Movie thread

[Ramnares P.E.]

Watched Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind.  Was actually a really good movie.  I was definitely a bit confused by the first 10-15 minutes or so and was really tempted to dump it but was definitely worth the watch.

 

[Supe]

Is it worth watching if you can't stand Jim Carrey?

 

[Ramnares P.E.]

It was a completely un-Carrey-like performance.  I think it's worth watching, unless you can't stand Kate Winslet either.

 

[Road Guy]

Weird, I watched this movie the other day that really reminded me of something that happened in my childhood..

 

I was a senior in HS and this kid from the bad part of town moved in and started putting the moves on my girlfriend, so obviously I rough him up a bit, and then he doesn’t get the message so I am out riding dirt bikes with my friends at the beach and I find this ******* leaning in on my girlfriend and some of her friends beach campfire, so we try and scare them by riding our motorcycles around their camp fire, the dude then has the nerve to try and assault me, naturally I fight back with some karate skills I learned for defense, we kick the guys ***, and then (this may have been over the top) rode our dirt bikes over their boom box as we head out to enjoy our peaceful bike ride, at night, on the beach..

 

Later this guy just wont leave well enough alone at our annual Halloween party ( that we hold for charity) he is still trying to move in on my girl and in the process tries to ruin our custom costumes by putting water on them. Later we catch up to him and are giving him a good *** whipping when this old guy sneaks up on us and gives us some sucker punches allowing him to escape..

 

Long story short he and his man friend challenge us to a fight and he ends up winning with some illegal kick to the face kick (which I clearly remember the rules to the fight saying “no kicks to the face”) but anways….

 

[Dleg]

Been sweeping the leg again, huh?

 

[knight1fox3]

NICE!!!

 

[MetsFan]

A bit off topic, but still related to movies... I pre-ordered the Civil War 3D version back in June from Target.  I got the shipping notice a week ago and noticed they had changed my pre-order to the regular version with no notice.  Not only are they sending me the wrong copy, but they are also now all sold out of the Target exclusive version with the free month of Marvel Unlimited.  1st world problems...

 

[Ramnares P.E.]

Just started watching Stranger Things (Netflix original series).  It's pretty good so far.  I'm hoping it doesn't go the "Fringe" route and devolve into complete nonsense.

 

[snickerd3]

Watched Nacho Libre for the first time this weekend.  WOW...

 

[Supe]

Just started watching Stranger Things (Netflix original series).  It's pretty good so far.  I'm hoping it doesn't go the "Fringe" route and devolve into complete nonsense.

I really liked the whole season.  I think its still follow-able by the end.

Watched the new Jungle Book movie this past weekend.  I thought it was pretty well done.

 

[Ramnares P.E.]

I'm 3 episodes in.  Would binge watch it but watching with my wife so I have to wait for her.  In between I'm watching Season 2 of Daredevil.  

 

[snickerd3]

binged watched all 4 episodes of Better Late than Never yesterday.  Laughed to the point of tears during some of them.  

I highly recommend if you missed them on TV.

 

[Ble_PE]

Watched the new Jungle Book movie this past weekend.  I thought it was pretty well done.

We watched this as well and I agree. It was a good movie and the kids (especially mini-ble1) really liked it.

 

[Wolverine]

Two movies last weekend, both of which surpassed my low expectations:

1. 10 Cloverfield Lane

2. London Has Fallen

Two stars each just for having good, quality helicopters and explosions, plus one star each for not sucking as bad as I thought they would, ... and what the heck, I'm in a good mood so I'll throw them each an extra half star, for a grand total of 3.5 stars out of 5.

Cloverfield is what it seems to be, then it's not, then it is, kind of a psychologically unnerving thriller, and then, AW HELL No, what is THAT, oh geez!?  At the end I was thinking, well, that wasn't TOO bad.

London Has Fallen gives us a stubbly-shaven King Leonidas punching people in the face, so that's pretty cool.

 

[Ramnares P.E.]

Watched Skiptrace - Jackie Chan movie.  Pretty generic plot with some bad acting.  The worst of it all was seeing how slow Chan is compared to his 'glory' days.

 

[Ramnares P.E.]

All done with Stranger Things (it's freaking fantastic) until the next season.  Finally jumped into Breaking Bad to see what all the hype is about.

 

[Dleg]

I went to see Deepwater Horizon this weekend.  It was pretty tense, and a pretty simple, straightforward movie.  No preaching, virtually nothing about the environmental impacts. Just the events leading up to the blowout, and then the actions of the crew leading to the abandonment of the rig.  Definite blame-laying on BP, however, but this is based on the final investigation results, so fair enough.  Although I doubt that the BP guy played by John Malkovich was as sleazy and evil as he was played.

As a former oil field worker, who worked offshore for one of the companies portrayed in the movie, I found it a particularly harrowing portrayal of the hazards and risks common to everyone who does that work. But even for me, the technicalities of what was happening to cause the blowout were difficult to follow, and I wonder what someone with no oilfield background would think.  It might be a little confusing, to say the least.  

 

[Road Guy]

Yeah that movie looked like a whole lot of meh... Will catch it on cable later, same as Sully.... Just not worth paying theatre prices to see....

Anyone catch Westworld on HBO? Looks pretty intriguing & has some

Quality staff...

 

[jeb6294]

It's not out yet, but I'm gonna have to break down and watch a chick movie.

They're in Cincinnati filming something called "Mercy". They were looking for people with cruiser/touring type motorcycles to use for a biker bar scene. Apparently they liked my "look" and my motorcycle because I got a message through Facebook asking if I could do it. Checked the movie and it has Ellen Page (Juno, X-Men movies) and Kate Mara (House of Cards, The Martian, Shooter) in it so it was a legit movie so I said sure.

We ended up being there from 7pm until just after midnight. In the scene, they are sitting at a table in the bar. I'm three tables away but the way the cameras were set up, it looks like there may be a decent chance that end up on screen. The first hour or so was us sitting around while they messed around with props and lighting. Once they started shooting, it was us trying to look like we were doing the usual stuff you'd do at a biker bar without making any sound...no talking, no clinking glasses...they add all that after the fact. The second part was filming them as they were walking to the bar. When they were rearranging for the shoot, they wanted my bike up front on the sidewalk, so at the very least, it should get some screen time.

From the description, it sounds like it's nothing I would ever watch, but I'll definitely have to now.

 

[Ramnares P.E.]

Yeah that movie looked like a whole lot of meh... Will catch it on cable later, same as Sully.... Just not worth paying theatre prices to see....

Anyone catch Westworld on HBO? Looks pretty intriguing & has some

Quality staff...

This.  I can't justify paying exorbitant theater prices to see garbage.