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[Foggy]

Originally Posted by SquidPuppet

Ian McShane =

Fixed

[Batman1980]

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Originally Posted by iam1bearcat

EASY A (88 minutes)

Film #7

Year: 2010
Director: Will Gluck
Starring: Emma Stone, Amanda Bynes, Thomas Haden Church
Genre: comedy & romantic comedy

What Made Me Want to See This? Emma Stone!

Another terrific blind buy for me!

Emma Stone gives a terrific performance as Olive Penderghast, a girl who no one really knows at her school until a rumor accidentally starts up. Olive then does the opposite of what most people do with a rumor, and runs with it and begins other rumors, while helping other people out with those rumors.

Extremely funny, fast pace, witty, smart, charming, touching and real. I wasn’t expecting Easy A to be as smartly written as it is, but it is. There are no dumb, gross out gags. This is a smartly written film with plenty of jokes constantly going on. Honestly, I will have to watch this again to catch all the jokes I missed the first time because I was still laughing at a previous joke. Great stuff

The film looks great and sounds great and was well worth the $10 I paid for it (had $10 in amazon credit from trade ins so it that’s why the lower cost) and it is another worthy addition to my collection.

Thomas Haden Church steals every scene he is in as the cool teacher. The reason his character is so awesome is because of his extremely dry delivery of scathing remarks that had me rolling on the floor with laughter. Completely awesome.

And Amanda Bynes playing a super up tight religious fanatic was also great. Sure, some of what Easy A shows us has been done in other films, but Easy A succeeds with the writing, characters and cast by making it feel fresh and new. The best part of Bynes’ character is how she refers to other religions as “sci-fi” and refuses to acknowledge them

The film also has some serious moments as well, which I did not see coming at all and one actually jaw dropping moment where we discover the truth behind one characters indiscretions.

The film also towards the end, pacing wise is a little rushed, which doesn’t make sense since at 88 minutes they weren’t running long with a run time, but it doesn’t ruin the enjoyment of the film at all for me. A great flick that is at least worth a rental, but for big Emma Stone fans, such as myself, definitely worth owning

Recommendation: High

PQ: 4.5/5
AQ: 3.5/5

Technical Score: 4/5
Enjoyment Level Score: 5/5 “loved it”

Final Verdict: 4.5/5

SoI should only MAYBE get this, sounds like bearcat1 only sort of liked it. Expecting a movie the quality of Mean Girls, Heathers and John Tucker Must Die, hope I won't be disappointed.

[iam1bearcat]

Originally Posted by Gandalf Stormcrow

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SoI should only MAYBE get this, sounds like bearcat1 only sort of liked it. Expecting a movie the quality of Mean Girls, Heathers and John Tucker Must Die, hope I won't be disappointed.

my feelings could change, but i'd put Mean Girls above Easy A. for now. probably because i've seen Mean Girls a bajillion times and it never gets old. we'll see how often i watch Easy A and enjoy it, so it goes Mean Girls barely over Easy A (which i think is wittier than Mean Girls) and Easy A miles ahead of John Tucker Must Die.

can't even remember Heathers so i'd have to revisit it to rank it.

[Al_The_Strange]

Originally Posted by SquidPuppet

I enjoyed this the first time, but I REALLY enjoyed it the second time.

Ian McShane as Tai Lung =

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It's probably a good thing Al Swearengen doesn't know Kung Fu.

Originally Posted by Foggy

Man, I've always been mad and this film still pisses me off

Why?

[Foggy]

Originally Posted by Al_The_Strange

Why?

I really dislike the movie, it just turns Alice in Wonderland into a generic Narnia-esque adventure movie, Tim Burton should of at least tried to do something intresting with it, but he blows 200 mill on a waste of effects, really dull action scenes (The entire second the end battle with the Jabberwocky ended, I literally forgot it happened, and that not me overemphasizing it, I thought back and couldn't think of an exciting thing that happened in there). It just felt really lazy and stupidized for kids. The only pro is that it looked nice

[Al_The_Strange]

That's it, everybody else is doing it, so I will to!

#15

[Show spoiler]A Clockwork Orange

Favorite Scene: Scenes involving a bit of the ol' ultraviolence...
Favorite Character: Alex, who else?
Favorite Line: Don't really have one. Let's just say "Great bolshy yarbles!"

#14

[Show spoiler]Children of Men

Favorite Scene: When the guy and the woman are walking out of the building...you know the scene...
Favorite Character: Whoever the main character is.
Favorite Line: Unknown

#13

[Show spoiler]The Dark Knight

Favorite Scene: Car chase scene FTW!
Favorite Character: The Joker. Receives such deep treatment here.
Favorite Line: There's a lot. Let's stick with "This is what happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object. You are truly incorruptible, aren't you? Huh? You won't kill me out of some misplaced sense of self-righteousness. And I won't kill you because you're just too much fun. I think you and I are destined to do this forever."

#12

[Show spoiler]Monty Python and the Holy Grail

Favorite Scene: The knights take on the killer bunny rabbit!
Favorite Character: Here's the tale of sir Robin...sir Robin ran away...
Favorite Line: "It got better!" Repeated throughout. Could be used anywhere!
What is your favorite color? Yellow...no, I mean...AHHHHHHhhhhhhh.....

#11

[Show spoiler]Lawrence of Arabia

Favorite Scene: Crossing the uncrossable desert, takes over Damascus
Favorite Character: Lawrence
Favorite Line: "My mother mated with a scorpion..."

#10

[Show spoiler]The Passion of the Christ

Favorite Scene: The second-to-last shot. Looks like a darned painting; it's beautifully framed and very invoking.
Favorite Character: Jesus
Favorite Line: Don't have one.

#09

[Show spoiler]Star Trek 2009 (a few other Trek films rate further down the list)

Favorite Scene: The opening scene.
Favorite Character: Spock is the man.
Favorite Line: "Dammit, man! I'm a doctor, not a physicist!"

#08

[Show spoiler]Casino Royale 2006 (a bunch of other Bond movies rate further down the list)

Favorite Scene: The Miami airport chase.
Favorite Character: Bond...James Bond...
Favorite Line: "I'm the money." "Every penny of it."

#07

[Show spoiler]Kill Bill Volume 1 (the second one rates further down the list)

Favorite Scene: The Bride vs the Crazy 88s.
Favorite Character: The Bride.
Favorite Line: "You really didn't think it was going to be that easy did you?" "You know, for a second there...yeah, I kinda did."

#06

[Show spoiler]Akira

Favorite Scene: Opening bike chase.
Favorite Character: Kaneda.
Favorite Line: The guys basically screaming their names at each other. "Tetsuuuooo!!!!!" "Kanedaaa!!!!!"

#05

[Show spoiler]Terminator 2: Judgment Day (the first one would rate further down the list)

Favorite Scene: Tough choice between the future war scenes, the T-1000 chasing John Connor, or the raid on the Cyberdyne Systems building.
Favorite Character: Sarah Connor
Favorite Line: "There's no fate but to what we make for ourselves."

#04

[Show spoiler]Raiders of the Lost Ark (all the other ones rate further down the list)

Favorite Scene: Opening the ark. Gives me chills every time.
Favorite Character: Indy.
Favorite Line: "It's not the years, honey, it's the mileage."

#03

[Show spoiler]The Matrix (all the other ones rate further down the list)

Favorite Scene: Neo dodging bullets for the first time!
Favorite Character: Mr. Anderson. I mean...Neo. I mean...THE ONE.
Favorite Line: "Do not try and bend the spoon. That's impossible. Instead... only try to realize the truth." "What truth?" "There is no spoon." "Then you'll see, that it is not the spoon that bends, it is only yourself."

#02

[Show spoiler]Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi (all the other ones rate further down the list)

Favorite Scene: Luke vs Vader vs the Emperor
Favorite Character: Anakin Skywalker
Favorite Line: Aside from "It's a trap!!!"? How about "The many truths we cling to depend greatly on our own point of view."

#01

[Show spoiler]Lord of the Rings: Return of the King (all the other ones rate further down the list)

Favorite Scene: Battle for Minas Tirith. But the opening scene is a close second.
Favorite Character: Aragorn
Favorite Line: After Legolas kills a bunch of enemies on an elephant (or oiliphant), Gimli comes along and says "That still only counts as one!"

[Al_The_Strange]

Originally Posted by Foggy

I really dislike the movie, it just turns Alice in Wonderland into a generic Narnia-esque adventure movie, Tim Burton should of at least tried to do something intresting with it, but he blows 200 mill on a waste of effects, really dull action scenes (The entire second the end battle with the Jabberwocky ended, I literally forgot it happened, and that not me overemphasizing it, I thought back and couldn't think of an exciting thing that happened in there). It just felt really lazy and stupidized for kids. The only pro is that it looked nice

Ah, that's understandable. In fact, I think that's exactly why a lot of folks here also disliked/hated/were dissapointed with it.

[Foggy]

Originally Posted by Al_The_Strange

Ah, that's understandable. In fact, I think that's exactly why a lot of folks here also disliked/hated/were dissapointed with it.

I probably could of worded it better if it was back in March when I just watched it, I just remeber walking into it having it in my top 10 most anticipated list of the year, and then walking out feeling like it was an entire waste of time

[Batman1980]

Originally Posted by Foggy

I probably could of worded it better if it was back in March when I just watched it, I just remeber walking into it having it in my top 10 most anticipated list of the year, and then walking out feeling like it was an entire waste of time

How I feel about the original animated movie, never thought it was worth a crap. Yes I realize it is for children but children's movies can be good, I own at least 20 of them myself.

[SquidPuppet]

Originally Posted by Al_The_Strange

That's it, everybody else is doing it, so I will to!

[Show spoiler]#15

[Show spoiler]A Clockwork Orange

#14

[Show spoiler]Children of Men

#13

[Show spoiler]The Dark Knight

#12

[Show spoiler]Monty Python and the Holy Grail

#11

[Show spoiler]Lawrence of Arabia

#10

[Show spoiler]The Passion of the Christ

#09

[Show spoiler]Star Trek 2009 (a few other Trek films rate further down the list)

#08

[Show spoiler]Casino Royale 2006 (a bunch of other Bond movies rate further down the list)

#07

[Show spoiler]Kill Bill Volume 1 (the second one rates further down the list)

#06

[Show spoiler]Akira

#05

[Show spoiler]Terminator 2: Judgment Day (the first one would rate further down the list)

#04

[Show spoiler]Raiders of the Lost Ark (all the other ones rate further down the list)

#03

[Show spoiler]The Matrix (all the other ones rate further down the list)

#02

[Show spoiler]Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi (all the other ones rate further down the list)

#01

[Show spoiler]Lord of the Rings: Return of the King (all the other ones rate further down the list)

Now thats diversity, baby.

[Batman1980]

Air Force One 3.5/5
PQ 3/5
AQ 4/5
Bit long-winded and poorly written, nevertheless a fun watch with an outstanding cast, I'd say it's a lot like Die Hard 2. If you enjoyed that one, this one comes highly recommended!

[Riff Magnum]

I know this is so last week, but i gotta ask one more thing about Antichrist.
One of the last shots of the movie (not the girls coming up the hill, but before that) shows a flashback of the opening sex scene, but this time Gainsburg's character is shown opening her eyes at the same time the boy is falling off the ledge.

What's up with that? Are we to assume she "allowed" it to happen?

[iam1bearcat]

i wasn't gonna do this since i'm pretending i haven't seen any films except for the 7 i've recently reviewed, but we all know my love of lists, so after some thought the few days since Diesel posted his list, here is my Favorite 15 Films

some of you may notice a few surprises in here
and note, these are the films that i enjoy, love and hold very dear to me
and of course, stealing the font / set up that Diesel has now made oh so famous

no fav characters or dialogue yet, just the list

#15

[Show spoiler]Blow

#14

[Show spoiler]The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford

#13

[Show spoiler]The Last Kiss

#12

[Show spoiler]Apocalypse Now

#11

[Show spoiler]Adventureland

#10

[Show spoiler]There Will Be Blood

#09

[Show spoiler]Donnie Darko

#08

[Show spoiler]2001: A Space Odyssey

#07

[Show spoiler]The Lives of Others

#06

[Show spoiler]Magnolia

#05

[Show spoiler]The Wrestler

#04

[Show spoiler]Fight Club

#03

[Show spoiler]The Rules of Attraction

#02

[Show spoiler]Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

#01
and then there was one... a film that probably took over the #1 awhile ago...

[Show spoiler](500) Days of Summer

[SquidPuppet]

Originally Posted by Riff Magnum

I know this is so last week, but i gotta ask one more thing about Antichrist.
One of the last shots of the movie (not the girls coming up the hill, but before that) shows a flashback of the opening sex scene, but this time Gainsburg's character is shown opening her eyes at the same time the boy is falling off the ledge.

What's up with that? Are we to assume she "allowed" it to happen?

Maybe.

[KilloWertz]

Originally Posted by iam1bearcat

uh oh is right!

Uh oh is definitely right since I really enjoyed Forgetting Sarah Marshall as well. I actually ended up blind buying it for $5 earlier in the year when it was on sale and Universal had coupons and obviously didn't regret it at all.

BTW, I also like your reason for seeing it (Mila Kunis).

Originally Posted by iam1bearcat

EASY A (88 minutes)

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Film #7

Year: 2010
Director: Will Gluck
Starring: Emma Stone, Amanda Bynes, Thomas Haden Church
Genre: comedy & romantic comedy

What Made Me Want to See This? Emma Stone!

Another terrific blind buy for me!

Emma Stone gives a terrific performance as Olive Penderghast, a girl who no one really knows at her school until a rumor accidentally starts up. Olive then does the opposite of what most people do with a rumor, and runs with it and begins other rumors, while helping other people out with those rumors.

Extremely funny, fast pace, witty, smart, charming, touching and real. I wasn’t expecting Easy A to be as smartly written as it is, but it is. There are no dumb, gross out gags. This is a smartly written film with plenty of jokes constantly going on. Honestly, I will have to watch this again to catch all the jokes I missed the first time because I was still laughing at a previous joke. Great stuff

The film looks great and sounds great and was well worth the $10 I paid for it (had $10 in amazon credit from trade ins so it that’s why the lower cost) and it is another worthy addition to my collection.

Thomas Haden Church steals every scene he is in as the cool teacher. The reason his character is so awesome is because of his extremely dry delivery of scathing remarks that had me rolling on the floor with laughter. Completely awesome.

And Amanda Bynes playing a super up tight religious fanatic was also great. Sure, some of what Easy A shows us has been done in other films, but Easy A succeeds with the writing, characters and cast by making it feel fresh and new. The best part of Bynes’ character is how she refers to other religions as “sci-fi” and refuses to acknowledge them

The film also has some serious moments as well, which I did not see coming at all and one actually jaw dropping moment where we discover the truth behind one characters indiscretions.

The film also towards the end, pacing wise is a little rushed, which doesn’t make sense since at 88 minutes they weren’t running long with a run time, but it doesn’t ruin the enjoyment of the film at all for me. A great flick that is at least worth a rental, but for big Emma Stone fans, such as myself, definitely worth owning

Recommendation: High

PQ: 4.5/5
AQ: 3.5/5

Technical Score: 4/5
Enjoyment Level Score: 5/5 “loved it”

Final Verdict: 4.5/5

My copy arrived today. I'm really looking forward to watching it when I can.

[iam1bearcat]

Originally Posted by Riff Magnum

I know this is so last week, but i gotta ask one more thing about Antichrist.
One of the last shots of the movie (not the girls coming up the hill, but before that) shows a flashback of the opening sex scene, but this time Gainsburg's character is shown opening her eyes at the same time the boy is falling off the ledge.

What's up with that? Are we to assume she "allowed" it to happen?

i think, maybe, it shows that

[Show spoiler]this is another reason she beats herself up over the incident. i think she blames herself (i think she even says it or they acknowledge it) because she was being "selfish" and banging her husband instead of being their for her child. she even mentions how he's woken up during naps before.

although maybe her eyes opening (does he see the boy on the ledge?) is her realizing the boy may have woken up and thinking "oh capital 'S'! he may be awake" but by then it's too late

not positive though

[Riff Magnum]

Originally Posted by SquidPuppet

Maybe.

LOL!!
Everything in this movie is a maybe. I'm starting to think the death of the child is simply a lazy plot device. There seems to be no other reason for it to be there other than to get them to the woods.

What's up with all the spoiler tags on people's top 15? What's to spoil?

[Riff Magnum]

Originally Posted by iam1bearcat

i think, maybe, it shows that

[Show spoiler]this is another reason she beats herself up over the incident. i think she blames herself (i think she even says it or they acknowledge it) because she was being "selfish" and banging her husband instead of being their for her child. she even mentions how he's woken up during naps before.

although maybe her eyes opening (does he see the boy on the ledge?) is her realizing the boy may have woken up and thinking "oh capital 'S'! he may be awake" but by then it's too late

not positive though

I remember that conversation, but those end shots seem a little more than symbolic of her guilt. It's presented as reality it seems.

[iam1bearcat]

Originally Posted by killowertz

Uh oh is definitely right since I really enjoyed Forgetting Sarah Marshall as well. I actually ended up blind buying it for $5 earlier in the year when it was on sale and Universal had coupons and obviously didn't regret it at all.

i almost kind of miss the days when we weren't even close to agreeing on anything

BTW, I also like your reason for seeing it (Mila Kunis).

haha, well i gotta be honest

My copy arrived today. I'm really looking forward to watching it when I can.

mine too! i was surprised since i ordered it so late to release. now i just gotta save my $5 coupon for Salt and hope it's one of those titles that goes on sale real quick. granted it doesn't expire until March, but i'd like to get Salt sooner rather than later.

i think you'll really enjoy Easy A. such a fun film!

[Al_The_Strange]

Originally Posted by Riff Magnum

LOL!!
Everything in this movie is a maybe. I'm starting to think the death of the child is simply a lazy plot device. There seems to be no other reason for it to be there other than to get them to the woods.

I've been speculating that the kid must represent something. Don't know what. The future maybe? A legacy? Destiny? And it just jumped out the window, and she let it happen. Great.

Then again, you could be right, I don't know. Another viewing might get my mind right.

Originally Posted by Riff Magnum

What's up with all the spoiler tags on people's top 15? What's to spoil?

It's a slow dramatic reveal.