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Battle: Los Angeles - VanSlawAndCottoCheese - 03-13-2011
I thought BT was engaging in delightful snark until halfway through this thread. Now I don't know what to believe or whom to trust.
Battle: Los Angeles - BT - 03-13-2011
<!--quoteo(post=133573:date=Mar 13 2011, 12:08 PM:name=VanSlawAndCottoCheese)-->QUOTE (VanSlawAndCottoCheese @ Mar 13 2011, 12:08 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->I thought BT was engaging in delightful snark until halfway through this thread. Now I don't know what to believe or whom to trust.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Sorry, my taste in movies is unabashedly low brow. While I enjoy "No Country for Old Men", I am just as happy to watch "Aliens", "Independence Day" or "Cloverfield".
Battle: Los Angeles - veryzer - 03-14-2011
<!--quoteo(post=133617:date=Mar 13 2011, 10:01 PM:name=BT)-->QUOTE (BT @ Mar 13 2011, 10:01 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=133573:date=Mar 13 2011, 12:08 PM:name=VanSlawAndCottoCheese)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (VanSlawAndCottoCheese @ Mar 13 2011, 12:08 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->I thought BT was engaging in delightful snark until halfway through this thread. Now I don't know what to believe or whom to trust.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Sorry, my taste in movies is unabashedly low brow. While I enjoy "No Country for Old Men", I am just as happy to watch "Aliens", "Independence Day" or "Cloverfield".
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Didn't Aliens win a bunch of Oscars? Nothing low brow about that.
Battle: Los Angeles - rok - 03-14-2011
My tastes range anywhere from low budget indie horror all the way to high (or low) concept foreign art films. Nothing wrong with a mindless action flick as long long as it brings something new or to the table or at the very least doesn't take itself too seriously. Anywho, I get the feeling that I won't like this one for the same reasons that Cloverfield annoyed the holy hell out of me.
Battle: Los Angeles - BT - 03-14-2011
<!--quoteo(post=133650:date=Mar 14 2011, 09:06 AM:name=rok)-->QUOTE (rok @ Mar 14 2011, 09:06 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->My tastes range anywhere from low budget indie horror all the way to high (or low) concept foreign art films. Nothing wrong with a mindless action flick as long long as it brings something new or to the table or at the very least doesn't take itself too seriously. Anywho, I get the feeling that I won't like this one for the same reasons that Cloverfield annoyed the holy hell out of me.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
I guess that depends. Why did Cloverfield annoy the holy hell out of you?
Battle: Los Angeles - veryzer - 03-14-2011
I liked Cloverfield.
Battle: Los Angeles - rok - 03-14-2011
<!--quoteo(post=133653:date=Mar 14 2011, 09:37 AM:name=BT)-->QUOTE (BT @ Mar 14 2011, 09:37 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=133650:date=Mar 14 2011, 09:06 AM:name=rok)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (rok @ Mar 14 2011, 09:06 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->My tastes range anywhere from low budget indie horror all the way to high (or low) concept foreign art films. Nothing wrong with a mindless action flick as long long as it brings something new or to the table or at the very least doesn't take itself too seriously. Anywho, I get the feeling that I won't like this one for the same reasons that Cloverfield annoyed the holy hell out of me.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
I guess that depends. Why did Cloverfield annoy the holy hell out of you?
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Shaky cam + annoying characters. I wanted all of them to die. I was rooting for the monster. I liked her.
Battle: Los Angeles - BT - 03-14-2011
<!--quoteo(post=133662:date=Mar 14 2011, 10:45 AM:name=rok)-->QUOTE (rok @ Mar 14 2011, 10:45 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=133653:date=Mar 14 2011, 09:37 AM:name=BT)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (BT @ Mar 14 2011, 09:37 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=133650:date=Mar 14 2011, 09:06 AM:name=rok)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (rok @ Mar 14 2011, 09:06 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->My tastes range anywhere from low budget indie horror all the way to high (or low) concept foreign art films. Nothing wrong with a mindless action flick as long long as it brings something new or to the table or at the very least doesn't take itself too seriously. Anywho, I get the feeling that I won't like this one for the same reasons that Cloverfield annoyed the holy hell out of me.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
I guess that depends. Why did Cloverfield annoy the holy hell out of you?
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Shaky cam + annoying characters. I wanted all of them to die. I was rooting for the monster. I liked her.
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Lots of shaky cam. Only a few annoying characters in Battle LA.
and tom is now officially my guy.
Battle: Los Angeles - VanSlawAndCottoCheese - 03-14-2011
<!--quoteo(post=133617:date=Mar 13 2011, 11:01 PM:name=BT)-->QUOTE (BT @ Mar 13 2011, 11:01 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=133573:date=Mar 13 2011, 12:08 PM:name=VanSlawAndCottoCheese)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (VanSlawAndCottoCheese @ Mar 13 2011, 12:08 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->I thought BT was engaging in delightful snark until halfway through this thread. Now I don't know what to believe or whom to trust.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Sorry, my taste in movies is unabashedly low brow. While I enjoy "No Country for Old Men", I am just as happy to watch "Aliens", "Independence Day" or "Cloverfield".
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No, I dig. We all have our SpaghettiOs (not the "real thing" but tasty in their own right, and sometimes we just have to crack open a can) movies; mine happen to be the crap-type of comedies that you can catch in the morning on Comedy Central. I just feel for my tastes, schlocky action was perfected with <i>Commando</i> in the mid-'80s.
Really, any movie that boasts heavy artillery turns me off. And if I live to be one hundred and yet never see another movie featuring space aliens--even if it happens to be a thirty-years-later E.T. parody--I don't believe that I'd mind one bit.
Battle: Los Angeles - rok - 03-14-2011
<!--quoteo(post=133663:date=Mar 14 2011, 10:50 AM:name=BT)-->QUOTE (BT @ Mar 14 2011, 10:50 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=133662:date=Mar 14 2011, 10:45 AM:name=rok)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (rok @ Mar 14 2011, 10:45 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=133653:date=Mar 14 2011, 09:37 AM:name=BT)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (BT @ Mar 14 2011, 09:37 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=133650:date=Mar 14 2011, 09:06 AM:name=rok)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (rok @ Mar 14 2011, 09:06 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->My tastes range anywhere from low budget indie horror all the way to high (or low) concept foreign art films. Nothing wrong with a mindless action flick as long long as it brings something new or to the table or at the very least doesn't take itself too seriously. Anywho, I get the feeling that I won't like this one for the same reasons that Cloverfield annoyed the holy hell out of me.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
I guess that depends. Why did Cloverfield annoy the holy hell out of you?
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Shaky cam + annoying characters. I wanted all of them to die. I was rooting for the monster. I liked her.
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Lots of shaky cam. Only a few annoying characters in Battle LA.
and tom is now officially my guy.
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At least until Russell Brand's version of Arthur comes out.
Battle: Los Angeles - veryzer - 03-14-2011
<!--quoteo(post=133671:date=Mar 14 2011, 11:22 AM:name=rok)-->QUOTE (rok @ Mar 14 2011, 11:22 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=133663:date=Mar 14 2011, 10:50 AM:name=BT)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (BT @ Mar 14 2011, 10:50 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=133662:date=Mar 14 2011, 10:45 AM:name=rok)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (rok @ Mar 14 2011, 10:45 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=133653:date=Mar 14 2011, 09:37 AM:name=BT)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (BT @ Mar 14 2011, 09:37 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=133650:date=Mar 14 2011, 09:06 AM:name=rok)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (rok @ Mar 14 2011, 09:06 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->My tastes range anywhere from low budget indie horror all the way to high (or low) concept foreign art films. Nothing wrong with a mindless action flick as long long as it brings something new or to the table or at the very least doesn't take itself too seriously. Anywho, I get the feeling that I won't like this one for the same reasons that Cloverfield annoyed the holy hell out of me.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
I guess that depends. Why did Cloverfield annoy the holy hell out of you?
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Shaky cam + annoying characters. I wanted all of them to die. I was rooting for the monster. I liked her.
<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Lots of shaky cam. Only a few annoying characters in Battle LA.
and tom is now officially my guy.
<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
At least until Russell Brand's version of Arthur comes out.
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Is that for real? Good to see Brand going against type.
I don't always care for the big blockbuster movie, but I do have a soft spot for end of the world, alien/ monster flick.
I admit that I liked 2012, The Day After Tomorrow, Deep Impact (porno and non-porno) and even Armageddon. I don't pretend that the plot makes any sense or that the acting is any good. I just like watching shit get destroyed.
Battle: Los Angeles - veryzer - 03-14-2011
<!--quoteo(post=133663:date=Mar 14 2011, 10:50 AM:name=BT)-->QUOTE (BT @ Mar 14 2011, 10:50 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=133662:date=Mar 14 2011, 10:45 AM:name=rok)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (rok @ Mar 14 2011, 10:45 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=133653:date=Mar 14 2011, 09:37 AM:name=BT)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (BT @ Mar 14 2011, 09:37 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=133650:date=Mar 14 2011, 09:06 AM:name=rok)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (rok @ Mar 14 2011, 09:06 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->My tastes range anywhere from low budget indie horror all the way to high (or low) concept foreign art films. Nothing wrong with a mindless action flick as long long as it brings something new or to the table or at the very least doesn't take itself too seriously. Anywho, I get the feeling that I won't like this one for the same reasons that Cloverfield annoyed the holy hell out of me.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
I guess that depends. Why did Cloverfield annoy the holy hell out of you?
<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Shaky cam + annoying characters. I wanted all of them to die. I was rooting for the monster. I liked her.
<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Lots of shaky cam. Only a few annoying characters in Battle LA.
and tom is now officially my guy.
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Love it while it lasts. I fully expect to hate the new version of "The Odd Couple" that's coming out. It's supposed to star Russell Brand and Jim Hendry and it's gonna be brutal.
Battle: Los Angeles - rok - 03-14-2011
<!--quoteo(post=133673:date=Mar 14 2011, 12:53 PM:name=veryzer)-->QUOTE (veryzer @ Mar 14 2011, 12:53 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=133671:date=Mar 14 2011, 11:22 AM:name=rok)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (rok @ Mar 14 2011, 11:22 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=133663:date=Mar 14 2011, 10:50 AM:name=BT)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (BT @ Mar 14 2011, 10:50 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=133662:date=Mar 14 2011, 10:45 AM:name=rok)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (rok @ Mar 14 2011, 10:45 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=133653:date=Mar 14 2011, 09:37 AM:name=BT)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (BT @ Mar 14 2011, 09:37 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=133650:date=Mar 14 2011, 09:06 AM:name=rok)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (rok @ Mar 14 2011, 09:06 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->My tastes range anywhere from low budget indie horror all the way to high (or low) concept foreign art films. Nothing wrong with a mindless action flick as long long as it brings something new or to the table or at the very least doesn't take itself too seriously. Anywho, I get the feeling that I won't like this one for the same reasons that Cloverfield annoyed the holy hell out of me.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
I guess that depends. Why did Cloverfield annoy the holy hell out of you?
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Shaky cam + annoying characters. I wanted all of them to die. I was rooting for the monster. I liked her.
<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Lots of shaky cam. Only a few annoying characters in Battle LA.
and tom is now officially my guy.
<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
At least until Russell Brand's version of Arthur comes out.
<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Is that for real? Good to see Brand going against type.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Yep, comes out April 8, and it sounds horrible
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1334512/
Battle: Los Angeles - veryzer - 03-14-2011
<!--quoteo(post=133675:date=Mar 14 2011, 12:58 PM:name=rok)-->QUOTE (rok @ Mar 14 2011, 12:58 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=133673:date=Mar 14 2011, 12:53 PM:name=veryzer)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (veryzer @ Mar 14 2011, 12:53 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=133671:date=Mar 14 2011, 11:22 AM:name=rok)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (rok @ Mar 14 2011, 11:22 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=133663:date=Mar 14 2011, 10:50 AM:name=BT)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (BT @ Mar 14 2011, 10:50 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=133662:date=Mar 14 2011, 10:45 AM:name=rok)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (rok @ Mar 14 2011, 10:45 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=133653:date=Mar 14 2011, 09:37 AM:name=BT)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (BT @ Mar 14 2011, 09:37 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=133650:date=Mar 14 2011, 09:06 AM:name=rok)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (rok @ Mar 14 2011, 09:06 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->My tastes range anywhere from low budget indie horror all the way to high (or low) concept foreign art films. Nothing wrong with a mindless action flick as long long as it brings something new or to the table or at the very least doesn't take itself too seriously. Anywho, I get the feeling that I won't like this one for the same reasons that Cloverfield annoyed the holy hell out of me.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
I guess that depends. Why did Cloverfield annoy the holy hell out of you?
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Shaky cam + annoying characters. I wanted all of them to die. I was rooting for the monster. I liked her.
<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Lots of shaky cam. Only a few annoying characters in Battle LA.
and tom is now officially my guy.
<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
At least until Russell Brand's version of Arthur comes out.
<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Is that for real? Good to see Brand going against type.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Yep, comes out April 8, and it sounds horrible
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1334512/
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I'll be passing on that one.
Battle: Los Angeles - rok - 03-14-2011
<!--quoteo(post=133676:date=Mar 14 2011, 01:05 PM:name=veryzer)-->QUOTE (veryzer @ Mar 14 2011, 01:05 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=133675:date=Mar 14 2011, 12:58 PM:name=rok)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (rok @ Mar 14 2011, 12:58 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=133673:date=Mar 14 2011, 12:53 PM:name=veryzer)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (veryzer @ Mar 14 2011, 12:53 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=133671:date=Mar 14 2011, 11:22 AM:name=rok)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (rok @ Mar 14 2011, 11:22 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=133663:date=Mar 14 2011, 10:50 AM:name=BT)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (BT @ Mar 14 2011, 10:50 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=133662:date=Mar 14 2011, 10:45 AM:name=rok)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (rok @ Mar 14 2011, 10:45 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=133653:date=Mar 14 2011, 09:37 AM:name=BT)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (BT @ Mar 14 2011, 09:37 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=133650:date=Mar 14 2011, 09:06 AM:name=rok)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (rok @ Mar 14 2011, 09:06 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->My tastes range anywhere from low budget indie horror all the way to high (or low) concept foreign art films. Nothing wrong with a mindless action flick as long long as it brings something new or to the table or at the very least doesn't take itself too seriously. Anywho, I get the feeling that I won't like this one for the same reasons that Cloverfield annoyed the holy hell out of me.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
I guess that depends. Why did Cloverfield annoy the holy hell out of you?
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Shaky cam + annoying characters. I wanted all of them to die. I was rooting for the monster. I liked her.
<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Lots of shaky cam. Only a few annoying characters in Battle LA.
and tom is now officially my guy.
<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
At least until Russell Brand's version of Arthur comes out.
<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Is that for real? Good to see Brand going against type.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Yep, comes out April 8, and it sounds horrible
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1334512/
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I'll be passing on that one.
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I almost posted the trailer, but didn't want to taint this thread. It's that embarrassing.