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A totally forgettable movie with a crap-tastic screenplay that completely fails to do anything interesting with its Portland setting.

This movie is the absolute picture of mediocrity. Don't even bother with it.

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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.

Hammer Horror: The gift that keeps on giving.

Now if I can only find proper torrents of the sequels.

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"The world is a fine place and worth fighting for." I agree with the second part.

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

The trailers and tv spots were a waste of human effort.
I actually change the channel when it comes on.

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HOW DARE YOU INSULT A MOVIE IN WHICH AMANDA SEYFRIED APPEARS ?!!

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Sadly, her role choices are awfully erratic, even though she's a fantastic actress.

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7/10

Disjointed, chaotic, weirdly written, and sometimes a little too "talky". Yes Mr. Kevin Smith, we all know Michael Parks is an awesome, underrated actor. That doesn't mean it's a pleasure to see him making a fifteen minute christian hate-filled speech, it's fucking annoying.

Still, it's a pretty enjoyable movie that goes into depths about the kind of world we live in today, freedom doesn't matter anymore, constitutional rights don't matter anymore, anything goes, anything is justified, and people who entitle themselves as saviors, because of whatever bullshit reason they might concoct, feel they can do whatever they want and whatever it takes, that goes perfectly for both sides of the conflict, which the movie represents quite well.

Hopefully, people on the right wing side of the spectrum, specially the religious folk in the US, will see films like these and meditate a little bit on their beliefs. YEAH RIGHT !!!

Also Curi, you might just want to reconsider Kevin Smith's ability to shoot action scenes !

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Wanderlust

It's a comedy starring Paul Rudd and Jennifer Aniston, focused almost exclusively on hippie jokes. It wasn't my cup of (cannabis-infused) tea, but I won't complain if it's yours.

Also, Justin Theroux is awesome. That is all.

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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.

Just saw this



Here's my opinion on it.

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Hammer gold I tells ya! Hammer gold!!!

Not only was it heavy on the visual effects, but unlike a lot of Hammer movies where you just want the monster to show up, it has a genuinely interesting and engaging plot. Definitely my second favorite Hammer film now right after Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed.

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"The world is a fine place and worth fighting for." I agree with the second part.

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

Unfortunately, no. I will though, soon, and I agree with the 9/10 for Zombieland, 8 for this thing too.

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

Went to the second week of the Oscar showcase and managed to make it through three films..

Hugo
Just as great as it was the first time I saw it. Though, I think the 3d made more of an impression this time around. So yeah, if I had to choose a film to win Best picture tonight, it'd be this one.

The Help
Manipulative in every way, everything feels artificial and the movie seems to be all over the place tonally. Perhaps the only sincere thing about the movie is Viola Davis' performance, as she's pretty much the only worthwhile thing about the film.

Incredibly Loud and Extremely Close
This one broke me and is pretty much the reason why I left the theater after three movies. Off-putting as it is dull, the film expects you to sympathize with its main protagonist because, you know, 9/11; yet lacks the emotional heft necessary for a movie dealing with such subject matter.

Ghost Rider: Spirits of Vengeance
Man, I really wanted to belong to the small crowd of folks that dig this film (I'm a die-hard "Crank" fan, and I always want Neveldine/Taylor to succeed) but goddamn did this movie fight me at every turn. For every small moment of off-brand humor that Neveldine/Taylor are known for, there's several incredibly dull moments of characters simply talking.

IP Man - 9/10

Still great.

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'Manipulative in every way'

That's how I feel about the saccharine-hell that is Hugo.
Thank god Rango won the Oscar for best animated film.

All that Hammer Horror reminds me, I watched some episodes of QI (an incredibly funny and smart British 'quiz show' hosted by Stephen Fry) on youtube. Fry told a story about dining with Peter Cushing, where he told him he was nervous about working with Christopher Lee on an upcoming job...

Trawl through QI to find it. It's worth the mad journey.

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...evidently chicken-town.

Hugo aint animated.

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Say, Doc, did I ever tell you I'm the only metal that's liquid at room temperature?

I love QI,



huh, when did MP ever say it was?

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

Well, I was making one of my sideways digs at it's dead-hearted sentimentality and on-screen sheen...

Obtuse-d out of my own diagonals, again!

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...evidently chicken-town.

SkaOreo's comment could perhaps do with being more specific, because what film isn't manipulative?
I think we all get the gist of what he means, and what most people really mean when they say "manipulative", but the phrase is an odd, shortcutty one that - taken to logical ends - surely negates what we value in cinema.
I guess I'm just sensitive to it right now after its use against Steven Spielberg and War Horse. Not that I've seen the film, it seems like the critics gunning for Spielberg without due, tenable criticism(!). It's this obsession we all have with building up and building up a figure before tearing him down, blaming that figure for his hubris. Successful? How dare he!

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Considering that SkaOreo is African American, and the subject matter of The Help, I think it's very clear what he means.

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Say, Doc, did I ever tell you I'm the only metal that's liquid at room temperature?

Then again, people have claimed it is a racist movie, when it really isn't.

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Let me use an example. At the very end of the film, we see Viola Davis walking away into the sunset after being fired by town-bitch/sociopath Hilly Holbrook in retaliation for the success of the book. I'll repeat that Viola Davis is the only worthwhile aspect of the film, and absolutely sells the scene as we witness Davis' character's final goodbye to the little girl. It's a moment of tragedy that turns into one of hope as Davis muses how she can finally become a writer and tell her own story.

BUT NOOOOOOOOOOPE!!! It isn't enough for the film to have a bittersweet ending; it needs to bring its audiences to their fucking knees in overwhelming anguish. So, as Viola Davis is walking away, the scene is interjected with cuts of the little girl banging on the window and calling Davis' name, finally ending with a single cgi tear (I wonder if this is a thing and whether this happens quite a bit in movies) streams down the girls face. It turns a fairly decent scene into one that is absolutely cheesy.

I understand what you mean, and perhaps you're correct in saying I'm misplacing "manipulative" for an entirely different word; however, everything about this film seems calculated in regards to how I'm supposed to feel towards specific moments in the movie. Any decent film should rely on the strengths of both its actors and script to sell genuine, human emotion, and it's something I did not get from "The Help."


It certainly isn't racist--it deals with the "white protagonist that saves the Negroes" problem better than "The Blindside--"but it is understandable as to why people might be upset about the film. It's subject matter is still a sensitive issue for many people, and the film presents its historical background in a rather safe manner that uses just enough to mine "emotion" from the film, but not enough that will upset anyone in the theater.

For the most part you're right, this movie is a filtered, pristine, little version of a very tense and horrifying time in the history of the united states.

But I'm on the fence about the "white protagonist that saves the negroes" part, it is true that Emma Stone is sort of the heroic figure of the film, as it is in many other "racially charged" movies like Dance With Wolves or even The Last Samurai (sort of fits in the category).

But isn't that what's really the issue of RACISM ? I'm not saying all films about the topic should have a white hero, deffinitely not, but having a white character realizing how the actions of those, who share the color of his skin, are despicable, manages to highlight how racism is universally wrong, it doesn't matter what your ethnicity or your context is, racism is wrong.

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