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Title: Movies I don't recommend
Post by: B_Buster on December 22, 2009, 05:26:05 PM
Observe and Report

Funny People

I think I laughed once between the two (and I'm not proud to say that it was the way Jonah Hill pronounced "titays").
Title: Re: Movies I don't recommend
Post by: effecT on December 23, 2009, 08:44:51 AM
i disagree: observe and report was good if you know the background(eastbound and down) and the kinda stories jody hill does
i thought the movie was funny in a dirty secret kinda way
Title: Re: Movies I don't recommend
Post by: moonshake on December 23, 2009, 08:55:35 AM
I thought Observe and Report was hilarious, but it is a weird movie to recommend someone.
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Post by: dave from knoxville on December 23, 2009, 09:07:49 AM
I thought Observe and Report was hilarious, but it is a weird movie to recommend someone.

Those are my feelings about Stroszek
Title: Re: Movies I don't recommend
Post by: Chris L on December 23, 2009, 09:26:16 AM
I really like Eastbound & Down but have to agree O&R was pretty bad.  Not only was it not funny (I think there were more pointless obscure music montages than jokes), but I don't think Rogen is versatile enough to do what Danny McBride did in that show, although I predict he will one day star in either a Paul Thomas Anderson or Quentin Tarantino movie.  Maybe in the John Brown biopic as a slaveowner. 

Title: Re: Movies I don't recommend
Post by: JonFromMaplewood on December 23, 2009, 03:56:47 PM
Never saw Observe and Report because I actually liked Paul Blart: Mall Cop, so I was already sated on mall security comedy.
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Post by: effecT on December 24, 2009, 11:52:56 AM
because I actually liked Paul Blart: Mall Cop, so I was already sated on mall security comedy.
Well he certainly does his job promoting the obese community as the last group of people you can openly hate. Good job Kevin James!
Title: Re: Movies I don't recommend
Post by: yesno on December 24, 2009, 12:21:13 PM
I thought Observe and Report was great, much better than nearly every other recent movie by that ilk. I watched it twice.
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Post by: ChrisRawk on December 24, 2009, 10:20:19 PM
This was a big year for mall security movies, that's for sure.

I liked OBSERVE & REPORT for the most part but EASTBOUND & DOWN is superior in pretty much every way.  Jody Hill has a knack for icky characters. 

FUNNY PEOPLE was flawed but worth a look if you have any interest in the stand up world.  They made at least a couple gigantic stretches, though.  A packed open-mic?  That's just silly.     
Title: Re: Movies I don't recommend
Post by: Reeleyes on December 25, 2009, 03:38:56 PM
Paul Blart was the first movie I watched on Netflix. It was the day we had to put our dog down and I needed something ridiculous that I wouldn't want to re-watch a lot. It was a crap movie but to it's credit Kevin James is pretty good at physical comedy, I got a few chuckles. I did wonder if X-games funded that flick since every bad guy in the movie was on an X-games roster at one time or another.
Title: Re: Movies I don't recommend
Post by: fletcher munson on December 28, 2009, 01:49:50 PM
mike, did you see Year One?  I could see it fitting in with your list.  I saw it last night with some friends and we laughed our asses off, mostly at Michael Cera's line delivery.  I'd recommend it, but you have to watch it stoned.
Title: Re: Movies I don't recommend
Post by: Joe Rogaine on December 29, 2009, 10:47:45 PM
Mike have you seen the Hurt Locker?
Title: Re: Movies I don't recommend
Post by: B_Buster on December 30, 2009, 12:22:59 AM
I didn't see Year One. I did see The Hurt Locker. I liked it, but thought it got a little repetitive as it went along.
Title: Re: Movies I don't recommend
Post by: Pat K on December 30, 2009, 08:24:02 AM
I love Foot Fist Way and Eastbound & Down, but Observe and Report is definitely weaker than those by a long shot. I didn't think it was terrible, but that's got more to do with the fact that I dig what Jody Hill is trying to do conceptually than with anything in the actual movie. The best parts were the shocking ending and Danny McBride's cameo.


Maybe in the John Brown biopic as a slaveowner. 

Whoa - is someobdy really doing a John Brown biopic? Because that would be mad decent.
Title: Re: Movies I don't recommend
Post by: put_it_away on December 30, 2009, 10:33:57 AM
I would like to wholeheartedly NOT recommend Bruno. Worst crap I saw this year. Turned it off after 40 minutes because I could feel myself becoming dumber.

I say this having enjoyed Borat. I just think Bruno was using the same tired idea and bumping it up around 98 notches.
Title: Re: Movies I don't recommend
Post by: Stupornaut on December 30, 2009, 12:56:45 PM
I would like to wholeheartedly NOT recommend Bruno. Worst crap I saw this year. Turned it off after 40 minutes because I could feel myself becoming dumber.

I say this having enjoyed Borat. I just think Bruno was using the same tired idea and bumping it up around 98 notches.

I'm not looking forward to seeing it, but apparently one of my friends gave me a heads up that the commentary track (where Cohen is not in-character) is pretty interesting. So there's that, maybe?
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Post by: TacoSmith on December 30, 2009, 07:23:47 PM
I loved Bruno. Liked it even more than Borat.
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Post by: effecT on December 30, 2009, 07:53:09 PM
I would like to wholeheartedly NOT recommend Bruno. Worst crap I saw this year. Turned it off after 40 minutes because I could feel myself becoming dumber.

I say this having enjoyed Borat. I just think Bruno was using the same tired idea and bumping it up around 98 notches.
It also was fake as hell!
Title: Re: Movies I don't recommend
Post by: effecT on December 31, 2009, 11:24:32 AM
a movie i do not recommend: Zombieland!
So boring and full of clichés but not in a funny way but in a horrible kind of nudging, "you remember that bro" kind of way...
bad jokes that are overindulged
these horrible jokes with the writing appearing and interacting with physical objects the film
brrr
Title: Re: Movies I don't recommend
Post by: ChrisRawk on January 01, 2010, 10:38:56 PM
Zombieland was indeed a bit of a snoozer.  The trailer had a gun toting Woody, zombies and Van Halen.  I just expected more.   

I'm about to dive into Bruno.  I've heard mostly negative things but I loved Borat too much to not see it.
Title: Re: Movies I don't recommend
Post by: Tim K in DC on January 08, 2010, 02:51:45 AM
I doubt this stinker is still in theaters, but Paranormal Activity is a movie I don’t recommend. If you do happen to find it at a theater, and you make the mistake of saying “one, please,” when you get to that point at the end of the movie where everybody in the theater is sitting there in silence like the dozen or so other viewers were doing the night I saw it, I do recommend that you do what I did: let out an audible, half-hearted “BOOOOOOOO.”


Title: Re: Movies I don't recommend
Post by: Emily on January 08, 2010, 02:51:35 PM
Bride Wars was the worst.
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Post by: erika on January 08, 2010, 02:53:45 PM
I'd have to say that Diary of The Dead really topped the list of vomit-inducing flicks for the year. And not because of the "gore". I have never heard such terrible dialogue.
Title: Re: Movies I don't recommend
Post by: mizzfair on January 08, 2010, 03:16:07 PM
I would like to wholeheartedly NOT recommend Bruno. Worst crap I saw this year. Turned it off after 40 minutes because I could feel myself becoming dumber.

I say this having enjoyed Borat. I just think Bruno was using the same tired idea and bumping it up around 98 notches.

I agree.  Bruno stunk!  That's 1 hour and 22 minutes I'll never get back.
Title: Re: Movies I don't recommend
Post by: chuck from cedar rapids on January 22, 2010, 02:26:39 PM
I would like to wholeheartedly NOT recommend Bruno. Worst crap I saw this year. Turned it off after 40 minutes because I could feel myself becoming dumber.

I say this having enjoyed Borat. I just think Bruno was using the same tired idea and bumping it up around 98 notches.

I agree.  Bruno stunk!  That's 1 hour and 22 minutes I'll never get back.

I'm still not sure if I liked or disliked Bruno. Initially, I expected it to be similar to Borat but I was so very, very wrong. Frankly, some of the footage they included was shocking. In my opinion, the Bruno clips from the Ali G show were a bit funnier and didn't rely on shock value.
Title: Re: Movies I don't recommend
Post by: TacoSmith on February 13, 2010, 01:41:50 AM
I would like to wholeheartedly NOT recommend Bruno. Worst crap I saw this year. Turned it off after 40 minutes because I could feel myself becoming dumber.

I say this having enjoyed Borat. I just think Bruno was using the same tired idea and bumping it up around 98 notches.

I agree.  Bruno stunk!  That's 1 hour and 22 minutes I'll never get back.

I'm still not sure if I liked or disliked Bruno. Initially, I expected it to be similar to Borat but I was so very, very wrong. Frankly, some of the footage they included was shocking. In my opinion, the Bruno clips from the Ali G show were a bit funnier and didn't rely on shock value.

The "shocking" clips are what made the movie so genius to me. I loved the idea of the frat boys that were constantly quoting Borat going to see Bruno and being bombarded with the most overtly gay images they've probably ever been confronted with outside of a hazing. Imaging them sitting uncomfortably in their seats while Bruno explicitly mimed a sexual act with the ghost of his ex-boyfriend for what seemed like an eternity made me enjoy it just that much more.
Title: Re: Movies I don't recommend
Post by: cavorting with nudists on March 03, 2010, 11:14:34 PM
Mike (I'm asking this here because there doesn't seem to be an all-purpose "Ask Mike" thread and am too much a pussy to start one),

Did you see "Let the Right One In"?  I'd be curious as to what you thought, because on one viewing I liked it pretty well but am not sure where I'd place it on the "Pretty Decent" to "Completely Awesome" continuum.  I can say, though, that it touched on a number of Mike-related themes:

--Slow, arty European movies about "outsiders" (see Werner Herzog)
--Childhood Cruelty (see Therese and Mike Show topics)
--Awkward Sexual Awakenings (see Thwarted Therese and Mike Show topics)
Title: Re: Movies I don't recommend
Post by: B_Buster on March 04, 2010, 07:50:36 AM
I've heard good things about Let the Right One In. I'll put it on my Netflix list and get back to you.
Title: Re: Movies I don't recommend
Post by: samir on March 04, 2010, 09:27:53 AM
I've heard good things about the Let the Right One In. I'll put it on my Netflix list and get back to you.

I think it's available to stream, so you don't even have to wait! Instant gratification!
Title: Re: Movies I don't recommend
Post by: Chris L on March 04, 2010, 10:02:31 AM
I've heard good things about the Let the Right One In. I'll put it on my Netflix list and get back to you.

I think it's available to stream, so you don't even have to wait! Instant gratification!

Wonder if it's the version initially released on dvd with the dumbed-down subtitltes?

Also, this movie isn't really "slow" or "arty," at least not by reasonable standards. 
Title: Re: Movies I don't recommend
Post by: Martin on March 04, 2010, 10:06:18 AM
Let the Right One In is OK. Just OK.
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Post by: Chris L on March 04, 2010, 10:15:03 AM
Let the Right One In is OK. Just OK.

I thought it was especially well-done, especially "that shot" at the pool.  It's about 50 times better than a vampire movie based on a novel named after a Morrissey song has any right to be.
Title: Re: Movies I don't recommend
Post by: B_Buster on March 04, 2010, 10:19:04 AM
I've heard good things about the Let the Right One In. I'll put it on my Netflix list and get back to you.

I think it's available to stream, so you don't even have to wait! Instant gratification!

I don't watch movies on my computer and probably never will. What's the point of getting a flat screen if you're going to watch stuff on your computer? Plus, my computer chair isn't all that comfortable.
Title: Re: Movies I don't recommend
Post by: cavorting with nudists on March 04, 2010, 11:35:03 AM
For most of the running time, I was thinking it was only pretty good, until the "pool shot" made me think I might have been underestimating it.

Chris L, how dumbed-down were the DVD subtitles? You mean compared to the theatrical subtitles or to the original Swedish?

Mike, I think if you get some kind of box from Netflix you can watch streaming movies on your teevee, but I don't really understand the details.
Title: Re: Movies I don't recommend
Post by: Martin on March 04, 2010, 11:39:40 AM
Let the Right One In is OK. Just OK.

I thought it was especially well-done, especially "that shot" at the pool.  It's about 50 times better than a vampire movie based on a novel named after a Morrissey song has any right to be.

Yes, "that shot" is 100% mega-fantastic. Masterpiece stuff. It's probably worth seeing for the cinematography alone.
Title: Re: Movies I don't recommend
Post by: Chris L on March 04, 2010, 11:48:45 AM
Chris L, how dumbed-down were the DVD subtitles? You mean compared to the theatrical subtitles or to the original Swedish?

A blogger compared the US dvd release with the subtitled theatrical release and found that the studio had new subtitles done which very noticeably eliminated or simplified large chunks of dialogue.  It caused enough of an uproar that they released a new dvd w/ the theatrical subtitles but plenty of the old ones are still out there. 
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Post by: jbissell on March 04, 2010, 11:51:18 AM
Mike, I think if you get some kind of box from Netflix you can watch streaming movies on your teevee, but I don't really understand the details.

Quite a few of the bluray players that have wifi have Netflix streaming accessiblity. I use my XBOX for HD streaming and it looks really great (obviously depending on your connection).
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Post by: Joe Rogaine on March 04, 2010, 08:57:01 PM
I've heard good things about the Let the Right One In. I'll put it on my Netflix list and get back to you.

I think it's available to stream, so you don't even have to wait! Instant gratification!

Wonder if it's the version initially released on dvd with the dumbed-down subtitltes?

Also, this movie isn't really "slow" or "arty," at least not by reasonable standards.  


Mike i cant believe you still haven't seen Let The Right One In its pretty great. The version i was sent from Netflix didn't have subtitles it was actual dubbed in voice overs and it was awful really took me out of the movie.
Title: Re: Movies I don't recommend
Post by: waltkellysghost on March 04, 2010, 10:46:50 PM
I didn't mind Funny People. My friends kept telling me it stunk, but I liked it. (spoiler!) I liked how it didn't give sway to some cornball romantic ending. I thought Sandler did an acceptable job. It wasn't perfect, but people like Jonah Hill can make it really hard to hate a movie. Hill is easily the funniest in any Apatow movie.
Title: Re: Movies I don't recommend
Post by: waltkellysghost on March 04, 2010, 10:52:30 PM
I've heard good things about Let the Right One In. I'll put it on my Netflix list and get back to you.

Let The Right One In is the best vampire movie in many years. My only irk with it is the cat attack scene. It just didn't feel right. The effects in that scene were "not so special" and the movie would have done fine without it.
Title: Re: Movies I don't recommend
Post by: B_Buster on March 09, 2010, 05:42:02 PM
I'm with Martin on this. I thought Let the Right One In was OK. Just OK. With good cinematography. I checked the clock an hour in and couldn't believe I still had another hour to go!
Title: Re: Movies I don't recommend
Post by: ben on March 11, 2010, 01:40:41 AM
I liked it a lot, but watching it again, the scene where the guys fight and drink in his room and he explains his 'hurt locker' was too obviously exposition.  I prefer a little more subtlety.



I didn't see Year One. I did see The Hurt Locker. I liked it, but thought it got a little repetitive as it went along.
Title: Re: Movies I don't recommend
Post by: effecT on March 11, 2010, 05:02:02 AM
I'm with Martin on this. I thought Let the Right One In was OK. Just OK. With good cinematography. I checked the clock an hour in and couldn't believe I still had another hour to go!

yes, i don't really get all the buzz about it...
can someone explain.
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Post by: masterofsparks on March 11, 2010, 02:40:41 PM
I'm with Martin on this. I thought Let the Right One In was OK. Just OK. With good cinematography. I checked the clock an hour in and couldn't believe I still had another hour to go!

yes, i don't really get all the buzz about it...
can someone explain.

I felt like "This is just OK" the first time I watched it, but the second time through I really, really loved it. I can't explain why (though I agree that the afore-mentioned cat attack scene is a misstep). I too liked the pool scene at the end quite a lot. If you look at the Filmspotting message board, there are plenty of people claiming that the scene ruins the movie.
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Post by: Joe Rogaine on March 11, 2010, 08:06:52 PM
I'm with Martin on this. I thought Let the Right One In was OK. Just OK. With good cinematography. I checked the clock an hour in and couldn't believe I still had another hour to go!

yes, i don't really get all the buzz about it...
can someone explain.

I felt like "This is just OK" the first time I watched it, but the second time through I really, really loved it. I can't explain why (though I agree that the afore-mentioned cat attack scene is a misstep). I too liked the pool scene at the end quite a lot. If you look at the Filmspotting message board, there are plenty of people claiming that the scene ruins the movie.


Wasnt the cat all stuffed looking?
Title: Re: Movies I don't recommend
Post by: ChrisRawk on March 15, 2010, 09:21:37 PM
How about that there Paper Heart movie?  Yeech. 
Title: Re: Movies I don't recommend
Post by: mackro on March 15, 2010, 09:46:01 PM
Any sneak peeks at The Runaways movie?  I'm on the fence here, based on the disappointing trailer.
Title: Re: Movies I don't recommend
Post by: daveB from Oakland on March 15, 2010, 10:10:22 PM
Any sneak peeks at The Runaways movie?  I'm on the fence here, based on the disappointing trailer.

I've been hearing some negative buzz, but I'm tempted to ignore all reasonable advice and see it anyway.
Title: Re: Movies I don't recommend
Post by: Chris L on March 15, 2010, 11:34:33 PM
Do the Runaways really merit a biopic?  More than, say, the Electric Eels or Fine Young Cannibals?
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Post by: JonFromMaplewood on March 16, 2010, 12:02:09 AM
Do the Runaways really merit a biopic?  More than, say, the Electric Eels or Fine Young Cannibals?

Couldn't agree more. I am personally waiting for a Collective Soul biopic.
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Post by: mackro on March 16, 2010, 12:06:06 AM
Do the Runaways really merit a biopic?  More than, say, the Electric Eels or Fine Young Cannibals?

Couldn't agree more. I am personally waiting for a Collective Soul biopic.

Maybe if Kim Fowley had fronted the Electric Eels. There's your big screen moneymaker.

OK, Internet-Is-Serious-Business answer: yes, The Runaways do merit a biopic.  Of course they're more likely to get a movie deal than Electric Eels or Fine Young Cannibals... for unsurprisingly objectifying reasons.  I like all three groups, but between the three, one clearly stands out as one ripe for the big screen.  A good movie?  I hope.  Yes, I'll be upset if this movie stinks because between Kim Fowley, Joan Jett, the general state of rock in 1975 & 1976, just before punk was about to explode, it was interesting times and crossroads for rock music... even without such a music-centric angle, a Runaways story can make for a great movie.

Unfortunately this one smells like The Doors movie, maybe worse.  However Jim Morrison deserved the sacrilege.  The ex-Runaways that are still alive don't deserve this, IMHO (if the same is the case) although they have ended up doing well, more or less.
Title: Re: Movies I don't recommend
Post by: JonFromMaplewood on June 28, 2010, 09:41:27 AM
The Shadow of the Vampire.
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Post by: Paul DePhiladelphia on June 28, 2010, 09:59:52 AM
Me and 6 of my friends from highschool(now located in Germany, Louisiana, DC, Oregon, Rhode Island and Texas) all get together for movie nite on mirc where we all watcdh a movie simultaneously. Last night was a double feature:

(http://www.critcononline.com/images/she%20wolves%20of%20the%20wasteland%20aka%20phoenix%20the%20warrior%20dvd%20front.jpg)

(http://www.coverbrowser.com/image/vhs-videos/1062-1.jpg)
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Post by: dave from knoxville on June 28, 2010, 03:11:38 PM
The first film was called Fatal, and the second was Games? Or did you watch it twice?
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Post by: Paul DePhiladelphia on June 28, 2010, 09:25:44 PM
hmmm it worked this morning:

(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6DpEiwWPjI8/SaY540nuL4I/AAAAAAAADOg/uR3_HUZpAUY/s400/phoenix%2520the%2520warrior%2520sony%2520vhs%2520front.jpg)
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Post by: Joe Rogaine on June 28, 2010, 10:31:06 PM
Any sneak peeks at The Runaways movie?  I'm on the fence here, based on the disappointing trailer.

I've been hearing some negative buzz, but I'm tempted to ignore all reasonable advice and see it anyway.

I think the only good thing i heard about that movie was Michael Shannon's performance as Kim Fowley.

That trailer really made me cringe with that line about "having a chance to tear the world apart".
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Post by: citizenlewis on July 09, 2010, 10:01:26 PM
Mike-
On a scale of one to ten how heartwarming did you find Toy Story 3-D?
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Post by: Joe Rogaine on July 10, 2010, 02:36:18 AM
Two words "Sweet Movie".
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Post by: Paul DePhiladelphia on July 12, 2010, 10:18:24 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcVGKIbAi1k (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcVGKIbAi1k)

Kristin Stewart is so dumb. I'm glad she brought the pot-head girl we all hated in highschool to the mainstream. We all want to her awkward usage of "man" and fidgety-pseudo-cool again.
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Post by: Sarah on July 13, 2010, 07:13:41 AM
I don't believe I approve of Dakota Fanning growing up.

Also, say what you will, Kristen Stewart has great eyebrows.
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Post by: Paul DePhiladelphia on July 13, 2010, 08:05:45 AM
I don't believe I approve of Dakota Fanning growing up.
Also, say what you will, Kristen Stewart has great eyebrows.

Dakota Fanning looks weird but cute. I don't think she'll be a strong adult actor but in Hollywood that doesn't really matter.

And don't get me wrong, Kristen Stewart is gorgeous. It just stinks that she is aware of that too and works so hard to downplay it.
Title: Re: Movies I don't recommend
Post by: robertc on July 22, 2010, 11:39:35 PM
Inception was good enough as a silly action movie, but don't come in expecting a well crafted storyline or good acting. I should have expected a movie this hyped up to be kind of dumb, but now I just have crushed expectations.
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Post by: dave from knoxville on July 23, 2010, 09:05:25 PM
Inception was good enough as a silly action movie, but don't come in expecting a well crafted storyline or good acting. I should have expected a movie this hyped up to be kind of dumb, but now I just have crushed expectations.

I thought it was great. AFK too. We saw it Tuesday and we are still talking about it. The only thing that would have made it better was Crispin Glover as the apothecary.
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Post by: robertc on July 25, 2010, 12:14:42 AM
I don't know, it might have been my attitude going into it, or I might just be trying to be contrarian in the face of all of my film-geek friends, but the concept got stretched a little too far for me as soon as they started talking about limbo (wouldn't a sedative make you dream less?). Memento seemed so clever and simple to me, and this sprawled too much for me to enjoy it in the same way. I'll give it another try next week and see how it goes.
Title: Re: Movies I don't recommend
Post by: Alex_from_the_woods on November 22, 2010, 11:38:02 AM
I saw "Monsters" the other night. What a wacky movie. Someone decided to write a "relationship/love story" movie with bad dialog. And, oh yeah, extraterrestrial monsters destroying the world.  Almost as an afterthought. No one in this movie reacts to anything like a human being. Giant monsters are stomping on building a-la Godzilla but everyone seems pretty blase about it. One thing that made me crazy was this is another movie where they underestimate the intelligence of the audience. It's almost entirely set in Mexico but they felt the need to to make all the relavent signs (and there are a lot of signs in this movie) all in english. This really irritated me to the point where I'm sure my wife wanted to bop me one to shut me up about it. This movie is kind of boring which is hard to do with giant monsters stomping around. Wierd.
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Post by: crumbum on November 22, 2010, 07:29:40 PM
I saw "Monsters" the other night. What a wacky movie. Someone decided to write a "relationship/love story" movie with bad dialog. And, oh yeah, extraterrestrial monsters destroying the world.  Almost as an afterthought. No one in this movie reacts to anything like a human being. Giant monsters are stomping on building a-la Godzilla but everyone seems pretty blase about it. One thing that made me crazy was this is another movie where they underestimate the intelligence of the audience. It's almost entirely set in Mexico but they felt the need to to make all the relavent signs (and there are a lot of signs in this movie) all in english. This really irritated me to the point where I'm sure my wife wanted to bop me one to shut me up about it. This movie is kind of boring which is hard to do with giant monsters stomping around. Wierd.

huh. i liked that one quite a bit.

saw it at the Toronto Film Fest and the director mentioned, if I remember correctly, that a great deal of the dialogue was semi-improvised.
Title: Re: Movies I don't recommend
Post by: Alex_from_the_woods on November 22, 2010, 07:52:12 PM
A great deal of my dialog is self-improvised. You see the results.