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

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If you love Don Rickles, if you love old school comedy or if you just love to laugh watch Mr. Warmth the documentary John Landis made about Don...it is AWESOME!

5 stars isnt enough :D
 
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FadeToBlack&Gold said:
Recently saw the new Sherlock Holmes, which was about what I expected and good.

Then last week, I randomly picked Book of Eli because nothing really stood out at the moment. Halfway in, I thought it was going to be an atheist flick, then the ending changed my opinion.

Otherwise, it had kind of a typical post-nuclear apocalypse theme, complete with plenty of scorched earth, bombed out cities, scarce resources, desperate villains, and highway violence. Mildly entertaining, but bland.
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So it was like The Postman?
 
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Handyman said:
I watched Yes Man...I enjoyed it more than I figured.
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Have to agree. For awhile Jim Carrey has been kind of "meh" for me, but I found myself really enjoying that movie.
 
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Had a new experience at a movie theater friday night. The wife and I went to see To Save a Life at a Harkins theater here in the Phoenix area. We were enjoying the movie, and about 3/4 of the way through, at a key point, the screen goes blank. I go out and tell someone, and 15 minutes later they come in and tell us the movie is broken and we can't see the rest. They give us each two free tickets for future movies at Harkins, but we're both wondering what happens the last quarter of the movie. Guess we'll have to go see it again to see the last 1/4. Don't know if the movie reel broke, or the equipment used to show it.
 
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Bob Gray said:
Had a new experience at a movie theater friday night. The wife and I went to see To Save a Life at a Harkins theater here in the Phoenix area. We were enjoying the movie, and about 3/4 of the way through, at a key point, the screen goes blank. I go out and tell someone, and 15 minutes later they come in and tell us the movie is broken and we can't see the rest. They give us each two free tickets for future movies at Harkins, but we're both wondering what happens the last quarter of the movie. Guess we'll have to go see it again to see the last 1/4. Don't know if the movie reel broke, or the equipment used to show it.
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That happened to me once, but it was really early in the movie, my friends and I got free ticket vouchers and I believe a voucher for free pop and popcorn for our inconvenience and ended up going back to see the same movie a couple days later
 
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I just watched the preview for The Losers, based on the Vertigo comic book...and surprisingly I think it is going to be quite enjoyable :)

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The Illusionist:

Great story in general, love all the twists and turns and such, but dangit, enough with the sci-fi angle (the one thing that did bug me about The Prestige).

And is it just me, but Norton seemed to kinda mail it in. He just seemed wooden in his acting. The guy who played the Crown Prince was outstanding, while Giamatti (and I'm a fan of his) seemed a little forced (although his character wasn't exactly free-wheeling).

Overall, worth viewing, but I'd only say it was slightly better than average.
 
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I would probably rate The Illusionist 7.5 of 10. Unlike you Brent, I think Norton intentionally gave an understated performance and I thought Giamatti was brilliant. The guy that played the Crown Prince avoided being cliched and Biel was just good enough. I also think the cinematography was excellent, and the editing - especially with respect to Norton's stage act - was well done. On the downside I thought some of the dialogue was a bit choppy, for some reason I could never say to myself during my viewing that, "this is truly great", and yet for me the biggest downfall was that imho this movie demanded an ending that was inexplicable if not unpredictable and it completely failed at that.
 
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I liked The Prestige better than The Illusionist. Not entirely sure why...I guess I was hoping that The Illusionist had a bigger twist at the end that left more with the feeling 'wow, didn't see that one coming'
 
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Slap Shot said:
I would probably rate The Illusionist 7.5 of 10. Unlike you Brent, I think Norton intentionally gave an understated performance and I thought Giamatti was brilliant. The guy that played the Crown Prince avoided being cliched and Biel was just good enough. I also think the cinematography was excellent, and the editing - especially with respect to Norton's stage act - was well done. On the downside I thought some of the dialogue was a bit choppy, for some reason I could never say to myself during my viewing that, "this is truly great", and yet for me the biggest downfall was that imho this movie demanded an ending that was inexplicable if not unpredictable and it completely failed at that.
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The bolded part may have helped in my opinion of Norton/Giamatti.
 
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Foxton said:
Isn't the whole thrust of the movie, that Eli, who's got god on his side to kill people cause he's blind, is bringing a bible to some place out west, and some guy who actually wants to rebuild a bit decides it's the most important thing that he needs, so he wastes his resources to find something that he could probably just find in the drawer of some abandoned hotel if this world was based on reality at all?
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So. It is an atheist flick. :cool:
 
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I liked The Prestige better than The Illusionist. Not entirely sure why...I guess I was hoping that The Illusionist had a bigger twist at the end that left more with the feeling 'wow, didn't see that one coming'
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Any movie where you see Hugh Jackman killed multiple times is an automatic 4 stars :D
 
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Il divo (2008)

Italian film about former Italian Prime Minister Giulio Andreotti, who held various positions within the Italian government for nearly 50 years, toward the end of which was brought to trial for Mafia ties and murder. I had no idea what to expect - both cinematically and historically - and it was one of the most extraordinary and fascinating films I can recall for quite some time. The movie introduces an impossible list of characters, yet if you accept you're not supposed to keep track of them all, but rather realize the director is trying to convey the sheer complexity involved in trying to pin a single accusation on Andreotti, you won't be bothered in the least. Great film.
 
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I was happy to see that my theater actually got Crazy Heart this weekend, and I was even happier after watching it. Fantastic performance out of Jeff Bridges, great music, good supporting roles out of Gyllenhaal (better than I expected out of her), Duvall, and Farrell. Jeff will completely deserve it if he wins Best Actor.
 
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Confessions Of A Superhero:

Documentary that looks at four "actors" who dress up as superheroes and pose for pics on Hollywood Blvd.

Good documentary, as I wondered what the hell these people are thinking, but they all just wanted to get into acting and make it big (of course), and this is something to get noticed/make a little money.

The Superman guy, while the most obsessive about "being" Superman, was also the most polite/etc when panhandling (frankly, that's what this is). Even the police say they've never had a problem with him. For example, they can't ask for tips, they can only say they work for tips (something others in the movie don't exactly phrase correctly).

The Batman guy is a nutcase, as far as I'm concerned, and it doesn't have anything to do with his "profession," while the Wonderwoman and Hulk people are really trying to leave this part of their acting career behind, and probably are the most stable.

Overall, it does humanize these people, trying to make them not look like wannabe obsessive freaks who had massive comic book collections and a delusional reality, but the people themselves sometimes overcome that effort.

Really worth looking at, if you want a simple, light, movie. It doesn't matter if you're a comic book fan/etc or not, either.
 
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Liked Zombieland. I felt Columbus was acting like he was portraying Michael Cera.
 
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Liked Zombieland. I felt Columbus was acting like he was portraying Michael Cera.
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We saw this on Sunday morning - tcbg said the same thing (I actually thought it was Michael Cera when I saw the previews. Very much enjoyed it - more than I thought I would too.
 
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