What Movie Did You Just Watch

[Dr. Ensatsu-ken]

Sounds cool. I probably won't get to check out the movie for a while, since it's only on a limited release in certain theaters for now.

[Avaitor]

Sorry I didn't make a GOTG talkback thread. I was out for the weekend, so I didn't get the chance.

But I just saw it, and wow, was it great! I liked it about as much as TWS, myself.

[talonmalon333]

Sorry I didn't make a GOTG talkback thread. I was out for the weekend, so I didn't get the chance.

But I just saw it, and wow, was it great! I liked it about as much as TWS, myself.

TWS?

[Dr. Insomniac]

Sorry I didn't make a GOTG talkback thread. I was out for the weekend, so I didn't get the chance.

But I just saw it, and wow, was it great! I liked it about as much as TWS, myself.

TWS?

The Willy's Silly

[talonmalon333]

While Guardians of the Galaxy was great, I think The Willy's Silly blew it out of the water.

[Avaitor]

While Guardians of the Galaxy was great, I think The Willy's Silly blew it out of the water.

Y'no what, you're damn right!

but seriously, The Winter Soldier

[gunswordfist]

...oh.

[Dr. Insomniac]

The trouble with acronyms.

[gunswordfist]

ijs.

[Avaitor]

True. My best friend's initials are KKK.

Knowing his parents, I'm not sure if they planned that or not.

[Inkwolf]

About 3/4ths through Divergent on DVD.  Not terribly impressed. I'm having the feeling that if I hadn't read the book, I wouldn't be sure what was going on. On the other hand, already knowing the plot, it's becoming a bore to watch. Stuck too close to the book, except for removing some scenes. I'm not sure if the movie fails at creating the necessary tension, or it's just unengaging because I already know what happens.

I was thinking, if it wasn't overly violent, maybe I could show it at the library. Then I ended up being annoyed that some of the more violent stuff from the book was not there.

Spoiler

(The girl that got killed jumping out of the train, Peter stabbing his competitor in the eye with a butter knife while he slept.  Peter is coming off as nothing but an obnoxious jerk, instead of a psychopath.)

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For the record, I was not a particular fan of the book, either, though it's reasonably decent in the flood of angsty semi-dystopia books that followed the success of The Hunger Games.  (What do you call this genre, anyway? A dystopia is a story where a 'paradise' disguises a horrible secret, but these books all have openly oppressive, awful societies where the horrible underlying truth is just icing on the cake.)

[Spark Of Spirit]

I call it a fad. 

I saw The Hunger Games and really wasn't impressed. Battle Royale already did this and was way more unsettling than THG tries to be.

[Dr. Ensatsu-ken]

Battle Royale >>>>> The Hunger Games

[Inkwolf]

Yeah, The Hunger Games was only okay.  But the sequel, Catching Fire, was much better, in my opinion.

I haven't seen Battle Royale.

[Foggle]

I thought the new TMNT movie looked godawful, but this leaked footage really won me over. http://vimeo.com/65627200