Willing suspension... a movie thread!

Dave Bing · 05-02-2009, 11:45 AM

I don't see too many movies but I always enjoy your ruminations on which superhero is most realistic, the one with x-ray vision or the one with spidey-sense. Not to mention the virtues of Jason over Freddy. Bring it on!

pif · 05-02-2009, 03:40 PM

I am looking forward for Terminator: Salvation. I really like the Terminator story and hope they don't ruin it.

Whisper · 05-02-2009, 03:57 PM

Bet that cat is going to be pissed beyond belief when the owner tries to wash that stuff off.

King Mob · 05-02-2009, 04:13 PM

Just saw the Wolverine movie and it is an unrelenting assault of poo from start to finish, complete with a Skeletor-esque 'I'll be back' after the credits. Beyond terrible.

Dave Bing · 05-03-2009, 11:22 AM

Watched Lions for Lambs last night. Ponderous lecturing, stultifyingly dull.

JMab · 05-04-2009, 03:28 AM

I never get a chance to see movies in the cinema, due to having 2yo and 2mo boys, but I saw an old movie that I enjoyed last weekend. Enemy At The Gates, the new one, not the original. Despite the fact that it starred Jude Law, it was actually pretty good. Rachel Weisz is always sex on legs. Ed Harris played a pretty good role as a master German sniper. The effects of the ruined Stalingrad were very believable. Joseph Fiennes was a bit of a weak point though, in my mind. Hellboy made a welcome cameo. The ending was palatable, though flavoured with cheese.

DTH · 05-04-2009, 09:41 AM

Enemy At The Gates

That was a good movie. I see that the blu-ray version is coming out on May 19th.

GC_STONES · 05-04-2009, 10:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dave Bing

Watched Lions for Lambs last night. Ponderous lecturing, stultifyingly dull.

I agree. I was somewhat excited from the previews; thoroughly disappointing

GC_STONES · 05-04-2009, 10:55 AM

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Originally Posted by King Mob

Just saw the Wolverine movie and it is an unrelenting assault of poo from start to finish, complete with a Skeletor-esque 'I'll be back' after the credits. Beyond terrible.

They ruined Deadpool and Gambit, two of my favorite characters in comics

Dave Bing · 05-04-2009, 02:07 PM

I am disgusted by what the did to Gambit. I hope that Mudflaps, The Baboon and Christmas Pudding escape the same fate.

The King · 05-04-2009, 03:33 PM

Ya, that's a great flick. Vaseli Zietsav was a real sniper, too. He got blinded shortly after the war or towards the end of the war. Go figure...

Money23 · 05-04-2009, 06:03 PM

They destroyed Deadpool in the Wolverine flick. Too bad; Ryan Reynolds was good at the beginning of the film.

Here's my review, anyway. I still like it a little bit more than X3.

X-Men Origins: Wolverine movie review: Hugh Jackman shines in otherwise somewhat shaky superhero prequel

And Bing, Freddy EASILY over Jason.

Money23 · 05-04-2009, 06:04 PM

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Originally Posted by JMab

Ed Harris played a pretty good role as a master German sniper.

Ed Harris is always good. Maybe the most underrated mainstream actor?

hack · 05-05-2009, 04:21 AM

It always baffles me, the number of dudes into Rachel Weisz. Not my type for sure...

Dave Bing · 05-05-2009, 04:27 AM

her bare white ass looked icky in that movie. But probably authentic for the part...

The King · 05-05-2009, 06:24 AM

I like her as well. She's in a ton of random movies, too.

JMab · 05-05-2009, 07:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hack

It always baffles me, the number of dudes into Rachel Weisz. Not my type for sure...

That's weird, she told me that she thinks you're hot.

Dave Bing · 05-05-2009, 07:18 AM

Isn't it always that way though... Rachel loves Hack. Hack loves Rosie.

hack · 05-05-2009, 08:20 AM

What? She said that? REALLY? Well, I mean, it's not like I would be mean to her...

Dave Bing · 05-05-2009, 09:05 AM

Forget it. Too late. We already told her that you thought she was ugly. She hates you now.

Medz · 05-05-2009, 09:52 AM

I like Rachel Weisz. I thought she looked great in The Fountain. I just have no idea how to pronounce her name. Is it with a soft W, or a V? Is the S silent, or the Z? What a fucked up name. You know what, I don't like her anymore.

ThaMaestro · 05-05-2009, 11:12 AM

My wife thinks she's one of the most beautiful women. I on the other hand thinks she's aight. I tell my wife all the time that I have better taste in women than she does.

hack · 05-05-2009, 02:09 PM

If she disagrees, tell her to pick one out for you to try!

ThaMaestro · 05-05-2009, 03:53 PM

I did... ended with a blackened eye.

Women... Sheesh!

JMab · 05-05-2009, 06:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ThaMaestro

My wife thinks she's one of the most beautiful women. I on the other hand thinks she's aight. I tell my wife all the time that I have better taste in women than she does.

I'd be worried if your wife likes her Maes:

Rachel Weisz Tops The Hollywood's Sexiest Women Poll Of Gay Women

ThaMaestro · 05-05-2009, 06:23 PM

Uh oh...

The King · 05-05-2009, 06:33 PM

You really can't trust lesbians on their taste of women.

hack · 05-06-2009, 08:37 AM

Ellen DeGeneres makes good choices, but that doesn't make it a rule...

The King · 05-06-2009, 04:48 PM

I saw The Wrestler and though it was very good. I didn't like the ending at first because I expected more, but I thought it was perfect after I gave it some thought, because that shit was just real. No fancy Hollywood happy ending.

He's a fuck up, he knows it, his daughter knows it, but the fans DON'T.

The King · 05-06-2009, 04:49 PM

Marrisa Tomei naked is always a positive as well. That just can never get old.

DTH · 05-06-2009, 11:24 PM

Wrestler was a good movie. For being 44 years old Marisa Tomei still has a hot body.

hack · 05-07-2009, 06:04 AM

or for 21.

Money23 · 05-13-2009, 12:17 AM

OK, Star Trek is great. Even King Mob might like it. Unless he hates action movies.

The King · 05-13-2009, 08:04 PM

Do watch anything without fictional characters involved?

EVERY single friggin movie that comes out with some comic book hero or space aliens you act like it's Oscar worthy. You are the Newman of shitty movies.

El Axe · 05-13-2009, 08:32 PM

Star Trek's Rotten Tomatoes score is 96% approval. That's pretty remarkable.

The King · 05-13-2009, 08:51 PM

Finally saw Slumdog and LOVED it. I just watched it for the second time. It was more believable the second time through, but the fact the kids stole the show from the very start just makes the movie start better than it finishes. That's really me only knock on the movie, and that is nitpicking. Those young kids STOLE THE FRIGGIN SHOW. Once the kids in the movie grew up, it was a hard act to follow. The two brothers were pretty good, but the girl just didn't do it for me and at the end of the day, the woman must steal the movie for it to be an all-timer.

Great movie, but more of a 03'04' Pistons type where all the parts came together, but no real superstar.

GC_STONES · 05-13-2009, 09:01 PM

saw State of Play over the weekend

Overall a good thriller but Ben Affleck ruined the climax... and well, basically he downgraded the entire movie.

Money23 · 05-14-2009, 12:08 AM

I kind of agree with that GC, but I think I have more of a problem with Affleck being a contemporary of Russell Crowe than his actual acting.

Star Trek is awesome, King. BTW, I called Slumdog the best movie of last year, beyatch. I disagree a little, though...I think the climax packs a huge emotional punch. Perfect ending.

DYNOMITE · 05-14-2009, 08:09 AM

I thought Hulk vs. was an underrated masterpiece.

DTH · 05-14-2009, 01:49 PM

It's a shame about those slumdog kids. The movie makes all that money and they're still living in the streets.

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"Slumdog" child star's Mumbai shanty home torn down

"Slumdog" child star's Mumbai shanty home torn down

MUMBAI (Reuters) – City authorities in Mumbai demolished the shanty home of a "Slumdog Millionaire" child star on Thursday, forcing his family into the streets months after the Oscar-winning film shot him to global fame.

Azharuddin Ismail, 9, played the character of Salim as a child in the film, a rags-to-riches romance about a poor Indian boy competing for love and money on a television game show.

Ismail's tarpaulin-covered home in a teeming slum was one of several shanties, illegally built along a drain, that were demolished by local authorities in Mumbai, India's financial capital and entertainment hub.

"When they came I was sleeping, they shook me awake and one policeman even threatened me," Ismail, surrounded by half-broken suitcases filled with clothes and utensils, told Reuters.

"What can I do if they have demolished my house? I will sleep out in the open."

A poster of "Slumdog Millionaire," signed by director Danny Boyle, fluttered from the only wall of Ismail's shanty still standing. Open sewers run nearby and it had no running water.

Authorities said the shanties had been demolished earlier but had sprung up again on the same spot.

"The shanties are all touching a drain that has to be cleaned before the advent of the monsoons," said U.D. Mistry, the local official in charge of the demolition drive.

Earlier this year, there was an outcry after pictures emerged of "Slumdog Millionaire's" child stars living in squalor despite the movie's box-office success and eight Academy Awards.

The film also sparked controversy for its name, deemed by some to be offensive to slum dwellers, and its treatment of the cast. Its depiction of the lives of poor Indians was dubbed "poverty porn" by sections of the media.

In February, the housing authority of Maharashtra state, of which Mumbai is the capital, said they would give Ismail and fellow child star Rubina Ali new houses. But Ismail's mother, Shameem, said the family is now at the mercy of the rains.

"We also heard that the government had promised us houses, but what happened? We are still homeless," she said. "My son has brought glory to the country, shouldn't he get some credit?"

(Writing by Tony Tharakan; Editing by Matthias Williams and Paul Tait)

DYNOMITE · 05-14-2009, 05:54 PM

They need better agents.

Money23 · 05-15-2009, 01:54 AM

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Originally Posted by DYNOMITE

I thought Hulk vs. was an underrated masterpiece.

But which segment did you find more illuminating? Vs. Thor, or Vs. Wolverine? A case could be made for each.

Money23 · 05-15-2009, 01:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DTH

It's a shame about those slumdog kids. The movie makes all that money and they're still living in the streets.

That's a shame. The movie cost like 3 bucks to make, and took in $300 million plus in box office alone, not even counting DVD sales. There should be a few bucks in there to get those kids who need it a place to live. How about a retroactive royalty deal?

your name here · 05-15-2009, 02:34 AM

Eh nevermind medz... Was just looking quickly at the first couple of words on the threads and thought I didn't see the movie thread.

your name here · 05-15-2009, 02:37 AM

Anyways.. had a date with some chick and she was into harry potter movies.. never seen one of for that matter read one of the books.. so I said fine that we would watch one at my place.. watched the first one and I have to say I kinda liked it.. I was expecting a kids movie but it really wasn't... So I'm thinking about going through all the movies and watching them. Which are the best? I take it I have to watch all to get what's going on.. they do build off eachother and aren't seperate movies correct?

Also just watched all the Bourne movies.. god those were great.. second was my fav.. hope they make more of them.

Money23 · 05-15-2009, 05:52 AM

You don't have to watch them all, but it helps. My favorite is The Prisoner of Azkaban, but I'm told by fans of the book that it's the least like the book, so there you go.

your name here · 05-15-2009, 06:03 AM

They get darker as the series goes forward, correct?

Money23 · 05-16-2009, 03:20 AM

Yeah, somewhat. That's why I like Prisoner of Azkaban the most; it's very dark and has a complex plot twist (well, for a Harry Potter film, that is).

Dave Bing · 05-19-2009, 02:17 PM

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05-02-2009, 11:45 AM	#2
Dave Bing Sixth Man Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 4,790 : 0 For This Post 1 Total	I don't see too many movies but I always enjoy your ruminations on which superhero is most realistic, the one with x-ray vision or the one with spidey-sense. Not to mention the virtues of Jason over Freddy. Bring it on!

05-02-2009, 03:40 PM	#3
pif Water Boy Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 138 : 0 For This Post 0 Total	I am looking forward for Terminator: Salvation. I really like the Terminator story and hope they don't ruin it.

05-02-2009, 03:57 PM	#4
Whisper Water Boy Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 753 : 0 For This Post 0 Total	Bet that cat is going to be pissed beyond belief when the owner tries to wash that stuff off.

05-02-2009, 04:13 PM	#5
King Mob Bench Player Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 1,448 : 0 For This Post 0 Total	Just saw the Wolverine movie and it is an unrelenting assault of poo from start to finish, complete with a Skeletor-esque 'I'll be back' after the credits. Beyond terrible.

05-03-2009, 11:22 AM	#6
Dave Bing Sixth Man Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 4,790 : 0 For This Post 1 Total	Watched Lions for Lambs last night. Ponderous lecturing, stultifyingly dull.

05-04-2009, 03:28 AM	#7
JMab Water Boy Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 776 : 0 For This Post 0 Total	I never get a chance to see movies in the cinema, due to having 2yo and 2mo boys, but I saw an old movie that I enjoyed last weekend. Enemy At The Gates, the new one, not the original. Despite the fact that it starred Jude Law, it was actually pretty good. Rachel Weisz is always sex on legs. Ed Harris played a pretty good role as a master German sniper. The effects of the ruined Stalingrad were very believable. Joseph Fiennes was a bit of a weak point though, in my mind. Hellboy made a welcome cameo. The ending was palatable, though flavoured with cheese.

05-04-2009, 09:41 AM	#8
DTH Bench Player Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Meechigan Posts: 1,250 : 0 For This Post 0 Total	Enemy At The Gates That was a good movie. I see that the blu-ray version is coming out on May 19th.

05-04-2009, 02:07 PM	#11
Dave Bing Sixth Man Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 4,790 : 0 For This Post 1 Total	I am disgusted by what the did to Gambit. I hope that Mudflaps, The Baboon and Christmas Pudding escape the same fate.

05-04-2009, 03:33 PM	#12
The King Sixth Man Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 2,900 : 0 For This Post 0 Total	Ya, that's a great flick. Vaseli Zietsav was a real sniper, too. He got blinded shortly after the war or towards the end of the war. Go figure...

05-04-2009, 06:03 PM	#13
Money23 Sixth Man Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: F-f-f-f-Flintown Posts: 3,941 : 0 For This Post 0 Total	They destroyed Deadpool in the Wolverine flick. Too bad; Ryan Reynolds was good at the beginning of the film. Here's my review, anyway. I still like it a little bit more than X3. X-Men Origins: Wolverine movie review: Hugh Jackman shines in otherwise somewhat shaky superhero prequel And Bing, Freddy EASILY over Jason.

05-05-2009, 04:21 AM	#15
hack Starter Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 11,082 : 0 For This Post 0 Total	It always baffles me, the number of dudes into Rachel Weisz. Not my type for sure...

05-05-2009, 04:27 AM	#16
Dave Bing Sixth Man Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 4,790 : 0 For This Post 1 Total	her bare white ass looked icky in that movie. But probably authentic for the part...

05-05-2009, 06:24 AM	#17
The King Sixth Man Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 2,900 : 0 For This Post 0 Total	I like her as well. She's in a ton of random movies, too.

05-05-2009, 07:18 AM	#19
Dave Bing Sixth Man Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 4,790 : 0 For This Post 1 Total	Isn't it always that way though... Rachel loves Hack. Hack loves Rosie.

05-05-2009, 08:20 AM	#20
hack Starter Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 11,082 : 0 For This Post 0 Total	What? She said that? REALLY? Well, I mean, it's not like I would be mean to her...

05-05-2009, 09:05 AM	#21
Dave Bing Sixth Man Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 4,790 : 0 For This Post 1 Total	Forget it. Too late. We already told her that you thought she was ugly. She hates you now.

05-05-2009, 09:52 AM	#22
Medz Sixth Man Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 3,211 : 0 For This Post 0 Total	I like Rachel Weisz. I thought she looked great in The Fountain. I just have no idea how to pronounce her name. Is it with a soft W, or a V? Is the S silent, or the Z? What a fucked up name. You know what, I don't like her anymore.

05-05-2009, 11:12 AM	#23
ThaMaestro Bench Player Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Flinttown Representin' Posts: 1,394 : 0 For This Post 0 Total	My wife thinks she's one of the most beautiful women. I on the other hand thinks she's aight. I tell my wife all the time that I have better taste in women than she does.

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hack Starter Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 11,082 : 0 For This Post 0 Total	If she disagrees, tell her to pick one out for you to try!

05-05-2009, 03:53 PM	#25
ThaMaestro Bench Player Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Flinttown Representin' Posts: 1,394 : 0 For This Post 0 Total	I did... ended with a blackened eye. Women... Sheesh!

05-05-2009, 06:23 PM	#27
ThaMaestro Bench Player Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Flinttown Representin' Posts: 1,394 : 0 For This Post 0 Total	Uh oh...

05-05-2009, 06:33 PM	#28
The King Sixth Man Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 2,900 : 0 For This Post 0 Total	You really can't trust lesbians on their taste of women.

05-06-2009, 08:37 AM	#29
hack Starter Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 11,082 : 0 For This Post 0 Total	Ellen DeGeneres makes good choices, but that doesn't make it a rule...

05-06-2009, 04:48 PM	#30
The King Sixth Man Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 2,900 : 0 For This Post 0 Total	I saw The Wrestler and though it was very good. I didn't like the ending at first because I expected more, but I thought it was perfect after I gave it some thought, because that shit was just real. No fancy Hollywood happy ending. He's a fuck up, he knows it, his daughter knows it, but the fans DON'T.

05-06-2009, 04:49 PM	#31
The King Sixth Man Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 2,900 : 0 For This Post 0 Total	Marrisa Tomei naked is always a positive as well. That just can never get old.

05-06-2009, 11:24 PM	#32
DTH Bench Player Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Meechigan Posts: 1,250 : 0 For This Post 0 Total	Wrestler was a good movie. For being 44 years old Marisa Tomei still has a hot body.

05-07-2009, 06:04 AM	#33
hack Starter Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 11,082 : 0 For This Post 0 Total	or for 21.

05-13-2009, 12:17 AM	#34
Money23 Sixth Man Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: F-f-f-f-Flintown Posts: 3,941 : 0 For This Post 0 Total	OK, Star Trek is great. Even King Mob might like it. Unless he hates action movies.

05-13-2009, 08:04 PM	#35
The King Sixth Man Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 2,900 : 0 For This Post 0 Total	Do watch anything without fictional characters involved? EVERY single friggin movie that comes out with some comic book hero or space aliens you act like it's Oscar worthy. You are the Newman of shitty movies.

05-13-2009, 08:32 PM	#36
El Axe Water Boy Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 698 : 0 For This Post 0 Total	Star Trek's Rotten Tomatoes score is 96% approval. That's pretty remarkable.