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apogee
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Topic Author's Original Post - Feb 12, 2014 - 12:45am PT
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It's been on my Netflix queue for a while, but this one finally came up:
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Craftsmanship!
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pyro
Big Wall climber
Calabasas
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Feb 12, 2014 - 01:39am PT
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Red state
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enjoimx
Trad climber
SLO
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Feb 12, 2014 - 01:51am PT
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Saw it, it was very cool! Just watched River of No Return, about a wildlife biologist in some beautiful Idaho wilderness filming wolves.
Detachment was also Amazing!
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apogee
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 12, 2014 - 02:08am PT
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AH was good...6+*'s out of 10 in my book
Christian Bale was especially great, and highly watchable. Jennifer Lawrence was essentially a second string character, in spite of how the trailers portrayed her.
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Toker Villain
Big Wall climber
Toquerville, Utah
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Feb 12, 2014 - 09:22am PT
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Collision
No A list stars so I wasn't expecting much, but bought it because it was shot in the sahara.
I was very pleasantly surprised. Twists and turns with a surprising hero.
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anita514
Gym climber
Great White North
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Feb 12, 2014 - 09:25am PT
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3/4 of the way through Lawrence of Arabia
watched Kill Bill Vol 2
Prometheus as well
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justthemaid
climber
Jim Henson's Basement
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Feb 12, 2014 - 09:31am PT
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We just went and saw "12 Years a Slave" last week
Just to lighten things up we have C.H.U.D coming from Netflix any day now. Super Excited! :)
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neversummer
climber
30 mins. from suicide USA
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Feb 12, 2014 - 09:59am PT
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CHUD hahahahaha i havent seen that since the 80's....awesome
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justthemaid
climber
Jim Henson's Basement
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Feb 12, 2014 - 10:02am PT
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We filed in a defunct antique septic tank last weekend which I have always referred to as "The CHUD-hole". Mr E had no idea what a CHUD was...hence the rental to give him some perspective.
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Elcapinyoazz
Social climber
Joshua Tree
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Feb 12, 2014 - 11:18am PT
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Man of Steel - Too long, great cast but meh. I usually like Nolan's stuff, but this one didn't do justice to it's potential.
Django Unchained - Solid. I'd heard mixed reviews, thought it was very good but not great. Mid tier in the Tarantino collection.
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micronut
Trad climber
Fresno/Clovis, ca
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Feb 12, 2014 - 11:22am PT
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Mud.
See it. It really surprised me. Not predictable. Excellent acting. Really good character interactions and a unique story and storyline. Had kind of a "Stand by Me" meets 'The Fugitive" vibe.
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apogee
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 12, 2014 - 01:47pm PT
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I heard that they are filming 'Wild' right now...supposed to star Reese Witherspoon as Cheryl Strayed..directed by Jean-Marc Vallee, the guy who did 'Dallas Buyers Club'. Might be worth a watch.
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guyman
Social climber
Moorpark, CA.
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Feb 12, 2014 - 02:15pm PT
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RUSH .... not going to win any critics awards but it is a good story about real life and death sports and the people who played the F1 game.
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Wayno
Big Wall climber
Seattle, WA
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Feb 12, 2014 - 02:20pm PT
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"Confucius", starring Chow Yun Fat. Netflix freebee. Pretty good.
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frank wyman
Mountain climber
montana
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Feb 12, 2014 - 02:24pm PT
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"Operation Dumbo Drop 2"...the sequel...woot..
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portent
Social climber
your mom's house
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Feb 12, 2014 - 02:40pm PT
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Hanks in Captain Phillips... twas okay...
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apogee
climber
Technically expert, safe belayer, can lead if easy
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 8, 2014 - 01:18am PT
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Knuckleball!
Good movie! Gets me psyched for the upcoming baseball season.
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clinker
Trad climber
Santa Cruz, California
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Star Wars 1,2,3,4,6. Can't find the Empire Strikes Back which is likely Apogees fave.
Also Troy which I thought was much better than the reviews said.
Jane Eyre, Becoming Jane and the Three Amigos to keep it real
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nita
Social climber
chica de chico, I don't claim to be a daisy.
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I just re- watched~ What remains of us~ ....Incredibly touching, beautiful, heartbreaking and powerful .
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Thanks, Mountain Dog...
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Byran
climber
San Jose, CA
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A couple movies I've seen lately that I would recommend are
Life of Pi - Good story and good visuals except for a couple action sequences with excessive fake-looking CGI.
Wolf of Wall Street - If you enjoy Martin Scorsese films, you'll like it. DiCaprio and Jonah Hill are great.
And a couple films which I DON'T recommend are:
Warm Bodies - Good concept (basically a Twilight spoof, where the girl falls in love with a zombie instead of a vampire), but horribly executed. This could have been an awesome gore-filled dark comedy for adults, but instead is a boring pg-13 romance for tweens. The zombies read, drive cars, and TALK, wtf?
Amazing Spiderman - Way too long. Seems to also be targeting the Twilight demographic with lots of teen angst. This trailer sums it up
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clinker
Trad climber
Santa Cruz, California
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Minority Report
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Karen
Trad climber
So Cal urban sprawl Hell
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I loved this movie....get it on Netflix:
WADJDA is a movie of firsts. This first feature film shot entirely in Saudi Arabia is the story of a young girl living in a suburb of Riyadh determined to raise enough money to buy a bike in a society that sees bicycles as dangerous to a girl's virtue. Even more impressive, WADJDA is the first feature film made by a female Saudi filmmaker. In a country where cinemas are banned and women cannot drive or vote, writer- director Haifaa Al Mansour has broken many barriers with her new film. (c) Sony Classics
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bluering
Trad climber
Santa Clara, CA
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My first trip into a movie theater in 10 years or so took me to the movie, "Lego".
Pure genius. All the way to the end, which was priceless.
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Jon Beck
Trad climber
Oceanside
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7 Psychopaths Christopher Walken and Woody Harrelson
Some significant J Tree footage, apparently they rented a bungalow out there and hung out for awhile to read the script.
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Silver Linings Playbook - chick flick love story that is actually also a good movie, I really liked it, Robert De Niro so it has to be good
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Roger Breedlove
climber
Cleveland Heights, Ohio
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Dallas Buyers Club is very good. My favorite was American Hustle, because it was so over the top humorous--Jennifer Lawrence stole the show--but McConaughey and Leto really did deliver Oscar performances.
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madbolter1
Big Wall climber
Denver, CO
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Mar 10, 2014 - 12:15am PT
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Hunger Games -- Catching Fire: Better than the first installment. Very good! Now waiting on the third.
Ender's game -- A let-down after the book. Could have been twice as long, and that would have been better. But very good FX, and it stays true enough to the book that it's good enough. I don't know why they were afraid to make it an hour longer, at least. The story certainly had the necessary depth.
Machete Kills -- Well, uhhh... I'm dumber now than I was before. During the scene with the intestines ratcheting a bad guy up into the helicopter rotor, I swear (although now I really can't remember) I felt small portions of my brain collapse in on themselves, producing small black holes that may well have long term ever-dumbifying results. I think it was supposed to be a spoof, but I'm too dumb now to sort it out. Okay, "Machete Kills -- In Space" is the upcoming sequel. By the time it's released, I'll probably be too dumb to not watch it; and that will likely be terminal. You are warned!
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jgill
Boulder climber
Colorado
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Mar 10, 2014 - 12:24am PT
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Don't go out to any movies these days what with HD HBO, Showtime, Starz, etc. We just finished the last episode of True Detective. Outstanding drama with superb actors (Oscar winner MM, Woody H., etc.) Doesn't get much better than this!
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SCseagoat
Trad climber
Santa Cruz
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Mar 10, 2014 - 12:29am PT
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^^^^^oh yes! True Dectective really got me....I still have the final to watch when I get home. Such acting....MM really squicked me out with his character....
Susan
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Ricky D
Trad climber
Sierra Westside
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Mar 10, 2014 - 12:35am PT
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I've been on a Jim Jarmusch binge lately -
"Dead Man" with Johnny Depp. The Neil Young soundtrack is worth it alone.
"Night on Earth" - five cabs in five cities. The Italian scene with Roberto Benigni is a riot!
Also managed to sneak in a old DVR capture of Nick Cage's
"Bringing out the Dead". Not Jarmusch but very intense.
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hossjulia
Trad climber
Carson City, NV
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Mar 13, 2014 - 03:46pm PT
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The Lone Ranger with Johnny Depp.
Hilarious!
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apogee
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 14, 2014 - 01:09am PT
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This was totally worth a watch:
Brooklyn Castle
The most fun you'll ever have watching kids play chess.
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apogee
climber
Technically expert, safe belayer, can lead if easy
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 22, 2014 - 04:30pm PT
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Pete Seeger: The Power of Song
Watched it again last night...Pete Seeger is one of the greatest Americans of all time, with an outlook on life that was truly uniquely inspiring.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Mar 22, 2014 - 04:40pm PT
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"America The Beautiful" - documentary about our obsession with beauty and how we will, and do, kill ourselves in its pursuit.
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apogee
climber
Technically expert, safe belayer, can lead if easy
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 22, 2014 - 05:38pm PT
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Yeah, when the trailers for WofWS came out, it looked very interesting...
Many who have seen it, though, say it's entertaining, except for the fact that the incredible damage those people created in the real world is just treated as laughable entertainment.
Feels just a little too much like the way Wall Street regards Main Street. Think I'll skip that one.
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portent
Social climber
your mom's house
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Mar 22, 2014 - 07:17pm PT
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Last night's double feature
Gravity with Clooney and Bullock
The Great Outdoors with Akroyd and Candy
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Lollie
Social climber
I'm Lolli.
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Mar 22, 2014 - 08:06pm PT
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Just watched Great Budapest Hotel. Very good. Really liked it.
Saw Wolf of Wall Street recently. Didn't leave much impression.
It's a long time since I saw Django Unchained, but I think that was one of the best this last year. Scenes out of it has remained after I've forgotten which others I've seen.
There was a film with Russel Crowe and someone else, which wasn't bad. The someone else had a daughter. And then I know I went to the movies, but have totally forgotten what I saw. Can't have been very good.
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clinker
Trad climber
Santa Cruz, California
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Mar 22, 2014 - 11:26pm PT
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Watched Young Guns for the first time. Enjoyed it, and those boys sure. were young
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Mar 23, 2014 - 01:21am PT
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"Whip It", directed by Drew Barrymore, about about a small town girl in Texas who 'finds herself'
through roller derby. Sounds corny but it was really good plus it had an awesome sound track.
Who knew kids in Texas listened to punk?
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Reeotch
climber
4 Corners Area
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Mar 23, 2014 - 10:05am PT
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We went and saw "300" the other night.
Not bad. I'll watch it again. I'm into that kind of stuff.
What really got me was that a few people in the theater brought their little kids to see this movie.
Now, I'm not tryin' to be a prude, but this movie has some brutal battle scenes. I can remember at least 3 or 4 graphic decapitations. Plus, the sex scenes (including violent rape) are outrageous.
I actually said something to one lady afterwards (she had an infant and 3 toddlers), "Great movie for kids" . . .
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Lacey
Social climber
Nevada
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Mar 23, 2014 - 10:06am PT
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MANDELA Long Walk TO Freedom.............. Great movie!!!!
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mitchy
Trad climber
new england
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Mar 23, 2014 - 10:13am PT
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Dark meat iv will be a timeless classic.
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NutAgain!
Trad climber
South Pasadena, CA
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Mar 28, 2014 - 01:54am PT
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There was this lady talking about a horse... and a guy talking about the horse... I need to watch something else to get that out of my head.
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Leggs
Sport climber
Made in California
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Mar 28, 2014 - 01:58am PT
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What the???
:)
Netflix the movie I mentioned... No horses.
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Byran
climber
San Jose, CA
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Mar 28, 2014 - 02:32am PT
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In the last week I've seen:
"12 Years A Slave" was better than expected. Not too sappy and it keeps up the pace. Good soundtrack. Sort of avant-garde in its editing and presentation. I recommend it.
Disney's "Frozen" was a letdown. I liked its basic concept, and how it plays with the "kiss from prince charming" trope. But I found the pacing to be off, characters under developed, and there are some plot holes and contrivances which bothered me. Compared with the latest stuff from Pixar (like "Brave") the animation isn't all that great either.
"Schooled: The Price of College Sports" is a good documentary on the NCAA and exploitation of college athletes. Worth watching especially since the topic's been all over the news with the latest Supreme Court ruling.
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Delhi Dog
climber
Good Question...
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Mar 28, 2014 - 02:37am PT
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On the plane to Italy last week I saw
All is Lost
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2017038/
Couldn't argue with the dialogue. Maybe 10 words spoken.
Also Part 2 of the Hobbit- Disappointing I thought.
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Jim Clipper
climber
from: forests to tree farms
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Mar 28, 2014 - 04:53am PT
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I hope this has a good opening.
Viejitos atras, es mas atento.
manana...
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anita514
Gym climber
Great White North
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Mar 28, 2014 - 08:59am PT
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half way through the second Hunger Games movie. it's fun.
I want to re-watch Napoleon Dynamite again. I need to brush up on my awesome bowstaff skills
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apogee
climber
Technically expert, safe belayer, can lead if easy
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 28, 2014 - 10:16am PT
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Been on a Billy Wilder/William Holden kick for the last couple of nights....
Sunset Boulevard
Sooo classic...sooo many great lines....
Sabrina
Audrey Hepburn was simply stunning.
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Leggs
Sport climber
Made in California
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Mar 28, 2014 - 10:23am PT
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^^ good call
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hamersorethumb
Trad climber
Menlo Park, CA
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Mar 28, 2014 - 11:58am PT
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Barry Lyndon by Stanley Kubrik. It was well worth the time.
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Keith Leaman
Trad climber
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Mar 28, 2014 - 12:48pm PT
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Arn: The Knight Templar. The Complete Series. 2010
The six part epic miniseries on Netflix is a compilation of 2 full length movies. Subtitled.
Joakim Nätterqvist - Arn
Sophia Helin - Cecilia
Mostly in Swedish, a joint production between Denmark, Norway, Finland and Germany. Lollie might know this one.
Set in the mid 12th Century, two lovers are separated for 20 years for their youthful indiscretions. Cecilia goes to a convent, and the monastic Arn is sent to the Holy Land as a Knight Templar. There he encounters the enemy of all Christendom, and Saracen leader, Saladin in a depiction of the historic battle of Montgisard.
The monks speak Latin, English, Swedish and French. Scenes in the Holy Land feature Arabic.
IMBd gives it 7.1
Netfix - 4.2 of 5
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Mar 30, 2014 - 01:27am PT
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No Place On Earth - very moving story of 38 Ukrainian Jews who hid in a cave for a year and
a half! Only a few of the men ever went out for food and whatever they could beg or steal.
8.5/10
Grand Budapest Hotel - Clever, well written, entertaining, and well acted. 7.5/10 maybe an 8
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nita
Social climber
chica de chico, I don't claim to be a daisy.
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Jul 30, 2014 - 06:18pm PT
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..I missed seeing this at the Facelift, and just watched it free on Hulu...Wild..
Assault on El Capitan.
http://www.hulu.com/watch/662390
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Dec 30, 2014 - 12:04am PT
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watched Chef... fun road trip movie with foodies and evokes the desire to find and eat a Cubano... (but perhaps we need some of the Floridian contingent to help out on that)...
then You Can Count on Me, which was ok, well acted and a small movie.
I think recently we saw Youth Without Youth which was an interesting film (but not a great film), some interesting ideas there.
The Search for Robert Johnson was another interesting movie, but of course there isn't much history to unearth there... the most moving scene was an interview with Willie Mae Powell, who was a Johnson girl friend (and this would be back in the 1930's). The last she saw of him he was going off to record his music... but she never got to hear Love in Vain, which was played for her...
"...whooo, Willie Mae..."
it was an amazing scene. Could you imagine something like that... 60 odd years later.
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he was dead a year after making that recording.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Dec 30, 2014 - 12:23am PT
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Thanks for such great replies, all, to this bump.
It was just before I watched The Interview that I watched Jake G y Richard Pena in End of Watch, I've spent more time with guns and violence today than I have since I viewed Fury with Brad P last night...
Jiffy-Pop rocks!
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SC seagoat
Trad climber
In What Time Zone Am I?
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Dec 30, 2014 - 12:49am PT
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Wild. Excellent. Followed the book well and wasn't over hyped.
Nice scenery and caught a lot of the "WTF am I doing" feelings when starting out on any great adventure.
Susan
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Gary
Social climber
Desolation Basin, Calif.
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Dec 30, 2014 - 07:06am PT
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Got honey-dicked into watching The Interview. The publicity campaign is better than the movie.
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High Fructose Corn Spirit
Gym climber
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Dec 30, 2014 - 07:21am PT
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I too watched it, and I thought it was pretty hilarious. Gotta say, between The Interview and A Million Ways to Die in the West, I've decided there ain't no out-of-bounds re decorum in such films any more.
Maybe a good thing?
I intend to use the line, "They hate us cause they ain't us" on the science v religion thread. :)
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apogee
climber
Technically expert, safe belayer, can lead if easy
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Topic Author's Reply - Dec 30, 2014 - 08:16am PT
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Looking forward to seeing 'Wild'...it has special meaning for my sweetie & I, for several reasons. I heard it wasn't half bad, either (if you can set aside the technical details of hiking the PCT)...
Watched 'Maidentrip' a couple of nights ago- someone here recommended it. Pretty good, though a little depressing towards the end. Maybe it's just part of the maturation process, but it was sad to watch a spirited, idealistic young girl with a good relationship with her father begin a separation process (& identity establishing process) with her life & roots, through such an impressive adventure. Still worth a watch.
Edited- thanks, HFCS. Pre-coffee brain flatulence for me.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Dec 30, 2014 - 08:39am PT
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Been streaming 'Borgia', the French Canal+ three season series. Pretty damn
good considering the liberties they took with the script. Surprisingly, or
not, they stuck to the known knowns and made the unknowns very entertaining
and believable. They threw in some really subtle historical bits that only
a few people would appreciate. One was a reference to Columbus' recent trips
where they showed a very small portion of a painting in the Vatican museum
which only a few years ago was discovered to show the first depiction of
Carib Indians.
If yer interested:
http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/thread.php?topic_id=1368983&tn=1020#msg2555349
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hobo_dan
Social climber
Minnesota
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Dec 30, 2014 - 09:14am PT
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40 years ago I loved On any Sunday. I'm stoked for Part II!!
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Gary
Social climber
Desolation Basin, Calif.
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Dec 31, 2014 - 05:51am PT
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The publicity campaign is better than the movie.
Uh, huh.
This week, prominent San Mateo, Calif., cybersecurity firm Norse Corp. — whose clients include government agencies, financial institutions and technology companies — briefed law enforcement officials on evidence it collected that pointed toward an inside job.
"We can't find any indication that North Korea either ordered, masterminded or funded this attack," Kurt Stammberger, a senior vice president at Norse, said in an interview with The Times. Although conceding that his findings were not conclusive, Stammberger added: "Nobody has been able to find a credible connection to the North Korean government."
Stammberger said a team of nine analysts dug through data including Norse's worldwide network of millions of Web sensors, internal Sony documents and underground hacker chat rooms. Leads suggesting North Korea as the culprit turned out to be red herrings and dead ends, he said.
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/cotown/la-et-ct-sony-hack-inside-job-not-north-korea-20141231-story.html
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Jan 11, 2015 - 02:20am PT
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Shanghai Knights, 2003.
Sequel to Shanghai Noon.
Set primarily in Holmes' & Watson's London.
Jackie Chan channels Chon Wang.
Warren Wilson worries about his salmon's sense of direction.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXjFew16tGE
I found it slightly jarring to witness yet a second Asian wannabe-ruler-dictator blown to sh#t by a rocket inside of a week, a la the late Kim Jung Un. Quite the best stunt in the movie because of that.
Chan and Wilson get into trouble on a twelve--yes, Virginia, there is climbing content.
And Charlie Chaplin.
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Karen
Trad climber
So Cal urban sprawl Hell
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Jan 11, 2015 - 09:49am PT
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Last night saw, Wild, I cried through most of it, hit too close to home. Movie hopped and then watched, Unbroken and it was excellent. What those captured soldiers went through was horrendous.
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Kalimon
Social climber
Ridgway, CO
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Jan 11, 2015 - 11:36am PT
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The Big Lebowski . . . always fun hanging with the Dude and Walter.
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clinker
Trad climber
Santa Cruz, California
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Jan 11, 2015 - 01:16pm PT
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Anyone seen Interstellar? How is it?
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Byran
climber
San Jose, CA
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Jan 18, 2015 - 05:43pm PT
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A couple movies I've watched recently that I'd recommend...
The Double (2014)
Artsy dystopian film (compared to Brazil). Great sense of atmosphere, good music and ambient sound design, mildly humorous, deliberately ambiguous plot.
[Click to View YouTube Video]
Out of the Furnace (2013)
Gritty crime drama with a bunch of really big actors who deliver some great performances. Small town setting, vigilante justice. Compare to Killing Them Softly.
[Click to View YouTube Video]
Also saw GI Joe Retaliation (2013). Not necessarily "good", but relevant for its climbing content. It has a back-to-back chimney climb out of a well and also a cirque du soleil style "pendulum sword fight" on the side of a vertical cliff face. Complete with realistic Camalot placements and everything.
All 3 of them are available on Netflix streaming.
Edit: Expendables 3 also has a climbing scene in the Tetons. All-points-off lateral dyno while free soloing. Then the hold breaks and he deploys a base jumping shoot.
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dee ee
Mountain climber
citizen of planet Earth
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Jan 18, 2015 - 06:19pm PT
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"Wild" wasn't that great. Read the book, loved it, and.....the movie was a let down.
I do recommend "Inherent Vice"....yes.... Joaquim Phoenix as a hippy private investigator....awesome, Josh Brolin as his cop buddy.....Yes..way good.
Almost went to American Sniper today, I just know it is great but watched "Boyhood" for the second time instead, free on Netflix. Loved it.
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Bluelens
climber
Pasadena, CA
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Jan 18, 2015 - 09:33pm PT
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"Wild" Saw it at the ArcLight with excellent sound and big screen, worth the splurge. Nice cinematography. Excellent acting, Reese never breaks character and carries the film well. Mostly filmed in Oregon, with shooting in CA to establish scenes, All acting was shot in OR. Didn't read the book. Was fully engaged for the whole film, the story of a healing journey and acceptance of life on its terms after a rough period of self destructive coping.
The Pacific Crest Trail Association and its work should benefit from some additional support. Don't know much about the group. Hope they use the added support wisely.
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tuolumne_tradster
Trad climber
Leading Edge of North American Plate
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Jan 18, 2015 - 09:51pm PT
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Yvon Chounaird's "Damnation"
I especially liked the quote about fish hatcheries "...like trading Bach, Beethoven, & Mozart for Yanni, Yanni, & Yanni
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Sierra Ledge Rat
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Jan 19, 2015 - 04:42am PT
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I saw American Sniper. What a stupid f*#king movie. I have to deal with enough stupid cowboys and rednecks on a daily basis where I live, don't have to go to the theater to watch a stupid movie about stupid cowboys and rednecks.
The military aspect of the movie was also quite unimpressive. Frankly I really don't see what anyone likes about the movie.
-SIGH-
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apogee
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 19, 2015 - 08:48am PT
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^^^
That's too bad. Clint's movies used to be soooo good...sounds like he's slipping.
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crankster
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Jan 19, 2015 - 09:05am PT
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I'm a fan of Clint's movies, not his politics. I give "American Sniper" an A-. Bradley Cooper is outstanding. Is it pro war? Not in my opinion. Without giving away the ending, I'll say that it paints a realistic portrait of the difficulty veterans have assimilating back home.
It won't challenge "Boyhood" as Best Picture, but it certainly is one of the best movies of 2014.
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pyro
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Calabasas
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Jan 19, 2015 - 11:09am PT
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I seen American sniper thought it was better than that other sniper movie w/Tom baringer..
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Jan 19, 2015 - 11:13am PT
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SLR, thanks for yer review. The trailers have given me the impression it is
just another unrealistic Hollywood tear-jerker so based on yer review I'm
gonna save my money and wait for the definitive Carlos Hathcock movie that
will never be made and never could be because he was unrepentant.
"Enemy At The Gates" remains the unequaled sniper movie and possibly the
best WWII movie.
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Toker Villain
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Toquerville, Utah
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Jan 19, 2015 - 01:32pm PT
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Yeah, the biography of Hathcock was far more authentic than Hollywood pap.
I just saw a quirky western where January Jones kicks major butt.
Ed Harris is a riot in it too. So too Eduardo Noriega who was also in the best South American western I've seen, Blackthorne (which is about Butch Cassidy many years after escaping the federales).
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apogee
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 22, 2015 - 09:46pm PT
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Just saw 'Wild'. Not bad!
If you can let go of the technical disaster that was her through-hike, the movie was pretty good, and a reasonable reflection of the book. 7/10.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Jan 22, 2015 - 10:16pm PT
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I was pleasantly surprised by "Wild". It didn't ham it up too much and
Reese did quite a good job. To be charitable I would agree with yer '7', Ap.
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tuolumne_tradster
Trad climber
Leading Edge of North American Plate
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Jan 25, 2015 - 10:28pm PT
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Inherent Vice...I thought Josh Brolin (LAPD detective Bigfoot Bjornsen) was incredible in this film based on Thomas Pynchon's novel about a hippy, dope-smokin' private investigator Doc Sportello (Joaquin Phoenix) in LA during the Nixon administration. This is a slow-paced film with an intricate plot that will likely attain cult film status similar to The Big Lebowski. The scenes in the high rent looney bin are brilliant.
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apogee
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 25, 2015 - 10:36pm PT
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Hmmmm. Been wondering about that one^^^.
Watched 'Gilda' a coupla nights ago...
The storyline was acceptable, but the set details were gorgeous...and Rita's performance was truly iconic.
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apogee
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 2, 2015 - 11:28pm PT
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Just finished this one:
Bones Brigade: An Autobiography
Streamable on Netflix.
Very watchable, esp. for those of us of that generation, with skaterat histories.
In particular, the profiles of Tony Hawk & Rodney Mullen are especially engrossing. A great quote of Mullen, on Hawk's success:
“He won everything…or close to it.
That creates…so much more pressure
Because there’s no gratification in winning
There’s only upholding something so you don’t lose it.
And it is staggering…it usurps the joy…
It’s like…a Kafka short story…
You build something but you can’t live in the house because you sit around guarding it.”
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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The Color of Pomegranates
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crankster
Trad climber
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Thanks for the great suggestion, Ed.
Just saw "Locke". Excellent
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clinker
Trad climber
Santa Cruz, California
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Mar 10, 2015 - 01:21am PT
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Watched Terminator and Shaun of the Dead for the first time last week. Entertaining. Culture?
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L
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Mar 10, 2015 - 05:30am PT
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Inherent Vice.
Not a fan.
The sound mixing was abysmal. Couldn't hear much of it, and turning up the volume blew my eardrums out on the remainder.
There were certainly good moments, but "intricate plot"? Seemed more like a snarled 1970's macrome hammock to me...something you could untangle if you wanted to, but would rather just fall asleep on.
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apogee
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 14, 2016 - 10:31pm PT
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'The King of Comedy'
Somehow managed to miss this one for so many years....until tonight.
Fabulous!
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Kemics
Trad climber
Bristol
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Apr 15, 2016 - 03:32am PT
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Watched film called 'Victoria'
It's super intense but quite liked it. The craziest thing is the entire film is shot in a single take, no edits. Works well!
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zBrown
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Apr 19, 2016 - 06:51pm PT
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Walkabout (1971)
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Apr 19, 2016 - 06:55pm PT
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Not a movie, per se, but certainly worth noting is the recent German 3 part
TV series "Generation War". Brutally honest and extremely well done on
all levels: production, acting, writing. Can't recommend it enough.
Available for streaming on Netflix.
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apogee
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 19, 2016 - 07:07pm PT
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High and Low
"Toshiro Mifune is unforgettable as Kingo Gondo, a wealthy industrialist whose family becomes the target of a cold-blooded kidnapper in High and Low (Tengoku to jigoku), the highly influential domestic drama and police procedural from director Akira Kurosawa. Adapting Ed McBain’s detective novel King’s Ransom, Kurosawa moves effortlessly from compelling race-against-time thriller to exacting social commentary, creating a diabolical treatise on contemporary Japanese society."
Kurosawa meets film noir. Really good!
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apogee
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 5, 2016 - 10:56pm PT
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Somebody here recommended 'Picnic'....as one of the most romantic movies of all time.
Yes, it is very that.
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clinker
Trad climber
Santa Cruz, California
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Tron. A movie about a video game. A video game based on a movie. Who knew?
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apogee
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 6, 2016 - 10:56pm PT
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Embarrassingly, I watched this for the first time tonight:
Yes, this is as classic and important as anyone has ever said.
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apogee
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 9, 2016 - 10:10pm PT
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Just watched this:
I might (probably) learned of it from someone here at ST...not sure my feeble mind was able to access more than about 15% of what Campbell so fluidly articulates, but it was greatly compelling, nonetheless.
The implications of his view into film is especially tangible.
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jogill
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Colorado
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Aug 10, 2016 - 11:16am PT
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Not movies, but excellent TV series: The Night of (HBO) and Preacher (AMC).
TV series are wonderfully sophisticated these days compared with amateurish stuff from 30 or 40 years ago (Bones vs Hart to Hart, etc.)
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StahlBro
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San Diego, CA
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Aug 10, 2016 - 11:57am PT
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Walkabout is great.
Star Trek Beyond is a lot of fun. Any movie where the Beastie Boys play roll is a hoot.
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John Mac
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Littleton, CO
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Aug 10, 2016 - 12:01pm PT
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Not a movie but the new PBS French/English series The Tunnel has been great.
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apogee
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 30, 2016 - 11:21pm PT
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This:
'Memo from Turner'.
Anybody got a good link to a live version of this?
DAMN. F*#king great lyrics.
Come now, gentleman
Your love is all I crave
You'll still be in the circus when I'm laughing
Laughing in my grave
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Byran
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Half Dome Village
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I recently finished a year and a half long stint of work up in Yosemite, and I think I only watched two films in that time. Now that I'm back down in the city and have a lot of free time I've been doing a lot of catching up. Here are my thoughts on the last 8 films I've watched, all of which were released either this year or last. Roughly ordered from best to worst. I have a BA in Film Studies, so you know you can trust my judgement.
Ex Machina (5/5)
A beautifully done scifi thriller. Great characters and acting. A story that keeps you guessing. It could have been a bit more subtle in some regards - at times if feels like you're being beaten over the head with it's philosophical messages. But overall a wonderful film. They even managed to keep the runtime down to 1h45, which is exceedingly rare these days.
Mad Max: Fury Road (5/5)
Awesome action scenes and absolutely gorgeous visual effects. A straightforward plot that actually makes sense. Well developed characters with clearly defined motives. This is really the whole package. Probably the best action film to come out of Hollywood since 2013's "Riddick". This should be held up as the archetype of how to correctly do a big budget summer blockbuster.
Star Wars: The Force Awakens (3/5)
I liked the new characters and actors, and for the most part the film is enjoyable. However it really gets bogged down with fan-service and pandering to nostalgia. All the stuff with Solo, Chewbacca, Leia, C3PO, Luke, et al, just gets in the way of moving the story forward and developing the new characters. And about that story, it's dumb. Mainly the characters just chase some mcguffin around, and then there's a Death Star randomly thrown in there so we can have a big battle at the end.
The Revnant (2/5)
Beautiful at times, boring at others. A cliche wild-west revenge plot without any likable characters makes it hard to stay interested. Not a terrible film, but definitely uninspired "Oscar bait". Maybe it's because I spend a lot of time enjoying nature first-hand, so sitting down for 156 minutes of trees swaying in the wind doesn't really do it for me.
Avengers: Age of Ultron (2/5)
Mindless superhero action movie. Slightly better than the first Avengers. If all you want is colorful CGI action scenes, then it will entertain.
Batman vs Superman (2/5)
This is basically Avengers but it takes itself way, way too seriously. The whole middle of the film is super boring. Character motives are paper thin. The plot is stupid. Jesse Eisenberg apparently didn't get the memo that he was cast as Lex Luthor, and played the Joker instead. It picks up at the end with some enjoyable action scenes, mainly Batman going on a rescue mission and then the big 3 vs 1 grand finale. Hans Zimmer's music is great.
Zoolander 2 (1/5)
The original Zoolander is one of my all-time favorite comedy films so I was looking forward to this. However, No. 2 is just a shitty rip-off of the first one which brings nothing new. Most of the jokes and gags are straight-up lifted from the original film. You can see all the best material by just watching the trailer.
Spectre (1/5) The Daniel Craig films have been really hit or miss. Casino Royal and Skyfall are two of the best in the James Bond series (I've seen 25 of them, and would put both those in the top 5), while Quantum of Solace and Spectre are a couple of the worst. A totally nonsensical plot that tries to hide it's absurdity under a layer of convolution and obscurity. All of the worst Bond cliches are present. You could have the exact same scenes, and with just a slight shift of tone it would be an Austin Powers film. Oh, the main girl has suddenly decided that she can't be sucked back into the world of espionage and assassins, so she is saying her goodbyes and leaving. Yeah, I'm sure that's the last we'll see of her then. No way she'll be captured by the villain and need to be rescued by Bond in the final climax...
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apogee
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 6, 2016 - 10:05pm PT
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GREAT compilation of 'Memo' variations, Ed.
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perswig
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Mar Adentro. Just watched it again; the story and J. Bardem's acting are so compelling that it's easy to miss the color and cinematography.
Dale
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zBrown
Ice climber
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Freaks
Blow-up
End of August at the Hotel Ozone
(Ozone - not great more of a nostalgia thing)
My suspicion is that folks see clips from Freaks, but don't watch it from start to finish
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crankster
Trad climber
No. Tahoe
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Antonioni's best, z. Check out "The Passenger" if you can find it. And Freaks....wow, I think I saw it 5-6 times, the last about 30 years ago.
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Gary
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Desolation Basin, Calif.
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In the Shadow of the Moon is a documentary on Netflix. Watch it! They interview all of the surviving Apollo astronauts.
These guys are individuals, for sure, but all have been affected by seeing Earth from the Moon. Really liked Alan Bean and Michael Collins. All of them are special people.
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apogee
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Topic Author's Reply - Oct 14, 2016 - 10:17pm PT
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Just watched 'Ex Machina'
Very good!
Evocative and thought provoking of the development of AI, and the interactions with humans along the way. The outdoor background scenery is gorgeous.
Would definitely watch it again.
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skitch
Gym climber
Bend Or
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Oct 16, 2016 - 09:08am PT
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Best movie of 2016???? Easily: Hell Or High Water
It's a modern day Texas cowboy/bank robber/brotherhood movie. Score was done by Nick Cave & Warren Ellis. The soundtrack is incredible if you like the alt-country music. It's currently getting 8.2/10 on IMDB, and 98% on Rotten Tomatoes.
There's a new kid country singer, Colter Wall, that has a really great song on the movie, he's 20-something years old and has a deeper voice than Johnny Cash.
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Edge
Trad climber
Betwixt and Between Nederland & Boulder, CO
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Oct 16, 2016 - 04:43pm PT
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Zardoz, my wife and I just watched the first two Westworld episodes last night. I agree that it is very well done and thought provoking; looking forward to future episodes during the long wait for Game of Thrones to resume.
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rurprider
Trad climber
Mt. Rubidoux
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Oct 16, 2016 - 08:02pm PT
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SULLY...4 starts. Tom Hanks was great. Pilot kicked the NTSB's ass.
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rockermike
Trad climber
Berkeley
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Oct 17, 2016 - 08:40am PT
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"37 Days". About the run-up to World War I. Actually a BBC miniseries.. but comes on one disc from the library. A bit of a pro-brit bias but really well done. I'd give it 4 out of 5...if you're into serious stuff.
Apropos for todays international tensions.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Oct 17, 2016 - 09:26am PT
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Something called "Valley Uprising" about a bunch of Beatniks and hippies. Pretty darn good.
Even the wife liked it!
The wife then picked "Holding The Man", a true story about two gay Aussie men. Gotta say it
might make my Top 20 list. Extremely well acted and directed.
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Gary
Social climber
Desolation Basin, Calif.
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Nov 19, 2016 - 07:18am PT
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Last night at the Norton Simon museum: Elevator to the Gallows with score by Miles Davis.
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