Movie thread

[MA_PE]

Finally saw Guardians of the Galaxy. Good, had its moments, not sure it was as wonderful as some made it out to be.

But the soundtrack is most excellent. A ton of good one-liners too IMO.

Rented it on cable last night. Yeah some of the dialogue made me LOL. Entertaining but I'm not a huge sc-fi fan. Seemed like a SW clone movie to me

 

[NJmike PE]

Just got back from watching American Sniper.

I don't have words to describe how I felt about it.

But, we need to try to always make time for our families.

Was supposed to go see it earlier this afternoon but the roads were a sheet of ice next weekend.

 

[Road Guy]

Some war movies like saving private Ryan, black hawk down, & probably this one , for me the least, those are movies I only need to watch one time. Really hit home how truly brutal war is... For me at least.... But I am glad the stories get to be told (lone survivor, black hawk down. American Sniper)

 

[MetsFan]

I finally got around to watching Transformers 4 last night. I enjoyed it, although it needed more dinobots.

 

[NJmike PE]

Some war movies like saving private Ryan, black hawk down, & probably this one , for me the least, those are movies I only need to watch one time. Really hit home how truly brutal war is... For me at least.... But I am glad the stories get to be told (lone survivor, black hawk down. American Sniper)

and I see that wonderful producer and equally talented actor had some good things to say about AS...

https://tv.yahoo.com/news/seth-rogen-michael-moore-slam-145300176.html

 

[Dleg]

I saw American Sniper yesterday. It was a really excellent movie. It's really hard for me to accept the criticisms from the far left on this. It portrayed the situation pretty fairly, as far as I can tell. While the main character never swayed from his convictions that the U.S. is/was doing the right thing over there, other main characters do voice concerns, and the movie very fairly portrays the unsatisfactoriness/futility, I guess, of not being able to do much at all about the situation and brutality over there. I guess some people just can't accept that other human beings in other cultures can truly be that awful, and that it's not just a political correctness issue. There were scenes in there that were extremely difficult to watch - in terms of what the enemy was willing to do, and I don't see how people can't believe that, in light of the recent events with ISIS and such.

And as far as criticisms of the man himself, that just isn't fair and it reflects genuine lack of maturity and worldliness on the part of the people making such criticisms (such as Michael Moore, Seth Rogen).

 

[matt267 PE]

Well put Dleg.

 

[NJmike PE]

Well put Dleg.

X2. I have a VERY strong respect for anyone serving in any kind of uniform- anywhere. Home or abroad, there is filth everywhere. And on every level, they don't whom they hurt. It's very easy for some leftist yuppie to critique them, or for some politicians to make laws that may sound reasonable on paper but to the boots on the ground are completely insane. And then when they break said rules for sake of their brethren or themselves, they get crucified upside down. Bullshit. Ignorance. Assinine.

 

[Road Guy]

I have no doubt that Moore and Rogans comments are very representative of at least half the people that voted for Barry... Id endorse a major boycott of anything Hollywood, but the thousands if people that go into making a movie don't deserve to be out of work cause they're leads are morons......

 

[mudpuppy]

I don't support Moore, and I respect everyone who fights for us. On the other hand there are two sides to every story. Kyle's estate lost a defamation lawsuit for claiming he beat up Jesse Ventura in a bar, which witnesses on both sides say didn't happen (Kyle claimed he "punched the old man out of his wheelchair"--what honorable man punches a guy in a wheelchair?). So that opens up the door, if Kyle lied about that, what else did he lie about? A war hero yes, but did he really have to resort to making things up to promote himself? Shouldn't what he did stand on its own? He claims he killed two people trying to steal his truck at a Texas gas station, and shot 30 looters from the top of the Superdome after Katrina, none of which anyone has been able to verify.

Don't get me wrong, like I said I support everyone who fights for us. But someone who takes that valor and twists it around for their own personal gain? I think it's disrespectful to the men and women they served with.

 

[Road Guy]

I don't know the full story but Jesse Ventura is not held in very high regard in the military community anymore. There was an effort underway to remove him from the list of SEAL/UDT "ranks". I am not sure if that is a result of the book or something else...

 

[engineergurl]

Some war movies like saving private Ryan, black hawk down, & probably this one , for me the least, those are movies I only need to watch one time. Really hit home how truly brutal war is... For me at least.... But I am glad the stories get to be told (lone survivor, black hawk down. American Sniper)

We won't be going to see this one. I found a few of the clips from the trailers hit a little too close to home and we usually just generally avoid realistic war movies now days anyway.

 

[Road Guy]

 

[NJmike PE]

We're not that lucky

 

[Dleg]

I took my son to see Paddington. It was rated at something like 98% on Rotten Tomatoes, so I think my expectations were too high. It's a solid, but very simple children's movie.

 

[wilheldp_PE]

I took my son to see Paddington. It was rated at something like 98% on Rotten Tomatoes, so I think my expectations were too high. It's a solid, but very simple children's movie.

That's funny. I overheard a conversation between my mom and aunt yesterday where the aunt (who has seen the movie) and my mom (who hasn't, but has talked to a friend that has) talked about how Paddington was more for adults than children. I know nothing about the movie other than that, just humorous to hear your take on it after hearing that convo.

 

[Dleg]

I think an adult can enjoy it, but to me it's primarily aimed at children. Very simple plot, ridiculously shallow "bad guy", and not terribly complex in terms of emotions or character. The blurb on Rotten Tomatoes compared it to The Lego Movie ("it's this year's The Lego Move!"). It most certainly is not.

To be fair, my 11 year old son rated it "very, very good".

 

[Supe]

feardotcom - I have absolutely no clue what the hell was happening in this movie. Yes, I get that some guy was torturing girls and streaming it on the internet, but still haven't quite grasped how the "hero cop" grabs a keyboard, types "feardotcom.com" randomly into the computer (no browser open), and then the bad guy dies after some fuzzy camera work and a bunch of what I guess are female ghosts start flying around?

0.1/5, and the 0.1 is for the girl from Ronin who I still think is kind of cute.

 

[engineergurl]

I watched a bunch of Resident Evil movies this weekend... now I have to figure out which ones and try to start at the beginning or something-it's killing me not knowing what happens after the helicopters show up

 

[MA_PE]

I watched Grown Ups2 yesterday. What a piece for crap for a movie with a lot of well-known cast members.