I'm dying to know what you and your wife thought of the movie.

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Well it was kind of a hectic weekend with the wife turning the big 3-0 so there was no time for movies, but I did manage to watch the Blazers beat the Bucks on Saturday. 

I'll let you know my thoughts once we do get a chance to check it out. 
 

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Jason Hicks
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Well I finally got a chance to watch it, and it definitely was one of those movies that seemed to be primarily about miserable people and their dysfunctional relationships, which isn't my favorite genre.  I think the best example of a movie like this was The Squid and the Whale, which was excellent.  But every one I've seen since, Smart People, The Savages and this one hasn't been nearly as good. 

BUT

There were a couple of cool things about this movie.

Jonathan Demme's use of handheld cameras made the cinematography a bit more artful and interesting than it would have been otherwise. 

Anne Hathaway's monologue at the AA group was outstanding, probably that one scene made her worthy of an Oscar nom. 

There were tons of cool musicians and music in the movie, I really enjoyed Tunde's song during the wedding ceremony but we also got to hear performances from Robyn Hitchcock, Cyro Baptista (percussionist who has played with Paul Simon, Herbie Hancock and many others), Sister Carol and jazz saxophonist Donald Harrison Jr. 

Plus I noticed that Fab 5 Freddy from Yo MTV Raps! played a minor character.

I'd give the movie a B-/B, it might be worth watching if you are a music freak like myself. 

 

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Jason Hicks
Aperion Audio Guru

I think Netflix is missing an opportunity. They should have a list called "These Movies Suck" and let you take out as many as you like as long as you promise never to return them.  Are you listening Netflix????

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Joe
If you can't have fun doing it, it's probably not worth doing.

joetag:

I think Netflix is missing an opportunity. They should have a list called "These Movies Suck" and let you take out as many as you like as long as you promise never to return them.  Are you listening Netflix????

They should add a tab to their site called "Movies You'll Hate". 
 

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Jason Hicks
Aperion Audio Guru

For this year, so far, it has to be the "Quantum of Solace"...a total waste of your time.

Amen to that delvalle.  See http://www.aperionaudio.com/community/forums/thread/8916.aspx

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Joe
If you can't have fun doing it, it's probably not worth doing.

I respectfully disagree with you gents. 

***I may include spoilers***

I haven't really understood all the criticism with the latest two Bond flicks.  They decided to re-invent the character, as well as how the movies are made.  In theory, you're seeing the origins of Bond (or, at least, a throwback to that), which is why everything is so awkward.  He's vulnerable, unpolished, feels invincible, masochistic, etc.  Hell, he even fell in love in Casino Royale, and it caused him to screw up.  Quantum is simply an extension of that.

 

I don't get why people are so surprised about this.  There was a LOT of set-up to the re-invention, and one had to assume that the Casino Royale style would continue.  For Quantum, he spent the whole movie RUNNING from MI6, not being a part of it, so it makes it difficult to squeeze the usual Bond cliche's in.

 

I'm sure they'll reintroduce Q, but they only get one shot to do it correctly.  And this new Bond version needs growing up for it to make sense.  I think that Quantum did a good job of getting him to that point, at least a little bit, and if only at the end. 

 

Biggest pros for me include the fact that the action has been fantastic, and that as someone who didn't grow up in the 60's, I feel like they've reinvented the character for people my age to enjoy the evolution of all over again.

 

Biggest cons for me are that I miss the resolution that came from previous Bond flicks.  In previous movies, there was a bad guy, Bond beat him, and everyone was happy.  For the same reason why I like it, I also dislike the fact that there's an on-going plot of evil that has yet to be revealed.  It's been more "conspiracy" and less "monster-of-the-week."

 

Anyway...my $0.02.

 

 

 

 

 

Yes the producers of the Bond series are "trying" to reinvent the Bond character, but it is not working. Quantum of Solace, two thumbs down.

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Sorry folks, I'm with PJ on this one...

This was a decent movie, excellent surround experience.  Maybe we should lower our expectations a bit, it's Bond, not Bogart (The African Queen was a killer movie btw).  I'd gladly take my wife and monster-in-law to see another Pierce Brosnan musical than endure another painful attempt to prove Piece could actually kick someone’s ass.  The series needed a darker, edgier agent.

The Bourne Trilogy, Casino Royale and QoS made my BD collection.

 

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** spoiler alert on Hancock ** 

 I finally got around to watching Hancock over the weekend.  Is it just me or did that movie really suck?  I still have no clue how Hancock became a superhuman (is he human?) and why if he was with Theron for a few thousand years that didn't affect his powers but after they reunited it did. 

And - reinventing Bond so he's more like Jason Bourne just doesn't work for me.

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Joe
If you can't have fun doing it, it's probably not worth doing.

I thought Hancock was a great movie. They were both gods, she explains it to him in the movie that they are just called superheros now. And she also explains to him that they find each other, get together, he gets weak and hurt so she leaves and then the cycle goes through again. Either way I thought it was a good movie as Will Smith's movies usually are. Just my

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-Bill

I didn't really mind Hancock either. I like movies for certain reasons though. I really enjoyed the way this movie sounded on the surround. Was really cool. I didn't like the plot of the movie much. Not really believable, not that super hero's, xmen, nor transformers are, but I know that those type of movies rock down the house with killer sound that makes me smile like a child. And if a movie can do that, it's worth the $.

The Day The Earth Stood Still.................Don't bother. All that mattered in this production was how politically correct can the producers and director and the actors make a movie! First off Kathy Bates as the Secretary of Defence, from the looks of her the only thing she would be willing to defend is her local Dunkin Donut shop. At EVERY opportunity the only thing that mattered was how can we keep this remake of a wonderful old sci-fi classic politically correct, no matter how bad it makes the movie. The childs part in the movie is given to a cute little black boy whose mother has died and the father remarries a white girl and then he dies in Iraq. Why not give him a black mom.............. because the movie has to be politically correct! Klatu and the mom and the boy have to escape the Army, so what vehicle do they use............Honda Civic Hybred. Lets not forget Gort, the robot. In the original the robot is about 8 ft tall, in the remake it's about 300 ft tall. Thats right, the size of a 30 story building, why? I have seen alot of remakes of different genres, most of them not very good, a few, very good (John Carpenter's The Thing 1982), but this one is the WORST remakes I have ever seen.                     5 thumbs down.              Please where can I get the last 1hr 44min of my life back!

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Just finished "The Wrestler". All Mickey Rourke did was be himself. Absolutly nothing happened in this movie that hasn't been done in other movies, but others did it better. The best part was Marisa Tomei naked all the time. The big awards for this movie are all just about throwing Mickey a bone!

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