wm lopez

ANIMAL HOUSE falls under the same trap like ROCKY and HALLOWEEN where today's young movie goers have seen the movies that ripped off the original movie that came up with the plot.

Giles

I guess I should be flattered as being called a 'young movie goer'

never seen 'Rocky' either.

hanshotfirst1138

I am told that frequently about Halloween, that part of the reason I don't like it very much is that so many films have ripped it off that it's lost some of the punch it originally had. It's a valid argument.

Rob V

Bad Grandpa... I thought it was supposed to be funny?

bluetoast

I saw Christmas Vacation yesterday. Really, that ended up a Christmas classic? I like the stay at home element, but man. The neighbors (and what happened to them) weren't funny or interesting at all. The Grandparents didn't exhibit much in the way of personality aside from Clark's parents were nice and the others were dicks. No real stuff with the kids, the daughter didn't do shit the entire movie. Hell Ellen didn't get to do much either besides play hostess.

UAIOE

X2 was pretty much the best X-Men movie. It was building up to a awesome third movie that (sadly) never materialized.


Brodie pretty much sells the movie. Other than being endlessly quotable, I *get* his passion that he has. His passion happens to be comics, but that enthusiasm pretty much applies to movies/music/muscle cars/whatever. That movie rests upon that character.

Oh, and T.S. is his sidekick.

james2025a

Well Jason Lee was easily the best thing about that movie. When i re-watched it i made sure to see the theatrical cut. I have seen the extended edition and that even worse. The movie just aged so badly in my eyes and each scene felt moronic. I remember thinking the movie was funny back in the day, but now its cringe worthy. In fact i would say that all fatboys movies are like this. I used to enjoy Clerks, Chasing Amy, et al. But after not seeing them in years and going back to check them out i have found them all to be horrible. The only one that has its moments is the Jay and Silent Bob movie. His movies are like that book he wrote, written like a diary. Each entry is repetitive, feels like you have experienced it before and spends too much time on shit (literally in the book as every other entry seems to be him taking a dump or watching Law and Order).

UAIOE

I will always have a spot in my heart for "Mallrats"

But I will agree with you somewhat on "Chasing Amy". My main issues really stem from Banky going from a "voice of reason" character to some a jealous friend with feelings for Holden. It felt very real when Banky was warning Holden that he couldn't handle the things shes done, and that the relationship with her would end terribly.

Then there is all this "oh shes a lesbian" from everyone, when she flat out admits shes bisexual (her saying she wouldn't limit who shes with). I think the scene where she tells her lesbian friends shes with a guy, and they look disappointed, strikes me as overly silly. I'm not an expert on the how gays & bi's feel about one another, but find it hard to believe that she wouldn't have admitted her core "i'll love who I love" belief at some point.

I think there is a decent story to be told, but overshadowed by some glaring problems.

Charlie Goose

Now I've seen it.

Worst Movie of the Year.

Lastblade

Man of Steel was terrible. My expectation was very low to begin with, yet, it still disappoints.

PatD

The first new movie I watched in quite a while was The Limey. Boy, was that a whole bunch of nothing.

Michael Corvin

Finally saw Man of Steel a week ago. Other than a few minor complaints I really enjoyed it.
I didn't like Michael Shannon's horrid attempt at covering up an accent and just coming across as acting with dip in his mouth. The score, as expected, was extremely forgettable. I know people will go to their deathbed defending the decision to abandon William's theme, but damn the movie needed it at least rolling into the credits. Lastly the over saturation/blue tint of the flick, while tolerable during the film was glaring after watching some behind the scenes stuff. Superman needs to be in full color.

Last few that disappointed me were an animation quattro:
The Croods - wasn't expecting much but damn it was bad
Monsters University in the Pixar hierarchy it's in the bottom 3 with the two Cars flicks. Wholly unnecessary and not all that funny.
Despicable Me 2 - godawful dreck. Even if you graded on a straight to DVD curve it's horrendous.
Epic - Not so Epic, mostly mediocre. Not to mention it felt like a Tinkerbell ripoff.

Brack

You're Next wasn't very interesting, given the decent tomatometer score.

johnnysd

The sad thing about Man of Steel was that the trailers looked so awesome and hinted at a movie much much different than it actually was. I think a low key movie about Superman as a drifter trying to find himself could be really really cool. It was an incredibly disappointing film.

hanshotfirst1138

There are some interesting elements in MOS, I just think they get lost in the shuffle of the movie, it's such a mess.

davidlynchfan

Man of Steel - and I never even watched it.

inri222

Almost Famous

Heard nothing but good things about it. Except for the late great Philip Seymour Hoffman as Lester Bangs I thought the movie was a 2 out of 5. I wanted to like it but found it played itself too safe. A movie about a 70's touring rock band that feels like an afterschool special about a saintly boy who would never do drugs and is scared of vagina. Take out a couple of F bombs and it could have been rated PG-13.

EddieMoney

EddieMoney is a golden god.

d2cheer

The Counselor. With all that talent (minus Diaz) what a fucking dud. I almost blind bought it too.

Ash Ketchum

I go to so few movies these days and am so selective about what I see that it's hard to remember the last time I've been disappointed by a movie. But, yeah, THE COUNSELOR, that's it! It had all the right elements, but the handling of them was botched.

james2025a

Going back to this thread i am surprised so much hatred for Elysium. I actually really enjoyed it. It was exactly what i thought it would be, and i found it entertaining. Man of Steel was a good movie let down by a few really horrible decisions (Laurence Fishburne is a hack actor these days, not rescuing Kevin Costner.....well....simply because, and growing tired of watching action scenes and wanting it to slow down and give us some actual storyline). Also i am surprised about The Wolverine. After the Origins movie i really was expecting a horrible mess, but it turned out to be a really solid movie. I am watching The Counselor tonight so probably be back here with an update.

Quatermass

Her - I think my expectations were set really high so it was inevitable. I read nothing but stellar reviews and I like Joaquin Phoenix in everything I have seen him in. I didn't hate the movie, I thought it was just okay.

lopper

The Wolf of Wall Street

OldBoy

thought the exact same thing.

johnnysd

Yeah I liked Elysium too.

I was really disappointed in City of Bones. Even though the books were very derivative, it still should have made a decent series of movies but everything they did just completely sucked all the energy and charm of the books right out of it. Terrible movie.