what was the last movie you watched?
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My thoughts on Saw 3D: Don't see it if you have not seen the previous six films. I could do without the 3D feature (3D is overrated). It was not scary at all. I had no emotional attachment to the self help group and the traps were even worse (lame). Ending was cool as it was predictable, made sense but wanted more time devoted to it. John's work lead to this? Come on. Love the Saw franchise but this movie sucked.
They just need to quit making these Saw movies, I'm sure six or seven are enough. This isn't Halloween/Friday the 13th/Freddy where it's cool to have 10+ different movies of one movie. Give it a rest, they need to make another Grudge movie or something, I know number 2 came out, but it didn't get all that much hype and exposure.
Are you serious? So when is 8 supposed to come out?
Yeah, I wouldn't be surprised to tell you the truth. I don't even like them re-making classics so much like Halloween/Friday the 13th/Nightmare on Elm Street, o.k. maybe once is fine, but they made each movie, what two or three times up to this point? You know it's going to keep going. They should stop messing with these classics and let them be. It's a shame the creativity for movies has gotten worse and worse as the years progress on.
Yeah, I wouldn't be surprised to tell you the truth. I don't even like them re-making classics so much like Halloween/Friday the 13th/Nightmare on Elm Street, o.k. maybe once is fine, but they made each movie, what two or three times up to this point? You know it's going to keep going. They should stop messing with these classics and let them be. It's a shame the creativity for movies has gotten worse and worse as the years progress on.
8 would have come out next year but they cancelled it.
I thought the first was marginally inventive with a BS ending, the second was ok but the swerve came a mile away. 3rd was crap, 4th was an improvement and I didn't see 5 or 6. My real problem though was making a new one every year. I don't like to see something run into the ground like that. Same with video games these days, everything has to be recycled year in year out and you've even got heads of publishing companies say it isn't worthwhile to take on a fresh game if it doesn't have obvious long term franchiseability.
I thought the first was marginally inventive with a BS ending, the second was ok but the swerve came a mile away. 3rd was crap, 4th was an improvement and I didn't see 5 or 6. My real problem though was making a new one every year. I don't like to see something run into the ground like that. Same with video games these days, everything has to be recycled year in year out and you've even got heads of publishing companies say it isn't worthwhile to take on a fresh game if it doesn't have obvious long term franchiseability.
Like I've said, people who write these scripts these days aren't creative. They feel three parts isn't enough to a film, which usually means that's the end of that film unless a remake is in the future, other then that movies should not exceed three parts, it just never ends and after awhile, it gets annoying.
It's not about a lack of creativity, its a lack of the studios and producers willing to take risks. I mention it all the time but there is this amazing movie that you'll never see because Disney buried it called The Sweatbox about the movie that became The Emperors New Groove and its all about how Disney destroyed this potentially great Disney flick because they demanded to see exponentially increasing returns on each successive feature and this one had a few marginal test screenings. Those people got thrown out on their butts but the mindset of Hollywood remains the same 15 years later.
A Christmas Carol - the Disney version with Jim Carrey...too scary for little ones,pretty sure Walt was spinning. It was ok.
The Last Airbender - pretty much what I expected
Grown Ups - a lot better then I expected, pretty funny
Charlie St. Cloud - very depressing
I think that's it for the recent ones.
The Last Airbender - pretty much what I expected
Grown Ups - a lot better then I expected, pretty funny
Charlie St. Cloud - very depressing
I think that's it for the recent ones.
I have been watching The Polar Express a lot lately
Put it in for TJ a couple weeks ago and now he asks for it all the time. It's actually grown on me quite a bit.
My DVR schedule looks pretty empty thanks to the holiday so I'm hoping I can get some movie time in - sitting on my desk right now I've got:
Scott Pilgrim
Get Him to the Greek
Robin Hood (2010)
Sherlock Holmes
Shutter Island
Plus a few others (Rocky Horror which I've seen hundreds of times so isn't a priority).
Any advice on which to start on? I had SP highest on my list so will probably watch that tomorrow night or after work if I take a half day tomorrow.
Put it in for TJ a couple weeks ago and now he asks for it all the time. It's actually grown on me quite a bit.My DVR schedule looks pretty empty thanks to the holiday so I'm hoping I can get some movie time in - sitting on my desk right now I've got:
Scott Pilgrim
Get Him to the Greek
Robin Hood (2010)
Sherlock Holmes
Shutter Island
Plus a few others (Rocky Horror which I've seen hundreds of times so isn't a priority).
Any advice on which to start on? I had SP highest on my list so will probably watch that tomorrow night or after work if I take a half day tomorrow.
So after watching Polar Express again I did get to watch Scott Pilgrim. I really liked it between the video game geekery, the cool take on putting comic book to film and the music which was definitely lived up to the hype some bestowed upon it.
It was also a surround sound feast and woke wifey up and got me yelled at. I hope I can watch again when I have the house to myself.
I did get to watch Scott Pilgrim. I really liked it between the video game geekery, the cool take on putting comic book to film and the music which was definitely lived up to the hype some bestowed upon it.It was also a surround sound feast and woke wifey up and got me yelled at. I hope I can watch again when I have the house to myself.
Drugstore Cowboy with Matt Dillon. Good movie about 4 junkies (2 couples) that break into drugstores to steal drugs in early 1970s Portland, Oregon.
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A PBS documentary of silent movie star Mark Pickford. She was ultra famous during her silent movie career in the early 1900s and was so beautiful. She began stage acting at the very young age of 12 to support her mother, brother and sister. Shortly after she began acting in silent movies and her career took off like a rocket. Pickford founded United Artists with husband Douglas Fairbanks, Charlie Chaplin and D.W. Griffith.
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A PBS documentary of silent movie star Mark Pickford. She was ultra famous during her silent movie career in the early 1900s and was so beautiful. She began stage acting at the very young age of 12 to support her mother, brother and sister. Shortly after she began acting in silent movies and her career took off like a rocket. Pickford founded United Artists with husband Douglas Fairbanks, Charlie Chaplin and D.W. Griffith.