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Anything less than an A+++++++++++++++++++ is hating something in this day and age.
Anything less than an A+++++++++++++++++++ is hating something in this day and age.
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Movie Thread: New, Rental, Streaming
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RaceBoarder
Waiting for the Snow to fly...
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Jurassic World really felt like an 80's action movie to me in regards to the plot... I was expecting something more "modern" I guess... I give the movie a C+... Acting was ok... CGI/effects were good... Plot needed to have the brain shut off in order to work for me though, so there's the major hot in the grade...
Jurassic World really felt like an 80's action movie to me in regards to the plot... I was expecting something more "modern" I guess... I give the movie a C+... Acting was ok... CGI/effects were good... Plot needed to have the brain shut off in order to work for me though, so there's the major hot in the grade...
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CMT has that movie quite a bit, also.
It's like in PCU:
Tom: What's he doin?
Droz: He's finishing his senior thesis. Pigman is trying to prove the Caine-Hackman theory. No matter what time it is, 24 hours a day, you can find a Michael Caine or Gene Hackman movie playing on TV.
Now just replace Caine and Hackman with "Roadhouse" or "Shawshank."
That is usually TBS or TNT...and personally I think it should have its own station on a continuous loop
CMT has that movie quite a bit, also.
It's like in PCU:
Tom: What's he doin?
Droz: He's finishing his senior thesis. Pigman is trying to prove the Caine-Hackman theory. No matter what time it is, 24 hours a day, you can find a Michael Caine or Gene Hackman movie playing on TV.
Now just replace Caine and Hackman with "Roadhouse" or "Shawshank."
WisconsinWildcard
The plural of anecdote is not data
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It has this neurologist's seal of approval.
http://theness.com/neurologicablog/index.php/inside-out-a-neuroscience-metaphor/#more-8018
It has this neurologist's seal of approval.
http://theness.com/neurologicablog/index.php/inside-out-a-neuroscience-metaphor/#more-8018
Kepler
Si certus es dubita
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I'm reading Richard Rorty's Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature right now, and part of it is a reaction to / elaboration of Willfrid Sellars' "Myth of the Given" and Gilbert Ryle's "ghost in the machine," modern criticisms of Cartesian dualism and the "little man in the engine room of the brain" conception of consciousness. Inside Out was the perfect movie to see while in that mindset. There are also enough fascinating little intellectual touches that at least some of the writing staff (which had about two dozen members) must have been well educated in neurology and philosophy.
It says something, either good about Pixar or bad about the other studios, that an animated kids movie has a more intelligent and subtle understanding of consciousness and personality than any ostensibly "adult" live action movie.
I'm reading Richard Rorty's Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature right now, and part of it is a reaction to / elaboration of Willfrid Sellars' "Myth of the Given" and Gilbert Ryle's "ghost in the machine," modern criticisms of Cartesian dualism and the "little man in the engine room of the brain" conception of consciousness. Inside Out was the perfect movie to see while in that mindset. There are also enough fascinating little intellectual touches that at least some of the writing staff (which had about two dozen members) must have been well educated in neurology and philosophy.
It says something, either good about Pixar or bad about the other studios, that an animated kids movie has a more intelligent and subtle understanding of consciousness and personality than any ostensibly "adult" live action movie.
PrezdeJohnson09
Proud supporter of Osmirwich hockey
I went into it with low expectations so it was okay. Not nearly as bad as breakaway but I don't know if that's really saying much...
Jimjamesak
Already insane, UAA making it worse
Tom: That's his thesis?
Droz: You can major in Game Boy if you know how to BS!
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Not saying this is the case here, but many went into it getting ready to compare it to Slap Shot. You cannot do that.
Would You Rather
Girl needs money to pay for brother's medical bills. She somewhat unknowingly enters a sadistic millionaire's game that involves a group of people in similar situations, where the winner gets everything taken care of. Similar to 13 Sins, which I really liked. The ending could have gone many ways, and I think they chose the correct way to end it. Worth watching if you are into drastic moral dilemma plots.
Not saying this is the case here, but many went into it getting ready to compare it to Slap Shot. You cannot do that.
Would You Rather
Girl needs money to pay for brother's medical bills. She somewhat unknowingly enters a sadistic millionaire's game that involves a group of people in similar situations, where the winner gets everything taken care of. Similar to 13 Sins, which I really liked. The ending could have gone many ways, and I think they chose the correct way to end it. Worth watching if you are into drastic moral dilemma plots.
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Gurtholfin
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Independence Day Resurgence?
Yes please!!!
http://www.polygon.com/2015/6/23/8831555/independence-day-2-resurgence-synopsis
Still one of my all time favorite summer movies.
Independence Day Resurgence?
Yes please!!!
http://www.polygon.com/2015/6/23/8831555/independence-day-2-resurgence-synopsis
Still one of my all time favorite summer movies.
Kepler
Si certus es dubita
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The family plot element was one of the all-time worst. Other than that, it was pure dumb fun.
The family plot element was one of the all-time worst. Other than that, it was pure dumb fun.
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Gurtholfin
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Sorry, but there are no flaws with that movie.
It's a cinematic masterpiece.
PS - Although it would have been quite possibly the best movie of all time had they went with the other ending where Quaid flies his crop duster into the beam thingy to destroy the ship.
Sorry, but there are no flaws with that movie.
It's a cinematic masterpiece.
PS - Although it would have been quite possibly the best movie of all time had they went with the other ending where Quaid flies his crop duster into the beam thingy to destroy the ship.
Kepler
Si certus es dubita
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Was that really a choice? Even so, I dunno... the end was so idiotic that its idiocy has now become part of its charm.
Sorry, but there are no flaws with that movie.
It's a cinematic masterpiece.
PS - Although it would have been quite possibly the best movie of all time had they went with the other ending where Quaid flies his crop duster into the beam thingy to destroy the ship.
Was that really a choice? Even so, I dunno... the end was so idiotic that its idiocy has now become part of its charm.
St. Clown
Liberal Rebel Scum, apparently
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Yeah, it was. I've seen alternate ending clips with Randy in his crop duster. I think a missile might have been strapped to it, too. Because, you know, flying a crop duster into a dog fight filled with spacecrafts and F-18s will clearly lead to flying a bi-plane into the main weapon of the non-mother mothership (auntship?).
Yeah, it was. I've seen alternate ending clips with Randy in his crop duster. I think a missile might have been strapped to it, too. Because, you know, flying a crop duster into a dog fight filled with spacecrafts and F-18s will clearly lead to flying a bi-plane into the main weapon of the non-mother mothership (auntship?).
rufus
rock and roller
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Certainly there was. That the alien ship ran some sort of Mac OS seems to be a pretty major flaw.
Sorry, but there are no flaws with that movie.
Certainly there was. That the alien ship ran some sort of Mac OS seems to be a pretty major flaw.
Spartanforlife4
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The new Vacation movie looks awful. Just awful. I think it might even be worse than European Vacation. The only saving grace is there's no way it could possibly be worse than Vegas Vacation.
The new Vacation movie looks awful. Just awful. I think it might even be worse than European Vacation. The only saving grace is there's no way it could possibly be worse than Vegas Vacation.
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Euro Vac was ok. Vegas was an abomination.
Euro Vac was ok. Vegas was an abomination.
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