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I thoroughly enjoyed Hunger Games but then again Battle Royale is among my most re-watchable flims. I love the dog eat dog theme. Its a great canvas for rapid character development.
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Straight out of Malloy's Top 25 Favorite Films. Don't expect to see this one breaking into my list any time soon. I don't love when main characters are psychologists/psychiatrists/whatever. It feels like begging for critical psychoanalysis, a cheap way to make the film seem deeper than it might actually be. Not that this specific movie is especially shallow, just that it doesn't quite reach the psychological/emotional depths that it wants to.
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Straight out of Malloy's Top 25 Favorite Films. Don't expect to see this one breaking into my list any time soon. I don't love when main characters are psychologists/psychiatrists/whatever. It feels like begging for critical psychoanalysis, a cheap way to make the film seem deeper than it might actually be. Not that this specific movie is especially shallow, just that it doesn't quite reach the psychological/emotional depths that it wants to.

Ordinary People relies heavily around a psychiatrist's words, but that movie works because of how smart the relationships are between the characters (like Good Will Hunting). You can make it work. Man, I love that movie. People have labled it as the movie that should have lost to Raging Bull at the Oscars, but if you strip that away it's a fine, well acted film.
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Harry Lime wrote:
The Argonaut wrote:Image
Straight out of Malloy's Top 25 Favorite Films. Don't expect to see this one breaking into my list any time soon. I don't love when main characters are psychologists/psychiatrists/whatever. It feels like begging for critical psychoanalysis, a cheap way to make the film seem deeper than it might actually be. Not that this specific movie is especially shallow, just that it doesn't quite reach the psychological/emotional depths that it wants to.

Ordinary People relies heavily around a psychiatrist's words, but that movie works because of how smart the relationships are between the characters (like Good Will Hunting). You can make it work. Man, I love that movie. People have labled it as the movie that should have lost to Raging Bull at the Oscars, but if you strip that away it's a fine, well acted film.
I like it more than Raging Bull.
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The Man With The Iron Fists. Fun.
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The Way Way Back.
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Iron Man 3.

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Man of Thai Chi, the Keanu Reeves action flick. Hilariously bad.
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Soma. wrote:Man of Thai Chi, the Keanu Reeves action flick. Hilariously bad.
Fun kung fu movie bad or bad bad?
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Some okay fight sequences but I wouldn't call it fun. Also, Keanu seems to be parodying his already underwhelming self.
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anybody seen Captain Phillips? might see it.
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BurtReynolds wrote:anybody seen Captain Phillips? might see it.
Watch the better version.
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theplatypus wrote:
BurtReynolds wrote:anybody seen Captain Phillips? might see it.
Watch the better version.
That was here a week ago. Almost saw it. I do love me some Tom Hanks, but it doesn't look that great. Doesn't help that the real life crew says its bullshit.
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I didn't check the link, but I'm hoping it's "Captain Ron".
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BurtReynolds wrote:anybody seen Captain Phillips? might see it.
waiting to see it with my dad. I hear Tom Hanks knocks it out of the park again.
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Harry Lime wrote:
BurtReynolds wrote:anybody seen Captain Phillips? might see it.
waiting to see it with my dad. I hear Tom Hanks knocks it out of the park again.
he really is a national treasure.
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I mean, I know it's Fred Krueger & all, but Nightmare on Elm Street parts 4 & 5 feature some of the most morbid shit I've ever seen.
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Harry Lime wrote:I mean, I know it's Fred Krueger & all, but Nightmare on Elm Street parts 4 & 5 feature some of the most morbid shit I've ever seen.
I love both of them. I am a big fan of the whole series, and those two along with part 3 are amazing.
Wont forget Patricia Arquette and Lisa Wilcox ever.

Just saw Blue Jasmine, the latest from Woody Allen. Its pretty good, i didnt expect something so dark from him again.
Cate Blanchette deserves an oscar..and Andrew Dice Clay is pretty good too. There is a moment in the movie with him thats priceless...i was disappointed to see Louie CK got a small part tough.

Also, The Way Way Back. Boring and predictable, full of dull moments and a bored cast. Garbage.
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VinylGuy wrote:
Harry Lime wrote:I mean, I know it's Fred Krueger & all, but Nightmare on Elm Street parts 4 & 5 feature some of the most morbid shit I've ever seen.
I love both of them. I am a big fan of the whole series, and those two along with part 3 are amazing.
Wont forget Patricia Arquette and Lisa Wilcox ever.

Have you seen any of the Hellraiser movies? I haven't. I could go for a hellraiser marathon one of these nights.
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Harry Lime wrote:
VinylGuy wrote:
Harry Lime wrote:I mean, I know it's Fred Krueger & all, but Nightmare on Elm Street parts 4 & 5 feature some of the most morbid shit I've ever seen.
I love both of them. I am a big fan of the whole series, and those two along with part 3 are amazing.
Wont forget Patricia Arquette and Lisa Wilcox ever.

Have you seen any of the Hellraiser movies? I haven't. I could go for a hellraiser marathon one of these nights.
I saw the first 4 movies. The first part is a classic, Clive Barker at his finest...and Doug Bradley too.
The second is ok, the third is boring and the fourth one should have been great, but had a lot of problems during production and its final result is a mess.
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