October 15, 20241 yr 1 hour ago, The Original Greaser Bob said: I appreciate this, because I've never gotten past how great it is. Who are the guilty parties? And are they also drunken buffoons? Fugit is terrible throughout, as is Deschanel. The guy playing Ben Fong Torres is also really bad.
October 15, 20241 yr 1 hour ago, NorthLoop said: Ben Fong Torres My friend who went with me to see it upon release was acquainted with Ben and I remember him laughing in the theater and saying he was perfect, fwiw.
October 16, 20241 yr 8 hours ago, Da Fino said: The problem with I Am Legend was that the book was staggeringly better than the movie they made out of it. The movie needed a different title. It’s fine as a movie but the book explains why the main character is a “legend.” And the vampires are more interesting because of it.
October 16, 20241 yr 18 hours ago, LCHorn said: I do recall Harry Knowles was there, sexually harassing female employees and trying to pretend he saw a different movie. fixed
October 16, 20241 yr 17 hours ago, NorthLoop said: Fugit is terrible throughout, as is Deschanel. The guy playing Ben Fong Torres is also really bad. Interesting observation. And I can't argue with the Fugit part (I kind of fell in love with the Deschanel character. Like I did with most of the movie.) But his weird acting actually helped you focus on the other characters. He didn't insist upon himself. He was just a weird, young kid. But I also like your observation because rock/pop music is like that. Much of it is "bad" and unfinished and unclean, and it's the badness that makes you remember it. I can think of two example that many people would find to be messy or unpolished, but are just fantastic and perfect. So in a weird way, bad lovable acting is just like the music that we fall in love with. Most times you forget it but sometimes you fall head over heels for it when you don't expect it.
October 16, 20241 yr 17 hours ago, NorthLoop said: Fugit is terrible throughout, as is Deschanel. The guy playing Ben Fong Torres is also really bad. i loved that movie but admit i haven't seen it in over a decade. i have a real issue with how they chose to end it, as i feel like it makes no sense. i've had this conversation/argument on this board more than a few times, but i stand by it. good movie, bad wrap up.
October 16, 20241 yr Fugit was fine. Not everyone is Chalamet or DiCaprio talented when they are 15. Almost Famous’ biggest problem is that Crudup is admirably trying but Crowe originally wanted Brad Pitt and that Tyler Dursen charisma.
October 16, 20241 yr 1 hour ago, henrygandorf said: i loved that movie but admit i haven't seen it in over a decade. i have a real issue with how they chose to end it, as i feel like it makes no sense. i've had this conversation/argument on this board more than a few times, but i stand by it. good movie, bad wrap up. Yeah I remember that. Your issue was how the magazine just totally shit all over him based on that one phone call between the fact checker and a band member. I can't watch that movie now without thinking of that every time. And for the record, I fucking love that movie. If you haven't seen the extended director's cut, you're missing out.
October 16, 20241 yr On 10/15/2024 at 12:49 PM, Parliament said: Quantum of Solace is a good movie. Never got the hate for that movie, I thought it was good. It had one of the best Bond opening chases too.
October 16, 20241 yr 1 hour ago, NorthLoop said: Yeah I remember that. Your issue was how the magazine just totally shit all over him based on that one phone call between the fact checker and a band member. I can't watch that movie now without thinking of that every time. yeah, they fucking loved it. then got off the phone with the band who denied it "denied it!" says that annoying rolling stone girl. then torres shakes his head with a "i can't believe i trusted you" look, which makes no sense. then, you can hear someone say "what did you expect, he's just a fan", which again, makes no sense, because a fan would've written the opposite of what he wrote. and then later, it's like oh, i called them and said you told the truth, so they fixed it lol.
October 16, 20241 yr 5 hours ago, LCHorn said: Fugit was fine. Not everyone is Chalamet or DiCaprio talented when they are 15. Almost Famous’ biggest problem is that Crudup is admirably trying but Crowe originally wanted Brad Pitt and that Tyler Dursen charisma. This was on again the other night, so I watched it for the 100th time. I think I agree that Fugit was fine. He's an awkward 17 year old playing an awkward 15 year old. If he was smooth, it would be a little weird. In the bigger moments ("I AM THE ENEMY" and "I LOVED HER"), he's not great, but in the quieter moments, I think he plays the wide eyed kid well. I do disagree on the Crudup/Pitt thing. I think with Pitt, it's a different movie, and the whole movie would be imbalanced. That kind of super wattage would take away from the movie. The strength of the movie is the scruffiness of it with smaller actors reflecting the level of the band who isn't quite there yet. It would have made more money, but I don't think it would feel as casual or rewatchable. I do want to add one thing. Every time I watch it, I love Jason Lee more. He's such a charismatic and fun performer ("actually, THAT you can print"). He had a fine career and is beloved by men of a certain age, but I wish he had more shots like this.
October 17, 20241 yr 5 hours ago, henrygandorf said: yeah, they fucking loved it. then got off the phone with the band who denied it "denied it!" says that annoying rolling stone girl. then torres shakes his head with a "i can't believe i trusted you" look, which makes no sense. then, you can hear someone say "what did you expect, he's just a fan", which again, makes no sense, because a fan would've written the opposite of what he wrote. and then later, it's like oh, i called them and said you told the truth, so they fixed it lol. Crowe lived that character, for the most part. Are we sure something like that didn't really happen?
October 17, 20241 yr On 10/15/2024 at 12:10 PM, Helobious said: Is it unpopular to say reading is no different than watching TV or sitting there scrolling tiktok? They all involve you passively sitting there not creating anything or being productive. This is the dumbest opinion on this thread. Reading requires you to form the images in your head to imagine the visuals of the story being told to you. Being read a story as a child and imagining it in your own head was probably the very first creative thing you ever did (and last for some of you). It’s not passive at all, it requires thought. There are decades and decades of studies showing that reading improves your capacity for learning in ways that screen time definitely does not. On 10/15/2024 at 12:10 PM, Helobious said: Edited October 17, 20241 yr by Your Mom
October 17, 20241 yr 2 hours ago, Stringer said: This was on again the other night, so I watched it for the 100th time. I think I agree that Fugit was fine. He's an awkward 17 year old playing an awkward 15 year old. If he was smooth, it would be a little weird. In the bigger moments ("I AM THE ENEMY" and "I LOVED HER"), he's not great, but in the quieter moments, I think he plays the wide eyed kid well. I do disagree on the Crudup/Pitt thing. I think with Pitt, it's a different movie, and the whole movie would be imbalanced. That kind of super wattage would take away from the movie. The strength of the movie is the scruffiness of it with smaller actors reflecting the level of the band who isn't quite there yet. It would have made more money, but I don't think it would feel as casual or rewatchable. I do want to add one thing. Every time I watch it, I love Jason Lee more. He's such a charismatic and fun performer ("actually, THAT you can print"). He had a fine career and is beloved by men of a certain age, but I wish he had more shots like this. Without Jason Lee, several Kevin Smith movies would be forgettable
October 17, 20241 yr On 10/15/2024 at 11:36 AM, Helobious said: No Country for Old Men was a great movie, but lol at anyone thinking Chigurh is a realistic character or portrayal of evil. No “hitman” (those don’t exist btw) is going to risk killing as many random people as he did for no reason Chigurh was a psychopathic killer and thought Javier Bardem’s portrayal might have been the most realistic ever.
October 17, 20241 yr 7 hours ago, Deej said: Crowe lived that character, for the most part. Are we sure something like that didn't really happen? even if it happened exactly like that, take some artistic license for the sake of the movie. or disagree with me and say the ending made sense to you.
October 17, 20241 yr On 10/15/2024 at 3:22 PM, LCHorn said: Haha, I’m going to go half-Lobo on this one. I saw this at the premiere in Austin with John Lee Hancock in attendance. I had followed production and he said it was his dream project (we had a mutual acquaintance and connected previously over our love of Willie Morris). If you had followed the property, it had been in development hell for a decade or more and pretty much every hot shit screenwriter had done a draft. Hancock would parlay his success shooting the low budget The Rookie, and part of why he was able to get attached was that his script would be a lot cheaper than the previous iterations. Anyway, the movie wasn’t bad, but the vibe in the theater was underwhelming and you could just feel the anxiety during the post screening Q&A. Obviously Billy Bob Thornton killed, but everything else seemed like one of those TNT historical TV series but without any of the depth to actually connect to the characters. I do recall Harry Knowles was there, slobbering over Hancock and trying to pretend he saw a different movie. Always thought Alamo 2004 was doomed once Ron Howard walked away.
October 18, 20241 yr Deadpool and sequels/derivatives suck Major League 2 and 3 weren’t that bad Tin Cup is the best golf movie ever Edited October 18, 20241 yr by Wilcox Cummingtonite
October 20, 20241 yr there will be blood and gangs of new york are boring movies that aren’t worth rewatching.
October 20, 20241 yr On 10/16/2024 at 4:38 PM, Stringer said: I do want to add one thing. Every time I watch it, I love Jason Lee more. He's such a charismatic and fun performer ("actually, THAT you can print"). He had a fine career and is beloved by men of a certain age, but I wish he had more shots like this. Alvin and the chipmunks was powerhouse filmmaking.
October 20, 20241 yr Finally had a good one. Blood In, Blood Out is up there with Goodfellas as the best crime film of the 90's, despite the fact it's truly cheesy at times.
October 21, 20241 yr Here’s a high res version of Blood In, Blood Out I found in YouTube a while back. Enjoy! One semester in college back in the late 90’s my roommates and I decided to drop cable and had a Blood In, Blood Out VHS and wore that thing out. It was on loop for almost the entirety of 1999. We knew every word of every line to a 3+ hour movie. Good times!
October 21, 20241 yr On 10/10/2024 at 8:50 PM, mr. sunshine said: I used to watch the CBS Evening News with my father every week day when I was a kid. It was anchored by some fellow named Cronkite back then. Followed the war in Vietnam, Manson, Watergate, etc. Anywho I still remember the first TV ad for Star Wars and him declaring it "a bunch of crap." But I also remember him saying AC/DC were a bunch of homos just based on the cover of Highway to Hell so it's not like he was clairvoyant or anything Are we talking about your dad, or Cronkite, saying these things?
October 21, 20241 yr 1 hour ago, Bender Bending Rodriguez said: Here’s a high res version of Blood In, Blood Out I found in YouTube a while back. Enjoy! One semester in college back in the late 90’s my roommates and I decided to drop cable and had a Blood In, Blood Out VHS and wore that thing out. It was on loop for almost the entirety of 1999. We knew every word of every line to a 3+ hour movie. Good times! Give me some chon chon!
October 21, 20241 yr On 10/10/2024 at 10:03 PM, billfromlaketravis said: I’m not saying Keaton isn’t good at what he’s done, Night Shift being the exception, but he’s playing the same character over and over again. You misspelled Kevin Costner.
October 21, 20241 yr I had a ton of people recommend Boondock Saints when it first came out. That movie is fucking terrible. It's one of the only movies I quit watching halfway through.
October 22, 20241 yr On 10/15/2024 at 4:34 PM, The Original Greaser Bob said: Masculin Feminin is Godard's best. Hottest take I've seen in the thread.
October 23, 20241 yr Batman Begins is the best movie in Nolan’s Batman trilogy Reservoir Dogs is Tarantino’s best film.
October 23, 20241 yr On 10/21/2024 at 9:30 AM, irishtexan said: I had a ton of people recommend Boondock Saints when it first came out. That movie is fucking terrible. It's one of the only movies I quit watching halfway through. Repped because it's perfect for the premise of the thread - not because I agree. 15 minutes ago, Frieda’s Boss said: Batman Begins is the best movie in Nolan’s Batman trilogy This is a fairly popular contrarian opinion. I'd say that's a more controversial take than an unpopular one.
October 23, 20241 yr 7 hours ago, Deej said: All of Nolan's Batman films were overrated garbage. If I rep this because I agree with the opinion, then that's two of us, which means it might not be an unpopular movie opinion, which means it shouldn't be in this thread, which means I should neg it. But I can't neg a post I don't like. Anyway, agree, Nolan' Batman films are overrated garbage.
October 23, 20241 yr The government was doing the right thing in ET and the kids potentially put us all in danger by breaking Merton Hanks out of there.
October 23, 20241 yr 8 hours ago, Deej said: All of Nolan's Batman films were overrated garbage. Overrated yes, but you would need to define garbage? We've sunk to some serious new lows in that genre currently.
October 23, 20241 yr Marvel died with Endgame, but really the last good movie they made was Infinity war.
October 24, 20241 yr Daniel Day-Lewis over acts in everything he does. I rarely like anything he is in. 20 hours ago, ChickenSandwich said: Marvel died with Endgame, but really the last good movie they made was Infinity war. Man, I LOVED Deadpool and Wolverine. One of their best. But I agree, almost everything else since End Game was awful. Edited October 24, 20241 yr by Dignan
October 24, 20241 yr 7 minutes ago, Dignan said: Daniel Day-Lewis over acts in everything he does. I rarely like anything he is in. Man, I LOVED Deadpool and Wolverine. One of their best. But I agree, almost everything else since End Game was awful. * Have not seen DP/W
October 24, 20241 yr Marvel died with Endgame, but really the last good movie they made was Infinity war.Guardians 3 was really good. The rest can be done without.
October 24, 20241 yr 23 hours ago, High Plains Drifter said: Anyway, agree, Nolan' Batman films are overrated garbage I don’t think they are garbage, but I’ve been re-watching with my eight year old and there’s definitely some weak spots that I bet Nolan would acknowledge don’t work. Heath Ledger, fwiw, is still incredible. 2 hours ago, Dignan said: Daniel Day-Lewis over acts in everything he does. I rarely like anything he is in. Have you seen the Phantom Thread? He’s relatively subdued in it and it’s probably the best lead performance of anyone in 2017.
October 25, 20241 yr On 10/10/2024 at 11:03 PM, billfromlaketravis said: I’m not saying Keaton isn’t good at what he’s done, Night Shift being the exception, but he’s playing the same character over and over again. Mr. Mom, Batman, and Beetlejuice are all the same character? Umm, okay, whatever.
October 25, 20241 yr 13 hours ago, LCHorn said: I don’t think they are garbage, but I’ve been re-watching with my eight year old and there’s definitely some weak spots that I bet Nolan would acknowledge don’t work. Like Maggie G? 13 hours ago, LCHorn said: Have you seen the Phantom Thread? He’s relatively subdued in it and it’s probably the best lead performance of anyone in 2017. I saw phantom thread in the theater and thought it was brilliant. Haven't rewatched it.
October 25, 20241 yr 47 minutes ago, ztejas said: Like Maggie G? She bothers me less than Bateman, whose public “Bruce Wayne” performance is pretty hammy, along with any time Batman attempts to quip. Like when he is back from Princeton and go to the narrows to meet Carmine Falcone, gives a homeless person his coat and says to the homeless dude “people are going to come looking for me.” The homeless man says “who?”, and he replies back “everyone.” It makes him seem extremely narcissistic, which is at odds with a plot trying to paint him as a selfless hero. Then you have the callback later with “nice coat” that takes a scene doing a lot of heavy lifting to suspend audience disbelief that this character would be frightening to criminals and adds that ridiculous dad joke.
October 25, 20241 yr 4 hours ago, LCHorn said: She bothers me less than Bateman, whose public “Bruce Wayne” performance is pretty hammy, along with any time Batman attempts to quip. Like when he is back from Princeton and go to the narrows to meet Carmine Falcone, gives a homeless person his coat and says to the homeless dude “people are going to come looking for me.” The homeless man says “who?”, and he replies back “everyone.” It makes him seem extremely narcissistic, which is at odds with a plot trying to paint him as a selfless hero. Then you have the callback later with “nice coat” that takes a scene doing a lot of heavy lifting to suspend audience disbelief that this character would be frightening to criminals and adds that ridiculous dad joke. Of all the things wrong with the Nolan Batmans I think you picked the worst example I could imagine
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