40Cent @ the movies

[MetalDog]

I dunno, it felt kinda low budget.  You didn't get the sense that there was a larger war going on like you did in the first one.  There was no real passage of time and it felt like there were just a handful of Koreans hanging out in downtown Spokane (except wherever they filmed it looked nothing like the real Spokane). 

I felt that way, too.  Just a bunch of moments, strung together by the same people being in all of them.

[Staggerwing]

Next thing you are going to tell us it wasn't real when Jennifer Grey got blown up.
You are like those guys who doubt Hogan's Heroes and Santa and Baby Jesus. 
If they blew up Jennifer Grey again I would go and see it.

Danman, I saw every episode of Hogans Heroes and I swear that neither Santa or Baby Jesus was in any of them. I did spot L. Ron Hubbard in several though. He was dressed as a guard up in the tower.

[GDS_Starfury]

Mr and Mrs Smith is on.  I frikin love this movie.

[Longdan]

There was that female spy with the cone bra in Hogan's.  What was her name?
No Santa and baby jesus weren't in Hogan's but they could
have been if they had wanted to.  Elrond Hubbard also was in Lord of the Rings
and is going to be in the Hobbit too.  He was also agent Smith.

[Staggerwing]

That explains a lot, actually.

[eyebiter]

Watched The Three Stooges movie last night.. Had some funny  parts, better than expected.  28 / 40.

[Centurion40]

Next thing you are going to tell us it wasn't real when Jennifer Grey got blown up.
You are like those guys who doubt Hogan's Heroes and Santa and Baby Jesus. 
If they blew up Jennifer Grey again I would go and see it.

Danman, I saw every episode of Hogans Heroes and I swear that neither Santa or Baby Jesus was in any of them. I did spot L. Ron Hubbard in several though. He was dressed as a guard up in the tower.

Good eye.  Explains a lot.  Well, ok, actually it doesn't.  But it does sound cool.

[Centurion40]

Watched The Three Stooges movie last night.. Had some funny  parts, better than expected.  28 / 40.

Yeah, I'd see it again.  I thought that the main cast did a great job recreating Larry, Moe, and Curly.

[Bison]

I saw Rise of the Guardians with the family last night.  It was alright.  I did like the Jack Frost character and teh Boogieman, but Santa with tattoos?  Pah'lease.  Lame.  Also I don't know why they cannot make shows any more that are more directed for the 3-7 year old crowd during the holidays.  That is crap. 

[Silent Disapproval Robot]

I watched Lawless today.  It's a true story about the three Bondurat brothers who ran moonshine in prohibition era Virginia.  I love prohibition era gangster films so I was looking forward to this one.  The movie was well cast and the cinematography and sets were great.  The initial set up was very promising with Guy Pierce playing a sleazy, vicious corrupt cop trying to force the brothers into working for him and the county comissioner but then the film kind of meandered throughout the middle and final acts.  It wasn't bad, but it was unevenly paced and could've been much more.  I think it's another film that suffered from too many fingers in the pie.  It felt like some corporate hack demanded that a couple of love interests be thrown in to appeal to the chicks in the audience and these caused the main story to lose focus and cohesion.

Decent, but could have been better.

[Centurion40]

The Mrs. and I caught Killing Them Softly.  I don't know why there is Academy Award buzz for Brad Pitt over this flick.  I'd say that everyone else in this movie did a better acting job; especially James Gandolfini.  That said, I have no idea why his character was in the flick, other than to fill screen time with a sub-plot to nowhere.  Actually, that might not be a fair statement, we had to leave just before the end of the flick to be home in time for 40Jr to arrive off of the school bus, so his sub-plot may have had a climax.

This movie is slow and plodding, with lots of dialogue.  You know, shit critics love.  But when the violence happens (Ray Liotta got the puke beat out of him, literally- and 3 people get gunned-down), it is tense and visceral.  There is great cinematography too, if you're into that kind of thing.  Otherwise it's a low-rent Goodfellas on prozac.  Actually "Drive" might be a better comparison.

I'm torn, because I recognize that it is a good movie, but I just wasn't all that entertained.

30 out of 40.

[eyebiter]

Looper was a decent time travel movie, if you could ignore the plot holes.  One of those movies where you have to pay attention.  32/40

Red Dawn remake - had some decent AK rifles, lot of explosions, and sports car with a mini gun.  Given the choice would rather watch the original 1984 movie instead.  17/40

[mirth]

Looper was a decent time travel movie, if you could ignore the plot holes.

Time travel movies and plot holes, like love and marriage.

[Bison]

Going to see Monsters Inc on the big screen this afternoon.  I like the movie and am pretty excited to see it in a theater with a big o' tub of popcorn.

[Centurion40]

We'll probably hit it this weekend too.