Anyone seen a good movie lately?

SD · January 31, 2011, 07:13:36 PM

Quote from: MDS on January 31, 2011, 01:32:04 PM
i think you new this going in but this is a nerd board full of comic book geeks

Just out of curiosity who on this board reads comic books? I can't recall anyone having an in depth discussion about comic books. Comic book movies are the epitome of 'mainstream' cinema in the current age. Sure there are super nerds who catch the first showing at midnight and dissect the story as it compares to the comic book but that's like 1% of the actual audience.

MDS · January 31, 2011, 07:16:07 PM

im gonna go ahead and assume the people that like tron, star wars, star trek, spiderman, etc. are comic book nerds

sue me if none of those people dont actually physically read comic books like youre still 8

Diomedes · January 31, 2011, 07:20:49 PM

I read them for a few years before I discovered drugs and Hoyda. I remember when X-Men debuted. Literally sold my collection for drug money. I have never once regreted the decision. If you don't buy them you can't read them and if you do buy them, it's expensive, so you get trapped keeping them. It's ludicrous.

Collecting stuff of any kind for the sake of collecting ain't my style.

MMH · January 31, 2011, 07:33:04 PM

I've found the solution - wait until you're 40ish, research what the great storylines are from 10-20 years ago and buy them beat to hell on Ebay or as graphic novels (which have zero collectability).

There really are some tremendous stories out there (and a lot of crap). Much like the rest of the sci-fi genre.

SD · January 31, 2011, 08:08:23 PM

I fell asleep 20 minutes into the A-team. What a pile of crap.

Sgt PSN · January 31, 2011, 08:12:02 PM

I've come close to watching that movie a few different times but then I remember how terrible the Dukes of Hazzard was and I find something else to watch. I'm positive I made the right choice.

smeags · February 01, 2011, 08:37:27 AM

Quote from: SD on January 31, 2011, 07:13:36 PM
Quote from: MDS on January 31, 2011, 01:32:04 PM
i think you new this going in but this is a nerd board full of comic book geeks

Just out of curiosity who on this board reads comic books? I can't recall anyone having an in depth discussion about comic books. Comic book movies are the epitome of 'mainstream' cinema in the current age. Sure there are super nerds who catch the first showing at midnight and dissect the story as it compares to the comic book but that's like 1% of the actual audience.

i used to read x-men & ghost rider. then i got a pubic hair. so i stopped reading comics and went straight to dad's penthouse.

Seabiscuit36 · February 01, 2011, 11:21:23 AM

Quote from: Sgt PSN on January 31, 2011, 08:12:02 PM
I've come close to watching that movie a few different times but then I remember how terrible the Dukes of Hazzard was and I find something else to watch. I'm positive I made the right choice.

My parents went to Nashville a few weeks ago, and the highlight of the trip for my pops was going to COOTERS, which is a Dukes of Hazzard museum

Sgt PSN · February 01, 2011, 11:33:05 AM

I didn't know they had that in Nashville. If I did, I would have checked that out instead of picking Chuggie up at the airport when we were there for the Eagles game.

mussa · February 01, 2011, 11:41:21 AM

Yeah I was into comics when I was younger. Mostly X-men. I used to try and draw them as well. Obviously drugs and girls were more interesting in the teenage years so lost interest. It is kind of cool though to see them doing these movies now, even though most are pretty average or plain terrible. I think its a generational thing, why wouldn't movie studios create movies about cartoons and comics we read as kids?

Anyone see Tom Hardy (Bronson) is playing Bane in the next Batman? great choice, IMO.

MMH · February 01, 2011, 06:58:29 PM

He's a little short for Bane.
But I imagine Nolan is going for something a little less Hulk in the next Batman movie.

Rome · February 01, 2011, 07:03:54 PM

Quote from: smeags on February 01, 2011, 08:37:27 AM
i used to read x-men & ghost rider. then i got a pubic hair. so i stopped reading comics and went straight to dad's penthouse.

Is that like Munson's rape basement?

Susquehanna Birder · February 01, 2011, 09:11:14 PM

Quote from: MDS on January 31, 2011, 01:19:34 PM
buried was fantastic. great thriller. had me borderline uncomfortable with claustrophobia at times, which im guessing that was part of the point. there were some convenient liberties taken with the situation, but other than that this was one of the better moves of the year.

I'm currently watching this, and it's pretty wild. Amazing how much mileage you can get out of a guy in a box.

General_Failure · February 02, 2011, 03:29:01 PM

The Expendables. So awful, and not even in a good way.

ice grillin you · February 02, 2011, 03:36:46 PM

restrepo - would have been better if one of the people in it was remotely interesting...or if someone had been killed on camera or even a camerman killed...because i kinda doubted that they were ever really in as much trouble as they tried to make it seem...not questioning that the valley they were in wasnt incredibly hostile but i felt like all the scenes captured on film werent truly dangerous...basically it seemed like one long 60 minutes piece...which i enjoy but i was expecting a lot more because it was a documentary

5/10