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Post by Funky George! on Dec 26, 2008 0:47:52 GMT -5
The movie was good. It definitely has its flaws, but overall it is really a great story and a interesting idea. Thought Brad Pitt did a good job with his character. I don't get how you can call it a shitty movie. I thought it was loaded with turnoffs. The first hour was great. Benjamin Button was really interesting until he actually started to look like Brad Pitt and the story became exclusively about his relationship with Blanchett. It was a total bore from the minute he got back from the tugboat on, and that was a long ass time. The Katrina thing, and the diary thing in general, were really, really awful. Cringed at those scenes. Again, I also just felt nothing watching two people the same age have a child. Neither of them were at all interesting and his character was completely gone.
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Post by noves on Dec 26, 2008 0:50:13 GMT -5
In the Name of The Father = sick movie.
I've watched it twice in two days.
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Post by Spencer on Dec 26, 2008 0:54:59 GMT -5
I saw Eagle Eye tonight. If you look past the ridiculous situations, it was really cool. Yeah, not realistic at all but who cares? It was entertaining. I wanted to see how it ended. Not a great movie but it was solid. I'm not big on Shia but he didn't have to do too much. I liked this more the Iron Man. I think it was because I heard so many great things about Iron Man and heard shitty things about Eagle Eye, but after the first viewing of both, I preferred Eagle Eye. It was fun and fast moving. AllStar and Ebener should both watch The Sting. Great movie.
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Post by Spencer on Dec 26, 2008 0:56:05 GMT -5
Andrea and I watched The Hustler last night. Very good movie. Probably better considering it was made in 1962. I thought the chick in it was relatively horrible, and unattractive, but Paul Newman was good. I bought a handful of Newman movies after he died.
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Post by Spencer on Dec 26, 2008 0:56:42 GMT -5
Also saw 3 Days of the Condor the other day. Good spy movie. Redford is pretty good. Pretty interesting, although some of the characters are developed awkwardly.
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Post by Spencer on Dec 26, 2008 0:58:43 GMT -5
Heres a couple of my favorite Christmas movies....
Christmas Story. Easily my favorite Christmas movie. Totally reminds me of being young and excited for Christmas.
Elf. Awesome flick IMO. SO many extremely funny parts. Good message about Christmas too.
Love Actually. Pretty good film, one of Andrea's favorites. Ive only watched it once, but it was good.
Polar Express. Surpringly good film. Should be a once a year viewing for families.
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Post by noves on Dec 26, 2008 0:59:44 GMT -5
Andrea and I watched The Hustler last night. Very good movie. Probably better considering it was made in 1962. I thought the chick in it was relatively horrible, and unattractive, but Paul Newman was good. I bought a handful of Newman movies after he died. Good movie. Color of Money is still better though IMO.
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Post by Spencer on Dec 26, 2008 1:05:16 GMT -5
Andrea and I watched The Hustler last night. Very good movie. Probably better considering it was made in 1962. I thought the chick in it was relatively horrible, and unattractive, but Paul Newman was good. I bought a handful of Newman movies after he died. Good movie. Color of Money is still better though IMO. Funny thing is, I think the Color of Money is better because it was made so much later. I think in 1962 The Hustler wouldve been awesome. I just think it lacked some of the things we as movie goers of today take for granted. I watched The Good, The Bad and The Ugly. Its rated as one of the top films of all time, and it was good, but Id rank a movie like Heat or Seven higher because it has more depth. But in its day GBU was sick no doubt. Speaking of Heat, thats a movie to me that is pretty much exactly what i want. So many characters get developed well. You care what happens to like 5 different people. And the acting from all the major parts is just awesome. Its pretty much an ideal film.
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Post by noves on Dec 26, 2008 1:07:43 GMT -5
Good movie. Color of Money is still better though IMO. Funny thing is, I think the Color of Money is better because it was made so much later. I think in 1962 The Hustler wouldve been awesome. I just think it lacked some of the things we as movie goers of today take for granted. I watched The Good, The Bad and The Ugly. Its rated as one of the top films of all time, and it was good, but Id rank a movie like Heat or Seven higher because it has more depth. But in its day GBU was sick no doubt. Speaking of Heat, thats a movie to me that is pretty much exactly what i want. So many characters get developed well. You care what happens to like 5 different people. And the acting from all the major parts is just awesome. Its pretty much an ideal film. Heat is one of those movies that's on my list [which is ridiculously long btw] to see. I'm gonna be watching movies/tv shows the next 2 weeks virtually non-stopped. 8 more movies to watch, and the entire 'The Wire' series. This will be fun.
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Post by AllStar0608 on Dec 26, 2008 1:35:40 GMT -5
I saw Eagle Eye tonight. If you look past the ridiculous situations, it was really cool. Yeah, not realistic at all but who cares? It was entertaining. I wanted to see how it ended. Not a great movie but it was solid. I'm not big on Shia but he didn't have to do too much. I liked this more the Iron Man. I think it was because I heard so many great things about Iron Man and heard shitty things about Eagle Eye, but after the first viewing of both, I preferred Eagle Eye. It was fun and fast moving. AllStar and Ebener should both watch The Sting. Great movie. will add to netflix.
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Post by AllStar0608 on Dec 26, 2008 1:36:03 GMT -5
Good movie. Color of Money is still better though IMO. Funny thing is, I think the Color of Money is better because it was made so much later. I think in 1962 The Hustler wouldve been awesome. I just think it lacked some of the things we as movie goers of today take for granted. I watched The Good, The Bad and The Ugly. Its rated as one of the top films of all time, and it was good, but Id rank a movie like Heat or Seven higher because it has more depth. But in its day GBU was sick no doubt. Speaking of Heat, thats a movie to me that is pretty much exactly what i want. So many characters get developed well. You care what happens to like 5 different people. And the acting from all the major parts is just awesome. Its pretty much an ideal film. the good the bad the ugly is a GREAT film. clint eastwood is awesome. have u seen heartbreak ridge? i cant wait to see gran torino.
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Post by Phoenix Phil on Dec 26, 2008 2:38:59 GMT -5
The movie was good. It definitely has its flaws, but overall it is really a great story and a interesting idea. Thought Brad Pitt did a good job with his character. I don't get how you can call it a shitty movie. I thought it was loaded with turnoffs. The first hour was great. Benjamin Button was really interesting until he actually started to look like Brad Pitt and the story became exclusively about his relationship with Blanchett. It was a total bore from the minute he got back from the tugboat on, and that was a long ass time. The Katrina thing, and the diary thing in general, were really, really awful. Cringed at those scenes. Again, I also just felt nothing watching two people the same age have a child. Neither of them were at all interesting and his character was completely gone. I feel exactly the same way. I loved the first hour, but everything after that was a drag. Alot of the intrigue from the earlier seasons was completely lost later on. Probably my least favorite scene of the movie was how they try to build up the drama about how close she was from not getting hit by the car... really lame.
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Post by Phoenix Phil on Dec 26, 2008 2:39:55 GMT -5
And the Katrina thing was dumb and completely irrelevant.
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Post by DB on Dec 26, 2008 12:10:02 GMT -5
I thought it was loaded with turnoffs. The first hour was great. Benjamin Button was really interesting until he actually started to look like Brad Pitt and the story became exclusively about his relationship with Blanchett. It was a total bore from the minute he got back from the tugboat on, and that was a long ass time. The Katrina thing, and the diary thing in general, were really, really awful. Cringed at those scenes. Again, I also just felt nothing watching two people the same age have a child. Neither of them were at all interesting and his character was completely gone. I feel exactly the same way. I loved the first hour, but everything after that was a drag. Alot of the intrigue from the earlier seasons was completely lost later on. Probably my least favorite scene of the movie was how they try to build up the drama about how close she was from not getting hit by the car... really lame. The character was growing younger, what do you expect him to do be old the whole movie? That was not the point, the point was to see how he dealt with growing younger as time went on and how he dealt with the people around him growing older and dying. How finally the love of his life accepted him because he was "perfect". I wont say more to ruin it for anyone, but overall I would recommend people to see it. A lot of mixed reviews.
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Post by easy on Dec 26, 2008 12:14:35 GMT -5
Benjamin Button was a good movie. Beautiful to look at but ultimately disappointing and lacking resonance. The story could have been epic on so many levels yet the director took the easy way out by making the film an hour too long and creating gorgeous visuals that manipulate the audience's emotions but do little to promote the plot.Cate Blanchett is a wonderful actress but not a romantic lead and watching Brad Pitt get more beautiful in each scene as he anti-ages is a cheap shot to divert the viewer's attention from a frequently meandering story line.I think this script would have been served better in the hands of more experienced director who would spend more energy with character development and plot. There were too many cheap shots meant to get a laugh or a tear.
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Post by Funky George! on Dec 26, 2008 12:23:45 GMT -5
Benjamin Button was a good movie. Beautiful to look at but ultimately disappointing and lacking resonance. The story could have been epic on so many levels yet the director took the easy way out by making the film an hour too long and creating gorgeous visuals that manipulate the audience's emotions but do little to promote the plot.Cate Blanchett is a wonderful actress but not a romantic lead and watching Brad Pitt get more beautiful in each scene as he anti-ages is a cheap shot to divert the viewer's attention from a frequently meandering story line.I think this script would have been served better in the hands of more experienced director who would spend more energy with character development and plot. There were too many cheap shots meant to get a laugh or a tear. So, you're capable of copy and pasting off of Yahoo! Reviews, then, I take it. movies.yahoo.com/mvc/dfrv?mid=1809785152&uid=60S5LiPqj8uepq3M7hxfxDM_6w--&s=&i=2&spl=0
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Post by easy on Dec 26, 2008 12:27:15 GMT -5
Beautiful to look at but ultimately disappointing and lacking resonance. The story could have been epic on so many levels yet the director took the easy way out by making the film an hour too long and creating gorgeous visuals that manipulate the audience's emotions but do little to promote the plot.Cate Blanchett is a wonderful actress but not a romantic lead and watching Brad Pitt get more beautiful in each scene as he anti-ages is a cheap shot to divert the viewer's attention from a frequently meandering story line.I think this script would have been served better in the hands of more experienced director who would spend more energy with character development and plot. There were too many cheap shots meant to get a laugh or a tear. So, you're capable of copy and pasting off of Yahoo! Reviews, then, I take it. movies.yahoo.com/mvc/dfrv?mid=1809785152&uid=60S5LiPqj8uepq3M7hxfxDM_6w--&s=&i=2&spl=0So, you're, capable, of,copy, and pasting, and,searching,via the search engine, then, I, take it.
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Post by Funky George! on Dec 26, 2008 12:28:41 GMT -5
So, you're, capable, of,copy, and pasting, and,searching,via the search engine, then, I, take it. awful as usual
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Post by easy on Dec 26, 2008 12:29:35 GMT -5
So, you're, capable, of,copy, and pasting, and,searching,via the search engine, then, I, take it. awful as usual Just like your team and your life, etc etc etc.
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Post by Funky George! on Dec 26, 2008 12:34:01 GMT -5
Just like your team and your life, etc etc etc. yikes
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Post by Johnny "B. Good" Stamos on Dec 26, 2008 13:48:09 GMT -5
hahahahahahahahahahahahah I was thought something was wrong when Chris said, "ate Blanchett is a wonderful actress" hahahaha
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Post by Rocky on Dec 26, 2008 14:08:52 GMT -5
Hahaha I knew it wasn't legit when he said "Beautiful to look at but...", hahaha who talks like that?
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Post by Spencer on Dec 26, 2008 14:17:28 GMT -5
Ya, first sentence as a dead give away Chris didnt write that.
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Post by Funky George! on Dec 26, 2008 16:30:39 GMT -5
Just saw Slumdog Millionaire... has to be the best movie I've seen in years. Amazing, amazing movie. GO SEE IT!
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Post by easy on Dec 26, 2008 16:34:16 GMT -5
Excellent movie and I enjoyed it overall but cannot in good conscience rate it excellent since it seems to heavily borrow from a much more heart-breaking novel by Khaled Hosseini - A Thousand Splendid Suns. Also many elements of "The Kite Runner" appear in this movie as well.
Every aspect of the childhood love story of the protagonist and Latika mimicks the story of Tariq and Laila. He finds her years later with an abusive husband (Rashid in Hosseini's novel), he still finds her beautiful despite the disfigurement caused by said husband, crime lords of Mumbai = warlords of Afghanistan, rags to riches story of Jamal = same as Tariq, Salim's death = Mariam's death, the orphanage scenes, Hindu/Muslim violence = Pashtun/Hazara/Tajik violence, I could go on forever.
Anyone who liked this movie would definitely enjoy the book.
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