RealityChuck

Excellent documentary with a lot of details I just didn't know.

The choice of Children of Men is inspired. I'd go with Children of Men -- A classic that has everything, including an emotionally stunning ending. District 9 -- Satire; you need to know some South African history to appreciate it. The Dark Knight - The only superhero movie that has any depth to it and the only one that is more than just boring fight scenes. Serenity -- space opera at its finest Shaun of the Dead -- A horror film that's actually fun to watch. Donnie Darko -- A little dark, but a very strong film. Wall-E -- The first half was among the best animated sequences ever. Flagged toward the end, but still a fine film. Looper -- The best time travel film since 12 Monkeys. Their handling of time paradoxes was brilliant. The Extraordinary Adventures of Adele Blanc-Sec -- A criminally overlooked fantasy/SF adventure. Inception - clever situation and setup

Mean Girls was a terrific movie, and it's a shame that Lohan became a train wreck. She was excellent in it. But it's far less quotable than The Opposite of Sex Lucia: You're probably a blessing in disguise. Fucking good disguise. --- Dedee (who is pregnant): I'd like a Long Island iced tea, please. Bill Truitt: Is that a good idea, for the baby? Dedee: Oh, please. This baby owes its life to Long Island iced teas, if you know what I mean. -------- [about marrying Matt] Dedee: I just don't think it's something we should rush into. Lucia: Oh, no, no. But bring another human life onto the planet - that's whim time. -------- Lucia: Vagina, vagina, vagina. Does that word do anything for you? Bill Truitt: I don't think it does much for anyone, gay or straight. ------- Dedee: If you think I'm just plucky and scrappy and all I need is love, you're in over your heads. I don't have a heart of gold and I *don't* grow one later, OK? But relax. There's other people a lot nicer coming up - we call them "losers." --- Dedee: God. How does a woman get so bitter? Lucia: Observation. --- Dedee: My mother was the kind of mother who always said she was her daughter's best friend. Whenever she did, I thought, "Great! Not only do I have a shitty mother, but my best friend's a loser bitch!" ---- Matt Mateo: I'm bisexual. Lucia: Puh-lease! I went to a bar mitzvah once. That doesn't make me Jewish. ----

Vic Sage wrote: Ceetar wrote: RealityChuck wrote: The problem with Netflix (and Amazon Prime and Hulu Plus and HBO Online and everything else) is the fragmentation of the market. Film producers sell streaming rights to the highest bidder (if they're willing to sell them at all) and the highest bidder also insists on exclusive rights. Thus streaming films don't come from multiple sources, and no one source has everything. Each service has plenty of good things to watch, but no one will have everything you want to see. Yeah, this is the main problem. Everyone wants a piece of the action. There are problems like this in a lot of industries. Perhaps it'll take something like NetFlix getting bought by Google and having the wealth to just buy enough that everyone else is forced to go through them. In the meantime, the consumer is stuck with struggling to figure out the best option, which is never good. yes, your right, monopolies give the best deal to the consumer. Lets make sure google owns everything; i'm sure they'll make the price cheaper then. And yes, the problem is the "Fragmentation of the market", allowing a wider range of independent producers to finance a wider range of films then were available when the gatekeepers had a tighter grip on the access to the marketplace. Yes, no matter your niche interest, there is a tv station, podcast, website, youtube channel, or satellite radio program that caters to it and, gosh darn it, that's a big problem for the viewing public. It's a problem because the viewing public has to pay for multiple providers in order to see what they want. If you have join six or seven of them, it means you pay more money and get fewer films for the money you pay any one provider, and thus more per viewing (since the number of movies you can see in a month is limited). The solution, which will create even more competition, is for content makers to not sign exclusive contracts. Thus, they can sell their videos to Netflix, Amazon, Google, etc. It'd be like selling your DVDs to multiple video store chains -- best for both the producers and the consumer (but not to the middleman). Sometimes you may see that for old TV shows, but never for anything recent or popular.

The problem with Netflix (and Amazon Prime and Hulu Plus and HBO Online and everything else) is the fragmentation of the market. Film producers sell streaming rights to the highest bidder (if they're willing to sell them at all) and the highest bidder also insists on exclusive rights. Thus streaming films don't come from multiple sources, and no one source has everything. Each service has plenty of good things to watch, but no one will have everything you want to see.

Best film shot in Schenectady since The Way We Were.

Greed Original cut -- 9 hours, Director's first cut -- 6 hours. Director's final cut -- 4 hours (which has been reconstructed)

1. As far as I can remember, it was Sleeping Beauty on its original run. 2. I can't think of any really bad experiences. As a child, I once left a theater after a show, not knowing that it was a continuous one (my mother left us there while she shopped and we didn't have continuous matinee showings where I was). I also never saw the opening credits of a movie in a theater until I was in college: we would always get there late and watch the begining of the second show until it was familiar.. The worst was Blue Water, White Death (a documentary about sharks). We got there at 8:00pm; the show started at 7. It annoyed me, but it helped me with my writing: I developed the talent to figure out the early parts of a movie on the fly, which taught me about plotting.

metirish wrote: I have never watched Lawrence of Arabia ...there, I said it.Neither have I, though I'm a big fan of The Ruling Class, The Night of the Generals, My Favorite Year and The Stunt Man

Haven't seen it yet, but definitely will, for the locations alone. I've seen several local spots in the trailers.

Is it a remake?

Mets � Willets Point wrote: Wow, the main character is a crop duster and there are no fart jokes. That must've taken some restraint.I thought fart jokes were required by law in any Hollywood comedy.

Frayed Knot wrote: At this point I don't even remember what specifically it was that I didn't like about it, only that I thought it to be a silly waste of talent.Unfortunately, it's what great talent needs to do to keep working, especially as the get older.

The want it to be the world's finest movie.

Bruce Willis, Mary Louie Parker, and John Malkovich are back as retired spies who get involved in adventure. With Helen Mirren, Catherine Zeta-Jones, and Anthony Hopkins.

Gru and his minions return.

Tedious, slow, boring, routinely plotted, pointlessly sadistic, predictable, and a major disappointment after the first two. Bane was the second least interesting villain in the history of film (only Darth Maul had less personality). 'm actually watching it right now and don't care at all that I'm missing things. God, another fistfight between Bane and Batman. The first was dull; this is even duller. Glad I got this at Redbox for a buck and quarter. That's all it's worth. God! They just did the big "twist." How stupid can they get with this?

Some absolutely stupid moments: [*:38kg1f8k]The entire opening sequence. Lots of WTF, but the most obvious one was, have they lost remote control technology? We could send a drone into the volcano today.[/*:m:38kg1f8k] [*:38kg1f8k]What exactly was the plan that Starfleet had to attack Khan? He's on the Klingon home world. Did he think they'd never notice a bomb going off? And who they'd immediately blame.[/*:m:38kg1f8k] [*:38kg1f8k]Why send all 72 of the bombs when they only needed one? If the point was to get Khan to rescue his compatriots, why not make him come to them?[/*:m:38kg1f8k] [*:38kg1f8k]How did Khan know they send those particular weapons after him?[/*:m:38kg1f8k] [*:38kg1f8k]Did that ship have any sort of security at all? Scotty just lands at their base and is given full access. No one notices him?[/*:m:38kg1f8k] [*:38kg1f8k]Did Starfleet know anything about security? Setting up a meeting room with glass windows (and not bulletproof glass) instead of in an underground bunker?[/*:m:38kg1f8k] [*:38kg1f8k]Khan clearly read the script beforehand. His actions made little sense unless he knew exactly what was going to happen.[/*:m:38kg1f8k][/list:o:38kg1f8k] That said, the movie had enough in the tank to make it a decent adventure flick, if you didn't think about things.

Not one of Powell's best. If it were for John Dillinger, it would have been long forgotten.

Not all that impressive; everyone involved has done better.

Too long and rambling. If they cut it down, it would have been a much better film.

I just saw Alan Ayckbourn's play Woman in Mind, where there's a bit of that question as to what is real and what is not, and where the real and the fantasy intertwine. In fiction, Robert Heinlein's "Them" fits the definition.

Doctor Who did it in "Kinda," probably its worst episode ever. The concept was often used in The Prisoner, most notably in "Schizoid Man," where they convinced the Number 6 that he was a spy impersonating the real Number 6. Solaris (all versions, including the George Clooney one) deals with the concept. The nature of what is reality in very ambiguous.

Decent, but not great.

Welcome Home, Johnny Bristol, where Martin Landau (as the title character) discovers a vast conspiracy that conflicts with reality. The final scene makes it fit the criteria. Eerie, Indiana had an episode called "Reality Takes a Holiday" (written by the creator of Mr. Bill on SNL, Vance Degeneris, Ellen's brother) where Marshall is transported to a world where he's the actor in a TV show called "Eerie, Indiana." You can watch it on Hulu. The Discrete Charm of the Bourgeoisie plays with this a lot, as do others of Luis Bunuel's films. In Belle de Jour, for instance, it's ambiguous as to whether Belle is actually a prostitute or if it's a woman's sexual fantasy. It's also one possible interpretation of Simon of the Desert.