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The Official Movie Thread

Danny Boyle has a new trailer out for Trance

I'd link to it, but it's pretty gory, violent etc. So here's the cool poster instead.

Guy in the poster looks like me watching a Leaf game when Dion shoots high and wide.

Trance-Poster.jpg
 
Justin said:
It's rare that you can confidently say an actor will win an Oscar without having seen many of the films that other actors are nominated for. I have no doubt in my mind that Waltz will win one again this year. He was that great.
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Great night it was for Canadians and for Canada at the Oscars.  Toronto composer Mychaal Danna won for best original score for Life of Pi, a movie based on The novel of the same name written by Canadian Yann Martel.

Best director went to Taiwanese Ang Lee who thanked his Canadian crew in his acceptance speech.

Ben Affleck's Argo won best picture, based partly on the "Canadian Caper" (escape from Iran) as well as on a CIA collaboration in tandem with the Canadian embassy at the time.  In the film, Affleck plays a Canadian filmmaker (a disguise of course to hide who he really is).  In his acceptance speech, Affleck thanked Canada, as did Chris Terrio, who won for best adapted screenplay for Argo.

Not bad, eh?!

Read more:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/story/2013/02/24/85th-oscars-academy-awards.html

http://arts.nationalpost.com/2013/02/24/oscars-2013-live-blog-academy-awards-presented-in-los-angeles/


 
Sucker Punch said:
So what's the deal with Movie 43?  Sounds like an interesting concept, but is getting some horrendous reviews.
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Go back a couple of pages and read my review.

It's undoubtedly the worst piece of trash I've ever seen on a screen.
 
Justin said:
If anyone as thinking of seeing Movie 43...don't. It was unequivocally the worst movie I have ever seen. Peter Howell of the Toronto Star even called it the "worst film ever" while NOW Magazine (or was it The Grid?) said something along the lines of "it looks and sounds atrocious from start to finish." These are no exaggerations...this movie is pure filth. It's disgusting, obscene, reaches new levels of vulgarity, and is downright offensive. Not offensive to me, but offensive to the Hollywood film industry as a whole for merely existing. The boatloads of big-name stars that made appearances including Halle Berry, Naomi Watts, Dennis Quaid, Hugh Jackman, Uma Thurman, Anna Faris, Kate Winslet, Emma Stone, Leiv Schreiber, and Gerard Butler should all be embarrassed for attaching their names to this debauchery. How did this piece of crap even get into theaters?
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Gotta agree with WIGWAL, your review makes it bizarrely compelling.  I want to see it now.
 
Sucker Punch said:
Justin said:
If anyone as thinking of seeing Movie 43...don't. It was unequivocally the worst movie I have ever seen. Peter Howell of the Toronto Star even called it the "worst film ever" while NOW Magazine (or was it The Grid?) said something along the lines of "it looks and sounds atrocious from start to finish." These are no exaggerations...this movie is pure filth. It's disgusting, obscene, reaches new levels of vulgarity, and is downright offensive. Not offensive to me, but offensive to the Hollywood film industry as a whole for merely existing. The boatloads of big-name stars that made appearances including Halle Berry, Naomi Watts, Dennis Quaid, Hugh Jackman, Uma Thurman, Anna Faris, Kate Winslet, Emma Stone, Leiv Schreiber, and Gerard Butler should all be embarrassed for attaching their names to this debauchery. How did this piece of crap even get into theaters?
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Gotta agree with WIGWAL, your review makes it bizarrely compelling.  I want to see it now.
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You really shouldn't, at least according to many.  People say it's not at all entertaining because it's so bad, as some films can be.  From Peter Howell:  "It?s not a ?good bad? movie, the kind where you laugh at the incompetence on display. It?s simply a terrible movie, the kind that makes you feel lousy for having spent money to see it."
 
Sucker Punch said:
Justin said:
If anyone as thinking of seeing Movie 43...don't. It was unequivocally the worst movie I have ever seen. Peter Howell of the Toronto Star even called it the "worst film ever" while NOW Magazine (or was it The Grid?) said something along the lines of "it looks and sounds atrocious from start to finish." These are no exaggerations...this movie is pure filth. It's disgusting, obscene, reaches new levels of vulgarity, and is downright offensive. Not offensive to me, but offensive to the Hollywood film industry as a whole for merely existing. The boatloads of big-name stars that made appearances including Halle Berry, Naomi Watts, Dennis Quaid, Hugh Jackman, Uma Thurman, Anna Faris, Kate Winslet, Emma Stone, Leiv Schreiber, and Gerard Butler should all be embarrassed for attaching their names to this debauchery. How did this piece of crap even get into theaters?
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Gotta agree with WIGWAL, your review makes it bizarrely compelling.  I want to see it now.
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It was a similar review by a friend that made me want to go see it in the first place. I was fully ready to walk out after 20 minutes if not for a couple of buddies that wanted to stay.
 
Justin said:
If anyone as thinking of seeing Movie 43...don't. It was unequivocally the worst movie I have ever seen. Peter Howell of the Toronto Star even called it the "worst film ever" while NOW Magazine (or was it The Grid?) said something along the lines of "it looks and sounds atrocious from start to finish." These are no exaggerations...this movie is pure filth. It's disgusting, obscene, reaches new levels of vulgarity, and is downright offensive. Not offensive to me, but offensive to the Hollywood film industry as a whole for merely existing. The boatloads of big-name stars that made appearances including Halle Berry, Naomi Watts, Dennis Quaid, Hugh Jackman, Uma Thurman, Anna Faris, Kate Winslet, Emma Stone, Leiv Schreiber, and Gerard Butler should all be embarrassed for attaching their names to this debauchery. How did this piece of crap even get into theaters?
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But was that not the point of the film? To shock and offend as many people as possible? That's how it was being billed anyways.
 
Watched the new Red Dawn remake.

Certainly not as entertaining as the first movie. They tried way too hard to make it Hollywood with the special effects and big explosions.
 
So Kristen Bell and Rob Thomas started a kickstarter for the Veronica Mars movie, in under two hours they are fast approaching $700k of their $2 million budget.

Pretty crazy.

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/559914737/the-veronica-mars-movie-project
 
WhatIfGodWasALeaf said:
So Kristen Bell and Rob Thomas started a kickstarter for the Veronica Mars movie, in under two hours they are fast approaching $700k of their $2 million budget.

Pretty crazy.

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/559914737/the-veronica-mars-movie-project
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They've already surpassed the $2M goal they set for themselves and they still have a full month to go. I wish something like this would happen for series that I actually followed.
 
Really want to see Olympus and the new G.I Joe movie. The new Tina Fey movie looks interesting as well along with Safe Haven.
 
I saw the trailer for World War Z before Hansel and Gretel a while back.  That looks amazing.

Hansel and Gretel had its moments.  (Not really a spoiler) Loved how they made Hansel diabetic from being force fed candy by a witch.  Even if it was weird, magic diabetes.
 
Checked out Red Dawn and End of watch this weekend.

Red Dawn was a decent flick, very predictable, but watchable.

I really enjoyed End of Watch though, Gylenhall and Pena have unreal chemistry as partners in one of the best cop movies since Training Day.
 
Roger Ebert died today. Definitely on the short list of the best and most influential critics of all time, reading his blog/reviews is something I'm going to miss a great deal.
 
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