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Spoilers What Movie Are You Watching?
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Personally, I can't wait!
I love space operas and we get so few of them these days - - it is easily my most anticipated movie of the year.
Depending on your report on Friday or Saturday morning.
The space opera I've hoped for, but think might never happen will be Honor Harrington.
Dumb and Dumber (1994)- Classic Jim Carrey slapstick, magnificently dumb! Jeff Daniels holds his own in this farce. Do you know what the most annoying sound is?
The Hotel in Aspen they stay at is actually the Stanley Hotel, of The Shining fame. Jim Carrey staying there during filming supposedly appeared at the front desk late at night and asked to be moved to another hotel. Urban legend?
Lloyd's Mary Swanson Dream
Jeff Daniels holds his own in this farce. Do you know what the most annoying sound is? The Hotel in Aspen they stay at is actually the Stanley Hotel, of The Shining fame. Jim Carrey staying there during filming supposedly appeared at the front desk late at night and asked to be moved to another hotel. Urban legend?
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Last night was Friday black and white night, so we watched 'The Stranger' with Edward G Robinson, Loretta Young, and Orson Wells. Excellent, Wells makes a great performance, totally creepy.
Tonight we're going to try 'Tropic Thunder'. Something new to us. Edited to add: omg, only lasted 5 mnutes into the raunch. Now I like Jack Black, Robert Downey Jr, Nick Nolte and can tolerate Ben Stiller, but this was definitely not for us. Rogue One to the rescue.
Nor sure about Sunday, either 'Rogue One' or 'Death Becomes Her' - we've been on a Goldie Hawn kick for awhile. But we might decide on a good sci- fi adventure. We've already seen them both
Tonight we're going to try 'Tropic Thunder'. Something new to us. Edited to add: omg, only lasted 5 mnutes into the raunch. Now I like Jack Black, Robert Downey Jr, Nick Nolte and can tolerate Ben Stiller, but this was definitely not for us. Rogue One to the rescue.
Nor sure about Sunday, either 'Rogue One' or 'Death Becomes Her' - we've been on a Goldie Hawn kick for awhile. But we might decide on a good sci- fi adventure. We've already seen them both
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Just watched Nocturnal Animals, good movie but I hated the ending, it was too ambiguous for me.
Mine as well. It's available though US Netflix currently. I saw it in my recommendations a week ago. I'll probably rewatch it for the hundredth time soon. They had Battle of Britain and Tora! Tora! Tora! up a few years ago. Shame they're not on there anymore.
Sound of screeching tires heard... not so sure I'll see this in the theater. I'll be monitoring the Rotten Tomato rating. Debut 21 July 2017.
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets': Film Review
The Hollywood studio chiefs can breathe easy that, this time, at least, they'll escape blame for making a giant summer franchise picture that nobody wants to see, since this one's a French import.
I'd like to point out that valerian, specifically valerian root, is used to soothe the nerves and induce sleep. Boring and unsuccessful movie indeed. Great supplement. Just check in with your GP to see if it, or similar compounds, are right for you. I recently got cleared to use them and I've been experiencing wonderful sleep. Except last night. Because I ran out of antacid medication and we had some very fiery pasta.
I can't agree enough. The Toy Story trilogy is clearly Pixar's master work in story, theme, production, voice work - it's fun to watch the progress of the technology through the movies too, I've seen them say how single frames of TS3 would've requires days at the rendering power that was available when TS1 was produced (TS1 was released in 1995 ... that's 22 years, with production started years earlier, think about the available tech at the time and what they accomplished).
FWIW, my very close second (currently, just a single movie), a film that probably handled the superhero genre better than any live action movie to date: The Incredibles.
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In this case, the name Valérian, is the French derivative of the Roman Valerius, from the Latin valere "to be strong". Which probably makes more sense in the context of a heroic character vs. being a soothing root ...
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While that is true, I was referring to the poor reception of the film in the US. It's a real dozer.
While that is true, I was referring to the poor reception of the film in the US. It's a real dozer.
Oh I get it, yeah, it's apparently a beautiful, $200M+ trainwreck. We just rewatched Besson's The 5th Element, which is such a unique film, a marriage of art, fashion, Heavy Metal magazine, even derives some material from the aforementioned Valerian source, but was able to effectively put it all together with a semi-coherent screenplay, and a little "domestic grounding" via Bruce Willis.
You've seen it?
The Incredibles is incredible as an animated feature. I really love the cinematography, 60s spy vibe and atmosphere.I can't agree enough. The Toy Story trilogy is clearly Pixar's master work in story, theme, production, voice work - it's fun to watch the progress of the technology through the movies too, I've seen them say how single frames of TS3 would've requires days at the rendering power that was available when TS1 was produced (TS1 was released in 1995 ... that's 22 years, with production started years earlier, think about the available tech at the time and what they accomplished).
FWIW, my very close second (currently, just a single movie), a film that probably handled the superhero genre better than any live action movie to date: The Incredibles.
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In this case, the name Valérian, is the French derivative of the Roman Valerius, from the Latin valere "to be strong". Which probably makes more sense in the context of a heroic character vs. being a soothing root ...
The Fifth Element was a strange movie, watchable (Milla Jovovich)) but did not click for me.
Great movie. Absolutely great, and this is coming from someone who detests science fiction. I saw the movie in 99 or 00 on TV. I was blown away at how good it was. Though I'm someone who also thought One Fine Day and The Out of Towners, both original and the remake, were excellent. Take my opinion on film with a grain of salt.
I still want instant microwavable food, though. One day!Good god no. I can stomach a scifi movie every few years with minor exceptions.
I liked Lucy, a movie written and directed by Luc Besson, a movie based on low ratings, I streamed it but enjoyed it. So I know it's possible for him to create a film I like, but I'll probably wait and stream Valerian too.Great movie. Absolutely great, and this is coming from someone who detests science fiction. I saw the movie in 99 or 00 on TV. I was blown away at how good it was. Though I'm someone who also thought One Fine Day and The Out of Towners, both original and the remake, were excellent. Take my opinion on film with a grain of salt.
Good god no. I can stomach a scifi movie every few years with minor exceptions.
I remember Lucy. It was with Pacino and he built a hologram of the perfect woman, right? I saw that one halfway. I've seen very few scifis I like. I'm not a fan of adventure movies either, such as LOTR, 300 or shows like GOT.
No... Lucy is about a woman forced to be a drug mule and accidentally exposed to an unusual substance that changes her. I almost put up a trailer, but it shows way too much of the story.
It wasn't that low, 67% RT, 6.4 IMDB, personally I think it was underappreciated, the plot kind of barrels along, and there's some wild scientific leaps of logic (including some anthropological inaccuracies, and whole silly 10% brain utilization thing), but I contend the underlying ideas are pretty powerful - there's a big difference in your appreciation of it as a hooker-gets-superpowers-from-drugs vs. the meaning of the human experience is connection to the collective, etc.
Speaking of Luc Besson, I had a craving for a little more, and low and behold, Léon: The Professional is on Hulu
Ref Lucy: She was a hooker? Getting slow in my old age.It wasn't that low, 67% RT, 6.4 IMDB, personally I think it was underappreciated, the plot kind of barrels along, and there's some wild scientific leaps of logic (including some anthropological inaccuracies, and whole silly 10% brain utilization thing), but I contend the underlying ideas are pretty powerful - there's a big difference in your appreciation of it as a hooker-gets-superpowers-from-drugs vs. the meaning of the human experience is connection to the collective, etc.
Speaking of Luc Besson, I had a craving for a little more, and low and behold, Léon: The Professional is on Hulu
They had a problem with the plot of the story Imo...They made her so powerful, no one could beat her, so, instead they disabled her so to speak to let the police duke it out with the Taiwan Mafia. This reduced the impact of the final battle somewhat. The question would be is she an enigma or could all/most of humanity evolve to a higher plane? Part II might be a very different story.
Started watching The Night\Day\Dawn of the Dead trilogy a week ago - just in time as it appears.