"Life of Pi"

A

'Goon'

Jay Baruchel is hecka funny n the movie--Sean William Scott is fine, rough and like a teddy bear in same

the movie came out in 2012, however i just viewed it. great movie fun watching

L'avventura (1960) - A woman disappears during a Mediterranean boating trip. But during the search, her lover and her best friend become attracted to each other.

I watched this movie wrong. I focused too much on the story (which leaves many questions unanswered) and not enough on the overall style--a breakthrough in 1960. I'm sure I'll appreciate it more after a second viewing now that I know what it's all about.

Tokyo Story (1953) - An old couple visit their children and grandchildren in the city; but the children have little time for them.

A very sad tale. 1/2

The Conjuring -

Good haunting/horror flick.

Thought I'd outgrown the genre.

4/5.

Biggest complaint was the Exorcist makeup.

sexton said:

We saw "World War Z" last night. It was OK, if you are a zombie.

In other words, if you don't have a brain and don't try to think about a few plot holes, it's not a bad movie at all. It entertained me, as I had but my brain in Zombie Status when I sat down.

After it was over, and I had turned off my brain's Zombie Status, I realized - all zombie movies are exactly the same. Something makes almost everyone in the world turn into zombies, and the fight is on. But I also realized all zombie movies have the same problems:

Given that almost all the zombie food supply dries up really fast, shouldn't most zombies starve to death? Sure, their brains are "undead", but they are still trapped in human bodies, and those bodies have hearts that run the whole show. The heart must have blood to run, and blood must have nutrients. If the zombies don't get any nutrients, their bodies are going to shut down. For normal humans, this takes a few days or even a couple weeks. Let's say that zombies can last a little longer but still - pretty much all the zombies should be on the Physically Unable to Perform list within a month.

But that never happens. In "World War Z", the zombies went into a catatonic state when no food supply was around (which makes no sense, given that zombies don't have brains. So what puts them in that catatonic state?), but even still - with no food, eventually their bodies are going to shut down.

This brings up an interesting question - if zombies can no longer get humans to eat, will they turn to eating animals? I've not seen that many zombie movies, but in the ones I have seen, they don't eat dogs, cats, etc. (and especially NOT ZombieKittens!) Personally, I think a perfect zombie movie would be one in which zombies need to eat frogs to stay alive.

And then, if all the animals are eaten, would the zombies turn to cannibalism? My knowledge of zombies is limited, but I've always thought zombieism is a disease of the brain; therefore, their limbs and bodily fluids are probably edible (for other zombies, of course!). I'd like to see a movie where all the humans hide, the zombies turn to eating frogs, and then after they eat all the frogs, they start eating each other, resulting in, eventually, only one zombie standing tall.

I predict that would be Zombie Realtor™ Jennifer Lopez.

Now, the other flaw all zombie movies have is, How do you get rid of all the zombie bodies and still have an inhabitable world?

Think about the sheer numbers. The world's population is 7 billion. In any zombie movie, about 99% of the world becomes zombies. That means that if the humans kill all the zombies, they have 6,999,300,000 bodies to sanitarily dispose of.

Impossible!

I am sure zombie bodies decompose when dead. Heck, they decompose when they're alive! Can you imagine how happy the maggot population would be to have 6,999,300,000 decomposing bodies to munch on? And then, how much disease would rise from that many maggot-eaten decomposed zombie bodies? Of course, those diseases would not only have human viral components, but also some zombie viral components.

Even if you survived the Zombie Apocalypse, you'd probably not be able to avoid catching any number of Maggot-Created Zombie Viruses and die.

So, even though "World War Z" was entertaining, I was left with these perplexing, burdensome questions and I have decided that unless there's a movie called "Zombies Vs. Frogs", I'm probably done with zombie movies.

I give "World War Z" three half-eaten frogs out of five half-eaten frogs because it was an entertaining zombie movie, and also the last zombie movie I will probably see.

Much Ado About Nothing (2012) - A modern retelling of Shakespeare's classic comedy about two pairs of lovers with different takes on romance and a way with words.



If you are a fan of Joss Whedon, you must see this. It's totally different obviously from his Avengers movie last year. 1/2

RodeoSchro said:

We saw "World War Z" last night. It was OK, if you are a zombie.

In other words, if you don't have a brain and don't try to think about a few plot holes, it's not a bad movie at all. It entertained me, as I had but my brain in Zombie Status when I sat down.

After it was over, and I had turned off my brain's Zombie Status, I realized - all zombie movies are exactly the same. Something makes almost everyone in the world turn into zombies, and the fight is on. But I also realized all zombie movies have the same problems:

Given that almost all the zombie food supply dries up really fast, shouldn't most zombies starve to death? Sure, their brains are "undead", but they are still trapped in human bodies, and those bodies have hearts that run the whole show. The heart must have blood to run, and blood must have nutrients. If the zombies don't get any nutrients, their bodies are going to shut down. For normal humans, this takes a few days or even a couple weeks. Let's say that zombies can last a little longer but still - pretty much all the zombies should be on the Physically Unable to Perform list within a month.

But that never happens. In "World War Z", the zombies went into a catatonic state when no food supply was around (which makes no sense, given that zombies don't have brains. So what puts them in that catatonic state?), but even still - with no food, eventually their bodies are going to shut down.

This brings up an interesting question - if zombies can no longer get humans to eat, will they turn to eating animals? I've not seen that many zombie movies, but in the ones I have seen, they don't eat dogs, cats, etc. (and especially NOT ZombieKittens!) Personally, I think a perfect zombie movie would be one in which zombies need to eat frogs to stay alive.

And then, if all the animals are eaten, would the zombies turn to cannibalism? My knowledge of zombies is limited, but I've always thought zombieism is a disease of the brain; therefore, their limbs and bodily fluids are probably edible (for other zombies, of course!). I'd like to see a movie where all the humans hide, the zombies turn to eating frogs, and then after they eat all the frogs, they start eating each other, resulting in, eventually, only one zombie standing tall.

I predict that would be Zombie Realtor™ Jennifer Lopez.

Now, the other flaw all zombie movies have is, How do you get rid of all the zombie bodies and still have an inhabitable world?

Think about the sheer numbers. The world's population is 7 billion. In any zombie movie, about 99% of the world becomes zombies. That means that if the humans kill all the zombies, they have 6,999,300,000 bodies to sanitarily dispose of.

Impossible!

I am sure zombie bodies decompose when dead. Heck, they decompose when they're alive! Can you imagine how happy the maggot population would be to have 6,999,300,000 decomposing bodies to munch on? And then, how much disease would rise from that many maggot-eaten decomposed zombie bodies? Of course, those diseases would not only have human viral components, but also some zombie viral components.

Even if you survived the Zombie Apocalypse, you'd probably not be able to avoid catching any number of Maggot-Created Zombie Viruses and die.

So, even though "World War Z" was entertaining, I was left with these perplexing, burdensome questions and I have decided that unless there's a movie called "Zombies Vs. Frogs", I'm probably done with zombie movies.

I give "World War Z" three half-eaten frogs out of five half-eaten frogs because it was an entertaining zombie movie, and also the last zombie movie I will probably see.

In the book it explains that the zombies eventually rot away due to the heat and elements, and in winter they actually freeze solid and are immobile. There are a couple of advantages that humans have over the zombies which caused us to eventually start winning the war against them.

There was no 'cloak' cure in the book, though. Instead, people figured out the behaviors of the zombies, and the fact that they were actracted to sound to set up targetted kill-zones--essentially, big killing traps.


Zombies are always a stupid 'monster' movie--though, I love them.
But, in the book, the zombies aren't vampires in the sense that they're not really imortal--the eventualy expire.

imago said:

RodeoSchro said:

We saw "World War Z" last night. It was OK, if you are a zombie.

In other words, if you don't have a brain and don't try to think about a few plot holes, it's not a bad movie at all. It entertained me, as I had but my brain in Zombie Status when I sat down.

After it was over, and I had turned off my brain's Zombie Status, I realized - all zombie movies are exactly the same. Something makes almost everyone in the world turn into zombies, and the fight is on. But I also realized all zombie movies have the same problems:

Given that almost all the zombie food supply dries up really fast, shouldn't most zombies starve to death? Sure, their brains are "undead", but they are still trapped in human bodies, and those bodies have hearts that run the whole show. The heart must have blood to run, and blood must have nutrients. If the zombies don't get any nutrients, their bodies are going to shut down. For normal humans, this takes a few days or even a couple weeks. Let's say that zombies can last a little longer but still - pretty much all the zombies should be on the Physically Unable to Perform list within a month.

But that never happens. In "World War Z", the zombies went into a catatonic state when no food supply was around (which makes no sense, given that zombies don't have brains. So what puts them in that catatonic state?), but even still - with no food, eventually their bodies are going to shut down.

This brings up an interesting question - if zombies can no longer get humans to eat, will they turn to eating animals? I've not seen that many zombie movies, but in the ones I have seen, they don't eat dogs, cats, etc. (and especially NOT ZombieKittens!) Personally, I think a perfect zombie movie would be one in which zombies need to eat frogs to stay alive.

And then, if all the animals are eaten, would the zombies turn to cannibalism? My knowledge of zombies is limited, but I've always thought zombieism is a disease of the brain; therefore, their limbs and bodily fluids are probably edible (for other zombies, of course!). I'd like to see a movie where all the humans hide, the zombies turn to eating frogs, and then after they eat all the frogs, they start eating each other, resulting in, eventually, only one zombie standing tall.

I predict that would be Zombie Realtor™ Jennifer Lopez.

Now, the other flaw all zombie movies have is, How do you get rid of all the zombie bodies and still have an inhabitable world?

Think about the sheer numbers. The world's population is 7 billion. In any zombie movie, about 99% of the world becomes zombies. That means that if the humans kill all the zombies, they have 6,999,300,000 bodies to sanitarily dispose of.

Impossible!

I am sure zombie bodies decompose when dead. Heck, they decompose when they're alive! Can you imagine how happy the maggot population would be to have 6,999,300,000 decomposing bodies to munch on? And then, how much disease would rise from that many maggot-eaten decomposed zombie bodies? Of course, those diseases would not only have human viral components, but also some zombie viral components.

Even if you survived the Zombie Apocalypse, you'd probably not be able to avoid catching any number of Maggot-Created Zombie Viruses and die.

So, even though "World War Z" was entertaining, I was left with these perplexing, burdensome questions and I have decided that unless there's a movie called "Zombies Vs. Frogs", I'm probably done with zombie movies.

I give "World War Z" three half-eaten frogs out of five half-eaten frogs because it was an entertaining zombie movie, and also the last zombie movie I will probably see.

In the book it explains that the zombies eventually rot away due to the heat and elements, and in winter they actually freeze solid and are immobile. There are a couple of advantages that humans have over the zombies which caused us to eventually start winning the war against them.

There was no 'cloak' cure in the book, though. Instead, people figured out the behaviors of the zombies, and the fact that they were actracted to sound to set up targetted kill-zones--essentially, big killing traps.


Zombies are always a stupid 'monster' movie--though, I love them.
But, in the book, the zombies aren't vampires in the sense that they're not really imortal--the eventualy expire.

Thanks. Sounds like there will be a sequel or two.

RodeoSchro said:

imago said:

In the book it explains that the zombies eventually rot away due to the heat and elements, and in winter they actually freeze solid and are immobile. There are a couple of advantages that humans have over the zombies which caused us to eventually start winning the war against them.

There was no 'cloak' cure in the book, though. Instead, people figured out the behaviors of the zombies, and the fact that they were actracted to sound to set up targetted kill-zones--essentially, big killing traps.


Zombies are always a stupid 'monster' movie--though, I love them.
But, in the book, the zombies aren't vampires in the sense that they're not really imortal--the eventualy expire.

Thanks. Sounds like there will be a sequel or two.

If there are sequels, which I doubt will have Pitt in them, they certainly won't be based on the book.

The movie had almost nothing to do with the book but with very minor details plotwise.

Had the movie followed the book, we'd have a longer, messier, larger story told through interviews , and with no single protagonist. It would feel like a war documentary, as the book tries to evoke.

imago said:

morningsong said:

imago said:

In the book it explains that the zombies eventually rot away due to the heat and elements, and in winter they actually freeze solid and are immobile. There are a couple of advantages that humans have over the zombies which caused us to eventually start winning the war against them.

There was no 'cloak' cure in the book, though. Instead, people figured out the behaviors of the zombies, and the fact that they were actracted to sound to set up targetted kill-zones--essentially, big killing traps.


Zombies are always a stupid 'monster' movie--though, I love them.
But, in the book, the zombies aren't vampires in the sense that they're not really imortal--the eventualy expire.

Were they actually eating people in this movie? I got the impression they were only driven to infect, that's why (SPOILER)............ they left the terminally ill alone. [Edited 7/21/13 10:47am]

I saw no instance of people being eaten in the movie, though several shots seemed to imply it.

Perhaps this was to keep it from being a gore-fest.


In the movie, the infections were not instantaneous. Depending on where and how the victim was bitten it could take days for the 'transformation' to take place. This is why quarantines didn't work.

World War Z

3 out 5 It's okay and Brad Pitt didn't annoy me. I think the Walking Dead can be so much more intense.

Fruitvale Station: 4/5 stars. A deeply sad and disturbing movie. Very timely in light of the Trayvon Martin trial.

20 Feet from Stardom also 4/5 stars. If I didn't already love Lisa Fischer, I would after this movie.

I thought the movie would be about women who really didn't want to be in the spotlight but when you see that some of them did and still do, it becomes a bit sad.

monsters university

Not a movie but documentary.

"From the creators of A Noble Lie: Oklahoma City 1995, reveals that much of what we believe to be truth is actually deliberate deception. The global elites are systematically implanting lies into our consciousness to erect a "tyranny over the minds of men." This film exposes the mind control methods being used to turn our once vibrant society into a land of obedient sheeple."

Informative, disheartening, troubling, eye opener.

out of 5

Byzantium (2012) - Residents of a coastal town learn, with deathly consequences, the secret shared by the two mysterious women who have sought shelter at a local resort.

Not bad for a vampire movie. 1/2

I REALLY wanted to love this. All the names attached have done work I've liked. The soundtrack was slammin'. But this movie? GARBAGE!

I realize the camp was in itentional, but the acting was atrocious, the fight scenes looked cheap, the score was basic and corny and the WRITING?, NO!!!

Sorry RZA, Q and Eli ( ), but NO!

Pacific Rim- 3 out of 5 stars

I was a bit disappointed with parts of this film. The action scenes were visually fantastic, but too many overused plotlines from other Sci-Fi movies spoiled it for me. I guess I expected too much since Guillermo Del Toro is one of my favorite Directors.

"Springsteen and I". I have a review of it in Non-Prince Music, so for here I will just say:

IT IS FREAKING AWESOME. I predict an Academy Award nomination for sure, and it will probably win the Oscar for Best Documentary.

It's one of those limited-showing movies, and the last showing of it is going to be July 30th. If you like Springsteen, or rock and roll, or just want a boost for your faith in humanity, go see this movie.

On a scale of 1-to-10 guitars, my rating is:




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[Edited 7/24/13 10:33am]

RodeoSchro said:

"Springsteen and I". I have a review of it in Non-Prince Music, so for here I will just say:

IT IS FREAKING AWESOME. I predict an Academy Award nomination for sure, and it will probably win the Oscar for Best Documentary.

It's one of those limited-showing movies, and the last showing of it is going to be July 30th. If you like Springsteen, or rock and roll, or just want a boost for your faith in humanity, go see this movie.

On a scale of 1-to-10 guitars, my rating is:




.

[Edited 7/24/13 10:33am]

Springsteen was in the movie I saw Sunday: 20 Feet from Stardom.

[Edited 7/24/13 10:37am]

Los amantes pasajeros / I'm So Excited (2013) - When it appears as though the end is in sight, the pilots, flight crew, and passengers of a plane heading to Mexico City look to forget the anguish of the moment and face the greatest danger, which we carry within ourselves.

Goofy comedy from Pedro Almodóvar, but a necessary change of pace from his last film, the dark The Skin I Live In.

I watched "Rambo" last night. It is the fourth (and maybe final) film in the Rambo series.

It was OK. Not enough Rambo-ing for my tastes. He should have used the machete more.

I could write five hundred words about this movie but when I've already written, "He should have used the machete more", what else is there to say?

On a scale of 1 to 10 beheaded Burmese soldiers, I give "Rambo" 6 beheaded Burmese soldiers.

The Wolverine.

Weak retelling of the graphic novel Wolverine.

One major blooper at least for me, but may not be readily noticeable.

Don't feel they did a good job translating the emotional arc of the graphic novel.

3/5

sexton said:

Los amantes pasajeros / I'm So Excited (2013) - When it appears as though the end is in sight, the pilots, flight crew, and passengers of a plane heading to Mexico City look to forget the anguish of the moment and face the greatest danger, which we carry within ourselves.

Goofy comedy from Pedro Almodóvar, but a necessary change of pace from his last film, the dark The Skin I Live In.

THAT one was insane!!! But I agree with your rating...

The Wolverine. 3/4 stars. I really dug it.

The Purge 6/10 Interesting idea but ending let it down

Before Midnight 5/10 Boring enough.Well acted though.

The Lone Ranger 6/10 Bit of fluff.