Kaos' way behind movie reviews

[Snaggletiger]

Have done several birthday parties at teh Cheeze.  Just get em' all their cups of tokens, a slice of pizza and a coke....then kick back with all the kids' hot moms for an hour. 

By the way...no one is more consistent at banking it off the left bumper and up into the 40 hole than Captain Snags.  People trip over the wad of tickets rifling out of my machine.

[GH2001]

Been so damn long, I can't even remember where the Showbiz Pizzas were in the area.   My brother is teh skiball champeen.

Tell him to bring it

[JR4AU]

Tell him to bring it

I think Snaggie issued a direct challenge.

[Snaggletiger]

I think Snaggie issued a direct challenge.

The word that does not fit here is challenge.  There would be no challenge once I drop the token in the slot.



GH and JR, I'm coming for you man. My style is impetuous. My defense is impregnable, and I'm just ferocious. I want your heart. I want to eat your children. Praise be to Allah!

[DnATL]

I worked at a Showbiz for all of two shifts back in the summer of '90 - switched over to working at the movie theater down the street for post-Sani girls

Now, I go to Chuck E Cheese and just toss a cup of tokens in the air - makin' it hail, bitches!

[Kaos]

I worked at a Showbiz for all of two shifts back in the summer of '90 - switched over to working at the movie theater down the street for post-Sani girls

I mean, you put the vibe out to 30 million chicks, something is gonna happen.

[DnATL]

I mean, you put the vibe out to 30 million chicks, something is gonna happen.

My car was not even super keen

[Kaos]

Lilly Hammer

It's not really a movie, but maybe it sort of is.  It's a new Netflix original series.

What happens if Tony Soprano dies, his idiot sister takes over and then tries to have Silvio whacked? 

That's the premise here with all the names changed. 

Silvio's Steven Van Zandt is Frank, a New York mobster, who turns rat after a bungled assassination attempt. He chooses Lillihammer  as his destination for witness protection because he liked the way it looked in the 1994 Olympics. It's not all he thought it would be.

Before long his old criminal tendencies surface and he's back to being the Frank he was before except in a frozen tableau. 

It's not Sopranos quality, in fact its a far cry from it.  So is everything else so that's an unfair comparison. 

I've only watched two episodes of the series but they were interesting.  I'm intrigued enough to finish the seven episode arc.  It's pretty cool to watch Silvio flex his mob muscle again.  Makes me ache for a Sopranos movie.

His first hit as a newly minted Norwegian is clever. 

One complaint is the amount of freaking Norwegian talking.  75% of the show sounds like the Norwegian/Swedish chef with subtitles.  Be prepared to do a LOT of reading.  And I don't really have any interest in learning the language because it seems fluffy and pretentious. 

If you liked Silvio on The Sopranos it's worth checking this out. 

[wesfau2]

The Ides of March

I'm not usually a fan of movies that use a political campaign as their plot vehicle (Wag the Dog being the exception to this rule, mostly due to the cast).  Again, the cast makes the exception to my rule work.  Ryan Gosling, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Paul Giamatti and George Clooney (with a little Marisa Tomei thrown in for good measure) make for a powerful group of characters.

Long story short: idealist political spin doctor gets jaded by the process.  Everyone is a shithead in the end...except for the one guy who seemed like the biggest shithead.

Fast-paced and very well acted.  Watch it.

[GH2001]

What happens if Tony Soprano dies, his idiot sister takes over. 

That's exactly what did happen. Haven't we went through this already?

[Kaos]

The Ides of March

I'm not usually a fan of movies that use a political campaign as their plot vehicle (Wag the Dog being the exception to this rule, mostly due to the cast).  Again, the cast makes the exception to my rule work.  Ryan Gosling, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Paul Giamatti and George Clooney (with a little Marisa Tomei thrown in for good measure) make for a powerful group of characters.

Long story short: idealist political spin doctor gets jaded by the process.  Everyone is a shithead in the end...except for the one guy who seemed like the biggest shithead.

Fast-paced and very well acted.  Watch it.

Not so surprisingly I disagree.

It bored me.  I thought it was superficial.  It made so little an impression that I neglected to review it after I watched it the other night.

The ambiguous ending was a fail.  The kitchen scene was contrived and hokey.  The governor's character flaw was also contrived and wouldn't have mattered in the real world.  Nobody would have cared.

FWIW I like Clooney usually.  Ryan Gooslem doesn't have the weight of character to be convincing in this role or any other.  I pretty much think he sucks. 

[GH2001]

Not so surprisingly I disagree.

It bored me.  I thought it was superficial.  It made so little an impression that I neglected to review it after I watched it the other night.

The ambiguous ending was a fail.  The kitchen scene was contrived and hokey.  The governor's character flaw was also contrived and wouldn't have mattered in the real world.  Nobody would have cared.

FWIW I like Clooney usually.  Ryan Gooslem doesn't have the weight of character to be convincing in this role or any other.  I pretty much think he sucks.

Gosling is good as supporting just not as lead.

Agree on Clooney. What do you think of Giamatti? Always thought he was underrated as well as Ray Liota and Don Cheadle.

[Godfather]

I am a big Giamatti fan, guy is multi-faceted. I agree with the esteemed counselor from west Florida.  I liked the Ides of March, also probably not far from the truth regarding political campaigns.

[Kaos]

Gosling is good as supporting just not as lead.

Agree on Clooney. What do you think of Giamatti? Always thought he was underrated as well as Ray Liota and Don Cheadle.

Giamatti is good. Can do just about any role.  He has some misses, but he usually handles every role well.  I didn't care for Sideways and hate that he disgraced himself in Fred Claus.  Did you know he had a bit part in one of my favorites Donnie Brasco?   For me, Brasco is up there with Goodfellas and Casino.  It combines mobsters, the 70s and Johnny Depp (in what's probably his strongest and least weird role).  How can that go wrong?

Ray i don't think much of outside of Goodfellas.  Maybe it's because he's taken roles in a ton of really shitty movies.

Cheadle is typically good but seems a little limited in the roles he can play.   I've wanted to watch his new show House of Lies on Showtime but haven't gotten around to it yet.  It's supposed to be good.

Also underrated IMO is McBongohey.  He can't play every role, but he does smarmy cool as well as anyone.  He needs to leave the romantic comedies behind. 


"Actors" who cannot act? 

Ryan Reynolds, Terrence Howard, Gerard Butler, Jason Statham, Ben Affleck, Vince Vaughn, all Owen brothers, Keanau, Ben Stiller (and everyone in his movies), Hayden Wan Kenobi, Adam Sandler (and everyone in his movies like Kevin James), Channing Tatum, Dennis Quaid, Russell Crowe (except for Gladiator), Dane Cook, Ashton Kutcher, Paul Walker and Brendan Fraser.

The worst of the worst:
3) Butler -- Exception 300 but only because it opened the door for Spartacus
2) Travolta -- exception Welcome Back Kotter and Pulp Fiction
1) Nicholas Cage -- exception Raising Arizona and Valley Girl to a degree

[GH2001]

Giamatti is good. Can do just about any role.  He has some misses, but he usually handles every role well.  I didn't care for Sideways and hate that he disgraced himself in Fred Claus.  Did you know he had a bit part in one of my favorites Donnie Brasco?   For me, Brasco is up there with Goodfellas and Casino.  It combines mobsters, the 70s and Johnny Depp (in what's probably his strongest and least weird role).  How can that go wrong?

Ray i don't think much of outside of Goodfellas.  Maybe it's because he's taken roles in a ton of really shitty movies.

Cheadle is typically good but seems a little limited in the roles he can play.   I've wanted to watch his new show House of Lies on Showtime but haven't gotten around to it yet.  It's supposed to be good.

Also underrated IMO is McBongohey.  He can't play every role, but he does smarmy cool as well as anyone.  He needs to leave the romantic comedies behind. 


"Actors" who cannot act? 

Ryan Reynolds, Terrence Howard, Gerard Butler, Jason Statham, Ben Affleck, Vince Vaughn, all Owen brothers, Keanau, Ben Stiller (and everyone in his movies), Hayden Wan Kenobi, Adam Sandler (and everyone in his movies like Kevin James), Channing Tatum, Dennis Quaid, Russell Crowe (except for Gladiator), Dane Cook, Ashton Kutcher, Paul Walker and Brendan Fraser.

The worst of the worst:
3) Butler -- Exception 300 but only because it opened the door for Spartacus
2) Travolta -- exception Welcome Back Kotter and Pulp Fiction
1) Nicholas Cage -- exception Raising Arizona and Valley Girl to a degree

Agree on Cage heavily.

Vaughn isn't a good actor but I admit a laugh a lot at most of his work.

[Snaggletiger]

I'm okay with Cage in most of his stuff.  Same with much of Travolta's.  I guess the difference is I'm just looking to be entertained and not hoping for an Academy Award performance.  The one Cage movie that just pissed me off was Con Air.  First, probably the worst attempt at a Southern accent in the history of film.  Why?  He wasn't good at it and it just wasn't necessary for the character.  Had he just played a bad ass ex-Marine, it would have been 100% better.  The movie itself had a great storyline, set up for a killer action flick.  And other than Cage's pathetically distracting accent, it WAS....right up until they landed a fucking cargo plane on the strip in Las Vegas.

Really?  Really?  Everything they did up to that point...sans dragging a car through the air...was somewhat believable.  But they had to go all spectacular ending and screw it up. 

How did I get off on a Con Air rant?

[AUChizad]

The Ides of March

I'm not usually a fan of movies that use a political campaign as their plot vehicle (Wag the Dog being the exception to this rule, mostly due to the cast).  Again, the cast makes the exception to my rule work.  Ryan Gosling, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Paul Giamatti and George Clooney (with a little Marisa Tomei thrown in for good measure) make for a powerful group of characters.

Long story short: idealist political spin doctor gets jaded by the process.  Everyone is a shithead in the end...except for the one guy who seemed like the biggest shithead.

Fast-paced and very well acted.  Watch it.

I liked it a lot as well.

Ryan Gosling is the new Brad Pitt in many ways. When Brad Pitt first burst onto the scene he was "That faggot from Legends of the Fall". Ryan Gosling was "That faggot from The Notebook".

Brad Pitt came out with Interview with the Vampire at the same time, which was kinda cool, but still kinda gay. Then followed up with Se7en, 12 Monkeys, Sleepers, and Fight Club. I then realized that Brad Pitt was actually awesome.

Same with Gosling. The next movie I saw with him was Lars and the Real Girl in which he played completely against type as a creepy mustached loser that was in love with a Real Doll. Blue Valentine was incredibly well acted. I feel like he got robbed of at least a nomination that year. Again, for most of the movie, he was a bald, mustached, poorly aged, kind of creepy guy. I really like Crazy, Stupid Love. Drive was pretty badass.

I'm team Gosling now. He's dreamy.

[wesfau2]

The ambiguous ending was a fail. 

What ambiguity?  The ending is clear as day.

The governor's character flaw was also contrived and wouldn't have mattered in the real world.  Nobody would have cared.

John Edwards disagrees.

[wesfau2]

I liked it a lot as well.

Ryan Gosling is the new Brad Pitt in many ways. When Brad Pitt first burst onto the scene he was "That faggot from Legends of the Fall". Ryan Gosling was "That faggot from The Notebook".

Brad Pitt came out with Interview with the Vampire at the same time, which was kinda cool, but still kinda gay. Then followed up with Se7en, 12 Monkeys, Sleepers, and Fight Club. I then realized that Brad Pitt was actually awesome.

Same with Gosling. The next movie I saw with him was Lars and the Real Girl in which he played completely against type as a creepy mustached loser that was in love with a Real Doll. Blue Valentine was incredibly well acted. I feel like he got robbed of at least a nomination that year. Again, for most of the movie, he was a bald, mustached, poorly aged, kind of creepy guy. I really like Crazy, Stupid Love. Drive was pretty badass.

I'm team Gosling now. He's dreamy.

Agree all around.  Check out Half-Nelson if you haven't already.  The kid has range.

[AUTiger1]

"Actors" who cannot act? 

Ryan Reynolds, Terrence Howard, Gerard Butler, Jason Statham, Ben Affleck, Vince Vaughn, all Owen brothers, Keanau, Ben Stiller (and everyone in his movies), Hayden Wan Kenobi, Adam Sandler (and everyone in his movies like Kevin James), Channing Tatum, Dennis Quaid, Russell Crowe (except for Gladiator), Dane Cook, Ashton Kutcher, Paul Walker and Brendan Fraser.

The worst of the worst:
3) Butler -- Exception 300 but only because it opened the door for Spartacus
2) Travolta -- exception Welcome Back Kotter and Pulp Fiction
1) Nicholas Cage -- exception Raising Arizona and Valley Girl to a degree

I don't necessarily like Travolta, but I don't hate on him like a lot do.  He's ok.  I liked Fraser in With Honors and School Ties.  Other than that, can't think of a movie he has been in that I liked.