The Silver Screen

Punchy · Post by **Punchy** » Wed Mar 19, 2014 6:17 am

Finally got around to watching Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, it was as great as I thought it would be. The movie is the first of only two films to star Paul Newman and Robert Redford together, it was originally going to be Newman and Steve McQueen.

I also watched The Sugarland Express, Steven Spielberg's first feature film.

Saturn381 · Post by **Saturn381** » Fri Mar 21, 2014 8:56 pm

Just came back from seeing Muppets Most Wanted, and I really enjoyed it.

Post by **Sleet** » Sat Mar 22, 2014 10:40 am

Did you see the "first" one? How do you think they compare? This one, based on the trailer, looks like it's better to me.

Saturn381 · Post by **Saturn381** » Sat Mar 22, 2014 1:48 pm

They're both one in the same. (though I do think the new one has a better ending)

Radio Blue Heart · Post by **Radio Blue Heart** » Sat Mar 22, 2014 4:42 pm

I just watched the slasher film "Hatchet" for the first time and it was great! I can't believe that I have put off seeing it for so long. The writer/director Adam Green once said that he had not really done anything new, he just took it a step further. This movie was awesome! And, I have two sequels to look forward too.

I watched two of the Mexican "Aztec Mummy" films. "The Robot vs The Aztec Mummy", which was riffed on an episode of "Mystery Science Theater 3000", and "The Rock 'N Roll Wrestling Women vs The Aztec Mummy". This is an edited version of a film simply called "The Wrestling Women vs The Aztec Mummy", with the distributor "Rhino video adding a cool rock n roll soundtrack to punctuate the action. Not as effect as the time "Nosferatu" was set to music by Type O Negative, but it makes the film more enjoyable. As you might expect from the titles, these are "so bad they're good" movies. Which is a shame because the original "The Aztec Mummy" was actually very creepy.

Lucid_Dragon · Post by **Lucid_Dragon** » Sun Mar 23, 2014 10:41 am

I'm excited to see Cap when it comes out. Thor was okay, but it felt like Loki stole the show a bit. I REALLY hope Guardians of the Galaxy does well, as that superhero group needs more exposure, and it actually looks pretty good (Esp. a certain gun-toting raccoon

).

I just realized that there's a few big-gamble movies coming up: Guardians of the Galaxy, Ant Man, Jurassic World, Star Wars Episode VII...It's going to be an interesting couple of years when it comes to movies.

Mickey the Luxray · Post by **Mickey the Luxray** » Wed Mar 26, 2014 2:15 am

Sly Cooper announced for 2016. I'm hype.

I also saw Divergent the past weekend. It was good. Not mind-blowingly awesome, but not mediocre either. Just good.

Radio Blue Heart · Post by **Radio Blue Heart** » Thu Mar 27, 2014 9:58 am

Saw "The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug" again at a dollar theater. This weekend they are showing "Frozen" so I might go see that.

Post by **Sleet** » Thu Mar 27, 2014 11:16 am

Frozen in a theater is great. You definitely should.

Penwrite · Post by **Penwrite** » Thu Mar 27, 2014 11:28 am

I don't know how to feel about this one.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCjsWpM ... ture=share

Radio Blue Heart · Post by **Radio Blue Heart** » Thu Mar 27, 2014 11:36 am

Penwrite wrote:I don't know how to feel about this one.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCjsWpM ... ture=share

It's hideous! I see bad things coming with that...

Sleet wrote:Frozen in a theater is great. You definitely should.

Sleet approves so I will definitely go see it. Besides its just a dollar.

And in upcoming movie news, Don Coscarelli is finally going to make the 5th and final "Phantasm" movie!

"Phantasm: RaVager"!

GameCobra · Post by **GameCobra** » Fri Mar 28, 2014 1:16 pm

I gotta check out Frozen, but another thing I gotta watch is Lilo and Stitch. Admittedly, when I was in high school, watched less Disney movies in favor of it b eing the cool thing, but now I deeply regret it.

That trailer is evil and I wanna burn it in fire with Raphael and Casey Bones baseball bats.

deepskycyan · Post by **deepskycyan** » Fri Mar 28, 2014 2:03 pm

Ashamed to say that I've never watched Forrest Gump.
Buuut exams are coming up so I won't be watching it until I'm done with them. In June.

Seth · Post by **Seth** » Sat Mar 29, 2014 8:33 pm

Just rewatched Danny Boyle's Shallow Grave. Still awesome. I'm gonna have to rewatch trainspotting one of these days....

hypernovatic · Post by **hypernovatic** » Sun Mar 30, 2014 12:30 pm

deepskycyan wrote:Ashamed to say that I've never watched Forrest Gump.
Buuut exams are coming up so I won't be watching it until I'm done with them. In June.

Hey, don't feel bad. I haven't seen it either.

Post by **Sleet** » Sun Mar 30, 2014 3:30 pm

There are a lot of "must-see" movies out there. No one can be realistically expected to see them all. I haven't seen Forrest Gump either.

JeffCvt · Post by **JeffCvt** » Sun Mar 30, 2014 4:03 pm

I've only seen it from the time that he's drafted. (At least, I think he was. I only really saw it from bootcamp.)

I want to see the entire move someday.

Radio Blue Heart · Post by **Radio Blue Heart** » Sun Mar 30, 2014 6:50 pm

I saw "Frozen" and I thought it was very good. People said that Olaf was annoying. I actually found him to be a very pleasant character. Especially when compared to far more annoying comic relief characters like the genie from "Aladdin".

After that I watched "You're Next". It really took me by surprise. They really pushed the limits of the slasher and home invasion sub-genres.

Sun Mar 30, 2014 11:22 pm

Radio Blue Heart wrote:People said that Olaf was annoying.

I heard people saying that before the movie came out, were some people still saying that?

Post by **Sleet** » Mon Mar 31, 2014 12:40 am

I loved Olaf. Every time he talked made me smile.

The Grey Wolverine · Post by **The Grey Wolverine** » Mon Mar 31, 2014 1:46 am

So, I think this is important for someone to hear. Apparently, the movie Noah, which is another bible movie around here, it's like, a pre-historic post-apocalyptic movie with the rock biters from the Never ending story who are supposed to be fallen angels, too few jet skis to be called Waterworld, a few muscle cars short to be Mad Max, and old testament levels of violence, while taking place on the super continent Pangea, because there is an establishing shot of "where we are now" and it shows freaking Pangea. It's weird ._.

Mon Mar 31, 2014 2:10 am

now I wonder what my mom's going to think of it, her love for Russel Crowe fighting with her biblical knowledge
EDIT: she'll probably wait to see it on TV based on the Rotten Tomatoes rating

The Grey Wolverine · Post by **The Grey Wolverine** » Mon Mar 31, 2014 2:47 pm

Oh yeah, it's bad, but I thought some of you might appreciate the insanity contained within it, happy I didn't pay this time, next time I'm going to see Muppets Most Wanted

Penwrite · Post by **Penwrite** » Mon Mar 31, 2014 3:28 pm

Muppets Most Wanted was good. Not the best Muppet film, but a good time still.

Seth · Post by **Seth** » Tue Apr 01, 2014 8:42 am

So I watched 2001 a space odyssey last night. THat was uh..... well it was a thing. I liked it but Stanley Kubrick is confirmed for a crazy person : p

Happiness Designer · Post by **Happiness Designer** » Tue Apr 01, 2014 8:47 am

The Grey Wolverine wrote:So, I think this is important for someone to hear. Apparently, the movie Noah, which is another bible movie around here, it's like, a pre-historic post-apocalyptic movie with the rock biters from the Never ending story who are supposed to be fallen angels, too few jet skis to be called Waterworld, a few muscle cars short to be Mad Max, and old testament levels of violence, while taking place on the super continent Pangea, because there is an establishing shot of "where we are now" and it shows freaking Pangea. It's weird ._.

I read in TIME magazine that the producers of Noah went to talk to the pope because the movie had a biblical scene and got rejected, since they were using it for entertainment/income. All of the animals in it were animated, too. What was the Rotten Tomatoes rating?

The Grey Wolverine · Post by **The Grey Wolverine** » Wed Apr 02, 2014 9:40 pm

Actually a 47%, so slightly below average http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/noah_2014/

And yes, I am weird and don't use 7/70 as average, on a scale of 1-10(or 1-100) 5(50) is average, it drives me up a wall when people have 7 as average

Post by **Sleet** » Fri Apr 04, 2014 12:15 am

I would call 2001 the best movie I have ever seen, no question. It's not my favorite (though it's close), but it's the best. <3

Penwrite wrote:Muppets Most Wanted was good. Not the best Muppet film, but a good time still.

I want to see that! The problem with the last one is they focused too much on "hey look Muppets again" rather than just making a good Muppets movie. I see this as their chance to reclaim that.

Saturn381 · Post by **Saturn381** » Sun Apr 06, 2014 3:36 pm

I'm not sure anyone has seen this yet.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1FNL_iIp5c

From what I've seen so far, it looks interesting.

Mickey the Luxray · Post by **Mickey the Luxray** » Sun Apr 06, 2014 8:39 pm

Saturn381 wrote:I'm not sure anyone has seen this yet.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1FNL_iIp5c

From what I've seen so far, it looks interesting.

The moment I saw "Blue Sky" I immediately thought "Oh dog no..."

I still have the trauma of realizing I understand every single joke in Ice Age 2 fresh in my mind.

Hopefully they deal with this one a little more maturely.

Post by **Sleet** » Mon Apr 07, 2014 4:10 pm

I will be very upset if the soundtrack isn't all jazz.

Penwrite · Post by **Penwrite** » Mon Apr 07, 2014 11:00 pm

I'm really digging the visual style there. It's kinda cg, but in a flat, kinda 2D traditional-animation way that I don't think I've seen before. Pretty to look at, if nothing else.

Punchy · Post by **Punchy** » Tue Apr 08, 2014 6:10 am

Sleet wrote:I will be very upset if the soundtrack isn't all jazz.

I'll be very upset if they give adult characters voices.

Post by **Sleet** » Tue Apr 08, 2014 5:47 pm

Non-trumpet voices, you mean?

Punchy · Post by **Punchy** » Thu Apr 10, 2014 5:02 am

wah-wah wah wah-wah-wah...
...yeah
Ya'know, I don't see why they would change that. Adults never had any lines and were never seen in the comics anyway.

Seth · Post by **Seth** » Fri Apr 11, 2014 10:24 am

Watched the highlander last night.
Most
80's
thing
ever.

Penwrite · Post by **Penwrite** » Sat Apr 12, 2014 9:08 am

Seth wrote:Watched the highlander last night.
Most
80's
thing
ever.

"Here we are! Born to be kings, we're the Princes of the Universe!"

Saturn381 · Post by **Saturn381** » Sat Apr 12, 2014 7:55 pm

Just came back from seeing Rio 2, and I enjoyed it.

Sun Apr 13, 2014 12:57 am

Captain America: The Winter Soldier was awesome.

Punchy · Post by **Punchy** » Sun Apr 13, 2014 6:11 am

Manos: The Hands of Fate is one of the ~~best~~ films I have ever seen.
It was so bad, but I really liked it because it was bad.
Next I'll watch Plan 9 From Outer Space, the movie that almost stars Bela Lugosi.