mattmav45

I'm just now getting into shows, so I have a pitiful list of what I've seen thus far. Wonder Years Twin Peaks Arrested Development And that's about it. I'm really down for any kind of show in terms of genre, although I'd prefer a 30-min show for now. Want to save the hour-long shows for when my fiancee finishes up nursing school and moves in with me.

Here's the situation: I just finished up Arrested Development, and am now just waiting for the next season on May 26th. I'm going to leave it open to the board to pick my next show. It needs to be a show that can be streamed on Netflix, and preferably one that has already concluded. I was kind of leaning towards the likes of 30 Rock or Trailer Park Boys, but I'm open for anything.

I recently did a re-watch of The Avengers a couple weeks ago, and I still feel something is missing. I think my biggest problem is that the stakes are high, but the film doesn't really do a good job at providing any suspense to go along with it. You never really feel like any of the heroes are in any danger, even with Iron Man at the end. Still, above average superhero fare, albeit on the light and breezy side.

So I was away all weekend.........did any Potter fans freak out when IM3 passed it OW?

Ahhh, the inevitable "this is disappointing" post. A film has to literally break records or people on this forum always bring up disappointment when discussing the numbers.

So how much of the increase is going to be as a result of 3D surcharges? In the long run, it looks like it will increase over IM2, but in large part as a result of 3D prices driving up the gross.

Weekend (2011).

The amount of over-analyzing and nitpicking displayed in this thread on these two fantasy, effects-driven blockbusters is hilarious. In addition, trying to argue the plausibility of events in films like these is comparable to complaining about nudity in a strip club. Simply ridiculous.

Kudos for the balls and audacity, but it simply can't pull it off. Pattinson is decent though, he has some potential.

Typical weekend itinerary, IMO.

Canada is an afterthought, IMO.

1. Beasts of the Southern Wild2. Django Unchained3. Skyfall4. Seven Psychopaths5. The Grey6. Silver Linings Playbook7. Bernie8. Argo9. Looper10. Zero Dark Thirty11. Life of Pi12. 21 Jump Street13. Dredd14. Wreck-It-Ralph15. Perks of Being a Wallflower16. Safety Not Guaranteed17. Burning Man18. Brave19. Prometheus20. The Cabin in the Woods21. The Dark Knight Rises22. The Avengers23. Moonrise Kingdom24. The Master25. Killer Joe26. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey27. The Deep Blue Sea28. Lincoln29. The Do-Deca-Pentatholon30. Amour31. Killing Them Softly32. Savages33. End of Watch34. Jeff, Who Lives at Home35. The Raid: Redemption36. The Secret World of Arrietty37. Rampart38. For a Good Time, Call...39. Paranorman40. Ruby Sparks41. Seeking a Friend for the End of the World42. God Bless America43. Bourne Legacy44. Ted45. Chronicle46. Goon47. Get the Gringo48. Pitch Perfect49. Haywire50. Wanderlust51. Thin Ice52. American Reunion53. V/H/S54. The Campaign55. The Amazing Spider-Man56. The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel57. Hit and Run58. Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning59. The Hunger Games60. Salmon Fishing in the Yemen61. John Carter62. Men In Black 363. Lawless64. The Five-Year Engagement65. Excision66. The Pact67. Snow White and the Huntsman68. Safe House69. Contraband70. Flight71. Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted72. Premium Rush73. Sinister74. Damsels in Distress75. Being Flynn 76. Deadfall 77. Casa de mi Padre78. Pirates! Band of Misfits79. The Dictator80. Butter81. Man on a Ledge82. Red Tails83. Mirror Mirror84. Trouble with the Curve85. The Woman in Black86. Cosmopolis 87. The Collection 88. The Raven89. Silent House90. Battleship 91. Total Recall 92. This Means War93. Project X 94. Wrath of the Titans 95. The Lorax96. Underworld: Awakening97. Act of Valor98. Lockout99. The Devil Inside

"I find Avatar to be incredibly mediocore, and insanely overrated." Sounds like indifference to me. I've said it before..........there's nothing worse to be than indifferent towards a film. I'd prefer to love or hate it rather than simply not caring about it one way or the other.

The big difference is Jurassic Park has actually human characters with personality, and characters that were somewhat relatable. Avatar was about visuals, and offered little to nothing else. I'd rather watch a film where I hated a character, because at least it makes me feel some kind of emotion. With Avatar I simply didn't give a rat's ass about what happened to any of the characters. It's one thing to use a contrived story, but it's another to not even attempt to provide any emotional investment in the characters. I find Avatar to be incredibly mediocore, and insanely overrated.

If you value such things as story, characters, and originality in films, then the answer is easily Jurassic Park. If you think that a movie merely needs to "look cool and unique" to be a good movie, then go with Avatar.

It's fucking terrible, but special mention has to go to Sam Worthington. I'm not really sure how this was pulled off, but the dude has managed to headline some major blockbusters the last few years (including the #1 grossing film of all-time) despite having zero ounce of acting talent or ability. Also, just how plastered were Fiennes and Neeson when they agreed to do this?

So fishnet's irrational hate of another actress has led to the hijacking of a review thread for a film in which, unsurprisingly, she hasn't seen and is likely just talking out of her ass based on reviews and other WOM? Par for the course, IMO.

I was pretty disappointed with this. I enjoyed it to an extent, but felt there was a battle between straight crime drama and political commentary that damn near destroyed the whole film. I would be on board with the political commentary if it was more at the forefront and done in a more interesting manner, but it seemed when ever I would get into the story, the political talk would begin. It just felt too uneven and unfocused, and after Jesse James, I was expecting something a little different. Still, not a complete failure.

It takes everything that made the first one work (campiness, cheesy one-liners, humor) and basically eliminates it from the fold. The remainder is a souless and basically storyless film. Sure, it looks good, but when there's no story to support it......what's the point?

Um, what? Taking statements on the Internet in a literal sense isn't the brightest way of interpretation. Movies are obviously subjective........and I can understand one thinking this is boring (to each their own, I suppose). But if you're insinuating that The Thin Red Line is poorly made, then that's just fucking ridiculous.

1. Beasts of the Southern Wild 2. Django Unchained 3. Skyfall 4. Seven Psychopaths5. The Grey 6. Silver Linings Playbook 7. Bernie 8. Argo9. Looper 10. Zero Dark Thirty 11. Life of Pi 12. 21 Jump Street13. Dredd14. Wreck-It-Ralph 15. Perks of Being a Wallflower 16. Safety Not Guaranteed17. Brave18. Prometheus19. The Cabin in the Woods20. The Dark Knight Rises21. The Avengers22. Moonrise Kingdom23. The Master24. Killer Joe25. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey26. The Deep Blue Sea27. Lincoln 28. The Do-Deca-Pentatholon 29. Amour 30. Savages 31. End of Watch 32. Jeff, Who Lives at Home33. The Raid: Redemption 34. The Secret World of Arrietty 35. Rampart 36. For a Good Time, Call... 37. Ruby Sparks38. Seeking a Friend for the End of the World39. God Bless America40. Bourne Legacy41. Ted42. Chronicle 43. Goon 44. Get the Gringo 45. Pitch Perfect 46. Haywire 47. Wanderlust48. American Reunion 49. V/H/S 50. The Campaign51. The Amazing Spider-Man52. The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel53. Hit and Run54. Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning55. The Hunger Games56. Salmon Fishing in the Yemen57. John Carter58. Men In Black 359. Lawless60. The Five-Year Engagement61. Excision62. The Pact63. Snow White and the Huntsman64. Safe House65. Contraband 66. Flight 67. Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted68. Premium Rush69. Sinister 70. Damsels in Distress 71. Being Flynn 72. Casa de mi Padre 73. Pirates! Band of Misfits 74. The Dictator 75. Butter 76. Man on a Ledge 77. Red Tails 78. Mirror Mirror 79. Trouble with the Curve 80. The Woman in Black 81. Cosmopolis 82. The Raven83. Silent House84. Battleship 85. This Means War 86. Project X87. The Lorax88. Underworld: Awakening89. Act of Valor90. Lockout 91. The Devil Inside

When the majority of users on this site are under 20, a fanboy of some nerdy franchise, or genuinely think that film has only existed post-1990, there's really no point in ever trying to do Favorite Movies list, IMO. There are some great film fans on here, but the majority of voters would just lead to the list being bogged down by fanboy-driven films of the last 10 years.

1. Spring Breakers 2. Side Effects 3. Oz: The Great and Powerful 4. The Last Stand 5. Jack the Giant Slayer

It's the kind of film that demands a re-watch, but I pretty much loved it.It's beautiful, hypnotic, and seductive in a rather dirty and grim manner that you really have to see to be able to understand. It will stay in your mind well after the credits....a searing take on the current youth culture's lack moral strength and independence.I can't wait too see it again, and with Side Effects and now Spring Breakers only 3 months into the year (need to see Stoker), 2014 is off to some kind of start.A

The only way The Thin Red Line is boring is if you're only concerned with visual stimulation in regards to films. A movie that makes you think is the opposite of boring, although simple-minded folk will inevitably label it as such, IMO.