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Post by Lokifan on Nov 17, 2013 5:01:36 GMT
I'm cautiously optimistic about "Ender's Game". I hope to see it this week. They seem to have the "Gate is DOWN" training ground right (at least for the 300mph one second clip) . The short story/novella was much better than the full novel that started the series, in my opinion. It was innovative, unpredictable, and well paced. I found "Speaker for the Dead" and "Xenocide" to be just about unreadable. Some stories should stay short stories. Another example would be "Flowers for Algernon". Great short story but the novel felt padded.
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Post by the light works on Nov 17, 2013 15:27:00 GMT
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Post by the light works on Nov 17, 2013 15:28:28 GMT
I think I'll be giving this one a miss for one reason - Russell Crowe *shudders*. I can't stand seeing him on screen! It's like having your teeth pulled without pain killers! Is this a trend for actors from Australia to try to turn bible stories into blockbusters?
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Post by Lex Of Sydney Australia on Nov 17, 2013 15:34:05 GMT
I think I'll be giving this one a miss for one reason - Russell Crowe *shudders*. I can't stand seeing him on screen! It's like having your teeth pulled without pain killers! Is this a trend for actors from Australia to try to turn bible stories into blockbusters? Ye Gods I hope not! I don't want to see either of the Minogue sisters ending up on screen as the Virgin Mary!
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Post by the light works on Nov 17, 2013 15:55:14 GMT
Is this a trend for actors from Australia to try to turn bible stories into blockbusters? Ye Gods I hope not! I don't want to see either of the Minogue sisters ending up on screen as the Virgin Mary! reminds me of a prominent comedienne's response to Madonna's "Like a virgin" tour: "The only thing she might do like a virgin is have a baby in a stable - by an unknown father"
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Post by ironhold on Nov 18, 2013 0:43:46 GMT
I'm cautiously optimistic about "Ender's Game". I hope to see it this week. I gave it a 9.75 / 10, with the deductions being for minor glitches in some of the animation and rendering. Box Office Mojo says that the film is at $63m internationally; it's a strong showing for a film that some people deliberately wanted to see fail, but still shy of breaking even due to the high budget.
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Post by ironhold on Nov 29, 2013 22:56:48 GMT
Got back from seeing "Frozen" about two hours ago.
The movie itself rates an 8 / 10, and is the best Dreamworks movie I've seen in years (even though it's a Disney film...). If your kids can handle a little bit of scariness, they'll be just fine. Don't forget to stay through the end of the credits.
However, the Mickey Mouse short at the start of the film left a lot to be desired.
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Post by the light works on Nov 30, 2013 1:43:04 GMT
we watched White House Down, on disc. there were some "I don't think you could actually do that" moments in it, but overall it was a good action movie. if you like the die hard movies, you will probably find this one entertaining.
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Post by ironhold on Dec 14, 2013 3:08:13 GMT
If anyone's looking for family movies coming up, then we're going to have a Lego theatrical film in February and "Mr. Peabody & Sherman" in March.
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Post by the light works on Dec 17, 2013 17:16:13 GMT
If anyone's looking for family movies coming up, then we're going to have a Lego theatrical film in February and "Mr. Peabody & Sherman" in March. I think that's been in the netflix queue since I first saw the teaser on Youtube. (note: this is a movie about things happening in the Lego world, not just a lego adaptation of a live action movie)
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Post by Lex Of Sydney Australia on Dec 18, 2013 14:23:50 GMT
(iornhold I ran across this & thought of you. ) An honest movie review.
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Post by the light works on Dec 18, 2013 14:50:02 GMT
(iornhold I ran across this & thought of you. ) An honest movie review. yeah, I've had a few movies in the past that my perspective was a bit different from the person who wrote the synopsis. Moonstruck: the story of a man whose manipulative, controlling fiance runs off with his estranged brother.
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Post by ironhold on Dec 18, 2013 15:12:25 GMT
Kangaroo Jack: Movie executives package a teen-and-up crime drama as a family-friendly film and make millions while doing it.
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Post by the light works on Dec 23, 2013 14:52:47 GMT
we all watched Turbo last night. It is a movie about a garden snail whose life goal is to race in the Indy 500, and gets that chance when he is accidentally sucked through a street racer's engine and infused with Nitrous Oxide.
the premise is completely unbelieveable, the characters stereotyped, and the action absurd.
I recommend it for anyone who enjoys silly animated shows.
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Post by ironhold on Dec 28, 2013 2:24:46 GMT
Today was interesting.
My plan was to see the 11:10 AM screening of "Grudge Match", then gas up the car and head on home.
Instead, when I got to the theater at 10:55, I was notified by the manager that due to a foul-up, the 11:10 AM screening was cancelled; I would have to come back for the 2 PM screening.
However, to apologize for the inconvenience the manager said that the ticket was on him.
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Post by Lokifan on Dec 29, 2013 7:16:09 GMT
Just saw "Saving Mr. Banks".
Just because it's a Disney film about the lady that wrote "Mary Poppins", don't assume kids will like it.
It's aimed at a mature audience--I don't think there's anyone under 30 in the main cast, and the leads are much older. No explosions, no real special effects, no violence, and no romantic interest.
It deals with adult topics, and some scenes are definitely not for kids--disturbing parental failings are seen and discussed. It'd scare kids and probably bore teens.
Having said that, the two adults I saw it with loved it. One told me it was the "best dramatic film I'd ever seen".
In my opinion, it's certain to be Oscar material--but I think only adults will appreciate it.
And they'll love it.
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Post by ironhold on Dec 29, 2013 23:23:17 GMT
For me, "Saving Mr. Banks" is a film in which a glorified religious bigot plays a glorified rendition of a religious bigot in order to whitewash a story that IRL ended in tears.
Not seeing that. At all.
(For those who don't know, Tom Hanks hates Mormons, Walt Disney hated Jews, and the woman who wrote the original book left the theater in tears because she felt that Disney desecrated everything she held dear.)
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Post by Cybermortis on Dec 29, 2013 23:29:53 GMT
A scene one imagines will be repeated worldwide in December of 2015, when the next Star Wars film is due out.
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Post by the light works on Dec 30, 2013 0:27:05 GMT
For me, "Saving Mr. Banks" is a film in which a glorified religious bigot plays a glorified rendition of a religious bigot in order to whitewash a story that IRL ended in tears. Not seeing that. At all. (For those who don't know, Tom Hanks hates Mormons, Walt Disney hated Jews, and the woman who wrote the original book left the theater in tears because she felt that Disney desecrated everything she held dear.) as much as I like a lot of Disney movies - that IS Disney's normal mode of operations. I think that they hold the record for taking a book and making a completely different movie out of it (The Rescuers)
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Post by ironhold on Dec 30, 2013 1:34:59 GMT
I saw "Captain Phillips" out of good sportsmanship, but "Saving Mr. Banks" makes me furious on several levels.
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