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johngenx · « **Reply #1100 on:** June 28, 2015, 02:22:32 pm »

Quote from: Snowman on June 28, 2015, 02:12:36 pm

Jeff Bridges played Rooster Cogburn better than the Duke did and Hailee Steinfeld was brilliant.

Indeed on both accounts - and getting rid of the underage sex bit was good. Though I know it would have been true in the 1800's, it's not really needed in the latest version.

CanuckS2K · « **Reply #1101 on:** June 30, 2015, 08:51:24 pm »

Watched "The Longest Ride" late last night. Was very impressed with it and thought it was a great story (or should I say stories as it was kind of a two in one). One of the better movies I've seen in awhile. It's incredible how much Scott Eastwood looks like his Dad when he was younger. I'd love to see Scott start playing in some old school spaghetti westerns with Clint directing it......so much win. On a side note, it was good to see Alan Alda in this movie as well.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2726560/?ref_=nv_sr_1

Brig · « **Reply #1102 on:** July 01, 2015, 08:34:39 am »

Why is your review accompanied by a picture of KDS2K in his new wheels?

CanuckS2K · « **Reply #1103 on:** July 01, 2015, 09:16:09 am »

Quote from: Brigitte on July 01, 2015, 08:34:39 am

Why is your review accompanied by a picture of KDS2K in his new wheels?

Fixed!

PJungnitsch · « **Reply #1104 on:** August 18, 2015, 09:54:02 am »

Day off yesterday, watched 'The Admiral: Roaring Currents' on a whim. Fascinating and pretty kick ass look at one of the turning points of Korea's history, especially the second half (pays to Google a bit of history to decipher the first bit).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PBIHkKi0wM

On Netflix, but a good review here:

http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/The-Admiral-Roaring-Currents-Blu-ray/124294/#Review

OliverD · « **Reply #1105 on:** August 19, 2015, 09:30:14 pm »

Saw Straight Outta Compton tonight. Great movie. It's quite long (nearly 2.5 hours) but didn't feel that way.

johngenx · « **Reply #1106 on:** August 19, 2015, 09:58:07 pm »

Quote from: OliverD on August 19, 2015, 09:30:14 pm

Saw Straight Outta Compton tonight. Great movie. It's quite long (nearly 2.5 hours) but didn't feel that way.

It's excellent. I went expecting so-so, and came out "YEAH!"

Cord · « **Reply #1107 on:** August 19, 2015, 10:36:11 pm »

Saw Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation on the weekend. I'm pretty jaded when it comes to these types of movies so I just give it a meh. It was enjoyable to watch though - well polished.

I do have to hand it to Tom Cruise though. For as big of a star he is and for being in so many movies, I rarely find myself watching "Tom Cruise." I thought of this because all through the movie I kept thinking, "I didn't remember Jeremy Renner being in the MI franchise .... wasn't he in the Bourne franchise .... and The Avengers ....."

Brig · « **Reply #1108 on:** August 20, 2015, 10:33:19 am »

Quote from: random006 on May 13, 2015, 03:59:41 pm

I saw "Ex Machina" last night. It was brilliant.

Serious, thoughtful and oh so stylish, it offers a fresh take on the whole AI question and its ramifications. The movie itself resembles a stage play to me in that it revolves around four characters, all in a single setting. Almost the entire movie takes place indoors, inside a rather unique house. The place resembles a plexiglass prison, which for some of the characters, is quite literally the truth. Made me think of more than a few scenes from various Stanley Kubrick films.

Same here! I actually said, out loud: "I feel like I'm watching The Shining." Same claustrophobic feeling, and sense of foreboding. 2001: A Space Odyssey also came to mind. Very smart movie that raises more than a few questions about AI.

mwqa · « **Reply #1109 on:** August 23, 2015, 10:47:17 pm »

Saw the Australian movie Tracks the other night, with a wonderful performance from Mia Wasikowska. Some of the stuff she does with the animals is just unbelievable. Great outback cinematography, too.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tracks_%282013_film%29

It's amazing to think that this very good film did so poorly in theaters ($12,000,000 cost vs box office of $4,000,000).

I do wonder if the Americans stifle smaller 'foreign' films like Tracks in favour of their own copycat Hollywood productions. In this case, Wild, which came out six months later, seems to have similar themes (not that I've seen that one).

quadzilla · « **Reply #1110 on:** August 24, 2015, 07:15:08 am »

Quote from: mwqa on August 23, 2015, 10:47:17 pm

Saw the Australian movie Tracks the other night, with a wonderful performance from Mia Wasikowska. Some of the stuff she does with the animals is just unbelievable. Great outback cinematography, too.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tracks_%282013_film%29

It's amazing to think that this very good film did so poorly in theaters ($12,000,000 cost vs box office of $4,000,000).

I do wonder if the Americans stifle smaller 'foreign' films like Tracks in favour of their own copycat Hollywood productions. In this case, Wild, which came out six months later, seems to have similar themes (not that I've seen that one).

Tracks is a great movie. Its on Netflix if anybody else wants to see it.

.l.. · « **Reply #1111 on:** August 24, 2015, 02:17:15 pm »

Quote from: Cord on August 19, 2015, 10:36:11 pm

Saw Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation on the weekend. I'm pretty jaded when it comes to these types of movies so I just give it a meh. It was enjoyable to watch though - well polished.

Good, but meh...I don't know what I was expecting. It wasn't bad, just not sure I'd ever need to see it again. Whereas I've watched the first 3 Bourne movies more than once.

Maybe it's a product of getting old...

I saw the last half of The Hundred Foot Journey on the dish, and that I actually liked. Enough I want to see the front half. Yup...facking old...

quadzilla · « **Reply #1112 on:** August 28, 2015, 07:40:34 am »

More outdoor themed movies coming....

Backcountry

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46uwmzTf5nA

Everest

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOHS-mxn0RQ

Scaerio · « **Reply #1113 on:** August 29, 2015, 11:08:31 am »

Watched "Gone Girl" last night; wonderfully creepy and disturbing.

Scaerio · « **Reply #1114 on:** August 29, 2015, 09:26:31 pm »

Quote from: quadzilla on August 24, 2015, 07:15:08 am

Quote from: mwqa on August 23, 2015, 10:47:17 pm
Saw the Australian movie Tracks the other night, with a wonderful performance from Mia Wasikowska. Some of the stuff she does with the animals is just unbelievable. Great outback cinematography, too.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tracks_%282013_film%29

It's amazing to think that this very good film did so poorly in theaters ($12,000,000 cost vs box office of $4,000,000).

I do wonder if the Americans stifle smaller 'foreign' films like Tracks in favour of their own copycat Hollywood productions. In this case, Wild, which came out six months later, seems to have similar themes (not that I've seen that one).

Tracks is a great movie. Its on Netflix if anybody else wants to see it.

Watching it now -- great film; it's making me want to pack it all in and go work at a good acquaintance's hotel on the Montenegrin coast for the rest of my life... (My version of getting away from all of the crap that has gone down over the past couple of years...)

Snowman · « **Reply #1115 on:** August 30, 2015, 03:26:39 pm »

Quote from: Scaerio on August 29, 2015, 11:08:31 am

Watched "Gone Girl" last night; wonderfully creepy and disturbing.

One of my favorite movies I have seen in the last few years

johngenx · « **Reply #1116 on:** August 30, 2015, 05:08:32 pm »

Rosamund Pike was scary good in Gone Girl, and Affleck showed again that with a good script he is good.

craigq · « **Reply #1117 on:** August 30, 2015, 05:18:30 pm »

Quote from: Scaerio on August 29, 2015, 11:08:31 am

Watched "Gone Girl" last night; wonderfully creepy and disturbing.

Wife and I enjoyed it too. We liked the contrast in the various sections of the film (1st vs 2nd and 3rd acts).

On a completely different style, the boy and I finished up watching "Green Lantern: The Animated Series (2011)" for the second time. I'm still impressed (granted it doesn't take much sometimes

).

OliverD · « **Reply #1118 on:** August 30, 2015, 08:05:44 pm »

Just watched Wet Hot American Summer for the first time. Not quite sure what to think though it is interesting seeing a bunch of actors together at the very beginning of their careers.

tenpenny · « **Reply #1119 on:** August 30, 2015, 08:09:40 pm »

Quote from: OliverD on August 30, 2015, 08:05:44 pm

Just watched Wet Hot American Summer for the first time. Not quite sure what to think though it is interesting seeing a bunch of actors together at the very beginning of their careers.

I watched the first fifteen minutes or so. Does it get better?

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