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Post by MonsterX on Feb 17, 2009 13:08:17 GMT -5
I almost forgot! The Phantom Menace, The Clone Wars and The Revenge of the Sith. “Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!”
And count me among the fans of Unbreakable. Great, moody film and it’s the only “realistic” superhero movie I’ve ever seen.
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Post by doctorz on Feb 17, 2009 14:07:11 GMT -5
While it's true that the older you get, you've almost seen it and heard it all. I'm still entertained and greatly enjoy going out to movies. Modern music has lost some luster, but film still is fun for me. Great! Enjoy! Don't mind me. I'm rapidly reaching the Phantom Curmudgeon stage of life where I get old and in the way and don't like anything anymore. (As in Phantom we knew once upon a time before he fell in love) ;D |
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Post by siamesesin on Feb 18, 2009 0:05:43 GMT -5
Dumb and Dumber. I made it through about 15 minutes. Then I snuck into Generations.
I also got talked into going to Jurassic Park 3. I spent the entire movie ragging on Tea Leoni.
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Post by Mighty Jack on Feb 18, 2009 1:46:33 GMT -5
While it's true that the older you get, you've almost seen it and heard it all. I'm still entertained and greatly enjoy going out to movies. Modern music has lost some luster, but film still is fun for me. Great! Enjoy! Don't mind me. I'm rapidly reaching the Phantom Curmudgeon stage of life where I get old and in the way and don't like anything anymore. (As in Phantom we knew once upon a time before he fell in love) ;D So your saying I should… Go ahead on? (sorry just watched Final Justice. lol) Don’t get me wrong I know where you’re coming from and I agree with you. It’s hit me more through music. I used to buy a record or 2 every payday when I was a kid and everything sounded fresh and exciting and new. Last year I bought a total of only 4 CDs, and 2 of them I hated so much I traded them back for credit (And on the Weezer CD I could point out who they were cribbing from) But I still dig movies for some reason, even though they are old hat now. Maybe it’s the superhero flicks. I get such a nostalgic charge out of them; they take me back even more so than today’s comics do. For example, I know “Iron Man” wasn’t the most original movie, but when he first came out in that gray armor I had a smile a mile long. All of a sudden I was that 8-year-old boy again and everything was cool and new and incredible. So maybe like phantom I’ve found my version of a new girlfriend. (only not as cuddly and curvy and cute and, aw crap --- damn it, phantom trumps me again!) |
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Post by siamesesin on Feb 18, 2009 22:15:25 GMT -5
I still love a good gorey slasher even though I know the stories over and over. Heck, I still love a bad slasher for the fun of it. And I love superhero movies too. It doesn't have to be high art for me to love it. But boy, have I been to some stinkers!  |
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Post by inlovewithcrow on Feb 19, 2009 15:47:51 GMT -5
Forrest Gump. No words can adequately describe my overpowering hatred for this film. I am ashamed that my $7.00 contributed to the effective justification of this abomination. . I feel the same way about the movie (and a hundred other popular hollywood films), but I caught it on TV. Finally, belatedly, I've come to equate "Tom Hanks" with "Sucky hollywood tripe." In general, I don't pay for movies. I don't like the theatre experience, that nattering rude person who I suspect isn't even a real person but some sort of curse that follows me into theatres, hounding me for some karmic error I made. I think the last thing I went to see was The Hours, matinee showing for $2.50. I don't believe I've been in a theatre since the Plague Of Cell Phones struck. The last movie I can recall paying good money to see that I loathed was (and I understand many people will disagree vehemently with this opinion) Blue Velvet. In fact, I walked out a third of the way in and took a nap in the lobby, waiting for my then-husband. I did stay long enough to understand the MST riff on the movie. (don't look at me mommy mommy. ) Hated Twin Peaks, too, for the record. |
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Post by Remy on Feb 20, 2009 12:40:06 GMT -5
Hey, inlovewithcrow. Did you happen to see Mulholland Drive? Because THAT would definitely be in my top 5 worst movies I ever paid money to see. Just artsy-fartsy nonsense...not that I mind "artsy-fartsy" or "nonsense", but the combination here is intolerable soul-crushing agony!
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Post by Mighty Jack on Feb 21, 2009 1:13:58 GMT -5
Going out to a movie has become an art form. You can't just "go to a movie", you have to think first... stay away from horror films when the teens are out of school for example
I don't go Friday nights or Saturdays on new releases. I go during week when the kids are in school and many adults are at work and I can sit right in the middle in comfort and not have people squeezed in on me (squeezing in on me is only okay if your my date). Sunday nights are okay.
Bad films get people bored and they are more likely to talk. A great film captivates them and they often shut up. I.E - The Dark Knight was packed but no one was gabbing during it. Grudge II (I forgot the kids had the school day off) was not only a turd but the inmates were restless and rude.
Kids can be rude but old people are hard of hearing and talk loudly at the characters at the screen - so your damned either way, but I usually find the oldsters less of a hassle.
Cell phones haven't been as much an issue of late, at least where I've lived (Tennessee, Oregon, Washington) they've cracked down on that pretty well.
Know your surroundings! Study the situation! Duck and Cover when a bomb hits!
This has been a Centron Production.... thank you.
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Post by Jack Burton on Feb 21, 2009 14:44:03 GMT -5
Tony, it's funny you say that about kids because I saw Coraline 3-D yesterday and it was the damn PARENTS who were talking througout. One parent explained LOUDLY every last detail of the plot to his youngster while another parent let out an extremely over-compensated OOOOHHH and AAAAHHHH for every little blessed 3-D effect. I let out a little "AHEMMMmmm!" during one particularly obnoxious moment and he quieted down after that, but LORDY!
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Post by Mighty Jack on Feb 21, 2009 17:32:46 GMT -5
Yeah little kids your doomed across the board with the "Parent factor" (I'm old - Kid applies to anyone 30 and younger. lol) - I'm going to try and hit that late at night, after it dies down.
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Post by GProopdog on Mar 1, 2009 16:18:34 GMT -5
Blues Brothers 2000...not surprisingly, me and my friend were the only people in the theatre for the showing...
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Post by Blue Raja on Mar 2, 2009 11:03:40 GMT -5
League of Extraordinary Gentlemen for me.  Why I didn't bother to read any of the many scathing reviews beforehand is beyond me, but to clarify, I was in my mid-teens at the time. |
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Post by Crowfan on Mar 2, 2009 19:25:10 GMT -5
X-Files: I Want To Believe. I'm sorry, I know that many people here liked it, but for me, it was really painful and I wish that I had walked out.
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Post by Jack Burton on Mar 2, 2009 20:04:13 GMT -5
X-Files: I Want To Believe. I'm sorry, I know that many people here liked it, but for me, it was really painful and I wish that I had walked out. Yes, that was dreadful. Luckily for me I saw it at the drive-in on a double bill with Dark Knight so the night wasn't a total waste of time. For anyone who likes ENJOYABLY bad movies I highly suggest you check out Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li ASAFP. You will never think of Chris Klein the same way. |
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Post by Shep on Mar 7, 2009 22:15:05 GMT -5
I feel the same way about the movie (and a hundred other popular hollywood films), but I caught it on TV. Finally, belatedly, I've come to equate "Tom Hanks" with "Sucky hollywood tripe." In general, I don't pay for movies. I don't like the theatre experience, that nattering rude person who I suspect isn't even a real person but some sort of curse that follows me into theatres, hounding me for some karmic error I made. I think the last thing I went to see was The Hours, matinee showing for $2.50. I don't believe I've been in a theatre since the Plague Of Cell Phones struck. The last movie I can recall paying good money to see that I loathed was (and I understand many people will disagree vehemently with this opinion) Blue Velvet. In fact, I walked out a third of the way in and took a nap in the lobby, waiting for my then-husband. I did stay long enough to understand the MST riff on the movie. (don't look at me mommy mommy. ) Hated Twin Peaks, too, for the record. Well, I love "Blue Velvet" (Dennis Hopper is hysterically funny in that imo), but I absolutely agree with what you said about Tom Hanks. For a guy with two Oscars he strikes me a shockingly average talent. |
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Why I didn't bother to read any of the many scathing reviews beforehand is beyond me, but to clarify, I was in my mid-teens at the time.
