What Movie(s) Did You Watch Today?
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Tonight I watched a movie I haven't seen in 25 years and forgot how suspenseful it was. Brian de Palma's "Blow Out" with a young John Travolta and John Lithgow about a sound engineer who accidentally records the murder of a politician. Have to say I had forgotten about this film but dvr'd it last week when Cinemax was having their free preview. For those who haven't seen it, very suspenseful and enjoyable film.
Tonight also Netflix "Elevator" saw it was just released on Redbox and was surprised to see it on Netflix streaming. Story is nine people are trapped on an elevator on their way to a businessman's Retirement party and one person on the elevator has a bomb. Will say the movie isn't the best out there and had a pretty crappy ending but was worthy of a suspenseful watch. You liked some of the people, hoped others wouldn't make it and there is a little girl on the elevator that you just wanted to die a horrible death but again was worthy of watch.
Tonight also Netflix "Elevator" saw it was just released on Redbox and was surprised to see it on Netflix streaming. Story is nine people are trapped on an elevator on their way to a businessman's Retirement party and one person on the elevator has a bomb. Will say the movie isn't the best out there and had a pretty crappy ending but was worthy of a suspenseful watch. You liked some of the people, hoped others wouldn't make it and there is a little girl on the elevator that you just wanted to die a horrible death but again was worthy of watch.
No-L
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Bad script. Cheesy acting. Terrible dialog.
Great movie. LOL
It could have been EPIC with a good script and cast.
Or it could have been awesome if they had gone all-the-way-cheesy which they tried in many scenes. But the actors just couldn't pull off either direction.
It's too bad because the cinematography, special effects, and explosion and death ratio were KICK ASS!!
Srvy
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No-L said:
Bad script. Cheesy acting. Terrible dialog.
Great movie. LOL
It could have been EPIC with a good script and cast.
Or it could have been awesome if they had gone all-the-way-cheesy which they tried in many scenes. But the actors just couldn't pull off either direction.
It's too bad because the cinematography, special effects, and explosion and death ratio were KICK ASS!!
It was criminal how Liam Neeson took the money and phoned in his part other than that the steel chewing drones were cool.
John Carter
IMO, it's not as bad as it's been criticized to be. A bit long but CGI is top notch and the story is good (far better than many movies in recent years). Lynn Collins is hot. Some actors are English (accent) and their dialogue had to be replayed often just to understand what they said. It's bit slow at the beginning but things pick up and the ending is one of the best I've seen in years and because of it, it went from 3 stars to 4 stars out of 5 from me. :handgestures-thumbup: :handgestures-thumbupleft: :handgestures-thumbupright: :eusa-clap:
IMO, it's not as bad as it's been criticized to be. A bit long but CGI is top notch and the story is good (far better than many movies in recent years). Lynn Collins is hot. Some actors are English (accent) and their dialogue had to be replayed often just to understand what they said. It's bit slow at the beginning but things pick up and the ending is one of the best I've seen in years and because of it, it went from 3 stars to 4 stars out of 5 from me. :handgestures-thumbup: :handgestures-thumbupleft: :handgestures-thumbupright: :eusa-clap:
glad you liked john carter. i thought ' its disney so it MUST come with some cheese in it'.... apparently it didnt. i too had low expectations but man, its amazingly entertaining. like seeing the guy from deadwood become better.
too bad about battleship... was it really that bad guys?
im going to rent this one out then.
anyone seen pirates yet?
thanks!
too bad about battleship... was it really that bad guys?
im going to rent this one out then.
anyone seen pirates yet?
thanks!
DIYer said:John Carter
IMO, it's not as bad as it's been criticized to be. A bit long but CGI is top notch and the story is good (far better than many movies in recent years). Lynn Collins is hot. Some actors are English (accent) and their dialogue had to be replayed often just to understand what they said. It's bit slow at the beginning but things pick up and the ending is one of the best I've seen in years and because of it, it went from 3 stars to 4 stars out of 5 from me. :handgestures-thumbup: :handgestures-thumbupleft: :handgestures-thumbupright: :eusa-clap:
Yeah I just watched this for the first time a few days ago. Agreed, with no expectations and not being at all familiar with the story, I thought it was pretty decent.
The Hunger Games
Very interesting, mainly for being something different. Same concept as The Truman Show (1998, Jim Carrey) but has more action and suspense. It's a well crafted movie. Editing is good, screenplay is good IMO and audio is very good (some demo material for explosion scenes). Only thing I would gripe about is the shaky camera at first 1/3 of movie. Even though it's mostly kids in action, it would do fine for the adults. 4 stars out of 5 from me. :handgestures-thumbup:
Very interesting, mainly for being something different. Same concept as The Truman Show (1998, Jim Carrey) but has more action and suspense. It's a well crafted movie. Editing is good, screenplay is good IMO and audio is very good (some demo material for explosion scenes). Only thing I would gripe about is the shaky camera at first 1/3 of movie. Even though it's mostly kids in action, it would do fine for the adults. 4 stars out of 5 from me. :handgestures-thumbup:
watched Pirates, the animated one...
i loved the humor. a bit on the lighter end tho, and well, its no 21 jumpstreet nor a bit more 'adult' compared to others. but it was nice. a good change of pace. dry, good children humor...
rental in my books. :handgestures-thumbup:
Brotherhood of the wolves
i still love this movie, but at times i can cut thru the cheese...
still an awesome movie.
now i realize how much i save when i still have netflix. :happy-smileygiantred:
i loved the humor. a bit on the lighter end tho, and well, its no 21 jumpstreet nor a bit more 'adult' compared to others. but it was nice. a good change of pace. dry, good children humor...
rental in my books. :handgestures-thumbup:
Brotherhood of the wolves
i still love this movie, but at times i can cut thru the cheese...
still an awesome movie.
now i realize how much i save when i still have netflix. :happy-smileygiantred: