8th Feb 2011 at 2:50 pm
Hope is important.
8th Feb 2011 at 4:00 pm
I aim to misbehave
Title: The Other Guys.
Genre: Comedy and detective movie.
Good actors: Will Ferrell, MArk Wahlberg, Eva Mendes, Steve Coogan, The Rock, Samuel L Jackson.
Products Placements: None.
Minutes too long: None.
Deaths: Yes.
Attractive males: Mark Wahlberg and The Rock?
Attractive females: Eva Mendes.
Best Quote:
"Hey! Hey! Shut your face! If I wanted you to talk, I would stick my hand up your a*se, and work your mouth like a puppet!".
Highlight: It is really funny, I think! - It is lots of story jokes, but also it is lots of surreal and random jokes too. Also, it is pretty sweet and hopeful, but also it is really spiky and mean, sometimes, too.
It is my funniest movie for really ages, I think - it is really weird lots of TV shows are really funny ans silly, but lots of comedy movies are sort of disappointing a tiny bit (i think - i am not sure it is true at-all).
Lowlight: The detective story is sort of boring a tiny bit. It is not so important, I think.
Score: 8 fresh starts out of 10.
13th Mar 2011 at 11:23 am
13th Mar 2011 at 11:28 am
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Niomie was underwhelmed by the Big Lebowski last night. "It had really good characters but didn't do anything with them."
That film just always makes me happy.
13th Mar 2011 at 11:34 am
Quote: Delirium Tremens, Mar 2011Niomie was underwhelmed by the Big Lebowski last night. "It had really good characters but didn't do anything with them."
That film just always makes me happy.
I almost think that's the point. There's no character development because the characters just want to get back to how they were. Always makes me happy too.
13th Mar 2011 at 11:43 am
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Quote: Barrington, Mar 2011Quote: Delirium Tremens, Mar 2011Niomie was underwhelmed by the Big Lebowski last night. "It had really good characters but didn't do anything with them."
That film just always makes me happy.
I almost think that's the point. There's no character development because the characters just want to get back to how they were. Always makes me happy too.
Do you know what I like the most out of that whole film? It's a small thing, but Jeff Bridge's expression in the "Condition My Condition Was In" dream sequence.
13th Mar 2011 at 11:49 am
Where he sees Saddam and the huge wall of bowling shoes especially. Always loved that little part of it
26th Mar 2011 at 9:15 pm
28th Mar 2011 at 1:07 pm
Hope is important.
4th Apr 2011 at 1:00 pm
Hope is important.
4th Apr 2011 at 8:51 pm
It is going to be an "American Gods" movie pretty soon, maybe. I am really looking forward to it, I think, but I am really nervous too. - It is a really amazing book.
Also, I sort of hope The Rock is Shadow too - it woul be pretty cool, I think!
http://www.empireonline.com/News/story.asp?nid=30532
4th Apr 2011 at 9:15 pm
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Quote: Ghosts vs. Robots., Apr 2011It is going to be an "American Gods" movie pretty soon, maybe. I am really looking forward to it, I think, but I am really nervous too. - It is a really amazing book.
Also, I sort of hope The Rock is Shadow too - it woul be pretty cool, I think!
http://www.empireonline.com/News/story.asp?nid=30532
That would make a great film. Not sure about the Rock... how about an unknown who can act?
Jack Nicholson is Wednesday.
4th Apr 2011 at 10:13 pm
5th Apr 2011 at 5:47 am
I aim to misbehave
I've nothing against the Rock, I just didn't see him as Shadow. He's best at playing cocky, demonstrative guys who get their pretensions pricked as the film goes on. Shadow hangs back, pretends to be dumber than he is and doesn't really exist unless another person's in the room with him.
Brittany Murphy for his wife?
5th Apr 2011 at 11:25 am
Quote: Delirium Tremens, Apr 2011I've nothing against the Rock, I just didn't see him as Shadow. He's best at playing cocky, demonstrative guys who get their pretensions pricked as the film goes on. Shadow hangs back, pretends to be dumber than he is and doesn't really exist unless another person's in the room with him.
Brittany Murphy for his wife?
That might be difficult, I don't think she's really available. Unless it's CGI or a rope and pulley system. She's dead.
Shadow's wife Laura comes back in the form of a sentient animated corpse due to a special coin Shadow had acquired and placed on her coffin at her burial, not knowing the effect it would have.
5th Apr 2011 at 12:01 pm
I aim to misbehave
Quote: Barrington, Apr 2011Quote: Delirium Tremens, Apr 2011I've nothing against the Rock, I just didn't see him as Shadow. He's best at playing cocky, demonstrative guys who get their pretensions pricked as the film goes on. Shadow hangs back, pretends to be dumber than he is and doesn't really exist unless another person's in the room with him.
Brittany Murphy for his wife?
That might be difficult, I don't think she's really available. Unless it's CGI or a rope and pulley system. She's dead.
Quote:Shadow's wife Laura comes back in the form of a sentient animated corpse due to a special coin Shadow had acquired and placed on her coffin at her burial, not knowing the effect it would have.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Gods
5th Apr 2011 at 1:47 pm
Hope is important.
Jack Nicholson is Wednesday.
I own American Gods but haven't read it yet, I really should.
16th Apr 2011 at 12:53 pm
I aim to misbehave
Title: Glengarry Glen Ross
Genre: Drama
Good actors: Al Pacino, Jack Lemmon, Alec Baldwin, Alan Arkin, Ed Harris, Kevin Spacey, Jonathan Pryce
Products Placements: Cadillacs and Steak Knives.
Minutes too long: None
Attractive males: errr Pacino? Baldwin?
Attractive females: I don't think there's any female characters in the film...
Best Quote: Pretty much the entire film but probably 'F*ck you! That's my name!'
Highlight: This is a cult classic. It's all about the fantastic dialogue being delivered by stellar actors working at the very top of their game. Jack Lemmon delivers a performance that directly inspired one of The Simpsons best characters, can there be any higher praise than that?
It's worth the 90 minutes of your time just to watch the kind of stellar ensemble cast that you rarely see.
Lowlight: None in my opinion but if you were to level any criticism at it it would be that it focuses entirely on dialogue possibly to the detriment of the plot.
Score: 9 coffees out of 10. (but only if you're a closer)
3rd May 2011 at 10:47 am
Hope is important.
3rd May 2011 at 11:25 am
I aim to misbehave
3rd May 2011 at 11:31 am
3rd May 2011 at 12:16 pm
Daft Cow?
11th May 2011 at 2:14 pm
I aim to misbehave
11th May 2011 at 3:52 pm
I aim to misbehave
Quote: Barrington, May 2011Short Review of Cedar Rapids:
Enjoyable film, but I wouldn't feel rushed about watching it again. Some good performances, but the whole thing felt too much like the writer enjoying his own humour too much, even though two of the funniest bits happened unintentionally due to a certain actor playing a certain role. Lowlight was probably that the story in general just wasn't that interesting, and again, the writer enjoying his own writing. Worth catching at some point, but if it's a choice between this and Thor, go see Thor.
14th May 2011 at 12:48 pm
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