TV/Movies Megathread

[The Brain]

9th Company. Dead Russians and Dead Towelheads.

The 80s Swedish comedy was about a kind of Milo Minderbinder. They sure changed it.

[Josephus]

FAir Game with Sean Penn and Naomi Watts who play the reallife ex-diplomat and CIA agent who try to out Bush for his WMD lies. Not bad, slow at times, but told a good story.

3 aluminum pipes out of 5.

[Cerr]

Rise of the Planet of the Apes - An enjoyable blockbuster flick. Obviously a bit predictable but very well done.

Project Nim - A very good documentary about the life of a chimp. As part academic research in the 70s, was reared by a family and taught sign language.

The Skin I Live In. A brilliant and disturbing film. Apparently some of the reviews give away far too much of the plot.

[Ideologue]

I hate you. Lost in Translation is awesome.

My guess is you haven't traveled much.

That final scene. 

The final scene's pretty good.

[11B4V]

Battle of LA: 2.5 out of 5

Next is Win Win

[Ideologue]

The Rifftrax of Twilight.  It is most excellent, and this movie is balls.  It's so, so poorly made--even in comparison to other, terrible two, it's really bad.

However, I would point out that Kristen Stewart's pretty hot.  Also, Ashley Green.  Holy shit.  And also the really skinny Asian (East or South I can't tell) girl.

[11B4V]

Win Win; pretty good

[Ideologue]

Millennium.  For a movie that's everything unrigorous and bileworthy about time travel flicks, and despite a lot of problems and cheesy bits, it's not irredeemable.  I actually sort of liked Cheryl Ladd's performance at turns, and the structure of the movie is interesting.  That robot was getting on my nerves by the end, though.

[Ed Anger]

Kristen Stewart's pretty hot.

[Ideologue]

Brunette, symmetrical face, under 120 pounds.  WHAT'S NOT TO LIKE?  So she's not a good actress, so what?  She got paid.

[Ed Anger]

Brunette, symmetrical face, under 120 pounds.  WHAT'S NOT TO LIKE?  So she's not a good actress, so what?  She got paid.

She looks like white trash painted up.

[Ideologue]

Yeah, what's not to like?  I think we're talking past each other.

[Ed Anger]

Yeah, what's not to like?  I think we're talking past each other.

We'll just have to agree to disagree. I just don't like white trash.

[Josquius]

X Men First Class- Pretty good. Like X-Men crossed with a 60s Bond film.
Though...questions are floating around in my head. How the hell did Charles explain Mystique to his parents- just brain washed them into thinking they had a daughter? Also...I'm pretty sure Magneto and Professor X were supposed to be together for quite a while, founding the school and all that. Not just a one shot blast like that, I was surprised they went this way, was hoping they would leave things open for early X Men sequels.
The way the CIA agent suddenly fell for Charles was weird. She vanished for half the film seemingly then reappeared on the plane with me having to think hard to remember who she was. When did she have time to get close to X?

[Neil]

X Men First Class- Pretty good. Like X-Men crossed with a 60s Bond film.
Though...questions are floating around in my head. How the hell did Charles explain Mystique to his parents- just brain washed them into thinking they had a daughter? Also...I'm pretty sure Magneto and Professor X were supposed to be together for quite a while, founding the school and all that. Not just a one shot blast like that, I was surprised they went this way, was hoping they would leave things open for early X Men sequels.
The way the CIA agent suddenly fell for Charles was weird. She vanished for half the film seemingly then reappeared on the plane with me having to think hard to remember who she was. When did she have time to get close to X?

Magneto didn't found the school.  By the time Xavier founded the school, Magneto was already pursuing his own agenda.  In the comics, they worked together hunting Nazis in the 50s, when Magneto already thought his family dead and Xavier had served in the Korean war.  They were also involved in humanitarian work in Israel, helping the Jews there.