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Oct 10, 2012 11:42 PM
bigdaddy2003;1292027 wrote:I'm about to watch Midnight in Paris for the first time. Who has watched it? I've never really understood what the big deal is about Woody Allen plus the plot sounds boring so I'm skeptical but I'll give it a look.
I did not find it very good, just below average. Wilson was good, but the movie did not flow well IMHO. Not a Hemingway fan either.
Oct 10, 2012 11:42pm
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Oct 11, 2012 12:27 AM
I was watching The Muppets but I think I will quit now. I'm mot sure why it has a 95 percent on Rotten Tomatoes. Going to give Midnight in Paris a look now.
Oct 11, 2012 12:27am
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Oct 11, 2012 12:29 AM
I saw Taken 2.. I enjoyed it. Nothing academy worthy, but a fun movie.

I really wanna check out Argo though.
Oct 11, 2012 12:29am
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Oct 11, 2012 3:39 AM
bigdaddy2003;1292389 wrote:I was watching The Muppets but I think I will quit now. I'm mot sure why it has a 95 percent on Rotten Tomatoes. Going to give Midnight in Paris a look now.
Saw The Muppets on a plane. I was a captive audience and still had trouble getting through it. The first musical number was good, the rest were sort of meh and there was too much concentration on the human characters. I agree that its crazy that is has a 95% on RT. I guess many critics gave it a thumbs up for nostalgia purposes. I doubt I'll ever watch it again. Pretty much all of my friends (who like me grew up with the Muppets) are in agreement.
Oct 11, 2012 3:39am
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Oct 11, 2012 11:40 AM
hoops23;1292390 wrote:I saw Taken 2.. I enjoyed it. Nothing academy worthy, but a fun movie.

I really wanna check out Argo though.
I thought Taken 2 was alright. I don't think a 21 percent on Rotten Tomatoes is fair but it is what it is I guess. I'm interested in Argo as well.
Manhattan Buckeye;1292421 wrote:Saw The Muppets on a plane. I was a captive audience and still had trouble getting through it. The first musical number was good, the rest were sort of meh and there was too much concentration on the human characters. I agree that its crazy that is has a 95% on RT. I guess many critics gave it a thumbs up for nostalgia purposes. I doubt I'll ever watch it again. Pretty much all of my friends (who like me grew up with the Muppets) are in agreement.
I ended up turning it off after like 30 minutes. I was a fan of the other muppet movies when I was younger but I just couldn't get interested and I generally like Jason Segal and Amy Adams.
Oct 11, 2012 11:40am
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Oct 12, 2012 12:42 AM
Going to go check out Here Comes the Boom today. I generally like Kevin James, Salma Hayek, and I'm a big MMA fan so I should be entertained.
Oct 12, 2012 12:42am
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Oct 12, 2012 10:31 AM
GOONx19;1292133 wrote:I loved it, but Hemingway is my favorite author and I understood all of the details of the movie from a literary perspective. I'm not sure I would've thought it was anything more than good, otherwise.
mucalum49;1292067 wrote:I picked it up at Redbox randomly a while back. I was surprised at how much I liked it. I'm definitely not a literature/historical buff but it was a really cool concept for a movie and well done. I think it's one of those movies regardless of your typical preferences you can find some enjoyment in it.
Laley23;1292192 wrote:One of my favorites from last year was Midnight in Paris. Helps that I love Paris. Dont know a lot about literature, but I knew all the characters. Very well done film.
Agreed! Love this movie, but then again, it included two of the most beautiful things around: Paris, and Marion Cotillard
Oct 12, 2012 10:31am
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Oct 12, 2012 10:56 AM
bigdaddy2003;1292389 wrote:I was watching The Muppets but I think I will quit now. I'm mot sure why it has a 95 percent on Rotten Tomatoes. Going to give Midnight in Paris a look now.
What you think of Midnight in Paris?
Oct 12, 2012 10:56am
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Oct 12, 2012 11:01 AM
Busy ass weekend, but I am going to try to squeeze in Sinister and/or Argo.
Oct 12, 2012 11:01am
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Oct 12, 2012 11:12 AM
Commander of Awesome;1293452 wrote:What you think of Midnight in Paris?
It kept my interest much more than I figured it would. I liked it.
Oct 12, 2012 11:12am
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Oct 12, 2012 6:56 PM
I Wear Pants;1292246 wrote:Not the genre of movie that I usually get excited about but I am for Here Comes the Boom simply because everything Bas does is hilarious and he's apparently got a pretty large role. Might see it tomorrow.
Just got back from watching Here Comes the Boom. I thought it was mildly entertaining. The MMA stuff was kind of cool, I enjoy Selma Hayek, and there were a few laughs but it wasn't even as entertaining as I expected it to be.
Oct 12, 2012 6:56pm
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Oct 12, 2012 7:36 PM
I seem frankenweenie today. Thought it was a terrible kids movie. My son asked to leave In the middle of it
Oct 12, 2012 7:36pm
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Oct 12, 2012 8:46 PM
gport_tennis;1293684 wrote:I seem frankenweenie today. Thought it was a terrible kids movie. My son asked to leave In the middle of it
I heard it bombed at the box office last week.
Oct 12, 2012 8:46pm
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Oct 12, 2012 11:46 PM
bigdaddy2003;1293704 wrote:I heard it bombed at the box office last week.
Not sure when ppl will realize, Deep and Burton no longer = good movie. Actually Burton period means it will probably be shit.
Oct 12, 2012 11:46pm
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Oct 14, 2012 1:00 AM
I'm finally giving The Ides of March a look.
Oct 14, 2012 1:00am
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Oct 14, 2012 8:19 AM
bigdaddy2003;1294756 wrote:I'm finally giving The Ides of March a look.
Great movie.
Oct 14, 2012 8:19am
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Oct 14, 2012 10:14 AM
Scarlet_Buckeye;1294811 wrote:Great movie.
I really like Paul Giamatti and Phillip Seymour Hoffman.
Oct 14, 2012 10:14am
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Oct 14, 2012 10:27 AM
Scarlet_Buckeye;1294811 wrote:Great movie.

I thought it was so so
Oct 14, 2012 10:27am
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Oct 14, 2012 10:58 AM
Picked up The Grey from Redbox last night. Enjoyed it.
Oct 14, 2012 10:58am
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Oct 14, 2012 12:00 PM
justincredible;1294870 wrote:Picked up The Grey from Redbox last night. Enjoyed it.
Liam Neeson is always awesome. I'd give it a solid 3 out of 4 stars.

Just rented Prometheus on Apple TV. Holy crap.

Great art direction and visuals, and a very good underlying idea for an Alien prequel regarding the origin of mankind, yet terrible execution. That was one of the worst scripts I've ever seen. No character made sense, no actions of characters made sense and the underlying idea eventually didn't make sense.
Oct 14, 2012 12:00pm
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Oct 14, 2012 3:54 PM
Argo is one of the best thrillers I've seen in a long time Affleck did a great job directing. Solid cast.
Oct 14, 2012 3:54pm
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Oct 14, 2012 8:04 PM
Anyone else interested in seeing "Flight"?
Oct 14, 2012 8:04pm
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Oct 14, 2012 8:10 PM
Finally saw Lawless and it was great
Oct 14, 2012 8:10pm
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Oct 14, 2012 8:14 PM
Manhattan Buckeye;1294903 wrote: Great art direction and visuals, and a very good underlying idea for an Alien prequel regarding the origin of mankind, yet terrible execution. That was one of the worst scripts I've ever seen. No character made sense, no actions of characters made sense and the underlying idea eventually didn't make sense.
All true. But I still enjoyed it (my standards have gotten really low after years of almost endless crap).

Glad you mentioned Alien. I thought that's what it was at end the end, but I was only like 95% sure. I thought the rest of the movie was weak enough that it might have just been a lame rip-off.

And what about the "architect" in the very beginning with the poison pill? What was that all about?
Oct 14, 2012 8:14pm
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Oct 14, 2012 8:31 PM
gut;1295408 wrote:All true. But I still enjoyed it (my standards have gotten really low after years of almost endless crap).

Glad you mentioned Alien. I thought that's what it was at end the end, but I was only like 95% sure.
If you remember from the original Alien when the crew found the alien craft where the eggs were there was a dead alien they called the "space jockey" who apparently died from an alien bursting out of its chest. The idea was that those blue guys were the "Space Jockey" from the original Alien.
Oct 14, 2012 8:31pm