What Movie Did You Just Watch

[Daxdiv]

According to various websites, critical reception was mixed. It mostly had to do with people saying that the movie and it's marketing betrayed the idea of the book. I do recall an ad that was advertising a new car and yeah people weren't happy about that. Then you had nutjobs thinking that this movie was indoctrinating kids into being tree-hugging hippies and having an environmentalist message. Heaven forbid the Lorax has a message about the environment in it. Plus this story being more than 40+ years old, where was the complaints about that before?

As for money it did make like $214 Million, so it did make it's budget back, since it had a budget of $70 Million.

I didn't see the film in theaters. If it's ever in Redbox, I'll probably give it a shot.

[Spark Of Spirit]

I think it was particularly bad timing since we recently had WALL*E in the last few years with the same basic message. They would have had to do a perfect adaption to compete with that.

But I was a big fan of the Lorax cartoon short, because it managed to have a good message without being condescending or forceful about it. In this age of "LETS YELL EVERYTHING SO KIDS KNOW ITS FUNNY" made me worry about how it would turn out.

[talonmalon333]

Kazaam
Steel

Both movies are terrible. Knew this before even seeing them... But man are they entertaining. Saw them down the shore with friends and laughed harder than I have in a while.

[Foggle]

Saw Killer Joe last night with some friends. Brilliant, hilarious comedy! The writing was excellent (actually smart) and the acting was fantastic - especially McConaughey, who was deliciously creepy. Would definitely recommend this movie to anyone.

[Dr. Insomniac]

So I watched Flash Gordon instead of sleep. Other than being the most unashamed example of camp that I've ever seen, it was quite good. If only Hollywood had the balls to make a movie this garish nowadays.

[Angus]

Started watching Sherlock Holmes The Sign of Four, made in the 1980s; it was alright; it tried to be close to the main story, although it got rid of that whole cocaine/heroine opening chapter.

[Avaitor]

Quick, people, name your favorite Cary Grant movie.

[Dr. Insomniac]

Arsenic and Old Lace.

[Foggle]

Arsenic and Old Lace.

[Avaitor]

I forgot to send my own answer, but it's North by Northwest. Charade and Bringing Up Baby are also high up there.

Also, apparently Tony Scott killed himself. He was a fairly decent director, so it sucks to see him go. RIP

[Avaitor]

Oh, oh, TCM is doing more limited rerelases. O the 19th, they'll put The Birds out for one night, while in October, they're doing a double feature of the original Frankenstein along with Bride of, and they're putting out To Kill a Mockingbird in November. All for Universal's centennial.

Some really cool stuff. I'm setting up plans for The Birds now.

[Peanutbutter]

Just got back from The Expendables 2. It was great! I liked the first one just fine, but it did have problems like some of the camerawork and CGI blood. Here they've been improved, and there's a lot more character moments in this one. I loved them playing that Western theme (you know the one) when Norris' guy Booker walked in. Then they followed with a play on a Chuck Norris fact. Some good lines I can remember:


"I now pronounce you Man and Knife!"


"Rest in pieces!"


"Are you afraid of me?"
"NO!"
"You should be!"


"We make things light, then we make it dark, and then it all goes pitch black."


"I'll be back!"
"You've been back enough, I'LL be back!"
"Yippee-Kai-aye!"


One thing I didn't like is the cliche with the young sniper dying after stating he has a girlfriend in France, but overall it was a great action flick. About time we got see The Terminator, Rambo, and John McClain together for real this time! 

[Avaitor]

I wasn't big on the first one since yeah, the CG blood looked weak and I thought that the random swearing they added into the script at the last minute just subtracted from the dialogue. Why they ever thought that the movie should be PG-13 is beyond me. Kids and teens aren't really going to see this. This movie is meant for people who grew up on Stallone's and everyone else's movies, which would be in the older audience.

I hear that the sequel is an improvement, which I'd like to believe. I'll probably just rent it when it comes out on home video.

[Dr. Ensatsu-ken]

I saw the first movie and was lukewarm to it. Its not a well-made movie, and by that I mean that I know that its intentionally meant to be cliche and be a big throwback (and maybe even a slight parody of) to the big blockbuster action movies of the 1970's, 80's, and early 90's, but IMO it didn't do a very good job of capturing either the epicness or fun cheese factor of those movies that made them so entertaining to watch and memorable in the first place. That said, it did come close to doing that at certain instances, and I can't say that I was ever completely bored by the movie, either, so I think its just a very mediocre film in what it sets out to do.

I want to believe that the 2nd movie does right what the first should have done, but like Avaitor I'd rather just wait until it comes out on Netflix of something of that sort since I don't feel like paying a movie ticket price and take the chance of being let down again. Besides, I've always enjoyed these sorts of movies more on home video than in the theaters for some odd reason, so that'll make the movie like a more authentic cheesy action movie experience if I watch it in that format.

[Peanutbutter]

It got 65% on Rotten Tomatoes, so yeah even the critics liked this one better. If anyone does want to go see it in theaters, go ahead and see it. Chances are you'll like this one better too.