The Official Movie Thread

[BrownRolo]

Really enjoyed Ip Man and Ip Man 2 recently.

Ip Man was friggen amazing.

I enjoyed it too.

Just watched them both. The stories were completely made up, but very enjoyable!

donnie Yen is amazing. I'm in the middle of watching Flashpoint now.

I really recommend War of Arrows. Really great Korean film centered around the Manchu invasion. It's not a big war movie, but more of a personal story, kind of like Last of the Mohicans. Absolutely loved it.

And I feel sorry for you if you haven't seen 13 Assassins yet.  ;D Wicked movie.

Right now I live in Foshan, China. Tons of the great KungFu masters came from here like Yip Man, so I have been getting into some of the older movies. If you guys want to see some good ones, watch any of the Shaw Brothers movies. The One Armed Swordsman, 5 Deadly Venoms, Mad Monkey Kung Fu..these are the movies Tarintino used for "inspiration" when making Kill Bill. Or the old Jackie Chan moves are pretty fun like Project A or Police Story.

 

[Bullfrog]

3/4 of the way through watching Valhalla Rising for the 2nd time. I forgot how creepy and ominous that movie is.

 

[Bender]

Really enjoyed Ip Man and Ip Man 2 recently.

Ip Man was friggen amazing.

I enjoyed it too.

Just watched them both. The stories were completely made up, but very enjoyable!

donnie Yen is amazing. I'm in the middle of watching Flashpoint now.

I really recommend War of Arrows. Really great Korean film centered around the Manchu invasion. It's not a big war movie, but more of a personal story, kind of like Last of the Mohicans. Absolutely loved it.

And I feel sorry for you if you haven't seen 13 Assassins yet.  ;D Wicked movie.

Right now I live in Foshan, China. Tons of the great KungFu masters came from here like Yip Man, so I have been getting into some of the older movies. If you guys want to see some good ones, watch any of the Shaw Brothers movies. The One Armed Swordsman, 5 Deadly Venoms, Mad Monkey Kung Fu..these are the movies Tarintino used for "inspiration" when making Kill Bill. Or the old Jackie Chan moves are pretty fun like Project A or Police Story.

Is the first one made up entirely? I thought there was some level of truth to the story. Either way Donnie Yen is a total badass. Apparently Ip Chun (Ip Man's son) helped train him for the role and said Donnie was one of the fastest learning pupils he had.

 

[Andy007]

So I admit, without a shred of embarassment or self-consciousness, that I not only watched 'Rock of Ages' but that I enjoyed it immensely.  That is all.

 

[TML fan]

So I admit, without a shred of embarassment or self-consciousness, that I not only watched 'Rock of Ages' but that I enjoyed it immensely.  That is all.

Have you seen the live show?

 

[Andy007]

So I admit, without a shred of embarassment or self-consciousness, that I not only watched 'Rock of Ages' but that I enjoyed it immensely.  That is all.

Have you seen the live show?

No I haven't

 

[Beowulf]

So apparently Arnie is going to come back as Conan.

Seems ridiculous right - mainly because of him being 65. Well, I'm not familiar with the Conan story, but apparently people are speculating it may not be so far fetched as some of the later Conan storyline deals with an aged Conan battling age and one last battle?

 

[maplesyrup]

Damn! There's like zero chance he yells GET TO THE CHOPPA in this.

 

[TheMightyOdin]

I was thinking of going out to see a movie tonight but there is nothing out that interests me right now. I've already seen Looper..

 

[Justin]

Saw Argo tonight. It was hands down the best movie I've seen in 2012.

Go see it!

 

[Andy007]

I was thinking of going out to see a movie tonight but there is nothing out that interests me right now. I've already seen Looper..

'Argo' and '7 Psychopaths' are both in theatres and really well received.

I'm waiting for 'Skyfall' to come out.

 

[OldTimeHockey]

Saw Argo tonight. It was hands down the best movie I've seen in 2012.

Go see it!

Easily! What a fantastic movie! Heart pounding from start to end.

 

[bustaheims]

So, Disney bought LucasFilm today, and announced Star Wars Episode VII for 2015.

 

[Chev-boyar-sky]

So, Disney bought LucasFilm today, and announced Star Wars Episode VII for 2015.

Star Wars VII: The Rebels need your cash

Edit : On further reflection it should be.

Star Wars VII:  The Empire (Disney) needs cash

 

[bustaheims]

Star Wars VII: The Rebels need your cash

Edit : On further reflection it should be.

Star Wars VII:  The Empire (Disney) needs cash

Buzz Lightyear: The Jedi Saga

 

[maplesyrup]

Pretty good day for Lucas, I'd say. Quite the pile to retire on.

 

[bustaheims]

Pretty good day for Lucas, I'd say. Quite the pile to retire on.

Just another pile to add to his already existing piles.

 

[maplesyrup]

It's probably substantially the biggest but yeah, he's done okay.

 

[#1PilarFan]

So, Disney bought LucasFilm today, and announced Star Wars Episode VII for 2015.

Which in my mind, is probably good news. Even Disney couldn't drop the depths that Lucas did when making the thoroughly unwatchable prequels.

And there's a lot of additional Star Wars content to borrow from. For my part, I'd love to see them try their hand at a trilogy based on Knights of the Old Republic.

 

[bustaheims]

Which in my mind, is probably good news. Even Disney couldn't drop the depths that Lucas did when making the thoroughly unwatchable prequels.

And there's a lot of additional Star Wars content to borrow from. For my part, I'd love to see them try their hand at a trilogy based on Knights of the Old Republic.

Well, Lucas is still involved as a creative consultant, and I'm not fooling myself into believing that he won't have his fingers all over any Star Wars projects.

I agree that there's a lot of content that could make interesting projects. I'd much prefer they explored some of those stories instead of a sequel trilogy. KotOR would be great. I also think something really interesting could be done with Vader's apprentice (certainly, something better than what they did with Force Unleashed). I just think the main story line is best left alone. I mean, the sequel trilogy story, as it's been explained to me (I haven't read the books or any of the stuff they'd likely draw from) is less interesting than the prequel trilogy story, and, look at what a mess that was made of that.