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[Tank]

mission impossible: rogue nation A-

 

excellent movie. kept engaged the whole time. they make references to several of the previous movies in a way that works well. good action, good dialogue. you always have to suspend reality when they start talking about "this facility is guarded by triple locks and a hydrogen bomb that can only be defused with dental floss and a nutcracker." for some highly guarded place they've never been inside, but it works. lots of good questions about which side some of the agents are really on, too.

 

the female lead in this movie - om nom nom. you guys over 40 are really gonna like her. 

[Brandon]

i think I'm going to see this today. a couple people i do business with saw it early and said it was solid.

[Guest]

About 9 too many Angels baseball games

[cysomeawfulpitcher]

Megaforce (1982)

It's the newest addition to Rifftrax so I watched Kevin, Mike and Bill riff on it.  Bostwick looks nothing like he was on Rocky Horror with that Kenny Rogers beard.

[gotbeer]

Mission Impossible:  Rogue Nation

 

Was a good film overall.  Lot's of action.  Had you guessing on what was going on.  

 

Although the villain did bug me.

 

I don't know. He was doing something weird the whole film. Like he stuffed something in his mouth so he could do a bad Brando impression the entire film. Just didn't buy him as a bad guy. Same with the British secret intellegence guy.

 

Another thing that bugged me was that Jeremy Renner, while he had a significant role in the film, was really underused in the action side, since he is supposed to be a kick ass agent like Hunts character.  

 

Also something glaring I noticed as the film opening credits.  Chinese Movie Channel and  Alibababa Pictures.  Looking on the interwebs, I guess they both invested in the movie.  A Chinese Actress also got top billing, and I think she was in the background for one scene of the entire movie.  

[sneaky_flute]

Season 4 of Banshee will be its last. Why do all the good shows get canceled?!

[mrwicked]

Since we are caught up in Game of Thrones, trying to find a new show.

Watched Episode 1 of "Wayward Pines"

It was pretty good, had a Twilight Zone kind of feel.

Plus anything with Carla Gugino gets my vote.

 

Edited August 3, 2015 by mrwicked

[Adam]

Gravity - D

 

No idea what was so special about this movie.  It was so over the top and drawn out.

 

Thank you! Agreed

[Jay]

Gravity - D

 

No idea what was so special about this movie.  It was so over the top and drawn out.

 

It was kind of like Avatar - a pedestrian story with great visual effects.

[nate]

At least Avatar was kind of adventurous.  This was just lame.

[Adam]

Never saw Avatar

[nate]

Never saw Avatar

 

It is a movie that guilts you about xenophobia and blue penises.

[Tank]

the visuals were pretty spectacular, but i learned that if i ever want to go to space, don't go with sandra bullock. she's bad luck.

[Ray McKigney]

Gravity is one of my favorite films of the decade so far.

 

You just can't take it literally. That's pretty much it. 

 

The scene with Bullock floating uncontrollably is probably in my top 5 favorite scenes ever in a film. 

 

I prefer this scene from Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous.

 

Edited August 3, 2015 by Ray McKigney

[nate]

Gravity is one of my favorite films of the decade so far.

 

You just can't take it literally. That's pretty much it. 

 

The scene with Bullock floating uncontrollably is probably in my top 5 favorite scenes ever in a film. 

It is literally an hour and a half of Sandra Bullock breathing heavily.  And not in a sexy way.

 

It was terrible.

[ten ocho recon scout]

I liked gravity, but saw it in imax. Thought it was amazing....in that enviornment...no real deaire to watch it again on a normal screen.

Saw mad max yesterday at the budget theater. Pretty cool flick. Im not a sci fi guy, and am not really into blockbuster action flicks, but it was entertaining for sure. Great visuals.

And i watched bloodsport the other day too. A-

[Ray McKigney]

had you never seen bloodsport before?

 

god i love that movie. 

 

[mrwicked]

OK USA!

 

[sneaky_flute]

Anyone watch the show Mr. Robot?

[ten ocho recon scout]

had you never seen bloodsport before?

god i love that movie.

ive seen a ton, just thought it should get me tioned here...perhaps its own thread....hint hint...

"Now i show you some trick or two"

[ten ocho recon scout]

Bloodsport is even more awesome when you read the story on that guy, and find out how full of shit he is. And that even of us wver believed in underground karate tournaments or ninjas to begin with

The ending is great, where they add the drama of van damme bringing back ogres harley davidson shirt. Priceless

[Angels_Make_Me_Drink]

Blow Out - 4/5

 

Pretty good political thriller; cover up. Buddy of mine recommended it. I enjoyed it, the score was pretty good. I feel like De Palma always has a pretty good score, though. IDK about the replay value of it.

[Lou]

Anyone watch the show Mr. Robot?

Yes

[Lou]

Since we are caught up in Game of Thrones, trying to find a new show.

Watched Episode 1 of "Wayward Pines"

It was pretty good, had a Twilight Zone kind of feel.

Plus anything with Carla Gugino gets my vote.

 

She has nice Gugis

[NJHalo]