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

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duper said:
Umm... I don't know. It wasn't bad, but I certainly didn't like it nearly as well as I liked the book. I was actually sort of hoping that somehow the drawings from the book could be incorporated into the movie. Ben Kingsley was (of course) good as Georges Melies, and I actually kind of enjoyed Sacha Baron Cohen as the station inspector. I would go ahead and watch it, but don't expect to be blown away.
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Yeah, I was wondering how it would translate. Thanks!
 
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St. Clown said:
I'd have to imagine that Daniel Day Lewis will go utterly insane if he ever retires from acting. He won't know who he is.
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There was an episode of Quantum Leap where Sam is in an insane asylum and gets electro shock therapy which screws up his brain and he starts switching personalities into a bunch of the people he leaped into. I have a feeling DDL would do the same thing...on random days he would become Lincoln, then the next he would be crippled then finally he flips out and starts beating people with bowling pins :D
 
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God Bless America: ****ing awesome movie. Watch right now
 
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bigblue_dl said:
God Bless America: ****ing awesome movie. Watch right now
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Well, I added it to my queue (and in fact, it is available for streaming). In doing so, Netflix also suggested "Bad Ass" starring Danny Trejo, which is also streaming. WIN! :D
 
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Letters from Iwo Jima. Finally got around to this one and I found it to be very moving and poignant. A friend of mine that has lived in Japan the past 15 years said that it was so well done it's hard to believe it was not made by the Japanese themselves.
 
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Finally saw the original 3:10 to Yuma. Very uneven. Glenn Ford is awesome (as he pretty much always is). Van Heflin is irritating (as he pretty much always is). The cinematography is jaw-dropping. The entire background story of the wife is cringe-worthy.

It actually feels like a contemporary movie: intense, brilliantly taut scenes alternating with trite, terribly-acted love interest/parental care scenes ( c.f. every action movie made since 1980 -- the archetype is Red Eye). You could make a "good parts" director's cut that would last about 28 minutes.

B-

Semi-spoiler: the ending is the stupidest and most insulting ending of any movie I've ever seen.
 
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aparch said:
Even worse than The Terminal? Two hours of my life invested, to have it end like... that...
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Never saw that. But this was bad enough that I suspected parody.
 
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Slap Shot said:
Letters from Iwo Jima. Finally got around to this one and I found it to be very moving and poignant. A friend of mine that has lived in Japan the past 15 years said that it was so well done it's hard to believe it was not made by the Japanese themselves.
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If you haven't, see the sister piece "Flags Of Our Fathers." Same "movie," but told from the other side.


Saw a couple today (bbdl would be proud of the first, as he recommended it earlier in the thread):

God Bless America
Awesome. To me, it was like a modern-day Natural Born Killers crossed with Idiocracy. Basic plot is two people go around and kill people who really "deserve" to die, like Westboro Baptist Church/etc. Hilarious and very entertaining.

Bad Ass
Take every joke you guys have made about my fandom of Danny Trejo, add every reason I like Danny Trejo, and add a few splashes of "Machete." This makes "Taken" look like a Disney movie. Sorry, Liam. ;)
 
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Slap Shot said:
It will arrive after Letters is returned. :)
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You will not be disappointed. I didn't know which order to watch them in, and watched Iwo Jima first. It was the correct choice, IMO. I got lucky.
 
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When in Chicago, I always watch some really crappy movies with my brother. This year I was only in town for a few days, so only one movie. We went Quest for Fire. Ron Perlman was his usual brilliant self. Rae Dawn Chong was Rae Dawn Chong. (Of course, she was also naked and painted grey.) It was godawful. I was entertained.
 
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God Bless America
Awesome. To me, it was like a modern-day Natural Born Killers crossed with Idiocracy. Basic plot is two people go around and kill people who really "deserve" to die, like Westboro Baptist Church/etc. Hilarious and very entertaining.
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That was a good find when I just happened to come across it browsing Netflix. :D
I don't know how that movie doesn't win awards.
 
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bigblue_dl said:
That was a good find when I just happened to come across it browsing Netflix. :D
I don't know how that movie doesn't win awards.
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I remember hearing a Bobcat Goldthwait interview on the KQ Morning Show a while back about this movie, but I never gave it a second thought. I have to admit, Bobcat actually did something funny. ;)
 
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Brenthoven said:
I remember hearing a Bobcat Goldthwait interview on the KQ Morning Show a while back about this movie, but I never gave it a second thought. I have to admit, Bobcat actually did something funny. ;)
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The way he did the TV shows when whatshisname was channel surfing was genius, because it was exactly what its like if you flip through certain channels.
 
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bigblue_dl said:
The way he did the TV shows when whatshisname was channel surfing was genius, because it was exactly what its like if you flip through certain channels.
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Indeed. He did really capture the average fed-up American citizen attitude/behaviors. It was kinda like watching Old Pio in real life. ;)

And "In Bruges," I agree. It was decent but not great.
 
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God Bless America was Natural Born Killers if it wasn't written on acid.

Bobcat did steal a line from Jackie Brown though.
 
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Good lord, they're remaking Red Dawn with North Koreans as the bad guys?

Hollywood really has run out of ideas, hasn't it?
 
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