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Recent Movie watchings

Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2008 9:06 am
by TheCalvinator24
The Insider -- Very Good (an understated Al Pacino; I didn't think it possible)

Lost in Translation -- Not so good

Sideways -- Excellent (Paul Giamatti is one of my favorite actors)

Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2008 9:26 am
by PlacentiaSoccerMom
Why didn't you like Lost in Translation? I really enjoyed this movie.

Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2008 9:48 am
by peacock2121
I also enjoyed Lost in Translation.

Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2008 9:56 am
by TheCalvinator24
Maybe I need to watch it again. It just didn't catch my interest. So much so that I spent the entire movie surfing the web.

I had the laptop open when I watched Sideways, too, but with that one, the movie distracted me from the internet

Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2008 10:03 am
by starfish1113
peacock2121 wrote:I also enjoyed Lost in Translation.
peacock2121 wrote:I like Hats Without Pants.
peacock2121 wrote:You have a good reason.
I do believe that Pea is flirting with PSM!!

Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2008 10:06 am
by Rexer25
starfish1113 wrote:
peacock2121 wrote:I also enjoyed Lost in Translation.
peacock2121 wrote:I like Hats Without Pants.
peacock2121 wrote:You have a good reason.
I do believe that Pea is flirting with PSM!!
The former t-girl is gonna be so mad...

Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2008 10:32 am
by peacock2121
starfish1113 wrote:
peacock2121 wrote:I also enjoyed Lost in Translation.
peacock2121 wrote:I like Hats Without Pants.
peacock2121 wrote:You have a good reason.
I do believe that Pea is flirting with PSM!!
LOL - the last one was actually a sideways nudge.

She wants me - I can feel it.

Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2008 11:36 am
by wbtravis007
peacock2121 wrote:
starfish1113 wrote:
peacock2121 wrote:I also enjoyed Lost in Translation.
peacock2121 wrote:I like Hats Without Pants.
peacock2121 wrote:You have a good reason.
I do believe that Pea is flirting with PSM!!
LOL - the last one was actually a sideways nudge.

She wants me - I can feel it.
Maybe it's just a matter of you picking up on her admiration of you and her wish that she was more like you in one way or another.



I've heard about this.



Pea-ness envy.

Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2008 11:39 am
by Rexer25
wbtravis007 wrote:
peacock2121 wrote:
starfish1113 wrote: I do believe that Pea is flirting with PSM!!
LOL - the last one was actually a sideways nudge.

She wants me - I can feel it.
Maybe it's just a matter of you picking up on her admiration of you and her wish that she was more like you in one way or another.



I've heard about this.



Pea-ness envy.
Col. Travis, that's one of your bests.

Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2008 11:44 am
by peacock2121
That was very funny.

In a punny sorta of way.

Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2008 2:21 pm
by wbtravis007
Rexer25 wrote:
wbtravis007 wrote:
peacock2121 wrote: LOL - the last one was actually a sideways nudge.

She wants me - I can feel it.
Maybe it's just a matter of you picking up on her admiration of you and her wish that she was more like you in one way or another.



I've heard about this.



Pea-ness envy.
Col. Travis, that's one of your bests.
Glad you liked it, Rexer. I didn't really set the punchline up very well at all, though.

Oh well. Too late now.

Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2008 5:23 pm
by Sir_Galahad
OK. Recent viewings...

Bobby - One of those "Titanic" style movies where you know how it ends. I thought this was going to be a biopic... Wrongo! It was an "Earthquake" star-studded cast with plotlines mostly going nowhere. I wouldn't exactly call the ending "tieing up loose ends." Grade C

Friends With Money - I was waiting for the payoff at the end but didn't get one. Grade C

Babel - I enjoyed this one. It had the same flow, for me, as Crash. I also happen to think (and I am probably in the minority) that Brad Pitt is a good actor and not just beefcake. Grade B+

The Illusionist - I can't tell you why, but I loved this one. I thought Edward Norton and Paul Giammati were terrific. The pacing is a bit slow during the first half so if you are impatient for things to get moving, you'd better skip this one. Grade A

Elizabethtown - Not a bad chick flick. Grade B

I buy large lots of DVDs on Ebay and sell back the ones I don't want to keep for my own library. So, I watch all sorts of flicks. Movies I won't watch - Stupid teen movies; stupid adult movies (re: anything with Will Farrell, Adam Sandler or Martin Lawrence).

Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2008 6:23 pm
by TheCalvinator24
Sir_Galahad wrote:OK. Recent viewings...

Bobby - One of those "Titanic" style movies where you know how it ends. I thought this was going to be a biopic... Wrongo! It was an "Earthquake" star-studded cast with plotlines mostly going nowhere. I wouldn't exactly call the ending "tieing up loose ends." Grade C

Friends With Money - I was waiting for the payoff at the end but didn't get one. Grade C

Babel - I enjoyed this one. It had the same flow, for me, as Crash. I also happen to think (and I am probably in the minority) that Brad Pitt is a good actor and not just beefcake. Grade B+

The Illusionist - I can't tell you why, but I loved this one. I thought Edward Norton and Paul Giammati were terrific. The pacing is a bit slow during the first half so if you are impatient for things to get moving, you'd better skip this one. Grade A

Elizabethtown - Not a bad chick flick. Grade B

I buy large lots of DVDs on Ebay and sell back the ones I don't want to keep for my own library. So, I watch all sorts of flicks. Movies I won't watch - Stupid teen movies; stupid adult movies (re: anything with Will Farrell, Adam Sandler or Martin Lawrence).
I loved The Illusionist. Babel I thought was highly overrated. Crash was decent.

Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2008 6:58 pm
by Sir_Galahad
TheCalvinator24 wrote:
Sir_Galahad wrote:OK. Recent viewings...

Bobby - One of those "Titanic" style movies where you know how it ends. I thought this was going to be a biopic... Wrongo! It was an "Earthquake" star-studded cast with plotlines mostly going nowhere. I wouldn't exactly call the ending "tieing up loose ends." Grade C

Friends With Money - I was waiting for the payoff at the end but didn't get one. Grade C

Babel - I enjoyed this one. It had the same flow, for me, as Crash. I also happen to think (and I am probably in the minority) that Brad Pitt is a good actor and not just beefcake. Grade B+

The Illusionist - I can't tell you why, but I loved this one. I thought Edward Norton and Paul Giammati were terrific. The pacing is a bit slow during the first half so if you are impatient for things to get moving, you'd better skip this one. Grade A

Elizabethtown - Not a bad chick flick. Grade B

I buy large lots of DVDs on Ebay and sell back the ones I don't want to keep for my own library. So, I watch all sorts of flicks. Movies I won't watch - Stupid teen movies; stupid adult movies (re: anything with Will Farrell, Adam Sandler or Martin Lawrence).
I loved The Illusionist. Babel I thought was highly overrated. Crash was decent.
If you liked that one, try The Prestige. Just as good, IMO and quicker paced.

Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2008 7:25 pm
by TheCalvinator24
Sir_Galahad wrote:
TheCalvinator24 wrote:
Sir_Galahad wrote:OK. Recent viewings...

Bobby - One of those "Titanic" style movies where you know how it ends. I thought this was going to be a biopic... Wrongo! It was an "Earthquake" star-studded cast with plotlines mostly going nowhere. I wouldn't exactly call the ending "tieing up loose ends." Grade C

Friends With Money - I was waiting for the payoff at the end but didn't get one. Grade C

Babel - I enjoyed this one. It had the same flow, for me, as Crash. I also happen to think (and I am probably in the minority) that Brad Pitt is a good actor and not just beefcake. Grade B+

The Illusionist - I can't tell you why, but I loved this one. I thought Edward Norton and Paul Giammati were terrific. The pacing is a bit slow during the first half so if you are impatient for things to get moving, you'd better skip this one. Grade A

Elizabethtown - Not a bad chick flick. Grade B

I buy large lots of DVDs on Ebay and sell back the ones I don't want to keep for my own library. So, I watch all sorts of flicks. Movies I won't watch - Stupid teen movies; stupid adult movies (re: anything with Will Farrell, Adam Sandler or Martin Lawrence).
I loved The Illusionist. Babel I thought was highly overrated. Crash was decent.
If you liked that one, try The Prestige. Just as good, IMO and quicker paced.
I saw The Prestige within 2 days of seeing The Illusionist. I liked Giamatti & Norton better than Bale & Jackman.