TV/Movies Megathread

[Ideologue]

Beats reviewing The Desolation of Smaug.

I enjoyed that film.  It felt like an adventure without being too much of an action film.

I actually kind of, sort of, want to see it, for Smaug.  There's that one trailer where the framing of the dragon is just, like, perfect.

However, you can blame Korea for my antipathy toward all things LotR.  I saw all the Rings movies in the theater.  I thought they were all reasonably pleasant, highly imaginiative, and very well-made, if always maybe a little dull and anticlimactic.  But six and a half years of constantly listening to that shit in the background and with her taking it as a personal affront whenever I made a joke about something she liked killed any fondness I might have still had for the series, and between that and Return of the King's fifty endings, I no longer have the desire to ever experience another Tolkien tale in any medium.  Especially not a nine to ten hour, heavily padded trilogy adapted from a Tolkien tale that wouldn't take that long to read.

[jimmy olsen]

Sounds good
http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=112671

On the heel's of today's news that Warner Bros. is eyeing Joaquin Phoenix for a major role in Zack Snyder's upcoming Batman vs. Superman comes word, via The Hollywood Reporter, that Academy Award winning screenwriter Chris Terrio (Argo) has been brought in to rewrite David Goyer's screenplay in advance of next year's production.

[jimmy olsen]

Christopher Lee's Christmas Message
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEhvKl9_5bg

[Queequeg]

Oh my God, how was Pushing Daises cancelled?  What the fuck is wrong with this country?  It's so fucking good!

[MadImmortalMan]

The Crow is on. Don't ever do a movie that involves you getting shot. It's bad juju.

[Ideologue]

So Best Buy has Oliver and Company on BD but not Tangled?  That's so fucked up.

Instead I blew a wad and got Scrooged, Evil Dead, Children of Men, and Hellraiser for an average of like nine bucks apiece.  Merry Christmas!

[Habbaku]

Instead I blew a wad and got Scrooged, Evil Dead, Children of Men, and Hellraiser for an average of like nine bucks apiece.  Merry Christmas!

Do you get some sort of thrill for paying too much for movies?

[Ideologue]

By what metric are you arguing that's too much?  Do you hate the free market?  (They're BDs, so actually the prices are very competitive.  In any event, about a buck and a half cheaper than what I would've paid at Amazon for the same kaboodle.  And since I pay my taxes unlike the rest of you traitors, that's a real buck and a half, not "a buck and as weighed against the wages of crime.")

Edit: of course, what I meant was, I like to treat myself.

[Josquius]

Has anyone seen the bridge, the tunnel and/or the American one?
I'm thinking of trying one but no clue which....  Normally I'm a purist but... Americans have better production values and Brits more of a real feel...
I don't normally like cop shows too much though.....

[Ideologue]

I saw the 1935 film The Tunnel.  I lavished the praise demanded by a work of such salutary value for our two nations' young people.

[Liep]

Lol 

http://www.cracked.com/video_18203_why-back-to-future-secretly-horrifying.html

http://www.cracked.com/video_18398_why-star-trek-universe-secretly-horrifying.html

Is the movie worth watching rather than just hunting for the nude clips online?

Rachel Getting Married that is.

It's wonderful.

I don't know about that, but batwoman is fantastic in it. Is she naked though? I need to re-watch.

[Eddie Teach]

RIPD- fun movie. Not quite up to Ghostbusters or Men in Black levels, but pretty enjoyable.

[Eddie Teach]

We're the Millers- pretty funny.

[Ed Anger]

Elysium. Fucking Stupid.

Rating:

[Josquius]

American virgin- hello unfunny 10 years too late attempt to cash in on American pie

Puff puff pass- quasi amusing stoner comedy starring two guys who I sort if recognize but couldn't place why. I think the black dude is the one off scrubs?... Maybe?... The white guy I've no idea where I know him from.
And yes, it is easy to check, but meh

Hey, it's what YouTube gave me