New/Rented Movies : Pixar actually made a bad movie

[Handyman]

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My guess is if the exact same movie had just a half second cameo by Danny Trejo Brent would think it is the greatest movie ever made

Shawshank was the best movie that came out that year, and it wasnt close.

 

[The Rube]

Re: New/Rented Movies : Pixar actually made a bad movie

My guess is if the exact same movie had just a half second cameo by Danny Trejo Brent would think it is the greatest movie ever made

Shawshank was the best movie that came out that year, and it wasnt close.

Not really.

 

[unofan]

Re: New/Rented Movies : Pixar actually made a bad movie

My guess is if the exact same movie had just a half second cameo by Danny Trejo Brent would think it is the greatest movie ever made

Shawshank was the best movie that came out that year, and it wasnt close.

Nah, it was close. Between Shawshank, Pulp Fiction, and Quiz Show, there were three rock solid flicks. Add in the actual winner (Forrest Gump), and it just got stuck in an absolutely loaded year.

 

[bigmrg74]

Just saw Horriable Bosses tonight with the GF. That movie is funnier than it has any right to be.

 

[The Rube]

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Nah, it was close. Between Shawshank, Pulp Fiction, and Quiz Show, there were three rock solid flicks. Add in the actual winner (Forrest Gump), and it just got stuck in an absolutely loaded year.

Pulp is better than Shawshank. Easily. Yep, said it. No knock on Shawshank, Pulp was that good.

 

[Handyman]

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Nah, it was close. Between Shawshank, Pulp Fiction, and Quiz Show, there were three rock solid flicks. Add in the actual winner (Forrest Gump), and it just got stuck in an absolutely loaded year.

I love Forrest Gump but it should not have beaten Shawshank.

Horrible Bosses was funnier than it should have been, though it did drag a bit at times. Jason Bateman needs to find another character...

A girl dragged me to Friends With Benefits...I gotta respect that the movie openly mocks itself and well Mila Kunis makes me very happy

 

[Handyman]

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Pulp is better than Shawshank. Easily. Yep, said it. No knock on Shawshank, Pulp was that good.

Yawn...Pulp Fiction was overrated just like everything Tarantino does.

 

[The Rube]

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Yawn...Pulp Fiction was overrated just like everything Tarantino does.

I agree on Bateman. I mentioned that a bit ago.

But, Pulp is awesome, especially for how it was told at its time (interweaving non-linear storytelling).

 

[Handyman]

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I fully admit Pulp Fiction:Me = Dark Knight:Kepler

Every jackhole in the western hemisphere talked about how awesome sauce it was so by the time I saw it I basically thought it was ok. I didnt hate it, but I have never felt the need to watch it a second time.

 

[The Rube]

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I fully admit Pulp Fiction:Me = Dark Knight:Kepler

Every jackhole in the western hemisphere talked about how awesome sauce it was so by the time I saw it I basically thought it was ok. I didnt hate it, but I have never felt the need to watch it a second time.

And I hadn't seen Reservoir Dogs until way after I saw Pulp, so I wasn't (and still am not) a Tarantino fanboy. I like his stuff, but I won't defend his every move. In fact, at the time, I never paid attention to who directed what. I was your average "ooo popular movie, it must be good!" movie-goer.

 

[icebadger]

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A couple Redboxes and my first trip to the theater of 2011 have yielded:

The Adjustment Bureau - Solid, though I felt it could have been a bit better. A bit more explanation about Matt Damon's father and the "people" running the plan would have helped. It felt a bit Inception-y to me, though it had nothing to do with dreams.

The Lincolin Lawyer - I liked this one too. Several twists and turns. Phillippe makes a really good villain.

Bridesmaids - Raunchy and hilarious. I never could buy the straight out of Ireland Wisconsin State Patrol trooper. The whole theater, guys and gals, was laughing throughout.

 

[The Rube]

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Althought not a movie, Henry Rollins' Spoken Word stuff still never disappoints. For those unfamiliar, it's like a more-rambling/less concrete bit Lewis Black. Rollins starts with a point, segueways into 2-3 other stories, and comes back to the main point, of which those stories relate to. Totally intense, and hilarious.

Sample: <iframe width="560" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/xPD8jbdKWPQ" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

 

[Kepler]

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I fully admit Pulp Fiction:Me = Dark Knight:Kepler

Every jackhole in the western hemisphere talked about how awesome sauce it was so by the time I saw it I basically thought it was ok. I didnt hate it, but I have never felt the need to watch it a second time.

You're crazy if you didn't think PF was awesome. Now Reservoir Dogs, while OK, was way overblown.

I've mentioned this before, but I've had second thoughts about Dark Knight after watching it a couple more times. I'm willing to admit I was being perverse and overreacting to the fanboy goo to call it a bad movie; it is fine.

So what you meant was Youulp Fiction :: Me:The Departed, which I still think is the worst movie top to bottom (acting, writing, directing) I've ever seen that wasn't (presumably) intentionally bad.

Wife and I saw Captain America Saturday. I loved it, first for the amazing 40's stylistics, and also because it is just a fun, good-natured, well done superhero treatment. It's also sociologically important: America as earnest, non-ironic defender of the little guy, not just a callous a-hole bristling with tech or a dark, brooding, borderline sociopath. Basically, we are recovering from the right wing hubris of the unipolar period. We might even be a likable country again in another decade.

 

[goldy_331]

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A girl dragged me to Friends With Benefits...I gotta respect that the movie openly mocks itself and well Mila Kunis makes me very happy

But did you get any benefits?

 

[Kepler]

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A girl dragged me to Friends With Benefits...I gotta respect that the movie openly mocks itself and well Mila Kunis makes me very happy

Apparently this movie gave Dr. Phil the vapors, and then about a million feminists way too sexy for him ever to have a shot with laughed him out of the room. God bless Gen Y women -- holding jobs and not resentment monkeys.

 

[Spartanforlife4]

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A couple Redboxes and my first trip to the theater of 2011 have yielded:

The Adjustment Bureau - Solid, though I felt it could have been a bit better. A bit more explanation about Matt Damon's father and the "people" running the plan would have helped. It felt a bit Inception-y to me, though it had nothing to do with dreams.

I think the lack of explanation of the agents was on purpose. I caught it once at the theater and then once at a friend's. The first time it seemed like a Men In Black type behind the scenes government operation. The second time I saw it I picked up on a lot of the references they made toward angels and God. I feel like they kept it general so the audience could play pick-em on who they really were.

 

[Handyman]

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You're crazy if you didn't think PF was awesome. Now Reservoir Dogs, while OK, was way overblown.

reservoir dogs is one of my most reviled movies of all time. I hate it...and I mean truly HATE it. I wont even capitalize the title I hate it so much.

PF is just like every other Tarantino movie...everything that would be enjoyable is so blown out of proportion I just get bored with it easy. It is overdone fan fiction type of crap.

 

[bigblue_dl]

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Restrepo: everyone should see this one.

 

[Slap Shot]

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Pulp is better than Shawshank. Easily. Yep, said it. No knock on Shawshank, Pulp was that good.

I very much enjoyed Pulp Fiction unlike most Tarantino crap, but I still get a better high watching Shawshank. Not so much that I will try to disparage you for your opinion, but Shawhank redeems on so many levels it's impossible to overlook imho. The story, the narrative, the acting, the directing, the production, etc., etc. In the end the subtle presentation of SR wins out over the vulgarity of PF.

I think Reservoir Dogs is pretty good but I really have to be in the right mood.

Restrepo - I really wanted to like this one but imho it was way overrated and they wasted a wicked opportunity to really pull me in.

 

[The Rube]

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reservoir dogs is one of my most reviled movies of all time. I hate it...and I mean truly HATE it. I wont even capitalize the title I hate it so much.

PF is just like every other Tarantino movie...everything that would be enjoyable is so blown out of proportion I just get bored with it easy. It is overdone fan fiction type of crap.

I didn't see RD until years after PF. IMO, what made it great was that 90% of it was in a warehouse. That's it. You had to rely on dialogue and quality of plot, instead of action/CGI/hot babes/whatever to make it work. I won't rub one out to it, but it's a very good movie.

PF was awesome in the fact that it diffrentiated from linear storytelling (hard to find in Hollywood at that time, or even in a long time), great intricate story, good acting, and had action + dialogue. This movie is one I'll rank up their with the greats every time.

I know there are Quentin haters, Quentin lovers, I fall in the middle. I'll give any of his movies a chance, but I will not blindly genuflect nor hate his movie just because of those extreme people or the movie itself. I will say he has a great track record (although I have not seen Jackie Brown yet). Very good to great movies.

Edit: RD reminded me of Glengarry Glenross: very good movie, but probably better off as a play. And yes I know Glen was a play.