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YorkeDaddy 03-17-2014 10:17 AM
Cheap Thrills. Highly recommend it. Interesting premise that leads to some seriously interesting stuff. Great dark comedy.

djchameleon 03-17-2014 04:05 PM
I saw The Great Gatsby and loved it. It wasn't required reading in school so I didn't know the story at all. I kind of regret not seeing in it theaters to get the 3-D experience. It was so colorful and full of life. I should have known it would be like that because it's from the same guy that did Moulin Rouge. Also the soundtrack was so great. It was an odd mix of having modern songs clash with the time period but then certain songs they would put a jazz spin on it and it was just a beautiful creation. The music actually was more in the forefront than just being in the background and helped to tell the story as much as the set designs and costumes. They definitely deserved the Oscars that they won for costume design.

GuD 03-17-2014 08:28 PM
https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/i...PkFquqawEBCKAg

Dark, dark movie. Twisted, awful characters. Great plot. Dug the movie quite a bit. Would recommend if you're in the mood for something evil.

Janszoon 03-17-2014 08:32 PM
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Originally Posted by WhateverDude (Post 1428794)
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Dark, dark movie. Twisted, awful characters. Great plot. Dug the movie quite a bit. Would recommend if you're in the mood for something evil.
What movie is it? The image isn't showing up.

GuD 03-17-2014 08:34 PM
Ugh, this is frustrating. Twice now? Really?

Movie is called Cheap Thrills.

Janszoon 03-17-2014 08:36 PM
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Originally Posted by WhateverDude (Post 1428798)
Ugh, this is frustrating. Twice now? Really?

Movie is called Cheap Thrills.
Ah. I see it now actually.

jackhammer 03-17-2014 08:54 PM
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http://www.themoviebanter.com/wp-con...m-flame_p1.jpg

Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame (2010)
I was home from work sick today just watching movies and I have to say this one surprised me by how good it was. Imagine Sherlock Holmes and an albino Watson as 7th century Chinese detectives trying to solve a series of spontaneous human (and bird) combustions in the days leading up to the coronation of China's first empress in a screenplay written by someone who eats a lot of mushrooms and you have pretty good sense of what this movie is like. Not for everyone I'm sure, but I enjoyed it.
I really tried with this movie but just couldn't get past the first 30 mins. Reminded me of Casshern in that it looked visually amazing but lacking in focus.

https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/i...Y-icpByQhlHYRQ
The Aussies can certainly do low budget revenge thrillers. A father seeks revenge for his daughters death. Superb and realistic.

https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/i...QZO5wMtWjzMIsQ
Cliched but Jennifer Aniston is ridiculously yummy.

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/i...WRO6hgoZBVHPFA
I don't drive and Formula 1 is watchable but I can take it or leave it. This however was stunning especially as it's based on real events. The acting is superb and I was engrossed from start to finish.

The Batlord 03-18-2014 02:57 PM
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Prometheus


Just saw Prometheus last night. I'm glad I learned that it wasn't an Alien Alien movie from people on here or I would have been confused throughout the whole movie. So I went into it with a vague expectation of sci fi coolness. Was what I got. If it had a problem it's that it was both a thinking man's sci fi movie and a creature feature at the same time and the two kind of got in the way of each other.

Spoiler for Spoiler:
I was actually kind of disappointed whenever there was a monster moment, since it cheapened a lot of the more intellectual elements by reminding me of the rest of the series, which in a lot of ways this movie had little to do with.

Don't get me wrong, I really liked the movie, but it was just good where it could have been great. The part with the worm that broke the guy's arm and then forced itself into his mouth was awesome and creepy as hell, but when it first started it immediately changed the tone of the movie in a way that was off putting.

And the alien at the end was kind of bogus. With all of the smarty pants philosophy going on I was expecting at least some kind of profound hoozimawatsis, but instead I just got an angry alien killing machine without any emotional impact. I suppose they were trying to keep the movie ambiguous by not explaining just why the aliens wanted to destroy humanity, but I thought that was pretty obvious anyway: the aliens were scared of what they'd created so they wanted to purge the galaxy of all of their life creating experiments. Wondering about the details is interesting, but ultimately the "ambiguous" ending was kind of not so ambiguous.

But other than all that it was a pretty good sci fi experience. The visuals were great, the characters were fleshed out and believable, and the sets were moody where they needed to be and/or satisfyingly futuristic without being futuristic to the point of silliness.

And creaturey featurey though it may have been the giant, evil starfish at the end was far too awesome for me to complain. And when the Alien alien popped out of the alien guy at the very end it was pretty spectacular. It was rather cool revealing that the...what were they, "xenomorphs" I think? Yeah, it kicked some ass that the xenomorphs came from a mixture of alien and human DNA combined by a weaponized mutagen.



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Originally Posted by jackhammer (Post 1428810)
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Cliched but Jennifer Aniston is ridiculously yummy.

Same here. Was kinda fun in a mindless way, but it made me remember just how much I wanted to rail Jennifer Aniston.

djchameleon 03-18-2014 03:18 PM
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Originally Posted by The Batlord (Post 1429149)


Prometheus




Spoiler for Spoiler:
I was actually kind of disappointed whenever there was a monster moment, since it cheapened a lot of the more intellectual elements by reminding me of the rest of the series, which in a lot of ways this movie had little to do with.

Don't get me wrong, I really liked the movie, but it was just good where it could have been great. The part with the worm that broke the guy's arm and then forced itself into his mouth was awesome and creepy as hell, but when it first started it immediately changed the tone of the movie in a way that was off putting.

And the alien at the end was kind of bogus. With all of the smarty pants philosophy going on I was expecting at least some kind of profound hoozimawatsis, but instead I just got an angry alien killing machine without any emotional impact. I suppose they were trying to keep the movie ambiguous by not explaining just why the aliens wanted to destroy humanity, but I thought that was pretty obvious anyway: the aliens were scared of what they'd created so they wanted to purge the galaxy of all of their life creating experiments. Wondering about the details is interesting, but ultimately the "ambiguous" ending was kind of not so ambiguous.

But other than all that it was a pretty good sci fi experience. The visuals were great, the characters were fleshed out and believable, and the sets were moody where they needed to be and/or satisfyingly futuristic without being futuristic to the point of silliness.

And creaturey featurey though it may have been the giant, evil starfish at the end was far too awesome for me to complain. And when the Alien alien popped out of the alien guy at the very end it was pretty spectacular. It was rather cool revealing that the...what were they, "xenomorphs" I think? Yeah, it kicked some ass that the xenomorphs came from a mixture of alien and human DNA combined by a weaponized mutagen.

Spoiler for Spoilz:
They also left some of the movie with a few plot holes because they are planning to fill them in a sequel followup. One would hope so. Similar to The Purge, I'm hoping that some of the unanswered questions get answered in the next film.

The Batlord 03-18-2014 03:23 PM
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Originally Posted by djchameleon (Post 1429167)
Spoiler for Spoilz:
They also left some of the movie with a few plot holes because they are planning to fill them in a sequel followup. One would hope so. Similar to The Purge, I'm hoping that some of the unanswered questions get answered in the next film.
Spoiler for Spoiler:
I've only watched it the once, but I missed these plot holes. Car to elaborate? I plan on watching it again just because I'll know exactly what to expect this time around so I'd like to know some things to watch for.


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