Anyone seen a good movie lately?

MadMarchHare · February 27, 2006, 01:11:14 PM

Quote from: MadMarchHare on February 27, 2006, 11:35:12 AM
There will be no Saw 3, or it will suck hard. The writer/creator died about a month ago, at a very young age.

rjs246 · February 27, 2006, 02:58:47 PM

One of my friends had a Chili Cookoff/Horrible Horror Movie marathon this weekend.

Watched Dead and Breakfast and Frankenfish before I had to bail.

Dead and Breakfast was surprisingly outstanding. The acting was perfect in a slapsticky kind of way that you want bad horror movies to have. It was actually shot and edited rather well too making it far more watchable than bad movies that are just bad. On the 'True Romance' scale, it gets a .5/5. On the 'Army of Darkness' scale, it gets a 4/5.

Frankenfish was also a nicely watchable entry. The special effects I saw were laughable and the acting was atrocious, but it was all made up for in concept and a surprisingly professionally shot film. A plot twist here and there amde it even better. Having siad that it was no Dead and Breakfast. 'True Romance' scale: 0/5. 'Army of Darkness' scale: 3/5.

stalker · February 27, 2006, 03:11:07 PM

As far as bad is concerned, how can anything compete with "Plan Nine"?

MURP · February 27, 2006, 03:19:21 PM

Blood Simple

rjs246 · February 27, 2006, 03:20:31 PM

I like Blood Simple. Good flick.

Wingspan · February 27, 2006, 03:27:06 PM

true romance is an all time favorite of mine...in fact we watched that as a group on a ski weekend on saturday

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I eat the Hoyda, I eat the butt, I eat every motherfargin' thang.

phattymatty · February 28, 2006, 08:39:04 AM

Quote from: Wingspan on February 27, 2006, 03:27:06 PM
true romance is an all time favorite of mine...in fact we watched that as a group on a ski weekend on saturday

Hey! Get some beer and some cleaning products!

I eat the Hoyda, I eat the butt, I eat every motherfargin' thang.

True Romance is definitely in my top 10 too.

Watched Constantine last night. Keanu Reeves just gets worse and worse as an actor. Yet somehow he is still is some awesome movies. But this was not one of them. The horrible dialogue and acting had me skeptical from the beginning. It's as if the part was actually written for him. The lame attempts at humor in an otherwise serious plot were ridiculous. Even at the very end as he's giving the devil the finger. All in all I didn't hate it, but I'm glad I can finally send it back. I've had 3 Netflixes sitting on my table for over a month. Well worth the $18. Anyway, I give it a 2/5. The last half hour or so made was easily the best. If Rachel Weiscz showed her boobies it would have bumped it up a little too.

PoopyfaceMcGee · February 28, 2006, 08:43:38 AM

Rachel Weisz shows her boobs in Constant Gardner. They're kind of pointy and not that hot, despite the fact that she's supposed to be pregnant in the scene. I would say she's definitely one of those actresses that is not very attractive off-camera or in the nude.

Zanshin · February 28, 2006, 08:44:09 AM

I had to choose between watching Constantine and Friday Night Lights the other night. The wife didn't want to watch Constantine, so we went with the football flick. What you describe from Constantine is pretty much what I'd expect from it.

But Friday Night Lights was very well reviewed....and I'm not sure why. It wasn't very good. The acting was pretty bad, it was over-the-top, there was about zero in the way of character development. I mean, I was looking to waste a few hours...so it was an okay distraction. That said, it was ridiculously overrated.

rjs246 · February 28, 2006, 08:51:42 AM

I enjoyed Constantine. You have to accept the fact that movies with Keanu starring in them are going to have rigid acting and terrible dialogue. It wasn't a good movie by any means but I enjoyed the special effects and some of the comic book-y story was fun to watch. Plus watching Satan tear chunks of black cancerous tumors out of his chest was pretty friggin awesome.

SunMo · February 28, 2006, 08:53:51 AM

I liked Constantine. I don't know why Keanu catches so much shtein. I must have missed it when people were calling him the next Marlon Brando. Like RJS said, you know what you are getting from him. The Matrix was awesome, and I couldn't see anybody else playing that role.

ice grillin you · February 28, 2006, 09:01:45 AM

the matrix started a very disturbing trend towards making movies with lower than low acting and writing but high comic book sci fi type feel

movies made for the snooty nerd set...who use the films to give themselves a place in the world that they normally wouldnt have...they give each picture a artifical deep meaning that isnt there just so they can say they 'get it' and you dont...allowing them to proclaim that they are thus smarter than you and you must bow down to them...kind of like a revenge of the nerds 2k

SunMo · February 28, 2006, 09:06:20 AM

i used to care about that, especially with the Matrix, I wanted to know all the inside meanings and shtein. but i'm past that now, i just like the 1st one because it's an awesome movie.

rjs246 · February 28, 2006, 09:08:18 AM

Outside of the Matrix sequels, which sucked, what deep comic book-like movies are you referring to? In my experience, the great thing about comic book movies is that you don't ever have to worry about a deep, involved message. You just sit back and watch some ass get kicked. If the acting/writing/story/special effects are terrible (see Hellboy) you just make fun of it and move on. If the acting is terrible but the action/story/effects make it watchable, well then you've gotten exactly what you should have been expecting.

SunMo · February 28, 2006, 09:09:33 AM

I'm hoping that Superman Returns will be in the same category as Spiderman and Batman Begins, not Hellboy and Dare Devil