An Idea Part 3: Same $h!t, Different Thread

[BanksIsDaFuture]

Yeah, that part was stupid. Then again, that chick is like the White Female Samuel L Jackson and still has yet to be funny in anything, except for The 40 Year Old Virgin.

[Buscemi]

Actually, the white female Sam Jackson is Elizabeth Banks. Who else could get Spider-Man, Seabiscuit, Slither and Zach and Miri Make A Porno onto one filmography?

[transformers2]

dont forget about W and The Uninvited Boosh. I like Elizabeth Banks though and she does have a wide variety of roles.

[Buscemi]

I chose not to include W because I included Seabiscuit (both are dramas based on actual events). I forgot about The Uninvited (but then again, so did everyone else).

I also remembered she was in Invincible (another drama based on actual events) and Meet Bill (the barely released Aaron Eckhart/Jessica Alba comedy).

[BanksIsDaFuture]

She was also in Meet Dave.

But the other lady has been in like 150 movies in the last 2 years.

[transformers2]

I think they both have. Elizabeth Banks and Jane Lynch are everywhere. btw am i the only that think Elizabeth Banks is pretty hot?

[mfrendo]

Elizabeth Banks is totally hot, tranny! I am in agreement. And, adding to her list, she was also on Scrubs, which is actually where I first noticed her.

[Buscemi]

Jane Lynch is more of the female Udo Kier. Her appearances are usually random and in things that often have little to with each other (Kier appeared in things such as Blood For Dracula, Ace Ventura Pet Detective, a couple of Uwe Boll films and a million B-movies).

Meanwhile, here are some my latest scores.

Harry Potter and The Half-Blood Prince ***/****

I like the direction that David Yates has taken with this series. Previously, it was up and down but things seemed to have become stable. I guess it works better to have a miniseries director make a film series than several theatrical directors.

Whatever Works ***.5/****

I really enjoyed this film. The teaming of Woody Allen and Larry David helps form of a sort of a super team and David manages to help Allen get it back after many years of mediocre comedies. Also, Evan Rachel Wood was great against type as Larry David's wife.

Orphan ***/****

In a way, this is The Omen for the 21st century. But it is also a surprisingly fresh Hollywood horror film that is like Italian giallo and the modern era of Spanish horror. The leads are good in their roles and the girl is entertainingly creepy and scary. The twist is also really good and reminded me of something from a European horror film.

[BanksIsDaFuture]

Isn't the twist in Ophan

Spoiler:

? That sounds beyond stupid.

[mfrendo]

Whatever Works ***.5/****

I really enjoyed this film. The teaming of Woody Allen and Larry David helps form of a sort of a super team and David manages to help Allen get it back after many years of mediocre comedies. Also, Evan Rachel Wood was great against type as Larry David's wife.

Orphan ***/****

In a way, this is The Omen for the 21st century. But it is also a surprisingly fresh Hollywood horror film that is like Italian giallo and the modern era of Spanish horror. The leads are good in their roles and the girl is entertaining creepy and scary. The twist is also really good and reminded me of something from a European horror film.

Based on those rating, Busc, I may go check these out now...

[Buscemi]

Well, it's a better and more entertaining twist than

Spoiler:

Also it was fun to have

Spoiler:

in the film. You don't see that often in American horror.

[IPKI$$]

Moon- 5/10 The ONLY reason to see this is Sam Rockwell. It was pretty much pure garbage from beginning to end. There's no suspense, the 'Twist?' is ruined 20 minutes into the movie and it plays like a music video. It would've been incredible as a short, but was just too familiar.

[transformers2]

The twist in Orphan is among the stupidest things i have seen/read about. That movie seems like a steaming pile of shit.

[Buscemi]

Actually watch the damn movie. The twist is actually pretty good.

[numbersix_99]

Moon- 5/10 The ONLY reason to see this is Sam Rockwell. It was pretty much pure garbage from beginning to end. There's no suspense, the 'Twist?' is ruined 20 minutes into the movie and it plays like a music video. It would've been incredible as a short, but was just too familiar.

But the whole point is that the film doesn't build to some empty twist like a M Night shamalan movie. The twist is over and done with so the film gets to the heart of the situation, something rarely seen in sci-fi these days. It's not about the twist, it's about the emotional impact on the character/s after the twist.

[NSpan]

Moon- 5/10 The ONLY reason to see this is Sam Rockwell. It was pretty much pure garbage from beginning to end. There's no suspense, the 'Twist?' is ruined 20 minutes into the movie and it plays like a music video. It would've been incredible as a short, but was just too familiar.

But the whole point is that the film doesn't build to some empty twist like a M Night shamalan movie. The twist is over and done with so the film gets to the heart of the situation, something rarely seen in sci-fi these days. It's not about the twist, it's about the emotional impact on the character/s after the twist.

Well put.

[IPKI$$]

I got it, it's whatever. I just felt the execution was amateurish...which it is, but like I said I felt Sam Rockwell was amazing as always and he was the reason I continued to watch.

[Keyser Soze]

Six - I couldn't have said it better myself. Too many movie goers today are so conditioned that everything must be spoonfed to them with an Intro(Beginning), Middle(Build-Up), and Ending(Twist). You nailed exactly what I think Jones was after with Moon. It was kind of the anti-Twilight Zone episode. Instead of Rod Serling appearing at the end with his trademark smirk a la "I knew the surprise ending all the time because I wrote the damn thing and you never saw it coming", you got, "Well, here's the surprise twist, now how do the characters deal with it"

It was a breath of fresh air in that the twist was that the twist was revealed before you were ready for it so you had no idea what to expect once it was revealed. It was like everyone acknowledging the 600 pound gorilla in the room instantly, and then sitting around to see what he would do

[W]

Umm... I was just wondering. When is Part 2 over with? I mean, how far back do we rate films in here?

I'm pretty sure this counts:

I watched Nick and Norah on the way back from Chicago because my brother had it on his Touch. I gave it an 8/10 because I thought it would be one of those films that completely sucked and I couldn't relate to because I'm getting further and further from the current generation and it seems the only pop culture I keep up with anymore are films and sports (not even as much sports as I used to). Anyways, thoroughly enjoyed it and thought this is the only film I've seen of Cera's so far that wasn't a complete suckfest (I just looked and saw he was in Frequency, so I guess there's one more).

[mfrendo]

Actually watch the damn movie. The twist is actually pretty good.

Dude, I totally have to disagree. I saw it today and hated it. It was so LONG and nothing happened for most of it. No scares, and mostly unintentional laughs in the theater. Weak ass horror movie, is how I would say it. 1/5

The twist was only good because it was SO funny, once again, unintentionally.

[mfrendo]

Moon- 5/10 The ONLY reason to see this is Sam Rockwell. It was pretty much pure garbage from beginning to end. There's no suspense, the 'Twist?' is ruined 20 minutes into the movie and it plays like a music video. It would've been incredible as a short, but was just too familiar.

But the whole point is that the film doesn't build to some empty twist like a M Night shamalan movie. The twist is over and done with so the film gets to the heart of the situation, something rarely seen in sci-fi these days. It's not about the twist, it's about the emotional impact on the character/s after the twist.

Agreed.

[Buscemi]

My god Frendo, you hated Orphan but gave The Girlfriend Experience a five star rating? The Girlfriend Experience was awful!

[RonBurgundy]

Dunno what i should rate, but anyway:

Role Models 8/10 (best of the lot)
Quantum of Solace 6.5/10 (had high expectations, dont know why)
Bedtime Stories 6.5/10 (better than i thought it would be)
The Spirit 6/10 (no sin city but samuel L is awse)
Slumdog Millionaire 6/10 (total meh)
Max Payne 3/10 (the less said...)
Frost/Nixon 7/10 (good but not great)
Body of Lies 7/10 (thought this would be better with Crowe, Leo and Ridley)
Rocknrolla 6/10 (ok, but actually forgot lots of it already)
Eagle Eye 7.5/10 (watched 3 times now, though twice on a plane, not bad)
Righteous Kill 5/10 (Deniro, Pacino, you can do better!)
Burn After Reading 7/10 (Hated the ending, built up nicely)
Bangkok Dangerous 5.5/10 (another plane movie, meh)
Madagascar 2 7/10 (yeh, twas ok)
Valkyrie 6/10 (too drunk to remember all of it, Ed Izzard i do memba tho)
Yes Man 7.5/10 (feelgood movie, Carrey is tops)
Gran Torino 6.5/10 (after hearing so much about it, i was disappointed, not great, went from potentially awesome to not really that awesome)

[transformers2]

So Boosh and i went actually watched Orphan on my computer and it was a piece of shit. 2/10 Worst Movie of the year so far for sure and it brought the unintentional laughter and the twist was pathetic Not Scary in the least bit.

[Keyser Soze]

Well, another shitty day in Pittsburgh weather wise yesterday so we decided to try and clear some stuff off of the DVR that's been sitting on there for a while.

Pan's Labrynth 9/10 Can't believe we've had this on our DVR for just shy of 2 years and never got around to watching it. Sure, I've heard everyone rave about what a wonderful piece of cinematic work this was, but we always seemed to find something else to watch instead. I am so glad that we finally did. Del Toro's vision was truly a masterpiece of cinematic storytelling, and it was done in such a way that you actually believed that the mythological storyline could be happening at the same time as the one taking place in the real world.

[b]Grace is Gone 5/10[b] John Cusack really needs to hire someone to read scripts for him. Just a tediuosly long movie about a father whose wife has just died in Iraq and his delay in wanting to tell his two little girls

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