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Dexman PE PMP
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Kinda like the movie, Box Trolls. That movie really creeped me out.
Road Guy
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I was upstairs last night and heard all my kids laughing hysterically downstairs, I figured they were watching some stupid kid show, then I learned they were watching Blazing Saddles, I am proud my kids have my same sense of humor & I had to tell them not to repeat any of that movie at school (except for the part about we don't need no stinking badges)
I thought I would need to explain to them that the movie was making fun of the way European Settlers used to treat minorities and that the movie wasn't actually making fun of minorities- to which my kids (teenagers) replied " Were not dumb dad"
I thought I would need to explain to them that the movie was making fun of the way European Settlers used to treat minorities and that the movie wasn't actually making fun of minorities- to which my kids (teenagers) replied " Were not dumb dad"
jeb6294
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The boys were all excited to tell me about the awesome new movie they found on Netflix. It was the Disney movie "The Rescuers". I didn't have the heart to tell them that I watched that movie when I was their age.
knight1fox3
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Never mind that $hit.......HERE COMES MONGO!
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Now that I finally have electricity after 7 weeks of not having it due to Typhoon Soudelor, I have had the opportunity to watch some Netflix (because still no cable). And because I was hosting another family in my home that also had no electricity, I watched some stuff I ordinarily wouldn't have. One of those films was "Grabbers". We chose it because of its description: Something to the effect of "residents of a small Irish island must remain intoxicated in order to defend themselves against invading alien life forms, who have an intolerance for alcohol". It was everything you would expect from that description, and more. The effects were great. The story was passable. A notch above the SciFi channel offerings. I only down-rate it slightly because there were no boobs.
Road Guy
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I really want to go see "A walk in the woods" book was really good but its getting pretty shitty reviews.. it may just be that most Americans don't really "backpack" and its hard for people to relate?
Wild was a pretty good book but the movie was really botched up....
Wild was a pretty good book but the movie was really botched up....
snickerd3
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haven't seen a movie at the theaters or drive in in awhile. I think Home was the last thing I saw....and that is out on DVD now. There really haven't been too many kid friendly movies this summer.
cement
gray haired dude
saw Everest last night. holy crap are they proud of their IMAX!
I had read the book by Jon Krakauer, Into Thin Air, where he blames the Russian guide Anatoli Boukreev for much of the problems, then I read Boukreev's book, The Climb, which tells a different story.
The movie is closer to Boukreev's telling.
Amazing footage, I don't know how they got it, but it puts you right there. And I ain't never going there.
I had read the book by Jon Krakauer, Into Thin Air, where he blames the Russian guide Anatoli Boukreev for much of the problems, then I read Boukreev's book, The Climb, which tells a different story.
The movie is closer to Boukreev's telling.
Amazing footage, I don't know how they got it, but it puts you right there. And I ain't never going there.
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Road Guy
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I Want to see that one also(but not at imax $$)..
At $35k a pop is everest really for adventurists or just people with money and free time?
Also anyone ever see the pictures of the trash pile at base camp? Really kind of disturbing!
At $35k a pop is everest really for adventurists or just people with money and free time?
Also anyone ever see the pictures of the trash pile at base camp? Really kind of disturbing!
cement
gray haired dude
That's the cheap tour. And add $11k for the permit and $15k for life insurance
The wife once said we need to trek to Everest base camp. I said, if I want to see piles of human feces I would go back to NJ.
The wife once said we need to trek to Everest base camp. I said, if I want to see piles of human feces I would go back to NJ.
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csb
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I swear when the original IMAX of Everest was at the Denver Natural History Museum (as it was called way back then), we saw it five times. Of course, that was back when IMAX only existed in museums. I remember feeling nauseous during the scene with the ladders.
The piles of trash are super disturbing. I read an Everest book with my kid a few years ago and the destruction from climbing that mountain is huge. People are now supposed to pack out everything they bring PLUS some extra. Never mind the number of bodies up there. Ugh.
Road Guy
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backpacker magazine had an article about the "hike" to Everest base camp, it looked cool, but in every picture there was mounds of trash in the background... You would think they could get a few large helo's up there to remove some of that stuff?
