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What is the latest movie you saw? What did you think of it? Was it excellent, awesome, good, fair, okay, not bad, meh, sucking, horrible, or so bad you kept thinking,"Shoot me. Shoot me now."? What ever it was, why was it that way? What was so meh about it, or so awesome? Was the dialogue superb, the acting pretty good, the CGI through the roof?

Using the words in bold above, describe the latest movie you saw, and explain why you gave it that "score". After all, no one likes a negative critic. :wink:

First off, two nights ago me and my family watched a movie called, Age of Dragons. It licked dog bogeys. Officially though, it was
sucking. To get an idea what this movie was like, take the story Moby Dick, and everytime the word "whale" is used in in the story, exchange it for the word "white dragon" in the film. But, whereas Moby Dick is now known as a classic amongst literature, this particular movie was way over the top cliched, and was made by a lower end (like first time movie makers) film company.
I don't know. It might just be me, but I rate this movie as sucking, and don't suggest you waste your time with it. Unless of course you have exactly 1 hour to kill. Cuz it is that long. And yes, that hour will most likely be dead after that one hour. That or you might wish you were for sitting through that load of hog wash.

(Oh yeah, and officially, the movie only got 2 out of 10 stars in its rating. So yeah, take it from the "experts".)

Second up is Tangled, one of the newer releases by Walt Disney. From what i heard too, this one also got low end ratings (not sure on the exact number), but personally I thought it was a perfect
Excellent. Though perhaps a bit cliched (but what isn't nowadays), it was still an excellent movie. Very funny, very smooth, very impressive animation, and a good voice cast. I even found the sound track most appealing. This song in particular I found most appealing. Over all, the sound track itself was well made and beautifully orchestrated.

So for Age of Dragons I prescribe the score of
Sucking. Tangled however receives perfect marks at Excellent..
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I just saw Avatar, and it gets a solid meh. I'm sorry, but I'd like some plot to go with my special effects. A plot that isn't just Pocahontas meets Dances with Wolves in space.
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I actually haven't seen a film since Zombieland. However, I must rate this film awesome. The characters were cliched, but bad-ass. The special effects were cool. Lastly, I love the line "Snoballs? SNOBALLS?! WHERE ARE THE DAMN TWINKIES?!"
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I loved Inception. I'd have to rate it as awesome. The special effects were cool, the plot was unique, and the idea was by far one of the most unique I've seen in a while. But, it's one of those movies that you can only see once a year.
videogmer314 wrote:I just saw Avatar, and it gets a solid meh. I'm sorry, but I'd like some plot to go with my special effects. A plot that isn't just Pocahontas meets Dances with Wolves in space.
What, what did you just say? How dare you. How dare you.
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VirtualWeasel wrote:
videogmer314 wrote:I just saw Avatar, and it gets a solid meh. I'm sorry, but I'd like some plot to go with my special effects. A plot that isn't just Pocahontas meets Dances with Wolves in space.
What, what did you just say? How dare you. How dare you.
Oh no. I just stated my honest opinion of a movie. It's the end of the world.
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videogmer314 wrote:
VirtualWeasel wrote:
videogmer314 wrote:I just saw Avatar, and it gets a solid meh. I'm sorry, but I'd like some plot to go with my special effects. A plot that isn't just Pocahontas meets Dances with Wolves in space.
What, what did you just say? How dare you. How dare you.
Oh no. I just stated my honest opinion of a movie. It's the end of the world.
And I love the way you worded your opinion mister Videogamer. Humorous indeed.
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Master Of Puppets wrote:I actually haven't seen a film since Zombieland. However, I must rate this film awesome. The characters were cliched, but bad-ass. The special effects were cool. Lastly, I love the line "Snoballs? SNOBALLS?! WHERE ARE THE DAMN TWINKIES?!"
I think the point of a Parody Comedy is to cram as many clichés as possible, always follow the rules, but yes a very awesome movie......."Double Tap"
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The Creeping Terror qualifies as both awesome and shoot me now. Words cannot adequately describe the horribleness of this movie beyond saying that it's so bad that you must try to see it in its entirety at least once.
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Dlarsh wrote:The Creeping Terror qualifies as both awesome and shoot me now. Words cannot adequately describe the horribleness of this movie beyond saying that it's so bad that you must try to see it in its entirety at least once.
Try So Bad It's Good.
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Mr. Nobody gets an OMG THAT'S THE BEST FILM EVARRRR from me. Also any Tim Burton film.
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Forrest Gump. 'Nuf said.
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The Big Lebowski is easily one of the best comedies ever.
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Napoleon Dynamtie is freakin' awesome!

also, can someone give me a rundown of zombieland? Is it a horror movie? Is it really gross?
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I'm watching a marathon of LOTR tommorow.
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Saw Profondo Rosso (Deep Red) last night. Anyone who has never seen a Dario Argento movie and claims to like horror is missing out a lot. Suspiria is the epitome of his work and anyone who just likes great visuals or something atmospheric should check out any of the two.
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Movie to Watch: Anger Management. Hilarious movie.
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If you haven't watch Lars and the Real Girl, if you can get past the initial weirdness shock it is the most beautiful movie (okay maybe not the most, but it is a lovely film, and philosophical to boot :D).

Also just want to say, Stranger Than Fiction is a nice film to, so happy by the ending :D, I like Harold Crick he seems like a nice enough person.
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Scream 4's alright. Sidney's hotter than ever!
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Suckerpunch was okay. Most of the characters were bland, and there seemed to be three different settings, but one was the same as another, or something.
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born2beagator wrote:Napoleon Dynamtie is freakin' awesome!

also, can someone give me a rundown of zombieland? Is it a horror movie? Is it really gross?
It has its gross moments, it's a zombie movie after all, but it's more or less a comedy/horror parody movie (makes fun of other zombie movies or horror movies in general) with quite a bit of slapstick and quirky humor
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John117 wrote:Suckerpunch was okay. Most of the characters were bland, and there seemed to be three different settings, but one was the same as another, or something.

add me to the "meh" club on suckerpunch
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Movie not to watch: Skyline, suckiest alien invasion movie I've ever seen! The acting was crap and the end was WTF? :lol:
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kailay wrote:Movie not to watch: Skyline, suckiest alien invasion movie I've ever seen! The acting was crap and the end was WTF? :lol:
Ugh... Skyline. An ingrown tumor on the leg of the Digital Age. The acting was just.... Unspeakable :shock:
The plot was good, but it was brought about terribly.
The end, was just... Stupid. Come on, if an alien eats a certain good-guy's brain, he doesn't all of a sudden just inherit his genetic code. An alien turning good and killing all the other aliens, followed by a trashy heavy metal guitar solo... :Angry: :shock:
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kailay wrote:Movie not to watch: Skyline, suckiest alien invasion movie I've ever seen! The acting was crap and the end was WTF? :lol:

Skyline. THE worst sci fi movie ever created. No point to the thing
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Wikipedia wrote:In August 2010 it was reported that Sony Pictures Entertainment was contemplating legal action against Greg and Colin Strause, the directors of Skyline and the owners of Hydraulx Filmz. Sony paid Hydraulx to generate visual effects work for Battle: Los Angeles. But Hydraulx never informed Sony the siblings were directing a rival alien invasion feature, similarly driven by special effects, scheduled for release four months prior to Sony's feature. A rep for the Strauses issued a statement: "Any claims of impropriety are completely baseless. This is a blatant attempt by Sony to force these independent filmmakers to move a release date that has long been set by Universal and Relativity and is outside the filmmakers' control".
Taken out of context "Sony Pictures Entertainment was contemplating legal action" could sum up how people feel about the film.

But seriously, does this mean that Battle:LA will be bad as well?
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