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  5. Posted

    Oh shit, Kim Ji-Woon also did The Last Stand. That movie wasn't great, but it was silly and entertaining. The Good, Bad & Weird is in my Netflix queue and I Saw The Devil is on my "to see" list, but I'll have to add the original version of Katakuris to the list. That movie was weird as hell too.

     

    What other Suzuki movies are worth watching? I've only seen Tokyo Drifter and Branded To Kill.

     

    I think parts of the craziness of Hausu were creative ways around special effect limitations. For example, rather than showing Kung Fu flying through the air Crouching Tiger style they show a bunch of fast cuts of jumping, feet flying and weird animations. It has the same narrative effect, but gives the film a unique feel.

     

    I have changed my mind, I do think it would be possible to do an episode of this show on Hausu, but only if they got someone who was knowledgeable in film such as Patton Oswalt.

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    That is a good assessment PlanB. Honestly I think had this movie gone the more predictable route of having it be a different agent it would have been a better (but not great) movie because even though it would have been predictable it would have made sense.

    I've seen enough movies with plot twists that I'm generally able to figure out where movies are going, so I try to not let that get in the way of watching a movie. If they are able to catch me off guard in a way that makes sense then they get extra credit, but if I see where it's going and they do it in an entertaining manner of getting there then I am fine with that.

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    SPOILER!!!

     

    Mark Ruffalo's character is the detective that is investigating them, but it turns out that the whole time he was the son of a magician who disappeared performing a trick and assembled the group of magicians (that he is investigating) to rob banks using magic tricks. It makes even less sense when you see the movie because you're probably thinking that it's set up like The Usual Suspects or something, being told to you by an unreliable narrator, but it's told in a third person, unnarrated style (ala Swordfish).

  10. Posted

    This movie felt like the entire time they were saying "hey we're gonna have a twist!" "Betcha can't guess what our twist is gonna be!" "ooh man you're gonna be so impressed by our twist that you won't see coming!" but then like seantron said when it comes it makes no sense at all and feels like a twist for the sake of having a twist. It's like on April Fools day someone telling you how they're going to prank you so hard and you're on the lookout for it and at the end of the day they punch you in the nuts.

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    Saw this movie last night and holy fucking shit this movie was crazy. I don't think it would be good for HDTGM because it's a different kind of crazy and I don't think you could make fun of it without sounding like you just don't get the movie.

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    I think that part of the anti-Sandler sentiment is a personal dislike of him based on previous bad movie going experiences. I think his appearance causes people to automatically shave some points off of a movie before he opens his mouth regardless of how much they might have enjoyed the movie had they never heard of Sandler before. I think the same goes for Dane Cook, but I don't think too many people dislike Dana Carvey personally.

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    Good show...

     

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    Whoa, Morpheus was on Pee Wee! I never knew.

     

    Lando - thats what intenret is for crushing everyone elses dreams and ambitions. besides everyone here has recommended a movie that's gotten canned by the group....so we are all gulty of it.

     

    It's not so much that they chose a movie that I enjoy, I know I am a contrarian from time to time and appreciate a well thought out differing opinion, it's the hit-and-run nature of it. This reminds me of the Silver Linings Playbook thread, but with better gifs.

  23. Posted

    i challenge anyone over the age of 12 to go back and watch billy madison or happy gilmore again and honestly say they are not terrible. cause they are, they are just as unfunny, cheap and crass as any of the new shit, it just seems worse because he's such a higher profile actor and this trash costs way the fuck more to make.

     

    I don't think they are bad and still get some laughs from them. I never expect them to be Dr. Strangelove and sometimes it's satisfying to not take yourself too seriously and laugh at something immature.

  24. Posted

    I love that all the regular posters came out together with an emphatic "fuck this non-sense."

     

    I also feel like there's a thread about this movie somewhere deep within the forum.

     

    SOLIDARITY!

     

    I want to be welcoming to new people, but when someone suggests a movie that actually moves a genre forward it's hard to say anything but "STFU N00B"

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