I think I once saw Lawrence of a Labia. ?!Originally Posted by philsunset
I think I once saw Lawrence of a Labia. ?!
I think I saw that too! Right after I watched Casablowme and The Jizzer Of Bras
"Who would have thought a whale would be so heavy?" - Moe Sizlak
I worked with a guy 10 years ago who talked about a midget porn he had seen called "Under the Rainbow"
Pocahotass was always my favorite.
Music isn't about chops, or even about talent - it's about sound and the way that sound communicates to people. Mike Keneally
Woo-hoo!
Just watched the excellent British black comedy Sightseers ( 2012) on Netflix streaming.
Directed by Ben Wheatley , director of the horror flick Kill List, this is an old school proggers dream film, with a soundtrack that boasts Popol Vuh, Neu, Brian Auger.
Also, beautiful to look at , not to be missed!
no tunes, no dynamics, no nosebone
The Conjuring
I really liked this! Tons of well done goose bump moments and scares. The ending was a little soft, but it's based on a true story so whatcha gonna do? I love these types of haunting stories so it worked well for me.
8 out of 10 pulled legs
"Who would have thought a whale would be so heavy?" - Moe Sizlak
Scott, check out Kill List and Sightseers.
no tunes, no dynamics, no nosebone
Oh I already jotted those down, dude. I usually do to the flicks you mention. Paulie too.
"Who would have thought a whale would be so heavy?" - Moe Sizlak
I saw American Hustle last night.
I think it's enjoyable as a light costume drama (and it is more of a drama than a comedy, which it seems to be being billed as) and an overt pastiche/homage to Goodfellas/Casino-era Martin Scorcese, but this is getting major awards talk and I'm really not seeing that, except for some of the acting, which was mostly great. Bale and Lawrence are particularly great.
Watched The Dark Knight Rises--the third part of the Bale Batman series, pretty good, seemed almost a bit too long for me, but still was fun.
Also Man of Steel there updated Superman film, and enjoyed it too with the modernized Superman, the third act of them fighting did get a bit long in the tooth but done very well, about how I'd imagine two super god-like aliens to be. Enjoyed the modern touches.
Seeing Jennifer Lawrence in that white onesie is enough to make me go to American Hustle.
I don't like country music, but I don't mean to denigrate those who do. And for the people who like country music, denigrate means 'put down.'- Bob Newhart
Thanks for bringing this movie to my attention. Watched it last night and I agree it is a great movie.
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
Happenstance--French film with Audrey Tautou, about chance and fate in people's lives and the arc of the story also crisscrossed and intersected various characters. Pretty good.
Watched Elysium last night, pretty run of the mill Sci-Fi with a very predictable ending, the mercenary baddie was entertaining. B-
Ian
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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.
Just saw this today and would agree with you. It was good, but not sure it is Academy Award level. The acting was all very good though. I had no clue going into the movie that this was about the old ABSCAM scandal that took place back in the late 70’s / early 80’s. I remember when all this happened and there was a lot of debate over the entrapment aspects of the sting operation at the time. The movie takes a lot of liberties with history, but the main characters were real people. The guy who Christian Bale plays was a real life con artist is still alive although I think he is in his 90’s now. I remember seeing a 60 minutes interview with him quite a few years ago. Seems like I also saw another news magazine interview with his wife (played by Jennifer Lawrence in the movie) at some point as well. If I remember correctly she committed suicide back in the 80’s. Anyway, I thought the film dragged a bit but overall was pretty good.
Steve Sly
Just watched a horror movie called American Mary (2012) on Netflix streaming. One of the best horror flicks I've seen in a while (though not without it's issues).
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Saw The Wolf of Wall Street tonight.
Really enjoyed it. I didn't realize that it was based on a true story - I thought it was more of a pastiche of 80s greed and Wall Street excess. DiCaprio was excellent, as always, and Jonah Hill has really been impressing me, between this and Moneyball. Lots of sex, lots of drugs, and lots of F-bombs. As someone on the radio said, Scorcese went with sex instead of violence in this one. It was a little overly long, with a few gratuitous scenes that probably would have been cut from any other director, but I wouldn't say that this detracted from the film. A lot more laughs in this than I expected, with one particular scene bringing actual tears of laughter.
Overall, 8 out of 10 lines of coke.
Music isn't about chops, or even about talent - it's about sound and the way that sound communicates to people. Mike Keneally
I saw Kill List. Interesting flick to say the least. Took a while to get going and that had me fidgety. I loved and was surprised where it eventually went, but hated the way it ended. Not what happened at the end, but how it was done. That make sense? Not bad though.
6 out of 10 swinging hammers
"Who would have thought a whale would be so heavy?" - Moe Sizlak
Agreed! This was one of the better recent horror movies.
What did you hate about the ending?
no tunes, no dynamics, no nosebone
it just stopped like the film ran out
"Who would have thought a whale would be so heavy?" - Moe Sizlak
Some thoughts on The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
I've seen it twice now and I think it's great! As with many of you, there were many scenes I loved and many scenes I didn't. (There be spoilers ahead).
First off, in general, I'd say the Peter Jackson has really captured the essence of Middle Earth. If you look at a single frame of any of his films, the atmosphere is perfect and like LoTR, it really feels like history, not a film. I also really loved how this film drops is directly into the action (though I felt the scene in Bree was a bit unnecessary - unless it's been a year since you saw the first film in the series). I also loved the Mirkwood sequence, though I felt that it was a bit rushed - hopefully Jackson will remedy this in the Extended Edition. PJ, being an unabashed arachnophobe, knows how to spin a truly terrifying spider sequence. He understands that the buildup of suspense is just as important as the actual scene and the shot with the spider appearing through the web is one of the creepiest things I've ever seen in a Middle Earth film. I also appreciated how PJ is showing the effects of the ring on Bilbo's mind - particularly starting in Beorn's home when Bilbo is seen petting the ring and later on in Mirkwood when he brutally hacks up the spider that comes near it. Really brilliant in my opinion.
I was also very impressed by the CGI in this installment. While in the LoTR and a few times in AUJ, there were moments that really stood out as CGI, the images and characters are so realistic in this film, that I had trouble telling what was CGI and what wasn't. Seriously. The two orc characters in the film, Azog and Bolg look like real characters and felt like a real threat. Very cool and very hard to pull off.
What really struck me about this film, however, was the last hour or so. Now, I know that the fight against Smaug was a complete PJ invention, it needed to be there, in my opinion. With the three film split, we *need* some kind of showdown between our heros and the villian at the end of the film or we would feel cheated. Also, I have to admit that the scene was really brilliantly planned and very original - like the LoTR trilogy, PJ is really breaking new ground in film making. Additionally, what more can be said about Smaug? His voice is perfect and his mannerisms are incredible - could we have hoped for a better movie dragon than this? And the conversation with Smaug and Bilbo is spot on; even though there are many changes to the narrative, one thing that PJ and his producers always hit out of the park are the iconic scenes in this novel - Bag End, the trolls, Gollum, and the Goblin King in An Unexpected Journey, and Beorn, the spiders, the barrel sequence, and Smaug in DoS.
And with the positives, come the negatives. I really felt that, with as much promotion as Sir Ian McKellen has done for these films, he was tragically underused in this film. Hopefully we will see more of him in the Extended Edition and ultimately in There And Back Again. Though the issue with this is, how much story is there to really to tell of him in this timeline? Not much. Also, try as I might, I did not enjoy the scenes with Legolas and Thranduil. I understand why Legolas is there, but honestly, I never cared much for his character in the LoTR trilogy and felt that most of what he added was there to make audiences cheer. Probably a wise choice money-wise, but I did get a sick pleasure out of watching Bolg give him a nose-bleed!
Ultimately, however, it was a highly entertaining movie and overall, a triumph in my opinion. The most successful thing he has done here is he has given the dwarves character. When I read The Hobbit, I remember feeling inundated by the confusing names of the dwarves, but here I actually know who they are and can identify them and identify with them. I know many groaned about the Tauriel / Kili / Legolas love triangle, but what this accomplishes is making Kili identifiable (which will ultimately make us care about his death in the next movie).
Overall, I was completely blown away by DoS and I cannot wait to see the next installment. It's great to be excited for movies again!
Ian Beabout
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My main issue with Hobbit 2 is the length, it feels like the middle of trilogy, lacking setup and conclusion. I don't mind the parallel non-Hobbit sections but this really could have been two good movies rather than three. I felt the action sequences were better as they were less cartoonish, no 100 foot drops without a scratch. I could have done without the love triangle. The Dragon was excellent.
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.
saw Giant for the first time last night
good anti-bigotry movie from the 50s but VERY long
7 out of 10 cowpokes with millions
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?
Saw The Wolf of Wall Street tonight.
Really enjoyed it. I didn't realize that it was based on a true story - I thought it was more of a pastiche of 80s greed and Wall Street excess. DiCaprio was excellent, as always, and Jonah Hill has really been impressing me, between this and Moneyball. Lots of sex, lots of drugs, and lots of F-bombs. As someone on the radio said, Scorcese went with sex instead of violence in this one. It was a little overly long, with a few gratuitous scenes that probably would have been cut from any other director, but I wouldn't say that this detracted from the film. A lot more laughs in this than I expected, with one particular scene bringing actual tears of laughter.
Overall, 8 out of 10 lines of coke.
I saw it as well. Am I glad I went ? You betcha, it's Scorcese, he uses his usual bag of tricks, the narrator, the freeze frames, talking to the camera.
In fact as the movie went on, DiCaprio started to look and sound like Ray Liotta from Goodfellas. I thoroughly enjoyed the first hour or 90 minutes, as DiCaprio built up his business from nothing. But by movie's end, I felt exhausted. And thank goodness I went alone, as my wife would not have tolerated all the shenanigans, which included full frontal nudity, orgies in the office, urinating on a subpoena. There was absolutely nothing romantic about these characters, and I could not root for them in any way.
It will be interesting to see how this movie stands the test of time.
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