well.

The last movie I saw in a theatre was The Curious Case of Benjamin Buttons.
I'll read back later to see if anyone else watched it, but it was a strange little movie nonetheless.

[Mikero]

I saw it too, and I thought it was really good but I won't watch it again for a looonnng time.
Kind of like how I have no ambition to see Titanic ever again (except I didn't like Titanic nearly as much).



For me, watching Die Hard tonight was like watching Raiders Of The Lost Ark or The Empire Strikes Back except without all the "Wow obvious special effects from back in the day" stuff. So really, it was like me watching Desperado. 'Cause I'm just caught up in the ride. Totally shook.

[Majikn]

I SAW IT ON A BIG SCREEN.

[Mikero]

Well yeah, this isn't the first time I saw it. It's just the first time I saw it since like '93.

[Majikn]

Ah, I didn't see it back then. But we did a DVD screening of all the Die Hard movies just before the fourth one came out. I was happy to have come along to see them.

[Mikero]

I know I didn't see it in theatres 'cause I would have been 2 at the time and far more interested in pornos instead.

[Slugkid]

If you'd had been 2, Majikn would have been
*Checks both profiles*
...0
Or some months.
...
When I was like 2, I saw space Jam on the cinema, it was my first movie.
Yep.

[Mikero]

What a #####ty movie to have as your first movie.
I feel sorry for you. That movie sucks.

[ASR]

WHAT.

MIKE WHAT.

WHAT.

[NovaMan XP]

I think Mike was joking to make Slugkid feel bad.

[Slugkid]

I don't remember anything of it, anyway, and I'm not sure if it was my first movie, my mom said it was my first movie in a theatre.

I know I didn't see it in theatres 'cause I would have been 2 at the time and far more interested in pornos instead.

...I wasn't interested in pornos when I was 2.

[Jakey]

WHAT.

MIKE WHAT.

WHAT.

Mike obviously isn't feelin fine, and most certainly does not want to take it into overtime.

[Chron]

It was a pretty bad movie when you look back, but when you're a kid it's like "HOLY ##### BUGS BUNNY IS PLAYING BASKETBALL THAT IS SO #####ING AMAZING EVEN THOUGH I DON'T LIKE BASKETBALL MUCH ANYWAY GOD DAMN"

Except with less cursing and more "doodypants", "wow" and "heck"

[ChaosVortex]

Maybe you'll consider it a crappy movie today, yes, but It's part of my childhood.

I like Space Jam just about as much as I liked Toy Story, Lion King, etc.

[Johncarllos]

I LOVE THE LION KING.

[ASR]

I was watching A Goofy Movie the other night. Sooooo many memories. SOOOO MANY. Love that movie.

Posted on: 13 February 2009, 19:16:16

http://movies.yahoo.com/premieres/11990378/standardformat/

Get hyped, Tarantino fans.

[preventerWIND]

THAT LOOKS #####ING GREAT

Brad Pitt doesn't make a good old man though.

[Mikero]

Toy Story, The Lion King, and A Goofy Movie are all great movies that stand the test of time because they were actually made well.

Space Jam is not one of these movies and it never actually was. It wasn't made well. It's not a good movie whether you're remembering or not. It's not Die Hard!

I think Mike was joking to make Slugkid feel bad.

I definitely wasn't.

I love basketball. I love Looney Tunes. And I loved that movie when I saw in it in theatres at twelve. But not all things are fine wine, and that movie is actually a piece of ##### in retrospect. It sucks. The only thing I actually like from it is the song "Hit 'Em High" because it's #####ing awesome and currently on my iPod.

It was a pretty bad movie when you look back, but when you're a kid it's like "HOLY ##### BUGS BUNNY IS PLAYING BASKETBALL WITH MICHAEL #####ING JORDAN THAT IS SO #####ING AMAZING LIKE JURASSIC PARK 2 WAS AND I WILL ALWAYS #####ING THINK THIS"

Except with the same amount cursing yet more "doodypants", "wow" and "heck"

Fixed.
No charge, ma'am.




Edit: Pitt did fine as an old man Benji Butt.

[Chron]

Thank you, deary.
Sometimes I have trouble choosing the right words for the right situation.

[preventerWIND]

Edit: Pitt did fine as an old man Benji Butt.

He doesn't sound like an old man to me whatsoever.

[Mikero]

He did fine in Benji Butt. I didn't watch whatever ASR linked to 'cause I'm on my way out.

[preventerWIND]

I'm sure he was a fine Butt indeed, but in this it just doesn't sound like an old man. He looks and talks as an old man would, but the sound of his voice is young.

[ASR]

It's a Tarantino movie. You can't take these things too seriously. They're just FUN cinephilic movies. They all wear a smirk. At least, that's how I like to describe them.

And back to A Goofy Movie: when I was watching it recently, that was like the first time I've watched it since I was, say, 8 or 9. That was the most nostalgic I'd gotten in a LOOOOONG time.

[Jakey]

The Uninvited was pretty great.  Had a killer twist.  Made my stomach turn!  I recommend it.  Also, there are cuties abound in that movie.  And by abound I mean, like, three.  But you see them a lot!  So you know.  You have that going for it.

[Mikero]

The Uninvited was pretty great.  Had a killer twist.  Made my stomach turn!  I recommend it.  Also, there are cuties abound in that movie.  And by abound I mean, like, three.  But you see them a lot!  So you know.  You have that going for it.

[spoiler]Was it actually the dad that killed the mom or what? I'm not gonna be seeing it.[/spoiler]

[ASR]

Jake, stop seeing all the movies that I think look stupid.

[Snare]

I SAID HI JAKE.

[ASR]

So, Edgar Wright (director of Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz) is about to start filming a new movie in March, called "Scott Pilgrim VS The World."

When I first heard about this, I did the research and found out it was based on a Canadian graphic novel. I promised myself I'd read it eventually.

Then I found out Michael Cera will be playing the lead role as Scott Pilgrim. I didn't know how to think about this. I went and read more about the comics and had no idea if it would work with him in the lead or not.

Now is eventually. I've read the first three volumes and I'll start the fourth later.

At its simplest, it's basically about Scott Pilgrim meeting this girl named Ramona Flowers, and in order to date her, he has to defeat her seven evil ex-boyfriends. It's really wacky and out there, and it's got a really calm and endearing sense of humor. The jokes and fighting remind me a lot of Ranma 1/2 for some reason. It's drawn in a manga-sort-of style but it's clearly a Western work.

And I hate to say it, but the role of Scott Pilgrim was MADE for Michael Cera. The more I read it, the more I'm convinced that nobody else could paly Scott Pilgrim.

If ever there was a role that required him, this was it. He's not a good actor by any means, but he's more of a prop that fits perfectly into certain roles. This is one that I'm confident was made for him.

This movie is now officially on my radar. It's going to be extremely crazy and I'm sure Edgar Wright can pull it off.

[Mikero]

So many people read Scott Pilgrim we have a hard time keeping it on the shelf.

I personally don't read it, though.

[ASR]

I can't tell if I like the comics or not. They're very different. But I'm convinced the movie will be really entertaining.

[Chron]

I saw somethingorother about those comics while sifting through random YouTube videos or whatever.

Even the premise sounds bland to me.

[Mikero]

To piss off my frienemy I constantly say that they are "girl comics", but they're not.

Posted on: 15 February 2009, 14:51:29

I have no idea why I'm watching The Phantom Menace on TV right now.

[Chron]

Curious.
I was watching that a few days ago, and I saw it on the television earlier this week, too.

... maybe it's just time for the movie?
I've noticed cycles like that.

[Mikero]

Mmmmm I don't know. I'm trying to find things to take my attention away, it works well as background noise and I think Attack Of The Clones is on next too. Phantom Menace is actually better than Attack Of The Clones and Revenge Of The Sith and it IS the most quotable Star Wars movie (because it has so much cheese Anakin stuff) so maybe I have it on ironically or something.

[Chron]

Those two movies don't exist.
LALALALALALA
I CAN'T READ YOUR TEXT OVER THE SOUND OF MY CAPITAL LETTERS

[Mikero]

I could almost tolerate Clones if Revenge wasn't even WORSE!

And my problem right now is that I keep actually watching Phantom Menace. But it's about to get to the best part.

[ASR]

You just reminded me of that Fanboys movie that actually looks pretty decent.

[Mikero]

Yeah it should be out soon (again).

[Vinchenz Rock]

So, Edgar Wright (director of Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz) is about to start filming a new movie in March, called "Scott Pilgrim VS The World."

It took me a while to remember who Scott Pilgrim is. Was about to Google search it too.

Yeah, I heard about the movie. And I like the books so I'll watch this. But my liking the books is nothing compared to the extreme fanboyism of my friend.

[ASR]

Yeah, Mike, explain that to me. I could've sworn I saw the trailer for Fanboys YEARS ago to the point where someone brought it up a while ago and I was convinced that it must've came out a long time ago.

And then I later found out that it's still not out.

[Vinchenz Rock]

Yeah, my friends and I saw the trailer together and a few of us were like, "I saw that trailer before!"

[Fatso]

I'm the type of person who will make references to things like 'all three Star Wars movies' or 'both Terminator films' and only be MOSTLY joking.

Doesn't mean I like the idea of fanon at all.

[ASR]

I'm the kind of guy that LIKES Star Wars but that's where it ends. I think it's cool, but I haven't seen any of the original 3 films in at least 5 years. I walked out of each of the second 3 films with nothing more than an "okay, where are we eating?" or that sort of thing.

[Mikero]

Fanboys keeps getting pushed around for some reason.

I'm afraid that at this point the timing of the movie is going to be "too late" where as if it came out when it was supposed to (the first time) it would have been just right.

[Chron]

You realize this is just the movie version of Duke Nukem Forever, right?