Miscellaneous Movie Musings the Sequel - Page 79

innerSpaceman · 01-26-2011, 01:07 PM

Well, not the movie, but pointed me in the right direction for the leading man enjoyment I was looking for. Wooley Mammoths building the pyramids was just a bonus!

Gemini Cricket · 01-27-2011, 01:05 PM

300 was neat. Lots of Spartan eye candy.

DreadPirateRoberts · 01-27-2011, 02:44 PM

I enjoyed True Grit. The actor who played Colonel G. Stonehill (Dakin Matthews) did a great job, at first I thought they got the original actor (Strother Martin).

innerSpaceman · 01-28-2011, 01:24 PM

Finally got around to seeing Scott Pilgrim vs. the World. Cute, but ultimately my feeling is MEH.

Still chuckling, though, over the Universal logo theme customization, and the Vegan powers bit - which was admittedly hysterical.

Oh, and a running joke inspired me to get a haircut. It was getting a wee bit shaggy.

JWBear · 02-02-2011, 10:13 AM

We watched Stardust last night. Very cute movie. Great scenery chewing performances by Robert De Nero and Michelle Pfeiffer.

Oh, and the male lead, Charlie Cox, is adorably cute.

Chernabog · 02-02-2011, 12:33 PM

I saw The King's Speech the other night and will add to the chorus of "it was really good" reviews. The only bad part of it was Timothy Spall as Alfred Hitchcock as Winston Churchill. Really, that was a caricature, not acting.

mousepod · 02-02-2011, 01:01 PM

No time to expand on this but... didn't love The King's Speech at all. Fun watching some great actors chew the scenery, but wasn't moved by the story and found the direction relatively artless. I am clearly in a small minority.

mousepod · 02-02-2011, 01:03 PM

Now 127 Hours on the other hand...

Went in expecting to hate it. It was a neat little film. A few "show-off" flourishes by Boyle notwithstanding, the thing held together nicely, thanks to a surprisingly excellent performance from James Franco.

Alex · 02-02-2011, 01:48 PM

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Originally Posted by mousepod

Now 127 Hours on the other hand...

I really enjoyed The King's Speech, but no it isn't my pick for best of the year.

127 Hours is the closest I've come to crying at a movie in a long time and it wasn't emotional manipulation, it was just so perfect at ratcheting up the suspense (evening knowing the ending) and then releasing it all in one big rush that I was quite carried away for the next hour or so. A real endorphin rush.

SzczerbiakManiac · 03-25-2011, 11:59 AM

Tom Hooper, who just won the Best Director Oscar for The King's Speech is set to direct Les Misérables.

I love Les Miz and would be thrilled to see a good movie version of it, but I have a hard time imagining a studio allowing it to be the proper length.

01-26-2011, 01:07 PM	#1
innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	Well, not the movie, but pointed me in the right direction for the leading man enjoyment I was looking for. Wooley Mammoths building the pyramids was just a bonus!
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Gemini Cricket ... Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 13,244	300 was neat. Lots of Spartan eye candy.
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DreadPirateRoberts Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 2,483	I enjoyed True Grit. The actor who played Colonel G. Stonehill (Dakin Matthews) did a great job, at first I thought they got the original actor (Strother Martin).
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innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	Finally got around to seeing Scott Pilgrim vs. the World. Cute, but ultimately my feeling is MEH. Still chuckling, though, over the Universal logo theme customization, and the Vegan powers bit - which was admittedly hysterical. Oh, and a running joke inspired me to get a haircut. It was getting a wee bit shaggy.
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JWBear Worn Romantic Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Long Beach California Posts: 8,435	We watched Stardust last night. Very cute movie. Great scenery chewing performances by Robert De Nero and Michelle Pfeiffer. Oh, and the male lead, Charlie Cox, is adorably cute. __________________ Unrestrained frivolity will lead to the downfall of modern society.
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Chernabog Biophage Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: The Moon Posts: 2,679	I saw The King's Speech the other night and will add to the chorus of "it was really good" reviews. The only bad part of it was Timothy Spall as Alfred Hitchcock as Winston Churchill. Really, that was a caricature, not acting. __________________ And they say back then our universe Was a coal black egg Until the god inside Burst out and from its shattered shell He made what became the world we know ~ Bjork (Cosmogony)
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02-02-2011, 01:01 PM	#7
mousepod You broke your Ramadar! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,635	No time to expand on this but... didn't love The King's Speech at all. Fun watching some great actors chew the scenery, but wasn't moved by the story and found the direction relatively artless. I am clearly in a small minority. __________________ "Give the public everything you can give them, keep the place as clean as you can keep it, keep it friendly" - Walt Disney
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02-02-2011, 01:03 PM	#8
mousepod You broke your Ramadar! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,635	Now 127 Hours on the other hand... Went in expecting to hate it. It was a neat little film. A few "show-off" flourishes by Boyle notwithstanding, the thing held together nicely, thanks to a surprisingly excellent performance from James Franco. __________________ "Give the public everything you can give them, keep the place as clean as you can keep it, keep it friendly" - Walt Disney
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03-25-2011, 11:59 AM	#10
SzczerbiakManiac "ZER-bee-ak" Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,409	Tom Hooper, who just won the Best Director Oscar for The King's Speech is set to direct Les Misérables. I love Les Miz and would be thrilled to see a good movie version of it, but I have a hard time imagining a studio allowing it to be the proper length. __________________
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