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New/Rented movies: Here comes the movie to change all movies

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Will Avatar catch Transformers for top (box office) movie of 2009?

Transformers is now 8th all time with $402 million, narrowly missing out knocking off Spiderman.

Avatar currently sits at $212 million but has been getting consistent totals throughout the holidays instead of the normal large drop off after the opening week.

I think Avatar is benefiting from being one of the only if not the only movie out right now in major theatres worth spending the money on.
 
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The Hangover:

A much better version of "Dude, Where's My Car?"

It was decent. I would think this movie falls under the "have a few with a group of friends, and talk back to the screen" type of movie.

It's definitely not a HOF movie by any means, but it is funny and worth watching. And I think the majority of us have been in that sort of basic situation. Not to the movie's degree, but what my friends and I call "pocket dollars," where each of your pockets has a couple ones/other bills and/or receipts, and that pieces together the previous night.

The Asian guy? Awesome. Mike Tyson? Funny, but overblown cameo hype. And I haven't checked it out yet, but is the main right-hand man (the teacher) the guy from Wedding Crashers? He was great.
 
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Brenthoven said:
The Hangover:

A much better version of "Dude, Where's My Car?"

It was decent. I would think this movie falls under the "have a few with a group of friends, and talk back to the screen" type of movie.

It's definitely not a HOF movie by any means, but it is funny and worth watching. And I think the majority of us have been in that sort of basic situation. Not to the movie's degree, but what my friends and I call "pocket dollars," where each of your pockets has a couple ones/other bills and/or receipts, and that pieces together the previous night.

The Asian guy? Awesome. Mike Tyson? Funny, but overblown cameo hype. And I haven't checked it out yet, but is the main right-hand man (the teacher) the guy from Wedding Crashers? He was great.
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Watching that movie and reading I hope They Serve Beer In Hell makes me think that we should put all of our combined road trip stories in writing until we have enough good ones to make some coin off of it. :p
 
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bigblue_dl said:
Watching that movie and reading I hope They Serve Beer In Hell makes me think that we should put all of our combined road trip stories in writing until we have enough good ones to make some coin off of it. :p
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Possibly. :D

I'd wait a few more years, or at least until after the 2011 F4. ;)
 
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I haven't checked it out yet, but is the main right-hand man (the teacher) the guy from Wedding Crashers? He was great.
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Yeah he is... I never made that connection until you mentioned it. He was great in the Hangover, and he was really good as the db boyfriend in Wedding Crasher. I personally loved the Hangover, and loved it more when we all watched it in a group on New Years Eve, its a fun movie to watch with a group of people, definitely...

Thinking about checking out a movie before work tonight, probably either Sherlock Holmes or Up in the Air, depending on what works best with my schedule...
 
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Kepler said:
He's great in Community, too.
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Community is Epic. I wish more people would realize this.

The Christmas episode may have been the funniest television episode I have ever seen.
 
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Brenthoven said:
So I saw "Mega Shark Vs Giant Octopus" starring (I use that word loosely) Lorenzo Lamas and Deborah Gibson last night.

Wow. I expected complete crap, and it exceeded my expectations. It's so terrible. Bad acting, bad fake Irish accent, a George Takei wannabe, a Chris Penn (!) wannabe, horsesh* dialogue....
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Wow. MUST SEE.

Finally got around to Ingluorious Basterds this weekend too; excellent. (Though I thought the way they worked in Sam Jackson was kinda forced.)
 
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PrezdeJohnson09 said:
Community is Epic. I wish more people would realize this.

The Christmas episode may have been the funniest television episode I have ever seen.
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It's amazing; it's also in real danger of being too smart for the demographic. It's pitched miles above the average network audience. No idea how they even sold it originally.
 
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Kepler said:
It's amazing; it's also in real danger of being too smart for the demographic. It's pitched miles above the average network audience. No idea how they even sold it originally.
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It's not quite Arrested Development but I see your point. Amazingly enough Hollywood has managed to do that twice this season, the other one being Modern Family.

Saw a preview for Book of Eli. Looks decent but Denzel seems to have gone the route of Pacino when it comes to the lack of variety in his roles. Sad really.
 
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Kepler said:
He's great in Community, too.
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And apparently the character type he plays in The Hangover is the same as in Role Models, which I watched tonight. A little disappointed in that (his role).

Anyway, Role Models was decent. Better than I thought it would be. The amount of LAIRE (or LARP, I guess) kind of surprised me. It got a little stale after a while.

However, decent telling of the story (even though it was a standard cliched story/ending), and some good humor. Worth seeing once. Don't expect any standard deviations from typecasting involving Paul Rudd/Sean William Scott. You won't get any, and somehow that still works.
 
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However, decent telling of the story (even though it was a standard cliched story/ending), and some good humor. Worth seeing once. Don't expect any standard deviations from typecasting involving Paul Rudd/Sean William Scott. You won't get any, and somehow that still works.
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Racine is all cliches, and it still works. :)
 
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Caught Up in the Air yesterday and enjoyed it. It was well put together. Didn't blow me away, but it was a solid story.
 
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Watched Inglourious Basterds last night with my parents. I really enjoyed it and I think it's a testament to how much Tarantino has matured as a filmmaker.

I was surprised (and pleased) to see Samm Levine and Eli Roth. I didn't mind the insertion of Samuel L. and Harvey Keitel (in fact, I may have thrown my hands up in the air and shouted, "HARVEY KEITEL" when I heard his voice).

If the actor who played the German Col. Hans Landa isn't nominated for an Oscar, I'll think even less of the Academy. (not that I think particularly highly of them now)

Watching Julie & Julia now. :)
 
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bostonewe said:
Watched Inglourious Basterds last night with my parents. I really enjoyed it and I think it's a testament to how much Tarantino has matured as a filmmaker.

I was surprised (and pleased) to see Samm Levine and Eli Roth. I didn't mind the insertion of Samuel L. and Harvey Keitel (in fact, I may have thrown my hands up in the air and shouted, "HARVEY KEITEL" when I heard his voice).

If the actor who played the German Col. Hans Landa isn't nominated for an Oscar, I'll think even less of the Academy. (not that I think particularly highly of them now)

Watching Julie & Julia now. :)
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Both excellent films and favorites of mine for the year 2009.
 
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I watched John Carpenter's The Thing for the first time in years...still awesome :D

Watched the remake of The Day the Earth Stood Still and thought it was ok. I meant to watch the original first but mixed them up in my que from Netflix. I am watching the original tonight.

Also have been watching a lot of Henry Rollins spoken word concerts...I think he is hilarious and quite brilliant...
 
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Handyman said:
I watched John Carpenter's The Thing for the first time in years...still awesome :D

Watched the remake of The Day the Earth Stood Still and thought it was ok. I meant to watch the original first but mixed them up in my que from Netflix. I am watching the original tonight.

Also have been watching a lot of Henry Rollins spoken word concerts...I think he is hilarious and quite brilliant...
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The original "Stood Still" is excellent. And in case you haven't, I highly recommend going way back and watching all the original monster movies (Dracula, Phantom Of The Opera, Nosferatu, etc). I love 'em.

And I hate Henry Rollins' uh, "music," but his spoken word is great.
 
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Watched 'Extract' today. I had very low expectations and those were met ;)
It was pretty much what I expected, few laughs, nowhere near as good as Office Space, but I didn't hate it (how's that for a ringing endorsement? ;) )
 
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And I hate Henry Rollins' uh, "music," but his spoken word is great.
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His music is an acquired taste... im not really a fan but for punk rock it is way more eclectic than the Ramones who basically played the same music and changed the lyrics around. (I like the Ramones so that isnt an indictment) I would rather listen to the Misfits or the Clash or the Ramones over Black Flag or Rollins Band but that is a personal choice. (although Liar is one of my favorite songs EVER!)

On topic, I just finished the 3 part Uncut series Henry did for IFC and it was outstanding! More documentaries than performances Henry did a special for South Africa, Northern Ireland and New Orleans and interviewed lots of people and gave good background into the issues and struggles of the areas along with footage of shows he did there. I will never recommend anything as highly as I recommend these shows...some people frown on celebrities being activists or putting their ideals and beliefs forward and that is cool because it often seems fake but this was fantastic!
 
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