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E.H. Ruddock wrote:I thought Chronicle was a turd. Sorry lenny.
not enough explosions?
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lennytheweedwhacker wrote:
E.H. Ruddock wrote:I thought Chronicle was a turd. Sorry lenny.
not enough explosions?
What? I generally hate too many explosions. That newer Superman movie sucked because of it. And Arrival was the best alien-themed movie in over a decade, so you must have me confused with someone else.
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E.H. Ruddock wrote:
lennytheweedwhacker wrote:
E.H. Ruddock wrote:I thought Chronicle was a turd. Sorry lenny.
not enough explosions?
What? I generally hate too many explosions. That newer Superman movie sucked because of it. And Arrival was the best alien-themed movie in over a decade, so you must have me confused with someone else.
i'm just messing with you :)
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lennytheweedwhacker wrote:
E.H. Ruddock wrote:
lennytheweedwhacker wrote:
E.H. Ruddock wrote:I thought Chronicle was a turd. Sorry lenny.
not enough explosions?
What? I generally hate too many explosions. That newer Superman movie sucked because of it. And Arrival was the best alien-themed movie in over a decade, so you must have me confused with someone else.
i'm just messing with you :)
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I liked Chronicle. Not great, but interesting
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The Argonaut wrote:I liked Chronicle. Not great, but interesting
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I thought the ending fight sequence of Chronicle was well done. The rest of the movie was just ok, it's "teen lit" roots were showing.
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Watched the Tarzan movie this weekend. What a bland everything. And the joke choices...why did you put a joke in there about a grown man licking a gorilla's nuts? And then call back to it at the end with the bro hug joke? WTF were they thinking.

The part where Waltz and Robbie were eating had a joke(?) that you'd only get if you were very familiar with Victorian eating niceties: if you didn't like your meal you left your silverware on the plate. She did this, and Waltz's character huffily took her silverware and put them on the side of her plate, which is what you do if you enjoyed the meal. I appreciate the attention to detail, but I didn't get it until I just happened to be reading the IMDB page.

Lots of individual parts that seemed interesting but the whole was just so underwhelming.
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Never saw that one. I think apes make me uncomfortable.
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i had no desire to see that one, but a friend wanted to go...i zoned out of it pretty quickly
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bune wrote:Watched the Tarzan movie this weekend. What a bland everything. And the joke choices...why did you put a joke in there about a grown man licking a gorilla's nuts? And then call back to it at the end with the bro hug joke? WTF were they thinking.

The part where Waltz and Robbie were eating had a joke(?) that you'd only get if you were very familiar with Victorian eating niceties: if you didn't like your meal you left your silverware on the plate. She did this, and Waltz's character huffily took her silverware and put them on the side of her plate, which is what you do if you enjoyed the meal. I appreciate the attention to detail, but I didn't get it until I just happened to be reading the IMDB page.

Lots of individual parts that seemed interesting but the whole was just so underwhelming.
Didn't hate this, but it's pretty forgettable overall
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lennytheweedwhacker wrote:i had no desire to see that one, but a friend wanted to go...i zoned out of it pretty quickly
the same person just sent me a text about seeing the magnificent seven...ugh

to make matters worse, i don't really even like the person that much
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BurtReynolds wrote:Never saw that one. I think apes make me uncomfortable.
There's actually less ape action than you'd think, It was more in the flashbacks than in the 'present'-day parts. Though that's hardly a reason to decide to see it.

Thank God for libraries, I'm seeing a ton of crappy movies this year for free because of them.
Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials
Fantastic Four (2015)
Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox
Justice League: War
Avengers Grimm
The Divergent Series: Allegiant
Joy
The Underdogs
Jupiter Ascending
After Earth
Gods of Egypt
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2
Ghostbusters (2016)
Now You See Me 2
The Angry Birds Movie
The 5th Wave
The Legend of Tarzan
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yeah i don't want to see a single one of those movies.

Except maybe Gods of Egypt.
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bune wrote:
BurtReynolds wrote:Never saw that one. I think apes make me uncomfortable.
There's actually less ape action than you'd think, It was more in the flashbacks than in the 'present'-day parts. Though that's hardly a reason to decide to see it.

Thank God for libraries, I'm seeing a ton of crappy movies this year for free because of them.
Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials
Fantastic Four (2015)
Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox
Justice League: War
Avengers Grimm
The Divergent Series: Allegiant
Joy
The Underdogs
Jupiter Ascending
After Earth
Gods of Egypt
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2
Ghostbusters (2016)
Now You See Me 2
The Angry Birds Movie
The 5th Wave
The Legend of Tarzan
I've seen more on this list than I care to admit
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tragabigzanda wrote:
bune wrote:
BurtReynolds wrote:Never saw that one. I think apes make me uncomfortable.
There's actually less ape action than you'd think, It was more in the flashbacks than in the 'present'-day parts. Though that's hardly a reason to decide to see it.

Thank God for libraries, I'm seeing a ton of crappy movies this year for free because of them.
Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials
Fantastic Four (2015)
Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox
Justice League: War
Avengers Grimm
The Divergent Series: Allegiant
Joy
The Underdogs
Jupiter Ascending
After Earth
Gods of Egypt
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2
Ghostbusters (2016)
Now You See Me 2
The Angry Birds Movie
The 5th Wave
The Legend of Tarzan
Every single one of those looks absymal!
The real trick is picking the worst. I'd have to say it's a tie between Joy and Avengers Grimm. Joy has the slight edge of it's a complete crap movie from some (sometimes) talented people but Avengers Grimm is from The Asylum and stars Casper Van Dien and Lou Ferrigno and several softcore models.
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At least Jupiter Ascending is in there.
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i guess i'm going to see the magnificent seven tonight...maybe it will at least be somewhat fun
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I saw Bad Santa 2 and thought it was pretty hilarious.
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