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Anyway, discuss films...
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And For Negke 
 
The Adjustment Bureau

I liked it a lot! Forgot what the summary of it was so I was really surprised at what happened. Feel good movie. 
Yes Yes. 
Been saying this for a while that the amount of intelligent / quirky / cool sci-fi-esque films in recent years is really good. Source Code is definitely a favourite. Adjustment Bureau is the soppy chick-flick of the bunch but still very cool. 
 
I'm glad you liked it. Of course, it's a bit on the romantic side as Shambler has pointed out but still, it interprets its source material (a short story by P. K. Dick) pretty good. I've never liked Matt Damon much, though he and Emily Blunt perform well as a couple in this context. 
Also 
I'd recommend Looper too. It's from the last year. 
Adjustment Bureau > Source Code 
 
At Least Source Code Had Its Humorous Moments 
I found Adjustment Bureau surprisingly not-dark and kinda New-Agey given its source.

Looper was better than both of them, in my view, despite the crazy plot holes. Timecrimes and Triangle both handled time travel, its contradictions and horrifying scenarios, better, though Looper's weak-PK powers scenario was awesome and the writing on the arm thing was pretty clever. 
Still 
Source Code used one of the things I hate the most in movies, that I have hated since I saw it in a certain M Night asshole movie: the protagonist is in a really confusing world and the reason why it's all confusing is that the protagonist IS ALREADY DEAD AND JUST CAN'T ACCEPT THAT. Yeah, pointlessly confuse the viewer for 80 minutes only to toss in this "clever" twist in at the end. So maybe Adjustment Bureau was the better of the two just because I hate that "plot" even more than the New Agey stuff. 
Source Code 
had it ended two min before it actually did, I would have liked it more. The last 2 min does cause serious problems with everything that went before.

Also Adjustment Bureau had some serious chemistry between the leads, also better than in SC.

Looper is better than both but not sure its Spirit's kind of movie. 
Spirit What Is Your Favourite Movie Ever? 
or like, some top movies 
I Agree With All Of That 
Source Code would have been way better if it didn't have that last two minutes added on - damn Hollywood's insistence on a happy ending, even in the wildest most physics-bending science fiction, as if the laws of physics care about human desires! Plus that first ending scene looked really cool. 
Drew 
no idea, but Das Boot and Crna macka, beli macor would be random recommendations for people who ask.

I loved looper!

damn it, when is springbreakers released... 
Emily Blunt. 
Phwoar. Coach/phone/coffee scene is too sexy.

Looper > Source Code > Adjustment Bureau

...but then again we're talking about a scale from brilliant to really good :) 
+1 For Ms. Blunt 
 
Meh 
I prefered Triangle and Timecrimes to either Looper and Source Code, have to watch Adjustment Bureau.
Still Primer beats all of these when it comes to pure time travel stuff. 
Oblivion 
First 30mins are ok, then it turns into a complete turdfest. Second half is so disjointed it felt like they just randomly cut scenes from it. Also has massive plot holes even if you suspend your disbelief as much as necessary for a flick like this. 
SleepwalkR 
I suggest you shift your attention to wild life documentaries. 
The Drones Are Cool Though, No? 
I mean comon. It's got Tom Cruise on the lead role. What did you expect? Not a cheese-fest? 
This: 
Tom Cruise 
is actually not a bad actor and he was in some good movies. But yeah, I guess you're right. 
But Seriously 
It was bad even for a Tom Cruise movie. 
I Thought 
Cruise was good in Valkyrie. 
Drones & More 
Ricky, the drones, the architecture and the ship design are nothing new. We've seen this many times already. Odyssey 2001? Portal? Yeah, they were nice, but simply not realistic. Nothing that relies on some form of propulsion would fly like this. Is there no inertia anymore on earth after the war?

IMO the visual style of the computers was, as usual, idiotic because they were basically unusable. They did look good though.

One thing that stood out positively though was the sound design. I really dug the sounds the drones were making. 
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