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

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The Notorious Bettie Page:

The movie itself is average, gives the basic outline of her life. Gretchen Mol (who plays Page; many of you might remember her as Damon's girlfriend in Rounders) is excellent. From what I've read/etc on Page, she definitely captures the naivete/innocence of Page. Simply outstanding performance. That alone is a reason to check out the movie.

That being said, if you're curious about Page, or just want a little added info on her, see the movie. If you know a lot about her, then it's kinda meh, as I doubt you'll really learn anything new.

One thing I did like was the way they shot the movie. It felt like you were watching a movie made in that time period. Scratchy film, some B&W/some color, etc. Definitely added to the feel of the movie.

I enjoyed it, and the ending bit running over the credits kinda makes you smile a little inside. Really cute ending in that regard, and am glad they did that. :)
 
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I saw Frost/Nixon tonight, it was on one of the movie channels. I thought it was pretty good, started out a bit slow, but I really don't mind movies like that. Langella had an awesome performance as Nixon.


I don't know what to think about Avatar, at first I just thought w.t.f. but now I'm kinda curious. I probably won't see it until its a DVD, but if someone I know is going to see it in the theater, I'd probably go with.
 
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Brenthoven said:
Saw that one a couple months ago. I liked it; really loved the old footage.
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Agreed. The thing that jumped out to me was that when the ball carrier lost control of the ball it was a fumble, period. No "his knee was down," no players or coaches pointing at the ground, hoping the refs would rule him down by contact. If the ball came out it was a fumble. It was a very different game.
 
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Proud2baLaker said:
Just watched the King of Kong. Billy Mitchell is a dick. It really wouldnt surpise me if his tape he sent up to Funspot was a fake. He seems like that kind of guy.

Edit: I just read some more about the film. It does take some liberties and leaves some things out regarding who had highs scores and when. But I stand by my Billy Mitchell is a dick statment.
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I loved the movie, though. I believe I saw it under the title "A Fistful of Quarters." But same movie, right? Billy Mitchell is a dick brought it all flooding back.

"Avatar" is the most expensive episode of Thundercats ever, but if I see it at all it will be in the theater.
 
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Starting to make my way through Reaper. It is quite enjoyable. Too bad there are only two seasons of it.
 
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Kepler said:
I loved the movie, though. I believe I saw it under the title "A Fistful of Quarters." But same movie, right? Billy Mitchell is a dick brought it all flooding back.

"Avatar" is the most expensive episode of Thundercats ever, but if I see it at all it will be in the theater.
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The full title was King of Kong: A fistful of quarters.

I have no desire to see Avatar. I might see it on dvd if I dont have anything worth watching on my netflix list. I dont mind special effects...but thats just too much.
 
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Avatar reminds me of everything I hated about The Phantom Menace in that the CGI looks like a friggin cartoon. Well if I want to watch a cartoon there are plenty out there ;)

I just finished Season 2 of Californication...very well done.
 
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Handyman said:
Avatar reminds me of everything I hated about The Phantom Menace in that the CGI looks like a friggin cartoon. Well if I want to watch a cartoon there are plenty out there ;)
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IMHO, Scanner Darkly argues exactly the opposite: you can "cartoonize" actors and make it really compelling, if you have some imagination and style. Avatar's trailers grimly remind me of how irritating Disney's "Anastasia" was -- pouring relentless amounts of money into the void left by soullessness.
 
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Handyman said:
Avatar reminds me of everything I hated about The Phantom Menace in that the CGI looks like a friggin cartoon. Well if I want to watch a cartoon there are plenty out there ;)
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I don't really see what's "cartoonie" about Avatar. Obviously it's not something that you would normally see, but then it's on an alien planet why should it look like it's on earth? But even the movement/lighting looks good after seeing some of the videos that show the motion capture stuff that was used to produce all the CGI humanoids actions.

Now this movie had cartoon like cgi.
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New trailer for Clash of the Titans, get to see the Kraken, some more Medusa, and a couple of the gods.
http://www.apple.com/trailers/wb/clashofthetitans/

Ironman 2 trailer finally out.
http://www.apple.com/trailers/paramount/ironman/
 
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While I agree with Foxton in that animation doesn't have to be realistic to work.

But I will also say that it the special effects look VERY much like what we saw in the Star Wars prequels. That doesn't necessarily mean anything about whether the film is all special effects with flat characters and bland narrative (a la The Prequels) or if it will be fantastic. It just means the special effects have that dream-like otherworldly look to them. How good a movie is and how good the effects are don't really go hand in hand.
 
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Handyman said:
Avatar reminds me of everything I hated about The Phantom Menace in that the CGI looks like a friggin cartoon. Well if I want to watch a cartoon there are plenty out there ;)
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Phantom Menace failed because it was poorly written and poorly acted. Not because it had "cartoony" CGI.
 
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I wanna go see Avatar! It looks weird, but it'll be really good :)
 
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ScoobyDoo said:
Phantom Menace failed because it was poorly written and poorly acted. Not because it had "cartoony" CGI.
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All the Star Wars movies have poor writing and poor acting Scooby...Star Wars lives and dies on Special Effects and you know it. (and I say this as a hardcore Star Wars fanboy) Star Wars and Return of the Jedi are two of the worst acted movies of all time and the written dialogue is so terrible it is actually comedic. :) (Empire had a real director who was able to mask the cruddy dialogue and mediocre acting...maybe if Jedi had gotten Spielberg like Lucas wanted that movie wouldnt have been the wannabe Disney flick it was :p )

I would rather special effects look somewhat real. I don't want alien worlds to look like earth...but I would like if they looked like a real planet and not a painting. I guess I prefer models and sets to digital animation...but that is just me.

It should be noted that even the story as I can see it in the previews is rather uninteresting to me and while I was interested before the previews, they killed my interest.
 
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Watched Tropic Thunder the other night...not impressed.

Currently watching Harper's Island on DVD...good so far.
 
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ExileOnDaytonStreet said:
But I will also say that it the special effects look VERY much like what we saw in the Star Wars prequels. That doesn't necessarily mean anything about whether the film is all special effects with flat characters and bland narrative (a la The Prequels) or if it will be fantastic. It just means the special effects have that dream-like otherworldly look to them. How good a movie is and how good the effects are don't really go hand in hand.
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Perhaps it's poor editing when they created the ads, but whenever they cut to the animated scenes in the ads I get irritated.
 
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I'm definitely interested in the movie Bitch Slap when it comes out in January (theatre & VoD) :D

Bitchslapmovie.com
 
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Handyman said:
All the Star Wars movies have poor writing and poor acting Scooby...
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4 is at least well-plotted, something none of the others (5: chase movie, 6: tepid Disney tripe, 1-3: disposable diapers) were.

Raise your hand if you expect Avatar to be well-written or well-acted. I think we'll be lucky to reach Battlefield Earth levels. (The book BE was actually... well, not well-written exactly, unless you have a hard-on for Lew Rockwell... but interesting).
 
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Avatar: the review in the Star Tribune (Mpls) today basically said:

Plot: eh, it's okay
Love story/angle: meh. Cliched.
Effects: OMGFTWBBQ11!!!1!1!!!

4 stars.


That was all I needed to know. Not going to see it. If I want a bland story with trippy visuals, I'll drop acid.



Saw "Fracture" tonight:

First hour of it? Awesome. Hopkins as the cagey, crafty smart guy who gets away with a crime, and Gosling perfecting the hotshot/hotsh* stud character. Quality. I was really into it, and was wondering where all the bad reviews came in.

Then the second hour happened. It was like a bad Cop Drama episode. Predictable, corny, crappy, everything.

I guess the good news is, you can watch the first half, know what is going to happen the second half, and save yourself an hour.

If you're bored, or a superfan of Hopkins, watch it. Other than that? Meh. Pass.
 
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