Movies (recently seen)

[End Master]

Maybe it's the fact that this is the first movie to combine both twisted antatomical disfiguration AND shit-eating?

Takashi Miike's Audition already had something like that, though it was vomit rather than shit.

[The_Writer]

So a couple of girls eat shit. So what? Doesn't anyone remember Two Girls, One Cup?

How could we ever forget

[Ryan_DuBois]

How indeed, KingMalice. How indeed.

Oh, nice quote, by the way. I see someone's been reading their EndMaster!

[End Master]

Geek always was an underrated story.

Finally saw The Road. I thought I was going to like this movie more than the Book of Eli, but I probably liked it about the same.

The scenery was probably one of the best portrayals of a PA wasteland I've seen because it looked pretty damn bleak and everyone in it was suitably grungy and filthy looking.

I think I (and Katie since she watched it with me) was just too annoyed with the boy (and the dad) to completely enjoy the movie to its fullest. I assume to an extent the boy was supposed to represent the idea that one should still be a "good guy" and help people even in times of hardship and the father was desperately trying to teach his son the harsh realities of the world they were living in, but it sort of wasn't working for me.

First, if the dad was really that concerned about it, he really should've been starting this lesson a lot sooner (like while the mom was still alive) since it seemed like he hadn't been teaching the boy much of anything until about midway through the movie. Instilling the lesson of not trusting others because they might be fucking cannibals/thieves didn't really take until about the end of the movie and even then not really.

I can only figure that the dad was either a terrible teacher or the kid was a really slow learner. (Kept getting the impression the kid was supposed to be an aspie or something, which might explain his behavior a little more but maybe it was just his acting) Just seemed liked the dad was still coddling him a little too much on some level which sort of defeated his goal.

Plus there were points in the movie where the father and son's actions made you wonder how the hell both of them had managed to survive that long at all. An example would be the dad's handling of the cannibal house which was pretty poor for someone that is supposed to know better, even the kid was initially a bit more savvy about it.

I dunno it was like watching a horror movie where people do obviously dumb things that get themselves killed, which I normally don't mind since that's a pretty standard formula there, but here it was just face palm inducing.

I'm guessing the book explains things better though.

[Ryan_DuBois]

Ya, I really liked Viggo in "The Lord of the Rings", and I thought he'd do a pretty good job here; I still don't think he did terrible or anything... He just didn't feel the same way the father did in the book. As for the kid, I always had the impression that he was a lot younger while reading the book, and so his "innocence" (or whatever you want to call it) made more sense.

In the book, the father still failed to teach the kid much about survival, but it felt right somehow. Like the kid was really the one teaching the father about stuff he'd forgetten.

The reason for them doing the seemingly reckless stuff was because they were flat-out starving and basically had no other choice. It didn't go over in the movie quite as well, I guess, but in the book you get the impression that there is no food left at all. There's a few scattered scenes where they find like two green beans in a grocery store or a couple morel mushrooms that they have to live days on.

I probably enjoyed the movie better since I read the book before watching it -- everyone I saw it with didn't like it.

[Hi! My name is: Katie]

The Time Traveler's Wife- I thought I would hate it, but actually really enjoyed watching it.

The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus- Got this one off Netflix, but I hope we buy it eventually, it was artistic enough I wouldn't mind seeing it again.

The Burrowers- I'd never heard of this movie. End saw it advertised as a preview to another horror movie and expressed interest. I'm glad he did, because it was an interesting film. Wild west horror flicks are kind of rare. I saw it awhile ago, but it is worth mentioning.

Up- I haven't liked a lot of Disney movies lately, but I liked the emotional weight of this one.

The Road- Major disappointment. I have come to love post apocalyptic films almost as much as End. This one left a lot to be desired in the character department. I'm sure the book is better, but the film really let me down. I like kids, but not the one in this movie. He just had no survival instinct.

[Dragavan]

Up- I haven't liked a lot of Disney movies lately, but I liked the emotional weight of this one.

Don't you dare insult Up by calling it a Disney movie... It's a Pixar movie... The only reason Disney still gets to put their name on it is they paid Pixar a buttload of money to sign up with them again once their initial contract ran out. Pixar always rocks... Disney, not so much any more.

[Ryan_DuBois]

Don't you dare insult Up by calling it a Disney movie... It's a Pixar movie... The only reason Disney still gets to put their name on it is they paid Pixar a buttload of money to sign up with them again once their initial contract ran out. Pixar always rocks... Disney, not so much any more.

What -- you don't think Disney rocks anymore?! Clearly, you aren't aware of the upcoming Disney movie: "Toy Story 3"!

(Just joking, of course!)

(... Just joking!)

[End Master]

Saw Wolverine: Origins

Surprisingly I liked it, though I didn't have high hopes for it in the first place since I didn't like the first X-Men movie and had no desire to see the other two.

Superhero movies in general tend to be hit or miss with me, I think I have to at least have some sort of interest in the character for me to even be bothered to see the movie. Still haven't been motivated to see any of the Spiderman or Fantastic Four movies for example.

But Marvel certainly comes out with more super hero movies than DC does. DC's got Batman (The Schumacher ones sucked), some crappy Superman movies (Well Superman 2 was ok) and that's about it.

[Usoki]

I have to admit... the only reason I even bothered to go see Up was the Pixar name. Who else could take such a weak, flimsy, and limited-sounding premise, and make it amazing?

...That being said, Toy Story 3 makes me a bit nervous. Sequels that are not specifically set up in the previous movie are hit-or-miss in a very big way, and there's no quality guarentee. Shrek 2 was surprisingly good... Shrek 3 should be dragged out back and shot. Hell, even Disney disowned Bambi 2, so it's not like sequels age like wine. I'm putting my trust in Pixar; I hope they don't let me down.

[Dragavan]

Usoki, I agree with you there... but I have not been let down by Pixar yet, so I'm keeping pretty high hopes for this one. I mean, I was really worried about Cars when I first heard about it, but I ended up liking it (even though I don't think was their finest film by a long shot).

[The_Writer]

I love comics so naturally I'm a little "iffy" on movie versions. I thought X-men origins of wolverine was pretty good but had two big problems Deadpool and Cyclops. Like Wade's amazing combat expertise and teleportation wasn't enough you had to give him eye beams. And Cyclops shouldn't have even of been there it was a lame cameo and with the expansiveness of Marvel Universe I just thought it could have been someone else, Psylocke imo. Oh and casting for Sabretooth was WEAK. Zakk Wylde would be a bad-ass sabretooth

[Hi! My name is: Katie]

Cars- SUCKS!!! My nephews loved Cars like coke fiends love coke, but personally I didn't get it. The idea was lame. The graphics for Pixar stuff are usually pretty good, but in this I was not impressed. Underwhelming, and slightly annoying. Or maybe that's because I had to watch it and hear about it a lot.

Wolverine: Origins- Eh, it was fine. I thought I would enjoy it more than End, but as it turns out that was flipsy-doodle. He liked it, I didn't. The end was satisfying I guess, but the rest of the movie was not so much.

And while I'm on the subject of movies I didn't like. I'll add The Assassination of Jesse James. I like Mary Louise Parker. Sometimes I like Brad Pitt especially when he is playing a hick. I didn't like much else. Westerns aren't my thing.

[JJJ-thebanisher]

I really really want to see Robin Hood (despite the reviews). It sounds like they transformed him from "take from the rich / give to the poor" into badass libertarian motherfucker. Plus, I'm infatuated with the whole Robin Hood legend/myth/history. Anyone seen it?

I get the hugest feeling that I'm going to get let down by it but I still really wanna see it.

[Ryan_DuBois]

I've sorta had a secret thing for Kurt Russel movies ever since "Gladiator", but I haven't seen this one yet. I probably won't, either, unless I hear that it's super good...

Maybe once the disc comes out.