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  • Re: New/Rented movies: Here comes the movie to change all movies

    Originally posted by ScottM View Post
    Have to agree. I tend to like Nicholson more when he's depraved and crazy. The end was just ... awful relative to the rest of the flick.
    The ending of the movie is what shifts The Departed behind the movie it was based on, Infernal Affairs.
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      Originally posted by GreatLakerMohawk View Post
      I too saw Iron Man 2. It was entertaining (total popcorn movie) but was pretty awful. Sam Rockwell was f-ckin' terrible.
      Um, I'm pretty sure that was Dana Carvey.

      I know it wasn't, but it looked a lot like him.
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        No way, Dana Carvey is actually funny...Rockwell was horrible.
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          I saw Robin hood...it was pretty decent and a very good origin if they do plan on a sequel.
          "It's as if the Drumpf Administration is made up of the worst and unfunny parts of the Cleveland Browns, Washington Generals, and the alien Mon-Stars from Space Jam."
          -aparch

          "Scenes in "Empire Strikes Back" that take place on the tundra planet Hoth were shot on the present-day site of Ralph Engelstad Arena."
          -INCH

          Of course I'm a fan of the Vikings. A sick and demented Masochist of a fan, but a fan none the less.
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            For film buffs this is something interesting.

            Psycho is coming to Blu-Ray this fall. Every DVD release up till this point because of the weird aspect ratio the movie was filmed in has had the tops and bottoms cut off a little bit. Thus we never saw the whole movie. The VHS version had the full top to bottom but was panned and scanned and thus cut off the left and right edges. The version that has been aired on HDNET and will be on the Blu-Ray contains the whole thing as it was filmed by Hitchcock.

            The Blu-Ray will have a new 5.1 Dolby Soundtrack that was carefully put together from the original. And the original mono soundtrack will be available as well.
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              Seriously, the ending to The Departed was a let down from the rest of the movie. But it wasn't THAT bad.

              It at least makes sense in the grand scheme of what 90% of all Scorsese's movies are all about: personal downfall at the hands of some personal flaw (in this case: secrecy and double lives/information).

              Originally posted by GreatLakerMohawk View Post
              To be honest, I was thinking of Sam Worthington - but Sam Rockwell was in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
              Originally posted by Handyman View Post
              ****ED RIGHT HE WAS!
              Was I blocking this out? I never once knew that Sam Rockwell was in that movie. Yet now that you guys mention it, I immediately know which character he was.
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                Been on a Lovecraft kick lately and caught Dreams of Cthulhu - The Rough Magik Initiative. Movies based on Lovecraft's works are usually terrible. This may be because the key to Lovecraft is, notoriously, hinting and oblique reference rather than narrative and direct showing ("the beast was so terrifying words cannot describe it"). A Cthulhu Symphony would be a better medium. Well, anyhoo, I recommend Dreams of Cthulhu as a very good effort. It's apparently an aborted pilot, but coming upon a disjointed fragment is a great way to touch on the mythos.

                Also saw the immortal Gaslight over the weekend, courtesy of the local DC PBS affiliate which has been running classics. Charles Boyer is a decent villain but Ingrid Bergman is brilliant, particular during the closing scenes.
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                  Originally posted by ExileOnDaytonStreet View Post
                  Was I blocking this out? I never once knew that Sam Rockwell was in that movie. Yet now that you guys mention it, I immediately know which character he was.
                  Well it wasnt a memorable part or anything, he was just one of the punks in the Foot Clan though he does get lots of screen time and a few lines

                  I still love that Corey Feldmen was Donatello
                  "It's as if the Drumpf Administration is made up of the worst and unfunny parts of the Cleveland Browns, Washington Generals, and the alien Mon-Stars from Space Jam."
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                  • Re: New/Rented movies: Here comes the movie to change all movies

                    Originally posted by Kepler View Post
                    Also saw the immortal Gaslight over the weekend, courtesy of the local DC PBS affiliate which has been running classics. Charles Boyer is a decent villain but Ingrid Bergman is brilliant, particular during the closing scenes.
                    That's been on my must see list for quite a while. Just haven't gotten there.....
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                      Originally posted by ScoobyDoo View Post
                      That's been on my must see list for quite a while. Just haven't gotten there.....
                      The 1940 version has now taken that slot for me, which if my alacrity is repeated will happen sometime in the 2030s.
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                        Rented Fantastic Mr. Fox, really liked it. Stop-motion was gorgeous in B-R.

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                        • Iron Man 2 - didn't dislike it nor Rockwell's performance. Sue me.

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                            I don't get the Dana Carvey thing. Am I missing an inside joke?
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                              Originally posted by Slap Shot View Post
                              Iron Man 2 - didn't dislike it nor Rockwell's performance. Sue me.
                              I liked it too. Didn't love it but I liked it.
                              **NOTE: The misleading post above was brought to you by Reynold's Wrap and American Steeples, makers of Crosses.

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                              • Re: New/Rented movies: Here comes the movie to change all movies

                                F*: A Documentary


                                Obviously it was gonna lean towards "what's the big deal," but it did provide a nice history/etc of the word, how it's evolved, etc. And did provide a few decent arguments on why we shouldn't say the word in the first place.

                                Pat Boone is comedy gold, I must say, as is Billy Connelly. And even Bill Maher (!!!!) has some decent points in it.

                                At times, it seems a little more political than it should be, although later on in the movie they show why some politics are involved, so the ends justified the means.

                                Either way, good doc, I'd watch it again for sure.

                                Here's the trailer (NSFW, duh; embed has the word, so here's the link):
                                http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOnnWoyh6Mg
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