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Bunny Lake is Missing: The Remake almost 3 years ago

For some reason the studio gods have decided to give us Hollywood’s version of the classic “Bunny Lake is Missing”, from the director that gave us Smokin’ Aces. Now I liked Smokin’ Aces, but this better not be the Micheal Bay Thriller, that I feel it will be

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Favorite Bob Dylan Usage in FIlm almost 3 years ago

What is your favorite usage of the king of folk in a film?

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Bunny Lake is Missing: The Remake almost 3 years ago

If Bunny Lake is Missing, is ever re-made David Lynch should do it, screw Joe Carnahan.

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Best heist movies almost 3 years ago

The original 1974 The Taking of Pehlam 1, 2, 3, the French Connection, and Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels, Snatch (a.k.a Lock, Stock Part 2), and the Usual Suspects

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In your opinion is there a movie everybody 'has to like'? almost 3 years ago

You can’t forget the Classics, everybody has to like A Star is Born.

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what did you watch today? almost 3 years ago

Children of Men- Alfonso Cuarón

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Favorite Bob Dylan Usage in FIlm almost 3 years ago

One of the best usages of Bob Dylan is “The Times they are a changin” in the Watchmen Beginning Montage .

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The Top 5 Favorite Films almost 3 years ago

1.Children of Men
2.V for Vendetta
3.The 400 Blows
4.The Dark Knight
5.Slumdog Millionaire

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Films you love but most people hate. almost 3 years ago

Across the Universe
Star Wars Episode 3
Night at the Museum
Grindhouse
Sleepy Hollow, the Johnny Deep One
The Original Blade Runner
Harry Potter: and The Prisoner of Azkaban
Napoleon Dynamite
Nacho Libre
The Davinci Code
Angels and Demons
I know, all horrible movies but I liked em.

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Films you love but most people hate. almost 3 years ago

I am Legend
Independence Day
Wild, Wild West

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Films you love but most people hate. almost 3 years ago

By the way Black Snake Moan is one hell of a movie, a little bit of that Snakes on the Plane feel, but overall a good movie.

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We Need The Old Oliver Stone almost 3 years ago

I’m I the only one who thinks Oliver Stone was better during his cocaine day’s? When was the last time he made a good movie?
P.S. I know I’m probably alone on this, but I thought W. was a good movie.

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Moon almost 3 years ago

I saw a Twilight Zone a few days ago, right after I saw the Moon trailer, and said holy shit this is where the got it
from IMBd.com:
Season 4, Episode 6: Death Ship
Original Air Date—7 February 1963
A interplanetary expedition from earth finds an exact duplicate of their ship and themselves crashed on the planet they were surveying. Should they stay or risk taking off and crashing?

Season 4, Episode 7: Jess-Belle

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you cringe when someone tells you they love this film... almost 3 years ago

Dances With Wolfs
Transformers
Night at the Museum 1 & 2
Toy Story 2
The Edge
Pearl Harbor
Armageddon
Bad Boyz 1 & 2
Basically any Micheal Bay Movie
The Grudge
The Ring
The Blair Witch Project
Any Joel Shuemacher Movie, except Falling Down
Land of the Lost
Basically any re-make, except Ocean’s Eleven
Any Movie Dane Cook is in
Any Movie with Matthew McConaughey, except Tropic Thunder and, Dazed and Confused
Brian De Palma’s recent stuff
Boondock Saints, except Over Night
Any Bullshit Hollywood money cow that comes to pasture every fucking week
and any movie I watch at 6 a.m :)

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GREAT FILMS DEPICTING INSANITY AND MENTAL ILLNESS almost 3 years ago

I hate to say the obvious Fight Club- Split Personality

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TOP TEN OF NEO-REALISM almost 3 years ago

The 400 Blows

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TOP TEN OF NEO-REALISM almost 3 years ago

The 400 Blows

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favourite comedies almost 3 years ago

Dr. Strange Love: or how I learned to stop worrying and love the bomb
I hate to be the mainstream guy, wait no I take that back I don’t, Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz
Raising Arizona
The Big Lebowski
Up

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Underrated Films... almost 3 years ago

For a Few Dollars More

The King of Comedy

Big Fish

Shaun of the Dead

Hot Fuzz, I laughed my balls off at this movie

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Overrated Movies almost 3 years ago

Every year I see reveiws that say this is the best movie of the year, I watch it and I thought it was O.K. and I want to your opinion on what movies are over-rated.

The Da Vinci Code

Angels and Demons

Napoleon Dynamite

Nacho Libre

The Man Who Knew Too Much

Super Size Me

Transformers

Titanic, the most over-rated movie of all time

All the Pirates of the Caribbeans

Toy Story 2

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"How can you judge a film that you haven't seen?" almost 3 years ago

Ah… Yes you can and I do and I’m usually right about it
example: I thought Night at the Museum 2: Battle of the Smithsonian was going to be shit, and I know it’s shocking, but I thought it was shit.
P.S. Tarantino is one hell of a director

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"How can you judge a film that you haven't seen?" almost 3 years ago

Ah… Yes you can and I do and I’m usually right about it
example: I thought Night at the Museum 2: Battle of the Smithsonian was going to be shit, and I know it’s shocking, but I thought it was shit.
P.S. Tarantino is one hell of a director

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CONTEMPORARY FILMS THAT HAVE A 70S VIBE almost 3 years ago

No Country for Old Men has that sand blasted feel to it
And Obvious one, Bad Lieutenant

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Overrated Movies almost 3 years ago

Forrest Gump is not an overrated film, it is a good film.

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MICHAEL BAY MICHAEL BAY MICHAEL BAY MICHAEL BAY almost 3 years ago

Before Micheal Bay I thought their was no such thing as bad Directors, just Joel Sheumacher; but he proofed me wrong.

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"How can you judge a film that you haven't seen?" almost 3 years ago

But their are certain films you can’t judge just on the posters, like Donny Darko or Fight Club or Chopper, you have to see the movies to actually appreciate them, but part of a films job is to convince you to go watch it.

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What Is "Movie Hell" For You? almost 3 years ago

2 hellish hours of a Ben Stiller Comedy

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FILM AND POLITICS almost 3 years ago

Films express opinion and convey a meaning out to the audience, when a Director or Writer has a feeling about something be it, Politics or Society or Suffering, it is our duty as a audience to observe and form an opinion. But in reality most people have a set-in-stone opinion about the films subject, and that drastically changes the audiences opinion on said film. But this type of film is more or less journalism, you observe and report, you observe the subject of the film, wither it be in your head or a real thing. Take example Gomorrah, it steps back and looks at the inter-cohesiveness of the mob and the relaters and the politicians, it is more of a undercover journalism in a fake backdrop than a drama, and that is what makes a good film of politics or society or poverty, it is that you don’t feel like it is a film rather a third-person look on these people’s lives. If a film can do that and still portray a message then it can effect people’s opinions on that subject, and maybe alter a people’s view on live as a whole. If that co-insides with politics than you haven’t necessarily made a good movie you just reached out and punched the public on their blind-side.

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The Auteurs Poll Results almost 3 years ago

@Rich Uncle Skeleton
Whats with Scorsese above Truffaut and John Ford above Kurosawa?

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2 Films about the Same Battle almost 3 years ago

I just re-watched Letters form Iwo Jima and Flags of Our Fathers, and I started wondering is this the only time a Director shot two films on the opposing sides of each, I mean is these the only films that show both perspective of one battle? And I know the Beast showed both sides, but that was one film.

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