Movie Discussion Thread

[Dr. Gonzo]

Originally Posted by Whistler6

Adventureland is a really good movie. His nerdy friend with the glasses and stache was in Freaks and Geeks back in the day..another great show that ended too soon.

Anyways Jessie Eisenberg (the main character) is playing Allen Ginsberg in the upcoming Kill Your Darlings movie. Solid fit, should be an eery movie.

Martin Starr is awesome. He seems to be hilarious in every role.

[A Perfect Score]

Im going to see Adventureland on Tuesday...pretty excited for it...RYAN REYNOLDS!

Also, I watched The Strangers and The Unborn tonight. The Unborn was ****, which I expected. It is a Michael Bay movie. It wasnt even remotely scary.

The Strangers on the other hand scared the living **** out of me. I did some research before, found out its based on true stuff that happened. When I was watching it, I just kept freaking out I was screaming at my TV. LOOK *****! HES RIGHT THERE! HES IN THE ROOM BEHIND YOU!

..she didnt look...:(

[Brent]

Originally Posted by Dr. Gonzo

Oh I know. **** like Fast and Furious making all this movie will give them even less incentive though. Why spend a lot of money making a great movie or even invest a little money in an ambitious movie when you can just make mindless crap and make hundreds of millions. Every time a movie like Fast and Furious makes boatloads of money I die a little inside. It is sad that Epic Movie or **** like that has a large audience and something like Watchmen barely makes 100 mill, most of that money likely coming from people expecting another 300 and leaving disappointed. The movie snob in me will continue to ***** about **** happening.

I'll say this, The Pacifier made $115 million while in the theaters; $30 million opening weekend. That should tell you the quality of modern movie goers.

[Brodeur]

Speed Racer is awesome, and I don't think I've mentioned that enough.

[TACKLE]

Watched Spy Game last night. That's a solid movie. Its not amazing but is definitely quite entertaining. Its got a Bourne-type feel to it. Brad Pitt and Robert Redford both did a very good job. Another good Tony Scott movie.

[M.O.T.H.]

The Strangers is actually a lot more fiction than truth. It was okay, but cliche as hell. My easily scared friends were mad because, I'm that guy that calls everything out before it happens and laugh at everything instead of cower in fear.

Yesterday I watched the Orphanage for the first time. Now, that is a good movie. I'd certainly recommend it.

[Whistler6]

Originally Posted by A Perfect Score

Im going to see Adventureland on Tuesday...pretty excited for it...RYAN REYNOLDS!

Also, I watched The Strangers and The Unborn tonight. The Unborn was ****, which I expected. It is a Michael Bay movie. It wasnt even remotely scary.

The Strangers on the other hand scared the living **** out of me. I did some research before, found out its based on true stuff that happened. When I was watching it, I just kept freaking out I was screaming at my TV. LOOK *****! HES RIGHT THERE! HES IN THE ROOM BEHIND YOU!

..she didnt look...:(

Haha..I went to The Strangers with a buddy of mine last summer. It was a 1:30PM show, and when we got out it was still light out thank God (yes I'm 21). Later that night, I was home alone with my puppy around 1AM.

I kept hearing "ding dong" thinking it was my doorbell. I went upstairs, checked, no one there...DID THAT 3 TIMES... Actually getting freaked out, I F'n realized my text message alert was a door bell sound. Duhhhh.

[Whistler6]

Originally Posted by A Perfect Score

Im going to see Adventureland on Tuesday...pretty excited for it...RYAN REYNOLDS!

Also, I watched The Strangers and The Unborn tonight. The Unborn was ****, which I expected. It is a Michael Bay movie. It wasnt even remotely scary.

The Strangers on the other hand scared the living **** out of me. I did some research before, found out its based on true stuff that happened. When I was watching it, I just kept freaking out I was screaming at my TV. LOOK *****! HES RIGHT THERE! HES IN THE ROOM BEHIND YOU!

..she didnt look...:(

I love Ryan Reynolds, but I'm not sure you'll like him as much as you think in this movie... Not because of his acting, but I'll leave it at that.

[M.O.T.H.]

Originally Posted by Brodeur

Speed Racer is awesome, and I don't think I've mentioned that enough.

I havent watched it, I bought it for my dad who always watched the cartoon back in the day and he hated it. Said it was almost unwatchable and too much was going on. That could be the typical old timer reaction, though. haha.

He also didnt like the Dark Knight...he did up until the end but, he said the ending ruined the movie for him because, super heroes shouldnt be wrongfully hunted and are not criminals. He's of the old school and only wants to see the happy ending, you see. :)

[Crickett]

Originally Posted by M.O.T.H.

He also didnt like the Dark Knight...he did up until the end but, he said the ending ruined the movie for him because, super heroes shouldnt be wrongfully hunted and are not criminals. He's of the old school and only wants to see the happy ending, you see. :)

Yeah, cuz that never happens in the comics. I'm guessing he didn't like or see Mask of the Phantasm.

[HChu]

Originally Posted by Brodeur

Speed Racer is awesome, and I don't think I've mentioned that enough.

There's never too many times to proclaim the greatness that is Speed Racer.

[M.O.T.H.]

Originally Posted by Crickett

Yeah, cuz that never happens in the comics. I'm guessing he didn't like or see Mask of the Phantasm.

He didnt actually read the comics...he watched the movies that always end with the good guy winning and everything being tied up in a nice little bow. Hero ends up saving/getting the girl and saving the world. A big Superman fan. He's also a big action guy...seriously, he idolizes Arnold, Stallone, Van Dam, Segal, Lundgren, etc. These guys never lose and that's the way he likes it. I try to get him to expand his mind on the whole thing but, any time the hero dies or loses in a way, it ends up ruining the movie for him. And being that hollywood goes this direction a lot now, he's not as big a fan of movies as he used to be. It is funny though, when you think about it, running down my list of dvds, the hero dies or his life is left in question in a great deal of my movies. I would list them but, that would be a big spoiler post...So, i'd rather not.

[nrk]

Originally Posted by Brent

I'll say this, The Pacifier made $115 million while in the theaters; $30 million opening weekend. That should tell you the quality of modern movie goers.

I think that tells you more about how children like terrible movies. The modern movie goers aren't much better though.

[ATLDirtyBirds]

Death Proof is all kinds of awesome.

[TACKLE]

Originally Posted by ATLDirtyBirds

Death Proof is all kinds of awesome.

It's very fun and entertaining. You can't take it to seriously. I know its supposed to be very cheesy and I actually enjoyed that about it.

[Brent]

I liked Planet Terror more. Though, as a gearhead, I love Vanishing Point. So, it was a a close second.

[Job]

Originally Posted by M.O.T.H.

I havent watched it, I bought it for my dad who always watched the cartoon back in the day and he hated it. Said it was almost unwatchable and too much was going on. That could be the typical old timer reaction, though. haha.

He also didnt like the Dark Knight...he did up until the end but, he said the ending ruined the movie for him because, super heroes shouldnt be wrongfully hunted and are not criminals. He's of the old school and only wants to see the happy ending, you see. :)

The ending of The Dark Knight kind of angered me too. I wanted one of those damn boats to explode.

[Whistler6]

Thinking about all my favorite movies and trying to find a good one to watch tonight got me thinking about my favorite actors.. I'm sure it's been brought up plenty of times, but what's everyone favorites?

My top 5 would go something like this in no order

1.) Emile Hirsch
2.) Leonardo Dicaprio
3.) Edward Norton
4.) Paul Giamatti
5.) Daniel Day Lewis

Honorable mention

Heath Ledger
Johnny Depp

[Paul]

1) Philip Seymour Hoffman
2) Daniel Day Lewis
3) John Malkovich
4) Leonardo Dicaprio
5) Paul Dano

[Brent]

If we're talking favorites and not ranking based on talent, mine are as follows:

1) Ed Norton
2) Philip Seymour-Hoffman
3) Ethan Hawke
4) Brad Pitt
5) John Cusack

honorable mention: Luke Wilson and Bill Murray

[JHG722]

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[Dr. Gonzo]

Ben Foster anyone?

[fischbowl]

1. Phillip Seymour Hoffman
2. Peter Saarsgaard
3. William H. Macy
4. Ben Foster
5. John Malkovich

[TACKLE]

Current

1. Brad Pitt
2. Denzel Washington
3. Daniel Day-Lewis
4. Johnny Depp
5. Leonardo DiCaprio

[A Perfect Score]

This is hard to do...ill do 2

Best
1. Philip Seymour Hoffman
2. Kevin Spacey
3. Ed Norton
4. Johnny Depp
5. Russel Crowe

Favorite
1. Sam Rockwell
2. Brad Pitt
3. Matt Damon
4. Ryan Reynolds
5. John Cusack

Guys I love but didnt quite make it: Tim Roth, Benicio Del Toro, John Malkovich, Jim Carrey