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new/rented movies: DEVASTATOR!!!!!

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ScottM said:
I managed to catch The Vikings last night on TMC. Amazingly pretty cinematography from 1958(?) of Norway. And Kirk Douglas was a very pretty man ... although Tony Curtis just doesn't seem to be very "barbaric". ;) Ernest Borgnine was a hoot as the Viking king.
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Famously, a 747 can be clearly seen flying overhead during the cliff fight.
 
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Kepler said:
Famously, a 747 can be clearly seen flying overhead during the cliff fight.
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I was also amazed some of the Vikings had boot soles. Clearly an advanced culture. ;)
 
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The Sting.

It's always a fun movie to watch and you can't get much better than Newman, Redford, and Shaw. The music never fails to get stuck in my head after watching.
 
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Anvil: The Story Of Anvil

Again, a rock-doc in the style of a non-glossed over Behind The Music.

However, especially compared to "Edgeplay: Story of the Runaways" this was a little more emotion-driven and it depicted more of a current story rather than a history of the band.

It will tug at your heartstrings some times, and other times you'll want to just yell "it's OVER" to the band. Either way, I liked it in the fact that you can realize that many bands go through the same things Anvil does/did, but never even get to receive the praise from mega-successful peers (Slash, Lemmy, and Lars have quotes in the movie praising Anvil as an influence).

Even if you don't like the music (which I like the style, but yeah the songs' lyrics are very Spinal Tap-esque and probably the reason they didn't ever hit it big), you probably will enjoy the movie the way it delves into the lives of the band. It really reminded me of "The Wrestler" except instead of wrestling, it's the music biz.

Probably not worth owning, but worth a view for sure.
 
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I got 28 Days Later from Netflix...made it halfway and turned it off. Wow that was craptacular...
 
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Kepler said:
Days or Weeks? I liked the original. The sequel -- serious disappointment.
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Days...

I am not a Zombie guy minus the older flicks (or remakes thereof) but I had heard nothing but good things about the movie so I gave it a try. Just wasn't my cup of tea.

I think part of it was how they opened the movie with the explaination of what caused the breakout...I think it works better when you don't know. Some things don't need origins.

I also watched Escape from New York the other day and loved it! I read that for a while last year they wanted Gerard Butler to play Snake in the remake...wow that would have sucked! (then again any remake of this movie will suck)
 
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Handyman said:
I think part of it was how they opened the movie with the explaination of what caused the breakout...I think it works better when you don't know. Some things don't need origins.
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Definitely. Ambiguity is good -- the unknown is scarier than any known because your imagination is better than any director. Bad for box office, particularly in an age where every movie is vetted before an audience of teenagers, but... sod the proles.
 
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Did quite a bit of movie watching over the holiday break. The rundown:

1. Secretary - what a strange, strange movie. I enjoyed it though. Maggie Gyllenhaal is nerd hot.

2. Sex Drive - pretty much crap - run of the mill teen sex comedy. It was good for a laugh at 1:00 a.m. on Saturday morning though.

3. The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters - documentary about folks who take their Donkey Kong a little too seriously. Highly entertaining though, and had one of the best movie villains (and biggest ****** bags) in recent memory - Mr. Billy Mitchell.

4. Gran Torino: loved it.

5. Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist: it was alright. Funny in spots. My wife liked it.

6. Powder Blue: I thought it had potential, but in the end it just didn't come together. Jessica Biel is nice to look at though.
 
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Finally saw The Wrestler, on HBO. It was pretty good. I saw it as almost a thumbnail sketch of Mickey Rourke's life, and it reminded me why he's still one of my favorites. Marisa Tomei is good too, and still pretty hot. ;)

We also watched The Black Book, a Dutch-German production focusing on Dutch resistance fighters in WW2 struggling to save Jews from the nazis. Definitely worth the time.
 
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B-13: tongue-in-cheek French action movie with a lot of martial arts / parkour. Great characters (a particularly wonderful bad guy). Solid A.
 
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Slap Shot said:
Loved it when I saw it in the theater and I haven't seen it since. Would be it interesting to see what I think of it now.
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I know there is a directors cut (which I saw) and another cut. I heard the other cut is what is shown on tv. I dont know which one made it to theaters. If you watch it again soon Id be curious to see if you see any differences that you can remember.

That said I did like it.
 
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Proud2baLaker said:
I know there is a directors cut (which I saw) and another cut. I heard the other cut is what is shown on tv. I dont know which one made it to theaters. If you watch it again soon Id be curious to see if you see any differences that you can remember.

That said I did like it.
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The Director's cut is much darker. Gilliam said he hated the way they made him lighten up the end of the film to make it more acceptable for audiences and had it out with Universal Studios over it. Essentially, the studio cut of the film is the happy, sappy version that perverts the entire idea that Gilliam was aiming for with his version because they wanted it to be more marketable.
 
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The Director's cut is much darker. Gilliam said he hated the way they made him lighten up the end of the film to make it more acceptable for audiences and had it out with Universal Studios over it. Essentially, the studio cut of the film is the happy, sappy version that perverts the entire idea that Gilliam was aiming for with his version because they wanted it to be more marketable.
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Which is bizarre take because iirc it was more of a cult/non-mainstream hit at the time it was in theaters anyway and I don't recall it getting "marketable fanfare" as far as advertising and buzz goes, but my memory could be fuzzy.
 
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The scrambling for a "dumb, happy" ending is great -- it's as if the movie left the realm of fiction and became actual fact. Even better, it wasn't some police state that did it, but just good old grubby profit motive. The banality of evil.
 
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