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What ruined Apocalypto (for me) was how a bunch of rare events coincided in such a short period of time.

- Our hero is saved by a total solar eclipse mere seconds before his heart was about to be cut out.

- Our hero comes across a wild Jaguar and is able to "use" the animal to stall his pursuers.

- Last (and best of all), when all hope seems lost, his life is spared by happening to be in the right place at the right time as the first Spanish conquistadors land.

After the movie ended I was thinking, "buddy, time to buy a lottery ticket!"
 
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Michael Clayton was a great movie, not sure what BL was thinking while watching this one. I loved the beginning and the ending, maybe it lagged a bit in the middle but overall it's pretty damn good.

Just saw Apocalypto recently, it is worth seeing, but a flawed film for sure. I didn't care for the ending, and I think the screenplay has issues, but it is pretty intense overall and an interesting look into Mayan culture.

Speaking of superhero movies, haven't seen Iron Man yet, but I just saw a couple that I somehow missed in the theatre, and I was surprised at just how good the last Batman movie was, and just how bad Superman was. Not sure what in hell Bryan Singer was thinking, leaving the X-Men series to make this piece of junk. And speaking of Robert Downey Jr, love this guy but I recently saw one of the most incoherent movies I've ever seen - The Singing Detective. Just a mess. Bizarre cameo from Mel Gibson there, he is completely unrecognizable.
 
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Indy 4 got pretty strong reviews at Cannes yesterday. Very good news indeed.
 
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So are they introducing his replacement (or Son) in Indy 4? Haven't had time to read up on it.
 
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Habsy said:
So are they introducing his replacement (or Son) in Indy 4? Haven't had time to read up on it.
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Lucas has said he'd like to do a 5th Indy movie with Shia Labeuf, but who knows if it will ever happen. It took them almost 20 years to do another.


I think for now it's just another 80's action icon that needs a young buddy with him for younger audiences not familiar with the first films (Like John Maclane with that Mac kid last year)
 
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BeLeafer said:
I watched Sweeney Todd tonight and it was by far the best movie Tim Burton has ever directed. I'm not a big fan of Burton's films, but really enjoyed it. I was surprised that it was a musical. Just amazingly well done.
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I'm a fan of Burton's.

Pee Wee's Big Adventure (basically a bizzarro verion of The Bicycle Thief) is a brilliant movie, through and through.

Beetlejuice, Batman, and Edward Scissorhands are all very good.

Big Fish I go back and forth on. I'm leaning towards it being a pretty good move at the moment.



Breach
Chris Cooper put in an awesome performance and the story is quite good.
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I think it's insane that you didn't like Michael Clayton, and then recommend this much, MUCH inferior similar movie.
 
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Hoss said:
Zodiac was FFFAAARRRR TOOO LOOONG. Tried to create too much style with little substance. That movie should have been told under 2 hours.
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the length was kind of the point. the movie is supposed to convey the same frustration to the audience that the characters had in real life, wasting all those years and never finding an answer.

just another very good recent movie that risked making the audience feel uncomfortable in order to fulfill its vision.
 
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habs25th said:
BTW Cloverfield owns all in 2007 as far as entertainment goes.
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Really? I watched this movie at home, and I had to take breaks during the movie because of the nauseating camera work. (Especially during the running scenes)

I understand the concept of why the camera was used with this method, but I couldn't handle it.

It was an ok movie, but after watching it, I went online to find all the hidden easter eggs.
 
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Some great movies I have seen in the past few months.
Juno (sooooo much better than you'd expect from a teenage pregnancy movie)
Iron Man (maybe the best super hero movie ever)
Shoot 'em Up (a 10 as far as entertainment goes)
Forgetting Sarah Marshall (I am big Judd Apatow fan)
There Will Be Blood (worth it just for Daniel Day Lewis' performance)
 
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I found Shoot Em' Up fantastic entertainment for 20 minutes and then it got real old. Even at less then 90 minutes I was bored. Same variations on scenes over and over.
 
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There was so much information that went into the Zodiac case that I thought the film needed the length it had.
 
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LeafsFanInOttawa said:
Really? I watched this movie at home, and I had to take breaks during the movie because of the nauseating camera work. (Especially during the running scenes)

I understand the concept of why the camera was used with this method, but I couldn't handle it.

It was an ok movie, but after watching it, I went online to find all the hidden easter eggs.
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Yeah I heard a lot of people had problems with that but I did not. This movie just isn't the same if you watch it at home or at the theatre. Perfect "pop-corn Movie".
 
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JackBurton said:
I found Shoot Em' Up fantastic entertainment for 20 minutes and then it got real old. Even at less then 90 minutes I was bored. Same variations on scenes over and over.
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C'mon the scene where he's banging Monica Bellucci while killing 10 guys is pretty good. I liked the over-the-top (almost caricactural) action sequences in the movie. The dialogues were average at best though and Giamatti's character was just awful.
 
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I think Juno was one of the most overrated movies I have ever seen to be honest. I have no clue why it got so much acclaim -- to me it was really more for the "granola" type crowd only. Plus the soundtrack pissed me off it was so bad.
 
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habs25th said:
C'mon the scene where he's banging Monica Bellucci while killing 10 guys is pretty good. I liked the over-the-top (almost caricactural) action sequences in the movie. The dialogues were average at best though and Giamatti's character was just awful.
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I thought the movie was entertaining for what it was; a comedic and twisted action thriller.

Some of it was overkill, like killing that dude with the carrot, but anyone looking too much into it, like I usually do myself, would find it ridiculous.

I thought it was a fresh twist on your stupid mindless action movie with random fights, boobs and explosions. At least there was a funny element to this. The movie was really short. I think making it any longer would ruin it.

That being said, i doubt i'd watch this movie again.
 
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zeke said:
I think it's insane that you didn't like Michael Clayton, and then recommend this much, MUCH inferior similar movie.
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- action thriller, nope

- gratituous violence, nope

- formulaic, nope

- villianization of a woman with power, nope

- cliche spewing male tough guy hero, nope

- cookie cutter characters, nope

- facile character development, nope

- escapist implausible sensationalism, nope

Saying these films are similar is like saying Pearl Harbor is similar to Dr. Strangelove.
 
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methinks your girlfriend influenced your opinion of Michael Clayton a wee bit.
 
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lol, that might be true if it weren't the case that I'm much more of a feminist than her.
 
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