OT: The Movies Thread

[nuraman00]

From Dusk Til Dawn was good for the first half, but boring and predictable during the 2nd half.

They did have a cool special effect, when Richie's hand had been shot, and they showed a hole in his hand. You could see a small hole right through it.

I thought Tarantino was ok as an actor.

Also, does every Tarantino movie have to have so much bad stuff going on, with violence and what not? It would be nice to see a good movie, but one that didn't have so much gore, violence, and in this case, sleaze. It's just a bit much, when it's every movie of his that I've seen.

 

[MHSL82]

Have you seen Cast Away? It seems like a movie where you'd have a lot of interest in why he did what he did and how you would have handled being stranded on an island.

OT: Have you read "The Cay" or "Catcher in the Rye" or "Naya Nuki" or "Indian in the Cupboard" or "Anne Frank" or "The Hardy Boy's Series" or "Goosebumps" in elementary school?

 

[nuraman00]

Con Air is on TNT in about 30 minutes. I've never seen it before, so will watch it.

 

[nuraman00]

Have you seen Cast Away? It seems like a movie where you'd have a lot of interest in why he did what he did and how you would have handled being stranded on an island.

Yes. It was ok.

OT: Have you read "The Cay" or "Catcher in the Rye" or "Naya Nuki" or "Indian in the Cupboard" or "Anne Frank" or "The Hardy Boy's Series" or "Goosebumps" in elementary school?

"Catcher In The Rye" in HS.

A lot of Goosebumps in elementary school. I bought 1 or 2, and checked out several others from the library.

Those, and Choose Your Own Adventure books, were some series of books that I'd check out from the library. Also, Which Way books, which were like Choose Your Own Adventure books. Never read Hardy Boys.

 

[MHSL82]

Yes. It was ok.




"Catcher In The Rye" in HS.

A lot of Goosebumps in elementary school. I bought 1 or 2, and checked out several others from the library.

Those, and Choose Your Own Adventure books, were some series of books that I'd check out from the library. Also, Which Way books, which were like Choose Your Own Adventure books. Never read Hardy Boys.

My parents watched Cast Away today and I saw it in the background as I ate and stayed there a bit. I didn't get the connection to the girlfriend. I mean the freaking FedEx box "saved his life," he named his only companion there "Wilson" not "Kelly," he was dissuaded from giving up and dying by the portapotty, etc. Where was his girlfriend in all of this?! Where was she as the motivation to live, find rescuers, etc.? And then, when he's saved (spoiler alert), I'm supposed to think, poor guy - his soul mate!

Yes, I like to give the spoiler alert after I spoil it. And yes, it wasn't for you since you've seen it and it's obvious.

 

[MHSL82]

Con Air is on TNT in about 30 minutes. I've never seen it before, so will watch it.

Weird. It's not on TNT in Salt Lake. They're playing Mission Impossible III. I was going to watch Con Air, too.

 

[nuraman00]

Weird. It's not on TNT in Salt Lake. They're playing Mission Impossible III. I was going to watch Con Air, too.

They must regionalize TNT.

MI III was on after Con Air, at 1 AM PST.

Actually, if I remember anything from the end if Inside The NBA, when they'd always say what programs were upcoming on TNT, they'd have one set of programming, "except on the West Coast", in which they'd have a different programming schedule.

Con Air had a better plot than I expected. But the special effects were too over the top unrealistic, especially toward the end. One impossible thing on top of another. I guess I don't like these types of movies as much. I think the action in something like the Batman Begins series, or The Bourne Identity series, are more grounded. You might see cars flying or explosions, but it's not 10 explosions at the same time.

 

[nuraman00]

My parents watched Cast Away today and I saw it in the background as I ate and stayed there a bit. I didn't get the connection to the girlfriend. I mean the freaking FedEx box "saved his life," he named his only companion there "Wilson" not "Kelly," he was dissuaded from giving up and dying by the portapotty, etc. Where was his girlfriend in all of this?! Where was she as the motivation to live, find rescuers, etc.? And then, when he's saved (spoiler alert), I'm supposed to think, poor guy - his soul mate!

Yes, I like to give the spoiler alert after I spoil it. And yes, it wasn't for you since you've seen it and it's obvious.

I think partly why I couldn't consider Cast Away that memorable, is just that I've seen Tom Hanks and Helen Hunt in better movies.

Hunt: Twister, Pay It Forward

Hanks: The Da Vinci Code, Angels & Demons, The Green Mile, The Toy Story movies, Forest Gump, Philadelphia, Sleepless In Seattle, A League Of Their Own (not a nice character though), Big, Bachelor Party.

I've seen part of Splash, but I think I got bored.

 

[nuraman00]

And Goosebumps started to get formulaic, at about the 8th or 10th book. Chapters were always 5 pages or less; too many evil masks or whatever.

Sure, Choose Your Own Adventure books were formulaic too, but it didn't feel as repetitive, each book I read felt like a new type of plot. Probably because they could do different genres, to an extent. I mean, you could have people exploring a cave, or playing in a baseball game, or traveling to outer space.

(Are you familiar with Choose Your Own Adventure books btw?)

I had the weirdest CYOA book too. Well it wasn't mine, it was originally my sister's, which tells you how old the book was. But early on, it was about a guy who was abducted by aliens on a UFO. Early on, it said "you can't get to your final destination by following directions or making a choice". (BTW, I would keep track, as best as I could, what my current "adventure" path was, then go back to the last one, and choose a different one.) What that message meant, was that to get the only ending in which the character lived, you had to go to page 92 or something. But there was never any direction or choice that directed you to page 92. You just had to flip through and find it. And the beginning of that page said "I don't know how you got here, but you did . . .". LOL.

 

[MHSL82]

And Goosebumps started to get formulaic, at about the 8th or 10th book. Chapters were always 5 pages or less; too many evil masks or whatever.

Sure, Choose Your Own Adventure books were formulaic too, but it didn't feel as repetitive, each book I read felt like a new type of plot. Probably because they could do different genres, to an extent. I mean, you could have people exploring a cave, or playing in a baseball game, or traveling to outer space.

(Are you familiar with Choose Your Own Adventure books btw?)

I had the weirdest CYOA book too. Well it wasn't mine, it was originally my sister's, which tells you how old the book was. But early on, it was about a guy who was abducted by aliens on a UFO. Early on, it said "you can't get to your final destination by following directions or making a choice". (BTW, I would keep track, as best as I could, what my current "adventure" path was, then go back to the last one, and choose a different one.) What that message meant, was that to get the only ending in which the character lived, you had to go to page 92 or something. But there was never any direction or choice that directed you to page 92. You just had to flip through and find it. And the beginning of that page said "I don't know how you got here, but you did . . .". LOL.

Yes, I read a few of those CYOA books... and when I say read, I mean read the first paragraph and last paragraph before the choice and move on. If I didn't like it, I went back. Clever way of having the book where there's no real way to get to the ideal ending without basically cheating or going backwards partially. I once read a significant portion of the book like a regular book, instead of making a decision, I turned to the next page and kept reading.

Have you read any of the "My Teacher is an Alien" series? How about "Me and the Weirdos" or "My Fat Summer"?

 

[MHSL82]

I think partly why I couldn't consider Cast Away that memorable, is just that I've seen Tom Hanks and Helen Hunt in better movies.

Hunt: Twister, Pay It Forward

Hanks: The Da Vinci Code, Angels & Demons, The Green Mile, The Toy Story movies, Forest Gump, Philadelphia, Sleepless In Seattle, A League Of Their Own (not a nice character though), Big, Bachelor Party.

I've seen part of Splash, but I think I got bored.

I haven't seen Pay It Forward or the second Davici Code movie or A League of their Own (only parts of it). I liked the rest, more or less, even Splash. I remember Bachelor Party had either nudity or similar and I was a kid, so I would sneak it, just to see. I also hid a playboy magazine that a friend gave me, may parents found it hidden somewhere and never told me. I think my brother took the rap for it, but they don't know that I know they found it, so how was I to clear his name? I'm not going to volunteer. I was so concerned that they could find it in my room, so I hid it in a place outside of my room that I thought no one would look. And they wouldn't have if it weren't for some chance reason to be there looking for something else.

 

[nuraman00]

Yes, I read a few of those CYOA books... and when I say read, I mean read the first paragraph and last paragraph before the choice and move on. If I didn't like it, I went back. Clever way of having the book where there's no real way to get to the ideal ending without basically cheating or going backwards partially. I once read a significant portion of the book like a regular book, instead of making a decision, I turned to the next page and kept reading.

Have you read any of the "My Teacher is an Alien" series? How about "Me and the Weirdos" or "My Fat Summer"?

Yes.

* My Teacher Is An Alien
* My Teacher Fried My Brains
* My Teacher Glows In The Dark
* My Teacher Flunked The Planet.


I think I read the 3rd one first, then bought the 4th, then checked out the first two from the library. I liked them all, probably the 2nd one the most.


I don't know if I read "One Fat Summer" or not. It sounds like I might have, but could be a false memory.

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[nuraman00]

Yes, I read a few of those CYOA books... and when I say read, I mean read the first paragraph and last paragraph before the choice and move on. If I didn't like it, I went back. Clever way of having the book where there's no real way to get to the ideal ending without basically cheating or going backwards partially.

Were you referring to the specific CYOA book that I mentioned, in which I mentioned you had to randomly go to page 92 or whatever to get the ending without a death?

Or are you referring to CYOA books in general?

 

[LeaderOCola]

what is this thread, and how did I miss it
?

 

[MHSL82]

Were you referring to the specific CYOA book that I mentioned, in which I mentioned you had to randomly go to page 92 or whatever to get the ending without a death?

Or are you referring to CYOA books in general?

Referring what you told me about, but I know the tactic and think it's funny.

 

[MHSL82]

what is this thread, and how did I miss it
?

We have two threads where we basically talk about non-sports. One is a movie thread (this one) and one is the BS Thread, where we talk about random bull shit. Feel free to join in and it's ok if you comment on something from long ago or a totally different movie.

 

[nuraman00]

I haven't seen Pay It Forward or the second Davici Code movie or A League of their Own (only parts of it). I liked the rest, more or less, even Splash. I remember Bachelor Party had either nudity or similar and I was a kid, so I would sneak it, just to see. I also hid a playboy magazine that a friend gave me, may parents found it hidden somewhere and never told me. I think my brother took the rap for it, but they don't know that I know they found it, so how was I to clear his name? I'm not going to volunteer. I was so concerned that they could find it in my room, so I hid it in a place outside of my room that I thought no one would look. And they wouldn't have if it weren't for some chance reason to be there looking for something else.

* Pay It Forward was good.

* I think Splash was the movie with nudity. It's about a mermaid, so that seem obvious they can have a quick scene. But it was also rated PG.

But them I remember seeing one or two PG movies with quick nudity before.

Heck, Superman: The Movie is rated PG, but they have the young Clark Kent landing/crashing on earth, then come out of the ship nude. But that's a kid.

* I think Bachelor Party had nudity, and that's why I had wanted to see it, but I figured I could never watch it without my parents watching it with me. But I had made a mental note of it. Then later, as an adult, I watched it. If there was nudity, I don't remember it, I just remember the plot in general. It had some decent scenes, like the goat in the elevator.

* My mom didn't believe in kids having privacy. Still doesn't. She has the right to go through my stuff, and then give toys/whatever away. Even now.

I had kept a magazine which coincidentally had my parents on the cover as they were leaving a fair. It was a fair at a local park. The magazine was a local community magazine, that would get printed once every 3 months, about upcoming events in the city. They didn't even know they were going to be on the cover, we just got it one day and were surprised.

Anyways, sometime when I was in HS, my mom decided I wasn't reading some of the magazines in my closet, and threw them out.

Also, about 1/3 of all Christmas/birthday presents I got, I never got to open. I'd see a pic of me with them, but then she would just randomly decide which gifts I could keep. And she would either just give away the rest, or regift them. There's some awesome looking Hot Wheels car wash set which I never played with, lol.

 

[nuraman00]

Jeez, I haven't seen a Lakers-Heat game in years (not since James signed with the Heat), for whatever reason I keep missing them. (Probably the early start times in the middle of the week).

I thought I'd watch this one, but I spent the first half on the internet with the game in the bakcground. LOL. Darn you and your distracting posts!

Now I need to go out for a bit, will probably miss the 2nd half.

 

[nuraman00]

One of my favorite Final Jeopardy answers was this:

"This movie had to have 45 seconds cut to get a R rating".

All of them knew it was Basic Instinct.

I made a note of that. Then in college, it turns out my friend hadn't seen the movie either, so we downloaded and watched it.

Years later, I bought him the DVD of that movie, which also came with an ice pick.

 

[nuraman00]

Were you referring to the specific CYOA book that I mentioned, in which I mentioned you had to randomly go to page 92 or whatever to get the ending without a death?

Or are you referring to CYOA books in general?

Referring what you told me about, but I know the tactic and think it's funny.

Where else have you seen that tactic?