I was watching "Wrinkles" from Prime Instant Video. Wow, that was a depressing movie. Very enjoyable, but jeez that was sad.
I just saw Insurgent last night with my family. I really enjoyed it. Can't wait to see the last one.
Anyone see Martyrs? Saw it last night... pretty dang disturbing.
Saw last Saturday "Inherent Vice" with Joaquin Phoenix in the theater and for the love of God (any God will do) I really don't have the slightest idea about what the story was trying to explain.
Saw the third Hunger Games film last night with the daughter. It was okay. I've not read the books, but I think I can guess how the series will end. Tonight she wants to watch Hansel and Gretel which hunters. Not sure it looks that good, but we'll see.
I watched it last night too. Just boring. And I liked the first two films and the books. H&G was pretty bad, too.
Tonight she wants to watch Hansel and Gretel which hunters. Not sure it looks that good, but we'll see.
I watched it last night too. Just boring. And I liked the first two films and the books. H&G was pretty bad, too.
Get Hard is not only a lot smarter than you think, but also Will Ferrells funniest film since 2008′s Step Brothers (not counting his cameos and small walk-on parts in several films over the last few years) and Kevin Harts best performance on screen so far...
As I noted at the start of this review, Ive recently complained loudly and angrily about the rape humor in ugly films like Horrible Bosses 2, and the abusive rape-apologist mentality (and I use the word mentality very lightly) found in Fifty Shades of Grey. Thats the sort of vulgar laugh-at-rape attitude I feared was going to dominate Get Hard. Instead, I saw that the films jokes surrounding prison rape and there are many such jokes and situations as absolutely mocking and skewering the homophobic undertones and paranoia of male social attitudes and culture. It transpires within a broader vicious satirizing of white privilege and sense of self-entitlement rampant in our society. The films primary focus is attacking the toxic mixture of racism and homophobia that leads to white panic over the prospects of prison rape at the hands of ethnic minorities, as a reflection of white fear that their own complacency and tacit acceptance of if not outright participation in oppression of minorities and perpetuation of racism, misogyny, and homophobia will inevitably lead to them being assaulted and victimized once they are no longer in a position where power structures favor them for their white skin and male gender....
This is a capital-R raunchy comedy and I mean, really raunchy, beyond whats typical of either stars usual boundaries-pushing jokes and lately those sorts of films have been embraced by audiences when they deliver the laughs. And (as Ill get to in a moment) despite most reviews giving the film thumbs-down in the hee-haw department, I dont have any doubt at all that audiences will be belly-laughing non-stop through this movie. The screening crowd I saw it with couldnt stop cracking up loudly and enthusiastically, meaning probable strong word of mouth thatll help the film as well.
Judging by the tone of the artsy-leaning conversation in this thread, low comedies are unlikely to be high on the list for many people here. However, for any connaisseurs of the crude who happen to wander in here, I would like to offer my highest recommendation for Get Hard, the new Will Ferrell/Kevin Hart movie that opened this past weekend.
Get Hard is the funniest movie I've seen in months.
For those on the fence about watching this film, this review via Forbes captured some of my positive experience. Here are some excerpts:
Watching Looper. Quite a confusing film. But then what time travel film isn't?
Last minute we decided to see "The Gunman" with Sean Penn. What.A.Stinker
Even stoned it was boring me, and way too much of Penn with his shirt off. Gratuitous I would call it.
Don't see it, not even on DVD.
We're going to go see It Follows this weekend, supposed to be fantastic (assuming you're not averse to horror films).
If I recall accurately, parallel universe time travel stories lose some of their impact for me. It unties the story teller's hands to do whatever they want, but has less meaning.
Please report back on your impressions, that movie looks interesting.
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Do you often have difficulty recalling correctly your own thoughts about something?
Sorry friend, you set yourself up there.