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[QUOTE=Zuimzado;48956484]- I always wondered how weird was it that when Marty comes back to the present in Part 1 he wears a Huey Lewis song about going back in time. Then I notice that he has a poster of 'Sports', a Huey Lewis album, on his room.[/quote] That's nothing, that song opens with "Tell me doctor/where are we going this time?/ Is it the fifties?" later on in the song they say "Get back, Marty" [quote]- There's a mention in the back of a newspaper in 1985B that Nixon is seeking a fifth term and promises to end the Vietnam war by 1985.[/quote] I think that might be a Watchmen reference, if it is it's a cool easter egg [quote]- And finally, something that sorta bugs me. So, in the end of Part 1, our Marty (let's call him Marty A) goes back to the mall and sees another Marty (which we'll call Marty B) go back in time. Now, this is a reality where George and Loraine met through George beating up Biff and where the mall is the Lone Pine- both things that come out of Marty A's interactions with the past. So when Marty B arrives back in time, what will he change? Because for him to push his father out of the way of the car, this would have to be the Twin Pines Mall timeline, right? - And since Marty A came back to the Lone Pine Mall timeline, shouldn't Doc and Marty go back to 1985A when they travel back from the future?[/QUOTE] Here is my theory (copy-pasted from elsewhere): In the Back to the Future series, the timeline seems to have 'inertia'. This has two main effects: * Changes to the timeline take 'time' to take effect, with more drastic changes taking longer. Consider how the drastic change of Marty's parents never meeting took several days to take effect, even working through Marty's older siblings first. * The timeline will prefer to stay the same if possible. This is seen in changes being quickly undone - the photo instantly showing all three McFly siblings, the matchbook reverting to Auto Detailing. Additionally, things that were not directly affected progressing in much same way - such as George and Lorriane living in the same home and having the same children despite growing up to be much different people. Note that this also means that there is only one timeline (but Doc has already explained this for us). The upshot of this is that we can assume that the changes Marty makes during his week in 1955 took different amounts of time to take place. The most important thing - getting his parents together - was accomplished and, as mentioned earlier took place 'instantly'. Another simple change is knocking down Peabody's pine tree. Because Peabody only grew the trees as a hobby, killing one tree didn't have much of an effect; therefore the mall has 'already' changed when Marty returns. Now, here's where it starts getting more complex (heavier?) - not only does Doc put on a bulletproof vest, he also met Marty briefly and knew that they would become friends in about 25-30 years. However, we have seen that Doc takes precautions to avoid damaging the timeline. Plus, he only knew Marty for less than a week in the 50s, several decades before he properly met him, so apart from a brief pretending to not know him at first we can assume their friendship would progress the same way. In addition, thanks to the tape and the letter, Doc knows how that night is 'supposed' to progress so the only real change he would need to make is putting on a bulletproof vest. Therefore, we can safely write off "Doc choosing a change of wardrobe" as a small change that would propagate through the timeline quickly; this results in the scene we see at the end of the movie. The next thing that we can safely assume is that Marty's family changing is a big change that would take more "time" to take effect. So the Marty that we see at the Lone Pine Mall driving off in the DeLorean has grown up with the same old lame George and Lorraine - the only way he is different from the Marty at the beginning of the movie is in small ways (the name of the mall, etc). Marty then goes home and goes to sleep for about eight or nine hours (he leaves the mall after 1 AM and his alarm goes off at about 10:30), plenty of time for the changes to really take effect. So the answer is: The past Marty who jumps into the DeLorean is the same Marty we've been following, the timeline has shifted into a stable loop (Marty leaves a lame 85 > adjusts 55 > returns to lame 85 which resolves itself into cool 85). He is not a duplicate - the only time we see duplicates are when one version has been displaced from the timeline (see Marty, Doc, Jennifer, and Biff in Part II). He is not an alternate Marty - there is only one timeline. Marty B is effectively the same as Marty A.

[QUOTE=Butthurter;48956402]the fact that gdt had to go on twitter to explain its not a horror movie was a huge indicator that the movie was gonna be badly directed[/QUOTE] Eh more like poorly advertised.

So, I guess this is a good time to revisit another one of people's favorite 80s film series... [B]Ghostbusters[/B] (Ivan Reitman, 1984) 9/10 I didn't remember this film being this funny, just being an awesome fantasy film with an original premise and great characters. Only weak point is the visuals that are a bit weak at times, especially near the finale. [B]Ghostbusters II[/B] (Ivan Reitman, 1989) 7/10 Not as fun (or funny) as the first one, but still quite pleasant and worth watching. The visuals are definitely improved since the first film this time. [B]Ghostbusters III[/B] (Kody Sabourin/David Wheeler, 2009) [I](aka Ghostbusters: The Video Game)[/I] 6/10 Great visuals, impressive artwork, a ton of great ideas... But the editing is unsatisfying and rushed, the soundtrack is a copy/paste from the first film, and despite a more complicated and (sometimes) interesting plot, it isn't as captivating as it should have been. At least the 4 actors are all there, and their dialogues are still funny. (I'd like to remind everyone that the game was written by the film scenarists and stars the 4 main actors, and considering one has died since then and we will never get anything closer to Ghostbusters III than this and the fact that they themselves consider this as Ghostbusters III, I think it deserves to be mentioned when reviewing the series).

Bridge Of Spies - 9/10 Loved it because it reminded me of why Stephen Spielberg is a great director. The pacing was perfect, every shot was perfect. It has this feeling like your watching a movie from the 70's, the way its shot in some parts. The story was also really interesting and well told. Very good flick if you want a nice slow paced movie with some great acting.

Mad Max: Fury Road - 10/10 this film was fucking rad as fuck dude

Back to the Future - Somehow I mixed the plot of the first two movies in my head entirely so rewatching this prevented me from remembering a lot of details from the last time I saw it years ago. Still holds up as a classic.

I think Crimson Peak describes itself perfectly in the movie itself. The main character is writing a book, and when she goes to the publisher, she talks about how it's not so much a ghost story but rather a story with ghosts in it.

Collateral 9/10 This is my favorite Michael Mann movie by far, I think its his best precisely because it's one of the few he didn't also write the screenplay for and I feel like he does much better as a director than when hes trying to write human stories (Heat for example, while a good film is really just a glorified heist movie). This film really deserves more than a few viewings because its subtle, but very deep in its commentary. On the most superficial layer, its a high-concept suspense film (cabbie is forced to drive around with psychopath hitman in his back seat), but it also comments about the disconnect of life in big cities and hypocrisy in human behavior and rationale. Jamie Foxx was nominated for best supporting actor in this role, which is a little strange because while it is a good performance, he's the central character and has the most screen time. Tom Cruise plays the force-of-nature psychopath brilliantly, hes cold and detached without appearing cartoonishly "evil" and yet still manages to inject a bit of pathos into the character without it being incongruent. The contrast between the characters might be my favorite thing about the film. Max (jamie foxx) the cabbie is treading water in life, he has great plans but he never moves forward because hes painfully risk adverse and lets opportunity pass him by, a constant victim of circumstance. Vincent (tom cruise) is a pure predator, nothing but forward movement towards his goal and in complete dominance of his environment. And yet the two are kindred spirits in that they are both lost in life, Max with his inability to take control, Vincent because he's completely disconnected from the rest of humanity. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C167s9nEHRU[/media]

i absolutely love collateral one of my favorite parts is when they watch [sp]the wolf cross the street, which was totally unplanned iirc[/sp] also tom cruise's best role imo [video=youtube;H8-P8sJNHk0]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8-P8sJNHk0[/video]

Terminator Genisys: That was one of the cluttered movies i have ever seen. So much crap shoved in and nothing made sense. Terminator wont be back this time.

yes but they recently stopped the production

good, let terminator be done. i enjoyed genisys for it being a silly brainless popcorn flick, but it added nothing to the series.

The Warriors was badass. It was really aestheticlly pleasing, too. 9/10.

[QUOTE=pdp;48964015]The Warriors was badass. It was really aestheticlly pleasing, too. 9/10.[/QUOTE] Too bad the only version you can buy is the directors cut.

[QUOTE=megafat;48964051]Too bad the only version you can buy is the directors cut.[/QUOTE] Something wrong with the directors cut?

the director's cut has these awful comic book transitions that completely wreck the flow scene-to-scene imagine you're into the movie and then suddenly there's a photoshop filter and it zooms out and into another panel like you're watching a bad comic-to-video on youtube [video=youtube;DqmAHGPRaYU]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqmAHGPRaYU[/video] like fuck off i don't want this. and it's like that for tons of scene transitions [editline]23rd October 2015[/editline] it's so ill fitting. doesn't fit the tone at all. like there's cartoony shit but the movie never treats it cartoony. then the scene zooms out and the movie screams "THIS IS A COMIC BOOK. THESE ARE COMIC BOOK EVENTS." and it's just gross

[QUOTE=PollytheParrot;48952897][url]http://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/624435-kingsman-2-coming-in-summer-2017#/slide/1[/url][/QUOTE] I really hope they release an extended cut (spoilers): [url]http://imgur.com/gallery/O8NMN/new[/url]

Finished watching Brick (2005) about half an hour ago. I wasn't engrossed in it immediately, because in the beginning it really did seem like they slapped some high-schoolers into a regular noir film, I felt the story was a bit rough to get into, and the camerawork took some getting used to. As the movie progressed, however, I did get into the story, and I quite liked it, as was the same with the camerawork, and it also grew into the noir/high school blend rather well. The effects and whatnot were also pretty good considering that it was done on a budget of $475k. Overall I enjoyed it even if it took me a bit, I'd give it like a 7 or something in terms of numbers.

Sicario - 10/10 Best film of the year so far. Benicio Del Toro deserves Best Supporting Actor.

Whoever thought a jem movie with jon m chu as its director would be good is truly truly outrageous.

[QUOTE=dilzinyomouth;48960730]Collateral 9/10 [/QUOTE] Thank you for the tip, it was a great movie.

Drive (2011) Why have I not seen this movie before? The first word that comes to mind after finishing it is that it was fuckin [I]cool.[/I] The blue and orange color scheme is obviously quite common, but its not used as masterfully as it in in this movie. Every shot is a gorgeous blend of the two colors, yet it doesn't get stale. Loved the soundtrack, loved the characters, loved the visuals, fantastic movie. 9/10

[QUOTE=tweeby;48967937]Thank you for the tip, it was a great movie.[/QUOTE] Watch the rest of the director's filmography. Michael Mann is the man. Except maybe the time he directed Miami Vice and Blackhat. Don't watch those.

Only God Forgives - Why do people often give this film negative or unfavorable reviews? In my opinion, it was absolutely amazing and miles better than Refn's previous film, Drive. The Macbeth parallels were very well done, but at the same time if you blink, you miss them and that is great because the film really stands on its own. As usual with Refn films, absolutely amazing cinematography and audio. Vithaya Pansringarm really stood out to me. He managed to play such a strange and powerful character so well. Film is definitely worth a watch.

[QUOTE=AltF4 All Day;48969016]Watch the rest of the director's filmography. Michael Mann is the man. Except maybe the time he directed Miami Vice and Blackhat. Don't watch those.[/QUOTE] I'd even go as far as saying Public Enemies is quite goofy. Its not bad, but its not very good either. It feels like it was created by someone who has a little bit too much a rosy, lionized view of career criminals, but that really is Michael Mann in a nutshell. Thief, his first film, is one worth watching that I imagine most people don't know about. Bonus points for the classic 80s synth soundtrack by tangerine dream.

Edge of Tomorrow - Pretty fresh feeling for a 10s scifi blockbuster. Only major flaws I have are that the whole news footage being used as a film opening has been very overdone and still unsure [sp]if I liked the ending. I felt it should've been more negative, which is went I went in expecting (had it spoiled for me earlier that they "reset" again after winning, but I expected that to mean that no matter what he does he is trapped.)[/sp] Overall though enjoyed the film.

[QUOTE=tweeby;48967937]Thank you for the tip, it was a great movie.[/QUOTE] I tried watching Collateral but idk either I was just exhausted or the movie just bored me to tears and I fell asleep about 20 minutes into it Just felt artificial [editline]23rd October 2015[/editline] Maybe it deserves a second chance

Sicario - 10/10 holy fucking shit, i rarely ever give that rating out, but you bet your ass it deserves it.

Strange Days - Great scifi with interesting commentary. Really fits in with relevancy despite the very 90s atmosphere today due to the [sp]racial tensions and cops worrying about people recording them.[/sp] Only major problem I had with the film is that I felt [sp]Max being the bad guy killer was sort of a cheap and unneeded twist.[/sp] Other than that the characters were well done especially the protagonist who was written very well with lots of development.

Bridge of Spies 7/10 Not that exciting