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Watched Hit and Run which is kind of a real lot of fun.  Real-life couple Dax Shepard and Kristen Bell play a couple and she has a job interview in LA and he plans to drive her, even though he's in the Witness Protection system.  Bradley Cooper is the wronged man from his past who decides to track him down, and Jason Bateman, Sean Hayes, David Koechner turn up in small roles and Tom Arnold damn near steals the film as the often-screwing-up US Marshal charged with protecting Shepard.  Also, apparently the movie cost only $2 million to make and half of that was spent on music credits (Jimi Hendrix, Peter Gabriel) and all the stunt-driving and cars come courtesy Shepard himself.  It's fairly funny, good stunts/chase scenes and Kristen Bell is hot, so it's definitely worth a watch.

 

 

 

Watched Hit and Run based on this recommendation, and damned if that wasn't one of the most enjoyable romantic comedies I've ever seen. Kudos to Dax for triple playing that; staring, writing, and co-directiong. Very impressive considering the low budget. I'd kinda written Dax off as just the Punk'd guy. He didn't do anything for me in Idiocracy, but maybe I should revisit that one. Enjoyed the cameo pop ups and thought Bradley Cooper was especially evil in a great way. 

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Watched two movies recently: Brothers Bloom and 300.

 

I'd never watched the latter in its entirety before. It was pretty cool.  I probably would've liked it better in 3D on a movie screen, but still...lots of fun.

 

The former really surprised me: it was really flipping funny. Ending was very touching.  I thought I'd zone out while I watched but I really, really enjoyed it.

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I watched Big Fish today after stumbling upon it on Netflix and remembering some friends telling me it was good.

 

As a son who grew up with a Dad who loved to tell some tall tales, this one hit close to home.  Loved this movie, and not afraid to admit that it had me blubbering by the end. 

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Not gonna look through this whole thread to find out but has anyone seen or talked about Sea Of Love?

I watched this the other night and can't make my mind up about it. On one hand there's Al Pacino doing his thing (which I always find enjoyable anytime before around 2000).

John Goodman is the most likeable motherfucker in it, I mean, I wanna be his buddy and go out drinking with this guy even though he'd drink me under the table before I even knew it.

Also, the blonde chick (don't recall her name), although not all that facially attractive, has an absolute dynamite body and really hams up the sex appeal.

But then there's that scene in the grocery... What the fuck was that? So much porn music I thought Scott Hall was about to bust through the booze aisle with some marguerita mix and Razor's Edge Pacino through the fruit stand. It's so horrible I was laughing all the way through it but then I realised this wasn't a comedy or a satirical piece, this was 1989s idea of sexy.

Then there's the ending. After the whole film we're just given the old "oh yeah, he did it. You remember that guy right?" Treatment.

Then on the closing scene Pacino gets bumped huge walking down the street by a passer by, but continues acting and doesn't miss a line, even though he's gotta a massive smile all over his face. Just bizarre, do the scene again.

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Project X was on TV and for some inexplicable reason I decided to watch it. Breaking news: The movie is dog shit. I can't believe that, even you're a 16 year old kid, you'll enjoy this.

 

Ugh there goes 87 minutes of my life down the drain.

 

EDIT: The soundtrack is pretty great though.

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Also, the blonde chick (don't recall her name), although not all that facially attractive, has an absolute dynamite body and really hams up the sex appeal.

 

Ellen Barkin.  You captured her perfectly with this sentence.

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Finally saw Glengarry Glen Ross having spent the first 5 or so years of my post high school life working in shitty sales jobs, I could totally empathise with these guys. What bugged the hell out of me is why so many sales coaches and team leaders quote it or refer to it.

 

No-one in this movie comes away looking good. Everyone is just trying to pedal the shit they've been dealt to try and get through life. It's not a desirable situation to be in at all.

 

I can understand people bringing up the hot shots from Boiler Room because those guys game across as cool, even if they were shady as hell, but the sales side of GGR is totally depressing and makes me thankful I got out when I did. Any team leader using "Always Be Closing" on their staff should be ashamed of themselves.

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I just finished watching Badlands for the first time and I know Terrence Malick is very polarizing, but God damn do I love his movies.  Just so beautiful to look at and the dialogue just feels so real, like Martin Sheen and Sissy Spacek were just bullshitting whatever came into their heads the entire time (which knowing how he makes movies, they probably were.)

 

I'm also relieved finding out now that Spacek was 24 when she made this (since she was playing 15) because there were a few scenes where some of her outfits were leaving quite an impression.

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My favourite part was when Jax Teller had such a shit cockney accent that I thought he was American, until he turned up in Sons and had such a shit yank accent I thought he was a mick.

 

I saw him interviewed at the London premier of Pacific Rim. He said he was from Newcastle, and yet he couldn't even pronounce the word Geordie. He does literally sound as if he grew up somewhere in the Mid-Atlantic. If they ever make The Fall of Atlantis: The Movie, he should definately play the Prince or something. Dye his hair black and cast him as Namor, Marvel.

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Project X was on TV and for some inexplicable reason I decided to watch it. Breaking news: The movie is dog shit. I can't believe that, even you're a 16 year old kid, you'll enjoy this.

 

Ugh there goes 87 minutes of my life down the drain.

 

EDIT: The soundtrack is pretty great though.

I watched about 30-40 minutes of this through the middle and was just "Seriously, what the hell is this?!"  It's barely even a movie, really.

But I can't front, I watched Here Comes the Boom which is at its best when it sticks to the formula of it's-funny-when-Kevin-James-falls-down-or-gets-beat-up and is pretty bad when it tries to be a heartwarming-teacher-makes-a-difference movie.  Bas Rutten is fairly funny, because Bas Rutten is always fairly funny.  Then, it ends on this crazy, inexplicably over-the-top patriotic sequence where Rutten's character becomes an American citizen and the weird foreign janitor yells "Viva America!" while the main characters look up at an American flag flapping in the breeze, which would be fine if the entire movie were about that, but since it's just a supporting character's sub-plot it's totally baffling and comes out of nowhere.  But there is a scene where Kevin James celebrates his first win by accidentally vomiting on his opponent, so there's also a lot to love...

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Project X was on TV and for some inexplicable reason I decided to watch it. Breaking news: The movie is dog shit. I can't believe that, even you're a 16 year old kid, you'll enjoy this.

 

Ugh there goes 87 minutes of my life down the drain.

 

EDIT: The soundtrack is pretty great though.

I watched about 30-40 minutes of this through the middle and was just "Seriously, what the hell is this?!"  It's barely even a movie, really.But I can't front, I watched Here Comes the Boom which is at its best when it sticks to the formula of it's-funny-when-Kevin-James-falls-down-or-gets-beat-up and is pretty bad when it tries to be a heartwarming-teacher-makes-a-difference movie.  Bas Rutten is fairly funny, because Bas Rutten is always fairly funny.  Then, it ends on this crazy, inexplicably over-the-top patriotic sequence where Rutten's character becomes an American citizen and the weird foreign janitor yells "Viva America!" while the main characters look up at an American flag flapping in the breeze, which would be fine if the entire movie were about that, but since it's just a supporting character's sub-plot it's totally baffling and comes out of nowhere.  But there is a scene where Kevin James celebrates his first win by accidentally vomiting on his opponent, so there's also a lot to love...

 

 

I caught bits of Here Comes The Boom when it was on the Sky Premiere channel for a week before going on different channels. I liked what I watched as a big MMA fan.

 

My favourite MMA fighter appearance in the film was the fighter Kevin James tapped out...who turned out to be Chael Sonnen claiming he didn't submit.

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Project X was on TV and for some inexplicable reason I decided to watch it. Breaking news: The movie is dog shit. I can't believe that, even you're a 16 year old kid, you'll enjoy this.

 

Ugh there goes 87 minutes of my life down the drain.

 

EDIT: The soundtrack is pretty great though.

I watched about 30-40 minutes of this through the middle and was just "Seriously, what the hell is this?!"  It's barely even a movie, really.But I can't front, I watched Here Comes the Boom which is at its best when it sticks to the formula of it's-funny-when-Kevin-James-falls-down-or-gets-beat-up and is pretty bad when it tries to be a heartwarming-teacher-makes-a-difference movie.  Bas Rutten is fairly funny, because Bas Rutten is always fairly funny.  Then, it ends on this crazy, inexplicably over-the-top patriotic sequence where Rutten's character becomes an American citizen and the weird foreign janitor yells "Viva America!" while the main characters look up at an American flag flapping in the breeze, which would be fine if the entire movie were about that, but since it's just a supporting character's sub-plot it's totally baffling and comes out of nowhere.  But there is a scene where Kevin James celebrates his first win by accidentally vomiting on his opponent, so there's also a lot to love...

 

 

I caught bits of Here Comes The Boom when it was on the Sky Premiere channel for a week before going on different channels. I liked what I watched as a big MMA fan.

 

My favourite MMA fighter appearance in the film was the fighter Kevin James tapped out...who turned out to be Chael Sonnen claiming he didn't submit.

 

You can definitely tell it was a labour of love for James, who is a big MMA fan.  He had MMA references (Getting together to watch UFC with his friends, wearing Bas Rutten shirts) way back on 'King of Queens' years ago.  He also got into pretty good shape, considering how he normally looks.

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Project X was on TV and for some inexplicable reason I decided to watch it. Breaking news: The movie is dog shit. I can't believe that, even you're a 16 year old kid, you'll enjoy this.

 

Ugh there goes 87 minutes of my life down the drain.

 

EDIT: The soundtrack is pretty great though.

I watched about 30-40 minutes of this through the middle and was just "Seriously, what the hell is this?!"  It's barely even a movie, really.But I can't front, I watched Here Comes the Boom which is at its best when it sticks to the formula of it's-funny-when-Kevin-James-falls-down-or-gets-beat-up and is pretty bad when it tries to be a heartwarming-teacher-makes-a-difference movie.  Bas Rutten is fairly funny, because Bas Rutten is always fairly funny.  Then, it ends on this crazy, inexplicably over-the-top patriotic sequence where Rutten's character becomes an American citizen and the weird foreign janitor yells "Viva America!" while the main characters look up at an American flag flapping in the breeze, which would be fine if the entire movie were about that, but since it's just a supporting character's sub-plot it's totally baffling and comes out of nowhere.  But there is a scene where Kevin James celebrates his first win by accidentally vomiting on his opponent, so there's also a lot to love...

 

 

I caught bits of Here Comes The Boom when it was on the Sky Premiere channel for a week before going on different channels. I liked what I watched as a big MMA fan.

 

My favourite MMA fighter appearance in the film was the fighter Kevin James tapped out...who turned out to be Chael Sonnen claiming he didn't submit.

 

You can definitely tell it was a labour of love for James, who is a big MMA fan.  He had MMA references (Getting together to watch UFC with his friends, wearing Bas Rutten shirts) way back on 'King of Queens' years ago.  He also got into pretty good shape, considering how he normally looks.

 

He played an MMA fighter guy on an episode of the Sammo Hung show MARTIAL LAW years ago.  Did some nifty stunt stuff I recall.

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Kevin was an all-state wrestler in high school before he got hurt, which led to Mick Foley (yes, Mankind) taking his place on the team.

 

Joe Rogan has said on his podcast that Kevin has always been pretty athletic and could lift a lot of weight, play good basketball, run, etc. but he had a shitty diet (like most comics do) that led him to getting a big gut.

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You can definitely tell it was a labour of love for James, who is a big MMA fan.  He had MMA references (Getting together to watch UFC with his friends, wearing Bas Rutten shirts) way back on 'King of Queens' years ago.  He also got into pretty good shape, considering how he normally looks.

 

 

I just bought the blu ray of this a week or so ago and have been meaning to watch it.  $4 for a used copy, figured it was worth a shot.

 

I saw an interview with Kevin James where he said he lost something like 80-100 lbs for the movie but has since gained it back.  Asked how long it took to gain it back?  "A day."  LOL.

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My plan of not watching anything on TV is working well. Mowing down a ton of flicks. So far this week, I have also watched....WHIP IT: It's produced by Drew Barrymore, it has Drew Barrymore in it, and it stars Ellen Page. It gets an automatic pass. That being said, it was a pretty good movie.

THE RUNAWAYS: Ugh. Did not enjoy. I know it's based on Cherie Currie's book, but I think they criminally under-portrayed the importance of Lita Ford in here. Although Kristen Stewart did make a decent Joan Jett.

JESUS CAMP: I've been sitting on this doc for a while. Finally watched it. Interesting, in a spooky sort of way. I always get suspicious at people who are so over-enthusiastically committed to a cause. Seeing little 6-year old speaking in tongues and randomly evangelizing at people... more than a little disturbing.

ADVENTURELAND: utter, utter shite.

THE FOUNTAIN: weird, but oddly interesting movie. A nice way way to tie the Book of Genesis, the Fountain of Youth, and Modern Science together in one messy bow.

THE TOWN: I thought I would hate this, but it was actually good. It was kind of like a poor man's Townie HEAT.

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Requiem For a Dream - Have heard lots of great things about this one over the years but can't say I was impressed. There's some plot holes and in the end, I think it just true too hard to be artistic. Not bad, with some really good performances, but not the beat movie I'd been told. 6/10, maybe 7/10.
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Requiem For a Dream - Have heard lots of great things about this one over the years but can't say I was impressed. There's some plot holes and in the end, I think it just true too hard to be artistic. Not bad, with some really good performances, but not the beat movie I'd been told. 6/10, maybe 7/10.

 

Ellen Burstyn pulls up the average.  She's a solid 25 out of 10 in that.

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The missus and I watched Requiem for a Dream one night and we were both thoroughly disturbed, especially at the ending sequence with the trance-like beat playing over all of the shitty events of these shitty people's lives. The next day I had the worst migraine of my life and had to go to the ER because I thought I was dying from an aneurysm. Coincidence? I doubt it.

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