Movie thread

[Dleg]

I don't get the Frozen hype, either. My 17-yo daughter thinks it's the greatest movie ever made. I though it was decent, but meh. I thought the Lego Movie was 100x better.

Anyone seen the new Muppet movie yet? I have a feeling that is in my future, for this weekend.

 

[Dark Knight]

I don't get the Frozen hype, either. My 17-yo daughter thinks it's the greatest movie ever made. I though it was decent, but meh. I thought the Lego Movie was 100x better.

Anyone seen the new Muppet movie yet? I have a feeling that is in my future, for this weekend.

Let It Go Dman...Let It Go...

 

[Dleg]

Stop it!!!!

 

[Road Guy]

The cold never bothered me anyways....

We sung this song loudly on the ski lefts yesterday.... Just to annoy people....

 

[NJmike PE]

Home with the kiddos. And what are we watching.... Frozen

 

[engineergurl]

I don't think it would bother me except the only part I have ever heard is the let it go part (news clips and previews) so in my head it's just those two lines, over and over and over and over...

every Friday our radio station does reviews of the weekend's movies... you guys ever heard of "the tomato-meter"?

 

[MetsFan]

^^ From rottentomatoes.com? I use it sometimes when deciding whether to watch a movie or not.

 

[NJmike PE]

Yes, I've heard of rotten tomatoes

 

[snickerd3]

Yes, I've heard of rotten tomatoes

isn't that was you throw at politicians during parades?

 

[NJmike PE]

Yes, I've heard of rotten tomatoes

isn't that was you throw at politicians during parades?

That too

 

[Supe]

Thor 2 - Meh

Gravity - Surprisingly good, albeit ridiculous. That being said, the notion of floating in the middle of space or the ocean freaks me out, so seeing it on a big screen was a bit eerie.

 

[Wolverine]

Hah, I just saw Thor2 last night too. Double meh.

It watches like a standard mid 80's Marvel comic book reads: ...Okay wait a minute, now just who is this guy and his minion, and why are they so powerful, and what is he trying to blow up again, and how did they..., myeh, nevermind. Go Thor. Beat somebody up with your cool hammer. 2.5 stars on the Marvel Movie scale (5 max).

Make that a 2.6. +0.1 points extra credit for featuring Rene Russo and reminding me of that scene in the Thomas Crown Affair. I sitll think she's hot.

 

[Dleg]

I saw the Hunger Games 2 on bluray last night. I refused to watch any of the Hunger Games movies before (similar objection to the Twitlight movies - I don't do teen girl fiction). But my 10 year old son told me it was good, and wanted to watch it, so I figured I'd give it a shot.

Well, first let me say that I was lost half the time, having not seen the first movie. And second let me say that it was ridiculous, overall. But it was kind of compelling, and made me want to watch #1 and # 3 when it comes out.

 

[YMZ PE]

It's totally not like Twilight! That's like comparing Lord of the Flies to Harry Potter because they both feature a young boy as a protagonist. Hunger Games is actual literature, with complex themes and social commentary.

 

[Supe]

It's totally not like Twilight! That's like comparing Lord of the Flies to Harry Potter because they both feature a young boy as a protagonist. Hunger Games is actual literature, with complex themes and social commentary.

Actual literature, which has been outweighed by cheesy futuristic costumes and bad fight scenes.

 

[Road Guy]

I don't know of I would call it literature? I guess it fits the Webster definition. I admit I read all three books, the last two books I read in one weekend.

I think the third book is gonna be hard for them to catch the same teenage cRowd, it's more terminator 3 and less romance. And catniss isn't really the feature if the third book...

But I'll be in like to see it though....

 

[MetsFan]

Well I tried watching Star Trek II last night since Verizon has all their on demand content for free this week. Unfortunately, I fell asleep... I'll give it another shot this week, but I think I prefer the new one so far. I remember why I used to have a crush on Kirstie Alley though, haha.

 

[Wolverine]

Finally got around to Gravity. Myeh, it was good & worth seeing, but Oscar-worthy? Usually a famous aging actress has to go dramatically in the buff to get an Oscar nod, and Sandra does not.

Still the special effects and filmography were pretty awesome. Yes, things don't function like you expect sans the magical force that holds us to the ground. And a loose bolt traveling at 20,000 mph is a super-bullet. All that was pretty cool.

Also saw Hobbit 2 at the $1.75 theater. Old PJackson takes a little TOO much artistic license if you ask me. And I can't decide who has the worst guards in Middle Earth - dwarves, elves, humans, or orcs. Seems like pretty much anyone can sneak in anywhere at any time, and then what are you going to do if you catch them anyway, so why even bother with guards?

Smaug was well done though. He was sufficiently evil.

 

[snickerd3]

the drive in opens this weekend. but neither movie listed is really kid friendly.

 

[NJmike PE]

two movies:

funny with all of this talk of the super volcano erupting at Yellowstone, that 2012 was on at least twice yesterday.

with the russia/ukraine/usa "issue" that recently took place, early this morning I couldn't sleep and found The Sum of all Fears on. Possibly one of the only ben afflect movies that I like (and good will hunting), and not because of him. same basic story line, chechnya.