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  • marsupial
    Mississippi Queen
    • Nov 2008
    • 3678

    #961
    Originally posted by Space Ghost
    LAU,

    Watched this a couple nights ago with the wife... it had a nice "Wonder Years" appeal. We both liked it very much; worthy of a spot at the top of anyone's Netflix queue.

    cheers.
    It was super cute. I made my 9-year-old watch it with me other day. He thought it looked dumb, but ended up liking it too.

    Danimal and I just watched The Rabbit Hole. Yeah, most sad movies have one or two scenes that make you cry. I cried the whole movie. Although, I did manage to laugh once.
    What's to explain? It's a bunch of people, most of whom you've never met, who are just as likely to be homicidal maniacs as they are to be normal everyday people, with whom you share the minutiae of your everyday life. It's totally normal, and everyone would understand.
    -Teenage Dirtbag

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    • Color Me Badd Fan
      Senior Member
      • Jan 2009
      • 12519

      #962
      I saw Super 8 tonight. Abrams was trying to channel the 80s kid buddy movies (Goonies ET and Stand By Me). He did a good job, it was entertaining.
      Part of it is based on academic grounds. Among major conferences, the Pac-10 is the best academically, largely because of Stanford, Cal and UCLA. “Colorado is on a par with Oregon,” he said. “Utah isn’t even in the picture.”

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      • LA Ute
        Receiver of Memory
        • Nov 2008
        • 19512

        #963
        Originally posted by Color Me Badd Fan View Post
        I saw Super 8 tonight. Abrams was trying to channel the 80s kid buddy movies (Goonies ET and Stand By Me). He did a good job, it was entertaining.
        I was bored. It seemed like the writer had two movies in mind and couldn't decide which one was more important, so neither story got told very well. I'd say wait for the Netflix release, and only if you like lots of explosions.
        “There is a great deal of difference in believing something still, and believing it again.”
        ― W.H. Auden


        "God made the angels to show His splendour - as He made animals for innocence and plants for their simplicity. But men and women He made to serve Him wittily, in the tangle of their minds."
        -- Robert Bolt, A Man for All Seasons


        "It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye."
        --Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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        • CardiacCoug
          вот так штука
          • Nov 2008
          • 11013

          #964
          Originally posted by Color Me Badd Fan View Post
          I saw Super 8 tonight. Abrams was trying to channel the 80s kid buddy movies (Goonies ET and Stand By Me). He did a good job, it was entertaining.
          Yeah I thought it was great.

          I liked the way the fat kid kept calling things "mint" and talking about "production value." And the "Drugs are Bad" line was a classic.

          I remember ET making me cry in the theater when I was a kid and Super 8 definitely makes you think of ET.

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          • Pheidippides
            Liberal Feminazi
            • Nov 2008
            • 14759

            #965
            Originally posted by BoylenOver View Post
            "Bridesmaids" was good. Kristen Wiig is a delight, and hopefully this gets her (and other funny women in Hollywood) more vehicles.
            Saw this with two of my brothers and my sister in law last night. Hilarious (though I do agree with the critics who say a part or two could have been chopped without losing anything).
            Awesomeness now has a name. Let me introduce myself.

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            • MarkGrace
              Grooveshark dick tease
              • Dec 2008
              • 31546

              #966
              Originally posted by nikuman View Post
              Saw this with two of my brothers and my sister in law last night. Hilarious (though I do agree with the critics who say a part or two could have been chopped without losing anything).
              No comedy should ever go two hours.
              So Russell...what do you love about music? To begin with, everything.

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              • Maximus
                Senior Member
                • Sep 2009
                • 6013

                #967
                Originally posted by nikuman View Post
                Saw this with two of my brothers and my sister in law last night. Hilarious (though I do agree with the critics who say a part or two could have been chopped without losing anything).
                Like the entire sex opening.

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                • Pheidippides
                  Liberal Feminazi
                  • Nov 2008
                  • 14759

                  #968
                  Originally posted by MarkGrace View Post
                  No comedy should ever go two hours.
                  If they would have nuked the parts involving the
                  Spoiler for spoiler:
                  weird british roommates
                  it wouldn't have been over. It was only 2:04.
                  Awesomeness now has a name. Let me introduce myself.

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                  • Pheidippides
                    Liberal Feminazi
                    • Nov 2008
                    • 14759

                    #969
                    Originally posted by Maximus View Post
                    Like the entire sex opening.
                    Disagree. I thought that set the tone for how pathetic her life was. Maybe cut it down a bits though.
                    Awesomeness now has a name. Let me introduce myself.

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                    • Maximus
                      Senior Member
                      • Sep 2009
                      • 6013

                      #970
                      Originally posted by nikuman View Post
                      Disagree. I thought that set the tone for how pathetic her life was. Maybe cut it down a bits though.
                      Just have her waking up with him.

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                      • BoylenOver
                        Junior Member
                        • Nov 2008
                        • 9146

                        #971
                        Originally posted by nikuman View Post
                        If they would have nuked the parts involving the
                        Spoiler for spoiler:
                        weird british roommates
                        it wouldn't have been over. It was only 2:04.
                        Spoiler for spoiler:
                        that was one of my favorite parts, actually. when the woman got the peas out of the freezer and dumped them out on her lower back, I was busting up.


                        I definitely agree it was too long and dragged along, though.
                        "I don't know the origin of said bitch booming."-Art Vandelay
                        "Hot Lunch posted awhile back on this. He knows more than anyone except for maybe BO."-Seattle Ute

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                        • BoylenOver
                          Junior Member
                          • Nov 2008
                          • 9146

                          #972
                          "4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days"

                          Brilliantly bleak visuals, no soundtrack, and a lot of long shots (according to Ebert's review, the director and producer stuck to one shot per scene). Anamaria Marinca is brilliant as the main character (even though the driving force of the movie is her roommate).
                          "I don't know the origin of said bitch booming."-Art Vandelay
                          "Hot Lunch posted awhile back on this. He knows more than anyone except for maybe BO."-Seattle Ute

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                          • BoylenOver
                            Junior Member
                            • Nov 2008
                            • 9146

                            #973
                            "Before the Devil Knows You're Dead"

                            Fantastic crime drama. The cast of Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Ethan Hawke, Albert Finney, Marisa Tomei, and Amy Ryan are fantastic. To see two men orchestrate a heist, then to see them so raw and vulnerable in the horribly failed aftermath, is quite a sight.
                            "I don't know the origin of said bitch booming."-Art Vandelay
                            "Hot Lunch posted awhile back on this. He knows more than anyone except for maybe BO."-Seattle Ute

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                            • Color Me Badd Fan
                              Senior Member
                              • Jan 2009
                              • 12519

                              #974
                              Originally posted by BoylenOver View Post
                              "Before the Devil Knows You're Dead"

                              Fantastic crime drama. The cast of Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Ethan Hawke, Albert Finney, Marisa Tomei, and Amy Ryan are fantastic. To see two men orchestrate a heist, then to see them so raw and vulnerable in the horribly failed aftermath, is quite a sight.
                              Marisa Tomei was especially fantastic in this movie. Highly recommended
                              Part of it is based on academic grounds. Among major conferences, the Pac-10 is the best academically, largely because of Stanford, Cal and UCLA. “Colorado is on a par with Oregon,” he said. “Utah isn’t even in the picture.”

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                              • LA Ute
                                Receiver of Memory
                                • Nov 2008
                                • 19512

                                #975
                                Saw "X-Men First Class" last night. It was well done and fun to watch. Marvel is turning out some pretty good comic book movies this year. Decent acting, good (fantasy) plot, and like any good prequel it does a nice job of laying the groundwork for the later movies.
                                “There is a great deal of difference in believing something still, and believing it again.”
                                ― W.H. Auden


                                "God made the angels to show His splendour - as He made animals for innocence and plants for their simplicity. But men and women He made to serve Him wittily, in the tangle of their minds."
                                -- Robert Bolt, A Man for All Seasons


                                "It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye."
                                --Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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