what was the last movie you watched?
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If you like that, "Hero" and "House Flying Daggers" are similar martial arts films by the same director, Zhang Yimou. His earlier films were generally more intimate character studies with zero action, but everything by him is absolutely masterful and visually stunning. In my book, only Kurosawa and Hitchcock can match his hit rate.
I should also add how amazing I find it that he's been able to create such art under constant government oppression, and that the vast majority of his films feature the beautiful Gong Li.
I should also add how amazing I find it that he's been able to create such art under constant government oppression, and that the vast majority of his films feature the beautiful Gong Li.
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I'm probably gonna be seeing this one regardless of the bad reviews. Should be self-explanatory as to why 
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Saw GI Joe the other night, and man talk about cheesy. Crazy action scenes and a few funny moments, but very cheesy in some parts. Never watched the cartoon either so I didn't know many of the characters or the story
.Saw GI Joe the other night, and man talk about cheesy. Crazy action scenes and a few funny moments, but very cheesy in some parts. Never watched the cartoon either so I didn't know many of the characters or the story
For those of you with Princesses:
Hannah Montana. Saw it, watched my 2 yr old diva sing and dance (BTW, are you all as shocked as I am that Billy Ray has actually become a decent actor?), scorching hot Taylor Swift makes a cameo. Jackson (Miley's brother), makes that show go. That's a pretty funny kid.
It was not a waste of time, if you got a crazy Hannah lovin' daughter like me.
Hannah Montana. Saw it, watched my 2 yr old diva sing and dance (BTW, are you all as shocked as I am that Billy Ray has actually become a decent actor?), scorching hot Taylor Swift makes a cameo. Jackson (Miley's brother), makes that show go. That's a pretty funny kid.
It was not a waste of time, if you got a crazy Hannah lovin' daughter like me.
I'm probably gonna be seeing this one regardless of the bad reviews. Should be self-explanatory as to why .
Saw GI Joe the other night, and man talk about cheesy. Crazy action scenes and a few funny moments, but very cheesy in some parts. Never watched the cartoon either so I didn't know many of the characters or the story
.Saw GI Joe the other night, and man talk about cheesy. Crazy action scenes and a few funny moments, but very cheesy in some parts. Never watched the cartoon either so I didn't know many of the characters or the story
One thing that was really annoying was that if it really was a movie pitched to "gamers" they wouldn't need to explain everything. Use ping and gibs and whatever else they had and people will figure it out. If you are pitching a movie to mechanics you wouldn't need to explain what bolts and nuts and pistons do, would you? It's like they are intentionally making a movie to make Jack Thompson mad, and that's fine, but at least make it a good movie if that is what you want to do.
It is violent, including to women, some nudity but not really any point to it (playing to the gamers stereotype that they will do anything to see a partially naked woman), some gamers as disgusting fat slobs living in basements (again, playing on bad stereotypes), lots of blood and guts that really isn't necessary, but most of all, just not a movie done well.
The commercials to Gamer look so bad I can't imagine anyone wanting to see it. Thanks for sitting through it Warhawk.
I watched The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford last night. Kind of starts off slow but well worth it in the end. Rich character development that really shows multiple angles to a story and characters that has received a pretty one sided re-telling for the last 100 years or so.
I watched The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford last night. Kind of starts off slow but well worth it in the end. Rich character development that really shows multiple angles to a story and characters that has received a pretty one sided re-telling for the last 100 years or so.
"The Boondock Saints"
Its got that overused "Vigilante" theme(good guys killing bad guys) that alot of other movies have (especially Charles Bronson movies), but it was still a great watch.
This movie was done in 1999, and the sequel is actually coming out this october. Im def going to see that one in theaters.
Its got that overused "Vigilante" theme(good guys killing bad guys) that alot of other movies have (especially Charles Bronson movies), but it was still a great watch.
This movie was done in 1999, and the sequel is actually coming out this october. Im def going to see that one in theaters.
If you have Netflix watch "Overnight", its available on Netflix on demand. Its the documentary of the making of Boondock Saints and is very interesting. It provides plenty of insight why its taken 10 years+ for him to get a second movie done. When I worked in Hollywood I thought "the rules" seemed a bit silly but always followed them because I liked what I was doing. Overnight is a good lesson in what happens when you think you are above them.
No one's gonna believe this, but I just watched Jerry Maguire for the first time last night. Never had a real desire to see it, and I guess I know why now. There were a couple of funny moments, a couple of good lines, problem is I had seen all of them already. I liked the kid, Ray. Best character in the movie. But this one goes down as "Overrated" in my book.