Waldorf and Statler Posted December 30, 2013 Report Share Posted December 30, 2013 (edited) Hobbit 2: Desolation of Smaug I must be one of the less cynical folks around. I don't see these movies as bastardization of anything. I'm loving every minute. Edited December 30, 2013 by Waldorf and Statler Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot Heart Posted December 30, 2013 Report Share Posted December 30, 2013 Defendor. Another one of those little weirdo-becomes-vigilante films (Special, Super). Some good performances all-round (and Casey Jones from the first TMNT film as a cop, hehe), particularly from Woody Harrelson. The story is fairly predictable but there's some decent humour in there and some nice shots, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danielpholt Posted December 30, 2013 Report Share Posted December 30, 2013 The Crash Reel Documentary that follows the story of Kevin Pierce, a Snowboarder who suffers a life threatening injury in the run up to the Vancouver Olympics. It charts his rise in the sport, and the aftermath of the accident that nearly took his life. It also touches on his rivalry with friend Shaun White, as well as other tragic accidents from the world of extreme sports. Inspiring, touching, beautifully shot. It might be one of my top films of the year. I went in expecting a documetary about cool snowboarders, I left having watched something that truly left a mark. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CorgiShinobi Posted January 2, 2014 Report Share Posted January 2, 2014 Desolation of Smaug I'm actually somewhere in-between on whether this is "Great" or "OK." What it does, it does very well; it's what it does is what slightly bothers me. I'm not very fond of the prospect of this trilogy revolving on a potential war, which is in all truth merely filler. I wouldn't have minded if The Hobbit was a two-part movie, but that's rarely heard of and so we have a trilogy. I'm not fond of what was done with Bard's character, but Smaug I am very happy with. Just, anyone who has read the excellent and easy read that is "The Hobbit," you know Bilbo & Co. are not going to finish him Smaug. Just the nature of this film is a trilogy, so what good would it be to kill off our big, bad dragon? Sauron isn't going to fill that spot: That's The Lord of the Rings. Though, nearly half the theater groaned when Samug didn't die. Was really tempted to yell out, "You know this is a trilogy, right?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
staySICK Posted January 3, 2014 Report Share Posted January 3, 2014 The World's End. I quite liked it. Very funny, had the usual throwback gags to the other movies in the trilogy. Was probably the weakest of the three upon first viewing, however. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waldorf and Statler Posted January 3, 2014 Report Share Posted January 3, 2014 I think my biggest fault with The World's End is that they changed the dynamic they had established for two movies of Simon Pegg being the serious one and Frost being the lovable goof. Also throughout the majority of the movie he's insufferable. I still enjoyed it but I'd rather watch Hot Fuzz or Shaun of the Dead if given the option to rewatch. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Jack Posted January 3, 2014 Report Share Posted January 3, 2014 American Hustle. I knew very little going into this one so I was pleasantly surprised at how entertaining it was. It started off a little slow but after Carmine is introduced it picks up considerably. Plus I just like stories about con men. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danielpholt Posted January 5, 2014 Report Share Posted January 5, 2014 TRANCE I think it was good..? I'll probably go back and re-watch it at some point in order to make sense of the plot (also, Rosario Dawson in the nuddy). In all honesty though, the film felt like it was trying to keep the truth from me for as long as possible, and whilst that's okay in some films, it didn't work here as I found the big reveal to be a little tame. Rosario though. Daaang girl! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madbassman39 Posted January 6, 2014 Report Share Posted January 6, 2014 Anchorman 2. I don't know, it was between OK and Good to me. It was longer than it should've been, the plot was well developed but the humor was more random than the first one. The only reason I put it here instead of OK is because of how much I laughed. I laughed so much at the film. Its funny, but its not as good as the first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strangelove Posted January 11, 2014 Report Share Posted January 11, 2014 Her. Fantastic. Even if I am starting to view these "precious" type of movies negatively as I get older. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
staySICK Posted January 12, 2014 Report Share Posted January 12, 2014 we finally got to see Frozen the other day. I liked it as well. Nice that it broke some typical Disney story conventions, positive for little girls. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danielpholt Posted January 15, 2014 Report Share Posted January 15, 2014 12 Years A Slave T'was a bit good wasn't it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strangelove Posted January 17, 2014 Report Share Posted January 17, 2014 Pacific Rim. It was rad as fuck. Im not sure how stupid it is or about plot holes or whatever, but I was glued to my seat the whole time. I kinda of loved it. Its just goddamn fun to watch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted January 17, 2014 Report Share Posted January 17, 2014 I enjoyed the fights, but I felt like there was way too much downtime for how bad the acting and script were. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted January 26, 2014 Report Share Posted January 26, 2014 Watchmen: Directors Cut So I had a hankering to watch Watchmen but I'd lent my copy out so ended up watching Directors Cut. Mostly the same, though some extra elements added with the main change being more Hollis Mason stuff (including death), though it's not the Black Freighter cut. Largely it's just extending some of the scenes that for the most part don't add much like the Hollis Mason stuff does. Was nice to watch it again and always nice to see where changes are made. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strangelove Posted January 26, 2014 Report Share Posted January 26, 2014 The Hollis Mason death scene is probably my favorite scene in that movie, it's so goddamn good. They shouldnt have taken it out of the regular cut. Anyways, I saw The Wolf of Wall Street. It was really good, though at times it felt like I was watching Goodfellas/Casino. Thats not a bad problem to have though. It was fantastic. To be honest, Im a really big fan of the Scorsese/DiCaprio films. I think my generation is supposed to hate DiCaprio, but I think he's a fantastic actor. I can always put on The Aviator or Gangs of New York and not be bored. Ive never seen Shutter Island though. Not sure why. I also saw all 3 Daniel Craig Bond films for the first time. I only intended to watch CR, but I got hooked and marathoned the whole thing. Didnt go to sleep til after 5am. Loved them. I hope theres a 4th Daniel Craig Bond in the works. Ive never liked any of the other Bond films very much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faiblesse Des Sens Posted January 26, 2014 Report Share Posted January 26, 2014 I like DiCaprio and think he's under utilized by being in boring roles from directors who make good movies but don't do anything interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted January 26, 2014 Report Share Posted January 26, 2014 Yeah it was really well done, was worth watching the Director's Cut just for that scene. I think the theatrical release was already running over by a lot even with them slashing out Black Freighter, and I think the Hollis Mason story arc was the biggest one they could remove without crippling the film as a whole. Then just the little slashes on scenes here and there to trim down a few lines over the whole film. Fuck it would have been a bastard to edit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted January 26, 2014 Report Share Posted January 26, 2014 Yeah, I like DiCaprio too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Jack Posted January 27, 2014 Report Share Posted January 27, 2014 I thought most people liked him. I mean, we all hated him when all he was really known for was Titanic but he admirably overcame the risk of being pigeonholed into generic pretty boy roles with his later movies. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted January 27, 2014 Report Share Posted January 27, 2014 I think the fact that when he grew up he started looking really weird helped him grow out of the pretty boy role. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
staySICK Posted January 27, 2014 Report Share Posted January 27, 2014 I didn't really start to appreciate him as an actor until the Departed. Gods I love that movie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strangelove Posted February 1, 2014 Report Share Posted February 1, 2014 Fuck, the ending to Thor 2 pissed me off. Good movie, but I just really dislike those type of endings. Leave shit like that for the after credits scene.The mid-credits scene was pretty sweet though. I am quite the fan of the actor in question of that particular scene. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faiblesse Des Sens Posted February 1, 2014 Report Share Posted February 1, 2014 Uh, was it cut differently for the version you saw? Spoiler what order the scenes were in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strangelove Posted February 1, 2014 Report Share Posted February 1, 2014 The ending is Odin changing into Loki, the midcredits is the scene with The Collector and the infinity stones thing, and the end credits has Thor coming back to earth to reunite with Jane and a scene with a monster still running around chasing birds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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