The Movie Thread with Basketballfan22 and Zaggahamma

[basketballfan22]

The Wolverine was good and worth watching.
Turbo was funny worth it for the kids (like me, I've loved cartoons for all of my 34 years)
The Colony decent but a little dry, open ended.
Grown Ups 2 great for an Adam Sandler movie
Lone Ranger was good worth watching.
World War Z was OK by me.
Oblivion was really good, a bit twisted.
The Internship was funny as Vaughn and Wilson combo works well.
After Earth was a bit boring but it was nice to see Will and Jaden working together, his son is not a bad actor for a newbie.
Now You See Me was entertaining and worth watching.
Fast & Furious 6 was the same as the others, the first one was the best IMO.
Iron Man 3 was definately good for superhero movies.
Man Of Steel was really good, not what I expected. Sort of a new twist on the Superman movies.

Yeah, I am a movie phanatic, I have seen thousands of movies over the last 24 years in the U.S. (at least 15,000+ or more not counting all the TV series, dicumentaries, biographies, educational, and foreign) and yes I also have time to read (mostly Psychology but that's neither here nor there). No Joke.

If you want to know if a movie was good, just ask. I usually get to see them on the release date or even months before release. Saw a couple more than a year before release.

Some good ones to see and some of my favorites:
The Skin I Live In- Antonio Banderas plays a twisted doctor, not his typical role.
Fight Club - Brad Pitt and Edward Norton - if you haven't seen it (in the words of Jeff Foxworthy) "you may just be a redneck". (no offense to anyone)
K-Pax with Kevin Spacey
The Matrix Trilogy with Keanu Reeves
Fear and Loathing in Los Vegas - Johny Depp and Benicio DelToro
Catch Me If You Can - with Leonardo DiCaprio
Iron Man 3 - with Robert Downey Jr.
Snatch - with Jason Statham and Brad Pitt. Pretty much anything with Jason Statham I find to be a good action movie.
Platoon - with Charlie Sheen and Tom Barringer. Old and classic war. Probably one of the best.

Too tired to write anymore.
Anyone have any good suggestions on something i may NOT have seen already?

You have certainly seen a lot of movies. It sounds like you need to be more critical though! You like every damn one, lol.

[-KJ-]

A time to kill - excellent movie!

[bdos]

Im waiting for bad grandpa

[Xzandr]

You have certainly seen a lot of movies. It sounds like you need to be more critical though! You like every damn one, lol.

I am beaing critical, the other 20 I watched in the last week or so are not even worth mentioning.

[Xzandr]

Smurfs 2 - takes too much away from the original story lines of smurfs. I understand that writers are trying to put out original ideas but they are taking what used to be a great childrens cartoon and making it mainstream trash. Although the kids don't seem to mind (they don't know any better)
GallowWalkers - Wesley Snipes takes a role in a zombie movie??? He plays his usual hardass character well but the storyline just sucks. More of a bland fantasy than a horror flick if you ask me. Too many zombie movies out these days.

Suggested watching:
UpsideDown - Kirsten Dunst, Jim Sturges. A fantasy about 2 worlds opposing each other. A romantic fantasy with great CGI and a storyline that keeps your attention. A great date night movie.

The Salton Sea - Val Kilmer poses as a speed junkie trying to catch his wifes killer. This was an interesting role for Val and as usual he gives an "A" performance.

[Gaspari1255]

Point Break is probably my all time favorite.

[zaggahamma]

Point Break is probably my all time favorite.

i enjoyed that movie when it came out

and the next weekend i was renting surfboards

ended up on jetskis

lmao

[Gaspari1255]

Some other favorites:

The Professional - Natalie Portman is an orphan child whose parents were gun down by the DEA, Jean Reno is a hit man who fathers
her.

Sleepers- Very sad movie set at a Juvenile Corrections facility. Kevin Bacon plays a prison guard who molests the children.

My Cousin Vinny- Funniest movie I have ever seen hands down.

Clifford- Martin Short plays the role of 10 year old child who is forced to live with his uncle for the summer (Charles Grodin). I'll be extremely surprised if anyone has seen this.

[Xzandr]

Some other favorites:

The Professional - Natalie Portman is an orphan child whose parents were gun down by the DEA, Jean Reno is a hit man who fathers
her.

Sleepers- Very sad movie set at a Juvenile Corrections facility. Kevin Bacon plays a prison guard who molests the children.

My Cousin Vinny- Funniest movie I have ever seen hands down.

Clifford- Martin Short plays the role of 10 year old child who is forced to live with his uncle for the summer (Charles Grodin). I'll be extremely surprised if anyone has seen this.

Clifford is an older one but pretty funny. Martin Short is a quirky character.

The Professional was a great movie. Originally named "Leon" and released in France, September 14, 1994. Jean Reno is a great actor with more than 85 titles on his resume. Currently stars in a 'Canal+' french TV series "JO" filmed in France and UK. (in English if anyone is interested).

Try "Police Academy" 1-7 and 8 should be released in 2014. My favorite comedies. Always put me in a good mood.

[basketballfan22]

Some other favorites:

The Professional - Natalie Portman is an orphan child whose parents were gun down by the DEA, Jean Reno is a hit man who fathers
her.

Sleepers- Very sad movie set at a Juvenile Corrections facility. Kevin Bacon plays a prison guard who molests the children.

My Cousin Vinny- Funniest movie I have ever seen hands down.

Clifford- Martin Short plays the role of 10 year old child who is forced to live with his uncle for the summer (Charles Grodin). I'll be extremely surprised if anyone has seen this.

Why would you be surprised if others have seen Clifford? It's not that rare. It's freaking hilarious too. I LOVE the scene where Martin Short is told to look like a normal boy. LMAO! I still laugh thinking about it. You can YouTube it.

Sleepers is great. Another great one with Kevin Bacon among other good actors is Mystic River.

[Gaspari1255]

Why would you be surprised if others have seen Clifford? It's not that rare. It's freaking hilarious too. I LOVE the scene where Martin Short is told to look like a normal boy. LMAO! I still laugh thinking about it. You can YouTube it.


Sleepers is great. Another great one with Kevin Bacon among other good actors is Mystic River.

"If you touch that dinosaur, I'm going to kill you!"

[Hazard]

Lucky number sleven was good IMO

[Gaspari1255]

Lucky number sleven was good IMO

I forgot about that one. Josh Hartnett turned out to be a good actor. Remember his first role in "The Faculty"? That was a classic.

[zaggahamma]

Why would you be surprised if others have seen Clifford? It's not that rare. It's freaking hilarious too. I LOVE the scene where Martin Short is told to look like a normal boy. LMAO! I still laugh thinking about it. You can YouTube it.

Sleepers is great. Another great one with Kevin Bacon among other good actors is Mystic River.

LOVED mystic river....great movie....would u say similar to "the lovely bones"?

[Gaspari1255]

King Pin- Top 3 best comedies of all time.

[Xzandr]

Elysium - Matt Damon, Jodie Foster. Exellent film. Takes after District 9. Writer/Director Neill Blomkamp (did both District 9 and Elysium) does another fantastic show of creativity as well as a memorable story line. Well worth watching.

Terraferma - 2011 but released in the US Aug. 9, 2013. A man is put in jeopardy when he's forced to help a family with nowhere to turn in this drama from Italian filmmaker Emanuele Crialese. I watched this a few years ago and if you like 70s/80s style movies with original scenery and realistic Italian conditions than it's worth watching.

2 Guns -Denzel Washington, Mark Wahlberg. 2 guys who get screwed over, then screw each other over, then screwed everyone else over. Funny, twisted, and certainly entertaining. Denzel and Mark make a great duo for this silly but action packed film. Pretty good for a 75 mil. budget film but Elysium definately beats it and only cost 100 mil.

[Sfla80]

Has anyone seen MUD? Thinking abiut getting it on demand tonight

[Hazard]

Has anyone seen MUD? Thinking abiut getting it on demand tonight

I havnt gotten it yet either because I been waitin to see what ppl say. Don't wanna waste time on it if it sucks

[Sfla80]

I havnt gotten it yet either because I been waitin to see what ppl say. Don't wanna waste time on it if it sucks

Exactly! But I got a free movie from uverse and its either that or a mocie my girl wants. Was hoping ti get good reviews so I could persuade her lol.

Edit for horrible typing on new phone...sorry.

[kelkel]

Saw Elysium last night. Thought it was good.

[redhawk01]

Pulp fiction. Watching now.
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=S8kPqAV...%3DS8kPqAV_74M

Bring out the gimp.

[JimAdler]

Airplane. Funniest of all time.

Picked a hell of a day to stop doing amphetamines....

[JimAdler]

Wolverine was good, Just saw We're the Millers and that was funny as hell. Total Recall (Arnold), Predator, Terminator 2, Hitchhikers guide to the Galaxy, As good as it gets, The Last Samurai just a few favorites.

Oblivion was really good.

Stand up... Eddie Izzard

[JimAdler]

Some other favorites:

The Professional - Natalie Portman is an orphan child whose parents were gun down by the DEA, Jean Reno is a hit man who fathers
her.

Sleepers- Very sad movie set at a Juvenile Corrections facility. Kevin Bacon plays a prison guard who molests the children.

My Cousin Vinny- Funniest movie I have ever seen hands down.

Clifford- Martin Short plays the role of 10 year old child who is forced to live with his uncle for the summer (Charles Grodin). I'll be extremely surprised if anyone has seen this.

Professional was badass. My Cousin Vinny was hilarious.. "I guess the ****in thing is broken..." Never saw the last two

[JimAdler]

Taken was really awesome too. Krav Maga is brutal! Same fighting style used in the Bourne Movies.. kudos Matt Damon

[zaggahamma]

bump for Mud watchers....saw redbox had it

[Gaspari1255]

Professional was badass. My Cousin Vinny was hilarious.. "I guess the ****in thing is broken..." Never saw the last two

"I'm holding you in contempt of court"
"Oh, there's a fvckin surprise."

[Gaspari1255]

80's/Early 90's Action Favorites:

Bloodsport
Kickboxer
Double Impact
Lionheart
Demolition Man
Cobra
Daylight
Commando
T1
T2
American Ninja
Desperado
Under Siege
Hard To Kill
Out For Justice
Invasion USA
Death Wish
Eraser

[Xzandr]

The return of Joe Rich - Nothing like the "Godfather", the film gives a more realistic way that gangsters work, rise, and fall. Sam Witwer, Armand Assante. Includes intercuts of documentary footage of 10 real-life “Chicago Guys” ages 73 to 89. These “guys” found themselves in the same predicament, in real life, in the 1930′s, 40′s, and 50′s, that Joe does today. Not the greatest film but worth watching if you have nothing better to do.

[basketballfan22]

Has anyone seen MUD? Thinking abiut getting it on demand tonight

I have not seen it; but based off of what I have read, you should definitely rent it. It has gotten rave reviews. It is definitely on my list of movies to watch.

[basketballfan22]

LOVED mystic river....great movie....would u say similar to "the lovely bones"?

Nah, Mystic River is way better. I actually never watched The Lovely Bones in its entirety. I am sure it's not as bad as I think of it, but I was just not a big fan of it.

[basketballfan22]

The return of Joe Rich - Nothing like the "Godfather", the film gives a more realistic way that gangsters work, rise, and fall. Sam Witwer, Armand Assante. Includes intercuts of documentary footage of 10 real-life “Chicago Guys” ages 73 to 89. These “guys” found themselves in the same predicament, in real life, in the 1930′s, 40′s, and 50′s, that Joe does today. Not the greatest film but worth watching if you have nothing better to do.

Jesus, you weren't kidding. You have seen every movie in existence, lol. I am much more selective in my movies; although Elysium looks like it may be decent.

[basketballfan22]

Taken was really awesome too. Krav Maga is brutal! Same fighting style used in the Bourne Movies.. kudos Matt Damon

See I was not too impressed with Taken. Am I the only one that thinks Liam Neeson has never been in a good movie sans Schindler's List?

[basketballfan22]

80's/Early 90's Action Favorites:

Bloodsport
Kickboxer
Double Impact
Lionheart
Demolition Man
Cobra
Daylight
Commando
T1
T2
American Ninja
Desperado
Under Siege
Hard To Kill
Out For Justice
Invasion USA
Death Wish
Eraser

That is one genre I don't find entertaining, so I can't comment on any of those.

[Matt]

I thought Cloud Atlas was a great movie and will be watching Mud tonight....

[basketballfan22]

I thought Cloud Atlas was a great movie and will be watching Mud tonight....

Okay, your signature is freaking awesome but also scary. How are you able to find out all of that information about my computer?!?

[Xzandr]

That Ext.IP is one of the most common used in the US as well as Windows is the primary choice of an OS and Firefox has blown IE out of the water fo r more than a decade. It's like going to a fortune teller who says. " Son, one day you're going to die." Really?? NO SH*T!! J/K

[Xzandr]

That's what happens when you love film and have absolutely nothing better to do.
"If your reality sucks, live in a fantasy"

[basketballfan22]

That Ext.IP is one of the most common used in the US as well as Windows is the primary choice of an OS and Firefox has blown IE out of the water fo r more than a decade. It's like going to a fortune teller who says. " Son, one day you're going to die." Really?? NO SH*T!! J/K

What? IP addresses are unique to a network. What you are seeing is not the same thing everyone else is seeing. I am using Safari on a Mac, not Firefox on a Windows run computer. I checked this site with my phone, and sure enough it changed. I am not that easily fooled, lol.

[basketballfan22]

Xzandr, have you seen Pan's Labyrinth?