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Post by arcticdouche on Dec 27, 2013 3:21:35 GMT -5
Stoker - Full Price. There's a great scene involving masturbation to the thought of someone's neck being broken, so needless to say, I could really relate to this film.
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Post by wrucebayne on Dec 27, 2013 4:59:01 GMT -5
Immortals - Matinee. Avoided it for years because it's makers were associated with 300 and I was tired of all the wannabe's that came after it, finally said "fuck it" and watched it, not bad - in some aspects I think it surpassed 300, especially in it's visuals. Kinda wish I saw it when it was on the big screen.
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Post by PoopaPapaPalpatine on Dec 27, 2013 13:56:23 GMT -5
Blackfish - Finally, a movie that shares not only my hate of Seaworld (and zoos, overall) but makes a compelling case on why you should, too. I give it 70+ documented Orca attacks on Seaworld "traniers" out of four highly publicized mutilations by one really frustrated,intelligent, pissed off, killer whale.
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Post by lunylmd on Dec 27, 2013 14:22:41 GMT -5
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Low Full Price.
Pros:
Bard
Anything involving Smaug
Cons:
Tauriel and Legolas kicked too much ass. Seriously, their fight scenes were so boring because of how free they made the orcs look.
The abrupt ending. Everyone in the theater was shocked.
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Post by slendermaschine on Dec 29, 2013 3:31:26 GMT -5
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug Low Full Price. Pros: Bard Anything involving Smaug Cons: Tauriel and Legolas kicked too much ass. Seriously, their fight scenes were so boring because of how free they made the orcs look. The abrupt ending. Everyone in the theater was shocked. I loved the first one to my absolute surprise, so it was such a pity to hear about the elvish fan wankery Peter Jackson had to shoehorn into the sequel. Your last point reminds me of when I first saw Fellowship of the Ring because people were actually booing at the ending. Rare Exports - -Under normal circumstances: Worth the customs surcharge 10 times over. -Around Christmas: Better than a desirably invasive customs search. Pros: Evil Santa, Gingerbread, basically free if you have netflix so GET ON IT. Cons: Old man elf dongs/ass Final Words: Why aren't there more evil santa or Krampus movies?
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Post by porter on Dec 30, 2013 11:44:21 GMT -5
Desolation of Smaug - A lot of times I say "This film could have used trimming" but when I think about what could be cut I'm left speechless. With the Desolation of Smaug I could think of about 20 - 30 scenes that could be either cut entirely or trimmed dramatically. What a overblown and really ugly looking mess.
C-
Blackfish - Want to be frustrated? Watch this
A-
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Post by lunylmd on Dec 30, 2013 12:47:45 GMT -5
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug Low Full Price. Pros: Bard Anything involving Smaug Cons: Tauriel and Legolas kicked too much ass. Seriously, their fight scenes were so boring because of how free they made the orcs look. The abrupt ending. Everyone in the theater was shocked. I loved the first one to my absolute surprise, so it was such a pity to hear about the elvish fan wankery Peter Jackson had to shoehorn into the sequel. Your last point reminds me of when I first saw Fellowship of the Ring because people were actually booing at the ending. Rare Exports - -Under normal circumstances: Worth the customs surcharge 10 times over. -Around Christmas: Better than a desirably invasive customs search. Pros: Evil Santa, Gingerbread, basically free if you have netflix so GET ON IT. Cons: Old man elf dongs/ass Final Words: Why aren't there more evil santa or Krampus movies? Ha, I remember FOTR. I was more stunned than anything, but shouldn't have been surprised because the final minutes went into transitioning mode. DOS was worse though, because I felt like it ended right when things were going to get really interesting. Reminds me a lot of the God of War 2 ending.
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Post by The Leo of Costa Rica on Dec 30, 2013 19:20:17 GMT -5
Rare Exports - -Under normal circumstances: Worth the customs surcharge 10 times over. -Around Christmas: Better than a desirably invasive customs search. Pros: Evil Santa, Gingerbread, basically free if you have netflix so GET ON IT. Cons: Old man elf dongs/ass Final Words: Why aren't there more evil santa or Krampus movies? Rare Exports is super rad. There are a bunch of Santas running around with their dicks out and it's perfectly okay. ... I just rewatched Valhalla Rising. Still love it.
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Post by Mr. Bubbles on Dec 30, 2013 20:40:09 GMT -5
R.I.P.D. - The nicest thing I can say is that it's not a Fuck You. I spent the first half marveling at how much of a disaster it was, but the second half just gets boring. Absurd plot, mediocre CG, actors who look bored as fuck through it all, terribly unfunny jokes, etc. This movie has it all, but it just never made me angry.
Some Ol' Bullshit!
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Post by slendermaschine on Dec 30, 2013 22:27:00 GMT -5
I loved the first one to my absolute surprise, so it was such a pity to hear about the elvish fan wankery Peter Jackson had to shoehorn into the sequel. Your last point reminds me of when I first saw Fellowship of the Ring because people were actually booing at the ending. Rare Exports - -Under normal circumstances: Worth the customs surcharge 10 times over. -Around Christmas: Better than a desirably invasive customs search. Pros: Evil Santa, Gingerbread, basically free if you have netflix so GET ON IT. Cons: Old man elf dongs/ass Final Words: Why aren't there more evil santa or Krampus movies? Ha, I remember FOTR. I was more stunned than anything, but shouldn't have been surprised because the final minutes went into transitioning mode. DOS was worse though, because I felt like it ended right when things were going to get really interesting. Reminds me a lot of the God of War 2 ending. I think it comes down to the fact that they're literally padding out a single story to three movie "acts" at a level that is simply way too pronounced for the source material's length. It would be almost impossible to avoid screwing up the flow at some point because of this factor; it's all bad math trying to get more parts from there is a whole. For instance, although I did like the first movie, why in the hell did it turn into a musical sing-a-long... twice?!? It's just such a shame nobody informed Peter Jackson that films don't menstruate; enough with the goddamn padding of the bloody Hobbit, man!/ That said, Rare Exports is still the last flick I saw so in the meantime for Netflix: Skip the new releases because like always 99% of the actually new movies are already on Netflix are released that way for a reason, so watch American Horror Story: Asylum instead. So far I give the season 3 out of 3 letters = W.T.F.
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Post by Mctenzington on Dec 30, 2013 23:43:54 GMT -5
The Hunt
It's good! Vinterberg has always had a thing for getting strong performances out of his actors and portraying high-stakes drama with immediacy and an undercurrent of humor, but I think the screenplay in this case falters a bit. Several characters behave in irrational ways (especially those pesky females), and the shifts of perspective felt a little pointless.
I also think that there were a lot of strong visual opportunities that were wasted. Vinterberg returns to standard closeup and OTS sequencing in scenes that seem to suggest a little more thoughtfulness.
3/4*
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Post by porter on Dec 31, 2013 12:33:39 GMT -5
Captain Phillips- The movie as a whole is fantastic but holly shit those last 3 minutes.
A+
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Post by PoopaPapaPalpatine on Jan 1, 2014 2:31:40 GMT -5
Drug War - Caught this by recommendation by a friend and, boy, was it great. I'm already a fan of Johnnie To to begin with and to see a straight crime drama from him, sprinkled with his always fluid and impressive camera work, this movie fired on all cylinders for me.
I can't recommend this highly enough: 22 busted meth balloons and 2 mute gunslingers.
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Post by el woospo on Jan 1, 2014 5:40:07 GMT -5
The African Queen - its Humphrey Bogart on a boat, see it now.
Rating = a squad of savage africans fighting over a cigar out of a possible outbreak of war
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Post by minasa on Jan 1, 2014 13:33:20 GMT -5
The Hobbit 2: Very enjoyable movie, I had fun with it. Didn't care much for the LotR movies but I found Morgan Freeman to be a much more interesting lead, only wish he had more screen time. Mama: Jessica Chastain, Jessica Chastain tits, Jessica Chastain looking like Alice Glass, Jessica Chastain ass in tight jeans, Jessica Chastain cleavage. That's about it as far as positive points go in this film. On a serious note though, some interesting visuals buried in a terrible storyline with an even shittier ending, I'll save everyone's time by posting the best part of the movie in a gif:
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