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Ah, but see, this is a film thread.

I'm not really upset or anything, but I was taken by surprise since this is not only a film thread, but a general film thread. Had this been the "Harry Potter films" thread I would have been prepared for spoilers....

I don't read the books, but I watch the films.

I'm really liking this book. Despite the decompression of the last story arc I feel like Ex Machina is finally getting somewhere.

I'm glad Zeller

wasn't from the future, as most people probably guessed, but was from an alternate Earth.

Time for some carnage.

Holy Spoilers, Bat-Malin!

For Lou:

Also, check out this chick's GIANT pussy.

Um, I really liked it. A lot.

Yeah, there were a few annoyances--- emo Peter's emotastic haircut, emo Pete's sidewalk steppin', the symbiote's ability to make someone into an awesome pianist, Spidey posing in front of the American flag (again), Marko being involved with Uncle Ben's death, the newscast cutaway when Spidey looks like he's beaten, a couple of the memory flashbacks (oh, yeah, the symbiote doesn't like sound), and a few others---- but I thought the majority of the film was solid. The action sequences were gloriously shot, the effects superb, the direction assured, Bruce Campbell gets his best cameo yet, Byrce Dallas Howard is absolutely smokin' as a blonde, the rift between MJ and Peter wasn't forced or unfounded, Venom did not suck and was in fact better than the comics version, Mountain Dew Goblin was actually pretty cool, Grace's Brock was appropriately sleazy and weasely, Aunt May's Hallmark speeches were far less lame than the commercials made them seem, there was a good balance of humor, action, suspense, and "human" moments.

I think I like this film the best out of all 3.

It probably helped that I watched it in two sittings, so the bloated runtime was a non-issue for me.

Seriously, I thought it was great.

Currently listening to a mix of:

The Greatest

American Water

()

Doolittle

Apologies.

I wasn't going for the paedo joke, but I won't come that close again--- promise.

Black Gas: Decent; mandatory cock/balls gore.

Black Gas 2: Horrible, cliched, boring.

anyone care to comment?

MissBlizz is bootytastic. Good luck.

And here's mine

8-)

Which one, Serena or Maria? I'm guessing Serena.

Estoy un barracho.... grande.

Seeing that video now... I found this two which I hadn't seen.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKUSV8f-u-w

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3Q6Gs9ZU7M

 

It seems that in Japan the original intro was changed for that ones :o ... I didn't know it.

The Japanese versions have way better animation, though I prefer the music of the original.

I liked the first issue of Faker. I think there is at least one "likeable" character--- Nic.

Loving Crossing Midnight. Some of Carey's best work and the art, she is a nice!

And so it is sad.

I find John from Cincinnati strangely fascinating.

However, I don't think it'll get renewed.

Entourage, on the other hand, is firing on all cylinders. This last episode was hugely entertaining, if relatively unimportant.

Flight of the Conchords followed up its best episode with its worst. Still, a poor showing from the Conchords is better than 95% of television.

Interesting. I really enjoyed the 1st season but feel that things fell apart midway through the 2nd season. Haven't given the 3rd season a try, especially now that Heroes is basically a better version of the same story.

GIANT ROBOTS BEATING THE SHIT OUT OF EACH OTHER...

Yes, a very good point. More of that and less of the other stuff and I would've been very happy.

Hopefully, someone will do a re-cut a la the "Phantom Edit."

Let me specify further....

I liked the first 30--45 minutes, including the robots. The battles in the Quatar were awesome. The robots speaking their own language (with subtitles) worked fine for me. But as soon as the robots started speaking English, beginning with the Autobots' introductions, things fell apart. All of a sudden they weren't the sophisticated, lethal, higher intelligence beings we were led to believe they were. Jazz's introduction alone had my eyeballs rolling out of the theatre. The tone of the movie was perfect up until the intros--- dark, tense, threatening, suspenseful, intriguing. Then it became a Keystone Cops film, then a poorly done procedural, then a ham-fisted romantic comedy, then..... etc.

Also, I grew up on Transformers, G.I. Joe, et al so I definitely went into the movie with "nostalgic fondness" but also with low expectations and an open mind. The promising beginning elevated my hopes, the sagging middle dashed them, and the end shat all over them.

Lastly, your no-prize explanation for the Cube's deadly effect on Decepticons is so bad I wonder if maybe you ghost wrote the script. I mean, come on, Megatron wanted that thing more than anything else in the universe, and when he got it, it killed him!! That's fucking insipid!

Oh, SPOILERS in that above paragraph.

Aside from the mini-prologue, I liked the first 30 to 45 minutes.

Basically, until the Autobots introduced themselves, I was actually really impressed with how much the film did not suck. Had it continued along in the same manner I would have probably rated it a "B+" but once the studio, screenwriters, producers, and Michael Bay started to shoehorn in silly comedy sequences, inane dialogue, and numerous other eye rolling-inducing elements, my brain, along with Logic, took a holiday.

I think the film would've been solid if the robots didn't speak English, the slapstick comedy had been gutted, and about an hour of the film had been edited out. Clearly, the studio heads decreed that everyone must be pleased, and the creatives followed orders--- much to the film's detriment.

Megan Fox was less hot than the Australian-high school student-recruited by the NSA-expert signal analyzer.

That nose ring alone gets her 2 points on the hotness scale.

The tanning booth must have been blown out by the end of filming 'cause Fox and Shia La-not-so-Bouf were glowing.

The action sequences were good, although the last few were head-scratchers in terms of why they were staged where they were (did the Autobots and the Delta Force really think bringing the Cube into heavily populated downtown L.A. was a good idea?). And what about that Cube? How can it be deadly to the robots that want it most? Why didn't the Autobots just destroy it when they got to it before the Decepticons? Why did it only create Decepticons when it electrified inanimate mechanical objects? What happened to the NSA/DoD/S7 team? Who the hell was Sam's friend that accompanied him to the Lake, other than a lame plot device? How dumb is Mikela that she didn't remember Sam from his presentation in school earlier? You know, the one where she stared and laughed at him? How did Megatron know how to speak English if he'd been frozen for decades before the advent of the internet, not to mention most efficient forms of communication? Why didn't Sam tell his parents about the giant robots in his backyard and avoid all the hiding and lying? Where did those two detectives come from, the bad cop cliche school of characters?

The answer to all these questions: SHIT

What a bloated piece of garbage this movie is.

Numerous plot holes, bad acting, poor dialogue, inconsistent characterization, pacing problems, too many plot threads, etc., etc.

This is definitely a rental.

Along the same lines:

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

Ive just had this horrible and long dream that consisted of a British guy attempting to hire me as a driver, and me telling him I can't hear him.

 

It went like

 

"Can you drive?"

"You'll have to speak up, sir, my hearing is not that good."

"Can you drive?"

"Yes."

"Would you like to be my chaufer? I'll pay one hundred dinars."

"You'll have to speak up, sir, my hearing is not that good."

"Would you like to be my chaufer? I'll pay one hundred dinars."

"Sure, I could use the money."

"I'm in the country for the whole week, can you be there everyday?"

"You'll have to speak up, sir, my hearing is not that good."

"I'm in the country for the whole week, can you be there everyday?"

.

.

 

It went on like this for what felt like twenty minutes.

I want your dreams to be made into some sort of surreal sketch comedy show.

Flood

To see a raging flood with its muddy debris, signifies that you will have much unsettling occurrences and tribulations in life. Your repressed emotions may be overwhelming you.

 

To dream that you are swept away by a flood, forewarns that someone is trying to use you.

 

To see a gentle flood, indicates that your worries over a certain matter will be soon be swept away.

I for one, don't buy into dream symbols. I think dreaming is a side effect of our brains "emptying out the trash" every night.

My Super Sweet 16 is quite possibly the most obnoxious show in television history.

Watching those shitty little spoiled brats fills me with murderous rage.