I thought Austin Powers could have gone a lot further in spoofing 007 movies. Poke fun at the gunbarrel and title sequences. The otherwise forgettable Spy Hard had an awesome title sequence, directed by Weird Al no less!
https://youtu.be/F7KMMxAQp8I
Annoying that you can only find a textless version on Youtube.
Best gunbarrel spoof can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rlW38INlCQ#t=0m26s
TFA (Blu-ray): 7-1/4 balls out of 8.
The documentary was excellent, my only complaint is that it was too short.
Goosebumps
Enjoyement: 7/10
As a film: 5/10The ending was stupid (caused confusion, pretty much created a plot hole), some of the humour was pretty bad and the CGI was straight out of Sharkboy and Lavagirl. I still recommend checking it out, especially those who liked the books as kids.
I remember how much everyone adored those books in elementary school. Then I finally picked one up and just couldn’t stand it. It was awful. So when I saw the trailer for this, my eyes rolled out of my head.
The TV show was so cheesy and awful that I kinda enjoyed it, but I avoided the books at all costs.
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TFA (Blu-ray): 7-1/4 balls out of 8.
The documentary was excellent, my only complaint is that it was too short.
“What Didn’t You Like About TFA?” 😉
We needed a whole separate thread for that because apparently the official review thread wasn’t enough.
The Person in Question
It was the last movie I saw.
He wasn’t even saying what he didn’t like about TFA, he was stating his complaint about the BTS doc.
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Goosebumps
Enjoyement: 7/10
As a film: 5/10The ending was stupid (caused confusion, pretty much created a plot hole), some of the humour was pretty bad and the CGI was straight out of Sharkboy and Lavagirl. I still recommend checking it out, especially those who liked the books as kids.
I remember how much everyone adored those books in elementary school. Then I finally picked one up and just couldn’t stand it. It was awful. So when I saw the trailer for this, my eyes rolled out of my head.
The TV show was so cheesy and awful that I kinda enjoyed it, but I avoided the books at all costs.
I was a great big fan of the books back in the day – hell, if it weren’t for them, I probably wouldn’t have become a prolific reader of anything but comics – and R. L. Stine became one of my favourite authors.
Come 2007 or so, though, and I just lost my taste for anything the guy writes. I began re-reading all the Stine novels I’d owned, and it was like experiencing Ed Wood in book form. Suffice it to say, all but three of those books have since been donated to local thrift stores (Two I kept for nostalgic reasons, the third for the awesome interior art.).
He wasn’t even saying what he didn’t like about TFA, he was stating his complaint about the BTS doc.
What? I was just making a pointless comment about how awful the “What Didn’t You Like About TFA?” is.
The Person in Question
Yeah I read a few Goosebumps books recently as well, they suck. Every single plotpoint is so cringeworthy and the stories are way too predictable. I never found them to be scary as a kid either. But that’s just my opinion, the books still sell like crazy so good on Stine for milking so much money out of it
Prequel Fan-Edit thread: http://originaltrilogy.com/topic/Yet-another-series-of-prequel-edits/id/17329
It’d be awesome if someone published an artbook featuring all the Goosebumps cover art by Tim Jacobus, though. I’d snatch that up in a heartbeat!
I picked up TFA on blu-Rey. It’s better than I remembered.
The Person in Question
Why was Rey painted blue, and why was the movie resting on her in the first place?
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016): 3/10
After watching it again, I dislike it even more. I don’t see how anyone could call this a great film.
Speaking of great films, I watched a ton of them this week.
The Big Lebowski (1998): 9/10
Really great. I loved the direction, the acting, the story and the characters. I did feel that Donny’s death came out of nowhere, as his character was a minor one.
Shaun of the Dead (2004): 9/10
After loving Scott Pilgrim so much, I figured I’d check out the rest of Edgar Wright’s work, and suffice to say, this movie did not disappoint.
Evil Dead 2: Dead by Dawn (1987): 10/10
I liked this film just as much I a liked Army of Darkness, which is to say, I thought it was fantastic.
Hot Fuzz (2007): 9/10
Again, I really loved this film, perhaps even more so than Shaun of the Dead. I loved all the humour, and the characters were all very likable. SPOILERS: I did think that Timothy Dalton should have been more subtle as the villain, though this is a minor gripe.
The World’s End (2013): 9/10
What a great way to end the trilogy. The plot was so imaginative, and the actors and all of their chemistry was fantastic.
Paul (2011): 4/10
I had a hankering to watch more Pegg/Frost friendship, but sadly this was what I thought it would be. Take two really funny actors, and stick them in a terrible movie, and you get a pretty poor movie.
So many great films, and only a couple of bad ones.
Not enough people read the EU.
Ghostbusters, finally I got around to watching this! 8/10
Prequel Fan-Edit thread: http://originaltrilogy.com/topic/Yet-another-series-of-prequel-edits/id/17329
The Land Before Time (1988) – A
I didn’t even know this was released on Blu-Ray until yesterday (must’ve missed it back in October), and only discovered it because it was added to Netflix sometime recently. So, I decided not to wait til I could get the BD and just watch it on there. It was still great, and though the stream lost optimal video quality on occasion, the new HD master looks great. My only complaint is that we still don’t have the original uncut version.
Army of Darkness: The Medieval Deadit | The Terminator - Color Regrade | The Wrong Trousers - Audio Preservation
SONIC RACES THROUGH THE GREEN FIELDS.
THE SUN RACES THROUGH A BLUE SKY FILLED WITH WHITE CLOUDS.
THE WAYS OF HIS HEART ARE MUCH LIKE THE SUN. SONIC RUNS AND RESTS; THE SUN RISES AND SETS.
DON’T GIVE UP ON THE SUN. DON’T MAKE THE SUN LAUGH AT YOU.
What did they cut from Land Before Time?
The Person in Question
About 18 minutes or so. Mostly scenes and clips that Lucas and Spielberg thought would be too scary for some children (and they wanted to drop the rating from PG to G). The MPAA sucks.
Army of Darkness: The Medieval Deadit | The Terminator - Color Regrade | The Wrong Trousers - Audio Preservation
SONIC RACES THROUGH THE GREEN FIELDS.
THE SUN RACES THROUGH A BLUE SKY FILLED WITH WHITE CLOUDS.
THE WAYS OF HIS HEART ARE MUCH LIKE THE SUN. SONIC RUNS AND RESTS; THE SUN RISES AND SETS.
DON’T GIVE UP ON THE SUN. DON’T MAKE THE SUN LAUGH AT YOU.
Did they cut it down before releasing it in theatres? It wouldn’t make sense to release it as a PG film and then only edit it down for the home video release. Wikipedia also doesn’t offer any closure, so I’m hoping you know.
The Person in Question
I thought the wiki page said, but yeah, this was before the theatrical release, and the only known copy of the uncut film that got out somewhere was a Finnish television broadcast back in the '90s.
Army of Darkness: The Medieval Deadit | The Terminator - Color Regrade | The Wrong Trousers - Audio Preservation
SONIC RACES THROUGH THE GREEN FIELDS.
THE SUN RACES THROUGH A BLUE SKY FILLED WITH WHITE CLOUDS.
THE WAYS OF HIS HEART ARE MUCH LIKE THE SUN. SONIC RUNS AND RESTS; THE SUN RISES AND SETS.
DON’T GIVE UP ON THE SUN. DON’T MAKE THE SUN LAUGH AT YOU.
The Big Lebowski (1998): 9/10
Really great. I loved the direction, the acting, the story and the characters.
One of my favorite movies. Gets better every time ya watch it.
Also, Yeah, Evil Dead 2 and Shaun of the Dead are also great. More of my favorites.
I don’t care much for Army of Darkness (loved it when I was a teenager, but find it painful now), but Evil Dead is one of my favorite horror films (one of my absolute favorite films flat-out) and Evil Dead 2 is one of my favorite horror comedies.
The Big Lebowski (1998): 9/10
Really great. I loved the direction, the acting, the story and the characters.
One of my favorite movies. Gets better every time ya watch it.
Also, Yeah, Evil Dead 2 and Shaun of the Dead are also great. More of my favorites.
I don’t care much for Army of Darkness (loved it when I was a teenager, but find it painful now), but Evil Dead is one of my favorite horror films (one of my absolute favorite films flat-out) and Evil Dead 2 is one of my favorite horror comedies.
I haven’t seen the first Evil Dead yet, it’s just the one that appealed the least to me. I’ll probably get around to watching it soon. Also, why do you find Army of Darkness painful?
Not enough people read the EU.
I thought Austin Powers could have gone a lot further in spoofing 007 movies. Poke fun at the gunbarrel and title sequences. The otherwise forgettable Spy Hard had an awesome title sequence, directed by Weird Al no less!
https://youtu.be/F7KMMxAQp8I
Annoying that you can only find a textless version on Youtube.Best gunbarrel spoof can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rlW38INlCQ#t=0m26s
You’re too young to watch violent movies.
The Person in Question
I don’t remember you. Who are you again ?
I don’t remember you. Who are you again ?
You can’t remember anybody because you’re 12 years old and have only been around for a couple months. Please do keep posting though.
The Person in Question
I don’t remember you. Who are you again ?
You can’t remember anybody because you’re 12 years old and have only been around for a couple months. Please do keep posting though.
Ok… but really: who are you again ? I believe this is the first time you’ve replied to my messages (here and on the other controversial thread), so I wonder… Hence I get this is kind of a “sneak attack” that does not even belong to this thread.