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The Purge Anarchy - I love dystopian concepts, but this was very poorly orchestrated. The first was better, which does not say a lot. Are we supposed to care about the characters? The whole idea around such films is getting to know the people and caring about their lives. There is no depth whatsoever to any of the characters, other than a mysterious avenger who helps others stranded. Boring.

12-30-2014 , 05:22 PM

#10878

Dominic

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Under the Skin was pretty great...I still think about it after three months.

12-30-2014 , 05:29 PM

#10879

PhillyEagles9

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Quote:

Originally Posted by BustoRhymes

Great list. Lots of those look interesting. I'm convinced now of seeing Grand Budapest Hotel. The Tribe also sounds fantastic.

On hbo go & hbo on demand now too

12-30-2014 , 05:42 PM

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chopstick

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Cold in July - Another box office bomb

Not sure if it was correct to call this a box office bomb - it only made it to 73 screens, and even that was only for two weekends. 9 weekends total, $423k total revenue. This was a low budget film, and I can't find an actual production budget figure, but they have to have spent more than $423k on it.

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Originally Posted by Dominic

Cold in July will be on my best of the year list

Why?

I enjoyed it, but wouldn't put it on any best of lists, mostly because

Spoiler:

12-30-2014 , 06:27 PM

#10881

Dominic

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<shrug> Made sense to me.

I just thought it was a great movie. It was constantly surpassing me.

12-30-2014 , 06:54 PM

#10882

SenorKeeed

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Grand Budapest Hotel is Wes Anderson's best movie in a long time. Maybe ever. It's unusually plot-heavy for an Anderson film, which really works well in curtailing the excessively affected cutesyness that some of his films suffer from. I've always loved the sort of weird parallel universe that Anderson's movies seem to take place in, but it can be a bit much at times.

12-30-2014 , 08:38 PM

#10883

vixticator

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Unbroken was quite good. It's an epic triumph of the human spirit type movie, although not exactly 'feel good'. Relatively unknown cast all did a good job. Well paced, it doesn't drag. It is exactly as advertised. If you think it looks good, you'll like it, otherwise you won't. 7/10

12-30-2014 , 09:41 PM

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I finally watched The Seventh Seal which was an interesting change of pace from all of the Christmas movies I have watched in the last week or two. Despite the dreaded subtitles I thought it was worth watching. I must have been mistaken though as I thought it was an Ingrid Bergman movie but I never saw her? Anyway I thought every scene with the Knight was great and every scene with the Knight and Death to be riveting. The rest was pretty boring

I'm glad I finally watched it but I doubt I ever visit it again.

12-30-2014 , 09:54 PM

#10885

vixticator

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Oh yeah I watched Labor Day last night, don't ask why. It is unbelievably terrible. 1/10

12-30-2014 , 10:12 PM

#10886

biggerboat

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Slither A man gets bitten by an alien. I really don't want to give too much more away.

This is an absolute MUST SEE if you haven't. Campy alien horror fun from beginning to end. They throw everything but the kitchen sink into this and then they toss in the sink. Once you think you've seen the greatest thing ever, something better happens.

This is a re-watch for me and it was as much fun as the first time around.

12-30-2014 , 10:23 PM

#10887

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Originally Posted by mrbaseball

I'm glad I finally watched it but I doubt I ever visit it again.

Her (not the actress) husband Ingmar directed it.

12-30-2014 , 10:41 PM

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mrbaseball

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Her (not the actress) husband Ingmar directed it.

That's right! I always get them confused. Their kid Dave used to play for the Detroit Tigers.

12-30-2014 , 10:47 PM

#10889

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Mrbaseball,

In a while all you'll remember are the knight and death and it will all be great.

Ingmar Bergman directed. Interestingly, his wife's name was Ingrid, but she was not the Ingrid Bergman.

12-30-2014 , 10:48 PM

#10890

microbet

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Slow pony, but they weren't married.

12-30-2014 , 10:49 PM

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mrbaseball

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Damn internet! All I was trying to do was make a joke

12-30-2014 , 10:50 PM

#10892

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Ingrid did marry a director, Roberto Rossellini and have a daughter, Isabella.

12-30-2014 , 10:54 PM

#10893

Dominic

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I once directed a porn chick named Isabella Bergman.

Life is a circle.

12-30-2014 , 10:55 PM

#10894

mrbaseball

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Ingrid did marry a director, Roberto Rossellini and have a daughter, Isabella.

I'm pretty sure Isabella is hot and I saw the granddaughter on some talk show and she is way hot too. Good genes

12-30-2014 , 11:01 PM

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Next gen is a model. Hot, but not quite Isabella or Ingrid imo. They are both very very nice and when I hear their accents, super hot.

12-31-2014 , 01:04 AM

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gmcarroll33

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The Equalizer- Maybe a 6 , but prob in the high 5 range at best. Denzel is my favorite actor and I like several previous films of the director, and this was a beautiful looking movie for blu ray and stuff, but the story never really develops to where I could find a way to give a **** about a single character and just didn't flow/develop at all. Like the poorest version of Man on Fire they could have come up with. A total pass

12-31-2014 , 01:08 AM

#10897

Malice's Attorney

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Dominic

Life is a flat circle.

Fyp

12-31-2014 , 01:16 AM

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kioshk

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I think Ingrid was a better actress than Isabella because Ingrid often seemed to hold things back and keep a reserve. Isabella was always way out front with the emotions.

Not that I know anything about acting.