9/10
Watched this again now that i have the blu ray, and it still blew me away the second time around. Love JCVD in this. Nothing quite like a good old fashioned revenge action film.
What was the last movie you've seen?
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9/10
Watched this again now that i have the blu ray, and it still blew me away the second time around. Love JCVD in this. Nothing quite like a good old fashioned revenge action film.
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I really hope you're right. I'd completely freak out like a Star Wars nut at the Episode 9 premiere. But like I said, I've been hearing rumors of this movie since Batman Returns. A few them published in places like Wizard and Entertainment Weekly.Luke wrote:This is the wrongest you've been in your history of being wrong. I can assure you this movie is being made.BurningDoom wrote: BTW, I'll believe a Justice League movie is being made when I see an actual trailer. Until then, it's nothing more than rumors; rumors we've been hearing since Batman Returns.
Watched GOODFELLAS again last night. It still holds up as being great, but I don't care for it as much as I used to.
Game Trade/Want List:
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Consoles Owned: Atari 2600, NES, SNES, Super GB, N64, Gamecube, GB Player, Wii, Sega Power Base Converter, Genesis, Saturn, Dreamcast, TurboGrafx-16, PlayStation, PS2 Slim, XBox, XBox 360, Game Boy, GBC, GBA-SP, DS, Game Gear, GG Master Converter
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Consoles Owned: Atari 2600, NES, SNES, Super GB, N64, Gamecube, GB Player, Wii, Sega Power Base Converter, Genesis, Saturn, Dreamcast, TurboGrafx-16, PlayStation, PS2 Slim, XBox, XBox 360, Game Boy, GBC, GBA-SP, DS, Game Gear, GG Master Converter
Re: What was the last movie you've seen?
I am. 2015-2016.BurningDoom wrote:
I really hope you're right.
I was very underwhelmed with X-MEN FIRST CLASS, but I'm pretty excited about X-MEN FIRST CLASS DAYS OF FUTURE PAST AND PAST FUTURE OF DAYS. The cast is amazing, the director can be mind blowing, and the story sounds more like the crazy X-Men comics I grew up with other than just another Hollywood blockbuster. Really looking forward to this.
Re: What was the last movie you've seen?
EvilRyu2099 wrote:
At the beginning I thought this was a B-Rated movie but as it progressed it got better and better... This is one of the most surprisingly movies I've seen in recent memory and probably one of the best recent sports films as well... I enjoyed this as much if not more than Moneyball and that's saying something.. Easily Sean William Scott's best role..
i only heard about this a few months ago and seen it last night. i wasn't expecting much but it was a pretty dam good movie. i was surprised. weird, i hate hockey but like hockey movies.
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Sleepless Night
A by-the-numbers French thriller that proved highly watchable.
Thy ban hammer shalt strike 
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HOT SHOTS! and HOT SHOTS! PART DEUX
I loved these as a teenager?
I loved these as a teenager?
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Luke wrote:HOT SHOTS! and HOT SHOTS! PART DEUX
I loved these as a teenager?
Pork snout and mustard sandwich.
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"Little sizzlin' belly".indecks wrote: Pork snout and mustard sandwich.
This is great:
Ewan helps sum up why the SW prequels stunk.
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The Tempest (1979)
The Tempset marks the point where I realized that TCM, in fact, has absolutely no trouble showing nudity of any kind on their channel. Granted, this aired at 2am and not during prime time, but the point is, they don’t have a problem with it. In The Iron Rose they showed a fully nude woman walking along the beach, and here they balanced it out by showing a nude male wandering out of the ocean….and then some. Let it not be said that TCM is not fair and balanced.
If the talk of nudity has confused you any, than let me clarify that, yes, this is, in fact, an adaptation of Shakespeare’s play, The Tempest. For those of you who weren’t forced to read it in school, I’ll give you the cliff-notes version: Prospero, rightful Duke of Milan, has been banished to a remote island with his daughter, Miranda. Wanting to restore his daughter to her rightful place and take revenge on those who wronged him, he conjures up a storm, a tempest, to lure his usurping sibling and Alonso, the King of Naples, to the island.
As anyone who’s read Shakespeare knows, it often helps one’s understanding of the play to actually see the play, and not just read the words. The visual cues often aid in one’s understanding. If that’s where your train of thought is leading you, you may wish to reconsider.
Where do I begin…..
For starters, let me begin on a positive note by saying how visually stunning the movie is. The entire film is highly atmospheric; the imagery is haunting, the sets are intriguing, and the costumes are an eclectic mixture of classical, punk and modern.
Oh, how my heart doth flutter at the sight of your braided, frosted tips….
As the movie transitions from the darker themes of magic and vengeance to the larger and lighter themes of forgiveness, friendship and family, the visual stylings change from a dark, shadowed gothic perspective, to a lighter, airier baroque one. It’s really quite visually captivating.
One of the other things that make this film stand out is its erotically charged nature. Now, I don’t want to give anyone the impression with all this talk of nudity that I’m some sort of prude. I was an art student, for goodness sake. The naked human figure does not shock or bother me. I only mention it because while it doesn’t shock me, in this case it did throw me off a little since I wasn’t expecting it. I’m more used to classical Shakespeare interpretations where everyone remains fully clothed.
And before some of you get all excited, let me clarify that when I say erotically charged, I mean more along the lines of homo-erotically charged. Out of six actors, four of them are male. You do get to see the actress who plays Miranda without her top, but it’s so damn dark in that room that I don’t think those of you who are interested in that sort of thing are going to get much enjoyment out of it. As for the other nude female, that’s a special case.
NOTE: THIS IS SPOILERED FOR A REASON
In fact, by the time the film nears the end, any viewers remaining notions that the homoeroticism was subtle or perhaps unintentional will quickly be thrown out the window, when they become bombarded with such overwhelming flamboyance.
The guy with the feathers is naked, just so you know.
Hell, by the time you get to the wedding scene the only thing you’ll be thinking will be, “Are they even trying to be subtle? The only thing this movie is missing at this point is a bunch of dancing sailor-…”
Never mind…..
And then Elisabeth Welch comes out decked in her best “Vegas Singer” outfit and starts singing a very nice cabaret rendition of “Stormy Weather” to said bunch of gleefully smiling sailors.
A sailor’s greatest dream is to dance and listen to Elisabeth Welch.
To a film filled with alchemical references, it is a humorously campy addition. It is a nice song though. You should listen to it. Or you could just watch the last few minutes of the film instead, dancing sailors and all. Your call. Say what you will about it, you could do a hell of a lot worse than that at your own wedding reception.
As far as Shakespearian adaptations go, this is certainly one of the more interesting ones. I was impressed by it’s unique visual styling, but it’s not a movie for everyone. People who don’t enjoy Shakespeare will want to avoid it and those who do, will most likely be turned off by the deviations of the dialogue. The language is there, but it’s constructed to work with the visuals, rather than have the visuals work with the words. If you enjoy films from an artistic perspective, then you may enjoy this. But if you’d rather have a more classical adaptation of the Bard’s tale, then there are other options to choose from.
See ya, sailors…..
The Tempset marks the point where I realized that TCM, in fact, has absolutely no trouble showing nudity of any kind on their channel. Granted, this aired at 2am and not during prime time, but the point is, they don’t have a problem with it. In The Iron Rose they showed a fully nude woman walking along the beach, and here they balanced it out by showing a nude male wandering out of the ocean….and then some. Let it not be said that TCM is not fair and balanced.
If the talk of nudity has confused you any, than let me clarify that, yes, this is, in fact, an adaptation of Shakespeare’s play, The Tempest. For those of you who weren’t forced to read it in school, I’ll give you the cliff-notes version: Prospero, rightful Duke of Milan, has been banished to a remote island with his daughter, Miranda. Wanting to restore his daughter to her rightful place and take revenge on those who wronged him, he conjures up a storm, a tempest, to lure his usurping sibling and Alonso, the King of Naples, to the island.
As anyone who’s read Shakespeare knows, it often helps one’s understanding of the play to actually see the play, and not just read the words. The visual cues often aid in one’s understanding. If that’s where your train of thought is leading you, you may wish to reconsider.
Where do I begin…..
For starters, let me begin on a positive note by saying how visually stunning the movie is. The entire film is highly atmospheric; the imagery is haunting, the sets are intriguing, and the costumes are an eclectic mixture of classical, punk and modern.
Oh, how my heart doth flutter at the sight of your braided, frosted tips….
As the movie transitions from the darker themes of magic and vengeance to the larger and lighter themes of forgiveness, friendship and family, the visual stylings change from a dark, shadowed gothic perspective, to a lighter, airier baroque one. It’s really quite visually captivating.
One of the other things that make this film stand out is its erotically charged nature. Now, I don’t want to give anyone the impression with all this talk of nudity that I’m some sort of prude. I was an art student, for goodness sake. The naked human figure does not shock or bother me. I only mention it because while it doesn’t shock me, in this case it did throw me off a little since I wasn’t expecting it. I’m more used to classical Shakespeare interpretations where everyone remains fully clothed.
And before some of you get all excited, let me clarify that when I say erotically charged, I mean more along the lines of homo-erotically charged. Out of six actors, four of them are male. You do get to see the actress who plays Miranda without her top, but it’s so damn dark in that room that I don’t think those of you who are interested in that sort of thing are going to get much enjoyment out of it. As for the other nude female, that’s a special case.
NOTE: THIS IS SPOILERED FOR A REASON
The guy with the feathers is naked, just so you know.
Hell, by the time you get to the wedding scene the only thing you’ll be thinking will be, “Are they even trying to be subtle? The only thing this movie is missing at this point is a bunch of dancing sailor-…”
Never mind…..
And then Elisabeth Welch comes out decked in her best “Vegas Singer” outfit and starts singing a very nice cabaret rendition of “Stormy Weather” to said bunch of gleefully smiling sailors.
A sailor’s greatest dream is to dance and listen to Elisabeth Welch.
To a film filled with alchemical references, it is a humorously campy addition. It is a nice song though. You should listen to it. Or you could just watch the last few minutes of the film instead, dancing sailors and all. Your call. Say what you will about it, you could do a hell of a lot worse than that at your own wedding reception.
As far as Shakespearian adaptations go, this is certainly one of the more interesting ones. I was impressed by it’s unique visual styling, but it’s not a movie for everyone. People who don’t enjoy Shakespeare will want to avoid it and those who do, will most likely be turned off by the deviations of the dialogue. The language is there, but it’s constructed to work with the visuals, rather than have the visuals work with the words. If you enjoy films from an artistic perspective, then you may enjoy this. But if you’d rather have a more classical adaptation of the Bard’s tale, then there are other options to choose from.
See ya, sailors…..
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Loved it.
Still awesome. Don't bother with the NetFlix version, which is fullscreen. I have it on DVD and it's got FS and widescreen.
Missed a good chunk of the ending. Don't ask.
Still liked it, but I've seen better.
FUCKIN FUNNY AS HELL!!!!!