movies

[ghostrunner]

Jaws in three GIFs

http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/201 ... gifs_.html

I am going to see this on the big screen on Thursday.

EDIT--that GIF won't show, bummer

Best movie ever.

[Vidor]

This movie...well, I'm not actually going to see it, but it certainly sounds intriguing. "Compliance", based on the true story of a McDonald's manager who showed some very poor decision-making ability after getting a crank call.

http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/201 ... bate_.html

[docellis]

I remember reading about that when the lawsuit was filed. So [expletive] up.

Watched Helvetica - very nerdy.
Almost Normal - sad story about a family trying to deal with molestation that happened 20 years ago (documentary)
and,
The Day the Earth Stood Still- Keanu Reeves is in it, so that was less enticing, but it was an interesting remake. I liked it.

[Schlich]

Just saw the amazing spider man at the dollar theater... underrated movie of the summer IMO.

[G. Keenan]

This movie...well, I'm not actually going to see it, but it certainly sounds intriguing. "Compliance", based on the true story of a McDonald's manager who showed some very poor decision-making ability after getting a crank call.

http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/201 ... bate_.html

Holy [expletive]. That is insane. Did you read the entire article about the events it's based on. Absolutely crazy.

[Vidor]

This movie...well, I'm not actually going to see it, but it certainly sounds intriguing. "Compliance", based on the true story of a McDonald's manager who showed some very poor decision-making ability after getting a crank call.

http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/201 ... bate_.html

Holy [expletive]. That is insane. Did you read the entire article about the events it's based on. Absolutely crazy.

I did, actually, after reading about the movie. "Insane" is the right word. Louise Ogden settled with McDonald's for $1.1 million.

http://www.courier-journal.com/print/ar ... g-a-worker

[Swirls]

That's really my point though. If you want to make a movie where a John Rambo clone, a John McClaine clone, and Arnold Schwarzenegger kick the [expletive] out of all the lesser stars of 80s action movies, make that movie. It would almost certainly be fun, and could be hilarious. When Terry Crews ends up as your co-star in that movie, you have [expletive] up somewhere along the line, and a [expletive] on that scale is not deserving of a sequel.

I saw #2 on Friday night, and had a blast. I agree #1 was awful - but despite the fact that Stallone failed pretty badly at the script, it still made $260MM+ on a $70MM budget. I'm glad they tried for a sequel, because in my opinion the sequel delivered where the first failed.

The movie is about what you'd expect with 5-6 guys killing what seems like 1000+ of Jean Claude's Albanian soldiers. But some of the one-liners were awesome. At one point, after some of the other nostalgic guys showed up for the team, Bruce Willis asks, "Geez. Who's next to join the party? Rambo?"

Arnold: "I'm out of ammo. I'll be back."
Bruce: "You've been back like a thousand times already. It's my turn this time - I'll be back."
Arnold: "Well, yippee ki yay to you too."

The theater was constantly cracking up. So the humor, combined with the completely unrealistic nature of the killing, made for a great popcorn flick.

But again, it's been noted on here that I have absolutely terrible taste in movies, because I happened to like Boondock Saints 1 & 2.

[cpebbles]

Tony Scott jumped from a bridge. Definitely the lesser of the two brothers, and responsible for some outright crap, but he was also the man behind a few of everyone's guilty pleasure movies.

[TimeForGuinness]

Yojimbo is awesome

[Richie Allen]

Yojimbo is awesome

Yep.