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The Movie Thread: New, Rented, Whatever....I don't care

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So then you never see any movie ever? Sounds like a good way to save money :)
 
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JF_Gophers said:
Part of it is that his act has worn on me. Part of it is that I don't like big stars being in every movie, especially sci-fi ones.

I just see them as who they are instead of their character and I lose immersion.
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McConaughey has completely remade himself as an actor. His recent roles, Killer Joe, Mud, Dallas Buyer's Club, True Detective, Lincoln Commercials...all have been excellent performances by him. Even his 5 minutes in Wolf of Wall Street was excellence. He's shown that he has some serious acting chops.
 
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FreshFish said:
The Magnificent Seven is an outstanding remake of The Seven Samurai. Both are top-flight.
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I am going to commit heresy here, so please keep it to yourself. I don't really enjoy The Seven Samurai. I know, I know, I know, effing classic, I know. But try as I might I come near to falling asleep in the middle. The Magnificent Seven, on the other hand, I think I can recite by heart.

But you did trigger an example I am on board with. Yojimbo is the closest I've ever seen to a perfect Japanese movie -- I think the central character is my second favorite ever, after Bogey's Sam Spade, and Fistful of Dollars is a great remake.
 
bigblue_dl said:
McConaughey has completely remade himself as an actor. His recent roles, Killer Joe, Mud, Dallas Buyer's Club, True Detective, Lincoln Commercials...all have been excellent performances by him. Even his 5 minutes in Wolf of Wall Street was excellence. He's shown that he has some serious acting chops.
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I started watching Mud a while back but had to stop for some reason. I need to go back and watch again. But from what I did see in that and from Dallas Buyers Club and True Detective, you are right. Given the right role he can just nail it. I still say the Emmy should have been his for True Detective.
 
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I think I'm in the minority, but I really enjoyed DeNiro's Cape Fear and how can anyone forget Scarface? I also enjoyed The Taking of Pelham 123, 3 Men and a Baby, The Fly, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels and The Italian Job was at least serviceable. But yeah a list of being as good/better than the original is pretty **** short.
 
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I had no idea Dirty Rotten Scoundrels was a remake.
 
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Slap Shot said:
I think I'm in the minority, but I really enjoyed DeNiro's Cape Fear and how can anyone forget Scarface? I also enjoyed The Taking of Pelham 123, 3 Men and a Baby, The Fly, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels and The Italian Job was at least serviceable. But yeah a list of being as good/better than the original is pretty **** short.
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Scarface is a sort of remake, but not really. I do own both, and love both. I think the differences outweigh the similarities. Might have to watch the original again to judge.

Pelham, yes. The Italian Job and Gone In 60 Seconds (yes, I said the latter) were both decent and got overly-criticized, IMO. Didn't see either the remakes, originals, or both of the others.
 
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Brenthoven said:
Scarface is a sort of remake, but not really. I do own both, and love both. I think the differences outweigh the similarities. Might have to watch the original again to judge.

Pelham, yes. The Italian Job and Gone In 60 Seconds (yes, I said the latter) were both decent and got overly-criticized, IMO. Didn't see either the remakes, originals, or both of the others.
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I always like the Gone In 60 Seconds remake, not because it was a great movie but because I first saw it when I was at that age where car porn was all it took to make me like a movie. :p
 
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For my money the two best of the year are Birdman and Whiplash. They are in limited release so it's hard to find them but very very good movies.
 
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Saw Interstellar in IMAX. Pretty good, need to let it sink in to determine if it's better. But I'm not watching another movie in IMAX; there is such a thing as too large of a screen.
 
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French Rage said:
Saw Interstellar in IMAX. Pretty good, need to let it sink in to determine if it's better. But I'm not watching another movie in IMAX; there is such a thing as too large of a screen.
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I almost agree. Depends on the movie, though. If it is a detailed movie with lots of stuff on the sides/background, I'd agree. If it's centric in nature, where the sides don't matter much...then I'd disagree.
 
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Saw Interstellar today. That's a lot to fully take in with only one viewing. I liked it quite a bit, but will definitely watch again at some point to fully grasp the physics details in there.
 
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