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Oh, and I finally saw Interstellar. I think that film's ambivalent reaction is more or less what it deserved tbh. Not a bad flick but I certainly didn't love it as much as some of the other movies this year.





I didn't love The Grand Budapest Hotel as much as other Wes films but I still loved it.






Haven't seen any of his other films. Didn't think that they were my style. Might have to see them now.


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I finally got around to watching Pan's Labyrinth. What an outstanding movie. It truly is one of the best films of the last decade. I think Del Toro often has a tendency to get a bit lost in his ideas, loosing sight of the story. Pan's Labyrinth had none of those flaws. It has great Del Toroesque ideas coupled with a strong story. The acting is brilliant to and I loved the message of this movie.


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I really liked The Departed. Definitely more than Infernal Affairs.

Leo, Jack, kick ass soundtrack. Good movie all around.

It just baffles me it was the movie they finally gave Scorsese the Oscar for. The guy made Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, Goodfellas, and Casino. I mean wtf?

It was almost like well we owed you this for some time.

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The Departed annoys me so much. I mean much about it is really good but it guts much of the moral complexity from the story and the ending is just :bang: .

What the rat on the rail? Yeah that was stupid but other than that I liked the ending. Thought I'll admit I feel like the quality slightly drops after Costellos death.
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I finally got around to watching Pan's Labyrinth. What an outstanding movie. It truly is one of the best films of the last decade. I think Del Toro often has a tendency to get a bit lost in his ideas, loosing sight of the story. Pan's Labyrinth had none of those flaws. It has great Del Toroesque ideas coupled with a strong story. The acting is brilliant to and I loved the message of this movie.

For the second time in a very short space of time, I am shocked at having seen a film before someone else on the board who seems something of a film buff :p

Definitely love Pan's Labyrinth though. Some really gruesome scenes too.

Will be watching Dawn of the Planet of the Apes today, I think, asvI received another free movie code. Unless I catch anything else that takesbmy fancy I will go with that

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It was almost like well we owed you this for some time.

Isn't that how the academy awards work all the time? :p

For the second time in a very short space of time, I am shocked at having seen a film before someone else on the board who seems something of a film buff :P

Definitely love Pan's Labyrinth though. Some really gruesome scenes too.

I know I'm very late to this party :) I think it's because I'm not much of a Del Toro fan. The Hellboys don't do it for me, I was unable to complete Pacific Rim, El espinoza del diablo was good but flawed and his involvement with the Hobbit movies counts as a major strike against him. I think the only other Del Toro movie I really enjoyed was Blade II, which I didn't even know he directed until I checked his IMDB page yesterday.

I kind of see where all his failures come from though. He spared all his talents to make Pan's Labyrinth. And that's okay :)

Will be watching Dawn of the Planet of the Apes today, I think, asvI received another free movie code. Unless I catch anything else that takesbmy fancy I will go with that

Really good movie imo. The second best blockbuster of this summer and the second best installment in the Apes franchise. Only the 1968 original is better, although it has less awesome action than this one.

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Was bored and decided to see The Rock's Hercules. Was still bored. An hour and a half passed, and I'm not sure anything really happened. Wasn't horrible, just...lots of meh.



Also caught 22 Jump Street. Definitely liked the first one better - this one they definitely forced. There were a couple moments that were very funny, but overall all it was a one watch and done.


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Was bored and decided to see The Rock's Hercules. Was still bored. An hour and a half passed, and I'm not sure anything really happened. Wasn't horrible, just...lots of meh.

Also caught 22 Jump Street. Definitely liked the first one better - this one they definitely forced. There were a couple moments that were very funny, but overall all it was a one watch and done.

Give the Kellan Lutz version of Hercules a shot. :) I watched it recently and was pleasantly surprised. It's not an awesome movie, by any means, but it was entertaining and the fight scenes seemed a lot flashier and better choreographed than the Rock ones.

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Give the Kellan Lutz version of Hercules a shot. :) I watched it recently and was pleasantly surprised. It's not an awesome movie, by any means, but it was entertaining and the fight scenes seemed a lot flashier and better choreographed than the Rock ones.

Satan is that you? :p

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What the rat on the rail? Yeah that was stupid but other than that I liked the ending. Thought I'll admit I feel like the quality slightly drops after Costellos death.

The rat on the rail, but also

the fact that Whalberg shot Matt Damon. Combined with the fact that he only turned on Costello because Costello was snitching himself, it took all the nuance out of it. No moral ambiguity here, guys!

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