Are These the Movies We've Been Waiting For?

[Cyrus]

Here are some good movies you should go see while they are out. They were good, FINALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLY! LONG OVERDUE.

• Blood Diamond
• Good Shepherd
• Apocalypto
• Rocky Balboa

You will get your moneys worth from these movies, I promise. I felt cheated for the CRAP hollywood has been putting out. Now they are getting back into the upswing, hopefully.

 

[hypatia]

And just in time, I got a bunch of free movie passes!

 

[morphism]

The Prestige and The Illusionist were pretty good, as was The Pursuit of Happyness.

 

[ranger]

Blood Diamond is a damn good movie. I also saw the 2 hour documentary on the History Channel on these "Blood Diamonds". I'm in shock, I'll never look at diamonds in the same way. We should get more women to watch this documentary.

 

[Gokul43201]

Good Sheperd is pretty good. Apocalypto is a complete waste of 2 hours - I'd have preferred to have a couple teeth pulled out instead!

 

[Cyrus]

Good Sheperd is pretty good. Apocalypto is a complete waste of 2 hours - I'd have preferred to have a couple teeth pulled out instead!

Why? Factually, its not that far off the mark.

 

[Gokul43201]

Why? Factually, its not that far off the mark.

Just as the quasar GB1508 isn't too far from here! But aside from the complete lack of care with historical accuracy (for instance, the Mayan town depicted in the movie is from the 9th century, roughly 700 years before the Spaniards landed), what was the movie but an elaborate chase scene reverberating with Mel's oh so favorite theme of "Destiny"? It was perdictable, plotless and a bloody bore!

 

[Cyrus]

Ok, I would put it on the bottom of the list of movies I gave. But still, its not THAT bad.

 

[Rach3]

Good Sheperd is pretty good. Apocalypto is a complete waste of 2 hours - I'd have preferred to have a couple teeth pulled out instead!

Please don't talk about teeth!

 

[loseyourname]

All I've seen is Pan's Labyrinth and that was a hell of a movie.

 

[gravenewworld]

good shepherd was crap. that movie tried WAY to hard to be "smart" and you end up getting lost in the plot. you would have to watch that movie 5 times just to understand it. good shepherd is like syriana. both movies are way too complicated to follow and have 100 stories with 100 different characters going on all at the same time.

 

[Gokul43201]

good shepherd is like syriana.

I liked both movies!

 

[d_leet]

All I've seen is Pan's Labyrinth and that was a hell of a movie.

I saw a preview for that yesterday when I saw Blood Diamond, and it looks like a really good movie, but it hasn't been in theaters anywhere near me.

 

[morphism]

I liked both movies!

I haven't watched Good Shepherd yet, but Syriana was a very good movie!

 

[Cyrus]

good shepherd was crap. that movie tried WAY to hard to be "smart" and you end up getting lost in the plot. you would have to watch that movie 5 times just to understand it. good shepherd is like syriana. both movies are way too complicated to follow and have 100 stories with 100 different characters going on all at the same time.

What.....

I understood the movie.

I did not like Syriana though, way too long and too much story stuffed into it. But this movie is NOT like syriana.

 

[Monique]

Blood Diamond is a damn good movie. I also saw the 2 hour documentary on the History Channel on these "Blood Diamonds". I'm in shock, I'll never look at diamonds in the same way. We should get more women to watch this documentary.

Why is that.

 

[gravenewworld]

To understand the Good Shepherd I felt like you needed a notepad and pen to follow everything that was going on. I went to see the Good Shepherd (a 3 hour movie) at 10:45 so maybe I was a little tired and wasn't paying attention.

********spoiler warning**************

please explain this stuff to me

1.) i still don't get the whole deal with the russian guy who came to the CIA. why did the british guy give him the ulysses book with all the stuff in it? why not just give the book to mat damon?

2.) why did the CIA drop all the locusts on the coffee bean farm and why did the CIA boss guy get money from it ?
3.) who killed matt damon's son's wife? the russians or the cia?

4.) are the skull and bones really that homoerotic? I guess it is true what they say about those yale guys...

 

[Cyrus]

What, I saw it at the same time. You don't need a notepad to follow that movie.

 

[Kurdt]

Why? Factually, its not that far off the mark.

You mean the fact it was directed by reactionary catholic biggot Mel Gibson isn't enough? Also a lot of his films are historically inaccurate taking for example Braveheart which is possibly the worst film ever made.

I think Rocky Balboa is probably 4 films too far in that franchise aswell. Such a shame because the first was so beautifully written.

 

[Cyrus]

1.) i still don't get the whole deal with the russian guy who came to the CIA. why did the british guy give him the ulysses book with all the stuff in it? why not just give the book to mat damon?

What? The british guy was a double agent, and so was the russian guy. Thats why they put him in jail in the end.

2.) why did the CIA drop all the locusts on the coffee bean farm and why did the CIA boss guy get money from it ?

Because they wanted to ruin the presidents source of money into the country.

3.) who killed matt damon's son's wife? the russians or the cia?

Matt had her killed.

4.) are the skull and bones really that homoerotic? I guess it is true what they say about those yale guys...

Did you even pay attention to the movie, at all?

 

[gravenewworld]

how was the british guy a double agent? i thought that hejust knew that the russian guy was fake. if he was a double agent, who was he a double agent for?


if they ruined the coffee bean farms, then how did the CIA guy get moeny from it and who gave it to him? to me it doesn't make sense who from the coffee company would give him money to ruin it.


are you sure matt damon killed his son's wife? the russian spy said that they couldn't trust her anymore "because she fell in love".

 

[Cyrus]

Yes, don't you remember in the end. Matt said his worst fears became true. He was friendless and countryless. He was working for Russia, come on man, pay attention!...

Yes, Matt had his sons wife killed. Dont you remember his wife said, "what have you done?" And he was silent.

Honestly, there was nothing that "Hard" to understand about the movie.

 

[gravenewworld]

Yes, don't you remember in the end. Matt said his worst fears became true. He was friendless and countryless. He was working for Russia, come on man, pay attention!...

Yes, Matt had his sons wife killed. Dont you remember his wife said, "what have you done?" And he was silent.

Honestly, there was nothing that "Hard" to understand about the movie.

if the briitish guy was working for russia, then why give the russian mole inthe cia the book in the first place? that seem just stupid to hand him a book full of evidence that he is a mole.

 

[Cyrus]

Because Matt trusted him, and it took Matt a long time to catch on that his friend was dirty.

 

[gravenewworld]

Because Matt trusted him, and it took Matt a long time to catch on that his friend was dirty.

but that still doesn't answer the question as to why Russian spy #1 would give Russian spy #2 a book filled with photos of Russian spy #2 and Russian spy #2's passport. that just doesn't make sense, did #1 want #2 to get caught or something? Maybe that is why the soviets lost the cold war, they were too busy blowing each others cover. So if the British guy was a russian spy, did the russians kill Matt Damon's professor then? It seemed like the British guy was totally behind the killing.

 

[Cyrus]

dude...ITS A MOVIE.

No, the russians did not kill the prof. That was before his friend turned.

 

[Moonbear]

good shepherd was crap. that movie tried WAY to hard to be "smart" and you end up getting lost in the plot. you would have to watch that movie 5 times just to understand it. good shepherd is like syriana. both movies are way too complicated to follow and have 100 stories with 100 different characters going on all at the same time.

Hmm...that just convinced me that I should see that movie. I get tired of movies with ridiculously simple plots. The few I've seen that got "complaints" like yours have been ones I've immensely enjoyed.

I can't even remember the last time I've bothered going to see a movie since so few have sounded even marginally tempting in such a long time. Glad to hear there are a few that are recommended "must see" movies out now.

 

[Ivan Seeking]

Hmm...that just convinced me that I should see that movie. I get tired of movies with ridiculously simple plots. The few I've seen that got "complaints" like yours have been ones I've immensely enjoyed.

Same here. I love it when I don't understand the plot, or at least when I don't know how it will end until the movie is almost over. Many are predicatable to the point of not being worth the watch. Then again, if it's weird enough I will probably like it... in much the same way that we like Cyrus.

 

[Moonbear]

Then again, if it's weird enough I will probably like it... in much the same way that we like Cyrus.

 

[loseyourname]

I saw a preview for that yesterday when I saw Blood Diamond, and it looks like a really good movie, but it hasn't been in theaters anywhere near me.

Yeah, nor me, but my roommate has it on her computer. I actually would like to see it in a theater now. It seemed like it should have been fairly impressive visually. I didn't even realize it was a recent release until about a week after she showed it to me. I thought it was some obscure Spanish gem no one had ever heard of.

 

[JamesU]

You mean the fact it was directed by reactionary catholic biggot Mel Gibson isn't enough? Also a lot of his films are historically inaccurate taking for example Braveheart which is possibly the worst film ever made.

They were both good movies Mel Gibson's personal beliefs don't necessarily affect his filmmaking ability

 

[gravenewworld]

Hmm...that just convinced me that I should see that movie. I get tired of movies with ridiculously simple plots. The few I've seen that got "complaints" like yours have been ones I've immensely enjoyed.

Knock yourself out. For $10 a pop I feel like I have the right to be highly critical of any movie I see at the theater.

 

[Gokul43201]

Mel Gibson's personal beliefs don't necessarily affect his filmmaking ability

How could you possibly say that? They certainly do reflect in the content of his films and that does indirectly affect their quality. You can watch a scene from one of his movies and tell what he had for breakfast that morning! It's starting to get incredibly repetitive now.

 

[Gokul43201]

I think Rocky Balboa is probably 4 films too far in that franchise aswell. Such a shame because the first was so beautifully written.

What's quite incredible is that the first film was written by Stallone in less than 3 days - he was inspired by a fight he just watched, where some unknown newbie nearly hung on for the full 15 against Ali.

 

[Kurdt]

They were both good movies Mel Gibson's personal beliefs don't necessarily affect his filmmaking ability

Braveheart was entertaining but if you're going to make a historical film then you have to make it historically accurate. Gibson's personal beliefs are portrayed in the film through the fact that he makes a big deal about Edward the second being gay.

 

[JamesU]

but just because I disagree with certain views expressed in films doesn't mean I have to hate them, nor does it affect their quality. You can't honestly say that Braveheart is the worst film ever (though I'll admit I think it's overrated)

Go here for films worse than Braveheart

 

[Gokul43201]

Go here for films worse than Braveheart

What! They've got Santa Claus Conquers the Martians in the bottom 100?! No way!

 

[Ivan Seeking]

This was a great movie!

 

[JamesU]

This is the worst film of all time, not Braveheart ;) With Cheerleader Ninjas as a close second

 

[Ivan Seeking]

This is the worst film of all time,

With Heidi Fleiss?

Yep, that sounds pretty bad.

 

[Kurdt]

but just because I disagree with certain views expressed in films doesn't mean I have to hate them, nor does it affect their quality. You can't honestly say that Braveheart is the worst film ever (though I'll admit I think it's overrated)

Go here for films worse than Braveheart

Its just not at all accurate and I don't like that. The agenda of the whole film seems twisted to me. Anyway if you enjoy it just remember its a complete work of fiction that was 'inspired' by some historical events.

I'm surprised they haven't made Revenge of the Killer Bikini Vampire Girls yet.

 

[loseyourname]

How could you possibly say that? They certainly do reflect in the content of his films and that does indirectly affect their quality. You can watch a scene from one of his movies and tell what he had for breakfast that morning! It's starting to get incredibly repetitive now.

My, uh, girlfriend and I are always joking about the plot of every Mel Gibson movie: Man has his family either threatened or killed, giving him an excuse to go ape**** in exacting bloody revenge.

 

[Ivan Seeking]

I just watched Solaris.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0307479/

All in all, as SciFi goes it was pretty good. I'd never even heard of it until I saw it on the shelf.

 

[loseyourname]

I need to watch Solaris some time when I'm not tired. I had trouble concentrating during it, and couldn't tell what was going on half the time, though I got it fine at the end.

 

[Ivan Seeking]

This is interesting.

If you've seen Tarkovsky's brilliant "Solyaris" this film will seem more like an Americanized tribute than a Hollywoodization of a great piece of Soviet cinema. Some will likely ask why Soderbergh bothered to make this film if he couldn't improve on the original. Personally, I could not care less. This is a great film, and shows that it is possible for Americans to remake classic non-American films sensitively, intelligently and well.

I wonder if the original is available on disc.

As for being tired and not making sense, this stretches things a bit but makes the point:

To cut to the chase - if you like sci-fi with a soul,which stretches the boundaries of imagination, explores the uncharted realms of the human condition as much as the unknown realities of the universe, and swims upstream against the currents of ethics, physics, and even metaphysics, you will probably enjoy this moody, slow, multi-leveled and heavily textured film.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0307479/#comment

 

[JamesU]

:O this thread has 666 views

 

[Gokul43201]

So what's so interesting about the number 666, anyway?

 

[Ivan Seeking]

So what's so interesting about the number 666, anyway?

The weight of the gold that Solomon received yearly was 666 talents
1 Kings 10:14

 

[gravenewworld]

the jim carey movie 23 looks kind of interesting

hint:2 divided by 3 is?

 

[gravenewworld]

So what's so interesting about the number 666, anyway?

LOL actually 666 is quite a fiendishly interesting number .

-I thought everyone and their mother knew that 666 in roman numerals is actually all the roman numerals (except M) DCLXVI=666.

-"666" is the combination of the mysterious suitcase retrieved by Vincent Vega (John Travolta) and Jules Winnfield (Samuel L. Jackson) in Quentin Tarantino's 1994 film Pulp Fiction.

-Various conspiracy theories, including the novel The Da Vinci Code (Brown 2003, p. 22), have suggested that the glass pyramid at the Louvre museum in Paris is dedicated to the Beast and therefore constructed of exactly 666 panes of glass.

-the beast number is equal to the sum of the squares of the first 7 primes
2^2+3^2+5^2+7^2+11^2+13^2+17^2=666

-phi(666)=6.6.6,

where phi is the totient function.


-The number 666 is a sum and difference of the first three 6th powers,
666=1^6-2^6+3^6

-Another curious identity is that there are exactly two ways to insert "+" signs into the sequence 123456789 to make the sum 666, and exactly one way for the sequence 987654321,
666=1+2+3+4+567+89=123+456+78+9
(4)
666=9+87+6+543+21

-666 is the sum of the numbers on a roulette wheel

-A number x in which the first n decimal digits of the fractional part frac(x) sum to 666 is known as an evil number

-Wang (1994) showed that
phi=-2sin(666 degrees)=-2cos(6x6x6 degrees),
where phi is the golden ratio, which can be combined to give
phi==-[sin(666 degrees)+cos(6x6x6 degrees)]

-There are exactly 6 6's in 666^6

-666 is a repdigit and also a triangular number.