JohnT's random thoughts about the movies thread...

[alva]

My VCR broke down about 3 years ago and I never bothered to replace it, neither do I own a dvd player.

I'll be watching master & commander and the last samurai this week, hee, I'm still pretty much up to date.

[Gibsie]

I've recently signed up at an online DVD rental place (Because of the month's free trial) and used it to rent all those movies I wanted to see but never wanted to pay for- Daredevil, Tomb Raider 2, Identitiy, Peter Pan- and all of them have sucked so far. A winner is me!

[JohnT]

Except for the lost time you spent watching Daredevil, Tomb Raider 2, Identity, and Peter Pan.

[Gibsie]

Well I'd have probably seen them sooner or later, and I may have ended up seeing them when I don't have so much free time, or at a time when I'm unable to fast-forward through Ben Affleck's sex-scene in Daredevil...

[Boris Godunov]

Originally posted by monkspider


Bah, blasphemy! It was a masterpiece. Whatever happened to the cultured, intellectual Boris Godunov who listens to Brahms and Ludwig Van? That Boris I once knew would have appreciated Harold and Kumar's genius.

Monkie, monkie, monkie...I'm so disappointed.

H&K was uninspired. There wasn't a single original joke. It was just a string of stoner film cliches. I love all the talk about it being a "groundbreaking" film for minorities, when in fact the first stoner film was Cheech & Chong Up in Smoke... which stars a Hispanic and a half-Chinese guy.

I don't understand what the H&K deal is...it's really a mediocre film. I can't think of one joke in it that hasn't been done somewhere else.

[JohnT]

Wait.... you complain about my taste of movies, yet you paid to see what is obviously a piece of dreck like H&K at the theater?

[Boris Godunov]

Originally posted by JohnT
piece of dreck

Get a new catch phrase, would ya?

1. I disliked it, so obviously it didn't fit my taste.
2. It is getting overall positive reviews:

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/harold_and_kumar_go_to_white_castle/

(Note that when I went to see it, which was Friday, the overall rating was at 85%)

So stick it!

[JohnT]

[alva]

[Kuciwalker]

[Japher]

I can't find anything on Any Which Way But Lose... another great film with a Monkey!!!

[Boris Godunov]

Try spelling "Loose" correctly.

[Japher]

doh!

Still can't find a picture of the Monkey!!!

[Boris Godunov]

Maybe because the actual title is "Every Which Way But Loose"

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077523/

[Boris Godunov]

Here.

And it's an orangutan, not a monkey!