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twietee said:
Agreed. :D

Just watched the first 25min and gladly took the first opportunity to switch off, lol. Does it magically get better down the road? Because I have about zero incentive to continue watching.
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Well, I think you missed where the fun baddie shows up. Unfortunately, this is not one of David Chiang's finest hours (and he delivered a lot of great acting / martial performances from 1977 to 1981.) So it's a tough slog until Chan Wai Man's Hung Ying appears and even then, it's a bit tricky to stick around. Sorry this was an epic fail for you. I have a lot more patience because when a favorite martial actor is involved, I will hang in there.

Forgive me (you can holler at me, I won't cringe), but did you pick up and watch Shanghai 13?

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I'm presently debating one of the digital Shaws with Hwang Jang Li, but Wang Yue is the lead yet again so I'm holding off until after I pay for Summer uni tuition.
 
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kazmac said:
Forgive me (you can holler at me, I won't cringe), but did you pick up and watch Shanghai 13?
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lol, thx for the reminder. It sits on the shelf for quite some months now. Don't think I've seen it though :D
 
On the Beach (1959)
After a global nuclear war, the residents of Australia must come to terms with the fact that all life will be destroyed in a matter of months.
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maflynn said:
I went camping this weekend and since I was going to be dealing with sub freezing temps (mid teens), I thought this was a good movie to put on my iPad :)

Now this movie is based on Krakauer's Into thin air, which I read and really enjoyed (and in fact I may re-read now).

The movie left me wanting more, in a bad way. The story line was too one dimensional and barely touches on some of the mistakes and issues that led to the tragedy. Overall, I was left disappointed.
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I was disappointed in this movie too. I've (fairly obviously) never climbed Everest but have been to base camp, and have been fascinated by people that do climb it. I've read both Into Thin Air and The Climb, so have a fairly good grasp of what happened and I felt the movie was very lacking.

It also bugged me that there was this film and The Walk, both taken from real life events and from very good documentaries yet are both much worse than the documentary they are based on.

I urge anyone interested to watch Man on Wire about the Twin Towers tightrope. It is excellent. Sure Philippe Petit is a cock, but the story is incredible and much, much better than the movie.
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SandboxGeneral said:
One of my favorites for tonight...

Casablanca (1942)


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Apologies for the double post - working from a phone.

But this is one of my favourite movies of all time! Simply brilliant, all around excellence, a true masterpiece. I can't count how many times I've seen it but to this day it moves me. The famous La Marseillaise scene is imho one of the greatest ever - it shows such a hidden depth to Rick and true courage given the circumstances. And then the final airport scene...

Anyone who hasn't seen this movie should put aside an evening to watch it.
 
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Side by Side (2012)

who would have thought the first CCD chips were in 1969 Bell Labs.

Now, there's some history for ya. :D

Also interesting how film has has drawbacks particularly with 3D, which some think it's a myth, and the fact with digital you can be looking off-camera at a second screen to see what u'r recording, where as not so with film.
 
Huntn said:
I remember this as an interesting but a downer movie with not much memorable to remember about it, just sobering.
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Yeah, it wasn't quite what I expected it to be. I don't think I'll watch it again. It was playing on TCM that day and it sounded interesting...
 
sk1wbw said:
I watched the Batman vs Superman the other day. I'm surprised I didn't slit my wrists after that fiasco.
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Okay.. let me ask the question..

How would you rank the following from "holy ****** ***** **** ***** ********* *******, this sucks!" to "this sucks less", because let's face it, all of these movies suck! :confused::p

  1. Batman v. Superman
  2. Leonard, Part 6
  3. Disorderlies
  4. <insert 90s Teen Movie here>
If you have to watch these, feel free; if you feel the need to jump off a cliff after watching them, let me know. There is a certain coyote living a few blocks away from me out in the desert that has some gadgets and equipment you can use to speed your jumping. :D

BL.
 
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Rewatching Boyz In The Hood and The Hateful Eight alot before I fall asleep. Especially the latter since so many long, talkie scenes. But the performance from Walter Goggins is hilarious. Samuel L. Jackson is usually in fine form in a QT film but he pretty much acts the same way in every film. Still a great actor but same attitude and delivery in all of them. Walter Goggins is mainly why I enjoy The H8ful alot...
 
bradl said:
Okay.. let me ask the question..

How would you rank the following from "holy ****** ***** **** ***** ********* *******, this sucks!" to "this sucks less", because let's face it, all of these movies suck! :confused::p

  1. Batman v. Superman
  2. Leonard, Part 6
  3. Disorderlies
  4. <insert 90s Teen Movie here>
If you have to watch these, feel free; if you feel the need to jump off a cliff after watching them, let me know. There is a certain coyote living a few blocks away from me out in the desert that has some gadgets and equipment you can use to speed your jumping. :D

BL.
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Maybe you missed my sarcasm?
 
I watched "Scout's Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse" and "The Big Short" on a plane last night.

Enjoyed both, but if you have to choose a zombie comedy go for Zombieland or even Warm Bodies.

I liked the way The Big Short was presented to try and make a dry topic approachable and exciting. Steve Carell was great.

B
 
sk1wbw said:
Maybe you missed my sarcasm?
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Nope.. didn't miss it. I know the movie sucks.. Given the movies listed, where would you rate it on levels of suck? Totally sucks being worst, to 'sucks less' being the best.

BL.
 
Kid from Kwangtung (1982) - rented this and will probably watch again before the rental expires later today. Basically, Ming vs. Qing Shaw Brothers film with two young leads (including my kung fu nemesis Wang Yue) from opposing kung fu schools interlaced with some WTH supernatural interludes. An extended break with gyonsi - the Chinese hopping vampires which had almost nothing to do with the plot, and too, in the awesome big bad's feline influenced Northern Leg kung fu.

Our villain enters the movie petting his black cat and easily killing his enemies through a series of insane kicks (kicking is Hwang Jang Lee's speciality, gloriously fun to watch), and he's still holding the cat. When he's reintroduced the cat is nowhere to be found, but he can summon feline auras to make his fight style even more dangerous (his eyes turn cat green and he meows rather violently.) In thinking about the gynosi interludes, I suppose that was the director's way of showing the supernatural in this film before the villain gets his cat on.

Beyond Hwang's fantastic array of kicks, there's some excellent choreography including a goof on Lion Dancing in which the two young rivals fight as a rooster vs. a centipede - the costumes here were fantastic too and I could almost take Wang Yue in the Rooster suit because I wasn't looking at him overact. The always reliable and likable Kwan Fung (a secondary actor in the Venoms' later movies) is a delight playing Wang Yue's snotty master. Fung is always fun.

Do we really care that the bad Qings want to crush the Ming rebellion? Not really, as it's barely a plot point. This film is a good excuse to let people fight including the superb daughter character who takes out potential lecherous males with ease. The lack of story doesn't bother me, given the inventive fights, the presence of Hwang in a Shaw Brothers film (he would be even better in Ghosts Galore which I love) and the overall suck you right in charm.

Still the defeat of Hwang's villain at the end was exceedingly stupid (apparently this is something of a pattern with Hwang, people who couldn't touch him in real life are able to defeat his villains using very dumb methods.) The story is wafer mint thin, and as per usual, Wang Yue's overacting stinks. Even so, I'll eventually buy this because of everyone but WY. It just amazes me how many very good to great kung fu films Wang Yue all but ruined with his crappy acting. I wish the far more talented, charming (and cute) Chin Siu-Ho was cast instead as he quickly proved he was not only a great Peking opera style martial artist, but his acting abilities flourished very quickly.
 
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Ulenspiegel said:
@SandboxGeneral
SG, you can watch it here, if you don't find a better solution:


("Roman Holiday" Rotten Tomatoes scores: 98%/94%).
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Thanks for the YouTube link, but shockingly, I found it available on Netflix. I'm starting it right now. :)

Edit: I have seen this one before; its just been a while.
 
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Another one of my favorites is on TCM right now.

To Have and Have Not (1944)
During WWII, American expatriate Harry Morgan helps transport a Free French Resistance leader and his beautiful wife to Martinique while romancing a sexy lounge singer.
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The Invitation (2015)

I tend to enjoy Drafthouse Films (or Drafthouse Recommends) films, and this is no exception. Really high suspense and good old fashioned fear.

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