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[QUOTE=saden1;440762]I saw There Will Be Blood the other night and it's a very good and interesting movie. Daniel Day-Lewis is one hell of an actor. Definitely a must see.


I'd also checkout Gone Baby Gone, 3:10 to Yuma.[/QUOTE]

Yuma? Who's that, some unheralded college guy you're hoping we draft? :)

Yeah, I'm going to start taking more advantage of RedBox I think and rent more movies. Not too much though, I want to read more as well. I'm all Renaissance man up in here!

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I have Netflix and I recently tried RedBox and it's a pain in the ass...more trouble than it's worth if you're lazy like me....$1 dollar a night will turn into $3 rental quick. It doesn't help that some people take 5 min to find something they like...movie dispenser is sooooo freaking slow. And what's up with how movies are returned? Is it too much to ask to let me insert the god damn disk and walk away without having to lineup?

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[QUOTE=saden1;440765]I have Netflix and I recently tried RedBox and it's a pain in the ass...more trouble than it's worth if you're lazy like me....$1 dollar a night will turn into $3 rental quick. It doesn't help that some people take 5 min to find something they like...movie dispensable is sooooo freaking slow. And what's up with how movies are returned? Is it too much to ask to let me insert the god damn disk and walk away without having to lineup?[/QUOTE]

Interesting. Thanks for the info on Redbox.

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saden, did you see cloverfield? its coming out Tuesday, and im thinking of getting it

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[quote=dmek25;440783]saden, did you see cloverfield? its coming out Tuesday, and im thinking of getting it[/quote]

Yeah, I saw it. It's a tad bit better than War of the Worlds in some aspects. It's watchable but story wise there's really nothing new or compelling in it.

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[QUOTE=htownskinfan;440754]One that I was pleasantly surprised by was Walk Hard,surprised to see the lead really did all the singing,I'm going to buy the soundtrack[/QUOTE]
John C. Reilly was the man in that movie...my wife wasn't impressed with the movie. Could be because I saw it in the theatre, and was pretty much laughing at parts before they happened.

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[quote=saden1;440765]I have Netflix and I recently tried RedBox and it's a pain in the ass...more trouble than it's worth if you're lazy like me....$1 dollar a night will turn into $3 rental quick. It doesn't help that some people take 5 min to find something they like...movie dispenser is sooooo freaking slow. And what's up with how movies are returned? Is it too much to ask to let me insert the god damn disk and walk away without having to lineup?[/quote]

REDBOX Rocks! You need to learn how to use it best and that is on-line.

I go on-line check local Red Boxes for their inventory select what I want and reserve it. I usually do this Friday morning and get whatever new movies are out. So come Friday night after work I stop by pick up my hard to find New Release for a buck. Then drive by Blockbuster and wave to all the folks who have gone there to find out that the movie they wanted is sold out and they are now renting Out of Africa for five bucks.

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Ok ill share this with you, Forgeting Sara Marshall funniest movie this year at least.

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[quote=saden1;440762]I saw There Will Be Blood the other night and it's a very good and interesting movie. Daniel Day-Lewis is one hell of an actor. Definitely a must see.


I'd also checkout Gone Baby Gone, 3:10 to Yuma.[/quote]

3:10 was great. Gone Babay Gone was really good. Shocked me, actually. And yes, There Will Be Blood was good. DD Lewis is a great actor.

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[QUOTE=Redskin;441091]Ok ill share this with you, Forgeting Sara Marshall funniest movie this year at least.[/QUOTE]
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.

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[QUOTE=SmootSmack;440756]You didn't like There Will Be Blood? That sucks, that was next on my list of movies to see.[/QUOTE]

I didnt say I didnt like it,just wasnt as good as I thought it was going to be,didnt like the ending,just like no country,I didnt like the ending

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[quote=BDBohnzie;441115]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.[/quote]


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!!!!

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[quote=mredskins;441072]REDBOX Rocks! You need to learn how to use it best and that is on-line.

I go on-line check local Red Boxes for their inventory select what I want and reserve it. I usually do this Friday morning and get whatever new movies are out. So come Friday night after work I stop by pick up my hard to find New Release for a buck. Then drive by Blockbuster and wave to all the folks who have gone there to find out that the movie they wanted is sold out and they are now renting Out of Africa for five bucks.[/quote]

yeah, I rent from machines now. There's one in safeway that charges a buck fifty/night. I usually keep a movie for only one day and pass by there every day, so its very convenient, cheap, and it always has the movie i want.

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

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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.

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[quote=itvnetop;432177]You're not alone... in fact most people were put off by the ending. But it's technically a near flawless film... it's going to be used over and over in film classes to dissect elements like cinematography, pacing and writing.

* Spoilers *

The movie works because it accomplishes the vision of the original book. NCFOM is a thematic movie, moreso than character-driven. The Coens have a knack for straying from traditional film structure- you didn't really have a "good guy protagonist" to root for, per se... there was Brolin's character, who played an average Joe- the audience wants him to get away with the money, but he still pulls off an unethical action (stealing money that's not his). Bardem's psycho character is definitely not the guy to root for, but he displays his own abstract sense of morality. And Tommy Lee Jones was the dude that verbalizes McCarthy's (the original book's author) overarching message- the world is becoming evil and good can no longer stop it... only fate can hope to stumble it...

Leaving out the death scenese for major characters is intentional to the overall theme. You're left wondering "wtf" during certain aftermath shots (and the ending) b/c the storytelling is so un-Hollywood. The movie's not wrapped up in a bowtie at the end and that surely pissed a bunch of people off.

/film geekness[/quote]

I can definitely dig what you're saying. For the reasons you listed it is a good movie. I just wish it offered closure at the end, but I can see why they ended it like that. Overall though it was a good movie.

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NCFOM was nice untill it ended horribly

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

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[quote=EternalEnigma21;442210]I watched Juno last night and really liked it, actually.[/quote]

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

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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.

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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?

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[quote=dmek25;445166]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?[/quote]


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.

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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?

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[QUOTE=mooby;445396]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?[/QUOTE]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.

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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!

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[quote=Angry;445213]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.[/quote]


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...

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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...

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[QUOTE=EternalEnigma21;445424]

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...[/QUOTE]

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.

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I'm pretty excited for Iron Man tonight. hope it lives up to the hype.

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Iron Man looks awesome - I probably won't get to see it in the theaters, but I'm going to try!

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Iron Man was totally a 8.5 out of 10 for me. Good job with building the characters, awesome as hell special effects, and absolutely perfecting casting for every single role.

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[quote=skinsfanthru&thru;446663]Iron Man was totally a 8.5 out of 10 for me. Good job with building the characters, awesome as hell special effects, and absolutely perfecting casting for every single role.[/quote]

I agree. Robert Downey Jr did a great job as Tony Stark. Special effects were good. Jeff Bridges looked very comfortable in his role. Paltrow did her usual terrible job, though. Good movie if you like that kind of flick.

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Can't say I plan on seeing Iron Man, although I'm sure i'll watch it when it eventually hits one of the movie channels.

I saw Idiocracy and License to Wed tonight. Idiocracy was a really good flick, although I certainly don't believe that in 500 years people are going to be that incredibly stupid lol. It does make you think though, what if? if you know what i'm saying.

License to Wed was okay but I watched it more for the humor than for the romance. Overall a decent film, although I was disappointed because when the previews for it were on t.v. they portrayed it as a hilarious looking comedy, and it's definitely more romance than comedy.

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[quote=mooby;446676]
I saw Idiocrazy and License to Wed tonight. Idiocracy was a really good flick, although I certainly don't believe that in 500 years people are going to be that incredibly stupid lol.
[/quote]


yeah, I don't think it's going to take nearly that long, either. "It's got electrolytes"

"what's electrolytes?"

"it's what plants crave"

"No way, you like money [I]and [/I]sex? Me too!"


awesome movie...

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[quote=itvnetop;445475]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.[/quote]

you should put some time aside and start with an outline, and see where it leads... if you or your friend has any advice on how to get funding and produced, let me know. I have no idea how the biz works, just that I have something I want to create. good luck!

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Lets see, in the past two days, I've seen Harold and Kumar: Escape From Guantanemo (probably spelled wrong) Bay and I just saw Transformers for the first time on Cinemax.

In my opinion, Harold and Kumar was an excellent movie, but only because I'm a fan of stoner films that feature lots of female nudity. I would definitely check it out if you are a fan of those kinds of movies like I am, but if you only stick to more sophisticated films then you probably shouldn't bother.

I'm like 10 months late on this one, because I just saw Transformers lolol, but I gotta say, that was an excellent movie. When I saw the previews I didn't bother going to see it because for some random reason that I now forget, it didn't appeal to me. If I had gone to see that movie in theaters though I definitely wouldn't have been disappointed. I loved the storyline, great acting by Shia Lebouf (man, it seems like just yesterday I was watching him on Even Stevens) and everyone else, the special effects were pretty magnificent, and just overall a great film in my book.

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I agree with Idiocracy that movie was great, I love the begining where they show how everyone got so dumb, I watched that all the time while had a free trial of the movie channels

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I saw gone baby gone this weekend, I thought it was pretty good. Good cast and a lot of twists and turns.

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I saw Forgetting Sarah Marshall and laughed my ass off the entire time. It was nice to see a movie that didn't have all of the good stuff in the preview only to leave you disappointed by the rest of the film.

Iron man was on point. Great acting, action, and special effects. It also had me laughing quite a bit. Finally, another Marvel comic other than Spiderman that wasn't screwed up.

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[quote=mooby;447761]Lets see, in the past two days, I've seen Harold and Kumar: Escape From Guantanemo (probably spelled wrong) Bay and I just saw Transformers for the first time on Cinemax.

In my opinion, Harold and Kumar was an excellent movie, but only because I'm a fan of stoner films that feature lots of female nudity. I would definitely check it out if you are a fan of those kinds of movies like I am, but if you only stick to more sophisticated films then you probably shouldn't bother.

I'm like 10 months late on this one, because I just saw Transformers lolol, but I gotta say, that was an excellent movie. When I saw the previews I didn't bother going to see it because for some random reason that I now forget, it didn't appeal to me. If I had gone to see that movie in theaters though I definitely wouldn't have been disappointed. I loved the storyline, great acting by Shia Lebouf (man, it seems like just yesterday I was watching him on Even Stevens) and everyone else, the special effects were pretty magnificent, and just overall a great film in my book.[/quote]As for H&K, you had me at female nudity. Transformers doesn't interest me a bit. I never liked the cartoon when I was a kid.