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Buehler445 06-13-2014 10:03 PM

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Originally Posted by DanBecky (Post 10690038)
Just got done watching Jack Reacher. Been on a Tom Cruise kick after watching the Edge of Tomorrow. Cruise is always solid.

Wrong. Watch that junk movie he did with Cameron Diaz awhile back. I think it's called white knight.

That movie is terribad.

ragedogg69 06-14-2014 09:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Buehler445 (Post 10690265)
Wrong. Watch that junk movie he did with Cameron Diaz awhile back. I think it's called white knight.

That movie is terribad.

Knight and Day


And yes, it was terrible. I usually enjoy it when everybody shits on a movie, so I go in with low expectations. Usually that means I am surprised by how good it is, (see Star Trek Into the Darkness.) Knight & Day was so bad, I turned it off, even with super low expectations.



Lego Movie was amazing, but I had just got done reading a scathing review of it, so YMMV.

Pretty much take reviews as a grain of salt... except Fire Me Boy; That man knows his stuff.

Fire Me Boy! 06-14-2014 09:43 AM

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Originally Posted by ragedogg69 (Post 10690572)
Knight and Day





And yes, it was terrible. I usually enjoy it when everybody shits on a movie, so I go in with low expectations. Usually that means I am surprised by how good it is, (see Star Trek Into the Darkness.) Knight & Day was so bad, I turned it off, even with super low expectations.







Lego Movie was amazing, but I had just got done reading a scathing review of it, so YMMV.



Pretty much take reviews as a grain of salt... except Fire Me Boy; That man knows his stuff.


Thanks for the compliment. :)

The Lego Movie was quite enjoyable. The wife and I watched on the flight to Hawaii.

And Knight and Day was awful.

Pepe Silvia 06-14-2014 11:51 AM

I still want to see Lego Movie.

Miles 06-14-2014 08:58 PM

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Originally Posted by BigMeatballDave (Post 10685872)
Oblivion was better? ****. And I was looking forward to seeing Edge.

Oblivion was pretty damn good.

BigMeatballDave 06-14-2014 09:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Miles (Post 10691890)
Oblivion was pretty damn good.

I thought it was shit. To each his own.

Dayze 06-15-2014 01:13 AM

has anyone seen Bad Grandpa?
I think the Jackass movies are hilarious. I Know this one isn't as over the top as those, but I love the concept of the situations they put themselves into .

-King- 06-15-2014 08:53 AM

That Awkward Moment was actually pretty good. I liked it.
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BigMeatballDave 06-15-2014 08:57 AM

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Originally Posted by -King- (Post 10692290)
That Awkward Moment was actually pretty good. I liked it.
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Yep. Rockin out LMAO

Hammock Parties 06-15-2014 12:38 PM

Watched Conversations With Other Women last night.

Really awesome character-driven movie about two people hooking up at a wedding and discovering they met each other 20 years ago. Helena Bonham Carter and Aaron Eckhart sitting around talking and ****ing for 90 minutes but pretty good anyway.

Also, Weatherman with Nick Cage was pretty amusing.

-King- 06-15-2014 01:28 PM

Don Jon has 81% on Rotten Tomatoes. Awkward moment is at 22%. This is why I don't pay too much attention to RT.

Fire Me Boy! 06-16-2014 07:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Setsuna (Post 10681329)
Holy crap Maleficent was excellent. Must watch.

http://www.chiefsplanet.com/BB/showthread.php?t=284395

mikeyis4dcats. 06-16-2014 08:38 AM

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Originally Posted by PackerinMo (Post 10690773)
I still want to see Lego Movie.

We hated the heavy-handed social commentary.

Fire Me Boy! 06-16-2014 08:41 AM

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Originally Posted by mikeyis4dcats. (Post 10694658)
We hated the heavy-handed social commentary.

It was less heavy-handed than Wall-E, and it was still good. :)

mikeyis4dcats. 06-16-2014 08:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Fried Meat Ball! (Post 10694662)
It was less heavy-handed than Wall-E, and it was still good. :)

I loved the rest of the movie, just not the plot.

Pepe Silvia 06-16-2014 10:52 AM

I watched Would You Rather on HBO last night, it was a pretty original horror movie. I'm watching it and I'm going "Man that host looks awfully familiar." It turned out to be Jeffrey Combs from Re-Animator, I was like holy shit no wonder why that movie rocked. lol You guys should check it out, its disturbing as **** though.

BigMeatballDave 06-16-2014 04:32 PM

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Originally Posted by -King- (Post 10692887)
Don Jon has 81% on Rotten Tomatoes. Awkward moment is at 22%. This is why I don't pay too much attention to RT.

**** Rotten Tomatoes.

The Franchise 06-16-2014 04:50 PM

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Originally Posted by -King- (Post 10692290)
That Awkward Moment was actually pretty good. I liked it.
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Yep.....it wasn't that bad.

Hammock Parties 06-20-2014 11:16 PM

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bqhdw8sCMAEW4Rb.jpg:large

Pepe Silvia 06-21-2014 06:56 PM

I still have yet to see Thelma & Louise all the way through.

KcMizzou 06-21-2014 06:58 PM

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Originally Posted by BigMeatballDave (Post 10695714)
**** Rotten Tomatoes.

You do understand that Rotten Tomatoes doesn't review movies, right?

-King- 06-22-2014 12:06 PM

A million ways to die in the west = A dumber live action Family Guy. Basically all the same jokes except in live action and in the wild west.
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BigMeatballDave 06-22-2014 01:59 PM

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Originally Posted by -King- (Post 10707865)
A million ways to die in the west = A dumber live action Family Guy. Basically all the same jokes except in live action and in the wild west.
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I liked it. I laughed quite a bit.

Obviously, anything he writes is going to have a Family Guy feel to it. I really like his brand.

His acting was better than I expected.

BigMeatballDave 06-22-2014 02:00 PM

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Originally Posted by KcMizzou (Post 10707370)
You do understand that Rotten Tomatoes doesn't review movies, right?

They gather their info from ****ing reeruns.

Hammock Parties 06-24-2014 11:42 PM

wat

http://i.imgur.com/fQGDx8H.jpg

Pepe Silvia 06-25-2014 12:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Count Zarth (Post 10713863)

He gained most of it back though.

Fire Me Boy! 06-25-2014 12:23 PM

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Originally Posted by PackerinMo (Post 10714465)
He gained most of it back though.

I don't think he's gained "most" back. He did gain some, though.

He looks like a douchebag in that pic.

Pepe Silvia 06-25-2014 12:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Fried Meat Ball! (Post 10714479)
I don't think he's gained "most" back. He did gain some, though.

He looks like a douchebag in that pic.

He's not as big as he used to be but he put more than a little bit back on.

http://www.aceshowbiz.com/images/wen...-street-02.jpg

Fire Me Boy! 06-25-2014 12:30 PM

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Originally Posted by PackerinMo (Post 10714496)
He's not as big as he used to be but he put more than a little bit back on.

http://www.aceshowbiz.com/images/wen...-street-02.jpg

Health aside, I think that's a good weight for him, looks-wise.

Frosty 06-25-2014 12:35 PM

I have been trying to make myself watch classic movies that I've missed. I recently caught "Of Mice and Men" and thought it was pretty good.

However, I watched "The Deer Hunter" last weekend and was, ummm - underwhelmed. I know it won a shit ton of Oscars but I didn't care for it. It seemed badly in need of editing (the wedding scene was almost an hour long, with almost no dialog) and it seemed like most of the dialog was the characters shouting at each other.

I found this review and have to agree.

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BBC film critic Mark Kermode challenged the film's status among generally praised film classics: "There is an unwritten rule in film criticism that certain films are beyond rebuke. Citizen Kane, Some Like It Hot, 2001, The Godfather Part II... all these are considered to be classics of such universally accepted stature ... At the risk of being thrown out of the 'respectable film critics' circle, may I take this opportunity to declare officially that in my opinion The Deer Hunter is one of the worst films ever made, a rambling self indulgent, self aggrandizing barf-fest steeped in manipulatively racist emotion, and notable primarily for its farcically melodramatic tone which is pitched somewhere between shrieking hysteria and somnambulist sombreness.

Fish 06-25-2014 12:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Fried Meat Ball! (Post 10714479)
I don't think he's gained "most" back. He did gain some, though.

He looks like a douchebag in that pic.

Because he is a douchebag, regardless of weight.

Fire Me Boy! 06-25-2014 12:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Fish (Post 10714537)
Because he is a douchebag, regardless of weight.

Meh, most of the interviews I've seen he seems like a pretty cool guy. :shrug:

Baby Lee 06-25-2014 02:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Frosty (Post 10714512)
I have been trying to make myself watch classic movies that I've missed. I recently caught "Of Mice and Men" and thought it was pretty good.

However, I watched "The Deer Hunter" last weekend and was, ummm - underwhelmed. I know it won a shit ton of Oscars but I didn't care for it. It seemed badly in need of editing (the wedding scene was almost an hour long, with almost no dialog) and it seemed like most of the dialog was the characters shouting at each other.

I found this review and have to agree.

The Deer Hunter is certainly among the more controversial of the classics. As Pauline Kael stated, it was a small-minded film with greatness in it.

I would suggest reading her review, found here

http://books.google.com/books?id=tkS...20kael&f=false

But I would defend the extended periods of simple observation, as in the extensive wedding scene. One thing I loved about 70s cinema was a willingness to simply drop us into a life or set of lives and find our way. Robert Altman perhaps did it most expertly in films such as Nashville

Frosty 06-25-2014 02:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Baby Lee (Post 10714705)
The Deer Hunter is certainly among the more controversial of the classics. As Pauline Kael stated, it was a small-minded film with greatness in it.

I would suggest reading her review, found here

I think she saw a different movie than I did. :spock:

I'm thinking it had more impact in the 70's. What she calls sweeping and majestic, I thought was heavy-handed and boring.

-King- 06-25-2014 07:28 PM

Robocop was decent. Most likely better if you have never seen the original. The first half was good but didn't really care for the last half though. The part where they took apart his suit and showed how he was just a head and lungs was pretty ****ing cool though.

BigMeatballDave 06-26-2014 02:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Fish (Post 10714537)
Because he is a douchebag, regardless of weight.

Jonah Hill is a douche? Huh?

listopencil 06-26-2014 10:58 PM

I was visiting my sister and ended up wandering through the movie section of Wal Mart, to find something for her to watch. I stumbled across Winter's Tale. I read the book back in the 80's and I was surprised that this movie even existed. I had never heard of it and it came out this year. I enjoyed it.

Baby Lee 06-27-2014 04:31 PM

Has anyone ever seen 'Charley Varrick,' I'd never heard of it, but recently read a glowing 'overlooked classic' writeup of it.

Deberg_1990 06-29-2014 03:44 PM

Watched the "The Way Way Back" on Starz free preview this weekend. Great flick.

Sam Rockwell made the movie for me.

patteeu 06-29-2014 04:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Deberg_1990 (Post 10722948)
Watched the "The Way Way Back" on Starz free preview this weekend. Great flick.

Sam Rockwell made the movie for me.

Good one!

Buehler445 06-29-2014 06:45 PM

I watched 2 Guns. It was far better than I anticipated. Strongly recommend.

ragedogg69 06-29-2014 08:01 PM

I agree. Good pop corn flick.

Fish 07-01-2014 01:37 PM

Under the Skin.

Man, WTF did I watch? It was slow and really creepy, and you couldn't figure out WTF was going on most of the time. But there were some very well done scenes that had me glued. And very generous amounts of naked Scarlett Johansson...

So weird it's hard to form an opinion, but it was entertaining...

Frosty 07-01-2014 01:54 PM

Have recently been cleaning off the DVR of movies built up during recent free preview weekends:

Ice Age: Continental Drift

Pretty funny and definitely the best of the last few Ice Age movies. One annoying thing was that it was obviously originally in 3D and was full of the "comin' at ya" shots.

Evil Dead (remake)

Meh. Not scary and had none of the humor/schlock of the original.

We're The Millers

Moderately funny and Holy Shit Jennifer Aniston!

Cloud Atlas

Gorgeous movie and... wut?

Arthur and the Invisibles

I like animated movies and I like fantasy movies but this thing sucked major balls. SyFy level CGI, an annoying kid lead and Madonna hilariously miscast as a young feisty princess.

A Monster in Paris

Gorgeous animation that is incredibly detailed. The story was amusing and ok but the animation makes it worth seeing.

Fire Me Boy! 07-01-2014 01:59 PM

*The NEW Movies Thread*
 
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Originally Posted by Frosty (Post 10726040)
We're The Millers



Moderately funny and Holy Shit Jennifer Aniston!


This.

listopencil 07-01-2014 02:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Frosty (Post 10726040)
Cloud Atlas

Gorgeous movie and... wut?

I still don't get the problem people have with that movie.

Fire Me Boy! 07-01-2014 03:31 PM

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Originally Posted by listopencil (Post 10726078)
I still don't get the problem people have with that movie.

You mean besides the fact it's not very good?

BigMeatballDave 07-01-2014 04:19 PM

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Originally Posted by listopencil (Post 10726078)
I still don't get the problem people have with that movie.

You mean other than the fact that it sucked?

I subjected myself to that turd twice and I have no clue what it's about.

Easy 6 07-01-2014 04:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Count Zarth (Post 10706008)

Couple of straight up milfs... would, Would, WOOD.

Caught "The Wolverine" last weekend, not bad, I'd go 3 stars on it.

Rausch 07-01-2014 06:51 PM

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Originally Posted by DanBecky (Post 10690153)
I really enjoyed it. There were a several moments that made me laugh actually. Was kind of surprised that there were that many comedic moments in a science fiction, but I thought it worked. Emily Blunt is real easy on the eyes too.

I saw it tonight and liked it.

I can't say I laughed at any point in the movie but it was solid sci-fi.

MUCH better than oblivion...

listopencil 07-02-2014 12:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Fried Meat Ball! (Post 10726226)
You mean besides the fact it's not very good?

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Originally Posted by BigMeatballDave (Post 10726505)
You mean other than the fact that it sucked?

I subjected myself to that turd twice and I have no clue what it's about.

What about it do you guys think sucked? The acting, writing, direction, the visuals or something else? I thought the movie was fairly easily understood

BigMeatballDave 07-02-2014 06:49 AM

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Originally Posted by listopencil (Post 10727213)
What about it do you guys think sucked? The acting, writing, direction, the visuals or something else? I thought the movie was fairly easily understood

Made NO sense. A lot of weird shit going on.

Enlighten me. What was the plot?

listopencil 07-02-2014 11:54 AM

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Originally Posted by BigMeatballDave (Post 10727284)
Made NO sense. A lot of weird shit going on.

Enlighten me. What was the plot?

It's about transition from "evil" to "good", and how the transition (even the concepts themselves) are all but meaningless without an external frame of reference.

NewChief 07-02-2014 02:53 PM

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Originally Posted by listopencil (Post 10727720)
It's about transition from "evil" to "good", and how the transition (even the concepts themselves) are all but meaningless without an external frame of reference.

Yeah. I didn't find the movie that hard to follow, personally.

Hammock Parties 07-02-2014 04:23 PM

Has anyone seen Terry Gilliam's Zero Theorem?

Apparently it's never been released in the US.

I can't even find a torrent.

Apparently available on bluray soon.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Zero-Theorem.../dp/B00IRD8LLM

L.A. Chieffan 07-03-2014 10:15 AM

Saw Edge of Tomorrow yesterday. Pretty good actually, probably best Cruise movie in a while. Surprised there isn't a thread about it, or maybe there is I just missed it.

Oh and Cloud Atlas may be many things, but hard to understand it's not.

And on Deer Hunter, like BL said movies in the seventies did an amazing job of just letting the scene speak for itself. No special effects or wacky dialogue (not that these things are bad) but just pure life. Of course Deer Hunter is not going to be taken the same way today as it was back when it was released but my father was aVietnam vet and he said it's probably the best movie made around the subject.

I wrote a paper in college about the sheer awesomeness of 70's cinema. Really, to me, it was the golden age.

BigMeatballDave 07-03-2014 02:06 PM

Not sure why I had so much trouble following Cloud Atlas.

I enjoy movies that require thought. Inception is one of my favorite movies, ever.

ThaVirus 07-03-2014 02:24 PM

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Originally Posted by BigMeatballDave (Post 10729517)
Not sure why I had so much trouble following Cloud Atlas.



I enjoy movies that require thought. Inception is one of my favorite movies, ever.


So was he dreaming..

Or nah?

BigMeatballDave 07-03-2014 02:27 PM

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Originally Posted by ThaVirus (Post 10729547)
So was he dreaming..

Or nah?

Nah

Miles 07-03-2014 09:12 PM

Lone Survivor was pretty damn good.

In58men 07-03-2014 09:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Miles (Post 10730198)
Lone Survivor was pretty damn good.

Meh, it's just like every war movie. Good story line but mediocre entertainment

-King- 07-03-2014 10:34 PM

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Originally Posted by ThaVirus (Post 10729547)
So was he dreaming..

Or nah?

He was being incepted.

BigMeatballDave 07-04-2014 03:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Inmem58 (Post 10730226)
Meh, it's just like every war movie. Good story line but mediocre entertainment

Tard.

I suppose Saving Private Ryan and Full Metal Jacket were mediocre.

BWillie 07-06-2014 03:14 PM

Just saw Edge of Tomorrow. It was decent. So many ppl are saying its unique and original, I dont really know why. Its a direct rip off of Source Code. And it uses many of the same principles of how you kill this supreme alien being as other sci fi movies. Though the lesser thought of Oblivion that Cruise was in to be much more original and intriguing.

ThaVirus 07-06-2014 03:19 PM

That would be Edge of Tomorrow.

Jerm 07-06-2014 04:56 PM

Watched The Sacrament....not too bad, disturbing and creepy in a lot of parts.

Gene Jones was awesome in the Jim Jones/David Koresh role, really played the role well.

mikeyis4dcats. 07-06-2014 07:58 PM

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Originally Posted by BWillie (Post 10733147)
Just saw Edge of Tomorrow. It was decent. So many ppl are saying its unique and original, I dont really know why. Its a direct rip off of Source Code. And it uses many of the same principles of how you kill this supreme alien being as other sci fi movies. Though the lesser thought of Oblivion that Cruise was in to be much more original and intriguing.

huh, i guess the author of the book it's based on published in 2004 must have re-set himself after seeing Source Code.

NewChief 07-06-2014 10:20 PM

Just watched Olympus Has Fallen. Good stuff though I thought the whole access code thing was dumb on the President's part. He had the other people give the codes to save them, but the terrorists could have then tortured/killed them to try to get him to give up his code since he was so worried about their well being. In other words, they'd likely end up dead anyway since the terrorists saw he was "soft" for them.

Hammock Parties 07-07-2014 05:50 PM

Fascinating documentary on Tim Curry as Darkness.

<iframe width="420" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/GOpAv57ln4A" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

KcMizzou 07-07-2014 07:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Count Zarth (Post 10735042)
Fascinating documentary on Tim Curry as Darkness.

<iframe width="420" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/GOpAv57ln4A" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

Gonna have to check this out in a bit. (Royals game) The sfx makeup in that movie was amazing for it's time. As a kid, to me... THAT was what the Devil looked like.

-King- 07-07-2014 07:05 PM

Neighbors was a good movie. Thought it would be a lot funnier though.
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KcMizzou 07-07-2014 07:18 PM

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Originally Posted by -King- (Post 10735198)
Neighbors was a good movie. Thought it would be a lot funnier though.
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I liked it. Probably helped that I didn't pay to watch it. Rogen's wife was hot. (Way hotter when you consider the accent and her love of partying.)

BigMeatballDave 07-08-2014 05:42 PM

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Originally Posted by KcMizzou (Post 10735221)
I liked it. Probably helped that I didn't pay to watch it. Rogen's wife was hot. (Way hotter when you consider the accent and her love of partying.)

Rose Byrne looks yummy.

BigMeatballDave 07-08-2014 05:43 PM

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Originally Posted by -King- (Post 10735198)
Neighbors was a good movie. Thought it would be a lot funnier though.
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Yep. I liked it, but I expected more laughs.

Pepe Silvia 07-08-2014 05:49 PM

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Originally Posted by KcMizzou (Post 10735193)
Gonna have to check this out in a bit. (Royals game) The sfx makeup in that movie was amazing for it's time. As a kid, to me... THAT was what the Devil looked like.

Me too. Tim Curry is the shit.

ragedogg69 07-09-2014 06:38 AM

I have a confession. I am really loving CinemaSins. All these movies where I kinda want to see them, but I know they are not good; CinemaSins is the perfect version of Cliff Notes. Perfect example: The Purge. I am glad I know what happens, but I am glad I did not waste 2 hours finding it out.

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/whr46paU4iY" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

ThaVirus 07-09-2014 09:45 AM

CinemaSins is amusing but I only watch them after I've seen the movie.

I also love How It Should Have Ended and Honest Movie Trailers.

Rausch 07-09-2014 01:02 PM

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Originally Posted by ThaVirus (Post 10737554)
CinemaSins is amusing but I only watch them after I've seen the movie.

I also love How It Should Have Ended and Honest Movie Trailers.

One of my favorites:

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/ZGa-fWdXmyU?list=UUYUQQgogVeQY8cMQamhHJcg" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

Hammock Parties 07-09-2014 06:15 PM

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-King- 07-09-2014 06:59 PM

Watched Transcendence the other day. I thought it was a really good movie yet reviewers gave it 19% on rotten tomatoes. I really don't see why anyone would let that site influence them into watching a movie or not.
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