jetsniper Posted February 26, 2009 Share Posted February 26, 2009 9 more sleeps until Watchmen! Also after reports last month saying Sam Jackson priced himself out of Marvel's range, it was announced today he signed a deal for NINE movies. NINE! That means Nick Fury will be in everything from Iron Man 2, Thor, Captain America, The Avengers and any sequels those movies get. Hell, they could just do a Nick Fury movie. Awesome news for comic book fans, no one else should play Fury. http://www.coronacomingattractions.com/new...e-marvel-movies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doktor Kosmos Posted February 26, 2009 Share Posted February 26, 2009 I saw the new Indy movie today. Kinda meh. I thought there were a few moments that gave me the same feeling the original trilogy did, but there were too many moments that were not like that. And the ending? WTF??? George Lucas, please die now, please. And God, please stop this bunch from making more Indy movies. If they really cared about the Indy fans they'd left it alone and never made this movie. I don't think it sucked that bad, but it certainly didn't measure up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jetsniper Posted February 26, 2009 Share Posted February 26, 2009 It was way better then Temple of Doom. Way, way better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BTH Posted February 26, 2009 Share Posted February 26, 2009 Throne of Blood - Akira Kurosawa Chungking Express - Wong Kar Wai Mystic River - Clint Eastwood Waiting for Guffman - Christopher Guest Man Bites Dog - Rémy Belveaux, André Bonzel & Benoit Poelvoord The Earrings of Madame de... - Max Ophuls Port of Call - Ingmar Bergman Kramer vs Kramer - Robert Benton The Story of Adele H. - François Truffaut The Butcher - Claude Chabrol The Match Factory Girl - Aki Kaurismaki Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fanpuck33 Posted February 26, 2009 Share Posted February 26, 2009 It was way better then Temple of Doom. Way, way better. Agreed. Plus, the new one suffered from the same thing the new Star Wars trilogy did. It's impossible to live up to those standards, so people tend to view them as even more inferior than they really were. I think both the new trilogy and the new Indy would have been received better by people if they didn't have such historic titles attached to them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trizzak Posted February 26, 2009 Share Posted February 26, 2009 Agreed. Plus, the new one suffered from the same thing the new Star Wars trilogy did. It's impossible to live up to those standards, so people tend to view them as even more inferior than they really were. I think both the new trilogy and the new Indy would have been received better by people if they didn't have such historic titles attached to them. Jar Jar Binks. Your rebuttal? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Posted February 27, 2009 Share Posted February 27, 2009 Jar Jar Binks. Your rebuttal? THAT'S who Stealth reminds me of! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fanpuck33 Posted February 27, 2009 Share Posted February 27, 2009 Jar Jar Binks. Your rebuttal? Never bothered me. The bumbling battle droids annoyed me more than Jar Jar did. As pure action films, all three of the new ones were good. Episode I you had the pod races and the Darth Maul fight. Episode II had the high speed chase, fight with Jango Fett, and the arena battle. Episode 3 had the initial battle scene, the fight with Grevious, and the battle of the heroes. The difference between the new and old trilogy was the storytelling. The action of the new movies just didn't carry the story as well as the originals. Lucas simply got carried away with all the cool new stuff he could do with technology to create stories as good as the original. You can get away with that as a summer blockbuster movie, but not when you have a standard to live up to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trizzak Posted February 27, 2009 Share Posted February 27, 2009 Never bothered me. The bumbling battle droids annoyed me more than Jar Jar did. As pure action films, all three of the new ones were good. Episode I you had the pod races and the Darth Maul fight. Episode II had the high speed chase, fight with Jango Fett, and the arena battle. Episode 3 had the initial battle scene, the fight with Grevious, and the battle of the heroes. The difference between the new and old trilogy was the storytelling. The action of the new movies just didn't carry the story as well as the originals. Lucas simply got carried away with all the cool new stuff he could do with technology to create stories as good as the original. You can get away with that as a summer blockbuster movie, but not when you have a standard to live up to. "I wish I could just wish away all my feelings..." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BTH Posted February 27, 2009 Share Posted February 27, 2009 Jar Jar Binks. Your rebuttal? Mine would be: "I hate sand. It's rough and gets everywhere. Not like you. You're soft and smooth." Your rebuttal? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fanpuck33 Posted February 27, 2009 Share Posted February 27, 2009 "I wish I could just wish away all my feelings..." "I hate sand. It's rough and gets everywhere. Not like you. You're soft and smooth." I won't deny the dialogue was terrible in spots. In a way, though, both lines are perfect for Anakin's character development. He becomes a tool, and both quotes make him sound like one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doktor Kosmos Posted February 27, 2009 Share Posted February 27, 2009 The problem, at least the way I look at it, is I think Spielberg and Lucas were in a kind of "in my heart I know this is going to be less than great but I can't help myself so I'll sell out again" mode. Listening to what they had to say on the bonus material on the DVD, after they saw Independence Day they just couldn't resist involving aliens in the movie. That was the biggest mistake IMO. The Nazis turning into communists I can deal with, but one thing that I liked about Raiders.... and ...The Last Crusade was that the plot revolved around Christian mythology. I'm not religious but that tone still struck a chord in me. That's one of the reasons I don't think as highly of Temple of Doom, it deals with other myths. The Ark and the Holy Grail > aliens and sacred Hindu stones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeLassister Posted February 27, 2009 Share Posted February 27, 2009 Watched Forgetting Sarah Marshall yesterday. I had a great time. I almost shit in my pants at the Gandalf reference !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doktor Kosmos Posted February 27, 2009 Share Posted February 27, 2009 My GOD, The Dark Knight was good! I'm completely blown away. Ledger was... Wow! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeLassister Posted March 5, 2009 Share Posted March 5, 2009 Watched Goodfellas for the first time. I always "hated" Ray Liotta, but he was good in there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BTH Posted March 5, 2009 Share Posted March 5, 2009 (edited) Forgetting Sarah Marshall Rachel Getting Married - Johnathan Demme (this is the movie of the year IMO) Eastern Promises - David Cronenberg Videodrome - David Cronenberg My Dinner With Andre - Louis Malle Slumdog Millionaire - Danny Boyle Frost/Nixon - Ron Howard Michael Clayton - Tony Gilroy FSM's hilarious, RGM's awesome; like I said, it's the best movie I've seen this year, and Cronenberg's messed up! Eastern Promises might not be an instant classic but it features what is now my favourite fight scene ever. EDIT: I just watched Gran Torino. The first half was the worst shit I've ever seen on film. Literally. It's well-directed which makes it better than garbage like Fantastic Four but I actually prefer FF because it doesn't take itself so seriously. The dialogue in the above-mentioned New Star Wars Trilogy looks good compared to this. Anyway, the second half was better although the direction of the movie totally shifted (albeit for the better). It went from being a movie about racism to a movie about an old, grumpy man finding love and making friends with a soft kid (because we haven't seen it already, but done properly in Scent of a Woman...). Overall, still junk but at least I got to see Clint Eastwood yell at some kids. "Good day... pusscake." There were some hilarious lines in this and this one was an instant favourite. Edited March 6, 2009 by BTH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Posted March 6, 2009 Share Posted March 6, 2009 ..... All these movies AND all the porn you keep boasting about? Where do you get the time? (And stamina?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jetsniper Posted March 6, 2009 Share Posted March 6, 2009 Rachel was at the top of my favorites out of this years Oscar bunch too. Winslet's win was obvious but I ended up picking Hathaway anyway just because I loved the movie so much. Gran Torino was awesome just because you get to watch grumpy Clint Eastwood deliver some hilariously offensive lines. I thought Eastern Promises was the shit, it made my top 10 list for 2007. Viggo rocked it in that movie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BTH Posted March 6, 2009 Share Posted March 6, 2009 Rachel was at the top of my favorites out of this years Oscar bunch too. Winslet's win was obvious but I ended up picking Hathaway anyway just because I loved the movie so much. Gran Torino was awesome just because you get to watch grumpy Clint Eastwood deliver some hilariously offensive lines. I thought Eastern Promises was the shit, it made my top 10 list for 2007. Viggo rocked it in that movie. I have The Reader on DVD too so I'm going to watch it soon. I don't expect her performance to top Hathaway's but I still support the win because Winslet's had it coming for so long. Oh yeah, Colin: since you said, you thought Anne Hathaway sucked in The Devil Wears Prada, she's amazing in this movie. If all you want from GT is to see Eastwood doing cool stuff, then maybe I can understand it being "awesome." But the dialogue, acting and stuff was just so bad, I could hardly believe the movie wasn't a comedy for the first hour. I liked all the parts where Eastwood trash talks those kids though. "I'm going to shoot you in the face and then I'm going to sleep like a baby." All I really loved from Eastern Promises was that one scene. Not that the rest is bad, it's just that that one fight was so cool it drowns out the rest. I saw Videodrome by the same director and liked it more - 10x more violent, 10x more messed up, 10x more psychological... but movies like that always grew on you, the more you think about them. Oh, and since my last post, I've seen The Last King of Scotland. Solid movie. Forest Whitaker is the shit. An Oscar well-deserved. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jetsniper Posted March 6, 2009 Share Posted March 6, 2009 (edited) I thought Kate had better performances in the past but she was good in The Reader. Not better then Anne but like you said, it was one of those awards the Academy gives out because it takes so long, like Scorcese (The Departed was good but he should've won before that. Namely, Goodfellas). Yeah, the acting in Torino was terrible outside of Clint. But watching him be a ######ed bigot was good enough for me, I was laughing the entire movie. You're quote was a little more severe, he actually says "I'm gonna blow a hole in your face and then sleep like a baby" Edited March 6, 2009 by jetsniper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doktor Kosmos Posted March 6, 2009 Share Posted March 6, 2009 Watched Goodfellas for the first time. I always "hated" Ray Liotta, but he was good in there. Forget about it. It's gotta be one of the best mob movies ever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeLassister Posted March 6, 2009 Share Posted March 6, 2009 Forget about it. It's gotta be one of the best mob movies ever. Oh yeah, this is really one of the best mob movies ever, maybe top 2 with Godfather part 2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doktor Kosmos Posted March 6, 2009 Share Posted March 6, 2009 I haven't seen any of the Godfather movies in a long time. I think it's a case of a movie I've watched one time too many. I'll probably watch 'em again some time in the future, but not in the near future. Once Upon A Time In America is my favourite mob movie, but then again I am a huge Sergio Leone/Ennio Morricone fan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jetsniper Posted March 6, 2009 Share Posted March 6, 2009 Nice to see some Goodfellas respect, one of my all-time favorites. Today is finally the day, my friend is treating me to an early birthday present and taking me to see Watchmen tonight. I've heard mixed things from fans, apparently you appreciate it more if you've read the series. I read Watchmen when I was 10, it blew my mind and is the reason I wanted to be a writer so my standards are kind of high going in. My fingers are crossed I don't walk out dissapointed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doktor Kosmos Posted March 6, 2009 Share Posted March 6, 2009 Nice to see some Goodfellas respect, one of my all-time favorites. Forget about it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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