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Nixorbo
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DOOP Secretary
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the short before the movie was really awesome. Easily my favorite Pixar short ever, which is saying a lot since I loved Presto.
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Smarty
Professor
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Did anybody else get nostalgic when the little Pixar lamp jumped across the screen at beginning? I know he's there before all the Pixar movies, but for some reason this time I remembered how when I first saw him I thought it was the best thing ever, and how I never really take notice of him anymore.
Actually, yes. It's weird that I noticed it more in this movie. Maybe it was just because I knew it was the last Toy Story, so I payed attention to every little bit of detail on the screen instead of just passing it by.
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any1else
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Aww, now I'm just imagining a little 4 year old Joshy. And look at you now Hmm, I watched a movie on TV last night. Beauty Shop I think it was called. It had Queen Latifah and Alicia Silverstone in it, and I think I mainly watched because I was curious as to what the hell they were making a movie about. It also had Kevin Bacon in a weird role with a crazy accent which turned out to be fake for his character anyway, and he was a bad guy, only probably not as bad as Hollowman. Pervert. So anyway, I think it was like a spin off of that Barbershop movie, that I never watched, so I'm just guessin'. I'm quite sure Alicia Silverstone doesn't age, she looked exactly the same as she did in Clueless, and that was 10 years prior to this movie. It was kind of amusing to listen to Bacon talk with the creepy accent and it had a few semi-amusing jokes, but other than that it's not really one of those life-changing films. Probably just one of those you might watch on TV one night when you're really, really bored and have a really whacked out sleep schedule.
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Crash_7
Professor
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Cool Hand Luke
Also young Dennis Hopper was supposedly in it and I completely missed him
Pardon the long-delayed response. I just looked at this thread for the first time today. Pretty sure he was the guy that was always playing the guitar and singing.
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~FazeShift~
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Yeah I went back and checked, definitely a young whippersnapper. Also on that movie Rich Hall was doing a show about Southern USA and jokingly compared Cool Hand Luke to the story of Jesus! The Warden was Pontius Pilate, inmates his apostles etc. Anyhoo, The Singing DetectiveThis is the 2003 movie retelling of the UK series starring Robert Downey Junior, Robin Penn, Mel Gibson and others. Noir detective author Dan Dark is in hospital with crippling arthritis and skin disease, has trouble separating reality from the fiction in his novels, and his troubled past. It's quite odd and dark and occasionally humorous with a few musical numbers thrown in for good measure, duet well Mel Gibson was cool. I did notice in one of the fantasies he picks up a maltese falcon, and strangely enough says "kiss kiss bang bang " at one point, the title of another detective noir he stars in 2 years friggin later! (maybe he already contracted with it but it was creepy) An oddity, perhaps see Kiss Kiss Bang Bang instead? C+
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Gorky
DOOP Secretary
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Anastasia
Yes, the animated version. I don't know what possessed me to watch this yesterday--I guess I don't know what to do with myself when I have a day off--but it wasn't bad. The songs were hit-or-miss, and the very notion of animating what is essentially a watered-down conspiracy theory is kind of odd. But it's fun and kind of dramatic and decent enough entertainment when you're bored on a Wednesday afternoon.
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chay´s head
Space Pope
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« Reply #733 on: 07-16-2010 17:32 »
« Last Edit on: 07-16-2010 17:37 »
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I really like the ending
I guess you had to... BE THERE. HA! Shutter IslandUmm... Okay. The last shot of the lighthouse seemed to screw everything up. Also, MAJOR fuck up in continuity. Lady gets give a glass of water, Close up of her bringing her right hand up WITH NO GLASS IN IT and drinking, over the shoulder shot of her putting an empty glass down WITH HER LEFT HAND, then a few seconds later, wider shot of a half full (empty?) glass. I was thinking since this was Shutter Island, it would somehow be significant, but no, just a massive fuck up. As for the rest of the movie... I have no fucking clue. It was pretty and stuff, there were good performances, but i found it to be a bit of a mess.
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~FazeShift~
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Attaboy. InceptionAwesome, pure awesome. Christopher Nolan is The Balls. Cast is fantastic, concept is fairly original and interesting, and excellently presented (fantastic sets, locations, mindfuck action sequences, etc.) Sidenote: One of my friends didn't like/get it, but he bought Epic Movie on DVD so his opinion doesn't count, but one of my other friends ironically fell asleep during it. A+
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cyber_turnip
Urban Legend
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« Reply #742 on: 07-18-2010 03:24 »
« Last Edit on: 07-18-2010 03:33 »
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InceptionExceptional. Christopher Nolan is an incredible film-maker and this ranks among his best work. The plot is wonderfully inventive, interesting and original whilst drawing on lots of cinematic familiarities to allow your brain to have something to hold onto whilst the rest of the film mindfucks you to hell. There's also a lot of depth to it -not particularly metaphysical as you may think -but emotional depth. All of that is structured perfectly and more importantly, interestingly, in true Christopher Nolan fashion. Add onto that, that pretty much every technical aspect of the film is spot-on. The acting is top-notch from a great ensemble cast, the cinematography is great in its own dark and brooding way, the special effects are brilliant and the editing is also very good. The only weak link is the fact that Hans Zimmer's score is exactly the same as his score for The Dark Knight. But even that complaint is very minor because it works and it suits the film. One of the best things about Inception is that it doesn't talk down to the audience whatsoever and whilst this seems to be turning some people off of it, anybody with a brain should find something to enjoy in it. It's not a masterpiece, but it's bloody close. 9/10Shutter Island
Also, MAJOR fuck up in continuity. Lady gets give a glass of water, Close up of her bringing her right hand up WITH NO GLASS IN IT and drinking, over the shoulder shot of her putting an empty glass down WITH HER LEFT HAND, then a few seconds later, wider shot of a half full (empty?) glass.
I was thinking since this was Shutter Island, it would somehow be significant, but no, just a massive fuck up.
There are countless continuity errors throughout the film and they are all intentional. Especially that one. The lack of continuity is supposed to make you feel uneasy and like something's wrong throughout the film -Kubrick did the same thing in A Clockwork Orange, albeit to a lesser extent. I wasn't blown away by Shutter Island, but I'll defend this aspect of it to hell and back.
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DrThunder88
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I think I watched that, check out Batman: Under the Red Hood looks good too.
No Kevin Conroy? No Mark Hamil? No Efram Zimbalist Jr.? Sounds like a bunch of mid-grade Hollywood stars and John DiMaggio are horning in on well established roles.
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DogDoo8
Liquid Emperor
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Pity about Hamil not wanting to do the voice of Joker anymore, but DiMaggio still pulls it off pretty well. I enjoyed Batman: Under The Red Hood. I have always enjoyed all the DC animation movies most even more than the live action movies. If you can check out Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths. Also quite enjoyable.
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chay´s head
Space Pope
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As for Chay's confusion about the last shot:
Andrew regressed again at the very end. Sheehan tried to roleplay with him again, and Andrew showed that he still believed he was his partner, so Sheehan signalled to Cawley that they failed. I assumed the final shot of the lighthouse was to signify that Andrew was getting the labotomy. B+
I think you misinterpreted the end. His line about "Is it better to live as a monster or die as an innocent man" is signifying that he hasn't regressed and is playing the part so he will get the lobotomy cause he doesn't want to live his life with the knowledge of what happened. The shot of the light house is misleading, because it was shown to be nothing more than a lighthouse, not some where they do experiments, the whole notion that they did experiments there was part of his crazyiness. So if we're to believe that they are going to do stuff to him in the lighthouse, then he wasn't entirely crazy...
Anywho, beside all that, i think it was just a pretty end shot, not meant to mean any of that, but still silly. As for scorcese's genius, i'd again have to disagree. I did like the sound editing, and silence was used well, but he seemed to start using certain techniques, then abandon them shortly after. And again, it just felt kind of sloppy. You can say that maybe that was intentional, and it was just meant to make you feel uneasy, but i've seen plenty of other films that use odd editing etc to make me feel uneasy, but felt that it fit and really enjoyed the film, this was just weird and annoying more often than not. I didn't hate it, I just really don't think it was that great. @Cyber_turnip Is there a list of said continuity errors? Cause that was the only one I noticed.
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~FazeShift~
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Batman: Under The Red HoodDark and satisfying Batman romp even without Conroy/Hamill, it actually reminded me of the Hush comics, and A Death in the Family of course. Bat+ Thanks to DogDoo for letting me know it was, ahem, available.
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Smarty
Professor
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Inception
Saw this today. I have to say, it was beyond what I expected. It was absolutely one of those movies that really make you think, and everything was unexpected, right up to the end credits. Had my friend and I on the edge of our seats the whole time.
A+
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fryfanSpyOrama
Urban Legend
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« Reply #755 on: 07-19-2010 07:28 »
« Last Edit on: 07-19-2010 07:33 »
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Superman Doomsday
This was the first DC animated movie I saw and I thought it was okay. The concept of Superman getting killed is interesting, one that allows us to see how Superman's supporting character develop and react to this incident. Something got to see on the tv show JL, but not really explore much since it's a half hour show. I do have a few nitpicks, first off the title. "Doomsday", he's in this, but in like only the first act. That's like if the Joker was in only the first act of The Dark Knight. This movie should've been call, Death of Superman or something that isn't as misleading. Also, Toyman being all emo is weird. I like how they made him a little more psychotic than his Superman TAS counterpart. Kevin Smith's cameo is hilarious. Lex Luther is somewhat interesting, but every time I think of animated Luther I think of Clancy Brown voicing him. Though, I question he's really obsession of Superman, especially when he goes like, "Why did you leave me?" Mercy Graves appearance is short, so we don't really get to see her develop in this film. Lois's grief over the death of Superman is what keeps this film together, especially during her monologue to Ma Kent. I do like Ma Kent's scenes and wish she was in the film much longer. I thought the whole cloning thing made this film fall short--we've seen the cloning thing in the cartoon i. e. Bizarro--, but seeing Superman abuse his powers is something I dread, because who can really stop him? During that scene with the cat, I swear he was going to snap it's neck just to make a point. Metropolis PD is stupid, especially when they think they can arrest Superman without Kryptonite. What were they thinking? That is no excuse, they should know Superman can't be stopped by bullets.
B Could have gotten an A if not for the nitpicks.
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