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[SquidPuppet]

Originally Posted by surfdude12

500 Days of Summer

Film: 4.5/5
-awesome movie. thanks for recommendation Bearcat
-loved the intro documentary-style part with narrator and black&white. reminded me of Magnolia intro. Showing Summer on bike with dimensions of her height, etc, was like Magnolia showing dimensions of building, etc, with similar narrator in background
-Great job flipping forward and backward and I could generally follow the timeline with the day chart they showed, but at times I got a little lost on "when was this in the relationship?". maybe too harsh but that's why I didn't give it 5/5. It just wasn't always clear to me "when" they were (Season 5 Lost shout out ).
-A very accurate portrayal of relationships.

[Show spoiler]I loved him saying "she said her weekend was GOOOOD, that means she banged some dude." I've thought that. I loved how he was reserved and never came out of his shell for her. I loved how he asked about her ex's, then wished he hadn't...then asks more...then REAALY wishes he hadn't...then asks more... I loved how he wanted to talk about their status! No, girls arent the only ones who do that! We do it too! She has obviously been burned by love (parents love breaking up = huge pain, or former boyfriend) and was incredibly afraid to reinvest in love again. This happened to me once and the girl responded (100% serious): "Oh...you want to DTR" Surfdude: "DTR?" Girl: "Define the relationship..that's so cute" On her facebook page, what is her favorite quote? DTR! No Joke!

-HOwever, my favorite part was

[Show spoiler]the expectation/reality split screen. I did a standing ovation in my living room (ok not really). But finally a movie hits the issue on the nose. The problem isn't Summer. The problem is his expectation of Summer. It reminds me of the best quote I've heard on love: "You're never in love with anyone. You're only in love with your prejudiced ideas of that person and your hopeful ideas of that person." We often hear "how could you let me down when I trusted you?", but as the movie shows, when the girl at the restaurant reminded him: Summer never cheated on him, and told him she didn't want anything Serious. So he wasn't trusting her and wasn't in love with her. If so, he'd be as casual as she is. In fact, he was actually trusting and actually in love with a hopeful version of her that existed only in is mind but didn't exist in reality. We don't like to say to ourselves "my judgment of her was lousy!"...that's not very flattering to us is it? So we prefer to say "how could she let me down?" not realizing its not true. I loved when the film drives this home a 3rd time (in case we're not paying attention the first 2 times) when the little girl tells him to think of ALL the time he spent with her, not just the good times (he was only in love with the "good time version" of Summer, not "every time version" of Summer)

PQ and AQ: 4/5 very good

will be buying this!

Everything you said about the film, and real life = Nail On Head. Thats on my Facebook page; NOH

Glad you saw all the subtleties that made it great and glad you enjoyed it.

[SquidPuppet]

Originally Posted by surfdude12

500 Days of Summer

Film: 4.5/5
-awesome movie. thanks for recommendation Bearcat
-loved the intro documentary-style part with narrator and black&white. reminded me of Magnolia intro. Showing Summer on bike with dimensions of her height, etc, was like Magnolia showing dimensions of building, etc, with similar narrator in background
-Great job flipping forward and backward and I could generally follow the timeline with the day chart they showed, but at times I got a little lost on "when was this in the relationship?". maybe too harsh but that's why I didn't give it 5/5. It just wasn't always clear to me "when" they were (Season 5 Lost shout out ).
-A very accurate portrayal of relationships.

[Show spoiler]I loved him saying "she said her weekend was GOOOOD, that means she banged some dude." I've thought that. I loved how he was reserved and never came out of his shell for her. I loved how he asked about her ex's, then wished he hadn't...then asks more...then REAALY wishes he hadn't...then asks more... I loved how he wanted to talk about their status! No, girls arent the only ones who do that! We do it too! She has obviously been burned by love (parents love breaking up = huge pain, or former boyfriend) and was incredibly afraid to reinvest in love again. This happened to me once and the girl responded (100% serious): "Oh...you want to DTR" Surfdude: "DTR?" Girl: "Define the relationship..that's so cute" On her facebook page, what is her favorite quote? DTR! No Joke!

-HOwever, my favorite part was

[Show spoiler]the expectation/reality split screen. I did a standing ovation in my living room (ok not really). But finally a movie hits the issue on the nose. The problem isn't Summer. The problem is his expectation of Summer. It reminds me of the best quote I've heard on love: "You're never in love with anyone. You're only in love with your prejudiced ideas of that person and your hopeful ideas of that person." We often hear "how could you let me down when I trusted you?", but as the movie shows, when the girl at the restaurant reminded him: Summer never cheated on him, and told him she didn't want anything Serious. So he wasn't trusting her and wasn't in love with her. If so, he'd be as casual as she is. In fact, he was actually trusting and actually in love with a hopeful version of her that existed only in is mind but didn't exist in reality. We don't like to say to ourselves "my judgment of her was lousy!"...that's not very flattering to us is it? So we prefer to say "how could she let me down?" not realizing its not true. I loved when the film drives this home a 3rd time (in case we're not paying attention the first 2 times) when the little girl tells him to think of ALL the time he spent with her, not just the good times (he was only in love with the "good time version" of Summer, not "every time version" of Summer)

PQ and AQ: 4/5 very good

will be buying this!

Originally Posted by killowertz

I'm not Bearcat, but I'm glad you really enjoyed this. It was one of my favorite movies from last year.

They put up the days on the screen so you wouldn't get confused, but I can understand if you might have gotten confused a couple of times. I'm sure you'll get used to it after you've watched it again.

Originally Posted by Diesel

I paused the movie once or twice to go, "Ok, this happened on this day, that happened on that day, etc...." and then started it again when I figured it out

You guys had no problem with TRIANGLE, but got a bit lost during 500 Days of Summers timeline?

[Show spoiler]LMFAO at you!!!

[CZAR]

Originally Posted by SquidPuppet

I agree. Its only OK. But it can be watched many times for reasons you mentioned.

I guess it could but there are many film that are better that u can also get that T&A action to though. Got Em!!

[SquidPuppet]

Originally Posted by Riff Magnum

Squidd can smell a positive "Inception" comment a mile away. He's to Inception as Beast was to TDK.

Not THAT bad.

[SquidPuppet]

Originally Posted by Riff Magnum

BUT..........is it better than Hannah Montana?

FTR, i thought Inception was good, but something was missing. It had heart at times, but not throughout. I'm sure Squid can tell me what i didn't like about it. LOL!!

I cant tell you what you should or shouldnt like, but I sure can tell you where Inception fell short.

Hannah Montana > Inception

[SquidPuppet]

Originally Posted by Gandalf Stormcrow

Like I've said before, I've liked most Pixars to date because I was able to connect to the characters and they were funny and moving, didn't get that from Toy Story 3 or Wall-E, yes I know I'm in a very small minority there. Oh and I agree with Diesel on needing to watch Iron Man in the next 3 days before picking up Iron Man 2.

TS3 has all the same/favorite charactors.

[SquidPuppet]

Originally Posted by CZAR

I guess it could but there are many film that are better that u can also get that T&A action to though. Got Em!!

I need that list.

[robertee]

The Social Network : 5/5

I was lucky enough to catch an advanced screening of this last night and boy has David Fincher done it again! This is in my top 3 of the year with Inception and The Town.

[CZAR]

Originally Posted by SquidPuppet

I need that list.

James Bond movies haha. Got Em!!

[SquidPuppet]

Originally Posted by CZAR

James Bond movies haha. Got Em!!

Fair 'nuff

[Q?]

Vengeance Is Mine (1979)

9/10
Excellent actors, great story. An authentic story about a serial killer on the loose for 78 days, definitely a good blindbuy for me!

Mullholland Drive

9.5/10
WOW! What the hell did I just see? It's been stuck in my head for hours now. I had no idea Naomi Watts WAS THIS GOOD!
Lynch is the master of using sound in his movies, also creating a maze if you will, I want to give it a perfect 10 but as always only after my second viewing I'll do that.
Disc looked excellent as well (studiocanal collection), AQ as well.
Fantastic experience.

[SquidPuppet]

Originally Posted by Q!

Vengeance Is Mine (1979)

9/10
Excellent actors, great story. An authentic story about a serial killer on the loose for 78 days, definitely a good blindbuy for me!

Mullholland Drive

9.5/10
WOW! What the hell did I just see? It's been stuck in my head for hours now. I had no idea Naomi Watts WAS THIS GOOD!
Lynch is the master of using sound in his movies, also creating a maze if you will, I want to give it a perfect 10 but as always only after my second viewing I'll do that.
Disc looked excellent as well (studiocanal collection), AQ as well.
Fantastic experience.

[Batman1980]

Ordered Mulholland Drive on DVD yesterday(ew, I know) if I like it I may look into getting a region-free copy of the blu-ray.

[Q?]

Only in region B is it available I'm afraid...

[BladeRunner2007]

Resident Evil: Apocalypse 4/5

[Denoku]

Is that the only movie you watch?

[Batman1980]

Originally Posted by Dark Moses

Is that the only movie you watch?

Watching Prince of Persia for the second time, bumping the score up a bit
Prince of Persia 4.5/5
PQ 5/5
AQ 5/5
Still can't get over how ridiculously hot Gemma is in this.

[kpkelley]

Originally Posted by Gandalf Stormcrow

Still can't get over how ridiculously hot Gemma is in this.

Thankfully, she's just as pretty when muted.

[Diesel]

Originally Posted by SquidPuppet

You guys had no problem with TRIANGLE, but got a bit lost during 500 Days of Summers timeline?

[Show spoiler]LMFAO at you!!!

Originally Posted by SquidPuppet

Not THAT bad.

Originally Posted by SquidPuppet

I cant tell you what you should or shouldnt like, but I sure can tell you where Inception fell short.

Hannah Montana > Inception

Originally Posted by SquidPuppet

TS3 has all the same/favorite charactors.

Second this.

Originally Posted by SquidPuppet

I need that list.

You are on a freaking ROLL

[Batman1980]

I like Woody and Buzz and their posse but honestly it was hard to connect to them in 3 in that day care center. Dunno, maybe the movie needed a better villain than a pathetic stuffed bear and a confused Ken doll. Hopefully unlike Wall-E I will enjoy it more upon my second viewing than I did on my first one. Rocking Prince of Persian right now, loving this movie.