TV/Movies Megathread

[Ideologue]

Trying to get through Super 8.  Kinda tough going.

How come?  That movie's pretty good.

- Its main theme was copied into the video game 1942

God, do you guys remember Blue Max?  I hadn't in about two decades till I thought about 1942 and its antecedents.  WWI top-down shooter where you fight the entire German air arm and most of the German army.  What a great game.

[Syt]

Had Rule Britannia as opening tune.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hv53rnaYAB8

It was in Germany on the index for media deemed harmful for youth, so it could only be sold to 18+ under the counter and not be advertised. (Same as 1942, btw.)

Standards were harsh back then. Doom recently got removed from the index (considering that many mucn more violent games don't go on the index anymore).

[Darth Wagtaros]

Started Skyline.  Five minutes in and I can tell it'll be crap.

Super-8 wasn't bad.

[Ideologue]

I mean, it's no Explorers, but it's trying to be Explorers, and since that's one of the best movies ever made, I'll give Abrams credit for that.

Slight correction, btw--I said Django Unchained was the first great movie I saw in theaters all year, but that is forgetting Moonrise Kingdom, which is also great and very much almost as good, although I'm not sure two movies could be more different.

[CountDeMoney]

Slight correction, btw--I said Django Unchained was the first great movie I saw in theaters all year, but that is forgetting Moonrise Kingdom, which is also great and very much almost as good, although I'm not sure two movies could be more different.

Bill Murray could make it work.

[Razgovory]

Started Skyline.  Five minutes in and I can tell it'll be crap.

Super-8 wasn't bad.

Skyline was terrible.  It didn't have any redeemable qualities.  Annoying and unlikable characters and really silly aliens.

[Darth Wagtaros]

Explorers, now there was a classic.  Approaching the midpoint in SKyline and I still have no idea who these people off or why I should care.  Kinda just hoping they all die.

[Scipio]

The Wire is on sale at Amazon on download.  Each season is $12.99.  Oy.  Everyone but Seedy should buy this and watch it.

[Sheilbh]

Dreamgirls. Great film.

[11B4V]

My season movie tally:

Snowwhite and the Huntsman
Hobbit
Sorcerer's Apprentice
Corpse Bride
Beginners
Make the Yuletide Gay
another horribly badly acted gay romcom I don't even remember the name of

Snowwhite and the Huntsman-could have been better
Hobbit
Sorcerer's Apprentice-sucky
Corpse Bride
Beginners
Make the Yuletide Gay

[11B4V]

Watched the Seven Samurai again. It was a lot less slow than I remembered.

Classic. Have you seen 13 Assassins?

[CountDeMoney]

Samurai will always be cooler than ninjas.

[11B4V]

Samurai will always be cooler than ninjas.

You know they are Samurai in 13 assassin's and not Ninjas?

[viper37]

Snowwhite and the Huntsman-could have been better

it's that Twilight chick.  Hard to find a worst actress.

[Ideologue]

I finally remembered why I felt, deep in my heart, why Seven Psychopaths was so derivative, when I watched Adaptation again.  What a great movie.