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Post by stray on Apr 27, 2007 15:28:08 GMT -5
It was quite a sleeper. The ending actually reinforced a point they didn't intend to promote and undid a lot of the 'bullshit in the middle'.
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Post by ScarlettP on Apr 29, 2007 10:46:51 GMT -5
Saw "Hot Fuzz" yesterday. Pretty fun. If you enjoyed "Sean of the Dead", you'd probably like this one. Sadly, it's only playing at the Rave and Hamilton Place, so it's kind of hard to find a showing... but we thought it was worth looking for it.
The plot is that London's top cop, Lt. Angel is SO good at his job that he's making everyone else look bad. He gets a promotion to Sargent and is relocated to a rural town, even though he doesn't want to go. There he finds that the this perfect little village may have a very low crime rate, but has an amazingly high fatal accident rate. Sargent Angel feels the accidents are related and everyone else in town makes fun of the new guy crying 'Murder' at every turn. Great, dry British humor ensues.
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Post by mightejoe on Apr 30, 2007 15:39:33 GMT -5
Saw Grindhouse Saturday. Pure and simple - it rocked.
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Post by Longshot! [ Saint ] on May 3, 2007 9:13:37 GMT -5
Fracture.
Interesting premise, 'bitch gets hers', yet disappointingly predictable. And I was fairly 'boogered', too.
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Post by Homebrew Dave on May 5, 2007 15:33:15 GMT -5
Spider-Man 3.
Toby Maguire is still the gayest Spidey ever but the movie was awesome.
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Post by RuneDeer on May 5, 2007 21:18:20 GMT -5
Blades of Glory...wanted Fracture but showtimes didn't fit the sched.
Olympic figure skating badly needed to be ripped ... this did it admirably. I'd give it about three and a half stars out of five.
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Post by ScarlettP on May 6, 2007 6:03:11 GMT -5
Spidey - 3 Rocks. A bit TOO much soul searching going on, but the "Pete transformed under the influence of the Suit" scenes were laugh out loud funny. I don't know if they WROTE it that way, or if Toby was just so damned geeky that he couldn't look cool on a bet and Raimi desided to have him ham it up - but the LOOKS on the faces of the extras as they react to him passing by was worth the ticket price.
The Black Suit effects were fab. I didn't think they could make that stuff look more creepy and disgusting than it was in the comix... but they did.
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Post by Babs on May 6, 2007 22:54:42 GMT -5
Because of Winn Dixie. Bought the DVD.
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Post by Dreamwebber on May 6, 2007 23:21:45 GMT -5
As far as the movie theatre goes....saw Blades of Glory at the Drive-in (chaproned two sets of 15 year old couples) with one of their mom and dad's last weekend. Thought it was lame...but, I kind of expected it. It was a double feature...but, I can't even remember the second one...."Wild Hogs" or something like that which was totally stupid.
As far as renting....Borat. It was hillarious with the exception of the naked fighting ugh!!!
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Post by Bloodhound on May 6, 2007 23:52:34 GMT -5
Spiderman 3 did not suck
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Post by Longshot! [ Saint ] on May 8, 2007 3:17:08 GMT -5
Yeah, I remember what the Black Suit did to me, too.
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Post by daworm on May 8, 2007 8:16:32 GMT -5
I never bothered with Spiderman 2, considering Spiderman 1 sucked so bad.
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Post by MSwafford on May 8, 2007 13:38:47 GMT -5
300...twice.
I guess that makes it 600?
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Post by Dreamwebber on May 9, 2007 1:19:44 GMT -5
I agree with DaWorm...I didn't like Spiderman I so, saw no reason to watch II or III.
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Post by Jay on May 12, 2007 1:47:49 GMT -5
I've like the Spiderman movies. They weren't the best thing ever......but they were enjoyable
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Post by Bloodhound on May 14, 2007 16:50:38 GMT -5
De` Javu
Denzel Washington.
Good flick, but there was something strangely familiar about it.
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Post by bernardjenkins on May 15, 2007 16:11:35 GMT -5
This afternoon The Last Waltz
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Post by halk3 on May 16, 2007 10:46:34 GMT -5
In a movie theatre Revenge of the Nerds at the old $1.00 place on Mountain Creek Road. On tv I watched BIG RED ONE the other day
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Post by Homebrew Dave on May 16, 2007 18:57:49 GMT -5
IIRC, Revenge of the Nerds came out in 1983 or thereabouts. So you're saying you haven't seen a movie in a theater in 24 years?
My god man! There's whole new projection and sound technologies now that you have never experienced!
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Post by ScarlettP on May 18, 2007 21:00:43 GMT -5
Just got in from Shrek the 3rd.
Don't pay full price.
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Post by Jay on May 18, 2007 22:53:38 GMT -5
I wasn't that impressed w/ the 2nd.... The first Shrek was definitely lots better. I'll wait for DVD on this one
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Post by ScarlettP on May 19, 2007 6:59:35 GMT -5
Good idea. It was fun, but it dragged ALOT every time they tried to toss a Moral into the story line. None of the jokes were knee slappers... of course, I was also rather tired and didn't want to go in the first place, but it just wasn't as funny as I had hoped.
Technically speaking - it was BEAUTIFUL to look at. Fiona's hair was fab. The texture in the 'costume fabrics' were lovely. The mat paintings for some of the scenes were something you might frame and hang on the wall. It just didn't 'flow' currectly and it wasn't funny.
I'm really starting to think that they NEED to have the actors record their lines TOGETHER!!! We all know that Disney brings in all the actors and records all their dialog one person at a time. The conversations between charactors is really starting to suffer from that. It actually SOUNDS like each person was just reading their lines, not like they were interacting with each other.
Maybe I'm just getting jaded.
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Post by Homebrew Dave on May 19, 2007 12:48:50 GMT -5
Ummm... Shrek is a product of DreamWorks. That would be Steven Spielberg, not Disney.
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Post by Dreamwebber on May 19, 2007 13:54:50 GMT -5
Agrees with HD...we need to have a "Notta Halk3's first time in over 20 years in the theatre party"
Do they still have a theatre there? I remember learning how to drive a stick shift in that parking lot. Might be fun to have a movie party there if they still do.
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Post by xterragirl on May 19, 2007 13:56:49 GMT -5
Watched Old Yeller and am watching Swiss Family Robinson on the Hallmark Channel today. Talk about blasts from the past.
*and yes I cried at the end of Old Yeller*
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Post by Homebrew Dave on May 20, 2007 12:38:16 GMT -5
Agrees with HD...we need to have a "Notta Halk3's first time in over 20 years in the theatre party" Do they still have a theatre there? I remember learning how to drive a stick shift in that parking lot. Might be fun to have a movie party there if they still do. No, the theater there has been a church for some time now. And even if it was still a theater, it was never upgraded with new technology. No no no...we need to take halk3 to either the Rave or the new cine-plex at Northgate where they have THX surround sound and DLP projection. Halk3, DLP is high-definition for movie screens. Amazingly awesome picture quality. Dave
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Post by ScarlettP on May 22, 2007 5:51:27 GMT -5
Pirates 3. Thursday Night, 8PM, Northgate Carmike. Be there or miss it all!
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Post by Babs on May 23, 2007 0:16:46 GMT -5
Lordy! I remember going to the $1.00 movie years ago. Can't remember which movies I saw there.
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Post by Copperhead on May 23, 2007 14:05:21 GMT -5
The Family Stone. Didn't think it was as funny as I'd heard. I groaned at some of the words that came out of Sarah Jessica Parker's mouth. She played the character well...more interesting than funny, I guess.
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Post by Justin Thyme on May 23, 2007 14:18:53 GMT -5
I went to see Spiderman III on opening night. First opening night movie I had gone to in years. I enjoyed it but the part where he gives himself over to the power of the black slime I thought was stolen right out of The Mask with Jim Carrey.
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