JohnnyBlaze Posted September 27, 2016 Share Posted September 27, 2016 The Boxer starring Daniel Day Lewis. It's more of a political drama than a boxing drama but that's ok. DDL delivers (yet again). Honestly, HE's kind of like the heavyweight champion of actors. Worth a watch. Grade: B I've never enjoyed a single one of his movies. Amazing actor though!Yeah I can understand that. Gangs of New York kind of pissed me off. I figured, since it had DDL & was directed by Scorsese, it HAD TO be good no matter who the other bums in the movie were. Well, I was wrong. Still, he was good in it. It's kind of like Denzel who's always good no matter how crap the movie is. I just find his choice of weighty movies always feels like a calculated move to win awards. He's amazing but it's like he cannot let go of needing to be in prestige pictures. Everything he does is so hyped. Even Meryl Streep has a career full of odd choices and flimsy fare. I love his work. Just wish it wasn't always such hard work to enjoy.Ah. Well, since I don't live in the west I can avoid most Hollywood hype fairly easily. Just as an example, I only saw the occasional commercial for Jurassic World before it came out. But I imagine it was plastered all over the place especially in North America. I saw that flick and liked it (though it wasn't anything spectacular)...but I didn't have the hype being pumped in like many westerners probably did before they saw it. As for awards, I don't care about them too much really. If a movie I like wins something then that's cool. Otherwise, they're easily forgettable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyBlaze Posted September 27, 2016 Share Posted September 27, 2016 Ratatouille.Another animated great from Brad Bird and Pixar. Glad I finally saw this. Grade: A 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Segue Myles Posted September 27, 2016 Share Posted September 27, 2016 Ratatouille.Another animated great from Brad Bird and Pixar. Glad I finally saw this. Grade: A My favourite Pixar film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invisible airwave Posted September 27, 2016 Share Posted September 27, 2016 The Boxer starring Daniel Day Lewis. It's more of a political drama than a boxing drama but that's ok. DDL delivers (yet again). Honestly, HE's kind of like the heavyweight champion of actors. Worth a watch. Grade: B I've never enjoyed a single one of his movies. Amazing actor though!Yeah I can understand that. Gangs of New York kind of pissed me off. I figured, since it had DDL & was directed by Scorsese, it HAD TO be good no matter who the other bums in the movie were. Well, I was wrong. Still, he was good in it. It's kind of like Denzel who's always good no matter how crap the movie is. That and Color of Money are the only two Marty movies that disappointed me. It pales in comparison to Depahted, Goodfellas, Mean Streets and Casino. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyBlaze Posted September 28, 2016 Share Posted September 28, 2016 The Boxer starring Daniel Day Lewis. It's more of a political drama than a boxing drama but that's ok. DDL delivers (yet again). Honestly, HE's kind of like the heavyweight champion of actors. Worth a watch. Grade: B I've never enjoyed a single one of his movies. Amazing actor though!Yeah I can understand that. Gangs of New York kind of pissed me off. I figured, since it had DDL & was directed by Scorsese, it HAD TO be good no matter who the other bums in the movie were. Well, I was wrong. Still, he was good in it. It's kind of like Denzel who's always good no matter how crap the movie is. That and Color of Money are the only two Marty movies that disappointed me. It pales in comparison to Depahted, Goodfellas, Mean Streets and Casino. I didn't catch Color of Money. I put watching Cruise play billiards on par with watching him make cocktails. So yeah I skipped both even though the former is a Scorcese flick. The fact that Newman was in it ALMOST persuaded me but nope, I couldn't Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LakesideShark Posted September 28, 2016 Share Posted September 28, 2016 Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invisible airwave Posted September 28, 2016 Share Posted September 28, 2016 The Boxer starring Daniel Day Lewis. It's more of a political drama than a boxing drama but that's ok. DDL delivers (yet again). Honestly, HE's kind of like the heavyweight champion of actors. Worth a watch. Grade: B I've never enjoyed a single one of his movies. Amazing actor though!Yeah I can understand that. Gangs of New York kind of pissed me off. I figured, since it had DDL & was directed by Scorsese, it HAD TO be good no matter who the other bums in the movie were. Well, I was wrong. Still, he was good in it. It's kind of like Denzel who's always good no matter how crap the movie is. That and Color of Money are the only two Marty movies that disappointed me. It pales in comparison to Depahted, Goodfellas, Mean Streets and Casino. I didn't catch Color of Money. I put watching Cruise play billiards on par with watching him make cocktails. So yeah I skipped both even though the former is a Scorcese flick. The fact that Newman was in it ALMOST persuaded me but nope, I couldn't Cocktail is even worse and his worst movie. It's hilarious on Rifftrax though and the 2nd movie to get the Rifftrax treatment. Road House was the first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyBlaze Posted September 28, 2016 Share Posted September 28, 2016 The Boxer starring Daniel Day Lewis. It's more of a political drama than a boxing drama but that's ok. DDL delivers (yet again). Honestly, HE's kind of like the heavyweight champion of actors. Worth a watch. Grade: B I've never enjoyed a single one of his movies. Amazing actor though!Yeah I can understand that. Gangs of New York kind of pissed me off. I figured, since it had DDL & was directed by Scorsese, it HAD TO be good no matter who the other bums in the movie were. Well, I was wrong. Still, he was good in it. It's kind of like Denzel who's always good no matter how crap the movie is. That and Color of Money are the only two Marty movies that disappointed me. It pales in comparison to Depahted, Goodfellas, Mean Streets and Casino. I didn't catch Color of Money. I put watching Cruise play billiards on par with watching him make cocktails. So yeah I skipped both even though the former is a Scorcese flick. The fact that Newman was in it ALMOST persuaded me but nope, I couldn't Cocktail is even worse and his worst movie. It's hilarious on Rifftrax though and the 2nd movie to get the Rifftrax treatment. Road House was the first.Road House is THE prime example of "It's so bad it's good" 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EagleMoon Posted September 28, 2016 Share Posted September 28, 2016 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormtron Posted September 29, 2016 Share Posted September 29, 2016 Sicario. Good movie but I couldn't stand Emily Blunt's character. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyBlaze Posted September 29, 2016 Share Posted September 29, 2016 Murder on the Orient Express ('74). Great cast: Finney, Connery, Bergman, Bacall, Gielgud, Bissett, Vanessa Redgrave, Perkins, and more. Fun movie. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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blueschica Posted September 30, 2016 Share Posted September 30, 2016 Murder on the Orient Express ('74).Great cast: Finney, Connery, Bergman, Bacall, Gielgud, Bissett, Vanessa Redgrave, Perkins, and more. Fun movie. I liked the ending ;) and it was well done. I think they tried again a few years later with Liz Taylor in "The Mirror Cracked" and it wasn't nearly as good . . . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueschica Posted September 30, 2016 Share Posted September 30, 2016 "Dirty Dancing" for the 10,000th time. Damn, Patrick Swayze can dance! Gone too soon. :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
That One Guy Posted September 30, 2016 Share Posted September 30, 2016 Django Unchained 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyBlaze Posted September 30, 2016 Share Posted September 30, 2016 Murder on the Orient Express ('74).Great cast: Finney, Connery, Bergman, Bacall, Gielgud, Bissett, Vanessa Redgrave, Perkins, and more. Fun movie. I liked the ending ;) and it was well done. I think they tried again a few years later with Liz Taylor in "The Mirror Crack'd" and it wasn't nearly as good . . .Didn't see The Mirror Crack'd. But I do know that it was one of the first Agatha Christie film adaptations made AFTER she passed away. Murder on the Orient Express was one of the last. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invisible airwave Posted September 30, 2016 Share Posted September 30, 2016 Very funny and clever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyBlaze Posted September 30, 2016 Share Posted September 30, 2016 "Dirty Dancing" for the 10,000th time. Damn, Patrick Swayze can dance! Gone too soon. :(Quickly blueschica, name a movie that Patrick Swayze was in in which he did NOT lift/carry someone!!! Anything? Can't think of any? That's because there are none! ((That I can think of anyway)) In Dirty Dancing, he lifts Jennifer Grey. In Road House there was Kelly Lynch. In Ghost, he hoisted Demi Moore. In Next of Kin, Helen Hunt. And he even lifts guys! In Red Dawn, he carries Charlie Sheen. In The Outsiders, he carries C.Thomas Howell. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EagleMoon Posted September 30, 2016 Share Posted September 30, 2016 Finished up the Harry Potter saga. Only thing I didn't like was the fast forward to the 14 years later part at the end. It's always just seemed tacked on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Segue Myles Posted September 30, 2016 Share Posted September 30, 2016 Finished up the Harry Potter saga. Only thing I didn't like was the fast forward to the 14 years later part at the end. It's always just seemed tacked on. I enjoyed it in the book..I mean it's a nice little glimpse into a happy future and it should have been left at that (without that crud play that just came out). But in the film...it didn't work because the character of Ginny is so damp boring I felt nothing but "really Harry, her?". Movie Ginny was badly handled. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
workingcinderellaman Posted September 30, 2016 Share Posted September 30, 2016 I liked it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Aubrey Posted September 30, 2016 Share Posted September 30, 2016 The Shallows! Great movie, great survival story, and I now have a crush on Blake Lively. No shark would ever behave like that, but the story is so good that I gladly suspended disbelief. Watch it! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyBlaze Posted September 30, 2016 Share Posted September 30, 2016 The Shallows! Great movie, great survival story, and I now have a crush on Blake Lively. No shark would ever behave like that, but the story is so good that I gladly suspended disbelief. Watch it!Blake Lively in a wet bikini. Of course you have a crush! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueschica Posted September 30, 2016 Share Posted September 30, 2016 "Dirty Dancing" for the 10,000th time. Damn, Patrick Swayze can dance! Gone too soon. :(Quickly blueschica, name a movie that Patrick Swayze was in in which he did NOT lift/carry someone!!! Anything? Can't think of any? That's because there are none!((That I can think of anyway)) In Dirty Dancing, he lifts Jennifer Grey. In Road House there was Kelly Lynch. In Ghost, he hoisted Demi Moore. In Next of Kin, Helen Hunt. And he even lifts guys! In Red Dawn, he carries Charlie Sheen. In The Outsiders, he carries C.Thomas Howell. Too funny! The lift!! Gotta love it. I was thinking Red Dawn right away but I only saw it once so you got me! :D :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyBlaze Posted September 30, 2016 Share Posted September 30, 2016 "Dirty Dancing" for the 10,000th time. Damn, Patrick Swayze can dance! Gone too soon. :(Quickly blueschica, name a movie that Patrick Swayze was in in which he did NOT lift/carry someone!!! Anything? Can't think of any? That's because there are none!((That I can think of anyway)) In Dirty Dancing, he lifts Jennifer Grey. In Road House there was Kelly Lynch. In Ghost, he hoisted Demi Moore. In Next of Kin, Helen Hunt. And he even lifts guys! In Red Dawn, he carries Charlie Sheen. In The Outsiders, he carries C.Thomas Howell. Too funny! The lift!! Gotta love it. I was thinking Red Dawn right away but I only saw it once so you got me! :D :DI'm pretty sure he partially carries Grey in Red Dawn too after she gets shot! So he lifts twice in that!!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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