Topic: I just watched [movie x here] (Read 500941 times)

Thrillho · « **Reply #650 on:** 28 Oct 2013, 13:21 »

Finally watched Evil Dead 2. It's inventive, genuinely unpredictable and just kinda awesome. Unlike the first one, which sucks.

Method of Madness · « **Reply #651 on:** 28 Oct 2013, 13:34 »

Interesting, I've never seen any of them, but I refuse to watch sequels without watching the original.

Thrillho · « **Reply #652 on:** 28 Oct 2013, 13:44 »

The second one is not a storyline progression. You can watch it independently and it will make as much sense.

LeeC · « **Reply #653 on:** 28 Oct 2013, 13:46 »

same for the 3rd one evil dead 3 aka "army of darkness" honestly the only one ive actually watched.

Method of Madness · « **Reply #654 on:** 28 Oct 2013, 13:57 »

Really? Not at all? Interesting. I still plan on watching them in order though.

Welu · « **Reply #655 on:** 28 Oct 2013, 13:59 »

Word of god says Evil Dead 2 is a sequel. They couldn't get the rights to use footage from the original so they had to reshoot it. Also my Partner has a much more simple argument which is, "It's a sequel because it has "two" in the title."
Although you can still easily watch and follow it without seeing the original, although I like the original so I would recommend watching it. It helps to remember it was intended as straight, but budget and its era made for camp.

Method of Madness · « **Reply #656 on:** 28 Oct 2013, 14:01 »

Wait, that's it? There's nothing in the movie itself to link it back to the first one? Because word of god means nothing to me.

Welu · « **Reply #657 on:** 28 Oct 2013, 14:07 »

"Word of god" refers to what the creator says. They all are related in film, the start of the sequels quickly recap the ending of the one before it.

Also a sequel to Army of Darkness is coming out called Army of Darkness 2 so we're ending up with a Rambo/First Blood title situation.

Method of Madness · « **Reply #658 on:** 28 Oct 2013, 14:33 »

Quote from: Welu on 28 Oct 2013, 14:07

"Word of god" refers to what the creator says.

I'm aware of this, and I stand by my earlier statement. And interesting, I'll probably watch all three just to watch them even if I don't need to.

Aimless · « **Reply #659 on:** 31 Oct 2013, 09:51 »

Def. didn't expect to enjoy Thor 2 almost as much as Avengers but whaddaya know

best line of the movie: "Tadaaahh!"

Stay for both credit/post-credit scenes

Grognard · « **Reply #660 on:** 31 Oct 2013, 10:18 »

I wanna go see "Enders Game" to see how bad they fracked up the story vs. the book.

LeeC · « **Reply #661 on:** 31 Oct 2013, 10:20 »

Quote from: Aimless on 31 Oct 2013, 09:51

Def. didn't expect to enjoy Thor 2 almost as much as Avengers but whaddaya know best line of the movie: "Tadaaahh!"

Stay for both credit/post-credit scenes

yay! I am so glad to be hearing this!

Thrillho · « **Reply #662 on:** 31 Oct 2013, 12:01 »

Quote from: Aimless on 31 Oct 2013, 09:51

Def. didn't expect to enjoy Thor 2 almost as much as Avengers but whaddaya know best line of the movie: "Tadaaahh!"

Stay for both credit/post-credit scenes

To guage your opinion against mine... did you like the first Thor?

Aimless · « **Reply #663 on:** 31 Oct 2013, 16:20 »

Quote from: Gareth on 31 Oct 2013, 12:01

To guage your opinion against mine... did you like the first Thor?

A little ambivalent tbh... I disliked it the first time around and kinda liked it the second time around when I knew what I had to actively ignore in order to enjoy the movie. I felt like the first movie was very uneven.

Blue Kitty · « **Reply #664 on:** 31 Oct 2013, 20:32 »

I just watched Ghostbusters. Apparently I've never seen it from the beginning, I usually start watching it when they go after Slimer

LeeC · « **Reply #665 on:** 10 Nov 2013, 12:01 »

I always get The Illusionist and The Prestige confused. As it turns out I have seen The Prestige and just sat down with my roomate and his girlfriend and watched The Illusionist. I more or less guessed what was going to happen and I was right, but I still enjoyed it. Was a great movie. Paul Giamatti was great in this movie! Better than Jessica Beil and Edward Norton IMHO.

Method of Madness · « **Reply #666 on:** 10 Nov 2013, 17:42 »

Paul Giamatti is usually great.

UniqueNewYork · « **Reply #667 on:** 10 Nov 2013, 17:45 »

Ever since I saw him on a billboard next to Vince Vaughn for some movie they were both in I have never been able to not conflate the two.

Also, what were people's takes on Now You See Me, since we're talking about magicians movies?

Thomas Edison · « **Reply #668 on:** 10 Nov 2013, 18:14 »

I really enjoyed Now You See Me up until the delivery of the final act.

I kind of wished we'd spent more time with the actual troupe of magicians as well, but I suppose then the illusion and mystery behind the "how'd they do it?" would have been lost.

The fight inside the apartment when Franco is burning the documents was awesome though.

Method of Madness · « **Reply #669 on:** 10 Nov 2013, 19:06 »

I enjoyed it overall. Speaking of Vince Vaughn, I saw the first hour of Delivery Man as a sneak preview a few days ago. I say the first hour because my friend and I left an hour in. Considering I have never ever done that, I think it's safe to say it is the worst movie I have ever watched in the cinema. Just...wow. Bad. Really, really bad. I kind of want to know how it ends so I might take a peak when it's out on DVD out of morbid curiosity, but...holy shit, what a trainwreck of a movie.

Thrillho · « **Reply #670 on:** 11 Nov 2013, 05:27 »

Kindergarten Cop was on TV this weekend. Love that movie. Also, for a supposed kids' movie, it is HILARIOUSLY dark in places, especially at the start.

Method of Madness · « **Reply #671 on:** 11 Nov 2013, 15:25 »

It's a movie with kids, but that doesn't make it a kids' movie.

Thrillho · « **Reply #672 on:** 12 Nov 2013, 05:46 »

No but it is a PG-13. I think over here it might even be a PG. It was getting shown uncensored at like 6pm.

Blyss · « **Reply #673 on:** 13 Nov 2013, 11:32 »

The world's end - I'm literally still laughing as I type this. Funny as shit.

Method of Madness · « **Reply #674 on:** 13 Nov 2013, 12:20 »

I loved it, even if it was the weakest of the three.

Blue Kitty · « **Reply #675 on:** 13 Nov 2013, 12:37 »

That's what I was thinking too. I enjoyed it, but not as much as I did with Hot Fuzz and Shaun of the Dead

Method of Madness · « **Reply #676 on:** 13 Nov 2013, 12:44 »

Hot Fuzz is definitely my favorite.

Aimless · « **Reply #677 on:** 13 Nov 2013, 14:34 »

Saw Ender's Game last night! Don't regret going even though the movie def. has its weaknesses both as a movie and as an adaptation. I mostly liked the things that came after they went to the other planet. Of the actors, I mostly enjoyed Kingsley, but mostly because I like everything he does. Ford as Graff was kinda annoying for most of the movie. Anderson, and many of the other characters, were very one-dimensional. I was esp. disappointed by Bean, even though I realise the ages of the actors must come with some compromises wrt the ability to portray superintelligent kids who've been through some shit. I wasn't too pleased with Petra. Bonzo was all right I guess

Still, worth seeing.

Azumas_Revenge · « **Reply #678 on:** 13 Nov 2013, 14:45 »

Quote from: Blue Kitty on 13 Nov 2013, 12:37

That's what I was thinking too. I enjoyed it, but not as much as I did with Hot Fuzz and Shaun of the Dead

My fiancee and I have a debate often as to which Cornetto film is Simon Pegg's greatest contribution to humanity. She says 'Hot Fuzz' and I say 'Shaun of the Dead'. I pissed her off recently by saying his greatest contribution was 'Star Trek Into Darkness'. She threatened to call the wedding off.

Method of Madness · « **Reply #679 on:** 13 Nov 2013, 14:58 »

I'm gonna go with Hot Fuzz. The real question is why don't people call it the Blood and Ice Cream Trilogy anymore?

Azumas_Revenge · « **Reply #680 on:** 13 Nov 2013, 14:59 »

Because "Cornetto" skewed higher with Brits in the polls?

Method of Madness · « **Reply #681 on:** 13 Nov 2013, 23:33 »

What do polls have to do with anything? I mean, is it incorrect to refer it as the Blood and Ice Cream Trilogy? Because that's still what I call it.

Metope · « **Reply #682 on:** 14 Nov 2013, 01:26 »

I prefer Hot Fuzz of the three. I had the plot twist of The World's End ruined by an extensive movie trailer before I saw it, which I was really annoyed with. Okay sure, it happens fairly early on and it probably can't really be called a proper 'plot twist' for that reason, but it would still have been so much better if I didn't know what the movie was about to begin with!

Thrillho · « **Reply #683 on:** 14 Nov 2013, 03:00 »

I've never once heard it referred to as the 'Blood and Ice Cream' trilogy, only the Cornetto trilogy.

Edguy · « **Reply #684 on:** 14 Nov 2013, 03:53 »

Me and my friend finally got around watching The Wolverine, now that it came out on homevideo (not paying to watch the sequel to X-Men Origins: Wolverine..). Despite the horrible predecessor, I had some mild hopes for the film, considering the ok reviews. Gotta say tho, despite being better than the last one, it's stilla big mess. The plot was messy, the love affair was weird and unnatural and the whole setting was so stereotypically Japanese it was almost offensive..

Method of Madness · « **Reply #685 on:** 14 Nov 2013, 10:33 »

Admittedly I probably only saw Blood and Ice Cream trilogy on Wikipedia but that was ages ago when Hot Fuzz came out. I really liked it, so that's what I call it.

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Blue Kitty · « **Reply #686 on:** 14 Nov 2013, 13:14 »

Quote from: Edguy on 14 Nov 2013, 03:53

Despite the horrible predecessor, I had some mild hopes for the film, considering the ok reviews.

Method of Madness · « **Reply #687 on:** 14 Nov 2013, 15:29 »

Eh, I didn't think it was so bad. Hell of a lot better than Origins (which is saying little to nothing, but still)

Pilchard123 · « **Reply #688 on:** 16 Nov 2013, 15:12 »

Just watched Monsters University. SO MANY CALLBACKS. And shout-outs, lots of them too. I might make a list.

Did anyone else think that Hardscrabble was very, very much like Prof. Stromwell from Legally Blonde?

Welu · « **Reply #689 on:** 16 Nov 2013, 15:24 »

I haven't seen Legally Blond but I loved Monsters University.

Saw Gravity a couple days ago, was a really good watch. Genuinely one of the most tense and scary films I've seen. Sandra Bullock was great.

Aimless · « **Reply #690 on:** 16 Nov 2013, 16:16 »

Saw Turbo the other night... I didn't think they could get so much awesome outta such a ridiculous concept

Mace Windu as a snail was pretty sweet

Thrillho · « **Reply #691 on:** 18 Nov 2013, 10:22 »

Watched 21 Jump Street again last night. Still one of my favourite comedies, with the drug-taking scene one of the funniest fucking things I've ever seen in my life.

...And yes, that does apply to all the times I saw it when I wasn't already high.

Method of Madness · « **Reply #692 on:** 18 Nov 2013, 20:40 »

FUCK YOU, SCIENCE! (4)

Thrillho · « **Reply #693 on:** 18 Nov 2013, 23:41 »

Quote from: Method of Madness on 18 Nov 2013, 20:40

FUCK YOU, SCIENCE! (4)

FUCK MILES DAVIS

Azumas_Revenge · « **Reply #694 on:** 19 Nov 2013, 13:50 »

Quote from: Method of Madness on 18 Nov 2013, 20:40

FUCK YOU, SCIENCE! (4)

Indeed, that is probably the best bit in the movie for me outside of the big cameo(s).

Blyss · « **Reply #695 on:** 21 Nov 2013, 11:00 »

The Dyatlov Pass Incident

I'm not really sure why everyone keeps thinking, "I'm gonna make the next 'Blair Witch', but I can do it sooooo much fucking better."

I was not very impressed.

Thrillho · « **Reply #696 on:** 21 Nov 2013, 11:24 »

Watched Army of Darkness last night. It's fun, inventive and entertaining, just like the second one, but the second one's a lot better.

Azumas_Revenge · « **Reply #697 on:** 21 Nov 2013, 13:25 »

I watched most of Shawshank Redemption last night and I don't believe I have never seen anything prior to Tim Robbins arriving at Shawshank penitentiary... to this day I am not sure if they actually showed the death of his wife or the trial that must have followed...

Method of Madness · « **Reply #698 on:** 21 Nov 2013, 13:44 »

Yeah, the trial's in the beginning. Acquire the movie through the method of your choice and WATCH THE WHOLE THING. It's one of the best movies ever. Or just watch the beginning if you want, but I can't imagine you'd want to stop.

Azumas_Revenge · « **Reply #699 on:** 21 Nov 2013, 14:40 »

I appreciate that. I've seen it probably a dozen times before, but I'll see that its on and change the channel and invariably its at least already at Tim on the bus riding up to the prison.
It doesn't appear to be available for stream on Netflix... hell, I know its worth owning, maybe I'll just bite the bullet.

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