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[Diego440]

Please tell me you have seen the rest of the New Jersey films. Jersey Girl is not one of them.

Watch them in this order:
Clerks
Mallrats
Chasing Amy
Dogma
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
Clerks II

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I thought Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back was an AKA for Clerks II... oh well, I've only seen those... I'll check out the others... Mallrats?



I agree on SK being an awesome storyteller, but to be honest, since It (and Misery) I haven't liked anything he's written. I also think he killed The Dark Tower... I cried all the way through books 5-7because he managed to completely destroy the whole significance of the books by recycling old characters and in general, wiping out any sense of good the books 1-4 may have had.

 

[FoolKiller]

I thought Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back was an AKA for Clerks II... oh well, I've only seen those... I'll check out the others... Mallrats?

No, Jay and Silent Bob is a separate film from before Clerks II.

Yes, Mallrats. That is quite possibly my favorite in the series, despite Jeremy London's horrible acting. Jeremy London should not be confused with his partially talented twin brother Jason London from Dazed and Confused.

Mallrats is where Jason Lee gets his big break as my favorite Kevin Smith character, Brodie. You have to respect a man who has a basement filled with comic books, pauses video games when he goes to bed so he can pick it up immediately after he wakes up, and can debate the physical impossibilities of Superman having sex with Lois Lane. Oh, and he also meets Stan Lee and immediately begins asking him sex questions about all his favorite comic superheroes.

Oh yeah, and Stan "The Man" Lee is in it too.

It is also the movie where you learn to love Jay and Silent Bob as they take on planing mayhem with Wyle E Coyote style blueprints.

There is a rumored Mallrats II, which Kevin Smith has only said he may or may not do. As of right now he has two more films on his plate with Zack and Miri Make a Porno and Red State (a horror film?).

I agree on SK being an awesome storyteller, but to be honest, since It (and Misery) I haven't liked anything he's written. I also think he killed The Dark Tower... I cried all the way through books 5-7because he managed to completely destroy the whole significance of the books by recycling old characters and in general, wiping out any sense of good the books 1-4 may have had.

I felt that from the very beginning Dark Tower was designed to connect the multiverse King had created. Too many of his demonic-like villains had the initials RF and to have everything tie together was always his goal with the Dark Tower. I am not sure if that is what he planned when he wrote The Gunslinger, but from the first few books after that I saw it coming.

Now, there was a point when I felt his writing changed a lot. He was in a car accident and his outlook changed. That is when he began writing stories like The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon.

From there his style changed, but not his skill.

To me The Stand still ranks as his best story to date, but I think he really shines when he does short stories.

 

[Diego440]

To me The Stand still ranks as his best story to date, but I think he really shines when he does short stories.

I'm going to say his best work is It... I've also read a bit about his life, and apparently in the early 90s he went into alcohol/drug rehab. Call me senseless, but I've found that his work from the early 90s on is pretty much the same over and over. Books like Pet Sematary, 'Salem's Lot, Misery, It and almost everything pre-1992 was really different and many times frightening... I remember screaming out loud while reading Pet Sematary and the couch in my room 'settled' (the crack noise that wood makes every now and then).

After Misery his work pretty much went downhill for me. Although I continued to buy his stuff in the hopes he'd improve. It got too fantasy and not enough horror. He attempted the psychological terror that made him famous with Misery in '93s Gerald's Game, and failed epicly.

I dunno, maybe I matured. But every book he's written ever since (except for Insomnia), I've been able to figure out in the first 50 pages. I haven't read much by him in the last five years or so, except for Dark Tower and Dreamcatcher... DT was a majour letdown and Dreamcatcher was a major WTF.

The saddest part is that I keep on buying his stuff hoping against hope he'll get getter again


I've already written down the movies and I'm going to do the searching on them now.

 

[VEXD]

back on topic.

i watched jumper (hayden skywalker) last night.

i should have saved it for a dvd release or gone to the cinema to watch it, cos watching it online kinda ruined the experience a little, but i could clearly see what was happening, its just cgi doesnt work so good when its dark, and obvious.

It was a nice film, didnt go into the fantasy side of jumping, and doing all you want, enough for me.
I wanted to witness the "day in the life" of a jumper to the nth degree, rather than the 32 second glimpse i got, but still, it expanded on what was possible to do with your jumping abilities as the film progressed.

I think the film will appeal to anyone with a taste for the sci fi stuff, and should not be taken seriously at all.

However, i did have one major upset which made it tricky to watch:
Samuel L. Jackson was not cool.

Ive always found him cool, and granted, i havent seen him in all his roles (snakes on a plane for eg) but the ones i have seen, he has just been..... well..... cool.

And he was outsmarted by mannequin more than once, which seriously dealt his cool-o-meter a deadly blow.

My final thought, its watchable, and enjoyable, fantasy.

Buy popcorn, chocolate, and beer (in my case, whiskey) and enjoy with mates after you've watched the other film you rented, while some of those mates fall asleep.

👍

 

[Appie]

88 Minutes - Movie was good. Al Pacino did his job well and the storyline was very good. 8/10

 

[stumpydino]

be kind rewind..was alright, a nice film it wasnt amazing lol they coulda showed more of the "sweded" films they were the funnier bits

 

[Delphic Reason]

I'm going to say his best work is It... I've also read a bit about his life, and apparently in the early 90s he went into alcohol/drug rehab. Call me senseless, but I've found that his work from the early 90s on is pretty much the same over and over. Books like Pet Sematary, 'Salem's Lot, Misery, It and almost everything pre-1992 was really different and many times frightening... I remember screaming out loud while reading Pet Sematary and the couch in my room 'settled' (the crack noise that wood makes every now and then).

After Misery his work pretty much went downhill for me. Although I continued to buy his stuff in the hopes he'd improve. It got too fantasy and not enough horror. He attempted the psychological terror that made him famous with Misery in '93s Gerald's Game, and failed epicly.

I dunno, maybe I matured. But every book he's written ever since (except for Insomnia), I've been able to figure out in the first 50 pages. I haven't read much by him in the last five years or so, except for Dark Tower and Dreamcatcher... DT was a majour letdown and Dreamcatcher was a major WTF.

The saddest part is that I keep on buying his stuff hoping against hope he'll get getter again

I would agree. I have read "Bag of Bones" (which I actually quite enjoyed) "Darktower" series, Shawshank, Green Mile, etc..... I think it's a case of reading too much of an author, thus making the style predictable, and less enjoyable. I just don't think he has done anything truly revolutionary in a very long time.

I just watched Sunshine on Blu-Ray.

Beautiful visuals, and interesting camera work. Although later in the film the director uses far too much camera shaking, and blur effects, which come off as a bit cheap. The story is pretty uninspired, and there are some pretty glaring plot/technology holes. However, the characters are pretty well acted (for the most part), albeit hollow roles. For what it was (a light sci-fi/horror film) it was reasonably entertaining, and the transfer is beautiful on Blu-Ray.


6.5/10

 

[Joey D]

10,000 B.C. and all I can say is I think I rather beat my brains out with an extension cord then have to sit through that again.

 

[V1P3R]

^After the build up of 300 and then it being a partial fail I just couldn't do the same for 10,000 b.c. Is it anything like 300? (obviously not story wise)

Beowulf5/10

Meh... it just didn't do anything for me. Even the fact that it was all animated didn't help it.

 

[Sprite]

Reign Over Me:

Quite a nice film and would have been allot better if adam Sandler wasn't playing the part of the guy who lost his Family on 9/11, its a nice story with some fantastic acting, but Sandler just doesn't cut it to be a serious actor. I watched on BD, picture was really nice and sound was good too, but not spectacular, but maybe its just the films overall shooting.

Plus Points:

• Good Story
• Good Acting

Negative Points:

• Bit Long
• Sandler

***/*****

 

[Joey D]

^After the build up of 300 and then it being a partial fail I just couldn't do the same for 10,000 b.c. Is it anything like 300? (obviously not story wise)

Not really, I don't know why people compared it to it.

 

[Solid Lifters]

Soylent Green - 7/10 I finally got around to watching this classic flick. I have mixed feelings about this movie. It's both ridiculous and asinine, while still retaining some interesting and realistic qualities. The movie is set in the year 2022, though there are no lap tops, cell phones, hand held games and a arcade video 'game' that looks worse than Asteroids.

First off, hot women are called 'furniture' and have sex with any authority figure, if they so demand. Second, the world is suffering from population overcrowding and a never-ending global heatwave, thanks to a severe 'green house effect' which is quite an eerie feeling thanks to our changing global weather pattern. There is only government sanctioned water and food, and all natural resources have been destroyed. People are mostly homeless. There are no utilities. People make their own electricity by riding a stationary bike that charges up batteries, which is starting to make sense for our day and time. Cops rob homes they visit during their duties.

Charlton Heston plays a New York detective investigating a murder (assassination). While investigating, he discovers a possible reason for the murder. He investigates and discovers something very shocking. Yeah, we all know what that is. It's a very cheesy line that takes away from what was a rather good thriller/drama/sci-fi movie.

A nice surprise was Edward G. Robinson played the very likable character Sol. He died before the movie was released, I believe, because he died in January 1973 which is the year when this movie was released. He did a fantastic job with his character. I really enjoyed his performance.

Though, you might know the big secret, it's still a good film to watch, past the ludicrous scenarios of the film. It's a classic that you should take the time to watch.

 

[a6m5]

I found out about the plot twist before seeing the movie, too. I still enjoyed it.

 

[Delphic Reason]

Good call, Solid!

Definitely showing it's age, but nonetheless an entertaining cinematic jaunt.

 

[Diego440]

I Dream of Ginger -- paper thin plot, extremely cheap special effects, piss-poor acting... 10/10

 

[ferrari_chris]

I Dream of Ginger -- paper thin plot, extremely cheap special effects, piss-poor acting... 10/10

Is it a porno?

 

[Diego440]

let's just say it's extremely erotic

 

[V1P3R]

or

 

[Diego440]

I don't get it

Do The Right Thing (1989) -- I'm feel kinda let down by this movie. It starts out like a typical (but good) Spike Lee joint (even starring him), and talks a lot about social class struggles, the white cops, the black neighbourhood, the Guidos and all that... but it ends up like a complete violence-inciting flick, and in the end it prophesizes about how violence isn't the answer and how it's wrong. Besides, Rose Perez is so annoying I felt like FF'ing all the parts she appeared in. 6.5/10.

Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (2004) -- We've probably all seen it, and if you haven't GTFO and rent it. Pretty funny flick (even if it has the unfunny Vince Vaughn) and Ben Stiller is always such a good actor at playing a jerk. 7.5(10

 

[Dave A]

I don't get it

If you missquote what you said to "I dream or Ginger" followed by " let's just say it's extremely erotic" and your getting there. They're both Gigner, so which one did you dream of and find extremely erotic? .

 

[FoolKiller]

So I took advantage of Netflix's Instant watch streaming service while snowed in this weekend.

The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters - (9/10)
I'm not sure how all the actual events were captured and a few things did seem a bit staged, so I think they were reenacted, but for the most part this was awesome. The story of Steve Weibe, an average guy who decides to spend his free time while laid off work attempting to beat the Donkey Kong record high score set in 1982 by Billy Mitchel, D-bag extraordinaire. Shockingly, something so unimportant grabs your emotions and you find yourself cheering for Steve Weibe.

Superman Doomsday - (7/10)
If I watched the actual Superman cartoon regularly, or hadn't invested the time and money trying to get all the related comics I would have probably liked it. The story is interesting on its own merits, but as far as Doomsday goes, no. Maybe if Doomsday was in the movie longer that 10-15 minutes. Maybe if we didn't get a lame Jimmie Olsen side story. And maybe if they hadn't tried to cover everything from Death, to Four Supermen (well, just one in the movie), to Return in less than two hours. And maybe, just maybe, if they had not tried to make it seem like Superman is the only superhero on Earth. The magical image of the Justice League acting as pall bearers at the funeral of Superman is nowhere to be found. I have the poster, signed by Jerry Siegel. It is an extremely powerful image, but it is nowhere to be seen. It is fun if you just want to see Superman duking it out. But fans of the comics may want to steer clear from this bastardization of a classic epic.

On the plus side, Adam Baldwin (Firefly's Jayne) voices Superman and it is real hard not to start humming the Hero of Canton in your head.

Night Watch - (6/10)
So, I don't get Russian style. That's cool. But the feeling that this was a very dark rip-off of Underworld is hard to ignore. Of course, there are no Lichens in this story though. It is your usual vampires trying to bring about the end of the world nonsense.

Long Distance - (4/10)
Ug, my bad. Do not watch. Serial Killer stalks girl cross country via phone. Surprise ending just to have a surprise ending.

 

[Dave A]

On the plus side, Adam Baldwin (Firefly's Jayne) voices Superman and it is real hard not to start humming the Hero of Canton in your head.

I'm still not watching it though.

 

[Year.Zero]

All the better because I went to college with Kevin Smith... apparently.

He went to Vancouver Film School, dropped out, and spent his life savings & comic book collection to make Clerks.

Did you go to VFS?

Also: I see a guy just about every week who looks JUST like Kevin Smith, in almost every way possible. His beard is just a little different though:

It's fuller up top, less full down low, and his glasses aren't as round. Otherwise, he looks exactly like him. It's...freaky.

 

[Diego440]

He went to Vancouver Film School, dropped out, and spent his life savings & comic book collection to make Clerks.

Did you go to VFS?

No, but he birefly attended (and also dropped out) Canisius College in Buffalo, NY. He went there from '96 to '98 or something like that. I went in in '98.

It used to be on the trivia section in Wikipedia's entry for Canisius, but since then Wiki has frowned upon the use of trivia sections and it's eliminated.

 

[toyota_gt1]

I just finished watching The Fast and the Furious for about the 500th time (slight sarcasm).

 

[ferrari_chris]

I just finished watching The Fast and the Furious for about the 500th time (slight sarcasm).

Wow. Do you live your life one The Fast and The Furious showing at a time?

 

[V1P3R]

I guess we can write off his car customizing tastes right about now then... ? lol

 

[Delphic Reason]

I just finished watching The Fast and the Furious for about the 500th time (slight sarcasm).

I just finished throwing up in my mouth a bit.


Your automotive, and cinematic, aspirations are dangerously low. Step away from the Civic. It's for your own good. Shhhhh....... Shhhhh.... Just be so quiet, and so still....

 

[Turbo Lag]

I guess we can write off his car

I read upto there and I was like what the lol, then read the rest.


Rambo IV/4.
Useless, a huge let down for the old Rambo series lovers.
6/10

 

[Lee]

Shoot 'Em Up - 3/10

I rate Clive Owen pretty highly, he put in a awesome performance in Sin City and Children of Men remains one of my favourite films of the past decade. So I had high hopes of this film...

And they were demolished.

I think they went for a Smokin Aces approach except they forgot a plot and the action was sub-standard. Owen wasn't all that good, he didn't sell the character or the one liners. Paul Giamatti seemed a bit out of his depth in this one, I never did see him as an action kinda guy and Monica Bellucci was poor.

Wasn't worth the 12 quid.