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[Stevesie60]

you described like all of 'bias' weekend posting

probably weekdays too

Now you're talking my language.

[mocat]

I have always wanted to participate in a live movie blog

[mocat]

Here is a highlight from my resume of previous live blogs

http://goEMAW.com/forum/index.php?topic=12650.msg986794.msg#986794

[star seed 7]

Here is a highlight from my resume of previous live blogs

http://goEMAW.com/forum/index.php?topic=12650.msg986794.msg#986794

Did you accidentally link daris' resume?

[mocat]

Here is a highlight from my resume of previous live blogs

http://goEMAW.com/forum/index.php?topic=12650.msg986794.msg#986794

Did you accidentally link daris' resume?

Pretty hard to link anything on this site without it being a Daris resume excerpt

[Tobias]

always be prepared.  you never know when one will happen

[michigancat]

ex machina was a pretty cerebral movie i thought.  it left me thinking? 

the thing about mad max is that it's a rubbish movie.  it's like all of a sudden everyone decided to that now we like michael bay type movies that are just full of explosions and lack any real substance.

It's also just a cool robot movie with a little mystery and beautiful women if you want to engage it at that level. I guess I can see how an anti-intellectual who read a review that said "it will make you think" could be put off by it, though.

[Stevesie60]

Live movie blog tonight? Something on Netflix?

[The Big Train]

are you gonna go see the green inferno stevesie?

[Stevesie60]

I might!

[K-S-U-Wildcats!]

I thought the action packed scenes were much more original and shot way better than anything Bay has done. Tell me I'm wrong.

TBH the only michael bay movie i've ever seen has been Armageddon, and IMO, Armageddon blows Mad Max out of the damn water.

You haven't seen The Rock? Watch it. Excellent action movie. Way better than Armageddon. Or any of that Transformer trash.

[The Big Train]

I have always liked Deep Impact way more than Armageddon

[puniraptor]

I have always liked Deep Impact way more than Armageddon

Now this is just getting ridiculous

[The Big Train]

I have always liked Deep Impact way more than Armageddon

Now this is just getting ridiculous

Way better #acting, better and more believable plot, less ben affleck

[Pete]

I have always liked Deep Impact way more than Armageddon

Now this is just getting ridiculous

Way better #acting, better and more believable plot, less ben affleck

It's like debating pizza, but I do agree that Deep Impact is better.

[K-S-U-Wildcats!]

ex machina was a pretty cerebral movie i thought.  it left me thinking? 

the thing about mad max is that it's a rubbish movie.  it's like all of a sudden everyone decided to that now we like michael bay type movies that are just full of explosions and lack any real substance.

It's also just a cool robot movie with a little mystery and beautiful women if you want to engage it at that level. I guess I can see how an anti-intellectual who read a review that said "it will make you think" could be put off by it, though.

I agree that I'm more annoyed by the people making this movie out to be deeper than it is. Serious question to anyone who thought it was deep: why?

Spoilers....

I don't think it's very profound to envision a future where we make robots so lifelike that people want to screw them, or that those robots might one day be smart enough to feel a survival instinct.

[michigancat]

I didn't think it was particularly deep and didn't walk away pondering artificial intelligence taking over the world, I just thought it was an interesting story with good performances. I mean *spoiler* that girl was just going to get hit by a bus in the real world and that would have been the end of it for a long time. Doesn't mean it wasn't a good story on a personal level.

[DQ12]

spoilers

I mean, the term "deep" has kind of a negative connotation, but it did make a pretty clever point, I thought.  The entire movie, the audience kind of identifies with the visitor, protagonist guy.  Throughout the movie, you end up rooting for him and for the liberation of this "woman" who the audience ends up actually liking and feeling sympathy for.  Sure, she wasn't human, but maybe she had elements of humanity.  You root against the brutal, heavy handed, eccentric builder of the robot who treats "her" cruelly.

And then at the end, you step back and remember "wait a second, she's not a human at all!  she's a dang robot who was programmed to have one goal, and to achieve it by any means."  It left me feeling silly for rooting for the insanity of killing a human being to save a computer -- a computer that is incapable of feeling any kind of emotion, but is very good a feigning it. 

I thought it was a clever movie the way it manipulated its audience to participate in the insanity, and left it feeling as hoodwinked as the visitor guy.

[michigancat]

spoilers

I mean, the term "deep" has kind of a negative connotation, but it did make a pretty clever point, I thought.  The entire movie, the audience kind of identifies with the visitor, protagonist guy.  Throughout the movie, you end up rooting for him and for the liberation of this "woman" who the audience ends up actually liking and feeling sympathy for.  Sure, she wasn't human, but maybe she had elements of humanity.  You root against the brutal, heavy handed, eccentric builder of the robot who treats "her" cruelly.

And then at the end, you step back and remember "wait a second, she's not a human at all!  she's a dang robot who was programmed to have one goal, and to achieve it by any means."  It left me feeling silly for rooting for the insanity of killing a human being to save a computer -- a computer that is incapable of feeling any kind of emotion, but is very good a feigning it. 

I thought it was a clever movie the way it manipulated its audience to participate in the insanity, and left it feeling as hoodwinked as the visitor guy.

I agree!

[The Tonya Harding of Twitter Users Creep]

watched the first 20 min of fury road yesterday but pulled out my laptop and started doing other stuff. the ending seemed pretty good? idk.

[Mrs. Gooch]

spoilers

I mean, the term "deep" has kind of a negative connotation, but it did make a pretty clever point, I thought.  The entire movie, the audience kind of identifies with the visitor, protagonist guy.  Throughout the movie, you end up rooting for him and for the liberation of this "woman" who the audience ends up actually liking and feeling sympathy for.  Sure, she wasn't human, but maybe she had elements of humanity.  You root against the brutal, heavy handed, eccentric builder of the robot who treats "her" cruelly.

And then at the end, you step back and remember "wait a second, she's not a human at all!  she's a dang robot who was programmed to have one goal, and to achieve it by any means."  It left me feeling silly for rooting for the insanity of killing a human being to save a computer -- a computer that is incapable of feeling any kind of emotion, but is very good a feigning it. 

I thought it was a clever movie the way it manipulated its audience to participate in the insanity, and left it feeling as hoodwinked as the visitor guy.

I agree!

Yes. Thank you Dlew for articulating my thoughts.

[Yard Dog]

I saw Everest in IMAX 3D last night and it was quite the epic experience. I would recommend this movie to anyone looking for an intense look at the brutal nature of climbing that mountain. Definite great performances from a slew of good actors.

[star seed 7]

Yard dog, have you ever considered live blogging a movie?

[K-S-U-Wildcats!]

I saw Everest in IMAX 3D last night and it was quite the epic experience. I would recommend this movie to anyone looking for an intense look at the brutal nature of climbing that mountain. Definite great performances from a slew of good actors.

And read the book, too, because it was amazing. Into Thin Air. Probably the single best Everest book ever written.

[puniraptor]

it's no vertical limit and its definitely no cliffhanger