Movie thread

[Master slacker]

Finished watching the Scandanavian-made The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest.

Unlike the 2nd movie of this series, this third and final movie was awesome. Everything from the first two movies fell into place nicely to finish this story off. The best part about this whole series, in my opinion, is the fact that it was NOT difficult to follow. One point of disappointment, however, was the ending (no spoilers here). I expected something different and the wifey-wife and I raised an eyebrow at each other, each of us with a look that asked, "Huh? Is that it?".

Overall, the movie is a winner in my book. 4.5 stars. No lesbo action, so that score drops through the floor.

 

[willsee]

We watched the first one and I grabbed the 2nd one but for whatever reason we hadn't watched it.

Maybe one weekend when it gets cold we'll watch the other two.

 

[Master slacker]

They're good. I think the American version will be a disappointment after seeing the originals. I could be wrong, but I foresee unnecessary explosions and CGI that would add nothing to the story and would be out of place.

 

[Road Guy]

I watched the change up last night, and you know i was actually very suprised, I thought the movie would be very predicitable, but it was actually really funny.

It also gives a guys take on what he probably would do if he had a free break from marraige & kids for a few days, and its not what most people think (Hall Pass)..

 

[envirotex]

We watched Moneyball this weekend...It was pretty good, especially for a statistics geek like me.

Always trying to win the last game of the season...

 

[Master slacker]

Saw Elizabeth (1988) recently. Thought it was pretty good. I haven't researched it, but if the movie accurately portrays how the crown was passed on in England, then damn.

 

[Capt Worley PE]

Saw Red State this weekend. Surprisingly good, kinda like Kevin Smith trying to imitate Quentin Tarantino. The preacher's dialoge was pretty wordy at times, but as my wife put it, "Yeah, but Kevin Smith likes dialogue."

 

[Dexman PE PMP]

^^^ Ironically, Kevin's Smith's typical character is Silent Bob...

Saw two "new" movies I hadn't seen yet: Watchmen & Xmen First Class.

After watching Watchmen, my wife and I just said meh. It entertained us for 2.5 hours, there was some nekkedness (although most of it was male full-frontal), but the storyline wasn't very good. You could see they tried to mash together a few different "hot" items, but I don't think they did a good job of it.

Xmen was pretty good too. It certainly filled in a few holes in the past of Professor X and Magneto, but still left plenty of more holes for another pre-sequel. I thought the Wolverine cameo was pretty funny too.

 

[Supe]

Watched the Wyatt Earp-based version of Tombstone again the other day. Love that movie!

 

[Master slacker]

"I'm your Huckleberry."

 

[goodal]

We bought the Bee Movie the other day for the kids. Probably an allright movie (even though I fell asleep 5 minutes in), but it gets so old that every other movie, cartoon, movie/cartoon, documentary, etc is set in New York city. I know they consider themselves the center of the universe, but it gets monotonous seeing Central Park and Manhattan every other shot.

 

[roadwreck]

We bought the Bee Movie the other day for the kids. Probably an allright movie (even though I fell asleep 5 minutes in), but it gets so old that every other movie, cartoon, movie/cartoon, documentary, etc is set in New York city. I know they consider themselves the center of the universe, but it gets monotonous seeing Central Park and Manhattan every other shot.

The "star" of that movie was Jerry Seinfeld, who is from New York, so I'm not that surprised that the movie was set in New York.

Besides, New York is like the Europe of America (followed closely by California). Everyone knows that they do things better there so the rest of us should try and emulate them as best we can.

 

[Supe]

"I'm your Huckleberry."

I have not yet begun to defile myself!

 

[Dexman PE PMP]

^^^ I thought the line was "I have not yet begun to DEFY myself"

Edit: Nevermind, I looked it up and I was wrong. Found it along with a ton of other memorable quotes from that movie. Makes me want to watch it again tonight.

 

[engineergurl]

"I'm your Huckleberry."

sigh... I love that movie... I love him... even when he is dying, there is just an masculine westerness to him that gets to me...

and don't even get me started on Wyatt Earp... double sigh...

 

[knight1fox3]

Love the OK Corral fight and the Ringo-Holiday duel. Excellent movie. I perhaps will be watching this again soon as well...

 

[pbrme]

street howitzer = death blossoms

 

[Capt Worley PE]

Do not watch Hobo with a Shotgun.

 

[envirotex]

Watched Warrior...pretty good.

Very intense fighting scenes.

 

[Road Guy]

I broke down and took the kids to see star wars yesterday, it's always better on the big screen, but Lucas gets an F in 3D.....

The backdrop of all the movie was in 3D, but very little else (what you expect in a 3D movie) I was hoping to see earth mails light saber coming out of the screen and such... But oh well...

If anything my younger son thought it was cool (on the big screen)...