ChineseDemocracy2004 Posted January 24, 2011 Share Posted January 24, 2011 Pulp Fiction was on last night. Have not seen it in a while. Class as ever. Only spotted Steve Buscemi for the first time because I am an idiot.Also noticed John Travolta use the line 'it might seem excessive, but that doesn't mean it didn't happen...' then realised that is pretty much the tagline of Slashs book.I watched that this afternoon. Steve Buscemi's in Pulp Fiction? The film gets better the more you watch it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tater Totts Posted January 24, 2011 Share Posted January 24, 2011 Pop Quiz Hot Shot: How much do you think Keanu Reeves is worth? $350,000,000......That's right, Johnny mother fucking Utah is a genius! He supposedly earned about $250 Million from the three Matrix movies alone...About $15 Million base salary and 15% of the gross for both the sequels....Talk about a killer contract. Amazing.Funny you should say that as apparently they are planning another 2 Matrix films. >.< Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FuddMckagan Posted January 24, 2011 Share Posted January 24, 2011 The Pursuit Of Happyness- Even though I don't like Will Smith, I thought this was pretty good. Very interesting, but I could guess the ending from the start. Oh well. Good movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Riggs Posted January 24, 2011 Share Posted January 24, 2011 POINT BREAK, BILL & TED, SPEED, THE MATRIX, CONSTANTINE......So what you will, but the guy gets it done and has been in great movies that people love!http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkFnLwqACt4That Music Video from the movie is pure early 90's! Point Break is Epic! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AbominableHoman Posted January 24, 2011 Share Posted January 24, 2011 That song has been on my work-out playlist for ages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Riggs Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 Watching TRUE ROMANCE.Thoughts on it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoon87 Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 Watched The Shawshank Redemption. Best movie of all time? No, but it was really really good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobodys_Fault Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 Watching TRUE ROMANCE.Thoughts on it?One of my favourite films of all time. The 'minor' characters are just brilliant. Stoner Brad Pitt... Gary Oldman as Drexl... Dennis Hopper as Clarences Dad... Val Kilmer's Elvis... Sicilian Christopher Walken.Love the score too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angelica Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 Incredibly stupid ten best picture nominees thing is still incredibly stupid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobodys_Fault Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 Incredibly stupid ten best picture nominees thing is still incredibly stupid. If it was still 5 which of the ten nominees would you have cut it down to? Just curious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angelica Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 Incredibly stupid ten best picture nominees thing is still incredibly stupid. If it was still 5 which of the ten nominees would you have cut it down to? Just curious.Black Swan, Social Network, True Grit, The Fighter, Toy Story 3. But excluding The Kids Are Alright, they're all reasonable enough films (though I can't stand the Oscar bait nature of The King's Speech), it's just too much padding and it cheapens the category. It was only introduced to heighten the chances of blockbusters getting nominated for the ratings, it's just lame. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F*ck Fear Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 I've been on a horror kick lately, but have watched the Nightmare On Elm St/Friday the 13th/Halloween series into the ground lol.Anyone have some suggestions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tater Totts Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 Kind of surprised Nolan was snubbed for Best Director, not that it matters as Fincher will walk away with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobodys_Fault Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 Incredibly stupid ten best picture nominees thing is still incredibly stupid. If it was still 5 which of the ten nominees would you have cut it down to? Just curious.Black Swan, Social Network, True Grit, The Fighter, Toy Story 3. But excluding The Kids Are Alright, they're all reasonable enough films (though I can't stand the Oscar bait nature of The King's Speech), it's just too much padding and it cheapens the category. It was only introduced to heighten the chances of blockbusters getting nominated for the ratings, it's just lame.Think I would pretty much agree with that. The only other thing I really disagreed with from the nominations list was no best director nod for Nolan. Even though I would probably give it to Aranofsky, I still think he deserved the recognition.To see Jeff pick up back to back Oscars for what is essentially two very similar performances would be awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angelica Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 Incredibly stupid ten best picture nominees thing is still incredibly stupid. If it was still 5 which of the ten nominees would you have cut it down to? Just curious.Black Swan, Social Network, True Grit, The Fighter, Toy Story 3. But excluding The Kids Are Alright, they're all reasonable enough films (though I can't stand the Oscar bait nature of The King's Speech), it's just too much padding and it cheapens the category. It was only introduced to heighten the chances of blockbusters getting nominated for the ratings, it's just lame.Think I would pretty much agree with that. The only other thing I really disagreed with from the nominations list was no best director nod for Nolan. Even though I would probably give it to Aranofsky, I still think he deserved the recognition.To see Jeff pick up back to back Oscars for what is essentially two very similar performances would be awesome. I thought Hooper would be snubbed for Nolan. I wasn't big on Inception, but Hooper's nomination is laughable in comparison. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Riggs Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 Watching TRUE ROMANCE.Thoughts on it?One of my favourite films of all time. The 'minor' characters are just brilliant. Stoner Brad Pitt... Gary Oldman as Drexl... Dennis Hopper as Clarences Dad... Val Kilmer's Elvis... Sicilian Christopher Walken.Love the score too. Yeah, I really like the vibe/atmosphere that Tony Scott created in this and The Last Boy Scout 2 years before. It's easy to tell he directed both the films. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Riggs Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 (edited) I'm not the biggest fan of Inception, but it's a fucking joke that Nolan wasn't nominated for Best Director.The Coens over Nolan? Seriously? A remake of a classic film and book versus a WILDLY successful film that Nolan not only directed but created. What a F'ing joke.Edit: Oh and every category seems pretty boring. Not to mention the most buzz is around a movie about real life events that happened THIS DECADE and half the shit in the movie is just made up. Literally. I give up.Also isn't the girl in True Grit basically the main character in the movie? Why was she nominated as best supporting actress and not leading actress? Edited January 25, 2011 by Martin Riggs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AbominableHoman Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 Inception lost its luster pretty quickly. It was a great box office movie. Watching it a second time is pretty meh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Riggs Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 Inception lost its luster pretty quickly. It was a great box office movie. Watching it a second time is pretty meh. A lot of people probably disagree with you, but either way at least is was a huge film that was original and not some reboot/remake. Pretty rare these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cherry_bomb Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 i agree with the sentiments here.I really liked inception. i also liked it the second time i watched it. original story, amazing visuals, entertaining, the whole she-bang.i just dont see how a remake should get it over an original piece of art... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Laura- Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 Just finished watching the first season of Breaking Bad. Does anyone watch this? I'm impressed. I absolutely loved it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forsaken Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 Just finished watching the first season of Breaking Bad. Does anyone watch this? I'm impressed. I absolutely loved it. It's great of what I saw, I have some catching up to do though... how many seasons are there exactly? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Laura- Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 Just finished watching the first season of Breaking Bad. Does anyone watch this? I'm impressed. I absolutely loved it. It's great of what I saw, I have some catching up to do though... how many seasons are there exactly?Only 3 and all of them have few episodes. The first season had only 7 of them. Too bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ITW 2012 Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 Did anybody else think True Grit was just kind of average at best? The Social Network and David Fincher should easily win for Best Picture and Best Director, respectively. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Riggs Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 Just finished watching the first season of Breaking Bad. Does anyone watch this? I'm impressed. I absolutely loved it. Totally agree with you, it's amazing. Took me a while to get used to Hal from Malcolm in the Middle in such a different role but I absolutely loved every second of all three seasons.Kinda off topic: But are the big scripted U.S. tv shows also the big shows in the U.K.? (That's where you live, right?) Obviously not the only big shows I'm sure, but was just wondering. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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