Renquist - 11 August 2009 01:28 PM

Christopher Eccleston’s not Cobra Commander, he’s Destro.

As far as I’m aware, anyhow. Not been able to see it yet.

Yep.  He is Destro.

Well, GI Joe must be a good movie.  Otherwise, why would the stores have entire aisles full of GI Joe toys and merchandise for sale?

Accipiter - 11 August 2009 06:30 PM

Well, GI Joe must be a good movie.  Otherwise, why would the stores have entire aisles full of GI Joe toys and merchandise for sale?

Actually, the quality of a movie is determined by the amount of merchandise available to buy, but by the quality of that merchandise.

So please go buy a bunch of it and let us know how good it is so we’ll know how good the moie really is.

Tah - 11 August 2009 06:42 PM

Accipiter - 11 August 2009 06:30 PM

Well, GI Joe must be a good movie.  Otherwise, why would the stores have entire aisles full of GI Joe toys and merchandise for sale?

Actually, the quality of a movie is determined by the amount of merchandise available to buy, but by the quality of that merchandise.

So please go buy a bunch of it and let us know how good it is so we’ll know how good the moie really is.

Somebody with kids ought to buy it and evaluate it if that is the case.

Where’s DavePrime or Crafty?

Just got back from seeing District 9.

I really enjoyed it.  Well told story. Good acting (by unknowns - I have never even heard of the aliens playing the parts).  A few twists and turns that kept me trying to figure out what was going to happen.

Tah - 16 August 2009 09:18 PM

Just got back from seeing District 9.

I really enjoyed it.  Well told story. Good acting (by unknowns - I have never even heard of the aliens playing the parts).  A few twists and turns that kept me trying to figure out what was going to happen.

The story is OK, but the performance a little bit dragged out.

Just got home from Inglourious Basterds.  Really enjoyed it.  Typical Tarantino.  A bit long, but worth it.  Brad Pitt was great.

Well, I recently watched two what I suppose are “end of Summer movies”:  the films 9 and GI Joe.

9 was rather disappointing.  The visual style was quite impressive, but to me the story and characters seemed to be. . .rather noninspired.  And a lot of what happened in the movie seemed to be sort of stuck awkwardly into it.  I’ve seen it once, and I have no inclination to watch it again.

GI Joe actually wasn’t bad.  Hardly an epic moment in movie-making history, but entertaining enough in regards to what it was supposed to be (aside from the lead “hero” character, who was rather dull and had no screen presence).  What I find somewhat amusing, though, is how a lot of critics seem to be picking at the movie for things that the movie actually did really well (such as the strange control system for a certain aircraft in the movie, which was actually very well thought out), while totally ignoring the things that they did completely wrong (why is it that movies are incapable of showing proper military convoy procedures?).

Changed the title of the thread to allow for year-round movie discussion when you don’t necessarily need to make a whole new thread.

And Zombieland = Awesome!

Tah - 10 October 2009 08:32 AM

And Zombieland = Awesome!

Yeah, it is! Very funny and good zombies.

Since this is now a general movie thread, I thought I would bring up a movie I am sitting here watching at 3a.m. and enjoying immensely.

Put out in 1983, The Hunger starred Susan Sarandon, Catherine Denueve,and David Bowie. 

I had forgotten just how visual and noir the whole feel of the film was.
Has anyone else seen this film, and what did you all think?