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Mar 4, 2015 20:39:44 GMT -5
Post by Wolfgang on Mar 4, 2015 20:39:44 GMT -5
Hurt Locker Zero Dark Thirty
Two Kathryn Bigelow movies. The first time I saw Hurt Locker, I hated it. I didn't know why it won the Oscar for Best Picture other than, say, the Oscar voters didn't want to give the award to James Cameron. The second time I watched it, which was several months ago, I liked it a lot.
I watched Zero Dark Thirty today. It was my second time. Both times, I loved it. I think it's because I'm a sucker for the investigation plot. Between the first and second viewings, the line I remember most is the one uttered by Dan to Ammar during the interrogation: "You don't mind if my female colleague there checks out your junk, do you?"
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Mar 4, 2015 21:58:09 GMT -5
Post by VBCOACH on Mar 4, 2015 21:58:09 GMT -5
Hurt Locker Zero Dark Thirty Two Kathryn Bigelow movies. The first time I saw Hurt Locker, I hated it. I didn't know why it won the Oscar for Best Picture other than, say, the Oscar voters didn't want to give the award to James Cameron. The second time I watched it, which was several months ago, I liked it a lot. I watched Zero Dark Thirty today. It was my second time. Both times, I loved it. I think it's because I'm a sucker for the investigation plot. Between the first and second viewings, the line I remember most is the one uttered by line Dan utters to Ammar during the interrogation: "You don't mind if my female colleague there checks out your junk, do you?" Wolfgang, Where's your wolf avatar? It was a beautiful animal!
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Mar 5, 2015 10:02:32 GMT -5
Post by Wolfgang on Mar 5, 2015 10:02:32 GMT -5
Hurt Locker Zero Dark Thirty Two Kathryn Bigelow movies. The first time I saw Hurt Locker, I hated it. I didn't know why it won the Oscar for Best Picture other than, say, the Oscar voters didn't want to give the award to James Cameron. The second time I watched it, which was several months ago, I liked it a lot. I watched Zero Dark Thirty today. It was my second time. Both times, I loved it. I think it's because I'm a sucker for the investigation plot. Between the first and second viewings, the line I remember most is the one uttered by line Dan utters to Ammar during the interrogation: "You don't mind if my female colleague there checks out your junk, do you?" Wolfgang, Where's your wolf avatar? It was a beautiful animal! Coming from a guy who has no avatar? It was a time for a change.
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Mar 5, 2015 10:09:25 GMT -5
Post by Wolfgang on Mar 5, 2015 10:09:25 GMT -5
X-Men: Days of Future Past
I can't believe they made a time travel movie so uninteresting. I fell asleep during the mental conversation between the old Dr. X and the young Dr. X. Picked it up the following evening.
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Mar 5, 2015 13:31:15 GMT -5
Post by vbprisoner on Mar 5, 2015 13:31:15 GMT -5
Wolfgang, check out the movie "The Body"
Very interesting movie that is parts political, religious, and has some Jason Bourne action sprinkled in.
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Mar 5, 2015 13:55:50 GMT -5
Post by VBCOACH on Mar 5, 2015 13:55:50 GMT -5
Wolfgang, Where's your wolf avatar? It was a beautiful animal! Coming from a guy who has no avatar? It was a time for a change. I'm lucky I even know haw to spell avatar.
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Mar 5, 2015 16:12:09 GMT -5
Post by azvb on Mar 5, 2015 16:12:09 GMT -5
Watched St. Vincent last night. Bill Murray was great, and Melissa McCarthy toned it down. I bawled.
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Mar 5, 2015 22:24:00 GMT -5
Post by Wolfgang on Mar 5, 2015 22:24:00 GMT -5
Wolfgang, check out the movie "The Body" Very interesting movie that is parts political, religious, and has some Jason Bourne action sprinkled in. I've seen it. I don't remember a thing about it except that I remember liking it. Now, I think I'm just going to have to rent it again. Thanks for the recommendation.
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Mar 6, 2015 16:41:30 GMT -5
Post by Wolfgang on Mar 6, 2015 16:41:30 GMT -5
Mamma Mia -- hate Music Man -- like a lot Fiddler on the Roof -- never saw Chicago -- hate West Side Story -- love I can watch the opening dance sequence in West Side Story all day long. You hate Chicago? I really liked it. Seeing the stage production the end of March. West Side Story is great. Agree about the opening dance sequence. But the opening to Sound Of Music is my favorite. I finished watching WSS today. "Somewhere" is a beautiful song. ... I too love the opening of The Sound of Music. Not a musical but the opening of Star Wars was jaw-dropping when I first watched in the theaters as a boy. Over the years, I've grown to hate the film more and more, but that opening is still great.
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Mar 6, 2015 18:18:34 GMT -5
Post by Wolfgang on Mar 6, 2015 18:18:34 GMT -5
Spring Breakers
Stars James Franco and four young actresses I've never heard of. Very artsy-fartsy with lots of repetitive images, sounds, and dialogue. Some seemed looped. As much as I appreciate the effort of the filmmakers, I can't shake the icky feeling I got from all those spring break images, most of them of the Girls Gone Wild variety. It's definitely not a film you should watch with your parents or kids.
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Mar 7, 2015 2:43:29 GMT -5
Post by Wolfgang on Mar 7, 2015 2:43:29 GMT -5
12 Years a Slave
Very boring film. The subject matter is important but the film was really flat for me despite a star-studded cast that includes Michael Fassbender, Brad Pitt, Benedict Cumberbatch, Paul Giamatti, and Paul Dano (who seems to always play the pathetic white guy who gets beaten up).
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Mar 7, 2015 19:30:27 GMT -5
Post by Wolfgang on Mar 7, 2015 19:30:27 GMT -5
Foxcatcher
Good film. Great job by Steve Carrel, Mark Rufalo, and, surprisingly, Channing Tatum. I liked watching the "eccentric" behavior of John du Pont and his odd relationship with wrestler Mark Schultz. I'm still not clear about the ending -- the why -- but according to what little I've read about this case, no motive could be determined. There were some speculative theories but those were not apparent in the film itself.
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Mar 10, 2015 10:27:28 GMT -5
Post by Wolfgang on Mar 10, 2015 10:27:28 GMT -5
Lucy
Scarlett Johannson. Ridiculous movie of epic proportions. A lot of things didn't make sense. The wife and I were laughing the whole time -- and not in a good way.
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Mar 10, 2015 20:22:02 GMT -5
Post by WahineFan44 on Mar 10, 2015 20:22:02 GMT -5
Lazarus Effect. HORRIBLE movie in every way shape or form. I love horror movies, even the tacky ones because of the jump scares, but this one was awful. Not scary at all, horrible plot thats incredibly hard to follow and its rushed. 2/10.
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Post by vbbetterthanbb on Mar 10, 2015 20:33:53 GMT -5
Some of the recent 6.9+ IMDB rated movies that I saw (6.9 since some of the 7.0+ movie inevitably dropped a bit over time).
My rating: **** Great *** Very Good ** Okay * Not For Me.
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**** Birdman (2014) Too bad Keaton had to go against Redmayne; great cast all around
**** Life Itself (2014) "Siskel & Ebert" will forever be THE CRITICS for me
**** Hundred-Foot Journey, The (2014) A very pleasant and tasty surprise. No nomination?
**** Nightcrawler (2014) Why weren't there more nominations for this movie? (Gyllenhaal over Cumberbatch and Carell for me)
**** Theory of Everything (2014) Redmayne deserved to win despite my bias for Keaton; Felicity Jones also excellent
**** Whiplash (2014) I'll remember Simmon's "meanness" forever
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*** A Most Wanted Man (2014) Thriller befitting Hoffman's last performance
*** American Sniper (2014) Don't know if it deserves to potentially hit 400 millions in box office
*** Before I disappear (2014) Heart warming and original
*** Big Hero 6 (2014) Deserved to win Best Animation
*** Book of Life, The (2014) 2nd best animation among the nominees?
*** Boyhood (2014) Not extraordinary; and if not for 12 years in the making ...
*** Codebreaker (2011) Having seen this Alan Turing documentary first might have lessened my enjoyment when watching The imitation Game
*** Equalizer, The (2014) Thought Denzel was going to be human for a change, then he went back to being Denzel
*** Fury (2014) War movie that tried to press some emotional buttons, and at times succeeded
*** Gone Girl (2014) First time that I really, really notice Rosamund Pike
*** Grand Budapest Hotel, The (2014) I enjoyed it, though I don't usually like Anderson's movies
*** Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) A real good time; sequels will also make a lot of money
*** Hunger Games Mockingjay P1 (2014) A welcome digression from The Games; will watch P2
*** I Origins (2014) A Sci-fi that asked questions
*** Imitation Game (2014) Didn't think either leads deserve that much accolade
*** Locke (2013) Best one man show for a while
*** Mr. Peabody & Sherman (2014) Enjoyable and educational
*** Predestination (2014) Intriguing time travel movie; I need to watch it again (and perhaps yet again)
*** Still Alice (2014) This movie scares me -- I am (getting) old
*** Tangerines (2014) Opposing soldiers showing heart
*** Timecrimes (Spain) (2007) Interesting and well enough made time travel movie
*** Two Days One Night (2014) Who needs the money more, you or me? I like the ending
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** Foxcatcher (2014) Can any non wrestling fan really follow (e.g. weighing in)?
** How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2014) A noticeable drop from Part 1, which was my favorite animation of all time
** Inherent Vice (2014) I got lost a few times but did not want to give up, though probably not interested enough to revisit for the missing points
** Judge, The (2014) Good casting - Duvall being Duvall and Downey being Downey; movie is okay
** Kill The Messenger (2014) CIA vs Journalist, not even a contest, sad
** Lego Movie, The (2014) Maybe it was a great movie, I didn't know since I fell asleep
** St. Vincent (2014) I didn't buy most of the story lines, but willingly sat through the whole movie anyway
** Wild Tales (2014) First tale was good, the rest got ridiculous
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* Leviathan (2014) Couldn't stomach an innocent person losing so badly
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*** Dot the I (2003) Who loved whom? Who did what to whom?
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