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Movies You've Seen Recently III: The Third Chapter

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Discotheque said:
21 Jump Street and Pineapple Express are the best american comedies in the last 10 or so years. The rest like hangover and bridesmaids and whatever lost their charm quickly imo.
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I would rank Superbad above 21 Jump Street.

Also, most Will Ferrell/Adam McKay joints make me laugh harder than any of the aforementioned movies.
 
Papa Steve said:
Thanks!



For me, it's followed a similar path to comedic gold status as The Big Lebowski, in that I saw it the first time, thought it was kind of funny, but on subsequent views it has become funnier and funnier to me. I've probably seen it around 5 or 6 times now, and I consider it one of my favorite comedies, period.
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I've seen it at least a dozen times and it's always a fun watch. Most of the performers make these really subtle acting choices that, to me, perfectly represent the state of being high on pot. It's so spot on that part of why I laugh is because I've been there.

xtrasauce said:
I would rank Superbad above 21 Jump Street.

Also, most Will Ferrell/Adam McKay joints make me laugh harder than any of the aforementioned movies.
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Agreed. Superbad is an awesome ride (even in spite of Michael Cera) and maybe the best coming of age comedy of our generation.
 
So my roommates are out of town, I have the place to myself for the evening and open access to their blu ray collection. I have seen all of these, but none of them on blu. So I ask, which do you suggest as the best blu ray experience?

-LotR Trilogy
-Dark Knight Trilogy
-Planet Earth
-Requiem for a Dream
-X-Men First Class
-Rise of the Planet of the Apes
 
xtrasauce said:
Doesn't the prologue take place years after Lord of the Rings? Either way, pretty sure Bilbo is supposed to look much older since his years with the Ring are catching up to him.
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I'm pretty sure that the prologue takes place the day of Bilbo's party (Where Fellowship starts). Bilbo puts up a sign for official party business only, and Frodo asks if he thinks Gandalf is coming.

^ to above post. The Dark Knight is amazing on Blu Ray, it's one of the few films where there is a big difference in the quality in picture and sound vs DVD in my opinion, and I usually think there isn't much separation in both departments. I would assume Begins and Rises are of the same quality.
 
Thug Waffle said:
I've seen it at least a dozen times and it's always a fun watch. Most of the performers make these really subtle acting choices that, to me, perfectly represent the state of being high on pot. It's so spot on that part of why I laugh is because I've been there.
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I've had people question my taste/intellect since I tend to find comedies like Pineapple Express to be funny, even though I've yet to smoke pot at any point in my life. If something succeeds in being funny, then it's funny to me regardless of the themes that it may be based around, ya know? Having said that, I can definitely see how having been high might give someone a little(or perhaps more) appreciation for the authenticity of that experience that the movie presents.

On a someone similar note, it's like when people say that they didn't like a movie because all of the characters were unlikable, safe to say you didn't care for the characters themselves, but if the characters were supposed to be unlikable, and the filmakers succeeded, I find it strange to not like a movie because of that.
 
First week of April is going to be balls-out awesome for me movie-wise.

Wednesday I have tickets to the 4K remaster of Schindler's List with a live Thomas Keneally Q+A, followed by Thursday night screening of Boyle's TRANCE, followed Sunday with the a screening of the 4K remaster of Lawrence. :D
 
ViewtifulJC said:
Anybody with a Madman avatar should never have their taste questioned
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I love all things Mike Allred but sorry I found Pineapple Express boring and Superbad is downright terrible.

Hangover, Knocked Up, Zack & Miri, hell even Wedding Crashers is better. 40 year old Virgin is the best.
 
Watched Glengarry Glen Ross last night, and I thought it was great. I haven't seen much Mamet stuff before, and it was just a pleasure to hear this great cast of actors working with his script. I could've watched hours more.

About to watch Margin Call now.
 
^^^ Step Brothers is amazing. So much hilarity milked from such a simplistic premise and setting.

Also, Robot and Frank was great. Funny, touching and wonderful. Langella killed it, but the robot held its own against the old pro.
 
Watched Savages, on a whim, despite all the bad reception it got. I have to say that much of the movie was well-made and well-acted, despite falling apart thanks to some pretty (okay, really) questionable focal points and character relations/scenes in the second half. But it kept me entertained from start to finish. Book adaptations are hard, not only because of the medium transfer, but because so much has to be condensed. I felt Cosmopolis did an equally good job on the difficult process of capturing and converting its source material, though these are obviously very different subjects with wildly different themes, styles, moods, everything.

Also, I want to have sweaty, cosmogyral sex with Selma Hayek, for extended periods of time until my muscles give into a state of disrepair.
 
Expendable. said:
Glad you dug it! Movie is super overlooked. Her performance is fantastic, but I have a slight problem with something in the third act.

Anyways, be on the look out for the director's next movie: THE SPECTACULAR NOW. It's great, huge step up. Comes out in August.
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Brilliant, thanks for the heads-up. I'll look out for it.
 
Papa Steve said:
On a someone similar note, it's like when people say that they didn't like a movie because all of the characters were unlikable, safe to say you didn't care for the characters themselves, but if the characters were supposed to be unlikable, and the filmakers succeeded, I find it strange to not like a movie because of that.
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Yeah, I can't blame a movie for making unlikeable characters unlikeable; I loved hating Bishop Edvard Vergérus in Fanny and Alexander. It's when they're fake/forced/not genuine when it hurst the movie. Some are just plain intolerable though (ahem, Drop Dead Fred and most Adam Sandler characters).
 
Akahige said:
so jealous
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Apprently Sam and Ivan Raimi both went to my school. Ivan told a story about he helped to found the MSU film club, after initially trying to start up a jogging club, haha. Dude who is in the very beginning of the film was also there, apparently he was in the original as well.

Charles Foster Kane said:
Yeah, I can't blame a movie for making unlikeable characters unlikeable; I loved hating Bishop Edvard Vergérus in Fanny and Alexander. It's when they're fake/forced/not genuine when it hurst the movie in my case. Some are just plain intolerable though (ahem, Drop Dead Fred and most Adam Sandler characters).
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Yeah that really bothers me when films do that, "all of a sudden out of nowhere this character is this and you're supposed to care because we're telling you they're this".
 
I think Superbad is my favorite movie in that style of comedy. But I don't think I've ever laughed harder than when I watched Top Secret! or The Room for the first time.
 
Just got done watching Compliance......wow. The film itself was well made, what I'm most impressed with is the questions it brings to mind for me after my first viewing. Any film that allows me to consider aspects of everyday life, or the way I act towards people in general, and more specifically in relation to this film, what I would do if in a similar situation, and why or why I wouldn't do things differently or the same, warrants accolades.
 
ThanksVision said:
I think Superbad is my favorite movie in that style of comedy. But I don't think I've ever laughed harder than when I watched Top Secret! or The Room for the first time.
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I don't consider The Room a comedy since it was intended as a drama at first. but it really is top 10 film of the last decade. incredible entertainment.

denny..lmao
 
End of Watch

Great chemistry between Gyllenhaal and Pena, lots of funny dialogue, good action bits, loved it.

8/10
 
Papa Steve said:
Just got done watching Compliance......wow. The film itself was well made, what I'm most impressed with is the questions it brings to mind for me after my first viewing. Any film that allows me to consider aspects of everyday life, or the way I act towards people in general, and more specifically in relation to this film, what I would do if in a similar situation, and why or why I wouldn't do things differently or the same, warrants accolades.
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From what I've read about the actual story. (haven't seen the film). It's definitely something that's worth thinking about. I think people have no idea how easy it is to fall in the trap of self-deception. And that story is a really good example imo.
 
Night of the Living Dead (1968) - I've been meaning to see this for a long time. I'm not a massive horror movie fan (I could probably count on one hand the ones I really like) but this really is fantastic. I knew how influential it was but you only realize how many scenes you've actually seen from it before acted out elsewhere when you finally watch it. Everything from the shoestring budget, one location, hammy acting and the black and white works in its favour, and it has that logic of a nightmare that all horror movies should strive for. One thing I wasn't sure about was the use of the TV. I don't think explaining the situation was really necessary, nor was mentioning the fact
that an armed guard were making their way towards the area they were in. Unfortunately I remembered what the ending was halfway through the film, pretty sure I saw it in a documentary before.

Good Will Hunting - I actually quite liked this when I really expected myself not to. It's formulatic and predictable but it seems to be pretty conscious of that. Not got too much to say on it, the performances are good and it's kind of hard to resist.

Next up on my to watch pile is Le Mepris and Three Colours: Blue.
 
Hot Saucerman said:
I've had people question my taste/intellect since I tend to find comedies like Pineapple Express to be funny, even though I've yet to smoke pot at any point in my life. If something succeeds in being funny, then it's funny to me regardless of the themes that it may be based around, ya know? Having said that, I can definitely see how having been high might give someone a little(or perhaps more) appreciation for the authenticity of that experience that the movie presents.

On a someone similar note, it's like when people say that they didn't like a movie because all of the characters were unlikable, safe to say you didn't care for the characters themselves, but if the characters were supposed to be unlikable, and the filmakers succeeded, I find it strange to not like a movie because of that.
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I love stoner movies, even though I've never smoked anything.

One of my favorites:
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Made me a fan of Anna Faris. Too bad she takes on so many generic movies.
 
I watched that new Oz movie and it was a mixed bag. Kunis and Franco's acting was some of the worst I've seen in a mainstream blockbuster film in some time. It has a lot to do with them being so miscast, but still.
 
Franco really does seem like he can't stop grinning at the fact that they're paying him millions to headline the film. He looks like he knows he just got away with pulling a fast one over Disney and can't help show how pleased with himself he is.
 
Scullibundo said:
Franco really does seem like he can't stop grinning at the fact that they're paying him millions to headline the film. He looks like he knows he just got away with pulling a fast one over Disney and can't help show how pleased with himself he is.
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He looked so high that he could barely function. All of those flowers and little people? That was both CG and what Franco was actually seeing at the time. Even still, Kunis was even worse than he was.
 
The Man with the Iron Fists (2012) 5/10 somewhat cool but mostly bad

Rise of the Guardians (2012) 3/10 didn't like it all really, I would have turned it off if I was watching it alone

ThisWreckage said:
He looked so high that he could barely function. All of those flowers and little people? That was both CG and what Franco was actually seeing at the time. Even still, Kunis was even worse than he was.
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Both should stick to comedies.
 
Margin Call was alright. Well acted and it showed how the financial crisis probably played out at one of these firms in a believable manner.
 
Pineapple Express was terrible. I like stoner comedies, and I usually like Rogen and Franco in those kind of roles, but that movie was bad. Danny McBride was the only funny person in it. You guys are weirdos.
 
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