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Teal wrote:Pulp Fiction is funny as hell. The only other Tarantino movie I genuinely like is Inglorious Basterds. Another funny, dark movie.

I tend to like Epics, like Gladiator, Lord of the Rings, Kingdom of Heaven...that sort of thing, more than any other. But a good 'blow s*** up and smoke some cigarettes' John McClane type flick is good for the testosterone, too... :lol:
Teal.....it's scary, but I think we have the same taste in movies! I LOVE all those movies you mentioned above. :)
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WillHunting wrote:In case anyone who has not watched (500) Days of Summer, please go rent it now. It is a romantic comedy from a guy's perspective, and really strong performances from Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Zoey Deschannel. I am sure a few of you can relate to JGL's character.
I really liked it. Clever structure and it was romantic without being sappy and annoying. Great "get out of a romantic comedy free" card to play. Plus the Hall&Oates bit was hysterical.
Great movie indeed. I was really pleasantly surprised. And no doubt that Hall & Oates bit was awesomely hilarious! Love the soundtrack too.
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By the way, Block Buster has a pretty cool new promotion going. New releases are $4.99 each. Say you go in to store and can't find the blu-ray title you are seeking. They will mail you the title they didn't have in stock within a couple days. You then have 7 days to return the movie back to the store. The mailed copy will only cost you $3.99 each.
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sportdan30 wrote:
Brando70 wrote:
WillHunting wrote:In case anyone who has not watched (500) Days of Summer, please go rent it now. It is a romantic comedy from a guy's perspective, and really strong performances from Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Zoey Deschannel. I am sure a few of you can relate to JGL's character.
I really liked it. Clever structure and it was romantic without being sappy and annoying. Great "get out of a romantic comedy free" card to play. Plus the Hall&Oates bit was hysterical.
Great movie indeed. I was really pleasantly surprised. And no doubt that Hall & Oates bit was awesomely hilarious! Love the soundtrack too.
Good call guys. Picked it up at Target as they had it for $12.99 on blu this week. It was different and really nicely done.

This thread paid off as this one was never going to come close to being on my radar.
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Finally saw Hurt Locker last night...impressive flick.

I don't want to quote who said it cuz it takes too much time, but definitely too much time spent watch soldiers cruise through the streets with assault rifles...definitely not enough character development, but overall it was fantastic from a story, suspense and action point of view.
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All rented movies through Block Buster are $5. Including kids movies which used to be $.99. Back to Netflix for me!
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dbdynsty25 wrote:Finally saw Hurt Locker last night...impressive flick.

I don't want to quote who said it cuz it takes too much time, but definitely too much time spent watch soldiers cruise through the streets with assault rifles...definitely not enough character development, but overall it was fantastic from a story, suspense and action point of view.
That's why it won best picture and best director academy awards. Very realistic and sends a message at the end about these soldiers that return home and cannot adjust to "normal" civilian life. I don't know how we expect these soldiers to be in a situation like that for years and then come back to the States and just flick a switch? There needs to be more help in transitioning them back to everyday life.
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Finally had a chance to see Capitalism -- A Love Story on blu-ray over the weekend. Based on my enjoyment of his previous flicks, I figured it would be thought provoking and it was. Personally, I hope Mr. Moore never stops making these things.
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GTHobbes wrote:Finally had a chance to see Capitalism -- A Love Story on blu-ray over the weekend. Based on my enjoyment of his previous flicks, I figured it would be thought provoking and it was. Personally, I hope Mr. Moore never stops making these things.
Haven't seen it yet, but it's in my cue. Looking forward to it.
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sportdan30 wrote:All rented movies through Block Buster are $5. Including kids movies which used to be $.99. Back to Netflix for me!
I saw the same thing this weekend. I had a free rental coming to me, so I used that. She originally told me it was $5 and change for a kids movie and I balked, so she mentioned that I had a free rental on my account. Also, they've gone back to late charges at my local BB. I'll be upping my Netflix account to 2 at a time today and supplementing with RedBox when necessary.
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The wife and I rented 'Up in the Air' yesterday and thought it was a pretty mediocre flick. Certainly not Oscar-worthy in any way.
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dbdynsty25 wrote:Finally saw Hurt Locker last night...impressive flick.

I don't want to quote who said it cuz it takes too much time, but definitely too much time spent watch soldiers cruise through the streets with assault rifles...definitely not enough character development, but overall it was fantastic from a story, suspense and action point of view.
That's why it won best picture and best director academy awards. Very realistic and sends a message at the end about these soldiers that return home and cannot adjust to "normal" civilian life. I don't know how we expect these soldiers to be in a situation like that for years and then come back to the States and just flick a switch? There needs to be more help in transitioning them back to everyday life.
First off it was a good movie but not so realistic. I could explane but what's the point. Second,this isn't the first time we've been at war. There are many organizations that have helped soldiers transition back into "Normal" life for years. Matter of fact every VA hospital has a transition center. I guess they didn't mention that at the Oscars.
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Saw Zombieland last weekend and thought it was pretty amusing. It doesn't exactly add much to the genre, but Woody Harrelson is very funny and there is a great cameo in the film. While didn't find it as good as Shaun of the Dead it has a lot of the same appeal.
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Brando70 wrote:Saw Zombieland last weekend and thought it was pretty amusing. It doesn't exactly add much to the genre, but Woody Harrelson is very funny and there is a great cameo in the film. While didn't find it as good as Shaun of the Dead it has a lot of the same appeal.
I second that. We enjoyed it. Funniest Woody Harrelson film I've seen in a while.
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Brando70 wrote:Saw Zombieland last weekend and thought it was pretty amusing. It doesn't exactly add much to the genre, but Woody Harrelson is very funny and there is a great cameo in the film. While didn't find it as good as Shaun of the Dead it has a lot of the same appeal.
I really loved this movie. I went in without any expectations because I don't really like Woody and I am so tired of the lovable loser character. This movie was really funny, I loved the cameo and it was a total surprise for me.

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Brando70 wrote:Saw Zombieland last weekend and thought it was pretty amusing. It doesn't exactly add much to the genre, but Woody Harrelson is very funny and there is a great cameo in the film. While didn't find it as good as Shaun of the Dead it has a lot of the same appeal.
I saw it recently as well, and wheareas several of my friends had told me they found it much funnier than Shaun, I agree with you that Shaun was better. But it was a fun film. We sort of felt the kid was trying too hard to do 'a Michael Cera' but he grew on me. I loved what seemed to be references to Dead Rising, like the the blender he pulled out early on, or even the clown at the end. Maybe I was making it up, but it sure seemed to be a bit inspired by that game.
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Shaun of the Dead has better main characters in my opinion. Harrelson is great in Zombieland, but Jesse Eisenberg plays almost the same character he did in Adventureland, and the female characters are kind of bland outside of their first appearance. Minor quibbles in an otherwise good movie, but I'm slightly more inclined toward Simon Pegg and Nick Frost debating which records to throw at the zombies slowly approaching them. :D

The cameo, though, is one of the best ever, because it's hysterical and actually works in the context of the movie instead of being, "Hey look, Tom Cruise is dropping f-bombs in a fat suit."
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Final saw Anvil:The Story of Anvil. Pretty good flick, though I think I'll take I Am Trying to Break Your Heart with Wilco over it for total entertainment.

Some recently watched flicks:

Then She Found Me - Helen Hunt directed and starred in it (man does she look old now). Seems like a total chick-flick but actually was very entertaining.

The Battle of Algiers - damn fine film making. For those that liked The Hurt Locker due to the direction, take a look at this film

The Village Barbershop - John Ratzenberger does an incredible job in a dramatic role
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webdanzer wrote:The wife and I rented 'Up in the Air' yesterday and thought it was a pretty mediocre flick. Certainly not Oscar-worthy in any way.
Agreed. I thought Wall-e was infinitely better. Too bad it didn't get nominated last year.
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I liked Zombieland. I don't know if it was a great movie but I liked it more than Shaun of the Dead. This is just me but I found Shaun to be too much of a normal zombie movie. It starts off funny but by the end it's just another zombie movie. The cameo in Zombieland is priceless.

Since we've been talking about Hurt Locker and war films I'll recommend Waltz with Bashir. Animated docu-drama about the Lebanon war. Absolutely beautiful film although be prepared for some horrific images. It's been out on dvd for a while now but I only just recently added it to my collection. If you have blu-ray it looks even more stunning.
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webdanzer wrote:The wife and I rented 'Up in the Air' yesterday and thought it was a pretty mediocre flick. Certainly not Oscar-worthy in any way.
Agreed. I thought Wall-e was infinitely better. Too bad it didn't get nominated last year.
Up in the Air was the Clooney movie I do believe; Up was the Pixar movie. I agree Wall-e was better, but I disagree it was infinitely better! Up was excellent for what it was doing, and Ed Asner was incredibly good, I thought. But yeah, Wall-e was pretty special in a lot of ways.
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Zeppo wrote: Up in the Air was the Clooney movie I do believe; Up was the Pixar movie. I agree Wall-e was better, but I disagree it was infinitely better! Up was excellent for what it was doing, and Ed Asner was incredibly good, I thought. But yeah, Wall-e was pretty special in a lot of ways.
Yeah, I was talking about the Clooney movie. I still haven't seen 'Up,' (though I've heard lots of it from the front of the minivan :) ) but my kids seem to like it a lot.
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My daughter just adores "The Princess and the Frog'.
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Zeppo wrote:
LAking wrote:
webdanzer wrote:The wife and I rented 'Up in the Air' yesterday and thought it was a pretty mediocre flick. Certainly not Oscar-worthy in any way.
Agreed. I thought Wall-e was infinitely better. Too bad it didn't get nominated last year.
Up in the Air was the Clooney movie I do believe; Up was the Pixar movie. I agree Wall-e was better, but I disagree it was infinitely better! Up was excellent for what it was doing, and Ed Asner was incredibly good, I thought. But yeah, Wall-e was pretty special in a lot of ways.
Whoops, misread that. I actually liked Up in the Air a lot. Much more than Up ;-).
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