I loved it! I can’t believe I never saw it before. A Thanksgiving classic that I will probably watch many more times. Steve and John kill it in every scene. Fucking fucking fucking. The family story is a little weak but it’s not important, the relationship between he leads is all that matters. I see now just how much Due Date ripped off this movie. And Tommy Boy didn’t exactly rip it off, but it took many cues from the dysfunctional buddy relationship here, especially in the car. I’d stop to watch this on TV at any time.
So bad. Sooooooo bad that it was entertaining as hell. Nic Cage doesn’t even know that he’s in a period piece. Ron Perlman does but does not give a fuck. There are NO WITCHES. They are demons. It’s a twist at the end that betrays the title of the movie. And the demon has a shitty voice. The monk has the worst haircut ever. And the fucking bridge. Lord, there is just so much badness in this movie. Oh,t he montage at the beginning “I’ll take the 300 on the left you take the 300 on the right”, I can’t honestly belive that anyone involved with this thought they were making a serious movie. If that’s the case, bravo, mission accomplished. This was another How Did This Get Made movie, I will really be making a point to actually watch all the movie they do for that show because they make a lot of the same points that Crystal and I make while watching it, but they’re funnier about it.
OH NO NOT THE BEEEEESSSSS.
How Did This Get Made did a podcast on this, so I watched it. It’s pretty bad, but as long as you know that going into it, it’s entertaining. Nick Cage punches girls and puts on his crazy face and wears a bear costume. The script is silly and pointless and all of the acting is pretty terrible. Overall, worth a watch if you’re in the right mindset.
Very mediocre. It had some funny scenes, usually involving Jason Segel, or Cameron Diaz smoking pot. Timberlake was completely wasted here, I really like him but he was just awful in this and it wasn’t really his fault. Glad it was only 90 minutes. She would have been fired so long ago, it’s not like she was just an asshole but she did her job, she was an asshole and an incompetent teacher.
I wanted to see the original before seeing the sequel in spectacular IMAX 3D (whatever, I think both are useless unless something is filmed with proper IMAX equipment, and 3D has yet to impress me more than it bothers me). The whole concept is just stupid. It’s totally possible that I missed some dialogue that explains this, but are we supposed to believe that, in this world, every computer has little guys running around in it and that they have personalities? What if we just turn off the power? I guess that doesn’t do anything because the power in the arcade had been off for 20 years. Does time run at the same rate on the grid as it does in the real world? What if we smash the computer to bits? How the hell did Olivia Wilde become real at the end? And did Jeff Bridges just die and that’s the end of him?
Both movies looked great, considering their time periods. The soundtrack in Legacy was awesome. The CGI Jeff Bridges, not so much. In the Grid I’ll forgive it, but there is a scene in the real world where he is talking to his son, and it’s like he’s some kind of shape shifting monster, too creepy. Aside from that though, everything about Legacy looked really amazing. In the original everything looked just about as good as it could, it really was a marvel in its time.
I just need to think of these as A/V feasts, and pretty much ignore the story, because it’s too ridiculous. There’s certainly room for another sequel, I think that’s why we have the Cillian Murphy cameo in this one, why else would he just be in one scene? He’d be a good villain in part three. They would need to bring back Bridges though, he’s the best thing about these besides the soundtrack and visuals.
I really thought I’d love this but it mostly fell flat. It’s very unlike John Hughes’ other movies in that it’s not at all based in reality. Not that that’s a problem, it just didn’t work for me. Maybe it was too dated, or maybe the ridiculous use of 80s tech bugged me, or perhaps it was that the one kid (not Hall) was kind of annoying. I can see why some people love this, I just didn’t. However, Chet, played by Mr. Bill Paxton, was awesome.
Anyone with any interest in this series should watch this. It’s 4 hours, but it was easily broken up into a few watches. Super informative, I loved it.
Gah I suck at this game, we watched this weeks ago. Anyway, it was very good, deserving of the Best Doc Oscar. Makes me not want to eat fish, like ever, because of all that stuff about mercury. I hope all the publicity this movie got did something about the dolphin slaughter, but I kind of doubt it. They seem very set in their ways and unless someone can go down there and actually enforce a law, it will keep happening. At least it’s getting some serious attention.
As for the movie itself, it was very well done. Their process for getting the footage was like a heist movie, and unlike many documentaries this felt like it really had a story that followed through all the way.
I really liked Robert and Quentin’s parts. The other two were ok, but forgettable. The directors of those bits are people I’ve never heard of so that’s a bit telling.
I watched this a couple weeks ago so it’s not really fresh in my mind. Tim Roth was really good, he looked so young. Lots of clever moments, worth a 1/2 rewatch some day.
