Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on Dec 27, 2014 22:15:08 GMT -5
TMNT Story made no sense even by 80's toy commercial standards, the characters have virtually no development, the acting is all kinds of horrible, fight scenes are badly shot, special effects are poor. The film is atrocious on every level. I almost wish Bay had directed it.
|
|
|
Post by lugnut on Dec 29, 2014 2:36:49 GMT -5
With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story (2010) - Pretty good doc on Lee. It's a bit on the fawning fanboy side, but not a bad waste of time.
Eat My Dust (1976) - Silly Roger Corman car-chase movie with Ron Howard. Not much happens worth describing, but if you like this sort of thing it's pretty decent - but only if you like this sort of thing. Once again we have a '70s movie that Netflix only has in a 4x3 open-matte transfer but crops fine to proper 16x9.
Trailer Park Boys: Don't Legalize It (2014) - Definitely for fans only, but enjoyable enough if you are one. I've never thought the TPB movies have been as good as the series is, but I think this one might be the weakest of the movie versions. Haven't watched any of the new Netflix-produced season that follows this yet.
Undercover Brother (2002) - Hadn't seen in a while, still pretty funny. Good cast and though it's more than a little broad at times, how can a movie with Billy Dee Williams singing about fried chicken and malt liquor and a man getting killed by an 8-Track tape through the head be all bad?
The Interview (2014) - Kind of amazing that this dumbass comedy, of all things, nearly set off WW3. It's funny enough, but quite stupid. The portrayal of Un is actually relatively positive for most of the flick, so I'm not even entirely sure what all the fuss was about. If you go in expecting nothing more than a silly Seth Rogen comedy, you'll enjoy it.
|
|
|
Post by Hey Man on Dec 29, 2014 2:50:34 GMT -5
With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story (2010) - Pretty good doc on Lee. It's a bit on the fawning fanboy side, but not a bad waste of time. Eat My Dust (1976) - Silly Roger Corman car-chase movie with Ron Howard. Not much happens worth describing, but if you like this sort of thing it's pretty decent - but only if you like this sort of thing. Once again we have a '70s movie that Netflix only has in a 4x3 open-matte transfer but crops fine to proper 16x9. Trailer Park Boys: Don't Legalize It (2014) - Definitely for fans only, but enjoyable enough if you are one. I've never thought the TPB movies have been as good as the series is, but I think this one might be the weakest of the movie versions. Haven't watched any of the new Netflix-produced season that follows this yet. Undercover Brother (2002) - Hadn't seen in a while, still pretty funny. Good cast and though it's more than a little broad at times, how can a movie with Billy Dee Williams singing about fried chicken and malt liquor and a man getting killed by an 8-Track tape through the head be all bad? The Interview (2014) - Kind of amazing that this dumbass comedy, of all things, nearly set off WW3. It's funny enough, but quite stupid. The portrayal of Un is actually relatively positive for most of the flick, so I'm not even entirely sure what all the fuss was about. If you go in expecting nothing more than a silly Seth Rogen comedy, you'll enjoy it. Have you seen Swearnet - where the TPB's play themselves? ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BMjM3MzU2NjM2OF5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwMTI2MzE1MjE@._V1_SX214_AL_.jpg
|
|
|
Post by lugnut on Dec 29, 2014 4:06:37 GMT -5
With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story (2010) - Pretty good doc on Lee. It's a bit on the fawning fanboy side, but not a bad waste of time. Eat My Dust (1976) - Silly Roger Corman car-chase movie with Ron Howard. Not much happens worth describing, but if you like this sort of thing it's pretty decent - but only if you like this sort of thing. Once again we have a '70s movie that Netflix only has in a 4x3 open-matte transfer but crops fine to proper 16x9. Trailer Park Boys: Don't Legalize It (2014) - Definitely for fans only, but enjoyable enough if you are one. I've never thought the TPB movies have been as good as the series is, but I think this one might be the weakest of the movie versions. Haven't watched any of the new Netflix-produced season that follows this yet. Undercover Brother (2002) - Hadn't seen in a while, still pretty funny. Good cast and though it's more than a little broad at times, how can a movie with Billy Dee Williams singing about fried chicken and malt liquor and a man getting killed by an 8-Track tape through the head be all bad? The Interview (2014) - Kind of amazing that this dumbass comedy, of all things, nearly set off WW3. It's funny enough, but quite stupid. The portrayal of Un is actually relatively positive for most of the flick, so I'm not even entirely sure what all the fuss was about. If you go in expecting nothing more than a silly Seth Rogen comedy, you'll enjoy it. Have you seen Swearnet - where the TPB's play themselves? ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BMjM3MzU2NjM2OF5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwMTI2MzE1MjE@._V1_SX214_AL_.jpgNah, I saw some thing called Swearnet Live, which I didn't think too much of, but haven't seen Swearnet: The Movie yet. Any good?
|
|
|
Post by Steve on Jan 1, 2015 22:14:16 GMT -5
Came home from a friend's place on Boxing Day with a giant grocery bag of horror flicks and have so far watched:
The Conjuring: Exorcist Lite but very well done. The potential aftermath interested me more than the story proper, enough to set my typing fingers to work.
Vacancy: Why was this made? Why did Kate Beckinsale agree to do it and why is there a sequel? Truly, madly and deeply pointless.
Insidious: Not bad despite being full of Australians. Pretty standard haunted house fare that made me all the more determined to avoid cliches when writing similar stuff.
|
|
Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on Jan 2, 2015 0:31:02 GMT -5
Insidious: Not bad despite being full of Australians. Pretty standard haunted house fare that made me all the more determined to avoid cliches when writing similar stuff. Wasn't a big fan of it. I actually enjoyed the second one a lot more, even though most consider it worse than the first.
|
|
|
Post by Cducharme on Jan 2, 2015 11:34:57 GMT -5
I liked that one myself
|
|
|
Post by lugnut on Jan 6, 2015 22:40:03 GMT -5
Dumb and Dumber To (2014) - Yeesh, this is pretty bad. The first movie hasn't held up all that well either, but this makes it look like a masterpiece. Rehashes a lot of stuff from that one, but not half as well. I can't say I didn't laugh a couple times, but this is like a desperate, flop-sweaty, dumbed-down version of the original if you can fathom that. Even the chemistry between Carrey and Daniels seems forced this time.
Romy & Michele's High School Reunion (1997) - Eh. I'd heard good things about this for a long time, and it's directed by the writer of some of my favorite Simpsons episodes (and showrunner for some of the classic seasons) David Mirkin, but this just ain't for me. Not terrible, and a handful of funny moments, but definitely a "chick flick" through and through. Maybe a cut above average by those standards, but not by any other.
The Ref (1994) - Meh again. I'd seen this years ago, but lately I've noticed it becoming a bit of a cult "holiday classic" so I figured I'd give it another look. Still as mediocre as I thought it was years ago. Denis Leary kidnaps a couple played by Kevin Spacey and an acclaimed actress you probably still don't know anyway after a failed robbery on Christmas Eve and has to deal with their bickering while evading the cops. It tries at least, but there's just not much that's all that funny here, even for a so-called "black" comedy.
Buttcrack (1998) - Yeah. Buttcrack. An incredibly stupid Troma horror-comedy (though apparently not produced by Troma) that's... actually kinda fun. A guy gets sick of his roommate, an annoying fat nerd who's constantly walking around with his ass-crack showing and repulsing him and his girlfriend. After interrupting his marriage proposal by coming home unexpectedly and shaking his ass around, the guy snaps and accidentally kills him. The victim's voodoo-practicing sister brings him back as a zombie, Mojo Nixon shows up and steals the show as a zombie-hunting Southern preacher, and... man, it's amazing how convoluted this stupid thing sounds in text considering it's only 67 minutes long. It's a terrible way to waste an hour, but somehow still enjoyable.
44 Minutes: The North Hollywood Shoot-Out (2003) - A made-for-cable movie that originally aired on FX about the infamous 1997 Bank of America robbery. Its TVM roots show through frequently, but not a bad flick for what it is at all. The version I watched was only 82 minutes though, and IMDB says it should run 20 minutes longer, so I'm not sure what was cut or different in the one I saw.
|
|
Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on Jan 7, 2015 10:21:09 GMT -5
Frontline: The Secret State of North Korea.
What a fucked up place
|
|
|
Post by Ford GT on Jan 10, 2015 22:35:47 GMT -5
My recent Redbox rentals:
Tusk - Um, WTF did I just watch?!? Overall it was good but damn the dude really is turned into a walrus! Would've been kinda funny if Kevin Smith had been able to use the Beatles song but cool he got the Fleetwood Mac song in (something Boogie Nights failed to do or maybe Hot Chocolate didn't want their song associated with a porn story?).
Guardians Of The Galaxy - FINALLY!!! This one was a pain to find in the local Redboxes and I was about to blindly purchase the movie. In the case I would've been happy with my purchase because it WAS a great movie. One I had little faith in and was shocked at the success/talk about it. Bring on part 2!
Boyhood - The concept alone made me curious to see this movie (telling a story with the same actors over a 12 year period). Overall it's good but the ending was abrupt. It left us wondering "is that it?"
|
|
|
Post by Steve on Jan 11, 2015 2:39:21 GMT -5
The Others. I should have seen this at the cinema way back when but never got around to it. This, boys and girls, is how you do a haunted house story. All the usual cliches in spades but, in the hands of a good writer/driector, they're done very well.
Tonight: Dead Ringers.
|
|
|
Post by lugnut on Jan 11, 2015 16:58:19 GMT -5
Vanished Without a Trace (1993) - An ABC TV movie based on the 1976 Chowchilla, CA. kidnapping of a school bus full of kids. It apparently originally aired under the much more TVM-appropriate title of They've Taken Our Children: The Chowchilla Kidnapping (seriously, why do all TV movies have ridiculously lengthy titles like that?). It's not bad for what it is, and the story is so ludicrous you'd write it off as too stupid to believe if it weren't true. Karl Malden gives his last film performance here, and you'll see him in his underwear way more than anyone needs to.
This Is the Zodiac Speaking (2008) - This is apparently an extra on the DVD of Fincher's Zodiac instead of a "real" feature and it kinda shows. Pretty dry doc with interviews from cops and survivors, nothing you haven't heard before if you've read or watched much about the case.
Killer Legends (2014) - Cool documentary examining a bunch of famous urban legends in an attempt to find the truth that inspired them. Made by the same guys who did Cropsey, and covering similar ground, but I liked this more. Would make a good TV series.
Happy Camp (2014) - Fairly dull found-footage horror flick disguised as a documentary, Blair Witch-style. The doc style isn't very effective, since I actually started watching this thinking it was a real documentary, but within five minutes it becomes obvious it isn't. A guy and his friends go back to his hometown where his stepbrother was mysteriously abducted 20 years prior, along with many other people who disappeared over the years. Stupid stuff follows. It's not the worst example of this kind of movie I've seen, but nothing noteworthy.
Reform School Girl (1994) - Pretty decent made-for-cable (Showtime) remake of a 1957 AIP drive-in flick. Instead of camping it up, this plays it fairly straight, and is probably the better for it. Dumb, fun exploitaiton trash that breezes by.
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns - Part 1 (2012) - Excellent animated adaptation of the Frank Miller story. Peter Weller is great as the aged Batman and the anime-influenced art style works well. Looking forward to Part 2.
|
|
|
Post by Steve on Jan 12, 2015 7:52:14 GMT -5
The 2005 remake of Amityville Horror. Much less shit than I expected, in a low calorie Shining sort of way. Tomorrow will be either Stir Of Echoes or The Cabin In The Woods.
|
|
|
Post by lugnut on Jan 13, 2015 0:53:49 GMT -5
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns - Part 2 (2013) - Just as good as the first part. I'd definitely recommend these for any Bat-fans or fans of comic movies in general, even though they're animated. Very well-done stuff.
Go Ask Alice (1973) - Ridiculous ABC TV "drug scare" movie with a mustachioed Shatner and Andy Griffith. Kinda says it all, don't it? Fun for '70s cheese, not worth much else. You can tell when Alice is about to go on a bad acid trip, because she seems to listen to "Dear Mr. Fantasy" every time.
Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth (2013) - Fairly entertaining one-man monologue from Tyson about his life, pretty candid about all his issues. This thing could definitely use subtitles though, as the dude is just plain hard to understand at many points. (Some of which could be a sound mix problem, since it just seemed to sound overly compressed and generally 'off' to me, but yeah, Tyson's speech impediment doesn't help anything either.)
Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983) - Hadn't seen in 20-some years at least. Not bad, but not that good either, and Spielberg's segment is so weak it's fucking ridiculous. Much like the show, it's the kind of thing that would be an okay time-killer on a rainy afternoon, but that's about it. Too bad people had to die to make it.
|
|
|
Post by lugnut on Jan 16, 2015 7:47:34 GMT -5
Elvis Meets Nixon (1997) - Quite entertaining made-for-Showtime "mockumentary" of sorts about the famous meeting and Elvis's road trip that led up to it. I say "of sorts" about the mockumentary thing, since it's really not attempting comedy much. It's basically a straightforward if embellished retelling of the events. The guy playing Elvis isn't bad, and the real story is ludicrous enough to keep it moving. (This one's on Youtube if anyone's interested.)
The Notorious B.I.G.: Bigger Than Life (2007) - Another day, another Biggie documentary, but this one seemed a bit better than others I've seen. Whatever. I'd say dude's life just isn't as interesting as 2Pac's was, because they've tried a bunch and still never come up with anything as good as the Tupac Resurrected doc, which I'd recommend just as a great music documentary in general even for non-fans. This one isn't bad for those with an interest in B.I.G. or hip-hop, but not really for anyone else.
Zodiac (2007) - Semi-spoiler alerts here - Well, I wasn't really blown away, but I enjoyed it. I've read and seen quite a bit about the case, but I still don't know if I'd definitively name Allen as the killer in the way the movie seems to. Who fuckin' knows. On a dork note, I loved how the movie opens with the period-appropriate late-60s Paramount logo instead of the current one. (And anyone else think the movie should have ended with Gyllenhall's character meeting Allen in the hardware store instead of carrying on to the photo-lineup scene?)
|
|
|
Post by Steve on Jan 16, 2015 19:17:31 GMT -5
Shutter Island, which I loved despite falling asleep about halfway through. I had to get up at 5:30 that morning so tradesmen could start pulling my kitchen to pieces.
|
|
|
Post by Hey Man on Jan 18, 2015 16:12:38 GMT -5
Birdman - absolutely fantastic. Deserves to win Best Picture Oscar and Michael Keaton deserves to win every award they have.
|
|
Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on Jan 19, 2015 4:21:14 GMT -5
Birdman - absolutely fantastic. Deserves to win Best Picture Oscar and Michael Keaton deserves to win every award they have. Agreed. It is brilliant on every level and the casting was perfect! Loved Norton, as well.
|
|
|
Post by Hey Man on Jan 19, 2015 5:58:38 GMT -5
It has to be said - John Wick is awesome and Keanu Reeves is actually great in it.
|
|
Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on Jan 20, 2015 4:41:51 GMT -5
Ha!!! Just watched John Wick, as well - absolutely brilliant! Keanu was amazing in it.
|
|
|
Post by Wolfman on Jan 23, 2015 0:29:32 GMT -5
Odd Thomas nothing to write home about but it is pretty good
|
|
Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on Jan 23, 2015 8:06:39 GMT -5
The Man in the High Castle -- one of the new Amazon pilots
Really good, an alternate history show set in 1962 where Japan occupies half the US and Germany the other half.
A couple other pilots sound interesting, I'll check them out this week.
|
|
Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on Jan 25, 2015 10:38:01 GMT -5
A Young Doctor's Notebook Season 1 (Netflix)
Bizarre and cool story about a doctor in the middle of nowhere Russia during the Russian Revolution. Daniel Radcliffe and Jon Hamm. The season is 4 half hour episodes. Going to watch season 2 (not on Netflix) this week.
|
|
|
Post by I'm Almost Human on Jan 30, 2015 20:07:43 GMT -5
I have been watching tons of stuff with the commentary on this week.. Most recently:
House of 1,000 Corpses & The Devils Rejects - I enjoy both of these movies and actually had an even better time with the Zombie commentary, which for some reason I have never listened to before
Jeffrey Dahmer: The Secret Life - It was pretty fun to listen to Carl Crew and David Bowen discuss the trouble they had shooting the movie and the backlash they received.
|
|
|
Post by I'm Almost Human on Feb 1, 2015 19:31:44 GMT -5
Foxcatcher - Really solid movie. Carell gives the performance of his career, very eerie. Ruffalo was fantastic and once again found himself in a role where he had the chance to show how solid he is (Zodiac). He is almost masterful at subtlety, he was a blast to watch.
|
|
|
Post by Vandelay Industries on Feb 1, 2015 21:25:30 GMT -5
'the world's end'---probably the weakest of the pegg/frost/wright trilogy, but it was still pretty enjoyable...not to mention, i have a thing for rosamund pike, lol. with the possible exception of 'from dusk to dawn', few if any movies like this one will make your head spin if you knew absolutely nothing about it ahead of time....about 30 minutes in, i started thinking "hmmm, maybe i had this flick confused with another", and all of a sudden out of nowhere, without building up any tension, "oh, never mind, there it is" bill burr: 'i'm sorry you feel that way'---another solid set, filmed at the tabernacle in atlanta, the same venue i saw him perform at the year before. probably my favorite comic right now.... 'paradise lost 3'---thanks to recently getting amazon prime, i've finally been able to watch this one. another solid documentary, although not as powerful as parts 1 & 2....then again, it'd be pretty hard to match those two, since they already informed the viewer adequately enough. definitely makes me feel glad i didn't grow up in BFE, because some of my wardrobe & listening habits might've raised some pitchforks by small-town simple folk. such a crime that terry hobbs was never a person of interest, but his blundered lawsuit on natalie maines was a spectacular "fuck you" moment in the movie....
|
|
|
Post by Hey Man on Feb 1, 2015 22:01:07 GMT -5
Spike Lee's Oldboy. Have to go back almost a decade for something of his that's not a documentary that I can stomach, still, great filmmaker who I still want to hit his old highs. This wasn't as bad as reviews said. I found it enjoyable, can't touch the original. My wife actually dug it which I was surprised at. Fun time filler. Reds, haven't seen this since, shit, maybe I was 15-16. It's rather dull and extremely pretentious. I'd have cut all the interview segments and cleaned up the first act majorly, takes forever for them to get to Russia. No Super Bowl for you?
|
|
|
Post by I'm Almost Human on Feb 2, 2015 6:59:26 GMT -5
Kill The Messenger - The true (for the most part anyways, from what I have read) story about Gary Webb and the fallout from his Dark Alliance articles that uncovered the CIA involvement in the coke explosion of the 80s. Jeremy Renner was fantastic, although I didn't much care for the movie. I felt like it was too uneven as a whole. Sometimes it felt like a solid, gritty drama and other times it felt like a cheap family drama.
Ever since I first saw Dahmer shortly after it came out I expected Renner to do huge things, but it seems like he just can't pick roles where he can really shine, and when he does he doesn't seem to have any support.
|
|
Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on Feb 9, 2015 22:49:55 GMT -5
Revenge of the Green Dragons Directed by Andrew Lau (Infernal Affairs), produced by Scorsese...what could possibly go wrong??
|
|
|
Post by lugnut on Feb 15, 2015 2:38:20 GMT -5
Concrete Cowboys (1979) - Apparently this was actually a pilot for a short-lived CBS TV series, and it shows. Jerry Reed and Tom Selleck are two morons who wind up in Nashville, get somehow mistaken for private detectives by Morgan Fairchild, unconvincingly dressed up as a mousy librarian type, who hires them to find her missing twin sister. This is like... I dunno, if you crossed Smokey & The Bandit with Magnum P.I. and threw a bit of Hee-Haw in for good measure. Also, a cameo by Ray Fucking Stevens and some of the worst day-for-night scenes in movie history. It's enjoyable for what it is.
Back to the Future (1985) - Eh, what to say? Hadn't seen in a long time, still great stuff.
Back to the Future Part II (1989) - I loved this when it came out, but over the years I've noticed people don't seem to think much of it anymore. I dunno, I still enjoyed it just fine. What I never liked was Part III, but I watched these on some cable channel and didn't feel like staying up til 2AM to catch that one and see if I've changed my mind on it.
Enquiring Minds: The Untold Story of the Man Behind the National Enquirer (2014) - Well, title pretty much says it all. Focuses more on the paper's founder, Generoso Pope, than on the paper itself. Fairly interesting look at the progression over the years, but nothing too special. What I found most interesting, and a damn shame really, is how the anthrax scare that hit the offices post-9/11 led to every single file and photo in the paper's archive being destroyed permanently after the building was declared too contaminated. 50+ years of stuff just gone.
And the Oscar Goes To... (2014) - A very lightweight TCM documentary on a bit of Oscar history and whatnot over the years. Mostly an excuse to show a lot of clips from old ceremonies and get reminiscences from actors and so forth. Enjoyable enough for a time-waster.
Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father (2008) - Pretty crazy true-crime doc that you can't say much about without blowing some of the surprise. Definitely worth a look if you're into these kinda things, and where the story winds up going is nothing if not shocking.
Red Hollywood (1996) - Not exactly a documentary as much as a look at the works of various filmmakers who wound up blacklisted for Communism in the '50s. Not much to learn about the "red scare" here, but lots of very interesting film clips illustrating the work that was being done by these folks.
Top Five (2014) - Probably Chris Rock's best film work ever, which admittedly isn't saying a lot, but this is very good. The critical raves were pretty spot-on.
Patton Oswalt: Tragedy Plus Comedy Equals Time (2014) - Top-notch stand-up as expected, not much to say.
|
|