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I also liked Guardians of The Galaxy and The Grand Budapest Hotel. The latter I think was the best comedy film of the year. Guardians was fun too though.
For New Years my girlfriend and I went to her sister's and since she has a child that is eight years old, we watched all four Ice Ages in a day. I liked the first one - wasn't synchronised, all the others were and all the puns of the English language got lost in translation and replaced badly. It was fun for the kid though, so I was re-reading The Hobbit while "watching" Ice Age 
So when I finished reading The Hobbit and remembered how it went I was very disappointed in how The Battle Of Five Armies went. Don't get me wrong, the costumes, the shots and the music were great. The acting wasn't flawed either but the script was just awful. It was a movie to see once, probably not going to see it again. The 3D was nice though.
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RUs123 wrote: The latter I think was the best comedy film of the year.
Yes. Wes anderson is one of my favorite directors. I loved those stunning visuals(sets, costumes, camera, etc.,) on all his movies.
RUs123 wrote: we watched all four Ice Ages in a day
Last one was bad.
RUs123 wrote: I was very disappointed in how The Battle Of Five Armies went
That's what most people said to me. It was Peter jackson's mistake(Made 3 movies instead of 2)
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Yes I agree about Wes Anderson. But also the acting and the casting was brilliant.
Well having to watch all four Ice Ages in one day, I lost interest in the middle of the second one. Maybe because I knew there were still 2 more to come. I just didn't like it.
Well to be honest, I don't think I liked any of the Hobbit movies, script-wise. The shots, the costumes and music were very good. Actors also did a good job with what they were given. And being a bit departed from the source material is ok. But going into a completely different direction wasn't to my liking. Amd pretty much the same thing happened to LOTR. I'm not saying they should follow the book to the letter, but they used those cheap Hollywood tricks to make the movie seem more interesting. For example in LOTR: When Elrond brings Anduril to Aragorn at the last moment, where in the books he had the sword all along. They even forge it before they leave Rivendell with the Fellowship and Aragorn wants to reclaim Gondor. He seems reluctant in the movies. Why change that ?
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Didn't watch any bad movies (as I normally turn them off if they are bad).
Recently watched - Gone Girl[^] which was very good although slow to start.
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P0mpey3 wrote: Didn't watch any bad movies (as I normally turn them off if they are bad).
Yep, I did the same but unfortunately watched that one. Johnny Depp's market is not good. Bad movie selections.
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BTW Happy New Year to you. I hope you have a good one. Do you have any plans/targets for this year?
To go back to your selections
The Lego Movie - I liked this (much better than past Lego movies).
X-Men: Days of Future Past - I haven't seen this yet I'll wait till it comes on the TV. I'm not really an X-men fan (I never read the comics when I grew up and find the films OKish)
The Grand Budapest Hotel - This is going to be available on TV this coming Friday - Having been anticipating this one.
Guardians of the Galaxy - Watched this last night - Thought it was great, my Son loved it too going to watch it again with my Daughter.
Captain America: The Winter Soldier - Saw this a couple of weeks back. Thought it was OK. Have the same feelings as X-men to this.
I remember last year you posted about what films you are looking forward to seeing in 2014 (I think you might have even provided a link to site that showed what months the films were due out on). I found that very useful.
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Hey, happy new year wishes to you too! Plans? I have few but every time it's not working(the way which I want). I'm gonna launch a site this year. Preparing things for that. I'll let you (all) know once done.
P0mpey3 wrote: The Lego Movie - I liked this (much better than past Lego movies).
Really a nice one. And the live actions scenes're touching.
P0mpey3 wrote: X-Men: Days of Future Past - I haven't seen this yet I'll wait till it comes on the TV. I'm not really an X-men fan (I never read the comics when I grew up and find the films OKish)
All three Singer movies are good. Both Wolverine & this movie save this franchise for now. X1 is the main reason for all super hero movies of last & current decade. Even I never read comics but watched the TV-series in youtube long time ago.
P0mpey3 wrote: The Grand Budapest Hotel
Fan of Wes anderson's movies.
P0mpey3 wrote: Guardians of the Galaxy - Watched this last night - Thought it was great, my Son loved it too going to watch it again with my Daughter.
Captain America: The Winter Soldier - Saw this a couple of weeks back. Thought it was OK. Have the same feelings as X-men to this.
Both're the best of Marvel movies IMO.
P0mpey3 wrote: I remember last year you posted about what films you are looking forward to seeing in 2014 (I think you might have even provided a link to site that showed what months the films were due out on). I found that very useful.
Yep, that's a wiki page. I'll come with similar post soon.
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The Lego Movie - probably my favourite of the year 
X-Men: Days of Future Past - a bit of a let down after First Class 
Guardians of the Galaxy - was fun but instantly forgettable 9in fact it was only your post reminded me I'd seen it)
Interstellar - I liked this one, had a bit of thought behind it for a change
Godzilla - not as bad as I was expecting, took me back to the original Japanese movies
Robocop - again, not as bad as expected
Mr. Peabody and Sherman - Meh, usual formula, done to death.
Worst movie of the year for me has to be Paddington - went with family to see a film about Paddington Bear not a politically motivated movie (I don't think that blatant political propaganda is appropriate in a kids movie whatever side of the fence you sit on).
I got a Cineworld Unlimited subscription for the year though so looking forward to seeing Blade Runner, Mad Max 1 & 2 (and the new one when it comes out), Star Wars 7 and a few others 
How do you know so much about swallows? Well, you have to know these things when you're a king, you know.
modified 31-Aug-21 21:01pm.
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Brent Jenkins wrote: Worst movie of the year for me has to be Paddington - went with family to see a film about Paddington Bear not a politically motivated movie (I don't think that blatant political propaganda is appropriate in a kids movie whatever side of the fence you sit on).
I've not seen it, although wife and child did, and loved it, but everyone else I know who has seen it or have seen comments on social media by who has seen it have loved it.
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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I've seen it and loved it (so did the kids). I get the point about the political message I noticed it at the time (basically it's about being good to immigrants) it is there, and although that concept probably should be taught to kids I think that it is so blatant that the film has another agenda (because it's aimed at kids it's quite patronising for adults) which is slightly annoying but for me it didn't take away from it being a good movie.
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I guess because I grew up with the books I was expecting something else.
My kid enjoyed it, I'm just tired of everyone pushing some kind of self-righteous ("mock-ethical"?) message in everything these days rather than just making a purely enjoyable film (which I think a film about Paddington Bear should have been).
How do you know so much about swallows? Well, you have to know these things when you're a king, you know.
modified 31-Aug-21 21:01pm.
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Yeah I agree with your point, but I didn't let that stop me enjoying it. If the film had been to a poorer standard then it would have annoyed me a lot more.
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Brent Jenkins wrote: X-Men: Days of Future Past - a bit of a let down after First Class
I see. Why? less screen time of jennifer lawrence? 
For me DOFP is my favorite of the series. Actually I like the old cast instead of First class cast. So I liked this movie very much. Soundtrack is great. John ottoman returned to this after X2. Apart from these, 70's scenes brought some nostalgia. And they have added some humor in this one.
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thatraja wrote: Why? less screen time of jennifer lawrence?
I'm not really a Lawrence fan - I just didn't think the film really went anywhere.
Nothing was really resolved in it by the end, they were all just back to where we thought they would be before the film started (and there was no doubt that this was where they would end up - got to keep the franchise going) 
How do you know so much about swallows? Well, you have to know these things when you're a king, you know.
modified 31-Aug-21 21:01pm.
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Brent Jenkins wrote: Nothing was really resolved in it by the end
Atleast it cleared the X3's mistakes.
Brent Jenkins wrote: they were all just back to where we thought they would be before the film started (and there was no doubt that this was where they would end up - got to keep the franchise going)
Frankly I prefer few more movies in this franchise because I don't want a terrible reboots for now like Amazing spiderman. Soon Fantastic four 
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Interstellar, what a tangled mess of silliness. I will probably buy the dvd so I can feel smarter watching it.
modified 20-Oct-19 21:02pm.
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Tried twice but couldn't get tickets for those shows. I'm lazy one sometimes.
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I don't know, all seemed logical enough to me (although there were a few unlikely scenarios). Major plus points:
a) It wasn't all the alien's fault (as there were no aliens).
b) We didn't get an "Independence Day" style speech before the inevitable victory.
The books falling bit was a big stretch - I prefer Sunshine, but Interstellar still wasn't a bad movie
How do you know so much about swallows? Well, you have to know these things when you're a king, you know.
modified 31-Aug-21 21:01pm.
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By my reckoning, the recipients should be finding out that they have received the award tomorrow. So, congratulations to March, OG, etc... for their award.
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And the modest P'OH, of course.
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No, I won't be one. I haven't done enough to earn it. I wasn't one last year either.
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Pete, I did expect the reboot of your WP7 article. I hope you remember that I asked you about that in past.
I know that you were busy playing with Intel thing(s).
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I am doing a slightly different thing for Chris this year. I will be collaborating with CP to produce a mobile app for them using Xamarin forms. Hopefully this will suffice.
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That's great to hear. I was inactive here for last bunch of months. I even noticed about CP-API very late.
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I just assume that certain contributors, you included, get it every year. But I guess you have a real job, as well as a young family, to spend time on.
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