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

[brianvf]

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I've not seen it, but don't people largely regard that as an awful awful movie?

Yes.
Saying that, I've seen it quite a few times, more because it humors me.
Quite the rock opera.

[Handyman]

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So much for Spidey 4: http://www.comicbookresources.com/?p...ticle&id=24376

Reboot Spidey...yuck!

[Slap Shot]

The Girlfriend Experience. I love the concept of the movie, which forces the viewer to fit pieces of the present and future together to gain the storyline, I enjoyed much of the dialogue, the direction and I appreciated the fact only one character was played by an actor. But in the end it came across as overly pretentious and hollow. A movie lacks depth when every character (including escorts, their pimps/agents, their johns, roommates, co-workers and everyone they know) is an intellectuctual seemingly capable of discussing at length foreign policy, economics and existentialism with equal aplomb. I found myself not really caring what happened to anyone and was bored stiff by the end.

[The Paragon of Virtue]

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

So much for Spidey 4: http://www.comicbookresources.com/?p...ticle&id=24376

Reboot Spidey...yuck!

Not sure how I feel about a reboot, but I can't say I'm unhappy they're giving up on Spider-Man 4.

[Handyman]

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Not sure how I feel about a reboot, but I can't say I'm unhappy they're giving up on Spider-Man 4.

I think they would be better off waiting a few years before doing it. Spidey 4 seemed like a mess from the word go (as does the Venom movie which too sounds like a half-hearted reboot) and a reboot now back seems like a replacement for the movie that fell through.

[brianvf]

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The Girlfriend Experience. I love the concept of the movie, which forces the viewer to fit pieces of the present and future together to gain the storyline, I enjoyed much of the dialogue, the direction and I appreciated the fact only one character was played by an actor. But in the end it came across as overly pretentious and hollow. A movie lacks depth when every character (including escorts, their pimps/agents, their johns, roommates, co-workers and everyone they know) is an intellectuctual seemingly capable of discussing at length foreign policy, economics and existentialism with equal aplomb. I found myself not really caring what happened to anyone and was bored stiff by the end.

I watched this a few weeks ago and came to about the same conclusions.

[The Rube]

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Ummm. I'd like to know how a quad would hit anyone - with his tongue? I think you mean paraplegic. See quad means four so a quad has lost the use of all four limbs, para means two so a para has lost the use of two, typically his legs.

Wrong. They explain that in the movie.

And from wiki: Quadriplegia, also known as tetraplegia, is paralysis caused by illness or injury to a human that results in the partial or total loss of use of all of their limbs and torso;...

They are rated from 1-3 points, depending on how severe their quadriplegia is, and there can only be "8 points" amongst 4 (IIRC) teammates on the court at a time.

[bigmrg74]

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So much for Spidey 4: http://www.comicbookresources.com/?p...ticle&id=24376

Reboot Spidey...yuck!

Not sure how I feel about a reboot, but I can't say I'm unhappy they're giving up on Spider-Man 4.

I think they would be better off waiting a few years before doing it. Spidey 4 seemed like a mess from the word go (as does the Venom movie which too sounds like a half-hearted reboot) and a reboot now back seems like a replacement for the movie that fell through.

Yeah, Personally, I've always thought they would have been a lot better off doing Spiderman 3 as two movies, having the end right about as the symbiont and Eddie team up to become Venom, and then just have another movie thats just Spidey vs. Venom. It could have been easily done if they had filmed both movies together. But I digress.

If they're going to do a reboot, they might as well wait a couple of years to do it then. Personally, I wouldn't think about doing anything thats New Spidey until about 2015 or so, give the public a chance to accept somebody else as the new Spiderman.

[The Rube]

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Screw Spiderman. This is kick arse!:

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[RaceBoarder]

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Screw Spiderman. This is kick arse!:

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I was just about to post that trailer...


It'll be interesting to see how the characters are portrayed...

[AMcoffee]

Re: New/Rented movies: What do neighbors rent on Netflix ?

great article that includes live maps of top 50 Netflix rentals in 2009 by zipcode in selected metro areas

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2...flix-map.html?

What's the deal with "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" ?

[Handyman]

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Screw Spiderman. This is kick arse!:

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Ok...that is going to RULE!

I have a feeling this A-Team might actually hit people with bullets instead of always missing like the previous one

[French Rage]

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What's the deal with "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" ?

It was made solely with the intent to be Best Picture but wasn't.

[unofan]

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What's the deal with "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" ?

Too long and not good enough to see in theatres, but still on most people's "want to see" list thus it got rented?

[bostonewe]

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Screw Spiderman. This is kick arse!:

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The things I would do to Bradley Cooper... *sigh*

Anyway, moving on, watching Kissing Jessica Stein. Not new, not groundbreaking, but definitely fun.