Elysium - Really creative science fiction with class conflict and a dystopian future.
Elysium - Really creative science fiction with class conflict and a dystopian future.
Sorry, but I did not like that film. Not only did I find it fairly cliché, but what was up with that surgically implanted suit that was supposed give Matt Damen super powers?! Hell, he was twice as much of a badass in the Bourne movies without the suit! And though I'm sure Jodi Foster is perfectly capable of playing a bad guy, it didn't work in this one; possibly her worst performance I've seen. I saw it because it was the same director who did "District 9," but IMO, it wasn't in the same class as that one. The best part about it was Sharlto Copely, who was the hero in District 9 and the villain in this one; that guy's a great actor! I didn't hate this film, but it wasn't one of the better sci-fis I've seen in recent memory.Originally Posted by mozo-pg
Ender's Game - a decent sci-fi movie about a gifted kid tasked with defeating a planet full of aliens who had once tried to colonize Earth. I did not read the book by Orson Scott Card. I have read one or two of his novels, but did not want to get involved in the series of Ender books.
We're trying to build a monument to show that we were here
It won't be visible through the air
And there won't be any shade to cool the monument to prove that we were here. - Gene Parsons, 1973
Watched Hector and the Search for Happiness. Great movie. Not what I was expecting, because it's not like most movies I have seen. It's better.
We're trying to build a monument to show that we were here
It won't be visible through the air
And there won't be any shade to cool the monument to prove that we were here. - Gene Parsons, 1973
Birdman--fairly creative and arty film with Michael Keaton among others. It was unusual, but I think once was enough for me.
I saw Furious 7 last night in the theater. Very good and action packed. It had some of the most amazing and unbelievable scenes and stunts I've ever seen in a movie. I doubt they will do another sequel but apparently they aren't ruling it out.
I saw that in the theater in a couple of months ago I guess it was. I really didn't care for it for the most part. It was rather amateurish and way too convoluted. I don't think it was horrible but it seems like it was deliberately made for a 15 year old.
LOL. I saw that in the theater on Saturday. Films 5/6/7 rebranded what (IMO) had been a thoroughly mediocre franchise about cars into "bad-in-a-good-way" Michael Bay-styled action ridiculousness, in which cars don't have to be just cars: they can also be missiles, airplanes, tanks, flotation devices, etc., and mundane concerns such as gravity, inertia and other basic laws of physics can largely be dispensed with. There's not much upstairs, but it does have heart (and flying cars).
Why not keep making more?
I'd agree it didn't stand up to D9, though it was by no means a bad film..but he's back on form with Chappie, I thinkand is now thinking about a new Alien film that picks up where Cameron's left off...So more tangential than sequential...Sigourney Weaver is apparently interested, so we'll see; but his involvement at the very least has caught my attention....
Watched The Godfather Part II for the 99th time, and it seems like I learn something new every time.
This time I finally realized that Johnny Ola = Uncle Junior!
“Where words fail, music speaks.” - Hans Christian Anderson
BULLITT (1968)
For the 100th time.
Bullitt is my 3am movie!
no tunes, no dynamics, no nosebone
Furious 7 - There was nothing else a the theater. Still, it was a decent action flick - hard to believe I said it.
How is the remake of 12 Monkeys? Heard someone raving about it yesterday, saying it's better than Gilliam's movie. I actually don't remember the original all that well.
I do, it's great! I'd be very surprised if a remake could outdo it.
BTW, it's now a television series too, but I've never seen it.
Gilliam's 12 Monkeys should not be redone
Why is it whenever someone mentions an artist that was clearly progressive (yet not the Symph weenie definition of Prog) do certain people feel compelled to snort "thats not Prog" like a whiny 5th grader?
Agreed
Ian
Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on progrock.com
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Gordon Haskell - "You've got to keep the groove in your head and play a load of bollocks instead"
I blame Wynton, what was the question?
There are only 10 types of people in the World, those who understand binary and those that don't.
Apparently they are remaking Rocky Horror, I anticipate a disaster.
Ian
Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on progrock.com
https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-a...re-happy-hour/
Gordon Haskell - "You've got to keep the groove in your head and play a load of bollocks instead"
I blame Wynton, what was the question?
There are only 10 types of people in the World, those who understand binary and those that don't.
Can't be any worse than Shock Treatment...
-=Will you stand by me against the cold night, or are you afraid of the ice?=-
Isn't the TV show the "remake"?
Yeah, I too am shivering with antici-
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We saw "True Story" tonight at the theater. Overall I thought it was good. Dragged a bit in spots, but a 4 out of 5 stars for me.
Could very well be, but you should pose that question to the evolved orangutan.
For those who enjoy a good future Oscar nominee, the trailer for "The Human Centipede 3" is now available.
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Watching Caroline Munro's cleavage in The Golden Voyage of Sinbad. Spectacular.
Recent viewings:
Interstellar - A bit long, but I love space operas. Watched it twice.
Imitation Game - excellent.
We're trying to build a monument to show that we were here
It won't be visible through the air
And there won't be any shade to cool the monument to prove that we were here. - Gene Parsons, 1973
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