The Movie Thread

[KarthXLR]

Saw The Help with family, Doctor Zhivago, and Night of the Hunter.

The Help was good, but I have a feeling ladyfriends will enjoy this more than I did. Doctor Zhivago was long, oh god, and it was just ok. The sets were really good, acting was good, but it was just kind of a boring movie overall. Night of the Hunter was tense as hell, really well-done movie for how early it was made. Some of the acting is p bad though.

[Squishy3]

Drive was really fucking good.

[matter11]

the fifties version of 12 angry men was really good.

[spm201]

the fifties version of 12 angry men was really good.

THIS

[KarthXLR]

Qwikster is dead. "Just kidding" says Netflix CEO.

[Squishy3]

avengers trailer is out

[HeK]

avengers Black Widow trailer is out

[Black Aspen]

avengers trailer is out

Trailer is actually pretty bland but YES YES YES YES YES

[KarthXLR]

Watched Restrepo...not really sure what to think right now.

[KarthXLR]

Anvil! The Story of Anvil - Official Trailer

This was really really good. I recommend it as hard as I can.

Also watched Se7en. Also really good.

[Live-Free-Or-Pie]

[quote author=matter11 link=topic=947.msg226203#msg226203 date=1318194088]
the fifties version of 12 angry men was really good.

THIS
[/quote]

I did that for reals, now I guess I need to see the movie

[Geoff]

the thing was bad

[Trace]

the thing was bad

Aw, I really liked the original one  :'(

[rumsfald]

there was no need to remake The Thing. Carpenter's version was brilliant.

THE THING film analysis (update) "Was Childs infected?" part 1/2

[KarthXLR]

there was no need to remake The Thing. Carpenter's version was brilliant.

THE THING film analysis (update) "Was Childs infected?" part 1/2

I actually learned that Rottentomatoes has unimpressive reviews on it, with only 78% liking it, and only 1 out of 5 top critics enjoyed it. Crazy considering how it's widely considered a classic.

[Squishy3]

[quote author=rumsfald link=topic=947.msg226940#msg226940 date=1318698051]
there was no need to remake The Thing. Carpenter's version was brilliant.

THE THING film analysis (update) "Was Childs infected?" part 1/2

I actually learned that Rottentomatoes has unimpressive reviews on it, with only 78% liking it, and only 1 out of 5 top critics enjoyed it. Crazy considering how it's widely considered a classic.
[/quote]because 78% of people liking something is somehow unimpressive, even though the majority of people who watched it and left a rottentomatoes rating liked it.

[Vongore]

Because user reviews on Rotten Tomatoes are the snobbish cinema feedback you can get ("It's good, but toos hollygoody for me, needed more ANGST")

And critics are dicks

[KarthXLR]

[quote author=Karth link=topic=947.msg226978#msg226978 date=1318712368]
[quote author=rumsfald link=topic=947.msg226940#msg226940 date=1318698051]
there was no need to remake The Thing. Carpenter's version was brilliant.

THE THING film analysis (update) "Was Childs infected?" part 1/2

I actually learned that Rottentomatoes has unimpressive reviews on it, with only 78% liking it, and only 1 out of 5 top critics enjoyed it. Crazy considering how it's widely considered a classic.
[/quote]because 78% of people liking something is somehow unimpressive, even though the majority of people who watched it and left a rottentomatoes rating liked it.
[/quote]
Usually, classics have much higher ratings. Like, Lawrence of Arabia has something like 98%, Nightmare on Elm Street has 95%, Die Hard has 94%, etc. I never meant 78% is bad.

[spoiler]Plus, the percentages are usually way off or inaccurate. What you should REALLY be looking at is the average rating. And just to clarify, I love Carpenter's version of The Thing.[/spoiler]

[Maxon]

Watched Green Lantern and thought it was okay.  I like Ryan Reynolds, so I thought he was good for the part, but the movie neither wowed me or impressed me.  Maybe with the sequel, they'll do better.

On the other hand for DC, Batman: Year One was good.  Was the Batman Year Two comic good and would then be good to have for an animated sequel?

[KarthXLR]

SO IT BEGINS

Today was the first day of Horrorween: 2 weeks of horror movies up until halloween! Our list includes Return of the Living Dead, The Fly, The Exorcist, The Thing, and more!