What was the last movie you've seen?

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indecks wrote: I also love that at the beginning, the Ninja are 'hidden' everywhere, and one of them is literally just standing behind a bush. fucking brilliant.
So much about this movie is just insanely bad (and, therefore, insanely awesome).

I loved the fact that the "climatic" action sequence at the end takes place in what appears to be the hallways and emergency stairwells of a newly completed Marriot hotel (complete with roof-top hot tub).
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MrPopo wrote: For me it was the few Dwarves who's faces looked pretty much human, so in close up shots they didn't look very Dwarfy.
Yup. The regular looking guys.

Any fan of LOTR will gobble this up.
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prfsnl_gmr wrote:
indecks wrote: I also love that at the beginning, the Ninja are 'hidden' everywhere, and one of them is literally just standing behind a bush. fucking brilliant.
So much about this movie is just insanely bad (and, therefore, insanely awesome).

I loved the fact that the "climatic" action sequence at the end takes place in what appears to be the hallways and emergency stairwells of a newly completed Marriot hotel (complete with roof-top hot tub).

Question: Did the ending feature the blood fountain?

The reason I ask is, as a kid, my parents watched this movie and I remember Kusugi's character stabbing the white guy's stomach with his blade, and then a huge spray of blood comes out and he dies. Then during the credits, the camera pans across the roof of the building and you see his dead body with a large blood stain.

Then years later, when I was about 17 or so, my friend and I rented it to watch it, and I noticed that the actual 'spray' was cut out, but the stain was still there during the credits.

Even later when we watched it for a bad movie night, (it was a download, I believe) the scene was back in. Which version did you see?
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The film critic version of me found The Hobbit to be an audio/visual treat that was nonetheless in need of an editor and a stronger, more defined supporting cast.

The lifelong-Tolkien-reader version of me found a lot to quibble with and dislike about about this treatment of The Hobbit, mostly due to the promotion and embellishment of footnoted characters, the shoehorning of LOTR film trilogy references and cameos, and the minor and somewhat major changes to the plot that were done for the sake of film.

Fortunately, it was the preteen version of me sitting in the seat in the theater and I was more overwhelmed by the sensation of "OMG I am seeing this on the big screen!" than I was by any negative vibes. I'll see it again (possibly in 3D for a change, though probably not) and see if I can retain this enthusiasm through multiple viewings...
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indecks wrote:
Question: Did the ending feature the blood fountain?
We watched it on Netflix - which appears to be a rip of the DVD version - and it definitely featured the blood fountain.
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Zoolander
Fun and funny, good enough for me. It looks a little dated, as their idea of what a male model looks like is very late-'90s.
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BoringSupreez wrote:Zoolander
Fun and funny, good enough for me. It looks a little dated, as their idea of what a male model looks like is very late-'90s.
I love Zoolander way too much. Jacobin Mugatu is one of my favorite villains of all time. So quotable.
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I hate Zoolander but not as much as I hate how much people love Zoolander
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