The Official Movie Thread

[Sucker Punch]

Might have to watch Slapshot this afternoon, it came out 35 years ago today.

Speaking of which, go watch Goon today.  I went in with incredibly low expectations, and I thought it was great.  Best hockey movie since Slapshot.

Not for kids, though.  Lots of language, and some of the violence is pretty explicit.

 

[bustaheims]

Anybody seen or heard anything about 3D star wars? I'm on the fence about going to see it.

I saw it, but only because a buddy of mine had an extra free ticket. If you can past the fact that the Phantom Menace still sucks . . .

 

[Tigger]

Might have to watch Slapshot this afternoon, it came out 35 years ago today.

Speaking of which, go watch Goon today.  I went in with incredibly low expectations, and I thought it was great.  Best hockey movie since Slapshot.

Not for kids, though.  Lots of language, and some of the violence is pretty explicit.

Sweet, going to check that out. Did you or anyone else happen to see Breakaway? Kind of funny that Rob Lowe produced it.

 

[Kin]

Well, the Oscars sucked. But I'm glad to see that Bret Mackenzie won.

 

[Sucker Punch]

Might have to watch Slapshot this afternoon, it came out 35 years ago today.

Speaking of which, go watch Goon today.  I went in with incredibly low expectations, and I thought it was great.  Best hockey movie since Slapshot.

Not for kids, though.  Lots of language, and some of the violence is pretty explicit.

Sweet, going to check that out. Did you or anyone else happen to see Breakaway? Kind of funny that Rob Lowe produced it.

Nope, I think I remember seeing a trailer for it sometime.  Russell Peters kinda irritates me, so I wasn't too into it.  Did you see it?  Is it worth checking out?

By the way, I'd like to amend my earlier statement about Goon being the best since Slapshot.  I forgot about Miracle, that was pretty awesome too.

 

[L K]

Well, the Oscars sucked. But I'm glad to see that Bret Mackenzie won.

He did a really good job on the Muppets soundtrack.  I'm kind of disappointed he didn't get a chance to perform the song.

 

[Kin]

Caught a couple movies recently:

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy: Too condensed. I'm probably too biased because of my love of the book and the mini-series but I'm not sure this movie added much to my understanding of the story. Kudos, though, to Gary Oldman for doing a terrific job in Alec Guiness' shadow.

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: I have no idea why this movie exists. I understand why the Swedes made a version of it but to update it a couple years later but not change the setting, have a bunch of American/Canadian actors speakin in Swedish accents(except, bizarrely, the main character) and not even attempt to clean up the mess of the source material?

The Hangover 2: I know why it got bad reviews as it was more of the same as the original but, personally, I'm ok with that. I like the characters and the premise enough that I'm on board with an hour an a half of their adventures every couple of years.

 

[Tigger]

Might have to watch Slapshot this afternoon, it came out 35 years ago today.

Speaking of which, go watch Goon today.  I went in with incredibly low expectations, and I thought it was great.  Best hockey movie since Slapshot.

Not for kids, though.  Lots of language, and some of the violence is pretty explicit.

Sweet, going to check that out. Did you or anyone else happen to see Breakaway? Kind of funny that Rob Lowe produced it.

Nope, I think I remember seeing a trailer for it sometime.  Russell Peters kinda irritates me, so I wasn't too into it.  Did you see it?  Is it worth checking out?

By the way, I'd like to amend my earlier statement about Goon being the best since Slapshot.  I forgot about Miracle, that was pretty awesome too.

Haven't seen it, no, caught an interview on Ghomeshi with Lowe and it sounded interesting, going to check it out today or tomorrow, I'll let you know.

 

[Tigger]

I caught Chronicle the other day, it was interesting at least, had the guy that played Wallace from The Wire. Sort of 'kids get super powers' but not really a kids story, told in a similar style to Troll Hunter and Cloverfield the ending sort of reminded me a bit of one of the bigger scenes from Akira.

 

[Tigger]

So, finally did get around to seeing Breakaway, pretty light but not terrible either... there's a touch of Bollywood too. Not bad for a hangover day movie...

"ask him what night Cricket Night in Canada is on..."

SP, fwiw, Russell Peters was a relatively unlikable minor character so it kind of worked.

Also caught Goon, yup that was the real deal.

 

[WhatIfGodWasALeaf]

Going to see a midnight showing of Hunger Games in a few hours, I have the book to read, going to wait till after the movie to check it out.

 

[Bender]

Just watched "Husbands and Wives" by Woody Allen.

What a poignant film on relationships.

 

[Sucker Punch]

I have no idea what The Hunger Games is, but I already hate it.

 

[Mikhail Bloodnovsky]

I have no idea what The Hunger Games is, but I already hate it.

It's a rockumentary on North Korea.

 

[bustaheims]

I have no idea what The Hunger Games is, but I already hate it.

From what I can tell, it's a watered down version of Battle Royale, but, with a bunch of white kids and too much emphasis on the plot.

 

[Kin]

So far I've pieced together that there are some sort of games going on and someone or something is hungry.

 

[Newbury]

I have no idea what The Hunger Games is, but I already hate it.

From what I can tell, it's a watered down version of Battle Royale, but, with a bunch of white kids and too much emphasis on the plot.

Not enough white kids, apparently.

http://jezebel.com/5896408/racist-hunger-games-fans-dont-care-how-much-money-the-movie-made

 

[Sucker Punch]

News like that makes me want to punch a stranger in the face.  This may have me all turned around on this movie, now I might have to put on black face and go see it, just to support those little kids.  That will send the right message.

I really wish they would have gone ahead and made Spiderman black.

 

[Madferret]

"The Long Walk" would transpose well into a movie - what's the hold up?

 

[Kin]

I have no idea what The Hunger Games is, but I already hate it.

From what I can tell, it's a watered down version of Battle Royale, but, with a bunch of white kids and too much emphasis on the plot.

Not enough white kids, apparently.

http://jezebel.com/5896408/racist-hunger-games-fans-dont-care-how-much-money-the-movie-made

Leaving aside the fact that I don't know if it's true in this case and the obviously distasteful racial aspect just as a general rule I tend to find people who complain about an adaptation's deviance from its source material to be about as obnoxious as it gets.

(Although I maintain a small exception for Kick-Ass)