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IMDB has the ****ing Shawshank Redemption as the No. 1 movie of all time. That should say enough about them as a reference for quality.

Also cs3,

FACTS aren't takes.

OK...but Shawshank is a pretty good movie. And my point was, having not seen Rush, an imdb score of 8.1, RT score of 89% and a Metacritic score of 75 indicates that it was a well-received film.

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04-18-2019 , 02:47 PM

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IMDB has the ****ing Shawshank Redemption as the No. 1 movie of all time. That should say enough about them as a reference for quality.

Also cs3,

FACTS aren't takes.

If we're going to have a popularity contest for the best movie of all time, Shawshank isn't a terrible winner.

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04-18-2019 , 03:09 PM

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It's an OK film, sure. Nowhere close to even be in contention for GOAT, though.

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04-18-2019 , 08:26 PM

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IMDB has the ****ing Shawshank Redemption as the No. 1 movie of all time. That should say enough about them as a reference for quality.

Seriously, THAT'S your rebuttal against using IMDB?
Hilarious that people who have the most ridiculous opinions about movies, on both ends of the spectrum, just flock to this thread to share them with everyone.

Hating popular movies doesn't make you as cool and edgy as you think!

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04-18-2019 , 11:56 PM

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No idea why we're having this discussion since nobody was using IMDB as a measure of quality until Sugar Nut started to argue about it.

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04-19-2019 , 12:00 AM

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GTFO with "without checking imdb." What kind of test is that? Who memorizes the filmography of a second tier director? But Cinderella man and A Beautiful Mind were made in the last 20 years and were good.

Checking imdb, I didn't see Frost Nixon but it was very well received. Cinderella Man and Beautiful Mind were great. The Heart of the Sea was a perfectly cromulent movie. I didn't see Rush but it has a 8.1 rating on imdb, 89% on RT and a 75 on Metacritic. The Da Vinci Code was fine for what it was, a less hammy National Treasure or whatever. He made the sequels to that which I'm sure I wouldn't care for but they are what they are, it's like criticizing the director of the Twilight movies for making Twilight movies. They back the money truck into your driveway and you make the movie. The only stinker that he's made in the last 20 years (really his whole career from what I can tell) was The Dilemma, which I didn't see.

I actually did, rather mildly

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04-19-2019 , 07:48 AM

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Says the guy who's too cool to discuss Star Wars in a Star Wars thread.

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05-08-2019 , 06:40 PM

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Three new Star Wars films have been announced.

Disney Announces New ‘Star Wars’ Films...

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Disney announced there will be a trio of untitled “Star Wars” entries. These will hit theaters after “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker” brings the Skywalker spinoff saga to a close this December. The first of the new three films will hit the big screen on Dec. 16, 2022. There will be two other follow-ups that will premiere in the Christmas corridor on Dec. 20, 2024 and Dec. 18, 2026.

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05-09-2019 , 01:27 AM

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Disney are refusing to say whether this trilogy is the same as the previously-announced Rian Johnson trilogy, which I have to think means that the Johnson trilogy is in doubt. My excitement levels for either a Johnson or Benioff & Weiss trilogy are very low, but it's conceivable the latter could do a good job.

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05-11-2019 , 01:34 AM

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I liked this. It was shockingly good imo. I was engaged. It made me FEEL.

But moreover it also made me wonder if we'll see an original trilogy remake anytime. The story is timeless, but might need a makeover for new audiences to really be attracted to it. Everything else from IT to Blade Runner, etc. seems to be getting the treatment.

The new trilogy has obviously been a soft reboot done horrifically badly. They're out of ideas completely...we're back to the actual death star and Palpatine.

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05-11-2019 , 01:38 AM

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That's incredibly well done, thanks for sharing. I'd rather see a remake of the prequels than the original trilogy.

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07-15-2019 , 11:22 AM

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RedLetterMedia have an Ep 9 predictions video.

I think it's all good, but it's over 40 minutes long, the best part is Mike's theory of what's going to happen, the meat of which runs from 18:23 to 23:02. I'm not sure I'm convinced, but it's definitely the kind of awful **** which is plausible.

Basic theory in spoiler, he gives supporting evidence in the video:

Spoiler:

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07-15-2019 , 11:53 AM

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Ahem, seems like somebody at Disney has been reading this thread:

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It's baffling to me that they made this movie with Chewbacca as an adult. I mean, I love the Chew man, but it would be so obvious and awesome to have him as an adolescent for this movie. Maybe he could ride some kind of hoverboard or have a blaster slingshot in his back pocket or something like that.

Anybody know the name of a good copyright lawyer?

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07-18-2019 , 09:28 AM

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07-18-2019 , 09:37 AM

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I probably should have put that in spoiler tags. Apologies

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07-18-2019 , 12:25 PM

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That's no moon

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08-24-2019 , 09:05 PM

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Hopefully Disney is better at making Star Wars tv shows than they are at making Star Wars movies. Trailer for The Mandalorian looks good.

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08-24-2019 , 11:05 PM

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Jon Favreau is behind The Mandalorian so I have reasonably high hopes for it. I just hope they stop trying to constantly tie everything together and cutely reference other SW stuff non-stop (like even in the trailer, of course there's a dude frozen in carbonite), and just let the ****ing thing breathe and tell a story in this universe. Not really too confident on that.

Then there's also the news that Ewan MacGregor is officially in for a Kenobi series, no movie anymore (presumably because of Solo bombing). I expect that could change a hundred times depending on how well this series is received and how Disney+ does in general.

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08-25-2019 , 02:42 AM

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It actually makes sense to show the carbonite dude, as The Mandalorian takes place ~10 years after Return of the Jedi. Surely carbonite is the chic bounty hunter move after it was done to Han.

Anyway, you've got $15mil per episode, Favreau at the helm, Pedro Pascal in the lead, Taika Waititi as the assassin droid, Carl Weathers looking dope, Giancarlo Esposito (Gus Fring), ****ing Werner Herzog, and some Gina Carano because why not.

That's a pretty stacked deck, I'm definitely excited.

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08-25-2019 , 02:44 AM

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Not sure how I feel about a Kenobi series. Doesn't feel like their *should* be that many stories to tell about him given the narrative between RotS and ANH.

As such, I think stand-alone films would be better.

Both series will have to be written well though. Given everything post-1980 has been mediocre as best, there just isn't the goodwill to watch stuff just to see a lightsaber fight.

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08-25-2019 , 05:13 AM

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Pedro Pascal as the Mandalorian? **** yeah!

THIS is the type of thing Disney should have been doing with Star Wars all along. Looks like it will be totally removed from anything Skywalker. I'm pretty ok with that.

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08-25-2019 , 06:05 AM

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Anyway, you've got $15mil per episode, Favreau at the helm, Pedro Pascal in the lead, Taika Waititi as the assassin droid, Carl Weathers looking dope, Giancarlo Esposito (Gus Fring), ****ing Werner Herzog, and some Gina Carano because why not.

That's a pretty stacked deck, I'm definitely excited.

Yeah, the casting looks good. Appears they actually took some time to think about the characters and who might play them rather than just throw a bunch of attractive <35yos in there.

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08-25-2019 , 05:16 PM

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The seedy criminal underworld was the most interesting part of the Star Wars mythos and they never really expanded on it in the mainline films and inexplicably kind of underplayed it in Solo(baffling call).

That none of the characters seem at all tied into existing plotlines is super encouraging but I'm sure Carl Weathers is gonna turn out to be Brian Calrissian and Herzog is gonna be Wedge Antilles' dad or some dumb **** like that.

Until that happens, though, super excited.

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08-25-2019 , 06:44 PM

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I'm sure Carl Weathers is gonna turn out to be Brian Calrissian and Herzog is gonna be Wedge Antilles' dad or some dumb **** like that.

Yeah that's the kind of thing I'm talking about. Even if it doesn't really affect the plot at all, they can't help themselves.

I laughed the other day because my wife was reading me some description of the new Disney World hotel that ties into the new SW land that's opening, and they describe it as being designed as some base on some blah blah planet "...that's the home planet of Mon Mothma." Like not everything has to connect to everything else dude.