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omg,i'll see this the day it comes out,i'll probably regret it but I don't care

I'll be sure to miss it!

I suggest everyone watch Inglourious Basterds. Best WW2 movie I've seen in a while.

Hearing the critics rave about The Hurt Locker, I decided to give it a shot.

Initially I expected to see your typical American war movie - tough talking, rough guys, heroism, evil Iraqi/Vietnamese/German... you know, the usual stuff when you watch movies like Rambo, Saving Private Ryan or Platoon. This movie, however, takes a completely different approach. A must-watch.

I watched Shattered Glass on IFC yesterday. I really liked it.
If you like Hayden Christensen from Star Wars, then you might want to see him as a magazine article writer who is found out to be writing lies.

Was finally able to see The Girl Who Leapt Through Time [時をかける少女] last night.

A+. 11/10.

One of the most brilliant and beautiful animated films I have ever seen. Ranks right up there with Miyazaki's and Shinkai's works in my "Anime Masterpieces". The studios who did the background art are worthy of working on a Studio Ghibli production. Some of the character animation was from the SHAFT School of Suckage, but I forgive it. I'm crushed there is no US Blu-ray release, but the Japanese one is only about $75 so I'm picking it up and ordering the US Limited Edition DVD set.

We're going to watch Summer Wars [サマーウォーズ] today, and I can't wait.

Summer Wars [サマーウォーズ] - A very different film in style and story, but no less brilliant. A-. 9/10.

Well,what a coincidence,I was just about to post this trailer for a 2010 live action "the girl who leapt through time" adaptation



Not sure how it will turn out,since it's the same concept but not the same plot,the actress who played makoto is also the lead in this one and that's a big plus in my book!

Hmm... Japanese Live Action adaptions don't seem to go well, but with the original seiyuu playing the same role, I'll definitely catch it.

@ Plan 9
-It will only be epic if Kevin Smith is involved.

@Inglourious Bastards
-It's on my to watch list.

@ The Girl who Lept Through Time.
-LOLZ and Awwz, that's all I have to say on that. With the exception of the LA; if there ain't a shit-ton of falls, I don't want to see it.

@ Summer Wars
-Just read the summary and reviews on AnimeDB, and it looks damn interesting.

Tomorrow I must go to see Avatar. So far, most folks I've heard say it ain't nothing special. But it's a James Cameron movie; it has to be at least good.

I saw Sherlock Holmes and really enjoyed it. Had a good amount of action, comedy, and mystery throughout the whole movie. Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law have awesome chemistry together.

On a random note, I found a loose seat cushion from one of the seats and placed it in the seat in front of me to try divert people from sitting there (so they think it was broken). The result? It worked! I suppose it also helped the theater wasn't that crowded, but it made my movie experience much better.

Inglourious Bastards is a sweet movie. I definitely think Tarantino did a great job with it.

Kiskaloo wrote:Was finally able to see The Girl Who Leapt Through Time [時をかける少女] last night.

A+. 11/10.

One of the most brilliant and beautiful animated films I have ever seen. Ranks right up there with Miyazaki's and Shinkai's works in my "Anime Masterpieces". The studios who did the background art are worthy of working on a Studio Ghibli production. Some of the character animation was from the SHAFT School of Suckage, but I forgive it. I'm crushed there is no US Blu-ray release, but the Japanese one is only about $75 so I'm picking it up and ordering the US Limited Edition DVD set.

We're going to watch Summer Wars [サマーウォーズ] today, and I can't wait.

Woo! High five!


And it just so happens that Madhouse (who did GsG) animated it. Congratulations to Mamoru Hosoda for directing such an awesome movie, of course. Summer Wars is also great, but not quite as... touching.

I'm looking forward to "The Book of Eli" coming out on Jan. 15th. It's
a post-apocalyptic story that stars 'Zel (can I call him 'Zel?)
Washington. Really reminds me of Fallout for some reason.

whats with all the post apocalypse films coming out ? theres The Book of Eli,and The Road,both about people trying to survive in a wasteland ,someones been reading to much Nostradamus in Hollywood !

It's always been hip to subscribe to Nostradamus. People eat that stuff up.

I think it's proof that deep down, humanity has an intense desire to have the world end.

All things move to entropy, right?

I say it's proof that there are just too damn many of us now, and we're too comfortable. too many people never have to live their own lives, so they don't.
...and most of the rest have their lives mapped out for 'em by the ones who refuse to really live.
so, uh...
yaaaaay apocalypse! Ya can't beat the second law of thermodynamics... you can only fight it until it wins.

Just finished The Man From Earth. Written by sci-fi writer Jerome Bixby, who penned amongst other scripts "Mirror, Mirror" from Star Trek (TOS) and "It's a Good Life" from The Twilight Zone. He also co-wrote the original story of The Fantastic Voyage (Isaac Asimov wrote the novelization of the movie).

I found it a stunning piece of work.

I see the guy who directed Cloverfield is helming a remake of Let The Right One In.

Titled Let Me In, it has Hit Girl's Chloe Moretz playing the role of Eli and The Road's Kodi Smit-McPhee as Oskar. Though now it's Abbey and Owen since it takes place in New Mexico instead of Sweden.

Personally, call me very skeptical. The original was awesome and while I applaud keeping it as kids (as opposed to trying to cash in with the "Twilight Teens"), I didn't find Cloverfield to be all that great...

Yeah, Cloverfield wasn't the best. I'm honestly really get sick of all these shaky cam, fast cut directing that Hollywood has falling in love with. Maybe someday I'll be able to watch an action movie and actually see what's going on.

I agree. Cloverfield is what I call a one-timer.

Meaning that it's okay so long as you watch it ONCE. After that the 'experience' as it were will where off quick and it is nothing more than a Unisom pill that takes WAY too long to take effect.

Ironically most movies like that are the 'experience films' that make up most of the pseudo-reality subgenre. Similar titles are Cannibal Holocaust, The St. Francisville Experiment, The Blair Witch Project, and Quarantine; among many, many others.

Although Quarantine is a re-make of Spain's REC, which was actually pretty damn good. Others like the hilariously bad Spinal Tap and the recent Paranormal Activity hit their niche audiences pretty well. As I've enjoyed both. Also, Dana Carvey's spoof of Spinal Tap(as a 'pretentious rock star') is a MUST see.

rusty-spring wrote:I'm honestly really get sick of all these shaky cam, fast cut directing that Hollywood has falling in love with.

Well when The Blair Witch Project turns $50,000 into $50,000,000, you know Hollywood is going to ape the look as long and as hard as they can.

Now that Avatar, which cost some $400 million to make, is on course to make $4 billion, I expect that will become the new paradigm for the 2010s.

boomer_gonz wrote:I agree. Cloverfield is what I call a one-timer.

Meaning that it's okay so long as you watch it ONCE. After that the 'experience' as it were will where off quick and it is nothing more than a Unisom pill that takes WAY too long to take effect.

Said "experience" gave me a solid case of motion sickness... which is saying a lot as it's not something I'm generally prone to.

Kiskaloo wrote:Now that Avatar, which cost some $400 million to make, is on course to make $4 billion, I expect that will become the new paradigm for the 2010s.

That wouldn't be so bad. At least if a 400 million dollar movie were to flop compared to a 50k movie, then studios would be less willing to fund another.

rusty-spring wrote:

Kiskaloo wrote:Now that Avatar, which cost some $400 million to make, is on course to make $4 billion, I expect that will become the new paradigm for the 2010s.

That wouldn't be so bad. At least if a 400 million dollar movie were to flop compared to a 50k movie, then studios would be less willing to fund another.

They probably wouldn't be able to.

Seriously, I have to expect the execs at FOX Studios are feeling a lot better knowing that they won't be taking a bath on the film. And sweeping the Oscars will be a nice cherry on top.

Kiskaloo wrote:Seriously, I have to expect the execs at FOX Studios are feeling a lot better knowing that they won't be taking a bath on the film. And sweeping the Oscars will be a nice cherry on top.

I will say it's refreshing to watch a fully CGI movie that isn't somehow involved with Disney/Pixar and is aimed at a more mature audience. I've gotten rather jaded with CGI children's movies. (I'm an old school Disney fan, with the traditional artwork.)

I love PIXAR because I believe they are the greatest storytellers of our time.

But I tried to watch Monsters vs. Aliens last night and had to eject the disc 30 minutes in.

PIXAR makes money because they tell great stories, not because they're CG. Renderman is actually a pretty shitty program at making realistic-looking humans - it's forte is inanimate objects. But PIXAR puts so much life in the characters, that they "look funny" doesn't matter.

Alas, Hollywood for the past decade has assumed "if it's CG, it will sell!" so we get crap, crap, and more crap, even if it looks really nice (Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within and Dinosaurs).

Kiskaloo wrote:PIXAR makes money because they tell great stories, not because they're CG.

I will admit that I loved "The Incredibles." It lampooned just about every facet of being a superhero. I never saw Monsters vs. Aliens, but I also heard it was a complete stinker. Unless you have a "giantess" fetish.



I miss the days of campy 1950's sci-fi.

P.S. - I might be the only person I know who didn't like Toy Stoy.

Dinosaurs don't need to be done in CG.


...and I loved the Incredibles too.
...and there was one good thing about Monsters vs. Aliens... the alien overlord was an awesomely cheesy villain.

LoC978 wrote:Dinosaurs don't need to be done in CG.

Oh man...I LOVED that show, even though I didn't know exactly what the hell was going on most of the time. The dad always reminded me of Carl from Family Matters though for some reason...

...my favorite part was their mock science show...

"So Timmy, what do you think will happen if you stand in front of this jet engine with it turned on?"
"Gee, I dunno."
"Alright, you stand right there while I get behind this lead shield."
...
"We're going to need another Timmy!"

Monsters vs. Aliens is what I believe to be Pixar's attempt to make a straight up kid's movie as opposed to a great story. To be honest, it is watchable so long as you keep that in mind. A lot of flash, bang, pop, WoW!, and pretty much little else.

On another not I just may be one of the twenty or so people in the world to have actually liked The Spirits Within. In fact that's how I've referred to it since I saw it a second time. Take Final Fantasy completely out of the equation and start with a blank slate. The story is a little rough to follow at times, but all in all it's a pretty heartfelt story...with a shitty ending. As far as I'm concerned, Advent Children is the definitive Final Fantasy movie.

boomer_gonz wrote:Monsters vs. Aliens is what I believe to be Pixar's attempt to make a straight up kid's movie as opposed to a great story.

PIXAR had nothing to do with Monsters vs. Aliens, which is one of the main reasons I thought it sucked.

As a technical exercise, Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within was amazing. But it was not something I had a burning desire to ever see again.

As far as I'm concerned, Advent Children is the definitive Final Fantasy movie.

Well it actually was set in the Final Fantasy universe, which was a plus.

Kiskaloo wrote:

As far as I'm concerned, Advent Children is the definitive Final Fantasy movie.

Well it actually was set in the Final Fantasy universe, which was a plus.

and like all modern Final Fantasy stuff, it was mostly just a long series of awesome fight scenes... with some sort of basically pointless, mostly incomprehensible background story.
...
*starts watching it again*

Final Fantasy 7 can't be mentioned without me thinking back to this cosplay picture and me snickering about it.

that pic is effing priceless.

also, I would totally have the same look on my face as the dude in the background dressed as Inuyasha.

Kiskaloo wrote:

boomer_gonz wrote:Monsters vs. Aliens is what I believe to be Pixar's attempt to make a straight up kid's movie as opposed to a great story.

PIXAR had nothing to do with Monsters vs. Aliens, which is one of the main reasons I thought it sucked.

My bad.

Kiskaloo wrote:As a technical exercise, Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within was amazing. But it was not something I had a burning desire to ever see again.

Neither did I at first. I saw it a second time as a bootleg when this one girl I was 'seeing' way back when bought it at a flea market, came to my house, and said, "Did you know they made a Final Fantasy movie?!"

To her credit, she was just getting into RPG gaming as she was a hardcore gramer before she met me at a Madden tourney.

I love hardcore gramer. Proper pluralization and conjunctions are a huge turn on! :p


Also, I didn't like Spirits Within. It just... wasn't that great. Or perhaps it's that everyone I know really, really likes it.

On another note, I haven't seen any movies in theatres lately. That means no Avatar and no Sherlock Holmes. I'm a little too lazy to see them I guess. People keep on raving about them, though. I should go watch one. Or both. At the same time!

hardcore grammar?
"Oh yeah... conjugate that verb, girl. Conjugate it HARDER!"
"Yeah, that's where to put the definite article, right there. Right there! Yes!"

...

Five_X wrote:I should go watch one. Or both. At the same time!

You're MAD!

LoC978 wrote:hardcore grammar?
"Oh yeah... conjugate that verb, girl. Conjugate it HARDER!"
"Yeah, that's where to put the definite article, right there. Right there! Yes!"

...

Believe it or not, 'gramer' is an actualy term; a noun to be exact. Of course it's a piece of pop culture and actually first started showing up at MAGfest in 2002 around the time I stopped going to Con's, Expo's, Fest's, etc.; because of the increasingly growing factions of fans which really started messing up the vibe.

Basically, it's like this; a 'gramer' (pronounced just like 'gamer' with the added 'R' for emphasis) is the atypical 'jock' of all gamer-dom. These are the gamers who could play the latest FPS or popular sports titles such as Madden or NBA Live, or the gimmick games such as Army of Two, GTA(anything from 2 and up), and (input street racing themed game here). Button-mashing fighting games also seem to be popular with gramer's.

But ask most of them anything about Mario, Zelda, Sonic, Phantasy Star, Shining Force, Ninja Gaiden, Metroid, Goldeneye(I'm still having trouble getting a gramer to believe that there was epic FPS BEFORE Halo), Final Fantasy, System Shock, etc.; and they just look at you with either a confused or insulted look on their faces.

Hence the faction(ing).

At the time, a lot of old-school gamers started to notice that niche franchises like Doom, Quake, Unreal, Madden, Pro Skater, among others; were drawing newbies like the gamers who gobbled up anything that was cool or 'looked pretty' effectively dismissing what the old-schoolers called "the true aspect of gaming".

Personally, I didn't care either way. With the PS2 launch, I noticed the prices of games quickly exceeding $50-$60 and was confident that this influx of new fans and consumers would keep prices in check(I was wrong, but that's besides the point). However; when factions develop, terms come with the territory and thus the 'gramer' was born. More insult than label during it's inception, now like saying something is gay(which I've heard more actual gays use now instead of their straight counterparts) it is officially a label in the halls of video game lingo just like casual, hardcore, and extreme.

Sorry for the long post, but I've hoped I've answered any questions anybody might have.

It's still sexual. Everything can be related to phalluses!! (or other sexual organs)

...especially when ya tack 'hardcore' onto the beginning of it...

But thanks for the clarification. I thought you had made a typo.
Gramer equals any gamer who gives me cause to mutter about fuckin' kids like a grumpy old man, then.
...I've been shying away from gaming culture since shortly after Counterstrike got mind-numbingly popular.

Kiskaloo wrote:I see the guy who directed Cloverfield is helming a remake of Let The Right One In.

Titled Let Me In, it has Hit Girl's Chloe Moretz playing the role of Eli and The Road's Kodi Smit-McPhee as Oskar. Though now it's Abbey and Owen since it takes place in New Mexico instead of Sweden.

Personally, call me very skeptical. The original was awesome and while I applaud keeping it as kids (as opposed to trying to cash in with the "Twilight Teens"), I didn't find Cloverfield to be all that great...

I think what you are trying to say Kisk is that they’re going to take a fantastic movie and Americanize it. In other words, fuck it up.

I am looking forward to seeing Hit-Girl in Kick-Ass though.