What movie did you watch today?

cascarrabias · Post by **cascarrabias** » Fri Aug 22, 2008 1:43 pm

The Taking Of Pelham One Two Three - Pretty good. Matthau was fantastic. Love that last shot.

The Professionals - How could a western with Lee Marvin, Woody Strode, Burt Lancaster, Jack Palance as a lunatic Mexican and Robert Ryan be so meh? Very average. Very disappointing.

A Day At The Races - My least favorite Marx Brothers movie. And what's with those out of place all black song and dance numbers?

drizzle · Post by **drizzle** » Fri Aug 22, 2008 1:46 pm

cascarrabias wrote: The Professionals - How could a western with Lee Marvin, Woody Strode, Burt Lancaster, Jack Palance as a lunatic Mexican and Robert Ryan be so meh? Very average. Very disappointing.

i just picked it up used at kims, was really looking forward to it

cascarrabias · Post by **cascarrabias** » Fri Aug 22, 2008 2:29 pm

Same here. Seemed like it was a sure thing. Very bland. Even the action was meh. Wish I never saw it.

slimebucato · Post by **slimebucato** » Fri Aug 22, 2008 2:35 pm

dark city - awesome

Monotonous · Post by **Monotonous** » Sat Aug 23, 2008 5:07 pm

The Protector

Finally got around to watching it as ive had the dvd for like 6 months+

Fucking amazing...the 10 minutes scene where he keeps going up the steps fucking people up WITHOUT the camera cutting is one of the illest scenes ive ever seen in a movie

got me looking forward to Ong Bak 2...which yall said they were making

LilLeftBrain · Post by **LilLeftBrain** » Sun Aug 24, 2008 1:09 am

Can She Bake A Cherry Pie?

Had no clue why I had this on my queue,
I found out why via a twenty-second Larry David cameo,.
He didn't really provide any laughs, but that's preeeety much why I rented it.

Movie was decent.
Pretty much Woody Allen-lite.

worth watching

Icesickle · Post by **Icesickle** » Sun Aug 24, 2008 8:17 am

Network

Never been a big fan of Syndey Lumet, and this doesn't help. It's a great script, and has some good performances, but this is the kind of script that should have been relegated the stage. People don't talk in 5 minute monologues. Lumet's direction is underwhelming to say the least.

Moolah · Post by **Moolah** » Sun Aug 24, 2008 9:23 am

Pineapple Express 3/10

Hot mess of a movie. Kinda laughed throughout most of it but it was really fucking stupid and weird.

Spartan · Post by **Spartan** » Sun Aug 24, 2008 10:03 am

Pump Up The Volume

Formulaic and predictable movie but quite honestly a guilty pleasure of mine and probably my fave Christian Slater movie. I prefer Samantha Mathis as a blonde but the titty shot was most welcome. I enjoyed the beginning of the movie as it gets really ridiculous towards the end, might have to do with how fucking gullible and annoying the teens get mostly.

drizzle · Post by **drizzle** » Sun Aug 24, 2008 1:49 pm

Icesickle wrote:Network

Never been a big fan of Syndey Lumet, and this doesn't help. It's a great script, and has some good performances, but this is the kind of script that should have been relegated the stage. People don't talk in 5 minute monologues. Lumet's direction is underwhelming to say the least.

shine on you crazy diamond

cascarrabias · Post by **cascarrabias** » Sun Aug 24, 2008 5:34 pm

Network is one of the greatest movies of all time.

360 · Post by **360** » Sun Aug 24, 2008 5:54 pm

I watched Sun Chaser with Woody Harrleson and some other not necessarily good actor today.

I don't know why.

Trademark · Post by **Trademark** » Mon Aug 25, 2008 10:52 am

drizzle wrote:
Icesickle wrote:Network

Never been a big fan of Syndey Lumet, and this doesn't help. It's a great script, and has some good performances, but this is the kind of script that should have been relegated the stage. People don't talk in 5 minute monologues. Lumet's direction is underwhelming to say the least.
shine on you crazy diamond

Comedy Quaddafi · Post by **Comedy Quaddafi** » Mon Aug 25, 2008 11:17 am

I saw Inland Empire and really liked it because the people I saw it with pretended to "get it" LOL.

The scenes where she has a gypsy-spell on her or whatever towards the late middle are excellent though.

Website · Post by **Random Sample** » Mon Aug 25, 2008 11:33 am

I watched three movies this weekend.

1. Art of War II - This shit was so bad, but not in a good way. Just a shitty movie all around. I usually enjoy Wesley Pipes' straight to video releases, but this one was beyond terrible.

2. Hard Boiled - I finally picked up the Dragon Dynasty version of this movie last week. What a great fucking movie. I forgot how much I loved this fucking thing. I am going on record to say that Hard Boiled is the greatest action movie of all time.

3. Trailer Park Boys - It is like the 5th time I have watched. I love this show so damn much. The movie isn't as good as the show, but their is some great cussing in the movie that gets me rolling.

drizzle · Post by **drizzle** » Mon Aug 25, 2008 12:08 pm

Random Sample wrote: I am going on record to say that Hard Boiled is the greatest action movie of all time.

i would easily agree with this

cascarrabias · Post by **cascarrabias** » Mon Aug 25, 2008 12:55 pm

Yeah. Can't think of a better one.

StormShadow · Post by **StormShadow** » Mon Aug 25, 2008 11:36 pm

die hard

drizzle · Post by **drizzle** » Tue Aug 26, 2008 12:30 am

StormShadow wrote:die hard

2

StormShadow · Post by **StormShadow** » Tue Aug 26, 2008 12:39 am

1 (note that I used to think Hard Boiled was the best action movie ever but then I watched Dragon Dynasty's version [after not having watched HB in probably 5 years] and... well... die hard)

drizzle · Post by **drizzle** » Tue Aug 26, 2008 12:42 am

dragon dynasty version is shit
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have you ever seen it on a big screen?

cascarrabias · Post by **cascarrabias** » Tue Aug 26, 2008 10:16 am

Icesickle wrote:Never been a big fan of Syndey Lumet, and this doesn't help.

I feel the opposite. The more I see of Lumet's early work the more I think he's criminally underrated. 12 Angry Men. His stuff with Sean Connery. Plus of course Serpico. Dog Day. Murder On The Orient Express. The Wiz. I need to see The Verdict still. Dude has an enormous filmography. I haven't even skimmed the surface of his early TV work.

Website · Post by **Random Sample** » Tue Aug 26, 2008 11:11 am

drizzle wrote:dragon dynasty version is shit

What's different with the Dragon Dynasty version? I haven't watched this movie in 10 years.

drizzle · Post by **drizzle** » Tue Aug 26, 2008 11:13 am

Random Sample wrote:
drizzle wrote:dragon dynasty version is shit
What's different with the Dragon Dynasty version? I haven't watched this movie in 10 years.

It was a reactionary post mostly, but they did fuck up on the transfer and the subtitles somewhat. It definitely wasn't the definitive version they promised, and oddly enough it wasn't even the version they briefly toured at festivals to promote the new dvd

Spartan · Post by **Spartan** » Tue Aug 26, 2008 11:25 am

Hardboiled comparisons.

http://caps-a-holic.com/vergleich.php?vergleichID=114

Website · Post by **Random Sample** » Tue Aug 26, 2008 11:29 am

drizzle wrote:
Random Sample wrote:
drizzle wrote:dragon dynasty version is shit
What's different with the Dragon Dynasty version? I haven't watched this movie in 10 years.
It was a reactionary post mostly, but they did fuck up on the transfer and the subtitles somewhat. It definitely wasn't the definitive version they promised, and oddly enough it wasn't even the version they briefly toured at festivals to promote the new dvd

Oh ok, because I thought they changed something in the movie. I didn't think anything was different. The last time I watched it, it was a dubbed version on VHS.

StormShadow · Post by **StormShadow** » Tue Aug 26, 2008 5:11 pm

drizzle wrote:dragon dynasty version is shit
/
have you ever seen it on a big screen?

no, but I haven't seen die hard on a big screen either

drizzle · Post by **drizzle** » Tue Aug 26, 2008 5:51 pm

still, i don't know how you can front on the tracking shot, and the fact that the last shootout is 40 minutes long

StormShadow · Post by **StormShadow** » Tue Aug 26, 2008 5:58 pm

FUCK

I HAVE seen die hard on the big screen and it was only a couple years ago too pwnt ftw omg

and I'm not fronting on hard boiled I just no longer think it's better than die hard

certainly it has way better action sequences though

don't waste your time arguing with me though since I'll probably have changed my mind again by this time next year anyway

drizzle · Post by **drizzle** » Tue Aug 26, 2008 6:22 pm

StormShadow wrote: certainly it has way better action sequences though

this is actually the main point of my argument, so i'm fine leaving it at that

which movie is better all around is indeed debatable, and the answer might hinge simply on what the viewer wants or expects from his action movies

I'm a big fan of the super-serious ott melodromatic john woo style, so hardboiled is a better fit to my taste. At the same time I can easily see how these very qualities might be a turn off to others.

for the record I do love both like my own children