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Le Chuck:

--- Quote from: Howard_Casto on January 27, 2012, 10:20:05 pm ---
Let's take a look shall we?

Buffy the Vampire Slayer (the film, not the series)
Alien Resurrection
Speed
Waterworld
Twister
X-men
 

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I like every single movie on that list.


--- Quote from: Howard_Casto on January 27, 2012, 10:20:05 pm ---I'm rooting for the guy because his good work is REALLY good, but he's starting to look like the Next George Lucas.... famous for one and only one fantastic thing.

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Which fantastic thing would that be?  The entire Star Wars cannon, or Indiana Jones?  Maybe American Graffitti.  Hard to say  ;D

Well Fed Games:

--- Quote from: Howard_Casto on January 27, 2012, 10:20:05 pm ---
Really?  You really think his FILMS are good? 

Let's take a look shall we?

Buffy the Vampire Slayer (the film, not the series)
Alien Resurrection
Speed
Waterworld
Twister
X-men



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You obviously don't know much about the man.  He had very little (if anything at all) to do with most of the films you mentioned (early script drafts that were thrown out) and you forgot one he did: Toy Story. You're right, he is only known for one good thing...  ::) I am just saying, I expect to enjoy Avengers more because of his involvement. Between Avengers, Cabin in the Woods, and Much ado About Nothing, I have no doubt his movie directing career will be as well received as his TV career was. I only wish The Avengers had more strong female leads (Black Widow, meh), as he obviously shines in that kind of situation (Buffy, River Tam, etc.).

shmokes:
I just watched Captain America. OMG. With the possible exception of Battle L.A. That was by far the worst movie I've seen from 2011. It was almost bad enough to be good comedy (see: 2012).

By the way, where the hell is Win/Win? That movie was amazing. It was way better than Moneyball. Better than The Descendants, too.

Vigo:

--- Quote from: Le Chuck on January 27, 2012, 06:06:12 pm ---
--- Quote from: shmokes on January 27, 2012, 05:59:37 pm ---Scott Pilgrim was great.

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+ a billion

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I don't know, a ton of people love Scott Pilgrim, but it just didn't jive too well with me. I usually like offbeat nerdy movies, and there was no shortage of great references and attention to detail in the film. It just seemed to be a teen romance drama that they honey-glazed with video game references to get me to swallow down that I was watching a bunch of Michael Cera moping around. And the repetitive humor...After the 2nd fight I kept thinking I was pretty much thinking "OK. I get it, they are fighting and it is suppose to be like a video game fight. The bad guy turned into coins...again. Are they really gonna keep running with this one?" Yes, yes they did.

Maybe I have just seen too many of those crappy highschool video game movies on youtube and this rang of a big budget version of that.

AtomSmasher:

--- Quote from: Vigo on January 28, 2012, 01:42:17 am ---I don't know, a ton of people love Scott Pilgrim, but it just didn't jive too well with me. I usually like offbeat nerdy movies, and there was no shortage of great references and attention to detail in the film. It just seemed to be a teen romance drama that they honey-glazed with video game references to get me to swallow down that I was watching a bunch of Michael Cera moping around. And the repetitive humor...After the 2nd fight I kept thinking I was pretty much thinking "OK. I get it, they are fighting and it is suppose to be like a video game fight. The bad guy turned into coins...again. Are they really gonna keep running with this one?" Yes, yes they did.

Maybe I have just seen too many of those crappy highschool video game movies on youtube and this rang of a big budget version of that.


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Agreed, I didn't care for it too much either.  I think my main problem is I hated the main character, he was a complete ---meecrob---.  At the end of the movie I was just thinking "Why do I care if we wins this fight or not"

Anyways, my favorite movie of 2011 is probably The Muppets.  I might not like it as much when I see it a second time, but it was exactly what I was hoping it to be when I saw it in the theater.
Another highlight for me this year was Tucker & Dale Versus Evil.  I haven't seen Rise of Planet of the Apes yet, but I just got the dvd from netflix, so I'll be watching it this weekend.  Other movies I really want to see but haven't yet are Drive, 50/50, and The Guard.
Overall a very mediocre year for movies.

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