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Movies to watch/ Movies not to watch
Posted: Sat Apr 23, 2011 1:34 am
by Venger
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. 
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..
Re: Movies to watch/ Movies not to watch
Posted: Sat Apr 23, 2011 1:58 am
by videogmer314
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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Posted: Sat Apr 23, 2011 2:01 am
by Master of Puppets
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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Posted: Sat Apr 23, 2011 2:05 am
by VirtualWeasel
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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Posted: Sat Apr 23, 2011 2:18 am
by videogmer314
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.
Re: Movies to watch/ Movies not to watch
Posted: Sat Apr 23, 2011 2:25 am
by Venger
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.
Re: Movies to watch/ Movies not to watch
Posted: Sat Apr 23, 2011 3:44 am
by Chaos the N'wah
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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Posted: Sat Apr 23, 2011 3:55 am
by Dlarsh
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.
Re: Movies to watch/ Movies not to watch
Posted: Sat Apr 23, 2011 4:10 am
by videogmer314
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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Posted: Sat Apr 23, 2011 2:44 pm
by MARS
Mr. Nobody gets an OMG THAT'S THE BEST FILM EVARRRR from me. Also any Tim Burton film.
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Posted: Sat Apr 23, 2011 6:46 pm
by VirtualWeasel
Forrest Gump. 'Nuf said.
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Posted: Sat Apr 23, 2011 7:16 pm
by Stendarr
The
Big Lebowski is easily one of the best
comedies ever.
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Posted: Sat Apr 23, 2011 9:39 pm
by born2beagator
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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Posted: Sat Apr 23, 2011 9:40 pm
by Mucro
I'm watching a marathon of LOTR tommorow.
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Posted: Sun Apr 24, 2011 7:33 pm
by Stendarr
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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Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2011 12:21 am
by born2beagator
Movie to Watch: Anger Management. Hilarious movie.
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Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2011 10:48 am
by OblivionDuruza
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 
).
Also just want to say, Stranger Than Fiction is a nice film to, so happy by the ending , I like Harold Crick he seems like a nice enough person.
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Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2011 3:18 pm
by Lindai
Scream 4's alright. Sidney's hotter than ever!
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Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2011 7:56 pm
by John117
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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Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2011 1:07 am
by Chaos the N'wah
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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Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2011 4:59 am
by born2beagator
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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Posted: Sat Apr 30, 2011 2:00 pm
by kailay
Movie not to watch: Skyline, suckiest alien invasion movie I've ever seen! The acting was crap and the end was WTF?
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Posted: Sat Apr 30, 2011 6:23 pm
by VirtualWeasel
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Posted: Sun May 01, 2011 3:44 am
by born2beagator
kailay wrote:Movie not to watch: Skyline, suckiest alien invasion movie I've ever seen! The acting was crap and the end was WTF?
Skyline. THE worst sci fi movie ever created. No point to the thing
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Posted: Sun May 01, 2011 4:45 am
by OblivionDuruza
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?
