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TheCalvinator24 · #1 Post by **TheCalvinator24** » Wed Apr 23, 2008 9:06 am

The Insider -- Very Good (an understated Al Pacino; I didn't think it possible)

Lost in Translation -- Not so good

Sideways -- Excellent (Paul Giamatti is one of my favorite actors)

PlacentiaSoccerMom · #2 Post by **PlacentiaSoccerMom** » Wed Apr 23, 2008 9:26 am

Why didn't you like Lost in Translation? I really enjoyed this movie.

peacock2121 · #3 Post by **peacock2121** » Wed Apr 23, 2008 9:48 am

I also enjoyed Lost in Translation.

TheCalvinator24 · #4 Post by **TheCalvinator24** » Wed Apr 23, 2008 9:56 am

Maybe I need to watch it again. It just didn't catch my interest. So much so that I spent the entire movie surfing the web.

I had the laptop open when I watched Sideways, too, but with that one, the movie distracted me from the internet

starfish1113 · #5 Post by **starfish1113** » Wed Apr 23, 2008 10:03 am

peacock2121 wrote:I also enjoyed Lost in Translation.

peacock2121 wrote:I like Hats Without Pants.

peacock2121 wrote:You have a good reason.

I do believe that Pea is flirting with PSM!!

Rexer25 · #6 Post by **Rexer25** » Wed Apr 23, 2008 10:06 am

starfish1113 wrote:
peacock2121 wrote:I also enjoyed Lost in Translation.

peacock2121 wrote:I like Hats Without Pants.

peacock2121 wrote:You have a good reason.
I do believe that Pea is flirting with PSM!!

The former t-girl is gonna be so mad...

peacock2121 · #7 Post by **peacock2121** » Wed Apr 23, 2008 10:32 am

starfish1113 wrote:
peacock2121 wrote:I also enjoyed Lost in Translation.

peacock2121 wrote:I like Hats Without Pants.

peacock2121 wrote:You have a good reason.
I do believe that Pea is flirting with PSM!!

LOL - the last one was actually a sideways nudge.

She wants me - I can feel it.

wbtravis007 · #8 Post by **wbtravis007** » Wed Apr 23, 2008 11:36 am

peacock2121 wrote:
starfish1113 wrote:
peacock2121 wrote:I also enjoyed Lost in Translation.

peacock2121 wrote:I like Hats Without Pants.

peacock2121 wrote:You have a good reason.
I do believe that Pea is flirting with PSM!!
LOL - the last one was actually a sideways nudge.

She wants me - I can feel it.

Maybe it's just a matter of you picking up on her admiration of you and her wish that she was more like you in one way or another.

I've heard about this.

Pea-ness envy.

Rexer25 · #9 Post by **Rexer25** » Wed Apr 23, 2008 11:39 am

wbtravis007 wrote:
peacock2121 wrote:
starfish1113 wrote: I do believe that Pea is flirting with PSM!!
LOL - the last one was actually a sideways nudge.

She wants me - I can feel it.
Maybe it's just a matter of you picking up on her admiration of you and her wish that she was more like you in one way or another.

I've heard about this.

Pea-ness envy.

Col. Travis, that's one of your bests.

peacock2121 · #10 Post by **peacock2121** » Wed Apr 23, 2008 11:44 am

That was very funny.

In a punny sorta of way.

wbtravis007 · #11 Post by **wbtravis007** » Wed Apr 23, 2008 2:21 pm

Rexer25 wrote:
wbtravis007 wrote:
peacock2121 wrote: LOL - the last one was actually a sideways nudge.

She wants me - I can feel it.
Maybe it's just a matter of you picking up on her admiration of you and her wish that she was more like you in one way or another.

I've heard about this.

Pea-ness envy.
Col. Travis, that's one of your bests.

Glad you liked it, Rexer. I didn't really set the punchline up very well at all, though.

Oh well. Too late now.

Sir_Galahad · #12 Post by **Sir_Galahad** » Wed Apr 23, 2008 5:23 pm

OK. Recent viewings...

Bobby - One of those "Titanic" style movies where you know how it ends. I thought this was going to be a biopic... Wrongo! It was an "Earthquake" star-studded cast with plotlines mostly going nowhere. I wouldn't exactly call the ending "tieing up loose ends." Grade C

Friends With Money - I was waiting for the payoff at the end but didn't get one. Grade C

Babel - I enjoyed this one. It had the same flow, for me, as Crash. I also happen to think (and I am probably in the minority) that Brad Pitt is a good actor and not just beefcake. Grade B+

The Illusionist - I can't tell you why, but I loved this one. I thought Edward Norton and Paul Giammati were terrific. The pacing is a bit slow during the first half so if you are impatient for things to get moving, you'd better skip this one. Grade A

Elizabethtown - Not a bad chick flick. Grade B

I buy large lots of DVDs on Ebay and sell back the ones I don't want to keep for my own library. So, I watch all sorts of flicks. Movies I won't watch - Stupid teen movies; stupid adult movies (re: anything with Will Farrell, Adam Sandler or Martin Lawrence).

TheCalvinator24 · #13 Post by **TheCalvinator24** » Wed Apr 23, 2008 6:23 pm

Sir_Galahad wrote:OK. Recent viewings...

Bobby - One of those "Titanic" style movies where you know how it ends. I thought this was going to be a biopic... Wrongo! It was an "Earthquake" star-studded cast with plotlines mostly going nowhere. I wouldn't exactly call the ending "tieing up loose ends." Grade C

Friends With Money - I was waiting for the payoff at the end but didn't get one. Grade C

Babel - I enjoyed this one. It had the same flow, for me, as Crash. I also happen to think (and I am probably in the minority) that Brad Pitt is a good actor and not just beefcake. Grade B+

The Illusionist - I can't tell you why, but I loved this one. I thought Edward Norton and Paul Giammati were terrific. The pacing is a bit slow during the first half so if you are impatient for things to get moving, you'd better skip this one. Grade A

Elizabethtown - Not a bad chick flick. Grade B

I buy large lots of DVDs on Ebay and sell back the ones I don't want to keep for my own library. So, I watch all sorts of flicks. Movies I won't watch - Stupid teen movies; stupid adult movies (re: anything with Will Farrell, Adam Sandler or Martin Lawrence).

I loved The Illusionist. Babel I thought was highly overrated. Crash was decent.

Sir_Galahad · #14 Post by **Sir_Galahad** » Wed Apr 23, 2008 6:58 pm

TheCalvinator24 wrote:
Sir_Galahad wrote:OK. Recent viewings...

Bobby - One of those "Titanic" style movies where you know how it ends. I thought this was going to be a biopic... Wrongo! It was an "Earthquake" star-studded cast with plotlines mostly going nowhere. I wouldn't exactly call the ending "tieing up loose ends." Grade C

Friends With Money - I was waiting for the payoff at the end but didn't get one. Grade C

Babel - I enjoyed this one. It had the same flow, for me, as Crash. I also happen to think (and I am probably in the minority) that Brad Pitt is a good actor and not just beefcake. Grade B+

The Illusionist - I can't tell you why, but I loved this one. I thought Edward Norton and Paul Giammati were terrific. The pacing is a bit slow during the first half so if you are impatient for things to get moving, you'd better skip this one. Grade A

Elizabethtown - Not a bad chick flick. Grade B

I buy large lots of DVDs on Ebay and sell back the ones I don't want to keep for my own library. So, I watch all sorts of flicks. Movies I won't watch - Stupid teen movies; stupid adult movies (re: anything with Will Farrell, Adam Sandler or Martin Lawrence).
I loved The Illusionist. Babel I thought was highly overrated. Crash was decent.

If you liked that one, try The Prestige. Just as good, IMO and quicker paced.

TheCalvinator24 · #15 Post by **TheCalvinator24** » Wed Apr 23, 2008 7:25 pm

Sir_Galahad wrote:
TheCalvinator24 wrote:
Sir_Galahad wrote:OK. Recent viewings...

Bobby - One of those "Titanic" style movies where you know how it ends. I thought this was going to be a biopic... Wrongo! It was an "Earthquake" star-studded cast with plotlines mostly going nowhere. I wouldn't exactly call the ending "tieing up loose ends." Grade C

Friends With Money - I was waiting for the payoff at the end but didn't get one. Grade C

Babel - I enjoyed this one. It had the same flow, for me, as Crash. I also happen to think (and I am probably in the minority) that Brad Pitt is a good actor and not just beefcake. Grade B+

The Illusionist - I can't tell you why, but I loved this one. I thought Edward Norton and Paul Giammati were terrific. The pacing is a bit slow during the first half so if you are impatient for things to get moving, you'd better skip this one. Grade A

Elizabethtown - Not a bad chick flick. Grade B

I buy large lots of DVDs on Ebay and sell back the ones I don't want to keep for my own library. So, I watch all sorts of flicks. Movies I won't watch - Stupid teen movies; stupid adult movies (re: anything with Will Farrell, Adam Sandler or Martin Lawrence).
I loved The Illusionist. Babel I thought was highly overrated. Crash was decent.
If you liked that one, try The Prestige. Just as good, IMO and quicker paced.

I saw The Prestige within 2 days of seeing The Illusionist. I liked Giamatti & Norton better than Bale & Jackman.