Movie Discussion Thread

[A Perfect Score]

Originally Posted by Brodeur

I don't really like Jarhead at all, and I think Hurt Locker is waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay better.

I dont really like you at all.

[Splat]

Jarhead was nothing like I was expecting but I still enjoyed it.

[Jvig43]

Alot of people told me jar head sucked and it had no action, and I ended up loving it for what it was. I liked hurt locker too, Ive only seen both once so idk which I prefer.

[LizardState]

Originally Posted by Splat

Jarhead was nothing like I was expecting but I still enjoyed it.

Jarhead was a pleasant surprise for me too. Almost like a black comedy with the way they presented the absurdity of Desert Storm & war in general as daily reality to the Marines there.

It was elevated in the War Movie genre to a superior film of any kind b/c of performances by actors with Scandanavian double-As in their names, Gyllenhaal & Sarsgaard, (Jamie Foxx was excellent too), & a super screenplay by Vietnam veteran & former Texas Monthly Editor William Broyles Jr. that gave authenticity to the diary narration of Jar Head from someone who has been int The Suck & in shooting wars.

Gyllenhaal went bigtime after Brokeback Mtn. but has impressed me ever since Donnie Darko, & Sarsgaard does star turns in everything I've seen him in from Boys Don't Cry, the underrated mystery film Salton Sea, overrated horror voodoo film Skeleton Key & Flightplan. Either/both could be making Oscar acceptance speeches very soon.

Hurt Locker took a different perspective altogether, the nitty gritty very scary reality of war from the individual soldiers' perspectives with all the stresses they undergo magnified for the audience.

[Prowler]

i totally agree. i'd go to Jake Gyllenhaal's dude ranch for a day. he's been consistently awesome.

[Splat]

Are you achin... For some bacon...

[TACKLE]

I finally saw Zombieland. It was good and I enjoyed it but didn't love as much as some did. Shaun of the Dead still holds the throne for zombie comedies.

[BigBanger]

Originally Posted by A Perfect Score

I think Jarhead is a better film then The Hurt Locker.

I concur. It's, along with Munich and Inglourious Basterds, the best war film from the 00s. I really can't decide which I like most. I also think it's Mendes's best film.

I absolutely love it. People are taken back by a war movie with no war, no fighting. It's not what you expect it to be. If you are willing to watch a character study, and a damn good one with a great lead performance from Jake Gyllenhaal, then this is it. If you want a corny, blood bath then watch a piece of **** like We Were Soldiers.

Role Models is great too. That movie surprised me. I have probably watched it 4 or 5 times now.

EDIT: LizardState, just read your response. Anthony Swofford wrote the book and was the main character that went to war. You named the guy that read his book and then wrote a screenplay about it.

[Jvig43]

Originally Posted by TACKLE

I finally saw Zombieland. It was good and I enjoyed it but didn't love as much as some did. Shaun of the Dead still holds the throne for zombie comedies.

Ehhhh I love shaun but I'd go with Evil Dead.

[fischbowl]

Originally Posted by BigBanger

I also think it's Mendes's best film.

Oh God no!

[A Perfect Score]

Yeah, as good as Jarhead is, I still think American Beauty is better.

[Brent]

Are you ready to be ******, man? I see you rolled your way into the semis. Dios mio, man. Liam and me, we're gonna **** you up....Let me tell you something, pandejo; you pull any yo' crazy **** with us, you flash your piece out on the lanes, I take it from you, stick it up your ass and pull the ******' trigger till it goes 'click'

[Brodeur]

Originally Posted by Brent

Are you ready to be ******, man? I see you rolled your way into the semis. Dios mio, man. Liam and me, we're gonna **** you up....Let me tell you something, pandejo; you pull any yo' crazy **** with us, you flash your piece out on the lanes, I take it from you, stick it up your ass and pull the ******' trigger till it goes 'click'

.....Jesus.

[aLARGEtopHat]

I ran out of interesting movies to watch I think. David Lynch maybe next?

[Brent]

Originally Posted by Brodeur

.....Jesus.

that's right, man. nobody ***** with the Jesus.

[Vikes99ej]

I still haven't seen Zombieland. I am disappointed in myself.

[Caddy]

Vikes... Go watch Zombieland. I love that movie and have seen it like 6 times already.

[Job]

Nathan Fillion is awesome.

[vidae]

NPH is awesome.

And no matter what peefs says, Felicia Day is mine.

[fischbowl]

Originally Posted by Brent

that's right, man. nobody ***** with the Jesus.

Eight years olds, dude

[A Perfect Score]

Dr. Horrible is awesome. I was stoked to hear about a sequel. NPH is the man.

[Shiver]

Originally Posted by Vikes99ej

I still haven't seen Zombieland. I am disappointed in myself.

I saw it for the first time last week.


Pure awesome.

[Todd Bertuzzi]

I'm getting pretty pumped for The Town.

[Brodeur]

I've had the Dr. Horrible quote in my location for a long time, mainly because the set rules.

[jayceheathman]

I hope to eventually be able to afford a room like this.