the only truly amazing bit I remember is when Arnie steps on those roses. It is a chef-d-oevre of a sequence. The rest seemed to me mildly entertaining, but no more than this. This said, I want to remind you that it takes a lot to genuinely entertain a bear, however mildly. Terminator 2 is neat and somehow sounds true, not as poisonously, calculatedly didactic as other Hollywood action, family, or action-family movies; I even recommended it to my mother, who is much pickier, entertainment-wise, than any male bear.
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the only truly amazing bit I remember is when Arnie steps on those roses. It is a chef-d-oevre of a sequence.
Great scene. Other subtle yet amazing scenes -
Sarah reflecting on how the Terminator is - ironically - more fit to be a father than all other potential father figures she encountered over the years.
"I know now why you cry, but it's something I could never do."
the shot of the T-800 standing guard all night without moving an inch, going back to the father figure thing.
So many great scenes, just have to know where to look I guess. Also, I'd love to hear what mother bear thinks of it
she said it was nice in a typically American infantile way. She likes some action film time to time, but she is very condescending towards them, far more so than any male bear.
Ask not what bears can do for you, but what you can do for bears. (razz)
When one is in agreement with bears one is always correct. (mae)
bears are back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Have you ever seen The Fugitive? Our film remakes of old TV shows have become a virtual epidemic, but that's an exception -- just about the best ever. Awesome little action picture, very iconic, and concise, also a nice simple dramatic piece.
Oh, that is a great movie. To be honest it was a long time before I found out it was based on a tv series. (And to be more honest, I can't help but be reminded of one of my favourite quotes when I hear of that movie:
Chris Skelton: I'd hate to end up in prison.
Sam Tyler: Not very likely, is it Chris?
Chris: What if I was wrongly accused of killing my wife like David Janssen in The Fugitive?
Sam: You mean Harrison Ford.
Chris: No I don't.
)
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Will Ferrell in a great role. Character development, internal struggle, all that jazz. Enjoyable but a little too uneventful for my tastes. I think you guys would give it a 4/5 though, judging from our comparable past voting histories, lol.
Will Ferrell in a great role. Character development, internal struggle, all that jazz. Enjoyable but a little too uneventful for my tastes. I think you guys would give it a 4/5 though, judging from our comparable past voting histories, lol.
I caught this on hotel PPV while on travel a while back. I liked it--maybe a 3.5 / 5 rating from me. Ferrell does a great job portraying the down-and-out fellow who can see it all slipping away, and he has no one to blame but himself.
Has anybody seen Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy? I thought it was an interesting film. The people who were in the theater (mostly elderly people) all seemed to dislike it. Many of them were pretty vocal that they had no idea what was going on. I thought Oldman did a great job. Then again, he always does. I also thought Mark Strong was great. I'm a huge fan of pretty much everything he does.
Recently saw Green Lantern on DVD this week and will have to say that I enjoyed the movie. Like all movies based on comics that have come out these past few years it did live up to it's potential...at least to me it did anyway...Heard a lot of people didn't like Ryan Reynolds as Hal Jordan but I think he pulled it off. As most movies based on comics this is one had its fair share of special effects...the best one in the whole of the movie in my opinion is this one.
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Hal turning the crashing helicopter into a race car and putting it on a race track via Hot Wheels was pretty darn cool
I loved this film, I was expecting silly nonsense but a lot of thought had gone into this, and I really liked Daniel Craigs character. The only niggles I had were
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the fact that no one seemed all that surprised by flying saucers and aliens???
But from the start to the finish I was mesmorised
Then I watched Hangover II and had to tear my own eyeballs out, ranking this 0/10 as I had to switch off.
Due to me tearing my own eyeballs out I am struggling to type a narrative sorry
Gettin' ready for awards season, are we? I did that last year, watched everything with a Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor/Actress, Best Supporting Actor/Actress nominee in it. It was fun. Then me and my friends all bet to see who would get the most correct picks. I won, of course.
This year ... I have too many tv shows got catch up on.
Gettin' ready for awards season, are we? I did that last year, watched everything with a Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor/Actress, Best Supporting Actor/Actress nominee in it. It was fun. Then me and my friends all bet to see who would get the most correct picks. I won, of course.
This year ... I have too many tv shows got catch up on.
Yeah, I try to watch as many as possible. I have a ton of TV to catch up on as well.
MI: Ghost Protocol- 3.5/5 - Had plenty of action and great visual appeal but it just seemed forced... I don't know. I liked the nods to the earlier movies and action but something just seemed to be off. I did see it in a theater where you could eat and drink booze though, so that was pretty awesome.
"If you accept the expectations of others, especially negative ones, then you will never change the outcome" -Michael Jordan
I just watched a few great films. The Descendants, Moneyball, J. Edgar and Bridesmaids. Gonna watch The Artist tomorrow.
Let me know how this is, I've been dying to see it.
Just finished watching The Artist and WoW is that an amazing masterpiece of cinema. It's gotta win big at the Globes tonight. The question is will enough Academy voters also see it. If they do, they'll vote for it as well. The score is also unbelievable by Ludovic Bource. That has to win the Oscar.
I still have a few more films to go but I can see The Artist winning Best Picture. It would be only the second silent film to win next to Wings in 1929.
I have not seen this movie since it was first released and I can not believe it took me this long to see it again. Everything about this movie is amazing. The cast, the music, the setting. It is good for laughs and scares.
I was gonna say, 4.5 isn't a very good score to give to a movie you think is amazing ... lol
The Devil Inside
Shannon: 4/5
Amber: 4/5
What an enjoyable movie. A 5 all the way through. ALL THE WAY THROUGH! Until the end. It's one of those endings that RUIN a movie and make you think "... seriously? That's it?" I would have watched another hour of that movie and still given it a 5 if they did something different with the ending.
6% at Rotten Tomatoes, and they all concur that it's one of the worst endings in the recorded history. Now I feel I must see it...
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I don't think it would be your type of movie, it had a Paranormal Activity "I know something is gonna jump out at me, where is it where is it, AAAGAGGHHHH there it is!" kind of a feel to it. The story was good, but you're there for the scares.
But, the reason the ending sucked so bad is because the movie was so enjoyable! The ending was like it was from another movie, it was THAT different a direction. Just ...
Ask not what bears can do for you, but what you can do for bears. (razz)
When one is in agreement with bears one is always correct. (mae)
bears are back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I was gonna say, 4.5 isn't a very good score to give to a movie you think is amazing ... lol
The Devil Inside
Shannon: 4/5
Amber: 4/5
What an enjoyable movie. A 5 all the way through. ALL THE WAY THROUGH! Until the end. It's one of those endings that RUIN a movie and make you think "... seriously? That's it?" I would have watched another hour of that movie and still given it a 5 if they did something different with the ending.
Ugh! So disappointed!
A 4/5? Damn, I was gonna go see it this weekend, but then I saw all the reviews said it was horrible so I figured it wasn't worth it. Now I want to see it again
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I did that last year, watched everything with a Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor/Actress, Best Supporting Actor/Actress nominee in it. It was fun. Then me and my friends all bet to see who would get the most correct picks. I won, of course. 
