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[ThunderEvermore]

Spiderman 3 was fantastic save for a half hour in the middle where Peter became emo, however I must say 2 is still my favorite (I have a soft spot in my heart for Doc Ock).

[NoSex]

Saw Forgetting Sarah Marshall

Went and saw Forgetting Sarah Marshall twice

Ok, this is stupid! I've heard nothing but good things about this movie!

I love Kristin Bell, but I was almost certain that this had to be a career disaster. Is it actually good? If so, I really must see this, against my natural aversion to romantic comedy.

Spiderman 3 was fantastic save for a half hour in the middle where Peter became emo

Those were some of my favorite parts.

[Djlunatix]

Ok, this is stupid! I've heard nothing but good things about this movie!

I love Kristin Bell, but I was almost certain that this had to be a career disaster. Is it actually good? If so, I really must see this, against my natural aversion to romantic comedy.

This could be one of Apatow's best produced films to date. Its not high schoolish (like Superbad) it doesn't appeal to Single Mom's (Knocked Up) its not about getting high (Pineapple Express) its not having sex for the first time (40 Year Old Virgin). This movie appeals to EVERY person who has been in a relationship. Its simply brilliant. and Kristin Bell, and Mila Kunis are amazingly beautiful in this movie. The comedy isn't as raunchy as some aspects of superbad, there is full frontal male nudity, thats the closest thing to raunch you'll get. It is rather shocking though.

[ersatz]

I thought that scene in Knocked Up was the most shocking and unexpected body part I'd ever see.

I want to see that movieeeee.

[ThunderEvermore]

It was very good. Comedy is a bit over the top sometimes, but its still funny. But Djlunatix is right, it appeals to everyone who's been in a relationship. The crap you go through after breaking up, especially when you and this person thought you were in love. It's great.

++ Bill Hader plays the step-brother, so hilarious.

[Djlunatix]

I thought that scene in Knocked Up was the most shocking and unexpected body part I'd ever see.

I want to see that movieeeee.

Ah agreed...it was pretty fierce.

This isn't exactly shocking, its more just ackward, because male nudity in american film is rarely ever seen, and this one doesn't hide behind a few shots here and there, its BAM...BAM...BAM end of movie.

[ersatz]

MMMMMMmmmmmmm, nevermind. I'll have to think about this. There was something I thought I could like the more I watched it but I didn't and....agh. Later. Maybe. Probably not. I don't care.

[ThunderEvermore]

17. High Fidelity

I'm a fan.

One of my favorite movies ever. I can sit and watch this movie over and over again. Love it.

[Djlunatix]

Saw Harold and Kumar 2.

WAYYYYYYYYYYYYYY more raunchy then the first one. Shows literally everypart of the human male AND female anatomy. which was surprising for a Theatrical comedy. The movie itself is definitely more put together then the first, and was ridiculously hilarious, it does have a lot of scatological jokes and sex jokes, but the movie is a SEQUEL to a movie that was a giant advertisement for White Castle WHILE getting high. Its not the next oscar winner, and its not even the next great comedy classic, BUT you know what you are getting yourself into when you purchase that ticket...so don't expect anything more.

[NoSex]

Saw Harold and Kumar 2.

I'm officially questioning your sanity.
That movie was so f**king awful.

[Djlunatix]

I'm officially questioning your sanity.
That movie was so f**king awful.

I was high. It was good. so sue me.

[NoSex]

I was high. It was good. so sue me.

Of course you were high... there is no other f**king way.
But, try it sober, man. It's not good.

[ThunderEvermore]

Of course you were high... there is no other f**king way.
But, try it sober, man. It's not good.

I saw both sober. I liked em. Haha. Over the top, a bit cheesey, completely ridiculous, but funny as hell.

[Djlunatix]

What have I been up to?

lets see:

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.
Chicago
Across the Universe
Hairspray
Moulin Rouge

my review on Iron Man.
http://www.createblog.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=201922

AND i watched The Savages tonight, it was hilarious and one of Linney's best, this is seriously a great movie, heart felt and comedic.

[*paperplane*]

I still need to get around to some of that horror. But summer is almost here!

[NoSex]

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.

Awesome buddy/western flick. I absolutely adore that movie. It makes me feel all warm inside.

1, 2, 3, Go!

Hairspray

John Water's original or the musical remake?

I still need to get around to some of that horror. But summer is almost here!

You should really really watch some of that. Let us know what you think and such.
Shit, I get most of my movie watching done during the summer - so much time. It's going to be rough going on a road trip.

[NoSex]

bamp.

Who finds television completely ruining their otherwise healthy movie watching habits?

[ThunderEvermore]

I definitely do.

I blew through all of Naruto and Naruto Shippuden. Watched almost all of the OC straight through, and of course I can't stop watching Lost every week.

But lately video games have been taking up my time. Mainly Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles Ring of Fates. Excuse me as I go play some more.

[ThunderEvermore]

So I finally watched Blue Velvet today. Not sure how to respond. I liked it, that much is plain. The back of the box makes you believe that there is this seedy underbelly to this small town of Lumberton (love the name by the by, and WOOD, genius!), and that this kid, fed up with the ineptitude of the Lumberton police, decides to investigate himself. I dunno, maybe its just me, but I see this more as a kid finds an ear and becomes obsessed with this case, so obsessed that he becomes someone he clearly is not by getting caught up with a mysterious lounge singer woman who is married and has a child, and has sex with her secretly, while becoming invested in her story and grows a hero complex when a guy fists her and smacks her around which clearly arouses her. Meanwhile he leads a double life dating this preppy girl which a jock boyfriend and tries to get her mixed in with the case but leaves the sexy details out. And when it all comes crashing together it all ends happily.

A bit odd, but pretty good.

[Joanne]

I know I'm a bit late, but...

This could be one of Apatow's best produced films to date. Its not high schoolish (like Superbad) it doesn't appeal to Single Mom's (Knocked Up) its not about getting high (Pineapple Express) its not having sex for the first time (40 Year Old Virgin). This movie appeals to EVERY person who has been in a relationship. Its simply brilliant. and Kristin Bell, and Mila Kunis are amazingly beautiful in this movie. The comedy isn't as raunchy as some aspects of superbad, there is full frontal male nudity, thats the closest thing to raunch you'll get. It is rather shocking though.

Those are exactly my thoughts on the movie.

Seriously, Forgetting Sarah Marshall was awesome.

[NoSex]

I definitely do.

Yeah; it sort of sucks. I've been so slow at watching new movies recently because I was so stuck on watching Buffy, Angel, VMars, Supernatural, Twin Peaks, the OC, Lost, House, and just about anything else I can get my hands on. And, now that I'm nearly caught up with everything and practically just re-watching everything I love, all I can think about is starting a new series (The Fugitive, Weeds, Battlestar Galactica, The Sopranos, Deadwood, Carnivale, The Andy Griffith Show, etc. etc.). It's killing my movie appetite.

And when it all comes crashing together it all ends happily.

I'm so glad you finally saw Blue Velvet; it's such an amazing film. I could (and will) talk at length about the movie, however... at this very moment, as I don't have much time, I will only address the ending:

You say it all ends "happily," but you have to note the cynicism of the final sequences. The unlikeliness of Jeffery's father being so well. The appearance of an obviously fake robin (remember Laura Dern's dream; intentionally melodramatic and cheesy). And, most important, the refusal of the grandmother to eat a bug, "I could never eat a bug." (bugs represent the vileness and vice inside us all and hidden from view by our firemen and picket-fences). Also, do not forget that Jeffery must have been eternally changed by his experience; don't forget his paternal struggle - once his father was out of the picture, he met Frank (a new vision of authority). However, he denies the authority of Frank - creating a convoluted Oedipus complex. etc. etc. etc. like I said before, I could talk forever.

Seriously, Forgetting Sarah Marshall was awesome.

Word.

AWESOME NEWS:


I met Harmony Korine at a screening of his new movie Mister Lonely.

[*paperplane*]

bamp.

Who finds television completely ruining their otherwise healthy movie watching habits?

I really do. Completely. I don't know what else to say, but I feel the need to express my complete agreement with this statement.

(We are going to ignore the fact that it's a question rather than a statement.)

[NoSex]

I had been playing with the idea of a monthly "film log," but... I think I'm actually going to get the ball rolling on it now. Here are all the movies I've watched this month so far:

Time of the Wolf (Michael Haneke, 2003)
Palindromes (Todd Solondz, 2004)
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (W.D. Richter, 1984)
The Machine Girl (Noboru Iguchi, 2008)
Chocolate (Prachya Pinkaew, 2008)
Serenity (Joss Whedon, 2005)
Right at Your Front Door (Chris Gorak, 2006)
Mama's Boy (Tim Hamilton, 2007)
Zapped (Robert J. Rosenthal, 1982)
Back to the Future (Robert Zemeckis, 1985)
Last House on Dead End Street (Roger Michael Watkins, 1977)
Jack Ketchum's The Girl Next Door (Gregory Wilson, 2007)
In the Realms of the Unreal (Jessica Yu, 2004)
The Strangers (Bryan Bertino, 2008)
The Happening (M. Night Shyamalan, 2008)
The Incredible Hulk (Louis Leterrier, 2008)
An American Crime (Tommy O'Haver, 2007)
The Tracey Fragments (Bruce McDonald, 2007)
Hulk (Ang Lee, 2003)

[*paperplane*]

I watched Palindromes a couple of months ago. I'm not sure how I feel about Todd Solondz's movies.

I think that's all I've seen from your list. I'll have to check my netflix to see what movies I've watched so far this summer. Also I still need to get back to you on my ventures into horror.

[fagget]

AWESOME NEWS:


I met Harmony Korine at a screening of his new movie Mister Lonely.

THAT IS NOT FAIR.
He is one of my favorite filmmakers of all time. Julien Donkey-Boy, Kids, and Gummo appealed to me, a lot. I have yet to watch Mister Lonely.