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[quote=MonkFan4Life;781437]Yeah Ben Foster is sick ! He was the only thing that kept me in 3:10 To Yuma, was great in Alpha Dog, and was a f***ing monster in 30 Days of Night.[/quote]

3:10 to Yuma was such a great movie.

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Has anyone seen The King's Speech?

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Caught The Town the other night. I thought it was very good. Not excellent but very good.

Inception is next up.

You're right about Ben Foster. Awesome actor.

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Saw the Social Network too. I liked it, it was very good, but I don't think it's best picture worthy.

I gotta get out and see True Grit too.

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[quote=SmootSmack;783202]Has anyone seen The King's Speech?[/quote]

Yes. Well deserving of its Best Picture nomination. IMO, Social Network and Black Swan were both a tad better, but King's Speech was excellent.

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[quote=BringBackJoeT;783221]Yes. Well deserving of its Best Picture nomination. IMO, Social Network and Black Swan were both a tad better, but King's Speech was excellent.[/quote]

I need to see Social Network.

I saw The King's Speech and thought it was one of the better movies I've seen in a long time. I didn't want it to end. That period of history I find quite fascinating with the King abdicating and all so I don't know if I would have liked the movie as much if it wasn't based on truth, and a time that I find fascinating

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Just saw Social Network. It was OK. Worth a watch but I probably wouldn't pop it in again.

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Saw Machete, great flick! Lots of blood and tons of T&A, famous T&A at that.

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[quote=mredskins;784718]Saw Machete, great flick! Lots of blood and tons of T&A, famous T&A at that.[/quote]

hate to dissapoint you,but you didnt see what you thought you saw:

Or maybe she doesn’t, according to Mr. Skin, who says she’s either covered up or replaced by a body double in every scene.

SCENE 1: Lindsay Lohan is in the pool with Alicia Rachel Marek playing her mother. Marek’s breasts are very visible above the water, but Lohan’s are kept entirely underneath.
She asks Danny Trejo to join them and we cut to the shot from the trailer where Marek and the unknown blonde are the women whose breasts are exposed on either side of them. It is most definitely not Lohan in this shot.
After that flashback, so to speak, Trejo has them placed in the back of his hearse where they are passed out. Lohan is on the left and we can only see partial left breast on her, again obscured by an arm.

SCENE 2: Jeff Fahey watches the pool footage from earlier (in the Grindhouse trailer) with Marek & the unknown blonde again making out with Trejo with their boobs exposed.

SCENE 3: Lindsay Lohan and Alicia Rachel Marek wake up, both nude. We can see Marek’s breasts. Lohan’s, though, are obscured by her blonde hair.

he Internet is abuzz with film fans (and men who like to think they saw Jessica Alba naked) debating whether CGI nude scenes are bad for movies after the Daily Mail reported that Jessica Alba didn’t actually go nude for her shower scene in Machete. Instead, as shown here, she filmed it wearing white undergarments, which were digitally deleted in post-production. (UPDATE: Alba’s publicist has released the following statement to EW: “Jessica has been steadfast in her resolve not to appear nude in films from the beginning of her career. The decision to digitally remove the underwear from the shower scene in Machete was one she and Robert Rodriguez made together, which would serve his vision for the film, as well as honor her personal convictions regarding nudity. She is very proud of the film and stands by the creative decisions she and Robert made about this scene.”) There are a couple interesting discussions here:

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You can definitely see them in scene three through her hair.

But I loved the little Spanish girl in the beginning especially when she pulled out her cell phone!

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[quote=htownskinfan;784722]hate to dissapoint you,but you didnt see what you thought you saw:

Or maybe she doesn’t, according to Mr. Skin, who says she’s either covered up or replaced by a body double in every scene.

SCENE 1: Lindsay Lohan is in the pool with Alicia Rachel Marek playing her mother. Marek’s breasts are very visible above the water, but Lohan’s are kept entirely underneath.
She asks Danny Trejo to join them and we cut to the shot from the trailer where Marek and the unknown blonde are the women whose breasts are exposed on either side of them. It is most definitely not Lohan in this shot.
After that flashback, so to speak, Trejo has them placed in the back of his hearse where they are passed out. Lohan is on the left and we can only see partial left breast on her, again obscured by an arm.

SCENE 2: Jeff Fahey watches the pool footage from earlier (in the Grindhouse trailer) with Marek & the unknown blonde again making out with Trejo with their boobs exposed.

SCENE 3: Lindsay Lohan and Alicia Rachel Marek wake up, both nude. We can see Marek’s breasts. Lohan’s, though, are obscured by her blonde hair.

he Internet is abuzz with film fans (and men who like to think they saw Jessica Alba naked) debating whether CGI nude scenes are bad for movies after the Daily Mail reported that Jessica Alba didn’t actually go nude for her shower scene in Machete. Instead, as shown here, she filmed it wearing white undergarments, which were digitally deleted in post-production. (UPDATE: Alba’s publicist has released the following statement to EW: “Jessica has been steadfast in her resolve not to appear nude in films from the beginning of her career. The decision to digitally remove the underwear from the shower scene in Machete was one she and Robert Rodriguez made together, which would serve his vision for the film, as well as honor her personal convictions regarding nudity. She is very proud of the film and stands by the creative decisions she and Robert made about this scene.”) There are a couple interesting discussions here:[/quote]
Oh and thanks BTW!

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There always has to be one in the crowd.

Do you go around the mall at Xmas time and tell kids that it is just a fat drunk old man in a Santa suit so they are just wasting their time?

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[quote=mredskins;784725]You can definitely see them in scene three through her hair.

But I loved the little Spanish girl in the beginning especially when she pulled out her cell phone![/quote]

yep,that was Eva Mendes

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[quote=htownskinfan;784829]yep,that was Eva Mendes[/quote]

I wish that was Eva mendes lol. It was actually [url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3077040/]Mayra Leal - IMDb[/url]

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[quote=skinsfanthru&thru;784850]I wish that was Eva mendes lol. It was actually [URL="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3077040/"]Mayra Leal - IMDb[/URL][/quote]


Man, you took the bait!

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[quote=mredskins;784878]Man, you took the bait![/quote]

:lol:

what a role to be known for:cheeky-sm

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I watched Towering Inferno last night, still a great flick.

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Ok so I went on a little Blu-Ray ride and this is what I watched.

Takers - To quote one of my homies that I play Black-Ops with on PS3 "Dumbest, Movie, Ever"

This movie had potential,...that it never even attempted to fulfill. If you ever have the option to watch this movie here's a hint. Watch Italian Job and call it a day.

The Town - ****ING RULED !!!! Nuff Said !

Saw 3D - Pretty damn good. A lot of people shit on the Saw series but I have loved every bit of it. Are they timeless films ? Who knows, but the films deliver. The twists are worth it and the twist at the end of this one is pretty sweet. It's worth watching in 3D as well.

Despicable Me - My son loves it, and so do I.

V For Vendetta - I've seen this movie about 3,000,000 times but my first on Blu-Ray. Still awesome, just clearer.

Oh yeah, Young rankenstein is STILL a hilarious !!!!!

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[quote=mredskins;784878]Man, you took the bait![/quote]

sorry, I'm used to people on some of these forums not knowing what they are talking about

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Watched the Pat Tillman Documentary. Pretty interesting stuff definitely put him in a different light in my mind.

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Just bought Machete the other day. Got the Blu-Ray, DVD, Digital combo for 20 bucks. Worth every penny ! My wife kept turning away and telling me how this is a movie that I should've watched with my cousin by the end we were both laughing. It was so campy and freaking awesome.

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[quote=MonkFan4Life;785742]Just bought Machete the other day. Got the Blu-Ray, DVD, Digital combo for 20 bucks. Worth every penny ! My wife kept turning away and telling me how this is a movie that I should've watched with my cousin by the end we were both laughing. It was so campy and freaking awesome.[/quote]


Let me also add from a Blu Ray stand point, that is how a disk should be set up. You can skip the previews, menuing makes sense, if you stop it it will pick right back up from where you stopped. It is a well laid out disk.

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Finally watched Inception, thought it was generally "okay" with parts of "very good". What made it particularly interesting was watching it while loopy due to narcotic pain meds (oxicodone) from my foot surgery. Surreal does not begin to describe the night I had [I]after[/I] watching the moving and trying to go to sleep.

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[quote=mredskins;785736]Watched the Pat Tillman Documentary. Pretty interesting stuff definitely put him in a different light in my mind.[/quote]

What light did it put him in? I refuse to watch it because I figured that they painted him as some war hero.

I did not know the man personally but I have seen his type before. He was probably a dick who thought that he was harder than he really was. He probably got capped for it.

If that is the light that they shed in that documentary then I might watch it.

Acting like a soldier and doing something heroic is acceptable. Acting like a hero while only being a soldier might get others killed or you shot...

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[url=http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/b227774_new_hangover_ii_trailer_wolfpack_back.html]New Hangover II Trailer: The Wolfpack Is Back! - E! Online[/url]

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[quote=Mattyk;786220][URL="http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/b227774_new_hangover_ii_trailer_wolfpack_back.html"]New Hangover II Trailer: The Wolfpack Is Back! - E! Online[/URL][/quote]

Yes.

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[quote=Angry;785946]What light did it put him in? I refuse to watch it because I figured that they painted him as some war hero.

I did not know the man personally but I have seen his type before. He was probably a dick who thought that he was harder than he really was. He probably got capped for it.

If that is the light that they shed in that documentary then I might watch it.

Acting like a soldier and doing something heroic is acceptable. Acting like a hero while only being a soldier might get others killed or you shot...[/quote]

I'm a very big fan of Jon Krakauer, so I dutifully read the biography he wrote of Pat Tillman when it was published ("Where Men Win Glory: The Odyssey of Pat Tillman"). The portrait he presented of Tillman, the accuracy of which has generally been accepted, was that of a very introspective, complicated guy who was difficult to pigeon hole into virtually any stereotype. Tillman did not enlist in order to enjoy the publicity that was attached to his decision to leave the NFL, and there was nothing he did during his service that indicated that he possessed an inflated view of his soldiering capacity. Unfortunately, he almost instantly became a political figure the moment he enlisted, and even more so when he died. However, the sum total of his political positions, to the extent it is considered relevant, essentially placed him in a sort of limbo; i.e., he was not a dogmatic, party-embracing dude, but instead a guy who embraced "political" positions that crossed party aisles. But this didn't matter when he died because of the political capital that some saw the opportunity to extract. When that effort didn't pay the sought-after dividends, there was a separate political backlash. Altogether, it consumed an otherwise tragic story of a US soldier's death.

I'd suggest you pick up Krakauer's book, because I think your inclination to view Tillman as nothing more than a "dick" whose character you see as a cliche doesn't match with his real story.

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I just started reading Into Thin Air. I didn't realize Krakauer wrote Tillman's bio, I'll be all over that.

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[quote=BringBackJoeT;786227]I'm a very big fan of Jon Krakauer, so I dutifully read the biography he wrote of Pat Tillman when it was published ("Where Men Win Glory: The Odyssey of Pat Tillman"). The portrait he presented of Tillman, the accuracy of which has generally been accepted, was that of a very introspective, complicated guy who was difficult to pigeon hole into virtually any stereotype. Tillman did not enlist in order to enjoy the publicity that was attached to his decision to leave the NFL, and there was nothing he did during his service that indicated that he possessed an inflated view of his soldiering capacity. Unfortunately, he almost instantly became a political figure the moment he enlisted, and even more so when he died. However, the sum total of his political positions, to the extent it is considered relevant, essentially placed him in a sort of limbo; i.e., he was not a dogmatic, party-embracing dude, but instead a guy who embraced "political" positions that crossed party aisles. But this didn't matter when he died because of the political capital that some saw the opportunity to extract. When that effort didn't pay the sought-after dividends, there was a separate political backlash. Altogether, it consumed an otherwise tragic story of a US soldier's death.

I'd suggest you pick up Krakauer's book, because I think your inclination to view Tillman as nothing more than a "dick" whose character you see as a cliche doesn't match with his real story.[/quote]


Dude that review or explanation of Tillman or anyone for that matter made zero sense. WTF do you smoke?

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[quote=Angry;785946]What light did it put him in? I refuse to watch it because I figured that they painted him as some war hero.

I did not know the man personally but I have seen his type before. He was probably a dick who thought that he was harder than he really was. He probably got capped for it.

If that is the light that they shed in that documentary then I might watch it.

Acting like a soldier and doing something heroic is acceptable. Acting like a hero while only being a soldier might get others killed or you shot...[/quote]


Basically in my mind before watching the film I figured he was just someone who went out and joined the Army for the publicity or to be a "hero". But after watching the movie I feel like he just did it because he just plain want to do it. He seemed like a guy that just did his thing and if you didn't like it F you.

The most interesting part of the movie to me was that on his 1.5 year leave he had a chance to go back to the NFL and the Army would discharge him honorable but he said no and planned to finish his tour. I think that said a lot about his character, he was going to finish what he started even though he was not liking the war and how the US was fighting it.

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[quote=mredskins;786230]Dude that review or explanation of Tillman or anyone for that matter made zero sense. WTF do you smoke?[/quote]

Fine. I'll simplify. The post I responded to said that Tillman was probably a dick whose eagnerness for glory on a battlefield placed him into a stereotype and possibly cost him his life. So I said that I read a book about Tillman, and that the author's position was that Tillman was not a dick, and that his interests, philosophies, and positions made it very difficult to put him into a stereotype, and that he didn't enlist for the potential for glory. I then said that others tried to paint of picture of Tillman to serve their own purposes, but the picture they painted was not accurate, and overshadowed an otherwise very tragic story. I closed with a recommendation that the book be read.

Given that we're talking about movies here, I should probably also recommend that the documentary be watched. However, I haven't seen the documentary, so I can't give it a recommendation. What I can say is that one person's comment about why he would not watch the documentary is, I believe, not supported by the facts about Tillman's life.

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[quote=BringBackJoeT;786227]I'm a very big fan of Jon Krakauer, so I dutifully read the biography he wrote of Pat Tillman when it was published ("Where Men Win Glory: The Odyssey of Pat Tillman"). The portrait he presented of Tillman, the accuracy of which has generally been accepted, was that of a very introspective, complicated guy who was difficult to pigeon hole into virtually any stereotype. Tillman did not enlist in order to enjoy the publicity that was attached to his decision to leave the NFL, and there was nothing he did during his service that indicated that he possessed an inflated view of his soldiering capacity. Unfortunately, he almost instantly became a political figure the moment he enlisted, and even more so when he died. However, the sum total of his political positions, to the extent it is considered relevant, essentially placed him in a sort of limbo; i.e., he was not a dogmatic, party-embracing dude, but instead a guy who embraced "political" positions that crossed party aisles. But this didn't matter when he died because of the political capital that some saw the opportunity to extract. When that effort didn't pay the sought-after dividends, there was a separate political backlash. Altogether, it consumed an otherwise tragic story of a US soldier's death.

I'd suggest you pick up Krakauer's book, because I think your inclination to view Tillman as nothing more than a "dick" whose character you see as a cliche doesn't match with his real story.[/quote]

Interesting, I might have to check that out. I might just have prematurely stero-typed him. Then again there is no true way of knowing. You can use photoshop to edit a picture and a biography to edit an "ethos". The only way to see through the edited portraits is to have experienced the subjects prior to.

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Probably the minority agin but I enjoyed the hell out of Salt. It was a great nearly original storyline and concept.

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[quote=SmootSmack;783991]I need to see Social Network.

I saw The King's Speech and thought it was one of the better movies I've seen in a long time. I didn't want it to end. That period of history I find quite fascinating with the King abdicating and all so I don't know if I would have liked the movie as much if it wasn't based on truth, and a time that I find fascinating[/quote]

Wonderful movie. Great script (penned by a man who really did stammer), great acting. One of my definite favorites of the last 10 years. Loved The Fighter too.

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I just took my 13 year old daughter and 12 year old neighbor kid to see Mars Needs Moms. The girls liked it and gave it a seven out of ten.
I though it was decent. Good movie to take the kids to. Makes you want to hug your mom when you get home.
CGI was decent too.

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[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8FBRATbJoA]YouTube - Grave Encounters (2011) - Official Trailer [HD][/ame]

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Hey did you guys know that they are remaking Robocop ?

I mean what the hell man ? Does Robocop really need to be remade ?

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[quote=WaldSkins;788919][URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8FBRATbJoA"]YouTube - Grave Encounters (2011) - Official Trailer [HD][/URL][/quote]


Sadly I think you have seen the best of that film already. It doesn't even have a release date yet.

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So I just bought The Best of Times on iTunes last night.

Awesome football movie,... Reno effin Hightower !

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[quote=MonkFan4Life;792294]So I just bought The Best of Times on iTunes last night.

Awesome football movie,... Reno effin Hightower ![/quote]

Great football movie, along with Unnecessary Roughness... Made my wife watch both of them....

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Watched Black Swan over the weekend, I don't see it as being great. to me it was just, ok.

Saw Fast Five as well, pretty good a must see in theaters the car chases were crazy and stay through the credits for a surprise.