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I think that what I got to know in "Low Men in Yellow Coats" was enough for me. I just saw it as another mystery, since you're basically put in Bobby's shoes and you only know as much as he does So when they are trapped and all the "Dark Tower talk" happens, it's onlys cary because it makes you realize there are much larger forces at work there. I also imagined Hop´kins as Ted but that worked well for me, I really couldn't think of anyone else. Meanwhile, the rest of the characters? Pefectly exchangeable for other actors.

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Actually I really dislike iron man 2 or rather thought it was a disappointment. I thought Thor was good, not great, and captain America was okay. The incredible hulk was forgettable and basically iron man is the only one I genuinely think was deserving of praise.

But even still I'm excited to see the avengers soon.

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I've only had one dream in my life with kids in it that didn't involve me gnawing my feet off, and it had to do with kids doing my laundry.

It's been years since I saw the movie, but Anton Yelchin is quite a good actor, was he shit when he was a kid?

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We're all actors, Laurie. I'm just an actor who read the script.

I don't know if he just wasn't good back then, or if he was just miscast. But when I read the story, he just didn't match how I imagined the character to be.



If you enjoyed "Low Men In Yellow Coats", IT is essential reading. Not only is it (IMO) his best work, but it tackles similar themes found in Low Men, only in a much deeper, more epic story. Just avoid the mini series. As for Stephen King adaptations, also check out Stand By Me. I suspect it's the type of movie you wished Hearts In Atlantis had been. Not only is it great adaptation, it's simply a great coming of age story. I have a feeling not too many forum members have seen it, which is a shame, as I don't think any of you would not love it.

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"Heard them Walthers like to jump some" "As will you, with one in your elbow."

I've heard alot about it by word of mouth.
It is on Netflix. I'll give it a shot today when I have a chance.

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Oh yeah, I LOVE "Stand By Me", it was my first favorite movie when I started to take movies "seriously" (When I was like 11, 12 years old.) I can tell you that yes, that's the kind of movie I wish "Hearts in Atlantis" would have been.

Anton Yelchin is a very good actor, but his character in "Hearts in Atlantis" wasn't exactly well-written and I also think he wasn't well-directed as well. So I don't think it was really his fault.

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Another thing that bothered me about Yelchin was his mop of curly hair. For some reason it bugs me when movies set during a specific time period get details like that wrong (see the last X-Men movie). Maybe the hair was to make him look more precocious, but since the story is set in 1960, it's the type of detail that's not true to the era. This is something Stand By Me gets right, the characters more or less look like how kids would have looked back then.

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"Heard them Walthers like to jump some" "As will you, with one in your elbow."

Currently watching MIB, the BD reissue.



I must say,
if it succeeds with anything outright, its being simply clever and stylish.
Very clever in fact.

There are better movies about the existence and cover up of extraterrestrial life (see X-Files: Fight the Future) but this one is content to be a snappy popcorn action movie.
And I honestly have no problem with that.
Roll out the one liners, catchy tune, and strange looking hi-tech guns. I'm there.

Also I get a free ticket for MIB 3 when I bought this. So I have no reason to NOT see it now.

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^ Good for you, MIB 3 is still going to suck as hard as the first two.

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Oh I'm sorry. It looks like you meant to say "suck as hard as the last one." Because if you did in fact mean that MIB sucks, I'd say that might as well be near heresy.

There's not a large gap of difference between MIB and MIB 2, tonally they're the same.

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Actually they're not.
At all.

The biggest difference IS the tone.

MIB 2 is straight up comedy/sci-fi.
MIB 1 took a more satirical approach to a sci-fi thriller, and therefore can be classified "Sci-Fi" and not comedy.
But no one in their right mind could ever classify the second one the same.

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Satire ? Oh Nitey, only you can make me laugh like this

Both movies touch the subject with the same corny, shallow, family-friendly approach. MIB does it far more "elegantly" than MIB 2, by at least putting some effort into not being as stupid.

But in the end it's the same shit, Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones put on sunglasses, meet dumb-looking aliens, chase them with dumb-looking vehicles, and then shoot them with dumb-looking weapons.

Only difference in 3 ? Chasing will involve dumb-looking "wheels".

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Oh man. I feel bad for you.

When you can't sit down and just have fun with a movie like this...
You're too far gone my friend.
I salute you. But I shall never find myself on that side of the divide.
Now excuse me while I go book tickets to G.I. Joe: Retaliation...

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Monsters

I was expecting a low-budget alien invasion movie. I got a sci-fi allegory about American/Mexican relations.

I'm cool with that.

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This is truly a madhouse. And I'm the lunatic running it. I've spent three years wondering if I should be proud or ashamed.

Unconvinced.......................you sound !

Looks interesting, reminds me of 28 Days Later.

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District 9 did it better.


Also, I finally saw The Incredible Hulk.

Hmm, I do like how these films have all been connected to each other (Ang Lee's Hulk, TIH and Avengers), despite different actors and a technical reboot.

Overall, I'd say 6.5/10.

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In terms of action, effects, and acting, no contest.

In terms of social commentary, I've got to give it to Monsters.

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This is truly a madhouse. And I'm the lunatic running it. I've spent three years wondering if I should be proud or ashamed.

Godzilla's in good hands.

By the way, heads up, you call him Evans two times after initially correctly calling him Edwards.

Anyway,



So good, man. So good.

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"There's a cello in your house now."

Durrr... Ree-surch? Wut's that?!

*goes back to edit the review*

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