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Batman1980 · 12-21-2010, 09:48 PM

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Originally Posted by iam1bearcat

Coach Carter 4.5/5
PQ and AQ 4/5
One of the only 2 basketball movies I own, should probably look into getting more. Still one of my top 100 movies of all-time probably, transcends sports and becomes a movie about brotherhood, rising above adversity and learning more about yourself.

iam1bearcat · 12-21-2010, 09:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Blu-Benny

A top 10/15/20 list is nice, but to give things you like about the movie makes it better in my opinion.

It at least gives readers something they can relate to or disagree with.

I should note, I liked several movies from this year like inception but haven’t watched them enough to figure out where they would fall in this list.

I may have to make it an annual thing around x-mas each year.

i'm a big fan of lists, but i think what i'm going to feel more comfortable with is just "general lists" and not putting a number on every title. some? sure. but not all because i'm just gonna end up wasting too much time on "should this be #165? or #167?

and trying to figure it out when it really doesn't matter. top 10 i could maybe do, but what i've created now is a 7-tier system:

love it : really like it: like it: "meh" : didn't care for it : disliked it: hated it

and then just putting each film in each category.
maybe some day i'll go through and try to put each film from each tier, but i really like this set up i have now

like, just recently i saw Inception and The Hurt Locker. two very different films, but i "really like" both. but which one do i like more? i honestly have no idea. these are two films that one day i may be more in the mood to watch Inception, the next, The Hurt Locker. so putting a number on them would be meaningless for me, because it could change in a heart beat. however, then when mixed with a film like The Town, which i love, i know i like The Town more than those two. so it gets put in a different tier entirely, and i know i would enjoy watching The Town more often than Inception and The Hurt Locker.

may sound crazy or confusing, but it's the best idea / system i've come up with

Lepidopterous · 12-21-2010, 09:51 PM

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Originally Posted by iam1bearcat

It's ok bearcat. Just settle down and remain calm. DJ's rolling up his sleeves...

iam1bearcat · 12-21-2010, 09:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Gandalf Stormcrow

Coach Carter 4.5/5
PQ and AQ 4/5
One of the only 2 basketball movies I own, should probably look into getting more. Still one of my top 100 movies of all-time probably, transcends sports and becomes a movie about brotherhood, rising above adversity and learning more about yourself.

i'll ask a question that Czar always asked but you never answered: do you actually watch these films on the days you review them, or are you just randomly generating reviews from films you watched months ago and posting now?

iam1bearcat · 12-21-2010, 09:53 PM

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Originally Posted by DjMethod

It's ok bearcat. Just settle down and remain calm. DJ's rolling up his sleeves...

good thing you are, because bearcat's can't roll up their sleeves. we don't wear shirts

Batman1980 · 12-21-2010, 09:53 PM

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Originally Posted by iam1bearcat

i'll ask a question that Czar always asked but you never answered: do you actually watch these films on the days you review them, or are you just randomly generating reviews from films you watched months ago and posting now?

I don't answer CZAR because I don't like him, you're getting close to that too but yes I watched Coach Carter a little while ago, guess I was in the mood since I saw Glory Road yesterday. Watching the movie I reviewed above "Click" since it just came in the mail and I like to watch the movies I get right when I get them.

Blu-Benny · 12-21-2010, 09:53 PM

my next list is going to be based on the following rankings:

Al_The_Strange · 12-21-2010, 09:56 PM

“Battle Royale II: The Revenge” Director’s Cut

Continuing after the first film, this one has more of the same. More gruesome deaths, more drama, more fighting…

This sequel shares much in common with the first, going through the same motions in the first act before descending into a series of harrowing battle sequences. From then on, it looses a lot of momentum, with sporadic bursts of action. And for a two-and-a-half hour movie, it can get a little tiring.

Interestingly, this sequel is a game-changer for the story. It takes the premise of the first film and flips it around cleverly. However, the first film remains the strongest. It seems to me that all the conflict and tension has been stripped away. The focus is way less on school teen drama, and the film is a lot more militaristic. I think it makes the film weaker in the end; I find myself a lot less attached to the story and characters. In respect to the story and action though, the film has its moments.

The film has mostly-good photography. It gets pretty jumpy and shaky at times (heck, the beachhead approach scene reminded me a lot of “Saving Private Ryan”). Some of the editing techniques are a little annoying. But otherwise, it’s pretty solid. Acting is not quite as lively as it was in the first film; this sequel is a lot more somber, for better or for worse. Beat Takeshi makes a brief appearance; Riki Takeuchi steps in and provides a great crazy mean villain. Certain other actors from the first film also make a good reappearance. Production value is decent, and the music is about as good as it was in the first film.

3.5/5 (entertainment: 3.5/5, story: 3.5/5, film: 3.5/5)

Now, in the words of the sensei…

“MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!”

*Throws a football on the floor*

CZAR · 12-21-2010, 09:57 PM

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Originally Posted by iam1bearcat

Got Em!!

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Originally Posted by iam1bearcat

i'll ask a question that Czar always asked but you never answered: do you actually watch these films on the days you review them, or are you just randomly generating reviews from films you watched months ago and posting now?

Beating a dead horse... bringing up/asking something that has been discussed a thousand times before

Got Em!!

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Originally Posted by Gandalf Stormcrow

I don't answer CZAR because I don't like him, you're getting close to that too but yes I watched Coach Carter a little while ago, guess I was in the mood since I saw Glory Road yesterday. Watching the movie I reviewed above "Click" since it just came in the mail and I like to watch the movies I get right when I get them.

Got Em!!

Diesel · 12-21-2010, 09:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Blu-Benny

Diesel inspired me to finallly put together a top 10 list of my favorite movies of all time.

so over the last couple of days while @ work, i came up w/the following.

what else was i supposed to do....work??

so here it is, i did a top 15.....and yes, i stole diesel's format.

!!!

#15

[Show spoiler]

I like just about all of those and we have a few of them in common on our lists

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Originally Posted by iam1bearcat

now that's a list with a lot of variety Blu-Benny!

even though around 4-5 (at least) of your choices wouldn't even be in my personal top 200, it's always fun to see lists and see what other people enjoy

and can't say i've ever seen a list contain Tombstone, Super Troopers and Star Wars all in a list this close to each other!

You know you love Transformers

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Originally Posted by DjMethod

Also, I love this format. I'm going to copyright it from Diesel.

© DjMethod

[Show spoiler]

Crap...I knew I forgot to do something!

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Originally Posted by iam1bearcat

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Originally Posted by DjMethod

It's ok bearcat. Just settle down and remain calm. DJ's rolling up his sleeves...

Where's Chewbacca?

[Show spoiler]

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Originally Posted by iam1bearcat

good thing you are, because bearcat's can't roll up their sleeves. we don't wear shirts

To quote the cephalopodian (new word!) one, L O Freaking L

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Originally Posted by Blu-Benny

my next list is going to be based on the following rankings:

I think I like yours more than Bearcat's 7 tier system

Very simple and to the point

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Originally Posted by CZAR

Got Em!!

It's ok CZAR, we still like you

[Show spoiler]

iam1bearcat · 12-21-2010, 10:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Diesel

You know you love Transformers

i do. i don't, however, love 300 or Super Troopers

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Where's Chewbacca?

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[Show spoiler]

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To quote the cephalopodian (new word!) one, L O Freaking L

to quote the whaaa?

i know it's a new word, but what is the meaning of it?!

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I think I like yours more than Bearcat's 7 tier system

Very simple and too the point

i'm never simple or to the point

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It's ok CZAR, we still like you

[Show spoiler]

well... some of us do

Batman1980 · 12-21-2010, 10:08 PM

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Originally Posted by iam1bearcat

i do. i don't love 300 or Super Troopers however

to quote the whaaa?

i know it's a new word, but what is the meaning of it?!

i'm never simple or to the point

well... some of us do

I believe by cephalopod(sp?) he means Squid Puppet. LOL CZAR and I both know it's just the Internet, it really doesn't matter if everyone likes you or not. LOL never understood why the O'Doyle kid in Click is such a jerk or why Michael is such a whiner before the remote changes his life but maybe that's why he needed one.
1. Return of the King
2. Empire Strikes Back
3. The Two Towers
4. Return of the Jedi
5. Fellowship of the Ring
6. A New Hope
7. Inception
8. Schindler's List
9. Revenge of the Sith
10. Watchmen

Diesel · 12-21-2010, 10:09 PM

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Originally Posted by iam1bearcat

i do. i don't, however, love 300 or Super Troopers

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Wait for it...wait for it...

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Boom!

Dancing Wookie trumps all

I think I should have included the

[Show spoiler]

after that

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to quote the whaaa?

i know it's a new word, but what is the meaning of it?!

[Show spoiler]

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i'm never simple or to the point

No, your not!

[Show spoiler]

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well... some of us do

CZAR · 12-21-2010, 10:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Diesel

It's ok CZAR, we still like you

[Show spoiler]

Got Em!!

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Originally Posted by iam1bearcat

well... some of us do

Got Em!!

iam1bearcat · 12-21-2010, 10:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Diesel

Wait for it...wait for it...

Boom!

Dancing Wookie trumps all

I think I should have included the

[Show spoiler]

after that

that would have probably killed me with a fit of extreme laughter

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[Show spoiler]

ahhh, gotcha

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Originally Posted by CZAR

Got Em!!

lDlisturb3d · 12-21-2010, 10:19 PM

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Originally Posted by tbizzle

Man, life's been crazy lately. I'll post a few reviews tomorrow when I have time, but I'll respond to a few posts here in a bit

We are waiting oh so patiently........

lDlisturb3d · 12-21-2010, 10:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Al_The_Strange

Coolest weapon in the movie!

Yeah. We might have something like that in the future. Just watch. Have you seen the new riot control weapon? CHECK IT OUT This is crazy but cool as hell

CZAR · 12-21-2010, 10:26 PM

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Originally Posted by iam1bearcat

:

Got Em!!

Al_The_Strange · 12-21-2010, 10:27 PM

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Originally Posted by lDlisturb3d

Yeah. We might have something like that in the future. Just watch. Have you seen the new riot control weapon? CHECK IT OUT This is crazy but cool as hell

Dang, it looks like the sonic weapon from "The Incredible Hulk!" Or possibly a weapon from a "Command and Conquer" video game.

lDlisturb3d · 12-21-2010, 10:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Al_The_Strange

Dang, it looks like the sonic weapon from "The Incredible Hulk!" Or possibly a weapon from a "Command and Conquer" video game.

Yeah you're right. Since you brought that up i might watch that after Apocalypse Now. I heard that movie has incredible LFE so its time to rattle my walls

12-21-2010, 09:56 PM	#16608
Al_The_Strange Blu-ray Prince Top contributor Member since:Apr 2009 Location:Out there...past them trees... Home Theater Gallery:126 4K collection:1143 Blu-ray collection:4960 DVD collection:530 Digital collection:1013 Blu-ray reviews: 132 Trading Score:32	“Battle Royale II: The Revenge” Director’s Cut Continuing after the first film, this one has more of the same. More gruesome deaths, more drama, more fighting… This sequel shares much in common with the first, going through the same motions in the first act before descending into a series of harrowing battle sequences. From then on, it looses a lot of momentum, with sporadic bursts of action. And for a two-and-a-half hour movie, it can get a little tiring. Interestingly, this sequel is a game-changer for the story. It takes the premise of the first film and flips it around cleverly. However, the first film remains the strongest. It seems to me that all the conflict and tension has been stripped away. The focus is way less on school teen drama, and the film is a lot more militaristic. I think it makes the film weaker in the end; I find myself a lot less attached to the story and characters. In respect to the story and action though, the film has its moments. The film has mostly-good photography. It gets pretty jumpy and shaky at times (heck, the beachhead approach scene reminded me a lot of “Saving Private Ryan”). Some of the editing techniques are a little annoying. But otherwise, it’s pretty solid. Acting is not quite as lively as it was in the first film; this sequel is a lot more somber, for better or for worse. Beat Takeshi makes a brief appearance; Riki Takeuchi steps in and provides a great crazy mean villain. Certain other actors from the first film also make a good reappearance. Production value is decent, and the music is about as good as it was in the first film. 3.5/5 (entertainment: 3.5/5, story: 3.5/5, film: 3.5/5) Now, in the words of the sensei… “MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!” Throws a football on the floor Last edited by Al_The_Strange; 12-21-2010 at 10:14 PM.

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12-21-2010, 09:53 PM	#16607
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