November 28, 2008
— Open Blog So what, if anything, did/will all you morons see at the movie theater this weekend? Comment away.
Last night, on the recommendation of some moron commenter, I caught Role Models, which is now almost out of theaters. Good stupid movie, and actually prime AoS Lifestyle material: regrettable intoxicated behavior, glam rock, the pathetic pursuit of women, and a big LARPing finale (not kidding!). Plus, I may have imagined it, but I think I caught one character making an out-of-nowhere reference to hobos... Is director/writer David Wain a stealth AoSHQ reader?
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Movies??? I got see and hear my uber liberal sister-in-law spout yards of drivel praising Dems and Obama and bashing Bush.
Posted by: Vic at November 28, 2008 12:24 PM (Qd7GC)
First off I would state that there is no possible way to confuse me with a teenage girl. Having said that, I would offer up the opinion that <i>Twilight</i> is actually a good movie.
Bring the Flames. I can take it.
Posted by: Brass at November 28, 2008 12:25 PM (v/Ofr)
I took my four year old to see Madagascar 2... the first hour and half weren't very funny.
Posted by: espnjunkie at November 28, 2008 12:28 PM (MDF94)
Posted by: espnjunkie at November 28, 2008 12:28 PM (MDF94)
Posted by: Kevin at November 28, 2008 12:30 PM (KO6dP)
Posted by: kitty at November 28, 2008 12:40 PM (75YBZ)
Posted by: Jeff B. at November 28, 2008 12:48 PM (OEoRy)
We did Iron Man on PPV, great movie! The downside, every once in awhile throughout the day, one or another of my relatives would start going "Nee-nee-nee-nee-nee..." and most of the rest of us would join in, playing our air guitars. I have a very interesting family.
We then watched The Incredible Hulk, also a great movie, with a surprise a la Iron Man at the end.
Posted by: TheReSaDEe at November 28, 2008 12:59 PM (MO2LE)
Does anyone know why the critics are raving about MILK? Is it more gay rights assholes blowing the horn, trying to foist their bullshit upon us or is it a good movie? (Do I really need to ask this fucking question?) I bet it tanks at the box office regardless of all the critics raving about it.
Posted by: mossback at November 28, 2008 01:03 PM (in8Vs)
Nothing new out that I want to spend money on. I watched Vanilla Sky yesterday. I will probably watch Bandits snd Suicide Kings sometime this weekend.
Posted by: TC at November 28, 2008 01:08 PM (G3Wx0)
Posted by: katya at November 28, 2008 01:16 PM (G3frc)
Posted by: Bill at November 28, 2008 01:17 PM (wRUUz)
Have you had your estrogen levels tested lately?
Posted by: someone at November 28, 2008 01:18 PM (zwU+W)
Posted by: Tinian at November 28, 2008 01:19 PM (Ohodx)
Posted by: Brazilian Cabana Boy at November 28, 2008 01:20 PM (+nQGA)
Posted by: ArrMatey at November 28, 2008 01:26 PM (35LYA)
16: In Holocaust movies, I always bet on the Germans.
There was one a few years ago ("Gray Zone," I think it was called) that was a movie adaptation of a play. Pretty good story of the Auschwitz revolt, but marred by bad casting - specifically, David Arquette. He sucks. He's so bad in the big tragic ending that people were actually laughing. Probably not the reaction that the director was going for.....
Posted by: Fa Cube Itches at November 28, 2008 01:35 PM (LxjSI)
Posted by: alexthechick at November 28, 2008 01:41 PM (LJ0he)
Racehl Getting Married. Jonathan Demme's tale of a Connecticut family whose recovering addict daughter comes home for her sister's wedding. Heavy, low-key, but surprisingly compelling. And Anne Hathaway can act, which I didn't know.
Posted by: moviegique at November 28, 2008 01:46 PM (1y5Vr)
Posted by: jbmeisterswife at November 28, 2008 01:49 PM (VobGa)
Posted by: Winston at November 28, 2008 01:50 PM (3GkOa)
Posted by: AngelEm at November 28, 2008 02:02 PM (EyKhI)
Posted by: Frank G at November 28, 2008 02:11 PM (P0rQD)
Posted by: Verity Kindle at November 28, 2008 02:29 PM (7r09N)
Posted by: Methos at November 28, 2008 02:32 PM (YgvQd)
Posted by: AngelEm at November 28, 2008 02:36 PM (EyKhI)
We've been having an MST3K marathon: "Hercules Unchained", "Manos", "Hamlet", "LaserBlast", "Werewolf". I have a heavy chest cold, so the laughing sends me into fits of coughing, but I don't care: laughter is just what I need now.
Posted by: Brown Line at November 28, 2008 02:38 PM (xYeJ1)
Posted by: Dave in W-S at November 28, 2008 02:44 PM (KabsQ)
I popped in the LotR DVD when I saw the ad on TNT. I knew I'd end up surfing and stopping so I cut out the middleman and the commercials.
Posted by: Nom de Blog at November 28, 2008 02:55 PM (nOQ1R)
Scarlett was a commie
Really?
I refuse to watch Twilight out of protest against vampires movies ad nauseum.
Posted by: katya at November 28, 2008 02:56 PM (G3frc)
Posted by: Nom de Blog at November 28, 2008 02:57 PM (nOQ1R)
Oh, THAT Scarlett. Gimme a break, I've got a cold that makes me meel like my head has been sucked dry. Not gonna type any more tonight.
Posted by: katya at November 28, 2008 02:58 PM (G3frc)
Posted by: katya at November 28, 2008 03:00 PM (G3frc)
I watched parts of "Zodiac" on the DVR. I say watched "parts" because I've seen it several times, on DVR, DVD and when it first came out. But I still enjoy going back and viewing certain scenes. (And lest you think I'm a morbid freak...no, not just the murdrer scenes...although those were extremely well done).
I think it was the best movie I saw in 2007. By David Fincher, who directed "Se7en", "Fight Club" and "Panic Room." I've become so enamored of this movie that I read both the books it was based on from Robert Graysmith. Though I probably won't buy as it I'm pretty Zodiaced out at this point.
Posted by: Bob at November 28, 2008 03:06 PM (4DoFz)
Posted by: TS at November 28, 2008 03:13 PM (PRbUl)
"Rockford Files" actually holds up pretty good.
Posted by: OregonMuse at November 28, 2008 03:22 PM (bMJ2V)
What a miserable, predictable, incoherent, STEAMING pile of shit that was. I don't need to stay anything else except close your eyes and imagine a fucking dance scene with Vince Vaughn and a screen full of shitty cgi elves. This movie has no reademing qualities. At all.
It almost ruined thanksgiving.
Posted by: icemike at November 28, 2008 03:24 PM (lT1JC)
6 Quantum of Solace.... entertaining and mindless fun.
Never been a Bond fan, never will be, but someone please tell me what the hell a "Quantum of Solace" is ? That's a goofy ass title for a movie, did they just pick words at random from the dictionary ?
Posted by: Joan at November 28, 2008 03:30 PM (/Qhj3)
Posted by: rinseandspit at November 28, 2008 03:31 PM (oEAm5)
Posted by: rinseandspit at November 28, 2008 03:33 PM (oEAm5)
Posted by: ansile at November 28, 2008 03:33 PM (73kJ2)
The problem with throwing the DVD in is that I'll be tempted to throw the other two in later. I've watched the trilogy in a day twice (once to say I'd done, the second on a lengthy road trip), but it was way to late to start when I flipped on TNT.
Posted by: Methos at November 28, 2008 03:38 PM (YgvQd)
This animated dog reminded us of our dog, who we had to place with another family due to a move.
Posted by: desertdweller at November 28, 2008 03:53 PM (6xNqC)
Posted by: moviegique at November 28, 2008 03:54 PM (1y5Vr)
Some funny, mindless stuff. I enjoyed it.
If you do go, catch it at an IMAX cinema.
This is the very first Digital IMAX presentation.
No more 70mm film, just 3X HDTV digital projectors.
Truly amazing. Big, big screen, absolutely jitter-free, dust on film-free cinema.
When the preview stuff shown on a smaller portion of the screen was over, they turned on the new projector for the previews.
The audience actually gasped when the green "This film has been rated PG" flashed up on the big screen in all its digital glory. Astounding.
This is the future of cinema. I can hardly wait for to see more.
Posted by: j.pickens at November 28, 2008 04:02 PM (qAP/7)
Posted by: j.pickens at November 28, 2008 04:03 PM (qAP/7)
Posted by: Frank G at November 28, 2008 04:05 PM (P0rQD)
Posted by: mossback at November 28, 2008 04:05 PM (in8Vs)
Posted by: MikeTheLibrarian at November 28, 2008 04:06 PM (1Ioz6)
Posted by: Jeff B. at November 28, 2008 04:21 PM (OEoRy)
j.pickens, I know how you felt when the second projector came on: I was in the Fisher Theater in Detroit when Lowell Thomas finished his boring little lecture about film technology, spread his arms, and announced, "Ladies and Gentlemen, this is Cinerama."
As the velvet curtains opened--and kept opening, revealing that you were sitting in the picture--people gasped, then applauded. Nobody thought a major feature would ever again be filmed in anything else. I think it was 1956.
Posted by: comatus at November 28, 2008 04:24 PM (n2F8O)
I'm also a Mistie. Earlier I said that Joel was better than Mike. I was wrong; Mike is better than Joel. But Trace as Crow was a little better than Bill Corbett.
Posted by: Bart at November 28, 2008 04:30 PM (fFYro)
Posted by: Bart at November 28, 2008 04:44 PM (fFYro)
Nothing in the theaters, but we've watched both "Hancock" and "Meet Dave" over the past couple of days. They were worth a couple chuckles, each, though I liked the Hancock storyline better.
Posted by: Jenny Hayden at November 28, 2008 04:57 PM (INv2j)
I read the first book, and as a 38 year old female moron, I thought Edward looked like sex walking. I have already seen it twice since Monday. My friend called up and said she needed another dose of Twilighty Edward goodness, so we went again.
I told my husband to start brooding around the house and he will get lucky.
Twilight was just a nice movie. Very Romantic.
Posted by: Stormy70 at November 28, 2008 05:20 PM (RFrM/)
Posted by: kiffen at November 28, 2008 05:24 PM (XnuxH)
Posted by: kiffen at November 28, 2008 05:25 PM (XnuxH)
Never been a Bond fan, never will be, but someone please tell me what the hell a "Quantum of Solace" is ? That's a goofy ass title for a movie, did they just pick words at random from the dictionary ?
I think the latter: remember "A View to a Kill"? WTF???
Posted by: effinayright at November 28, 2008 06:00 PM (dBb94)
Posted by: Mark at November 28, 2008 06:13 PM (0hpMx)
Posted by: Shannon at November 28, 2008 06:24 PM (q0Z3p)
Posted by: MrsPaulsFishSticks at November 28, 2008 06:27 PM (PBGAP)
Just saw Madagascar 2 with the kids - Disney libs can't help themselves - I counted 2 homosexual innuendos and coutless sexual innuendos...
They are shamless these libs!!!
No more $$ for Disney from me - not a nickel!!!!
GOP Mike
Posted by: GOP Mike at November 28, 2008 06:53 PM (8Z9Dj)
Steve Carell was perfect and Anne Hathaway also. I even thought The Rock was excellent.
Posted by: Leroy the Gentile at November 28, 2008 06:58 PM (oSBvm)
Posted by: West at November 28, 2008 08:08 PM (t/6ka)
Posted by: Thomas at November 28, 2008 08:26 PM (4gHqM)
Got Mitchell and Merlin's Shop coming tomorrow. And I'm moving Overdrawn at the Memory Bank up to the top of my queue. That's a good one!
Posted by: Mandy P. at November 28, 2008 08:35 PM (MK6Kx)
Spoilers below.
The Berryessa Lake scene has got to be one of the most explicit and horrific murders ever filmed - and this is with no splattering blood, CGI or directly showing the victims being stabbed. The camera never zooms in nor trundles for the the gore shot - its the screaming and anguish on the actresses face that is so emotionally terrifying.
The cabby shooting scene is also perfectly choreographed. The slow-motion headshot and period rock music combined with the surprised shrieks of children from across the street all work flawlessly.
Posted by: 13times at November 28, 2008 09:03 PM (1n2Ym)
Posted by: Bart at November 28, 2008 10:08 PM (fFYro)
Posted by: Michel at November 28, 2008 10:17 PM (lUPT7)
Watched Jeremiah Johnson and Outlaw Josie Wales on dvd.
My two favoritiest movies. I'd love to see both those movie concepts merged into one outstanding whatchamacallit. And, it should be modernized. Set in Pennsylvania and have the bad guys as vampire zombie hobos. And the boss mob as a fat assed piece of shit that lives by feeding off live pigs. Like Murtha.
Posted by: Grimmy at November 29, 2008 06:31 AM (NnF4T)
Posted by: AGR at November 29, 2008 07:22 AM (r8a5Z)
I lived in the Bay Area during the time the Zodiac murderer was active. Every time there was some spectacular or grisly unsolved murder, we'd be all, like, "did the Zodiac do this one?"
The movie did a good job capturing the craziness of those years.
Posted by: OregonMuse at November 29, 2008 08:00 AM (bMJ2V)
but Disney is starting to go down the same road..
Posted by: DaveC at November 29, 2008 09:29 AM (8RR8X)
Posted by: Dave in W-S at November 29, 2008 12:11 PM (KabsQ)
I don't see it in Pixar flicks, and I expect Lasseter to roll back that notion that family films need to be "edgy" since Katzenberg's influence almost scuttled Toy Story before it was made. (Check out "The Pixar Story"; under Katzenberg's guidance Woody was a total shit.)
Posted by: moviegique at November 29, 2008 06:52 PM (1y5Vr)
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