I watched 'Whiplash' last night on, I believe it was HBO. I can see why JK Simmons won the Academy Award for best supporting actor. It's not an easy movie to watch, but you can't turn it off. If you have a good surround sound system, turn it up. If you're a fan of Lee Ermey in your face drill sgt films, then you'll love this movie.
Originally Posted by ThaVirus:
Prisoners was intense. Gylenhal has been tits lately (I just watched Nightcrawler the other day). I'm guessing his character in Prisoners had Tourette's or something but I like when actors change their mannerisms for roles. You'll rarely ever see guys doing that. It's just Denzel playing a cop or Denzel playing a train conductor or Leo as a bum ass artist or Leo with a shoddy South African accent. Jackman also did well.
Prisoners was great.
I went in expecting "Movie A" which I wasn't all that excited about but then got "Movie B," and there was some C and D and E that I didn't expect at all. Great flick... [Reply]
I went in expecting "Movie A" which I wasn't all that excited about but then got "Movie B," and there was some C and D and E that I didn't expect at all. Great flick...
Awesome flick. Caught it on cable a few months back and surprised the hell out of me. [Reply]
Pretty damned good. It's a revenge flick but a revenge flick if the average person actually tried this $#it. Not Rambo or Ah-nold.
There were a few moments where I thought that's really dumb, why would you do that? It's not bad storytelling - he's just really bad at being a bad guy. Imagine a revenge story where the main character is a homeless man with no clue about guns or really even how to fight.
The guy that plays the main character does a great job and the whole no-name cast is solid.
So...I am getting my parents a little gag gift next month. Going to print out some photoshops I'm creating and frame them.
1. My youngest sister and mother into a scene from Aliens as Ripley and Newt.
2. My dad and I as Indiana Jones and Short Round.
3. My dad/mother and my older sister as ?????
I'm coming up blank on the third one. The best idea I've had is dad as Dr. Grant and sis as Lex, covering her mouth in the T-Rex/Jeep scene from Jurassic Park, but the only high-resolution photo I can find, there's a lot of rain and stuff covering the faces.
I'm also thinking of doing one with dad as Gandalf and my baby niece as one of the hobbits, but again...not finding a lot of great photos.
Honestly would like to do one with my mother again, instead.
So I'm open to ideas. Either a completely different idea or a photo I haven't found. Needs to be at least 1500x2000 or so for decent print quality at 8x10. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Stop, Chiefs:
So...I am getting my parents a little gag gift next month. Going to print out some photoshops I'm creating and frame them.
1. My youngest sister and mother into a scene from Aliens as Ripley and Newt.
2. My dad and I as Indiana Jones and Short Round.
3. My dad/mother and my older sister as ?????
I'm coming up blank on the third one. The best idea I've had is dad as Dr. Grant and sis as Lex, covering her mouth in the T-Rex/Jeep scene from Jurassic Park, but the only high-resolution photo I can find, there's a lot of rain and stuff covering the faces.
I'm also thinking of doing one with dad as Gandalf and my baby niece as one of the hobbits, but again...not finding a lot of great photos.
Honestly would like to do one with my mother again, instead.
So I'm open to ideas. Either a completely different idea or a photo I haven't found. Needs to be at least 1500x2000 or so for decent print quality at 8x10.
