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costel
Joined: 30 Aug 2010
Location: Omsk,Florida
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| i will sell it for 12 dollars shipped. |
Rudie, I'll be watching it soon, and let you know afterwards.
I recently watched Black Death after hearing quite triumphant comparisons to Valhalla Rising from critics. I was deeply, deeply disappointed in that regard. Beyond such superficial comparisons, was a film that was deeply troubled by it's flawed internal logic and posturing.
Perhaps as a fleeting commentary on devotion and extremism, it works. But it's played out, and doesn't posses a single ounce of the profound mediations on spirit and violence that brought Valhalla Rising to such "Malickian" levels. |
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Ronnoc
Joined: 26 Feb 2010
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| Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2011 7:43 am |
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| A board game shop employee just recommended Black Death to me. Worth the time? |
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costel
Joined: 30 Aug 2010
Location: Omsk,Florida
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| Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2011 7:52 am |
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| Ronnoc wrote: |
| A board game shop employee just recommended Black Death to me. Worth the time? |
Are you streaming it? Sure. Why not?
Are you paying for it as a rental. No sir. I can't recommend it.
I don't want to apply such a consumerist slant, because opinions will differ on the matter, but I personally found it to be somewhat of a dullard's film. It's refreshing to see further historiographical explorations of violence and religion, but not in such a mediocre way. I mean, the material is good, but the execution is beyond off.
For such a grim premise and such a grim era it manages to misuse it's gothic sensibilities in every single way.
It's a fun way to kill an hour and a half, but beyond that an average film. |
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Ronk
saucy Scott Pilgrim fanfic
Joined: 29 Dec 2008
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| Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2011 9:49 am |
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| amazing spiderman/mirror's edge comparison video |
They're going to be charging theater prices for that CGI? Yuck
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to be fair, i think that first person part is just for the trailer(?), but yeah, spidermeh, etc.
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Winona Ghost Ryder
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Joined: 04 Dec 2006
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| Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2011 10:20 am |
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| Texican Rude wrote: |
| Turned off Once Upon a Time in America after the 3rd rape scene. |
You're saying these things to spite Winker >:( |
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The Blueberry Hill
Joined: 12 Dec 2006
Location: The otherwise central zone.
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| Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2011 4:31 pm |
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| Had my first appointment of the film festival last night, and saw some short films by Artavazd Pelechian. one (Our Century) I didn't like, but the other two (The Seasons, and We) were both really exciting, and quite appropriate to the videos I've been working on. Anyone familiar enough with the director to make me recommendations? |
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winkerwatson
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Joined: 04 Dec 2006
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| Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2011 6:00 pm |
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| Cocaine Socialist wrote: |
| Texican Rude wrote: |
| Turned off Once Upon a Time in America after the 3rd rape scene. |
You're saying these things to spite Winker >:( |
the abundant rape is somewhat problematic though it is true
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Winona Ghost Ryder
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Joined: 04 Dec 2006
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| Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2011 6:15 pm |
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| rape sucks |
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Ronnoc
Joined: 26 Feb 2010
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| Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2011 4:05 am |
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| So, you can rent 13 Assassins on Youtube of all places. It's 99 cents, so I'm probably going to give it a go. |
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Rud31
forum ruler of Iraq
Joined: 05 Dec 2006
Location: SanAnTex
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Ebrey
Joined: 05 Dec 2006
Location: Los Angeles
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| Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2011 10:02 am |
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| Hugo Weaving just straight up copies Werner Herzog's accent as the Red Skull in Captain America. It's pretty great. Also shields and motorcycles and explosions and AMERICA. |
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Dracko
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Ronnoc
Joined: 26 Feb 2010
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| Posted: Sun Jul 24, 2011 4:19 am |
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Looks like the Scanners remake has been dropped, but we're getting a TV show out of it?
Wait, what if they drop the The Fly remake and make a TV show?
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Ronnoc
Joined: 26 Feb 2010
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| Posted: Sun Jul 24, 2011 5:16 am |
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| Ronnoc wrote: |
| So, you can rent 13 Assassins on Youtube of all places. It's 99 cents, so I'm probably going to give it a go. |
I guess that was just a promotion (it's 2.99) and I can't use Paypal and I'm too lazy to get my card and |
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Winona Ghost Ryder
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Joined: 04 Dec 2006
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| Posted: Sun Jul 24, 2011 5:16 am |
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| i really wish i could have seen Cronenberg's Fly opera |
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Ghost Dinosaur
Joined: 05 Feb 2009
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| Posted: Sun Jul 24, 2011 6:33 am |
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| a tv show about people using their minds to make each other's heads explode sounds like an awesome tv show. |
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Ghost Dinosaur
Joined: 05 Feb 2009
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| Posted: Sun Jul 24, 2011 6:36 am |
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| i hope it's like the highlander show where each episode the hero faces a new villain with a backstory and gimmick and in the end the hero must make his or her head explode. |
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Ronnoc
Joined: 26 Feb 2010
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| Posted: Sun Jul 24, 2011 7:12 am |
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| Steals their body if they don't feel like paying the actor anymore |
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fairy godmilf
Joined: 05 Dec 2006
Location: oakland, california
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| Posted: Sun Jul 24, 2011 7:20 am |
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"captain america" was pretty yay!
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CubaLibre
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Joined: 02 Mar 2007
Location: Balmer
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| Posted: Sun Jul 24, 2011 8:02 am |
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It was weirdly emotionally flat - the script went through the three-act motions but I never felt any rising or falling action during the whole thing, just one long stream of Nazi-punching whatever.
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The Blueberry Hill
Joined: 12 Dec 2006
Location: The otherwise central zone.
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| Posted: Sun Jul 24, 2011 3:55 pm |
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| costel wrote: |
Anyways, in good news, I would highly recommend Takashi Miike's "13 Assassins" probably the classiest blood and thunder exploration I've seen since Peckinpah's Wild Bunch. It's style and absence of Miike peculiarities does nothing except embolden it's focus driven narrative, and in terms of a Chambara film it's mediation's on violence comes down to a singular statement at the end of the film that resonates deeply. It's a supreme film, a truthfully grandiose experience that can be so quiet, and so loud.
For those who are more well versed with samurai/Buddhist code and Japanese history, I would suppose that there is some existential criticisms of what was occurring at the time, represented by the two dueling Samurai in the film. A consistent theme of inquiry and deterioration becomes the actual duel itself between the two leaders. It's been done before, but never with so many actions mirroring and encapsulating their beliefs between the two.
It's not Seven Samurai, but fuck, it's up there.
Definitely the best film I've seen all year. If you guys can, catch the Japanese theatrical version instead of the international version, which is cut by twenty minutes. |
I saw this last night; I assume the international release. The fact that anyone still puts out a separate 'international release' these days is confounding. Do you know what I missed?
Anyway, it was fucking spectacular, and I probably wouldn't have given it a slot in my programme if you hadn't been so enthusiastic, so thankyou. 'It's not Seven Samurai, but fuck, it's up there' echoes my feelings pretty accurately. |
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This Machine Kills Fascis
Unfinite Indiscovery
Joined: 06 Dec 2006
Location: Inside Thomas the Tank Engine, screaming
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| Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2011 2:51 am |
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| It was weirdly emotionally flat - the script went through the three-act motions but I never felt any rising or falling action during the whole thing, just one long stream of Nazi-punching whatever. |
So is there, like, a central Nazi villain that he fights against and conquers to offer a sense of closure? Is it that Darth Maul guy from the video game commercial? I'm never going to see the movie, and I don't know anything about the franchise.
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evnvnv
hapax legomenon
Joined: 05 Dec 2006
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| Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2011 2:57 am |
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the villain is 'the red skull', captain america's original nemesis since time immemorial. in this version he heads up some kind of super secret nazi science division called hydra, and considers hitler too unambitious so he actually ends up having very little to do with actual nazis. though everyone says "heil hydra" all the time. the movie is weirdly devoid of swastikas, as though putting too many of them in a movie would guarantee you an R rating or something like that. i have to say it is the most complete-feeling of any post-iron man (1) marvel movie, but still feels more like the first part of a serial than an actual complete story. i enjoyed the supporting cast a lot, but i don't know if it has anything to recommend to anyone who hasn't already made an unholy oath to see every marvel film released.
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protoblax
bootleg pokemon
Joined: 08 Mar 2011
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| Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2011 3:02 am |
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Just saw Harry Potter 7.2. Neville Longbottom is a fucking boss.
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Ghost Dinosaur
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| Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2011 3:06 am |
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| my favorite part of the new harry potter was rupert grint's swoop hair in the epilogue. |
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protoblax
bootleg pokemon
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| Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2011 3:12 am |
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Swoop hair, pot belly. Genius.
Rupert Grint aside, that epilogue scene was pretty faithful to the book, in that it was terrible
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Ronnoc
Joined: 26 Feb 2010
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| Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2011 3:54 am |
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| Youtubing 13 Assassin's right now. It is certainly a sub-par movie watching experience, don't bother. |
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parker
a wolf adventuring
Joined: 31 May 2007
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| Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2011 5:21 am |
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Don't nobody listen to Ronnoc, he's confused
Unless he meant the experience of watching a movie on youtube being subpar, which sounds right
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Ronnoc
Joined: 26 Feb 2010
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| Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2011 5:50 am |
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| Oh, I don't mean the movie itself, I was referring to Youtube's movie service. |
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cassievania
cassie-no night zone
Joined: 16 Feb 2010
Location: Master, the batteries in your Wii Remote are depleted
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| Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2011 6:37 am |
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Is Midnight in Paris any good?
It sounds like a more fun romantic movie then...anything else out there right now. :(
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CubaLibre
the road lawyer
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| Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2011 12:56 pm |
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As Paris in the 20's cosplay it's pretty great, with ridiculous caricatures of all your favorites (Hemingway, Dali, etc), but all the modern-day stuff (i.e., the actual story and characters) is insufferable.
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Winona Ghost Ryder
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The Blueberry Hill
Joined: 12 Dec 2006
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| Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2011 3:40 am |
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| Maybe Tempo di Viaggo? |
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Toptube
Anti-cabbage Party Candidate
Joined: 23 Apr 2007
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| Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2011 4:54 am |
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Bryan Cranston plays the bad guy in the Total Recall remake.
Can't be ALL bad, right? |
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Ronk
saucy Scott Pilgrim fanfic
Joined: 29 Dec 2008
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| Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2011 7:49 am |
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| Ghost Dinosaur wrote: |
| my favorite part of the new harry potter was rupert grint's swoop hair in the epilogue. |
the shitty van dyke beard of future draco malfoy disagrees with you
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winkerwatson
badmin
Joined: 04 Dec 2006
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| Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2011 1:55 pm |
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Not quite the same thing but how about My Best Fiend
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boojiboy7
narcissistic irony-laden twat
Joined: 04 Dec 2006
Location: take me on a blatant doom trip.
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| Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2011 3:06 pm |
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| Ronk wrote: |
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| my favorite part of the new harry potter was rupert grint's swoop hair in the epilogue. |
the shitty van dyke beard of future draco malfoy disagrees with you |
that epilogue was terrible, but grint was the only one who looked even close to believable. |
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protoblax
bootleg pokemon
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| Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2011 5:08 pm |
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It's been pretty interesting to see the kids' development (for better or worse) as actors portraying the same role over the course of their ten most formative years. Grint and Felton have been especially fun to watch, for almost opposite reasons.
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allensmithee
polyglamorous
Joined: 21 Apr 2011
Location: wherever it is, im dying to get out
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| Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2011 8:23 pm |
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hp7 ep. II is the best slapstick comedy in years
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fairy godmilf
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| Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2011 9:44 pm |
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| CubaLibre wrote: |
| It was weirdly emotionally flat - the script went through the three-act motions but I never felt any rising or falling action during the whole thing, just one long stream of Nazi-punching whatever. |
how could you come away with the impression that it was about nazi-punching? it was clearly more about nazi-kicking. they could have called the movie "captain nazikicker".
i don't normally defend a film by saying "it was stupid and fun", though i guess that was this. beholding how seriously it took itself was an interesting experience.
the conclusion was neat. the final shot and last line in particular were neat. i feel vaguely flattered that they put an ending like that into a film like this -- and it didn't feel jarring or bizarre.
that they squeezed "the first avenger" into the title of the movie means this is the only movie that they want to nominally associate as an "avengers" lead-in. so they give you this incorruptible jerksih oaf of a good guy, and they give him a single emotion there at the end. it's neat because, if they make this into a franchise (which they are doing), we feel like we know everything about the guy. we feel some ownership over his love story.
what i'm saying is: yay!
also, the way the film snapped from taking-itself-way-too-seriously superhero-in-world-war-two OMG story to whoa 1980s japanese animation alternate world war ii history LOL story within the space of an action montage was pretty cool.
most movies these days escalate into action scenes that are as much fun as watching someone else play a horrible videogame on your television when you'd rather be watching sports. the "captain america" action scenes, however, felt like watching someone play a videogame i wish i could play. so that's . . . got to be worth something.
maybe i should play the game. hmmm.
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Toptube
Anti-cabbage Party Candidate
Joined: 23 Apr 2007
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| Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2011 9:52 pm |
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I figure I should watch the last couple of HP movies, if only to pay service to the fact that its one of the few movie series ever to reach a number past 5 and probably the only one in the past 15 years, excluding Rocky.
*the Captain America game is apparently decent.
they are rebooting Batman after Rising. I fully expect them to call it Batman: League of Justice. |
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