What was the last movie you've seen?

[Luke]

Because he brings the same charm, fun, best bud attitude to in almost every role he plays. Which is fine by me because I like his personality and therfore like his movies also. On the opposite side of the spectrum is Keanu. Boring, no charm in every movie, tend to not like his movies lol.

Lisa Kudrow is like the female Micheal Keaton. They both have a charm and a quirkiness to them them that is adorable. Besides the fact I don't want to have sexy time with Keaton, they're a lot alike.

As far as GUNG HO...Is there a thing as acceptable racism? Like, giving movies a paas at racism because of the time the film was made?

I say laugh when you think it is funny, but do movies get a pass over time for racist jokes? Not sure if "You buy now!" would get the same laughs today.

[stickem]

Things weren't as pc back in the 80's early 90's. I was watching lethal weapon 2 last night and glover refers to the japanes as "owning everything" nowadays. People today find that offensive.

[REPO Man]

One of the better "found footage" horror films out there, not to mention one of the most inventive. But... considering the vast glut of uninspired "Paranormal Activity" knockoffs, that's basically saying that it's one of the least-rancid mounds of dog shit on the sidewalk.

Also IDK what happened to my previous post (if it was deleted by accident or I just forgot to click "submit"), but I recently watched:

* a small "Power Rangers" fan film marathon consisting of POWER/RANGERS, Teenages With Attitude (which shows how the reboot rangers from the TwA/ZoE-verse met) and Zordon of Eltar (which is the earliest point of the TwA/ZoE-verse, which sadly will not be continued with Teenagers With Attitude 2, since funding fell through). I can honestly say ZoE is vastly better than P/R.
* A Nightmare on Elm Street, in honor of Wes Craven's passing.

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^you don't see it here because you posted it in the smile/ticked off thread

[REPO Man]

^you don't see it here because you posted it in the smile/ticked off thread

In that case:

POWER/RANGERS, the controversial fan film known for its over the top R-rated grittiness, while ironically being a parody of over-the-top gritty reboots.

Teenagers With Attitude, a fan-film tied to the "Zordon of Eltar" fan film, showcasing rebooted versions of the Power Rangers and how they met. Had the sequel found its funding, we would have seen two new characters (Tommy and Tammy Oliver) and even the reboot's versions of the Ranger suits.

Zordon of Eltar, which is part of the same reboot PR universe as the above fan film. This, however, focused on Zordon and Rita Repulsa and took place during the events prior to Rita being locked away and Zordon ending up in a time warp. Easily my fave PR fan film (sorry POWER/RANGERS), with tons of nods to the original series (like rebooted versions of Dulcea and Lerigot, mentions of Ivan Ooze and even to SPD, which apparently existed that far back in this timeline, and also the exterior shots of the Command Center on Earth are based on those of The House of the Book).

And recently, in honor of the late great Wes Craven:

[Ack]

Veronica Guerin

This movie roughly follows the last two years of crime reporter Veronica Guerin's life before she was murdered in 1996 by John Gilligan's gang for reporting about his importance to the Irish drug trade. It stars Cate Blanchett in the title role and was directed by Joel Schumacher, with Jerry Bruckheimer directing...and yet, it just never seems to gel. I wanted to like this movie, but ended up just thinking it was ok, as the tension I believe I was supposed to feel just never set in. If anything, it came across as heavy-handed and over the top on the part of Schumacher.



Monster Shark, AKA Shark: Red on the Ocean, AKA Devouring Waves, AKA Devil Fish

Lamberto Bava and Bruno Mattei teamed up to make a Jaws knock off about a genetically engineered primordial shark/octopus hybrid eating people off the coast of Florida in the mid-1980s. It varies in quality, depending on the actors, but the editing is absolutely atrocious. The movie will occasionally jump between three or four different ongoing scenes, disrupting whatever mood each individual scene was trying to set. There is one highlight though: the giant monster head is actually pretty cool, and Bava was smart enough to only show it in flashes and rapid cuts as it attacks people. Cool model, bad editing, awful movie.



The Last Run

More brown than a modern Call of Duty game. George C. Scott is an aging driver who has come out of retirement for a job in Spain to help a prisoner escape across the border to France. Unfortunately the guy is kind of a douche and convinces Scott to pick up his girlfriend. Turns out the whole job has gone south though, as the people who wanted the prisoner out is actually a rival crime syndicate that wants to kill him for previously attempting to assassinate one of their leaders. And the prisoner and his girl are trying to play the driver the whole way. It's a weird mix of crime and travel movie that comes off a little bland but never terrible.

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Monster Shark is awesome, and it is the basis for one of my favorite MST3K episodes.

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I went on a date with my wife and got to watch No Escape with Owen Wilson. Wilson really put on a great performance alongside the rest of the cast, I really enjoyed it if you guys get a chance to watch I highly recommend it.

[Luke]

I have a friend who, since the 90's, has had a mad super crush on Jennifer Boobs.. I mean Jennifer Boobs Hewitt... I mean Jennifer Love Hewitt. I kid you not when I say his favorite film of all time is CAN'T HARDLY WAIT, which is a great film but by no means broke any new ground (I also think Jamie Presley is hotter in that film).

So with his seemingly never ending hard on for JLH, he squealed like a little girl when he found THE TUXEDO, a film featuring JLH in one of those cheap DVD bins found at your local department store.

He bought it for three reasons. One was a reason to hang out and watch a movie, the other two belong to the wonderful genetics that made Jennifer Love Hewitt. If you are a fan of hers, this delivers over and over. If you are a fan of good movies, walk away. If you are on the side of not caring about the quality of the film but the quality of boobs, this is for you.

Jackie Chan being the silly and lovable Jackie Chan is the best thing about the movie. Not him fighting or the fight choreography, but there is something about him that is so endearing. When he has fight sequences he morphs into some type kung-fu superhero, but usually he's a goofy adult playing a naive and bumbling eight year old.

The plot in this film is as useless as the kid's legs in RUMBLE IN THE BRONX. There, of course, is a tuxedo involved but forget about that as it's tertiary to...you know.

The plot contains plans to save and take over the world. Or just Earth unless we find water on another planet. Because the antagonists plan is to poison all of Earth's water and to sell the antidote via his own bottled water. I feel a bit dumber for even typing that plan.

Some movies are so fun that you can sit back, relax, and enjoy dumb stuff and don't even question it. I adore several movies that have talking trees as part as the cast and don't bat an eye when they are on screen.

But a man poisoning all of the water on Earth, besides his of course, is one of the most bat crap crazy thing I've never expected a script writer to think an audience would swallow. Would cows have to drink his "Poison free water" so we could have milk, cheese, burgers, steaks, etc. I could understand him poisoning, say Aquafina, and make an antidote, but all of Earth?

The action is underwhelming for a Jackie Chan film, and the entire film is basically a disaster, but if you want to watch a film with JHL with a friend who won't shut up about her boobs for ninety minutes you just struck gold with THE TUXEDO.

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(I also think Jamie Presley is hotter in that film).

definitely.