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Dexman PE PMP
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Wife saw it over the weekend. She said it was hands down the worst movie she had ever seen. It also made her horny as hell...
Wolverine
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If it had been been Ryan Gozzling in the lead, they would have needed to hose down the theater after every showing.
Q: What is Ryan Goslings best performance ever?
A: Second half of "Land Beyond the Pines"
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Q: What is Ryan Goslings best performance ever?
A: Second half of "Land Beyond the Pines"
Spoiler Alert:
He dies in the first half of the movie. Gets shot and falls out a window. Splatters on the pavement. It was the only good part of the movie. Except for the fact that you don't have to see him again.
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I saw a very interesting Japanese movie a couple of days ago, "The Eternal Zero" (released late last year), about a WWII Japanese fighter pilot who is accused by many of his former comrades of being a coward, because he attempted to survive the war and further attempted to make those who served under his command survive, as well. In the end he becomes a kamikaze pilot, and 60 years later, his grandson and granddaughter are trying to figure out who he was and why he did that (by the way, the granddaughter is H-O-T hot, but the grandson is an effeminate, whiny bitch and I think that was an intentional choice). They interview many of his former comrades to try to get the full picture, and it's a very well done development of the character, through flashbacks as seen through the eyes of dying old men, whose stories gradually shift from portraying the guy as a coward, and then finally as a hero for trying to save as many of their lives as he could. The battle scenes are all CG but extremely well done, and go from Pearl Harbor to the Solomons to the fight for the Japanese homeland, with lots of very accurate renditions of Japanese and American aircraft and tactics. The final scene almost made me throw my beer at the TV, though, but it certainly made me think real hard about what the movie was trying to say.
It's only available in Japanese subtitles, and apparently has been very controversial. Some critics, including Hayao Miyazaki (the Japanese animator that Disney has started importing), as well as the government of China and other neighboring countries, accuse the film of glorifying war and painting too kind a picture of the Japanese military. But the director and original author of the story say that it's a very strong anti-war movie. For myself, not knowing anything before I watched, I picked up the anti-war message.
If you are interested in WWII, and perhaps if you liked Clint Eastwood's "Letters From Iwo Jima", then I highly recommend this movie.
It's only available in Japanese subtitles, and apparently has been very controversial. Some critics, including Hayao Miyazaki (the Japanese animator that Disney has started importing), as well as the government of China and other neighboring countries, accuse the film of glorifying war and painting too kind a picture of the Japanese military. But the director and original author of the story say that it's a very strong anti-war movie. For myself, not knowing anything before I watched, I picked up the anti-war message.
If you are interested in WWII, and perhaps if you liked Clint Eastwood's "Letters From Iwo Jima", then I highly recommend this movie.
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Clarification: Is the dialogue in Japanese with English subtitles, or the other way around?
Japanese with Engrish subtitles, and not the best you'll ever read (lots of past tense as present tense type errors and such). But good enough to get the point across.
And the word "kamikaze" never appears in the subtitles. You just have to know that is what they mean when they say "special attack force".
And the word "kamikaze" never appears in the subtitles. You just have to know that is what they mean when they say "special attack force".
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Kind of like in Pearl Harbor when the Japanese pilots try and warn the kids playing baseball to get out of the way as they were about to kill a bunch of sleeping sailors? I yelled bullshit in the theatre when I saw that- based on the Japanese treatment of our military personnel (POW's) I have no doubt they strafed the little kids in all reality......
jeb6294
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Watched "Fury". It was pretty good. Reminded me of "Saving Private Ryan" if Tom Hanks had been driving a tank.
Road Guy
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So the movie sucked, but I rented dumb and dumber to and watched this morning. .. God awful movie but it was filmed in my hometown (Marietta, GA) so it was cool to see my hometown...a friend of mine worked at the funeral home they showed in the movie where they found Harry's old girlfriend.. And tons of other stuff...
Dumb and Dumber to: First half was hilarious, second half not so much. Its like they ran out of funny and just filled the last half with random stupidness. I should have stopped watching after they went to the wrong address.
Great lines: "Hello, Harry, Wrong time." "Oh sorry well be back later"
"Whats his name?" "Butthole" " why" "oh yea"
"I traded him straight up my bike for his helmet. Really fast, but kind shaky in the turns."
Great lines: "Hello, Harry, Wrong time." "Oh sorry well be back later"
"Whats his name?" "Butthole" " why" "oh yea"
"I traded him straight up my bike for his helmet. Really fast, but kind shaky in the turns."
jeb6294
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Watched one over the weekend that actually surprised me..."The Heat". Cop movie with Sandra Bullock and Melissa McCarthy. Ended up being really funny.
Dexman PE PMP
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I can't look at her without seeing that painted up chick from the Drew Carey show.
I can't look at her without seeing that painted up chick from the Drew Carey show.
LOL.
jeb6294
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Girlfriend was over this weekend and hadn't seen it, so she pulled up "Frozen" on Popcorn Time. I almost dumped her on the spot...but then decided to just let it go.
Watched "Gone Girl". Good movie, but that was one F-ed up chick.
Watched "Gone Girl". Good movie, but that was one F-ed up chick.
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I fell asleep before the end of this on the plane this weekend, plan on finishing it up this week.
The past week I also watched "The Judge" (good flick, but pretty predictable) half of "The Hundred Foot Journey" (also plan on finishing this but so far it's been amusing), "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" (not what I expected), "Citizenfour" (pissed me off but I was also surprised at some parts) and there was another movie I fell asleep to on the plane but I couldn't tell you what it was and don't plan on trying to figure it out, so I guess it doesn't really matter much.
