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What Was The Last Movie You Watched?
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Formeruser012523
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It's odd when people applaud at the end of a film, but the whole place broke out. :biggrin:
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R.O.U.Ses? I don't think they exist.
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Well, Clutch was from 1959 onward so it isn't exactly something I saw first time around either.
Uh huh. I'll bet.
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Well, Clutch was from 1959 onward so it isn't exactly something I saw first time around either.
Don't forget Space Angel, utilizing the same Synchro-Vox technique as Clutch. I think the whole super-imposed mouth gimmick was parodied in one of the The Incredibles dvd extras.
Thinking back, I guess as a kid watching Clutch and Space Angel and even Colonel Bleep I must have had a low satisfaction threshold to sit through those shows.
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After all this time of being a vintage film fan, I finally watched Double Indemnity last night.
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Did you like it? I noticed that it was on TCM last night. It looked like a James M. Cain night.
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Ah yes, I forgot about Space Angel. Synchro-Vox was parodied all over the place--even Conan O'Brien. lol lol
Well it was cheap and they could undercut Hanna Barbera. My sons like Clutch Cargo the best though.
Tonight was The Shadow----The Cotton Kimono
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I'm watching The Pirate with Gene Kelly and Judy Garland, 1948. Looks like a fun time ahead for me.
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Watched Lincoln on the plane ride yesterday. I thought it was pretty good.
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Man on Fire, the Denzel version.
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"Man of Steel" - C - Pheh... too frenetic... fight scenes too long. I never cared about the big blue boy scout. Supporting performances were better than his. I was thoroughly underwhelmed.
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I saw it yesterday too. But I liked it better than you. I'd give it a solid B.
I absolutely agree that there were too many (and too big, too long) fight sequences, and I would have preferred that the time was used for more character-building. However, I went in very dubious and liked it a lot more than I expected to, and I thought Henry Cavill was surpisingly good - several hundred percent better than Brandon Routh in Superman Returns. A lot of the story's narrative choices didn't make much sense, but at least this film is a real reboot in a new direction (again, unlike the awful Superman Returns). As expected, I liked Amy Adams a lot, and the reconception of the Lois character was clever... but I wish that she and Kal/Clark had had more scenes together instead of that third-act battle going on far too long.
That said, I have to agree with those who've said that this film brings impossible-yet-believable superhero battling to a new level. Before it got to be too much, I was impressively feeling every punch through buildings and tossed truck. Zack Snyder certainly knows how to depict comic-book action! I also really liked the flying and heat/X-ray vision effects, Kryptonian production design, and the big cape.
However, one thing that really bothered me amidst the film's epic scale of destruction was its total lack of concern for the tens of thousands of human beings dying all over the place. (This is an extension of the syndrome in producer Chris Nolan's Dark Knight films - which constantly claim to be concerned about the people of Gotham City, but actually have zero interest in anyone outside of the privileged main characters.) And as several critics have pointed out, why does every action film now have to reference 9/11 with the falling buildings and dust clouds?!?
Anyway, I came away enthused to see what they do in the next film, with all the origin exposition out of the way and mild-mannered reporter Clark Kent finally present...
I absolutely agree that there were too many (and too big, too long) fight sequences, and I would have preferred that the time was used for more character-building. However, I went in very dubious and liked it a lot more than I expected to, and I thought Henry Cavill was surpisingly good - several hundred percent better than Brandon Routh in Superman Returns. A lot of the story's narrative choices didn't make much sense, but at least this film is a real reboot in a new direction (again, unlike the awful Superman Returns). As expected, I liked Amy Adams a lot, and the reconception of the Lois character was clever... but I wish that she and Kal/Clark had had more scenes together instead of that third-act battle going on far too long.
That said, I have to agree with those who've said that this film brings impossible-yet-believable superhero battling to a new level. Before it got to be too much, I was impressively feeling every punch through buildings and tossed truck. Zack Snyder certainly knows how to depict comic-book action! I also really liked the flying and heat/X-ray vision effects, Kryptonian production design, and the big cape.
However, one thing that really bothered me amidst the film's epic scale of destruction was its total lack of concern for the tens of thousands of human beings dying all over the place. (This is an extension of the syndrome in producer Chris Nolan's Dark Knight films - which constantly claim to be concerned about the people of Gotham City, but actually have zero interest in anyone outside of the privileged main characters.) And as several critics have pointed out, why does every action film now have to reference 9/11 with the falling buildings and dust clouds?!?
Anyway, I came away enthused to see what they do in the next film, with all the origin exposition out of the way and mild-mannered reporter Clark Kent finally present...
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GoodFellas.
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Monsters University with my oldest 2 daughters. Fun movie made even more fun by my kids loving it.
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Very good choice, Tom. It is one of those flicks that I always stop to watch even if just for a few minutes.
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Detective Story on TCM
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