Movie Talk

[UncleRJ]

The Mrs. is out of town and it is a free movie weekend on DirecTV.

Cold Beer and hot pizza and I am set!

Just taking a break from watching Django Unchained.

The part with all of the clan members getting ready to go on a raid is PRICELESS!

Right up there with the cowboys eating beans around the campfire in Blazing Saddles.

 

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Watching Into The Woods and really enjoying it. I love a good musical.

 

[No Ash More Cash]

Something I was part of in the 80's... (Crazy times)...Going to watch this again later tonight
The Football Factory

 

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Going to watch A Most Violent Year.

 

[No Ash More Cash]

20/20 Investigative Reporting/ Documentary
Just watched this...Anyone with Kids please watch..You'll be shocked about Education in the US

Stupid in America

 

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Man I'm really missing The Pirate Bay

 

[No Ash More Cash]

A question to all you movie buffs...Do you think Remakes of Old shows to movies or Just remakes of old movies ever work?...I just found out they are making a old UK show (Dad's Army) in to a movie and what I know from previous ventures like this they NEVER work IMO...What do you guys think?... The remakes of “Arthur” (2011) and “Clash of the Titans” (2010) just to name two were Horrible... if you know any that you think worked they are also welcome...Also why do you think they do this...Ran out of ideas, lazy...etc?

 

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A question to everyone...Do you think Remakes of Old shows to movies or Just remakes of old movies ever work?...I just found out they are making a old UK show (Dad's Army) in to a movie and what I know from previous ventures like this they NEVER work IMO...What do you guys think?... The remakes of “Arthur” (2011) and “Clash of the Titans” (2010) were Horrible if you know any that you think worked they are also welcome

Very rarely do they work. John Carpenter's The Thing worked. But I've never seen any movies based on TV shows work as entertainment or even produce at the box office (maybe except for 21 Jump Street) so I wonder why they keep on doing it. I'm waiting for a Gilligan's Island movie.

 

[No Ash More Cash]

Very rarely do they work. John Carpenter's The Thing worked. But I've never seen any movies based on TV shows work as entertainment or even produce at the box office (maybe except for 21 Jump Street) so I wonder why they keep on doing it. I'm waiting for a Gilligan's Island movie.

I know... very rarely if that!...it's only a matter of time before Gilligan's Island...I just looked this up about 21 jump street "Domestic Total Gross: $191,719,337"...As you know sometimes it's just the actors who bring in the crowds...I'm thinking that was the case there

 

[Huckleberried]

Some may not agree, but I did like The A-Team movie. Typically, no. I'd rather not see re-makes of classics. The Wizard of Oz, Willy Wonka. I refuse to watch the newer ones.

 

[No Ash More Cash]

Also I think for the older folks who remember the original shows/movie it's curiosity to see how it's going to hold up to the original

 

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I know... very rarely if that!...it's only a matter of time before Gilligan's Island...I just looked this up about 21 jump street "Domestic Total Gross: $191,719,337"...As you know sometimes it's just the actors who bring in the crowds...I'm thinking that was the case there

The 21 Jump Street movies did make me laugh, but the 21 Jump Street TV show wasn't a comedy. I wonder why they do that, turn TV dramas into film comedies. Starchy and Hutch comes to mind. Also the remake of the movie Stepford Wives which was a very creepy movie turned into a lame comedy starring Mathew Broderick (honestly one of my least favorite actors of all time). And then they put Mathew Broderick in one of the Godzilla remakes, wtf? I'm not sure if you can consider Scarface a remake, it was VERY loosely based on the original Scarface but really had nothing to do with it at all. The worst remake I've seen lately was Evil Dead remake, so shitty.

 

[No Ash More Cash]

Some may not agree, but I did like The A-Team movie. Typically, no. I'd rather not see re-makes of classics. The Wizard of Oz, Willy Wonka. I refuse to watch the newer ones.

I didn't watch the remake of the A-Team...was it a goof on the original?...Goofs can work it's when they do a Identical that's when for the most part it's Horrible

 

[No Ash More Cash]

The 21 Jump Street movies did make me laugh, but the 21 Jump Street TV show wasn't a comedy. I wonder why they do that, turn TV dramas into film comedies. Starchy and Hutch comes to mind. Also the remake of the movie Stepford Wives which was a very creepy movie turned into a lame comedy starring Mathew Broderick (honestly one of my least favorite actors of all time). And then they put Mathew Broderick in one of the Godzilla remakes, wtf? I'm not sure if you can consider Scarface a remake, it was VERY loosely based on the original Scarface but really had nothing to do with it at all. The worst remake I've seen lately was Evil Dead remake, so shitty.

I didn't see this when I posted my last post...See that was a goof 21 Jump street that is

 

[No Ash More Cash]

Another remake that was horrible “The Karate Kid” (2010)

 

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Another remake that was horrible “The Karate Kid” (2010)

But then you have remakes of foreign films that sometimes work, like Infernal Affairs remade as the brilliant The Departed, and then sometimes you have foreign films that are remade frame by frame identically and you have to wonder what's the point when you can just watch the original one, like The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo or Let the Right One In.

 

[No Ash More Cash]

But then you have remakes of foreign films that sometimes work, like Infernal Affairs remade as the brilliant The Departed, and then sometimes you have foreign films that are remade frame by frame identically and you have to wonder what's the point when you can just watch the original one, like The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo or Let the Right One In.

Here is a list of UK shows that were remade for the US ordnance .. you'll will be quite shocked on how many ...Even All in the family was remade...Very few US shows are remade for a UK ordnance...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_American_television_series_based_on_British_television_series

 

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Here is a list of UK shows that were remade for the US ordnance .. you'll will be quite shocked on how many ...Even All in the family was remade...Very few US shows are remade for a UK ordnance
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_American_television_series_based_on_British_television_series

The worst attempt had to have been The Inbetweeners. Lol.

 

[No Ash More Cash]

And to be fair..US shows converted to UK shows...A lot of them are Games shows...so it's kinda of a good reason...But still this list is a fraction of the other list
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_British_television_series_based_on_American_television_series

 

[No Ash More Cash]

The worst attempt had to have been The Inbetweeners. Lol.

lol... yes and coupling...That was word for word...I know because I did compare them... not one word was different...I mean come on...what was the point???

 

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I gotto go shovel talk to you later Ash Cash.

 

[No Ash More Cash]

I gotto go shovel talk to you later Ash Cash.

Later vaperature...Just rain here

 

[zaroba]

I'm waiting for a Gilligan's Island movie.

There are already a few: IMDB - Gilligan's Island
Unless you just mean remakes of them.

Main thing to remember is the crowd. While older people may know a movie is a remake and may be able to compare it to an earlier version, a younger person wont know it's a remake or may not have seen or like the original. There is far more money to be made from teenagers attracted to flashy graphics then there is from older films that weren't made with the technology we have today.

 

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There are already a few: IMDB - Gilligan's Island
Unless you just mean remakes of them.

Main thing to remember is the crowd. While older people may know a movie is a remake and may be able to compare it to an earlier version, a younger person wont know it's a remake or may not have seen or like the original. There is far more money to be made from teenagers attracted to flashy graphics then there is from older films that weren't made with the technology we have today.

You just explained why Lone Ranger bombed.

 

[zaroba]

Just finished watching Dracula the Untold Story
Nice movie. Will definitely be something I watch more then once.

 

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Just finished watching Dracula the Untold Story
Nice movie. Will definitely be something I watch more then once.

I watched 30 Days of Night last night. Very scary movie. Almost as scary as The Descent.

 

[zaroba]

I watched 30 Days of Night last night. Very scary movie. Almost as scary as The Descent.

Don't forget to watch the 2nd 30 days of night movie.
Seen the 2nd Descent movie yet? I thought it was as good as the first.

 

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Don't forget to watch the 2nd 30 days of night movie.
Seen the 2nd Descent movie yet? I thought it was as good as the first.

Thanks for the tip. I didn't think the second Descent was as good as the first but it was still pretty damn good and scary.

 

[Huckleberried]

We need a good scary movie to watch, I'll make note of those, thanks.

 

[zaroba]

The 'wrong turn' series is a nice action horror. It's about a severely inbred family living in the wilderness and kidnapping unsuspecting travelers to torture, rape, and eat them. 6 movies released between 2003 and 2014.

Another movie with a similar setup is The Hills Have Eyes series. I haven't seen the original 1977 movie, but it was remade in 2006 and a 2nd movie was released in 2007. A family stayed in the Navada desert despite nuclear testing and the radiation combined with massive inbreeding turned the family into a small community of mutated people that kidnaps unsuspecting travelers to torture, rape, and eat them.

 

[Huckleberried]

I think I saw that one. The original. Can't remember, lol.

 

[No Ash More Cash]

Just watched Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson( Trailer below) ...I find him very fascinating...Forget the movie fear and Loathing...Bill Murry did a better job in Where the Buffalo Roam

 

[Joshua Iles]

Wonder if I'm the only one but my movie choices are mostly old obscure kung fu flicks. Yeah Bruce Lee's were good, but he only did so few. I catch myself all the time going thru Hulu and watching these old 60s and 70s flicks with dubbed voices and lots of fighting and really scratched video. Me likey, not real big on the newer stuff cuz most of it is just subtitles anymore. I actually think the story lines on some of them are pretty good, if a bit Corny. Case in point the original drunken master with Jackie Chan, funny and entertaining.

 

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Despite the rather stupid movie title, Escobar: Paradise Lost is a damn good film. It's very suspenseful and realistic. The only implausibility in it is that the Canadians who set up shop on a beach in Colombia are so whimpy. I doubt anyone as whimpy as these characters would have the guts to leap right into the middle of a jungle ruled by c*caine cartels like that. But luckily the two whimpiest of them don't have a lot of screen time and the main protagonist, who starts out pretty whimpy and who falls in love with Escobar's niece, while always giving surprised and stand-offish looks to the goings on around her that should have raised everyone's suspicion right from the starts, slowly progresses into kind of a bad-ass by the end; and although it's no trek through FarCry 3, his transformation from a helpless victim into someone who finally stands up for himself has a great momentum that pays off in the end. Benicio del Toro is nothing short of superb as Escobar, ominously talking in riddles behind which are his murderous intentions. The cinematography is also superb, giving this film a similar feel to any number of classic gangster films. But the best part of this film is that it skips all the Hollywood cliches. There's no happy ending for anyone. It's as pessimistic as The Counselor. Nobody is spared the cruelty, not even the children. There's no walking away into the sunset to live happily ever after. It's the real deal, a portrait of what happens when evil gains ultimate power and convinces itself that it is good.

 

[Petyr]

I was wondering whether Escobar: Paradise Lost was worth it, but it seems is a good flick and I will definitely see it.

And I will recomment to anyone Monsters (2010). You can tell that they didn't had much of a budget, and the general conception is a bit overused as of late. I had my doubts about it, it seemed boring, but the whole movie is amazing. It's slow paced and has a nostalgic note to it but for anyone who loves sci fi is a movie worth watching.

 

[No Ash More Cash]

Just watched The Theory of Everything last night and liked it...A few times had to go back to see what he said when he got bad ...I have seen this before and I'm a big fan of Richard Dawkins ..... I have twisted my wifes arm to watch it with me tonight..She's not really in to DOC's
Richard Dawkins -The God Delusion
In full

 

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I have a feeling this is going to be one boring Academy Award show this year. About twelve movies dominate the entire list

http://variety.com/2015/film/news/o...-full-list-academy-award-nominees-1201405517/

 

[No Ash More Cash]

I have a feeling this is going to be one boring Academy Award show this year. About twelve movies dominate the entire list

http://variety.com/2015/film/news/o...-full-list-academy-award-nominees-1201405517/

I find all them Award shows boring...The only one that were good was when Ricky Gervais hosted them...Some funny shit!

 

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About to watch The Theory of Everything

 

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Finally finished watching The Theory of Everything last night. It's a pretty good movie, worth watching, but at the same time it's a bit disappointing. The title of the movie suggests that more attention would be given to Hawking's actual theory, but this entire movie is about his relationship with his wife, and even in that it falls short of the sentimentality needed to carry a good love story. They get together so quickly that we really don't understand his wife's attraction to him or why she falls so deeply in love with him so immediately that she's willing to sacrifice the rest of her life taking care of a severely handicapped person. I don't mind a good love story, but then call it The Theory of Love or something. Hawking isn't portrayed as especially brilliant. Sure, there's a few scenes where he wins an award, presents his theories to his peers and receives praise, writes his famous book, but these things just happen in the film in a matter of seconds and then they are over and we're back to his wife spoon feeding him or what the next upgrade to his wheelchair is going to be. We're never really allowed inside his mind to get a sense of the brilliance that is going on. I give Eddie Redmayne huge props for pulling off the acting job that he did, but doing so within the confines of such a lazy script makes this a rather good story about a disabled person who is lucky enough to have someone who loves and cares for him, but not a good movie about Stephen Hawking.

 

[No Ash More Cash]

Finally finished watching The Theory of Everything last night. It's a pretty good movie, worth watching, but at the same time it's a bit disappointing. The title of the movie suggests that more attention would be given to Hawking's actual theory, but this entire movie is about his relationship with his wife, and even in that it falls short of the sentimentality needed to carry a good love story. They get together so quickly that we really don't understand his wife's attraction to him or why she falls so deeply in love with him so immediately that she's willing to sacrifice the rest of her life taking care of a severely handicapped person. I don't mind a good love story, but then call it The Theory of Love or something. Hawking isn't portrayed as especially brilliant. Sure, there's a few scenes where he wins an award, presents his theories to his peers and receives praise, writes his famous book, but these things just happen in the film in a matter of seconds and then they are over and we're back to his wife spoon feeding him or what the next upgrade to his wheelchair is going to be. We're never really allowed inside his mind to get a sense of the brilliance that is going on. I give Eddie Redmayne huge props for pulling off the acting job that he did, but doing so within the confines of such a lazy script makes this a rather good story about a disabled person who is lucky enough to have someone who loves and cares for him, but not a good movie about Stephen Hawking.

Remember This is Hollywood and a film for the ma$$e$ ..If it was going to be about his actual theorys it would go over 99% of peoples heads...Love stories are(Bad pun coming) Universal

 

[Jah]

My gf and I just watched "Frank" last night. I really really enjoyed it. Great film....plus I love me some Maggie Gylenhal 8)

 

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My gf and I just watched "Frank" last night. I really really enjoyed it. Great film....plus I love me some Maggie Gylenhal 8)

Is that the movie about the rock star who wears a big fake head?

 

[Jah]

Is that the movie about the rock star who wears a big fake head?

Thats it, very good movie, i even kind of like the music in it.

 

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Thats it, very good movie, i even kind of like the music in it.

Thanks for the tip. Will check it out when I get the chance.

 

[zaroba]

Was in the mood for an older movie, so watched Richie Rich this morning. Then I watched The Maze Runner (again, maybe the 4th or 5th time). Just finished watching the first Fantastic Four, now going to watch the 2nd Fantastic Four

 

[NXX.SXPXRNX]

Unbroken was an excellent movie made me teary-eyed at some parts.

The way the main character transformed through the movie from a delinquent to a patriotic, athlete was inspiring.

 

[pjerzy]

I saw American sniper on Friday. Was a great movie. Never saw a movie that after it was over the entire place walked out in silence. If you haven't seen it, you should plan to see it.


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[jack]

Saw Unbroken and American Sniper both good movies .

 

[Jah]

Just watched "Better Living Through Chemistry", was pretty good. Nice and light/quirky. Sam Rockwell is great in it.