Topic: Some Movies I've Watched....

[AcePylut]

Jees Hexx... you go on a mass movie watching drive in the last month or so? 

[Hexx]

Jees Hexx... you go on a mass movie watching drive in the last month or so? 

LOL contract I was working had me around for a few hours in the morning and a few at night (well I was supposed to be there for 8 hrs a day, but neither I nor the local office really saw the point as they didn't have an extra office or even a cubicle for me). Place happened to be located less than 5 minutes from a multiplex.
Honestly I think I probably saw *everything* that showed there from  September-December.

Although probably should point out that (imo) 3:10 to Yuma was by far the best movie of the last few months.

[Father Ted]

After reading all the posts on this thread, and no, I still haven't seen a movie in a theater since "Team America" in '04, but here are some thoughts:

"Casino Royale"-I enjoyed it a lot, and since I've read most of Ian Fleming's original 007 stories, this was one of the few Bond flicks that tried to stay as close to the original story. I also liked Daniel Craig. The only real issue I have is that Judi Dench plays M in what is supposed to be Bond's mission that elevates him to 00 status, then disappears till the Cold War is over while Sean, Lazenby, Moore, and Dalton had the other M, who's definitely not a female(+ karma bump to the first one who knows what the M character's name was).

BTW: Tim Dalton was my favorite Bond because he brought out the hard-edge that Fleming's 007 had.

"Ocean's 12"-not nearly as good as "Ocean's 11"(the Clooney version is far better than the Rat Pack's), but it still had its moments, and I haven't seen 0-13.

Older, underrated movies: Somebody mentioned "Jacob's Ladder", which we watched one night at the frat house while imbibing many adult beverages. Definitely a strange flick, but decent. Other good movies from the '80s and 90s that are kind of forgotten, or just underrated, include:

-"The Breakfast Club": not really forgotten, but it seems all everybody remembers from John Hughes' Brat Pack movies is "Ferris Bueller's Day Off", this one has all the teen angst Hexx could ever hope for!

-"Heat": Pacino, Deniro, Val Kilmer, etc. in a great cops & robbers movie.

-"Gorky Park": very underrated(and mostly forgotten) movie about a Moscow police detective investigating a triple murder. Classic police procedural flick with William Hurt, a very easy on the eyes Joanna Pacula, and Lee Marvin in one of his last roles.

-"Grosse Point Blank": John Cusack, Minnie Driver, and Dan Aykroyd in a very dark(and very funny) comedy about a hitman who goes home for his high school reunion, and a hitjob. Great soundtrack of '80s music.

-"No Way Out": the only Tom Cruise or Kevin Costner movie on this list! Costner, Gene Hackman, and Sean Young(yow baby! yeah!) in a love triangle that leaves Young dead, Costner on the run, and Hackman trying to cover his own *ss. Would have been better if it had been Kevin dead, Young on the run, etc, because then we could have seen more of that sexy babe, and had to endure less of Costner, but despite that, it's still a decent film.

-"Full Metal Jacket": somewhat overlooked because of all the hype surrounding "Platoon", but a gritty film about Vietnam with Lee Ermey unforgettable as the main character's DI at Parris Island.

-"Searching for Bobby Fischer": the only kids flick, but definitely a good one. Semi-true story about a young chess grandmaster, this is the only movie on this post that you don't have worry about letting the kids see by themselves while you flick on the Playboy Channel in another room.

-"Whose Life Is It Anyway?": Richard Dreyfuss plays a sculptor who's paralyzed from the neck down in a car accident, and sues for the right to die. Dark, but very powerful movie with great acting from all the lead players.

Just plain bad movies of the last 20 years or so:

-all Costner and Cruise films since the above mentioned "No Way Out", and "A Few Good Men".
-Any Oliver Stone movie since "Platoon"("Natural Born Killers"= worst, movie, ever).
-"The Thin Red Line"(mentioned many times already on this thread), somebody tried to cash in on "Saving Private Ryan" and failed. Badly.
-All "Rocky" movies after IV, all "Police Academy" movies period, "Godfather III", and nearly every other sequel, except for the LoTR trilogy. And speaking of sequals:
-"Star Wars" Episodes 1-3. Nowhere near as good as the original trilogy, and the Annakin of the last two movies is so annoying you want him to get mutilated repeatedly so we can proceed to his Darth Vader days with James Earl Jones' voice.

[S'Raek]

Groose Point Blank is one of my favorite movies.  I throw it in every now and then and laugh every time I watch it.  I have seriously thought about becoming a hitman after I retire, just so when they ask what I'm doing now I can say "I'm a professional killer."  And then when they don't believe me I laugh all I want. 

[Father Ted]

Groose Point Blank is one of my favorite movies.  I throw it in every now and then and laugh every time I watch it.  I have seriously thought about becoming a hitman after I retire, just so when they ask what I'm doing now I can say "I'm a professional killer."  And then when they don't believe me I laugh all I want. 

I first saw it about 8-9 years ago, and I still laugh at the "Professional Killer" line, especially when he tells his old girlfriend's dad, who says, "Ah, a growth industry". 

[AcePylut]

Well Stephen you'll be interested in this one...  my mom got me an amazon gift certificate, so I went and bought an engligh subtitled version of the Ww2 Japanese war drama Yamato

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nHB_1ua3z8&feature=related

and also this movie about the 39-40 WInter War in Finland

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ELfMprEbrI

[Sirgod]

Well Stephen you'll be interested in this one...  my mom got me an amazon gift certificate, so I went and bought an engligh subtitled version of the Ww2 Japanese war drama Yamato
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nHB_1ua3z8&feature=related

and also this movie about the 39-40 WInter War in Finland

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ELfMprEbrI

No doubt, I'll have to keep an eye out for the yamato movie. When I was in Hawaii a few years ago, Alien took me to see the Arizona, and It was amazing, but I'll never forget talking to a Marine general who was doing a book signing on the Pacific war, we must have talked for hours.

Stephen

[AcePylut]

The Winter War arrived.

Watched it, wasn't bad at all.  Considering it was made in 1989, I think it would have been the "saving private ryan" of the time, had it had a larger audience.

There wasn't a lot of background to the war, but that's understandable... given that the audience was Finnish and every Finn knows about the Winter War.  When the war stops, they just say "peace at 11", the Russkies start cheering, and it fades to black.  Not helpful to a "non-Finnish viewer that's unfamiliar with that war".

The story was about a company of soldiers sent to defend the Mannerheim Line (which again probably means nothing to the average Joe US Public - but to a Finn, it would be like saying Pearl Harbor).  Action ensues (lots of it).  Soldiers die.  The ones alive get progressively less-optimistic over their chances of survival.

The action was great, imho.  The story was ok... again, intimate knowledge of the history behind the battle would make it a lot easier to follow.  I knew about the Mannerheim Line before I watched the movie, but they refer to it a couple times with various slang.

I always get a kick out of reading subtitles in movies, because it's funny seeing the grammar screwups.

The movie was worth watching if you're a war movie buff.  The action was great.  And there were some Finn boobies!  We're talking boobies on a real human being, not that plastic pump crap that everyone in hollywood has.

Next up, Yamato, came in today.  Gonna watch it tomorrow.

[Grand Master of Shadows NCC37385]

I Am Legend- A remake of The Last Man on Earth-Vincent Price and Omega Man- Charleton Heston.

[Hexx]

I Am Legend- A remake of The Last Man on Earth-Vincent Price and Omega Man- Charleton Heston.

Which were based on the short story " I Am Legend"

BTW- Book is far better than any of the movies.
If anyone is at all a reader I can't recommend it highly enough.

[Father Ted]

Saying this as somebody who remembers Charlton in "Omega Man", how was "I Am Legend"? It looks like one of the few movies that seems interesting these days.

BTW: Hexx, is that the title of the book? And do you know the author? Sounds like an interesting read.

[Hexx]

Author is Richard Matheson . The name of the book (here in Canada anyway) is I Am Legend, although more correctly that's the name of the short story it's based on.
( So if you happen to stumble on a cheap collection of Richard Matheson short stories it might be in there) Couple of other short stories are included, some of them weren't bad- but to be honest I can't remember any of them other than the main one.

Written very much in the style of the 50's Sci Fi (if that makes any sense to you).

The new movie's not bad, although I have no idea why it's called I am legend, it's not really even close to the book (well other than the "last guy alive " bit)
Honestly really liked it, but hated the ending so..

[Sirgod]

Got two for you today.

War with Jet Li and jason Stathom (sp) . Not bad, kinda hvy action flick that has abit of Drama in it. Reminds me abit of the Punisher.

The other is Balls OF Fury. Reminds me of Enter the Dragon, except, it's funny.

Stephen

[Grand Master of Shadows NCC37385]

A couple of other movies based on Matheson's work are The Incredible Shrinking Man (The Shrinking Man) and Duel (story has the same title). Dennis Hopper was in Duel. Its about a guy being chased by a bigrig. Stephen King read the book and it inspired him to create the movie Maximum Overdrive. King said that "without Matheson I wouldnt be here".

Oh, and Hexx. Ive never seen a movie based on a book that was as good as the book.

I think we need to start a book thread.

[Father Ted]

Oh, and Hexx. Ive never seen a movie based on a book that was as good as the book.

I think we need to start a book thread.

Great idea on a book thread. I would disagree slightly on one point, though. As much as I love Tom Clancy's books, I think the film version of "Patriot Games" was better than the book. I refused to see "The Sum of All Fears" when it came out because there was no way I could ever take Ben Affleck seriously as Jack Ryan, so I can't comment, but I don't think anything was more riveting than the last 100 pages or so of the novel.

[Brush Wolf]

A couple of other movies based on Matheson's work are The Incredible Shrinking Man (The Shrinking Man) and Duel (story has the same title). Dennis Hopper was in Duel. Its about a guy being chased by a bigrig. Stephen King read the book and it inspired him to create the movie Maximum Overdrive. King said that "without Matheson I wouldnt be here".

Oh, and Hexx. Ive never seen a movie based on a book that was as good as the book.

I think we need to start a book thread.

It was Dennis Weaver not Hopper in Duel.

I have to disagree on book based movies never being as good as the book. Both Alistair MacLean's Where Eagles Dare and Ice Station Zebra translated extremely well to the big screen. It does help quite a bit to have a director that appreciates the writers work and also having the very best acting talent to work with.

[Sirgod]

Oh, and Hexx. Ive never seen a movie based on a book that was as good as the book.

I think we need to start a book thread.

Great idea on a book thread. I would disagree slightly on one point, though. As much as I love Tom Clancy's books, I think the film version of "Patriot Games" was better than the book. I refused to see "The Sum of All Fears" when it came out because there was no way I could ever take Ben Affleck seriously as Jack Ryan, so I can't comment, but I don't think anything was more riveting than the last 100 pages or so of the novel.

I agree with you 100%. I did eventually see it, but I think it was just on regular TV one lazy Saturday morning. That reminds me, I need to get the Bear and the Dragon back from my son.

Stephen

[Grand Master of Shadows NCC37385]

A couple of other movies based on Matheson's work are The Incredible Shrinking Man (The Shrinking Man) and Duel (story has the same title). Dennis Hopper was in Duel. Its about a guy being chased by a bigrig. Stephen King read the book and it inspired him to create the movie Maximum Overdrive. King said that "without Matheson I wouldnt be here".

Oh, and Hexx. Ive never seen a movie based on a book that was as good as the book.

I think we need to start a book thread.

It was Dennis Weaver not Hopper in Duel.

I have to disagree on book based movies never being as good as the book. Both Alistair MacLean's Where Eagles Dare and Ice Station Zebra translated extremely well to the big screen. It does help quite a bit to have a director that appreciates the writers work and also having the very best acting talent to work with.

I dont know why I said Hopper instead of Weaver. Anyway, my bad.

I havent read "Where Eagles Dare", but I didnt think the movie "Ice Station Zebra" was as good as the book. Call me picky, but I have yet to see a movie that was as good as my imagination when I read. I become part of the story.

[Sirgod]

A must see Movie for those with Children, and Old farts alike...

Underdog!

I'll paraphrase my wife here, when I say, We need more films like this. No cursing, just a good Movie that Kids can enjoy, and even with a PG rating, It delivers for the adult fans also.

It even goes Retro, as underdog at the beginning of the movie, keeps liking shoes, hence his Family calls him Shoe Shine. It features also, Walburton, from the TICK fame, as a second bit Criminal. Give him a burnt Thesaurus with only the "P" pages left intact, and It's a riot.

Must see guys.

Stephen

[Don Karnage]

hmmm my post was lost 

so i nead to say it again 

well the movies i have view are: the simpsons, nothing to say since its a know movie 

2nd is god war (i think its the right name), 500 years ago a child was born with a tattoo of a dragon on her left shoulder, she's kinda the chosen one who when she reach her 20th birth day she will join the god, the boy who was suppose to protect her until it was the right time was in love with her and instead of giving her to one of the giant serpent who's there to get her to the god, the village where she was living was attack by by another group who want her for a sacrifice, both run away from the village and jump in the ocean, 500 years later she's reincarnated and she was giving a new chance to get with the god.

the story is its suppose to be a Korean legend BUT the character are Chinese and the alphabet is also Chinese, when the demon or what ever they are arrive in los angeles to get the girl are attacked by the military, the use thanks and chopper, the where able to kill some of the flying dragon and the giant serpent.

the movies is not excellent but is wort viewing.

the 3th movie is resident of evil, that was mostly stupid, the underground laboratory is so uge that you wonder how it was built?, its a good 20 floors bellow ground, you don't know what power source it has, the world is dead and there a lot of zombies that seem to hide in the city's, there kinda smart for zombies.

a few humans are always on a convoy to nowhere they are armed but some of them don't seem to using there weapons when they are attacked by the zombies, the finally get a chopper and there around 20 peoples and will go to Alaska in a chopper, where will they get the fuel ?, there in Nevada and they're lucky they know how to pilot a chopper.

so that movie is mostly stupid