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Apr 18, 2015 1:57:57 GMT -5
Post by Wolfgang on Apr 18, 2015 1:57:57 GMT -5
Safety Not Guaranteed
Saw the film back in 2011, I believe. Loved it then. The second time around, only so-so. But still funny and refreshing.
Best scene was the campfire with Kenneth and Darius.
Kenneth: My reason for going back is a girl.
Darius: Who was she?
Kenneth: She's my first girlfriend. Her birthday was the exact same day in April as mine is in October.
LOL!
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Apr 18, 2015 3:02:34 GMT -5
Post by WahineFan44 on Apr 18, 2015 3:02:34 GMT -5
Unfriended.
Pretty good movie. Not SUPER scary (jump scare wise), but its incredibly suspenseful and creepy. You'll be at the edge of you rest the whole time. Highly recommend it
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Apr 18, 2015 14:09:01 GMT -5
Post by mikegarrison on Apr 18, 2015 14:09:01 GMT -5
Interstellar I actually enjoyed this film. Lots of questions though about the last quarter like how they're able to get the space station up to Saturn so quickly and what exactly is the data they collected from inside the black hole that allowed them to solve that gravity equation. It's bizarre to me. The Dr. Mann (Matt Damon) subplot was the most interesting although I was wondering if anyone has ever attempted murder more ineptly than Dr. Mann.
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Apr 18, 2015 14:19:54 GMT -5
Post by Wolfgang on Apr 18, 2015 14:19:54 GMT -5
Re. Interstellar
Everything shown on Interstellar has already been shown on the TV series Stargate SG1, Stargate Atlantis, and Stargate Universe -- to me, the most underrated TV franchise of all time. Spectacularly entertaining and funny and plenty of sci-fi and physics talk.
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Apr 18, 2015 14:28:23 GMT -5
Post by Wolfgang on Apr 18, 2015 14:28:23 GMT -5
Interstellar I actually enjoyed this film. Lots of questions though about the last quarter like how they're able to get the space station up to Saturn so quickly and what exactly is the data they collected from inside the black hole that allowed them to solve that gravity equation. It's bizarre to me. The Dr. Mann (Matt Damon) subplot was the most interesting although I was wondering if anyone has ever attempted murder more ineptly than Dr. Mann. During this scene in the movie, I kept wondering whether that particular rotation of the shuttle (forgot the name. Was it Ranger?) was possible. The axis of rotation has to be dead center down the round docking port of the shuttle and depending on the physical design of that shuttle, that rotation would be impossible to achieve. You'd need boosters located in just the right places on the shuttle, the round docking port may have to be located somewhere dead center of the shuttle, and the weights must be equally distributed around that axis of rotation. For example, if a gymnast straightened his entire body, he may be able to rotate around his belly button after a catapult, but would he be able to rotate around his knee? Again, the location of the boosters would be critical.
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Apr 19, 2015 1:00:29 GMT -5
Post by Wolfgang on Apr 19, 2015 1:00:29 GMT -5
Gerry
An old (2002) movie starring Matt Damon and Casey Affleck. Nothing happens in this hiking movie until the end.
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Post by tomclen on Apr 19, 2015 1:22:41 GMT -5
Max and Mary. Australian stop-action animation movie. Philip Seymour Hoffman is the voice of a NYC loner with Aspergers who has an inadvertent pen pal relation with a young Australian girl.
Very funny with incredible artwork but at the same time very dark and depressing
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Apr 19, 2015 1:53:04 GMT -5
Post by mikegarrison on Apr 19, 2015 1:53:04 GMT -5
During this scene in the movie, I kept wondering whether that particular rotation of the shuttle (forgot the name. Was it Ranger?) was possible. The axis of rotation has to be dead center down the round docking port of the shuttle and depending on the physical design of that shuttle, that rotation would be impossible to achieve. You'd need boosters located in just the right places on the shuttle, the round docking port may have to be located somewhere dead center of the shuttle, and the weights must be equally distributed around that axis of rotation. For example, if a gymnast straightened his entire body, he may be able to rotate around his belly button after a catapult, but would he be able to rotate around his knee? Again, the location of the boosters would be critical. Well, obviously it helps if the center of mass is on the axis of rotation in order to spin like a top. It will also help if the mass is on that axis rather than out on the edges (small polar moment of inertia). But it's complicated, because the center of mass depends on the mass times the distance, while the moment of inertia depends on the mass times the distance squared. So the axis that something will spin like a top on does not necessarily go through the center of mass. But I think you will get more gyroscopic precession in that case (not sure). I didn't see the movie, but I did see the clip in question. While the shuttle might have been able to dock, there is no way it could have stopped the spin of the big ship. The amount of thrust required to stop the spin would be WAY more than the amount required to spin the shuttle. And the docking ring would have sheared off unless it was made of something much, much stronger than any metal we have today. The whole thing is also complicated by orbital tidal forces. Parts of the ship closer to the planet want to be moving a little faster, and parts farther from the planet want to be moving a little slower. So that adds a horizontal shear force to the torsional shear force. And apparently everything was low enough in the atmosphere that there were drag forces too. Basically it was impossible, whether it was necessary or not.
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Apr 20, 2015 3:43:59 GMT -5
Post by Deleted on Apr 20, 2015 3:43:59 GMT -5
Nightcrawler Good movie. Is it just me or does everyone agree that Jake Gyllenhaal is on a hot streak with movie picks? My favorite character is Rick, the lowly $30/night employee. Probably the second best movie of 2014 that I've seen, the first being The Grand Budapest Hotel. The Raid 2 was a lot of fun -- not a lot of substance but like its predecessor, The Raid, it has some jaw-dropping stunts. Nightcrawler was incredible. Gyllenhaal has been picking up some great roles. I think we'll see some Oscar-worthy stuff from him soon.
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Apr 20, 2015 3:46:07 GMT -5
Post by Deleted on Apr 20, 2015 3:46:07 GMT -5
Anyone else really like Whiplash? Don't think Simmons was good enough to grab the Best Actor Oscar (anyone can be an *sshole and yell obscenities), but I thought Miles Teller was pretty good.
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Apr 20, 2015 17:41:46 GMT -5
Post by Wolfgang on Apr 20, 2015 17:41:46 GMT -5
Love is Strange
John Lithgow, Alfred Molina. A story about two old gay men who get married and the consequences from the marriage. I thought this film would suck but I was pleasantly surprised.
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Apr 20, 2015 17:44:48 GMT -5
Post by Wolfgang on Apr 20, 2015 17:44:48 GMT -5
Anyone else really like Whiplash? Don't think Simmons was good enough to grab the Best Actor Oscar (anyone can be an *sshole and yell obscenities), but I thought Miles Teller was pretty good. I liked it. However, the last 30 min was not credible. My wife thought there was too much drumming.
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Apr 20, 2015 17:56:46 GMT -5
Post by Deleted on Apr 20, 2015 17:56:46 GMT -5
Anyone else really like Whiplash? Don't think Simmons was good enough to grab the Best Actor Oscar (anyone can be an *sshole and yell obscenities), but I thought Miles Teller was pretty good. I liked it. However, the last 30 min was not credible. My wife thought there was too much drumming. Hahaha yeah I can see how an aversion to percussion may have turned some people off.
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Apr 21, 2015 21:24:36 GMT -5
Post by Wolfgang on Apr 21, 2015 21:24:36 GMT -5
Eastern Promises
Loved it then, love it now. I wonder, however, if the Russian they speak in the film is actually authentic. I have a friend who's Korean and he said that when he watched Lost (ABC TV show), he couldn't understand a single word of Korean uttered from Jin's mouth. Yes, it was that bad.
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Apr 25, 2015 16:07:59 GMT -5
Post by madonna on Apr 25, 2015 16:07:59 GMT -5
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