Sam's Thread of Chattin' w/ Jake & Other Robust Subjects

[TLC]

The red band clip they've released is quite badass.

 

[Y 2 Jake]

1. The Conjuring ★★★★★
2. Shaun Of The Dead ★★★★★
3. Iron Man 3 ★★★★
4. Trance ★★★★
5. Maniac ★★★★
6. Django Unchained ★★★★
7. The Impossible ★★★★
8. End Of Watch ★★★★
9. World War Z ★★★★
10. Flight ★★★★
11. The Purge ★★★★
12. Gangster Squad ★★★★
13. Zero Dark Thirty ★★★★
14. Jack The Giant Slayer ★★★★
15. Spring Breakers ★★★★
16. The Iceman ★★★★
17. Behind the Candelabra ★★★★
18. Monsters University ★★★★
19. Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa ★★★
20. The Lone Ranger ★★★
21. Star Trek Into Darkness ★★★
22. Stoker ★★★
23. A Good Day To Die Hard ★★★
24. The Last Stand ★★★
25. Jack Reacher ★★★
26. Song For Marion ★★★
27. The World's End ★★★
28. This Is The End ★★★
29. Man Of Steel ★★★
30. The Heat ★★★
31. Pacific Rim ★★★
32. Dead Man Down ★★★
33. Oz: The Great And Powerful ★★★
34. Evil Dead ★★★
35. Welcome To The Punch ★★★
36. Bullet To The Head ★★★
37. The Croods ★★★
38. I Give It A Year ★★★
39. Despicable Me 2 ★★★
40. Wreck-It Ralph ★★★
41. The Hangover Part III ★★★
42. Pitch Perfect ★★★
43. Olympus Has Fallen ★★★
44. Oblivion ★★★
45. 21 & Over ★★★
46. Epic ★★★
47. Fast & Furious 6 ★★★
48. The Great Gatsby ★★★
49. Now You See Me ★★★
50. Parker ★★★
51. Byzantium ★★★
52. The Wolverine ★★★
53. After Earth ★★★
54. Hot Fuzz ★★★
55. Les Misérables ★★
56. G.I. Joe: Retaliation ★★
57. Identity Thief ★★
58. The Smurfs 2 ★★
59. Movie 43 ★
60. Scary Movie V ★
61. Lincoln ★

Cut 45 minutes out of The Lone Ranger and you've got yourself quite the film.

 

[Uncle Sam]

How about those Americans and their football teams, eh? Unsettling, isn't it?

 

[Y 2 Jake]

They just love The Spurs.

 

[Mighty NorCal]

It is time once again for me to go manufacture freedoms for some, and end it for others, in a land far away.

Sam, I know now why you cry. It is something I could never do.

Jake, best of luck with the children, animals and Uni.

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[Y 2 Jake]

Don't you die on me, Norcal.

Or if you do die, die like Willem Defoe in Platoon. Like a true American hero.

 

[Uncle Sam]

See you soon, Norcs.

I was thinking more like Marlon Brando in Apocalypse Now.

 

[Uncle Sam]

1. Leon ★★★★★
2. Before Midnight ★★★★★
3. Stoker ★★★★★
4. Much Ado About Nothing ★★★★★
5. Furious Six ★★★★
6. From Up On Poppy Hill ★★★★
7. Bernie ★★★★
8. Only God Forgives ★★★★
9. Django Unchained ★★★★
10. A Field in England ★★★★
11. Cloud Atlas ★★★★
12. Zero Dark Thirty ★★★★
13. Grave of the Fireflies ★★★★
14. Man of Steel ★★★★
15. The Croods ★★★★
16. Monsters University ★★★★
17. Star Trek Into Darkness ★★★★
18. Spring Breakers ★★★★
19. The World's End ★★★★
20. No ★★★★
21. Jack the Giant Slayer ★★★★
22. Iron Man Three ★★★
23. Pacific Rim ★★★
24. Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa ★★★
25. Behind the Candelabra ★★★
26. Flight ★★★
27. Lincoln ★★★
28. Oz the Great and Powerful ★★★
29. Evil Dead ★★★
30. Frances Ha ★★★
31. I'm So Excited ★★★
32. Stone Roses: Made of Stone ★★★
33. Mud ★★★
34. Kick-Ass 2 ★★★
35. Trance ★★★
36. The Great Gatsby ★★★
37. Compliance ★★★
38. Wreck-It Ralph ★★★
39. Robot and Frank ★★★
40. Warm Bodies ★★★
41. Les Misérables ★★★
42. The Iceman ★★★
43. The Place Beyond the Pines ★★
44. Welcome to the Punch ★★
45. Side Effects ★★
46. The Bling Ring ★★
47. This is the End ★★
48. Gangster Squad ★★
49. The Spirit of '45 ★

The first fifteen minutes of Kick-Ass 2, wherein it contorts itself ludicrously to avoid the consequences of the previous film's ending, are pitiful. I genuinely wanted to leave. However, once it's done moving the pieces into place (without good reason) it's actually quite fun to watch unfold. Still way too many plot threads, way too many flat lines, way too juvenile and way too fast a pace but, unlike the first, it has a consistent tone. The original Kick-Ass didn't so much marry genres as grab their heads and make them awkwardly kiss; this is its own animal all the way through.

Still not as good as Super though, and Super isn't even that good.

 

[Y 2 Jake]

My thoughts exactly, Sam.

Two word review: Perfectly adequate

 

[Y 2 Jake]

1. The Conjuring ★★★★★
2. Shaun Of The Dead ★★★★★
3. Iron Man 3 ★★★★
4. Trance ★★★★
5. Maniac ★★★★
6. Django Unchained ★★★★
7. The Impossible ★★★★
8. End Of Watch ★★★★
9. World War Z ★★★★
10. Flight ★★★★
11. The Purge ★★★★
12. Gangster Squad ★★★★
13. Zero Dark Thirty ★★★★
14. Jack The Giant Slayer ★★★★
15. Spring Breakers ★★★★
16. The Iceman ★★★★
17. Behind the Candelabra ★★★★
18. Monsters University ★★★★
19. Only God Forgives ★★★★
20. Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa ★★★
21. The Lone Ranger ★★★
22. Star Trek Into Darkness ★★★
23. Stoker ★★★
24. Kick-Ass 2 ★★★
25. A Good Day To Die Hard ★★★
26. The Last Stand ★★★
27. Jack Reacher ★★★
28. Song For Marion ★★★
29. The World's End ★★★
30. This Is The End ★★★
31. Man Of Steel ★★★
32. The Heat ★★★
33. Pacific Rim ★★★
34. Dead Man Down ★★★
35. Oz: The Great And Powerful ★★★
36. Evil Dead ★★★
37. Welcome To The Punch ★★★
38. Bullet To The Head ★★★
39. The Croods ★★★
40. I Give It A Year ★★★
41. Despicable Me 2 ★★★
42. Wreck-It Ralph ★★★
43. The Hangover Part III ★★★
44. Pitch Perfect ★★★
45. Olympus Has Fallen ★★★
46. Oblivion ★★★
47. 21 & Over ★★★
48. Epic ★★★
49. Fast & Furious 6 ★★★
50. The Great Gatsby ★★★
51. Now You See Me ★★★
52. Parker ★★★
53. Byzantium ★★★
54. The Wolverine ★★★
55. After Earth ★★★
56. Hot Fuzz ★★★
57. Les Misérables ★★
58. G.I. Joe: Retaliation ★★
59. Identity Thief ★★
60. The Smurfs 2 ★★
61. Movie 43 ★
62. Scary Movie V ★
63. Lincoln ★

I think I liked only God Forgives. I liked the violence, the lovely music and Kristin Scott Thomas. I wasn't a massive fan of everybody walking very slowly.

 

[Uncle Sam]

Dat fight scene.

I forgot to mention Jim Carrey in Kick-Ass 2, taking over Nicolas Cage's role as comfortably the best thing in the film that there's not nearly enough of.

 

[Y 2 Jake]

I preferred Mother Russia.

 

[Uncle Sam]

You would.

 

[Tastycles]

1. Kick-Ass 2 ★★★5/8
2. Jack the Giant Slayer ★★

I liked Kick Ass 2, ridiculously violent. I was watching it with the millionaire girl though, so it gave it an air of sophistication.

 

[Uncle Sam]

Could've maybe worked a Platform 9 & 3/4 joke in there.

1. Leon ★★★★★
2. Before Midnight ★★★★★
3. Stoker ★★★★★
4. Much Ado About Nothing ★★★★★
5. Furious Six ★★★★
6. From Up On Poppy Hill ★★★★
7. Bernie ★★★★
8. Only God Forgives ★★★★
9. Django Unchained ★★★★
10. A Field in England ★★★★
11. Cloud Atlas ★★★★
12. Zero Dark Thirty ★★★★
13. Grave of the Fireflies ★★★★
14. Man of Steel ★★★★
15. The Croods ★★★★
16. Monsters University ★★★★
17. Star Trek Into Darkness ★★★★
18. Spring Breakers ★★★★
19. The World's End ★★★★
20. No ★★★★
21. Jack the Giant Slayer ★★★★
22. Iron Man Three ★★★
23. Pacific Rim ★★★
24. Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa ★★★
25. Elysium ★★★
26. Behind the Candelabra ★★★
27. Flight ★★★
28. Lincoln ★★★
29. Oz the Great and Powerful ★★★
30. Evil Dead ★★★
31. Frances Ha ★★★
32. I'm So Excited ★★★
33. Stone Roses: Made of Stone ★★★
34. Mud ★★★
35. Kick-Ass 2 ★★★
36. Trance ★★★
37. The Great Gatsby ★★★
38. Compliance ★★★
39. Wreck-It Ralph ★★★
40. Robot and Frank ★★★
41. Warm Bodies ★★★
42. Les Misérables ★★★
43. The Iceman ★★★
44. The Place Beyond the Pines ★★
45. Welcome to the Punch ★★
46. Side Effects ★★
47. The Bling Ring ★★
48. This is the End ★★
49. Gangster Squad ★★
50. The Spirit of '45 ★

In Elysium, Mexicans want to illegally enter somewhere to take advantage of their superior medical services. No idea what the real life parallels of that could be - I'll have to wait for xfear's thesis on it. Still lots of people exploding like water balloons though, so that's fun.

 

[JGlass]

If you want to talk about bad shaky cam, Elysium takes the cake. There was one fight scene towards the end of the movie that I couldn't make right or left of.

And I saw it sober.

 

[HEEL Blazy]

I've really wanted to try and get into some old shows from like the 70's and 80's lately, anyone want to suggest some that would be good to watch that I likely haven't heard of?

 

[Coco]

Remington Steele

 

[Mighty NorCal]

Sam


http://www.wrestlezone.com/news/277...ially-leaving-tna-contract-expiring-soon-more

 

[Uncle Sam]

I know, NorCal. I know. I'm looking forward to NXT's biggest ever signing too.

 

[Mighty NorCal]

I know, NorCal. I know. I'm looking forward to NXT's biggest ever signing too.

I feel like people are selling Aj Styles short. He isnt an ROH guy, he has headlined major worldwide PPV and tours. The national audience is going to know who AJ Styles is. I think the only time he will spend in NXT is to give guys a rub, help teach them a bit, and get used to working in a different enviornment / bookers. Two months so they can show vingettes of his debut.

 

[Uncle Sam]

I was being entirely sincere, though I think this will turn out to be another massive dicktease.

 

[Mighty NorCal]

I was being entirely sincere, though I think this will turn out to be another massive dicktease.

Him and sting. Always is.

 

[JGlass]

Fruitvale Station: an emotional movie that leaves you feeling like you just got kicked in the balls by Gandhi. Why Gandhi? Because if Gandhi kicks you in the balls, you know that you're a piece of shit, and probably pretty racist.

 

[Uncle Sam]

Having watched The World's End for a second time, now seems a fitting time to ignore JGlass and perform my annual (or possibly bi-annual) list retrofitting. Movies will plummet or ascend, stars will fall off like gangrenous limbs or sprout out like, I dunno, Doctor Connors' arm from that piece of shit Spider-Man film. I'm excited.

1. Before Midnight ★★★★★
2. Stoker ★★★★★
3. Much Ado About Nothing ★★★★★
4. Furious Six ★★★★
5. From Up On Poppy Hill ★★★★
6. Bernie ★★★★
7. Only God Forgives ★★★★
8. Django Unchained ★★★★
9. A Field in England ★★★★
10. Cloud Atlas ★★★★
11. Zero Dark Thirty ★★★★
12. Man of Steel ★★★★
13. Monsters University ★★★★
14. Spring Breakers ★★★★
15. The World's End ★★★★
16. No ★★★★
17. Iron Man Three ★★★★
18. Jack the Giant Slayer ★★★
19. Star Trek Into Darkness ★★★
20. Pacific Rim ★★★
21. The Croods ★★★
22. Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa ★★★
23. Elysium ★★★
24. Behind the Candelabra ★★★
25. Flight ★★★
26. Lincoln ★★★
27. Oz the Great and Powerful ★★★
28. Evil Dead ★★★
29. Frances Ha ★★★
30. I'm So Excited ★★★
31. Stone Roses: Made of Stone ★★★
32. Mud ★★★
33. Kick-Ass 2 ★★★
34. Trance ★★★
35. The Great Gatsby ★★★
36. Compliance ★★★
37. Wreck-It Ralph ★★
38. Robot and Frank ★★
39. Warm Bodies ★★
40. Les Misérables ★★
41. The Iceman ★★
42. The Place Beyond the Pines ★★
43. Welcome to the Punch ★★
44. Side Effects ★★
45. The Bling Ring ★★
46. This is the End ★
47. Gangster Squad ★
48. The Spirit of '45 ★

I lied before - Iron Man Three is the only movie to have gained a point and climbs into four star territory; where it always belonged if I'm honest with myself. I can't stay mad at Shane Black, or that Drew bloke that actually wrote most of the film.

The Croods, Star Trek Into Darkness and Jack The Giant Slayer quietly drift into the three-starred ranks. They're high three stars though, so they shouldn't feel too bad.

Especially considering every three-starred film from Wreck-It Ralph down has dropped a star. I finally realised that they're all just a bit shit really. Wreck-It Ralph might have had videogame references but I didn't like anything else in it. The rest don't really deserve comment, unremarkable as they are.

This is the End and Gangster Squad are appallingly bad. One star is generous - I don't know where I summoned two from. Too generous, that's my problem.

And here's the "seen in 2013 but definitely not a 2013 film" list, which Dial M for Murder (in native 3D!) will soon be joining:

1. Leon ★★★★★
2. Grave of the Fireflies ★★★★