Movie thread

[Capt Worley PE]

So we finished watching The Punisher last night.

To be honest, I wasn't expecting much from this movie. That's one reason why we hadn't seen it until now. However, I was pleasently surprised with how good this movie really is. The plot was pretty straight forward and simply imagining the slaughter of a family like that was eerily disturbing. At a couple of points, I was wondering if the movie was supposed to be morbidly hilarious since neither one of us could stop laughing (scene with "The Russian") or somber action-tastic. It had its cheesy moments (it is a comic afterall) and most parts were highly unrealistic, but it didn't matter. The cast looks somewhat like extras from Jersey Shore... at least the kid. The couple of entire-movie chicks are completely smash worthy.

For those who care not for plot when choosing a movie, I'll summarize it as hot chicks, explosions, cars with big blocks, and guns. Rebecca Romijn is frickin' in this movie. I give The Punisher a solid four stars. It's a good overall movie. As for RR, she gets four as well.

You ought to watch the 80s version with Dolph Lundgren.

On second thought, don't.

 

[Master slacker]

You ought to watch the 80s version with Dolph Lundgren.

There was a version made in the 80's? Cool. I may watch it. Waaaaaait a minute... has Dolph ever been in a good movie besides Rocky IV?

On second thought, don't.

That's what I thought.

 

[Capt Worley PE]

You ought to watch the 80s version with Dolph Lundgren.

There was a version made in the 80's? Cool. I may watch it. Waaaaaait a minute... has Dolph ever been in a good movie besides Rocky IV?

Why not pair it with Brian Bosworth's 1991 masterpiece, Stone Cold, for a double dose of movie repugnancy.

 

[Master slacker]

Ok, so we partook in Sweet Karma last night.

First off... HFS... this broad is SMOKIN'! Not to mention, Karma was the Playboy Playmate of the Month back in November, 2010. But sorry guys, I was a bit disappointed in this one. Aside from the glorious boobs shown throughout the movie, it just didn't deliver. The acting was ok, the plot was ok, but the past / present timeframes could have been planned and tranistioned a little better and the film / camera quality blew ass. It didn't matter if Netflix was streaming in "HD" or only 2/5 quality, it all appeared grainy. The ending was a bit "meh" and there was no character development for David Grey that I can remember, so that made the ending a bit lackluster.

This film gets two stars from me. Karma gets a standing ovation of five stars, though. She practically sets the standard for wreck-ableness. She better get pet insurance.

 

[Supe]

Saw God Bless America, and it was quite a disappointment (unless you want to turn off the sound and watch an extended film homage to the 5th Gen Camaro). It was one of those films where they showed all the good parts in the trailer.

Also saw The Perfect Family, which was OK, I guess, but Kathleen Turner has gotten old and large. It was basically a story of a woman trying to hide her family's imperfections to try and win a Catholic Woman of the Year Award.

I watched God Bless America last night and really enjoyed it. Gave it a 4/5. A little predictable, but thoroughly satisfying from an "I see where he's coming from" perspective.

 

[Wolverine]

I am right now watching the dumbest dumb movie ever.

Its called Pathfinder.

Its like Conan, meets Dances with Wolves, meets Donnie & Marie Going Coconuts. Except I'm pretty sure Donnie & Marie had a more coherent plot line and better character development..

See this viking boy ends up being raised by native american tribe and then has to fight the vikings and...

Oh great, now they're snowboarding on a viking shield.

Now they just hid from the vikings in a cave, but they had to kill a bear first.

I can't wait to see where this is going. 5 stars for being the only movie ever with viking shield snowboarding.

 

[Supe]

I watched Journey 2 The Mysterious Island last night. Despite being a MASSIVELY cheesetastic kid movie, it was relatively uptempo, had a fair amount of action in it, and it was pretty short. I'll give it a 3.5/5, which isn't bad as far as kids/family movies go for me.

 

[snickerd3]

shawshank redemption was on tv last night with scenes i've never seen before

 

[wilheldp_PE]

My buddies and I watched Shawshank in its entirety from 11:30 pm until 2 am last night. We were discussing throughout the movie how it might be the best all-around movie of all time.

 

[snickerd3]

I would have to agree. it wasn't on that late in georgia though, I think it ended by 10:30...

 

[Capt Worley PE]

This Means War: Typical two guys fighting over the same girl, except these two guys are superspies. Mindless fun, but Chelsea handler and Reese Witherspoon had some pretty good repartee that made me think those two could do a pretty good take on Clerks from the female side of the equation.

Some Guy Who Likes to Kill People: Spoof on horror movies and whodunnits. Some hilarious puns by barry Bostwick, who plays the town police chief (especially liked when he told off the mayor during the typical "How can this happen in my town?" mayor tirade).

 

[YMZ PE]

Piranha DD: can't hold a candle to the first. Less than 20% of the boobage of the original despite the name, and a relatively disappointing ending.

 

[Dexman PE PMP]

Did someone say boobs? Time to raid the Netflix tonight...

 

[mudpuppy]

I rarely watch movies, but captive on a 767 the other day with only a few options for entertainment I watched "Beasts of the Southern Wild." It was. . . strange. I wish movies came with a weirdness scale.

 

[Dexman PE PMP]

Anyone see the trailer for the new Lone Ranger flick due out next summer? Johnny Depp plays Tonto. Interesting.

 

[wilheldp_PE]

Anyone see the trailer for the new Lone Ranger flick due out next summer? Johnny Depp plays Tonto. Interesting.

Is Tim Burton directing? I thought Depp only worked for Burton these days.

 

[blybrook PE]

Watched "Safe" the other night. If you like Jason Statham movies, then you won't be disappointed. Plenty of action scenes and a fairly decent story line.

 

[MA_PE]

I watch a 2011 movie called Source Code on cable the other night. It's a "time warp/parallel universe" type movie. I thought it was quite good and definitely worth a watch. Glad you guys saw some "merit" to Sweet Karma. Although it's foreign it's not European so you shouldn't set your expectations too high.

 

[jeb6294]

Watched "Safe" the other night. If you like Jason Statham movies, then you won't be disappointed. Plenty of action scenes and a fairly decent story line.

I liked it better the first time I saw it when the Asian chick was of age and it was called "The Transporter".

 

[blybrook PE]

I'll agree that the Transporter series was much better than Safe; but was still better than most of the other crap that has been coming out recently.

Watched "Man on A Ledge" this morning. Decent storyline and someone proved their innocence for a change. Pretty drastic measures to get there, but it was a decent flick once it picked up some.