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"Pretend the original didn't exist,"
easier said than done when you go out of your way to include scenes that remind you of the original (three boob girl is one example). If you want your movie to be treated like a different adaptation of the same source, fine, dont then wink wink repeatedly to an earlier version just to cash in. Good sci-fi action romp. Some cool action scenes (car chase) and stylish city-scapes. Story was spoilt by being the same as TR, obviously, and the big tube thing wasn't as well used as it could be, but slick and spectacular enough to be good entertainment.
Moneyball - Fantastic. But I still dont get baseball or its appeal.
War of the Arrows - decent korean period epic with lots of cool action scenes. Midnight in Paris - Pretty charming little movie from Woody Alen. Was late at night and decided to leave it running instead of listening to music. It was actually a pretty cool little spy/action movie. Music was great. Big cast of a-list actors (not necessarily ones I like but nonetheless a-list), but it's an unknown chick that plays the lead role and dominates screentime. She was good though, an actually believable female action star for once.
I watched Schindlers List again the other day. That's a must-see movie. was good. Gina Carrano couldnt really act but had good screen presence and was ace in the fight scenes.
Jack Reacher
Brainless, overly-complex (yet shallow aka packing a dumb story into excited words and images), super-meaningful-dialolgs, yet kinda enjoyable to watch. I can't think of any movie with a good car chase sequence (as in more than just roaring and sliding and stupidly racing) right now. Warm Bodies (2013)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1588173/ http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/warm_bodies/ Expected cheap rubbish but found it to be thoroughly entertaining. Good pacing, heartwarming story, great humor. I can't stand the zombie hype but this "Comedy, Horror, Romance" was well done. And I can't believe there is only one mention of The West Wing here, a thrilling and fun series about the people working in the White House. Highly recommended if you are looking for a new old series to watch.
going to see American Mary tomorrow night with my friends. Don`t know anything about it going in, so I hope it fucks me up.
have you seen a british horror (I think its really sruvival thrller) called Eden Lake? Any good?
New Star Trek: err, not bad, not as good as the last one, the Sherlock guy is awesome, but the Spock thing is getting old, and what's with the franchise-friendly refusal to kill characters? Pisses me off.
Star Trek II: Wrath of Khan: Well, it's weird watching something from this long ago, but even if the costume designers were ridiculous (Khan's cleavage) the writers were braver. Deep Space Nine: Watched only a few episodes so far, but despite the fact that I find all "humanoid" makeup cheesy as hell (I'd almost rather them just take the superman approach of having the aliens look human on the one hand, or the extremely inhuman aliens on the other), the politics and intrigue and etc seems pretty promising. On an unrelated note, I also saw Angel Heart for the first time. Hard to believe that's Mickey Rourke, though his performance is awesome, plus Robert DeNiro as Satan and the actress who plays Epiphany Proudfoot is ridiculously hot, even if the end is somewhat predictable the imagery and atmosphere is super creepy. Remind me not to sell my soul.
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