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<p>I'm hearing a lot of good things about this. Is it something adults will enjoy without kids?</p>
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<p>I'm basically a child in an adults body but yeah I really enjoyed it and my wife absolutely loved it. It's very well done overall.</p> -
<p>Watched "The Martian" on the plane. Really fucking good movie.</p>
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<p>Does anyone else find "Mr & Mrs Smith" wildly entertaining?</p> -
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<p>Watched "The Martian" on the plane. Really fucking good movie.</p>
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<p>Does anyone else find "Mr & Mrs Smith" wildly entertaining?</p>
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<p>Love that movie. Especially when they both figure out the truth and start trying to kill each other. So much chemistry in that movie, poor Jen never stood a chance.</p> -
<p>She's fucking hot in that movie too. </p>
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<p>Been home most of the week as Mrs TA recovers from a hospital visit - no kids around and no chance of action = movie time. And I'm not just talking redtube</p>
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<p><em>The Martian</em></p>
<p>Bloody good movie. I'm sure its all been said but Damon was excellent in this. Much better than LdC in <em>The </em>Fucking <em>Revetard</em>.</p>
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<p>This was a space movie, psychological analysis, and comedy all wrapped up into one. Really good performances throughout and only a couple of questions I had over the sciencey side of things, like why the fuck the ship they landed couldn't withstand any storm possible, and non-sciencey things like why the fuck the Media chick (Wiig) was in making scientific of psychological decisions in everything.</p>
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<p>I noted they didn't ever reference a year, or even a month, which was reasonably smart. It was clearly one of those "near future" things, yet they weren't using holograms or any of that shit. But the Mars program was well advanced and into its fourth mission, with five planned. </p>
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<p>Just imagine what we'll be able to do as SpaceX continues to reach out...</p>
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<p>4.5 shit-grown potatoes out of 5.</p>
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<p><em>Ant-Man</em></p>
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<p>Fuck I enjoyed this. Paul Rudd is the fucking man. The action and insect-related stuff I was a bit tentative about but they did it with style, even if it did feel a bit <em>Avengers-lite</em> at points.</p>
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<p>The comedy element was great, led by Rudd, and with Michael Pena doing a fucking great job as the Hispanic sidekick, supported by the other two idiots.</p>
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<p>Great addition to the Marvel universe, even if there were some tweaks to get it to fit into a standalone movie.</p>
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<p>And it had Evangeline Lily in it. Can't wait to see here in the outfit for The Wasp.</p>
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<p>4 giant Thomas the Tank Engines out of 5.</p> -
<p>Did some flying so finally caught up on some flicks.</p>
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<p>The Big Short - I thought this was awesome, but that because it's heavily linked to the field I work in. Steve Carrell was brilliant, Brad Pitt was unrecognisable, and the whole movie was a bit depressing in the reality it was portraying. But overall I thought it was fantastic. 8.5/10</p>
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<p>Straight Outta Compton - great movie, especially for those who are were fans of NWA. As much a race-driven movie as a musical documentary. Suge Knight and and to a lesser extent Jerry Heller don't come out of it smelling like roses. 8/10</p>
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<p>Ant-Man - I was mixed on this. I'm a massive Paul Rudd fan, but I'm not convinced he was the right fit for this. Typical Marvel sort of movie really, goody vs baddy. 6/10</p>
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<p>The Revenant - Yawn. Overly long, little dialogue to expand on what was a plot with many dimensions. Can see why LDC got his oscar, but I thought Hardy could have been equally as deserving. LDC's make up artist probably as deserving as him. 3/10.</p> -
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<p>Did some flying so finally caught up on some flicks.</p>
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<p>The Big Short - I thought this was awesome, but that because it's heavily linked to the field I work in. Steve Carrell was brilliant, Brad Pitt was unrecognisable, and the whole movie was a bit depressing in the reality it was portraying. But overall I thought it was fantastic. 8.5/10</p>
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<p>Straight Outta Compton - great movie, especially for those who are were fans of NWA. As much a race-driven movie as a musical documentary. Suge Knight and and to a lesser extent Jerry Heller don't come out of it smelling like roses. 8/10</p>
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<p>Ant-Man - I was mixed on this. <strong>I'm a massive Paul Rudd fan</strong>, but I'm not convinced he was the right fit for this. Typical Marvel sort of movie really, goody vs baddy. 6/10</p>
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<p>The Revenant - Yawn. Overly long, little dialogue to expand on what was a plot with many dimensions. Can see why LDC got his oscar, but I thought Hardy could have been equally as deserving. LDC's make up artist probably as deserving as him. 3/10.</p>
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<p>Out of interest how come ? he's always come across as a nothing sort to me, not funny or charismatic and with an oversize head of Zinzan Brooke proportions.</p> -
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<p>Out of interest how come ? he's always come across as a nothing sort to me, not funny or charismatic and with an oversize head of Zinzan Brooke proportions.</p>
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<p>You don't find Will Ferrell funny either, right?</p> -
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<p>You don't find Will Ferrell funny either, right?</p>
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<p>He's hit or miss, some of his stuff is great, some isn't. Paul Rudd misses permanently in my opinion.</p> -
<p>Rudd's portrayals of the dejected mid-life husband in <em>Knocked Up</em> and <em>This Is 40</em> are great. I thought his Ant-Man was pretty good too. </p>
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<p>Has the sense of dry humour and timing I enjoy.</p>
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<p>People at work laughed their arses off at <em>Arrested Development</em> and I didn't even find it mildly amusing. Diff'rent Strokes...</p> -
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<p>Out of interest how come ? he's always come across as a nothing sort to me, not funny or charismatic and with an oversize head of Zinzan Brooke proportions.</p>
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<p>Always found him funny - even back when he was starting as Mike on Friends.</p>
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<p>He stole the movie for me in Forgetting Sarah Marshall (who as luck would have it, was quite forgettable) and then his roles in knocked up and i love you man.</p>
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<p>Role Models was indeed good. The best actor in <strong>these movies </strong>is John C. Reilly.</p>
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<p>Yeah there's a bit of a group of them who always pop up with gratuitous cameos. Step Brothers is fucken outstanding humour and John C bouncing off Will Ferrell is the main reason for that. Definitely far more worthy of a sequel than most "comedies"</p>
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<p>Rudd was the co-lead of Role Models but it was Stifler ( whatever his real name is ) that stole the show there as he always does ( the American Pie movies were shit in basically any scene that he wasn't in )</p> -
Watched Ant Man last night and really enjoyed it. Well scripted and acted. Good timing from the director and editing team. A fun story from something I was sure would be on the bottom of the comic strip action comedy movie genre. Happy to say I was very wrong.
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<p>Yeah there's a bit of a group of them who always pop up with gratuitous cameos. Step Brothers is fucken outstanding humour and John C bouncing off Will Ferrell is the main reason for that. Definitely far more worthy of a sequel than most "comedies"</p>
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<p>Rudd was the co-lead of Role Models but it was Stifler ( whatever his real name is ) that stole the show there as he always does ( the American Pie movies were shit in basically any scene that he wasn't in )</p>
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<p>Agree, Reilly is awesome in both Step Brothers & Talladega Nights. Perfect accomplice to Ferrell's on-off ability to hit genuine comedy.</p>
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<p>Not seen Role Models, will have to check it out.</p>
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<p>I love the way Reilly uses small, goofy variations on words, like using "raper" instead of "rapist". Loved him in <em>Step Brothers</em>. Loved him as Dr. Steve Brule.</p>
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<p>He actually did a movie with Sean William Scott that was quite good - <a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0803057/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_18'><em>The Promotion</em></a>.</p>
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<p>The mockumentary, <a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0302585/'><em>FUBAR</em></a>, is a good laugh. Which reminds me, I need to watch <a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1456635/'><em>Goon</em></a>.</p> -
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<p>Agree, Reilly is awesome in both Step Brothers & Talladega Nights. Perfect accomplice to Ferrell's on-off ability to hit genuine comedy.</p>
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<p>Not seen Role Models, will have to check it out.</p>
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<p><strong>Saw Sean William Scott on an interview a few years ago, he wasn't even close in real life to the antaganostic arseholes which he plays - quite down to earth and humble. Was very surprising.</strong></p>
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<p>He seemed pretty cool in his ama <a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/33ee02/seann_william_scott_ama/'>https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/33ee02/seann_william_scott_ama/</a></p>
