I'd like to know why they decided to make all of the kids in the movie 12ish. The first one took place in high school (15 or 16ish). Having a "love" interest at 12 is retarded.
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I'd like to know why they decided to make all of the kids in the movie 12ish. The first one took place in high school (15 or 16ish). Having a "love" interest at 12 is retarded.
Dinner for Schmucks was better than expected. I had really low expectations but came out of it with a lot of laughs, though I think it's the type of movie that's most enjoyable with a crowded theater. Not an all-time classic but certainly one of the funnier movies in the past year (ie since Hangover).
The Other Guys... Ferrell & Wahlberg worked well together. Definitely Ferrell's best movie in a while. Better than Dinner For Schmucks but both were extremely silly but entertaining nonetheless.
Finally watched Hot Tub Time Machine this week. One of the funnier movies I've seen in a while, but not a classic or one I'd watch very often.
I've already seen in theaters, but will probably watch Kick-Ass this week. I wonder if it holds up seeing it again.
Just saw The Social Network last night. Probably my favorite movie of the year so far. It was really well done how they intertwined everything in the whole story of the creation and controversy.
My wife wants to see that but as someone that's not even on Facebook I really don't care about seeing it.
I've heard from several people that it is by no means a movie "for Facebook members". It's just a great movie that centers around Facebook. It's more of a social commentary, for lack of a more immediate description, than anything else.
I know I'm going to see it one of these days (though probably not until it's on DVD) since Aaron Sorkin wrote it. Amazing, amazing writer -- I'll watch practically anything he does.
Going to Jackass 3D tonight....first time I've been to a 3D movie :D
Wow really? Man, you missed probably the best 3D movie ever in Avatar. Everything else is just upscaling and post-processing shit. Not actually 3D.
The only other movie that I've seen that did 3D truly well was How To Train Your Dragon and how it's flying sequences made you feel like you were actually flying as well.
That said, the movie is supposedly hilarious but, at the same time, the 3D is so superfluous it's distracting.
I didn't think Avatar was that impressive in 3D. They had a couple scenes of true 3D from what I remember - the most impressive was when they took the army guys out of stasis when they arrived on the planet. They pulled the one guy's pod out and it looked really cool. Everything else is the new 3D which isn't really 3D. It's 2.5D where you can just see some depth perception and that's what the majority of the movie was. That movie was OK and the story was really cheesy at times with the military people. If it wasn't in 3D it would have struggled to make $100 million. It's just the media buzz over the first 3D movie out there caused everyone to go see it. If Avatar was released next year when 3D wasn't such a catch phrase it wouldn't have been nearly as successful.
The Fighter was good... certainly a movie worth seeing. [3star]
Tron 3D sucked monkey balls on all accounts. God damn it I hate 3D movies. They're so headache inducing...
Yeah. Even the intense visuals can't make up for the fact that the story is absolute garbage and really the movie is like 30 minutes too long (there are several stand around and just look at stuff sections that should have been cut).
Not only that, but it's a waste of 3D. There are barely ANY 3D moments in the movie (I know this because I regularly have to remove the glasses and give my eyes a rest because of the utter discomfort that I experience during 3D movies normally and I watched half the movie without them on and probably only missed a few instances of 3D and then it was only certain parts of the scene and not the entire thing).
True Grit was a pretty good movie, actually I really enjoyed it. I will say though there are a couple of things that you must know going into the movie.
You have to like westerns, this is a western through and through, so dont expect anything different or I should say dont expect just a western back drop.
They are talking in the old cowboy dialect or something so you must really listen.
I thought it was one of the best westerns I have ever seen to be honest and I have seen a shit ton of them. Is it better than the duke's version, in a sense I think so, really hard to compare the two. I have never read the book so I cant comment on that aspect.
Looks like The Social Network is out on Blu Ray 1/11 ... probably will get it right away cuz I wanna see it again.
Was really disappointed that it didn't get release before the holidays.
Just saw the King of Kong documentary on the quest for breaking the world record of Donkey Kong....loved it. Was pretty cool.
Yeah man. A GREAT documentary for video gamers.
Another one for people that remember them is Get Lamp about the old Apple II game Adventure and MUDS in general. Another REALLY great documentary about video games.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwZxUGmqSOo
I saw Burn After Reading last week.....terrible. If it's ever on TV or you want to Netflix it, don't.
I kind of want to see Hall Pass. I think they are trying to duplicate The Hangover but I'm willing to give it a shot
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4j4ilviJZCE
Yeah, it does look pretty funny and I definitely see the Hangover attempt. Could be hilarious or really crappy. I'll probably see it though.
Saw two movies this weekend, Sucker Punch on Friday and Black Swan on Saturday.
Sucker Punch - Good movie, wasn't a huge fan of the ending though. Lots of action, good scenery.
Black Swan - Was better than I expected. Actually kind of creepy/startling at times; almost like they wanted half of a horror movie feel to it.
Black Swan is an AMAZINGLY well done movie. I was blown away by how good it was (I'm not normally the type of person to enjoy the type of movie that it is and wasn't expecting to like it nearly as much as I do).
Sucker Punch has been getting absolutely destroyed by pretty much every review website/person out there.
I've watched a couple of movies that I never got around to watching but wanted to over the past couple of days.
The Truman Show: Holy hell, what a wonderful movie. I've been a fan of Jim Carrey for a long time but never took the time to watch this movie. Definitely up there with Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.
Cougars, Inc: Looks like a silly movie, but it actually wasn't that bad. Definitely wasn't great, but the tits certainly helped. Sadly, you don't get to see Denise Richards' tits, but Jim Belushi is AMAZINGLY good in this movie. Definitely the best part.
The Princess Bride: Had seen it before, but it had been a pretty long time. Just as enjoyable as I remember. Such a wonderful movie.
Anyone see Battle: L.A. at the theatres? I have been meaning to check it out but just can't find the time. I hear it has some pretty bad reviews.
I liked Unstoppable a lot. A solid popcorn flick.
Saw Limitless a couple of weekends ago... liked it on the whole but didn't agree with how they decided to end the movie.
I finally watched Scott Pilgrim vs. the World. I love this movie.
Thor was great! Both myself and my wife loved it. Right up there with Iron Man 1 with how much we enjoyed it. Some humour, good actors and characters, good story and some good action. We saw it in 3D too which was really a 2.5D experience (not the stuff that really pops out at you) and it was neat. Highly recommend this movie and I never really cared about Thor much either.
So I watched the Ugly Truth over the weekend. If you need a movie to satisfy the misses, this wasn't that bad. Gerard Butler is funny as hell and pretty vulgar which made it bearable.