Movie review thread...
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I tend to Occam's razor as explanations go.
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<p>Back in a second, just need to grab my tin foil hat.<br><br>
The Clint story is "Escape from Alcatraz", from where only Morris was the only prisoner who ever escaped and was never found again.</p>
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<p>Also quietly precipitated Bobby Kennedy closing the Rock. It was not impregnable, and engineers discovered the foundation was so destabilized it would have cost a fortune to rebuild it as a high security prison. That island is a strange sight, more of a focal point for the city than even the bridges.</p> -
<p><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;">I'm not so sure about the new Godzilla movie after seeing the latest trailer</span></p>
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12 Years a Slave - pretty harrowing story really, well told and acted. I bet there musta been plenty of other stories like that that didn't end as well in those days!
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<p>Watched the Big Lebowski for the first time last night (it was on C4). Not too shabby. 'Is this your homework Larry?' scene was hilarious. 7/10</p>
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<p>Oscars are today and it seems the winners are all but certain, expect maybe best actress and the two way fight for best picture/director between 12 Years a Slave and Gravity.</p>
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<p>My picks for the major categories:</p>
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<p>Best Supporting Actress: Jennifer Lawrence (American Hustle)</p>
<p>Best Supporting Actor: Jared Leto (Dallas Buyers Club)</p>
<p>Best Actress: Amy Adams (American Hustle) <---- that's my upset pick</p>
<p>Best Actor: Matthew McConaughey (DBC)</p>
<p>Best Director: Steve McQueen (12 Years a Slave)</p>
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Every year I post Raymond Chandler's essay <em>Oscar Night in Hollywood</em>. <br><br><a data-ipb='nomediaparse' class="bbc_url" href='http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1948/03/oscar-night-in-hollywood/305705/'>http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1948/03/oscar-night-in-hollywood/305705/</a>
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<p>Watched the Big Lebowski for the first time last night (it was on C4). Not too shabby. 'Is this your homework Larry?' scene was hilarious. 7/10</p>
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<p><em>The Armstrong Lie</em>. Armstrong compulsively lies.</p>
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<p>Aww, Tim - you coulda put a spoiler alert in there fella!</p>
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<p>But yes, turns out he's a big fucking liar.</p>
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<p>It was released 30 years ago (yesterday). </p>
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Thor - the dark world.<br><br>
8.5 on paper, 6.5 on screen.<br><br>
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<p>I rented a DVD yesterday blindly - never heard of it, didn't know anything about it called <strong>"It's a Disaster."</strong></p>
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<p>David Cross was in it, and that was good enough for me. It starts out as 4 couples at a brunch, with Cross and Julia Styles on their 3rd date... with the conventional, indie romantic comedy cliches... kinda restrained... and then somebody detonates VX gas in the city and things get really interesting. I enjoyed it and laughed throughout most of it. 7.5/10</p> -
<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="taniwharugby" data-cid="417962" data-time="1394306950"><p>Thor - the dark world.<br><br>8.5 on paper, 6.5 on screen.<br><br>Kinda Star Wars-ish with Thor</p></blockquote><br>Yep, Star Wars (including sound effects) plus Nordic mysticism. Felt this was poor really. 6.5 is generous.
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<p>Watched an 80s horror/comedy last night called The Monster Squad. About a bunch of kids who have to stop Dracula, the Werewolf, the Mummy, the creature from the Black Lagoon and Frankenstein's monster from locating an amulet. 5.5/10</p>
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<div><a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1815862/'>After Earth</a> with Will Smith and his son. Proof that artistic talent isn't genetic. If I was to rate this abomination one star out of ten, it might falsely encourage you to see it. It isn't just bad, it is fucking woeful.</div>
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<div>Or at least the first 10 minutes were. I don't know what happens after that. No one should.</div>
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<div>Also I finally got around to watching '<a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0949731/'>The Happening</a>'. The English language has not yet evolved a sufficient vocabulary to adequately describe this travesty and until it does, these two words will have to suffice; fucking shit.</div> -
I sat in amazement that those were apparently the best takes sewn together. Almost as if Wahlberg decided to see if the director was actually paying attention.
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<p>The Village (2004)</p>
<p>Lady in the Water (2006)</p>
<p>The Happening (2008)</p>
<p>The Last Airbender (2010)</p>
<p>After Earth (2013)</p>
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<p>A decade of excellence, and quite possibly the awesome-ist 5-movie streak in film history.</p>
