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Which movie did you watch today and how would you rate it?

True Grit (2010) - 10/10

I've watched this one about a half-dozen times, and I could sit down and watch it again right now. Quite possibly my favorite movie. I love the sweeping scenery, the music, the secondary characters, the dialogue. It just completely works for me. Others have panned it, but I don't care.
 
prideandfall said:
Sarpedon said:
Who panned it? It was awesome!
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well, tom sawyer pierced the veil and perceived that the movie was ACTUALLY just catering to people with fantasies about masturbating to old jeff bridges and gun fetishists, and it's actually a childish shallow movie.
so, there's that.
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Other than Tom Sawyer of course, as he said the same things about Gone with the Wind, On the Waterfront, and ET.
 
Future Force (Rifftrax helping along) - A terrible movie about a terrible future in the 80s where crime has overridden the streets and police departments have been replaced by Corporate police. Despite there being a Corporated police system , Honestly, the movie isn't dreadfully bad like say Birdemic, though it certainly suffers from not so great scripting and cliches. But what bothered me the most was the girl wanting to be whisped away by a middle-aged pot-bellied David Carradine at the end. 1 of 4 (3 of 4)
 
Jimmy Higgins said:
prideandfall said:
well, tom sawyer pierced the veil and perceived that the movie was ACTUALLY just catering to people with fantasies about masturbating to old jeff bridges and gun fetishists, and it's actually a childish shallow movie.
so, there's that.
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Other than Tom Sawyer of course, as he said the same things about Gone with the Wind, On the Waterfront, and ET.
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Oh, don't get me started on Gone With the Wind. The wind was clearly blowing 29 minutes into the film, but everyone was still fucking there afterwards. I haven't been that pissed about false advertising since the end credits came up in The Neverending Story. :mad:
 
PLANET OF THE APES and BENEATH THE PLANET OF THE APES. The sequal just as good as the original. I think there are more sequals just as refreshing as the original with Chuck Heston. James Francicus shines in the sequal, as does the female lead as does Kim Hunter.
Both rated. 9/10
 
thatsneakyguy said:
Tom Sawyer said:
One cannot put a price on Matt Damon. It doesn't matter which remote planet he's trapped on or what obstacles we find in our way, we're fucking heading over there and picking him up.
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Saw this the other day:

It would cost $900 billion in real life to save Matt Damon in all of his movies
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I wish someone would send Ben Afleck to Mars and leave him there! Is this guy the worst actor in existence, or is that just my opinion? :)
 
Affleck's been good for the past few years. He had a time in the early zeros (do we have a name for that decade yet?) when he was too busy being a Hollywood pretty boy to bother with being an actor, but ever since The Town, he's grown up and has been producing some quality work.
 
One of the digital channels here have shown both Sharkanodo 1 & 2 disasters. Both are now cult movies. rated 2/10 only because eye candy Tara Reid is in them, otherwise rated 1/10.
 
angelo said:
One of the digital channels here have shown both Sharkanodo 1 & 2 disasters. Both are now cult movies. rated 2/10 only because eye candy Tara Reid is in them, otherwise rated 1/10.
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Eye Candy? I disagree. Looking at her has all the attraction of a blow up doll.

I recommend watching the Rifftrax treatment of Sharknado. Not certain why anyone would sit through it otherwise.
 
angelo said:
Horatio Parker said:
I thought Affleck was good in "Hollywoodland".


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I rate him worst than Adam Sandler, no wait, Sandler is the worst actor in the galaxy. Affleck is the worst on earth, along with that bimbo Tara Reid.
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Is Sandler a bad actor or just casted in poorly written films that seem to make too much money? Didn't he get good reviews for Punch Love Drunk?

Affleck at best is passable as an actor. I'm not certain who the worst mainstream Hollywood actor is. Not even certain how to judge it.
 
Jimmy Higgins said:
I'm not certain who the worst mainstream Hollywood actor is. Not even certain how to judge it.
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i'd say it's at least half subjective, so there's almost no universal metric you could use - since acting has a lot to do with charisma, which is tied into how the observer feels about their overall likability and appeal, as well as any sort of technical criteria you'd want to use. and even on a technical level there's a lot of variance and whether you're going for "translates the material into a believable performance" or "is entertaining to watch"

personally i'd put jennifer lawrence, kate beckinsale, jonah hill, natalie portman, and sean bean as the worst actors in hollywood right now just off the top of my head.
 
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prideandfall said:
Sarpedon said:
Who panned it? It was awesome!
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well, tom sawyer pierced the veil and perceived that the movie was ACTUALLY just catering to people with fantasies about masturbating to old jeff bridges and gun fetishists, and it's actually a childish shallow movie.
so, there's that.
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The question was directed to me about True Grit, not about Tom's discussion of Sucker Punch.

I don't recall who gave the Coen Brothers True Grit a thumbs-down anymore. Probably a die-hard John Wayne fan.
 
Hunger Games: The Mockingjay Part 2
8/10

When you go home and think about it, it gets really dark and grisly. Almost too adult for the age group it's for.
 
The Drop

9/10

An excellent crime drama, with a screenplay by Dennis Lehane, adapted from his short story "Animal Rescue." This one emphasizes story and character as opposed to action, with outstanding performances from Tom Hardy, Noomi Rapace and the late James Gandofini (in his final feature film appearance).
 
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