Watched Tree of Life and Somewhere this past week. Enjoyed them both but man I need my next film to move a little faster. I don't know how I stayed awake for either.

I thought Will Smith was attached. Maybe that is old news or a different movie. Maybe Jamie Foxx took his spot. That sucks.

 

Call me a snob but I couldnt even really enjoy REAL STEEL for the mindless flick it was.

Will Smith was originally pegged for the lead role but Jamie Foxx was ultimately cast.

Will Smith was originally pegged for the lead role but Jamie Foxx was ultimately cast.

That's a major downgrade.

That's a major downgrade.

I would agree, but I'm not one to really judge casting negatively before seeing the performance. Heath Ledger changed all this for me.

I think that your memories as a 16 year-old are lying to you.

That movie was made for early-teen boys, so if that is when someone saw it, I could see how their focus on the pod racing and light saber fight scenes (which admitedly were quite cool) would give them the memory of a good movie. For pretty much anyone else, and aside from those things, it was a laughable disaster of a film, repleat with racism, awful dialogue and acting, silly plot devices, and some of the most awful CGI characters ever conceived by man.

 

Act of Valor was good. Acting was a little flat(obvious reasons)...the action was very good. 3.5/5

Of f***ing Hell Yes.

 

That trailer just made my day.

That's kinda awesome

What was the trailer for? YT is blocked at work.

Edited February 29, 201214 yr by Steve9347

What was the trailer for? YT is blocked at work.

 

Avengers

Anyone see In Time with Timberlake? It was one of those movies with a decent idea but pretty terrible execution. Obvious plot holes (why would the Timecatchers care if someone was stealing some rich asses time knowing full well they were hoarding it for themselves, and when they were in the same boat as the masses in that they got paid only one day for their work?; or, why would the poor with literally minutes to live everyday spend time drinking alcohol at a bar?), some shoddy CGI work (the car flip scene was hilariously bad) and some pretty poor acting by Timberlake (he's fine in a supporting role, definitely can not carry his own movie).

 

That and the whole final speech from the rich guy was the same speech he gave Timberlake's character at the beginning of the movie. That was the climax of the movie and he just repeated the same lines. Snooze.

 

Waste of $4 on Amazon. C-

Edited February 29, 201214 yr by Jenksismybitch

Anyone see In Time with Timberlake? It was one of those movies with a decent idea but pretty terrible execution. Obvious plot holes (why would the Timecatchers care if someone was stealing some rich asses time knowing full well they were hoarding it for themselves, and when they were in the same boat as the masses in that they got paid only one day for their work?; or, why would the poor with literally minutes to live everyday spend time drinking alcohol at a bar?), some shoddy CGI work (the car flip scene was hilariously bad) and some pretty poor acting by Timberlake (he's fine in a supporting role, definitely can not carry his own movie).

 

That and the whole final speech from the rich guy was the same speech he gave Timberlake's character at the beginning of the movie. That was the climax of the movie and he just repeated the same lines. Snooze.

 

Waste of $4 on Amazon. C-

I posted a week or so ago how disappointed I was in that trash film.

I posted a week or so ago how disappointed I was in that trash film.

 

I bet you wish you could buy 2 hours of life back! HA HA

I bet you wish you could buy 2 hours of life back! HA HA

46 minutes! I cut my losses and shut it off!

"Drive" was very good, very cool. I must really be getting old, though, because I absolutely hated the distracting soundtrack; it reminded me of a bad, late-nite cable 80's flick.

Anyone see In Time with Timberlake? It was one of those movies with a decent idea but pretty terrible execution. Obvious plot holes (why would the Timecatchers care if someone was stealing some rich asses time knowing full well they were hoarding it for themselves, and when they were in the same boat as the masses in that they got paid only one day for their work?; or, why would the poor with literally minutes to live everyday spend time drinking alcohol at a bar?), some shoddy CGI work (the car flip scene was hilariously bad) and some pretty poor acting by Timberlake (he's fine in a supporting role, definitely can not carry his own movie).

 

That and the whole final speech from the rich guy was the same speech he gave Timberlake's character at the beginning of the movie. That was the climax of the movie and he just repeated the same lines. Snooze.

 

Waste of $4 on Amazon. C-

 

Watched it on a plane last week, generally agreed.

Avengers trailer made me pee myself.

"Drive" was very good, very cool. I must really be getting old, though, because I absolutely hated the distracting soundtrack; it reminded me of a bad, late-nite cable 80's flick.

 

I think I'm in the minority but I thought that movie was way overrated. The death sequences were pretty neat, the cinematography was good, and the main bad dude who does voices in the Simpsons was great (and needs to be in more bad-guy movies). But the movie itself was just boring as hell. I think Gosling had, in all seriousness, 10 total lines the entire movie. He just kept staring into the camera. I didn't really care for the ending either.

 

I think I'm in the minority but I thought that movie was way overrated. The death sequences were pretty neat, the cinematography was good, and the main bad dude who does voices in the Simpsons was great (and needs to be in more bad-guy movies). But the movie itself was just boring as hell. I think Gosling had, in all seriousness, 10 total lines the entire movie. He just kept staring into the camera. I didn't really care for the ending either.

 

Co-sign

I think I'm in the minority but I thought that movie was way overrated. The death sequences were pretty neat, the cinematography was good, and the main bad dude who does voices in the Simpsons was great (and needs to be in more bad-guy movies). But the movie itself was just boring as hell. I think Gosling had, in all seriousness, 10 total lines the entire movie. He just kept staring into the camera. I didn't really care for the ending either.

This sums it up for me.

 

The first 10 minutes were great, but other than that it was pretty overrated.

I think I'm in the minority but I thought that movie was way overrated. The death sequences were pretty neat, the cinematography was good, and the main bad dude who does voices in the Simpsons was great (and needs to be in more bad-guy movies). But the movie itself was just boring as hell. I think Gosling had, in all seriousness, 10 total lines the entire movie. He just kept staring into the camera. I didn't really care for the ending either.

 

 

It was supposed to have that minimalist feel, like a Steve McQueen movie mixed with the techno soundtrack.

 

Definitely not a movie for everyone, due to the violence. More of an artistic movie that critics mostly loved and audiences largely responded with a "ho-hum" to.

 

Also a movie produced with the idea of making Ryan Gosling "hip/cool/iconic," part of the current cultural zeitgeist.

I think I'm in the minority but I thought that movie was way overrated. The death sequences were pretty neat, the cinematography was good, and the main bad dude who does voices in the Simpsons was great (and needs to be in more bad-guy movies). But the movie itself was just boring as hell. I think Gosling had, in all seriousness, 10 total lines the entire movie. He just kept staring into the camera. I didn't really care for the ending either.

You actually seem to be in the majority. I was surprised to see someone post such a positive review.

I really liked Drive. I thought it was as good as anything nominated this year. I don't know if that's saying much.

I have a hard time turning off MacGruber whenever it's playing on HBO.