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RE: The Last Movie You Watched
August 15, 2014 at 6:51 pm
The Amazing Spider-Man 2
Despite Rhino only appearing for a minute right at the end as a "We'll be back!" sort of thing, I generally liked it. One of my favorite moments is when Aunt May walks into Peter's room and says "Why is your face so dirty?" "I was cleaning the chimney." "We don't have a chimney." "Whaaa...?"
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RE: The Last Movie You Watched
August 16, 2014 at 12:45 am
(August 15, 2014 at 6:43 pm)rasetsu Wrote:
just to let everyone know, our friend ras just spontaneously combusted! ambo's are on their way!
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August 16, 2014 at 12:54 am
Love Surreal.
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August 16, 2014 at 1:45 am
Just watched Religulous for the 53rd time. Love Bill Maher.
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RE: The Last Movie You Watched
August 16, 2014 at 1:47 am
(August 16, 2014 at 1:45 am)SteelCurtain Wrote: Just watched Religulous for the 53rd time. Love Bill Maher.
Was that the movie that brought the Horus-Jesus myth connection to the masses?
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August 16, 2014 at 1:48 am
I think that was Zeitgeist.
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RE: The Last Movie You Watched
August 16, 2014 at 3:25 am
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LOL, No...Religulous brought The Holy Land theme park to the attention of the masses - which, up until that point, was a gem that only those of us from florida got to enjoy.
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August 16, 2014 at 8:25 am
Saw Guardians of the Galaxy last weekend. Very funny movie with a standard comic book plot that made the smart decision to stay funny and not try to turn sad or dramatic, especially at the end.
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RE: The Last Movie You Watched
August 16, 2014 at 9:26 am
(August 16, 2014 at 8:25 am)Tonus Wrote: Saw Guardians of the Galaxy last weekend. Very funny movie with a standard comic book plot that made the smart decision to stay funny and not try to turn sad or dramatic, especially at the end.
The plot was more incoherent than most super hero films though. And why did the chap with access to a rocket ship who had been kidnapped as a boy never try to go home to see his loved ones?
Left too many questions un-answered and had too much reliance on Groot to solve any immediate problem.
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August 16, 2014 at 11:07 am
(August 16, 2014 at 9:26 am)downbeatplumb Wrote: The plot was more incoherent than most super hero films though. Yeah, which is another reason why staying with the silly/light premise worked better. It reminded me of The Fifth Element, which has similar gaping plot holes yet is also easy to enjoy because it doesn't take itself seriously (although it did kind of try to at the end). I get the impression that it's like the first Captain America movie, just a bit of filler designed to build up the plot of Avengers 2 or 3. I wonder if they expected it to be such an immediate box office success.
They've already announced a sequel. The success of the first movie makes me worry that they'll change the formula for the second movie. And without that light and silly tone, the plot holes will be difficult to ignore.
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