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    Postby Dean 20 Jan 2012, 06:31

    I've seen all of the 'Walking Dead' episodes. The 2nd season starts off slow but picks up as it gets towards the end, well worth watching.

    I've been watching some of the original Twilight Zone episodes lately, 50+ years old and they are still really great to watch.
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    Postby Tricob1974 21 Jan 2012, 01:35

    Dean wrote:I've been watching some of the original Twilight Zone episodes lately, 50+ years old and they are still really great to watch.
    They've stood the time of time pretty well, partly because many topics they cover are still interesting and/or relevant today.
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    Postby Ron 21 Jan 2012, 02:02

    Watched the new episode of Parks & Recreation, this is probably the best comedy on tv since Community got shelved.
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    Postby Dean 21 Jan 2012, 05:12

    I started watching the 3rd (and sadly, last) season of Hung, it's just as good as the other episodes.
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    Postby Ron 21 Jan 2012, 16:44

    Midnight in Paris proved once again why it was one of my favorite movies of last year, really enjoyable. :)
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    Postby DoomJedi 25 Jan 2012, 00:20

    Decided to watch "Memento"....what a movie...."classical Nolan"....wow....can't wait for the "Dark Knight Rises"....
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    Postby DoomJedi 25 Jan 2012, 21:54

    After I've just discovered I can watch ANY movie online (at least in russian) - started watching 1 movie per day in the "wanted to see this movie" order, more or less.

    I'll blog here :)

    Yesterday it was "Memento".

    Today I watched "Source Code"...what a movie...amazing. Mix if "GroundHog Day" and "Inception"...and even "Memento"...though closest to "12 Monkeys" actually...So emotional, intense...couldn't even press "pause" when needed....felt like in the movie when I have only 8 minutes and can't waste time.

    Recommended :)
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    Postby Ron 26 Jan 2012, 01:32

    Yeah, Source Code is great. One of my favorite movies from last year.
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    Postby DoomJedi 26 Jan 2012, 09:24

    Still, very far from Nolan. Noone is like Nolan.

    Plot holes, less multi-level/deep, surprises are too predictable (I guessed the main plot detail by myself, it was obvious)

    But is indeed immerse and makes you really feel like you're there with him.
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    Postby DoomJedi 26 Jan 2012, 20:20

    Watched "Johnny English: Reborn"

    This is what I call "an expectations movie".
    By that I mean that if you don't expect too much - you can actually enjoy it.
    It's not not "over the top funny", just plain stupid puns...and not the best example of it (miss "Naken Gun" :sorry: ).
    Still, if you're in a good mood - it can fit well within it :)

    Next will be "The Warrior"

    I also plan to watch the last two "Transformers" movies.
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    Postby Ron 27 Jan 2012, 05:18

    Just watched Shame, what a great movie! Terrifying, really shows you the horror and potentially destroying effects addiction can have. How someone can be trapped, feeling they can't connect with humans anymore. Great acting by Fassbender and Mulligan as well, but can be tough to watch at times. Definitely not a feel good film.
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    Postby DoomJedi 27 Jan 2012, 10:04

    Watched "The Warrior".

    A very good movie that really touches you.
    Touched on some personal themes for me as well.

    Next I'll probably watch "The Fighter".
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    Postby DoomJedi 27 Jan 2012, 14:28

    Watched "Bridesmaids"

    This is actually a more touching movie than a funny one. There are few funny scenes, but overall...dissapointing. Or maybe the trailers revealed too much.
    I was expecting much more "crazy sexy girls" scenes...but this was just a "kuger town"-kind of puns, the more "potentially funny" characters (like the naiive girl) were underused to make part for Wig and Rudolf. Pathetic and more sad than funny. Feels like a miss, empty promice.
    But drama/romantic scenes looking well and reach you.
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    Postby Ron 27 Jan 2012, 17:15

    I actually quite liked Bridesmaids. Wiig was quite a tragic character in this movie, which was something I appreciated actually. But it was promoted as the female equivalent of The Hangover, which it clearly isn't.
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    Postby DoomJedi 27 Jan 2012, 17:41

    ronwolf1705 wrote:I actually quite liked Bridesmaids. Wiig was quite a tragic character in this movie, which was something I appreciated actually. But it was promoted as the female equivalent of The Hangover, which it clearly isn't.

    This is quite close to what I said. :friends:
    It's like Wiig took all the "crazy male striptease ... vibrators ... Sex in the City... etc" fun/sexy potential of the movie and made it (the script) just as a single showoff of her (good indeed, and which I can appreciate) drama qualities in as "not that funny, pathetically trying to be hip/sexy/funny kuger" - so someone will take her into more serious roles in the future and won't see her only as a comedian. Imagine "crazy girl movie" without male scriptease, vibrators...just toilet humor and vomit? It's all "sex in the city" censored. Or just written by a woman who only thinks they know what will be fun for such a movie :)

    The movie itself wasn't bad and is touching as sweet romantic drama, and is funny a few times (would be funnier if most of those scenes where not already exposed in the trailers to promote the movie as "crazy girl comedy"...reminded me of showing Truman's ass to promote "Truman Show" as another crazy Jim Carrey comedy (??????????????????????????????????)). So it fails not as a movie - but relative to expectation or how it was sold to potential audience.
    But what can we do - we don't like being misled.
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