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Hopefully Mel Gibson will get some well deserved credit for this movie
50PoundHead
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Two thumbs up for Arrival. Extremely deliberative in its pace, but pretty profound. I smell an Oscar nomination for Amy Adams.
Really really liked Arrival. It felt a lot like Interstellar in tone.
I saw Inferno yesterday (the 3rd Tom Hanks-Robert Langdon movie). It's pretty similar to Da Vinci and Angels and Demons, but I love it. People are railing it saying it's a copy of the other two in formula, but I don't care! These movies are great in the sense that I can learn some history and at the same time see some places I may never see in person in my life (some are recreated in CGI).
They're like the National Treasure movies, a guilty pleasure.
50PoundHead
Hessmania Forever
Agree on Inferno. I thought the twist was great. My mind was going in a totally different direction. Great story-telling and action-packed.
50PoundHead
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I suppose he could always put a disclaimer on the end the movie next to the Humane Society statement saying "No Jews were hurt during the filming of this movie."
For whatever reason, American audiences have not been fond of the last 3 movies of Expendables 3, Terminator Genisys, and this one.
The foreign box offices have carried those three on what would otherwise be huge busts.
I thought the guy that Sims stabbed and fell into the water off the board walk was going to swim to the bomb but nope.
Which twist? There's like 5 twists in this movie. One minute you think someone else is the bad guy and good guy then 10 minutes later it changes to someone else then it flips again and again!
[MENTION=54]50PoundHead[/MENTION]
One of my favorite movies I watched as a kid is finally getting a restoration blu-ray release next year.
Would love to hear your thoughts on this movie if you've seen it.
One of my favorite movies I watched as a kid is finally getting a restoration blu-ray release next year.
Would love to hear your thoughts on this movie if you've seen it.
50PoundHead
Hessmania Forever
The betrayal twist.
I remember seeing The Wanderers. The book was great as well. Beware of the Ducky Boys.
China is going to make many movie sequels over the next few years that wouldn't have sniffed one in the past decade otherwise. Warcraft being one of them.
zitothebrave
Connoisseur of Minors
Cast is quite exceptional. Lawson, Hiddleston, Jackson, Goodman, and Reilly all are great at their craft. As long as direction is on point and the story is good it should be a hell of a blockbuster.
50PoundHead
Hessmania Forever
Thanksgiving Weekend Triple Header.
Allied: Very good. Highly recommend it.
Rules Don't Apply: Not what I expected. I thought it would be merely a light-hearted romp from the previews, but it's a lot deeper than that. Not for everyone. Mrs. 50# liked it more than I did.
Bad Santa 2: Guilty pleasure. Not nearly as good as Bad Santa, but Billy Bob is as great as ever.
Allied: Very good. Highly recommend it.
Rules Don't Apply: Not what I expected. I thought it would be merely a light-hearted romp from the previews, but it's a lot deeper than that. Not for everyone. Mrs. 50# liked it more than I did.
Bad Santa 2: Guilty pleasure. Not nearly as good as Bad Santa, but Billy Bob is as great as ever.
50PoundHead
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I'm predicting a best actor Oscar nomination for Casey Affleck for his work in Manchester by the Sea. The movie revolves around his character and he is clearly up to the script. Nice little movie with a solid cast.
jpx7
Very Flirtatious, but Doubts What Love Is.
Always find it funny when excessive and/or poorly-construed advertising takes a film I want to see and makes me not want to see it anymore. Case in point: Passengers. I like Pratt, Lawrence, and (especially, thanks to turns in Frost/Nixon and 30 Rock) Michael Sheen; plus it looked like a sleekly directed mash-up of 2001/Solaris-type sci-fi and (pretty explicitly) The Shining-like psychological creepiness. But after three or four days of utterly relentless adverts, I am entirely turned off to the project—especially since the trailers have taken such pains to play up the romcom angle.
Usually when a trailer resorts to having to tease a sex scene I know the movie is going to be bad.
ive always felt Lawrence was overrated. I really hate her after the way she's mailed in her X-Men appearances.
I also feel Hollywood keeps pushing Pratt to be a star but he really is a one dimensional actor.
Oh and while I love sci-fi stuff like this it looks horrible. I loved the concept.
Pandorum is one of my favorite space horror movies.
Pandorum is one of my favorite space horror movies.
I'll watch this movie when it's out for download but it's getting poor reviews. Re: Pratt. I've liked him since Parks and Rec but really the type of character he plays best is that guy or his role in GOTG. He was meh in Jurassic World and Magnificent 7.
zitothebrave
Connoisseur of Minors
Pratt is a star, but he is one dimensional. Not everyone has to be Christian Bale. Hell look at almost every single big star in the 80s, Arnold, Sly, Willis, etc. they're all extremely one dimensional.