MOVIES: What are you watching?

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Originally posted by gigabit:

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Originally posted by dannyk8232:
Make that 4 of us...

I believe I speak for nearly everyone here when I say that one should not take movie advice from Lakers and Cowboys fans.

Note to self... gigabit is now Persona Non Grata.

GoodFellas
Brilliant, as always

reviewing "the savages", and it's just as good the 2nd time around.

Doubt

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Originally posted by KSC02:
Doubt

Whatcha think?

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Originally posted by winetarelli:

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Originally posted by KSC02:
Doubt

Whatcha think?

Worth renting.
Excellent performances by both Philip Seymour Hoffman & Streep.

Star Trek - fast paced and entertaining, just what you want out of this type of movie.

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Originally posted by Dunder:
Star Trek - fast paced and entertaining, just what you want out of this type of movie.

Yeah, it's had great reviews. We're going to see it this afternoon. I'm really looking forward to it.

One thing about Star Trek has been really bugging me since I saw it Friday. They obviously spent a lot of money on the film, with one glaring exception: the scenes in the Enterprise Engine Room. They did not bother to build a set, nor even greenscreen one for the actors to pretend in. Instead, they filmed in what looks to be a volumnous brewery or refinery (a very clean one, if it was a refinery.) Many films and tv shows do this to save money, as the never ending, twisting pipes could reasonably be anything or anywhere. But not a 23rd century starship. The cheapie set on the original tv show looked better than this!
And had they just done one scene, I could've seen the reason for skipping the set-building. But they do at least 4 or 5 scenes in this brewery or whatever it is! That really cheapened it for me, and I lost some respect for the endeavor.

that didn't bother me one bit. the only thing that slightly bothered me -SPOILER ALERT SO READ NO FURTHER IF YOU HAVE NOT SEEN YET AND STILL PLAN TO- was the death of spocks mom, whom we've clearly met after these events. i suppose the changed timeline could explain it but still.....

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Originally posted by TBird:
that didn't bother me one bit. the only thing that slightly bothered me -SPOILER ALERT SO READ NO FURTHER IF YOU HAVE NOT SEEN YET AND STILL PLAN TO- was the death of spocks mom, whom we've clearly met after these events. i suppose the changed timeline could explain it but still.....

There were other things that I'll mention later. Didn't want to spill all the beans just yet.

Eight Men Out....

mneeley - didn't really notice the engineering/boiler/brewery room before, but now that you've made the comment it did seem a bit out of place.

In terms of stuff that doesn't make sense, any movie that has a "timeline" issue seems to ignore the grandfather paradox - when my wife starting asking questions about it afterwards I told her not to think too hard about it.

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Originally posted by Dunder:
Star Trek - fast paced and entertaining, just what you want out of this type of movie.

Yup! Excellent. I didn't take my eyes off the screen for a second. Doesn't matter if the plot's not perfect; it'll get an Oscar nomination for sound engineering.

Has to be seen on the big screen.

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Originally posted by Seaquam:

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Originally posted by Dunder:
Star Trek - fast paced and entertaining, just what you want out of this type of movie.

Yup! Excellent. I didn't take my eyes off the screen for a second. Doesn't matter if the plot's not perfect; it'll get an Oscar nomination for sound engineering.

Has to be seen on the big screen.

Exactly, and definitely.

As for the "alternate timeline" theme, this has been the subject of numerous episodes in all of the series. In every one of them, the characters go to great lengths to re-establish the "correct" timeline. To let something catastrophic occur that didn't happen before, and then just shrug and say, "Oh, well," doesn't do justice to the franchise, IMO.

I walked out of the theater thinking this was a pretty good movie. And it is a good Stand Alone movie. But the more I think about it, the less I like it from the producers standpoint.

Anvil the documentary. Pretty fun stuff.

In Bruges

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Originally posted by gigabit:
In Bruges

Bruges, what a charming town.

Over the last month or so:
The Day the Earth Stood Still (new one)- disappointing
Passengers- not bad
Time Crimes- ok
Special- ok
Bedtime Stories (for the kiddies)- Sandler revises earlier roles- nothing special.
S. Darko- Donnie Darko sequel- awful. Turns out original writer director had nothing to do with it- nice going Hollywood.

While there is not a chance in hell I will go see Angels & Demons, I did see Ayelet Zurer on the Charlie Rose Show, and oh my!

Star Trek. It was pretty good, not great.

Another all-time favorite of mine, The Natural

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Originally posted by duckfaninmt:
Another all-time favorite of mine, The Natural

Recently Goodfellas and now The Natural; excellent choices.

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Originally posted by gigabit:

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Originally posted by duckfaninmt:
Another all-time favorite of mine, The Natural

Recently Goodfellas and now The Natural; excellent choices.

Thanks gig! Color me naive, but I've always felt that pretty much every professional baseball player should watch The Natural, if only to remind them what got them (or should have got them) into baseball in the first place (for the love of the game and not so much the money).

Pollock.

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Originally posted by wine+art:
Pollock.

I'm guessing that this is not your first viewing of this movie? Therefore, you must either be a fan of his work, or Ed Harris gives an exceptional performance - or both.

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Originally posted by gigabit:

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Originally posted by wine+art:
Pollock.

I'm guessing that this is not your first viewing of this movie? Therefore, you must either be a fan of his work, or Ed Harris gives an exceptional performance - or both.

Both!

Jackson was the first American born artist to really influence the World of Art. and to breakthrough to a new genre.

With Peggy Guggenheim's money, and the keen eye of Clement Greenberg, an American artist finally made a mark on the art world.

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Originally posted by wine+art:

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Originally posted by gigabit:

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Originally posted by wine+art:
Pollock.

I'm guessing that this is not your first viewing of this movie? Therefore, you must either be a fan of his work, or Ed Harris gives an exceptional performance - or both.

Both!

Jackson was the first American born artist to really influence the World of Art. and to breakthrough to a new genre.

With Peggy Guggenheim's money, and the keen eye of Clement Greenberg, and American artist finally made a mark on the art world.

Interesting. Your understanding and appreciation of art far exceeds mine. I will put this move in The Queue.

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Originally posted by gigabit:

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Originally posted by wine+art:

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Originally posted by gigabit:

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Originally posted by wine+art:
Pollock.

I'm guessing that this is not your first viewing of this movie? Therefore, you must either be a fan of his work, or Ed Harris gives an exceptional performance - or both.

Both!

Jackson was the first American born artist to really influence the World of Art. and to breakthrough to a new genre.

With Peggy Guggenheim's money, and the keen eye of Clement Greenberg, and American artist finally made a mark on the art world.

Interesting. Your understanding and appreciation of art far exceeds mine. I will put this move in The Queue.

Took my five year old to Coraline at the $2 theatre today. What a bizarre movie. Very disturbing at some points. I cant understand why anyone would make a film like this for children.

right now!

Space Buddies!!!

Angels & Demons

Much better than D-C. Starts out a bit different than the book (not bad) and then falls in line pretty closely. If you enjoyed the book, you should appreciate this as well.

Worth seeing, IMO. D & I both enjoyed it.

Tonight: Star Trek on IMAX

The Soloist. Year to date probably the best movie I've seen that's been released this year.

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Originally posted by wineismylife:
The Soloist. Year to date probably the best movie I've seen that's been released this year.

Thanks. It has been on my list to see.

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Originally posted by wine+art:

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Originally posted by wineismylife:
The Soloist. Year to date probably the best movie I've seen that's been released this year.

Thanks. It has been on my list to see.

Started a little slow or was a little hard for me to get into early on but quickly picked up and got my full attention.

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Originally posted by wineismylife:

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Originally posted by wine+art:

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Originally posted by wineismylife:
The Soloist. Year to date probably the best movie I've seen that's been released this year.

Thanks. It has been on my list to see.

Started a little slow or was a little hard for me to get into early on but quickly picked up and got my full attention.

I have been a fan of Robert Downey Jr. since Chaplin, which was great.

In the past two weeks, I've seen:

X-Men: Wolverine
Marley and Me
Gran Torino
Let the Right One In
Get Carter (original)

Does porn count ?

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Originally posted by KSC02:
Angels & Demons

Much better than D-C. Starts out a bit different than the book (not bad) and then falls in line pretty closely. If you enjoyed the book, you should appreciate this as well.

Worth seeing, IMO. D & I both enjoyed it.

Tonight: Star Trek on IMAX

Agree...Howard did a much better job this time around adapting the book to a good movie.

Last evening:

Star Trek.

A-W-E-S-O-M-E on IMAX! If you can see it in this format, DO IT!

Very good movie. Well adapted.
I had no idea D was such a Trekkie!
She LOVED it...