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[SabiNation]

Smaug was entertaining.  Much better than the first

[8manpick]

Just seriously rewatched Basterds and I can say confidently that it is Tarantino's best by a decent margin.

yep. i've noticed that most of the people who disagree with this opinion are kinda old.

Whatever old man

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[Mr Bread]

Desolation of Smaug was very fun. It's no LOTR: The Two Towers or even "very good" but it's fun, much better than the first Hobbit installment.

That's good news.  The first one was really phoned in. 

[Mr Bread]

Just seriously rewatched Basterds and I can say confidently that it is Tarantino's best by a decent margin.

yep. i've noticed that most of the people who disagree with this opinion are kinda old.

I think the fact that they changed history confused a lot of people and they didn't know how to take it, but after dwelling on it for a bit people have learned to like it. I think it was Mr. Bread who pointed out how much tension Christoph Waltz creates even though he's smiling and seemingly being a nice guy throughout the first scene. It's so outstanding.

It absolutely does tension better than any other movie I can think of.

Impeccably acted top to bottom. No distracting comedic interlude or dogshit cameo.

No, Eli Roth was absolute crap.  I can barely stand to rewatch his scene I hate it so much, and I really like the German soldier's performance along with BP.  My god the overacting and shitty accent.  eff that guy so goddamned hard in his face for the crap smudge he left on IB. 

[puniraptor]

Just seriously rewatched Basterds and I can say confidently that it is Tarantino's best by a decent margin.

yep. i've noticed that most of the people who disagree with this opinion are kinda old.

I think the fact that they changed history confused a lot of people and they didn't know how to take it, but after dwelling on it for a bit people have learned to like it. I think it was Mr. Bread who pointed out how much tension Christoph Waltz creates even though he's smiling and seemingly being a nice guy throughout the first scene. It's so outstanding.

It absolutely does tension better than any other movie I can think of.

Impeccably acted top to bottom. No distracting comedic interlude or dogshit cameo.

No, Eli Roth was absolute crap.  I can barely stand to rewatch his scene I hate it so much, and I really like the German soldier's performance along with BP.  My god the overacting and shitty accent.  eff that guy so goddamned hard in his face for the crap smudge he left on IB.

He was fine, probably just south of impeccable. he didnt really do anything except smash that guy and yell baseball crap. i was fine with it. you were probably just distracted because he was eli roth you expected a cameo instead of a relevant character

[Belvis Noland]

Catching Fire. 

Really good.  Very close to the book. 

[Mr Bread]

No, I was distracted because I was getting relentlessly skullfucked by his terribleness. 

"Hey puni, remember that one time you ate a piece of poo?"
"Yeah."
"How was it?"
"It was fine, probably just south of impeccable."
"Hmmm."

[slucat]

Watched Wanderlust last night, not very good.

The only funny part was when Paul Rudd was psyching himself up in the mirror to sleep with one of the hippies and kept repeating eff and other sexual references.

[puniraptor]

No, I was distracted because I was getting relentlessly skullfucked by his terribleness. 

"Hey puni, remember that one time you ate a piece of poo?"
"Yeah."
"How was it?"
"It was fine, probably just south of impeccable."
"Hmmm."

i dont know if this is how it happened to me. definitely somewhat south of what happened to me, if not even more south.

[The Big Train]

Smaug was entertaining.  Much better than the first

I enjoyed it but idk if it was better than the first, definitely a much better cliff hanger to end it tho.

[pissclams]

you guys watch some absolutely horrific movies.  not surprised though.

[Tobias]

you guys watch some absolutely horrific movies.  not surprised though.

especially considering who "you guys" is (are?)

[chunkles]

Oblivion.   Neat!

[Rage Against the McKee]

I'm not going unless you can guarantee me at least 15 consecutive minutes of dwarves washing dishes.

Not a single dish was washed.

[mocat]

So, this Christmas break, I want to watch a bunch of these old Billy Wilder classics that I have never seen. The man wrote and directed a string of absolutely amazing films. I included the year and the IMDb rating. Just increds.

Double Indemnity (1944) - 8.5
Sunset Blvd. (1950) - 8.6
Ace in the Hole (1951) - 8.2
Sabrina (1954) - 7.7
The Seven Year Itch (1955) - 7.2
Witness for the Prosecution (1957) - 8.4
Some Like it Hot (1959) - 8.3
The Apartment (1960) - 8.4

thoughts?

[DQ12]

generally speaking, old movies stink.

[yoga-like_abana]

generally speaking, old movies stink.

yeah and the ones that had good plots have been remade and are now better


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[Reboulet]

So, this Christmas break, I want to watch a bunch of these old Billy Wilder classics that I have never seen. The man wrote and directed a string of absolutely amazing films. I included the year and the IMDb rating. Just increds.

thoughts?

Double Indemnity (1944) - Really good
Ace in the Hole (1951) - kinda lame
Sabrina (1954) - Good to watch with your lady
Some Like it Hot (1959) - fine
The Apartment (1960) - Really super good

Haven't seen the others.

[Stevesie60]

Sunset Blvd is pretty increds. AMI has it as #16 all time. And it's referenced in Kick-Ass so you know it's good.

[mocat]

isn't it cray that one guy wrote and directed all those?

[ChiComCat]

I have been going through the Silent Night, Deadly Night series.  Still have two to go, but current SNDN rankings are below

1. Silent Night, Deadly Night - The film that started it all.  Would take an upset for it to fall
2. Silent Night, Deadly Night 3: Better Watch Out - Pretty big gap here.  A blind psychic with a psychic grandma and a comatose Ricky with a brain container,
    or conbrainer, add a level of intrigue
3. Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2 - Was good to see Ricky take up the axe after Billy went down.  About 40 minutes of the movie is showing clips from the original.  The actor who plays Ricky thinks that moving his eyebrows equates acting.

Where will parts 4 and 5 land?  STAY TUNED!

[star seed 7]

ya, sunset blvd, some like it hot, and the apartment are all you really need to watch.

i've never really been a marilyn fan, but she's so damn adorable in some like it hot.

[KCFDcat]

I watched "blackfish" on netflix last night. it's very  and 

highly recommend

[puniraptor]

The Road - not a christmas movie. very gloomy. not many good feelings. well done in that it made me feel things. also made me want to start hardcore doomsday prepping immediately.

[WillieWatanabe]

Anchorman 2 was OK.