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The Frighteners - A horror comedy with a Beetlejuice-like sense of humor, starring Michael J. Fox. It's a little sad because he plays a drunk, and you're not always sure how much of his mannerisms are part of his acting and how much are from the early stages of Parkinson's. It's an okay movie.
Firestarter - A Stephen King adaptation that I missed before. There's nothing original in the movie, but watching a little girl set things on fire with her mind is cool. I think this book/movie may have influenced the creators of the new TV show, Believe.
Europa Report - Apparently, there's life on one of Jupiter' s moons. And it's kind of Lovecraftian. Also, according to this movie, Jupiter's moons are located in "deep space." Really? Is it really "deep space" if it's within our own solar system.
GBF - Yes, I watched a teen dramedy. I liked this one, it was kind of like Easy A. More than one reference to Mean Girls, too.
Videodrome and They Live - I'm putting these together on the list because they're both 80s movies that should be remade and updated. Videodrome is about evil TV, I guess, and They Live is about evil aliens that have infiltrated Earth's population and put propaganda everywhere.
Passengers - Meh. The twist that
the main character is dead
has been done before, better.
Twelve Monkeys - Not the best time travel movie I've ever seen, but not the worst. I just have a nit to pick - I know this movie was made before 9/11, but are we really supposed to believe the bad guy would get past airport security with a box full of deadly virus? REALLY?
Shadow People - Total bullshit based on a real thing. That real thing is Sudden Unexpected Nocturnal Death Syndrome (SUNDS). Apparently, this has happened in different eras in different Asian communities, and there are tons of myths about it, but I don't think "Shadow People" are one of those myths.
Chasing the Devil - Pretty much just another Paranormal Activity ripoff. Fortunately for me, I never really tire of watching Paranormal Activity ripoffs.
Since my last post in this thread I've seen:
Thor: The Dark World, Elysium, Non-Stop, and Robocop
None of them were spectacular, but none were awful, either (in my opinion). I think Robocop was probably the best (I've never seen the original). I thought Thor was kinda meh, or maybe that's just me being acclimated with typical action movie plots...or maybe having a fairly predictable plot is proof of its mehness? (not a word, I know...oris it?)
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March 14, 2014 at 1:37 am (This post was last modified: March 14, 2014 at 1:38 am by Marsellus Wallace.)
(March 12, 2014 at 6:45 pm)futilethewinds Wrote:
The Frighteners - A horror comedy with a Beetlejuice-like sense of humor, starring Michael J. Fox. It's a little sad because he plays a drunk, and you're not always sure how much of his mannerisms are part of his acting and how much are from the early stages of Parkinson's. It's an okay movie.
Firestarter - A Stephen King adaptation that I missed before. There's nothing original in the movie, but watching a little girl set things on fire with her mind is cool. I think this book/movie may have influenced the creators of the new TV show, Believe.
Europa Report - Apparently, there's life on one of Jupiter' s moons. And it's kind of Lovecraftian. Also, according to this movie, Jupiter's moons are located in "deep space." Really? Is it really "deep space" if it's within our own solar system.
GBF - Yes, I watched a teen dramedy. I liked this one, it was kind of like Easy A. More than one reference to Mean Girls, too.
Videodrome and They Live - I'm putting these together on the list because they're both 80s movies that should be remade and updated. Videodrome is about evil TV, I guess, and They Live is about evil aliens that have infiltrated Earth's population and put propaganda everywhere.
Passengers - Meh. The twist that [hide]the main character is dead has been done before, better.
Twelve Monkeys - Not the best time travel movie I've ever seen, but not the worst. I just have a nit to pick - I know this movie was made before 9/11, but are we really supposed to believe the bad guy would get past airport security with a box full of deadly virus? REALLY?
Shadow People - Total bullshit based on a real thing. That real thing is Sudden Unexpected Nocturnal Death Syndrome (SUNDS). Apparently, this has happened in different eras in different Asian communities, and there are tons of myths about it, but I don't think "Shadow People" are one of those myths.
Chasing the Devil - Pretty much just another Paranormal Activity ripoff. Fortunately for me, I never really tire of watching Paranormal Activity ripoffs.
March 14, 2014 at 2:26 am (This post was last modified: March 14, 2014 at 2:29 am by Assimilate.)
last movie I watched was that new Thor movie, I found it pretty dumb. I liked the first one, personally, I just think I'm all super hero'd out.
before that I watched Gravity, it was fine, not as good as all the hype suggested, but not horrible either.
(March 12, 2014 at 9:26 pm)Darkstar Wrote: Let's see...
Since my last post in this thread I've seen:
Thor: The Dark World, Elysium, Non-Stop, and Robocop
None of them were spectacular, but none were awful, either (in my opinion). I think Robocop was probably the best (I've never seen the original). I thought Thor was kinda meh, or maybe that's just me being acclimated with typical action movie plots...or maybe having a fairly predictable plot is proof of its mehness? (not a word, I know...oris it?)
you never seen the original robocop?
I'd recomend you watch the original, it's pretty good, an 80's darkness to it. I liked number 2 when I was a kid, number one was better IMO though.
(February 15, 2014 at 7:03 am)noor100 Wrote: The last movie that I saw was called Mr. Brooks. It is a Kevin Costner movie and to be honest was pretty good. Long, but worth watching. I also watched Superbad. Man I wish I was that young and innocent again.
Mr. Books is really good; found it at the movie rental place (back when there was still such a thing) and picked it up and was blown away. Made me wonder how many other really good movies are out there that we never hear about because they're not made my Universal or Sony.
(February 21, 2014 at 8:01 am)Marsellus Wallace Wrote: The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
Its ending sucked ass .
Wait until the third/fourth movies.
To be fair, though, I don't so much have a problem with the ending of book three, and thus the ending of movie four, as I do the entire book. I hope they fix the issues for the movie.
(February 21, 2014 at 9:33 am)Tonus Wrote: I think the last one I watched was The Haunting in Connecticut, which was very good. The movie spent so much effort in developing the characters and their plight that it seemed less like a ghost story and more like a dramatic film. I think the cop-out ending hurt the film, though. It would've been a much stronger film with a more lasting impact if they'd let the story conclude in the more obvious way.
Was that the one where
the family moves into a house that used to be a funeral home, the teenage kid makes his bedroom the basement and at the end all the bodies come out of the walls? IIRC, it was alright.
(March 14, 2014 at 2:26 am)Asimm Wrote: last movie I watched was that new Thor movie, I found it pretty dumb. I liked the first one, personally, I just think I'm all super hero'd out.
I don't know what people see in the first Thor movie to like, aside from Loki. The acting really sucked, it was so distractingly awful I couldn't pay attention to the plot.
The last movie I watched was Berkley Square, a british miniseries about nannies in Victorian london. It's a guilty pleasure type watch, much like the BBC Pride and Prejudice.
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