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New/Rented Movies: Have Mercy on Michael Bay's Soul, He Knows Not What He Does

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Scarlet said:
I went to see Abraham Lincoln-Vampire Hunter tonight. It was.....different. Kinda entertaining, kinda stupid. I did not read the book. I really don't want to.
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Yeah, the whole fight on top of the thundering herd of horses was a bit over the top. There's no way there was a thousand horses there when they started the fight and to get a herd to run that tight together with that big fight going on?? Yeah, totally not happening. But yeah, other than that, a solid afternoon killler if you're just looking for something to do. The scary thing is there I could see how they could have future sequels with other presidents being vampire hunters as well. Teddy Roosevelt would make a pretty good action figure I think. Work in something about how the Spanish-American War was really an attempt by the vampires to gain an new foothold country or something like that for Teddy, and pretty soon, you could end up with Ike battling a Vampire Hitler.
 
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Kepler said:
Good concept, poor execution.

I think my current favorite reimagining of Holmes and Watson is the Name of the Rose.
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Interesting. I never thought of The Name of the Rose as a Sherlock Holmes reimagining. It is true that the William was from Baskerville. And he was certainly an observer in Holmes's vein. And that was a really excellent novel.
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Yeah, the whole fight on top of the thundering herd of horses was a bit over the top. There's no way there was a thousand horses there when they started the fight and to get a herd to run that tight together with that big fight going on?? Yeah, totally not happening. But yeah, other than that, a solid afternoon killler if you're just looking for something to do. The scary thing is there I could see how they could have future sequels with other presidents being vampire hunters as well. Teddy Roosevelt would make a pretty good action figure I think. Work in something about how the Spanish-American War was really an attempt by the vampires to gain an new foothold country or something like that for Teddy, and pretty soon, you could end up with Ike battling a Vampire Hitler.
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Did you just point out a plot hole in a movie out Abraham Lincoln the vampire hunter?
 
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duper said:
Did you just point out a plot hole in a movie out Abraham Lincoln the vampire hunter?
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Yeah, I guess you're right. Anyways, I just thought it was just way over the top in ridiculousness.
 
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Escanaba in da Moonlight

Gave in, watched it. Escanaba could have been replaced by Da Iron Range, would have made little difference. ;)

Any which way, meh. Funny for the first half (general consensus), and meh on the second half (horrible, for the general consensus).
 
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Yeah, I guess you're right. Anyways, I just thought it was just way over the top in ridiculousness.
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The funny thing is, I totally get where you're coming from. I remember the day I got all pi55ed off because it suddenly occurred to me that the basic plot of The Blues Brothers centers around delinquent property taxes on a church-owned Catholic orphanage. I mean, the whole dam movie is one plot hole and unbelievable bit of lunacy after another, but the catholic orphanage property tax thing really got me.
 
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So what is everyone's favorite Nora Ephron movie. And if you are over 30 and tell me you hated them all, you are full of malarkey. I don't believe that I am alone in thinking of several of her films as guilty pleasures.

Mine would be When Harry Met Sally, but I also enjoyed Julie and Julia quite a little bit.
 
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duper said:
The funny thing is, I totally get where you're coming from. I remember the day I got all pi55ed off because it suddenly occurred to me that the basic plot of The Blues Brothers centers around delinquent property taxes on a church-owned Catholic orphanage. I mean, the whole dam movie is one plot hole and unbelievable bit of lunacy after another, but the catholic orphanage property tax thing really got me.
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Son of a.......
 
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duper said:
So what is everyone's favorite Nora Ephron movie. And if you are over 30 and tell me you hated them all, you are full of malarkey. I don't believe that I am alone in thinking of several of her films as guilty pleasures.

Mine would be When Harry Met Sally, but I also enjoyed Julie and Julia quite a little bit.
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I looked her up earlier, and I don't recall seeing a movie by her. There may have been ONE she was involved in, but it wasn't a chick flick.
 
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Brenthoven said:
I looked her up earlier, and I don't recall seeing a movie by her. There may have been ONE she was involved in, but it wasn't a chick flick.
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I am honestly surprised by that. I mean, yeah her movies were chick flicks, but they were ones that you could actually enjoy. Well, I think so, anyway.
 
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duper said:
I am honestly surprised by that. I mean, yeah her movies were chick flicks, but they were ones that you could actually enjoy. Well, I think so, anyway.
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My Blue Heaven was the one I saw. That was good. Also helped (found out in hindsight) that it was a "sequel" to Goodfellas.
 
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duper said:
So what is everyone's favorite Nora Ephron movie. And if you are over 30 and tell me you hated them all, you are full of malarkey. I don't believe that I am alone in thinking of several of her films as guilty pleasures.

Mine would be When Harry Met Sally, but I also enjoyed Julie and Julia quite a little bit.
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I had to look up who she was. I've only seen two of her movies. When Harry Met Sally was really good. You've Got Mail is just not my cuppa.
duper said:
The funny thing is, I totally get where you're coming from. I remember the day I got all pi55ed off because it suddenly occurred to me that the basic plot of The Blues Brothers centers around delinquent property taxes on a church-owned Catholic orphanage. I mean, the whole dam movie is one plot hole and unbelievable bit of lunacy after another, but the catholic orphanage property tax thing really got me.
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Why is a church owing property taxes something that bothers you? There's a church in St. Paul whose head preacher man came out in favor or same-sex marriage that was in the news a short while ago that almost had to close its doors because the majority of its parishioners found new churches. The reason that became a big deal - the church couldn't pay its property taxes.
 
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Clown, I had to look her up, too. Same with a buddy of mine who knows a good amount of movies.
 
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duper said:
Interesting. I never thought of The Name of the Rose as a Sherlock Holmes reimagining. It is true that the William was from Baskerville. And he was certainly an observer in Holmes's vein. And that was a really excellent novel.
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Well, TNotR is a knot of literary and philosophical and theological and historical allusions, so it isn't merely Sherlock Holmes, but William is not only from Baskerville he also has many of the attributes of Holmes (with one notable exception: he is charming) and there are many direct references to the connection (for example, he apparently has a similar drug habit). Adso is somewhat like Watson in being a sidekick, our narrator and a naif, though that is just as much about the whole tradition of mystery novels as specifically about H&W. Since one of the central themes of the novel is books talking to other books about other books, it's probably more accurate to say William is about playing with the idea of reimagining Holmes, not that he is a reimagining of Holmes. He's a pointer, not an address.

I am constantly amazed by how good TNotR is, in rereading portions of it repeatedly. There is far too much in it to ever get all of it, and on top of that it's entertaining to read. Those two things come together only very rarely -- for instance, Eco has never managed it again.

Did you just point out a plot hole in a movie out Abraham Lincoln the vampire hunter?
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You win the thread.
 
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Too bad it is going to suck...that game rocked!
 
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Rockapella better do the soundtrack.
 
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French Rage said:
Rockapella better do the soundtrack.
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Man that show was...something!
 
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