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I just finished "Abraham Lincoln vs. Zombies". And yep - it's about Abraham Lincoln fighting zombies! Don't you just love it when a movie is about exactly what it's supposed to be about? I do. | |
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^^^^ That historians have lopped off this side of the man remains one of humanities biggest tragedies. | |
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Sounds like you haven´t watched Spielberg´s take on Lincoln?
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Legend - about the Kray brothers, two legendary gangster brothers who were active in London during the sixties.
There have been a few biopics of them I think, but this is the first I've seen. Notable because one actor, Tom Hardy, plays both roles. It's very well done and only once did I notice a form of disconnect when both brothers were on screen at once.
Was it a good film? Yeah..it was enjoyable, but what's with film length these days? Two and a half hours I think it was. I was getting sore. Sometimes less is more. One for the home when you can take a half time break!! "I'm much too hot to be cool" | |
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Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine (2015)
Why do so many care so deeply about someone they've never met that they could be moved to tears at a drop of a candlelight vigil? This becomes the entry point to a documentary that seems to neither really attempt to answer the question nor offer any new insight into Steve Jobs. People probably become strongly connected with things because they bring them so much joy, opening a virtual font into self-expression. And in many ways they/we are perhaps weeping for the countless memories that are washing over us, of the realization of who we are and who we can still be. And perhaps also, a genuine and deep human bond for someone responsible for so much happiness and influence in our lives. There are millions of examples across millions of products and people, originating sometimes in far less than the saints that poster our walls and have witnessed the millionth profundity of our inspiration. During the first hour of this documentary I was engaged and hopeful for where it might be taking me, despite my concerns that we were heading towards the ditch. But by the second hour I started getting whacked hard about the face and head with little more than darkened conspiracies where people in ever-increasing simplicities of slow motion are backed by foreboding music tuned to the binary depth of a political smear. We all deserve far greater depth. We are all so vastly more layered, complex, and informed. Why weren't more people let into the story? It's as if this film were constructed by the comments found on the Internet — with little debate from people who might be able to offer an alternative to their merits — before being pasted together to form the collage its maker perhaps saw in their head before they even secured the financing needed to deal with their own feelings of guilt. This is the same documentary filmmaker who thrilled me with his take on "Scientology." I'm now traumatized enough by this film on Steve Jobs that I'm seriously doubting my love for something that I know far less. But perhaps I'm being too hard on myself. The cult template seems to be fully present here but Steve Jobs is light years from L. Ron Hubbard and Apple is definitely no Church of Scientology no matter how many examples of superficiality and stupidity one can find waiting in line. And corporations are not evil, cynically existing only to please stockholders; they are part of what allows us to live and love, employing millions of good, hardworking people who are always there by choice. And despite its constant presence, there is no mystery here beyond why so many of us reserve such a broad brush for those who hold opinions different from our own. Shown quite beautifully in the opening of this film, Steve Jobs makes himself so sick before his first national TV spot that he pleads for a restroom where he can throw up. Now there's a starting point that could end up offering the wisdom and multiplicity needed to command the hairs to stand on the back of our dead skin. 1.5 out of 5 [Broken] --- [Edited 9/19/15 19:03pm] | |
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Yes, huge thumbs up. I got the idea from you going way back to your first viewing. | |
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We watched "War Room" last night. Here is my four-word review: | |
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Southpaw 5 / 10 | |
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i know... | |
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Interstellar (2014) Good night, sweet Prince | 7 June 1958 - 21 April 2016
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Ben-Hur. 10/10. | |
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Good night, sweet Prince | 7 June 1958 - 21 April 2016
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Black Mass (2015) Good night, sweet Prince | 7 June 1958 - 21 April 2016
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Under The Skin (2013) - A mysterious woman seduces lonely men in the evening hours in Scotland. Events lead her to begin a process of self-discovery. | |
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i saw it ..i agree...too bad most wont know about it | |
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. This was great! Very thrilling, very dark, great directing... Recommended! 8.5/10
AV Club review: http://www.avclub.com/rev...ock-225345 Hey loudmouth, shut the fuck up, right? | |
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I had a weird double bill. First up was 50 shades of grey. Absolutely awful. Never read the books. Only wanted to see the film cause I heard there was a bit of nakedness in it (don't judge me) but it couldn't even do that right. I would have been better off watching Debbie Does Dallas. 1/5. Next was the latest Mad Max movie. Wow. That just about sums it up. I much prefer Mel Gibson in the role but it wouldn't have mattered who was in Fury Road. It was insane. That guy with the guitar? Brilliant! 5/5. | |
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The Hunger Games -- Mockingjay: Part 1 (2014) Good night, sweet Prince | 7 June 1958 - 21 April 2016
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The romantic thriller, The Perfect Guy. It was like a cheesy tv-movie-of-the-week, only with a bigger Hollywood budget and starring some of your favorite Gen-X black romcom actors. I have a feeling Michael Ealy knew how ridiculous this movie was because he really hammed it up on screen. * 1/2 stars.
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I had read some reviews before watching it and had low expectations despite the rave reviews but ended up liking it a lot. Four out of five.
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A really cool and exciting movie about the French Connection (La French, which is the original title of this movie). Judge Pierre Michel gets promoted to fight the French Connection in Marseille only to find out how corrupt the police department and high ranking politicians and police chiefs are.
The story takes place in the 1970s in the south of France, and while watching it I thought "Wow! They must have spend a lot of time and money trying to find all those nice vintage cars." I love how they recreated that 70s look. Based on a true story. A must-see for fans of crime or mafia movies.
Forgot to rate it-edit- Five out of five stars. A really good movie. [Edited 10/7/15 13:15pm] " I´d rather be a stank ass hoe because I´m not stupid. Oh my goodness! I got more drugs! I´m always funny dude...I´m hilarious! Are we gonna smoke?" | |
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Beyond the Reach (for some strange reason titled The Reach in Germany) is a typical manhunt movie that takes place in the Mojave desert. A bit basic and not much of a complicated storyline but sometimes that can be a good thing. I´m a sucker for all those 1970s classic movies that have the story take place in some remote desert area in California or Nevada or Arizona, and this movie reminded me a lot of those typical 1970s desert action movies....in a good way...without being derivative. I think the story takes place in the Mojave desert. Superrich asshole (played by Michael Douglas, who also happens to be the producer of this movie) hires a local scout or tracker to illegally hunt some kind of goat in the mountains of the desert. The tracker finds out that the rich dude bribed the local authorities to get a permission to hunt that species. At first he objects to helping him but then he gives in. And then it gets interesting. Those who love manhunt movies (and desert movies) might like this film. I know I liked it, it´s nothing major but still a very enjoyable film to watch on your own on a rainy day.
Four of five stars.
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