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

[goldy_331]

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Technically that was the next movie

And I just thought of something. The Ducks finished in the final playoff spot, while the Hawks were first. If the "league" is the entire state, then they should face off in the first round. If the league is just the Minneapolis area, well, then there should be a league champion who goes onto play the other league champions. Either way, the Ducks and Hawks should meet well before the State Finals.

Ok, now I will stop before moving on to the faults in D2 and D3.

Actually, in MN they could meet more than once in the playoffs. In MN we have District playoffs and often two or even three teams from a District will qualify for Regions, then again, two or three from a region will qualify for State. Two years ago the two Edina peewee B1 teams played each other in the State final (with the same result as at District and Region as green beat white all three times IIRC).

 

[The Rube]

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The ending is total crap, and the family trauma and the interactions with the police are copletely contrived. I don't buy for one second the transition of the violent criminal changing his stripes. Give me School Daze - which has its own flaws - for more truly expressing what someone wrestling with such demons ulitimately chooses.

It was powerful and sure as heck was shocking, but for the same reasons Danny Trejo bores me so did that movie.

Fair enough.

And I..what in the.....but.....I mean......WHATEVER!

 

[Handyman]

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I agree. Someone that grows up with a parent with those views and completely buys into them doesn't change their mind. Especially after doing time in prison.

Except they do...when I was at the U a guy came and talked who was ridiculously similar to the character in the movie (I cant remember if he was affiliated though I remember The Daily referencing the movie) about how he changed his life completely around. even talked about the tattoos and how he was keeping them to remind him how hate pretty much destroyed his life. It is a rare thing obviously (usually people with that much hatred and violent tendencies end up dead) but it does happen.

I love American History X...if you want to talk overrated Crash is overrated. That movie put me to sleep.

 

[Handyman]

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And Mike Modano being a good guy.

I always loved that somehow, randomly, Basil McRae not only knew who Gordon Bombay was but that he tore it up in PeeWees. I didnt realize Minnesota PeeWee hockey was so popular in Ontario

 

[The Rube]

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...if you want to talk overrated Crash is overrated. That movie put me to sleep.

And it was better when it was called "Higher Learning."

 

[Handyman]

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And it was better when it was called "Higher Learning."

Higher Learning wins for oh so many reasons...Ice Cube with the mad fro, Michael Rappaport as a Neo-Nazi and of course Jennifer Connelly/Kristi Swanson! Throw in Larry Fishbourne and Busta Rhymes and you rule every time!

 

[The Rube]

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Finally saw "12 Monkeys."

It was.......odd. Brad Pitt did great, though. I thought he was hysterical.

 

[St. Clown]

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Finally saw "12 Monkeys."

It was.......odd. Brad Pitt did great, though. I thought he was hysterical.

I saw it for the first time this past winter when I saw it in Target for $5 and decided to bite. It's a good movie, but very strange. It's also remarkable how old the movie looks in regard to its vision and just the general look of the cars, clothes and even the quality of the images. It's not quite 20 years old yet. There must have been some "old-time" styled filming going on there.

ETA: I just got done watching the Goonies again. Every time I see it I feel like I'm 9 years old again, watching it for the first time on TV. It's just so much 80's movies fun.

 

[The Rube]

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I saw it for the first time this past winter when I saw it in Target for $5 and decided to bite. It's a good movie, but very strange. It's also remarkable how old the movie looks in regard to its vision and just the general look of the cars, clothes and even the quality of the images. It's not quite 20 years old yet. There must have been some "old-time" styled filming going on there.

ETA: I just got done watching the Goonies again. Every time I see it I feel like I'm 9 years old again, watching it for the first time on TV. It's just so much 80's movies fun.

Correct on the Goonies. I feel the same way when I see it. "Down here, it's our time! It's our time down here!"

I think maybe 12M was going for that gritty, Se7en-ish/Eastern Promises feel, but I could be wrong.

 

[Slap Shot]

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Flags of our Fathers. Wonderful, although I was disappointed the rental version didn't come with any extras.

 

[The Rube]

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Flags of our Fathers. Wonderful, although I was disappointed the rental version didn't come with any extras.

I'm finding that more of the newer rentals (including Netflix) don't have the extras. I figure I don't mind that, because if I was that impressed by the movie, I'll just buy it, and get the extras anyways.

But I'm getting madder by the day when I see more movies that have previews that you have to skip before you get to seeing the movie you rent.

 

[Handyman]

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I saw The Bourne Legacy tonight...it was ok. I thought it was basically "Bourne By Numbers" since it was nothing really new at all and spent half the film referencing Ultimatum. The ending was so abrupt it seriously felt like they lost the last ten pages of the script or ran out of money so they just stopped.

It had potential to be a an awesome movie...instead it was pretty average.

 

[icebadger]

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I saw The Bourne Legacy tonight...it was ok. I thought it was basically "Bourne By Numbers" since it was nothing really new at all and spent half the film referencing Ultimatum. The ending was so abrupt it seriously felt like they lost the last ten pages of the script or ran out of money so they just stopped.

It had potential to be a an awesome movie...instead it was pretty average.

Everyone in the theater I was in seemed to say 'that was it?' at the same time as the end credits started. I just figured they stopping it short to make another movie or two. Not that this excuses the poor ending, but just a thought.

 

[Kepler]

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Finally saw "12 Monkeys."

It was.......odd. Brad Pitt did great, though. I thought he was hysterical.

Very underrated movie. Willis is great in it, too.

The French movie (La Jetee) that it's an homage to is one of the most highly-regarded sci-fi movies of all time, though personally I can't stand it -- it's told as a series of still photos like a slide show and after about 10 minutes it becomes just too precious.

If Kilgore Trout ever made a movie, it would look like "12 Monkeys" (and be played in a double bill with a hardcore porno).

 

[JuveGG24]

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Saw Brave yesterday. My girlfriend said it best; it was a Disney movie, not a Pixar movie.

 

[Handyman]

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Everyone in the theater I was in seemed to say 'that was it?' at the same time as the end credits started. I just figured they stopping it short to make another movie or two. Not that this excuses the poor ending, but just a thought.

No it is obvious they were going for that...but you had no idea it was coming it just stops. Usually when it is going to be sequel-fied they tease the continuation, set it up in some way so even though this is over you know it isnt "over". This ending was like they were trying to end it like Bourne Identity ended except it was not nearly as satisfying. (partially because almost nothing was resolved unlike Identity which could have stood as a singular movie) None of the storylines get fixed or finished (in fact they seem to add more just for the sake of linking it to Ultimatum more) and minus one small factor the status quo has not changed.

Halfway through I thought the movie was awesome, even though it was slow the story built well and the tension was rising. Everything made sense and the linking with the previous movies was helping. By the end it was weighed down in partial story after partial story, nothing gets resolved, the links become an anchor and the action is lacking. It felt rushed and disjointed...kinda like Oceans 12 was.

 

[The Rube]

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American Reunion

I'll be dammed. This one is probably the second best they did (refuse to acknowledge the direct-to-video movies). Eugene Levy's scenes are friggin' classic, I do have to say. I think they really captured the spirit of the first one, I really do.

 

[Kepler]

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Down to Earth. 1947 musical with Rita Hayworth about the muse of dance (Terpsichore) in a Broadway show.

OK, here's the thing, the plot and the writing are hackneyed and the lead man (Larry Parks) is a non-entity, but good lord there is probably no better movie to see just how beautiful and talented Hayworth was. There are so many scenes in which she is brain-meltingly lovely, despite the horrendous hairdos and general vapidness of Hollywood in the late 40's.

Her chorus of muses aint bad, either.

This was (for me at least) a very obscure musical, so if you like them and you've never heard of it, treat yourself.

 

[bigblue_dl]

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Man on a Ledge: Its true, there was a man on a ledge, during most of the movie. It was a better movie than I expected it to be, there were some twists and turns, some that I saw coming some that I didn't. It started off a little slow, but quickly got interesting. I'd recommend it for someone that is interested in this type of movie, a heist movie with some twists but nothing mind-blowing.

 

[Tiggsy]

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Man on a Ledge: Its true, there was a man on a ledge, during most of the movie. It was a better movie than I expected it to be, there were some twists and turns, some that I saw coming some that I didn't. It started off a little slow, but quickly got interesting. I'd recommend it for someone that is interested in this type of movie, a heist movie with some twists but nothing mind-blowing.

Could this have been a sequal/prequal (don't know the year) to Phone Booth? he finally got out of the booth and went up to a ledge? Just a thought...