[b]Back to the future[/b] - 10/10
[b]Back to the future: Part II[/b] - 9/10
[b]Back to the future: Part III[/b] - 10/10
Out of all the iconic 80's movies, these are my favorites. I'm not sure how I feel about none of them really having an end (except for the third). Unlike, say, the Bourne trilogy, you NEED to watch the other movies for them to make sense.
Acting was awesome, effects were good for the time it was made, and camera work was alright. The writing was great, I really loved all the characters (well, hated some of them). I really like how it changes every movie, but still keeping the same style, like how the third one is a lot more intense than the first.
The first movie is still my favorite, but if I had to make a "top 10" list, I'd include the 3 movies as one, because it really gets better if you watch the three in sequence.
[sp]I remembered almost everything from the first time I watched it, but I'm actually glad I forgot the ending to the third one, that was really awesome[/sp]
[QUOTE=shian;34818140]Rusty have you ever turned off your brain in an attempt to enjoy a bad movie?
I did it with mission Impossible 4, and it was good.[/QUOTE]
MI4 was a solid action film, required no brain shutoff.
The Shawshank Redemption - 9/10
Powerful movie. Though the ending isn't quite as punchy as I feel it should be, it was kind of too "soft".
[QUOTE=TerrorShield;34826793]
Yes, I plan on watching the Thing this week. I'll check out the Fog. Heard about [REC], although I like monsters over paranormal. [/QUOTE]
[REC] is [sp]part monsters part paranormal, but mostly monsters[/sp]<not a really big spoiler. well i guess it is but it's not something anyone really gives a fuck about anyways.
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zombies are monsters, plain and simple, even if they have some sort of paranormal backing to them.
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[QUOTE=Pal13;34829137]The Shawshank Redemption - 9/10
Powerful movie. Though the ending isn't quite as punchy as I feel it should be, it was kind of too "soft".[/QUOTE]
really? two of my most favorite actors [sp]hugging after living in jail for fuck knows how long, reuniting on a promise that they would[/sp]
it was insanely powerful for me, and probably one of my favorite endings.
Red Tails
9/10 fucking loved the shit out of it, every goddamn moment was awesome for me because I'm a planefag
seeing it again with mai waifu next week, shit's gonna be cash
[REC]2
7/10
i skipped the segment of the movie with the teenagers except the end of it cause that was important.
the ending of the movie was really fucking awesome. had some good action and shit. obviously not better than the first, but still a pdecent movie altogether
i wasn't a fan of either REC movies. their major selling point was that they were meant to be really scary, but I didn't find them scary at all (i actually thought it was a bit funny, especially when the zombie people scream and flail around spastically). so that said with a major element of the film essentially not there to me, it was just boring and pointless.
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it doesn't help that when i saw it (a few years ago) facepunch was raving about how it was the scariest film of all time lol. even the US grudge was scarier than rec (that's my fave, it has the creepiest vibe)
it's really all about your mindset. you expected it to be just some really scary film because everyone around you was influencing your expectations.
happens to me sometimes. it can be pretty powerful when you least expect it.
i went into it with no expectations and ended with it being a fascinating adventure.
Downfall (Der Untergang) (2004)
10/10
[QUOTE=FoodStuffs;34830637]it's really all about your mindset. you expected it to be just some really scary film because everyone around you was influencing your expectations.
happens to me sometimes. it can be pretty powerful when you least expect it.
i went into it with no expectations and ended with it being a fascinating adventure.[/QUOTE]
no not really. i find expectations have nothing to do with whether or not i enjoy the final product. they never deter me from enjoying what something was, regardless of what i expected it to be. rec just flat out wasn't scary at all, it didn't even have a creepy vibe, it had more of an 'action run run run shaky cam' vibe
[QUOTE=Rusty100;34830754]i find expectations have nothing to do with whether or not i enjoy the final product.[/QUOTE]
I'm not sure how this is possible
I expected Tinker Spy to be a smoothly stylish spy movie that would rely heavily on the strength of Gary Oldman's acting.
Instead it is a slow moving delve into a search for a mole. Then countless, feelingless dialogue to prop it up.
Expectations mean nothing.
Sometimes expectations are good. I expected The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (well, it had a different name but yeah) to be a senseless action flick, and I got surprised, which made the experience better. Of course, sometimes they don't make a difference, but I'm pretty sure they do, most of the time.
what would give you that sense at all?
"Meaningless action flick" is something I'd put on Fast Five. Not this, your perception needs tweak.
what the fuck are you talking about
please read carefully, then reply with your brain.
I didn't remember much of the trailer, so I just looked at the poster and saw Daniel Craig and a cool looking chick, I thought "hey this must be an action movie of some sort, I remember a gun in the trailer".
Turns out it wasn't an action movie at all, which is why I got surprised and felt like that surprise added to the experience, and which is why expectations matter. Apparently you're missing my point like every other time.
Daniel Craig is more than Bond, he has been in Munich, Layer Cake and Defiance.
All very worthy movies imo.
you better be trolling, because all you're doing is discussing something completely unrelated
read "example" on the dictionary
[QUOTE=Zukriuchen;34831176]you better be trolling[/QUOTE]
Why can't you be serious. You need to act more mature when you reply because otherwise I can't be asked to help you.
I didn't think you were naive to straight away see a poster and think "Wow that's James Bond, that will be a good action flick".
I went on to say he can actually be a character screen actor. If you trust me, you'll watch the movies and tell me what you think.
[QUOTE=Rusty100;34830754]no not really. i find expectations have nothing to do with whether or not i enjoy the final product. they never deter me from enjoying what something was, regardless of what i expected it to be. rec just flat out wasn't scary at all, it didn't even have a creepy vibe, it had more of an 'action run run run shaky cam' vibe[/QUOTE]
You are kind of defeating your own point. You went in with the expectation of a scary movie and you were disappointed when it wasn't that scary. I'm not saying you definitely would have enjoyed the film more if you went in with no preconceived ideas of what it was like, but from what you have said, your main problem with the movie is that it didn't live up to your expectations.
yeah seriously.
i thought of it more as a outbreak as it happens documentary sort of thing. it wasn't that i was scared, it was just interesting to see what happened next.
but you don't like it, whatever.
[QUOTE=squids_eye;34831363]You are kind of defeating your own point. You went in with the expectation of a scary movie and you were disappointed when it wasn't that scary. I'm not saying you definitely would have enjoyed the film more if you went in with no preconceived ideas of what it was like, but from what you have said, your main problem with the movie is that it didn't live up to your expectations.[/QUOTE]
No, that's not it at all. It wouldn't have been scary regardless of expectations. It's not like your ability to be scared changes depending on whether or not you were expecting a really scary movie - I mean you know it's going to be a horror movie judging by the cover - it's not like I was more mentally prepared because of what people said about it. It wouldn't have scared me regardless, and there were no other redeeming factors of the film for me. That also had nothing to do with expectations because all I knew is that it was supposed to be scary. Plenty of people said the Grudge was fucking terrifying - and then I saw it and it was pretty terrifying. That didn't change anything.
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[QUOTE=FoodStuffs;34831466]yeah seriously.
i thought of it more as a outbreak as it happens documentary sort of thing. it wasn't that i was scared, it was just interesting to see what happened next.
but you don't like it, whatever.[/QUOTE]
No but that's the thing, regardless of whether it was scary, I wasn't interested in seeing what happened next. I wouldn't have been had I not heard about how 'scary' it was meant to be. A boring plot is a boring plot, regardless of what you expected.
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I enjoy things based on what I saw, not what I wanted to see.
[QUOTE=AK'z;34831334]Why can't you be serious. You need to act more mature when you reply because otherwise I can't be asked to help you.
I didn't think you were naive to straight away see a poster and think "Wow that's James Bond, that will be a good action flick".
I went on to say he can actually be a character screen actor. If you trust me, you'll watch the movies and tell me what you think.[/QUOTE]
thats not my point
[QUOTE=Rusty100;34831494]No, that's not it at all. It wouldn't have been scary regardless of expectations. It's not like your ability to be scared changes depending on whether or not you were expecting a really scary movie - I mean you know it's going to be a horror movie judging by the cover - it's not like I was more mentally prepared because of what people said about it. It wouldn't have scared me regardless, and there were no other redeeming factors of the film for me. That also had nothing to do with expectations because all I knew is that it was supposed to be scary. Plenty of people said the Grudge was fucking terrifying - and then I saw it and it was pretty terrifying. That didn't change anything.
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No but that's the thing, regardless of whether it was scary, I wasn't interested in seeing what happened next. I wouldn't have been had I not heard about how 'scary' it was meant to be. A boring plot is a boring plot, regardless of what you expected.
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I enjoy things based on what I saw, not what I wanted to see.[/QUOTE]
You are sort of doing it again. No one is saying that the film would be scary if you didn't go in thinking it was. You hearing about it being apparently really scary has obviously influenced your experience in someway since every single point you have made is about how it wasn't scary. If you didn't like the plot regardless, fair enough, that's your opinion. I just think you are overestimating yourself when you say you are immune to expectations affecting your experience.
[QUOTE=Rusty100;34831494]
I enjoy things based on what I saw, not what I wanted to see.[/QUOTE]
but sometimes you get disappointed/surprised, and IMO that makes it worse/better
no not really. people said drive was amazing, so i watched it and it was. was i disappointed? no. was i surprised? no. i thought mi4 would be kinda shit. but it wasn't, it was solid. was i surprised? yeah. did my surprise elevate the movie to a better level that it would have been? no. it's still not great. had i expected it to be great, only to get disappointed, i would still have enjoyed the film as much as i did. it's not very hard to separate expectations from what you actually get and judge/enjoy it on it's own merit. i really get what you're saying by it affecting me without me knowing how it did, but i really don't think that's the case and it doesn't change my judgement on things. it's not like it does, but subconsciously. i very consciously separate the two. i have an open mind, my expectations don't mean i am predisposed to think something of a movie even after i saw it. sometimes i think its gonna be shit but it isnt, sometimes i think it's going to be good, and it's not. but i still look at the movie as it's own package, put expectations aside and enjoy or not enjoy what it is. it's not that weird honestly i think a lot of people are very capable of doing that.
that doesn't make sense
you basically said that if you get disappointed, you don't
no, i said that my disappointment is separated from how i judge the film
my feelings directly influence me when watching a movie, so I'm afraid I can't separate these things like you do
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