caley Posted July 18, 2014 Share Posted July 18, 2014 Yeah, there's no way Austin has the patience to watch Boardwalk. I could probably get him to get through Take Shelter though. He loved Bug and The Machinist so I think that would work out. I love the part in Red Heat where he pulls the guy's fake leg off, dumps out the coke and says "cocaine" in Russian which is translated on the screen. That was a monster bodyslam the stuntman took on the cement immediately preceding that, as well! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tabe Posted July 18, 2014 Share Posted July 18, 2014 This showed up in an email from Netflix and, before I could even start watching it, my wife had already watched it twice and was yelling at me to watch it with her. So here goes: The Battered Bastards of Baseball - Netflix-original documentary on the mid-70s minor league baseball team, the Portland Mavericks. The Mavs were founded and owned by Bing Russell, of Bonanza fame and father of Kurt Russell. Bing was a lifelong baseball fan who spent much of his childhood hanging out with the likes of Lefty Gomez, Joe Dimaggio and Lou Gehrig of the Yankees. After the 1972 season, the AAA Portland Beavers left Oregon for greener pastures elsewhere. A void was created and Bing created the Mavericks to fill it. The Mavericks would play in the short-season A Northwest League (home to my beloved Spokane Indians). Unlike every other team on the planet, they would be independent with no affiliation to any major league team. As a result, they grabbed players from wherever they could, including open tryouts. Their guys were older and (mostly) had no illusions about making a career out of it. So they were there to have fun. And they did. And their fans loved them for it. They were very successful, winning 4 division titles in 5 seasons while facing blowback from the major leagues. They do this against a backdrop of intrigue (major league teams sending higher-level players down for the playoffs against Portland to keep them from winning a championship) and controversy, all while having a blast. The whole movie is a good time and features interviews with several of the key figures (Bing Russell died in 2003, unfortunately), including Kurt Russell and Todd Field (director of 5-time Academy Award nominee, In the Bedroom). Field was the batboy for the Mavs. Anyway, this is great, and anybody who likes a good story in general, or sports specifically, should watch it. 9/10. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt D Posted July 19, 2014 Share Posted July 19, 2014 We're just watching the Lego movie now and it's basically just Fry and Leela, right? Down to the empty mind as a super power and purple hair. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bustronaut Posted July 19, 2014 Share Posted July 19, 2014 No Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted July 19, 2014 Share Posted July 19, 2014 The Raid 2 was much better than the first one, IMO. I liked the fact that there was some semblance of a plot this time, no matter how hackneyed and overdone (The Departed/Infernal Affairs minus the second perspective). There was some stillness between the insane action sequences to give balance for a change. I also liked the juggling of languages throughout. And of course, when they decided to go full-on, they pulled the damn lever off. There's no point in any of these guys not all carrying guns but if you can just let that slide then you will be treated to some incredible choreography and some inspired splatter. I'm down for a third one just to see how it could possibly wrap up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swift Posted July 20, 2014 Share Posted July 20, 2014 We're just watching the Lego movie now and it's basically just Fry and Leela, right? Down to the empty mind as a super power and purple hair. Neo and Trinity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcosLoura Posted July 20, 2014 Share Posted July 20, 2014 I'm watching Bad Grandpa and loving it, but, and my question is, how the fuck is Spike Jonze (playing the dead wife) taking those falls and not moving and or speaking?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Sorrow Posted July 20, 2014 Share Posted July 20, 2014 This showed up in an email from Netflix and, before I could even start watching it, my wife had already watched it twice and was yelling at me to watch it with her. So here goes: The Battered Bastards of Baseball - Netflix-original documentary on the mid-70s minor league baseball team, the Portland Mavericks. The Mavs were founded and owned by Bing Russell, of Bonanza fame and father of Kurt Russell. Bing was a lifelong baseball fan who spent much of his childhood hanging out with the likes of Lefty Gomez, Joe Dimaggio and Lou Gehrig of the Yankees. After the 1972 season, the AAA Portland Beavers left Oregon for greener pastures elsewhere. A void was created and Bing created the Mavericks to fill it. The Mavericks would play in the short-season A Northwest League (home to my beloved Spokane Indians). Unlike every other team on the planet, they would be independent with no affiliation to any major league team. As a result, they grabbed players from wherever they could, including open tryouts. Their guys were older and (mostly) had no illusions about making a career out of it. So they were there to have fun. And they did. And their fans loved them for it. They were very successful, winning 4 division titles in 5 seasons while facing blowback from the major leagues. They do this against a backdrop of intrigue (major league teams sending higher-level players down for the playoffs against Portland to keep them from winning a championship) and controversy, all while having a blast. The whole movie is a good time and features interviews with several of the key figures (Bing Russell died in 2003, unfortunately), including Kurt Russell and Todd Field (director of 5-time Academy Award nominee, In the Bedroom). Field was the batboy for the Mavs. Anyway, this is great, and anybody who likes a good story in general, or sports specifically, should watch it. 9/10. NPR had a great story on this last week, and it sounded great, I can't wait to see it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swift Posted July 20, 2014 Share Posted July 20, 2014 I'm watching Bad Grandpa and loving it, but, and my question is, how the fuck is Spike Jonze (playing the dead wife) taking those falls and not moving and or speaking?! Actually that was Catherine Keener playing the dead wife. I just watched it. I regret not catching it in the theatre now, because there were some moments here that would've resulted in Borat-levels of hysterical laughter in a large group of people, in particular the strip club scene. Still, it was good fun, and my wife was in tears a few times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcosLoura Posted July 20, 2014 Share Posted July 20, 2014 Snooped around a wee bit, apparently is Keener, Jonze and of course a dummy in some scenes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EVA Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 The same day I saw DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES in the theater, I came home and watched SNOWPIERCER on demand. So I ended up seeing the two best movies of the summer back to back. What a great day of cinema! Then I immediately ruined it by watching SHITTY OLDBOY. And, boy, was it shitty. I know Spike Lee has pleaded major studio interference on this, but I really don't see where there's a better movie buried in there. Literally every choice this movie makes is wrong. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reed Posted July 22, 2014 Share Posted July 22, 2014 Someone call PETA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig H Posted July 22, 2014 Share Posted July 22, 2014 I heard about that on the How Did This Get Made? podcast and went to Youtube to see for myself. That is just awesome. There is no way that's planned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reed Posted July 22, 2014 Share Posted July 22, 2014 Hogan didn't even try to save that dog. It's like the '80s all over again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niners Fan in CT Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 The dog didn't have a woman to lust over. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reed Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 I've now made a story up in my head where the dog's owner actually loved him a lot, but was simply trying to teach him to swim in a tough love manner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niners Fan in CT Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 Just as Hulk was teaching Mach life lessons in backstabbing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reed Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 Delicious: I posted the trailer for this in the upcoming thread a few months ago. I knew some of the people who worked on it. It's...decent, I guess. The plot basically revolves around this good-looking French guy taking Molly from Sherlock hostage and forcing her to eat something because she's got an eating disorder. He gets away with it mainly because he's good-looking and French. And the food he cooks is nice. It's kind of wacky. He does cure her though, so possibly the message is kidnapping is OK, I don't know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caley Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 Was kinda surprised at how decent The Rock was (The movie, not the wrestler). Reasonably convincing plot, lots of drama and tons of explosions and gunfights. I also liked that the villain wasn't just evil terrorist but rather a conflicted baddie who thought what he was doing was right but still wavered on going through with it. I thought Nicolas Cage worked much better as weird-ass scientist in over his head trying to save the day than he does as superhero action man. Sean Connery was fun, but I had a hard time believing a 66-year-old man could stand toe-to-toe with marines. On a the Michael Bay scale, with 10 Explosions being 'Pain and Gain' and 0 Explosions being 'Transformers 2', I'd give this a solid 7.5/8 Explosions out of 10. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reed Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 Was kinda surprised at how decent The Rock was (The movie, not the wrestler). Reasonably convincing plot, lots of drama and tons of explosions and gunfights. I also liked that the villain wasn't just evil terrorist but rather a conflicted baddie who thought what he was doing was right but still wavered on going through with it. I thought Nicolas Cage worked much better as weird-ass scientist in over his head trying to save the day than he does as superhero action man. Sean Connery was fun, but I had a hard time believing a 66-year-old man could stand toe-to-toe with marines. On a the Michael Bay scale, with 10 Explosions being 'Pain and Gain' and 0 Explosions being 'Transformers 2', I'd give this a solid 7.5/8 Explosions out of 10. Aaron Sorkin re-wrote the script from what I understand, hence why it ended up being pretty decent. I don't actually think Bay is an Ed Wood-levels of inept director. Like many have claimed. You can give him a good script and he can work with it. Problem is, he usually gets stuck with abysmal scripts and he can't get past it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranesi Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 That dog's death is directly Hogan's fault. Clearly that guy was all set to go impress his girl by bringing her a dog. Girls like dogs. That's actually a pretty sound plan on the face of it. Although the fact that it seems to be a full-grown dog he stole from someone's yard rather than, like, a puppy is maybe points against it. But then he saw the pure badassness of Hogan in a denim jacket on a motorcycle and was instantly like "Well, this fucking dog idea is useless against that. What the fuck was I thinking? I need to get to a motorcycle shop and then to The Limited as fast as I can, but first I need to get rid of this dog." Thus: Guy has lots of ideas. That's good. Impulse control and planning, less so. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reed Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 Maybe the dog didn't die though. Maybe it survived and came back for revenge on the guy who tried to kill him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranesi Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 Well now you're just making stuff up. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reed Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 I suddenly care more about 'Random Doomed Dog in the Background' than I do about anyone else in Mr. Nanny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranesi Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 I'm also kind of worried about Austin Pendleton. He's light and probably not a great swimmer. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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