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October Wrasslin' |OT| Running around in our underwear making ugly faces
- Thread starter Perspicacity
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You Could Be Mine might have one of the most underrated hooks of all-time.
yeah I was pleasantly surprised with Snitch. shane from walking dead was pretty good in it, too.
Nerdkiller
Membeur
You know, while we're still talking about movies, is there anyone out there that agrees with me that Gladiator is just not a good movie? The basic plot seems a bit too overly familiar, which could work if it excelled in other areas, like Avatar for having some of the best large scale action scenes out there and the environmental details, but unlike Avatar, in which the story is mainly background for the spectacle, Maximus' all too familiar story of revenge is front and centre. I don't think it should have ever won Best Picture.
You should keep an eye out for Big Eyes, as it looks like he's gonna be channelling his Ed Wood energy for that one.
Slapshots is fine, but it suffers from following better Newman films that have the Paul Newman formula.
Perspicacity
Banned
What's wrong?
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Deleted member 47027
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First Bring it On was dope.
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Deleted member 47027
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Nah it's Major League, hands down.
Honorable mention to Necessary Roughness and Any Given Sunday
My name is WILLIE
Willie BEEEEEEAMEN
Honorable mention to Necessary Roughness and Any Given Sunday
My name is WILLIE
Willie BEEEEEEAMEN
"You know how they say "Fuck you" in this business, "Trust me"."
That might be the WWE writing team in a nutshell.
Mr. Luchador
Member
I really like those ESPN 20 for 20 movies, even on the subjects I know little about.
Possibly as the Toby Maguire Spiderman Trilogy CGI aged really quickly too.
Avatar also sucks. Christ I couldn't even get half way through that hunk of shit. And it's not even like the visuals are so stunning you deal with the shitty story, dialogue, and acting. They aren't. Almost everything looks distractingly fake. There is no way the visuals could have suffered that much in just a few years, right?
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That's ah, 30 for 30. And they are really good, I loved Broke and the Rotisserie League one a lot. Same with the USFL one, any boxing ones, and all the EVERYTHING ones.
Laimbeer is no doubt TMF. Dude was king heel of the NBA. That doc was rad. He's That Motherfucker and a mother fucker at the same time.
Mr. Luchador
Member
I knew it'd be you who'd correct me. I knew it. I couldn't remember if it was 20 for 20 or 30 for 30, but I knew if I was wrong you'd correct me. Knew it. I'm getting Zack Ryder little man angry feud rage.
The camera work is the problem with the visuals. Most of the human scenes are shot with tight camera angles that are sometimes filmed with handhelds, while all Navi scenes have impossible shots that can only be done in a CG animated film.
The second movie. Which was the only one I saw during a red eye flight across the Atlantic. And I watched it muted the entire way though. I think it was the second one. Hang on. Maybe I'm thinking of Step Up. Yeah that's the one. Let's go with that one.
Sir_Crocodile
Member
I've heard some chatter recently that tna is actually worth watching now.
Is that true?
Is that true?
The Judge had a number of impossible and obvious CGI shots. The Judge. A family drama. With zero need for any CGI. But it had a few really obvious shots that were impossible without CGI. Drove me crazy. But Avatar was just shit all around. Once he put out True Lies, James Cameron accomplished everything he could and died a peaceful death in my head.
Perspicacity
Banned
I don't watch the Step Up movies because I have standards.
Though I do like Channing Tatum...
I want to see a Fave Five American Pie straight-to-DVD list.
2 questions.
What are the best-protected finishers in the WWE?
-Sheamus' brogue kick
-Reigns' spear
-Rollins' curb stomp
-Big Show's KO punch
-Bryan's (RIP) running knee
What are the finishers that don't mean shit? (aka are kicked out of a lot)
-Cena's AA
-Kane's chokeslam
Uhh...Ziggler's finishers maybe?
What are the best-protected finishers in the WWE?
-Sheamus' brogue kick
-Reigns' spear
-Rollins' curb stomp
-Big Show's KO punch
-Bryan's (RIP) running knee
What are the finishers that don't mean shit? (aka are kicked out of a lot)
-Cena's AA
-Kane's chokeslam
Uhh...Ziggler's finishers maybe?
It looked great in theatres, but it looks like shit and like a video game on television in HD.
Big Show's Punch
In all of wrestling though it's either Kobashi's Burning Hammer, or Stan Hansen's Western Lariat.
Mr. Luchador
Member
That was my reasoning for going to see Gravity at the iMAX. I have no desire to see it on a TV, as it won't be the experience it should be.
Western Lariat, if it hits and Stan takes 10 minutes to cover you, you still lose.
Terrabyte20xx
Junior Wrestlemania XXX Champion
You're missing Cesaro's Neutralizer. He may not always hit it,but when he does, you know that's the end of the match. No one has kicked out yet.
Sibersk Esto
Banned
the RKO shifts whether he's facing cena or not
Agreed. Even if I saw it for sale somewhere, I wouldn't buy it. Loved "the experience" in the theatre, but don't think I'd enjoy "the movie" if I had to watch it on a smaller screen with a more critical eye.
Things I'd probably complain about with Gravity on a small screen:
-pointless horror scene with half a dude's head missing
-religious overtones dialed up to 11
I dunno...maybe.
Only two people have ever kicked out of the Brogue Kick (Bryan and Big Show).
No one has kicked out of the spear.
Ditto for the curb stomp.
Only Sheamus has kicked out of the KO to my knowledge
Orton kicked out of the Knee at WM30, but I think it was mistimed and he was meant to have 15-20 seconds between it hitting and Batista trying to pin him.
Cesaro's neutralizer has also never been kicked out of, also, so that's well protected. The AA, ironically, is regularly kicked out of in PPV main events. Bryan, Orton, Punk, Rock, Lesnar, all sorts have all kicked out of it.
The Tombstone used to be among the most protected moves, with it basically being Taker's ultra finisher (with the Last Ride and chokslam as regular finishers), but after WM 25, when Taker started to do only WM main events and every one tried to be like HBK/Taker, then everyone he faced (HHH, Punk, Lesnar, HBK again) kicked out of it, sometimes multiple times. Even Taker kicked out of it.
What about Warrior's splash? LOL.
StevieWhite
Member
Did anybody ever kick out of Yoko's Banzai drop? Sure the ropes broke evert now and then, and sometimes he hs fell.... but I cant recall a single kickout.
Edit: beaten.
Edit: beaten.
Banzai drop...man. No clue how you could ever justify kicking out of that or how a kickout would even look after taking it, which is probably why no one (?) ever did.
Bret mentioned in his book that Yokozuna's ass smelled awful.
Mr. Luchador
Member
Yeah, it's that 'Experience' over 'Movie' distinction that makes me think I'm getting older. Story was crap, but it was a great experience. It's one of those things that probably doesn't make sense to 18 year old me.
Definitely an age thing. You learn to appreciate things in different ways and different contexts, and just saying something "sucks" or is "awesome" doesn't cut it anymore.
I guess his ribs leveled up after that first time, allowing him to kick out at RR?
plagiarize
Banned
my only issue with Gravity is that at the end,
when she claws her way up out of that lake
That would have pushed the whole thing over the edge.
My mind would have exploded if that happened. Definitely would have taken the movie to another level.
plagiarize
Banned
Fun fact, I said that as I was watching the film for the first time before I found out that they literally used the same location.
Sibersk Esto
Banned
already posted friend Fox