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05-20-2008, 03:35 AM
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Children of Men: 2/5
Stupid ending.
I would have much preferred to see the pregnant chick at the end be all pro-choice and be like SCREW YOU and get an abortion just to spite the director and all those bad actors.
She aborts. The world ends. Simple.
My favorite scene was when Michael Caine asked the revolutionaries to pull his finger and they just blow it off instead. That scene had potential.
Another good ending would have been the black chick with child gets picked up by the boat that says TOMORROW on the starboard side. Now, follow me. Number one, she's kind of cute. Sailors like that. Number two, they need to figger out why her womb is so badass. So? How about a sailor gang bang?
She gets on the boat and they take turns. I mean, its for a good cause right? They need to populate the earth again and only her womb works. So, party-time.
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05-20-2008, 07:14 AM
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#782
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Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Peoria, IL
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Prince Caspian
4 out of 4
Great story, wonderful effects...kept a 7 and a 10 year old enraptured for the entire thing. Kept the 5 year old pretty well entertained for 1/2...and that takes A LOT to do!!
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05-20-2008, 08:59 AM
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#783
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Location: Northeast Arizona
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Kill Bill I & 2. Both 4 of 5. If you like blood and guts and special effects, this is your flick.
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05-21-2008, 12:02 AM
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Originally Posted by DesertFox
Just watched Gladiator for the 1200th time. It's still good.
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Fox, did you ever see Anthony Mann's "Fall of the Roman Empire"?
About a year after "Gladiator" hit the theaters, I saw FotRE on late-night television. Ridley Scott obviously got his inspiration for "Gladiator" from it; at least 80% of it came from FotRE; it was a well-made epic.
A luscious Sophia Loren portrayed Lucilla, Alec Guinness was Marcus Aurelius, and Christopher Plummer was the charismatic, but mad Commodus. Omar Sharif, James Mason, Mel Ferrer and Anthony Quayle also performed. Steven Boyd's wooden Livius (reformulated in Gladiator as Russell Crowe's Maximus) was the film's weak spot.
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05-23-2008, 11:44 PM
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#785
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"Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" *** out of four.
Fun, but it is the weakest of the four movies.
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05-24-2008, 07:27 AM
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"16 Blocks" *****/*****
A great movie with a great message delivered at a fast pace.
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"The difference between libertarianism and socialism is that libertarians will tolerate the existence of a socialist community, but socialists can't tolerate a libertarian community." - David Boaz
"When one gets in bed with government, one must expect the diseases it spreads." - Ron Paul
"The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to be defenders of minorities." - Ayn Rand
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05-25-2008, 08:51 PM
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Originally Posted by Trevelyan
"Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" *** out of four.
Fun, but it is the weakest of the four movies.
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I have to agree, however I give it 4.5/5
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05-25-2008, 11:14 PM
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I'm going to see the new Indy flick after going out for Chinese on Monday.
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"I believe the very heart and soul of conservatism is libertarianism." - Ronald Reagan
"The difference between libertarianism and socialism is that libertarians will tolerate the existence of a socialist community, but socialists can't tolerate a libertarian community." - David Boaz
"When one gets in bed with government, one must expect the diseases it spreads." - Ron Paul
"The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to be defenders of minorities." - Ayn Rand
"Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth." - John F. Kennedy
"Peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations; entangling alliances with none." – Thomas Jefferson
"We hold from God the gift which includes all others. This gift is life - physical, intellectual, and moral life" - Frédéric Bastiat
Conservative Punk
Libertarians For Life
Liberty Slate
Republican Jewish Coalition
Republican Liberty Cacus (A group of libertarian-Republicans)
The Volokh Conspiracy
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05-25-2008, 11:29 PM
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Indiana Jones and Crystal Skull
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05-31-2008, 06:22 PM
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"Braveheart" ***1/2 out of four.
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06-22-2008, 09:01 PM
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Ben Hur: 10/10
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Originally Posted by Maggie_T
White liberals are all for blacks ... as long as they don't stray from the Nanny Government Welfare Plantation white liberals have so lovingly created for blacks.
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06-22-2008, 10:19 PM
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#792
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Originally Posted by Trevelyan
"Braveheart" ***1/2 out of four.
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Have you only just seen that?
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06-22-2008, 10:36 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by PrezLeefun
Have you only just seen that?
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Hah, somehow yes.
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06-22-2008, 11:12 PM
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That is so surprising to me. You seem to know all the great films. lol
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06-23-2008, 07:49 PM
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Boogie Nights (5/5)
Zohan (2/5)
Kung Fu Panda (3.5/5)
On the "to watch" list:
Get Smart
Wanted
Falling Down
Hoop Dreams
Red Dawn
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06-23-2008, 10:53 PM
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#796
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Originally Posted by hosl
On the "to watch" list:
Red Dawn
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YES. You MUST see this movie.
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"No statement is more unnecessary than the statement that the government should 'do something' about some issue. Politicians are going to 'do something,' whether or not something needs to be done, and regardless of whether what they do makes matters better or worse. All their incentives are to keep themselves in the public eye." - Thomas Sowell
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White liberals are all for blacks ... as long as they don't stray from the Nanny Government Welfare Plantation white liberals have so lovingly created for blacks.
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06-30-2008, 08:37 PM
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Wanted 2 and half stars.
It was good. Didn't make much sense but it was good.
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06-30-2008, 08:47 PM
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Get Smart: 7.5/10.
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"No statement is more unnecessary than the statement that the government should 'do something' about some issue. Politicians are going to 'do something,' whether or not something needs to be done, and regardless of whether what they do makes matters better or worse. All their incentives are to keep themselves in the public eye." - Thomas Sowell
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White liberals are all for blacks ... as long as they don't stray from the Nanny Government Welfare Plantation white liberals have so lovingly created for blacks.
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06-30-2008, 09:11 PM
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Wall E - 4 out of 5. Pretty darn good kids move.
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06-30-2008, 09:17 PM
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Hoop Dreams- (4.5/5). That's the way to make a documentary.
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