Archive What was the last movie you watched and how would you rate it?

DeyDurkie5

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Oct 6, 2014 1:02pm

Heretic;1661206 wrote:Since they have vastly dissimilar plots and different actors, with the only similarity being the word "river" in the title, I hope most people wouldn't confuse them.

Similar to the Aaron craft could be a qb cause Greg paulus did it argument.

se-alum

Posts: 13,948

Oct 6, 2014 3:30pm

A Walk Among The Tombstones 8/10.

Heretic

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Oct 6, 2014 4:28pm

se-alum;1661271 wrote:A Walk Among The Tombstones 8/10.

Question: From just kinda-sorta watching the commercials for it, what I got was "The dude from Taken in a movie that's essentially like Taken except it's not called Taken". In reality, is that essentially true or is it something different that just got marketed like that for whatever reasons?

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thavoice

Posts: 14,376

Oct 6, 2014 4:33pm

Heretic;1661291 wrote:Question: From just kinda-sorta watching the commercials for it, what I got was "The dude from Taken in a movie that's essentially like Taken except it's not called Taken". In reality, is that essentially true or is it something different that just got marketed like that for whatever reasons?

Yeah, i thought the same thing.

pmoney25

Posts: 1,787

Oct 6, 2014 4:44pm

Heretic;1661291 wrote:Question: From just kinda-sorta watching the commercials for it, what I got was "The dude from Taken in a movie that's essentially like Taken except it's not called Taken". In reality, is that essentially true or is it something different that just got marketed like that for whatever reasons?

Not at all. Totally different

BRF

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Oct 6, 2014 6:21pm

Scarlet_Buckeye;1659275 wrote:
The Equalizer was amazing. Denzel was 'Denzel bad@$$' at his best.

I agree. Loved it.

Saw previews for two movies I may be interested in :

John Wick and Fury

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thavoice

Posts: 14,376

Oct 6, 2014 6:27pm

BRF;1661307 wrote:I agree. Loved it.

Saw previews for two movies I may be interested in :

John Wick and Fury

Just was going to bring up Fury.
looks pretty good. Been trying to find out if it was based, even loosely, on a true story or not.

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sportchampps

Posts: 7,361

Oct 6, 2014 8:58pm

Fury looks like it's either going to be really good or really bad with no middle area

se-alum

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Oct 7, 2014 1:54pm

Heretic;1661291 wrote:Question: From just kinda-sorta watching the commercials for it, what I got was "The dude from Taken in a movie that's essentially like Taken except it's not called Taken". In reality, is that essentially true or is it something different that just got marketed like that for whatever reasons?

I thought the same thing going in, but really the only similarities is Liam Neeson is in it, and there is a kidnapping. This isn't Neeson being a badass all movie.

Heretic

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Oct 7, 2014 2:07pm

pmoney25;1661294 wrote:Not at all. Totally different

se-alum;1661515 wrote:I thought the same thing going in, but really the only similarities is Liam Neeson is in it, and there is a kidnapping. This isn't Neeson being a badass all movie.

Cool, mucho gracias!

bigdaddy2003

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Oct 7, 2014 7:08pm

hangonsloopy;1660619 wrote:Saw Gone Girl tonight. I would have given it at least an 8 if it wasn't for the end. Terrible ending.

I concur. Horrible ending

GoPens

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Oct 7, 2014 7:58pm

bigdaddy2003;1661587 wrote:I concur. Horrible ending

I also concur. Strange movie. I thought the acting was excellent. The ending sucked and the movie started dragging in the middle.

hangonsloopy

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Oct 7, 2014 9:27pm

GoPens;1661591 wrote:I also concur. Strange movie. I thought the acting was excellent. The ending sucked and the movie started dragging in the middle.

My wife knew the ending because she read the book. I didn't. I loved the entire thing. Until the end. I cannot stand movies that don't come to some type of conclusion.

TedSheckler

Posts: 3,974

Oct 8, 2014 5:54am

I haven't seen the movie yet, but I have read the book. I had the same reaction at the end of the book. Didn't care for the ending.

O-Trap

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Oct 8, 2014 8:13am

hangonsloopy;1660619 wrote:Saw Gone Girl tonight. I would have given it at least an 8 if it wasn't for the end. Terrible ending.

bigdaddy2003;1661587 wrote:I concur. Horrible ending

GoPens;1661591 wrote:I also concur. Strange movie. I thought the acting was excellent. The ending sucked and the movie started dragging in the middle.

TedSheckler;1661650 wrote:I haven't seen the movie yet, but I have read the book. I had the same reaction at the end of the book. Didn't care for the ending.

It's safe to say that I'm never watching this movie.

SportsAndLady

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Oct 8, 2014 8:17am

O-Trap;1661668 wrote:It's safe to say that I'm never watching this movie.

Yet you watch Noah

Fab4Runner

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Oct 8, 2014 8:20am

O-Trap;1661668 wrote:It's safe to say that I'm never watching this movie.

The book really is excellent. I didn't "enjoy" the ending, but I thought it was cleverly written. Not everything has to have a happy ending that is all wrapped up in a nice little bow.

TedSheckler

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Oct 8, 2014 8:50am

Fab4Runner;1661670 wrote:The book really is excellent. I didn't "enjoy" the ending, but I thought it was cleverly written. Not everything has to have a happy ending that is all wrapped up in a nice little bow.

This. I think the problem I had with the ending is I just hoping it to end a certain way and when it didn't end the way I wanted, I was disappointed.

Laley23

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Oct 8, 2014 12:12pm

Going to see Gone Girl tonight. Pretty pumped.

Fab4Runner

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Oct 8, 2014 1:21pm

Laley23;1661770 wrote:Going to see Gone Girl tonight. Pretty pumped.

Same. I already know I will love it.

Scarlet_Buckeye

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Oct 8, 2014 2:53pm

O-Trap;1660623 wrote:Finally watched Noah.

7/10. Giant rock things were kinda badass, and I thought the interpretation of the story was creative (in a good way), but it was WAY too long.

Get out of here. I thought Noah was terrible. Rock people? Are you serious?

O-Trap

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Oct 8, 2014 4:10pm

SportsAndLady;1661669 wrote:Yet you watch Noah

Sure. Why not? It didn't have a limp ending.

Fab4Runner;1661670 wrote:The book really is excellent. I didn't "enjoy" the ending, but I thought it was cleverly written. Not everything has to have a happy ending that is all wrapped up in a nice little bow.

I don't mind a not-so-happy ending (see above about Noah). The way people make it sound reminds me of the Grapes of Wrath book. Steinbeck ended the damn thing in the middle of a somewhat climactic (if you can call it that) event. It felt like he wrote 90% of a book and then gave up.

Scarlet_Buckeye;1661800 wrote:Get out of here. I thought Noah was terrible. Rock people? Are you serious?

An ambivalent-turned-benevolent character amid the protagonists and antagonists. I appreciated more than just two sides entering into the mix. They looked weird, but hell, there are plenty of movies with weird-looking characters.

As I said, I thought it was way too long, but otherwise, what was so bad about it?

SportsAndLady

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Oct 8, 2014 6:17pm

Wrong thread I know but don't feel like finding the other movies thread.

This movie looks pretty good.

http://youtu.be/cRbAXWfthtA

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thavoice

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Oct 8, 2014 6:30pm

SportsAndLady;1661827 wrote:Wrong thread I know but don't feel like finding the other movies thread.

This movie looks pretty good.

http://youtu.be/cRbAXWfthtA

Yeah..it could be. Read the book and if they do it right it could be great.

...and with the trailer....I dont believe he shoots the kid/woman, they were just turning in what they had found.
(not a spoiler...dont recall it in the book....just what I think)

bigdaddy2003

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Oct 8, 2014 8:22pm

Fab4Runner;1661787 wrote:Same. I already know I will love it.

Let me know if you think the lead detective is familiar to you.