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Spoilers What Movie Are You Watching?
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It must have, the movie is similar to Payback but with that movie the story line was much more diverse and captivating, the character development was extensive, well more extensive compared to John Wick and that kept me at the edge of the seat. With John Wick, its like who's he going to kill next.
Thinking of watching Primary Colors again. To prime my mind for the 2016 campaigns as potential candidates ramp up for their preliminary jousting. Trouble is, what goes on in politics today makes that movie look like the proverbial Sunday school picnic. Maybe I should just watch Wall Street again instead 
Kingsman: Secret Service (2015)- Wow, I liked it. Keeping in mind this is not PRSI, waiting for the wails to erupt from the conservative blogasphere. Dare I say there was gratituitous violence? There was.
I enjoyed it!
Dare I say there was gratituitous violence? There was. I enjoyed it!
Outstanding performance among many of Paul Newman's along with an excellent ensemble cast. My PN favorites are Long Hot Summer, Butch Cassidy, Hombre, Cool Hand Luke, Harper, Torn Curtain, Hud, (and possibly others I've forgotten).
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Watched "The Theory of Everything" last night. I can see why Eddie Redmane got the oscar. I really was immersed in his performance. Otherwise the movie was a little formulaic, good but not great. It did shine some light on Hawking's personal life if it's all true. The film was similar to "A Beautiful Mind."
Nightcrawler (2014)- Character study of a sociopath pursuing a career as a crime/accident scene paparazzi. Jake Gyllenhaal is excellent. I wondered why he lost 40lb for this roll. It was so he looked creepy. I did not love it, but it had intriquing aspects.
I did not love it, but it had intriquing aspects.
Outstanding performance among many of Paul Newman's along with an excellent ensemble cast. My PN favorites are Long Hot Summer, Butch Cassidy, Hombre, Cool Hand Luke, Harper, Torn Curtain, Hud, (and possibly others I've forgotten).
those are all good. i'd include the hustler, and the verdict...
Neill Blomkamp Admits He "****ed It Up" With Elysium
Personally, I think this is a very promising sign for the quality of Chappie. I admire the fact that a director is willing to admit his mistakes and therefore hopefully learn from them and apply that to his future projects.
The Bad Seed (1956)
"A housewife suspects that her seemingly perfect 8-year-old daughter is a heartless killer."
"A housewife suspects that her seemingly perfect 8-year-old daughter is a heartless killer."
Bad Seed Spoiler follows
I've seen that movie, but don't remember all the details other than she gets smoked by a lightning bolt at the end. I'm trying to remember if I read the book or a different book because I remember where a little evil girl was murdering people and involves a baby in a pickle barrel. It was quit a disturbing story.
I want to see again 2006's "The Lives of Others", starring Ulrich Mühe, Sebastian Koch, and Martina Gedeck. Blew me away the first time I saw it years ago.
In 1984 East Berlin, a Stasi secret policeman is doing surveillance on a writer and his lover, and finding himself becoming increasingly absorbed in their lives. This was a guy who the movie sets up as brutally efficient and impenetrable in the beginning. And stuff happens as the more emotional he gets.
In 1984 East Berlin, a Stasi secret policeman is doing surveillance on a writer and his lover, and finding himself becoming increasingly absorbed in their lives. This was a guy who the movie sets up as brutally efficient and impenetrable in the beginning. And stuff happens as the more emotional he gets.
Saw Kingsman over the weekend. It was very fun. They went a bit too far in just a couple of places with the risque humor, but otherwise it was top notch.
I saw that two weekends ago. I really liked it, save for his maiden prize at the end. We are led to believe that he is a gentleman, and they end the movie with him with.....that.
I get where you are coming from. For the most part, I understand and can tolerate risque humor in appropriately rated movies and Kingsmen was rated R. That being said, my oldest son is 10 years of age now and I guess I always think of him when I consume media. The unnecessary or gratuitous risque humor gets my attention a lot more when I have my parent filter on if you know what I mean. Of course, I wouldn't let my son see a movie like Kingsmen, or any rated R movie. I can't help but think that if they had just left a few of those "over the top" jokes/scenes out that it could have garnered a lower rating or possibly appealed to a wider audience. My mother in law for example, loves fun spy and action type movies, harking back to the days of James Bond, but the sexual humor and excessive language would lead her to turn it off before the end.
I understand and agree with you. I think that Hollywood is starting to slowly realize that people LIKE and WANT movies with good heroes that have dignity. I think that the movie world is coming around to realize that indie-films are largely in demand, and that they are taking their big budget blockbusters, and trying to incorporate those into their movies. I mean, how many over the top monster-robot-apocalypse movies can there be? We just want good acting, and the less-is-more approach is more relevant than we might think. I dont know, at least I think that is the case.
But Bond was featured prominently in the sack, although in the early 60s it was PG fare, before the rating system came out. Not to focus on your mother in law, but is nudity acceptable? I think with Kingman the 'R' rating applies as you mentioned, although the extreme violence greatly outweighed the derrière proposal and visual.
What's ironic with many parents, as least my impression is a bullet in the head is ok, but a female nipple is unacceptable. For any replies, please keep in mind this is not PRSI.
But Bond was featured prominently in the sack, although in the early 60s it was PG fare, before the rating system came out. Not to focus on your mother in law, but is nudity acceptable? I think with Kingman the 'R' rating applies as you mentioned, although the extreme violence greatly outweighed the derrière proposal and visual.
What's ironic with many parents, as least my impression is a bullet in the head is ok, but a female nipple is unacceptable. For any replies, please keep in mind this is not PRSI.
I totally get what you are saying and agree that there is often a double standard when it comes to "violence is okay, but no nudity, blah, blah, blah". I think for me personally the line has something to do with the "unneccesary" aspect of it that we find in media these days. And, I'm speaking of both sexuality/sensuality and violence here.
Realism has it's place and as our friend waynerbbx said, "the less-is-more approach is more relevant than we might think". The point can be made without graphic visuals or language. Sticking with Kingsmen since it is the movie we are discussing, the princess stuff at the end was totaly over the top and "unneccesary". Likewise, the earlier scene where the agent was literally, cut in half, was also over the top and "unneccessary". For me personally, there are times when choices like this in a movie do detract from my overall enjoyment of the film and for sure put movies into a category that makes them off limits to my kids.
Guardians of the Galaxy is a great example of what I'm saying about my children. My oldest son is crazy about superheroes and Guardians is a movie that I was considering allowing him to watch when it came out on video. However, they chose to put a few "over the top" scenes in terms of language and visuals that in my opinion disqualify it from adolescent/early teen age consumption. When I see things like that I wonder why the writers/directors/producers chose to limit their audience for, what seems to me, an "unneccessary" reason.