Movie Thread

[Elhuero]

million dollar baby in 5 seconds


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rp_j3ZirLjM

[SA Friday]

million dollar baby in 5 seconds


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rp_j3ZirLjM

That shit was way funny

[chrisguy]

Heat
Miami Vice
The Kingdom
Collateral
Last of the Mohicans (1992)
Manhunter
These all have something in common other than being all very good movies.

That would be Michael Mann, one of my fav directors. Can always count on him for great shots/visuals, and usually good-to-great action sequences.


Manhunter is great. Some might complain that it shows some lingering influence (visuals mostly) from Mann's time doing the original Miami Vice TV series, but hey I liked that too. You can still buy these... just get a blue t-shirt, white jacket and shave through a screen door...

[Irving]

Heat
Miami Vice
The Kingdom
Collateral
Last of the Mohicans (1992)
Manhunter
These all have something in common other than being all very good movies.

Terry Goodkind's Confessor series as mentioned in pg one or two has a lot more than the philosophies of Ayn Rand in them. There are a lot of other philosopher's views reflected within the work, and more than a little military doctrine in it. I suspect there's some counterintelligence dealings in Goodkind's background. BTW, they made this into a tv series that absolutely blew chunks...

If you want to watch a movie that reflects the origins of the 5th amendment, watch "Man for All Seasons". It's hard to come by though. It was the 1966 Best Picture.

Holy Shit! You are one of the last people on the website that I would have guessed would have read the Sword of Truth series by Terry Goodkind. I can't even watch the TV series for a full minute before I get pissed and change the channel. They couldn't even make Darken Rahl have blond hair? 5 people in the Confessor hunting "Quads?" I watched about 5 minutes of the first episode and was in a rage and never watched again. That Comedy Central spoof of epic fantasy shows was much better.

I hope the movie of Mistborn and World War Z won't be such epic failures.

[Jumpstart]

There is a documentary about the income tax called America: Freedom to Fascism. Has anyone seen that one. You can Google the title and watch the whole thing online. It is about 1 hour long.

Yep. Very interesting and disturbing. That's why I like Glenn Beck. He actually reports on these type of amazing conspiracies.

To quote Rodney Dangerfield "it's all bullshit".

[SA Friday]

Holy Shit! You are one of the last people on the website that I would have guessed would have read the Sword of Truth series by Terry Goodkind. I can't even watch the TV series for a full minute before I get pissed and change the channel. They couldn't even make Darken Rahl have blond hair? 5 people in the Confessor hunting "Quads?" I watched about 5 minutes of the first episode and was in a rage and never watched again. That Comedy Central spoof of epic fantasy shows was much better.

I hope the movie of Mistborn and World War Z won't be such epic failures.

You would be suprised what I've read Stuart. I've been an avid reader since my early teens. I don't really discriminate in my reading tastes either, other than shitty writing style or no talent hacks. OK, OK, I tend to shy away from the fru-fru romantic style crap... Orson Scott Card's Enders Game series is currently my favorite over the last couple of years of reading. I currently working my way through the second trilogy of Maria Snyder's Poison Study series, Just finished all the Percy Jackson books, re-read Tears of my Soul (I splurged and bough a first print copy of this book), and before this read two of Malcom Gladwells' books... anyway I digress.

Yes, Michael Mann. Love his work. If you ever get the chance to pick up a copy of Heat with the bonus disc in it, there's stories about the making of it. Mann made all the actors take intense shooting courses, made the bad guy actors actually surveil and plan robbing the bank before filming, and talks about the sound effects from the shoot out. I have a copy of it. It's pretty cool stuff. He does like to be accurate in his action scenes.

[Irving]

Check out the Mistborn series by Brandon Sanderson when you get a chance please. I won't derail this thread with it, but I've talked about it before.

[theGinsue]

Speaking of movies, have any of you ever heard of this type of film called "porn"?

I understand that it's supposed to be particularly exciting and will get your blood flowing - much like a good war movie.

[Irving]

A good war movie is 100x better than the best porn, which gets old immediately.

[theGinsue]

A good war movie is 100x better than the best porn, which gets old immediately.

Not if you play it backwards.