Merged: The Movies Thread

[Redskin]

Originally Posted by BDBohnzie

I'll call your bluff. While it looks funny, and it's a Judd Apatow movie, 2 things bother me. We've yet to see Jason Segel carry a movie as the male lead (he's funny on How I Met Your Mother, but NPH carries that show), and I can't stand Mila Kunis.

No I swear best movie ever!!11!!1!1!, Aight maybe not but we got a sneak preview at USC and the movie was so funny. I could not sop laughing, the characters that the movie has are awsome. GO SEE IT NOW!!!!

[EternalEnigma21]

I watched Juno last night and really liked it, actually.

[MTK]

Originally Posted by EternalEnigma21

I watched Juno last night and really liked it, actually.

I saw it in the theater, I enjoyed it. Would I sit down and watch it again? Probably not, but it was good.

[mooby]

I just got done watching No Country For Old Men. I can only wonder what could've been. I sat there the entire movie, and I thought, man this movie is so good, but I have this feeling that the ending is going to be not what I expected, like the bad guy wins or something. And I was completely shocked at the end, I figured either what's his face (serial killer crazy insane dude dressed in black) is gonna die, or Tommy Lee Jones is gonna die, because one of them is probably gonna kill the other, and since I was expecting the unexpected I figured crazy insane dude was just gonna kill everyone and take the money. But I really wasn't expecting that ending lol. I've probably revealed enough to anyone who hasn't seen the movie, but damn, that ending really disappointed me. I feel like it didn't offer closure, which for me is essential to securing the movie as one of my all time favorites.

[Redskin]

NCFOM was nice untill it ended horribly

[onlydarksets]

That's the 10% I was referring to earlier about No Country.

[MTK]

I saw 3:10 to Yuma this weekend, solid flick. I thought the ending was a little ridiculous with how they managed to get through the town with everyone and their mothers taking shots at them but still a good movie overall. Russell Crowe is a badass.

[dmek25]

what is it with movies? i watched cloverfield last night. overall, i liked it. but the ending was terrible. doesn't anyone know how to finish a movie anymore?

[KLHJ2]

Originally Posted by dmek25

what is it with movies? i watched cloverfield last night. overall, i liked it. but the ending was terrible. doesn't anyone know how to finish a movie anymore?

Aside from the classic "Money Shot" I do not think so. American Cinema has lost itself. No originality or creativness anymore. They keep trying to pass off last decades classics as this years blockbuster hype. In the end they just have a bust without the block.

[EternalEnigma21]

Originally Posted by Angry

Aside from the classic "Money Shot" I do not think so. American Cinema has lost itself. No originality or creativness anymore. They keep trying to pass off last decades classics as this years blockbuster hype. In the end they just have a bust without the block.

I disagree. I think they are becoming more creative about their endings, and it's not sitting well with everyone because we always expect a nice "happily ever after, The End" bow on every move we watch...

I was extremely upset by the nuber 23s ending, because I've been writing a book that I hope to get translated into a move, and it had a very similar ending... scratch that! damnit...

[mooby]

So I watched The Fugitive last night for the first time, and I realized that U.S. Marshals was like a sequel to it because in both movies Tommy Lee Jones plays Sam Gerard and he has his usual cast of U.S. Marshals in both. Are there any other movies out there with Tommy Lee Jones in it in that role? Was it a series of movies or did they just make U.S. Marshals as a sequel to The Fugitive?

[ArtMonkDrillz]

Originally Posted by mooby

So I watched The Fugitive last night for the first time, and I realized that U.S. Marshals was like a sequel to it because in both movies Tommy Lee Jones plays Sam Gerard and he has his usual cast of U.S. Marshals in both. Are there any other movies out there with Tommy Lee Jones in it in that role? Was it a series of movies or did they just make U.S. Marshals as a sequel to The Fugitive?

It was more like a spin-off rather than a sequel, but yes, they just made US Marshals because of the success of The Fugitive.

[EARTHQUAKE2689]

last weekend I saw the forbidden kingdon and forgetting sarah marshall both were great movies the only thing i didnt like about sarah marshall is that they showed the guys nuts like 6 times. Damn it hollywood a mans genitals is not nudity!

[EternalEnigma21]

I watched no country for old men last night and I was pretty satisfied with the ending. Most of the time, if the journey is relayed right, the destination is almost negligible. I loved fight club, but until I re-watched it on cable last week, I couldn't tell you how it ended... but could tell you all about the characters, settings, and situations...

I'm having trouble wrapping up a story I've been writing for over a year. I sat down in a week and wrote the beginning (which I've changed twice, but decisively and easily) and the body, from strong character and setting development, suspenseful adventures, a fluid moving journey that leads... anywhere. I cannot end it. I've thought of several scenarios, and story conclusions (the one that ended like 23 was going to be my final) and keep changing my mind. I now understand why there are always alternate endings in movies...

[itvnetop]

Originally Posted by EternalEnigma21

I'm having trouble wrapping up a story I've been writing for over a year. I sat down in a week and wrote the beginning (which I've changed twice, but decisively and easily) and the body, from strong character and setting development, suspenseful adventures, a fluid moving journey that leads... anywhere. I cannot end it. I've thought of several scenarios, and story conclusions (the one that ended like 23 was going to be my final) and keep changing my mind. I now understand why there are always alternate endings in movies...

Yo that's awesome you're writing a script EE! I've been lagging on starting one... I hear the latest version of FinalDraft is pretty good.

My buddy who is taking some screenwriting classes says it's a pretty frustrating process... you're constantly re-writing everything to make sure plot points don't seem contrived. The ending has to be the toughest though.