TV/Movies Megathread

[Sheilbh]

Dude's still a hell of a director.  Watched Inside Man the other night.  Another A+.

Do The Right Thing's one of my favourite films.

[CountDeMoney]

Watched Tower Heist this morning.  Cute little movie.  Nice to see Eddie Murphy using profanity in a role for a change.

You know, if Eddie ever decided to go on tour again, like Delirious or Raw, he'd more than make up all the money he's lost on so many shitty family movies.  But I don't think he'd want to risk his brand.  He's a middle aged Will Smith.

[Eddie Teach]

I'd like to see him reprise his role as Santa Claus.

[sbr]

I would imagine his cut on the Shrek franchise is probably more than he could make doing standup.  And a hell of a lot easier too.

[mongers]

Yes, it is worth it, even if your plan is to wrap up the series.

I'll just watch it as a stand alone.

If you're only watching one, it should be The Dark Knight.

It's a good film, I enjoyed it; not the CGI/all actionpfeist I feared.

Obviously it would have been better to watch the first two of this 'reboot' trilogy, for the back story, but it played well enough on its own.

[Kleves]

Batman Returns. And here I thought it was Joel Schumacher who made the Batman movies terrible; how naive I was. Also: Tim Burton's a hack. There, I said it.

[Neil]

You know, if Eddie ever decided to go on tour again, like Delirious or Raw, he'd more than make up all the money he's lost on so many shitty family movies.  But I don't think he'd want to risk his brand.  He's a middle aged Will Smith.

Touring is less fun than just getting paid.

[Ideologue]

Batman Returns. And here I thought it was Joel Schumacher who made the Batman movies terrible; how naive I was. Also: Tim Burton's a hack. There, I said it.

Look, if you hate movies so much, why do you watch them?  There are other things to do.

[Sheilbh]

Batman Returns is great. Tim Burton, though, isn't.

[Ideologue]

Batman Returns is great. Tim Burton, though, isn't.

I may accept this if "is" is meant to refer specifically to the present tense. :bubba:

But he has at least one great work--Ed Wood--and maybe two--Edward Scissorhands--and more than a few very, very good ones--Beetlejuice, the Batman movies, Sleepy Hollow (you're Goddamned right Sleepy Hollow), Pee-Wee's Big Adventure and so forth.

[Admiral Yi]

Michelle Pfeiffer in ass pants makes me forgive a lot.

[Sheilbh]

But he has at least one great work--Ed Wood--and maybe two--Edward Scissorhands--and more than a few very, very good ones--Beetlejuice, the Batman movies, Sleepy Hollow (you're Goddamned right Sleepy Hollow), Pee-Wee's Big Adventure and so forth.

Agreed. He's done a couple of great films. He's done a lot of decent ones. And he's done nothing as interesting for the best part of a decade.

[Razgovory]

I kinda get the feeling that he has been repeating himself since the mid 1990's or so.

[Josquius]

city of ember- yet another so so kids movie yey! this one seems to be firmly from the ' let's be the next Harry potter ' school.
kinda cool to see post apocolyptic stuff but little actually happens.
Tom Hanks has a part. for some reason I thought it was bill Murray for the first half

[Ideologue]

American Slavery Was Not A Sergio Leone Spaghetti Western.It Was A Holocaust.My Ancestors Are Slaves.Stolen From Africa.I Will Honor Them.

I was looking at that Spike Lee thing, and this comment struck as pretty fucking great (sometimes comments are good).

The Holocaust Was Not A Bank Robbery Thriller.It Was A Holocaust.Your Ancestors Were European Jews.Honor Them.