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TV’s Frink said:

An 89.9% is a B+.

A 90% is an A-.

So your grade is an 89.9999%?

Again, some charts and graphs would really help.

They wouldn’t help, though. My grade really was just a B+, but I felt like sticking an extra + on the end to help convey how high on the B it was. It was a purely nontechnical gesture.

I won’t use the double + anymore; after reconsidering, it doesn’t make that much sense to do.

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Can I please see some of your notes that you wrote down while reconsidering? This is vitally important.

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LuckyGungan2001 said:

DuracellEnergizer said:

I’ve never understood the appeal of Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. The character’s a narcissist and a sociopath who has his ego fellated by everyone around him and never receives his comeuppance.

That’s what makes him so awesome. He’s like James Bond, all the boys want to be him, and the girls want to be with him.

Pfft. I’d rather have a soul.

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DuracellEnergizer said:

I’ve never understood the appeal of Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. The character’s a narcissist and a sociopath who has his ego fellated by everyone around him and never receives his comeuppance. I’m really supposed to root for this guy?

As far as I’m concerned, Rooney was the real hero.

I haven’t seen Ferris Bueller’s Day Off but when I saw Pulp Fiction I think I had a similar reaction. I’d heard so much about how Samuel L Jackson was awesome ect ect but I ended up liking Travolta’s character much more. 10 mins into the film and Jackson’s intimidating and shooting all these kids and I’m thinking, this is this is what people love him for? I certainly didn’t dislike him in the film but he wasn’t nearly my fav.

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DuracellEnergizer said:

LuckyGungan2001 said:

DuracellEnergizer said:

I’ve never understood the appeal of Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. The character’s a narcissist and a sociopath who has his ego fellated by everyone around him and never receives his comeuppance.

That’s what makes him so awesome. He’s like James Bond, all the boys want to be him, and the girls want to be with him.

Pfft. I’d rather have a soul.

Lame.

Not enough people read the EU.

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Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
A young Mr Ford kills nazis in the desert. Fun movie.

A Car’s Life (2006)
After watching this, I can’t help but imagine the opening music playing over the scene where the pink anthro car (don’t remember her name) gets mauled to near death. The score is mixed badly and is hilariously out of touch with whatever’s happening onscreen, it makes me forget how terrible the movie is and laugh it off.

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DuracellEnergizer said:

LuckyGungan2001 said:

DuracellEnergizer said:

I’ve never understood the appeal of Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. The character’s a narcissist and a sociopath who has his ego fellated by everyone around him and never receives his comeuppance.

That’s what makes him so awesome. He’s like James Bond, all the boys want to be him, and the girls want to be with him.

Pfft. I’d rather have a soul.

Souls are for chickens And monkeys that play chess.

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What if you’re a monkey with a chicken’s head who plays Global Thermonuclear War?

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^Yeah, it’s pretty fun. Definitely nails the mood of an 80s DTV movie better than I expected.

The Sting

I enjoyed this movie quite a bit, though I found it hard to follow at time (I was rather tired when I threw it on.) The cast is a more-than-fun ensemble and for that reason, even if I couldn’t remember the characters’ names, it didn’t matter as long as I kept track of what their role was. I think this is the first Paul Newman film I’ve seen (outside of a filmed version of Thornton Wilder’s Our Town, in which, he’s a fantastic narrator.) Always fun to see Robert Redford during his heyday as well. And I certainly got a chuckle out of the various mattes they used to hide the fact that they filmed in and around the Hippodrome at the Santa Monica Pier – big part of my early childhood was spent down there.

I don’t know if I could recommend it but I certainly did like it. 7/10 on my scale, would watch again with the right company.

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The Bourne Identity (1988) – B

I found out about the existence of this adaptation a month or so ago, and I finally was able to watch it today after being so curious about it. It was good, I suppose a little better than I was expecting, but just short of what I was hoping for.

It’s a two-part television film starring Richard Chamberlain and Jaclyn Smith that runs 185 minutes (3 hours 5 minutes) in total. The great thing is, it’s length helped it more than it hindered. It never really dragged (though I will get to an exception to that in a bit), and was an interest gathering ride the whole time.

About the things that I didn’t like. It really suffered from being a television production at some times. There the occasional spot of not-so-good acting, and points where the lack of a full budget shown. This film was good enough for me to wish it had been a higher budget theatrical release. I’m definitely going to bother editing it into one continuous film.

And now the thing that slowed it down a little and just kind of bothered me. There is a love scene in the film, and it just lasts too long for its own good. It doesn’t even really last that long, it just feels that way while watching. The main issue with the scene itself is that it is rather emotionless for being a love scene between the two protagonists. It’s just kind of static, with nicely fitting music at least (the only thing that helps a little), and the actors just don’t look as interested in each other as they should. I think I’m also going to trim that scene down to be less bothersome when I edit it.

The Bourne Identity (2002) – B-

Watched this one afterwards because I haven’t seen it since forever ago. All I really feel like I can say is that I acknowledge that this film is technically superior to the 1988 film, but I don’t like it as much. I definitely still like it though. I’ve never liked the shaky-cam action, or just needlessly handheld shots in general. This Bourne film and its sequels popularized the shaky-cam fast paced action that we know and love/hate today, and they are probably some of the only films to have done it tastefully, but I still don’t like it. It’s not the only problem I have with the film, but I’m too tired to elaborate further on my problems with it.

Both films are good, and for anyone who hasn’t seen or even heard of the 1988 adaptation, I definitely recommend it. And for clarification, I haven’t read the novel, so the 1988 version being apparently closer to the original story and such isn’t really a huge part of why I prefer it, though it is something I considered while thinking about it.

EDIT: I forgot to mention in my review for the '88 film, that I was surprised they got away with so much blood squib action. I mean, it was a TV special that aired on ABC; it was pretty violent sometimes. I loved it.

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Westworld (1973)

Great movie. I knew it was based on a Michael Crichton story but I had no idea he directed it as well. It’s really interesting to see a lot of ideas here that would later be revisited and expanded to become Jurassic Park.

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Yeah, HBO has adapted it into a series. I’d always wanted to get around to seeing the film but kept putting it off. So I finally did in preparation for the series.

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Actually it was never a book, just a screenplay written by Crichton.

And the TV show is amazing so far.

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DominicCobb said:

Actually it was never a book, just a screenplay written by Crichton.

It was novelized by Crichton after the fact. It’s based on his original screenplay, as the shooting script had undergone a lot of rewrites that MGM demanded before they could shoot the film.

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The Transformers: The Movie (1986)

Even though I’m by no means a huge fan of the Transformers, I’ve always had a soft spot for this movie. I’m not sure what it is that makes me love this movie so much. I’m not sure I could even give it a fair grade. It’s cheesy and stupid in all the best ways, it’s full of fun moments of absolute absurdity and it just runs with them. The movie outright admits how stupid it all is with Dare to be Stupid by Weird Al in the soundtrack. I love every ridiculous second of it.

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Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) – 4/4

It’s really pretty great. Thrilling, mysterious, carried by likable and compelling characters played by great actors, and I’ll just say that the twist at the end is wonderfully crafted.

(I’ve decided to adopt Ebert’s 4 star scale, because I’ve always taken a liking to it, and I started to realize how dumb it is to use letter grades.)

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Highly recommend you check out the original if you haven’t.

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I have. I think I’d have to say I like the re-adaptation more. The 1956 film is still good though.

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I spent a few days going through the ROCKY series.

ROCKY = 9/10
Still the champ of the series. Original, raw and moving.

ROCKY II = 7/10
Still has the basic vibe of the first film, but the originality and raw interesting low-budget style is gone.

ROCKY III = 5/10
Hair gel and body oil have taken over!

ROCKY IV = 4/10
Silly premise, bad script, missed opportunities, stupid robots, cheesy songs, No classic Bill Conti score, Rocky and friends are reduced to comic book characters. Worst of the series!

ROCKY V = 5/10
Rocky comes back to earth and falls on hard times. This film is a very mixed bag.
The premise is a bit more solid then the previous two entries and there are very touching moments. It’s just too bad there are too few of them. The casting is an issue for me. All the non-regular cast are just bad actors and the direction is very lazy. Rocky’s son is not that bad, but his lines totally suck! Just a by the numbers, get it out in theaters fast production that does not build enough empathy to make us care about the final fight. Another missed opportunity to have made a great film.

ROCKY BALBOA = 6/10
Another mixed bag. If you take half of this film and half of Rocky V, you get what should have been the best Rocky since the original. The classic Bill Conti music score works so well to invoke the emotions of the early films, I just wish the script did the same. There is a great monologue ROCKY gives to his son and that may be one of my most favorite moments in all the ROCKY squeals.

CREED = 4/10
I only liked the parts with Rocky. Nothing special.

“First feel fear, then get angry. Then go with your life into the fight.” - Bill Mollison