Movie Thread

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Originally Posted by Irving

I liked the Revenant. Do you feel like it might have been built up too much?

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Yes. It was a passable but not what i would call Oscar, or any other award, worthy.

Not even best On Film Bear Attack? Puh-lease.

We went to see ​The Magnificent Seven​ yesterday. It was nice to actually watch a classic western. Antoine Fuqua must really love the genre because he really seems to get it. It was really refreshing to see the cast and watch the story and not be bludgeoned with the usual Hollywood crap. This movie could easily have been ruined if the story was used to focus on race or multiculturalism. Just a touch of anti-capitalism, but the basic story from the original involved the farmers vs the gang of criminals being converted to farmers vs the evil mine owner isn't overly done IMO.

Just action and predictable ending. I truly enjoyed the two hours I spent watching this movie.

I came really close to watching the Magnificent Seven with my wife this past Saturday. Glad to hear you enjoyed it.

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Originally Posted by Irving

Tan, I need to track down an ex-husband who owes a lot of money and skipped town. I think he's on an Alaskan crabbing boat. You may need to go pretty deep undercover. Can I count on you for the job?

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Hell, NO. I will outsource it to one of those derring-do Alaskan PIs. :)

Or I will just wait until he comes back on shore and serve him papers. I'll send you my rate sheet- I'll need a retainer.

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Originally Posted by cstone

We went to see ​The Magnificent Seven​ yesterday. It was nice to actually watch a classic western. Antoine Fuqua must really love the genre because he really seems to get it. It was really refreshing to see the cast and watch the story and not be bludgeoned with the usual Hollywood crap. This movie could easily have been ruined if the story was used to focus on race or multiculturalism. Just a touch of anti-capitalism, but the basic story from the original involved the farmers vs the gang of criminals being converted to farmers vs the evil mine owner isn't overly done IMO.

Just action and predictable ending. I truly enjoyed the two hours I spent watching this movie.

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This is good- we both wanted to see this after watching the previews.

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Originally Posted by Irving

Not even best On Film Bear Attack? Puh-lease.

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5 min of bear attack doesn't carry a 2 hr film.

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Originally Posted by Great-Kazoo

5 min of bear attack doesn't carry a 2 hr film.

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Millenials...

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Originally Posted by Irving

Millenials...

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[ROFL2]

I can't wait to see Magnificent Seven (considering I love the original- Seven Samurai, the 1960 MS is good, too). Michael Brown (of KHOW fame) said when he saw it and Denzel showed up for the first time, he leaned over to his wife and said "The new sheriff is a..." [LOL]
We saw Sully a couple weeks ago. Very well done. Tom Hanks is one of my all time favorite actors, IMHO he's one of the very best. I also can't wait to see Deepwater Horizon. I've heard good things, and Christian Toto says they tone down the enviro-crap and make it more about the heroism.