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Kepler said:
I hadn't heard of it until this morning. We need to see it before the Seth Rogan "making of" movie The Masterpiece comes out next year.
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I've seen it. Trust me, it's a steaming pile.

Wiseau used to offer it up for free on his website, but I think it's garnered enough of a cult following now that he actually screens it in independent theaters from time-to-time.
 
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Slap Shot said:
I didn't hate the CGI Grand Moff Tarkin in the least. In fact it was a good 30 seconds into his first appearance that I remembered Peter Cushing had long since passed.

Sue me.

[edit] Leia's portrayal felt much more wonky.
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Tarkin's face looked like it belonged in a Pixar movie rather than Star Wars.

They can put CGI objects and aliens into a movie that will appear seamless with the rest of the actual physical objects and not cause a single issue, but the human face is much more difficult, especially when a close-up is involved. We're simply too familiar with faces to be easily fooled by the animation, something will always look off, even if we can't pinpoint the oddity at first glance.
 
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Teacher's Pet:

A news editor pretends to be a journalist student to woo the teacher. Clark Gable, Doris Day.

Great movie. I find it similar to His Girl Friday in the rom-com style, although HGF is a bit more fast-paced. Gable is wonderful as the sleazy-yet-has-some-qualities character, and Day plays a decent "good girl." Would recommend.
 
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Watched Hush tonight. It was good. Probably no rewatch value but it was pretty intense. I'm glad they didn't resort to cheap scares.

When the roommate is away and I have the house to myself, I've always been a little jumpy. This isn't going to help. :D
 
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dxmnkd316 said:
Watched Hush tonight. It was good. Probably no rewatch value but it was pretty intense. I'm glad they didn't resort to cheap scares.

When the roommate is away and I have the house to myself, I've always been a little jumpy. This isn't going to help. :D
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Glad you liked it. I agree, they didn't go for the cheap thrills. Spoiler:

When the stalker realizes she's deaf...and that opens up "the game,"......yeah.
 
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The Magnificent Seven (2016)

For this being the second remake of the original :wink: this was pretty good. Some corn for dialogue, sure, but it wasn't over the top. It probably should have done better than it did in theaters. Very much worth a watch.
 
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so are we to believe that while on skull island there was not ONE doctor? all those yalies go to law school for post-grad?!!? :)
 
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mookie1995 said:
smokey and the bandit starting on CMT right now
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No cable. :( But I have it on DVD so :)




Chaplin

Finally saw this, saw it on Netflix and kinda fit the mood I was in. Very well done, AND it makes me want to go back and watch some of his stuff (I have enjoyed Harold Lloyd movies for comparison). The cast is wow for names (although some in hindsight; Milla Jovavich comes to mind, she was NOBODY when this was made). Some liberties were taken, but reading imdb, it wasn't blatant or REALLY out there besides one fictional character (and that has to do with how the story was presented).

RD Jr did great as Chaplin. Aped his movements very naturally, which was a bit eerie. Would recommend.
 
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I haven't seen Smokey.

But I did watch two movies today. Fracture (2007) and probably my favorite movie of all time, Contact.

Fracture was good to ok. The ending was predictable, you just didn't know how you would get there. The story between Gosling and Pike was a complete throwaway. In fact, Pike's character could have been completely absent and the movie wouldn't have suffered.

I would recommend it as a rainy day kind of thriller but it has almost no rewatch value

Unlike Contact, which is still fantastic 20 years later.
 
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dxmnkd316 said:
I haven't seen Smokey.

But I did watch two movies today. Fracture (2007) and probably my favorite movie of all time, Contact.

Fracture was good to ok. The ending was predictable, you just didn't know how you would get there. The story between Gosling and Pike was a complete throwaway. In fact, Pike's character could have been completely absent and the movie wouldn't have suffered.

I would recommend it as a rainy day kind of thriller but it has almost no rewatch value

Unlike Contact, which is still fantastic 20 years later.
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Smokey is the perfect time killer. Simultaneously the classic time-killer, and has silly comedy. I honestly put it up there with Animal House, Blues Brothers, and Airplane.
 
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Only seen one of those. The others just don't appeal to me. I know people will be upset or roll their eyes. I just don't care for a lot of those movies.
 
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dxmnkd316 said:
Only seen one of those. The others just don't appeal to me. I know people will be upset or roll their eyes. I just don't care for a lot of those movies.
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Smokey is a different humor. IF I had to compare, it's more Animal House (slapstick/silly) than Airplane (wordplay)
 
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Brenthoven said:
Smokey is the perfect time killer. Simultaneously the classic time-killer, and has silly comedy. I honestly put it up there with Animal House, Blues Brothers, and Airplane.
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For the time period of my teens (mid 70s to early 80s), AH, BB, A!, along with Slap Shot, Caddyshack, Young Frankenstein, and Holy Grail are IMO a shelf above Smokey, and joined by SCTV as the magic 8 ball of my youthful enthusiams. Obvs it's all subjective, and I like Smokey, but it's not in that league, sez me.
 
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Kepler said:
For the time period of my teens (mid 70s to early 80s), AH, BB, A!, along with Slap Shot, Caddyshack, Young Frankenstein, and Holy Grail are IMO a shelf above Smokey, and joined by SCTV as the magic 8 ball of my youthful enthusiams. Obvs it's all subjective, and I like Smokey, but it's not in that league, sez me.
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Smokey is just so.....silly. One could say "Horribly awesome" movie. If one were a *ahem* "Film Critic" or part of the "Film Community," well 1. F you. 2. Take it for what it is. And in that way, it's a total classic. I will stretch my reasoning here a bit, and say Road House is in the same vain, though a slightly different category: Smokey was always a comedy, Road was supposed to be a drama. Of sorts. Kinda.
 
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Kepler said:
For the time period of my teens (mid 70s to early 80s), AH, BB, A!, along with Slap Shot, Caddyshack, Young Frankenstein, and Holy Grail are IMO a shelf above Smokey, and joined by SCTV as the magic 8 ball of my youthful enthusiams. Obvs it's all subjective, and I like Smokey, but it's not in that league, sez me.
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For me toss in Fletch, Stripes and Blazing Saddles and it's a magic set. And I agree Smokey is just step below but still enjoyable.
 
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